bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
\Our Gang\
Authors:   , McDonald Jacque
Published: February 2023

\r “Our Gang”\r \r \r The process of scooping up earth with a little blue spoon taught me to dig deeper. My ceramic sculptures of imaginative but vulnerable children begins with close observation and builds a rich visual memory. My memories of my elementary school classmates fused with photographic references provide rich resources for the children in Our Gang. \r \r In my studio I draw the figure out with the bone structure, so I can see how to move the parts without losing the anatomy. Planning and measuring on a pre-made guide for uniformity and precise measurements is important in keeping the size of a small child. When the porcelain paper clay is stable after sculpting the body, I cut and hollow it out, then reassemble the figure. Hollowing out the piece is representative of the process of how we change with time and are molded to become adults, we lose some of our innocence as we grow, I depict the inner child in the adult character. The firing of the work is symbolic of how the lessons we learn in life can harden our outer image. Decorating the piece with powder pastels and encaustics brings the figure to life and engages the viewer’s memory of their past. \r \r My kids in the “Our Gang” exhibition are honest, fearless, achievers and survivors. These memories are fused with imagination and embody the spirit of a time period when television was rare, neighbors looked out for each other and Saturday movies, baseball games and the ability to roam and play in our neighborhoods without fear were a part of our everyday life.\r \r Children have big imaginations; they play, make and observe. Their imaginative experience is displayed in how they represent themselves to the world…I call this innocence. Their fantasies can become limited by their parents’ fears in seeking to protect their child. Children are open to influences, when limited in their ability to explore, their imaginations can become starved and lost.\r \r Over the past few years I noticed that some people will not let their guard down to understand the sculptural children as presented; they are resistant to exploring their memories of childhood. My goal is to be relatable; and my work reaches out to spark memories of childhood.\r \r When people view my work, some express sadness, while others experience happiness. I believe their response stems from their mood. I know within each little story, there is a memory instilled in the piece and immortalized in the permanence of ceramic.\r \r Take a moment, enter the child’s world and appreciate the child within us all.\r \r \r \r \r \r \r \r \r
A Comparison of Young and Elderly Performance Using the Directed Forgetting Paradigm
Authors:   , Spencer Mike
Published: February 2023

The present investigation was designed to study the relationship between the ability to forget unwanted information and age. Hypotheses were evaluated through the use of the Directed Forgetting Paradigm (Bjork, 1972) in which the position of a cue to forget items of information was varied. Parts of the present investigation were a replication of a 1974 Timmins study. The two groups participating in this study were an \elderly\ group of 24 subjects between 60 and 80 years of age, and a \young\ group of 24 general psychology students. Each subject participated in four conditions, and in each condition the subjects were given 3 lists of words. They were asked to forget one of the 3 lists in each condition and the other two lists they were asked to remember. In general the results showed that an F-cue was most effective when it preceded the list of words to which it referred. Both recall and recognition test results showed the same overall patterns. As hypothesized, the young recalled significantly more words on three dependent measures. These results show less efficient memory processes for the elderly. Two of the conditions in the present investigation could be directly compared to the Timmins study. Results show Timmins recall and recognition percentages to be greater; however, the same patterns existed.
A First Grade Read-Aloud Program
Authors:   , Jasso Bonnie
Published: February 2023

The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the effectiveness of a read-aloud program. The sample consisted of 42 students in a treatment group and 18 students in a control group. All were students in the first grade. Participation status, gender, completion of a pre-kindergarten program (as implemented In Garden City public schools), family structure, and ethnicity were the independent variables investigated. The dependent variables were scores from the scales of the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey These were Attitude Toward Recreational Reading, Attitude Toward Academic Reading, and Total. Pretest scores from the scales of the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey were employed as covariant measures and Included Attitude Toward Recreational Reading, Attitude Toward Academic Reading, and Total. Five composite null hypotheses were tested at the .05 level of Significance. A total of 15 comparisons were made. None of the 15 comparisons were statistically Significant at the .05 level of Significance. The researcher would make these recommendations If the study were to be replicated: 1. the study should be replicated with a larger random sample, 2. the study should be replicated employing a longer period of read-aloud time over a longer interval, 3. the study should be replicated including additional grade levels, 4. the study should be replicated involving a variety of teachers, and 5. the study should be replicated with first grade students during the fall semester of the school year.
The Evolution of the Public Concert
Authors:   , Coulter Mary
Published: February 2023

Prior to the emergence of the public concert in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the center of important non-liturgical musical activity was the court, which provided an exclusive audience and a steady demand for music. However, a number of events contributed to the rise of the middle class in social prestige and financial and political power and the concomitant decline of the aristocracy. This rise of the middle class and the existence of several institutions which had provided public performances of music outside of the church helped to create a milieu favorable to the development of the public concert. The public concert affected the role of the musician, changed his economic situation, and ultimately influenced the kind of music he produced.
Hope as an Indicator of Successful Treatment Completion for Individuals Admitted to an Inpatient Substance Dependence Treatment Center
Authors:   , Leitner Montica
Published: February 2023

