bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Analysis of the Economic Structure of the Family Farm Corporation in Kansas
Authors:   , Lunt Steven
Published: February 2023

The introduction to this paper relates the history of technological change in the agricultural sector of the economy and defines terminology necessary to place the various farm ownership methods in proper perspective. The significance and the steps to be followed in evaluating the Kansas family corporate farm are then outlined. Initially, a comparison of the three usual business ownership forms and their relation to farm enterprises is provided. This is followed by a discussion of the corporate structure and its possible application as a solution to the problems of capital acquisition and ownership transfer on the family farm. Desirable and undesirable features of the family farm corporation are analyzed, and its adaptation to family farm ownership is discussed. It was found that under certain conditions the corporate family farm can do much to alleviate difficulties in capital acquisition and ownership transfer. Chapter III considers the historical development of the legal existence of the Kansas corporate farm. This topic required much researching of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and various law journal s, plus extensive research into farm journals, newspaper articles and other sources of information. Chapter IV is an interpretation of the Kansas family farm corporation as it currently exists. The final chapter is a condensation of the steps followed in the study in arriving at a valid conclusion. The family farm corporation was found to be of significant value, but it was concluded that the Kansas Legislature must initiate studies periodically to insure that the corporate farm always remains feasible and efficient.
Self Concept as a Predictor of Role Strain in Nontraditional Female Students : Integration and Compartmentalization in Multiple Role Women
Authors:   , Trantham Pamela
Published: February 2023

As more women become college students in addition to being parents, spouses, and employees, it becomes more necessary to identify predicators of multiple role strain. Seventy university students form two mid-western campuses were administered a measure of self esteem, a measure of occupational stress including role overload, and a measure to identify the ways in which they organize their sense of self. No significant differences were found between traditional and nontraditional students in measures of multiple role strain. Whether students organize their sense of shelf in a compartmentalized or integrated style was a significant predictor of the degree of social support they reported. Self esteem and the percentage of negative descriptor that students used about themselves were the only significant predictors of multiple role strain in college students.
Effects of Field Dependence-Independence and Internal-External Locus of Control on Questioning Styles and Feedback Techniques To Students' Answers in Special Education.
Authors:   , Leiker Jane
Published: February 2023

This research involved 21 special education teachers who were determined to be field dependent or field independent and as having internal or external locus of control. The subjects were videotaped during a special education practicum session. The tapes were later reviewed to classify each subject's use of questioning styles and feedback techniques. The results of the tally were used to determine significance of interactions between field dependent teachers and field independent teachers who have internal or external locus of control. The results of this research showed that special education teachers who were field dependent did not differ significantly from special education teachers who were field independent in the use of questioning styles and feedback techniques. Special education teachers who had internal locus of control did differ significantly from special education teachers who had external locus of control in the use of praise and affirmation feedback techniques. Special education teachers who were either field dependent or independent and had internal or external locus of control did significantly differ in the use of choice questioning styles when compared with special education teacher with differing cognitive processes.
An Observational Study of the Rate of Academic Engagement for Children with Emotional Disturbances in Different Educational Settings : Public School and an Alternative School
Authors:   , Feldhausen Jessica
Published: February 2023

Historically, students with behavioral difficulties have been educated in self-contained rooms or in separate educational settings. Recently, the educational field has moved to teaching students with special needs in an inclusive setting. In such an environment a child may be able to thrive, learn new behaviors, and make academic progress. While inclusion for students with an emotional behavioral disorder (EBD) should be maintained as a goal, the reality is that many students with EBD have a very difficult time in inclusive settings (Bullock & Gable, 2006). The focus for the current study was to examine the level of academic engagement of two students with EBD who are transitioning from an alternative educational setting to the regular educational setting. It was hypothesized that students with EBD who are transitioning would exhibit higher levels of academic engagement and task management behavior in the alternative educational setting and lower levels of competing response behaviors in the alternative setting. Results indicated inconsistent levels of academic responding, task management and competing response behaviors between the students in the different educational settings. Implications of the current findings and recommendations for future research are discussed.
Depositional Environment of the Ogallala Group (Miocene), Minium Quarry, Graham County, Kansas
Authors:   , Churchill Julie
Published: February 2023

