identifier: Mercer, Terrence <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mercer=3ATerrence=3A=3A.html>   (1972) A context evaluation of the effects of transfer on the personal, social, and academic adjustment of students who leave Churchill Falls after Grade IX to attend Grade X outside Churchill Falls.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This project was designed to produce information which could be used by the administrators of the Eric G, Lambert School at Churchill Falls Labrador in making decisions about their present school programs. -- Of major concern to the administrators is that presently the school offers instruction in Grades Kindergarten to IX and consideration is being given to extending the school to Grades X and XI. -- The effects of transfer on the personal, social, and academic adjustment of students who leave Churchill Falls after Grade IX to attend Grade X in schools outside Churchill Falls became the focal point of this project. -- A review of relevant literature gave very little insight into the problem being examined. -- A posttest only control group research design was chosen in which two similar groups were examined. One group known as the transfer group had experienced the transfer to Grade X and the other group known as the non-transfer group had not experienced the transition to Grade X. The transfer group consisted of forty students who had transferred from Grade IX in Churchill Falls to Grade X outside Churchill Falls and the non-transfer group consisted of forty-three Grade VIII and Grade IX students presently in Churchill Falls and who had not yet experienced the transfer. -- Eight instruments were used to collect the data from the two groups. Semantic differentials, teacher ratings, questionnaires, and anecdotal descriptions were used in the collection of data about the personal adjustment of the students. Teacher ratings, social participation checklists, sociometric devices, and questionnaires were used for social adjustment information. Academic adjustment of students was measured by using academic rankings, questionnaires and students' marks. -- Data was collected from parents, students, and the school of the non-transfer group during a visit to Churchill Falls by the investigator. Information from the transferred group was collected mainly through the mail. -- Comparisons were made between the data collected for both groups and descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of data. Findings were presented followed by discussions of the findings. -- Conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions for further research were made in the report. In general it was concluded that the students who had not yet transferred had apprehensions about attending Grade X outside Churchill Falls partly because they thought that they were not adequately prepared by the Eric G. Lambert School. Examination of the transferred students indicated that there was no support for the apprehensions of the non-transferred students. The Eric G. Lambert School appears to have prepared the students academically. -- Both students and parents perceived transferring to Grade X as beneficial in that it provided greater opportunity to socialize but the data collected indicated that the transferred students did not appear as well off socially as the students in Churchill Falls. -- Students who had experienced the transfer were more concerned with disadvantages of transferring than were the students who had not yet experienced the transfer. -- The actual number of returns from the transferred students was not very high but those that were received were mostly from people still residing in Churchill Falls. Many of these indicated that they would be staying in Churchill Falls as part of the permanent staff. Therefore, in general, it was felt that the returns were indicative of the views of the future parents and students of Churchill Falls. -- Briefly, it was concluded that the advantages of transferring to Grade X outside Churchill Falls and the disadvantages of attending school in Churchill Falls as perceived by the students and parents were not supported by the data. It was suggested that guidance programs geared towards these problems were needed.


identifier: Bullen, Frederick Samuel <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bullen=3AFrederick_Samuel=3A=3A.html>   (1972) A study of influential and effective supervisory roles as perceived by the primary teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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abstract: One of the basic underlying assumptions of this study was that supervision is a function of various roles in any educational system. Taking this as a frame of thought, this study was designed to identify and analyze the supervisory roles which primary teachers perceive as being influential and effective in helping teachers improve the content, processes and outcomes of their work in the school or classroom. The major problem of this study was: Which supervisory roles are perceived as influencing or affecting teachers' behavior and to what extent are the various influential roles perceived as being effective in improving teachers' behavior? It was hypothesized that the primary teachers of Newfoundland and Labrador would perceive those supervisory roles that are close to them in physical distance to be more influential and more effective than those roles that are far removed from the classroom teacher. -- The 300 primary teachers who were randomly selected to participate in the study were requested to complete a nine page questionnaire. Firstly, the sample teachers identified the supervisory roles (from a list of 15 possible supervisory roles which exist in the schools, school districts, Department of Education, Newfoundland Teachers' Association and Memorial University) that they perceived as influencing or affecting their behavior. Secondly, the teachers indicated (on a four point scale ranging from 4 - very effective to 1 - ineffective) the extent to which they perceived the influential roles as being effective, that is, the extent to which the influential roles served to improve the teaching-learning process. -- The roles perceived to be most influential were: principal, board supervisor, district superintendent, 'other teacher', board specialist, and vice-principal. The same roles were included among those roles perceived as being the most effective. Of all roles considered, the principal's role was perceived as being the most influential and the most effective in serving to improve the content, processes and outcomes of the teacher's work in the school or classroom. Certain school and teacher variables were related to teachers' perceptions of the most influential and the most effective roles. These related variables were: size of town in which school is located, population of area served by the school, grade or grades taught, type of school board, size of school, teaching experience, and academic and professional training. -- The implications of this study are very clear. According to teachers' perceptions, many supervisory roles influence teachers' behavior and also help teachers improve their work in the school or classroom. However, teachers' perceived influence and effectiveness of supervisory roles decreases as the physical distance between the incumbent of the role and the teacher increases. There is little doubt that the incumbent in supervisory roles, to be effective in helping teachers improve the teacher-learning process, must work directly with teachers and must be close to the teacher he/she is trying to help.


identifier: Gray, R. W. (Ronald Walter) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gray=3AR=2E_W=2E_=28Ronald_Walter=29=3A=3A.html>   (1969) A contribution to the biology of the American eel (Anguilla Rostrata (Leseur)) in certain areas of Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Some aspects of the growth, relative growth, sex differentiation and distribution and stomach contents were investigated in the American eel in brackish water and freshwater environments from four different areas in Newfoundland. Some aspects of the silver or migrating stage of the American eel were also studied. -- The growth of young eels was slow, especially in brackish water habitats. However, as the eels became older, their growth rate improved. The fastest growth was observed in eels from Burnt Berry Brook, followed by those from Indian Pond, Topsail Barachois and Main Brook. -- The data on relative growth indicate that differences occur in the growth of certain body parts between brackish and freshwater populations of eels. Bertin's hypothesis on broad-nosed and sharp-nosed eels, however, does not appear to apply to the eels studied in the present investigation. -- An abnormal sex ratio was present in eel populations studied in Newfoundland. Females were universal in their distribution throughout the sampling areas, however, only one male was observed. -- The food taken by eels in the present investigation varied considerably between brackish water and freshwater habitats. Clams, shrimp, gammarids, brittle stars, adult dragonflies, fish eggs, sticklebacks, and eels were present in the stomachs of eels in brackish water. Adult dragonflies, dragonfly nymphs, adult mayflies, adult hemipterans, beetle pupae, adult beetles, dipteran larvae, adult dipterans, stonefly nymphs, freshwater snails, freshwater clams, salmonid eggs, salmonids, and eels were present in the stomachs of eels in fresh water. -- The migrating eels examined in this study exhibited characteristics typical of the silver eel described by European authors. Data on color, body measurements, internal changes and state of maturity as determined by ova diameters would seem to indicate that they approach the condition observed in the European eel prior to its migration to sea.


identifier: Murray, Neil A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Murray=3ANeil_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1963) The prosodic theory and practice of Patmore, Hopkins, and Bridges.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The first premise of all prosodic research must be that metre is a special ordering of the elements of spoken language. The factors which have been taken to govern metre - among them accent, quantity, and syllabic enumeration - exist only in speech, and cannot be studied in any other context. In many past writings on the subject, confusion and error have resulted from an inadequate knowledge of the linguistic foundation of prosody. This can be avoided by the contemporary prosodist, who has at his disposal the many important discoveries of the modern science of linguistics. -- The Victorian poets, Coventry Patmore, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Robert Bridges advocated theories of prosody which were advanced for their time, but which in the light of modern findings are not without flaws. All three wrote verse in experimental forms; and their theories were intended, at least in part, to account for the irregularities evident in these new verse-forms. -- Patmore belonged to that school of prosodic thought which attaches great importance to the analogy between the rhythm of verse and that of music. He believed that all metrical language must be divided by accents into equal intervals of time; and that in English verse these intervals are paired in double measure or 'dipodes'. He also regarded long measured pauses as an integral part of the structure of verse. In terms of this system he attempted to show that the irregular ode - a form which he practised with more care and elaboration than any previous poet - was actually as regular as any other kind of metre. -- One lapse in particular makes Patmore's isochronic theory unacceptable on linguistic grounds:  this is his failure to recognize the objective reality of stress in speech. His excessive reliance on pause is another serious weakness. -- Hopkins devised a complex theory of 'sprung rhythm' to explain his own metrical innovations. This theory depends on the substitution of natural speech-stress for conventional syllabic accentuation as the basis of prosody. The main principle of 'sprung rhythm', thus outlined, is theoretically quite sound;  but in practice Hopkins' recognition of speech-stress was too arbitrary to be considered a valid prosodic standard. -- As a metrist Bridges was more eclectic than Patmore or Hopkins. He worked on the assumption that English verse could be written according to more than one prosodic system. At different stages of his career he attempted to write verse on the accentual, quantitative, and syllabic models. His practice of 'sprung verse' may be compared with that of Hopkins, from whom he derived it. The experiments in quantitative verse are less successful. Bridges' 'Neo-Miltonic' syllabic verse is the most original of his metrical accomplishments, but has no real prosodic regularity. -- All three poets were able to introduce freer rhythms into English verse. They are not entirely successful in their attempts to provide complete theoretical justification for these innovations; but such justification is hardly needed in view of the intrinsic excellence of their achievement.


