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Theses from 1935
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
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