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An Instrument to Determine whether Certain Fundamental Philosophical and Educational Beliefs Are Held by Selected Public School Teachers in the Areas of Elementary Education, Secondary Education, and Guidance (open access)

An Instrument to Determine whether Certain Fundamental Philosophical and Educational Beliefs Are Held by Selected Public School Teachers in the Areas of Elementary Education, Secondary Education, and Guidance

The problem of this study was to develop an instrument which would reveal whether certain fundamental philosophical and educational beliefs are held by public school teachers in the areas of elementary education, secondary education, and guidance.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Thomas, Neil Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Woodrow Wilson in the Council of Four: A Re-Evaluation (open access)

Woodrow Wilson in the Council of Four: A Re-Evaluation

It was Woodrow Wilson who played the dominant role in the Council of Four. With his dedication to the vague, often contradictory Fourteen Points, and with the power of the office of President of the United States supporting him, he determined the very nature of the treaty. Wilson's use, and misuse, of his influence over his colleagues makes him responsible for much of the final form of the Treaty of Versailles.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Brown, Dora M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relative Desirability of Two Types of Junior College Operation (open access)

The Relative Desirability of Two Types of Junior College Operation

The problem of this study was to determine whether it is more desirable to operate a two-year college in the Dallas metropolitan area as a county college or to operate a two-year college under the administration of the Dallas Independent School District.
Date: January 1959
Creator: White, Talmadge Thayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syntheses of Antimetabolites (open access)

Syntheses of Antimetabolites

In these studies several different types of antimetabolites were synthesized, and their biological effects were examined in various assay systems. More extensive investigations were done in microbial systems in which many of the compounds proved to be inhibitory to growth, and attempts were made to determine the mode of biochemical action by adding supplements of the appropriate natural metabolite.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Clifton, George Gil
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of a Model of Audio-visual Perception and a Selected Communication Model as a Function of a Filmstrip Design (open access)

The Relationship of a Model of Audio-visual Perception and a Selected Communication Model as a Function of a Filmstrip Design

The problem of this study is the relationship of perception and a selected communication model to filmstrip design.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Roach, Michael N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Practices of American History Teachers in Selected Texas Secondary Schools (open access)

A Study of the Practices of American History Teachers in Selected Texas Secondary Schools

The problem of this study was the relationship between practices reported by American history teachers in selected Texas secondary schools and practices recommended by three groups of social studies authorities.
Date: January 1968
Creator: John, Douglas Odell
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Interpretation of Various Aspects of Dualism as Found in the Art of Africa and China (open access)

An Interpretation of Various Aspects of Dualism as Found in the Art of Africa and China

The purpose of this study is to endeavor to interpret these various aspects of dualism through an analysis of selected examples of art from two cultural areas, Africa and China.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Lee, Jini Yet Har
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnetic Exchange in Oxovanadium(IV) Complexes with N-Salicylideneamino Acids (open access)

Magnetic Exchange in Oxovanadium(IV) Complexes with N-Salicylideneamino Acids

Copper(II) and oxovanadium(IV) ions resemble one another magnetically in having one unpaired electron in their complexes irrespective of their geometrical structures and bond types involved. Copper(II) complexes with antiferromagnetic exchange are well known. On the contrary, antiferromagnetic exchange in oxovanadium(IV) complexes is rather new and not well established. Very few oxovanadium(IV) complexes have been reported to have this anomalous magnetic property. In the investigation of the magnetic properties of oxovanadium(IV) complexes, we have successfully prepared two series of new oxovanadium(IV) complexes with N-salicylideneamino acids.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Hu, James Hung-Jen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Frustration Tolerance Training on Young Institutionalized Retarded Children (open access)

Effects of Frustration Tolerance Training on Young Institutionalized Retarded Children

The major problem investigated was to ascertain the extent to which a training program designed specifically to increase frustration tolerance would reduce selected behavioral problems in institutionalized mentally retarded children. Of lesser importance was the problem of examining the extent to which the prescribed training program had differential effects on brain-injured and non-brain-injured retarded children.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Landrum, Jerry Lynn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music and its Relation to Futurism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism, 1905 to 1950 (open access)

Music and its Relation to Futurism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism, 1905 to 1950