The primary focus of previous research utilizing Snyder's theory of hope (Snyder, Harris et. al., 1991; Snyder et al., 1996) has been to identify differences between high and low hope individuals. Those high in hope have been found 10 be more successful in meeting the demands of treatment associated with spinal cord injury, severe bums, cardiac rehabilitation, and in the treatment of pain associated with fibromyalgia. What has not been empirically ascertained is whether substance dependent individuals high in hope are more likely to successfully complete inpatient substance dependence treatment. The current study examined the empirical value of hope as a predictor of successful treatment completion, as well as depression and anxiety as predictors of hope. Two self-report indices (the SHS and HS) and a reliable measure of depression and anxiety (the MMPI -2) were administered to participants (N= 177). Individuals who prematurely ceased treatment, either by choice or by violating facility policy obtained significantly higher mean scores in state pathways and total state hope than did those successfully completing treatment. Additionally, depression and anxiety were found to be negative predictors of all types or hope.
Students Diagnosed with Adhd and the Effects They Have on the Behavior of Regular Education Middle School Students
Authors:   , Robben Christina
Published: February 2023

Inclusion is generally described as the placement of a child with a disability with his/her chronological age peers in a regular education classroom. Advocates of inclusion believe that students with exceptionalities will benefit academically and socially in a learning environment where they are served alongside normally achieving students. However, critics of inclusion are concerned with how comfortable all students feel when students with disabilities are in the classroom, and believe that students with disabilities have low self-perceptions and are socially isolated from their peers. The effect of students with varying levels of ADHD symptoms on the behavior of regular education students was investigated in this study. Participants included 3 middle school students diagnosed with ADHD and 117 randomly selected regular education students. Observations were made using EBASS for an overall total of 3,435 observation entries. Data were collected every 20 seconds with both the ADHD students and regular education students being observed simultaneously. Results indicated that the competing responses of ADHD students had no correlation with the regular education students’ rate of academic responding. The results also indicated that the grade level had a greater impact on the regular education students’ behavior than the ADHD students’ range of symptoms.
Nc855.S : Appropriation of Image
Authors:   , Simpson Brian
Published: February 2023

As I look over the course of my work, I see not only the work but the inspiration that prompted my various decisions and visual directions. I see my pieces as a collection of ideas, images, thoughts, and feelings. These elements are combined either consciously or unconsciously using a visual language. Although originality is something that I adhere to, I cannot help but see little bits and pieces I took from here and there to assist in the creation of my work. I sometimes enjoy coming to the realization that a piece I have created is extremely similar to something in my past, perhaps my childhood. This appropriation of imagery and ideas is the concept behind my show.
An Instrumental Music Method For Teaching Band Instruments In Classes In The Fourth And Fifth Grades
Authors:   , Gantner Robert
Published: February 2023

The Basic Instrumental Method is an attempt to provide music materials suitable for the teaching of instrumental music to children in the grade schools using the class method. Four approaches have been used in developing this method. They are the following: (1) The selection of six basic instruments suitable for small children, (2) arrangement of the material in such a manner as to allow for individual advancement, (3) a well graded presentation of rhythmic problems, and (4) a recognition of the psychological value of motivation.
Economic Impact of the Petroleum Industry on Ellis County, Kansas
Authors:   , Majdalani Elias
Published: February 2023

This work is aimed at presenting to the reader ideas regarding the importance of the petroleum industry to Ellis County. While the findings and conclusions put forth may not give adequate answers to all questions relating to the various phases of the industry, they should give some explanation regarding the role that the industry plays in the economic development of the county. The introductory chapter gives the purposes for undertaking this work and describes the physical and economic characteristics of Ellis County. It also gives a brief description of the mining industry in the county. Chapter two is devoted to presenting a review of the history of the development of the oil industry in the county. In Chapter three, the emphasis is placed on explaining the method of input-output analysis. This method was utilized by the author in order to show the impact of the oil industry on the economy of Ellis County. The concluding chapter shows the impact on Ellis County of the decrease of oil production in a five-year period. In finishing this thesis the author reached the following conclusions: 1) The impact on the economy of Ellis County attributable to the decrease in the value of oil production of $7,500,000 from 1960 to 1965 was; A) Total purchases made by the petroleum industry from the processing sectors associated with it declined by $3,202,500. B) The direct and indirect effects of the decrease in the value of oil production led to a $10,417,000 decrease in output of all the industries in the processing sectors of the county. C) The output of all sectors, including households, in the county declined by $13,462,500. The total income to households decreased by $2,302,500. D) The per capita personal income decreased by about $102. 2) In a region that is regarded as primarily agricultural, the petroleum production rather than the agricultural production has been the major source of income for Ellis County. But the reserves of oil are not inexhaustible; in fact, the production of oil in the county has been declining since the mid- 1950's. Consequently, the income derived from this production has been declining. Thus, in order for the economy of the county to remain healthy and keep up with the national growth in the standard of living (per capita income,) it is very important that Ellis County undertakes constant planning in order to start or attract industries that will be able to more than fill the gap left by the decline in the oil industry.
The Relationship of Teasing and Social Comparison to Body Image in Obese Individuals
Authors:   , Van Gaasbeek Kyle
Published: February 2023

