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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are worth committing. 

Samuel Butler the Younger, Life and Habit

Reader who art too seriously disposed, depart whither you will; I wrote these verses for the man of wit. 

Martial, Epigrams, Bk. 11, epig. 16. 

These are times when the burdens of life, especially in my ivory tower, press down heavily. At such times, when attempting to meet Dialogue’s deadline, relief appears in the guise of an unusual thesis or dissertation. The spell-breaker this year was “The First Fabulous Flight of Flutter Hedge hop,” a master’s thesis accepted at a Utah university in 1969. Whether the “Flutter Hedgehop” is real or mythical is of little note. That the authoress conceived her subject to be light enough for a fabulous academic flight places her above the scholarly flock. Second choice for the most thought provoking title was “Ideal Size of Family among Unmarried Females in Northern Utah.” It boggles the mind; but hold, I am assured that the “ideal size” is the goal sought by marriage-bound females after marriage. No doubt the prospective husband will have some influence upon the realization of these premarital desires. 

And so once again we present the theses and dissertations accepted by American colleges and universities on the broad subject of Mormons and Mormonism. As in the past, all dissertations, except those on geology, that touch on Utah are listed. Theses are more rigorously screened, so that the connection with Mormonism generally must depend on more than that the thesis centers on life and conditions in Utah. Further information regarding selection and sources may be found in previous Summer issues of Dialogue. 

Once again, I am indebted to Ida-Marie Logan Jensen, Chad Flake, and Everett L. Cooley for their assistance in providing sources for the bibliography which follows.

Dissertations

Bestor, Rollie Ray. “A Determination of Selected Criteria to be Utilized in Locating and Establishing Area Vocational Education Schools in Utah.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Brasher, Ruth Elizabeth. “Influence of Religious Ideology on Extended Kin- ship Behavior.” Utah State University, 1969.

Briggs, Garry Leroy. “The Vocationally Disabled in Utah: Their Self-images and Reflected Images from Friends and Employers.” University of Utah, 1969.

Brown, Glen Reed. “A Study of Financing Certain Costs of Education in Utah Schools.” Brigham Young University, 1968. 

Call, Ivan T. “Banking Structure in Utah: 1945-1965.” Indiana University, 1969.

Coates, Lawrence George. “A History of Indian Education by the Mormons, 1830-1900.” Ball State University, 1969.

Cook, Stanley Joseph. “Language Change and the Emergence of an Urban Dialect in Utah.” University of Utah, 1969. 

Day, Franklin David. “A Study of the Influence of Stake Ecclesiastical Leadership on the Development of the Seminary and Institute of Religion Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Evans, Gary F. “An Evaluation of the Graduate Professional Preparation Program in Health, P.E., and Recreation at the University of Utah, Based on a Follow-up Study of Its Graduates.” University of Utah, 1968.

Evans, Lynn Bird. “The Uses of Instructional Technology at the University of Utah, 1958-1969.” University of Utah, 1969. 

Farnsworth, Karl Smith. “An Evaluation of the Perception of Selected Reference Groups as It Relates to the Secondary Teacher Education Programs Currently Being Conducted at Brigham Young University.” Brig- ham Young University, 1968.

Flinders, Neil J. “Leadership and Human Relations: A Scientific Survey within a Theological Framework.” Brigham Young University, 1968.

Follick, Edwin Duane. “The Cultural Influence of Mormonism in Early Nineteenth Century America.” St. Andrew’s Collegiate Church College, 1963.

Foxley, Cecelia H. “An Experimental Study and Evaluation of the 1967 University of Utah Freshman Orientation Program.” University of Utah, 1968.

Foxley, William McLachlan. “Church Music Education: A Proposal for Pre- service and In-service Training of Nonprofessional Music Personnel.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Hales, Russel Gene. “Decisions of the Appellate Court and Attorneys’ General Opinions in the State of Utah Concerned with School Law.” University of Utah, 1969.

Haws, John Claud. “The Legal Authority of Local School Boards in the State of Utah with Respect to Teaching Personnel.” Utah State University, 1969.

Haynes, Alan Elmo. “The Federal Government and Its Policies Regarding the Frontier Era of Utah Territory, 1850-1877.” The Catholic University of America, 1968. 

Heggen, James R. “A Study of Aptitudes and Achievement of Students Con- fined at the Utah State Industrial School for the Purpose of Determining Occupational Aptitude Patterns to be Used as Guidelines for Formulating a Vocational Education Curriculum.” Utah State University, 1968.

Hepworth, Dean H. “The Predictive Validity of Admissions Criteria Used by the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Utah, to Select Students for Fall Term, 1966.” University of Utah, 1968.

Houseworth, Donald E. “A Study of Retreatism in Glue Sniffing and Non- glue Sniffing Delinquents in Utah.” Brigham Young University, 1968.

Hundrup, Tagg Bernhard. “Comparative Cost Study of Selected Elementary Schools in the State of Utah.” University of Utah, 1969. 

Jenkins, Farrell Terry. “Predicting Academic Success at Utah Technical College at Salt Lake.” University of Utah, 1969.