identifier: Handcock, W. Gordon <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Handcock=3AW=2E_Gordon=3A=3A.html>   (1970) The origin and development of Commission of Government land settlements in Newfoundland, 1934-1969.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: It was the purpose of the research which went into the present study (a) to investigate the reasons for the establishment of a land settlement scheme in Newfoundland during the period, 1934-1942, and to examine the methods used to implement it;(b) to investigate the political, natural environmental (site, material resources) and human factors that contributed to failures or successes in particular settlements; (c) to examine the demographic and landscape structure of each of eight settlements initiated under the scheme both in the period of Government sponsorship and at the present time. From a geographical point of view the main problem was interpreted to require (a) a reconstruction of the spatial organization of the land settlements during their early years of development and (b) an examination of the sequential development of these same settlements from their present structure. -- The study began during March 1969 with examination of the literature, the collection of data from the Commission of Government files contained in the Newfoundland Archives and government departments, and the interviewing of key personnel involved in the land settlement movement. During the period May - September 1969 field visits were made into each of the eight land settlements: Markland, Haricot, Lourdes, Midland, Brown's Arm, Sandringham, Winterland and Point au Mall, where informal interviews were conducted with as many original land settlers as possible. Formal questionaires were also completed for each household within the former designated territory established for land settlement. -- It was found that the main purpose of the land settlement scheme was to relieve the problem of unemployment. In its initial stages the scheme proceeded purely as an experimental scheme without any clearly defined policy in such important matters as - site selection, settler selection, management, or land tenure. Though the scheme was reorganized as a result of policy changes implemented in 1939, the total program affected only a small proportion of the Newfoundland population, and more particularly, a very small proportion of families on relief. The prosperity that came with World War II appears to have done more to rehabilitate families who did enter the land settlements than the land settlement scheme itself. Since 1945 the land settlements appear to have evolved in much the same manner as other small settlements in Newfoundland, though each bears some population and landscape remnants of its origin.


identifier: Downey, James <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Downey=3AJames=3A=3A.html>   (1963) The rhetoric of George Whitefield.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: The rhetoric of George Whitefield

abstract: George Whitefield is still an anomaly in literary as well as religious circles. Many have stated, quite categorically, that he has no place in literature. Even those who regard him as a figure of considerable importance in English church history and the development of preaching, experience difficulty in determining his place as a writer. -- The reason for this is twofold:  First, many now regard the sermon as a religious exercise and nothing more. They have forgotten the prominence it once enjoyed in the social, intellectual, literary, as well as religious life of our forbears. Second, some, while recognizing the sermon as a legitimate literary form, find Whitefield's extant sermons devoid of grace or merit. It must be confessed that these sermons now appear rather lifeless, pedestrian, and needlessly repetitive. Someone has said, 'the bows of eloquence are buried with the archers'. Whitefield is proof of the truth of that statement. In reading his sermons we are conscious that something has been lost between the pulpit and the press. That something is the preacher's oratorical prowess which for thirty-five years made him the undisputed regent of the rostrum in England, Scotland, and America. -- In an age of great prose writers, the age of Swift, Sterne, Addison, Richardson and Fielding, Whitefield is a peripheral figure. His claim to a place in literature must rest upon his gifts as a rhetorician and his contribution to English oratorical prose and not as a conscious prose stylist nor even as a theologian. As an orator, he was a consummate artist. His fluent delivery enlivened even the most threadbare homilies and doctrines. The aridity of theology was transfigured by his rhetoric. -- There were few in church or state who remained indifferent to the itinerant evangelist; the dynamic and imposing personality that he was forced men to make a decision about him. Among the secular literati, he was variously regarded. Some, like Dr. Johnson, Richard Graves, and Tobias Smollett summarily dismissed him as a clerical oddity. Others, like Samuel Foote, Alexander Pope, and Hogarth parodied him. Still others, like David Garrick, Lord Bolingbroke, and Benjamin Franklin praised him as the greatest orator of the age.


identifier: Golding, Peter David <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Golding=3APeter_David=3A=3A.html>   (1968) Some chemistry of phenylsulfoxyacetic acid and related compounds.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Syntheses of α,α-d₂-chloroacetic acid, α,α-d₂-phenylsulfoxyacetic acid, and α,α-d₂-phenylsulfonylacetic acid are described and the suitability of these acids for conductivity measurements in aqueous (H₂O) media has been investigated. The proton-deuteron exchange reaction at the methylene position of phenylsulfoxyacetic acid has been qualitatively examined and shown to be stereoselective, i.e. the two protons (or deuterons) exchange at different rates. The solvent dependence of the chemical shifts of the methylene protons in phenylsulfoxyacetic acid and some related compounds is discussed.


identifier: Gardner, Benjamin I. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gardner=3ABenjamin_I=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1967) Some combinatorial theorems with an application to a problem in number theory.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The main object of this thesis is to study the following extremal problem in number theory: Let n and k be integers satisfying n ≥ k ≥ 3. Denote by f(n,k) the largest positive integer for which there exists a set S of f(n,k) integers satisfying -- (i) S ⊑ { 1,2...,n } and -- (ii) no k numbers in S have pairwise the same greatest common divisor. -- We investigate the behaviour of f(n,k) in the case where k → ∞ with n. In particular we obtain estimates for f(n, [logαn]) for fixed α > 0 and f(n,[nα]) for fixed α, 0 < α < 1. -- In the course of our investigations we make use of certain intersection theorems for systems of finite sets. We also include a number of new results concerning these theorems.


identifier: Bradley, Leslie Wayne <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bradley=3ALeslie_Wayne=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Some aspects of the blood of alcids in Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Descriptions and measurements are given for the circulating blood cells of four species of alcids. The measurements of each cell type were very similar among the species examined. Ratios of the various cells of the definitive erythrocyte series were determined utilizing an ocular grid, a decrease in the number of cells of the earlier stages of the erythrocyte series being noted with increasing age. -- Differential white blood cell counts from blood smears of 5 species of alcids namely, Alca torda, Uria aalge, Uria lomvia, Cepphus grylle and Fratercula arctica are recorded with wide variations occurring in the percentage values for the various white cell types. Fluctuations occur in the percentage of cells found in differential white blood cell counts of U. aalge and F. arctica during the sampling period. No correlation was noted between the sizes and weights of young U. aalge and F. arctica and the percentages of the various white blood cell types as determined from differential white blood cell counts. Results indicate that differences do occur in the percentage of cellular elements from differential white cell counts in the various species of alcids examined. Values are recorded for hematocrits, clotting times and red cell counts of U. aalge and F. arctica.


identifier: Murray, Hilda Emily Louise <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Murray=3AHilda_Emily_Louise=3A=3A.html>   (1972) The traditional role of women in a Newfoundland fishing community.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This dissertation is based on tape-recorded interviews made with twenty-three informants during fieldwork carried out in the Trinity Bay community of Elliston during the period May-September 1970, and on research done at the Provincial Archives and at the "Newfoundland Room", Memorial University Library, St. John’s, during 1969-1971. -- The aim of this study is to show the extremely important role women played in a fishing community during the period 19OO-195O. To do this, I have presented a composite picture of a woman's life from the "cradle to the grave". Following the opening chapters which deal with methodology and the history and geography of the community, I take up pregnancy, birth, and babyhood, with its attendant beliefs, customs, and practices. Then I consider a girl's childhood - games played, schooling, and work load. This is followed by a chapter on the young adult - her role expectations, entertainment, work load, and courtship and marriage customs and practices. The next three chapters deal with "women's work", both inside and outside the house, through all seasons of the year, living and working conditions in the home, and feeding and health practices. This is followed by a chapter which deals with the woman's involvement in church and church-oriented social activities and her participation in death and funeral arrangements. My conclusion summarizes the changes that have occurred in the twenty-year interval 1950-1970. -- Thus I have given a generalized description of the community's culture and its value system - a picture of the folklife. Most of the folkways herein described no longer exist in the community, partly because a way of life has vanished as Elliston no longer has a viable fishing industry. -- My description is specific and concentrated on Elliston - one small community. But, I feel much I have described would be true (though with obvious variations) for many other fishing communities in Newfoundland.


identifier: Frampton, Graham E. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Frampton=3AGraham_E=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1972) A material expediting system for use in the construction industry: project report.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The process of ordering, expediting and delivery of materials is a very important aspect in the successful management of a Construction Project. In regions not near the industrial areas, such as the Island of Newfoundland, the time of delivery of materials from supplier to project can be lengthy and uncertain. -- Present systems for handling the material procurement process do not always systematically include or provide for all the procedures and their corresponding lengths of time that are necessary in procuring materials such as: -- Preparation of Shop Drawings  -- Approval of Shop Drawings -- Fabrication -- Shipping  -- etc. --Consequently, often the procurement of the materials is the single most important thing which determines the progress of construction. -- The Material Expediting System presented in this report covers the material procurement process from the date of award of contract up to the time the materials are delivered to the site. It relates to the Construction Schedule, the General Stores (if any), and produces a delivery schedule for each material to co-ordinate with the rate at which they are scheduled for incorporation into the work. The system is adoptable for use by the various forms of construction organizations such as General Contractor, Project Management etc. -- A manually worked example of the system is contained in the report. A computer program has also been written and a computer produced example is also included.


