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Theses/Dissertations from 1935
The effect of variation in alley length on human maze learning, Sarah Catherine Boone Chase
Origin of the white population of Lafayette county, James Durwood Cole
The preparation and decomposition of 4-Iodo-2, 6 dibenzoylaminophenol, Floyd Millard Davis
Relative efficiency of constant and varied stimulation for learning a brightness discrimination, Walter Frank Grether
Expressions of purpose as found in Caesaris operibus and the construction following similis and disimilis in Caesar, Cicero, andcertain earlier and later writers, Tom Spight Hines
A history of the Mississippi gulf coast from November 11, 1918 to November 11, 1928, Thomas Garner James
Mathematics in certain Mississippi high schools and in it's relation to physics, Euclid Ray Jobe
The significance of the solar myth as an origin and explanationof religion, James Richards Johnson
Southern life in the short story : some aspects of social history revealed in the Southern local color short story published between 1865 and 1890, Ben Gray Lumpkin
Phenanthraquinone, B-Naphthaquinone and the azine reaction, Joseph William Magee
Byron's critical opinions, Nina Elizabeth Markette
The economic principles of Alexander Hamilton, Margaret Teague Mattice
Mississippi manufactures in 1860, Royal Mattice Jr
Contemporary criticism of and by the romantic poets, Dorothy Maude Milden
The effect of certain iodophenols on metabolism, Leroy Sannoner Pearce
The development of religion among the rural white population of Choctaw County, Mississippi, present-day tendencies and suggested remedies / by Joseph Clody Sheedy, Joseph Clody Sheedy
An analysis of unemployment insurance plans in the United States/ by Samuel Jefferson Simmons, Jr, Samuel Jefferson Simmons Jr
Antecedents of Mississippi's constitutional convention of 1890, Marshall Duell Wall
Disease in Lafayette County, Mississippi, as shown by the records of the Emergency Relief Administration, Emily Brannon Whitehurst
Theses/Dissertations from 1934
Suffrage and Apportionment in Mississippi to 1861, Asa Thomas Briley
The stages in the development of Wordsworth's interest in man, James Albert Carpenter
Origins of the free colored population in the ante-bellum South, Clarence Hubbard Chase
The action of aluminium on hydrochloric acid at different concentrations, Gladys Ione Elmore
The Action on Aluminum on Hydrochloric Acid at Different Concentrations, Gladys Ione Elmore
Hyperbolic functions and the catenary, Frank Whatley Gamblin
An apparatus for measuring the metabolic rates of small animals, Ethel Keesler Garrard
A chemical and sanitary survey of the drinking waters of Lafayette county, Mississippi, Nonus Quay Gilmer
Identification of the rarer metals, Lillian May Hopper
Singular solutions and related loci of ordinary differential equations, Anne Clyde Lindsey
The social and economic aspects of sea food industry in Biloxi, Mississippi, Herbert Beckham Longest
Five years of homicides in Mississippi, Myrtle Wilson Mason
A study of the properties of the helix with some projections ofthe curve, Richard Albert Miller
Sectionalism in Mississippi, 1817-1832, Henry Herbert Moss
The history of Memphis, Tennessee, 1861-1865 / by Mabel Daugherty Roberson, Mabel Daugherty Roberson
The electrical properties of the atmosphere / by Edward Lee Sanderson, Edward Lee Sanderson
Winthrop Sargent, territorial governor of Mississippi / by Carolyn Virginia Simmons, Carolyn Virginia Simmons
To determine the reaction of common invertebrate animals to light stimuli of several kinds and under various conditions / by Herman Allen Thigpin, Herman Allen Thigpin
The attitude of Mississippi toward Jefferson Davis, 1861-1865 / by Mary Ricks Thornton, Mary Ricks Thornton
Readings in Mississippi history : Reconstruction / by Agnes Calhoun Trusty, Agnes Calhoun Trusty
Theses/Dissertations from 1933
The literary mind of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Elbye Neal Davidson
A history of Carroll county from 1871, Bingham Duncan
The origin and development of the number system, John Bunyan Edwards
A survey of infinite series, William Douglas Gardner
Indian missions in Mississippi, Normer Lee Gill
Organization and early history of Yalobusha County, Hiram Percy Hathorn
Organization and Early History of Yalobusha County, Hiram Percy Hathorn
The stories in Don Quijote, Mattie K. Howerton
The women of Don Quijote, Elmira Kimmons
Health survey of the white schools of Lafayette County, Mississippi, John Michael King
