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RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES, DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE
STUDIES, JUNE 14, 1932

Masters of Science

                                                                                                           

Blanco, Ada Antonia, B.S., State Teachers College of East Radford. Biology	Charlottesville, Va.
Thesis: Embryological Studies on Solanum Torvum Sw. I Megasporogenesis.
Carbone, Edward, B.S., University of Richmond. Economics	West Haven, Conn.
Thesis: The Banca D'Italia and the Stabilization of the Lira.
Church, Randolph Warner, B.S., University of Virginia. English	Lynchburg, Va.
Thesis: The Alcoholism and Opiumism of Edgar A. Poe.
Farquhar, David, B.S., University of Virginia. French	New York, N. Y.
Thesis: The Letters of Jean Nicholas Nicollet.
Fifer, Carson Lee, B.A., Bridgewater College; M.D., University of Virginia. Surgical Pathology	Wyoming, Del.
Thesis: Studies of the Mammary Gland of the Rabbit.
Gilmer, Beverly von Haller, B.S., King College. Psychology	Draper, Va.
Thesis: A Cinema Analysis of Certain Spontaneous Reactions Found in Newborn Infants.
Gwathmey, Edward Smith, B.S., University of Virginia. Physics	Norfolk, Va.
Thesis: An Intensity Formula for Scattered X-Rays.
Haden, Clara Shepherd, B.S. Ed., University of Virginia. English	Charlottesville, Va.
Thesis: Ben Jonson's Major Comedies as a Cross-Section of Contemporary London Life.
Harris, Victor Irvin, B.S., University of Virginia. English	Newport News, Va.
Thesis: Thackeray in America.
Howard, Frank Leland, B.S. Com., University of Kentucky. Economics	Hodgenville, Ky.
Thesis: Hours of Labor in the Southern States.
Jessup, Philip Samuel, B.S., University of Virginia. Economics	Charlottesville, Va.
Thesis: The Legal Status of Southern Railway Noncumulative Preferred Stock.
Kinard, Fredrick William, B.S., Clemson College. Biochemistry	Leesville, S. C.
Thesis: The Relationship between Muscle Creatine and Creatinine Coefficient.
Lankford, Francis Greenfield, Jr., B.S., Randolph-Macon College. Education	Morattico, Va.
Thesis: Secondary Education in Lancaster and Northumberland Counties 1645-1932.
Lightfoot, Robert Mitchell, Jr., B.S., North Carolina College. Sociology	Raleigh, N. C.
Thesis: A Study of Police Records of Negro Offenders in Charlottesville, Virginia, from 1927-1931.
McCue, John Cyrus, Jr., B.S. Com., University of Virginia. Economics	Staunton, Va.
Thesis: The Clayton Anti-Trust Act and Its Effects on Organized Labor.
McEwen, Alfred Buffin, B.S., University of Virginia. English	Richmond, Va.
Thesis: Frank Richard Stockton—Author.
Meriwether, Lodwick Sterritt, B.A., Washington and Lee University; B.S., M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute; M.D., University of Virginia. Psychiatry	Lynchburg, Va.
Thesis: An Experimental Study of Cerebral Fat Embolism with Special Reference to the Reaction of the Glia.
Moir, William Maryon, B.A., Roanoke College. Pharmacology	Roanoke, Va.
Thesis: A Study of the Action of Thallium on the Heart.
Morris, David Eugene, B.S., University of Illinois. Chemistry	Kansas City, Mo.
Thesis: Desoxymorphine Studies.
Peck, Mary Esther, B.S., State Teachers College of Farmville. History	Farmville, Va.
Thesis: Nominating the President.
Porter, James Melville, Jr., B.S., University of Virginia. Psychology	New Orleans, La.
Thesis: Galvanic Skin Reactions in Epileptics.
Silvette, Herbert, B.S., University of Virginia. Physiology	University, Va.
Thesis: The Influence of Cortico-Adrenal Extract on the Carbohydrate Cycle, with Special Reference to Its Effect on Glycolysis in Vitro.
Stiff, Malcolm Watkins, B.S., Roanoke College. Biology	Roanoke, Va.
Thesis: The Reproductive System of Macrostomum Tuba and the Formation of Its Egg.
Taylor, Lucy Ann Gilmer, B.S., College of William and Mary. Biology	Richmond, Va.
Thesis: The Inheritance of Height in Pisum Sativum.
Trotter, Herbert, Jr., B.S., Hampden-Sydney College. Physics	Woodstock, Va.
Thesis: The Kerr Effect of Nitrobenzene as a Function of Temperature
Wimbrow, Vernon Augustus, B.S., University of Virginia. Political Science	Oak Hall, Va.
Thesis: The President's Unlimited Removal Power and Its Consequences.
Worth, Ruth, B.A., Agnes Scott College. Histology	Kiangyin, China
Thesis: The Blood and Blood-forming Organs of Certain Local Chroptera.

