Historic Theses and Dissertations

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The Negro in Oregon: A Survey
(University of Oregon, 1932-06) Hill, Daniel G., Jr.
The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the Negro population in Oregon and to discover the historical and sociological factors which have determined and limited his residence here. The writer does not pretend to offer an exhaustive treatise but rather to present the salient facts essential to such a thesis.
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Diplomatic Relations of the United States and Haiti
(University of Oregon, 1932-06) Nerseth, Muriel Borghild
An adequate study of the diplomatic relations of the United States and Haite cannot be made by the use of United States printed documents alone. A clear comprehensive picture can only be obtained by using the documents of both governments. The purpose of this paper is to force the problems arising between the two republics which finally resulted in the domination of the weak by the strong. As far as the author is able to determine no special study of the American-Haitian relations prior to 1914 has been made. The questions of controversy discussed and help us to better understand the nation over which the United States has felt obliged to exercise a protective policy. In H. P. Davis’ “Black Democracy”, Millspaugh’s “Haiti Under American Control”, and Blach’s “Occupied Haiti”, there is no treatment of the material utilized in this part of the paper. The subjects of the second part of the paper have been given attention in the above mentioned works. As the printed sources available to the author for this portion were limited if constitutes merely a narrative of the events of the intervention in 1915 with the authors own conclusions.
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A Study of Student Preference for the Technical High School on a Basis of Mechanical Aptitude
(University of Oregon, 1934-07) Klink, Chester A.
A technical high school in a best modern sense of the term may be said to be characterized by (1) the academic subjects of the traditional high school – English, mathematics, science, history, civics, and economies, with foreign languages usually omitted; (2) a variety of shops representing as large a range of industries as practicable in any given local situation; (3) equipment representative of the best modern industrial practices; (4) subject-matter courses designed to supplement the hand-work in the shops; (5) the production of marketable “projects” made, so far as possible, by modern factory methods of production; (6) the careful study, through special assignments, lectures, excursions, etc., of modern industries and their various problems; (7) well trained, college educated teachers; (8) a general curricula organization calculated to fulfill the entrance requirements of an engineering college.
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Reorganization of Oregon State Government to form a Cabinet Government
(University of Oregon, 1915) Cogswell, Marjory K.
Our forefathers tried by two methods to gain an “government of the people, by the people, for the people” -- first they split up the power of government into many distinct offices so that the power of each office holder was limited; then they elected these office holders by public election. The power of government was divided into three parts dash the legislative, executive and judicial departments. Each had its own duties, which could not be assumed by the others, and each was to act as a check or balance on the other two. Then for fear that too much power might be left in the hands of one office holder, each department was divided. The executive power was divided into the governor, attorney general, secretary of state, etc. Each of these officers was made independent in his own field. The legislative department was divided into two bodies, and the courts were divided-- there was created justices of the peace, municipal courts, probate courts, criminal courts, circuit courts, etc. The splitting up of power among many office holders, each elected by popular election has brought about the much talked of long ballot. With the development of the country and the decentralization of government power has increased and the burden upon the electorate has become each year more heavy. The task of obtaining sufficient information about candidates long ago passed beyond what even the very intelligent citizens could fulfill and still maintain his place in competitive industry.
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An Experimental Study of Relationships Between Ethical Judgement and Ethical Conduct of Pre-School and Primary Children
(University of Oregon, 1932-06) Burkett, Gladys R.
This study of the relationship of age, intelligence, judgment and amount of schooling to conduct, was carried on with a threefold purpose. ( 1 ) to discover the relative importance of age, intelligence and amount of schooling as factors of ethical conduct. ( 2 ) to discover the relative importance of age, intelligence and amount of schooling as factors of ethical judgment. ( 3 ) to discover relationship between ethical conduct and ethical judgment of children four, 5, six and seven years of age, ranging from preschool to 2nd grade. Through the cooperation of Eugene schools, Condon, Edison and Francis Willard, first grades, and the kindergartens of Mrs. Jackson, Miss Thompson and Mrs. Birch, of Springfield, and parents of 14 children not attending school, 120 children were each given three tests; namely, an intelligence test, (Stanford-Revision of Binet) a judgment test, and a conduct test, during the winter and spring, 1931—32. The scores obtained from the 360 tests were used as a basis of the findings. Six tabulations of the results were made on the basis of chronological age, mental age, IQ, amount of schooling, judgment score and conduct score. Throughout the study the comparisons were drawn between the same factors that seemed to have a bearing on conduct. All other previous studies have been carried out in the field of pre-adolescent and older groups. None have dealt exclusively with the relationships of conduct and the preschool and primary levels.
