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A Study of the Organization and Administration of Private Summer Camps for Children in Kerr County, Texas, with Recommendations for Camp Management (open access)

A Study of the Organization and Administration of Private Summer Camps for Children in Kerr County, Texas, with Recommendations for Camp Management

The investigator undertook to make a study of the management of a selected number of private summer camps for children in Kerr County, Texas, because of the growing interest in camping and the need for an informed public regarding the possibilities of wholesome recreation for children in summer camps.
Date: 1952
Creator: Carley, W. Ted
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Needs and Interests of the Students as Related to the Industrial Arts Curriculum of Highland Park Junior High School and Boude Storey Junior High School, Dallas, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Needs and Interests of the Students as Related to the Industrial Arts Curriculum of Highland Park Junior High School and Boude Storey Junior High School, Dallas, Texas

The study sought answers to the following questions and aspects of the problem: 1. What are the interests of the students attending Highland Park and Boude Storey Junior High Schools who take industrial arts? 2. Do the present industrial arts programs of both schools encourage the development of hobbies for leisure-time activities? 3. Do the present programs provide a foundation for further vocational preparation? 4. Do the projects included in the present industrial arts curriculum encourage the students to take more industrial arts courses? 5. Are the hobbies pursued by the boys who attend Boude Storey similar to those who attend Highland Park 6. Do the students from Boude Story and Highland Park have comparable facilities for ship work at home? 7. Are the interests of the students who attend the two schools similar? 8. Is the home background of the students of the two schools similar in respect to the parents' occupations, incomes, and interests? 9. What are the occupations, as evidenced by the study, for which the students express a preference? 10. Should the projects used in the industrial arts instructional program of the two schools be similar or different? 11. Does the home background of the students …
Date: 1952
Creator: Ellis, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to determine the Type of Industrial Arts Curriculum Desired and Needed in the Thomas A. Edison School of Dallas, Texas (open access)

A Study to determine the Type of Industrial Arts Curriculum Desired and Needed in the Thomas A. Edison School of Dallas, Texas

This study seeks to answer the following questions: 1. In what industrial arts subjects are the students interested? 2. What industrial arts courses do the teachers want in the Thomas A. Edison School curriculum? 3. What industrial arts courses do the parents want offered in the Thomas A. Edison School curriculum? 4. What benefits do the parents and teachers believe will come from an industrial arts program in the Thomas A. Edison School?
Date: 1952
Creator: Kribbs, Eugene E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of the Industrial Arts Programs in the Junior Colleges of Texas (open access)

Study of the Industrial Arts Programs in the Junior Colleges of Texas

This is a study of the industrial arts programs in the junior colleges of Texas with special reference to the nature and scope of the curriculums, the teaching staff, and instructional and housing facilities.
Date: 1952
Creator: McLeod, Pat N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Follow-up Study of the Secretarial Training Graduates of King High School, Kingsville, Texas, for the Years 1944 Through 1951 (open access)

A Follow-up Study of the Secretarial Training Graduates of King High School, Kingsville, Texas, for the Years 1944 Through 1951

This study is made to evaluate the effectiveness of the secretarial training course of Henrietta M. King High School, Kingsville, Texas, in preparing its students for employment after graduation. It determines the extent to which its students have used the knowledges and skills taught in the course.
Date: 1952
Creator: Short, Florence Gertrude
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Housing Facilities Provided for Industrial Arts in the Junior High Schools of Seven Panhandle Counties (open access)

A Study of the Housing Facilities Provided for Industrial Arts in the Junior High Schools of Seven Panhandle Counties

This is a study of the housing facilities provided for industrial arts in the junior high schools of seven Panhandle counties of Texas.
Date: 1952
Creator: Strickland, Richard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Behavior Differences Between Acceptable and Non-Acceptable Second-Grade Children (open access)

Social Behavior Differences Between Acceptable and Non-Acceptable Second-Grade Children

The major problem of this study is an investigation, by means of a time-sampling technique, the relationship between social behavior and social acceptance as determined by a sociometric technique.
Date: 1952
Creator: Wyatt, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Physical Development, Motor Capacity, and Strength of Anglo-American and Spanish-American Boys in El Paso High School, El Paso, Texas (open access)

A Comparison of the Physical Development, Motor Capacity, and Strength of Anglo-American and Spanish-American Boys in El Paso High School, El Paso, Texas

The problem of the present investigation may be briefly stated as follows: To make a comparison of the physical development, motor capacities, and strength of the Spanish-American and Anglo-American boys of the El Paso High School, El Paso, Texas.
Date: 1952
Creator: Yarbrough, Terrell
System: The UNT Digital Library
Total Nicotinic Acid Metabolism of Young College Women on Self-Selected Diets (open access)

Total Nicotinic Acid Metabolism of Young College Women on Self-Selected Diets

The purpose of this study is to determine the nicotinic acid values of the food consumed and the urinary and fecal excretions of young college women on self-selected diets.
Date: 1952
Creator: Fuller, Golda Faye Graham
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine a Sound Program for Using Community Resources to Improve the Elementary Schools of Denison, Texas. (open access)

A Study to Determine a Sound Program for Using Community Resources to Improve the Elementary Schools of Denison, Texas.

