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Are the Dress Manufacturers of Dallas, Texas, Meeting the Needs of the Tall Women?
The purpose of the present study is to determine what per cent of dresses manufactured by Dallas dress manufacturers is produced to meet the needs of tall women.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Hannah, Clementena Parker
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Physical Education Status and the Academic Status of One Hundred Senior Girls of N. R. Crozier Technical High School of Dallas, Texas, in May, 1947
The purposes of the study were: (1) To determine the relation of the ratings of the students in activities in the physical education program by physical education instructors and the General Motor Capacity Scores made by the students; (2) To determine the relation of the physical education grades and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students; (3) To determine the relation of the physical education grades and the academic grades of the students; (4) To determine the relation of the Intelligence Quotients and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students; (5) To determine the relation of the academic grades and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students.
Date:
1947
Creator:
White, Maribel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Social and Academic Status of Private Pre-school and Public School Children in the Second Year of a Dallas Elementary School
This study will endeavor to make a comparative study of seventeen children in the second grade in an elementary school in Dallas that attended private schools and omitted the first year of the public school, and seventeen children that are in the second grade after completing the first grade in the public school. The purpose of the study in comparing the social and academic status of the two groups is to determine if the non-scholastic child after a year of private school is able to adjust and accomplish an academic and social status on the level of the second year of the public school as compared with children of school age that have been through the first year and are now in their second year.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Aldredge, Ruby
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Discount Operations of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
It is the purpose of this thesis to give a factual presentation of the operation of the discount system of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas, covering the years 1914 through 1935.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Richardson, Jean
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Dallas Public Evening Schools
The purpose of this study is to collect and to preserve existing data and information concerning the history and growth of the Dallas Public Evening Schools. The study will show how Dallas has been interested in the promotion and extension of education at all levels of learning, whether the learner is of the age to attend public school or has reached the age of eighty or more.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Wells, Zada
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Problem of Juvenile Delinquency in Dallas and the Educational Program as a Medium of Attack
It is the purpose of this study to determine to what extent the present educational program in Dallas, Texas, is meeting the problem of juvenile delinquency. To determine this, an analysis will be made of the types of conduct deviations of juveniles, of modern educational psychology, and the relation between these two things.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Hill, Irvin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Teacher in the Health Service Program of the Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas
It was the purpose of this study, first, to determine how and to what extent a teacher can be instrumental in improving the health status of the Dallas elementary school child, and second, to ascertain the importance of a teacher's evaluation of physical aspects from the standpoint of their effect on the mental, social, and emotional well-being of the school child.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Williams, Beatrice Mabry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Graduates of Technical High School, Dallas Texas, from 1936-1945 to Determine the Effectiveness of the Training Program
The purpose of the study is to analyze the results of a survey of the graduates of Technical High School in Dallas since 1938 to determine the effectiveness of the training given by the school in helping the graduate choose an occupation and giving him skills and attitudes that will help him get a job and make a good worker.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Butler, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Environmental Conditions and Their Relations to Achievement, Personality, and Intelligence of Seventh Grade Pupils
The purpose of this study is to give the results of a testing program in the low seventh grade of an urban school wherein intelligence, personality, achievement, and socioeconomic tests were given. The primary purpose of the tests was to determine what influence, if any, the environmental factors played in the individual learning process, but attention was given to other phases of the learning process as well.
Date:
August 1947
Creator:
Rohde, Hazel S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Work Habits and Personal Traits of a Group of Graduates of the Commercial Department of Sunset High School, Dallas, Texas
The problem in this study has a three-fold purpose: to evaluate the work performance, as ranked by employers and teachers, of a group of employed graduates of business education of the sunset high School of Dallas, Texas; to evaluate the personality traits demonstrated by the employees on the job in relation to the personality traits demonstrated in school; and to analyze these evaluations to secure suggestions for improving the course of study, including the amount of emphasis which should be placed on the various phases of the instructional program.
