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Theses from 1965
Historic Richmond Foundation, Ernest H. Mason
Shakespeare's use of letters in twelve representative plays, Clara Beery McIlwraith
The behavioral effects of partial reinforcement as a function of the stimulus similarity of the intertrial interval, Dennis L. McLaughlin
A survey of the attitudes of Virginia's teachers concerning merit pay, Ira J. Mitchell
An account of measurements of the mean range of Polonium-210 alpha particles in liquid water, Clyde Eugene Moss Jr.
The hitler-youth in the third reich, David Crawford Poteet
A comparative investigation of first and fourth quartile eighth grade students at Colonial Heights Junior High School, Elbert Lloyd Pugh Jr.
A political biography of Thomas Bahnson Stanley, Warren Wayne Riggan
A comparison of the responses of achievers and underachievers in a junior high school on a biographical questionnaire, Claude Ashburn Sandy
Mencius -- political philosophy, Chi-hsiung Shih
Cognitive Dissonance in Task-OrientedGroups Under Intermittent and Continuous Success, Arthur Hiram Strock II
Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia 1781-1784, Sara Etheredge Teeter
The effects of age at the beginning of reading instruction on reading achievement, Phyllis G. Wacker
Effect of successive training of different N-lengths under partial reinforcement on resistance to extinction, Edward Dale Walters
A concurrent validation study of standardized reading and arithmetic tests as demonstrated in Henrico County, Virginia, Edna Wagstaff Warncke
Agricultural society of Albemarle County, Virginia, G. Harold Williams
Washington Irving: Artist of the Picturesque, Dana Dewey Woody
Theses from 1964
Photoperiodism and other factors affecting the germination of statoblasts of Lophopodella Carteri (Hyatt), Elizabeth Ann Bergin
A study of the infrared spectra of a group of hydroxyalkylamine hydrochlorides, Lawrence Ingram Briel
An investigation of the attitudes expressed by Richmond's press toward Thomas Jefferson in the Presidential elections of 1800, 1804, and 1808, Edward Allison Brown
The effects of content ambiguity on response sets in two populations, G. Eugene Brown
An analysis of the principal media of exchange used in Colonial Virginia, John Robert Chappell
Creativity and the Lowenfeld Mosaic Test with first, second and third grade children, Shelby Hargrave Cooke
"Equilibria in solution" : 2,2,8,8-Tetrakishydroxymethyl-3, 7-diaza-1, 5,9 -nonanetriol and 2,2,8,8-Tetramethyl-3, 7-diaza-5-nonaneol with copper (II), Ronald Weston Davis
Potential pharmaceutical derivatives of β-aminoethylpiperazine, Brian A. Dementi
Influences of independency in Milton's early life, Peter A. Edmunds
Milton and the doctrine of the Synod of Dort Arminianism in Christian doctrine and Paradise lost, Robert James Fagg
Revolt and compromise : Steinbeck's characters and society, James Randolph Fitzgerald
The effect of restricted homogeneous visual input upon exploratory behavior of the hooded rat, William Parke Fitzhugh
Stock ownership plans for employees, E. Elwood Ford
A contemporary analysis of the growth, effects, and adjustments to automation, James G. Frazer
An investigation of card concepts using the holtzman inkblot technique form a as stimuli, Mildred A. Gilman
Current proposals for changes in reserve requirements of commercial banks in the United States, William Byrd Harrison
A case study of the development, installation and operation of a standard cost system for a paper converter, Ray Hall Havens
Traveller's comments on Virginia taverns, ordinaries and other accomodations from 1750 to 1812, James Walter Hosier
A comparative study of the Master's degree programs in education in selected Virginia universities preparing school administrators, Francis Hawthorne Howard
Leisure time in eighteenth-century Virginia, Andrew Jackson Johnson
A history of guidance in Virginia public high schools, Dorothy Shelton Jones
A study of the accelerated program in the Chesterfield County school system, Charles Willard Krause
The military career of Colonel William Ranson Johnson Pegram, C.S.A., Beverly Blair McDowell
Application of location theory and empirical data by area industrial development groups, Clarence Arthur Middleton Jr.
