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ETDS from 1962
The Effects of a Basketball Season on Leg Strength and Explosive Power as Shown on a Select Group of Players at South Dakota State College, Donald D. Jacobson
A Study of the Coverage of the Newburgh, N.Y., Welfare Story by 10 of the Nation's "Best" Newspapers in Terms of Social Responsibility, Dan W. Johnson
A Study of Whiteness Retention of Selected White Fabrics Using Hard and Softened Water with Various Laundry Products, Marion Leach Kamstra
Inlet Investigation for Sharp Edged Pipe Culvert, Mansour L. Karim
A Comparison and Evaluation of Graphic Arts Information Services, Richard D. Kast
Tort Liability of Physical Education Teachers and Athletic Coaches, John E. Koopman
A Study of the Kranzburg Soils with Particular Regard to the Clay Separate, Elden Everett MacNamara
A Study of Data-processing Applications in the Printing Industry, Gyan P. Madan
A Study of Phosphate-selenite Interrelationships Using Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Mearl C. Mahl
Development of an Attitude Rating Scale for Use in the Printing Industry, Charles T. Melvin
A History of the Early Mining-camp Newspapers, Lawrence County, South Dakota, Helen Morganti
A Study of South Dakota's Competitive Position in the Beef Industry with Respect to Deficit Production Areas, Dwayne Arthur Myers
Oxygen Diffusion in Homogeneous Soil, Robert I. Papendick
An Analysis of Newspaper Columns Written by South Dakota County Agents and a Readership Study of Four Examples, John Lavern Pates
Self-estimation of Scholastic Ability and its Relationship to Academic Success of Freshman Students at South Dakota State College, James O. Pedersen
An Empirical Investigation of the Significant Others Concept, Eugene Gilbert Peniston
An Investigation of Printing Procurement Methods and Systems Used in Selected Business Enterprises, Donald F. Reilly
Analysis and Testing of Steel Folded Plate Roof Unit, Fred J. Rittershaus
A Study of the Educational Backgrounds and Practical Journalistic Experiences of 107 South Dakota Weekly Newspaper Publishers, Dennis Joseph Sale
The Coverage of Elementary and Secondary Education and Education-related Activities by South Dakota Daily Newspapers, Kermith E. Sheimo
A Study Determining the Muscular Fitness Status of Cerro Gordo, Illinois, Public School Students as Determined by the AAHPER Fitness Test and the Kraus-Weber Test, Lawrence I. Smith
A Cost Comparison and Profit Margin Study of Six South Dakota Printing Firms in Five Major Population Areas, William H. Smith
Studies on the Protein Requirements of Laying Hens, Virgil Allen Stangeland
A History of Theatre and Theatrical Activities in Brookings, South Dakota From 1879 Through 1898, Theodore R. Switzer
Inheritance of Reaction of a Diallel Set of Diploid Alfalfa Clones to Two Pathogens of the Blackstem Complex, Sadi A. Tamimi
The Effect of a Prescribed Pre-season Weight-training Program Upon a Select Group of Varsity Baseball Candidates, Philip Elliot Trooien
Influence of Nitrate, Vitamin A and Protein Level on Feedlot Performance and Vitamin A Status of Fattening Cattle, Burton Arthur Weichenthal
Major Differences Between Ten Top-ranking and Ten Bottom-ranking South Dakota High Schools: A Study in English, Phyllis Bonner Weichenthal
The Effects of a Rebound Tumbling Program Upon Body Weight, Body Measurements, Adipose Tissue, Leg Strength, Explosive Power of the Legs, and the Endurance of College Women, Maryjane Houske Weisbecker
An Approach to Selection for Relative Water-use Efficiency Through its Relationship to Other Plant Characters in Eight Oat Varieties, Neil Wayne Widstrom
Corona Induced Bond Cleavage in Gaseous Fluorocarbons, Virginia Rose Widstrom
Beef Cattle Selection Indices and Phenotypic Correlations Among Certain Characteristics, Lowell L. Wilson
ETDS from 1961
A Comparison of Criteria Favored for Promotion by Employers with Criteria Favored for Promotion by Employees in the Printing Industry of Baton Rouge, La., Mitchell Albert
Bacteriological Studies of the Thermoduric Anaerobic and Non-thermoduric Anaerobic Population of Alfalfa Silage Prepared with the Addition of Preservatives, Lawrence P. Cadman
The Effect of a Progressive Resistance and Flexibility Exercise Program on Free Running Speed, Ronald D. Campbell
Cuboctahedral and Icosahedral Bonding, Jack Rhoades Canon
Elasticity of Demand for Butter, a Comparison of Two Periods: 1924-1941 and 1947-1959, Marilyn J. Chapman
Genetic Similarity of Colchicine-induced Grass-type Mutants in Sorghum, Jane-Ru Po Chen
A Proposed Recreation Program for the Black Hills Ordnance Depot, Igloo, South Dakota, Keith J. Coates
The Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the Diels-Alder Reaction Between Anthracene and Maleic Anhydride, Donald Bruce Dahm
Helminth Parasites of the Wild Turkey in South Dakota, Carl Frederick Dauman
Occupational Information Library Facilities in South Dakota High Schools of 100-500 Enrollment, Mildred Deters
Helminth Parasites of Wild Mammals from Localities in South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, Donald Arwin Dickmann
The Use of Cucumber Seedlings to Measure Growth Regulator Activity, Paul E. Drangeid
Preliminary Results on the Hooded Ogee Pipe Drop Spillway, Donald Mervin Edwards
