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Theses/Dissertations from 1989
A Comparison of Two Hypnotic Methods for Achieving and Maintaining Abstinence from Smoking, Ronald Lee Lutz
Fatalism in some plays of Sam Shepard, Harksoon Yim
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
War and The Absurd in Ford’s Parade's End, William Wayne Albright
Opinions of Mississippi Pharmacists on the Prescription to OTC Switch, and the OTC Status of Ibuprofen, Li-ly Emily Chang
Odious imitations of immortality for recitations in early childhood : a plan for using parody to teach appreciation of poetry, Ray A. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Collaborative learning and instructor attitude, Barbara Childers McMillin
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Hemisphericity and Reading Comprehension: A Study of Black Students from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds, Linda Hampton Wesson
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Performance of Black Liquid Flat Plate Solar Collector Using Double Wall Polycarbonate Sheet, Mahmoud Zarif Ahoubareh
The use of structured composition in the teaching of the three-part song form, Charles Mark Butler
An analysis and comparison of select teaching methods for E alto soxophone / by Earl J. Hesse, Earl J. Hesse
A History of the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association, Carolyn Heard McMillin
"The 1940's Radio Hour" : a production study, Donna Marie White
The plight of the American Adam in the Leatherstocking series., Robert Clark Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Penal Reform in Mississippi 1799-1839, Heard Wylie Butler
The efficacy of speech-language intervention with geriatrics, Steve N. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
A rhythm pedagogy for freshmen and sophomore music students / by Sue Ann Reuter, Sue Ann Reuter
Graceful trees and the Ringel-Kotzig conjecture, Cathy Ann Wills
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
M. P. Belaieff: An Episode in Russian Music, Maureen Blackburn Adkins
Length of Marriage as a Factor in Marital Satisfaction, Communication, and Performance on the Prisoner's Dilemma Game, Joseph Morris Alexander
The Federal Republic in the political theory of John Taylor of Caroline, Harold Brantley Cline Jr
Twentieth century composition : techniques and sequential exercises for beginning students / by Patrick George Houlihan, Patrick George Houlihan
Improving the use of the literature textbook in the high school, Marilyn Majors Monroe
The relationship between reading and writing, David Winston Taylor
Racial differences in infant mortality, 1960 and 1970, Connie Diane White
Anisopterous odonata of North Mississippi, Gordon L. Wills
Andre Dubus : a study of his fiction, John Stephen Yarbrough
The life and works of Roark Bradford, Robert Yarbrough
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
A Symbolic Representation of the Female Figure, Jean Gardner Abrams
The Wolfpin stories : with an afterword / by William Scott Hays, William Scott Hays
A study of the effects of an instructional program on student conductors' ability to critically evaluate concert band performance / by Ronald Dean Hooten, Ronald Dean Hooten
Petrology of North Mississippi Bauxite : A Case for Depositional Bauxite and Kaolin, Charles Nelson Thompson
A content analysis of international news in Mississippi daily newspapers, Henry David Windham III
Remote sensing, sedimentation and vegetation distribution within the coastal wetlands, eastern St. Louis Bay, Mississippi, Mary Earl Yeargan
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
"Bomb the Ban": A Study of the Legal Controversy Surrounding Off-Campus Speakers at Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Lucie Robertson Bridgeforth
A Mississippi Opinion Poll A Study of Polling and Its Application to an Experimental Statewide Poll in Mississippi, John Michael Craft
Political culture, political socialization, and race : consensus /dissensus on political orientations among black and white college freshmen in Mississippi / by John Charles Hughes, Sr, John Charles Hughes Sr.
