The Method of Moments in Quantum Mechanics ; The [Pi]-Mesic Disintegration of the Deuteron (open access)

The Method of Moments in Quantum Mechanics ; The [Pi]-Mesic Disintegration of the Deuteron

The following report contains two reports to summarize a thesis: first, a report describing the classical moment techniques of Tchebycheff, Markov, and Stieltjes that have been applied to the problem of diagonalizing the Hamiltonian operator; and the second report describes an investigation of the higher-order corrections to the mesic disintegration of deuterons that is considered.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Halpern, Francis R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interactions of Negative K Mesons in Flight in Nuclear Emulsion (open access)

Interactions of Negative K Mesons in Flight in Nuclear Emulsion

The following report discusses a survey of seventy-seven interactions of K- mesons in flight in nuclear emulsion with seven decays in flight, and finding four inelastic scatterings.
Date: April 30, 1957
Creator: Featherston, Frank Hunter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Interactions of Antiprotons (Thesis) (open access)

Nuclear Interactions of Antiprotons (Thesis)

This report follows the studies on the interactions of antiproton with ordinary matter.
Date: July 15, 1957
Creator: Keller, Donald Verne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fission and Spallation Competition in Ra²²⁶, Th²³⁰, U²³⁵, and Np²³⁷ (open access)

Fission and Spallation Competition in Ra²²⁶, Th²³⁰, U²³⁵, and Np²³⁷

This report follows the radiochemical study of fission and spallation products produced by bombardment of U-235 with 18- to 16-Mev helium ions and of the spallation products produced by 8- to 23-Mev deuteron bombardments of Np-237.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Vandenbosch, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beta-Spectra of the Mirror Nuclei with A = 19 to 39 (open access)

Beta-Spectra of the Mirror Nuclei with A = 19 to 39

Thesis presenting data taken on experimental nuclear magnetic moments for beta spectra of the mirror nuclei with A-19 to 39.
Date: August 2, 1957
Creator: Welch, Jasper A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administering the Use of Instructional Space in Texas State-Supported Colleges and Universities (open access)

Administering the Use of Instructional Space in Texas State-Supported Colleges and Universities

The problem of this study is to determine the administrative practices for securing the optimum use of instructional space in colleges. This necessitates the development of an instrument to evaluate these practices.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Craig, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Confederate Military Operations in Texas, 1861-1865 (open access)

Confederate Military Operations in Texas, 1861-1865

This study examines several of the Confederate military operations in Texas from the years 1861 to 1865, including early defensive moves, the Battle of Galveston and the Battle of Sabine Pass.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Crow, James Burchell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Opinions of the Graduates of Denton Senior High School, Denton, Texas, Concerning the Practical Arts (open access)

A Study of the Opinions of the Graduates of Denton Senior High School, Denton, Texas, Concerning the Practical Arts

This study is an analysis of the opinions of the graduates of Denton Senior High School concerning the practical arts, namely industrial arts and home economics.
Date: 1957
Creator: Barrs, Herman D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of the Business Administration Offerings with Special Emphasis upon Marketing in Thirty-two Senior Colleges of Texas with Similar Offerings at North Texas State College, 1954-1955 (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of the Business Administration Offerings with Special Emphasis upon Marketing in Thirty-two Senior Colleges of Texas with Similar Offerings at North Texas State College, 1954-1955

In this study, a comparative analysis was made of the marketing courses offered in thirty-two senior colleges of Texas including the marketing courses offered at North Texas State College. An analysis was also made to determine what courses in business administration are being offered in the senior colleges in Texas.
Date: 1957
Creator: Bucklew, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analytical Study of Basketball Goal Shooting in Fifteen Girls' Commercial Basketball Games of the Major City and Industrial Leagues of Fort Worth, Texas, during the Season of 1951-1952 (open access)

An Analytical Study of Basketball Goal Shooting in Fifteen Girls' Commercial Basketball Games of the Major City and Industrial Leagues of Fort Worth, Texas, during the Season of 1951-1952