Sedimentologic, petrographic, and taphonomic evidence indicates that the strata exposed at the Minium Quarry, Graham County, Kansas (SE ¼, Section 34, T7S, R25W) represent a sheet-flood deposit within a stream-dominated environment. These fossiliferous and conglomeratic muddy sandstone are part of the late Miocene Ash Hollow Formation of the Ogallala Group. The muddy sandstones contain three separate bone horizons containing rhinoceros, horse, camel, turtle, and rodent remains that exhibit weathering cracks and carnivore markings. Also present in the mudstones and muddy sandstones are fresh-water mollusks and floral remains of grasses, sedges, borages, chenopods, hackberries, and pondweeds. Other floral structure remains include leaves, stems, roots, and wood from various plants. The plant remains are dominated by sedges, plants that primarily inhabit hydric environments. Lastly, paleoclimates ranged from semi-arid to subtropical.
Substituent Shielding Parameters for Several Aromatic Systems
Authors:   , Wise Ronald
Published: February 2023

The use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has expanded continuously in the last few years as an analytical tool. It has recently been stated that structures of 45 to 55% of all aromatic compounds can be completely determined from their proton NMR structure. The remaining aromatic compounds can be analyzed sufficiently to estimate structure with considerable accuracy. The estimation is accomplished by integration for total numbers of protons, chemical shift measurement for proton types, and characteristic splitting pattern evaluation for finding neighboring protons.
Pixels & Pigments
Authors:   , Ruengchinda Saovapa
Published: February 2023

I call my Thesis Exhibition, “Pixels and Pigments” because I think it conveys the underlying aspects of what I’ve been exploring while pursuing my Master of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design and my minor in painting at Fort Hays State University.
Performance of Students Who Drop Out of Psi
Authors:   , Fattig Mary
Published: February 2023

Previous studies have shown that the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) has a high drop-out rate and this had been related to low GPA’s, procrastination, and quiz-retaking. Data were collected form two PSI classes on the number of times the students attended class, grades, and GPAs. Subjects were 144 students at Fort Hays Kansas State College. An analysis of variance indicated that students with high GPAs get more grades of A and B and students with low GPAs get more grades of I or W. Correlations revealed a strong positive relationship between units complete and grades received in the PSI class, GPA and final grade. Weak negative relationships between total days to finish the class and grades were also found. Descriptive statistics revealed students with I or W retake quizzes more often; have a slower rate of progress, and drop out more often. The study concluded that students who do not finish probably have low GPAs and retake quizzes more often, and procrastinate.
A Study of the Academic Achievement of Retained Students to Determine Whether it is Sufficient to Justify Nonpromotion
Authors:   , Wiser Buddy
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study was to provide educators with data which would assist in decision-making when considering the problem of promotion or retention of students who have not reached expected requirements at the close of the school year.
The Effects of Selected Laboratory Experiences on Achievement in Educational Psychology 90
Authors:   , Wieck Janice
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the effect of some selected “laboratory experiences” when used to supplement informal lecture. The result s of a questionnaire completed by students enrolled in Educational Psychology 90 during the fall semester of 1969, indicated that the students thought the course could possibly be made more functional and efficient by the implementation of changes. According to the student response, 88 per cent indicated the content to be anywhere from somewhat adequate to very appropriate. For this study the content was not drastically changed.
Soil-Gas Radon Concentrations in Selected Rock Units and Sediments in Ellis County, North-Central Kansas
Authors:   , Rohlfs Robert
Published: February 2023

Radon is a naturally occurring inert gas produced by the radioactive decay of uranium. Uranium is found in nearly all types of rocks and sediments. Radon-222 (Rn222), the most common isotope of radon, has a half-life of four days. The health risk associated with long term exposure to radon is lung cancer. The lungs are exposed to alpha radiation from the decay of radon and its progeny (radiogenic isotopes or daughter elements). The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has SCI a guideline of 4 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) average annual concentration of radon in homes. Above this level, concentration reduction measures should be taken. The two major sources of radon concentrations in homes are either soil gas entering the home or the use of radon-bearing water. Soil gas enters the home by the stack effect, which is due to the pressure difference between the soil gas and the air inside the home. The soil-gas radon concentration in rocks and sediments is controlled by I) the uranium content of the mineral matter, 2) the location of the uranium relative to pore space in the rock or sediment, and J) the moisture content of the rock or sediment Marine shales, loess, volcaniclastic alluvial conglomerates, sandstones and carbonates are lithologies in geologic terranes that are typically major radon producers. Previous uranium studies in western Kansas identified Pleistocene volcanic ash, the Smoky Hill Chalk, Ogallala Group, Greenhorn Limestone, Graneros Shale, Carlile Shale, loess and oil field brine as containing anomalously high concentrations of uranium Thirty-five homes in Ellis County were screened for radon concentrations by the USEPA and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE); 46% of the homes had radon concentrations above 4 pCi/L. In this study, 48 passive alpha-track radon detectors were used to measure soil-gas radon concentrations from 10 different geologic units in Ellis County, Kansas: Pleistocene volcanic ash, loess, Ogallala, Smoky Hill, Fort Hays, Blue Hill, Fairport, Greenhorn, Graneros, and sediments contaminated with oil-field brine All of the geologic units have average soil-gas radon concentrations less than the typical radon gas concentrations in natural soils The highest concentrations were detected in the Fairport Chalk at 534 pCi/L, Graneros Shale at 458 pCi/L and the loess deposits at 423 pCi/L. The geologic unit with the highest mean is the loess deposits, followed by the Blue Hill Shale and the Fairport Chalk. The geologic units with the lowest mean values are the Pleistocene volcanic ash and the Fort Hays Limestone The large variance in the soil-gas radon concentrations from each geologic unit may be due to differences in soil moisture content, porosity, or uranium content. These characteristics would affect the radon emanation process and may not be homogeneous in the geologic units.
A Survey of The Teaching of Physical Education In Western Kansas
Authors:   , McMullen William
Published: February 2023

