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Theses from 1951
A proposed realistic physical education program for Summer Hill Elementary School, Richmond, VA, Oscar Willard Fary
2-pyrrolidinoethyl esters of para alkoxybenzoic and para alkox alkoxycinnamic acids, Michael James Fletcher
A job evaluation for the waterproof department of a paper manufacturing company : comparison of two methods, Floyd Dewey Gottwald
A study of the need for improvement in classroom environment for optimum pupil growth, development and performance as an integrated whole, E. Eugene Higgins
An investigation of problems in adult education, with special emphasis upon a particular program in the state of Virginia, Roy Conrad Lilly
An investigation of problems in adult education, with special emphasis upon a particular program in the state of Virginia, Roy Conrad Lilly
A survey of the use of the Iowa Silent Reading Test in Virginia Group III high schools, William Young Manson
Changes in mental maturity after periods of residence at the Richmond Home for Boys, Mabel McLain Nanouski
A comparative investigation of personality characteristics among crippled and non-crippled children, James Gustav Plackis
Phase behavior of sodium stearate in anhydrous cyclohexane, Walter Edward Reid Jr.
Cyclic derivatives of Tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane : monourethans and ureas, Julian Lee Rush Jr.
Auditing standards and procedures : illustrated by a case study, Lawrence Clifton Sullivan
Ellen Glasgow's Virginia : the background of her novels, Ruth Jones Wilkins
Theses from 1950
Studies on the reactivating sclerotium of Physarella oblong morgan with special reference to the nucleus, William Thomas Allman
From limbo to the world of light : an examination of the novels of Aldous Huxley, Walter A. Bass
Buggs Island dam, first of the Roanoke River projects, Jayne Hathaway Cosby
The development of the federal grant-in-aid system and its effect on the distribution of the national wealth, Charles A. Harvey
The public campaign of the 1949 Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary, William O. Hester
A study of the metaphysical categories of Charles Sanders Peirce, Oscar Edwyn Luttrell
A study by upper and lower quartile groups of the 1940 graduates of John Marshall High School, Elmira Coalter Maurice
A study of the certification of elementary teachers in the forty-eight states, Grace Bales Ramos
A study of library activities in public schools with emphasis on the program in the Virginia public schools, Margaret Elizabeth Rutherford
Salmonella and Paracolon species isolated from the wild brown rat, Rattus norvegicus, in the city of Richmond, Virginia, John Miles Sharpley
The University of Richmond and her war effort, 1939-1945, Robert Richard Shotzberger
An analysis of academic achievement in psychology, Charles Spital
Some factors relating the success of Richmond College students to their high school preparation, William McLean Trausneck
Theses from 1949
An analysis of vocabulary variables at the college level, Betty Ann Allen
Interest : a survey of theory and practice from earliest times to the present day, Arthur Leopold Blakeslee
The sociological implications of women's fashions in the crinoline era (1840-1860), Margaret Ruth Brinson
The history and present status of the government of Hampton, Virginia, John Howard Garber
Testing as a tool in the effective selection and placement of employees, Edward Sprunt Hamilton
A chapter in the history of Orange County, Virginia, William Livingston Kirby
The migration into Richmond (1775 to 1860), Ada May Land
The dry cleaning industry in Virginia, Conard Blount Mattox
Some personality factors in tuberculosis, Margery C. Peple
Some reactions of Tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane, Ralph Walton Raiford
An evaluation study of the rehabilitation service in Virginia, Mabel Leigh Rooke
A history of the Midlothian coal mines, Charles Ray Routon
The travels of Lord Byron, Maxwell Rock Schools
The role of the minister in psychotherapy, Samuel Schwartz
The effect of transportation upon Richmond as a wholesale center, Martin Luther Shotzberger
Theses from 1948
A survey of labor legislation, Melvin Walde Burnett
The critical and popular reception of the Pulitzer Prize novels, 1930-1939, India Rawlings Foster
The history of the slate industry in Buckingham County, Virginia, Laurie Pitts Jones
The need for clergy in seventeenth century Virginia and the methods adopted to supply this need, Wayland Horace Jones
Modern fire insurance, Charles Allen Levey
A history of the Review and Herald Publishing Association., Carl Bruce Mosher
The validation of a short form test of adult intelligence, Carolyn Marsh O'Neal
Youth work in a rural church, Verna Gertrude Palmer
A study of the effects of some chemical and physical factors on plankton in an artificial lake, Archie Garnett Smither
The Psychology of Conversion, James Roy Smith
The psychology of conversion : being a critical study in the findings of Starbuck, Coe and James, James Roy Smith
David Vincent Dickenson, a soldier of the Confederacy., Stuart Sydnor Walden
Theses from 1947
Marketing curriculum in American universities and colleges having separate schools of business administration, Edwin Beverly Brooks Jr.