Approaches to the study of voting behavior in American presidential elections, 1944-1978 : a bibliographical essay / by John Charles Kilkelly, John Charles Kilkelly
The development of a selective-differential medium for the isolation and detection of Yersinia enterocolitica, Hurbert Lap Chung Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Developing fluent recognition of basic pitch notation by programed instruction, Lawrence Clifford Smith
Rotifers as indicators of domestic pollution, Darryail W. Whittington
A comparison of twenty brain-injured and twenty non-brain-injured childrens' performance on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Brenda Kay Wildermuth
Dubitanda in the David M. Robinson Memorial Collection of Antiquities at the University of Mississippi, Pamela Anne Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Out of Tennessee poems, with an introduction, Roy Neil Graves
Children as victims, demons, seers : Flannery O'Connor's wise brood, Marion Ellison Ham
Fundamentals of traditional composition : a harmonic approach, John Philip Manchester Jr
A survey of requirements, curricula, and degrees available in graduate music in the public universities in Mississippi, Allen Kent Sills
The planning of recitals of American piano music of the common practice period, James Walker Snyder
The Puritan Tradition in the Novels of Robert Herrick, Allen D. Towery
A survey of commercial radio managers' attitudes toward university broadcast graduates entering commercial radio marketing, Phil Ford Wier
A comparative study of Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale and its sources and analogues, Susan Kay Morris Williams
Markov chains with denumerable state spaces, Thomas Daniel Yates
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Subjective Associations Between Classical Mythology and Modern Technology Expressed in Graphic, Charles Abraham
A syntactic analysis of William Faulkner's prose fiction, Anne Conner Gaddis
The influences of the drum and bugle corps on the high school marching bands in the state of Mississippi, John Howard Hanbery
Development of a music curriculum for Mississippi County Community College in Blytheville, Arkansas, Gilbert Clarence Sommers
A practical guide for the collegium musicum, Harry Evers Spell
A methodology for the elucidation of the object-choice phenomenon in drug addiction : a comparison of the Jungian, Castanedan and Laingian paradigms, Michael Jay Sturman
Arranging for the marching band : a comprehensive text, Johnnie B. Vinson
Harmony in selected piano works of Frederick Chopin, Charles Andrew Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
A Survey of Bryozoan Species and Ecology in Two Northern Mississippi Flood Control Reservoirs, John Withrow Burris
A pedagogical analysis of Aaron Copland's Piano Variations, Jerry Alan Bush
A comparative study of embouchure, breathing, and articulation on the horn, the trumpet, and the trombone, Paul. R. Carpenter
Some aspects of literary criticism and the English curriculum, Josephine Cleveland
Thirty years on Arkansas government, 1945 to 1975 : bibliographic essay on the political science literature on Arkansas state government and politics / by Norman Leycester Hodges, Jr, Norman Leycester Hodges Jr.
The oboe : its technique and literature, Daniel Franklin Ross
The acculturation of foreign graduate students at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in relation to their English ability, Sheida Emanuel White
Terraces in north-central Mississippi, Charlie Burnell Whitten
The 1973 war powers law : reform or punitive action, Kenneth Carroll Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
A Practical Approach to the Arranging of Popular Music, Charles Edwin Abraham
The Ecological Patterns of Racial and Socio-Economic Segregation, Riaz Ahmad
Scott Fitzgerald and money, the beautiful and damning, Reginald Franklin Gunnells
Ballistic muscular movements and their implications for piano technique / by Don Lee Huneycutt, Don Lee Huneycutt
Relevant praise and irrevelant praise as reinforcement for children : a methodological study of social reinforcement, Thomas Gaillard White
The Spirit of the Times : a Pontotoc, Mississippi, newspaper, 1841-1842, James Rudell Willis Jr.
A.B.C., C.B.S., and N.B.C. live television interviews conductedduring the 1972 Democratic National Convention : an audio content analysis, David L. Womack
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Eric Hoffer's conceptual approach to the development of Americandemocratic leadership, Henry Nash Carrier III
Occupational and Educational Aspirations of Black and White Male High School Students in a North Mississippi County, Melissa Hall Clark
Long-Term Retention of Tritium in Man, Chin-Jen Ou
An analysis and comparison of select teaching methods for the clarinet, James K. Simpson
The American role at Algeciras, James L. Whitten Jr
Changes in art judgements resulting from a course in art appreciation at East Mississippi Junior College as determined by mean gains, Jon H. Whittington
A study of selected classification systems available for use in music libraries with recommendations for the University of Mississippi Music Library, Jauwiece Mims Wilkenson
A comparative study of freshman and sophomore music education requirements in the Mississippi public junior colleges with Mississippi senior colleges and universities, Jerry Ellis Wilkinson
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Arrangements for Care of Preschool Children Whose Parents Live in the Married Student Housing Area at the University of Mississippi, Nancy Schomberg Abney
Rearrangement of Alkanesulfenanilides, Parviz Ainpour
Thermodynamic Investigations of Alcohol-Hydrocarbon Systems by Frontal Analysis, Mary Patricia Alewine
The Development of a Role Model for Campus Ombudsmen at Institutions of Higher Learning in the United States, Ray Bass Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
A Survey of Theatre Production Facilities in the State Junior Colleges of Mississippi, Samuel David Christ Sr.
Factors associated with attitudes of black students toward integration at the University of Mississippi, Robert Earl Williams
A comparison of self-concept of five-yearolds from a lower socioeconomic group and from a higher socioeconomic group, Rosanne Johnson Williams
St. Andrew Presbytery of North Mississippi : a study of ideal and real values in church participation, John Maxwell Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
A Suggested Guide for Teaching Stage Movement, Elynor Elizabeth Butler Hamilton
Graduate Record Examination Aptitude Test Scores of Selected Students at the University of Mississippi, Peter Carson
The Ku Klux Klan in the United States: Its History, Organization, and Recruitment Practices, Chester Leland Quarles
A comparative analysis of The Little Foxes and Regina, Jimmie Lee Williams III
Nutritional adequacy and acceptance by students of the meals served in nine sorority houses at the University of Mississippi, Quintilla Smith Williams
The role of the engineer in urban planning, Harry Maury Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Syntheses and antimicrobial activities of some 4-aza-sitostane derivatives, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein
Greek Religious Festivals and Art, with Illustrations from the University Of Mississippi Museum, Willene Carpenter Hull