University of Virginia Library

RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES, DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES,
JUNE 11, 1929

Masters of Science

                                                               

Aylor, Melvin Winfrey, B.S., University of Virginia. Mathematics	Aylor, Va.
Thesis: A Study of the Projective Invariants of Two Triangles.
Buford, Florence de Launay, B.S., University of Virginia. Political Science	Edgerton, Va.
Thesis: The Administrative Reorganization Movement in Virginia.
Dickerson, Laurence Major, B.S., College of William and Mary. Biology	Massaponax, Va.
Thesis: A New Variety of Harmostomum Opisthotrias from the North American Opossum, with a Discussion of its Possible Bearing on the Origin of its Host.
Echols, Robert Lewis Harrison, B.S., University of Virginia. Mathematics	University, Va.
Thesis: The Roots of Circulants and Application to the Roots of Polynomials.
Evans, Jack W., B.S., University of Virginia. English	Lynchburg, Va.
Thesis: The Theory and Method of Virginia Woolf.
Graham, James Montrose, Jr., B.S.E., University of Virginia. Chemistry	University, Va.
Thesis: Adsorption Measurements of Carbon Monoxide, Oxygen, and Hydrogen on a Platinum Black Catalyst.
Leckie, George Gaines, B.S., University of Virginia. Philosophy	Lynchburg, Va.
Thesis: The Eclecticism of Claude Buffier.
Lewis, Ruth Fretwell, B.S., State Teachers College of Harrisonburg. English	Cascade, Va.
Thesis: The Southern Mountaineer in Fiction.
MacLeod, Malcolm Lorimer, B.S., University of Virginia. English	University, Va.
Thesis: The Characters of Sir Thomas Overbury: An Edition, with Introduction and Notes.
Marshall, Frank, Jr., B.S., Lynchburg College. Economics	Chatham, Va.
Thesis: The Trade Between Canada and the United States.
Ryan, Lee Winfree, B.S., University of Virginia. French	Lynchburg, Va.
Thesis: Contemporary French Estimates of America.
Stevenson, Edward Carl, B.S.E., University of Virginia. Physics	Richmond, Va..
Thesis: A Direct Reading Instrument for the Reduction of Spectral Photographs.
Weaver, Montie Morton, B.S., Emory and Henry College. Mathematics	Lansing, N. C.
Thesis: The Companion to the Litnus. The Curve Whose Vectorial Angle is Proportional to the Square of the Arc Length. Application to the Railway Transition Curve.
Weeks, Joesph, B.S., University of Virginia. French	Manakin, Va.
Thesis: The French Novel Related in the First Person before 1800.
Whitaker, Thomas Wallace, B.S., University of California. Biology	Monrovia, Cal.
Thesis: Genetic and Cytological Studies in Cultivated Cucurbits.
White, Thomas Aubrey, B.S., University of Virginia. Chemistry	Wilmington, N. C.
Thesis: The Adsorption of Hydrogen by Nickel at Low Temperatures.

Masters of Arts

                                                                                                                       