Johnson, Douglas Henry. “The Development of Objectives and Evaluative Devices for an Individualized Program in Electronics at the Utah Technical College at Provo.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Kennington, N. Crain. “A Study of the Implementation Patterns of Recommendations Resulting from the Evaluation of Utah Junior High Schools.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Lee, M. Gene. “A Study of Formal Education of Selected University of Utah Football and Basketball Athletes Receiving Full Grants-in-Aid.” University of Utah, 1969.

Lythgoe, Dennis Leo. “The Changing Image of Mormonism in Periodical Literature.” University of Utah, 1969. 

Marble, Max B. “A Proposed Tenure Law for the Public School Teachers of Utah.” University of Utah, 1968. 

McKiernan, F. Mark. “The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: Sidney Rigdon, Religious Reformer, 1793-1876.” University of Kansas, 1968.

McMullin, Dix Holt. “The Multi-District Educational Service Unit in Utah. University of Utah, 1969.

Monson, Jay Albert. “An Analysis of Programs of Utah Universities and Colleges Preparing Elementary School Teachers for Teaching Social Studies.” Utah State University, 1968. 

Noall, Sandra Hawkes. “A History of Nursing Education in Utah.” University of Utah, 1969.

Palmer, Jarvis Page. “An Appraisal of Music Programs in the Public Schools of Utah.” Utah State University, 1969. 

Palmer, Key Wilson. “A Plan for the Equitable Distribution of Pupil Trans- portation Funds in Utah.” University of Utah, 1969.

Rampton, George Oliver, “The Development of Secondary Social Studies Content in the Public Schools of Utah from 1847-1967.” Utah State University, 1969.

Ripplinger, Donald Hilton. “The Social Process Model Applied to Student- Teacher Relationships in Selected High Schools of Granite School District.” University of Utah, 1968.

Scharffs, Gilbert Woodrow. “History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints in Germany between 1840 and 1968.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Siddiqui, Mohammed Akram. “The Impact of Changing Populations and Assessed Valuations on Financing Public Education in Utah during the Past Thirty Years.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Simmons, Mark Carl. “A Comparative Study of Attitudes, School Environment, Home Environment, and Achievement of Selected Twelfth Grade Students in Rural and Urban High Schools in Utah.” University of Utah, 1969.

Starr, Karl Eugene. “Systems Analysis of the Brigham Young University Department of Home Study.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Thorstenson, Clark T. “A Study of the Availability and the Extent of Use of Public School Facilities for Community Recreation in the State of Utah.” University of Utah, 1969. 

Wasden, Jed William. “A Study of Trade and Industrial Education in Utah.” Brigham Young University, 1968.

Whitman, Charles Walker. “A History of the Hill Cumorah Pageant (1937- 1964) and an Examination of the Dramatic Development of the Text of America’s Witness for Christ.” University of Minnesota, 1967.

Williams, Ray Kendel. “Perceptions of Utah’s School Superintendents Re- garding In-service Programs for Them.” University of Utah, 1969.

Worthington, Lois E. H. “A Study of Factors Related to First Quarter Aca- demic Success at the University of Utah.” University of Utah, 1969.

Theses

Allred, Douglas Vance. “The Life and Contributions of Lee Hafen to Dixie College Athletics.” Utah State University, 1969. 

Barnes, Lyle Joseph. “Ogden’s Notorious ‘Two-Bit Street,’ 1870-1954.” Utah State University, 1969. 

Beckham, Raymond E. “The Utah Newspaper War of 1968: Liquor-by-the Drink.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Bell, Kenneth G. “Adam Samuel Bennion, Superintendent of L.D.S. Education, 1919 to 1928.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Booth, Russell Kent. “Student Use of Tobacco as Related to Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Selected Schools of the Alpine School District in Utah.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Brimhall, Gale J. “The Use Made of Statements and Messages of the Modern Prophets in Answering Current Issues of Importance to College Students.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Callister, Lyndon. “Attitudes of Non-Mormon Church Leaders toward Public Welfare and the Relationship of These Attitudes to Selected Factors.” Utah State University, 1969.

Conant, William Lee Roy, Jr. “A Study of the Life of John Hafen, Artist, with an Analysis and Critical Review of His Work.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Crane, Arthur Don. “Communication Patterns and Other Variables within the L.D.S. Family Which Influence the Development of the Family Home Evening Program.” Utah State University, 1969.

Craner, Darwin Kay. “The Influence of the L.D.S. Church in Utah Politics, 1902-1916.” Universtiy of Utah, 1969.

Cunningham, William R. “A Study of the Impact of Three Films upon L.D.S. College Students’ Acceptance of Certain Patterns of Affection.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Erickson, Ralph D. “Historical and Doctrinal Development of the Order of Aaron.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Eyre, Richard Melvin. “George Romney in 1968, from Front-runner to Drop- out, an Analysis of Cause.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Flake, Lawrence Read. “The Development of the Juvenile Instructor under George Q. Cannon and Its Functions in Latter-day Saint Religious Education.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Garrett, Henry Dean. “A Comparison of the Drinking Behavior of Delinquent Youth Versus Non-delinquent Youth in the States of Idaho and Utah.” Utah State University, 1969.