Obesity and body image have been an interest of psychologists and physicians for many years. There are many psychosocial and physical effects of being overweight. Teasing about obesity can be damaging psychologically to those who feel it criticizes some aspect about themselves over which they have no control. Social comparison of themselves to more ideal others can leave obese people feeling displeased with their appearance. This study was designed to investigate the relationship of recollection teasing and social comparison on body image satisfaction using obese people as subjects. The procedure was similar to that of Thompson and Heinberg (1993), who studied non-obese people. The results of the present study indicated that subjects experience negative body image. This negative body image correlated significantly with both teasing and social comparison. The effects of teasing and social comparison together yielded a stronger negative correlation with body image than with either one alone. The implications of these results, with respect to society and treatment, are discussed.
A Determination of The Decomposition Potential of Sulfamic Acid and Certain of Its Metallic Salts
Authors:   , Shell Francis
Published: February 2023

The present investigation of decomposition potentials, or the potential where continuous electrolysis begins, was suggested by a paper by Choguill (5) on the electrodeposition of some metals from solutions of their sulfamates. Sulfamic acid or amidosulfonic acid H2N•SO2•OH is a strong inorganic acid obtained from chlorosulfonic acid and ammonia, or by heating urea with fuming sulfuric acid. The latter process is now used on a commercial scale. The acid forms white or colorless non-hygroscopic crystals that are stable when dry but in solution at elevated temperatures it slowly hydrolyzes forming ammonium bisulfate.
Perspective
Authors:   , Erway Dee
Published: February 2023

The idea of perspective is derived from the belief that every designer seeks and interprets their own concepts of art and design each in their own unique ways. In every situation, graphic design allows you to communicate visually by taking your interpretation of a concept and turning it into something tangible. These concepts and ideas are all around us, and it is up to a designer to sift through them and find inspirations in our surroundings.
Recreation for the Handicapped
Authors:   , Stephenson Gaylen
Published: February 2023

Over three million children (approximately one out of every ten), who are in school today, have some sort of physical handicap which needs special recreation consideration. This does not include all the people out of school whose needs are the same as those in school. This places a great burden on recreation leaders and departments. A major disadvantage that is hampering the advance of recreation for handicapped individuals is the lack of trained leaders in the field.
Vegetational Map and Community Structure of a West Central Kansas Prairie
Authors:   , Heitschmidt Rodney
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study was to delineate communities cartographically within a 176 acre prairie in Trego County, Kansas. The communities were then characterized as to vegetational structure, underlying soils, and topographic position. An attempt was also made to discern causal factors influencing species distribution. Seven communities were recognized and mapped onto an aerial photograph. The communities identified were: Buchloe-Bouteloua, Buchloe-Bouteloua-Agropyron, Bouteloua, Bouteloua-Andropogon, Andropogon gerardi, Andropogon scoparius, and Kochia. The communities were found to be primarily the result of a moisture gradient established through the combined effects of topography and soils. Degrees of success varied for all species throughout the moisture gradient, thus, species with similar tolerance were aggregated into communities.
The Effect of Mental Practice on Pursuit Rotor Learning
Authors:   , Yilk Mary
Published: February 2023

Two groups were compared in learning the pursuit rotor. Group 1 receiving physical practice plus mental practice on the pursuit rotor and Group II receiving physical practice only on the pursuit rotor. It was found that the overall performance of the two groups was not significantly different but that Group I went to asymptote before Group II resulting in a significant difference in the curves of the two groups.
A Small Mammal Continuum in Grassland and Riparian Communities of North-Central Kansas
Authors:   , Kaufman Donald
Published: February 2023

The small mammal populations in twelve areas in north-central Kansas were sampled to determine the species and numbers of mammals present, the dissimilarities among communities, and the ecological distribution of each species, and to show that the populations were members of a continuum rather than members of discrete communities. Ten species of rodents were collected during the investigation with each species occurring in from two or more of the six vegetation types sampled. The overlapping pattern of distribution of the mammals was shown by plotting their prominence values on a two- dimensional ordination which was constructed from the dissimilarity values among the mammal populations.
A Study of Opinions Relative To The Kinsley Junior-Senior High School, 1954
Authors:   , Herron Robert
Published: February 2023

