Bulletin of McMurry University, 1997-1999 (open access)

Bulletin of McMurry University, 1997-1999

Bulletin describes the governance, faculty, course offerings, and campus life of McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 1997
Creator: McMurry University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Role Conflict and the School Resource Officer Position (open access)

Role Conflict and the School Resource Officer Position

This was a quantitative study designed to determine the role orientation and role behavior of school resource officers in public secondary schools in a metropolitan area of central Texas. The perception of role orientation and role behavior was assessed by two relevant groups: secondary school principals and school resource officers. Each group's perception of role orientation and role behavior was compared to determine if role conflict was an inhibiting factor in the job performance of the recently created school resource officer position. This instrument relied heavily on the work of James Telb who conducted a 1982 study involving the role perceptions of public safety officers in public institutions of higher learning as viewed by senior patrol officers and campus judicial officers. A questionnaire was distributed to both groups to assess perceptions of role orientation of school resource officers as either service oriented or law enforcement oriented. A statistically significant difference in role orientation was identified between groups on two factors: maintenance of traditional police values and police discretionary powers and handling of behavioral scenarios.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Cox, Brenda Marie
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Training in Test Item Writing on Test Performance of Junior High Students (open access)

The Effect of Training in Test Item Writing on Test Performance of Junior High Students

Students in an inner city junior high school in North Central Texas participated in a study whose purpose was to examine the effect of training in test item construction on their later test performance. The experimental group underwent twelve weeks of instruction using the Test Item Construction Method (TICM). In these sessions students learned to develop test items similar to those on which they were tested annually by the state via the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS). The TICM aligned with state mandated test specifications.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elm Fork Echoes, Volume 25, May 1997 (open access)

Elm Fork Echoes, Volume 25, May 1997

The newsletter of the Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Dallas County, Texas and surrounding areas. Index starts on page 56.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1997 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 22, 1997
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Efficacy of Filial Therapy with Families with Chronically Ill Children (open access)

The Efficacy of Filial Therapy with Families with Chronically Ill Children

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of Filial Therapy as a method of intervention with families with chronically ill children. Filial Therapy is an intervention that focuses on strengthening and enhancing the parent-child relationship. Parents are trained to become the agents of change for their children's behaviors by utilizing basic child-centered play therapy skills in weekly play sessions. The purpose of this study was to a) determine the effectiveness in decreasing parental stress, b) determine the effectiveness in increasing parental acceptance, and c) determine the effectiveness in decreasing problematic behaviors in the chronically ill child as assessed by their parents.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Tew, Kristi L. (Kristi Lee)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Knowing is Seaing: Conceptual Metaphor in the Fiction of Kate Chopin (open access)

Knowing is Seaing: Conceptual Metaphor in the Fiction of Kate Chopin

This paper examines the metaphoric structures that underlie Chopin's major novel, The Awakening, as well as those underlying selected short stories. Drawing on the modern theory of metaphor described by Mark Turner, George Lakoff, and Mark Johnson, the author argues that conceptual metaphors are the structural elements that underlie our experiences, thoughts, and words, and that their presence is revealed through our everyday language. Since these conceptual structures are representative of human thought and language, they are also present in literary texts, and specifically in Chopin's texts. Conceptual metaphors and the linguistic forms that result from them are so basic a part of our thinking that we automatically construct our utterances by means of them. Accordingly, conceptual metaphor mirrors human thought processes, as demonstrated by the way we describe our experiences.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Green, Suzanne Disheroon, 1963-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iconic Ida: Tennyson's The Princess and Her Uses (open access)

Iconic Ida: Tennyson's The Princess and Her Uses

Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Princess: A Medley has posed interpretative difficulties for readers since its 1847 debut. Critics, editors, and artists contemporary with Tennyson as well as in this century have puzzled over the poem's stance on the issue of the so-called Woman Question. Treating Tennyson as the first reader of the poem yields an understanding of the title character, Princess Ida, as an ambassador of Tennyson's optimistic and evolutionary views of human development and links his work to that of visionary educators of nineteenth-century England. Later artists, however, produced adaptations of the poem that twisted its hopefulness into satirical commentary, reduced its complexities to ease the task of reading, and put it to work in various causes, many ranged against the improvement of women's condition. In particular, a series of editions carried The Princess into various nations, classrooms, and homes, promoting interpretations that often obscure Tennyson's cautious optimism.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Guidici, Cynthia (Cynthia Dianne)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 159, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 6, 1997 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 159, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 6, 1997

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 6, 1997
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1997 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 1, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1997 (open access)

The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1997
Creator: Wilkerson, James C., III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 178, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 28, 1997 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 178, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 28, 1997

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 28, 1997
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 174, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1997 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 174, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1997

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1997
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 28, 1997 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 28, 1997

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 28, 1997
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1997 (open access)

The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1997

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1997
Creator: Knapek, Larry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 157, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 4, 1997 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 157, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 4, 1997

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 1997
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1997 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1997

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 7, 1997
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1997 (open access)

The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Big Lake, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1997
Creator: Werst, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1997 (open access)

Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Hondo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 15, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1997 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1997

Semiweekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 17, 1997
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 24, 1997 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 24, 1997

Semiweekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 24, 1997
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1997 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 1997

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 1997
Creator: Aldridge, Leon & D'Amico, Rob
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1997 (open access)

The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1997

Newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 17, 1997
Creator: Settle, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 21, Number 5, May 1997 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 21, Number 5, May 1997

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History