A Practical Guidance Program For Small Kansas High Schools.

It is the purpose of this study to formulate a guidance program that will (1) act as a guide for those wishing to start an organized guidance program in a small Kansas high school and one that will (2) stimulate interest in guidance on the part of the educators who are working in small schools

Cultural Resource Assessment SEP Water Line Route University Lands Blocks 9 and 58 Reagan County, Texas

In March of 2017, Turpin and Sons Inc. (TAS) archeologists assessed the cultural resource potential of 9 miles of proposed waterline right-of-way on University Lands in southwest Reagan County, Texas. The right-of-way is 100 ft wide for a total area of effect (APE) of 109.7 acres. The project was sponsored by Sequitur Energy Resources Inc. (Sequitur) and carried out under the authority of Texas Antiquities Permit 7958 issued to Jeff Turpin acting as Principal Investigator. The proposed route extends through University Lands Block 58, Section 24 and Block 9 Sections 3, 4, 12, 14, 21, 22, and 28, crossing Garrison Draw and County Road 113 (Best Lane) north of the abandoned town of Best. The area is highly disturbed from past clearing, leaving little of the original landscape in place. No new evidence of historic or prehistoric occupation or use was observed and no new archeological sites were added to the inventory. The ROW crosses previously recorded site 41RG244, a prehistoric scatter of firecracked rock (FCR), located primarily east of the route. The site area was expanded to 240 NW/SE by 150 NE/SW by the scattered lithic debris and FCR in the new survey corridor. The site is located in an area described by the USDA as oil waste land. Scouring of the surface has widely dispersed artifacts and FCR. The site was originally assessed as failing to meet National Register of Historic Places significance criteria and that judgement is reiterated here. Therefore, 41RG244 poses no impediment to the planned construction. No other cultural material was observed in the rest of the project area so installation of this waterline will not affect significant cultural resources

Light-Front Hamiltonian Approach to the Bound-State Problem in Quantum Electrodynamics

This dissertation presents the first theoretical investigation of the Lamb shift in a light-front hamiltonian approach: the dominant part of the splitting between the 2S(1/2) and 2P(1/2) energy levels in hydrogen is calculated. Also presented for the first time is an analytic calculation in a light-front hamiltonian approach of the singlet-triplet spin splitting in the ground state of positronium through fourth order in the fine-structure constant.Comment: Ph.D. Dissertation at The Ohio State University, 149 pages (LaTeX2e

Cultural Resource Survey Del Valle ISD Ivy Berdoll 53 Acre Tract Travis County, Texas

During late September 2017, Turpin and Sons Inc. (TAS) conducted a cultural resource survey of the Ivy Berdoll 53-acre tract in southeast Travis County, Texas for Kleinfelder, acting as agents for Del Valle ISD. The survey tract is located north of Del Valle High School, south of State Highway 71 and east of Ross Road. The work was conducted by TAS staff Billy Turner and Terry Burgess, under the authority of Texas Antiquities Permit 8168 with Dr. Jeff Turpin acting as Principal Investigator. Modern land use is hilly pastureland that has been actively farmed since the 1930’s. Survey was conducted in parallel transects covering the entire property. Sixty-eight shovel tests were dug across the property with no evidence of prehistoric or significant historic occupation or use found. Two standing structures are located on the property. The older of the two was constructed in 1956, the younger in 1968. The former was recorded as archeological site 41TV2544. While the house is historic, it has no characteristics that quality it for designation as a State Antiquities Landmark or listing on the National Register of Historic Places