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The Problem of Teaching Municipal Government in High Schools
(University of Oregon, 1927-07) Washburn, Orson Monroe
The textbook treatment of city functions must be general to meet the countrywide use of the books. The limited space which the books can devote to city government permits only the briefest treatment of this phase of the subject of civics. The attempts which have been made by the writer to have the students get the materials themselves have been far from satisfactory. The first hand study can only be made by a fortunate few of the pupils who have the time and ability to make their own investigations. Even these are limited in two respects. First, much of the material is scattered and buried in reports. Second, the observation of the machinery of government can only show a small section of the entire process of municipal government. It has seemed to the writer that much valuable material was at hand. The students show a keen interest, when the facts have been presented to them. The lecture and method of presentation does not seem best, but few teachers can prepare the material and the students do not get the details fully. In the preparation of the material for a course in local city government the high school student and his needs have controlled the selection and scope of treatment. The aim has been to gather material which will show quite fully what the modern city of Portland does for its citizens. In addition to what is now being done, some of the future problems are pointed out.
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The Policy of the United States Towards the Philippine Islands: From the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898 to the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace with Spain, February 6, 1899.
(University of Oregon, 1926-05-24) Buloan, Julian
There is a general agreement among American statesmen and historians that the acquisition of the Philippine islands, at the time of Dewey’s brilliant victory at Manila Bay, was unforeseen and unexpected. It is also stated that the administration that embarked on a war with Spain to free Cuba had no knowledge, no idea, nor information of the existence of Spain’s rich possessions in the Far East. President McKinley, speaking at Youngstown, Ohio, October 18th, 1899, said: “When Dewey sank the ships at Manila, as he was ordered to do, it was not to capture the Philippines – it was to destroy the Spanish fleet, the fleet of the nation against which we are waging war, and we thought that the soonest way to end the war was to destroy the power of Spain to make war, and so scent Dewey.” Even more striking is the statement of Dewey himself. While on his way to take command of the Asiatic Squadron, he devoted part of his time to reading information about the Philippines.
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The United States and the Philippines Since 1921
(University of Oregon, 1933-03-10) Mangavil y Ramos, Florendo
The victory of Admiral Dewey over the Spanish squadron on that memorable battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898 ended the despotism and tyranny of Spain over the people of the Philippine Islands; and, at the same time ushered in a new order in colonial administration. The idea of a dependency on the other side of the Pacific was wholly new to the majority of the American people. To many of them the thought was repugnant. Many looked with grave concern on the entrance of the United States on a policy of expansion because they believed that it might bring them into political entanglements and possibly wars with which otherwise they had little concern. The administration at Washington, likewise, was gravely concerned with the new problem period that the Philippines must be taken away from Spain, President McKinley was certain. The question that brought him a great deal of worry was the problem of disposing the islands once taken away from Spain. His decision to take the Philippines “to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government” is now a vivid memory but nevertheless real.
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A Study in Individual Differences in Children and Their Effects on School Administration
(University of Oregon, 1910) Hoffman, H. H.
An efficient system of public instruction must take into account the mental, moral, and physical differences of children. These differences are far more pronounced than one who has not investigated the subject would believe. One of the most harmful popular fallacies is “all men are created equal.” Yet it seems that the educational system of our country has been founded on this assumption. As a matter of fact, there is no sense in which all men, or any two men for that matter, are equal. Every individual is the product of two fundamental factors - heredity and environment period from the nature of the case these can never be the same at any two periods in the lives of forbears or offspring, consequently known to men can be equal intellectually, morally, or physically. Realizing the importance of this truth, the author has conducted an extensive series of tests in his school consisting of pupils ranging from 8 to 20 years of age. These tests involve reason, judgment, memory, perception, rapidity of forming concepts, rapidity of muscular coordination, variety of interest in the things of life, etcetera. The results should be of much interest to all students of education.
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A Survey of Education in the City of Portland, Oregon
(University of Oregon, 1934-08) Hamill, Robert M.