Apperson, Cornelius Jones, B.A., University of Richmond. Education	Richmond, Va.
Thesis: The Secondary School Teachers of France, Germany, and the United States: A Comparison.
Bittinger, Morris Henry, B.A., Hampden-Sydney College. History	University, Va.
Thesis: The Attitude and Influence of Virginia in the Nullification Controversy of South Carolina, 1832-1833.
Bowling, Harry Melville, B.A., University of Richmond. Education	Massie's Mill, Va.
Thesis: A Survey of Spray Graded School.
Breland, Hazel Lee, B.A., Blue Mountain College. English	Coffeeville, Miss.
Thesis: The Negro in the Field of American Drama.
Cook, Allen Blow, Graduate United States Naval Academy. English	Norfolk, Va.
Thesis: The Sailor on the Boards, 1652-1692.
Drake, Mary Louise, B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College. English	Waynesboro, Va.
Thesis: The Character of Gawain from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Malory.
Ewing, Majl, B.A., University of the South. English	University, Va.
Thesis: The Dramas of Bulwer Lytton.
Flory, Walter S., Jr., B.A., Bridgewater College. Biology	Bridgewater, Va.
Thesis: The Histology of the Bursa Copulatrix of Gyratrix Hermaphroditus Hermaphroditus.
Garlick, Richard Cecil, Jr., B.A., Hampden-Sydney College. French	Richmond, Va.
Thesis: Some Letters of Philip Mazzei to Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Thomas Adams.
Hammond, Lewis Machen, B.A., University of Virginia. Philosophy	Culpeper, Va.
Thesis: The Common Sense Philosophy of Pere Buffier and Its Relation to Descartes.
Hankins, Amy Otley, B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College. History	Charlottesville, Va.
Thesis: The History of Prohibition in Alabama.
Harrison, Tinsley Carter, B.A., College of William and Mary. English	Hampton, Va.
Thesis: Chaucer's Mesure: A Study in Moderation.
Hartley, Dan Manville, B.A., Furman University. English	Barnwell, S. C.
Thesis: The Short Stories of William Gilmore Simms.
Holsinger, Earl Chester, B.A., Bridgewater College. History	Broadway, Va.
Thesis: The Struggle Between Henry IV and Gregory VII.
Irwin, Majorie Felice, B.A., Lynchburg College. Sociology	Normal, Ill.
Thesis: The Negro in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
Kohler, Dayton McCue, B.A., Gettysburg College. English	Wormleyburg, Pa.
Thesis: Stephen Crane: A Critical Study.
Lerner, Herman, B.A., University of Virginia. Economics	Orange, Va.
Thesis: Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Mort, James Richard, B.A., Emory and Henry College. Education	Bristol, Va.
Thesis: A Survey of the White Schools of Warwick County, Virginia.
Newton, Chauncey Wayland, B.A., University of Richmond. Education	Bluefield, Va.
Thesis: Comparison of the Relative Efficiency of Eleven-Year School Systems with Twelve-Year School Systems.
Oder, Charles Rollin Lorain, B.A., University of Virginia. Geology	Lynchburg, Va.
Thesis: The Geology of the Northcentral and the Northeastern Portions of the Harrisonburg Quadrangle, Virginia.
Pearson, Harry Marvin, B.A., Maryville College. Education	Woodbridge, Va.
Thesis: A Testing Program, Group VI, Fauquier County.
Reed, Martha Elizabeth, B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Latin	Blackstone, Va.
Thesis: De Ciceronis Numerosa Oratione—His Theory and Practice.
Showalter, Hiram Miller, B.A., Bridgewater College. Biology	Dale Enterprise, Va.
Thesis: The Reproductive Systems of the Turbellarian Gyratrix Hermaphroditus Hermaphroditus.
Sieg, Katherine Groseclose, B.A., Lenoir-Rhyne College. English	Churchville, Va.
Thesis: The Reality of the Women Characters in George Bernard Shaw's Plays.
Stinespring, William Franklin, B.A., University of Virginia. Biblical Literature	University, Va.
Thesis: Judgment Doctrines in Pre-Christian Eschatology.
Stirewalt, William Jacob, B.A., Lenoir-Rhyne College. English	New Market, Va.
Thesis: John Galsworthy: A Critic of Social Institutions.
Thompson, Mary Olivia, B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College. English	Bedford, Va.
Thesis: Character Types in Both Tarkington that Reflect American Life.
Threlkeld, William Logan, B.A., Georgetown College. Biology	University, Va.
Thesis: The Pathogenicity of Hydramoeba Hydroxena in Different Hydrogen Ion Concentrations.
Vaught, Ira Bolen, B.A., Roanoke College. Education	Morrison, Va.
Thesis: A Study of the Narrows School.
Waldron, Harry Morton, B.A., University of Richmond. English	Thaxton, Va.
Thesis: Epic Elements in Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts.

Doctors of Philosophy

                                           

Ewing, Majl, B.A., University of the South. English	University, Va.
Dissertation: The Dramas of Bulwer Lytton: A Study in the Early Victorian Stage.
Farrier, Paul Henry, B.A., Emory and Henry College; M.A., University of Virginia. English	Newport, Va.
Dissertation: A Critical Edition of Philip Massinger's The City Madam.
Hawk, Emory Quinter, B.A., Daleville College; M.A., University of Virginia. Economics	Bristol, Tenn.
Dissertation: The History of Taxation in Virginia from Colonial Times to the Adoption of the Underwood Constitution of 1902.
Jones, Lucy Thweatt, B.S., M.S., University of Virginia. English	Charlottesville, Va.
Dissertation: Use of the Episodic Story in the English Novel.
Larkin, Charles Rozier, B.A., M.A., University of Virginia. Physics	University, Va.
Dissertation: On the Electric Birefringence of Liquids.
Mason, Francis Claiborne, B.A., M.A., University of Virginia. M.A., Harvard University. English	Norfolk, Va.
Dissertation: A Study in Shelley Criticism: An Examination of the Principal Interpretations of Shelley's Art and Philosophy in England from 1818 to 1860.
Meade, Janet Hamilton, B.A., M.A., University of Virginia. Latin	University, Va.
Dissertation: Patriotism and Nationalism in Roman Literature.
Mote, John Hulon, B.S., M.S., University of Georgia. Chemistry	Monticello, Ga.
Dissertation: The Free Energy of Formation of Lead Monoxide from Electromotive Force Measurements.
Oglesby, Nicholas Ewing, B.A., M.A., University of Virginia. Chemistry	Draper, Va.
Dissertation: A Study of the Ternary System, Sodium Bicarbonate, Potassium Bicarbonate, and Water.
Snoddy, Leland Bradley, B.S., M.A., University of Kentucky. Physics	Lynchburg, Va.
Dissertation: The Time Rate of Fall of Potential in a Condensed Discharge.
Young, Whiting Faulkner, B.S., M.A., College of William and Mary. Chemistry	Hampton, Va.
Dissertation: The Synthesis of Water Vapor from Hydrogen and Oxygen in the Presence of Metallic Platinum.