In general this thesis is a survey of the teaching of Physical Education in the schools of Western Kansas, together with recommendations and suggestions for its improvement as the data warrants. The specific purposes of the study are these: first, to discover the extent to which Physical Education is offered in the schools of Western Kansas; second, to ascertain the personal and professional qualifications of the Physical Education directors; third, to determine the amount of Physical Education work required of each student in order to complete a high school course; fourth, to discover if room, equipment, and supplies are furnished by the school authorities in order to carry on the work; fifth, to discover what percent of the student body in these schools receive direct benefit from courses offered in Physical Education; and sixth, to determine a standard of achievement for students of Physical Education.
Harmony Between Mechanical and Organic Relationship in Painting
Authors:   , Freed Douglass
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this thesis has been to explore the relationship between mechanical and organic forms in oil painting. My work approaches dissonance and incongruity, but searching deeper one finds a harmony hidden within it.
The Geology of the Fort Hays Limestone in Ellis County, Kansas
Authors:   , Drees Robert
Published: February 2023

The Fort Hays Limestone is upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) in age and occurs in a wide area across the middle United States. It is recognized in the filed primarily by its thick, massive bedding and the small amounts of interbedded shale. It is resistant to erosion and forms prominent outcrops, especially where it capes hills or forms valley walls. The Fort Hays Limestone covers approximately 350 square miles in Ellis County, Kansas. The thickness varies from a few feet to over 90 feet with an average thickness of 50 feet. The beds are dipping gently northward at approximately 2-4 degrees. The beds of limestone are massive, varying from 6” to 6’ in thickness and are interbedded with shaly limestone. Various structures occur in the Fort Hays Limestone. These include joints and faults due to stresses of regional structural movement. Small scale faulting is common in the Fort Hays Limestone. Most faults are normal high angle with displacements of a few inches to several feet. Slumping is also common with displacement of 50 feet or more. The Fort Hays Limestone is a fine-grained bio-micrite composed or coccoliths, or on compounds, shell fragments, rock fragments and other trace mineral in a calcite matrix. The calcium carbonate content of the limestone varies from 82.5%-98.5%, the average content being 94.5%. The highest percentage of insoluble residue is contained in the lowest bed decreasing abruptly upwards. The insoluble residues include: quartz, feldspar, magnetite or limonite, biotite, collophane, chalcedony, pyrite, hematite, leucoxene, and rock fragments rarely occur above the lowest bed. Geographic distribution of insoluble residues indicates a source of the residues to the northwest of Ellis County. The residue changes from rock fragments in the west to weathered feldspar to limonite along the eastern margins. There have been 37 species of microfossils, 10 species of macrofossils, and 13 trace fossils described from the Fort Hays Limestone in Ellis County. Most of the fossils consist of inceramid pelecypods but race fossils including worm burrows are also extensive. The fauna is indicative of a shallow marine environment. The Fort Hays was deposited in a shallow sea probably from 50-200 feet deep with periodic lowering of the sea or raising of the land as shown by shell disruption due to wave action and by scour zones. The bottom, however, probably remained a soft slurry-like mud as shown by extensive worm burrows and turbidity flows. Slow deposition of the limey mud can be inferred due to several generations of worm burrows in the limestone.
Natural History and Geographic Relationships of the Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat in the San Luis Valley of Colorado
Authors:   , Svoboda Peggy
Published: February 2023

