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Factors Associated with School Relationships
The problem of this investigation was to make a rating of the following factors which pertain to boys in three distinct residential districts of the W. C. Stripling Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas: (1) intelligence quotient, (2) civic attitude, (3) academic achievements, (4) Sunday school attendance, (5) club membership, (6) after-school employment, and (7) the number of broken homes.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Conlee, R. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A History of Howard Payne College from 1890 to 1898
Unpublished thesis on the history of Howard Payne College from 1890 to 1898.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Moore, Mary Prince
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A History of Pecan Valley and Brown County Baptist Associations
Unpublished dissertation on the history of Pecan Valley and the Baptist associations in Brown county, Texas from 1826 to 1940.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Todd, William Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The History of the Development of Dental Hygiene in the Elementay Public Schools Dallas, Texas, from 1925-1939
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the dental hygiene program of the elementary schools of Dallas, Texas, in creating interest, lending knowledge, and promoting habits of proper care of the teeth.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Jacob, Violet Benito
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Integration of Business Training with Business in Wellington, Texas
Studies whether or not the Wellington High School Commercial Department was meeting the probable future needs of business employers and employees of Wellington, Texas.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Allen, O. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Personnel Study of Head Football Coaches in the AA High Schools of Texas
The purpose of this study is three-fold; first, to make a census of the 1939-40 head football coaches in the AA high schools of Texas; second, to present facts that might be useful in the vocational and educational guidance of young men who contemplate a coaching career; and third, to preserve brief histories of the head coaches who aided in the formulation and execution of the AA high school football program in Texas during 1939-40.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Gregory, Lyman
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Personnel Study of the Men Physical Education Directors in a Selected Group of Independent White Senior High Schools in Texas
The purpose of this study was to accumulate and interpret information relative to the duties, the responsibilities, the professional status, the academic status, and the social and personal relationships of the men high school physical education directors in a selected group of schools and to make certain recommendations to young men who might contemplate careers in this particular field.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Fenn, William Marvin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Plant Dermatitis: Hypersensitivity to the Oleoresins of Fifty Common Plants Indigenous to Hunt County, Texas
This investigation deals with the study of a possible hypersensitivity to the oleoresins of fifty common plants indigenous to Hunt County, Texas.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Smith, Dean
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Predicting Degree of Achievement in Industrial Subjects by the Use of Stenquist Mechanical Aptitude Tests
The aim of the writer in giving the Stenquist Mechanical Aptitude Test as a basis for this study was to try to find a reliable method of selecting the boys to be admitted to the shop classes in vocational and technical high schools.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Davis, Wallace Earl
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Present Status of Sociology in Texas High Schools
It is the purpose of this study to classify the high schools in the State of Texas offering accredited courses in sociology, and to make an analysis and evaluation of the textbooks that are on the recommended list for use in the secondary schools.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Bryant, Stella Senor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Probable Effect of the 1936 and the 1940 Ruling of the State Board of Education of the State of New Mexico on the High School Principal
The purposes of this study, dealing primarily with the principals of the four-year high school who are affected by the administrative requirements, are to determine (1) the probable effect of the higher standards upon the principals as judged by their responses in meeting the requirements of the 1936 ruling, (2) whether the State, the principal, or both are paying for the improvement of the administration in the public schools resulting from the 1936 ruling, (3) attitudes that resulted from the conditions arising from the demands of the standards of the 1936 ruling, and (4) the probable result of the 1940 ruling.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Walker, K. B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relation Between the Sociability of Parents and the Social Success of their Children in School
The purpose of this study is to determine what relation, if any, exists between the social interests and participation of parents and the social success of their children in elementary school. An additional purpose is to determine the relationship between occupational status of parents and social success of children.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Patrick, Flora LaRue
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Some Aspects of Consumer Credit in the United States
This study attempts to present a brief survey of the major aspects of consumer credit in the United States today: credit institutions in general, co-operative and non cooperative consumer credit agencies, and the regulation of such agencies. A special chapter is devoted to consumer credit in Texas, with emphasis upon the fight which certain Texas cities are making against the loan-shark evil.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Daniel, Benge R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of some Aspects of Homogeneous Grouping and their Implications for Democracy
The purpose of this thesis is to determine the implications of certain aspects of homogeneous grouping in the school and their relationship to the American conception of democracy.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Swenson, Andrew B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Dental Hygiene Program in the Wolflin Elementary School of Amarillo, Texas, to Determine the Needs for a Preventative Program in Dental Hygiene
The purpose of this study was to discover and record the present dental conditions of the pupils in the Wolflin Elementary School, Amarillo, Texas, and to use this as an informative basis for the establishment of a concentrated dental program.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Sims, Bessie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Relative Value of Gains in Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes in Community Civics as Compared with Those in Traditional Eighth-Grade History
The problem reported in this thesis was one whose purpose was to determine, if possible, the relative value of gains in civic knowledge, skills, and attitudes growing out of a course in eighth-grade community civics as compared with those derived from a course in traditional eighth-grade history. An interesting phase of the study was the tabulation of losses in civic knowledge, skills, and attitudes and an attempt on the part of the writer to account for them. Chiefly, however, the study concerns itself with progress in social and civic thinking on the part of eighth-grade pupils.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Ray, Mabel Burks
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Children's Magazines Published in America during the Nineteenth Century
It is the purpose of this work to compile and organize available material dealing with children's magazines published in the nineteenth century in America, and present it in a usable form.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Wells, Epsa Louise
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Educational, Vocational, and Social Rehabilitation Efforts for the Blind in the United States
Defines blindness and discusses the advances made in recent history to help blind people participate more actively in society. Specific emphasis on education and vocational rehabilitation.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Bass, Charles A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Programs of Health and Physical Education for Girls in the Senior High Schools of District 4 of the Texas State Teachers Association
The purpose of this study was to make a survey of the programs of health and physical education for girls in the senior high schools of District 4 of the Texas State Teachers Association. The writer sought to determine the status of health and physical education for girls in this district as compared to the program outlined in the "Tentative Course of Study for Health, Physical Education, and Safety," published by the State Department of Education.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Smith, Lola Ethel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Physical Activity Interests of the Junior High School Boys of Amarillo, Texas, to be Used as a Basis for a Physical Education Program
The purpose of this study was to make an analysis of the physical activity interests of the junior high school boys of Amarillo, Texas, in order better to determine the content of the physical education program based on the physical activities in which boys indicated they were interested.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Cearley, Jess E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
To Develop and to Evaluate a Functional Home Room Program for Citizenship Training
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a functional home room citizenship program; to determine the changes to be made in one school year in the civic attitudes of a given group through an especially arranged curriculum.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Robinson, Edra
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Value of the Critical Angle Board in Diagnosing Handedness
The present study addresses some of the problems in human handedness studies by noting the manual choices of one hundred twenty elementary pupils in the first through fifth grades. It discusses the value of the Van Riper critical angle board, the correlation indices of handedness based upon different types of activities, and the divergence with respect to degree and pattern of hand preference in the children.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Cooper, William E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Vegetation and Habitat Factors of Rockwall County, Texas
This paper consists of a study of the soils and vegetation found in Rockwall County, Texas. This county is located in the northeastern part of the state. Rockwall County lies in the northeastern part of the Black Waxy Belt of the Coastal Plains province.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Smith, W. Desby
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Weatherford Municipal Light and Power Plant
This thesis is a study of the Weatherford Municipal Light and Power Plant. An attempt has been made to trace the history of electric service in Weatherford, Texas, and to reveal why this present, and previous, service has culminated in a municipally owned system.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Shumaker, Charles S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library