identifier: Butler, Michael J. A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Butler=3AMichael_J=2E_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1969) A contribution to the biology of Thunnus Thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758), in Conception Bay, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis was based on the results of a two year study of the Bluefin tuna of Conception Bay. The program was inaugurated in 1965 under the auspices of the Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland. -- The Bluefin was considered in terms of its morphology, taxonomy, and meristic characteristics, the latter in comparison with other areas of the Atlantic and Pacific. -- The life history of the western Atlantic Bluefin was described in relation to its distribution, feeding migration, schooling behavior and reproduction. The importance of a comprehensive tagging program was emphasized. Erythrocyte analysis was suggested as a means of sex determination. The age, length and weight inter-relationships were computed for 11, 12 and 13 year old Bluefin, the age groups predominantly present in Newfoundland waters. Stomach contents were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Related studies included the analysis of stomach parasites and the determination of the major feeding period(s). The hydrographic and meteorological conditions prevalent during the fishing season were considered in relation to bluefin behavior, distribution and catch success. Methods were suggested to predict the time of arrival of the Bluefin in conception Bay and the total annual catch. A log-sheet was prepared specifically for the bluefin sport-fishery of Conception Bay, to satisfy both biological and commercial requirements.


identifier: Lin, Yi-Hung <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Lin=3AYi-Hung=3A=3A.html>   (1972) An annual cycle of phytoplankton, with special reference to the diatoms and armored dioflagellates at Logy and Robin Hood Bays, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, February, 1970-January, 1971.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: During the period of February 1970 to January 1971, a qualitative and quantitative investigation of the phytoplankton population, with particular reference to the diatoms and armored dinoflagellates, was carried out at Logy and Robin Hood Bays on the east coast of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. -- Samples were collected at three depths in the bays and from the pumphouse of the Marine Sciences Research Laboratory. Related physical factors: water temperatures, Secchi disc readings, weather conditions, sea states and monthly total hours of bright sunshine, were simultaneously determined. -- Water samples preserved in Lugol's solution were examined by the sedimentation method using an inverted microscope. Net samples were examined for forms which might be missing from the water samples. -- The annual cycle of phytoplankton pattern found was as follows:  a very low winter population of diatoms, dino flagellates, and other flagellates was replaced by a large population of diatoms (mainly species of Chaetoceros and Thalassiosira) during the spring bloom. With a reduction in numbers and species of diatoms in the late spring, the phytoplankton population became low and irregular during the summer and autumn and consisted mainly of naked dinoflagellates and Cryptomonas sp. -- Generally speaking, the vertical distribution of diatoms was variable at the three depths sampled, while largest numbers of dinoflagellates and other flagellates were found mainly in the upper water layers. -- The seasonal and vertical distribution of phytoplankton abundance was related to such physical factors as water temperature, solar radiation and stability of the water column. -- During the warm season the alternate increase and decrease of the phytoplankton population appeared to be due to the material examined, the methods employed and such local factors as water movements and run-off which might bring about varying growth conditions of these organisms. The phytoplankton was found to differ in numbers and species between bay and pumphouse waters because these sampling locations represented different ecological conditions of water movements and algal flora.


identifier: Brown, Elizabeth Louise <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Brown=3AElizabeth_Louise=3A=3A.html>   (1968) Cestode parasites of Illex Illecebrosus Illecebrosus (LeSueur) (Decapoda: cephalopoda).  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Ommastrephid squid of the subspecies Illex illecebrosus illecebrosus (LeSueur) were obtained during the months of July through September, 1966 and July through November, 1967, from numerous areas around the east coast of the province of Newfoundland. The specimens were obtained by jigging and immediately upon capture they were placed in a styrofoam container of crushed ice and so transported to the Laboratory for examination. An incision was made in the median ventral mantle wall exposing the internal organs which were then examined for parasites. Helminths found were relaxed in 1 percent urethane (ethyl carbamate) and preserved in 70 percent ethyl alcohol, prior to staining with acid carmine. Histological sections of the parasites were made in situ, and stained with Mallory's Triple Stain. Measurements of total length and standard (mantle) length of the squid were made, and the sex and maturity of each were recorded. -- Helminths of five genera were found, namely, Phyllobothrium sp. and Dinobothrium plicitum (both of which had previously been recorded), Pelichnibothrium speciosum, Scolex polymorphus and Nybelinia sp. The last three represent new records from this Ommastrephid. All species of helminths were found free in the caecum of the host, except D. plicitum which was normally found encysted in the walls of the caecum and intestine. -- The incidence of these parasites was tested for correlation with standard length, and sex of the host animal, as were annual, and seasonal variations in degree of infestation. -- Also found in the various internal organs of the squid were nematodes of the genus Contracaecum. -- The incidence of these parasites is discussed in terms of what is known of the biology of the short-finned squid, as are postulated life-cycles for their helminth fauna.


identifier: Peters, Robert David <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Peters=3ARobert_David=3A=3A.html>   (1965) The social and economic effects of the transition from a system of woods camps to a system of commuting in the Newfoundland pulpwood industry.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study is an attempt to determine the impact of a technological change within the Newfoundland pulp and paper industry. This change is affecting the industry, the labour force, communities, and the province in general. -- The position of the forest industries in the economy of Newfoundland is briefly outlined, with emphasis on the pulpwood producing sector. The organization and physical methods of operation are also described, including living conditions in woods camps. The employment and earnings of the logging force in Newfoundland are compared to those of mill workers, as well as to those of their counterparts elsewhere in Canada. The social and economic effects of commuting upon the loggers are then explained. The economic advantages and disadvantages to the paper companies are outlined, as well as effects upon the remainder of the province. Some of the material for this study has been gleaned from published and unpublished sources, but the major part was obtained from personal interviews and a mail questionnaire to a sample of the loggers. -- The most important findings of this thesis are -- (1) although the forest industries are still the most important of the resource industries, they are declining in relative importance; -- (2) the number of workers employed in logging continues to decline with increased mechanization and higher productivity per worker; -- (3) although wage rates of loggers in Newfoundland compare favourably with those of loggers elsewhere in Eastern Canada, annual earnings are relatively low because of the brief period of employment; -- (4) living conditions in company camps are generally satisfactory; -- (5) mechanization is part of a program to achieve year- round logging: this will benefit the industry and the loggers that remain employed, but mechanization is already creating unemployment; -- (6) commuting is generally advantageous to the companies, especially in reducing the cost of wood; -- (7) commuting has had some serious economic and social effects upon some loggers, but it has aided others. It has caused some regional unemployment, and tends to shorten the average period of employment; -- (8) working conditions under commuting have ranged from extremely bad to favourable. Shacking, while extended by commuting, is most likely a temporary phenomenon; -- (9) unless the pulpwood industry expands, centralization is not likely to be a solution to the employment problems of the loggers now living in outlying areas; -- (10) while the loggers who were contacted indicated a strong preference for camps, there are indications that in the future loggers will prefer commuting; -- (11) despite the short run disadvantages, commuting should tend to make the industry more efficient; consequently the whole province will benefit.


identifier: Phipps, Sidney Wilhelm John <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Phipps=3ASidney_Wilhelm_John=3A=3A.html>   (1971) The role of syntactical redundancy in the evolution of language with special reference to early English.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In this work a functional approach has been adopted toward language change. An attempt has been made to give reasons why some changes in a language occur. -- The tool of the analysis is the notion of syntactic redundancy. Syntactic redundancy exists when grammatical notions are expressed by different systems simultaneously, e.g. by case and word-order, etc. It has been postulated that more changes will take place in syntactically redundant environments than in syntactically unredundant environments. -- The material chosen to test the hypothesis is a series of Old and early Middle English texts. English used to have a fairly full system of case inflections to mark grammatical notions, which has given way to the present word-order system. Thus, at some period there must have been a transition stage, where both case and word-order systems were operating to mark grammatical notions, and it is during this period that syntactic redundancy would exist. To prove this, 8 texts were chosen that covered the period 895 A.D. to 1230 A.D. It was during the latter half of this period that the case system began disappearing from English. The two earliest texts showed very little evidence of case-loss. All the texts were subjected to (a) a word-order analysis and (b) an analysis of the forms that had lost distinctive case with respect to their environments, in order to see if case-loss was greater in the unmarked environments or not. -- The results showed that OE word-order was not as flexible as has been thought, and that the disappearance of the case system had little effect on the word-order of the texts without distinctive case. Some evidence was found to support the hypothesis, but not enough information was collected to prove it conclusively.