A Study of Selected Factors Which May be Associated with the Imminent Migration of Individuals from the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, Frank C. Estes
The Mechanism of the Periodic Acid Oxidation of (Bicyclopentyl)-l,l'-dio, Richard John Falk
Estimates of Genetic Parameters of Certain Production and Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle, Marion Fitzgerald
Indicators of Achievement in College Physics, Michael D. Foss
The Flow of Associated Press News into South Dakota and its Usage by Seven South Dakota AP Dailies, Karl H. Friederich
An Amplitude Modulated Radio Telemetry System for the Measurement of Physiological Temperatures and a Revised Analysis of R-C Phase-shift Transistor Oscillators, Carl Jerl Furchner
The Effect of a Weight Training Program Upon Strength and Trunk Flexibility of Football Players at South Dakota State College, David H. Greenwood
Some Life History and Ecological Activites of the Richardson Ground Squirrel In South Dakota, Dean Robert Gunderson
Responses of Experimental 3, a Sorghum Variety, to Gamma Radiation and Colchicine, Hubert Dennis Haensel
The Design and Development of an Automatic Guiding System for a Tractor, Ali A. Hamidi
Determination of Minimum Lethal Level of Toxaphene As A Piscicide in Lakes of North Dakota, Dale L. Henegar
A Study of a Servomechanism System by Analog Simulation, Bong Ho
The Dielectric Properties of Mixtures of Organic Compounds and Perfluoropropane, Vei-shi Chen Ho
Study of a Variable Feedback Oscillator and its Use in Automatic Temperature Control, Tien-Chang Hsia
Marked Chromosomes in Sorghum, Chester Chen-chiu Huang
The Effect of Isometric and Resistance Type Exercises on the Strength of the Knee Joint as Shown by the Cable Tension Strength Test, Ronald L. Joslin
An Analysis on Managerial Factors That Affect Farm Income in Lake County, South Dakota, Charles Hsi Chung Kao
An Evaluation of Land Policies, State and Federal in South Dakota since the Homestead Act, and Application of the Experience to Iran, Nosratollah Cyrus Khatibi
A Study of Current Distribution, Resistance Losses, and Short Circuit Forces in a Transformer with a Low-voltage Strip Winding, Wayne Edward Knabach
A Study of Progenies of a Colchicine Treated F1 Hybrid of Zea mays L, Donald Elmer Kratochvil
Serological Activity of Adsorbed Leptospiral Antigen, Lawrence Joseph Larson
Button Welding for Structural Steel Connections, Lorys Juel Larson
An Electromechanical Automatic Voltage Regulator for a Network Computer, Charles Chiung-Hsiung Lee
Power Radiation and Dissipation in the Conducting Medium Around a Small loop Antenna, Chin-Cheng Lin
A Survey of High School Newspapers in New Mexico, 1960, John Elliott Ludtka
Interaction of Selenite and Arsenite on Amino Acids and Related Compounds, Eddy Miedema
A Study of the Problem of Exemption from the Basic Speech Course, Joyce E. Milliken
A Comparative Analysis of Performance of College Women on the Kraus-Weber Test and the AAHPER test, Sharon Ann Mundt
Incorporation as a Device for Keeping the Farm Intact and in the Family, Clarence S. Naatjes
An Experimental Writing and Grading Procedure for Freshman Composition, Ray C. Newton
A Comparison of Reaction Times to a Kinesthetic and a Tactual Stimulus for Groups of Athletes and Non-athletes, Ronald J. O'Brien
A Statistical Study of the Relationship of the American Council on Education Psychological Examination Scores and High School Rank to Future College Success, Duane Francis Ommen
Evaluation for Stalk Rotting in Some Dent Corn Inbred Lines Alone and in Top Cross Combination with a Single Cross, Surindar Mohan Parcer
The Design, Construction, and Testing of an Exhaust-gas Thermoelectric Generator, Vernon D. Pepper
A Historical Study of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Marlin Edward Peterson
Effects of Energy Supplementation of Corn-oat Rations for Growing-Finishing Swine, Gerald Ernest Poley
A Follow-up Study of the Graduates of the Gettysburg High School for the Years 1950 and 1951, Stephen M. Polich
The Design and Construction of a Radio Telemetry Unit for the Study of Ruminal Pressures, Ernest L. Rahm
Some Electrical Characteristics of C3F8 Electrode Systems, Yarlagadda Radha Krishna Rao
Factors Influencing the Production of Milk in South Dakota, Frederic Donald Ray
An Analysis of the Unincorporated Business Income Tax as a Possible Source of Additional Revenue for South Dakota, Wayne A. Schutjer
A Pretest and Questionnaire to Determine Student Levels of Achievement Prior to Enrollment in a Beginning Clothing Construction Course at South Dakota State College, Alexandra O. Semeniuk
Linear Programming Approach to Faculty Evaluation, Moses David Seversky
Varying Degrees of Problem Recognition Among Farm Operators in Lake County, South Dakota, and their Probable Role in Future Adjustments in the County, Donald Herbert Silva
A Study of Thermal Insulation and Degradation Due to Heat and Light of Selected Cotton and Glass Fiber Drapery Fabrics Lined and Unlined, Cora Rude Sivers
A Study of the Physical Facilities of Vocational Agriculture Departments in South Dakota, James M. Smith
The Technical Abilities and Manipulative Skills Which Should be Taught in a High School Vocational Agriculture Farm Mechanics Program in South Dakota, Charles O. Stormo