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Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Theoretical calculations of kinetic isotope effects, Paul Chien-Wei Chang (Thesis)
Leisure, condition of man's freedom, Gerald H. Conrath (Thesis)
Assessment of Subjective Experiences of Boys Entering the Community From a Correctional School, Thomas W. DeJardin, Theresa F. Eubanks, Mary F. Hoyt, Steven J. Ickes, Carol W. Lane, and David F. Staat (Thesis)
Traits associated with choosing social work as a career, Helen Ellsworth, James B. Epley, Carolyn Hanson, Robert L. Morasch, Roberta Roth, Norma Rowe, Richard H. Stowell, Fredrick H. Swan, Joanna M. Wadsworth, and Aurita Zeigler (Thesis)
Children’s Drama Available for the Elementary School Children of Portland, Oregon, Margaret Othus Gender (Thesis)
Child Care Arrangements in Affluence and Poverty, Josephine Jeannette Gurrola, Joan Beck Hansen, Ruth Townsend Hardy, Donna Mae Landye, and Sandra Mae Poirier (Thesis)
Arturo Alessandri and the Chilean Presidential Elections of 1920: a thesis, Sally Ann Jones (Thesis)
The identification of the inorganic components in the calcareous corpuscles from Mesocestoides corti, Larry M. Kegley (Thesis)
A Comparison of Characteristics of Terminated AFDC Cases with Cases Remaining Active from the June 1966 AFDC Load in Linn County, Oregon, William Everett Lowther (Thesis)
Solving random walk problems using resistive analogues, Richard D. Morris (Thesis)
Precision measurements of the Mössbauer fraction of Fe⁵⁷ in Pt, Pd and Cu, Wilbur Lee Nees (Thesis)
A Clarification and Evaluation of Black Power, Beverly Jo Olson (Thesis)
Applications of Modified Wittig Reaction to Butatriene Synthesis, John Pearson (Thesis)
In-service education for teachers of family life education from a sociological viewpoint, Helen M. Running (Thesis)
Der Richter und der Gerechte in Dürrenmatts Dramen, Helga Schlichtherle (Thesis)
Investigation of attitudinal and behavioral changes of selected sixth grade students who attend an outdoor school, Robert R. Sesar (Thesis)
A series of paintings, both Oriental and Western, oriented toward a combination of the Western and Oriental styles in the use of mixed media, Young Hie Shin (Thesis)
Production of A thousand clowns, Clifford John Sowle (Thesis)
Color in Salt Glaze, Daniel Lee Stevens (Thesis)
A simple engobe developed for general studio use for wet and leather hard clay which may be adjusted with only minor changes to fit bone dry and bisque ware, Rose Marie Strassel (Thesis)
William Morris: esthetic for community, F. Eloise Taggart (Thesis)
The Development of a Clay Body with Compatible Glaze Formulae, Nancy Travers (Thesis)
Classes and Class Conflicts in Victorian England as Explored by Thomas Hardy, Nancy Burns Vail (Thesis)
Verbal accessibility between marital partners as studied in a court of domestic relations, Patricia Walker, Jan Andress, Mildred DeLong, Flora Dieckhoff, Sara McNeil, and John Swiberg (Thesis)
An Analysis and Evaluation of the American Electoral College, Norma N. Williams (Thesis)
Intaglio printmaking in the secondary school, James Lester Wylder (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1967
Variations on two themes, Florence Lyn Bafus (Thesis)
Landscape and figure composition in relation to space, color, and line, Perry Theo Carandanis (Thesis)
Medical-social needs in a sample population of elderly post-hospital patients, Rose N. Cooper, JoAnn G. Doyle, Marie N. Greyerbiehl, Guy H. Hancock, Marvin E. Husebye, Gladys McCoy, Josephine McWhirter, and David H. Orvedahl (Thesis)
The emergence of the large lumber producers and their significance to the lumber industry, Kaye L. Darby (Thesis)
The use of self-determination and confidentiality in casework and group work practice: an exploratory study, George A. Fisher, James M. Hanson, Frances Peterson, and Helen Phillips (Thesis)
Birth and Rebirth as a Cultural Symbol, Roberta Foss (Thesis)
The ion-exchange chromatographic separation of the components of the product mixture resulting from reaction of trans-dichlorobis (ethylenediamine) cobalt (III) chloride with thiocyanate ion, William Trew Jordan (Thesis)
Die Moabiter Sonette; letzte Gedichte und Gedanken Albrecht Haushofers, Richard S. Kemmler (Thesis)
