University of Virginia Library

RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES, DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES,
JUNE 10, 1930

Masters of Science

                                                                       

Anderegg, Fred, B.S.Geol., University of Virginia. Geology	Grenoble, France.
Thesis: The Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Yorktown Formation of Virginia.
Armentrout, Aubrey Webster, B.A., University of Kentucky; M.D., Johns Hopkins University. Surgery	Linville, Va.
Thesis: Prolonged Direct Observation of Embolic and Thrombotic Phenomena in the Pial Vessels of the Living Animal.
Ayres, Henri Philip, B.S.Ed., University of Virginia. French	Brooklyn, N. Y.
Thesis: Papers and Relics of Claude Crozet: Knox Wilson Collection.
Barrett, William Clark, Jr., B.S.Biol., University of Virginia. Biology	Norfolk, Va.
Thesis: A Morphological and Cytological Study of Mascrostomum Appendiculatum (O. Frabricius).
Calcott, Doris Gay, B.S.Ed., University of Virginia. English	Charlottesville, Va.
Thesis: Nineteenth Century Criticism of Dickens.
Edmundson, Raymond Smith, B.S., University of Virginia. Geology	Winchester, Va.
Thesis: Geology of a Portion of the Covesville Quadrangle in the Vicinity of Red Hill, Virginia.
Hess, Margaret, B.S.Ed., University of Virginia. Biology	Drewry's Bluff, Va.
Thesis: Observations upon Stenostomum Oesophagium.
Leap, William Lester, B.S., Washington and Lee University. Sociology	University, Va.
Thesis: The Red Hill Community, A Study of Four Negro Neighborhoods.
Massie, John Henry, Jr., B.S.Com., University of Virginia.. Economics	Edinburg, Va.
Thesis: Developments in the Taxation of National Banks—1915-1929.
Palmer, Susie Chilton, B.S.Ed., University of Virginia. History	Kilmarnock, Va.
Thesis: The Development of Virginia Highways.
Rhodes, Varina Moore. B.S.Ed., University of Virginia. Sociology	University, Va.
Thesis: A Sociological Study of the Privileged Families of Piedmont Virginia with Particular Emphasis on the County of Albemarle.
Rodgers, Elise Anderson, B.S., State Teachers College of Farmville. History	Farmville, Va.
Thesis: The Foundation and Early History of the Medical School of the University of Virginia (to 1840).
Sadler, Vergilia Pendleton, B.S., State Teachers College of Harrisonburg. English	Buckingham, Va.
Thesis: Joseph Warton, a Pioneer in Romanticism—A Biographical and Critical Study.
Shearer, Lucy Dabney, B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Biochemistry	Lynchburg, Va.
Thesis: The Effect of Starvation on the Creatine, Nitrogen, Ash, Fat and Total Solids of the White Rat.
Smith, Cecil Douglas, B.Bus.Adm., University of Texas. Economics	Houston, Tex.
Thesis: Regulation of the Investment Trust in the United States.
Stewart, John Thomas, Jr., B.S.Ed., University of Virginia. Biology	Portsmouth, Va.
Thesis: Observations on Aelurostrongylus Abstrusus from the Lung of the Cat.
Street, Jabez Curry, B.S.E., Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Physics	University, Va.
Thesis: The Time Element in the Initiation of Electrical Discharges in Gases.
Wade, Thomas Leonard, Jr., B.S., University of Virginia. Mathematics	Axton, Va.
Thesis: A Direct Analytical Proof of Pascal's Theorem and Related Theorems.

Masters of Arts

                                                                                                                                   