The natural history of a colony of Brazilian free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Saussure), in an atypical, predominantly male roost in south-central Colorado was investigated in 1982 and 1983. The colony inhabits the Orient Mine which is located at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the northern end of the San Luis Valley. The valley is in the Upper Sonoran Life Zone. Iron ore was removed from the mine (elevation, 2800 - 3000 m) between 1881 and 1932. Colonization by free-tailed bats almost certainly occurred no earlier than 1900 and most likely occurred after the mine closed in 1932. The colony roosts in a cavernous underground stope in which ambient temperature varies from 6⁰ to 12⁰ C when bats are present from mid-June through October. At peak numbers, the colony consists of about 100,000 bats. Outflights in both years lasted an average of nearly one hour. Bats emerged earlier relative to sunset in late summer and autumn than in early summer. Timing of outflights was not affected by percent cloud cover. Outflights were dispersed in June and became more concentrated, often with serpentine components, later in the year. Capture samples taken with mist nets indicated that composition of the colony was 98% adult males until mid August, when adult females and young-of-the-year became more common.
Negative Experiences in Physical Education Class and Avoidance of Exercise
Authors:   , Brown Daphne
Published: February 2023

One of our nation’s growing concerns is obesity and the effect it has on one’s health and overall quality of life. Determining the underlying causes for an individual’s avoidance of exercise is crucial in battling the obesity crisis. The impact negative feelings involving Physical Education classes taken in adolescence may have on one’s current exercise routines and barriers to current participation in exercise were examined in the current study. Measures of barriers to exercise, self-esteem, current exercise routines and negative experiences involving Physical Education classes were examined. A total of 101 participants completed the measures of barriers to exercise, self-esteem, current exercise routines and negative experiences involving Physical Education classes. Results indicated that higher levels of negative experiences involving Physical Education classes are associated with lower levels of self-esteem and current exercise participation and a higher number of reported barriers to exercise. Results also indicate that the associations between negative experiences in Physical Education, self-esteem, barriers to exercise and current exercise participation do not significantly differ between men and women.
Classroom Seating Position as Related to Anxiety, Assertiveness, and Psychopathology
Authors:   , Miller Stephen
Published: February 2023

A study investigating the relationship of assertiveness, anxiety, and psychopathology with classroom seating position was performed using a freshman level class in introductory psychology. The classroom was divided into left-middle-right and front-back sections. The assertive questionnaire differentiated the left-middle-right sections. The left section was found to be less assertive then the middle or right section of the classroom. A significant interaction between sex and left-middle-right seat position occurred on the psychopathology indicator, as in a previous study. Students' grade point average and grade in class was found to be significantly correlated with seat position. Other findings were noted and related to the interaction between environmental and intra personal factors in the classroom.
Socialism in Kansas : Reflections of the Peterson Brothers of Dodge City, Kansas
Authors:   , Brown Max
Published: February 2023

The purpose of the thesis, Socialism in Kansas: Reflections of the Peterson Brothers of Dodge City, Kansas, is to explain and analyze the Socialist Party of the state of Kansas. The views of two former Socialists, Henry and Pete Peterson, are incorporated with other materials to formulate the Socialist’s story. Chapter One deals with the background of the Socialist movement in the United States. It explains the formation of the Socialist Party with which the Kansas Socialists were affiliated. It also traces the development and decline of the national movement. Chapter Two explains the basic structure of the party and the party’s efforts to expand membership in Kansas. In Chapter Three the aims and goals of the Socialist Party are outlined. The differences in the philosophy of socialism among individual members are analyzed. The party’s efforts in political campaigns and their others activities are explained in Chapter Four. This chapter traces the successes and failures of the party in the electoral process. Use is made of election statistics to explain this aspect of the party’s activities. Other activities, such as the party press, are discussed. Chapter Five deals with why the Socialist movement failed in the state. This includes an analysis of the basic weaknesses in the state party.
The Marshall Mission, 1946
Authors:   , Stewart Dennis
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the diplomacy of the mission of General George Catlett Marshall to China in 1946. By utilizing material gleaned chiefly from United States Relations with China, with Special Reference to the Period 1944-1949, the Congressional Record, and the New York Times, a step-by-step account of the Marshall Mission is attempted. Moreover, the effort is made to see the mission in its proper setting, against the backdrop of Oriental Communism and of antique Chinese Confucian authoritarianism. Thirdly, the narrative of the mission itself is coupled with the news of developing public opinion in the United States, China, and the Soviet Union, in an endeavor to determine the relationship and impact of the public temper on the mission, or visa versa. In brief, the salient purpose is to observe the power of the democratic practice of diplomacy when it is pitted against the anti- democratic force of ideology. One fully positive correlation is yielded by the study: Marshall followed his directives to the letter. Indeed, his austere, military obedience was so straight and unwavering that the biographical chapter on him seems to have been included, in the last analysis, as a matter of scholarly convention. His directives, moreover, had written into them an element which largely pre-empted any \diplomatic\ battle in China and made it rather one of opposing ideologies. The United States was irrevocably tied to support of Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist faction. Stage by stage, this persistent fact inexorably alienated the Chinese Communists from the negotiations and made then more amenable to support from, and collusion with, the Kremlin. When this potentiality was early manifested, Chiang himself became minatory, finally settling upon a policy of force when he had seen that he could obviate Marshall's constraints with impunity and still count on an American sentiment that was growing more and more mono-maniacally anti-Communist in temper. The result was that Chiang went the way of reaction, suppression, and cruelty, and the Chinese population, in the words of Dean G. Acheson, “moved out from under” his despotic leadership. Chinese Communism soon took over the China mainland, felling nationalism in violent struggle which took place as if there had been no diplomatic intervention by the United States. The determining factor seems to have been in an American foreign policy, which, from 1946 through 1949, as Archibald MacLeish notes, was a “mirror image\ of Soviet foreign policy. It was a policy based on anti-Communist ideology, and one which thereby passed over many of the political, social, military, and exigencies of postwar China-exigencies which needed to have been taken into consideration if diplomacy was to be given a chance to function.
Follow-Up Study of the School Psychology Program at Fort Hays State University : Assessing Pertinent Training
Authors:   , Bashor Clarence
Published: February 2023

