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Item A theater arts center for Bozeman, Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Professional Schools, 1969) Brenner, Charles F.In consideration of the disadvantages of a poor location and also the fact that the Loft Theater has had many successful summer theater performances, a new theater may be built for permanent housing. The theater will remain small and intimate, for this is one of the real attractions of this theater. It must however, satisfy the conditions that the present theater does not. The new theater must contain good lighting facilities, it must have good sound control, and it must be located so as to be a good advertisement of itself. The live theater in Bozeman does not play each weekend or even every month of the year. When it is playing, it holds only a very few performances. The winter theater has only three performances each week. To heat and operate a building for these few performances costs money. In an attempt to balance these costs and also to boost the financial standing, two other functions will be designed into the building. The theater will also be a place for movies and a place for display of art.Item A city administration building for Helena, Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Professional Schools, 1969) Brown, James BradfordI propose that the City of Helena, in conjunction with the Model Cities program, (a federally funded program to reconstruct and renew decadent or decaying towns), build a new City Administrative Building ideally located to serve the expansion of Helena efficiently, and large enough to house the added personnel needed to administer the growing city. The proposed building would be designed to house the city offices, police department, city jail, and the fire department. Some of the Lewis and Clark County offices will also be included in this proposal.Item A printing plant for Bozeman, Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Professional Schools, 1968) Ellig, William D.In 1950 Bob and Harry Duntsch opened the Artcraft Printing plant in its present building at 241 East Main Street. When they first opened their shop they produced a weekly newspaper and they also did commercial printing. Several years later the Duntsch brothers sold the weekly newspaper to the Gallatin County Tribune. Since then Artcraft Printers have done only commercial printing. In 1962 Bob Graff joined the firm as a partner. In 1968 Harry Duntsch sold his share of the business to Bob Graff and Bob Duntsch. At the present, the firm has twenty-eight employees. A lack of floor space is the basic condition creating a need for a new building for Artcraft Printers, in Bozeman, Montana.Item A survey of organization and practice in several semi-nongraded school systems(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, 1967) Owens, Olive V.The purpose of this study was to obtain first-hand information concerning the organization and administration of nongraded school systems. Five semi-nongraded or nongraded schools were visited. Principals, personnel and parents were interviewed. Principals of the five schools also responded to a written inquiry. In addition, representatives of two schools not visited granted interviews and completed the written inquiry. All schools approached cooperated. Some similarities in operation and administration were evident: 1. All of the schools responding were organized on a 'levels' plan for reading skills. 2. Initial ungrading began with some or all of the primary years. 3. Thorough orientation of staff and community was deemed highly important. 4. Lack of appropriate materials was a limiting factor. 5. More funds for equipment, materials and additional personnel were needed. 6. Each school devised its own reporting plan. Operation and administration varied in these respects: 1. Bases for evaluation of pupil progress (teacher judgement, reading tests based on textbook, and/or general achievement). 2. Plans for reporting to parents (conference, card, anecdotal, and/or combinations of two or more). 3. Number of levels for each year's work (from four per year to as many as seven). 4. Financial support of initial innovation (district or foundation). 5. Source of instigation for the plan (administration or teacher-administration group). 6. Organization of groups within classes (by achievement and/or interest). 7. Basis for assignment to classrooms (achievement, age, personality). 8. Extent of curriculum and years which were ungraded at first and currently (only reading in one or more primary grades to all areas in entire school). There appeared to be no one 'best' plan for implementing a nongraded school. There was only a consensus of philosophy. Administrators, staff and parents were generally enthusiastic about the plan. There was a lack of objective evaluation, even in the schools which had operated the plan the longest number of years.Item A comparison of the achievement test scores in the intermediate grades in a school using performance grouping and a school using heterogeneous grouping(Montana State College, Division of Education, 1961) Burton, Priscilla J.The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not a form of ability grouping known as performance grouping had an effect on the students' achievement test scores that would not be obtained in a heterogeneous classroom. The major hypothesis held was that added gains would be shown on the standardized achievement test scores by the students in a school using performance grouping that would not be shown by students in a school using heterogeneous grouping.Item A study of selected factors that may contribute to the incidence of premature infant births in Twelve southwestern Montana counties(Montana State College, Division of Professional Schools, 1961) Burcham, Genevieve S.; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Eleanore L. ModeThis study was concerned with three selected factors (socio-economic, geographic, and health facilities) that may contribute to the incidence of premature infant births in twelve southwestern counties in Montana. The documentary and exploratory method was employed in securing the data. The results of this study showed no established pattern of the three factors to the incidence of premature infant births.Item Diorama construction simplified(Montana State College, Division of Education, 1960) Simmons, Hugh G.The decade preceding the 1960's was an age when the interests of students' and adults' were many and varied. Because of this diversification of interests, ideas to be presented had to be short, to the point, and interesting for effective communication. Each year history was being made, studied, and forgotten by students trying to keep up with the fast-changing pace of events. It was the opinion of the writer that there was a way in which important events could be recorded which would enable students not only to understand an event, but to gain an understanding of the forces or actions which led up to the event. It was the writer's contention that the preparation for and the construction of a diorama, a three dimensional scene incorporating three-dimensional objects with backgrounds in perspective, could stimulate and vitalize history courses at the high school level. The purpose of this investigation was three-fold: to construct a diorama, to produce a slide film set and guide, and to record the various steps in the construction of the diorama.Item The history of federal aid to Montana education(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, 1966) Donohoe, Gordon ThomasThe purpose of this study was to bring together fragmentary information on the impact of federal monies on Montana education. The writer examined federal and state education department records arising in the way of administration and business, dealing with federal education aid. Chronicles, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets and federal laws has been reviewed. The following conclusions seem warranted from examination and analysis of data collected in this historical study: 1. Federal support was offered to Montana schools in 1864. However, the primary impact of federal aid to Montana education was felt with the passage of the Smith-Hughes Act in 1917. 2. Federal educational spending has had an impact on Montana public education although federal policy toward education has been influenced by factors other than educational ones, such as land settlement, national welfare and national defense. 3. Federal aid has been governed by dictates from Washington, D.C. 4. Federal funds in lieu of tax payments have not been sufficient to cover the additional cost of educating the children of federally dependent families. 5. Montana education can expect federal aid and controls in the future, as witnessed by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.Item The views of a group of adolescents concerning their hospital experiences in one Montana community(Montana State College, Division of Professional Schools, 1963) Donohue, Susan; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Eleanore L. ModeThe primary purposes of this study were to determine the views of a selected group of adolescents towards their hospital experiences and obtain information from this group concerning their illnesses or injuries. The study was based on a survey conducted by interviewing a selected sample of adolescents between the ages of twelve and seventeen years. The majority of the adolescents indicated that they did not mind being hospitalized and viewed their hospitalization experiences as 'an experience.' The statistical analysis of the data revealed significant results in the answers to the majority of the questions asked but that there was no significant difference among the responses of the boys and girls.Item A development study for Bridger Bowl(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1969) Berg, Wayne H.