Atwood, Elmer Bagby, B.A., Simmons University. English	Abilene, Tex.
Thesis: A Survey of Byron Criticism in France.
Banks, William Gerard, Jr., B.A., Centenary College. Physics	Shreveport, La.
Thesis: Investigations on the Faraday Effect.
Baugh, Harvey Francis, III, B.A., Texas Christian University. English	Rogers, Tex.
Thesis: The Placement of the Creoles of Louisiana in American Literature through the Novels and Short Stories of George Washington Cable, Kate Chopin, and Grace Elizabeth King.
Biklé, George Brown, B.A., Gettysburg College. English	Chambersburg, Pa.
Thesis: Castle Rackrent, the First Modern Novel.
Bozard, John Fallow, B.A., Furman University. English	Orangeburg, S. C.
Thesis: The Point of View of the Novels of Joseph Conrad.
Bruin, Mackall Rust, Jr., B.A., Washington and Lee University. Education	Boydton, Va.
Thesis: The Activities Period in the High School Program.
Caldwell, Laura Joseph, B.A., University of Virginia. Latin	Fishersville, Va.
Thesis: A Study of Tacitus' Expressions of Personal Opinions in Histories and Annals.
Carson, Louise Rebekah, B.A., Flora Macdonald College. English	Pulaski, Va.
Thesis: The Historical and Spiritual Origins of Browning's Pompilia.
Cornette, James Percival, B.A., Kentucky Wesleyan College. English	Winchester, Ky.
Thesis: The Puritan Attack on the Stage.
Dawe, William Howard, B.A., Wittenberg College. English	Wauwatosa, Wis.
Thesis: The Tavern in the Elizabethan Drama.
Dick, Leonora Brand, B.A., Winthrop College. English	Dalzell, S. C.
Thesis: Evidences of Classicism in Jane Austen.
Dietrich, Eugene August, Jr., B.A., University of Virginia. Economics	Roxbury, Va.
Thesis: The Regulation of Collateral Trust Mortgage Bonds.
Gagge, Adolf Pharo, B.A., University of Virginia. Physics	Richmond, Va.
Thesis: Accidental Errors in Gratings.
Hilker, Ralph John, B.A., Lawrence College. Education	Asheboro, N. C.
Thesis: A Survey of the Asheboro City School.
Jewell, Almira Elizabeth, B.A., Maryville College. History	Maryville, Tenn.
Thesis: The Prohibition Movement in Tennessee.
Johnson, Ralph Poole, B.A., University of Richmond. Physics	Greensboro, N. C.
Thesis: Thermostatic Control of a Large Grating Spectrograph.
McIntosh, Clifton Brooke, B.A., Duke University. French	Norfolk, Va.
Thesis: The Role of Nature in the Novels of José María de Pereda.
McLendon, William Porter, B.A., Birmingham-Southern College. Economics	Birmingham, Ala.
Thesis: Economic Aspects of the Shenandoah Park Project.
Marshall, Ruby Bannon, B.A., Lynchburg College. Education	Long Island, Va.
Thesis: Units of Teaching in Literature for the First Year High School.
Meade, Mary Edmunds, B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Mathematics	Danville, Va.
Thesis: A Study of the Conics which are the Isogonal Conjugates of Straight Lines.
Miller, Edwin DeWitt, B.A., Bridgewater College. Biology	Bridgewater, Va.
Thesis: Reappropriation of Cytoplasmic Fragments: I. In Different Concentrations of Hydrogen-ions, and II. Under the Influence of the Electric Current.
Nelson, Lewis Porter, Jr., B.A., Virginia Military Institute. Economics	Culpeper, Va.
Thesis: The American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Parkins, Virginia, B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Sociology	Staunton, Va.
Thesis: The Origin and Development of Presbyterianism in Augusta County.
Richey, Homer Gilmer, B.A., University of Virginia. Philosophy	Charlottesville, Va.
Thesis: Locke's Treatment of the Primary and Secondary Qualities and its Relation to the British Empirical Tradition.
Sater, Elsye Tash, B.A., Augustana College. English	Rock Island, Ill.
Thesis: Browning's Use of Nature.
Schilling, Lucile Valzaine, B.A., Blue Mountain College. English	Blue Mountain, Miss.
Thesis: A Study of the Working Class in the Prose Works of George Eliot and Thomas Hardy.
Slaughter, Jane Chapman, B.A., M.A., College of William and Mary. French	University, Va.
Thesis: Seventeenth Century Virginia as Seen by a Frenchman.
Smith, Newell Hart, B.A., Park College. Physics	Gallatin, Mo.
Thesis: Some Experiments with a High Frequency Oscillator.
Tilghman, Tench Francis, Jr., B.A., University of Virginia. English	Annapolis, Md.
Thesis: The Plays of Samuel Foote.
Vaughan, William Andrew, B.A., University of Richmond. Education	Bowling Green, Va.
Thesis: A Survey of Certain Aspects of the Public School System of Caroline County, Virginia.
Willard, Josiah James, Jr., B.A., Davidson College. Political Science	Hickory, N. C.
Thesis: John C. Calhoun and the Unity of Sovereignty.
Wingfield, Robert Cornelius, Ph.B., University of Chicago. Education	University, Va.
Thesis: An Experimental Study for the Determination of the Relative Efficiency of Instruction in Large and Small Classes of Elementary Algebra.
Wood, Alvin Graydon, B.A., University of Virginia. Psychology	Altavista, Va.
Thesis: A Quantitative Account of the Course of Auditory Fatigue.

