The theme of isolation in some degree is drawn through every character in every novel by Carson McCullers. This thesis examines the works of McCullers and the ideas of loneliness and isolation in her works and in her life.

The investigation proposes a comparative study to determine whether or not there is a relationship between the running broad jump and the standing broad jump based upon the results of the performances of two hundred and seventy girls enrolled in Jefferson Junior High School, Abilene, Texas, and to determine whether or not one of the three allowed performances consistently results in the greatest distance.

The purpose of this investigation was to study the thermoelectric effects in a single crystal of antimony at liquid-helium temperatures.

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the writings of early American sociologists for attitudes and theoretical ideas concerning aging which individually and collectively have formed the basis for current social theory in gerontology.

The purpose of this study is to examine the position of twentieth century American poetry at the mid-point of the century to ascertain whether contemporary poetry--poetry written in the fifties and sixties--has been justly relegated to the obscure position which it now occupies.

This thesis describes the Kornilov Affair and the people involved, especially Alexander Kerensky.

In the numerous problems of matrix algebra, one finds the problem of determining the eigenvalues of eigenvectors of a matrix quite frequently. The theory and methods leading to the solution of the eigenvalue and eigenvector problem are of considerable interest. The relation between vector spaces, matrices, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors is to be considered in this chapter, with particular concentration directed toward the eigenvalues and eigenvectors shall be developed in the following chapters with detailed examples of the methods.

This thesis will explore and study rhodium, a group VIII element that has rarely been studied.

The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the properties of the Cantor set and to extend the idea of this set to metric spaces, in general, and to other sets of real numbers and sets in N-dimensional Euclidean space, in particular.

The procedure of Takimoto, Denault, and Hotta was followed in order to prepare 4-amino-3-hydrazino-5-methyl-s-triazole hydrochloride (II) and its precursor, triamino-guanidine hydrochloride (I).

This was a study of the relationship between aggressiveness and wrestling success of men students enrolled for the first time in beginning wrestling in physical education classes at North Texas State University.

The phrase "existential predicament" is a summary of Moravia's preoccupation as a novelist. In his fiction there is constant, unrelenting obsession with the situation of a single, particular character confronting, through his own existence in a physical, historical setting, the forces or powers of negation which threaten him with the frightening personal awareness of the possibility, even inevitability, of his own dissolution into nothingness.

The novels of Theodore Dreiser are notably rich in their picture of the operations of American business. The lives of all of the protagonists of these novels are shown to be influenced if not determined by the practices or conventions of our business system.

This thesis explores the events and repercussions surrounding the desegregation of schools in Arkansas, including an analysis of the Little Rock incident.

This paper is devoted to a study of the opinions, criticisms, and praises made by Thomas Wolfe on his America as found in his four main novels.

This study was an investigation of the relationship between feelings of insecurity of institutionalized delinquent boys and the following personality variables: Ascendancy, Responsibility, Emotional Stability, Sociability, Cautiousness, Original Thinking, Personal Relations, and Vigor.

The purpose of this paper is to study two differential equations. A method of approximation by iteration is used to define sequences of functions which converge to solutions of these equations. Some properties of the solutions are proved for general boundary conditions and certain special solutions are studied in detail.

This thesis analyzes the relationship between constitutional protections and probation in America. That relationship is not a clear one because traditional protections of individual rights focus on the person accused of a crime while probation focuses attention on the convicted defendant. Students of public law have paid little attention to the defendant following his conviction.

This investigation was designed to add to and clarify, somewhat, the results of previous studies concerning the relationship between rigidity and ethnocentrism. A manifest rigidity scale, based on theory, was utilized to clarify existing confusion over what constitutes rigidity.

This thesis examines the idea of modern love as expressed in the four novels of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet.

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was to determine whether or not age difference was related to aggressiveness scores of first-born children.

This thesis looks at Dostoevsky's conception of love as demonstrated in his novels.

The following are the purposes of the study: 1. To obtain a basis for evaluation of certification of physical education teachers. 2. To compare certification standards of Texas with those of the other southern states. 3. To develop a better understanding of the standards set by the Texas Education Agency for physical education. 4. To gain a better understanding of the standards recommended by the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine Robert Frost's use in his poetry of ambivalent views of nature, of varieties of human character, and of interrelationships between man and nature.