Masters of Arts

                                                                                                           

Barrell, Charles Alden, B.A., Hampden-Sydney College. Political Science	Buckingham, Va.
Thesis: Responsible National Government.
Bell, Mary Hamill, B.A., College of William and Mary. French	Roanoke, Va.
Thesis: Children in the Novels and Short Stories of Alphonse Daudet.
Brehme, Katherine Suydam, B.A., Barnard College. Biology	New York, N. Y.
Thesis: An Investigation of the Question of Cytoplasmic Fusion in Amoeba Proteus.
Bryan, Hilah Frances, B.A., Smith College. Biology	Proffit, Va.
Thesis: Some Studies on Variation in the Saprolegniaceae.
Caffee, Nathaniel Montier, B.A., College of William and Mary. English	Norfolk, Va.
Thesis: Thomas Love Peacock, A Satirical Novelist.
Cale, Edward Graham, B.A., University of Richmond. Economics	Miller School, Va.
Thesis: England's Abandonment of the Gold Standard in 1931.
Colonna, Edward Angelo, B.A., University of Virginia. French	Newport News, Va.
Thesis: Some Letters of Pavel Aleksievich de Krudener to Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler.
Dix, William Shepherd, Jr., B.A., University of Virginia. English	Berryville, Va.
Thesis: The Gothic Element in the Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
Forsyth, King Logan, B.A., University of Virginia. French	Esmont, Va.
Thesis: Quesnay de Beaurepaire's Project for an Academy of Science and Fine Arts at Richmond in Virginia.
Gardner, Malcolm Everett, B.A., Marietta College. History	Hamburg, Ark.
Thesis: The Projected Attack of George Rogers Clark and Citizen Genet against Spanish Louisiana, 1793-1794.
Gibson, Robert Fisher, Jr., B.A., Trinity College. History	Charlottesville, Va.
Thesis: The Military Career of General James Wilkinson.
Godsey, Patty Lynn, B.A., Hollins College. Economics	Bristol, Va.
Thesis: The Legal Status of Women in Industry in Virginia.
Henricksen, Gerhard Chester, B.A., University of Richmond. Economics	Richmond, Va.
Thesis: Protective Features of Preferred Stock.
Hillman, Lesslie Wise, B.A., Emory and Henry College. Education	Coeburn, Va.
Thesis: A Study of Secondary Education in Wise County.
Matthews, John Carter, B.A., Davidson College. History	Lumberton, N. C.
Thesis: The Conway Cabal.
Miller, Lester Paul, B.A., Bridgewater College. French	Moore's Store, Va.
Thesis: The Attitude of the Courrier des Etats-Unis toward Abraham Lincoln.
Norfleet, Robert Fillmore, B.A., LL.B., Washington and Lee University. French	Suffolk, Va.
Thesis: Saint-Mémin, His Life and His Virginia Portraits.
O Keeffe, John Jeter, B.A., Emory and Henry College. Economics	Tazewell, Va.
Thesis: Open-Price Associations.
Phillips, Clayton Beverly, B.A., College of William and Mary. Education	Hickory, Va.
Thesis: Education in Virginia under Superintendent Richard Ratcliffe Farr, 1882-1886.
Printz, Massey Leonard, B.A., Washington and Lee University. Philosophy	Luray, Va.
Thesis: Berkeley's Immaterialistic Phenomenalism.
Reynolds, Hezzie Washington, B.A., Emory and Henry College. Education	Newport, Va.
Thesis: A Study of Secondary Education in Bland County.
Rice, Mildred Sherrill, B.A., University of North Carolina. Education	Indian Head, Md.
Thesis: A Social Program for Lackey High School, Indian Head, Maryland.
Smith, John Joseph, B.A., Birmingham-Southern College. Economics	Birmingham, Ala.
Thesis: The Power of an Equity Court to Compel the Declaration of Dividends.
Tabb, Mary Lee, B.A., University of Virginia. Latin	Gloucester, Va.
Thesis: Incerti Auctoris de Constantino Magno Eiusque Matre Helena Libellus: A Critical Study.
Tennis, LeGrand, B.A., College of William and Mary. French	Phoebus, Va.
Thesis: The Status of Le Mémoire pour les Républiques Equinoxiales.
Varner, John Grier, Jr., B.A., Austin College. English	University, Va.
Thesis: Poe and Mrs. Whitman: A Study of the Documents of Sarah Helen Whitman.
Womer, Henry Frain, B.A., University of Virginia. Political Science	Johnstown, Penna.
Thesis: The Natural Law Doctrine in the Medieval State and Chur Controversy.

