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The Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) Test Scores as Predictors of Academic Success of First-Year Clarendon College Students (open access)

The Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) Test Scores as Predictors of Academic Success of First-Year Clarendon College Students

The problem in this study was to determine the relationship between the scores on the three parts (reading, writing, and mathematics) of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Test (TAAS) and the academic success of first-year students at Clarendon College, Clarendon, Texas. High school grade-point average and gender were also included in the study. The purpose of the study was to develop an equation to predict first-year college grade-point average at Clarendon College . The predictor variables were the three parts of the TAAS Test (reading, writing, and mathematics) , high school grade-point average, and gender. The equation was developed through multiple correlation/multiple regression multivariate procedures. All statistical analyses were calculated through sub-programs of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The study was limited to using only 1992/1993 Texas high school graduates who had entered Clarendon College in the fall semesters of 1992 and 1993 directly following high school graduation. A search of Clarendon College records produced 115 students from these groups who fully met all standards defined for the study. Two predictor equations were developed. One developed through a simple regression command included all five predictor variables. The second equation was produced through a stepwise procedure. This …
Date: August 1996
Creator: Anglin, James William
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water-Valve. (open access)

Water-Valve.

Patent for a water valve for water delivery systems that does not have standing water around it that can freeze in cold weather.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Anthony, Joseph B. & Morris, Robert M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Cultivator (open access)

Disk Cultivator

Patent for improvements to a disk cultivators which allows for the disks to hit the ground at various angles, thus improving cultivation,
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Atkinson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Coffin with Lace Pall]

Photograph of a coffin covered by a lace pall and bouquets of flowers on a raised wheeled platform. A man at right appears to place a bouquet of flowers at the head of the coffin, while two funeral-goers stand to the left of the coffin. A hearse is faintly visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bartlett's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analytical Study of the Ogallala Aquifer in Donley County, Texas: Projections of Saturated Thickness, Volume of Water in Storage, Pumpage Rates, Pumping Lifts, and Well Yields (open access)

Analytical Study of the Ogallala Aquifer in Donley County, Texas: Projections of Saturated Thickness, Volume of Water in Storage, Pumpage Rates, Pumping Lifts, and Well Yields

Report documenting statistical data and analysis about the state of depletion for the Ogallala Aquifer in Donley County, and to provide water-usage information for planning purposes.
Date: January 1981
Creator: Bell, Ann E. & Morrison, Shelly
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Gearing. (open access)

Transmission-Gearing.

Patent for a transmission gearing that prevents the gears from slipping loose.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Blevins, Samuel W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for new improvements to oil-burners in stoves and furnaces providing "a proper inlet of air to fire generated on the hearth" (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader (open access)

Road Grader

Patent for a road grader. Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clarendon News (Clarendon, Tex.), Vol. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1928 (open access)

The Clarendon News (Clarendon, Tex.), Vol. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1928

Weekly newspaper from Clarendon, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 13, 1928
Creator: Braswell, Sam M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Map Hanger (open access)

Map Hanger

Patent for improvements in map hangers. The purpose is to provide a map exhibiting hanger to use in support for a plurality of maps, particularly maps that have information on the back.
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Chunn, Richard M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for August 12, 1969 - September 27, 1983] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for August 12, 1969 - September 27, 1983]

This ledger includes text of minutes from City Commission meetings and motions passed by the Commission of the City of Clarendon.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for July 5, 1925 - June 27, 1938] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for July 5, 1925 - June 27, 1938]

This ledger includes text of minutes from City Commission meetings and motions passed by the Commission of the City of Clarendon.
Date: 1938~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for June 29, 1938 - June 8, 1959] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for June 29, 1938 - June 8, 1959]

This ledger includes text of minutes from City Commission meetings and motions passed by the Commission of the City of Clarendon.
Date: 1959~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for June 29, 1959 - July 18, 1967] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for June 29, 1959 - July 18, 1967]

This ledger includes text of minutes from City Commission meetings and motions passed by the Commission of the City of Clarendon.
Date: 1967~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for October 1, 1982 - September 5, 1991] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for October 1, 1982 - September 5, 1991]

This ledger includes text of minutes from City Commission meetings and motions passed by the Commission of the City of Clarendon.
Date: 1991~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for September 10, 1901- April 19, 1917] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for September 10, 1901- April 19, 1917]

This ledger includes text of minutes from City Commission meetings and motions passed by the Commission of the City of Clarendon.
Date: 1917~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for September 10, 1991 - September 25, 2003] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Minutes for September 10, 1991 - September 25, 2003]

This ledger includes text of minutes from City Commission meetings and motions passed by the Commission of the City of Clarendon.
Date: 2003~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances 1-20] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances 1-20]

This ledger includes the documentation filed in the Office of the County Court for Donley County which covers the incorporation of the Town of Clarendon as well as the text of ordinances proposed and approved by the City of Clarendon. This version starts with an index and handwritten ordinances, but later ones are printed and attached to the ledger pages.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances 1-103] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances 1-103]

This ledger includes the documentation filed in the Office of the County Court for Donley County which covers the incorporation of the Town of Clarendon as well as the text of ordinances proposed and approved by the City of Clarendon.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances 104-207] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances 104-207]

This ledger includes the minutes from sessions of the Board of Commissioners to address proposed ordinances in the City of Clarendon as well as the text of the ordinances and signatures of approval.
Date: 1965~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances (207)-363] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances (207)-363]

This ledger includes text of ordinances proposed and passed by the City of Clarendon.
Date: 2006~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances 365-368] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances 365-368]

This ledger includes text of ordinances proposed and passed by the City of Clarendon and motions passed by the City Commission.
Date: 2007~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Clarendon Chamber of Commerce Ledger] (open access)

[City of Clarendon Chamber of Commerce Ledger]

This ledger includes the minutes of several meetings of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce as well as lists and tallies related to particular businesses.
Date: 1921-03~
Creator: Clarendon (Tex.). Chamber of Commerce.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue (open access)

Catalogue

Catalog containing a school calendar, rules and regulations, curriculum, administration, faculty and list of students for the primary college-level school.
Date: 1900
Creator: Clarendon College and University Training School
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History