identifier: Humber, Alan George <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Humber=3AAlan_George=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Aspects of verb morphology in Newfoundland Micmac.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In this paper we attempt to give a concise description of some aspects of verb morphology in Newfoundland Micmac, showing, where such exist, differences between them and those of mainland Micmac. -- To begin with we have given a brief account of the Micmacs in Newfoundland, deeming such an account a necessary prelude to the study of their language. Thereafter we have discussed the personal and inflexional endings of intransitive and transitive verbs. -- These determined we proceed to an analysis of the intransitive and transitive verbs per se, summing our conclusions with respect to these verb categories and including lists of intransitives and transitives which we obtained in researching this paper. -- The following chapter is then devoted to a brief study of the formation of the past and future tenses of the indicative mood. -- The final chapter contains our conclusions with respect to the verb morphology of Newfoundland Micmac. We have also suggested another area of research which could be undertaken with the utmost urgency because of the rapid depletion of our sources of linguistic information.


identifier: Ali, Mohammed Keramat <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ali=3AMohammed_Keramat=3A=3A.html>   (1969) The emission spectrum of diatomic bismuth.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The emission spectrum of Bi₂ was excited by irradiating bismuth vapor in a discharge tube by a high power microwave generator and photographed with a Bausch and Lomb dual grating spectrograph. Three new band systems have been observed and analyzed: (i) The near infrared system (G - B) in the region λ 8820 - 8030 Å consists of 15 bands whose frequencies are represented by the quantum expression -- ν = 11869.5 + 107.0 (v' + ½) - 0.2 (v' + ½)² - [132.3 (v" + ½) - 0.6 (v" + ½)²] . -- (ii) The system (H - B) in the region λ 7050 - 6730 Å consists of a single long v" progression. The derived vibrational constants of this system are -- ν₀₀ = 14851.6 cm⁻¹; w"ₑ = 134.0 cm⁻¹; w"ₑx"ₑ = 0.34 cm⁻¹ . -- (iii) The system (I - B) in the region λ 6570 - 6290 Å consists of over 10 bands. The frequencies of the band heads are expressed as -- ν = 15477.4 + 156.4 (v' + ½) - 6.1 (v' + ½)² - [132.4 (v" + ½) - 0.3 (v" + ½)²] . -- Since the lower state vibrational frequencies of these three systems agree closely with each other and also with the known upper state frequency of the B - X system, it is concluded that state B is the common lower state of the new systems. The upper states of the new systems are designated as G, H,and I following the notation of Herzberg (1950) and Almy (1937) for the previously known electronic states of Bi₂. -- The known B - X system of Bi₂ which was mainly studied in absorption (Almy and Sparks (1933); Nakamura and Shidei (1934)) has also been obtained in emission under the conditions mentioned above. Over 270 bands have been measured in the region λ 7980 - 4830 Å. The new emission data of this system are in general agreement with the data obtained in absorption. The following expression is derived from the analysis of the emission data: -- V = 17739.5 + 132.571 (v' + ½) - 0.3271 (v' + ½)² + 0.5240 x 10⁻³ (v' + ½)³ - 0.5324 x 10⁻⁴ (v' + ½)⁴ + 0.154 x 10⁻⁵ (v' + ½)⁵ - [173.132 (v" + ½) - 0.4156 (v" + ½)² + 0.2437 x 10⁻² (v" + ½)³ - 0.8356 x 10⁻⁴ (v" + ½)⁴ + 0.72 x 10⁻⁶ (v" + ½)⁵] -- In conclusion, a general summary of all the known electronic states of Bi₂ is given.


identifier: Bishop, Robert B. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bishop=3ARobert_B=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1966) The pressure - induced fundamental band of oxygen in pure gas and in oxygen - foreign gas mixtures at 298°K and at 201°K.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The pressure - induced fundamental vibration - rotation absorption band of oxygen was studied in the pure gas and in an oxygen - argon mixture at 298°K and in the pure gas and in oxygen nitrogen, oxygen-argon mixtures at 201°K at total pressures up to 300 atmospheres. The absorption profiles obtained in each case showed the pronounced Q and S branches with an indication of the less resolved O branch. The integrated absorption coefficients obtained from the absorption profiles were found to follow an empirical power series in terms of the partial densities of the component gases. A plot of -- [special characters omitted] -- for pure oxygen and of -- [special characters omitted] -- for mixtures was found to be a straight line from which the binary and ternary absorption coefficients were determined. Applying the theory of Van Kranendonk it was found that the overlap contribution to the binary absorption coefficient was negligible and from the known molecular constants the derivative of the molecular quadrupole moment of oxygen, Q', with respect to the internuclear distance at the equilibrium position was determined. The value of Q' obtained was 1.6 eaₒ which is equal to that determined by Shapiro and Gush (1966).


identifier: Chang, Kai-siung <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Chang=3AKai-siung=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Collision-induced infrared absorption of hydrogen in H₂-He and H₂-Ne mixtures at different temperatures.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The collision-induced fundamental infrared absorption band of hydrogen in H₂-He and H₂-Ne mixtures at 77°K, 195°K, 273°K and 298°K has been studied for gas densities up to 530 amagat for several base densities of hydrogen. In each of these mixtures the enhancement absorption profiles show, in addition to the usual splitting of the Q branch into the main Qp and QR components, a splitting of the S(1) line into the Sp(1) and SR(1) components at all the experimental temperatures, and a secondary splitting of the main Qp component into the Qp(3) and QR(3) components at 273°K and 298°K. The profiles of H₂-He at 77°K also show a splitting of the S(0) line into Sp(0) and SR(0). Integrated absorption coefficients were measured and binary and ternary absorption coefficients were derived. Van Kranendonk's theory of the 'exp-4' model for the induced dipole moment was applied to the experimental binary absorption coefficients. The quadrupolar parts of these coefficients were calculated from the known molecular parameters. These were then subtracted from the experimental values to obtain the overlap parts. The overlap parameters λ and ρ, giving respectively the magnitude and range of the overlap moment, were determined for each of the mixtures by obtaining the best fit of the calculated overlap part of the binary absorption coefficient as a function of temperature to the experimental values of the overlap parts. The values of λ and ρ are as follows: -- Mixture  λ      ρ -- H₂-He      5.6 x 10⁻³      0.24Å --  H₂-Ne      9.0 x 10⁻³      0.29Å


identifier: House, Ellen Jane <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/House=3AEllen_Jane=3A=3A.html>   (1972) The relationship of personality characteristics to the expressed vocational satisfactions of student nurses : a comparative study of a degree and a diploma program.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of the study was to describe and compare the personality characteristics and expressed vocational satisfactions of degree and diploma student nurses. Personality was measured by the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and vocational satisfactions by means of a prepared questionnaire. Specifically, a comparison was made between two nursing education programs and between classes within each program concerning reasons for choosing nursing as a career, personality traits, and expressions of satisfaction with choice of nursing as a career and choice of nursing education program. In addition, the total group of student nurses were investigated to discover what relationship existed between personality traits and expressed vocational satisfactions. -- Data from 71 university and 223 hospital nursing students were subjected to an analysis of variance or a chi-square statistical test with the null hypotheses rejected at the 0.05 level of confidence. -- Findings indicated greater variation within each nursing education program than between them. There were no great differences observed between degree and diploma student nurses' reasons for choosing nursing as a career, personality traits, or dissatisfactions. The final year students within each school showed the greatest variation on EPPS scores when compared to the other class years. More of the third year hospital students expressed dissatisfaction with choice of nursing as a career and with living place; while, second year hospital students expressed dissatisfaction with nursing education program. On the other hand, it was more of the first year university students who expressed dissatisfaction with choice of nursing as a career. -- The main and most interesting findings of this study was that nursing students who expressed dissatisfaction, regardless of education program, obtained a higher score on the EPPS subscale of Autonomy and a lower score on the subscale of Order. These findings seem to indicate that dissatisfied student nurses were those who had a greater need to be independent and were less concerned with having things planned and organized. If independent thinking and action are accepted as being desirable characteristics for a nurse, then, nursing education and nursing practice need to be structured in such a way so as to account for individual differences in personality and ability. At the same time, greater opportunities should be provided for individual expression and judgments.


identifier: Gardner, Averil <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gardner=3AAveril=3A=3A.html>   (1970) The poetry of Oscar Wilde : a critical study.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Though the name of Oscar Wilde is a familiar one both to the general reader and to students of English Literature, little serious critical attention has been given to his work and, in English at least, almost none at all to his poetry, which he wrote with varying degrees of concentration throughout his literary career. -- This study has been undertaken partly in order to rectify what seems an unnecessary omission by simply examining Wilde's poetry in some detail and thus restoring it to critical notice, and partly in order to discover whether it has any merits or whether the neglect of it hitherto is entirely justified. -- The first Chapter surveys generally the extent and amount of Wilde's poetry as a necessary preliminary to more detailed descriptive and critical discussion. Chapter II is concerned with the contents of Wilde's first volume, Poems (1881), which it finds to be, on the whole, an immature and imitative production, with no fixed views of life or individuality of style. Because the scale of Wilde's imitativeness in this volume provoked contemporary accusations of plagiarism, Chapter III examines Wilde's debts to other English poets at some length and offers very tentative reasons (though not justifications) for his frequent pilfering. -- Chapter IV considers Wilde's less prolific but more accomplished poetry from 1882 to 1894, his 'aesthetic' and 'decadent' phase, paying particular attention to the influence of painting and that of mid-nineteenth-century French poets, especially as this is seen in his long poem The Sphinx. Chapter V is devoted to a lengthy discussion of The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Wilde's best-known poem and one of his few which can challenge, and sustain, comparison with the work of his contemporaries. -- Chapter VI points in conclusion to a division in Wilde's poetry between a bulk of work which is of no more than juvenile or 'period' significance, and a handful of mainly later poems which have merit and individuality sufficient to establish Wilde's claim to serious consideration. In particular, the outstanding quality of The Ballad of Reading Gaol, not only when compared with most of Wilde's poetry but when compared with the poetry of his time, prompts the final verdict (not perhaps original but at least arrived at after due weighing of the evidence) that Wilde was a minor poet who, as a result of experiences which forcibly deepened his human responses, produced a major poem.


