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Theses from 1966
The relation of leaf environment and soil temperature to winter desiccation in Ilex opaca ait., Albert C. Winslow, Plant & Soil Sciences
Theses from 1965
An investigation of lettering size and readability on overhead projection transparencies for elementary school children under classroom conditions., Sarah Ruth Adams, Education
Effects of noise level and intermittency on physiological responses and performance of humans., Carolyn K. Bensel, Psychology
A study of the mechanism of rubidium accumulation in Euglena gracillis., Mark Lee Brenner, Plant & Soil Sciences
Some thoughts on guidance activities., Thomas P. Budrewicz, Education
A study of the effects of a positive approach to the teaching of reading to reluctant readers., Marguerite Bumpus, Education
Biochemical changes in alfalfa injured by lesion nematode : Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb, 1917) Filipjev & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1941., Jessica Maguila Castillo, Entomology
The United States Congress conference committee system and reciprocal trade legislation, 1951-1962., Ernest A. Chaples, Political Science
Recall on incompleted and completed sentences by weak and strong ego strength subjects under ambiguous and relaxed conditions., Malcolm Keating Coffey, Psychology
Reaction time, the galvanic skin response and response faults of repetition as a function of the variables of emotonality, entropy and trials., Shawn Cooper, Psychology
A study to investigate the academic records of students taking four major subjects in high school and those taking five major subjects., Carlton David Crosier, Education
A follow-up study of the class of 1958 Amherst Regional High School., Marjorie B. Day, Education
Perceptual categorization of love and anger cues in high, medium, and low affiliation groups., Laurence Louis Dayton, Psychology
Studies in current adolescent slang, Nancy Jean Eaton, English
Short-long-term memory interaction with underlearned long term storage., P. Everett Fergenson, Psychology
A proposal for a program for married women teachers who left the teaching profession to marry and raise a family and who plan to return to teaching., Virginia Sullivan Finn, Education
Elementary case studies., Rosemarie E. Gill, Education
Conditional-outcome choice behavior in squirrel monkeys., Kenneth Fisher Green, Psychology
A survey of overhead projectors and transparencies in the regional high schools of Massachusetts., Kent Lyman Gustafson, Education
Effects of DDT on the productivity and survival of captive wood ducks (Aix sponsa), Samuel Rea Jewell, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Effects of randomization of event sequences in two choice probability learning., Mari Riess Jones, Psychology
Operation of the Air Force educational program at Otis Air Force Base., Russell R. Kenyon, Education
Eyelid trace conditioning as a function of CS-intensity and Cs-ucs interval., Stanley George Lipkin, Psychology
Preliminary study of the life history and behavior of the linden looper, Erannis tiliaria (Harr.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)., Chih-Chung Liu, Entomology
A study of Elatophilus inimica D. & H. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and its role in the natural control of the red-pine scale Matsucoccus resinosae B. & G. (Homoptera: Margarodidae)., Samuel Joseph Lussier, Entomology
Automation! : where it is taking us., John R. Lynch, Education
The process variables in counseling and friendship., James Caswell Martin, Psychology
Winchendon community occupational analysis., Nancy N. Mauri, Education
Response facilitation and suppression with electrical stimulation of the brain of the rat, Brenda Kathleen Mcgowan, Psychology
The interpersonal functioning of college students ;: an evaluation of an integrated didactic and experiential approach to training., Pamela Nelson Myrus, Psychology
The Northwest Complex : planning a residential living-learning center at the University of Massachusetts., G. Barton Ogden, Education
Five aspects of guidance., Joyce Perosino, Education
An investigation of the relationship between grade point average and selected therapeutic process variables., Richard M. Pierce, Psychology
Paired-associates learning under classical conditioning and selective learning paradigms as functions of similarity variables., Myriam Witkin Smith, Psychology
A follow-up study of selected characteristics of students graduating from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture in Floriculture, Landscape Operations, and Turf Management from 1953 to 1963., Theodore William Stamen, Plant & Soil Sciences
The effect of calcium salts on K absorption by excised barley roots., Toshiaki Tadano, Plant & Soil Sciences
Guidance practicum report : John Pettibone School, New Milford, Connecticut., Donald Thomas Tepper, Education
The refinement of a test of quantitative judgment., Cynthia L. Tuttle, Education
The influence of memory, information, and intelligence on concept attainment., Alfred Ben Weiner, Psychology
Theses from 1964
Thematic apperception and galvanic skin responses to dimensions of nurturance in reference to mother, father, and peer figures., James Arthur Bergeron, Psychology
Group counseling with underachieving tenth grade pupils., Albert E. Bessette, Education
Changes in the insect populations of the low shrub synusia in a natural forest community exposed to chronic gamma radiation stress., John Harold Brower, Entomology
The values of a comprehensive case study to a guidance counselor., Patricia A. Dallas, Education
Guide for high school yearbook production., Edgar V. Duncan, Education
An audiovisual program for the Pioneer Valley Regional School and elementary schools of Union #18., Edith J. Facey, Education
