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Theses/Dissertations from 1955
A survey of the pyrogen content of hospital distilled water / by William Bryson Swafford, William Bryson Swafford
The thermal decomposition of calcium sulfate between 750-1 by Francis M. Tkacik, Francis M. Tkacik
The Southern Reporter, 1885-1930 / by Ida Faye Todd, Ida Faye Todd
A study of the water-vapor sorption of tempered hardboards / by Joseph Casimar Trinastic, Joseph Casimar Trinastic
A survey of certain aspects of the music program in the secondary schools in Tennessee with an emphasis on scheduling, Max Clarence Weaver
Civil defense for Mississippi schools, Lloyd Fleming White
Creole tropes: a study of the functions and biographical significance of George Washington Cable's imagery / by Sally Williams Wilson, Sally Williams Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1954
The estimation of expenditures for public assistance payments in Mississippi July 1, 1954 - June 30, 1956, Lane Van Hook Bailey
Browning's answer to higher criticism, Lillian R. Bickerstaff
Lamartine's Italy, 1811, Alfredo Luigi Brigola
Some potential medicinal agents derived from aralkyl ketones, Samuel B. Britton
Potential medicinal agents derived from aralkyl carbonyl compounds, Henry C. Caldwell Jr
The viscosity of binary mixtures, William James Cartmell
The helminth parasites of the dogs of northern Mississippi, witha review of those of North America, Russell Kenneth Carver
Amounts and kind of foods eaten by nursery school children, Margaret Jeanette Collier
Speed and variability of crank turning as a function of non-reward and interference, Lois Cummings
Public policy toward levee construction in Mississippi along the Mississippi river, Polly Ann Davis
The development of the concept of inflation in American economicliterature, Jaak Franz R. De Maeyer
Continued fractions and their applications, James S. Dorroh
The basic motivations of Shaw's major male characters, Widowers' houses through Heartbreak house, Colleen Fly
The influence of novelty on choice-point behaviour in the rat, William Irwin Gardner
Bartok's fourth quartet : a stylistic analysis, Alfred Garmhausen
A study of the hydrolysis of titanium (IV) : The extraction equilibrium, Kenneth Irvin Hardcastle
Retention as a measurement of interest in photographs : an exploratory study, Jere Richmond Hoar
Some health and nutrition problems of rural families of Marshall County, Mississippi, Christine F. Jenkins
Cardiovascular dynamics in response to occlusion of the pulmonary artery in the intact animal, Arthur W. Lindsey Jr
Classical comic ridicule in the comedies of Shakespeare, Jeremy Charles McCamic
Some cytological characteristics of voluntary muscle of amphiumatridactylum, Elinor Josephine McCrone
A practical accounting manual for Mississippi public junior colleges, John Meacham Jr
The general implications of direct cost accounting, James William Miley
Self-government for Malaya, J. Ray Murphy
A cost accounting analysis for a Mississippi hospital, Willis J. Pardoe
Emily Dickinson : the reflection of her life in her art / by James Lamar Roberts, James L. Roberts
The development of a controlled high voltage power supply with fast response time / by Richard Elon Schaffstall, Richard Elon Schaffstall
The Carolingian theocracy and Bishop Theodulf / by Robert Haines Schwoebel, Robert Haines Schwoebel
Respective comparisons of Meyer's Der heilige and Keller's Der Landvogt von greifensee with Eliot's Murder in the cathedral and Fry's Venus observed / by Reuben Bert Scobey, Jr, Reuben Bert Scobey Jr
Eating habits, food preferences, and amounts consumed by pre-school children / by Hilda Haley Sharp, Hilda Haley Sharp
Municipal government in Mississippi / by Alton Webb Sims, Alton Webb Sims
The influence of James Fenimore Cooper upon Domingo Faustino Sarmiento / by Mary Sue Smith, Mary Sue Smith
The rural church and community solidarity / by Samuel Chester Stanley, Jr, Samuel Chester Stanley Jr
Chaucer, a forerunner of the English renaissance / by Mildred Spurrier Topp, Mildred Spurrier Topp
A study of the relation between various factors and scholastic success in a selected ninth grade, Jane Grisham Weaver
Fatalism in Melville's prose and poetry, Shirley Jean Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1953
Relations between the United States and El Salvador, 1909-1911, Jack Bartell
Electrometric titrations of solutions of titanium salts, Herbert John Belknap
