The Houston Story: A Chronicle of the City of Houston and the Texas Frontier From the Battle of San Jacinto to the War Between the States, 1836--1865 (open access)

The Houston Story: A Chronicle of the City of Houston and the Texas Frontier From the Battle of San Jacinto to the War Between the States, 1836--1865

This book gives an overview of the history of Houston, Texas told in narrative form. The history discusses the creation of the city of Houston as well as major events in Texas history between 1836 and 1865.
Date: 1951
Creator: Bartholomew, Ed Ellsworth
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 7, April 1951 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 7, April 1951

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: April 1951
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 8, May 1951 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 8, May 1951

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: May 1951
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 4, Number 1, October 1951 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 4, Number 1, October 1951

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: October 1951
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 4, Number 2, November 1951 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 4, Number 2, November 1951

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: November 1951
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 4, Number 3, December 1951 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 4, Number 3, December 1951

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: December 1951
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 4, January 1951 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 4, January 1951

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: January 1951
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 5, February 1951 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 5, February 1951

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: February 1951
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 6, March 1951 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 3, Number 6, March 1951

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: March 1951
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship Between Intelligence and Personality of Sixty-two Sixth-Grade Pupils (open access)

The Relationship Between Intelligence and Personality of Sixty-two Sixth-Grade Pupils

The problem is to determine to what extent there is a relationship between a child's personality and his intelligence. As a basis for such a comparison, a study was made of sixty-two sixth-grade pupils in the Benjamin Franklin School in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: Davis, Opal Frances
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Microbial Antagonism in Ten Denton County, Texas Soils (open access)

An Investigation of Microbial Antagonism in Ten Denton County, Texas Soils

This thesis is concerned primarily with the growth and detection of soil microorganisms in ten Denton County, Texas, soils antagonistic to a specific gram-positive and a specific gram-negative bacterial organism.
Date: 1951
Creator: Dickey, Charles E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Chemical Compounds Produced by Actinomycetes and Their Relation to Tastes and Odors in a Water Supply (open access)

The Chemical Compounds Produced by Actinomycetes and Their Relation to Tastes and Odors in a Water Supply

The purpose of this problem was to determine the cause of tastes and odors in the Breckenridge water supply and to isolate and culture the organisms responsible for the offensive chemicals.
Date: 1951
Creator: Dill, Warren S.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pathogenic Bacterial Survey in the Trinity River from East Fort Worth, Texas, to South Dallas, Texas (open access)

Pathogenic Bacterial Survey in the Trinity River from East Fort Worth, Texas, to South Dallas, Texas

This study was conducted from March 3, through June 2, 1951, in order to determine to what extent pathogenic bacteria were entering the Trinity River between East Fort Worth, Texas and South Dallas, Texas, from municipal sewage disposal plants.
Date: 1951
Creator: Grizzle, Walter R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Certain Factors to Popularity in Students of the Eighth Grade of the Junior High School at Ozona, Texas (open access)

The Relationship of Certain Factors to Popularity in Students of the Eighth Grade of the Junior High School at Ozona, Texas

The problem set forth in this study is to determine the relationship of certain factors to the popularity of students in the eighth grade of the Junior High School at Ozona, Texas. The factors to be considered in this study are as follows: 1. The socio-economic status of the parents; 2. Each of the factors measured by the California Test of Personality; 3. The intelligence quotient; 4. Scholastic achievement; 5. The length of family residence in the community; 6. Physical attractiveness of the students as evaluated by three teachers; 7. Athletic ability as evaluated by the physical education teachers; 8. Conduct in the classroom as evaluated by the home room teacher.
Date: 1951
Creator: Hawk, Travis L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Adequacy of the Business Departments of Class A High Schools of Region III of Texas (open access)

A Study to Determine the Adequacy of the Business Departments of Class A High Schools of Region III of Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine how adequately Class A schools of Region Three of Texas are conforming to certain standards in business education. A comparative survey of business administration programs has been made, and the programs were evaluated by standards formulated by the Texas State Department of Education and recognized investigators in this field. After careful consideration of all the data available for this study, the writer made conclusions and recommendations with regard to the business education programs in the schools of Region Three.
Date: 1951
Creator: Hoeldtke, Louise
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Contribution of Meats and of Breakfasts to the Thiamin Content of Cafeteria Selected Diets (open access)

The Contribution of Meats and of Breakfasts to the Thiamin Content of Cafeteria Selected Diets

