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RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES, DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES,
JUNE 12, 1934

Masters of Science

                                   

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Brown, Thomas Dickinson, B.S., University of Virginia.
Biology 
Charlottesville, Va. 
Thesis: Observations on the Morphology, Occurrence and Distribution
of Manodistomum occultum Stafford, with a discussion of the genus
manodi stomum. 
Brumfield, William Andrew, Jr., B.S., Virginia Polytechnic
Institute; M.D., University of Virginia.
Dermatology and Syphilology 
University, Va. 
Thesis: Psoriasis; with Special Reference to its Etiology. 
Cummings, Adison Gilmore, B.S., University of Virginia.
Education 
Bedford, Va. 
Thesis: A Survey of Certain Aspects of the Public School System of
Bedford County, Virginia. 
Daniel, Robert Howison, B.S. Com., University of Virginia.
Economics 
Charlottesville, Va. 
Thesis: Financial Analysis with Special Reference to the Studebaker
Corporation. 
Delman, Louis, B.S., College of the City of New York.
Psychology 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Thesis: Stimulus-Response Relations in the Newborn. 
Dennis, Wilbert Chalmer, B.S., University of Virginia.
Geology 
University, Va. 
Thesis: Igneous Rocks of the Valley of Virginia. 
Dollins, Elsie Mae, B.S. Ed., University of Virginia.
Biology 
Charlottesville, Va. 
Thesis: Excretory System of Diplodiscus Temperatus Stafford 1905. 
Dulaney, Ben Bane, B.S., University of Virginia. Rural
Social Economics
 
Washington, D. C. 
Thesis: A Statistical Study of American Leaders in Education. 
Gentry, Fenton Allen Sevier, B.S., University of Virginia.
Political Science 
Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Thesis: The Classification of Positions and Standardization of Pay in
the Virginia Municipal Service. 
Happel, Ralph, B.S., University of Virginia. English  Fredericksburg, Va. 
Thesis: Edward Lear, King of Nonsense. 
Jones, Juliet Armstrong, B.S., State Teachers College
of Farmville. Education 
Churchville, Va. 
Thesis: An Evaluation of Recent General Science Texts and Courses of
Study. 
Manne, Jack, B.S., University of Virginia. Sociology  New York, N. Y. 
Thesis: A Study of Feeblemindedness in a Closely Inbred Mountain
Family. 
Mustard, Robert Wall, B.S. Com., University of Virginia.
Economics 
Cismont, Va. 
Thesis: An Analysis of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad 1922-1929. 
Schor, Irving Murray, B.S., New York University.
Biology 
West New York, N. J. 
Thesis: Observations on the Cercariae Escaping from Pseudo-succinea
Columella.
 
Shelburne, Chester Claude, B.S. Ed., University of Virginia.
Education 
Christiansburg, Va. 
Thesis: A Plan of Instruction for the High Schools of Montgomery
County. 
Smith, Frances Crafton, B.S., Westhampton College.
Biology 
Scottsville, Va. 
Thesis: A Local Dalyellia, Tentatively Proposed as a New Species. 
Stoddard, David Farnham, B.S. Arch., University of
Virginia, Architecture 
New York, N. Y. 
Thesis: The Replanning of Certain Areas of Norfolk, Virginia. 
Strange, Louis Cleburne, B.S. Ed., University of Tennessee.
Geology 
Guthrie, Ky. 
Thesis: Geology of the Patuxent Sandstone of Northeastern Virginia. 
Thomas, Hugh Rogers, B.S., Hampden-Sydney College.
Chemistry 
Round Hill, Va. 
Thesis: A Study of the Colorimetric Determination of Gold. 
Tutwiler, Cameron Phillips, B.S., State Teachers College
of Harrisonburg. Education 
Gloucester, Va. 
Thesis: Study of Fifth Grade Pupils in Five Consolidated Schools of
Albemarle County. 
Winn, John Blanton, B.S., University of Virginia.
French 
Versailles, Ky. 
Thesis: General Marquis Calmes. 
Wolcott, Gordon Bloomfield, B.S. Biol., University of
Virginia. Biology 
Eatontown, N. J. 
Thesis: On the Cytology of Ipomoea. 