The investigator became interested in the status of basketball goal shooting in modern girls' basketball as compared to that of boys' goal shooting. Types of shots, their frequency and accuracy, and the zones on the court from which they were taken, were all considered as components of the status of basketball goal shooting. It was on the basis of this interest that the present study was undertaken.
Date: 1957
Creator: Moore, Miriam Iles
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Local Industrial Resources, their Availability, and Extent of Use in the Teaching of Industrial Arts in the Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Local Industrial Resources, their Availability, and Extent of Use in the Teaching of Industrial Arts in the Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, Texas

The purpose of this study is fourfold: first, to study the local industrial resources; second, to assemble and analyze data concerning the availability of industrial resources for instructional enrichment of the industrial arts program; third, to assemble and analyze data concerning the extent of use of available industrial resources in teaching industrial arts in the Dallas Independent School District; and fourth, to make recommendations and conclusions based on the findings of the study.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Quast, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Insurace Curricula of Accredited Colleges and Universities in Texas with the Curricula Recommended by 100 Selected Insurance Companies Operating in the State of Texas (open access)

A Comparison of Insurace Curricula of Accredited Colleges and Universities in Texas with the Curricula Recommended by 100 Selected Insurance Companies Operating in the State of Texas

This study was undertaken to determine whether the curricula of the colleges and universities are meeting the needs of the growing insurance industry. This study will determine, first, whether the insurance curricula of the accredited four-year colleges and universities in the state of Texas fulfill the needs of the insurance industry as reported by 100 selected insurance companies operating in the state of Texas. Second, this study will compare the insurance program at North Texas State College with the programs of other accredited colleges and universities in Texas. Third, from the foregoing analysis this study will attempt to determine whether the insurance program at North Texas State College could be improved. As a final consideration, this study will determine whether the insurance companies desire colleges and universities to offer special short courses for their insurance personnel.
Date: 1957
Creator: Lyles, Henry Francis
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Opinions of a Selected Group of Ministers Toward Race Relations (open access)

A Study of Opinions of a Selected Group of Ministers Toward Race Relations

This study deals only with the attitudes held by ministers who cooperate in the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Date: 1957
Creator: Milligan, Alfred Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relative Social Development of Children with Pre-school Background as Opposed to Those who Lack Such Experiences (open access)

The Relative Social Development of Children with Pre-school Background as Opposed to Those who Lack Such Experiences

This study, as stated in Chapter I, is designed for the purpose of determining the relationship between an individual's degree of social acceptance and social adjustment in the classroom and the presence or absence of pre-school training.
Date: 1957
Creator: Nicholson, Ertie Lou
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Relationship Exists Between the Populations of Church Congregations and Their Maximum Efficiency? (open access)

What Relationship Exists Between the Populations of Church Congregations and Their Maximum Efficiency?

The present study was calculated to determine whether or not a congregation with a good percentage increase in membership from a specific date in 1956 to a corresponding date in 1957 would also experience any percentage increase in attendance of members and visitors at the Sunday morning worship services. Likewise, would such a congregation have a large percentage of its assembly in attendance at its Bible classes and at its midweek services?
Date: 1957
Creator: Burton, Jimmy Grey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survival and Growth of Bacteria in Chlorine Treated Water (open access)

Survival and Growth of Bacteria in Chlorine Treated Water

In this problem, an attempt was made to determine the fate of various species of bacteria which had previously been isolated from other sources when inoculated into Denton tap water.
Date: 1957
Creator: Dougherty, J. H. (James H.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Follow-up Study of the Semi-professional Engineering Graduates of Arlington State College (open access)

A Follow-up Study of the Semi-professional Engineering Graduates of Arlington State College

The purposes of this study are to evaluate the effectiveness of the training program at Arlington State College; to evaluate the curricula of the Semi-Professional Engineering Program at Arlington State College; and if needed, suggest improvements in the Semi-Professional Engineering curriculum at Arlington State College.
Date: 1957
Creator: Eller, Charles Manning
System: The UNT Digital Library
Situation-Type Problems for Use in Elementary Accounting (open access)

