"The purpose of this study is to determine how endowment funds of independent private secondary schools in the South are managed and invested and how the investment policies of these schools are formulated and conducted"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1960." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Claude A. Campbell, Professor Directing Study. / Graduate study (M.S.)--Florida State University. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-167).