identifier: Walsh, Kirby <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Walsh=3AKirby=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Blake and Shelley : a comparative study.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: Blake and Shelley : a comparative study

abstract: In this thesis comments upon the personalities of Blake and Shelley and the direction of their work as social, moral and political reformists laid the groundwork for a discussion of the importance of the imagination for both poets. The imagination shaped their lives as well as their art. It is the creative principle and is considered as essential in human life, for only the imagination raises man above the level of the beasts. -- Within this life, Blake and Shelley saw two opposing states. The first, that of Innocence, is one of full imaginative existence where reality is subjective. The second state, Experience, sees the world in terms of the 'wasteland' - its reality is objective. In Blake 'mysticism' consists of the unity of God, man and nature; in Shelley it is given a touch of the Platonic transcendental state. -- Blake uses complicated symbolism in his Prophetic Books, but elsewhere it is less intricate and often in line with Shelley's symbolism. Some individual images are used to the same purpose by both poets, such as the Cave and Snake; others, like the veiled woman, conflict. -- Having dealt with some of their philosophy and their imagery and symbolism, the discussion proceeds to their mythology. Blake is unique here, in the strict sense of the word, in his creation of new mythology. Shelley's importance lies in his reshaping of old myths. Their mythology is of great importance to their total world views. The natural affinities of certain of the main characters of Blake's and Shelley's mythology arise from their symbolism and function. Their tyrants, symbols of the fallen world, often show their similarities in their destruction of all forms of liberty. -- Finally, the results of Blake's and Shelley's imaginative quests come with the perfection of the apocalypse. Good had vanquished evil and the triumph of imagination is complete.


identifier: Hodder, Sylvia Maxine <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hodder=3ASylvia_Maxine=3A=3A.html>   (1971) The relationship between creativity, personality and student teaching achievement.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract:
The present study examined the relationship between the variables of creativity and personality and the student teaching achievement of a group of Memorial University of Newfoundland student teachers. More specifically, it investigated whether the grades received by the student teachers from their cooperating teachers were related to their creative thinking abilities and/or one facet of their personality--extraversion. It was also concerned with possible interactions of personal correlates (viz: sex, personality, background) with creativity. As well, the relationship existing between the grade point averages of the student teachers and their achievement in student teaching was considered. -- The sample used in this investigation consisted of the ninety-eight student teachers who were enrolled in the student teaching courses at Memorial University of Newfoundland and who participated in the two week student teaching session in May, 1970. -- Data for the study included scores obtained by the student teachers on the Torrance Tests of Creative
Thinking, and on the Eysenck Personality Inventory, grades received by the student teachers for their performance in student teaching, the grade point averages of the student teachers, and certain personal factors such as sex and background (urban-rural) of the student teachers. -- By analysis of variance, it was determined that a significant relationship did not exist between verbal creativity and student teaching success. For figural and for total creativity, significant differences were found among low, average, and high creative groups on scores of student teaching. Newman-Keuls tests on pairs of means further showed that the significant difference for figural creativity occurred between low and average groups, and the significant difference for total creativity occurred between low and average groups and low and high groups. When analyses were carried out on samples randomly selected from the complete group, these findings were not confirmed so were disregarded. -- Extraversion was not found to be a factor influencing student teaching success to a significant degree. Neither was it found that any of the personal correlates interacted with creativity to influence student teaching grades. -- A Pearson product-moment correlation of the grades in student teaching and the grades point averages was significant at the .05 level. -- On the basis of the F ratios and the correlation coefficient obtained, the present study concluded that creativity is not significantly related to student teaching achievement, but that grade point averages are at the .05 level of significance. The other variables considered--extraversion, sex, background (urban-rural) are not significantly related to student teaching success; nor do they interact with creativity to significantly influence student teaching achievement.


identifier: Doyle, Sister Teresa <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Doyle=3ASister_Teresa=3A=3A.html>   (1972) A study of influential and effective supervisory roles as perceived by the junior high school teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The function of persons occupying supervisory roles is to provide leadership to educational workers for the purpose of improving the teaching-learning situation. Because of the importance of this function and because of the variety of positions which supervisors may occupy, it is important to consider how influential and effective the persons in these supervisory roles are in helping teachers improve their work in the school or classroom. -- The objective of this study was to determine teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of influential supervisory roles in serving to improve teachers' behaviour with respect to the content, processes, or outcomes of their work. -- It was hypothesized that teachers' perceptions of the influence and effectiveness of supervisory roles would be significantly related to such school and teacher variables as type of board, size of school, population of town and of area served, sex, professional preparation and experience of the teacher. It was further hypothesized that the influence and effectiveness of the supervisor would decrease as the physical distance between the supervisor and teacher increased. -- Each of 300 teachers selected randomly from a population of 1589 Junior High School teachers in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, rated the supervisory roles in his/her school system on influence and effectiveness. The seven roles perceived to be most influential and effective were those of principal, vice-principal, 'other teachers', district superintendent, board supervisor, coordinating principal and personnel associated with the Faculty of Education, Memorial University. As hypothesized, teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of these roles varied with type of board, size of school, population of town and of area served, sex, professional preparation and experience. Almost 92 per cent of teachers selected persons occupying these seven roles as the most effective supervisors. -- The implications of this study are very clear. Teachers regard those supervisors as influential and effective in improving classroom instruction who are closely associated with the teaching role. Persons in roles far removed from the teacher will not likely affect the behaviour of teachers regardless of their supervisory skills.


identifier: Noseworthy, Ronald George <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Noseworthy=3ARonald_George=3A=3A.html>   (1971) A dialect survey of Grand Bank, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In order to adequately sample the regional speech of the people of Grand Bank, twenty-one informants from the three main age-groups were selected, with at least one informant in each group having attained a relatively high level of education. These people were involved with a variety of occupations although most of them were, or had been, connected with the fishery. -- In Chapter I, a brief history of the town is presented, showing its French origins, its later settling by people from the British Isles - particularly Southwest England, and its development into one of the most important fishing towns in Newfoundland. -- Chapter 2 is mainly a phonemic treatment of the sound system of the Grand Bank informants, with each phoneme and its allophones listed and then briefly discussed. Although there was a fairly high degree of variation in the idiolects of the informants, there are certain features which are characteristic of their speech. These are the prevalence of the glottal stop [?] which occurs instead of a variety of voiced and unvoiced consonants, the initial and intervocalic addition of /h/ and also its initial dropping, and the unexpected, off-glides, /w/ and /y/, which frequently occur in vowel sequences. Also many vowels are lengthened, or modified by fronting, retraction, raising, and lowering, and [a] and [D] occur where most other speakers of English use [Ɔ]. There is also much assimilation and dropping of consonants which is probably caused by the relatively rapid speech of most of the informants. -- Selected features of the informants' grammar are discussed in Chapter 3, according to the main parts of speech. The most frequent of those features were several forms of the verb "be", especially the form "bees", non-standard forms of the past tense and past participle for many verbs, and several interesting forms of pronouns. Also interesting is the prevalence of the adjective qualifiers "some" and "right", and the various forms of "either" and "neither" when used as noun-determiners. -- In Chapter 4, selected vocabulary items are dealt with. The number of informants using each term is listed and their explanations of those terms are discussed. Reference is also made to the English Dialect Dictionary if any of the above terms are found there. The vocabulary of the informants was particularly rich in terms connected with the fishery, and the oldest age-group, those who were seventy years of age or older, used the greatest variety of terms. -- Chapter 5 summarizes the survey, and factors which probably influenced the idiolects of the informants are discussed. Education was especially important and so was age, but to a lesser degree. The differences in sex, and cultural change, - the decline of the Bank fishery, especially influenced the vocabulary of the informants. The dialect of the people of Grand Bank is closely related to that of Southwest England.


identifier: Samant, Hari S. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Samant=3AHari_S=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1965) Phosphoprotein phosphatase from the chick embryo and its adsorption of ionic resins.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis has no abstract.