Inasmuch as this investigator can determine, no major study has been done concerning music's relation to the "isms" selected for this discussion. The contemporary interest in the movements themselves has been so widespread that the documentation of them, in scattered accounts, is enormous. It is disappointing that these records provide little or no information about the musical aspects of the movements; the graphic and literary accounts, on the other hand, have been accorded generous treatments. Since futurism, cubism, and surrealism, in their origins, were oriented toward the visual and literary arts, it is not surprising that these two aspects would receive the greatest amount of attention. The meager attention to music and the distortion of its role in the movements, as has largely been the case, has created an artistic imbalance, This writer's efforts have been directed toward an exhaustive search for factors which have, in some way or other, linked music with these movements. Musical futurism has been the easiest to identify, although its underlying theories are not always clear, since the futurists, in explaining their theories, were not always convincing, perhaps even to themselves. This writer's main attempt has been to interpret ideas that were frequently vague and …
Date: January 1969
Creator: Greer, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), 1916-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The English Horn: Its History and Development Into Orchestral Music (open access)

The English Horn: Its History and Development Into Orchestral Music

The English horn has a background of historical confusion because the instrument was built in many different shapes and was given a new name for each change of form.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Stanton, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Medical Services in the Texas Prison System (open access)

A Survey of the Medical Services in the Texas Prison System

The purpose of this research paper was to conduct a hospital management survey of the administration of medical services for prison inmates within the Texas Prison system. This type of survey has not been conducted within the medical services of the Texas Prison System in the past by any individual, or public or private group. Specific purposes were to appraise certain major areas in this system, to compare these findings with authoritative survey criteria, and to make recommendations based on the findings of the investigation.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Masterson, Robert R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of the Punched Card Registration System at North Texas State College (open access)

Development of the Punched Card Registration System at North Texas State College

This study presents a history of the development and implementation of a punched card registration system in North Texas State College. The study also covers planning stages of registration materials, and a description of the various stages and processes involved in a typical semester from pre-registration preparations through posting the student's grades to the permanent record. To help fill the need for ready reference to methods used in various institutions across the nation, this study will present a history of the development and implementation of a punched card registration system in North Texas State College, with emphasis placed upon those areas of probable major interest to other colleges faced with a similar problem. The study will cover planning stages of registration materials, and will then present a a description of the various stages and processes involved in a typical semester from pre-registration preparations through posting the student's grades to the permanent record.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Harvey, Laurence Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scales and their Use in the Piano Music of Debussy and Ravel (open access)

Scales and their Use in the Piano Music of Debussy and Ravel

The purpose of this study is to acquaint the reader with certain scales, not merely as they are used to provide the theoretical "building stones" of all music, but as they have been used as actual scale passages in the piano music of two twentieth century composers. This is a study of the use of various scales in the piano music of Debussy and Ravel. A list of the piano music of these composers which was available for the present investigation is given in the Bibliography. A careful analysis of the music has been necessary in order to determine: First, the types of scales the composer uses; second, the interpretation of the scale in its context; third, the ways in which some scale passages are employed to help project musical thought in the composition; and fourth, the frequency of occurrence of types of scale passages.
Date: January 1952
Creator: Christensen, Elizabeth Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations on Abundance, Habits, and Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles of Denton County, Texas (open access)

Investigations on Abundance, Habits, and Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles of Denton County, Texas

The purpose of the present study of the herpetofauna was to obtain additional information regarding the vertebrates of Denton County, and to produce a well-preserved, cataloged collection of the amphibians and reptiles for the Museum of Zoology, North Texas State University. An understanding of the vertebrate life of the county also involves an investigation of the habitats within the county that may, in part, count for the distribution of these animals. It is well recognized that the environmental areas of the county have altered vastly during the last one hundred years. This alteration is due largely to agriculture and industry. However, there are adequate numbers of natural environments, as well as newly created ones that may contribute to the distribution of the vertebrates at the present time. Therefore, the problem not only concerned the collection of specimens, but also the identification, abundance classification, general habitat classifications, and county distribution.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Telfair, Raymond Clark
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Guidance Program for North Texas State University Undergraduate Students Preparing for a Career in Medical Illustration (open access)

A Guidance Program for North Texas State University Undergraduate Students Preparing for a Career in Medical Illustration

There are seven schools in the United States and Canada that offer a training program for students qualified in art and the biological sciences to meet the visual communication requirements in medical education and research. A survey of each of these schools in relation to the medical illustration curriculum of North Texas State University will give a broader picture of the educational requirements, nature of work, qualifications of the candidate, and the outlines of the curricula in this field. From this survey a guidance program will be determined to prepare toe undergraduate student for admission to medical school. This investigation of each training program will provide a better understanding of the variances of the medical schools which have departments of art as applied to medicine.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Ezell, Robert Floyd
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ideal Siting, Orientation, and Ventilation of Houses in Relation to the Climate of Denton, Texas (open access)