Self diffusion in sodium single crystals, Aiyawar Rama Murthy
Some factors involved in growth and sporulation of Pilobolus Crystallinus Tode and Pilobolus Umbonatus Buller, Kenneth L. Poff
A survey of public school adult guidance services in fifty cities, James Stanley Presgraves
A survey of the counseling service of Thomas Dale High School and seventeen other high schools comparable in size, Daisy Park Reames
State of bills of rights 1776-1837, Nancy Louise Roberts
Psychometric correlates of deviant responding: a factor analysis, Ernest L. Robinson
Histological and cytological changes in the small intestine of Hyla versicolor Le Conte during metamorphosis, Henry B. Robinson
Principles of credit extention : a case analysis, John W. Robinson
The status of the Virginia high school assistant principal, Leonard J. Rogers
Transcendentalism in the private journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rachel Sherwood
Hart Crane : an explanation of his poems, Van C. Wall
The prospectus and offering circular as sources of investment information, Bernard L. Webb
The village revolt in American literature, Gerald Kerr Wells
The pyrolysis of menthol, John James Westbrook III
Possible causes of underachievement in the eighth grade of a large urban high school for year 1962-1963, Ann N. Westlow
Theses from 1963
Some effects of variation in testing procedure on physical fitness test scores, Nancy Shields Alexander
An assemble and go originator of an IBM 1401 program with branching and variable printing, Walter Bruce Bennett
An investigation into the trial of a Nazi war criminal : Joachim Von Ribbentrop at Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946, Robert D. Bush
A study of in-service education practices in Virginia to stimulate professional growth and the improvement of instruction, Faye Lowry Cauley
An analysis of field sales supervision, Ross Lawrence Goble
Steamship fire safety for American vessels from 1904 to 1925, Edward Francis Heite
Programmed administrative management, Robert E. Hoisington
A study of the significance of certain factors of the home environment as related to the reading success of students in the first grade in an eastern Virginia school, Elaine Brinsfield Hughes
Quartermaster airborne instruction : a history of the airborne courses of instruction at the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia, from their establishment in 1950 to the end of the Korean War, Thomas Audrey Johnson
Analysis of bank debits as a business cycle indicator, Richard Hamilton Jones
Economics of defense procurement and small business, Charles Sayre Karis
A survey of the leave-of-absence policies of the state of Virginia, it's local school divisions, and other states, John Richard Kopko
Internal business communications: a three dimensional problem, Stuart Ray Long
The effect of drive level on performing a complex task, Patricia C. Lucky
A critical analysis of the uniform system of accounting for motor carriers as prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, Carroll E. Miles
An investigation of the status of professional requirements for counselors in twelve selected southern states, Marie N. Morris
A historical study of the role of the industrialist in the tobacco, flour and textile industries of Virginia 1860-1890, Leslie Winston Smith
Self-diffusion of ions in gels, Thomas Caldwell Smith
A study of the physical fitness program in the Albert H. Hill School, Thomas Costas Stavredes
A study of the Richmond College conditional admissions program, James Milton Wilson
John Milton's theory of religious toleration, Roger Shade Wilson
Theses from 1962
Dr. Edward Maynard, progenitor and inventor, Blanton Bowles Allen
Foreign aid, Lloyd Jefferson Barbee
The effects of failure and achievement imagery on a paired associates verbal learning task, Warren Daniels Bloodsworth
Characterization and determination of aldehydes by the ultraviolet spectral changes resulting from acetal formation, Edwin Patrick Crowell
An exploratory study of employee attitudes toward and knowledge of non-wage benefits and services, Grayson Eugene Dodson
Integrated versus departmentalized teaching of eighth grade science at William Cullen Bryant intermediate school, Wilson Lee Faris
A survey of parasitism in a population of pigeons, Robert Flynn Jochen
Mass spectra correlations and the appearance potentials of the major tobacco alkaloids, William Frederick Kuhn
Some effects of pH, temperature and light on the production of Zoosporagia in Saprolegnia parasitica Coker, Philip C. Lee
Some effects of pH, temperature and light on the production of Zoosporagia in Saprolegnia parasitica Coker, Philip C. Lee
Through a glass darkly : the literary reputation of Henry James, Linda Goodman Lewis
The repression-sensitization dimension as related to deviant responses on content and contentless tasks, Arthur W. Lucky
Developments in the financing of residential real estate, James Thomas Mills
Orwell's warnings : a study of George Orwell's purpose in writing, Ruth Anne Kurani Nuwayser
Financial statements: an explanation for investors, Edward N. Odom
The role of the Virginia slave in iron and tobacco manufacturing, Richard Demone Pulley
County government in colonial Louisa County, Virginia, Rudolph Stone Rangel
Personal liability risks and comprehensive insurance coverage, Allison Reese
Clerical portraits in the nineteenth century British novel, Doralee Forsythe Richardson
William Butler Yeats' contribution to the Celtic renaissance in Ireland, Marian Marsh Sale
The public career of Robert Carter Nicholas, Robert Miller Saunders
Important developments in the grand jury system in Virginia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Melvin Dean Snead