Welcome to the Masters Theses section of Scholarworks!
The Graduate School and the University Libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst offer electronic copies of Masters Theses written by students who have submitted them electronically since 2007. To view previously approved Masters Theses, Browse by Year or Search by Author in the form below, or perform a more comprehensive Search.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Schools, Colleges, and Departments page.
We welcome comments regarding the online theses submission process. Please email questions or comments to: .
Theses from 1946
Disciplinary problems in high school., Willard Kyte French, Education
Electric circuit theorems., Conrad J. Hemond, Education
A study of content material for art metalwork in the junior high school, Emil E. Keiler, Education
A study of the grouping system in use at the Amherst Junior High School as of March 1, 1946., Benjamin B. Mason, Education
Preparations for augmenting an audio-visual aids program : based on a study of the West Hartford, Connecticut school system., Richard Warren Morton, Education
A study of the teachers' tenure laws in Massachusetts., Allan John O'Brien, Education
Determination of critical scores for the United States Armed Forces Institute tests of general educational development at Dartmouth High School., Charles Frank Oliver, Education
A study of the Philippines : an educational project., Charlotte Frume Yoffa, Education
Theses from 1945
Effects apparent in a shift from a two-session plan to a one-session plan., Philip Elmer Arnold, Education
The presentation of a method for recording the vocational follow-up information at the Ashfield high school., Gilbert Dearborn Bristol, Education
Determining the basis for continuation of a department of vocational agriculture., John C. Burrington, Education
A study of the effect of different canning procedures on the stability of certain of the "B" vitamins in mushrooms (Agaricus campestris)., Angela Mary Filios, Horticulture
Robert Frost : teacher and educator., Louise M. Haley, Education
Remedial reading by the classroom teacher., Jennie B. Lesniak, Education
Teaching aircraft identification., Harold E. Lynch, Education
A topical method of teaching United States history., James Albert Sibson, Education
The common schools of Stafford., Earl M. Witt, Education
Theses from 1944
The history of botanic gardens in the United States., Elmer Howes Allen, Floriculture
The free companies in the hundred years' war., Erving Edward Beauregard, History
Canning, freezing, salting, and dehydration as methods of home food preservation., Celeste Margaret Dubord, Horticulture
A study of methods of preparation and containers for canned tomato juice and factors influencing its quality., Rubie Alfreda Woodward, Horticulture
Theses from 1943
The behavior of certain rose varieties in breeding., Harvey E. Barké, Floriculture
A student harvest-work program at West Springfield (Mass.) High School : September & October 1942., Herbert Franklin Bartlett, Education
The preservation of cranberries and mushrooms by dehydration and freezing., Harvey James Brunell, Horticulture
An evaluation of a workbook method of instruction in engineering drawing for high school pupils., Orley L. Duffin, Education
China and the United States, 1922-1928 ;: how the administrative problems concerning tariff, extraterritoriality, and communications affected diplomatic relationship between China and the United States., Mary P. Farrell, History
An experiment in teaching junior high school mathematics., Mary A. Maher, Education
The effectiveness of the special class program : a twenty year record., Mae G. Manning, Education
Effect of pruning and cutting on the production of carnations., Margaret Kingsley Perkins, Floriculture
Aid available to college students of today., Thomas Joseph Quirk, Education
The life of Caleb Bingham., Jean G. Yereance, Education
Theses from 1942
The utilization and preservation of limes., Ahmed Abd El Wahab Abd, Horticulture
A comparative study of the morphology and histology of the digestive and excretory systems of Naiads representing the three families of North American mayflies., Lawrence Matthews Bartlett, Entomology
Disciplinary problem in the western ranch school., Harry L. Coderre, Education
A study of recreational possibilities for the town of Concord Massachusetts., Albert Cairnes Cook, Education
A summary of the Massachusetts law on education for the use of teachers., Dennis M. Crowley, Education
The life history of Esthiopterum columbae Linnaeus with notes on Goniocotes bidentatus Scop., Arnold Erwin Fischman, Entomology
The effect of sucrose and dextrose on the thermal resistance of some acid food spoilage organisms., Harvey Fram, Horticulture
Teachers' professional and legal rights in their relationship with pupils, parents, and the school committee., Walter Edward Hansen, Education
Prediction of grades in intermediate algebra., Leroy M. Johnston, Education
Study of defense training in Hartford, Connecticut., Marshall E. Knowlton, Education
The external morphology of the oblong-winged katydid : (Amblycorypha oblongifolia (DeGeer), a Phaneropterine Tettigoniid)., Sol Kriminetsky, Entomology
U.S. grade labeling and its effects on the producer and consumer., Henry Shoub Kushlan, Horticulture
A study of the probable influencing factors involved in termite tubing., Hamilton Laudani, Entomology
The relationship of tobacco smoking to scholarship in high school., William Robert Lombard, Education
The effects of domestic refrigeration on foods., John Earl Willard McConnell, Horticulture
The Lisle Followship as a method of group education for democracy., Mary Jane McCormick, Education
A study of the results of general trade preparation vs. specific trade preparation., Donald R. Miller, Education
The influence of family relationships upon the uptake of nitrogen in the soil by plants., A. Boy Pack, Agronomy
The history of the schools of Granby, Massachusetts., Dorothy Pierce, Education
A study of the relative merits of two methods of instruction in physics laboratory work., Wayland R. Porter, Education
Effect of word drill on reading success., Charles F. Ross, Education
Building a high school program of art to fit the needs of a changing world., Ida B. Roy, Education
A comparative study of the labia of insects with particular reference to the Hymenoptera., Elmer William Smith, Entomology
An evaluation of the learning ability during the various periods of the school day., Herbert J. Sullivan, Education
Prediction of grades in high school stenography., E. Gordon Thomas, Education
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