The present investigation examined the school psychology training program at Fort Hays State University as it relates to the job satisfaction and employability of graduates. Thirty two graduates of the school psychology program at Fort Hays State University responded to a survey concerning their training, their job satisfaction, and their current occupation. The findings were discussed in terms of the implications for school psychology training programs in general and the school psychology training program at Fort Hays State University in particular.
An Analytic Comparative Study of Certain Biology Textbooks Used At Secondary School Level
Authors:   , Rankin Joseph
Published: February 2023

The specific problem of this the sis is \An Analytic Comparative Study of Certain Biology Textbooks Used at the Secondary School Level.\
An Analysis of the Clipped Winger: A Societal Role
Authors:   , Thomson Marjorie
Published: February 2023

This study was formulated to further our knowledge and/or understanding of the social role of the former hostess. The areas analyzed and presented are (1) the social characteristics of the former hostess; (2) the geographical and social mobility of the former hostess; (3) a composite picture of the typical participant in Clipped Wings International, Inc.; (4) the social characteristics of the former hostess by region of the United States; and (5) evidence of extended affiliation with her previous employer.
Interpretation of Groundwater Quality in Lower Cretaceous Rocks of Western Kansas Using Borehole Geophysical Logs
Authors:   , Collins Kevin
Published: February 2023

Groundwater quality data combined with oil-well geophysical logs can be used to empirically determine general groundwater quality in Lower Cretaceous rocks of Western Kansas. Very little groundwater quality data exist for the Lower Cretaceous in this area. However, hundreds of geophysical logs are available. The Kansas Corporation Commission has expressed a need for groundwater chloride concentration data of the Dakota Formation and underlying Cretaceous units in order to specifically define oil well plugging and casing rules. The empirically corrected geophysical log data of the study area were summarized as chloride concentration contour maps for three different depth zones within the Lower Cretaceous. Broad areas of relatively low chloride concentrations exist within the Dakota Formation. The chloride concentration contour map of groundwater below the Dakota Formation probably represents the most complete and accurate data set of that particular depth zone known to date.
Relationship of Balanced Bilingualism and English Facility to the Intelligence Test Performance of Mexican-American Children
Authors:   , Harkness Jane
Published: February 2023

One line or research in bilingualism has produced results suggesting that the learning and use or two languages, per se, has a detrimental effect on the verbal intelligence test performance of bilingual children. The present study was designed to evaluate that possibility, while at the same time controlling for the independent effect of level of English language skill. Mexican-American children in the Goodland and Garden City, Kansas school systems were administered an Oral Language Dominance Measure to determine four groups of subjects. One group was high in both English and Spanish language facility, another had low facility in both languages, while the remaining two groups were each high in one and low in the other language. All subjects were administered a short form or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, providing verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQ scores as dependent variables. Lowered Verbal IQ scores were attributed to the bilinguals' poor English skills; the prediction that balanced knowledge of two languages is itself detrimental was not supported.
A Survey of School Supply Management Procedure In Certain Kansas Schools
Authors:   , Kaufman Kenneth
Published: February 2023

