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How the Trend Toward Centralization Has Affected the Schools in Van Zandt County (open access)

How the Trend Toward Centralization Has Affected the Schools in Van Zandt County

The problem of this study was to determine some of the effects of the centralization movement on the schools of Van Zandt County.
Date: 1941
Creator: Riley, Andrew J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of an Adequate Finance System for Extracurricular Activities (open access)

An Evaluation of an Adequate Finance System for Extracurricular Activities

It is the purpose of this study to discover and report educationally sound practices of activity financing and administration, with special emphasis placed on accounting. This investigation will attempt to disclose present-day common practices in financing the activities and accounting in regard to activity finances, and where advisable to make recommendations to secure more adequate procedures.
Date: 1941
Creator: Alvis, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Life, Work, and Imprint of Elisabet Ney (open access)

The Life, Work, and Imprint of Elisabet Ney

This thesis discusses the life and influence of sculptor Elisabet Ney.
Date: 1941
Creator: Bailey, Joe Harden
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Training and Preparation of Elementary-School Principals in the Light of Certain Duties They Perform (open access)

An Evaluation of the Training and Preparation of Elementary-School Principals in the Light of Certain Duties They Perform

It is the purpose of this study to determine the value of the academic preparation and the in-service experience of the elementary-school principals as it pertains to three phases of the principals' duties--organization and administration, supervision, and community relationships.
Date: 1941
Creator: Bennett, Lowell Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine Methods of Planning more Effectively with Students in Shop Work (open access)

To Determine Methods of Planning more Effectively with Students in Shop Work

This study tries to evaluate more effective ways of assisting students in planning projects in industrial arts classes.
Date: 1941
Creator: Bird, Roy E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relation Between a Child's Freedom for Personal Development in the Home and His Social Success in School (open access)

Relation Between a Child's Freedom for Personal Development in the Home and His Social Success in School

This study examines the relationship between whether the level of independence a first-grade age child was permitted at home influenced his social behavior at school.
Date: 1941
Creator: Wilkins, Bess Reddell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Evaluation of the Arkadelphia Adult Education Project in Boston, Bowie County, Texas (open access)

A Critical Evaluation of the Arkadelphia Adult Education Project in Boston, Bowie County, Texas

This thesis discusses the formation of the Arkadelphia adult education project in Boston, Bowie County, Texas, and assesses its usefulness in the realm of adult education.
Date: 1941
Creator: Zihlman, Adelia Darter
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Pragmatism: its Influence on Certain Modern Trends in Education (open access)

A Study of Pragmatism: its Influence on Certain Modern Trends in Education

It is the purpose of this thesis to show that the pragmatic philosophy is basically responsible for present-day developments in various teaching techniques.
Date: 1941
Creator: Adams, Donald Quincy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Place of Office Practice in the High School (open access)

The Place of Office Practice in the High School

A study to determine if the commercial department is providing business men with adequate training.
Date: 1941
Creator: Conlee, Rosser Elaine
System: The UNT Digital Library
The School Kitchen as a Value to the Educational Program (open access)

The School Kitchen as a Value to the Educational Program

The problem involved in this thesis is to examine the organization, administration, and equipment of the school kitchens, and point out certain educational values derived from such a project.
Date: 1941
Creator: Cooper, Douglas Wear
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Sociability can be Developed in the Elementary School (open access)

How Sociability can be Developed in the Elementary School

The purpose of this study was to determine whether boys and girls who were not accepted by the group could be developed and trained to such an extent that they would become acceptable. Secondarily, the purpose was to discover what types of classroom and extra-curricular activities were desirable and beneficial in a program of social development for fifth-grade pupils.
Date: 1941
Creator: Hollingsworth, Lila
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing and Evaluating a Course in Crafts in a Small School (open access)

Developing and Evaluating a Course in Crafts in a Small School

The purpose of this study is to find and evaluate a course in crafts in a small rural school with the hope that it may be of some value to teachers in rural districts, and that it may help provide a more general education for the rural school child.
Date: 1941
Creator: Kee, Jim W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Evaluation and Analysis in Terms of National Defense of the National Youth Administration, the National Defense Training Program, and the State Teachers Colleges' Industrial Arts Program (open access)

A Comparative Evaluation and Analysis in Terms of National Defense of the National Youth Administration, the National Defense Training Program, and the State Teachers Colleges' Industrial Arts Program

The objectives of this study are: first, to draw conclusions in regard to the extent the National Youth Administration, the National Defense Training Program, and the Industrial Arts departments of the Texas State Teachers Colleges are making "trainees" of the first two programs and graduates and students of the last division more employable in the several industries that make up our national defense manufacturing mechanism; second, to show by the presentation of the college programs whether or not the colleges are presenting the courses of industrial arts which are most needed by youth in this time of crisis and national defense preparation.
Date: 1941
Creator: Martin, Robert Owen
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Contribution of a Given Educational System to the Defense of Democracy (open access)

