All master’s theses completed and available to us at Western Michigan University since 1941 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years are available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses from 1961
An Investigation of Dramatic Arts Programs and Attitudes in Sixteen Counties of Southwestern Michigan, Philip F. Faustman
A Study of the Application of Science and Mathematics in Industrial Arts, Jack David Fox
An Investigation of the Identification of One’s Own Voice by Speech Defective and Normal Speaking Children, Robert L. Frankenberger
Evaluation of Hydroxyprogesterone Acetate in the Prevention of Canine Estrus, Kenneth B. Haas
The Building and Establishment of Washington, 1788-1809, Robert C. Harris
English Radicalism and Political Reform in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Applied Philosophy, Grace Rogers Mauzy
A Comparison between Signal-to-Noise Ratios of Stutterers and Normal Speakers, Allen A. Montgomery
A Survey of Current Techniques for Selecting First-Line Supervisors in Industry, Linford A. Sutherland
Introducing Aquatic Ecology to Ninth Graders, Inez P. Sutton
Validity of the Goodenough Draw-A-Man Test with Children Aged Four, Five, and Six, Jaren Van Den Heuvel
Two Forms of Somatic Concern, Philip Van Every
Theses from 1960
Studies on the Role of the Seed Coat in the Germination of Rhodotypos Kerrioides, Glenn H. Campbell
Beliefs and Attitudes of Recent High School Graduates on the Subject of Beverage Alcohol, Francis E. Chape
Factors of the Microclimate Affecting the Activity of Fox Squirrels in Southwestern Michigan, Frederick K. Courville
Children's Associations to the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Designs, Margaret J. Garvey
A Survey to Determine the Attitudes and Opinions of Young People Toward a Career in Supermarket Management, William O. Haynes
A Follow-Up Study of Industrial Technology Graduates from Western Michigan University, Dale Donald King
Community Driver Education: A Study of the Driver Education Program of the Kalamazoo Area Safety Council, Milton J. Marovich
A Follow-Up Study of Western Michigan University Graduates with Majors in Industrial Arts, Richard Duane Murphy
The Relationship between Achievement and Laboratory Work in High-School Physics, Herbert W. Richter
Notes on the Tardigrades of Southwestern Michigan, James J. Sawtell
Business-Sponsored Films for Physical Science, Bertha Elizabeth Slye
The Extinction of an Instrumental Response as a Function of the Size of the Reward and the Number of Acquisition Trials, Venan E. Thompson
Gladstone, the Irish Home Rule Question, and Its Effect on the Liberal Party, Kenneth John Van Dellen
Theses from 1959
The Effect of Recorded Lateral Lisping on Listener Comprehension, Leslie Gene Adkins
The Relationship between Verbal Facility and Delayed Speech Feedback, Charles Joseph Arens
An Attempt to Demonstrate a Learned Drive Based on Saline Induced Thirst, David G. Born
An Investigation of the Relationship of Tongue Clicking to Mandibular Descent, Amy Louise Bricker
An Analysis of the Articulation Errors in Spontaneous Speech of One Hundred Children with Lisps, Paula C. Downs
A Study of the Latvian Exile-Immigrant Group in Kalamazoo, Henry George Halla
The Correspondence of Error Between the Voiced and Unvoiced Cognates “s” and “z” in Children with Articulatory Disorders, Gerald F. Johnson
The Apparent Effects Of RH Hapten Ingestion On The Circulating Blood Phosphorus, Barbara Lyke
A Study of the Effects of Delayed Side-Tone Upon Voiced and Whispered Reading Time, Bruce Presten Ryan
Hymnody in the Liturgical Aspects of Worship, Philip Steen
An Analysis of the School Shop Maintenance Activities of Industrial Education Teachers in a Selected Group of Michigan Schools, Alan Roman Suess
The Relationship of Union Attitude to Work Performance, Donald Leo Wass
A Study of Trans-Apparatus Generalization and the Effects of Reward and Non-Reward, Roderick Wong
Theses from 1958
The Effects of Manifest Anxiety on Stuttering Adaptation, Joseph Agnello
The Effect of the Free Throw on the Outcome of Basketball Games, Leo Paul Boller
The Use of Art Activities in the Later Elementary Social Studies Program, Maryellen Harsha
The Effect of Recorded Stuttering on Listener Compression, Harold Walter William Homann
The Analysis and Evaluation of Supervisory and Managerial Personnel, Robert A. Huston
An Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Congressional Campaign in Fourth Congressional District, Richard Earl Marshall
Discrimination as a Function of Sex and Meaning of Stimuli, Thomas Joseph Schmitz
The Status of Upward Communication in Area Industry, John Clinton Schweitzer
A Survey of Management Opinions of Noise in the Pulp and Paper Industry, Carola Trittin
Theses from 1957
An Investigation of Certain Factors Influencing the Testing of Auditory Phonetic Discrimination, Warren Scott Curtis
An Ecological Survey of Maple Products as a Natural Resource of Athens Township, Calhoun County, State of Michigan, Ralph P. Gies
A Study of Cholesterol and Lecithin Blood Levels in Rh Sensitized Women Treated with Rh Hapten, Franklyn Lewis
