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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
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
To Determine the Use Which Should be Made of Art Metal Work in the Junior High School, as Indicated by the Seventh Grade of the Demonstration School, 1935-36, and by an Analysis of the Field (open access)

To Determine the Use Which Should be Made of Art Metal Work in the Junior High School, as Indicated by the Seventh Grade of the Demonstration School, 1935-36, and by an Analysis of the Field

This study attempts to determine what use should be made of art metal work in the junior high school. It attempts to determine whether art metal work should be offered strictly as art metal, as combinations of art metal and wrought iron, or as combinations of art metal and wood, from the standpoint both of the child and of the ultimate aim of Industrial Arts. The ultimate aim or objective of Industrial Arts is to provide such training as that of general education, which will best equip for efficient membership society. Broadly speaking, all the offerings of the Industrial Arts field contribute in some measure to the attainment of the ultimate objective. It is the purpose of this study (1) to present an analysis of the field of art metal work from the standpoint of the Industrial Arts; (2) to determine the use which should be made of art metal work in the junior high school, as indicated by a group of Demonstration School students; and, (3) to present problems and related information pertaining to art metal work, as indicated by a group of Demonstration School students. After having summarized the problem, conclusions gathered from the investigation will be given …
Date: August 1936
Creator: Lamb, Jack Julius
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
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
Speech Correction in Secondary Education (open access)

Speech Correction in Secondary Education

The purpose of this study was to determine the speech defects found in the high Schools of Denton County and the corrective measures best adapted to the treatment of such handicaps Based on the data analysis, conclusions and recommendations have been made specific to the country as well as for all high school systems.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Higginbotham, Christine. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Moisture Relations of the Soils of Denton County (open access)

Moisture Relations of the Soils of Denton County

In this research, study was made of representative soils of denton County (Texas) with the aim of correlating various soil-moisture factors through experimental analyses. Two accepted hypotheses of soil-moisture relations have been substantiated by experiment with Denton County soils.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Laufer, Hymie.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Principals in Texas Secondary Schools Having an Enrollment of two Hundred Fifty or More (open access)

A Study of the Principals in Texas Secondary Schools Having an Enrollment of two Hundred Fifty or More

The purpose of this study is to determine the present status of the principals in Texas secondary school having an enrollment of 250 or more. The data were gathered from 147 principals in Texas high schools having an enrollment of 250 or more and the study made recommendations that are needed as found by comparison with the standards set up by eminent authorities.
Date: August 1936
Creator: McCallum, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Chemical Analysis of the Soils of Denton County, Texas (open access)

A Chemical Analysis of the Soils of Denton County, Texas

The purpose of this study was to analyze the different soils in Denton, Texas. For the purpose of this study, the soils of Denton County are divided into three general groups with respect to origin: 1)those formed in place by the weathering of consolidated rocks, 2) those formed from the weathering of unconsolidated rocks, and 3) alluvial soils. A chemical analysis of representative samples of Bell Clay, Kirvin fine sandy loam, and San Saba clay has been made, and shown to have a strict correlation with their respective geological origins.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Wilson, Curtis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Negro as a Character in Recent American Fiction (open access)

The Negro as a Character in Recent American Fiction

This study aimed to assess the character in Recent American fiction. It concludes that writers of Negro literature have been quick to see the effectiveness of the use of Negro religious beliefs and practices in giving reality and substance to their racial pictures. Black men have to live in a white man's world. As a whole, contemporary American fiction gives a panorimic view of Negroes of almost every section.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Early, Minnie Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
How the Child's Social Needs are Being Met in some First Grades of North Texas (open access)

How the Child's Social Needs are Being Met in some First Grades of North Texas

This study undertook to present and evaluate the ways in which the social needs of the first-grade child are being met by teachers in North Texas. Based on the data presented in the study, eleven definite conclusions have been drawn.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Gardner, Mary Frances
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Correlation of the Edaphic Factors with the Vegetation of the Woodbine Sands, Denton County, Texas (open access)

A Correlation of the Edaphic Factors with the Vegetation of the Woodbine Sands, Denton County, Texas

The purpose of this study was to correlate the Vegetation of the Woodbine Sands with the edaphic factors. In the laboratory an analysis of the edephic factors was made of the twenty-two soil types collected from the three formations. The results of these and other analysis are shown in tables and graphs. The results indicate that the vegetational cover of an area that is uniform in its origin and in its resident soil factors is determined by the edaphic factors present.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Graham, H. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Some of Browning's Major Characters. (open access)

An Analysis of Some of Browning's Major Characters.