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Arey, Hiram Cecil, B.A., Bridgewater College. History  Bridgewater, Va. 
Thesis: The Public Career of Thomas Lewis. 
Belitt, Ben, B.A., University of Virginia. English  Lynchburg, Va. 
Thesis: Katherine Mansfield: An Inquiry into the Nature and Derivation
of her Art. 
Chenault, Marion Elizabeth,B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's
College. Latin 
Lynchburg, Va. 
Thesis: Vita Karoli of Einhard: A Study in Sources, Content and Diction. 
Cochran, Elizabeth Brooke, B.A., Wheaton College.
Sociology 
Staunton, Va. 
Thesis: Staunton, A Social and Statistical Analysis. 
Curtler, Martin Stuart, B.A., University of Virginia.
English 
Charlottesville, Va. 
Thesis: Lucian's Influence on the "Imaginary Voyage" in the Eighteenth
Century in England. 
Downey, Marvin, B.A., University of Virginia. Political
Science
 
Washington, D. C. 
Thesis: The Democratic Movement in Colonial Maryland. 
Gravely, William Henry, Jr., B.A., College of William
and Mary. English 
Martinsville, Va. 
Thesis: The Lunar Voyage in Literature from Lucian to Poe. 
Harwell, Marguerite Buchanan, B.A., Hollins College,
Physics 
Petersburg, Va. 
Thesis: A Study of an Imperfect Grating. 
Jenkins, Iredell, B.A., University of Virginia, Philosophy  Norfolk, Va. 
Thesis: A Study of Spinozistic Universals. 
Johnson, Henry Satterwhite, B.A., University of Richmond.
Education 
Hylas, Va. 
Thesis: A Study of Physical Education in the Rural Elementary Schools
of Virginia. 
Kerr, Mary Pinkerton, B.A., Sweet Briar College. Biology  Spartanburg, S. C. 
Thesis: Some Species of Earthworms found in Virginia and South
Carolina, with Notes on their Gregarine Sporozoa. 
Keyes, Raymond Stedman, Graduate of United States
Naval Academy. History 
San Diego, Calif. 
Thesis: Greece, The Great Powers, and the Great War. 
Kinney, Laurence Forman, B.A., Hampden-Sydney College;
B.D., Union Theological Seminary. Philosophy 
Charlottesville, Va. 
Thesis: Plato's Doctrine of Ideas as Exemplified in the Philebus. 
Langford, Gerald, B.A., University of Virginia. English  Savannah, Ga. 
Thesis: Cyril Tourneur and the Revenge Play. 
Martin, Caroline Pierce, B.A., George Washington University.
History 
Washington, D. C. 
Thesis: William Short, American Diplomat at Paris. 
Mason, William Leon, B.A., Randolph-Macon College.
Education 
Bloxom, Va. 
Thesis: A Study of the Status of Motion Pictures in Education. 
Raine, Peter Woodward Allen, B.A., Hampden-Sydney
College. Mathematics 
Richmond, Va. 
Thesis: A Vector Study of the Tetrahedron. 
Richardson, William Garland, B.A., University of Richmond.
German 
Richmond, Va. 
Thesis: A Preliminary Study of Mood and Tense Sequence in Modern
German Prose. 
Ritter, Eugene Kerfoot, B.A., University of Richmond.
Mathematics 
Bowling Green, Va. 
Thesis: The Brocard Configuration in Circular Coordinates. 
Rodman, George Bush, B.A., Centre College. English  Frankfort, Ky. 
Thesis: The Present-day Humanistic Attack upon the English Romantic
Poets of the Early Nineteenth Century. 
Spiker, Franklin Armstrong, B.A., University of Virginia.
History 
Strasburg, Va. 
Thesis: Thomas Jefferson as a Member of the Continental Congress,
1775-1776. 
Watson, George Carson, B.A., Randolph-Macon College.
Mathematics 
Danville, Va. 
Thesis: The 2-Parameter Family of Cubics of the Polar Isologue. 

