Theses and Dissertations from UMD
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Item Adult Education in the Social Planning of a Civic Organization(1934) Hostetler, Alice Watts; Cotterman, H.F.; Education; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)This study deals with adult education in the social planning of a civic organization. The problem is to determine the nature and extent of adult education which is the outgrowth of community planning. The study is made in order to assemble and present in usable form facts which may assist persons promoting adult education, program makers in adult organizations, and community leaders in one line or another of community betterment. More specifically, it is the purpose of the study to examine in detail the work of the Montgomery County Civic Federation of Montgomery County, Maryland, in order to discover the higher forms of adult education of informal types which accrue from the several activities of a single civic organization of recognized influence in a rural-suburban area, as these are manifest in the records of the federation and its member associations, and in changes and developments in this area. The activities of the federation, as recorded in the minutes over eight years of its existence, were examined in detail and classified under five major subjects, each having many minor topics. The major divisions are used as chapter titles and the findings, which include studies made by the federation and developments within the county, are presented under these subjects to reveal the amount and kind of adult education in social planning. The study begins with a description of the locale, Montgomery County, Maryland, which includes its location, history, governmental structure, and population. In Chapter II., the aims, history, structure, and functioning of the Montgomery County Civic Federation are described. The facts revealed by this survey of the eight-year program of the federation and of the area it influences are classified and presented as five chapters dealing with adult education in Public Welfare, County Projects, Public Schools, Government, and Outside the County. The study ends with a summary based on the findings.Item STANDARDS OF LIVING OF MARYLAND FARM FAMILIES(1938) Teeter, Viola; Metzger, J.E.; Welsh, Claribel; DeVault, S.H.; Family Science; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)This thesis represents the results of a standard of living study of seventy-two farm families in Carroll County, Maryland, for the year beginning in the summer of 1936 and ending in the summer of 1937. The data were collected in the summer of 1937. Carroll County is located in the northern part of the state and borders on Frederick County on the west, Howard County to the south, Baltimore County on the east and borders on Pennsylvania to the north. See Figure 1. The county is very irregular and comprises an area of 447 square miles of 286,080 acres. Topographically, the land is gently rolling to hilly with many streams. There is an excellent drainage system in the county. The area is adapted to the production of field corn, sugar corn, and other general crops, being a fertile agricultural region. Oil of Chenopodium or "worm seed oil" has been produced on many of the farms in Carroll County for the past 100 years, and is a very lucrative crop. Dairying is the principle type of farming in the county. Even though the county is definitely agricultural, several clothing, shoe, and canning factories, and a distillery flourish, thus supplying a ready market for farm produce. The county has an excellent system of public records and is served by three railways-- the Baltimore and Ohio, Western Maryland, and the Pennsylvania. No part of the county is over ten miles from a railroad. It has a splendid home market and is ideally located in relation to two of the principle markets of the East, Baltimore, and Washington. There are two local colleges to serve the youth of the county-- Blue Ridge College, located at New Windsor, and Western Maryland College, located at Westminster. The average acreage per farm was 106 acres, of which 83 acres were under cultivation. The number of tenant farms surveyed was so few that no breakdown of farms was made on an owner-operated and tenant-operated basis. The analysis was based on averages for all farms. The length of tenure on the same farm varied from 1 year to 54 years, the average tenure being 20 years. Distribution of families by length of tenure on the same farm is shown in Table 1. The purpose of the study was to determine as accurately as possible the amount of cash available for family living; now the farm families use their incomes; to judge their standards of living; and determine the adequacy of their diets according to accepted standards. The information was obtained by means of a questionnaire and a personal interview with each family. The questionnaire, or schedule, was explained and was left with the homemaker and farm operator, so that an accurate record of food consumed by the family during the week, and number of meals served to individual members of the household could be recorded. At the end of the week the worker returned for the schedule and recorded the data as given by the homemaker and farm operator.Item An Economic Study of 128 Dairy Farms on the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland(1938) Smith, Carl B.; DeVault, S.H.; Hamilton, A.B.; Agricultural & Resource Economics; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)This study analyzes the second year's survey or 128 dairy farms, representative of the dairy industry on the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland. This area, which includes Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Caroline counties, is a part of the Philadelphia Milk Shed.Item Physiological studies on the pathogenicity of Fusarium lycopersici Sacc. for the tomato plant. Responses of the tomato in solution cultures with deficiencies and excesses of certain essential elements(1934) Fisher, Paul Lewis; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)Item Comparisons and contrasts in the philosophy of George Eliot and Thomas Hardy(1932) Hiett, Herbert Reynolds; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)Item The cytological phenomena associated with the development of the sporophyte in Sclerotinia fructicola(1934) Heuberger, John W.; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)Item The selenium dehydrogenation of friedelinol. The bromination of friedelin(1936) Haskins, Willard Theodore; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)Item A study of after-ripening in certain fruit tree seeds(1933) Haut, Irvin Charles; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)Item A study of the effect of certain factors on the size and composition of apples and the effect of fruiting on bud differentiation(1931) Haller, M. H.; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)Item Factors affecting pasture quality; An inventory of soils, vegetation, and management of Maryland permanent pastures(1935) Grau, Frederick Vahlcamp; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md)