A Study of the County as a Factor in the Development of School Control - Part 1 - Statement of the Problem, Materials Used, General Plan and Methods of Work

Sep 21, 2026

Dissertation abstract analyzing how county factors influence the development of school control, using intensive historical research across two groups of U.S. states. The study aims to identify trends and general facts for county control in Pennsylvania, Texas, Maryland, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Montana, then compare them with Alabama, Arizona, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, and Ohio. Materials include statutes, school-law editions, state education reports, state histories, and education theses. Methods evaluate record-keeping approaches for efficient data organization and categorization of county units.

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Part I

Statement of the Problem, Materials Used, General Plan of Procedure, and Methods of Work

II. Principles of County School Administration and Classification of County Units

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◎Ny e | | | | | | | | | Roproduclions may not be made without permission trom Columbla University Libraries RESTRICTIONS ON USE: # TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA FILM SIZE: 35mmREDUCTION RATIO: 1/:1 IB IIB IMAGE PLACEMENT:IA(IA DATE FILMED: 519197 TLM INITIALS: TBACKING\#: 24258 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. # A STUDY OF THE COUNTY AS AFACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENTOF SCHOOL CONTROL AN ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION Offered in the Graduate School of CornellUniversity as partial fulfillment of therequirements of the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY ANNIE WEBB BLANTON,B.Litt.,A.M. ITHACA,NEW YORK1927 Ph.D.,Cornell University,September 28,1927,Major :Rural Education. 2.8 # A STUDY OF THE COUNTY AS AFACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENTOF SCHOOL CONTROL AN ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATIONOffered in the Graduate School of CornellUniversity aspartial fulillment of therequirements of the Degree ofDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYBY ANNIE WEBB BLANTON,B.Litt.,A.M.'IPL.D.,Cotel university,September 28,1927,Major:Raral Education. ITHACA,NEW YORK 1927 PARTI I.Statement of the Problem,of the Materials Used,of theGeneral Plan of Procedure,and of the Methods ofWork. 1.This study was carried out at Cornell University,IthacaNew York,and at Washington,D.C.,under the direction ofProfessors Clyde B.Moore and George A.Works. 2.Its major purpose is to discover the trends and generalfacts in the development of county control of schools in six stateschosen for intensive historical research,and to ascertain the ex-tent to which the tendencies and general truths common in thefirst group are also to be found in a second selected group ofstates of which a less detailed historical study is made.Penn-sylvania,Texas,Maryland,Nebraska,Louisiana,and Montanaconstitute the first mentioned group of states and those compris-ing the second group are Alabama,Arizona,Iowa,Nevada,NorthCarolina,and Ohio.Minor ends are to determine economicalmethods of work in historical investigations of this type;toformulate a scheme of categories for the classification of countyunits of school administration,and by this plan to classify thecounty units of the several states of the Union;and to ascertainthe present status of the county unit as found in the differentstates having some form of county administration of schools. 3.In this work the writer had access to the Library ofCongress and to the libraries of Cornell University and of theUnited States Bureau of Education.Materials used included thegeneral statutes,editions of the school laws,and state reports oneducation of all of the states selected for intensive study,fromthe earliest period recorded in the history of each state,to thepresent time.In addition there were used state histories andhistories of education of the several states of both groups,wheresuch histories were extant,and theses and other articles on county administration of schools relating to the states of bothgroups.The study included also the current editions of theschool laws of all of the states of the Union. 4.A trial of various methods of recording and organizingdata revealed the fact that in historical investigations of thistype the use of card records of materials is not economical.Itwas found most effective to enter upon a separate sheet

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the study?

To discover trends and general facts in the development of county control of schools and determine how far those tendencies also appear in another selected group of states.

Which state groups are used for intensive historical research?

The first group includes Pennsylvania, Texas, Maryland, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Montana; the second group includes Alabama, Arizona, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, and Ohio.

What materials does the study use?

General statutes, editions of school laws, state reports on education, state histories, histories of education, and theses or articles related to county administration of schools, plus current editions of school laws.

What method did the writer find most effective for recording data in historical investigations?

Entering each pertinent historical fact on a separate sheet of paper headed by subject and date, with footnote references in dissertation form, then sorting these sheets by subject and date for logical and chronological organization.

Sep 21, 2026

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