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Theses from 1937
An economic analysis of farm woodland in Massachusetts, Robert Carl Tetro, Agricultural Economics
A proposal for changing Suffield Academy from a private academy accepting public funds to a private academy which does not accept public funds, Howard. Thomas, Education
Theses from 1936
A study of certain phases of the physiology of reproduction of farm animals, Frederick Newcomb Andrews, Animal Husbandry
Studies on the utilization and nutritive value of whiting (Merluccius bilinearis), Donald A. Bean, Horticulture
The economic status of hired labor on Massachusetts market-garden farms, Marguerite E. Bicknell, Economics
A study of truancy on the part of boys from thirteen to sixteen years of age, Jeannette Sears Casey, Education
A study of brucella abortus in relation to phagocytosis with reference to strain variation and activities of culture filtrates against leucocytes, Carl Francis Clancy, Bacteriology
The use of the banana versus other fruit in a reducing regime, Gladys Mae Cook, Home Economics
A critical study of the development of elementary mathematical pedagogy in Massachusetts, Bernardine Joan Cooney, Education
Factors in the management of golf courses as illustrated by the study of a specific golf club, Lawrence Sumner Dickinson, Horticulture
The short shoots of gymnosperms, Alice Isabel Dwight, Botany
The effect of additions of calcium hydroxide upon the solubility of phosphorus in certain Massachusetts soils, John Nelson Everson, Agronomy
A Study of the effectiveness of teaching French pronunciation to young pupils by means of the phonetic symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet and by direct imitation, Ione K. Flower, Education
A proposed plan for the use of supervised correspondence courses in extending the program of small high schools, Alan Foster Flynn, Agricultural education
The nutritive properties of deaminized casein, Rudolph. Frundt, Chemistry
Mary Stuart on the English and American stage, Marian. Gleason, English
The comparative validity of sense and non-sense material in determining mathematical aptitude, J. Frank Hassett, Psychology
The aquatic botany of Cranberry Pond, W. H. Hodge, Botany
Utilization and composition of green and red peppers (Capsicum annum), Vladimir. Jancik, Horticulture
A study of the present consumption of dairy products and suggestions for increasing the use of these products by Negroes in Nash County, North Carolina, David Jasper Knight, Dairy
Contribution of the National Education Association committees to secondary education - summation and justification, Anna. La Rose, Education
A study of some factors involved in the thermal treatment of all-glass containers, Arthur S. Levine, Food Technology
The immigration of Slavic farmers to Hadley,, Alexander A. Lucey, Economics
Nutritive studies on wild and cultivated blueberries, Oreana Alma Merriam, Horticulture
Utilization of dextrose (purified corn sugar) in the manufacture of fruit and pickle products, Joseph Miller, Dairy
A consideration of planned production of tomatoes with the available market and technical data as it may be used in teaching planned production in vocational agricultural courses in high school, Louis Hale Moseley, Education
Preparation and preservation of apple pectin extracts, Robert Vincent Murray, Horticulture
Fruit syrups, Julius. Novick, Food Technology
Articulatory errors leading to unintelligibility in the speech of eighty-seven deaf children,, Fred Cheffins Numbers, Education
Mental hygiene as an aid to the teacher in dealing with maladjusted school children, Miriam. Pomerantz, Education
Nutritive studies on the basic cereal grains,: studies on the individual reactions of pullets fed rations containing a relatively large quantity of a single cereal grain., Henry Frank Riseman, Poultry
Crushed fruits and syrups, William Fenton Robertson, Horticulture
How Madison meets the present demands on our educational institutions for trained leadership, Charles G. Sharpe, Education
A method for studying the industrial-agricultural relationship in Massachusetts, Gilbert. Simpson, Agricultural Economics
A contribution to the morphology and the distribution of the Arctiidae of New England, Marion Estelle Smith, Entomology
A comparison of abilities and interests during adolescence, Leon J. Stanisiewski, Psychology
A study of the external morphology of a predacious stink-bug,: Apateticus cynicus (Say); Family, Pentatomidae; Order, Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Philip Carlton Stone, Entomology
Theses from 1935
The order Ranales in Massachusetts, Carrolle Elizabeth Anderson, Botany
The validity of high school principal's certificates for forecasting success at Massachusetts State College, Elmer E. Barber, Education
Dickens' relationship to Tobias Smollett, Evelyn Armstrong Beaman, English
A study of the interrelationships of intelligence, school marks, home environment, personality, and conception of values, William Ezra Bosworth, Education
Nutritional studies of mackerel, William S. Conway, Food Science and Technology
Comparisons of ciders made from several varieties of apples, with special emphasis on the effect of clarification treatments on composition, Eunice M. Doerpholz, Food Science and Technology
Study of rural credit in certain areas in Massachusetts, J. Elizabeth Donley, Agricultural Economics
Biochemical investigations on the cranberry, William Brigham Esselen, Food Science and Technology
A comparison of the occupational interests of the graduates of the Springfield Public High Schools with the Cathedral Parochial High School graduates, William John Foley, Education
The construction of the Athol High School scholastic aptitude test and a study of its comparative validity in predicting success among school children, Claude B. Germany, Education