Historical Fiction in the Teaching of World History, Helen Bernice Lobdell
A Comparative Study of the Jaw Movements of Children with Normal and Abnormal Articulation, Jean Fraser Ward
Theses from 1956
Relationships of Football Injuries to Weather and Field Conditions, Clayton H. Borgman
An Exploratory Study of Differential Diadochokinesis, Marie C. Crickmay
An Analysis of the Qualifications of Selected Business Students Who Graduated from Comstock, Michigan, High School to Determine the Adequacy of Their Training, Esther Larsen Fellows
Factors Affecting the Enrollment of Students in Homemaking Programs in Junior and Senior High Schools of Southwestern Michigan, Cecile L. Herscher
The Relationship of Missing Teeth to Lisps, Richard Swerzbin
A Survey of Music Programs in Christian Schools of America, Robert V. Talsma
An Investigation of the Vocal Phonic Abilities of Children with Normal Speech and Articulation Disorders, Orville Wilson Wensley
Theses from 1955
Instructional Aids in Art for Elementary Teachers, Jeanne M. Fox Schier
Techniques for Teaching Swimming to Seventh Graders, Ernest L. Mary
An Analysis of the Effect of Reserpine on Adult Stutterers, Barbara Anne Mitchell
An Investigation of the Change in the Self Concept of Stutterer, Lois Nelson
Textbooks of World History for the Senior High School, David E. Proud
Theses from 1954
A Study of the Summer Recreation Program Administered by the Portage Township Park Board, Nina Piper Boyd
The Role of the Myrtle Heege Community Center in the Recreation Program of Kalamazoo, Fletcher S. Cooper
A Study of the Effect of Avoidance on Stuttering Frequency in an Adaptation Situation, Theodore Ray Dixon
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Spelling and Articulation, Richard Errol Ham
The Curriculum in Industrial Arts in Michigan High Schools Employing One Shop Instructor, John H. Koenig
Six Semester Courses in Graphic Arts, Glen D. Moerdyk
An Analysis of Selected History Tests Prepared for Use in the High School, Charles E. Reed
A Study of Reaction Time as a Test for Validity of Personality Questionnaires, William McCague Shearer
The Training and Experience of High School Football Coaches in Minnesota, Roy G. Walters
Theses from 1953
A Sociometric Study of Popularity and Academic Achievement in a Ninth Grade Class, Elizabeth V. Banks
An Analysis of the Notices of Judgement under the Federal Food, Drug and Costmetic Act, LaVerne H. Boss
How Television is Affecting the Lives of Sixth Graders in Kalamazoo – A Report from the Children, Charles R. Calhoun
A Study of Safety Education in Secondary-School Shops (Grades 7-12) in Southwestern Michigan, Wallace Frederick Fillingham
A Study of the Current Practices in Program Planning in the Summer Camps of the Y.W.C.A. in the Midwest, Mary Louise Lang
Programs of Intra-mural Sports in Class B High Schools in Michigan, Robert J, Prudon
Theses from 1952
A Suggested Program for Co-Educational Activities in Physical Education at Marshall High School, Melvin William Aussieker
Parental Comprehension of the Adolescent Stutterer’s Attitude toward His Stuttering, Katharine G. Butler
The Sociometric Technique with a Seventh-Grade Class in Social Studies and English, Cleo Chapekis
Development of a Teacher’s Guide for a One-Semester Speech Course Suitable for All College Students, Deldee Myriok Herman
A Study of a High School Marriage and Family Course, Wendell P. Hill
A Study of Clear Lake Camp’s Contributions to the Elementary Curriculum, Herman C. Kranzer
Some Demonstrations for High School Science, Richard F. Welch
Theses from 1951
An Investigation of Attitudes Toward, and Proficiencies in, Junior-High-School Arithmetic, Robert Lee Andrews
An Analysis of Aviation Education in Senior High School Textbooks, Herbert E. Ellinger
An Experimental Study of the Relative Effectiveness of Drill and Incidental Teaching in the Learning of the Multiplication Tables, Rena May Gates
A Study of the Summer Recreation Programs in Small Michigan Communities, Walter A. Gillett
The Value of Mental Arithmetic in Grades Seven and Eight, Edward Oren Kay
A Recommended Program of Related Instruction for Electrical Apprentices, Andrew C. Luff
A Comparison of the Relative Effectiveness of Teaching Seventh Grade Arithmetic with a Textbook and without a Textbook, Alfred John Reynolds
The Effect of the Use of a Textbook as Compared with Supplemental Material in Teaching Biology, Wayne A. Stafford
State and Local History in Michigan Schools, Robert R. Swartz
Theses from 1950
A Study of the Influence of a Church School Upon Its Youth, Esther Jane DeWeerd
An Analysis and Evaluation of Industrial Arts Projects Used in Midwestern Ohio, Henry W. Krause
Twelfth Grade Public School Business Students Deficient in Fundamentals, Jeannette Lawhun
Is Industrial Arts Benefitting a Representative Population of Kalamazoo Central High School Boys?, D. John Lucas
Theses from 1949
Examination of the Underlying Trends in Village and Rural Recreation with Application in the Three Oaks School District, Alfred Pfliger