Situation-Type Problems for Use in Elementary Accounting

The problem of this study is to develop a series of "situation-type" problems to be used in the teaching of the first course in elementary accounting at North Texas State College. The solutions for the problems were prepared contemporaneously with the problems to save the instructor's time when the problems are used. These problems are to include the phases of accounting of theory and principles in addition to the recording and classifying.
Date: 1957
Creator: Henderson, Porter Wyatt
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Function of Craft Activities in Early Adolescence (open access)

The Function of Craft Activities in Early Adolescence

This paper presents the thesis that a major emphasis on craft activities in the creative art program for early adolescence is indicated as an aid in the adjustment of the child to the more mature status in which he finds himself. As a test, during the school years 1955-56 and 1956-57, children in grades six and seven at the W. W. Bushman School in the Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, Texas, participated in various projects in crafts as part of the course of study in art, which also included drawing and painting. A description and evaluation of these problems are the subject of this paper.
Date: 1957
Creator: Hull, Margaret Leatherwood
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship between Aptitudes and Major Fields of Study (open access)

Relationship between Aptitudes and Major Fields of Study

As new measures of aptitude are devised, their implications to education are a fertile source for research. All facets of aptitudes as they relate to education are explored. This study is concerned with such exploration in that it investigates the relationships between aptitudes, as measured by the General Aptitude Test Battery and selected major fields of study at North Texas State College, Denton, Texas. The major fields of study selected for this research are Accounting, Business Education, Elementary Education, Industrial Arts and Marketing.
Date: January 1957
Creator: Nicksick, Theodore
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Plan of Christian Higher Education for Arkansas Baptists (open access)

A Plan of Christian Higher Education for Arkansas Baptists

The primary problem in this study was to develop a comprehensive long-range plan for Arkansas Baptists to use as a guide in meeting their needs in the field of Christian higher education. These needs were viewed in two ways: 1. Need as related to the purposes and philosophy of Christian higher education of Southern Baptists; 2. Need as related to the number of persons to be served.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Kirkman, Ralph Everett
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analytical and Descriptive Technique for Rating Student Teachers (open access)

An Analytical and Descriptive Technique for Rating Student Teachers

The problem of this study was to develop an analytical and descriptive technique for rating the performances of student teachers. In order to arrive at a solution to this problem, the following sub-problems were to be solved; namely, 1. To develop and validate a set of criteria for describing and rating the performances of student teachers; 2. To develop and validate a descriptive rating scale utilizing those criteria; 3. To develop a technique for using this descriptive rating scale; 4. To establish reliability of the instrument and to demonstrate the ability of the instrument to perform its intended functions.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Latham, James L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Relationships between Growth in Interest and Achievement of Hight School Science Students and Science Teacher Attitudes, Preparation, and Experience (open access)

A Study to Determine the Relationships between Growth in Interest and Achievement of Hight School Science Students and Science Teacher Attitudes, Preparation, and Experience

The problem of this study is to determine the relationships between (1) growth in interest and achievement of high school science students and (2) attitudes, preparation, and experience of science teachers. The study encompasses grades nine through twelve, inclusive, in a sample of Texas accredited public high schools.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Taylor, Thomas Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Visual Merchandising in Six Texas Department Stores (open access)

A Study of Visual Merchandising in Six Texas Department Stores

"This study is limited to the organization and activities of display departments of six leading Texas department stores. It concerns the two main categories of display: window and interior display. Chapter I serves as an introduction to the study; Chapter II review briefly the history of display in the United States; Chapter III presents an analysis of the display departments of six leading Texas department stores; Chapter IV concludes the study with a summary and evaluation of the data presented in Chapter III." -- leaf 3.
Date: January 1957
Creator: Stewart, Gwen L.
System: The UNT Digital Library