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Theses from 1941
A study of the mathematics curriculum of technical high schools., George Arthur Andrewes, Education
American history for non-academic high school pupils., Rexford Hanson Avery, Education
Some victory for humanity : a biography of Horace Mann., Ruth Anna Avery, Education
Effect of ozone on human efficiency., Daniel Algerd Balavich, Psychology
Barnard, his work in Connecticut., Emil H. Beyer, Education
A study of the difficulties encountered in supervised farm practice in all agricultural departments of Massachusetts., James W. Blackburn, Education
Should geography be included in the high school curriculum?, James A. Briggs, Education
On the mandibles of certain crustacea., Donald Winslow Cadigan, Entomology
The control of Oriental fruit moth and codling moth with ovicides., Henry Vincent Couper, Entomology
Study of delinquent children., Henry A. Czelusniak, Education
Problem : a study of the curriculum of Bay Path Institute from the date of its inception in 1898 to the present : with reasons for adding or dropping courses and with the idea of determining what the curriculum in 1950 will be., Henry N. Fatzinger, Education
The Education of women in seventeenth century France., Mary C. Giblin, Education
Why industrial arts., Gerald Milton Gingras, Education
The development of vocational education in agriculture at Indian schools., William I. Goodwin, Education
A study of the ability of deaf children in grouping, accentuation, and phrasing of movements of the individual speech organs versus syllables., Ciwa, Griffiths, Education
A study of the use of lesson plans in high school teaching., Elizabeth M. Hannifin, Education
The effect of the electro-chart on learning in nature study in grade VIII., Raymond E. Harris, Education
Vindication of the unit general shop., James D. Hayes, Education
Guidance in vocational schools., Harold C. Hurley, Education
The significance of the major fields of study of Massachusetts State College graduates to their occupational placement., John C. Jakobek, Education
How does Huntington High School function in the lives of its graduates through effects of courses upon occupation., Raymond N. Jenness, Education
The United States and the world court., Eleanor B. Julian, Political Science
The influence of hobbies in the lives of junior and senior high school pupils., Mary Catherine Kane, Education
Notes on Voltaire's dictionnaire philosophique., Katherine Eleanor Kerivan, Education
A practical course in biology., Elmer T. Koster, Education
A study to determine the minimum number of student contacts per course that would justify the course financially, in a private secondary school and junior college., Benjamin R. Lang, Education
The story of juvenile delinquency in the City of Hartford, Connecticut., Thomas J. McDonough, Education
Apple juice; clarification by the gelatin-tannin method., Robert Louis Messier, Horticulture
Acetic acid in the preservation of fountain syrups., Roy Earl Morse, Horticulture
Visual aids for teaching history and application to the Plymouth High School., Virginia A. Pekarski, Education
Fundamentals of arithmetic high school pupils must know to operate adding and calculating machines., Clark Perry, Education
A survey of the records of master graduates of Massachusetts State College for the years 1935 through 1940., Irvin D. Reade, Education
Data for guidance., David H. Reid, Education
The workbook in physics., Jesse O. Richardson, Education
A survey of six-man football in the smaller secondary schools of Massachusetts., Francis James Riel, Education
Society, education and Hartford., Nathaniel E. Robinson, Education
A survey of college board entrance examinations in elementary algebra from 1921-1941., Clara. Ross, Education
"How can the traditional fourfold aim: To read, to understand, to speak and to write the foreign language be attained in the limited time of the two-year college course?", Edith S. Rostas, Education
The construction of an instruction manual in carry-over value athletics., Leo J. Santucci, Education
Remedial work in arithmetic., Harry E. Tatoian, Education
A study of absorption and excretion of potassium and calcium by the roots of barley in different solution media and changes in hydrogen-ion concentration., George Wenzel, Agronomy
A comparison of the vitalized program with the textbook discussion method of teaching., Richard Arnold Wilkinson, Education
Theses from 1940
A study of the development of rural education in the State of Georgia with special emphasis on rural schools for Negroes., Mary L. Baker, Education
The effect of certain organic compounds on the flocculation of clay suspension., Edward Theodore Clapp, Agronomy
What are some of the causes that produce discipline problem cases in the junior high school?, Margaret T. Clifford, Education
The relative toxicity of certain ions and the function of the calcium ion as an antagonist, as indicated by soybean roots., Plese Corbett, Agronomy
A study of student achievement in secondary schools in the study of French for a greater articulation between secondary schools and colleges., Francis Joseph Crane, Education
Reported values of industrial arts., Frederick Thomas Dacey, Education
Feeble-mindedness and mechanical aptitute., Paul E. Dion, Education
The status of the correlation of English with other fields and the obstacles in the way of its attainment in the high schools of Massachusetts., Martin J. Earls, Education
A study of the comprehensive examination administered to graduate students in the Department of Education, Massachusetts State College, 1939., John A. Fitzgerald, Education