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Armentrout, Mary Travers, B.S., State Teachers College
of Harrisonburg; M.S., University of Virginia.
History 
McGaheysville, Va. 
Dissertation: A Political Study of Virginia Finance 1781-1789. 
Barker, Robert Harvie, B.A., Furman University; M.A.,
Vanderbilt University. Sociology 
Danville, Va. 
Dissertation: A Social Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Charlottesville
and Albemarle County, Virginia. 
Berelson, Louis Julius, B.A., Whitman College; M.A.,
University of California. Latin 
Portland, Ore. 
Dissertation: Old Age in Ancient Rome. 
Bodé, Donald Denby, B.S., Southwestern Presbyterian
University; M.S., University of Virginia. Chemistry 
Memphis, Tenn. 
Dissertation: Soda Ash-Salt-Ammonia-Water under Pressure. 
Bradley, Charles Dunklin, B.S.E.E., Alabama Polytechnic
Institute; M.S., University of Virginia. Physics 
Anniston, Ala. 
Dissertation: Ion Distribution during the Initial Stages of Spark Discharge. 
Davis, Roy Bryan, B.S., Wake Forest College. Chemistry  Burgaw, N. C. 
Dissertation: A Study of the Saturated Cadmium Iodide-Silver Iodide
Cell. 
Gilbert, Chauncey McLean, B.S., Massachusetts Agricultural
College. Biology 
University, Va. 
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of Three New American Species of
the Genus Phaenocora with Especial Reference to their Reproductive
Organs and their Relationships with the other Described Forms of the
Genus. 
Gilmer, Beverly von Haller, B.S., King College; M.S.,
University of Virginia. Psychology 
Draper, Va. 
Dissertation: The Sensitivity of the Skin to Mechanical Vibrations. 
Hess, Margaret, B.S. Ed., M.S., University of Virginia.
Biology 
Richmond, Va. 
Dissertation: Edema and General Atrophy in Stenostomum Oesophagium
Associated with Atrophy of the Protonephridium. 
Hodge, Ruth Patrick, B.S., Coker College; M.S., University
of Virginia. Biology 
Kansas City, Mo. 
Dissertation: A Taxonomic and Distributional Study of Some Diatoms
from Siam and the Federated Malay States. 
Hootman, James Albert, B.S., Randolph-Macon College;
M.S., Mississippi A. and M. College. Physics 
Ashland, Va. 
Dissertation: Kerr's Law at High Field Strengths. 
Hunsberger, George Ephraim, B.A., M.A., Oberlin College.
Economics 
Wadsworth, Ohio 
Dissertation: The Development of Tariff Policy in the Republican Party. 
Husted, Ladley, B.A., Oberlin College. Biology  University, Va. 
Dissertation: Genetic and Cytological Studies on the Peanut, Arachis. 
Justice, John Lyttleton, B.S., University of Virginia.
Chemistry 
University, Va. 
Dissertation: Equilibria in the Reduction of Certain Metallic Oxides by
Carbon Monoxide. 
Lytton, Marion Randolph, B.S., Pennsylvania State College.
Chemistry 
Norristown, Penna. 
Dissertation: A Study of the Oxidation-Reduction Potentials of Some
Aryl Nitroso Compounds. 
Marshall, Alpheus Royall, B.A., Lynchburg College;
M.A., University of Virginia. Economics 
Chatham, Va. 
Dissertation: The Federal Government and Labor Legislation. 
Nelson, James Cecil, B.A., University of Washington;
M.A., Ohio State University. Economics 
Bickleton, Wash. 
Dissertation: The Extent and Status of Motor Transport Regulation in
the United States. 
Orens, Irving Peary, B.S., University of Virginia; M.A.,
Columbia University. Philosophy 
Long Beach, N. Y. 
Dissertation: Foundations of Inductive Geometry. 
Palmer, Fred Shank, B.S. Chem., University of Virginia.
Chemistry 
Middletown, Md. 
Dissertation: A Study of the Reduction of Conjugated Systems with
Particular Reference to the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Dibenzoylethylene
and Related Unsaturated 1,4-Diketones. 
Quarles, Gilford Godfrey, B.S.E., M.S., University of
Virginia. Physics 
Charlottesville, Va. 
Dissertation: The Dispersion of the Electro-Optical Kerr Effect in
Carbon Dioxide. 
Ryan, Lee Winfree, B.S., M.S., University of Virginia.
French 
Lynchburg, Va. 
Dissertation: French Travelers in America between 1775 and 1800 with
Special Reference to the Southern States. 
Silvette, Herbert, B.S., M.S., University of Virginia.
Physiology 
University, Va. 
Dissertation: Chloride and Water Metabolism in Adrenal Insufficiency. 
Smith, Dudley Cozby, B.S., Charleston College; M.S.,
Union College. Chemistry 
Meggett, S. C. 
Dissertation: Absorption and Electrode Potential. 
Stump, Alexander Bell, B.S., M.S., University of Virginia.
Biology 
Edgewood, Md. 
Dissertation: Observations on the Testacea. 
Threlkeld, William Logan, B.A., Georgetown College;
M.A., University of Virginia. Biology 
Blacksburg, Va. 
Dissertation: The Life History of Ostertagia circumcincta (Stadelman,
1894) Ransom, 1907. 
Volm, Matthew, Graduate from Gymnasium Sigmaringen
(Prussia). German 
Ivy, Va. 
Dissertation: Mörikes Balladen. Eine kritisch-analytische Untersuchung. 
Wilder, Frank Nahum, B.A., M.S., Emory University.
Chemistry 
Atlanta, Ga. 
Dissertation: Some Further Studies on Unsaturated 1,4-Diketones and
Related Substances. 
Wingfield, Robert Cornelius, Ph.B., University of Chicago;
M.A., University of Virginia. Psychology 
University, Va. 
Dissertation: An Experimental Study of the Apparent Persistence of
Auditory Sensations. 
Yuen, Kechee Chaoching, B.S., University of Nanking;
M.S., University of Virginia. Chemistry 
Shanghai, China 
Dissertation: Synthetic Studies in the Morphine Series.