This study is concerned with the selecting, purchasing, storage and distribution of instructional school supplies. This area of the administrative activity was chosen for investigation, in part, because of the writers own interest and partly on the suggestion of the Kansas Council for the Improvement of School Administration. The specific problem with which this investigation is concerned is to determine if there are some common practices of selecting , purchasing, storage and distribution of instructional school supplies in use by administrators in Kansas and to make a contribution toward the improvement of present practices of administration of school supplies.
Effects On Different Intensities of Utilization Upon The Underground Parts of Short Grasses In West Central Kansas
Authors:   , Branson Farrel
Published: February 2023

Work on root systems of forage plants has indicated that a knowledge of root relationships is fully as important in determining the actual conditions of ranges or pastures as is knowledge of the effects of grazing upon aboveground portions of plants. This is especially true in arid or semiarid regions since plants of these areas are frequently subjected to long periods of drought, high temperatures, and high wind velocities. Some xeric plants have a thickened cuticular layer, stomates that open only at night, and other mechanisms that prevent loss of water that is absorbed by the roots. However, in plants of the short grass plains an extensive root system is the primary means of obtaining water that is needed for life processes during periods of stress. If the development of roots is impaired by bad grazing practices there is a reduction in the ability of plants to withstand drought and other adverse climatic conditions. The ability of a plant to produce abundant forage is also decreased by poorly developed underground parts. A knowledge of root systems, therefore, is essential in determining grazing practices that will insure the growth of well developed vigorous plants.
Assessment of the Spread and Distribution of Old World Bluestems (Bothriochloa Spp.) at Local and Landscape Scales
Authors:   , Knight Rachel
Published: February 2023

Old World Bluestems (OWBs), Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng and Bothriochloabladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake, are a group of non-native grasses that have been released and promoted in the central and southern Great Plains. Since the 1920s, millions of hectares or OWBs have been planted for livestock forage, roadside-rights of way, and Conservation Reserve Program fields. OWBs are considered invasive by some authors, but no published research has examined claims that OWBs are superior to natives, somewhat weedy, and invasive. The objectives of Chapter 1 of my thesis were to 1) assess if OWBs spread beyond planted OWB monocultures. 2) estimate rate of OWB spread, and 3) identify any factors related to the presence or absence of spread and factors related to rate of spread. Of the 19 OWB monocultures surveyed, OWB spread was observed beyond the planted boundaries of 18 OWB monocultures. Results suggested a significant relationship between the presence or absence of OWB spread and the land-cover type adjacent to the OWB monoculture. Presence of OWB spread was most common in native rangeland. Mean rate of spread of OWB was estimated at 1.9% of increase per year and 4.4 m per year, but no significant relationships were detected between the variables studied. Because the results from the ground surveys suggested that rangeland adjacent to OWB monocultures were susceptible to invasion at a local spatial scale by OWBs, in Chapter 2, I explored the use of Landsat imagery to distinguish among OWB monocultures, rangeland, and other land-cover types at a landscape scale. Supervised, maximum likelihood classifications were conducted on raw bands for 5 scenes (i.e. May, June, July, August, October) yielding classifications that were better than random. At a 95% probability threshold, the October classification had the highest accuracies followed by June. Together the results of my thesis confirm that OWB can invade native rangeland adjacent to OWB monocultures and suggest that Landsat satellite imagery could provide a means to identify rangeland that is susceptible to invasion by OWBs.
A Survey of Dramatic Education In Western Kansas : Past Achievements, With Plans and Suggestions For The Future, A Study of Past, Present, and Future Drama In Western Kansas Based Upon Questionnaires, Research and Practical Experience
Authors:   , Grout Orvis
Published: February 2023

This thesis is a history of performing arts in and around Fort Hays Kansas State College beginning in the 1880s and continuing through the 1930s with predictions and suggestions for the future.
Rakuness
Authors:   , Stearns Eric
Published: February 2023

The focus of my art is to investigate the interactions of two types of post-firing reduction: clear crackle and smoking the raw clay.
Altruism and Popularity
Authors:   , Egilmez Eda
Published: February 2023