Motivating the activities of high school English, Julia O. Sigrest Loper
The public career of John Sharp Williams, Herbert Lynn McCleskey
Studia Ausoniana, Spencer Leroy Murphy Jr
A vocabulary for El Poema de Mio Cid / by George Edward Schilling, George Edward Schilling
An economic and social history of Pearl River County / by Arthur Earle Scruggs, Arthur Earle Scruggs
A county-unit administrative organization of schools of Itawamba County, Mississippi / by Greene Edgar Sheffield, Greene Edgar Sheffield
LIfe habits and ecological distribution of the mockingbird and related species in northern Mississippi / by Ray S. Snider, Ray Solomon Snider
Theses/Dissertations from 1932
An Ecological Study of the Mud-Bottom Ponds of Mississippi, Walter Dell Davis
The theory, construction, and the use of thermocouple method of finding specific heat of sugar solutions, Norma E. Dickey
Motivation devices in the teaching of plane geometry, Bertye Harrison
Institutional peeps of Don Quijote, Atley Asher Kitchings
Conditions relating to sectionalism in Mississippi from 1838 to, Samuel Theron Lyles
Studies in Swift's Journal To Stella : Swift's political, social, and literary relationships as expressed in his Journal To Stella, Samuel Verner Mason
The federal trade commission in its relationship to the courts, Pleasant McCain
Economic and Social Aspects of the Various Forms of Insurance Among Negroes in Mississippi, Margaret Richardson Buchanan
Divorce in Virginia before the Civil War / by Lois Price Rogers, Lois Price Rogers
Sales taxes as a source of revenue, Dewey Hilton Waits
Theses/Dissertations from 1931
A history of state-banking in Mississippi, Charles Carlisle Alexander
A history of melancholy in English literature, Emerald Garrett Ballard
A History of Melancholy in English Literature, Emerald Garrett Balllard
Aristocracy, James Lampton Berry
Di-iodo-guaiacol : its preparation and the decomposition of its salts, Marcus L. Burks
An outline of the development of Mississippi county government, Alec Head Burnett
The Summer of 1835 in Mississippi History, Mary Effie Cameron
Browning and the monologue, Alberta Grantham Conger
A survey of reading achievement in the schools of Lafayette county, Wesson Monroe Crocker
The exact measurement of surface tension and the variation in the free energy liquid surfaces and its relation to molecular forces, Harry Lee Davis
Redetermination of the acceleration of gravity at the Universityobservatory, John Marion De Marche
A study in biography the attitude of the chief English authors toward their personaland literary reputations, Leon Eubanks
Comparative per capita high school costs between centralized andnon-centralized county school systems, Jessie Daniel Finch
The political philosophy of John Taylor, Charles Nolan Fortenberry
John Marshall's constitutional decisions, and their influence onthe constitution, Storey Lowrey Fortenberry
Studia Ciceroniana, Lula Mae Fowler
The influence of Dorothy Wordsworth on William Wordsworth, Mildred Olivia Gibson
The climate and weather of Mississippi with an introduction, Mary Wilma Hodge
The educational opportunities in the Arkansas School for the Deaf, Ethel Irene Lewellen
The dairying industry in Mississippi and its possibilities, Sale Trice Lilly
Historical spots in Pontotoc County, Katie Durelle Mauldin
The Populist party in Mississippi, William David McCain
The gothic element in American literature, Catherine Naomi McFarlane
A collection of folk-lore, compiled from the counties of Newton, Neshoba, Jasper, Lauderdale, Scott, Marion, and Lawrence, Mississippi, Stella Weathersby Newsom
A survey of the churches of Lafayette County Mississippi, Dewitt Talmadge Oaks
The history of the development of the computation of (pi), Zoe Elizabeth O'Ferrall
Official and quasi-official sources of current information on Mississippi, Rex Ray Pearce
Fanny Burney in relationship to her times : social and literary, Emily Keelin Potts
A study of the reaction of pinene vapor and oxygen under the silent electric discharge, Frederick Edward Powell
A histological study of the thymus gland in the water moccasin ( agkistrodon piscivorus), Hilda Alexander Powell
The status of the public supported junior colleges of Mississippi : a study of the state accredited one-year and two-year institutions in the years 1930 and 1931, Roscoe Conklin Pugh
New county representation in Mississippi from 1830 to 1840, Jack Davison Ramsey
Mississippi fiction and verse since 1900 / by Mary Frances Schumpert, Mary Frances Schumpert
The tratamientos in Don Quijote / by Annie Fay Tyler, Annie Fay Tyler