Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
A Study To Identify Some Personality Characteristics Of Freshmen Academic Underachievers At Appalachian State University |
1967 |
512 |
Numerous studies have shown that academically promising students often fail to make satisfactory progress in college. Both society and the individual suffer when potentially able individuals do not develop their skills to the extent that the larger c... |
A History Of Ferrum College, The First Fifty Years: 1913-1963 |
1963 |
296 |
It was the purpose of this study to present a history of the origin and development of the school now known as Ferrum Junior College, in order that all interested persons may be privileged to find the material readily available.... |
A Study Of Conservatism In The 1968 Presidential Election, Its Role In The American Independent Party |
1970 |
295 |
The object of this paper is the study of conservatism and its relationship to George Wallace's third party movement in his 1968 Presidential bid. Important in such a study is not so much party organization, but that of ideology or political thinking.... |
A Jungian Analysis Of William Blake's The Four Zoas |
1973 |
394 |
The handful of critical discussions on Blake's "The Four Zoas" has produced no structural or thematic unity for the lengthy and mystical prophetic poem. Though several critics have offered archetypal interpretations for sections of the poem, there ex... |
The History Of The Soil Conservation Service In Watauga County, North Carolina |
1961 |
241 |
The purpose of this study was (1) to survey the situation in Watauga County as it was in 1949; (2) to determine what progress has been made from March, 1950, when the Soil Conservation Office was opened and the technicians began work, to 1960; (3) to... |
Specific Personality Attributes Of Child-Abusing Mothers |
2023 |
69 |
A review of the literature on child abuse was presented.... |
A Commemorative History Of Alexander Graham Junior High School |
1960 |
1794 |
Alexander Graham Junior High School once reigned as the only separate unit junior high school in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. From this experimental unit, a new and successful grading system started for the city of Charlotte. The original s... |
An Analysis And Application Of The Major Psychological Concepts For The Religious Educator-Counselor |
1960 |
697 |
Since most of the psychological literature has been written for the professional psychologists and it requires the acquisition and retention of an abundance of technical terms, it was felt that it was impractical for the religious educator-counselor ... |
A Program For The Improvement Of Instruction In Spelling In The High Schools Of Rutherford County |
1958 |
471 |
The underlying problem dealt with in this study is whether spelling instruction and levels of spelling achievement in the high school might be measurably improved through deliberate emphasis on spelling and teaching procedures consistently aimed at o... |
A Feasibility Study To Provide A Comprehensive Program Of Newer Educational Communications Media For The Educational System Of British Guiana |
1963 |
320 |
The purpose of this study is (1) to point out the educational values of communications media with special emphasis on the newer media; (2) to trace their growth and development in selected countries and to determine to what extent they are being used... |
History Of Union County, North Carolina |
1963 |
955 |
Union County is located in the southern part of the Piedmont of North Carolina. Its recorded history began around 1700 when John Lawson studied the Waxhaw Indians who lived in the area. After the Indians left the area, Scotch-Irish began to settle th... |
A New Spectrophotometric Method For The Determination Of Manganese With N,N,N'N'-Tetrakis (2-Hydroxypropyl) Ethylenediamine |
1965 |
212 |
No abstract available.... |
The Preparation And Study Of The Properties Of Polymers Of 1,1'-Ferrocenedicarboxylic Acid |
1965 |
270 |
The purpose of this research is to (1) prepare polymers of dicyclopentadienyl iron (ferrocene) which have not been prepared, (2) to study the properties of these polymers, (3) to study the infrared (I.R.) spectra of each polymer and the intermediate ... |
An Investigation Of The Structure Of Polyacrylonitrile |
1965 |
352 |
It was the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the sorption of N,N-dimethylformide, DMF, by polyacrylonitrile fibers and films and correlate the observations with its structure; (2) to determine the type of intermolecular forces existing in poly... |
The Theme Of Death In The Works Of Ernest Hemingway |
1965 |
1129 |
The purpose of this study was to trace the theme of death as it recurs in Hemingway's life and works in an effort to determine his attitude toward death, how this attitude was formulated, how it influenced his novels and short stories, and what beari... |
Nathaniel Hawthorne And The Renaissance Tradition In 'The Marble Faun' |
1966 |
353 |
The purpose of this study of 'The Marble Faun" is to show that Nathaniel Hawthorne was indebted to the Renaissance literary tradition. Critical commentaries on the romance and on Hawthorne in general have been avoided as much as possible. Hawthorne's... |
Community Correlates Of Crime And Law Enforcement Activities In Northwestern North Carolina |
1972 |
410 |
This study focuses upon selected areas within North Carolina in an attempt to establish the relationship between various community characteristics, data on the area law enforcementplanning regions in the state. The two regions were also compared to d... |
A History Of Richmond Hill Law School |
1963 |
761 |
The history of Richmond Hill Law School, Yadkin County, North Carolina, is unique and rich in tradition from its beginning around 1947, until it closed in the year 1877. It offered legal training and services to meet the educational needs of the boys... |
The History Of Patterson School: Caldwell County, North Carolina |
1961 |
1511 |
The history of Patterson School, Legerwood, Caldwell County, North Carolina, is unique and rich in tradition from its beginning in 1909 until the present year of 1961. It offered academic and vocational services to meet the educational needs of the b... |
Community Appearance Commissions In North Carolina |
1972 |
331 |
Community Appearance Commissions are relatively new in North Carolina. It was not until 1971 that the General Assembly provided enabling legislation which would allow communities to establish such commissions. Prior to 1971, one community -- Chapel H... |