A study of the effect of light on the oxygen content of the headspace of glasspacked fruit juices., William Henry Fitzpatrick, Horticulture
The lignin and methoxyl content of some common crops., John Wendell Hurdis, Agronomy
The effect of vocabulary drill on achievement in grade seven., Margaret Josko, Education
A comparative study of parochial school and public school pupils entering grade 9., Leonard Parker Kimball, Education
A history of Jewish education in Buffalo., Aaron Klein, Education
Some factors affecting the toxicity of red squill., Joseph Arthur Lubitz, Horticulture
The educational history of Northampton, Massachusetts 1663-1940., Gertrude E. MacFarlane, Education
A study of the comparative validity of the Stanford-Binet Scale and the revised Stanford-Binet Scale., Lois Rogers Macomber, Psychology
A study of mechanical drawing to determine a suitable sequence of subject matter offerings with the stressed objective of maintaining a proper "simplicity to complexity" relationship of included material., Vincent P. Mango, Education
An analysis of the errors made in elementary algebra., Elizabeth Anne McKenna, Education
A simplified mathematical marking system., Frank J. McMahon, Education
The effect of the calcium ion on the development of soy bean seedling and the antagonism of this ion to arsenic, boron, and selenium ions., Elvin Ted Miles, Agronomy
Prediction of grades in college physics., Raymond A. Minzner, Education
Experimental neurosis in the white rat., Jack Nat Peterman, Psychology
What is the possibility of pre-determining success or failure in the first two years in high school science through Terman Group Intelligence Tests., John M. Quirk, Education
Differentiated abilities in clothing., Barbara L. Richardson, Education
The value of requiring the memorization of dates in the teaching of United States history in high school., Grattan H. Rooney, Education
The effect of dextrose and sucrose on the growth of Saccharomyces cereviseae and Aspergillus niger., Leonard Tarkow, Horticulture
The effect of certain plant residues upon the buffer capacity of two Massachusetts soils., Moody Francis Trevett, Agronomy
An investigation of apple cider jelly and apple cider marmalade., Fred Benidict Voit, Horticulture
Nutritive and enzymic studies on the cranberry., Frank John Yourga, Horticulture
Theses from 1939
The dissemination of carnation rust (Uromyces caryophyllinus (Schr.) Wint.) by the common red spider (Tetranychus telarius Linn.)., Dean Asquith, Entomology
A study of educational and vocational guidance information from eighth grade pupils at Belle Glade, Florida., Lewis William Bartlett, Education
A study of the percentage and total intake of certain elements by calciphilic and calciphobic plants grown on soils varying in pH., William H. Bender, Agronomy
A cost analysis of home canning, and the acidification of non-acid vegetables in order to reduce the thermal treatment necessary for preservation., Kenneth E. Benson, Horticulture
The problems of the beginning teacher., Jennie Pollard Blaisdell, Education
Effect on composition of calciphile plants when grown in soil media containing calcium hydroxide, calcium sulphate, and calcium sulphate plus sodium hydroxide., William Henry Booth, Plant & Soil Sciences
A study of the general achievement of prospective teachers at Massachusetts State College., Alfred A. Bracy, Education
The effect of visual aids on achievement., Lawrence Dewey Brady, Education
A study of the value of physics note books as contrasted with substitute activities., William J. Clancy, Education
Relationships of natural vegetation to physico-chemical properties of soils in Massachusetts., Walter S. Colvin, Plant & Soil Sciences
Curriculum revision in the high schools of Springfield, Massachusetts., Ulmont Cleal Cowing, Education
A study of four plans of drawing instructions in the primary school., Mary Monica Crowley, Education
External morphology of Lucidota corrusca Linn. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)., Robert Earle Evans, Entomology
A study of ratios of school expenditures to total city expenditures and per pupil expenditures in Massachusetts cities with a view to determining minimum school expenditures in the state., Arthur L. Frellick, Education
Salesmanship courses in high school., Ralph S. Frellick, Education
The Activity method in teaching literature., Anna Patricia Garvey, Education
Citrus by-products., Norman Glaskin, Horticulture
A survey and recommendation for municipal recreation in the city of Gardner, Massachusetts., Cleo Roger Goderre, Education
A case study of the problems encountered in establishing a Smith-Hughes vocational agricultural course in the Brattleboro High School and its patronage area., Ralph Hawtheron Granger, Education
A Comparison of school marks with standard norms., Herbert Grayson, Education
The relative effectiveness of the lecture-demonstration method and an experimental method in the teaching of general science., Saul G. Gruner, Education
An Objective evaluation of music in the school., Harold C. Hemond, Education
Grade placement of units in general science., George E. Higgins, Education
A park activities program for Mount Tom Reservation., Robert P. Hunter, Education
A study to determine emphasis of biological interests in social and industrial groups as basis of biology course in New Bedford High School., Frank Farley Hutchings, Education
Analysis of the health cards of one hundred pupils in the Longmeadow public schools., Francis X. Keating, Education
The external morphology of the tomato worm (Protoparce sexta Johan.; Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)., Archie Hugh Madden, Entomology
Studies on the canning of apples in syrup., Andrew A. McCornack, Horticulture