The external morphology and phylogenetic position of the woodland cave cricket (Ceuthophilus brevipes Scudder; Orthoptera; Tettigoniidae), Ashley Buell Gurney, Entomology
An economic survey of the Springfield fluid milk market, John R. Hanson, Agricultural Economics
A study of the errors in written language of deaf and hearing children, J. Franklin Hunt, Education
Studies on the effects of cation ratios on tobacco., Benjamin Isgur, Plant & Soil Sciences
A survey of the leisure education programs of the smaller public high schools in western Massachusetts., Vernet S. Keller, Education
The study of media employed in, or suggested for, the bacteriological analysis of water, Evelyn Delina Kimball, Bacteriology
Prognostic testing in typewriting through manual dexterity and intelligence quotients, Francis Martin Lohan, Education
Some internal physical conditions in glass containers of food during thermal treatment, Walter Arnold Maclinn, Horticulture
Glutathione content of dormant and growing plant tissues, Charles Edwin Minarik, Chemistry
The history of the growth, development and present status of Catholic secondary education in Massachusetts, Charles Edward Murphy, Education
Corn sugar utilization in the manufacture of horticultural food products, Thomas. Onsdorff, Horticulture
Directional orientation in human beings, Ruth Lowery Parker, Education
Status of ice hockey in the New England colleges, Russell L. Snow, Education
A study of the effect of decreased budgets upon public schools in Massachusetts, Alexander K. Sokol, Education
Community canning projects in the South, Leora Jones Spaulding, Horticulture
Dissolved iron as a means of separating Escherichia coli and Aerobacter aerogenes, Adam V. Syrocki, Bacteriology
A further study of the synthesis of 5,5-Alkylphenylbarbituric acids, Marion R. Taylor, Chemistry
Nutritional studies on crab meat, Vernon Kenneth Watson, Bacteriology
Theses from 1934
A comparison of the chemical composition of pasture grass with a mixed concentrate, Emmett. Bennett, Chemistry
Costume in the early drama, Mildred Shepard Brown, Speech
Preparation and properties of red squill extracts, Robert Edward Buck, Horticulture
Studies on the physiology and bacteriology of the cecum with special reference to the avian subject, Kenneth William Chapman, Bacteriology
Oxidation-reduction potentials and their application to soils, Matthew Cotton Darnell, Agronomy
A study of secondary school assemblies in Massachusetts, Warren W. Fabyan, Education
Methods of control of commercialized entertainment with special reference to the motion picture, in Worcester and Springfield, Mass, Robert B. Fletcher, Sociology
Horace Mann and his educational activities as correlated with the social and economic conditions in 1837, Elizabeth Frances Foley, Education
An undescribed canker of spruces, caused by Cytospora kunzei Sacc, Constantine J. Gilgut, Botany
Appreciation in the study and teaching of literature, Una Dean Hilliker, Education
A study of Rhode Island red feather pigmentation, Fred P. Jeffrey, Poultry
The preparation of colloidal dispersions of copper, Eugene Joseph Kane, Chemistry
The process of learning as shown by the mirror-drawing experiment, Agnes E. Knightly, Education
The occurrence of glutathione in the foliage of horticultural plants, and its relation to the use of sulfur as a fungicide, Richard Perry Lovejoy, Chemistry
Horace Mann's influence of schoolhousing, Anthony. Lyons, Education
The predictive value of lower grade marks in determining upper grade marks within the same school system, Willard T. Maloney, Education
A study of the possibilities of forecasting skill in typewriting, Clara Luella Mcintire, Education
Preservation of dried figs with special emphasis on pasteurization, Abraham. Naoum, Horticulture
Horace Mann's influence on school libraries in Massachusetts, John James O'connell, Education
The influence of the academy in Western Massachusetts, Leon Monroe Orcutt, Education
A comparative study of the movements of the breathing muscles in speech and quiet breathing of deaf and normal subjects, Charles Greenburg Rawlings, Education
The soviet influence on the Russian educational system., James P. Reynolds, Education
The influence of sodium chloride and of potassium chloride on the inversion of cane sugar by hydrochloric acid, Roy C. Rice, Chemistry
The bacteriostatic action of gentian violet, crystal violet, basic fuchsin, and acid fuchsin on certain Gram positive bacteria, Morrison. Rogosa, Bacteriology
Vitamin C content of twenty-one New England grown varieties of apples, George Gilman Smith, Pomology
A comparative study of several media for determining the bacterial content of milk by the plate count method, Bernard Eli Supowitz, Bacteriology
Theses from 1933
Studies in periodic crystallization in the absence of a gel, Julia Elizabeth Abbott, Chemistry
What is a progressive school?, Andrew Anderson, Education
Emily Dickinson's knowledge of the classical and European philosophers and their influence on her prose and poetry, Mary G. Baker, English
A study of ice cream high in fat content, John Harold Brockschmidt, Dairy
An attempt to find salts which in saturated solution yield relative humidities not yet obtainable for use in biological research, Herman. Broudy, Entomology
Enlarging the consuming area for Massachusetts apples, Alfred A. Brown, Agricultural Economics
Differential equations with definite and practical applications in the electrical field, Carlos Nelson Butler, Mathematics
The separation and determination of magnesium by the use of 8-hydroxyquinoline as the precipitating agent, John. Calvi, Chemistry
Study of the influence of certain environmental conditions on the duration of viability of Salmonella pullorum , Miriam Keith Clarke, Bacteriology