Doctors of Philosophy

                                                                               

Bell, Richmond Thomas McGregor, B.S., University of Wisconsin. Chemistry	Milwaukee, Wis.
Dissertation: The Catalytic Combination of Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen in the Presence of Metallic Silver.
Bowman, Paul William, B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., George Washington University. Biology	Collingdale, Pa.
Dissertation: Study of a Peat Bog near the Matamek River, Quebec, Canada, by the Method of Pollen Analysis.
Burch, Paul Randolph, B.S., Randolph-Macon College; M.S., University of Virginia. Biology	East Radford, Va.
Dissertation: The Effect on the Division Rates of Arcella Vulgaris and Arcella Rotundata, (1) Of the Injury Caused by the Excision of Cytoplasm: (2) Of the Loss of Cytoplasm: and (3) Of the Gain of Cytoplasm.
Campbell, Archer Stuart, B.S., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., University of Virginia. Economics	Lynchburg, Va.
Dissertation: American Export Trade and Exporting Methods.
Carter, Lucian Hugh, B.A., Emory and Henry College; M.A., University of Virginia. Economics	Gate City, Va.
Dissertation: History of Railway Labor Legislation.
Carus, Clayton Douglas, B.A., M.A., Leland Stanford University. Economics	Los Angeles, Cal.
Dissertation: Some Minor Commodities of the American Tropics.
Cunningham, George Lewis, B.A., University of South Carolina. Chemistry	Greer, S. C.
Dissertation: Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics—The Thermal Decomposition of Silver Oxalate.
Dickerson, Laurence Major, B.S., College of William and Mary; M.S., University of Virginia. Biology	Massaponax, Va.
Dissertation: The Inheritance of Purple Pods in Peas (Pisum).
Echols, Robert Lewis Harrison, B.S., M.S., University of Virginia. Mathematics	University, Va.
Dissertation: A Correspondence in Geometry and Some Properties of Pseudo-Homochrial and Pseudo-Heterochrial Configurations.
Green, Adwin Wigfall, B.A., College of William and Mary; L.L.B., Georgetown University; M.A., University of Virginia. English	Arlington, Va.
Dissertation: Entertainment at the Inns of Court During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
Hayden, Horace Edwin, Jr., B.A., Princeton University; M.A., University of Virginia. Biology	Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Dissertation: The Calyptorhynchian Flatworms of Albemarle County, Virginia.
Jones, Edmund Ruffin, Jr., B.S.Biol., B.A., M.A., University of Virginia. Biology	Norfolk, Va.
Dissertation: The Intranuclear Deutoplasm, and the Origin of Gametes in Prorhynchus Applanatus Kennel.
McConnell, Carl Hiram, B.S., Lynchburg College; M.S., University of Virginia. Biology	East Radford, Va.
Dissertation: A Detailed Study of the Endoderm of Hydra.
Martinez y Quintana, Fernando, B.S., Oglethorpe University; M.S., University of Virginia. Spanish	Campo de Caso, Spain
Dissertation: Cervantes, su Teatro y sus Criticos.
Miller, Joseph Roddey, Jr., B.A., Eskine College; M.A., University of Virginia. English	Rock Hill, S. C.
Dissertation: John R. Thompson: His Place in Southern Life and Literature. A Critical Biography.
Robeson, John Maxwell, Jr., B.S., M.S., University of Virginia. Biology	University, Va.
Dissertation: The Macro- and Microscopic Anatomy of Dalyellia Triangulata, nov. sp.
Selden, Robert Francis, B.S.E., University of Virginia. Chemistry	Hampton, Va.
Dissertation: The Free Energies and Heats of Formation of the Tetrahydrate and Monohydrate of Cadmium Bromide, and their Temperature of Transition.
Thacker, Carlisle Monroe, B.S., The Citadel. Chemistry	St. Matthews, S. C.
Dissertation: The Catalytic Reduction of Nitrous Oxide with Hydrogen in the Presence of Metallic Silver.
Workman, Everly John, B.S., Whitman College. Physics	University, Va.
Dissertation: A New Method of Measuring the Variation of the Specific Heats (Cp) of Gases with Pressure.
Wright, Charles Conrad, B.A., Bridgewater College; M.A., Columbia University. Economics	Bridgewater, Va.
Dissertation: The Development of Railroad Transportation in Virginia.