Gibbons, Ladawn Anderson. “Teachers’ Attitudes and Teachers’ and Students’ Knowledge of Alcohol and Alcoholism in Selected Utah High Schools.” Utah State University, 1969. 

Guthrie, Gary Dean. “Joseph Smith as an Administrator.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Hansen, Arthur Wilson. “The Word of Wisdom: An Interpretation of ‘The Evils and Designs that Do and Will Exist in the Hearts of Conspiring Men in the Last Days.'” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Hansen, John A. “The History of College and Young Wards, Cache County, Utah.” Utah State University, 1969.

Hicken, John R. “Events Leading to the Settlement of the Communities of Cardston, Magrath, Stirling, and Raymond, Alberta.” Utah State University, 1969.

Hodoway, Stephen Brinkman. “A Survey to Determine the Current Smoking Status of Sixth, Ninth, and Twelfth Grade Students in Selected Schools of the Salt Lake City and Granite School Districts.” University of Utah, 1969.

Howells, Chad Burdett. “Family Life Education in the High Schools of Utah.” Utah State University, 1969. 

Jesperson, Oscar F., Jr. “An Early History of the Community of Park City, Utah.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Johnson, Ronald Bennion. “Ideal Size of Family among Unmarried Females in Northern Utah.” Utah State University, 1969.

Jorgensen, Vernon Frederick. “The Defeat of Urban Renewal in Salt Lake City.” University of Utah, 1969. 

Layton, Stanford John. “Governor Charles R. Mabey and the Utah Election of 1924.” University of Utah, 1969. 

Louder, Ray R. “A Study to Determine How Effectively Seminary Teachers Are Teaching the Concept of ‘Living Prophets’ to Students in Non-credit Released Time Classes.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Malan, Ronald Floyd. “A Study to Establish Criteria for Creating Thematic Literature Units Appropriate to L.D.S. Secondary Schools in the South Pacific, and the Creation of Three Such Units.” Brigham University, 1969. 

Mangelson, David R. “The Book of Mormon as an Instrument in Teaching the Historicity of the New Testament Events of Christ’s Life.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Mattson, Vernon Williams, Jr. “A Study of the Method of Teaching Called ‘Scripture Chase’ as Employed by the Full-time Teachers of the Seminaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Mauss, Gordon Ellis. “Religious and Secular Correlates of the L.D.S. Family Home Evening Program.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Mendonsa, Eugene Louis. “Reward and Deviance at Brigham Young University.” Brigham Young University, 1969. Miller, Don Leroy. “A Study of Factors Which May Influence Attitudes of L.D.S. Teen-agers toward Family Home Evening.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Murdock, Dennis Glen. “A Study of the Utilization of Selected Church Periodicals by L.D.S. Seminary and Institute of Religion Personnel.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Myler, Charles Frank, Jr. “Father’s Use of Time as It Affects Father-Son Identification for a Selected Middle Class Mormon Sample.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Olsen, Carl J., Jr. “A Study of the L.D.S. Coordinator Program.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Perrett, Luell J. “Knowledge of the Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco and Extent of Their Use by Utah State University Students.” Utah State University, 1969.

Perry, David Earl. “The Definition of the Gospel in Latter-day Saint Literature.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Peterson, Jack Harold. “A Study of Selected Family Background Factors Influencing Women to Marry Outside of the L.D.S. Church.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Porcaro, Robert Ralph. “A Research of a Proposed Independent Study Method Used in the Seminary Classroom.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Rose, Tommy Gordon. “Opinions of L.D.S. Seminary Students Concerning Certain Religious Attitudes.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Shipley, Richard Lyle. “‘Voices of Dissent,’ A History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Utah, 1863-1900.” Utah State University, 1969. 

Southey, Trevor. “A Survey to Determine the Public Responses and Attitudes toward the First Festival of Mormon Art at Brigham Young University.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Steed, Seymour P. “A Study of Divorce Rates for Temple and Non-Temple Marriages According to Occupational Status and Age at Marriage.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Tapley, Joel Lane. “A Study of Religious Experiences as Related to Church Orthodoxy.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Tychsen, Holger B. C. “History of Raymond, Alberta, Canada.” Utah State University, 1969. 

Walker, J. LeRoy. “Application of Media to the Training of Church Leader- ship.” Brigham Young University, 1969.

Wilcox, Floyd Samuel. “The Major Financial Policies of Governor J. Bracken Lee of Utah, 1949-1957.” University of Utah, 1969. 

Williams, Del Mar Pierce. “A History of Utah’s First Playground.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Williams, Richard Shelton. “The Missionary Movements of the L.D.S. Church in New England, 1830-1850.” Brigham Young University, 1969. 

Senior Theses

Cameron, Scott. “The Struggle for Expression: A Study of Mormon Literature.” Stanford University Honors Essay in English, 1970.

Pierce, David N. “The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of God in Pioneer Days: The Role of the Grand Council of Fifty in Mormon Government.” Senior Thesis at Princeton University, 1967.