identifier: Farquharson, Danine Elizabeth <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Farquharson=3ADanine_Elizabeth=3A=3A.html>   (2001) Rebel narratives : the Irish gunman in fiction and film.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This project investigates the many representations of Irish gunmen in narratives, both in print and on the screen. While the Irish gunman is often perceived as a figure of romantic legend and patriotic idealism, the character - as he exists within narrative - is more accurately a figure of lost hope, doomed ambition, and imprisoned ideals. -- The thesis is divided into four chapters; the first two are broadly historical and descriptive, while the second two are close readings of specific writers/filmmakers' work. Chapter one answers the question of how the gunman comes to be represented in fiction and film. The fictional representation of the gunman is part of a series of discursive practices such as mythology, eighteenth-century chapbooks, political stereotypes, theories of identity and nationalism, and the history of Fenianism and Irish Republicanism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Each of these contribution factors in the make-up of the narrative gunman is examined at length. Chapter two examines the different representations of Irish gunmen characters. Beginning with romantic heroes and unromantic villains, the chapter moves on to more ambiguous characterizations, such as lost boys, gunmen on the run, and the seldom acknowledged but theoretically challenging female gunman. Chapter three analyzes the early twentieth-century novels of Liam O'Flaherty - many of which satirize and criticize the heroicization of Irish republican rebels. Chapter four concludes the thesis by looking at the films of Irish director Neil Jordan and the ways in which his psychological probing into the minds of gunmen resist, if not rebel against, the stereotype of the romantic Irish patriot. -- "Rebel Narratives: The Irish Gunman in Fiction and Film" offers a critical consideration of a character that has seldom come under inquiry, but that is nonetheless both politically contentious and frequently represented in narrative texts. More generally, the project contributes to on-going debates about identity, nationalism and cultural stereotypes by emphasizing, on the one hand, the durability of stereotypes and, on the other hand, the resistance to rigid codes of character and identity expressed in literary and cinematic texts.


identifier: Ryan, Virginia <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ryan=3AVirginia=3A=3A.html>   (1993) Religious themes in selected twentieth century Newfoundland fiction.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis examines themes reflecting the reign, the decline, and the aftermath of Christian faith as manifested in selected twentieth century Newfoundland fiction. It concentrates first on fictional depictions of life in pre-Confederation Newfoundland, and then on fictional depictions of Newfoundland since 1949, with Percy Janes' Requiem for a Faith, because of its multi-generational scope, serving as a bridge between the two. What is revealed through this approach is a thematic continuity in the fiction suggestive of a perennial preoccupation, on the part of Newfoundland authors, with both the necessity and the damaging effects of religious belief in Newfoundland life. -- The study explores the tendency of certain authors, particularly those writing about early twentieth century Newfoundland, to link the harshness of the outport environment with a correspondingly harsh interpretation of Christian doctrine. It reveals, however, that belief in a merciless and vindictive deity is not restricted to outport people nor the pre-Confederate era; fiction depicting post-Confederation and urban Newfoundland continues to feature characters who either sustain and practise a faith devoid of love and charity or suffer because they are subjected by others to the emotionally crippling effects of such a faith. -- The thesis examines, as well, the phenomenon of the progressive decline of Christian faith in twentieth century Newfoundland as presented in its fiction. This decline is shown by Newfoundland authors to stem from a number of causes, among them a rebellion against religion's excessive harshness, a perception that doctrinal form is being practised without attention to its content, the ever-encroaching influence of North American society on Newfoundland culture, and a dawning sense that the maintenance of religious faith is incompatible with the mindset of contemporary times. -- The fiction also reveals that characters who relinquish traditional forms of faith tend either to replace them with alternative belief systems or to meet with psychic vertigo, because of what seems to be an inherent human need to believe in an ordered and meaningful universe. Thus, the thesis concludes that twentieth century Newfoundland fiction presents its readers with a paradox. On the one hand, it reveals the hollowness of a Christianity devoid of the observance of Christ's injunction to love God and to love one's neighbours as oneself. On the other hand, it points to the psychic wasteland that ensues when humankind, for whatever reason, turns its back on faith.


identifier: Dube, Lakshmi Shankar <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Dube=3ALakshmi_Shankar=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Non-expansive mappings and fixed points in metric spaces.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The main objective of this thesis is to investigate fixed points under non-expansive and some other types of mappings in metric spaces. During the course of this dissertation, several new results have been obtained. In order to illustrate some of the theorems proved, a few interesting examples have been constructed. -- Chapter I includes a brief survey of fixed point theorems for non-expansive mappings. In the end a few theorems, which seem to be new, have been added. -- In Chapter II, a mapping considered by Kannan [20]has been observed and by introducing some more general forms of this mapping, a few interesting results on fixed points have been investigated. Furthermore, giving a brief account of multi-valued contraction mappings and their fixed points, a search for extending some fixed point theorems to their multivalued analogues has been made. -- Chapter III deals with the convergence of sequence of mappings (contraction and Kannan type) and their fixed points. A few interesting generalizations of some known results have been investigated.


identifier: Rose, Clyde <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rose=3AClyde=3A=3A.html>   (1970) William Carlos Williams - "A mirror of modernity" : a study of Paterson and The Collected Earlier Poems of William Carlos Williams.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis is an attempt to write a study of some of the poetry of William Carlos Williams. -- Williams's career as a poet has been eclipsed by the brilliant careers of two of his contemporaries, Eliot and Pound. The latter was a life-long friend whose poetic talents Williams admired. It is apparent from the increasing number of scholarly works on Williams in the past decade that he is being recognized as a major figure in contemporary literature. -- His career was a dual one; he was both a very active physician in Rutherford, N.J. and a prolific, versatile writer. His books, of which there are forty-nine, include poetry, novels, plays and literary criticism. Paterson, his long epic poem, is his most impressive work. As demonstrated in the latter half of this thesis, it and some of the books which make up The Collected Earlier Poems were undertakings of no ordinary rank in twentieth century literature.


identifier: O'Dea, Shane <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/O=27Dea=3AShane=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Pinter enigmatist : a selective study of the stage plays of Harold Pinter.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis examines the achievement and innovation in Harold Pinter's stage plays as well as his use of enigma in them. In the introduction Pinter himself - as person and as writer - is considered as presenting an enigma. Both his own personality and the form of his work evade definition. -- In the first section Pinter's achievement and innovation in the areas of structure and dialogue are examined. It is seen that Pinter has taken the theories of both the Naturalists and the Realists and brought them to a logical conclusion - he has used reality in what is probably its barest sense, a reality apparently little altered or adapted. In this use of reality lies both his achievement - in that he has used it successfully - and his innovation - in that it had not been used on the stage before. -- Pinter's use of enigma is the subject of the second section of the thesis. The enigmas are an element of his innovation in that those he uses are the enigmas encountered in reality. Pinter, recognizing that reality has many faces, recognizes that it does not always provide clear answers or subscribe to fixed definitions. It is this reality that constitues his enigmas. The enigmas considered are those of character - that a person does not always have to have an established background or personality to be dramatically effective; of sexuality - that people do not always fit easily into their expected sexual roles, a development of the enigma of character; of time - that time is unfixed and it, as well as what happens in it, depends on the mind of the character.


identifier: Pearce, Jason <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Pearce=3AJason=3A=3A.html>   (1997) Writing home: regionalism, distance, and metafiction in four novels by Wayne Johnston.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Even in the 1990s, much research on literary regionalism in Canada manifests a discourse of cultural centralization. The appearance in literature of content and forms particular to one region is conceived either as a negative literary development or as a necessary means to some more universally pleasing end. Many of those critics who do argue in favour of regional art depict the region as the passive recipient of a marginalizing discourse. For critics such as Joan Strong, Newfoundland and regions like it are subject to a power discourse which issues from "an illusory elsewhere" (11). -- This analysis of Wayne Johnston's four novels focusses instead on those relations in which the region reinforces its own marginalization. As the site of one such relation, television shapes the very identities of both the centre and the margin. Yet television also provides a telling model for the regional narrative, as its inherent capacity for distance allows resistance of that broader cultural hegemony which confronts the writing subject from within the region as well as without. Finally, this concept of distance is applied to language, as the distinctive forms of the region are set against those of the established centre. At the level of metafiction, Johnston lays bare the artifice with which these forces affect the writing subject, as well as the techniques of narrative resistance which are at the regional writer's disposal.


