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Theses from 1933
An evaluation of a parent teacher association, W. Thornton Cowing, Education
The value of freshman marks as indicators of college success, Herbert Daniel Darling, Education
A study of the intermediate steps in the preparation of alkylphenylbarbituric acids, James Edward Doyle, Chemistry
Temperature and humidity as they affect the life cycle of the lesser grain borer, Rhizopertha dominica Fab, Stuart Deane Edmond, Entomology
A study of consolidation in the eastern part of Shelburne, Lawrence William Elliott, Education
Plastic cream as an ingredient of ice cream, Clifford Robert Foskett, Dairy
The chemical kinetics of the alkaline hydrolysis of Acetyl-glycolic acid, Albert Hugh Gower, Chemistry
Studies in oven canning, Pearl R. Haddock, Horticulture
A study of the history of the development of coeducation in Massachusetts, Ruth F. Hatch, Education
The external morphology of the clouded sulphur (Colias philodice Godart; Lepidoptera; Pieridae), Richard T. Holway, Entomology
Comparative cost of education in Massachusetts, Lawrence A. Jones, Education
A comprehensive study of the distribution of marks at the Massachusetts State College, Robert R. Labarge, Agricultural education
Mechanical ability in a comprehensive high school, John A. Langford, Education
Student interest in the economic and learning aspects of clothing construction classes, Ella. Mahoney, Home Economics
A study of the correspondence courses at Massachusetts State College in the field of agriculture, Donald M. Mason, Education
Comparative efficiency of certain scholastic aptitude tests in predicting academic success,, Ernest Wilson Mitchell, Psychology
A study of the comparative validity of a scholastic aptitude test and an achievement test in predicting school success, Helen E. Moriarty, Agricultural education
The use of red squill as a raticide, Michael Gerald O'connor, Horticulture
An experimental testing of ability and progress in swimming, Walter J. Osinski, Education
Influence of initial contamination, time, and temperature upon the rate of multiplication of Escherichia communior in raw milk, Ransom Clayton Packard, Bacteriology
The relation between college marks and outside activities, William R. Phinney, Education
Agricultural land utilization in the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, Martin P. Plantinga, Agricultural education
A study of the depopulation of the small towns in Windham County, Vermont, Lauri S. Ronka, Sociology
Chemical and microbiological studies on Citron (Citrus medica, Linn.), Ernest Gordon Smith, Horticulture
A study of compounds related to Luminal, Lucian Bayard Spaulding, Chemistry
The Arthurian cycle, Russell M. Spear, English
The influence of personality on the mnemonic process, Peter F. Stanne, Education
A study of chloretone and related compounds, Earle Alexander Tompkins, Chemistry
A study of the properties of inulin and its quantitative determination in artichoke tubers, Melvin Harold Wanegar, Chemistry
A study of 2,3-dimethylbutadiene-1,3 and related compounds, Charles Butler Wendell, Chemistry
An application of statistical method in an effort to improve the results of high school marking system, F. Earle Williams, Education
Theses from 1932
A comparative study of marks in some Connecticut Valley high schools with enrollment over 100, James Bower, Education
Project for a state park system for Alabama, Sam Findley Brewster, Landscape Architecture
A study of the reactions involved in the preparation of luminal and related compounds, James John Chap, Chemistry
The mineral composition of dates, Maurice Mortimer Cleveland, Chemistry
The relationship between subjects studied in high school and college success, Anna Katherine Digney, Agricultural education
A study of the elimination of phosphorus following its ingestion in organic and inorganic forms, Cora Genette Dyer, Chemistry
A comparative study of the color zones and the form zones in peripheral vision, Newell William Frey, Education
The use of smoke in the preparation of smoked haddock with particular reference to the significance of formaldehyde, Francis P. Griffiths, Chemistry
Studies of methods for determination of magnesium deficiency in soils, Jay L. Haddock, Agronomy
The comparative validity of subject matter in certain scholastic aptitude tests, Alfred Harold Holway, Agricultural education
A study of Massachusetts ice cream , Ernest N. Horsley, Dairy
Vitamin C content of cranberries, Paul Dwight Isham, Horticulture
The electrolytic reduction of polynitro compounds to polyamines, Fred William Jones, Chemistry
The propagation of Sciadopitys verticillata Sieb. + Zucc, Wayne J. Lowry, Horticulture
A comparative study of certain types of subject matter in scholastic aptitude tests, Charles P. Mcdonnell, Agricultural education
The mechanism of adsorption at the interfaces of dilute sodium oleate solutions., Ralph Francis Nickerson, Chemistry
Fertility and hatchability studies in poultry, Costas Nicolaides, Poultry
The preparation of alkyl iodides, Ernest Milford Parrott, Chemistry
A study of children's judgements in relation to certain factors, Francis C. Pray, Sociology
Preservation, utilization and properties of cranberry juice, Cecil Curtis Rice, Horticulture
A study in avian behavior to determine the nature and persistency of the order of dominance in the domestic fowl and to relate these to certain physiological reactions, William C. Sanctuary, Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Biochemical studies on the cocci of sewage sludge, Alice Goodrich Stiles, Bacteriology
