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[Request to Leave Laredo from Maria Josefa] (open access)

[Request to Leave Laredo from Maria Josefa]

Request to leave Laredo from Maria Josefa to José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente. The document is heavily stained and has frayed edges along the top right corner.
Date: 1810?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dean of Women and Her Problems as Found on a Small University Campus (open access)

The Dean of Women and Her Problems as Found on a Small University Campus

Thesis written Laura Kuykendall, Southwestern University's Dean of Women (1918-1935), for her Master of Arts Degree in the Department of Sociology and Economics in 1926.
Date: June 1926
Creator: Kuykendall, Laura
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes, June 24, 1932] (open access)

[Notes, June 24, 1932]

Notes dated June 24, 1932, with "J. S. Dodge, Sayles, M/L lien" written at the top. The text mentions a sale, mortgages, and possible damages.
Date: June 24, 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Howard Payne College (open access)

A History of Howard Payne College

Unpublished thesis on the history of Howard Payne College and events prior to its establishment.
Date: 1933
Creator: David, Ben M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advantages in the Social Studies to be Derived from the Texas Centennial by Children of Junior High School Level (open access)

Advantages in the Social Studies to be Derived from the Texas Centennial by Children of Junior High School Level

The predominant theme utilized by the Texas Centennial is the historical background Texas, which encompasses a hundred years of independence and four centuries of progress. This study aims to select and classify those buildings in the Texas Centennial Exposition containing exhibits possessing educational significance for junior high school social studies students.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Martin, Anna Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Certain Phases of the Home Economics and Industrial Education Graduates with the Regular Men and Women Graduates of North Texas State Teachers College for the Years of 1919,1923, 1927, and 1931 (open access)

A Comparative Study of Certain Phases of the Home Economics and Industrial Education Graduates with the Regular Men and Women Graduates of North Texas State Teachers College for the Years of 1919,1923, 1927, and 1931

The purpose of this study is to determine the status of Industrial Education graduates and Home Economics graduates as compared with the status of all men and women graduates of North Texas State Teachers College, with reference to background before entering college, high school status, college status, college entrance and graduation ages, number and percentage of transfers, grades, major fields, amount of transiency and tenure.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Ray, Elizabeth Gibson
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

A History of North Texas State Teachers College

"This thesis was written for the purpose of presenting a brief, though fairly detailed, history of the North Texas State Teachers College."--1.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Higginbotham, Robert Louis
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Development of the Junior Colleges in Texas (open access)

History of the Development of the Junior Colleges in Texas

In the main there are three questions to be answered in this investigation: First, what are the motives that have controlled the growth and development of the junior colleges in Texas? Second, what are the leading events in this development? Third, what is the present state of development of the junior college movement in Texas? A survey of the existing junior college situation in Texas is presented in the first chapter, while a more detailed history of development is outlined in the later chapters.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Barnard, Hilliard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intercollegiate Athletics in North Texas State Teachers College from 1924-12 through 1934-35 (open access)

Intercollegiate Athletics in North Texas State Teachers College from 1924-12 through 1934-35

"This study deals with an investigation of men's intercollegiate athletics in North Texas State Teachers College during the eleven year period 1924-25 through 1934-35."--1.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Taylor, Lucian Weldon
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nature Interests of the First-Grade Children of the Demonstration School, North Texas State Teachers College Denton, Texas (open access)

The Nature Interests of the First-Grade Children of the Demonstration School, North Texas State Teachers College Denton, Texas

"The following study was undertaken as an investigation to find out the nature interests of the First Grade-children of the Demonstration School, North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas."--1.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Thurman, Ina Louise
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation Between Certain Factors and Professional Teaching in Graduates of North Texas State Teachers College, Between 1919 and 1931, with Special Reference to Administrators (open access)

The Relation Between Certain Factors and Professional Teaching in Graduates of North Texas State Teachers College, Between 1919 and 1931, with Special Reference to Administrators

"This study undertakes to determine the relation existing between a group of factors and the professional tenure of graduates of the North Texas State Teachers College during a period of years extending from 1919 to 1931."--1.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Ray, David W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Behavioral Objectives with Implications for Pre-student Teaching Preparation (open access)

Analysis of Behavioral Objectives with Implications for Pre-student Teaching Preparation

Zella Patterson writes an academic paper that supports the implications for pre-student teaching.
Date: 1937
Creator: Patterson, Zella
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bacterial Survey of Representative Denton County Wells with Special Reference to Sanitation (open access)

Bacterial Survey of Representative Denton County Wells with Special Reference to Sanitation

This thesis aimed to study the seventy-two representative wells of Denton County and to determine the possibilities of infection with typhoid organism. The sanitary survey and the test for Colon-Aerogenes bacteria show that 55% of the 72 wells studied are unsanitary, 27% are sanitary, and 18% are doubtful.
Date: June 1937
Creator: Roberts, Sally Stevens
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Participation and Interests in Leisure Time Activities of the Women of Dallas, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Participation and Interests in Leisure Time Activities of the Women of Dallas, Texas

"It is the purpose of this investigation to discover and report how the women of Dallas, Texas, spend their time when not engaged in their daily occupation. ... it attempts to disclose the trend of interest of various groups according to age, salary, and occupation; the influence of previous training; the reasons for non-participation in the activities in which they desire to take part. It is a further purpose to formulate various plans which are to evaluate academically or non-academically the activities that should be included in the program for the modern girl in the secondary school."-- leaf 1.
Date: July 1937
Creator: Wade, Irma E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Boundaries of Texas (open access)