The purpose of this study is to show how much of the thiamin content of the noon and evening meals is contributed by meats and meat dishes which appear on the cafeteria menu, as well as the thiamin contribution of the breakfast meal to the total daily intake.
Date: 1951
Creator: Holley, Bennie Caraway
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Los Fresnos Elementary School, Los Fresnos, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Los Fresnos Elementary School, Los Fresnos, Texas

The purpose of this study is to present the appraisal of the Los Fresnos Elementary School in terms of the criteria in the Handbook for Self-Appraisal and Improvement of Elementary Schools as made by a committee of twelve teachers of that school. Attention is given to the seven major areas of the school and to certain subtopics under each heading.
Date: 1951
Creator: James, Albert S.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Typical Responsibilities and Needed Qualifications of the Industrial Foreman (open access)

Typical Responsibilities and Needed Qualifications of the Industrial Foreman

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of the selection of those persons in an industrial organization who are most likely to become effective and successful foremen on the production line and of developing these persons into well-rounded, successful industrial foremen. The purpose of this study is to determine some of the major traits and qualifications which a man should possess if he is to become a successful foreman in industry.
Date: 1951
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the State Supervisor in Business Education (open access)

The Role of the State Supervisor in Business Education

This study is designed to present information on the supervision of business education as revealed through research and personal observations. Included in this study of state supervision of business education are such phases as proposed qualifications and duties of a state supervisor of business education, a brief study of supervisory programs now in effect in other states, the need for a state supervisor in Texas, and a proposed program for supervision of business education in Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: Kemper, Troy David
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equipment for Junior-High-School Art Rooms in the Corpus Christi, Texas, Schools (open access)

Equipment for Junior-High-School Art Rooms in the Corpus Christi, Texas, Schools

This study considers the equipment needed for the art rooms of the three junior high schools of Corpus Christi, Texas. It discusses the special problems encountered by the teacher-committee that had to determine the minimum list of tools and other equipment necessary to carry out a well-rounded art program.
Date: 1951
Creator: Kerr, Lou Brock
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weaving with Materials Native to the Texas Gulf Coast (open access)

Weaving with Materials Native to the Texas Gulf Coast

The present study explores some of the materials native to the Texas Gulf Coast between Corpus Christi and Beaumont relative to their adaptability to weaving. The problem is three-fold: first, to collect and identify the indigenous materials which might prove suitable for weaving; second, to determine the range of uses which each might serve in a weaving program; and third, to test further each selected specimen by making a sample into a finished woven product.
Date: 1951
Creator: Kerr, Thomas William
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Boys' and Girls' Achievement Scores and Teacher Ratings (open access)

A Comparison of Boys' and Girls' Achievement Scores and Teacher Ratings

It is the primary purpose of this study to determine any differences in the achievement abilities and teacher ratings of the boys and girls of equal intelligence quotients in the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades of the Alvord Elementary School, Alvord, Texas. A secondary purpose is to make a study of the environmental background of a number of pupils in order to determine certain other factors that might be considered as producing some influence upon the success or failure of the boy or girl.
Date: 1951
Creator: Kilpatrick, Inez Speer
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Develop and Evaluate a Sound Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Program for Girls (open access)

A Study to Develop and Evaluate a Sound Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Program for Girls

The purpose of this study was to make an analysis of the program of health, physical education, and recreation for girls in the Gainesville High School, Gainesville, Texas. The aim was to develop a program that will function in the lives of the pupils. In order to provide a basis for the improvement of the existing program, an effort was made to evaluate the program for the purpose of improving the health of the pupils and the quality of the services rendered by the school in the areas of health, physical education, and recreation. Finally, the program was evaluated in the light of certain criteria that were set up as guiding principles.
Date: 1951
Creator: King, Dorothy Scott
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personnel Policies for Salesmen in Nash Automobile Dealerships in Texas (open access)

Personnel Policies for Salesmen in Nash Automobile Dealerships in Texas

The automobile dealership is one of the more important types of small business. The operation of such a business is an integral part of the economy of the country, and conditions existing in the automobile field are usually fairly representative of those in other types of small business; therefore, the general personnel policies of an automobile dealership are basically similar to personnel policies of other small businesses in the distributive field. A study of personnel policies in this field will be of some use to anyone interested in the problems of small business.
Date: 1951
Creator: Laney, Samuel Duke
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library