Popularity, as a manifestation of social status, has been widely researched and appears to be determined by members of a social group. Individuals’ either aggressive or prosocial characteristics and environment lead them to one type of popularity. Prosocial behaviors are actions with intention of benefiting others or society as whole with little or no personal gain and may include helping, sharing, cooperating, donating, and other voluntary works. Altruism is a type of prosocial behavior that could affect individuals' popularity. Altruism has been studied in different disciplines with the general definition of cooperative behavior that has a cost to the actor with a benefit to the receiver. From the Evolutionary Psychology perspective, altruistic behaviors decrease the fitness of individuals, which is against the principles of evolution. Two main evolutionary hypotheses provide an explanation of altruistic behavior: kin selection and reciprocity. Kin selection by Hamilton (1964) explains altruistic behaviors of individuals towards family members based on the genetic relatedness of individuals. Conversely, Trivers (1971) aims to explain altruistic behaviors towards non-family members as an exchange for helping behaviors. Social Psychology also studies altruistic behaviors with several hypotheses or theories including the Social Exchange Theory and Altruism-Empathy Hypothesis. The common theme in both perspectives is that there is an inevitable cost for the actor with a benefit to the receiver. The current study aims to examine the relationship between altruistic behaviors that are towards friends and popularity by the endorsement of aforementioned hypotheses and theories.
Character and Personality Development Through Literature
Authors:   , Perry Miriam
Published: February 2023

Through their study of literature high school students are enlightened about life and living; they can see how many problems, similar to their own, have been faced and solved. The problem of this thesis is to find in the selection of the four Kansas approved texts in American literature for the eleventh grade examples which can be of value to the students for betterment of character and personality.
Noon-Hour Intramural Activities in a Small High School
Authors:   , Baker John
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study is to develop a worthwhile noon-hour program of intramural activities for the St. John High School. By making full use of the available facilities, the interested staff members, and the noon-hour, a program will be developed to give most of the students an opportunity to participate in a number of varied activities.
Jessie Jarrett
Authors:   , Lesher Jessie
Published: February 2023

This is a story of some of the people who lived on great ranches during the early days of Kansas history. With the exception of Fort Hays, all places described are imaginary; and all persons mentioned are purely fictional and bear no resemblance to anyone living or dead.
Token Reinforcement of Academic Performance in a Public School
Authors:   , Huntley R.
Published: February 2023

A study of the effect of a simple, easily managed token reinforcement system applied to general academic material, in the form of mathematics and spelling assignments. This project was conducted in the Logan consolidated school system during the spring semester of the 1974 school year. This reinforcement system required a minimum of teacher time in administration, and a negligible cost to the school. It was applied to 21 students, for whom parental permission was received, in a typical public second grade classroom. The increases in mathematics scores were in the predicted direction, though not statistically significant. The decrease in mathematics scores upon withdrawal of the reinforcers was statistically significant. The spelling scores did not move in the predicted direction.
A Study of The Relative Effectiveness of The Use of The Workbook In Learning Certain Selected Subjects In The Junior-Senior High School
Authors:   , Farquharson Hugh
Published: February 2023

The problem of this thesis was to determine the relative effectiveness of the use of the workbook as a teaching device in teaching certain high school subjects in the Junior-Senior High School of Garden City, Kansas. The investigation was carried on through the full cooperation of the city superintendent of schools and also with certain selected teachers in certain selected subjects, in grades seven to twelve inclusive.
Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of the Buckhorn Conglomerate Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Central Utah
Authors:   , Conley Steven
Published: February 2023

The Early Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian) Cedar Mountain Formation of central Utah is composed of approximately 130 meters of an upper silty mudstone unit, the main body (unnamed shale member), and 15 meters of a basal conglomerate and sandstone, the Buckhorn Conglomerate Member. The main body lies unconformably below the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Dakota Formation, while the Buckhorn Member unconformably overlies the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) Morrison Formation. The dominant lithologies of the Buckhorn Member are polymodal sorted well indurated cobble and boulder chert conglomerates and litharenites of varying maturity with chalcedony and calcite cement. In addition, anhydrite-rich (after gypsum) micritic mudstones are present in isolated deposits. The top of the Buckhorn displays a reduction in grain size and interfingers with mudstone of the overlying unit. Varying clast lithologies exist in the Buckhorn. Most abundant are colored cherts containing Late Paleozoic marine genera. Other clasts were derived from Early Mesozoic quartzites and conglomerates. Brown petrified wood pebbles are also common. All clasts are randomly distributed throughout the Buckhorn section. The thickness of the Buckhorn is highly variable within short distances ranging from zero to 32 meters which may be attributed to non-deposition, post-burial erosion, or recent erosion. Laterally, the Buckhorn terminates south of the Henry Mountains region, merges with the lower portion of the Burro Canyon Formation to the east, and merges with several coarse clastic toungues to the north. Westward, the Buckhorn may be correlative with the Indianola Group. The Sevier Belt had become a positive area by the middle of Early Cretaceous time. Paleocurrent data suggest that east to southeast-flowing streams deposited and reworked coarse clastic deposits in the depositional basin. Longitudinal and transverse bar forms are recognized in outcrops and indicate that the Buckhorn was deposited by braided streams. Incomplete fining upward sequences indicate a subsiding basin with pulsations of activity in the Sevier Belt. Periods of quiescence are noted by finer-grained sandstones and local lake deposits. Rejuvenation of upper flow regimes ripped up fragments of the mudstones and deposited them with the overlying conglomerates. The low quantity of mud in the depositional system of coarser clastics precludes debris flows as a mechanism of transport. Instead sheetfloods of low viscosity or hyperconcentration flows of higher viscosity moved the debris. Cross bedding, pebble imbrications, and sandstone channels preclude a non-fluvial mode of deposition. Instead, the Buckhorn was deposited by braided streams with highly variable flow regimes.
Color, Form and Gesture: A Combined Unity
Authors:   , Foster Robert
Published: February 2023