A device for determining the electrical characteristics of common industrial electronic tubes, Addison Dabney Campbell
A study of selected educational phases of the United States Armed Forces Institute, Charles Edward Cooley
A study of annual reports to stockholders of industrial corporations, Henry Addison Dalton
Alkylaminoalkyl aryoxyacetates, William Kenneth Easley
Some dimensions of criminal behavior, Austin Earnest Grigg
A proposed program for specialized teacher training in physical education at the University of Richmond, Virginia, Richard Elmer Humbert
A logical development of the real number system, Carolyn M. Kelley
Thomas Hood : poet, social thinker, comedian, Ernest W. Mooney Jr
Lloyd Morgan's interpretation of emergent evolution, John Moody Presley
Alkylaminoalkyl esters of 2-thiophene carboxylic and furoic acids, Henry Alouis Rutter Jr.
A study of services rendered to outside agencies by the Virginia State Consultation Service, Karl Hostetter Stutzman
Theses from 1946
The influence of Plato on Philo, Ephraim Shimoff
Theses from 1945
Religion in education, Adele Eames Franks
John E. Massey : lawyer, minister, public servant, educator, Pattie Phillips Hargrove
Federal aid to schools, Madge Arbogast Henderson
Truancy : its sociological implications, Helen Marie Hulcher
A comparison of Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg, Henrietta Sadler
History and educational philosophy of Seventh-Day Adventist secondary schools, Carl William Shafer
Educational Problems in China, Wei Yoen Tu
Theses from 1944
The logico-mathematical philosophy of Bertrand Arthur Russell, Elie Maynard Adams
Kant's idea of the origin of evil and its influence on recent theology, Wade Hamilton Boggs Jr.
Political pamphleteers of pre-revolutionary Virginia, 1750-1775, Mary Thompson Clary
The Virginia retirement system, Julian Hutson Hill Jr.
Consumer credit activities of commercial banks, Adelaide Thom Johnston
Private education in Petersburg, Virginia, 1748-1943, William W. Reade
Religious Education and the Public Schools, John Zornan
Theses from 1943
The analogy of the macrocosm and the microcosm in the though of John Calvin, John Osman
Teaching the mentally retarded, Eleanor Patterson Rowlett
Polyhydroxyamines, John Wotiz
Polyhydroxyamines, John Wotiz
Theses from 1942
Gifted children, Annie Belle DeHart Atwill
Scientific illustration, Alys Leontine d'Avesne
A history of Hanover town in Virginia, William Hamilton Enslow
William Henry Ruffner, Ellen Irby Hardy
History of early education in Middlesex County, 1669-1890, Homer A. McKann
The ugly in aesthetics, Francis G. Wilson
Theses from 1941
The Catilinian conspiracy : a translation from French, Walter E. Bass
Virginia during the Spotswood era, Garland D. Haddock
Student participation in Glen Allen High School, George Henry Moody
The improvement of commercial education in the secondary public schools, Oscar Howard Parrish
Factors influencing the holding power of the school, Joseph Rotella
Providing Science Laboratory Equipment at Minimum Expense, James Ira Wood
Theses from 1940
Commonwealth and protectorate in Virginia, 1649-1660, Charlotte Anne Beale
The existence theorem of ordinary differential equations, Harris J. Dark
The morphology and histology of the Virginia oyster, Ostrea Virginica, Lister, Lewis Charles Goldstein
A Christian critique of totalitarianism, Clyde Norwood Parker