An Analysis of the Contribution of a Given Educational System to the Defense of Democracy

The purpose of this study is four-fold: (1) to present through an analysis of life needs the nature and source of a curriculum best adapted to democracy; (2) to present fairly some of the reasons why a curriculum must be founded on democracy if democracy survives the dangerous forces that threaten to obliterate its very existence; (3) to make an unprejudiced analysis of the regular situation now existing in Oklahoma schools at the present time to find whether her schools are meeting this challenge to democracy; and (4) to offer from the comparison of the summaries of these data recommendations whereby all schools may have a curriculum "rooted in the life of its people"--a program that contributes to democracy and permanent national defense.
Date: 1941
Creator: Maxwell, Maude Napier
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of the Affiliated Courses Offered in Texas High Schools (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of the Affiliated Courses Offered in Texas High Schools

The problem of this thesis is to determine what affiliated courses are most frequently offered to the students who attend the regular four year high schools in Texas, and to determine the relationship of the subjects taught to the scholastic population of the school.
Date: 1941
Creator: Merrick, James Estes
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Construction of a Dependable Instrument of Measurement in the Field of Social Sensitivity (open access)

The Construction of a Dependable Instrument of Measurement in the Field of Social Sensitivity

The problem of this study is an attempt to construct a dependable instrument of measurement in the field of social sensitivity. An endeavor will be made to make this instrument sensitive enough to give some degree of precision and reliability to its results. Other attempted methods of measurement applied to this quantity have given results only in scattered generalities.
Date: 1941
Creator: Middleton, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Rural Community-School Program (open access)

A Rural Community-School Program

The problem of this study is to determine the type of program needed for a rural community school based on the needs of the children, the youth, and the adults, and on the available facilities.
Date: 1941
Creator: Miller, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appraisal of an Elementary School Club Program (open access)

Appraisal of an Elementary School Club Program

The purpose of this study is to appraise the club program as carried out in South Waco, attempting to determine the value of the program in an elementary school.
Date: 1941
Creator: Morris, Lurline
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Appropriate Science Material for the Teaching of Elementary Science in the Jefferson School of Sherman, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Appropriate Science Material for the Teaching of Elementary Science in the Jefferson School of Sherman, Texas

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current methods of teaching and the available science material for the teaching of elementary science in order to prepare a proposed plan of instruction for the seventh and eighth grades of Jefferson School for the 1941-1942 school year.
Date: 1941
Creator: Shelton, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Common Schools of Hardeman County, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Common Schools of Hardeman County, Texas

The problem set forth for this study is to evaluate the common schools of Hardeman County, Texas. The purpose of this study is to determine the weak points and the strong points of the schools, and to offer suggestions for improvement.
Date: 1941
Creator: Sweatmon, Marvin M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of Pre-Primers, Primers, and First Readers of Ten Series of Books Published Since 1938 (open access)

A Critical Analysis of Pre-Primers, Primers, and First Readers of Ten Series of Books Published Since 1938

The problem of this thesis is to make a critical analysis of pre-primers, primers, and first readers of ten series of books published since 1938. Examination of books will be made from the standpoint of unusual interest to children, teachability, psychological, and educational soundness of their construction in promoting growth of the individual pupil and his ultimate good as a person and as a member of a social group.
Date: 1941
Creator: Tacker, Floy Alberta
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship Existing between Reading and the Social Studies in the Waelder Elementary School (open access)

The Relationship Existing between Reading and the Social Studies in the Waelder Elementary School

The purpose of this study is to determine what degree, if any, relationship exists between reading and social studies in the intermediate grades of the Waelder Elementary School, and then to determine means of using reading as a tool to aid children in their social studies.
Date: 1941
Creator: Neal, Jewell
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Henrietta High School, Henrietta, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Henrietta High School, Henrietta, Texas

This study is an evaluation of the Henrietta High School of Henrietta, Texas. Its purpose is to measure this school by comparing it to the two hundred try-out schools which were used by the Cooperative Study of Secondary School Standards in setting up their criteria for determining the characteristics of a good secondary school.
Date: 1941
Creator: Pope, Rogers R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Certain Interests of Boys and Girls between the Ages of Twelve and Sixteen Years in a Typical West Texas County such as Stonewall County (open access)

A Study of Certain Interests of Boys and Girls between the Ages of Twelve and Sixteen Years in a Typical West Texas County such as Stonewall County

A personality questionnaire was given to the pupils of the four rural consolidated high schools of Stonewall County for the purpose of finding out, in so far as this was possible, the chief interests of each student between the ages of twelve and sixteen years. A series of questions concerning religious, social, recreational, and vocational interest was given to the students within this age group.
Date: 1941
Creator: Powell, H. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library