Ideal Siting, Orientation, and Ventilation of Houses in Relation to the Climate of Denton, Texas

The purpose of this study was to collect and compile data on the principal climatic factors of the Denton area which affect one's personal comfort and health, in order to show how a maximum of these commodities could be secured through manipulation and control of the climate of individual building sites. In the Denton County area the naturally breezy climate of summer, excluding areas near heat-collecting surfaces of pavement and masonry, is not usually uncomfortable out of doors unless one is directly exposed to the sun; but, as a result of improper orientation of houses, indoors one often feels a pressing still heat and a general discomfort. The writer's interest in the field of architecture led to a desire to find out how this condition could be alleviated; therefore, this study was undertaken.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Jenkins, Gloria Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Components of a Basic Wardrobe for Professional Women (open access)

Components of a Basic Wardrobe for Professional Women

The study was based on a survey of the outer garments and accessories within the wardrobes of twenty professional and business women of this vicinity. A questionnaire was used in order to obtain information concerning the wardrobes. From the results tabulated, the following concusions were reached: (1) the expenditures to provide adequate wardrobes were much more than they should have been; (2) in most cases, the distribution of garments was inadequate to meet the needs for all occasions; (3) the color selections were unrelated; and (4) the number of articles in the majority of the wardrobes was excessive. In light of the findings, the components of what the writer considers an adequate basic wardrobe have been presented and discussed.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Gross, Thelma Clement
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Solo Songs of Charles Ives (open access)

A Study of the Solo Songs of Charles Ives

The purpose of this thesis is to give the prospective performer an insight into the content of the vocal solos of Charles Ives and to give the student and musicians in general an understanding of the musical devices employed by Ives and of his position as a song writer.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Bounds, Charles Evans
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Factors Related to Tuba Instruction and Performance (open access)

A Study of the Factors Related to Tuba Instruction and Performance

The two basic needs which motivated this study were instructional material and instruments. By investigating these problems the writer hopes to improve not only his own techniques of teaching, but to present a useful source of information concerning the tuba. Analysis of the problem statement led to subordinate questions, or sub-problems, which may be stated as follows: 1. What do the authorities consider to be the desirable physical and mental characteristics in the tuba player? 2. How do the authorities teach the specific techniques of tuba performance. 3. What are the authorities' opinions concerning tubas and tuba mouthpieces? 4. What are the authorities' recommendations concerning instructional materials for tuba students?
Date: January 1965
Creator: Segress, Terry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Modern Theories of Tonality (open access)

Some Modern Theories of Tonality

The traditional major-minor tonality and the means for its establishment have been developed and used for the last four centuries, until all the possibilities of musical ideas within the given frame of tonal coherence seem now to be exhausted. Today we see a violent change, affecting the basic vocabulary of music as well as musical grammar and syntax. The possibilities of the major-minor tonality seem to be overgrown and appear to be no longer sufficiently flexible to serve the creative spirit of present-day music as basis for musical expression. Thoughtful composers and theorists, however much they may differ in their background and in their attitude toward different traits of modern music, agree in the realization that musical composition is at a crucial point of development all of over the world.
Date: January 1946
Creator: Robert, Dorothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The trumpet as used by Paul Hindemith in three instrumental groupings (open access)

The trumpet as used by Paul Hindemith in three instrumental groupings

Paul Hindemeith adheres to the traditional concept of using two trumpets in his orchestral brass section. The trumpet parts are notated in concert pitch on the score implying the use of the "c" trumpet, although in actual practice, the parts are often transposed and played on the B-flat trumpet by the performer.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Richey, Joseph Walter
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Graphic System for Studying Concert Band Music (open access)

A Graphic System for Studying Concert Band Music

This study traces the development of the baton conductor from his earliest origin up to and including the present day. From his initial role, that of a time beater and teacher, he has progressed to that of an interpreter and creator of music.
Date: January 1966
Creator: White Jack E. (Jack Ed), 1935-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mystic Trumpeter (open access)

The Mystic Trumpeter

The Mystic Trumpeter is intended to reflect and comment on the meaning of the poem of the same name featured in Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Formally the individual movements are approximately simple territory ternary in form; however, cyclical treatment of the opening motive is the main structural concept of the work, and its appearance throughout the composition is controlled entirely by the recurring connotations of the poetry.
Date: January 1948
Creator: Dorn, Gerhardt George, 1911-
System: The UNT Digital Library