The specific problem of the study is to determine through the medium of an inventory the opinions of the pupils, parents, and teachers serving and served by the Kinsley, Kansas Junior-Senior High School relative to their specific and general satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the above mentioned school. The overall objective is to make recommendations for such changes in the school program as indicated by the data from the opinion inventories.
The Relationship Between Adaption-Innovation, Perceived Client and Therapist Characteristics, and Therapy Outcome
Authors:   , Sommer James
Published: February 2023

Kirton's Adaption-Innovation Theory of cognitive style and the Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory (KAI) have been applied to organizational settings, but they have not previously been utilized in clinical psychology. The KAI and Adaption-Innovation Theory may have implications for the scientist/practitioner model of training for clinical psychologists. The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between cognitive styles of therapists, clients, and various dimensions of therapy. This study also examined the cognitive climate of the clinical psychology environment, in terms of adaption-innovation theory. The Counselor Rating Form-Short version (CRF-S) was used as a dependent measure in this study. The CRF-S instructions were altered so that therapists were able to rate clients in terms of expertness, trustworthiness, and attractiveness. The implications and psychometric properties of this altered version of the CRF-S were explored. The subjects were clients and therapists at the Kelly Psychological Service Center at Fort Hays State University. There were seven therapists and 31 clients. The KAI and outcome measures were administered to therapists and clients prior to therapy. The outcome measures were the Current Adjustment Rating Scale (CARS), an altered form of the CARS (CARS client form), the Patient Global Outcome Rating (PGOR), and the Therapist Global Outcome Rating (TGOR). The CRF-S, CRF-S (altered version), and therapy outcome measures were administered prior to the fourth session of therapy. Data were analyzed by analyses of variance, multiple correlations, regression analyses, and internal reliability coefficients. Therapist and client KAI scores were the independent variables and the CRF-S, CRF-S (altered version), and therapy outcome measures were dependent variables. A nonsignificant main effect was expected between Adapter and Innovator therapists on all of the dependent measures, except the trustworthiness factor on both versions of the CRF- S. A significant interaction was predicted between cognitive styles of the clients and therapists on all of the dependent measures, except the trustworthiness factor of both versions of the CRF-S. The nonsignificant main effect that was expected between Adaptor and Innovator therapists on all dependent measures did occur. The predicted significant interaction between the cognitive styles of the clients and therapists on all the dependent measures did not occur. Post-hoc analyses that were carried out in this study are also presented and discussed.
The Design and Construction of Costumes for Royall Tyler's The Contrast
Authors:   , Henderson William
Published: February 2023

Royall Tyler’s The Contrast, the first successfully produced American comedy, presents an exciting challenge in costume design and construction. Tyler’s characters move through a world filled with contrasts in habits, customs, manners, and fashions. Constant allusion to period fashion in the script, the director’s concept, and actors needs produce an array of problems to be solved by the costume designer.
The Sociological and Psychological Impact of Television on the Socialization Process of Children
Authors:   , Hausin Renate
Published: February 2023

It is the purpose of this study to analyse some of the predominant statements about the psychological and sociological influence of television on children. Hypotheses concerning the impacts of television are the following ones: (1) Television watching often appears to be an individual experience of a child, especially of a withdrawn one, even if he is part of an audience. (2) Television seems to replace primary group contacts. A child may try to find a substitute for satisfying primary group relationships in watching television. (3) Children who are still heavy viewers at an age of thirteen to fourteen are likely to be socially isolated. Their social maturity is unlikely to be congruous with their chronological age.
A Survey of Kansas Authors of Children's Literature: 1850 to 01/01/1967 and 01/01/1973 to 01/01/1975
Authors:   , Shadle Leona
Published: February 2023

The writer found that no complete listing of Kansas authors of children’s books was accessible. Therefore, this study was an attempt to provide a comprehensive collection of biographical sketches of Kansas writers. Such a collection has been limited by the researcher’s time and financial resources.
Mammalian Fauna From The Fullerton Gravel Pit (Ogallala Group, Late Miocene), Morton County, Kansas
Authors:   , Calvello Michael
Published: February 2023

