This community houses work produced by South Dakota State University graduate students. The collection includes both born digital ETDs, and digitized versions of printed theses and dissertations from 1883 to present.
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ETDS from 1960
A Physiological Study on the Amino Acid Requirements of Sphaerophorus necrophorus, Douglas W. Kennedy
The Relationship of Selected Factors to the Personal Adjustment of Residents of Homes for Aged in Eastern South Dakota, Darlien G. Klug
The Design and Development of a Pasture Furrower for Constructing Contour Furrows Without Destroying the Sod, Henry T. Knudson
Some Effects of Saline Toxicity on Chicks, Laying Hens, Poults, and Ducklings, Laverne M. Krista
Mathematical Analysis and Evaluation of the Law of Corresponding States for Real Gases, Simion C.Y. Kuo
A Differential Medium for the Isolation and Cultivation of Sphaerophorus Necrophorus from Bovine Liver Abscesses, Charles Leslie Lamke
Lysine Supplementation of Swine Rations Containing Oats, Wayne Francis Larson
A Free-field Pure-tone Hearing Screening Test, Robert E. Litke
The Production and Ingestion of Antibodies in Milk, George Donald Marx
Dynamic Effect on Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Beams, Fuat Metin
Effects of Reserpine (Serpasil) on Bloat, Edward P. Michalewicz
Ruminal Variation in pH, Temperature, Bacterial Flora, and In vitro Activity as Affected by Ration Change and Season, Norman Theodore Miller
An Analysis of Prices Paid by Fifteen Eastern South Dakota Slaughter Hog Market Outlets, 1959-1960, Gene E. Murra
A Comparative Analysis of Performance by the Madelia Public School Students on the Kraus-Weber Test and the AAHPER Fitness Test, Donald Ray Nehowig
Studies on the Persistence of Corynebacterium insidiosum in Soil and of an Antagonistic Variant of the Species, Gordon Albert Nelson
Response of Inbred Corn Lines to Drouth Under Several Different Environmental Conditions, Paul Terrence Nordquist
A Study of Selected Factors Related to Level of Living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Joseph F. Powers
The Chemical Effects of Gamma Radiation on Blood Sugar, Linda Kay Rames
Response of Feeder Lambs to Diehtylstilbestrol, Diallyldiethylstilbestrol, Diallylhexestrol, Dynafac and Animal Fat, Donald House Reid
An Investigation of Production Control Systems and Methods Used in Selected Small Commercial Printing Plants, Donald Nelso Rollo
A Comparison Study of Certain Aspects of Development, Achievement, and Adjustment Between Children of Working Mothers and Children of Non-working Mothers, Joan Clancy Smith
A Study of Some Herbicides Applied Pre-emergence and the Influence of Rainfall Upon their Activity, Walter E. Splittstoesser
A Study of the Organization and Administration of Home Economics Teacher Education in the Central Region--with Implications for Improvement at South Dakota State College, Carol (Magney) Spomer
An Analysis of Front Page News Pertaining to Juveniles in South Dakota Daily Newspapers for the First Three Months of 1960 with Regard to Favorable and Unfavorable Content, Harlan S. Stensaas
The Interaction of Nitrogen and Moisture on Crop Yield and Water Use, Clinton D. Stoner
Study of Dietaries and Nutritional Status of Adolescent Indian Girls in Boarding Schools of the Dakotas, Margaret I. Talcott
A Study of Seventh Grade Problems Compiled into a Check List, Catherine Thurston
A Study of Certain Cultural Practices and Chemicals for the Control of Wild Oats (Avena fatua L.), Wilford Henry Wallace
Strength and Physical Fitness of Rural Versus Urban Boys as Determined by the Rogers Physical Fitness Index, James L. Welton
Unidentified Growth Factor(s) in Soybean Oil Meal, Robert Wilcox
Periodicals Printed in South Dakota from Territorial Beginning Through 1930, with a Check List of Periodicals, Maxine Schrader Wiseman
Derivation of the Equation for the Instantaneous Diffusion Current at the Cylindrical Drop Mercury Electrode, Prodromos Xenides
ETDS from 1959
Attitudes of Students Studying Huxley's Brave New World: An Analysis, David Kenneth Adams
A Spectrophotometric Investigation of the System Iron (III) Perchlorate-Ethylene Glycol-Water, Glenn H. Allcott
Development of a Group of Indian Pupils in Strength and Motor Educability as a Result of A Year's School Activities, Donald L. Bartlett
The Clear Lake Courier as a News and Advertising Medium: A Pilot Study, Charles Jarl Bellman
Economic Opportunities Available to Farmers on 160-Acre Farms in Southeastern South Dakota, Leonard R. Benning
An Analysis of Farm Enlargement by Owner-Operators in Spink County, South Dakota, 1958, Kenneth J. Binkley
The Utilization of Time by Instructors of Vocational Agriculture in South Dakota, Arthur L. Bruning
An Analysis of FFA Chapter Owned Livestock Projects in South Dakota, Eldred Chicoine
A Study of the Effect of Ammonium Hydroxide, Acetone, and Phenol on the Transference Number of Copper (II) Ion, Joe Boyd Coacher
A Comparison of Public Owned and Private Owned School Transportation Systems of the Minnesota State High League, Region Number II, Roger William Cook
The Effect of One Semester of Physical Education on Male Freshmen and Sophomores at Yankton College, Douglas L. Cowman
Marketing Northern Alfalfa Seed, Dale C. Dahl
A Study of the Attitudes of Teachers of Technical Subjects at South Dakota State College Toward Student Proficiency in Language Skills, Walter C. Daniel