Date:
August 1947
Creator:
Hudson, Frances Merle
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Administrative Problems Involved in Promoting the Building Programs of Dallas County
If the future citizens of tomorrow are to be educated, they must have, for one thing, at least, buildings in which to supply their needs adequately. This study is made with the realization that the physical plant does not make a good school, but with the idea that it does help a great deal.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Douglas, Erwin D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Democratic Plan for the Coordination and Administration of Student Activities of North Dallas High School
Since more demand is being made of the school to teach democracy--and to practice what it teaches--this work is an attempt to show how some phases of the democratic way of living can be incorporated into a student activity program of a high school, and to offer a democratic plan for the coordination and administration of these student activities.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Walters, George F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Educational Value of the Comics
This study is made to determine any educational values to be derived from the use of the comics. The problem shall be to show (1) what those values are, (2) how they shall be attained, and (3) which comics are best suited to aid in the attainment of those values, as shown by the data to be assembled.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Barton, Lillie V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of the American Junior Red Cross
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the American Junior Red Cross. Special emphasis was given to the development, benefits, and services of Dallas County Chapter of the American Junior Red Cross.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Maffett, Callie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of a Method of Making Sixth Grade Arithmetic Meaningful
The problem of this study is to analyze and evaluate methods of making sixth grade arithmetic meaningful. In the accomplishment of the purpose, the writer made an intensive investigation into teaching methods of arithmetic as set forth by writers from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day, with special interest centered upon the place of the teacher in the development and utilization of meaningful situations.
Date:
1948
Creator:
McKinnon, Bobbie Sue Moore
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Children's Choices According to Standards of Art in Useful Objects Displayed in Dallas Public Schools
How much art is projected into the home and community as a result of art experiences in the school is difficult to determine without some criterion as a standard for judgement. Based upon this premise, the author attempted, with the cooperation of the art committee of the Dallas Junior League, to test the aesthetic judgement of selected groups of children in the Dallas Public Schools by evaluating their reactions to an exhibition of common household articles currently available on the Dallas market.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Shearer, Persis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Functional Rhythm Activity Program of Thomas A. Edison School
The purpose of a rhythm activity program in the Thomas A. Edison School is to achieve the following: 1. The building within each child a better coordination of mind and body. 2. The satisfying of each child with a knowledge that he has the ability of achievement. 3. A healthful, happy, and social relationship between the sexes. 4. For the pupil the realization of the pure joy and exhilaration of living. 5. Poise and self confidence within the child. 6. The carrying over of this program into other closely related classes such as, playground, art, auditorium, and music. 7. An ambition within each pupil to make his community life more desirable.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Herzinger, Faye Poe
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship Between Delinquency and the Home in Lisbon School, Dallas, Texas
The question arises, how are the homes in the Lisbon School District contributing to delinquency? The answer to this question is the problem for this study.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Kendrick, Searcy Laura
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Hearing to School Achievement
The problem of this study is to determine the relationship of hearing to school achievement. More specifically, the problem is to compare the hard-of-hearing child with the normal hearing child of approximately the same intelligence quotient and similar home background in their academic progress in the elementary school to determine the educational loss due to this specific defect.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Skelton, Zenobia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Administrator in the High School Guidance Program
This study was proposed to determine to what extent guidance is actually being practiced in the schools selected and to determine a plan for more comprehensive use of guidance. This plan will emphasize the role the administrator should play in the guidance program.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Wilson, W. Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of a Selected Number of Stories Suitable for Dramatization in the Third Grade
The writer purposes to discover the types of stories that appeal to the interest and imagination of children of the third grade, and to determine whether the literary qualities and the dramatic possibilities of the stories are within the understanding and ability of the group.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Putnam, Gustave
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Suggested City-Excursion Program for Social Studies in the Junior High Schools of Dallas, Texas, with Emphasis on Functional Citizenship
The purpose of the investigation was two fold: first, to analyze the school excursion as a teaching and learning aid; and second, to develop a suggested school-excursion program for the social studies in the junior high schools of Dallas, base upon the findings and evaluations reported by educational observers and by experienced users of excursions.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Crawford, Ethel Gertrude
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey and Critical Analysis of the Pre-Primers Taught in the Dallas County Schools
The purpose of the study was to get the essential information about the pre-primers that were taught in the Dallas County Schools, and to take a representative group and evaluate them as to the merits of the books for classroom use.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Jefferies, Evie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Needs of the Community of Highland Park for the Industrial Arts
The problem of this study is to determine to what extent the present industrial arts program of the Highland Park Schools of Dallas, Texas, serve the actual needs of the community.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Bishop, Alvin C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library