Aspects of the city; a group of paintings in varied media, based on the theme of the city and river front, Frances Evelyn Kimball (Thesis)
A scale of verbal accessibility in marriage, Barbara F. Kresse, Judith M. DeCourcy, Dolores M. McLennan, Naomi S. Mansfield, and David A. Wickwire (Thesis)
Using Eriksonian concepts in observing developmental levels in two groups of preschool children, Roland J. Lindstrom, Ross A. Lurgio, Joyce H. MacFarlane, Leonard H. Seyfarth, Kay J. Stenberg, and H. G. Wadsworth (Thesis)
The image of the Habsburg Empire in Joseph Roth's Radetzkymarsch and Die Kapuzinergruft, Deborah O'Dell (Thesis)
Thermal and Electrical Resistance of Metal Contacts, Roland E. Ott (Thesis)
Das satirische Element in den Werken Nestroys, Walter Pauler (Thesis)
Social exchange in private family day care arrangements, Gerald Wesley Perry, Elizabeth Margaret Bergman, Marian Alayne Demas, William Everett Lowther, Eleanor Elizabeth Milne, and Sarah Milligan Rankin (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
Constructing a Tool for Measuring Common Social Work Activities, Patricia M. Armstrong, James A. Brown, Robert L. Roy, Edward R. Walker, and Donald G. Welch (Thesis)
A series of paintings, drawings, and compositions, oriented toward a fine arts direction in the use of synthetic and mixed media., Judith Frykman (Thesis)
The Doctrine of the Naqshabandi Order: A Study of Mysticism in Islam, Madelain Farah Habib (Thesis)
ROBERT WALSER: EIN BEITRAG ZUM THEMA DER IDENTITÄT (Interpretation von “Helbling’s Geschichte“), Magdalena M. Hamor (Thesis)
Unmet social work needs in an inmate population of a county correctional institution, Jerry M. Harkins, Melbourne W. Henry, Virginia J. Hodges, Mary Patrick O'Meara, Elisabeth N. Siegel, and Donna B. Wilkins (Thesis)
Aspects of the city, Doris Louise Laird (Thesis)
"An approach to creative design" relation of composition to expression with a particular emphasis on color relationships., Kay J. Moultrie (Thesis)
A series of landscape studies in oil painting and other media exploring and interpreting natural landscape elelments with emphasis on the relationship between plastic space and visual space, Eugene Neal Olson (Thesis)
Marital interaction theory: some implications for research, Lucille S. Pugh, John C. Douglas, Eleanor M. Gadway, Jeanna C. Greenlee, Margaret D. McGill, Beverly S. Mackenzie, Marjorie H. Smith, and Violet S. Smith (Thesis)
De Gaulle and Franco-German relations, 1945-1965, Mary Ann Shumway (Thesis)
Mephistopheles - Merck; ein Vergleich, Richard M. Slawson (Thesis)
Franz Michael Felder: Bregenzerwälder Dorfgeschichten und Schriften; eine Erziehungsstudie, Richard Deal Stones (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1965
Development of a Tool to Measure Applicability of the General Systems Theory to Generic Social Work, Richard L. DeCristoforo, Justus H.G. Freimund, Lewis G. Hahn, Herbert J. Hansen, Arne O. Henifin, June Hohensee Kalogeratos, Hyung Bok Kim, Richard S. Peterson, Louise Smith, and Lewis L. Winchester Sr. (Thesis)
A study of the arguments for and against the Factory Act of 1833 used by members of Parliament in the House of Commons, Peter D. Grundfossen (Thesis)
The nationalization of education in England : Fabian influences on the Education Bill of 1902, Marguerite McBurney Marks (Thesis)
Extracurricular Activities in Secondary Schools of Washington County, Oregon, Alan R. Martin (Thesis)
Christie School: The Evolution of a Social Institution, Bertha A. Roth, George Brock, Theodore Drahn, J. Bruce Hult, Janice Norbeck, Phyllis Donohue, Wayne Hinrichs, Ruth Nisly, Charles M. Smiley, and Dorothy Wittmeyer (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1964
Use of the depth interview in examining attitudes of delinquent boys: an exploratory study, Alice Allen, Jean Altorfer, Jerry Brickey, Lee Cumpston, Suse Katz, Bertha Mitchell, Bernadette Plummer, Alden Powell, and Carolyn Selling (Thesis)
Some factors influencing case classification in a public welfare agency, Miriam Berry, Hattie Gaskin, Glen Gilden, Robert Guerrero, Leo Henry, Joanna Metzger, Delois Nelson, Dick Newstrum, and Maxine Olson (Thesis)