The Fullerton Gravel Pit, Morton County, Kansas is one of many sites in western Kansas at which the Ogallala Group crops out. The Ogallala Group was deposited primarily by streams flowing from the Rocky Mountains. Evidence of water transport is observable at the Fullerton Gravel Pit through the presence of allochthonous clasts, cross-bedding, pebble alignment, and fossil breakage and subsequent rounding. Fluvial mechanisms also played an important role in the distribution of fossil material. When the fossils from the Fullerton Gravel Pit are placed in Voorhies Groups, it appears that a majority of them were removed from suspension gradually and transported through traction. This interaction created a distinct bias in the accumulation of specific specimens at the site. The identity of the mammalian taxa recovered from the Fullerton Gravel Pit was determined by comparison with previously identified specimens, as well as previously utilized comparative techniques. Camels are the majority of identifiable elements at the site. In particular, the medium-sized camel, Hemiauchenia is best represented. The canid, Osteoborus, proboscideans, such as gomphotherids, and perissodactyls, predominantly horses, are also present. Conspicuous by its absence, Teleoceras, a common Miocene rhinoceros, has yet to be discovered. The absence of Teleoceras may in part be due to channel velocity and depth. The presence of the canid Osteoborus restricts the Fullerton Gravel Pit to the Hemphillian age. The biochronologic range of the camels, Aepycamelus, Protolabis, and Procamelus end in the early Hemphillian, providing evidence restricting the Fullerton Gravel Pit to an early Hemphillian age. Of the horse species found at the site, only Neohipparion trampasense partitions the Hemphillian, being confined to the late Barstovian to early Hemphillian. The biostratigraphic range of these genera results in an assignment of the Fullerton Gravel Pit to an early Hemphillian age. Within the Equidae, hypsodont dentition and muzzle width indicate that horses were grazers. However, the varying degree of hypsodonty in the Camelidae indicates they were more diverse. Whereas, Hemiauchenia, exploited a grazing niche; others such as Procamelus occupied a browsing niche. Tooth condition and the percent δ13C reinforce the interpretations obtained for camel feeding. Grazing and browsing niches are supported in a savanna-grassland environment. Grasses would have sustained the grazers, and intermittent trees and brush the browsers. This interpretation of the Fullerton Gravel Pit is in agreement with analyses describing the spread of the savanna-grassland landscape across North America during the Miocene. A number of factors influence fossil distribution at the Fullerton Gravel Pit. Niche specialization, fluvial filtering, and an evolving landscape each accounts for the abundance of camel material, as well as the distribution of other taxa.
The Socialization of Adolescent Girls Through Teen Magazine Feature Articles
Authors:   , Werth Debra
Published: February 2023

This paper identified what socialization messages teen magazine editors were sending within teen magazine feature articles to their target market (adolescent girls). The number of column Inches devoted to the themes of Looks, Male/Female Relationships, Celebrity Information, Self-Development, and Miscellaneous were identified. It was determined that YM's editors filled column inches as follows' 36% Male/Female Relationships, 31% Celebrity Information, 23% Self-Development. 5% Miscellaneous, and 4% Looks. 'Teen Magazine's editors filled their column Inches as follows: 49% Self-Development. 18% Celebrity Feature, 15% Male/Female Relationships, 9% Miscellaneous, and 8% Looks. Seventeen's editors filled their column inches as follows: 39% Self-Development. 27% Male/Female Relationships, 15% Celebrity Feature, 12% Miscellaneous, and 7% Looks. It was also learned that YM contained stereotypical messages In terms of male/female relationships. 'Teen and Seventeen appeared to contain less stereotypical messages and contained features which encouraged self-development in girls.
Breeding Biology and Behavior of the Great Egret in Sedgwick Co., Kansas
Authors:   , Dwyer Michael
Published: February 2023

During late spring and summer 1985 and the spring/summer of 1986, observations of territorial selection by males, courtship displays, and the nesting cycle were made at the Mosteller heronry, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Earliest spring arrival in the vicinity of the heronry was 29 March 1985 and 28 March 1986 and territorial selection began the first week of April 1986. Most copulations occurred during the morning hours and both sexes participated in nest construction. Eggs were normally laid at 2-day intervals with incubation commencing after the first egg was laid. The incubation period was 27 days (3 nests). Mean clutch size was 3.75 eggs (8 nests) in 1985 and 3.60 (10 nests) in 1986 and both sexes incubated the eggs. The method of feeding nestlings changed from indirect to direct by 10 days of age. The eldest two siblings frequently fought one another and dominated younger siblings. Brood reduction was observed in 3 nests. Thirteen active nests were present in 1985 (only 8 observable), whereas 25 nests were present in 1986 (all observable). Hatching success was 80% in 1985 and 81% in 1986. Fledging success in 1985 was 83% and in 1986 was 84%. Productivity (avg. #fledged/nest) of the 8 nests in 1985 was 2.5 and in 1986 from 25 nests was 2.48. Total productivity was least 28 juveniles in1985 and about 62 in 1986.
Participation, Attitude Towards School, and Academic Achievement
Authors:   , Gribben Pamela
Published: February 2023