The purpose of this study is to determine a sound program for using the community resources of Denison, Texas, to improve the elementary schools of that city.
Date: 1952
Creator: McCoy, Edwardine Cordell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Lunchroom Study of Specific Elementary, Junior, and Senior High Schools in the City of Dallas (open access)

A Lunchroom Study of Specific Elementary, Junior, and Senior High Schools in the City of Dallas

The present study was made without benefit of poster, films, bulletin board, or other teaching aids. It was undertaken to determine the nutritive values of the menus served, the foods selected by the plate lunches, and the amount of food wasted in two elementary, two junior high, and two senior high school lunch cafeterias in the City of Dallas during a six month period of time.
Date: 1952
Creator: Rodgers, Mary Virginia
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Selection of Physical Education Activities for Junior High School Boys (open access)

The Selection of Physical Education Activities for Junior High School Boys

This study is concerned with physical education for junior high school boys. Specifically, the problem was to select desirable physical activities for boys in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grade of the North Texas State College Laboratory School in Denton, Texas.
Date: 1952
Creator: Slack, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Easy Reading Materials with Junior High School Pupils (open access)

The Use of Easy Reading Materials with Junior High School Pupils

The problem in this study is to determine the effectiveness of the use of easy reading material in improving the reading ability of retarded students in the junior high school.
Date: 1952
Creator: Anthony, Eunice Roach
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of General Growth in Reading, when Taught by Three Different Specific Methods (open access)

Comparison of General Growth in Reading, when Taught by Three Different Specific Methods

The problem of this study is to determine by testing and observation which of three specific procedures for the improvement of general reading ability was the most effective when used with groups of sixth-grade children in the Bowie Elementary Schools.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Clark, Pearl Roberts
System: The UNT Digital Library
Significance of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 upon Texas Companies (open access)

Significance of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 upon Texas Companies

This study is concerned with the significance of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 on the public utility holding companies which were operating in Texas in 1935.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Flowers, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedures and Methods Used by Dallas - Fort Worth Food Brokers in Securing New Accounts (open access)

Procedures and Methods Used by Dallas - Fort Worth Food Brokers in Securing New Accounts

The chief problem of this study was to analyze the methods used by food brokers in the Dallas - Fort Worth area and to determine the general policies which were followed by those brokers in the selection and procurement of those accounts which later proved successful.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Fouts, Theron Judson
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Relationship of the Scores Made by Students on Aptitudes "G" and "V" and Parts "H" and "I" of the General Aptitude Test Battery and the Academic Grades Made in Industrial Arts (open access)

An Analysis of the Relationship of the Scores Made by Students on Aptitudes "G" and "V" and Parts "H" and "I" of the General Aptitude Test Battery and the Academic Grades Made in Industrial Arts

This study analyzes the converted scores made on Aptitudes "G" (intelligence) and "V" (verbal" and the raw scores made on Part "H" (three-dimensional space) and Part "I" of the General Aptitude Test Battery by students enrolled in beginning industrial arts courses, advanced industrial arts courses, and beginning English at North Texas State College, Denton, Texas, and the academic grades made by theses same students in order to determine what relationship exists between both the converted and raw scores made on the foregoing parts of the GATB and academic grades.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Gray, Noel Oren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Desirability of Additional Comanche County School Consolidation (open access)

Desirability of Additional Comanche County School Consolidation

The purpose of this study is to determine whether additional school consolidations in Comanche County will improve the educational opportunities of all students.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Helm, Jaye C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of Films in Summarizing Food Units for Homemaking Classes (open access)

The Effectiveness of Films in Summarizing Food Units for Homemaking Classes

It is the purpose of this study to compare the effectiveness of the film method with the pupil-teacher discussion method for summarizing certain food units.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Maughan, Marie A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Safety in the Industrial Arts Programs in the Fort Worth Public Schools, Fort Worth, Texas, Based upon Recommended Safety Standards (open access)

A Study of Safety in the Industrial Arts Programs in the Fort Worth Public Schools, Fort Worth, Texas, Based upon Recommended Safety Standards

The purpose of the study was actually fourfold: first, to study the literature in the field of safety education with special reference to safety education in industrial arts programs concerning the present safety programs and safety standards as compared with those recommended by authorities in the field of safety; second, to visit each of the industrial arts programs and record information concerning the condition of the building and equipment and the use of these facilities; third; to compile the data for interpretation; and fourth, if an analysis of these data indicates a need for revision of the present safety programs, suggestions for improving the programs will be submitted to the supervisor of industrial arts and other administrators of the Fort Worth Public Schools.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Miller, Ralph W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Two Types of Home Project Report Forms (open access)

A Comparison of Two Types of Home Project Report Forms

The purpose of the present study is to compare two forms of home project reports and to determine the preferred form.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Moore, Marian Buell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Music Activities with Retarded Latin-American Children (open access)

The Use of Music Activities with Retarded Latin-American Children

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the use of certain music activities in meeting some of the needs peculiar to a group of older, retarded Latin-American children. It is an effort to determine whether certain music activities may or may not help to give Latin-American children a more satisfying school experience and better equip them to live in the Anglo-American society of which they have become a part.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Nelson, Gwendolyn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biological Indices of Stream Pollution (open access)

Biological Indices of Stream Pollution

A thorough biological survey and evaluation is a lengthy and expensive project. The number of technically trained persons required prevent its use by most public agencies. Since public health departments are the groups most frequently concerned with measuring the effects of pollution in streams, a need exists for a simplified method of sanitary survey. Recognizing this need, the Texas Health Department assigned the writer the problem of devising a method of survey which would require a field party of two and could be conducted entirely from a mobile field laboratory.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Russell, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine a Sound Industrial Arts Program for the Northwest School (open access)

A Study to Determine a Sound Industrial Arts Program for the Northwest School

The problem of this study is to determine if an industrial arts program can be developed to fit the needs of the Northwest High School Community.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Williamson, Merrill D.
System: The UNT Digital Library