This study aimed to show the variety and skill of Browning's portrayal of character and to prove that the unifying forces in his treatment of character is the development of the poet himself.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Kincaid, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Twelve Courses of Study in Physical Education for Junior and Senior High School Boys (open access)

An Analysis of Twelve Courses of Study in Physical Education for Junior and Senior High School Boys

The purpose of this study was to analyze twelve courses of study in physical education for boys in junior and senior high schools. Based on the analysis and the evidence presented, the study substantiated the lack of uniformity of the essential phases of the physical education program.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Cooper, William A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Transportation Set-up in District Five, Texas. (open access)

A Study of the Transportation Set-up in District Five, Texas.

This study is a comparative study of the transportation set-ups in the schools of District 5, Texas and attempted to determine the relationships various factors to pupil transportation cost. In light of the findings of the study, the writer made recommendations that would serve District 5 (i.e. Cooke, Grayson, Wise, Denton, and Collin counties).
Date: August 1936
Creator: Atkins, Elmer L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Quantitative Chemical Examination of Surface Well Water from the Three Principal Geological Divisions of Denton County (open access)

A Quantitative Chemical Examination of Surface Well Water from the Three Principal Geological Divisions of Denton County

A sample of the surface-well water was taken from an area of the predominating soil of each of the three geological regions of Denton County, Texas, and a chemical analysis of each sample was made. This thesis deals with the area from which the samples were taken, the methods of analysis used, and the results of the analysis.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Schnably, John Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of the Specific Teaching of Mathematical Concepts in Second Year Algebra (open access)

The Effect of the Specific Teaching of Mathematical Concepts in Second Year Algebra

The purpose of this study was to correlate the Vegetation of the Woodbine Sands with the edaphic factors. In the laboratory an analysis of the edephic factors was made of the twenty-two soil types collected from the three formations. The results of these and other analysis are shown in tables and graphs. The results indicate that the vegetational cover of an area that is uniform in its origin and in its resident soil factors is determined by the edaphic factors present.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Gross, John Milton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evidences of the Need of Scientific Speech Training in the Elementary Grades of the Independent School Districts of Denton County with a Suggested Program of Oral Reading (open access)

Evidences of the Need of Scientific Speech Training in the Elementary Grades of the Independent School Districts of Denton County with a Suggested Program of Oral Reading

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the need of scientific speech training in the elementary grades of the Independent School Districts of Denton County. The analysis of data reveals a dire need for speech correction and other phases of speech training.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Henderson, Kathleen Tobin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Significance of the School Board in a Public School Relations Program (open access)

The Significance of the School Board in a Public School Relations Program

This study aimed to discover the possibilities of using the board as an agent because of the position of the board numbers in relation to the school and the community. The study provided summary of findings.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Langston, Charles L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Plankton Dilution in Source Streams Compared with that of Lake Dallas Proper (open access)

A Study of Plankton Dilution in Source Streams Compared with that of Lake Dallas Proper

This study was a comparative study of Plankton of Lake Dallas and the three main source streams. Based on the analysis of data, which was presented relative to the organisms taken from the lake and from the source streams, the results obtained are discussed, the Plankton seem to be largely autogenetic in Lake Dallas, the source streams Elm Fork and Clear Creek form a dilution process.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Evans, Archibald A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Complete Chemical Analysis of Samples Taken from the Three Artesian Waters of Denton County (open access)

A Complete Chemical Analysis of Samples Taken from the Three Artesian Waters of Denton County

The purpose of this study was to determine the chemical content of Denton County's (Texas) water. Based on the analysis of the three samples, the water of Denton County is classed as poor for irrigation.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Allen, John William
System: The UNT Digital Library