identifier: Bursey, Wallace <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bursey=3AWallace=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Rider Haggard : a study in popular fiction.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In this thesis my dual purpose is to account for Haggard's lasting popularity and to examine hitherto ignored aspects of his work that, in my opinion, deserve critical attention. The thesis is essentially a re-assessment of Haggard's status as a novelist. -- My introduction gives a brief outline of Haggard's life and indicates my approach to his work. -- Chapter I deals with Haggard's boyhood and youth, and the early influences on the formation of his personality. It demonstrates that Haggard's literary subject matter was influenced by family relationships and personal experiences in Africa as a young man. The chapter presents Haggard as a product of the contemporary literary scene and indicates the extent to which he reflects contemporary beliefs and attitudes. Most important perhaps, it shows him to be possessed of a social consciousness that invites comparison with such writers as Hardy and Gissing. -- Chapter II examines Haggard's very special talents as a romantic writer, talents that produced some of the most memorable romantic adventure novels ever written. The chapter involves a discussion of the characteristics that he shares with other romantic writers and how his works illustrate certain generally accepted theories of what constitutes the romantic. A detailed examination of a number of his romances serves to illustrate the special characteristics that set Haggard apart and to demonstrate his outstanding achievements in the romantic vein. The importance of setting and stylistic devices in creating memorable romantic effects is given special consideration. -- Chapter III deals with the contribution of symbolism to the total effect of Haggard's work. It examines Haggard's use of symbolism both as a revelation of the author's philosophy and also as a device to increase the imaginative effect on the reader. A number of Haggard's highly symbolic works such as Eric Brighteyes and She are discussed at length. -- Chapter IV is concerned with those books that reveal Haggard's experience and knowledge of African history and affairs, and his dream-vision of Africa that transcends the reality, an imaginative concept that for many of his readers becomes the reality. Haggard's knowledge of African customs, politics and special problems is discussed with reference to such novels as Jess, Marie, and Swallow, while his interpretation of Zulu history is dealt with at length. His careful, and on the whole unbiased, presentation of English, Dutch, and Zulu viewpoints (unusual from an Englishman of his time) is illustrated and discussed. Throughout this chapter the continuing value of Haggard's first-hand observations and shrewd opinions of African peoples and affairs is assessed. -- Chapter V categorizes Haggard's characters into five groups: the personal reflection, the ideal man, the ideal woman, types of good and of evil, and the real. Various examples of each type are selected for discussion. A large segment of this chapter is devoted to a discussion of Haggard's presentation and development of the character of Allan Quatermain, certainly one of the author's finest achievements. Hans and Umslopogaas are considered at some length as excellent examples of Haggard's understanding of African natives. -- My conclusion reiterates the very important point that, although various aspects of Haggard's work may lend themselves to critical analysis, his essential appeal is on an imaginative level that evades criticism; the impact of Haggard's best romances is on the imagination rather than the critical faculties of the reader, and the lasting impression on the reader defies analysis.


identifier: Byrne, Pat <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Byrne=3APat=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Sane lunacy : an evaluation of Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and the critical reaction to it.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The critical reaction which greeted the publication of Joseph Heller's Catch-22 in 1961, and which continues to the present, suggests that Heller's novel moves, in terms of both style and tone, toward a method and a sensibility which are strikingly different from what the contemporary sensibility deems acceptable. A somewhat less than enthusiastic welcome from academic circles raises interesting questions concerning the direction of modern criticism. -- A consideration of Heller's other works prepares a background against which to view the achievement of Catch-22 and to evaluate the critical reaction to the novel. A further consideration, within the limited context of the war novel sub-genre to which it peripherally belongs, enables one to discover Heller's ultimate area of concern--the contemporary human condition. -- Heller's stylistic method is directly related to the tone of the novel and the sensibility which it embodies. In short, the absurdist techniques which the novel employs become a mirror image of a world gone mad. The result is that Catch-22 challenges the reader to re-evaluate certain traditional notions of what novels are and what the nature of society is. It is because the critics have, for the most part, refused to accept this challenge that their conclusions about the novel are inadequate.


identifier: Elliott, P. Joanne (Patricia Joanne) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Elliott=3AP=2E_Joanne_=28Patricia_Joanne=29=3A=3A.html>   (1994) Samuel Johnson and the rise of travel literature.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis has no abstract.


identifier: Miller, Hugh G. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Miller=3AHugh_G=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1970) A gravity survey of eastern Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A gravity survey was undertaken on the archipelago and adjacent coast of eastern Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. A total of 308 gravity stations were occupied with a mean station spacing of 2.5 km, and 9 gravity sub-bases were established. Elevations for the survey were determined by barometric and direct altimetry. The densities of rock samples collected from 223 sites were determined. -- A Bouguer anomaly map was obtained and a polynomial fitting technique was employed to determine the regional contribution to the total Bouguer anomaly field. Residual and regional maps based on a fifth-order polynomial were obtained. Several programs were written for the IBM 360/40 computer used in this and model work. -- Three-dimensional model studies were carried out and a satisfactory overall fit to the total Bouguer field was obtained. Several shallow features of the anomaly maps were found to correlate well with surface bodies, i.e. granite or diorite bodies. Sedimentary rocks had little effect on the gravity field. The trace of the Luke's Arm fault was delineated. -- The following new features were discovered: (1) A major structural discontinuity near Change Islands; (2) A layer of relatively high density (probably basic to ultrabasic rock) at 5 - 10 km depth.


identifier: Thistle, W. Wayne <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Thistle=3AW=2E_Wayne=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Generalized tensor products.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: Generalized tensor products

abstract: If R is a commutative ring and A and B are R-modules then hom(A,B), Hom(A,B) and A ⓧ B will denote the set of morphisms A → B, the set of morphisms A → B regarded as a  R-module and the usual algebraic tensor product of A and B, respectively. The R-module, A ⓧ B can be defined by any of the following results: -- (i) t: A x B → A ⓧ B; (a,b) |→ a ⓧ b is a universal bilinear function in the sense that any other bilinear function A x B → C factors uniquely through t. -- (ii) there is a natural isomorphism hom(A ⓧ B, C) ≌ hom(A, Hom(B,C)). -- (iii) the functor - ⓧ B is a left adjoint to the functor Hom(B,-), i.e. the isomorphism of (ii) is natural in the variables A and C. -- (iv) there is a natural isomorphism Hom(A ⓧ B, C) ≌ Hom(A, Hom(B,C)). ⓧ also has the property that: -- (v) there exists natural isomorphisms: -- a: A ⓧ (B ⓧ C) ≌ (A ⓧ B) ⓧ C -- r: A ⓧ R ≌ A where R is regarded as an R-module -- e: R ⓧ A ≌ A -- c:  A ⓧ B ≌ B ⓧ A. -- The existence of these isomorphisms does not constitute a definition of ⓧ since analogous isomorphisms exist for the direct sum A ⓧ B of R-modules A and B. -- In this thesis we abstract the definitions (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) from the category of R-modules to a general category C calling the tensor products so defined the (i) Bimorphism Product (ii) the Exponential Product (iii) the Adjoint Product (iv) the Strong Exponential Product, respectively. The relation between (ii), (iv) and (v) is discussed in (17); (i) is related to these ideas in (24); (iii) does not seem to have been discussed elsewhere. -- Our main purpose is to examine the conditions under which the different products coincide and the extent to which the products satisfy the conditions (v). The value of this theory lies in the number and diversity of the examples. -- Chapter I gives the necessary details about category theory and defines many of the terms which occur in the main discussion. In Chapter II the Adjoint Product and the properties of associativity, commutativity and left and right identities are introduced. The "coherence" of the above isomorphisms forms the content of the third chapter which is a survey of the works of MacLane (21) and Kelly (17). Chapter IV gives the definition of the Bimorphism Product as explained in Pumplun (24). In Chapter V it is proved that any Bimorphism Product is an Exponential Product and conversely any commutative Exponential Product is a Bimorphism Product. In Chapter VI (sections 1 to 3) the relationships between the natural isomorphisms a, r, e and c and the Exponential and Strong Exponential Products are discussed; in section 6.4 these natural isomorphisms and the Strong Exponential Product are related to the Bimorphism Product. In Chapter VII the Exponential Product and the Adjoint Product are shown to be distinct, in general; conditions are given for their equivalence. Chapter VIII is devoted to a selection of examples from many branches of mathematics. The Appendix gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the concepts of a morphism and bimorphism to coincide. The lengthy bibliography lists papers related to the thesis. -- Our results are proved in full detail (apart from Chapter III which is a survey of results from (18) and (21), detailed proofs being given in these papers, and two proofs involving trimorphisms in section 6.4). Chapter VII and the Appendix are basically original work. The proofs of the theorems in Chapter V are given in greater detail than by the original author.


identifier: Ghosh, Sambhunath <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ghosh=3ASambhunath=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Analysis of the absorption profiles of the collision-induced fundamental band of H₂ in H₂-Xe, H₂-Kr and H₂-Ar mixtures.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The collision-induced fundamental infrared absorpbion band of H₂ was studied at room temperature with an absorption cell of sample path length 105.2 cm in binary mixtures of para H₂ as well as normal H₂ with Xe, Kr, and Ar. The base density of H₂ (para or normal) was in the range 4-10 amagat, and the densities of Xe, Kr, and Ar were in the ranges 10 - 70 amagat, 10 - 135 amagat and 10 - 100 amagat, respectively. The prominent feature of the Q branch of the band observed in binary mixtures of pH₂ with all the three perturbing gases is that two dips occur at the Raman frequencies of Q(0) and Q(2) of the low pressure hydrogen gas. The Q branch of pH₂-Xe and that of nH₂-Xe exhibit anomalous intensity distribution, namely, that the Qp and QR peaks show equal intensities. -- Profiles for the enhancement of absorption were analyzed by a computational procedure. The quadrupolar components, obtained with para as well as normal H₂, were assumed to have a Boltzmann-modified dispersion line form. The characteristic half-widths δ of the quadrupolar lines in each of the binary mixtures were obtained from the analysis. The present profile analysis reveals that the quadrupolar components show shifts of 9 cm⁻¹ in p(or n)H₂-Xe and 6 cm⁻¹ in p(or n)H₂-Kr toward lower frequency from the corresponding Raman frequencies of the low pressure gas; it also shows that there is no shift of the quadrupolar components in p(or n)H₂-Ar. The contributions of the quadrupolar and overlap interactions to the total intensity of the band were derived from the analysis of the profiles in each of the binary mixtures, nH₂-Xe, nH₂-Kr, and nH₂-Ar. -- The overlap profiles obtained from the analysis of the experimental profiles of nH₂-foreign gas mixtures were analyzed by a new computational procedure. The line-shape assumed for each of the overlap components consists of two functions; one, the Fourier transform of the intercollisional correlation function given by Van Kranendonk (1968) and the other, the Fourier transform of the intracollisional correlation function given by Levine and Birnbaum (1967). The values of the characteristic inter- and intra-collisional width parameters, δD and δW, respectively, were derived from the analysis. -- The binary and ternary absorption coefficients of the band for nH₂-Ar, nH₂-Kr, and nH₂-Xe were derived. The binary absorption coefficients of the S(0) quadrupolar line, obtained from the profile analysis, were used to calculate the Lennard-Jones molecular diameters a for H₂-Kr and H₂-Xe molecular pairs.