Studies on the effect of different temperature gradients as produced under three brooder stoves upon body weight, feathering and sleeping groups of chicks during two period of brooding, John V. Strickland, Poultry
Some factors affecting health knowledge dissemination among high school pupils, John A. Sullivan, Education
A study of the significance of the ability to discriminate lifted weights., Christine Belle Thatcher, Education
The overwintering of Septoria apii (Br. and Cav.) Chester, under conditions prevailing at Amherst, Massachusetts in 1931-1932, Grant Bernard Vanveghten, Botany
A study of character traits as related to scholastic achievement, Mildred A. Weeks, Agricultural education
The specificity of soluble bacterial substances from certain members of the Salmonella group, Harold James White, Bacteriology
The external morphology of the primitive Tanyderid Dipteron Protoplasa fitchii O.S.,: with notes on the other Tanyderidae., Inez Wilhelmena Williams, Entomology
Theses from 1931
A study of the relationship between health knowledge and health habits of high school pupils, Marjorie Elise Beeman, Education
A comparison of single and double stage homogenization, Oscar. Boisvert, Dairy
An analysis of cooperative agricultural organizations in Massachusetts, 1929, Max. Bovarnick, Agricultural Economics
The development and present status of biology as taught in the public secondary schools of Massachusetts., Morton Harding Cassidy, Entomology
Pasteurization of dates, time - temperature - humidity relationships, John Albert Clague, Bacteriology
The comparative validity of mental tests and silent reading tests in predicting high school success, William A. Cowing, Education
Some factors affecting the flora of pastures, Richard Carol Foley, Agronomy
A study of the inter-relationships among pre-schooling, mental test scores, school marks and practical success, Elizabeth Anne Lynch, Education
The effect of some forms of nitrogen on the growth and nitrogen content of wheat and rice plants, Guy. Thelin, Agronomy
Theses from 1930
The synthesis of two new derivatives of resorcinol and a discussion of their relation to other resorcinol derivatives of therapeutic importance, Gardner Mills Albro, Chemistry
To how great an extent may elementary work in geography, history, and civics be subordinated to, inspired by, and derived from the study of current events?, David Frederic Carpenter, Agricultural education
A study of a mechanical aptitude test in a trade school, Hermon R. Clark, Agricultural education
Studies in the protein content of normal avian blood , G. Chapman Crooks, Chemistry
The Ammonification and nitrification of cottonseed meal and the nitrification of ammonium sulphate, Harold R. Knudsen, Agronomy
An educational agricultural system for Greece, Constantine P. Ladas, Agricultural education
A critical study of certain tests of mechanical ability, Herbert A. Landry, Agricultural education
The external morphology of Chrysopa perla L. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Miriam. Morse, Entomology
The family characters and relationships of Trichoptera as illustrated by head structures, Richard C. Newton, Entomology
A study of the Hohenheim System of grassland management and its adaptation to New England conditions, Clarence H. Parsons, Animal Husbandry
The effect of different concentrations of the hydrogen-ion upon the solubility of manganese sulfate in solutions of six representative nutrient salts, Oliver S. Plantinga, Chemistry
A study of the validity of a battery of mental tests in predicting college success, Sarah T. Plantinga, Agricultural education
The relation of hydrogen-ion activity to the rate of inversion of sucrose, Walter Russell Smith, Chemistry
The application of the complement-fixation reaction as a means of directing minute quantities of decomposition of beef, Sarah E. Stewart, Bacteriology
A study of varietal and cultural factors affecting stand and yield of soybeans, Rhea E. Stitt, Agronomy
The effect of nitrate of soda applications on fruit bud formation in the strawberry,, Ralph Albert Van Meter, Pomology
Theses from 1929
Studies concerning the correlation of nodulation and nitrogen-fixation by various strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum, Ralph Lyle France, Microbiology
Electrophoresis as an index of virulence and agglutination with special reference to alcaligenes abortus, James Christos Kakavas, Bacteriology
Studies on the use of egg in plain ice cream, Donald A. Pettee, Dairy
A study of the relation between knowledge, intelligence, and character, Frank C. Seymour, Agricultural education
The stimulation of root development in herbaceous cuttings as influenced by the hydrogen ion concentration of the rooting medium, Carrick E. Wildon, Floriculture
Theses from 1928
A study of the Grignard reaction in the preparation of triphenyl methane dyes, Malcolm F. Dull, Chemistry
Some practical results of psychological tests, Herbert Martin Emery, Agricultural education
The viscosity and surface tension of dispersions of sucrose, lactose, skim milk powder, and butterfat, Richard W. Fessenden, Chemistry
The salt requirement of Havana tobacco with nitric and ammonic nitrogen, Oliver W. Kelly, Agronomy
Nitrate nitrogen accumulation in soils as affected by soil reaction and certain treatments, George J. Larsinos, Agronomy
The determination of iron and its relation to the hydrogen-ion concentration in nutrient solutions, Majel Margaret Macmasters, Chemistry
An attempt to measure the effectiveness of vocational education in agriculture in the State of Massachusetts., William Irving Mayo, Education
Revision of the Rhipiphoridae (Coleoptera) of North and Central America, E. Rivnai, Entomology
The effect of boron and manganese on the growth of tobacco plants, T. Robert Swanback, Agronomy