Evaluation of Final Weight in the Selection of Performance Tested Bulls, Delwyn D. Dearborn
Soil-Cement Stabilization for Roads, Dogan S. Dorkan
Analysis of Summer Spotlighting for Determining Deer Populations Indices, Donald C. Duerre
An Investigation of the Relationships Among Various Language Skills of Freshman English Students at South Dakota State College, Paul A. Elsner
A Probability Sampling Design for the City of Brookings, South Dakota, Marian Egeberg Flesner
Diffusion of Oxygen Through Saturated Porous Media, Paul Fruen
A Study to Determine the Order in Which Major Tools are Desired by Industrial Arts Instructors in South Dakota, Dwight J. Gertsen
The Design and Evaluation of a Heat Pump Heating and Cooling System for a 1000 Bird Windowless Cage Layer Poultry House in South Dakota, Donald D. Hamann
Genetics of Resistance to Selenium Poisoning in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila Melangaster, Carl T. Hansen
A Linear Programming Approach to the Optimum Farm Organization for a Typical 480-Acre Farm Under Partially Irrigated Conditions in Central South Dakota, Clifford Dwaine Harmelink
An Analysis of Short Stories and Essays in the Atlantic Magazine: 1947-1957, Marjorie Holmes Harrison
A Comparison of the Effect of Two Programs of Weight Training on Explosive Force, James A. Hofmann
Comparing Physical Fitness in Selected Areas in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with the National Norms and LaPorte Score Card, James Roy Howlin
The Reorganization of the School Districts of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Harold Frank Janneck
The Effects of Feeding a Ration Containing Erythromycin thiocyanate to growing-finishing, Eldon Walter Juhl
Variations in Physical Fitness Resulting from Participation in the Freshman Service Program at Augustana College, Kenneth Blair Kessinger
A Study of Failure Students in a Junior High School, De Rhaymer E. Kirschman
Analysis of Creep in Rotating Hollow Disks Based on the Maximum Shear Theory, Philip Lung-Mao Ko
United States Wheat Surpluses and the Role of the Farmer Organizations in Their Utilization, Gangadhar Kori
A Statistical Study of the Relationship of the California Test of Mental Maturity Scores of South Dakota High School Freshmen to Future Academic Success, Howard Alfred Kortmeyer
A Design for a Family-Centered Nursery School Affiliated With a College Home Economics Program, Ruth Klein Kranzler
A Study to Determine the Technical Abilities Needed in the Farm Mechanics Curriculum of Agriculture Education Majors in Pre-Service Training, Marvin E. Larson
Further Attempts to Isolate and Identify the Selenium Protective Factor of Linseed Oil Meal, Russell Lewis Larson
Determining Winter Hardy Apple Genotypes Prior to Seed Germination, Harry Eugene Lasn
Complement Fixation Reactions With Sphaerophorus Necrophorus Antigens, Thomas J. Law
An Investigation of Optimum Spacing of Fins for Maximum Heat Loss in Free Convection, Lloyd Duane Lee
A Search for Rules for International Wheat Surplus Disposal, James L. Liebfried
Death and Crippling in the Marketing of Swine, Richard Marion Luther
A Scoring Device for Analyzing Individual Defensive Football Performance, Thomas Francis McGauley
Desorption of Ammonium from Montmorillonite Clay, Rein U. Mesdag
A Study of Factors Influencing Weaning Weights of Beef Calves, Joe Allen Minyard
Physiological Studies on Bloat, Clarence Leonard Moore
Effect of Time of Fertilizer Application on Yield and Quality of Oats and Barley, John J. Mortvedt
Development and Application of Wind Data to Wind Erosion Control Measures in South Dakota, John Walter Neuberger
A Study of Selected Factors Related To Differential Participation of Members in a Sample of South Dakota Purchasing Cooperatives in 1958, Donald F. Novey
Nesting of Mourning Doves in Eastern South Dakota, Lloyd E. Oldenburg
The Barnes and Houdek Soils Their Morphology and Classification, Ordell Pendor Olson
Student Activity Participation as Affecting Scholarship, Jane Joy Panzer
Estimating Output and Operating Expenses of Municipally-Owned Public Utilities in Brookings, South Dakota, 1959 to 1970, Rodney Delos Peterson
A Survey of the Financing and Extensiveness of Drama Programs in State Colleges and Universities, Burris Edwards Pope
A Study of Selected Factors Related To Attitudes Toward the Hutterites of South Dakota, David T. Priestley
Attitudes and Opinions of South Dakota State College Faculty Toward Physical Education and Athletics, Duane C. Quail
The Relationship Between Televiewing and Grammar Grades, Janice Kay Roggenkamp
Some Bacteriological and Biochemical Aspects of Alfalfa Silage Prepared At Different Moisture Levels, Gene W. Ronald
Livestock Auctions in South Dakota, Dale Eldon Roth
Evaluation of The Use of Mathematical Expressions for Determining Yield from a Horizontal Well in a Thin, Shallow Aquifer, Kenneth A. Rowen
Industrial Arts Teacher Preparation and Curriculum Content in the Public Secondary Schools of South Dakota, Wayne Leroy Salmen
The Effect of a Wrestling Program on Balance in College Physical Education Classes and Amongst Members of a College Wrestling Squad, Alden Edwin Schultz
A Study of the Manufacture of Cultured Butter and Retail Store Sales in Brookings, South Dakota, Shirley W. Seas
The effects of 17-α-ethyl-19-nortestosterone on extraction wound healing, Stanley Miner Shaw
The Size of High Schools in South Dakota as a Variable in Developmental Ability, Barbara Denbow Sinclair