Student analysis of limestone, Rebecca Truax Belknap
Melville's humor, Georgia Mauldin Bennett
An analytical development of trigonometry, Marion A. Boykin
A study of the literary theories of Laurence Sterne as they areexpressed and applied in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Olivia Elizabeth Brame
Landscape scenes in Tennyson's poetry, Loyette Dorrill Chance
Thomas Wolfe : the artist, Mary Cone
From horror to glory T. S. Eliot's vision of the world, 1909- 1943, Elizabeth Anne Daniel
Castor and Pollux in Rome, Frances Frazier
Fatigue as a motivational factor in dietary selection of rats, Thomas Joseph Gallagher
The action of neostigmine and extrinsic acetylcholine on the respiration of the rat kidney cortex, Garland Edward Garner
The organization of a small loan company in Memphis, Tennessee, Thomas Clarke Graves III
Emerson's conception of the poet, Virginia Herrera
Estate planning and estate tax saving, Mike Isom Jr
Autobiographical elements in the novels of the Bronte sisters, Carol Jones
The influence of Virgil's Georgics on Thomson's Seasons, Florence Phyfer Krause
Some effects of economic policies upon production, Edmund Michael Lewcon
The characterization in the long narrative poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson, Ann Crawford Lipsey
The American historical romance, 1896-1905, Mary Eleanor Long
Methods of teaching typewriting in the secondary schools of Mississippi, Harold Leon Maxwell
Preparation of substituted phenylalkanoic acids and derivatives, Peter Morison
Methodism and the poetry of Christopher Smart, Martha Cooper Morrison
Accounting for fixed assets during periods of inflation, Carl Warren Nabors
Ongoing response strength as a function of change in rate of reinforcement, Troy E. Nunis
United States government interference in foreign trade, Kurt Petry
The Yoknapatawpha woman, Kay Frances Rasco
The pharmacology of certain cyano complexes / by Antonio A. Sekul, Antonio A. Sekul
The effect of protein deficiency on maze performance of the domestic Norway rat / by Roderick Joel Senter, Roderick Joel Senter
Evaporation methods of aluminum and copper in vacuum / by William Louis Smith, William Louis Smith
A community education approach in the heart program / by Edna Rivers Snipes, Edna Rivers Snipes
A neglected method for resolution of polynomial equations / by William Charles Taylor, Jr, William Charles Taylor Jr
Divisors of zero in rings / by William Richard Trott, William Richard Trott
Fluid flow in the critical region / by Harvey Alden Troutman, Harvey Alden Troutman
The influence of Freud on the plays of Eugene O'Neill, Earl Melton Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1952
Matrix representations, Richard Charles Anderson
Age and growth of the Bluegill Sunfish Lepomis Macrochirus Rafinesque of Sardis Reservoir, Tom Anderson
The development of a method of determining adrenal corticosteroids in urine and a report of normal male excretion, Fred Emmett Bennett Jr
The crayfishes of Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Blair
Thomas Wolfe's homeland : certain aspects of his America, Frances E. Bolen
A social history of Jackson, Mississippi: 1821-1861 : State capital in the old south, Martha Boman
The action of sodium nitroprusside on the respiratory metabolismof the rat, William Harper Booth Jr
Vergil's knowledge of Roman archaeology, Thomas Terrell Boswell
Gibbs' phenomenon in the theory of Fourier's series, Ermon H. Bryant
The seven deadly sins in English literature prior to A.D. 1500, Charles Dale Cannon
A production study of Bernard Shaw's Candida, Barbara Cason
Latent learning in a 'Hoarding' situation, Robert E. Dougan
Preparation of variously substituted halogenated chalcones as possible DDT synergists, John A. Durden Jr
Economics of the glass industry, Norman George Ellis
Use of differential operator in solving linear differential equations of higher order, Robert Henry Endt
Yankees up the creek : the story of the Steele's bayou expidition, Robert Conway Finlay
The economics of the petroleum industry in Mississippi, Edward Hennessey Ford
The early development of the dorsal intersegmental arteries of the chick embryo and the relationships of these arteries with surrounding structures, James Robert Giffin
The moral philosophy of Mark Twain, Virginia Gillespie
Some properties of the transformation of reflection, Ernest Huff Greene
The actions of certain cyano complexes on the respiratory metabolism of rat kidney slices, James Prentiss Hooper