A study of applicants for the Master of Education degree at the School of Education, Boston University, from 1947 to 1957

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

J. S. Bach and the high school choir: A resource guide for teachers of intermediate and advanced level high school choirs

While familiarly with Bach’s well-known themes exists in the general aspects of contemporary lifestyle, providing exposure to the choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) presents a particular challenge to the high school choral director. The purpose of this investigation is to provide a resource guide for the performance of choral masterworks of J. S. Bach at the high school level. For the purposes of narrowing this investigation, the following masterworks were reviewed: Magnificat, BWV 243; Mass in B Minor, BWV 232; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; St. John Passion, BWV 245; and St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244. A review of literature examined biographical and historical information, as well as choral pedagogy for high school singers. Three overarching categories were defined in order to focus the scope of this investigation, (1) Context: The Masterwork and Movement; (2) Analysis: The Learner, Singer, and Musician; and (3) Performance: Rehearsal/Concert Considerations. Within the three categories, specific criteria and parameters were defined to aid in the selection and preparation of suitable masterwork movements. Within the first category, “Context: The Masterwork and Movement,” investigation criteria included a historical introduction to the selection and consideration of the text and translation. Parameters defining these criteria were historical background, general difficulty levels, programming considerations, and meaning and application of the text to high school singers. Within the second category, “Analysis: The Learner, Singer, and Musician,” vocal considerations and compositional elements were designated as category criteria. Parameters defining these criteria included vocal range and passagios, tessitura, and flexibility as well as key and time signatures. Within the third category, “Performance: Rehearsal/Concert Considerations,” structural elements and performance recommendations were designated as category criteria. Parameters included formal structure, melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic structures, original instrumentation, and adaptation for modern high school performances, and the inclusion of professional soloists. Based on the categories, criteria, and study parameters, selected movements of the five Masterworks suitable for high school choral performance were analyzed. Embedded throughout the discussions are pedagogical recommendations pertaining to student acquisition, learning, and rehearsal strategies. A timeline of Bach’s life, text translations, and a summary reference chart are included in the appendixes

The Ursinus Weekly, January 16, 1956

Thirteen seniors to appear in \u2756 Who\u27s who • February 20 set as deadline for May Day pageants • High school hears U.C. choral group • Dr. Miller\u27s class visits Bryn Mawr • Bloodmobile visits Ursinus Feb. 15 • Cupid hits U.C. over vacation • Editorial: How strong the foundation? • Sorority row • Fraternity row • Dillio gives some advice to the T-G. delinquents • The boy friend reveals realities of the roaring \u2720s • Schedule for final exams • Bears seek victory tonight after dropping four straight • Fords, Leopards drop grapplers; Garnet stopped by Bruins, 19-11 • Belles confident of another good year • Dave Burger receives All-American honors • Shreiner set to repeat as champshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1441/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 15, 1956

Day-long program planned for Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 20 • Ursinus seniors to hear businessmen • Customs, school rules discussed • International Relations Club holds reception • Three APEs congratulated • Ursinus Forum presents debate on politics • Convocation to be held Founders\u27 Day, October 21 • Religious emphasis week conference, October 21-24 • Y plans year\u27s activities at Fall retreat: Oct. 12-14 • Dean releases draft information • Students now teaching at schools in vicinity • Dr. M. W. Witmer dies, was retired Ursinus professor • Editorial: Raiding and responsibility; Direction of emphasis • Campus campaign: Republicans, Democrats • Bruin gridders take first victory; Trample Wilkes, 20-6: Arger, Padula and Rohm spark Ursinus attack • Belles romp over Gettysburg, 6-0 • Bear booters drop two to Drew, M\u27berg • Bears edged by Drexel as 2nd half drive falls short • Demas, O Chi hold fetehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1412/thumbnail.jp

Research Articles in Simplified HTML: a Web-first format for HTML-based scholarly articles

Purpose. This paper introduces the Research Articles in Simplified HTML (or RASH), which is a Web-first format for writing HTML-based scholarly papers; it is accompanied by the RASH Framework, a set of tools for interacting with RASH-based articles. The paper also presents an evaluation that involved authors and reviewers of RASH articles submitted to the SAVE-SD 2015 and SAVE-SD 2016 workshops. Design. RASH has been developed aiming to: be easy to learn and use; share scholarly documents (and embedded semantic annotations) through the Web; support its adoption within the existing publishing workflow. Findings. The evaluation study confirmed that RASH is ready to be adopted in workshops, conferences, and journals and can be quickly learnt by researchers who are familiar with HTML. Research Limitations. The evaluation study also highlighted some issues in the adoption of RASH, and in general of HTML formats, especially by less technically savvy users. Moreover, additional tools are needed, e.g., for enabling additional conversions from/to existing formats such as OpenXML. Practical Implications. RASH (and its Framework) is another step towards enabling the definition of formal representations of the meaning of the content of an article, facilitating its automatic discovery, enabling its linking to semantically related articles, providing access to data within the article in actionable form, and allowing integration of data between papers. Social Implications. RASH addresses the intrinsic needs related to the various users of a scholarly article: researchers (focussing on its content), readers (experiencing new ways for browsing it), citizen scientists (reusing available data formally defined within it through semantic annotations), publishers (using the advantages of new technologies as envisioned by the Semantic Publishing movement). Value. RASH helps authors to focus on the organisation of their texts, supports them in the task of semantically enriching the content of articles, and leaves all the issues about validation, visualisation, conversion, and semantic data extraction to the various tools developed within its Framework

Reciprocating Compressors 101: The User's Perspective

Short CourseThis course will present the basic concepts of reciprocating compressor applications from a user’s perspective. There is an introductory section on application basics (why recips?), including selection criteria and industry standards (API 618, etc.). Compressor components, the basic compression cycle, capacity control, pistons, rings, rods and lubrication essentials are covered