The purpose of the researcher was to investigate participation in extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and attitude towards school. The independent variables were participation, classification and gender. The dependent variables were scores from Quality of School Life and SRA Survey of Basic Skills. A covariant variable, the Educational Ability Series, was used. The sample consisted of 124 students, grades nine through twelve. Three composite null hypotheses were tested. A total of 76 comparisons were made and 21 were statistically significant at the .05 level. Of the 21 significant comparisons, 12 were for main effects and nine were interactions. The results of the present study appeared to give some support to the following generalizations: 1) Students in 10th grade reported greater satisfaction with school than 11th and 12th graders. 2) Students in 10th grade reported a more positive reaction to teachers than 9th graders. 3) Students with highest level of participation reported a more positive attitude towards total school life. 4) An association was found among participation, classification, and the variables composite SRA, reading, language arts, and social studies. 5) An association was found among classification, gender and the variables composite SRA, reading, social studies, and science.
A Clinical Study of The Consistency Between Verbal and Behavioral Expressions of Socio-Economic Attitudes
Authors:   , Downs Elizabeth
Published: February 2023

For the promotion of socio-economic programs for relief clients which will be of mutual benefit to the individuals and to society it is necessary to determine the actual attitudes of those individuals toward socio-economic problems. The verbal statements of attitudes toward social, economic and personal problems of relief children of relief parents are inconsistent with and non-indicative of their actual attitudes as revealed by their clinical case studies. The purpose of this study is to discover whether or not such radical differences between verbal and actual attitudes do appear and with sufficient frequency to prevent uncritically the acceptance of verbal statements or attitudes. This particularly applies to questionnaires regarding vocations and unemployment.
Stress and Elementary Children
Authors:   , Werner Elaine
Published: February 2023

The purpose of the researcher was to investigate perceived stress in elementary school students in grades three through six. The independent variables were gender, socioeconomic status of the parents, mother's employment outside the home, family structure, number of siblings, and ethnicity. The dependent variables were scores from each category in the Concern Questionnaire, consisting of school stress, environment stress, home stress, personal stress, and social stress. The sample consisted of 218 upper elementary school students. Four composite null hypotheses were tested at the .25 level of significance. Each composite null hypothesis was tested employing logistic regression. The results of the present study are best used to describe the sample rather than generalize, therefore: (1) Females reported higher stress than males. (2) Females of non-working mothers reported higher stress than females of working mothers. (3) Males of working mothers reported higher stress than males of non-working mothers. (4) Females of working mothers other than Caucasian reported higher stress. (5) Caucasian females of working mother’s reported higher stress than Caucasian males. (6) Females of working mothers other than Caucasian reported higher stress than males of working mothers other than Caucasian.
Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Some Iodinated Phenols
Authors:   , Brumfield Donald
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the ultraviolet absorption spectra of a group of iodinated phenols. The spectra were to be examined as a possible means of ascertaining 2 molecular structure, particularly regarding the position of the substituted iodine on the phenolic molecule . The absorption spectrum of the parent phenol of each of the iodinated products was also to be determined. Any information regarding the effect of iodine substitution, as shown by a comparison of spectra, would possibly serve as an aid in deciding questions of certain molecular properties. The Beer's law behavior of each of the iodinated phenols was also determined. Such information is of importance in quantitative analytical procedures.
Statewide Branch Banking : An Alternative Solution to Inadequate Financing of Agriculture by Rural National Banks in the Tenth Federal Reserve District
Authors:   , Hoisington Van
Published: February 2023

From 1950 to 1966 there occurred a tremendous increase in the credit requirements for agriculture in the Tenth Federal Reserve district. The banking system has traditionally been the foremost financier of agriculture in the Tenth District, but is losing its relative importance due to the fact that it is limited in granting loans to a size not to exceed ten per cent of its capital and surplus to one individual. This limitation is extremely significant when it is viewed in the light of the fact that agriculture's individual loan requests in excess of $25,000 have increased some 287 percent, while the number of rural national banks which cannot make a loan of that size was 52 per cent in 1966. The writer examined some of the alternative solutions which have been proposed, such as the decreasing of the liquidity of rural national banks to allow more money for agricultural loans, a more efficient use of the correspondent banking system now in existence, agriculture credit corporation use, and the adoption of unified markets and bank holding companies. It was found that all of these solutions had significant flaws which impeded their use fullness in solving the loan-limit problem. The writer's solution was that statewide branch banking should be adopted inasmuch as this solution would for all practical purposes alleviate the loan-limit restriction. After dealing with the usual objections against branch banking, all of which were discovered not to be based on any significant facts, the writer concluded that his hypothesis of statewide branch banking would provide a total solution to the problem of adequately financing agriculture in the Tenth Federal Reserve District.
The Education of Colonial Women: Attitudes and Family Influences
Authors:   , Marsh Jerry
Published: February 2023