The Boundaries of Texas

This thesis explores the history behind the creation of Texan boundaries. The boundaries of Texas were the cause of disputes between the French, the Spanish, Mexico, and later the United States of America. The intensity of these disputes threatened to disrupt the Union itself, and caused a war between the United States and Mexico.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Wilkinson, C. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Disruption of the Social Order in the South During the Reconstruction Era (open access)

The Disruption of the Social Order in the South During the Reconstruction Era

It is the purpose of this thesis to define wherein the social order of the South was disrupted, --- the conditions that brought about such a sweeping transformation of social structures --- and to show the growth of new social attitudes and practices evolving from the chaotic dismemberment of the old. Although primary significance is placed upon changes in the social order, it is necessary to consider certain political and economic trends that were interwoven into the fabric of social life during Reconstruction --- factors influencing, determining, or evolving from, social changes. In the first chapter is sketched briefly the ante-bellum society of the South, and in following chapters is shown the evolution of social culture during the first twelve years following the Civil War.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Bennett, Leo
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Historical Study of Agricultural Education with Special Application to Denton County (open access)

A Historical Study of Agricultural Education with Special Application to Denton County

In this study the activities contributing to the welfare of the farmers of Denton County will be confined to the experiment farm or station and the county extension service. These two educational agencies have proved that adult education can be very successful. Although there is no direct relation between the two, most of the information learned in experimental research is imparted through the extension service.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Norman, Lee Weldon
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Development of the Curriculum of Texas State Teachers Colleges (open access)

A History of the Development of the Curriculum of Texas State Teachers Colleges

Without regard to the merits of the philosophy and practices of these two schools of educational thought, it is the purpose of this study to observe the progress of each as indicated by an examination of certain college curricula, as shown below.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Harbison, James J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Preparation and Work of High School Teachers in Collin County (open access)

The Preparation and Work of High School Teachers in Collin County

"The aim of this study is to examine some of the factors and conditions underlying the preparation and work of the high school teachers in Collin County for the year 1936-1937 only. In finding and tabulating the existing factors and conditions, it is hoped that this will be of help in making improvements in the present schedule for the training of high school teachers."--leaf 2
Date: August 1937
Creator: Alexander, Mabel Parker
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Plan for Equalizing the Financial Burdens of Hill County Public Schools (open access)

A Proposed Plan for Equalizing the Financial Burdens of Hill County Public Schools

"This study consists of two phases: (1) as study of existing financial conditions of the public schools of Hill county based on assessed valuations, tax rates, expenses per scholastic, and investments per scholastic in bond and capital outlay, and (2) a proposed plan for equalizing the existing inequalities..the study includes all of the 82 public schools of Hill County,Texas. The study includes 63 common school districts, 4 independent districts under county supervision, 2 rural high schools, and 13 independent districts. These schools range in scholastic population from 27 to 1974."--leaf 1
Date: August 1937
Creator: Savage, Elijah Monroe
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Color Preferences of the Children in the Demonstration School of the North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

A Study of Color Preferences of the Children in the Demonstration School of the North Texas State Teachers College

This study was made in the Demonstration School of the North Texas State Teacher's College, using the children of Grades I to V inclusive as subjects of the investigation. The problem was taken to try to discover if children of a certain age group have definite color preferences and other related questions such as if these preferences remain constant, if they are influenced by other factors such as intelligence, sex, or grade, and if there is consistency noticeable in the preferences of a group at any given grade level. It is also the aim of this study to see how the children of the Demonstration School compare with other groups that have been tested, to suggest possible reasons for differences, and to set forth a procedure that could be followed in order to secure more significant results than those which have been obtained by other investigators.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Bookman, Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of McKinney's School System with Reference to the Financial Status, the Educational Plant, the Educational Staff and the Pupils (open access)

A Study of McKinney's School System with Reference to the Financial Status, the Educational Plant, the Educational Staff and the Pupils

"The purpose of this study is to determine the present status of the McKinney school system in regard to the financial ability, the school plant, the teaching staff, and the pupils by making a profound comparison with general practices and statndards set up by accepted authorities and offering constructive criticism and recommendations that are needed, as obviously shown by comparison."--leaf 2
Date: August 1937
Creator: Alexander, Arlin Albert
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Some of the Factors Influencing the Achievement of Elementary School Children in Denton County (open access)

A Study of Some of the Factors Influencing the Achievement of Elementary School Children in Denton County

"There are many factors that influence the achievement of school children; however it is rather difficult to determine the effect of each because of the close relationship and probable overlapping of the various factors. The problem in this study is to determine what effect the size of the school, training and qualifications of the teachers, and sex have upon the achievement of elementary school children in Denton County. A few of the main factors involved in this study will be examined and statistically presented, so as to show their relation to the achievement of the rural children in Denton County, as revealed through the Harlow achievement tests."-- leaf 1.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Jones, Robert Elzie
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Socio-Economic Status of the Freshman Students of North Texas State Teachers College and its Effect Upon College Attainment (open access)

A Study of the Socio-Economic Status of the Freshman Students of North Texas State Teachers College and its Effect Upon College Attainment

This study was undertaken as an investigation to find out the socio-economic status of the Freshman class of North Texas State Teachers college, Denton, Texas. The investigation has the following purposes: to find out the number of independent, partially dependent, and dependent students; to discover social and economic factors concerning their home background the year preceding their entrance to the college; to study the economic status of these groups for the school year 1936-37; to study the social status of the same groups, on the campus, for the same period of time; to study the scholastic status of the same students during the same period, and to compare the grades of each group to discover the effect, if any, of social and economic status upon scholastic attainment.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Hamilton, F. Sidney
System: The UNT Digital Library