Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2000. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 610-643).

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It is the problem of this study to determine the status of elementary school vice principals i regard to their credentials, experience, and scope of professional responsibility in curriculum, supervision, teaching load, and administrative duties. Objectives of this investigation are as follows: (1) To discover what types of degree and credentials are actually held by elementary school vice principals.; (2) To discover the number of years of teaching experience vice principals have had before reaching their present position.; (3) To determine the number of years of experience in the position of vice principal.; (4) To determine whether most vice principals are serving in full-time administrative capacity or are teaching vice principals.; (5) To point up what responsibilities vice principals have in counseling and guidance, administration, supervision, curriculum, and other areas.

The problem of this study was to answer the question: "How to community groups participate in the formation and interim operation of unified school districts?" Interim operation is the period of time following a successful election when the newly chosen governing board is preparing for the actual operation of the district, which occurs on the first succeeding or second succeeding July 1, depending upon the date of the election.4 The first purpose of this research was to discover (1) the attitudes of community groups toward unification, (2) the manner in which community groups supported or opposed unification, and (3) the ways that community groups involved themselves with the governing boards in the interim operation of the new districts. The second purpose was to recommend changes in legislation The third purpose was to recommend guidelines to local communities for otimum participation in the unification movement.

This study deals with the cercarial fauna of marine mollusks in the littoral zone and estuaries of the California coast between Duxbury Reef and Fort Ross. The investigation began in June, 1968 at the Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, California and continued through July, 1969, with monthly collections at various localities (see map). Two major objectives were aimed at: first, to continue a survey of the cercariae of the area begun by Fisk (194) and second, to establish a basis for future life history studies.

The characteristic attitude of the major portion of native Californians toward the California Missions is one of innocent, ignorant acceptance combined with but little interest or concern. By this I mean that the Missions are accepted as forming part of the Historical beauty of the State of California, but the pa- sons for this belief are not known--nor the reasons for the fact that these old adobe churches moulded an older generation into a foundation stone upon which rests the present glory of a State unsurpassed in scenic or historic grandeur they exist, hence they were..

In the Santa Clara Avenue oil field, the nonmarine Sespe Formation of Oligocene age has produced 4 million barrels of oil trapped by a Miocene mafic igneous intrusion that cuts across bedding. Throughout most of the oil field, the Miocene and older beds dip about 15° northwest. The intrusion may be related to the outpouring of Conejo Volcanics throughout much of the southern Ventura basin. The Pacific Farms #1 well penetrated 1000 feet of igneous rocks below 5100 feet, whereas wells less than 500 feet to the northwest penetrated Sespe Formation over this interval. The western wall of the intrusion is located by 10 wells which pass repeatedly through the Sespe-intrusive contact. Structure contours on the intrusive contact with the Sespe on the northwest show Redacted for Privacy that the contact varies from N20°E,80°SE in the southern portion of the field, to N90°E,85°S in the northern end of the field. The southeast wall of the intrusion is not cut by wells, but its location is controlled by a well about 1200 feet southeast of the northwest wall. If the intrusive contact is rotated to its position when it was intruded prior to tilting of the middle and late Miocene Modelo Formation, the Sespe overhangs the igneous body along a contact with a paleo-dip of 80°NW. Lateral closure in the field may be due to early Miocene normal faulting of the Sespe Formation. In the Las Posas area, two faults are documented. Both faults cut the entire Miocene section but do not cut the Pliocene-Pleistocene Pico Formation. The Miocene Vaqueros is found only on the south side of the Las Posas fault. Intra-Sespe correlations show that the upthrown block of the Las Posas fault lost to erosion 1000 feet of Sespe in addition to the Vaqueros Formation. The Epworth syncline and Beryiwood anticline were folded prior to the deposition of the Pico Formation. / Graduation date: 1986

Several soil chronosequences were studied in southern California to determine the relative impacts of time and climatic change on soil genesis. Studying soil development in climatic regimes that vary from the moist, xeric climate of the coastal basins and Transverse Ranges to the hot, arid climate of the interior deserts of southern California provide data useful for evaluation of the impact of climatic change as well as time on pedogenesis. Seven distinctive stages of soil development are recognized in the study area. The first three occur in Holocene soils, and the last four are associated with late to mid-Pleistocene geomorphic surfaces. A distinct pattern of secondary soil mineral authigenesis is observed in increasingly older soils. The rapid formation of vermiculite and iron oxyhydroxides in xeric climates is attributed to rapid alteration of unstable Fe-bearing aluminosilicates. Continuous weathering of abundant feldspars results in a predominance of neogenetic kaolinite in mid-Pleistocene soils. Slightly acidic to mildly alkaline soil pH, rapid hydrolysis, and availablity of organic complexes result in formation of significant amounts of metastable ferrihydrite in young Holocene and late Pleistocene soils. Ferrihydrite dehydration and crystal aggregation result in hematite formation and increasingly lower Fe(,2)O(,3)o:Fe(,2)O(,3)d ratios. Arid climatic regimes are conductive to minimal chemical weathering. Clay/iron oxhydroxide regression analyses and mass balance calculations show that much of the silicate clay and secondary carbonate have been derived from external sources rather than by chemical weathering. Clay mineral authigenesis is characterized primarily by conversion of montmorillonite to palygorskite. A compartmental model developed in this study accurately predicts calcic horizon development under Holocene soil water balance characteristics. Results of model predictions indicate that the distribution of carbonate observed in latest Pleistocene soils is related to past changes in climate. In addition, mass balance calculations suggest that large decreases in chemical reaction rates in soils due to soil temperature decreases may well be offset by increases in the magnitude of weathering. However, the results of this study indicate that calcium carbonate provides the most sensitive index of past climates when compared to other indices and that temporal change in climate has significantly influenced soil development in southern California.

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<p>The California Land Act sought to remake landholding in early California. Though bound by promises to uphold existing ownership in the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, the United States attempted to use the law to fundamentally change who held land in California and the exploitation of its resources. Analysis of archival materials demonstrates that the California Land Act intended to transform California from a ranching-based economy dominated by large landholders of Spanish descent into an agrarian economy dependent on small scale farming modeled on the traditional land use of the eastern United States. This intrinsic policy characterized the legislative formation of the act, and years later influenced North American settlement policies of formerly French and Imperial Mexican territories. As such, this study focuses on a little understood agent of change: the administrative law. A careful examination of the crafting and implementation of the California Land Act reveals that land law legislation and its extra-judicial commission, alongside other more traditional markers of American occupation, occupied a prominent place in the continued colonization California. </p>