Notes on the Life cycle of \u3ci\u3eNemoria Rubrifrontaria\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

(excerpt) While surveying for insect pests of sweet fern, Myrica aspleniifolia L., two unidentified eggs were detected on foliage samples collected in June 1972 near Barton City, Alcona County, Michigan. the eggs were transferred to petri dishes with sweet fern foliage for rearing. Subsequently, one of the larvae that emerged was reared to adulthood and identified as Nemoria rubrifrontaria Packard. This note describes the life cycle of this insect

Life History, Damage, and Gall Development of the Gall Midge, \u3ci\u3eNeolasioptera Brevis\u3c/i\u3e (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Injurious to Honeylocust in Michigan

Neolasioptera brevis is univoltine in Michigan. Adults issue in late spring, and females deposit eggs in rows on the lower side of young shoots of honeylocust. Larval eclosion occurs shortly after: there are three larval instars. The gall is polythalamous and may have 20 or more larvae. The third-instar larvae overwinter, and pupation occurs in spring. The gall injury kills sorne shoots, but most damage is cosmetic. One can monitor for adult emergence in late April or May by observing cast pupal cases protruding from the gall. Control, if needed, should be directed at adults

Telegram, Louis George- Mrs. Rose Walker, October 31, 1925

Correspondence: Western Union telegram from Louis George, New York, New York, to Rosa G. Holmes Walker, Jacksonville, Fla., regarding closing title on property

Natural Counselors : An Assessment of Their Facilitative Abilities

Statement of the problem Within each community there exist individuals who, although untrained in the techniques of therapeutic psychology, are able to facilitate positive growth experiences among their acquaintances. Although research concerning the natural counselor is sparse, current focus on the potential contributions of lay personnel is a closely related area. The problem, then, with which this study is concerned, is the present lack of knowledge regarding those individuals who may be classified as natural counselors. Objective The objective of this study was to assess one aspect of the alternative sources of aid that are available to those individuals who do not utilize professional assistance. Methods and procedure Two groups, each consisting of fifteen persons, were utilized in the study. Members of the first group were professional school counselors whereas the second group was selected from a segment of the community of Logan, Utah. The latter group possessed characteristics which led at least five persons in their neighborhood to nominate them as natural counselors. The professional counselors tape-recorded a counseling session with a student and the natural counselors took part in a role-playing situation with a trained theatre arts student. Both groups held their sessions in an equivalent school setting. Graduate students trained in the utilization of the Berenson-Carkhuff scales, listened to three segments of each tape-recording and rated it on the scales of empathy, genuineness, and concreteness. Numbers were randomly assigned to each tape in order to prevent rater bias. Having one group involved in a natural setting and the other group in an artificial environment, was viewed as a limitation of the study. Rater accuracy was also limited due to the raters\u27 inability to devote more time to the training program; Findings of the study Findings related to each of three hypotheses were presented. None of the F ratios calculated from analysis of variance approached the .05 level of significance, thereby precluding rejection of any of the null hypotheses. Thus statistical analysis confirmed the assumption that no difference existed in the facilitative abilities of a group of professional counselors as compared to a group of untrained persons. Summary and conclusions Rater inter-reliability did not approach a level that is usually necessary for adequate interpretation of the results. This was attributed to either inconsistency in the raters, or to homogeneity of the two groups. By accepting the second proposition, a number of pertinent issues were reviewed. At any rate, to the extent that the scales utilized do measure counseling variables, the conclusions of the study supported the notion that a number of untrained persons in a given community would be as effective in aiding others as are professional counselors. Non-objective data gained from a survey given to the natural counselors indicated that this group evidenced equivalent educational levels a s those achieved by their professional counterparts. Additionally, they were local residents for many years and possessed a wealth of diverse experiences, both of which could add to the counselor-client interchang

The Effects of a Selected Group of Activities on Holding Male Students in a Selected Group of High Schools in a South East Texas Area

According to reports that have been examined by the writer, there is a definite need for holding students in school until graduation. Therefore, the problem in this study is concerned with finding the effects a selected group of activities have on holding male students in high school in a South East Texas area. Developments in technology and automation are shaking the world of labor itself. They are not only responsible for raising the educational requirements for employment in general; but also, they are demolishing many of the jobs that demand skills said traditionally provide for the dropouts\u27 entry into the world of work. Studies show that about 175,000 girls leave school to marry and that many other young people of promising, and even superior capabilities are annually lost because they are discouraged or because they cannot resist the lure of the illusory independence often symbolized by a secondhand automobile.3 Each of last year\u27s nearly one million drop-outs was a separate case, a separate and free will of the pupils. Few, if any of them, could have foreseen clearly the bitter treadmill of failure that awaited them upon their unprepared entrance into adult world of work and responsibility. Unskilled and immature, the recent drop-out finds himself abandoned to a huge market place where he has nothing to sell. Even among graduates two or three years out of school, the rate of unemployment holds steadily at about 13 per cent; among drop-outs in the same age range, it seldom dips below 20 per cent and frequently climbs to as high as 30 per cent. The purposes of this study were to: 1. Examine the literature and analyze data to determine the causes for pupils dropping out of school. 2. Discover the holding power of a selected group of activities on male students in a South East Texas area. 3lbid., page 10

Louis W. George- Mrs. Rose H. Walker, October 31, 1925

Correspondence: Letter from Louis W. George, New York, New York, to Rosa G. Holmes Walker, Jacksonville, Florida, regarding Mr. Joseph Smith and Mr. Charles D. Braveman of the Loretta Realty & Finance Corporation of New York and property 254 West 131st Street (New York, New York)

The Effects of Inflation on Reported Income.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston Universit