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Theses from 1964
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
Conceptual sorting and corresponding verbalization in children of good and poor personality adjustment., Kieran Edward Kennedy, Psychology
The client - counselor relationship., Dennis W. Kiernan, Education
Some problems encountered in Sidgwick's utilitarianism., Paul Chester Killam, Philosophy
The effect of frustration upon performance on a motor task with high grade mental retardates, Joel M. Liebowitz, Psychology
Concept attainment on thematic materials by deaf and hearing adolescents., James Michael, Psychology
Kant and language., Stephen Joel Noren, Philosophy
A survey of the ectoparasites of the wild mammals of New England and New York State., Margaret Alice Parsons, Entomology
Inaugurating a school committee policy handbook and a faculty handbook for Frontier Regional School South Deerfield, Massachusetts., Jack D. Phillips, Education
The development of the black-headed budworm, Acleris variana (Fernald) in response to environmental factors., William Edwin Rose, Entomology
Use of the scientific method as an approach to improvement in eighth grade pupil thinking., Edwin L. Tucker, Education
A developmental study of concept attainment., Lee William Yudin, Psychology
Theses from 1961
Biology and control of the boxwood mite : Eurytetranychus buxi (Garman) on boxwood., Rafael Padilla Aranda, Entomology
The use of fish by-product materials as fertilizers - alone and in mixtures or formulations., Roy Augustus Barrett, Agronomy
The question of method in teaching first year Latin., Arthur J. Breen, Education
The debate on limited war, 1957-1959 ;: a study of attitudes., Norman. Breines, History
The guidance program at the secondary level., Lois Wolfe Bremner, Education
Some personality correlates of probability-preferences in imaginary and actual risk-taking., Bernard. Cameron, Psychology
An analysis of the predictive validity of the Lee-Clark Reading Readiness Test as used in the Athol schools., Gordon C. Durnford, Education
The influence of nitrogen fertilization, vine killing and storage temperatures on chip color of Massachusetts grown potatoes., Chaim Frenkel, Horticulture
Conceptual performance in schizophrenics as a function of premorbid adjustment level and mild verbal censure., Barry Martin Hellman, Psychology
Monetary incentive and range of payoffs as determiners of risk taking., Leonard Katz, Psychology
The relation of Rorschach movement responses to an inventory score of energy level., Sheila Margaret Kelly, Psychology
Political ideas of Harold J. Laski., Yŏng-jun Kim, Political Science
The reliability of Rorschach movement responses., Gail Kathryn Lambert, Psychology
Relationships of plant roots to the lesion nematode : Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb, 1917) Filipjev and Schuurmans Stekhovan, 1941., Winston Hayden Lavallee, Entomology
Some political novels of the New Industrial Age, 1873-1915., Roger P. Leemhuis, Political Science
"On Wittgenstein's approach to language and reality.", John Moulton Lovejoy, Philosophy
Concept attainment performance of poor premorbid schizophrenics, good premorbid schizophrenics, and normals on conceptual material involving approval and disapproval/, David Joseph Moriarty, Psychology
A study of factors related to underachievement among a group of gifted high school students., John Murphy, Education
Thematic sexual responses as related to phase of the menstrual cycle/, Jane Anne Nelson, Psychology
Approach and avoidance responses to a Tat dimension as related to reaction time and galvanic skin response on a word association test, J. Thor Nelson, Psychology
Predicting success in the advanced Air Force ROTC at the University of Massachusetts., Leon K. Pfeiffer, Education
Effects of a redundant informing tone in a closed-loop monitoring task., Harvey A. Taub, Psychology
A comparison of good and poor lip readers among the deaf in the attainment of concepts., Ronald Kenneth Tiffany, Psychology
An investigation of the drive properties of conflict in rats., Jay Allen Trowill, Psychology
The role of the science fair in science education., Stanley R. Wachs, Education
A study of the external morphology of the larva of Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.) family, Curculionidae; order, Coleoptera., William Hunton Ziener, Entomology
Theses from 1960
A speech intelligibility test for young deaf children., Bill G. Blevins, Education
A comparison of the impressions of schizophrenic and normal subjects on two simulated scenes of social interaction., Lucien A. Buck, Psychology
An analysis of some of the characteristics of a group of students at South Hadley High School in relation to their use of automobiles., Donald J. Buss, Education
The effects of dexedrine and orderly punishment on "abnormal fixations"., Theodore E. Cadell, Psychology
Inaugurating a teachers' handbook for Tenney High School, Methuen, Massachusetts., Anthony J. Carpenito, Education
A study of the stylet-bearing nematodes associated with cranberries in Massachusetts., John W. Coughlin, Entomology
A case history in zoning: the Holyoke, Massachusetts experience., Michael P. Curran, Political Science