Most historians of the education of American colonial women began their studies with the entrance of women into formal institutions of learning. As a result they have neglected significant developments in the history of the education of American women because it was not until the nineteenth century that formal institutions were opened to women. With the growing interest in feminist studies one is very much aware of the problems women had breaking into the educational community of the nineteenth century. While this trend toward formal education for women was important, historians lose a much-needed perspective if they neglect the developments of the colonial period. A knowledge of the advances made by colonial women allows one to better appreciate the academic struggles which women faced in the nineteenth century.
The Scheme of Things
Authors:   , Pfingsten Darwin
Published: February 2023

A collection of painted wood, mixed media, and acrylic paintings.
The Demiurge and the Primeval Serpent Motif within Classical Thought and its Culmination within Gnosticism and Early Christianity
Authors:   , McPeters Jim
Published: February 2023

Dragons or great serpents associated with creation stories have been well documented within ancient Near Eastern myths, Classical religion, and Judaism. The motif involved monstrous and hostile supernatural figures emblematic of disorder that were subdued by a benevolent deity. The sect known as the Gnostics that emerged in the first and second centuries AD drew upon these ancient creation narratives and creatively mixed them with the idea put forward by Plato of a Demiurge, or craftsman who ordered the material universe. Because they held that the material cosmos was inherently evil, the Gnostics endowed their Demiurge with the characteristics of the chimeric serpentine monsters of the mythology they borrowed. Therefore, according to the Gnostics the universe had been brought into its present state by a monster, rather than by the defeat of one as the older cosmogonies had claimed. The Gnostics held that this had also been the creator of the Old Testament. In contrast with this transgressive creation narrative, early Christian treatments of the topic demonstrated a relatively high degree of familiarity with past uses of the motif. Early Christian scholars finding the Gnostic narrative untenable observed that this interpretation of the Demiurge was not only inconsistent with Plato’s original meaning, which had more in common with their Logos or Word, but also with their own usage of the sea monster Leviathan from Jewish and Christian scripture which hewed more closely to older traditions in which a great dragon or serpent was subdued by the deity, initiating a state of order. Therefore, the thesis of this paper is that doctrinally orthodox early Christian scholarship held a view closer to the older creation narratives than the Gnostics.
Methods of Obtaining Asymptotes
Authors:   , Sweetland Paul
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this thesis is to present in logical order the more important methods of obtaining asymptotes. In several cases where two or more different methods for obtaining the same type of asymptotes were found the simpler method is given first and then the more difficult method. Most of the simpler methods are based on Analytic Geometry, while the more difficult are based on the Calculus.
Exploration of Nuances in Value and Color
Authors:   , Schroeder Terry
Published: February 2023

There can be no better source for artistic endeavor than one’s own experience. This thesis represents that search.
Variations in Yield and Carbohydrate Content of Two Seeded Native Grasses
Authors:   , Dodd Jimmie
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of different times of clipping on the yield a11d carbohydrate content of seeded blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) and side c1ts grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
A Comparison of the 1980 and 1988 New York Times' Coverage of the Abortion Issue
Authors:   , Casolare Charles
Published: February 2023

Studies have researched the question of news media power and influence form several different angles particularly concerning the question of objectivity. The purpose of this thesis was to provide one more angle of approach to this question. In so doing it has dealt with the specific topic abortion as it was covered by the New York Times in 1980 and 1988. A content analysis was conducted on all the items listed under the topic of abortion as found in the New York Times Index for the 1980 and 1988. These items appeared in the final Late City Edition of the Times. The analysis was done in order to compare the two election years of 1980 and 1988, when abortion was a major political issue. The raw data of the analysis was then subjected to a Chi-square test using contingency tables. The results indicate that there were differences between the two years.
Computer-Assisted Preliminary Geological Investigation for Possible Oil and Gas Exploration of the Upper Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian in a Portion of the Hugoton Embayment, Southwestern Kansas
Authors:   , Issinghoff Gregory
Published: February 2023