Color, Form, and Gesture are the motivational elements that comprise this body of work. Each of these elements is of equal importance and are not composed as individual focal points but more as a combined unity.
Tender Situations
Authors:   , Conner Jessica
Published: February 2023

A collection of art pieces that depict humans and human activities.
A Practical Guidance Program For Small Kansas High Schools.
Authors:   , Jellison Billy
Published: February 2023

It is the purpose of this study to formulate a guidance program that will (1) act as a guide for those wishing to start an organized guidance program in a small Kansas high school and one that will (2) stimulate interest in guidance on the part of the educators who are working in small schools.
An Analytic Study of Eight-Grade Pupil Performance As Revealed Through The Stanford Achievement Test in Arithmetic
Authors:   , Brungardt Dominic
Published: February 2023

The immediate purpose of the study were to determine how closely the grade equivalents of two-hundred and sixty pupils follow the normal curve; to plot the results of the one-step problems on a graph with an analytic explanation of the graph; to place the results of the two-step problems on a graph with an analytic explanation of the graph; to determine what types of error were most prevalent; to discover apparent causes of error; to make suggestions helpful to teachers for improving pupil achievement.
A Comparison of Empathy and Moral Development in Child Molesters Within a Court-Mandated Outpatient Treatment Programs
Authors:   , Brady Kimberly
Published: February 2023

Significant deficiencies in general and specific type empathy (Fernandez, Marshall, Lightbody, & O’Sullivan, 1998) and in moral development (Buttell, 2002) among child molesters have been found to exist. Given the empirical support that child molesters show lower empathy levels than do the nonoffenders, as well as lower levels of moral development, the current study aimed at examining the relation between empathy and moral development. The current study further examined if a relation existed among treatment duration, empathy, and moral development. Participants (n=34) completed the Defining Issues Test (Rest, 1979), the Child Molester Empathy Measure (Fernandez et al., 1998), and a brief demographic questionnaire. The Defining Issues Test measures moral development based on Kohlberg’s (Kohlberg, 1981) moral reasoning stages. The Child Molester Empathy Measure measures empathy on three different levels: general empathy, empathy toward a sexual abuse victim, and empathy towards one’s own victim. No significant correlations were found between empathy, moral development, or treatment duration. The only significant results found were that the current study’s sample was significantly different from that of the norm and sample used in developing the two different measures.
A Study of The Direct Welfare Relief Cases of Graham County, Kansas, 1933-1939
Authors:   , Taylor Burtis
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study is a survey of direct welfare relief cases in Graham County Kansas including demographic information, case studies, histories, and other pertinent information.
Population Problems and Economic Development in Taiwan
Authors:   , Tou Kuo-Ying
Published: February 2023

Taiwan is attempting to achieve a higher standard of living, good health standards, universal education, and gainful employment for its people. A major barrier to the attainment of these goals is the current rate of population growth. A large population reduces the potential growth rate of the average income and absorbs resources which otherwise could be devoted to capital formation, and thus slows down the pace of economic development in Taiwan. Possible alternatives to industrialization as a solution to these problems of overpopulation are migration and family planning. Migration, because of some political and geographical reasons, does not present a long range solution. Hence, a family planning program is of significant value in solving the population pressure in Taiwan. At the end of this study, some recommendations, which complement family planning as a solution to the population problem, are made to the policy-makers in the hope that they might be implemented and that they might help to accelerate Taiwan’s economic development.
The History of Education In Kansas Since 1914
Authors:   , Brooks Charles
Published: February 2023

The general problem of this thesis is to outline and to discuss a section of the history of education in Kansas, beginning with the year 1914 and extending to 1932, and to posit its evolutionary character in its proper setting.
A Photographic Reference System for Instruction of Inorganic Qualitative Analysis
Authors:   , Wise Carolyn
Published: February 2023

Manuscript contains photographic slides not appended to this PDF.