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Theses from 1950
An analysis and evaluation of the Wechsler-Bellevue patterns of alcoholics with auditory and visual hallucinations with an attempt to discover any discriminable diagnostic pattern., Arnold. Binder, Psychology
A comprehensive study of the Belchertown, Massachusetts school system, 1929-1949., Warren Maxwell Bock, Education
John Henry Newman and Robert Shafer compared on a liberal education., Richard N. Bowler, Education
A study of the grades of freshmen at the University of Massachusetts., Hall Gerald Buzzell, Education
A study of the life history and control of the Euonymus scale, Unaspis euonymi (Comst.)., William Wesley Cantelo, Entomology
The external morphology of Onychogomphus Ardens Needham (Odonata, Gomphidae)., Hsiu-fu Chao, Entomology
An analysis of varying levels of achievement attained by pupils from rural communities in a consolidated high school., John E. Deady, Education
An investigation of the relationship of two variables to the accuracy of the perception of imbedded visual forms., George W. Doten, Psychology
The feasibility of the regional school., Robert Leo Fox, Education
Changes in intelligence test scores of psychotic patients given before and after electric shock treatments., Joseph Gruber, Psychology
An Evaluation of the Holyoke High School Commercial Department., Helen M. Hawley, Education
The foreign student in American education., Angela Holmes, Education
An evaluation of teacher trainees at the University of Massachusetts, 1938-48., Alphonse J. Jackowski, Education
A study of the audio-visual materials available for the teaching of social studies in the junior high school., Marguerite Eleanor Keough, Education
The chemical composition of the foliage of different plant species as affected by soils derived from different rocks., Jean-Marie Lapensee, Agronomy
A survey of the insect fauna of the lowbush blueberry in Massachusetts : preliminary studies on the biology and control of the blueberry flea beetle (Haltica sylvia Mall.)., Thomas Stanton Loeber, Entomology
Devising a new home report card for a secondary school., John A. Mullaly, Education
A study of the development of secondary education in Palmer, Massachusetts., Gertrude E. Murphy, Education
Development of a one-semester course in salesmanship., Dorathea M. Nagel, Education
Cyrus Peirce : educator of the nineteenth century., Kathleen L. O'Leary, Education
An experimental study of repression., Ruth R. Raphael, Psychology
The acquired distinctiveness of cues ;: the role of discriminative verbal responses in facilitating the acquisition of discriminative motor responses., Irma L. Rossman, Psychology
The development of an audio-visual program for the Warren East Elementary School., Herbert Alan Rouisse, Education
The propagation and culture of Mitchella repens L., Samuel Peaslee Snow, Floriculture
Laboratory tests with insecticides dispersed from the American Aerovap., Philip J. Spear, Entomology
A study of the teaching of economics in the high schools of Massachusetts., Ada W. Tague, Education
Effects of rates and ratios of calcium, magnesium, and potassium on composition and yield of Ladino clover., Philip Beaumont Turner, Agronomy
Some aspects of the transmission of the virus of aster yellows., Leonard H. Weinstein, Entomology
Evaluation of the psychological intern program at the Northampton State Hospital, Lewis Weinstein, Psychology
A theoretical basis for soccer strategy., David O. White, Education
Marking of achievement in West Springfield High School., Raymond Walkley Williamson, Education
Theses from 1949
Up-take of selenium by carnations, loss of selenium from treated soils by leaching, and occurrence of selenium in Massachusetts soils., Robert John Allen, Agronomy
The relative capacity of plant species to utilize phosphorus from aluminum or iron phosphate., Clinton Ralph Blackmon, Plant & Soil Sciences
The possible control of greenhouse mealybugs through the use of certain of the new organic insecticides in combination with suitable wetting agents., John Robarts Blalock, Entomology
The quantitative intake of chlorine by plants in the evolutionary age groups., Joseph Edward Brinson, Plant & Soil Sciences
The teaching of homemaking to boys., Margaret Carol Cassidy, Education
The elimination of white clover (Trifolium repens) from turf with particular reference to nitrogen levels., Geoffrey S. Cornish, Agronomy
A study of some of the natural resources of the region of Plymouth, Massachusetts, suitable for use in a Girl Scout camp program., Joan Brooks De Revere, Entomology
Planning an addition to Palmer High School, Palmer, Massachusetts., Margaret P. Donovan, Education
Methods of using ice in marketing locally grown vegetables., William O. Drinkwater, Olericulture
Generalization of fixated behavior in the rat., Paul Ellen, Psychology
Respiration studies of the tomato fruit with reference to the adaptability of this fruit as a subject for further respiration studies., Fred Herbert Emmert, Pomology
A survey of agriculture in the area served by New Salem Academy., Charles Clifford Entwistle, Education
American history for non-college students., William E. Fenton, Education
A follow-up study of the class of 1944, Amherst High School., Eleanor C. Fillmore, Education
Spent hops for construction of turf areas., Moyle E. Harward, Agronomy
A creative art program for grade ten., Nancy Jeanne Kelleher, Education
A study of the Skaggs-Robinson hypothesis., Theodore Hyman Levine, Psychology
Graded book list based on expressed reading interests of children in grades seven, eight, nine, and ten., Dorothea Ann Lohman, Education
School age recreation in the small community., Harold H. McLean, Education
A study of public relations in the public school systems in the cities and larger towns to Massachusetts., Leo F. Mulvaney, Education