Structural contour and isopachous maps, generated with the Jupiter Computer Mapping system, stratigraphic cross-sections, and well-log data provide the basis from which possible oil and gas exploration can be conducted in the Hugoton Embayment of southwestern Kansas. The units investigated include the Upper Mississippian (Meramecian Stage) St. Louis Limestone, St. Genevieve Limestone, rocks of the Chesteran Stage and the Lower Pennsylvanian (Morrowan Stage) Kearny Formation of the Hugoton Embayment in portions of Stanton, Grant, Hamilton, and Kearny counties. Both the Mississippian and the Kearny rocks dip to the southeast with fold patterns in both trending northwest to southeast; however, folding of the Mississippian surface is more irregular. Major structural features of the Mississippian include the structurally low Hugoton Trough and Hugoton Trough Extension. The Hugoton Trough is discernible on Kearny structure, whereas the Hugoton Trough Extension is not. Kearny structure is a reliable indicator of Mississippian structure. Chesteran rocks thicken to the southeast and thin to a feather - edge across the central portion of the thesis area. The Keyes sandstone, the basal, informal member, is the most persistent and easily traceable sandstone in the Kearny Formation. The primary producing horizon in the area is the Keyes sandstone, with secondary production occurring in upper Kearny sandstones and the Mississippian strata. Most sandstone production occurs on the flanks of structurally positive features. The producing Keyes sandstone in the Beauchamp Pool has, at some past time, been structurally elevated to trap hydrocarbons. The northwest to southeast trending fault in the Shore Pool moved simultaneously with sediment deposition, but it is unknown if the fault played a role in hydrocarbon trapping. Although not of primary concern to the study, the easterly dipping Lower Permian Council Grove Group was mapped, and it was determined that folds within the unit trend east-west and that the structural pattern is not a reliable indication of Mississippian and Kearny structures at depth.
Expressing the Human Figure in the Lost Wax Technique
Authors:   , Mayer John
Published: February 2023

Five human figures showcasing the lost wax technique.
The Relationship Between the Self-Concept and Achievement in Reading
Authors:   , Binder Sarah
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study was to compare the relationship of self-concept to reading achievement. The study was designed to test the following hypotheses: (1) that children with positive self-concepts are more likely to achieve higher degrees of success in reading than children with negative self-concepts. (2) That successful experiences in reading are positive factors in maintaining and building positive self-concepts. The population for this experiment consisted of 68 pupils from grades one, two and four, who were enrolled in Washington School, at Hays, Kansas during the fall term of 1967. Self-perception data were obtained by use of the California Test of Personality. A specially prepared instrument was also used by the classroom teacher to rate each child’s personality adjustment. Reading achievement data were obtained by administering the California Reading Readiness Test in the first grade, the California Reading Test: Primary in the second grade, and the California Reading Test: Elementary, in the fourth grade. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test was used as the measure of intelligence. A reading index, which reflects reading achievement in relation to potential ability was derived for each individual as an estimate of reading expectancy. Coefficients of correlation were computed between the following variables: (1) reading achievement and personality adjustment, (2) reading expectancy and personality adjustment, and (3) for purpose of comparison, reading achievement and intelligence quotients. Correlations were consistently positive. Statistically significant coefficients were obtained between the reading achievement and personality adjustment test scores of first grade pupils (P< .01) and between the reading expectancy and personality adjustment scores of fourth grade pupils (P<.05). Teacher ratings of personal worth showed highest relationships to reading achievement on all three levels (P<.02 and P<.01) Relationships between reading achievement and intelligence were positive but not statistically significant. The findings in this research seem to indicate a relationship between the child’s self-perception and his reading achievement, especially in the early reading program. While the relationship is not high it is significant in considering the total factors in a child’s learning to read. The evidence suggests that a child’s self-concept is not only related to, but may be a contributing factor in, his subsequent reading achievement. Correlations form the reading readiness test seem to indicate that children’s reading achievement may be predicted from the perceptions children hold of themselves, even before they receive beginning reading instruction. This suggests that an important preparation for reading lies in the kinds of experience for children which will create perceptions of personal adequacy.
A Study of the Influence of Junior High School Shop on Freshman and Sophomore Boys at Hays High School
Authors:   , Asher Loyd
Published: February 2023

The problem was to determine whether the unit shop or the exploratory shop in the eighth grade had been the more influential on decisions of boys to enroll in ninth and tenth grade industrial arts courses. Methods and procedure: The student files for all freshman and sophomore boys at Hays High School were checked to determine how many boys had attended a unit shop from Jefferson West Junior High School and how many boys had attended an exploratory shop from Hays Junior and Senior High School. A questionnaire was devised for the purpose of gaining information from every freshman and sophomore boy at Hays Senior High School. Summary: Woodworking was the most popular area among freshman and sophomore boys at Hays High School. This was true of boys who had the exploratory or the unit shop training in the eighth grade. Eighty-three and three-tenths per cent of the freshman and sophomore boys from the exploratory shop background said on the questionnaire that their eighth grade shop was beneficial to them. Seventy-three and nine-tenths per cent of the boys from the unit shop gave this same response. One hundred per cent of the freshman and sophomore boys with the unit shop experience said that they like woodworking best of all the areas of industrial arts. However, boys from the exploratory shop said they liked metalworking and mechanical drawing as well as woodworking. The freshman and sophomore boys from the exploratory shop who liked woodworking, metalworking and mechanical drawing did so because each selected the area that was the most interesting to him. The complied information indicated that the exploratory shop in the eighth grade has been more influential on decisions of boys to enroll in ninth and tenth grade industrial arts courses at Hays High School.