Doctors of Philosophy

                                                               

Atwood, Elmer Bagby, B.A., Simmons University; M.A., University of Virginia. English	University, Va.
Dissertation: English Versions of the Historia Trojana.
Biscoe, Alvin Blocksom, B.A., Dickinson College; M.A., Duke University. Economics	Lewisburg, Penna.
Dissertation: State Subsidies in Theory and Practice with Special Reference to Virginia.
Carter, Jeannette Seeds, B.S.Ed., M.S., University of Virginia. Biology	University, Va.
Dissertation: The Reaction of Stenostomum to Vital Staining.
deGruchy, John Allan Garfield, B.A., University of British Columbia; M.A., McGill University. Economics	Vancouver, B. C.
Dissertation: The Supervision and Control of State Banks in Virginia.
Drake, Leonard Chapman, B.A., Oglethorpe University. Chemistry	Buford, Ga.
Dissertation: Adsorption and Reaction in the System Silver-Oxygen.
Eastwood, Andrew Jackson, B.A., University of Richmond; M.A., University of Virginia. Economics	Wellville, Va.
Dissertation: A History of the Virginian Railway Company.
Hammond, Lewis Machen, B.A., M.A., University of Virginia. Philosophy	Culpeper, Va.
Dissertation: Leibniz' Logical Analysis of Substance.
Kiracofe, Edgar Stuart, B.A., Bridgewater College; M.A., University of Virginia. Education	Bridgewater, Va.
Dissertation: An Historical Study of Athletics and Physical Education in the Standard Four-Year Colleges of Virginia.
Lyman, Dean Belden, Jr., B.A., University of the South; M.A., New York University. English	New Haven, Conn.
Dissertation: A Critical Biography of Thomas Fuller.
McIntosh, Clifton Brooke, B.A., Duke University; M.A., University of Virginia. Spanish	Norfolk, Va.
Dissertation: Aves Sin Nido and the Beginning of Indianismo.
Phippins, Calvin Hall, B.A., University of Richmond; M.A., University of Virginia. Education	Fork Union, Va.
Dissertation: Legislation Affecting Secondary Education in Virginia from 1619 to 1845.
Podtiaguine, Michael, E.E., University of Grenoble. Physics	University, Va.
Dissertation: Luminous Propagation in Discharge Tubes.
Showalter, Hiram Miller, B.A., Bridgewater College; M.A., University of Virginia. Biology	Dale Enterprise, Va.
Dissertation: Genetic and Cytological Studies on Mirabilis Species and Hybrids. I. Cytological Studies. II. Genetic Studies.
Smith, George Wellington, B.A., M.A., Gettysburg College. English	Mifflintown, Penna.
Dissertation: The Prose Satire of Thomas Nashe.
Taylor, Robert Joseph, B.A., Mississippi College. Chemistry	Louisville, Miss.
Dissertation: Studies on Methyl and Dimethyl Unsaturated 1, 4-Dicarbonyl Compounds.
Thomas, Herman Pollard, B.A., University of Richmond; M.A., University of Virginia. Economics	Richmond, Va.
Dissertation: Group Banking in the Northwest.