The French military during 1870,: in light of the tradition and strategy of Napoleon Bonaparte., Robert Fernand Forest, History
A criterion for evaluation of guidance services., Eleanor J. Goodman, Education
The effect of chlordiazepoxide on the stimulus-intensity phenomenon., Donald Ray Green, Psychology
Response of the male gypsy moth, Porthetria dispar (L.) to gyplure, a synthetic sex attractant., Frederick Randall Holbrook, Entomology
The effect of certain chemicals on the rate of respiration, firmness and color change of harvested tomato fruit., Amr Abdel Fattah Ismail, Horticulture
The therapeutic teacher., John Francis Killory, Education
The problem of the school dropout and the counselor., Michael A. Martin, Education
CS-intensity and intertrial responding in classical eyelid conditioning., Michaela House Mattson, Psychology
The Billy Mitchell court-martial of 1925., Mitchell Bernard Joseph Mulholland, History
The female terminalia of the Aedes mosquitoes occurring in New England., Vernon Alfred Nelson, Entomology
Inheritance studies of shuck color and size of laminae in ears of sweet corn., Bruce Wendell Ogilvie, Horticulture
A counselor's attempt at self-exploration., William G. Quill, Education
My role as counselor., Carol Roberts, Education
Towards a theory of counseling : implementation and implications., Kenneth R. Roulx, Education
Massachusetts school law and de facto segregation., John E. Shea, Education
Adult education needs in the town of South Hadley., Robert B. Sigda, Education
A guidance pamphlet., John R. Smith, Education
The crisis in steel: April, 1962., Robert Wasilewski, Business Administration
Theses from 1963
A study of adult education needs and interests in Amherst and regional community., Charles E. Abramson, Education
Case studies in residence hall administration., William H. Burkhardt, Education
The counselor's dilemma in the secondary school., Robert F. Casey, Education
A blueprint for language study in the Buckland-Colrain-Shelburne School Union., J. Ardelle Chase, Education
The effect of certain books on the attitudes of sixth grade readers., William N. Dickinson, Education
The problems encountered and the work accomplished by a faculty in seeking accreditation status for a diploma program in nursing., Irene Dillon, Education
Some effects of Sevin and Union Carbide Compound 10854 on adult mosquitoes., James Edward Downey, Entomology
The story of Aaron Denio., Jeanne S. Ehmann, Education
The Boston Farmers Produce Market Report as a factor in the marketing of Massachusetts-produced vegetables., Charles E. Eshbach, Olericulture
Comparative effectiveness and persistence of certain insecticides in poultry droppings against larvae of the little house fly, Fannia canicularis L., James Wayne Eversole, Entomology
The disengagement process and psychological functioning among older people., Joseph J. Fleishman, Psychology
Conceptual performance of schizophrenic and non-psychiatric subjects on stimulus materials varying in extent of symbolic representation., Harold H. Goldstein, Psychology
Conceptual sorting and personality maladjustment: a developmental study, Michael Kalman Heller, Psychology
British foreign policy and public opinion: The Munich Week, September 23-30, 1938., John Robert Homer, History
A depressive effect of librium on problem-solving incentive/, Everett Mercer Lewis, Psychology
My role as a counselor., Venus S. Masselam, Education
The partial reinforcement effect sustained through blocks of continuous reinforcement in classical eyelid conditioning., Sally Lou Perry, Psychology
A theoretical and practical investigation of guidance on the secondary school level., Edmund J. Plummer, Education
The nature and extents of competition between mutual savings banks and selected types of other financial institutions in Massachusetts., Donald Gilson Porter, Business Administration
Market imperfections of corporate financing in India :: the "Group" dominance., Shree Prasad, Business Administration
A comparison between projected slides and wall map for teaching geographical concepts., Fred John Pula, Education
A comparison of retarded and average readers on a visual and aural paired-associates task., Donald Lewis Quinlan, Psychology
A descriptive study of speech handicaps : a handbook for teachers., Elda G. Ricalzone, Education
The integrated electronic data processing system as an intelligence center., Lee Randell Sanborn, Business Administration
Syllabus for a college level course on fuel cells., Lloyd Everett Stein, Education
Effects of nitrogen supply on the cation exchange capacity of cereal roots and its relation to Ca adsorption from Ca-H bentonite clay systems by excised roots., Ronald Paul White, Agronomy
Factors influencing oriented movement of Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb, 1917) Filipjev and Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1941., Keng-yin Wong, Entomology
Postponement as a capital budgeting decision., Gerald Lee Work, Business Administration
Theses from 1962
Factors influencing the Superintendent in budget preparation and administration., Hamilton R. Bailey, Education
The regional community college : a Massachusetts institution., Hamilton R. Bailey, Education
Submarine warfare, fiction or reality?, John Charles Cheska, History
A study to determine the effects of limiting-liability statutes on the hotelkeeper and the hotel guest., Norman G. Cournoyer, Business Administration
Thomism and the method of critical thought., Roland Goddu, Education
Identification of ornamental crab apples by pages and petiole sections., Tom Sherman Hamilton, Horticulture
The Middlebury-Cornwall project., John V. Henderson, Education
Verbal concept attainment of schizophrenics as related to mild verbal censure., David Scherer Hill, Psychology
The effects of some environmental factors on growth and control of northern nutgrass., Eugene Raymond Hill, Agronomy