In attempting this survey the idea has been not only to discuss the present situation in Portland from a vocational viewpoint but also to give the present situation a proper setting in the general field of education. A short history of the vocational education movement has been included in this report, to give meaning to the historical developments in the various schools of this city. The survey ends with a telic attempt toward evaluation of the vocational education problems as now found in Portland. Information for this survey has been gathered from many sources. Superintendents of the city school system, heads of the private schools, hospitals, industrial establishments, shops, principles of the City Schools have contributed. Pamphlets, courses of study, city school surveys, books on educational topics, and vocational texts, have all been utilized in this report. Whenever possible, contacts have been made by private interview, as the information received by questionnaire in some cases has been found unreliable. This is probably due to the fact that at present businessmen are very apathetic toward this informational device. It will be necessary in the beginning to clarify the following discussion by an explanation of terms. For this paper, vocational education shall be understood to refer to any form of education which can be used in a person's life work, with the exception of such fundamental subjects as are recognized as basic education for all. This is without doubt a broad definition of the word vocational, but as such it will include in its scope extracurricular activities, commercial courses, trade courses, festival schools, apprentice training, and the like.
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Recent Movements in the Establishment of Fine Arts Courses in Colleges and Universities
(University of Oregon, 1930-05) Gerlinger, Irene Hazard
In the effort to check with evidence against what had for some time been a growing conviction that the Renaissance had arrived or was in the process of arriving in America, and as the result of interest created through years of study in the field of aesthetics, the writer recently sent a questionnaire to more than 600 college and university presidents asking them, among other queries relating to higher education, “What place do the Fine Arts have in your course of study?” For a Regent of the University of Oregon for 15 years it had been my privilege to work closely with the late President P. L. Campbell and with Dean Ellis F. Lawrence of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, and to aid them, through assembling material foundations, and carrying out their great dreams for the expansion of the University into the field of the Fine Arts. So this seemed the best way to determine what other institutions of higher learning were doing to hasten the coming of the kingdom of art. From the hundreds of answers which came from a large majority of the college executives who answered this question it is manifest that in nearly all the colleges of the country there are an increasing number in variety of Fine Arts courses being given. These courses range all the way from a few courses in music, art application, and aesthetics, to fully develop and highly organized schools of Fine Arts that are on a parity with any other school or department in a University.
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Student Activities in High Schools with Special Reference to Oregon
(University of Oregon, 1924-07) Tavenner, R. W.
This thesis lies within the extra-curricular activity field, and deals with the problem of its control. It is generally conceded that the government of this phase of school work can well be done, in part at least, by the students themselves. This necessitates a definite methodology both for the part played by the students and that by the teachers and administrators, just as we have methodologies for class-room instruction. As attempt has been made to determine present practices in Oregon high schools and to reach conclusions as to advisable methods in what is generally known as the student body governments.
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Certain Factors Which Have Retarded Minimum Wage Legislation for Women in the United States
(University of Oregon, 1931-08) Pemberton, H. Earl
This study is an attempt to present the evidence of the existence of these factors in the culture of the United States and show theoretically how the very existence of them is a barrier to the effective application of minimum wage control. Where possible, however, the existence of these factors is presented in quotation which are related specifically to minimum wage legislation for women.
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The Influence of Greek Art on Modern Art
(1909) Beebe, Allie
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The Emergence and Development of Certain Moslem Arts as Conditioned by Their Ecology
(1945-06) Artau, Louis P.
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Recent Movements in the Establishment of Fine Arts Courses in Colleges and Universities
(1930-05) Gerlinger, Irene Hazard
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The Possible Effect of Military Training Upon the Attitudes of College Students
(1932-07) Whitaker, Helen Eleanor
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Marketing of Crude Rubber
(1924-05-20) Akers, Estel N.
It is the aim of this thesis to describe the business of producing and marketing rubber, from its earliest history, on through the process of evolution to the present day scientific methods which go far in furnishing a sufficient quantity of the raw product to meet the necessities of civilization. It includes a history of production, an explanation of the geographical limitations to production, the kinds and uses of the different qualities of rubber, as well as a resume of the history of early marketing, and imperialistic effort at market control. It also contains an explanation of the various demands, the possible present day markets and the methods of financing. It concludes with a forecast of the future possibilities of the industry.
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An Analysis of Current South American Investment Offerings to Determine the Advisability of American Investment in the Bonds of South American Countries
(1923-06-01) Folts, Franklin E.
On August 2, 1914, Germany brought forth into the light of public scrutiny the limited co-partnership of "Myself mit Gott". Thirty days later this cooperative organization was commonly referred to as the World War. Chaos exists. On April 7, 1917, the United States expressed her willingness to actively arbitrate the matter. November 11, 1918, is the date on which as a result of said arbitration the above mentioned consolidation was dissolved to the extent that there was a falling off in the demand for nitrates and steel. On March 10, 1923, the date of this paper, chaos still exists. The future is a matter of spirited speculation.
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Development of the Storage Batteries and Accumulators
(1901-06-07) Wold, P. I.