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RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES, DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES,
AUGUST 31, 1928

Masters of Science

                   
Aull, George Hubert, B.S., Clemson College (Economics)  Clemson College, S. C. 
Thesis: A Study of Marriage and Divorce in Country and City. 
Crawley, Alice, B.S., University of Virginia (Education)  Prospect, Va. 
Thesis: Organization of the Material of Instruction in American History
in Secondary Schools. 
Griffin, Lloyd Harold, B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
(Education) 
Portsmouth, Va. 
Thesis: The Scientific Teaching of Reading in Rural Elementary Schools. 
Honaker, Ethel, B.S., University of Virginia (Education)  Wytheville, Va. 
Thesis: A Testing Program for High Schools. 
Nichols, Mary, B.S., State Teachers' College of Farmville
(Education) 
Roanoke, Va. 
Thesis: An English Syllabus for the Junior High School Teachers' Use. 

Masters of Arts

                           

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Alvey, Edward, Jr., B.A., University of Virginia (Education)  Richmond, Va. 
Thesis: Do Educational Gains, as Measured by Standardized Tests, Testify
Ability Grouping in English? 
Barton, Mary Aurelia, B.A., Mary Baldwin College
(English) 
Raphine, Va. 
Thesis: The Growth of Realism in the Southern Novel Since the Civil
War to 1928. 
Boitnott, John Wesley, B.A., Bridgewater College (Education)  Bridgewater, Va. 
Thesis: The Turnover of Principals in the Rural Accredited High Schools
of Virginia. 
DeShazo, Benjamin Willard, B.A., Wake Forest College
(Education) 
Danville, Va. 
Thesis: The History and the Present Status of the Platoon System of Schools
in the United States. 
Farlowe, Vivian, B.A., Western Maryland College
(Biology) 
New Church, Va. 
Thesis: Algae of Ponds as Determined by an Examination of the Intestinal
Contents of Tadpoles. 
Gwin, Howell Holmes, B.A., University of Virginia
(English) 
Atlanta, Ga. 
Thesis: The Influence on Keats of Spencer, Milton and Shakespeare. 
Holt, John Gordon, B.A., Furman University (Education)  Tipton, Ga. 
Thesis: A Comparative Study of the Fourth Grade in the Schools of Tift
County, Georgia. 
Leake, Jessie Palfrey, B.A., University of Alabama
(English) 
Staunton, Va. 
Thesis: A Critic Among Critics: Macaulay and His Contemporaries. 
Phippins, Calvin Hall, B.A., University of Richmond
(Education) 
Fork Union, Va. 
Thesis: A Comparative Survey of the Public and Private Secondary Schools
of the State of Virginia. 
Sizer, Miriam McKnight, B.A., College of William and
Mary (English) 
Rhodesville, Va. 
Thesis: Winston Churchill as a Novelist of Reform. 
Wailes, Bertha Pfister, B.A., Sweet Briar College
(Sociology) 
Sweet Briar, Va. 
Thesis: Backward Virginians: A Further Study of the Win Tribe. 
Wildman, James Rowland, B.A., University of North
Carolina (Education) 
Wytheville, Va. 
Thesis: A School Survey of Wytheville and Wytheville District. 
Wolfe, John Bascom, B.A., Emory and Henry College
(Education) 
Dryden, Va. 
Thesis: Intramural Athletics in the High School. 

SUMMARY OF GRADUATE DEGREES—1928

         
June  August 
Masters of Science  18 
Masters of Art  24  13 
Doctors of Philosophy  10 
52  18