The influence of parent material on the base exchange of soils., Michael Neznayko, Agronomy
The use of data on soil and climate resources of Essex County, Massachusetts in agricultural instruction., Alton G. Perkins, Education
The availability to plants of applied phosphorus as influenced by the presence of organic materials and fluoride., Glenn C. Russell, Agronomy
A study of physical education handbooks issued by colleges and universities., Stanley Francis Salwak, Education
Color as a soil amendment., Roy Edward Sigafus, Agronomy
The influence of organic anions on the replacement of fixed phosphates at various pH levels., Paul Herbert Struthers, Agronomy
Biological observations and control of potato flea beetle, Epitrix cucumeris Harris., Jose Terrazas Loyola, Entomology
The toxicity of the copper ion in the growth of soy beans and the influence of the copper ion on the transfer of magnesium in soy bean seedlings from seed and growing medium to the aerial parts of the plant., Gordon Franklin Thomas, Agronomy
The nutritional requirements of the firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Packard)., William James Wall, Entomology
A preliminary study of the biology and control of the euonymus scale, Unaspis eunonymi (Comst.)., Charles Newton Warner, Entomology
Theses from 1948
Visual aids in human progress., Ira Werner Albrecht, Education
A study of supervisory assistance in secondary schools., Philip Brigham Anderson, Education
The Camp Weather Bureau as a means of attaining some of the goals of science teaching., Fernand E. Bartlett, Education
Development of a rating scale for cadet teachers., Adele B. Bitcover, Education
Student councils in Massachusetts., William E. Clark, Education
Generic considerations of the female genitalia of certain culicidae (Diptera) with particular reference to the study of the female genitalia of certain Anopheles of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus found in Brazil., Edward Irving Coher, Entomology
The fixation of phosphorus by aluminum and its replacement by organic and inorganic anions., Carroll Vernon Cole, Plant & Soil Sciences
Projection equipment in Massachusetts high schools., James E. Falvey, Education
Investigations of some of the aspects of fabric pest testing with larvae of the black carpet beetle, (Attagenus piceus (?) Oliv.)., Gordon Field, Entomology
The biology of black scale, Saissetia oleae Bern and investigations of various insecticides for its control., Arthur Roland Hastings, Entomology
A comparative study of the school system of Holyoke, Massachusetts., Robert L. Hemond, Education
A long range recreational plan for the town of Conway, Massachusetts., Warren Irving Johansson, Education
The uses of sodium selenate, P-40, and parathion in the control of red spider on ageratum., John Vincent Lembach, Entomology
Guidance in the junior high school home room., Frederick B. Oakes, Education
Social studies in junior high school., Robert Francis Savitt, Education
Citizenship training through problems courses in Massachusetts secondary schools., Robert Eugene Scott, Education
Certification requirements for teachers and administrators., Arthur Ellis Sullivan, Education
The fixation of phosphorus by iron and its replacement by organic and inorganic ions., Richard Merrill Swenson, Agronomy
Trends in the supervised farming programs vocational agricultural students in Massachusetts - 1930-1946., Jesse A. Taft, Education
Evaluation of free commercial educational supplements for teaching clothing courses in high school., Margaret K. Wilhelm, Education
Theses from 1947
The place and value of rules in spelling instruction., Irving D. Baker, Education
The relative effect on the nitrogen content of buckwheat plants grown in a medium treated by varied concentrations and combinations of boron, manganese, and copper ions., Garland Booker Bass, Agronomy
A study of the efficacy of the group Rorschach test in predicting scholastic achievement., Marjorie H. Brownell, Psychology
A study of the relative effectiveness of certain insecticides used against some structural pests in laboratory and open tests., Elton Loydon Clark, Entomology
Effect of daylength on rooting of gardenia cuttings., J. L. Creech, Floriculture
Educational achievement of a rural school relative to the national norm., Katherine M. Dwyer, Education
Vocational guidance for disabled veterans., Arthur J. G. Foley, Education
The biology and control of certain species of crustacea of the families Oniscidae and Armadillidiidae., Wilfred Bostock Hathaway, Entomology
The use of a shorthand aptitude test in predicting achievement in the study of shorthand., Melvin C. Jack, Education
Some changes during storage in McIntosh, Cortland and Wealthy varieties of apples., Robert Leon LeBrec, Pomology
A study of State and Federal Supreme Court decisions involving expulsion from our public schools for deficiencies in discipline, scholarship and patriotism., William P. Murtagh, Education
A study of the predictive value of ninth grade general science in the Amherst Senior High School, March 1, 1947., Clifford Norton Oliver, Education
The stability of carotene and vitamin A in mixed poultry rations and the comparative efficiency of these components for egg production and hatchability., Leonard Raymond Parkinson, Horticulture
A plan for a new elementary school., Christopher K. Rallis, Education
Hospital education., Patience Monteith Sanderson, Education
A testing program in industrial arts., Albert R. Studer, Education
The attitude of the British Labour Party on foreign policy, 1931-1938., Henry S. Thornton, History
The relative effect of various types of vegetative tissues on the total base exchange capacity, exchangeable bases and pH value of a laminated clay., Ivan Hope Tomlinson, Agronomy
Theses from 1946
Two children : a study of their behavior problems., Mary Magdalen Connors, Education