identifier: Akman, Noel <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Akman=3ANoel=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Guidance in the elementary school : a survey of guidance-related functions performed and preferred by classroom teachers in selected Newfoundland schools.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Modern primary-elementary educational programs place a major emphasis on the integration of classroom instruction with the delivery of guidance services. In this developmental approach, the classroom teacher is expected not only to concentrate on her pupils' academic performance but also to foster the necessary conditions for their optimal social and emotional development. -- The major objectives of the study were to survey and compare the nature and frequency of the guidance-related functions actually performed by primary-elementary classroom teachers with those which they would ideally like to perform and to examine the implications of the findings as these relate to local conditions and needs. -- The study took place in St. John's Roman Catholic School Board. The total sample consisted of 151 teachers attached to 18 primary-elementary schools of the Board selected by the simple random sample method. -- The research instrument consisted of a "General and Personal Information Sheet" and of an opinionnaire in two parts, identical in content and each comprising 74 statements describing guidance-related activities in the areas of orientation services, vocational information and planning services, record services, group testing services, pupil appraisal services, counseling and adjustment services, referral services and services to parents. The respondents were asked to indicate on a five point continuum the frequency with which they actually performed these activities (Part A), and the frequency with which they would ideally perform them (Part B). -- In each of the eight areas, the actual and ideal ratings for each item were examined and compared in terms of their respective frequency distributions, the mean scores and the standard deviations. The differences between the mean scores for each item were analysed with the differences of means test, using dependent samples with separate variance estimates, and the strength of the relationships was analysed with the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The results were tested for statistical significance at five per cent confidence level. -- The major findings indicated that, in general the 151 teachers who were surveyed widely differed both in the guidance-related functions which they actually performed and in those which they would like to perform. Further, while the respondents indicated a general tendency to be less involved in activities than they would wish, the linear relationship between the actual and ideal involvement was weak. Finally, there appeared to be a tendency for teachers to be actually involved and to desire even greater involvement in task oriented activities of an academic nature or related to the well being of the classroom. Teachers tended to be less involved and to desire less involvement in technical activities and those requiring close interpersonal work with the pupils and their parents. -- The major implications of the findings are clear about teacher opinion. This opinion should be consulted and guidance activities in elementary schools should not be developed nor allocated by defining, a priori, the specific contents of the guidance functions. The identification of guidance tasks and their allocations should take into account the actual and ideal teacher preferences, their respective abilities and limitations. Furthermore, guidance services should be developed jointly by the teachers and the counselor(s), and the team approach should be particularly sensitive to the process of program development, in order to insure flexibility and encourage experimentation. Moreover, in view of teachers' reluctance to be involved in counseling, guidance programs should clearly define and distinguish teacher oriented guidance and counseling from specialist oriented guidance and counseling to insure meaningful teacher support and participation in guidance activities. A tentative framework for task distribution in elementary guidance and counseling services is found at the conclusion of the study.


identifier: Jones, Michael Francis <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Jones=3AMichael_Francis=3A=3A.html>   (1966) A model of compressed molecular hydrogen.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A model of compressed molecular hydrogen is studied in some detail. The model, which had been applied previously to several two and three particle systems, considers the effects of enclosing a single molecule in a rigid spheroidal container, the size of which is related to the pressure of the gas. The resulting Schrodinger wave equation was solved by the variational method. The lack of experimental data precludes any firm conclusion as to the model's adequacy, but it is clear that a model of considerably greater complexity is needed for an adequate treatment.


identifier: Clarke, Charles Lester <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Clarke=3ACharles_Lester=3A=3A.html>   (1968) Variables associated with the relational value-orientations of pupils and teachers in urban Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The study examined the Relational value-orientations of a selected group of teachers and pupils from urban Newfoundland. Data were collected by means of written responses to a Teacher's Questionnaire and to a Pupil's Questionnaire, by 292 teachers and 584 pupils. The participating teachers were all the homeroom teachers of grades VIII, IX, X and XI from the schools of St. John's and Corner Brook. The pupil-respondents consisted of two pupils chosen randomly from each of the homerooms of these schools. -- Differences in Relational value-orientations of teachers and pupils were investigated, using as criterion variables, teachers' age, teachers' rural-outport background, pupil-involvement in the teenage culture and the socioeconomic status of pupils. Also investigated was the relationship between the degree of confidence which teachers expressed in their pupils and the difference between the Relational value-orientation scores of teachers and their pupils. The statistical procedures used to test the hypothesis included "t" tests, Pearson product-moment correlations and point biserial correlations. -- The findings indicated that the respondents appeared generally to show no great preference for one value-orientation over another. Pupils showed a small but significant tendency to choose Collaterality over Individualism more often than did their teachers, and Individualism over Lineality less often than did their teachers. Teachers' age was found to be inversely related to preference for Collaterality over Lineality. But for scores on Collaterality over Individualism, and for Individualism over Lineality there was no apparent relationship with teachers' age. No relationship was found between the Relational value-orientations of pupils and certain measures of their involvement in the teenage culture. However, when pupils were dichotomized into participants and non-participants, pupils who participated in playing sports were found to show a greater preference than non-participants for Collaterality over Individualism and for Collaterality over Lineality. Also, participants in watching sports were more Collateral and less Individualistic than non-participants. No relationship was found between the Relational value-orientations of pupils and their socioeconomic status. It was found that teachers with urban backgrounds did not differ in their Relational value-orientations from teachers with rural backgrounds. Also, there was no significant relationship found between Teachers' Confidence in Pupils and the extent of the congruence between the Relational value-orientation scores of the two groups. -- The instrument was carefully examined for reliability. The results of the reliability tests suggest the need for thorough revision of the questionnaire before further use, especially in cross-cultural studies. The present study suggests also the difficulty of studying values of one culture with a standardized instrument designed for another although highly similar culture.


identifier: King, Everard H. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/King=3AEverard_H=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1958) Gerard Manley Hopkins, religious poet : a reading of Hopkin's 'mature' poetry as a record of his religious experience and belief.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: It is my contention that the 'mature' poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins are a conclusive record of his religious development. They exhibit a loving reverence for God and his creatures. I propose to use the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church as an aid in making an interpretative analysis of the 'mature' poems, in order to demonstrate the validity of my thesis. It will be shown that the 'mature' poetry falls into four distinct groups. The first of these groups is made up of one poem, The Wreck of the Deutschland which is Hopkins's translation into poetry of his own religious experience approximately up to his ordination as a priest. The three remaining groups of poems consist in periods of emphasis during which Hopkins contemplated different aspects of his concept of the relationship between God and man. The first group emphasizes the manifestations of God in the external world. The second is concerned specifically with the relationship between God and man. And the third deals with Hopkins's period of desolation and despair. I shall demonstrate that, although these groups of poems appear to be different, there runs through all of them a single idea which binds them together and gives them a single purpose. This idea is that Christ is all important and must be worshipped. And the purpose in them is to worship and glorify Christ so that salvation may be gained.


identifier: Mills, Rosemary Suzanne Louise <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mills=3ARosemary_Suzanne_Louise=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Developmental changes in attention to redundant and irrelevant cues: the role of perceptual learning.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The experiment was designed to determine if attention to redundant and irrelevant information decreases during development, and whether perceptual learning may account for changes in attention to such information. -- The 180 subjects consisted of equal numbers of Grade one children. Grade four children, and adults, and equal numbers of males and females. All were administered a form-discrimination task. For an equal number of subjects in each age group, the relevant dimension was accompanied by an additional correlated cue (redundant condition), an additional uncorrelated cue (irrelevant condition), or no additional cue (nonredundant condition). In the redundant and irrelevant conditions, the learning task was followed by a post-test trial in which the cards were sorted on the basis of the additional cue rather than the previously-relevant form dimension. -- For Grade four children and adults, there were no differences between conditions in sorting times or errors over trials. While there was no difference between the redundant and nonredundant conditions in Grade one children, sorting times were significantly longer in the irrelevant condition, but primarily on the first few trials. Sorting time increased on the post-test trial relative to the last learning trial in both conditions, but only in Grade one children. Errors increased on the post-test trial only in the irrelevant condition, and primarily in Grade one children. -- The results were taken to indicate that attention to irrelevant cues decreases not only during development but also as a result of short-term perceptual learning. The failure to obtain a difference between the redundant and nonredundant conditions was discussed, and several variables warranting further research were indicated.