A History of Land Grants to Texas Railroads 1852 to 1882 (open access)

A History of Land Grants to Texas Railroads 1852 to 1882

This study examines the history of federal land grants given to railroads in Texas upon their admittance to the Union in the "Iron Horse Age" of Texas. Covering the rise of the land grant idea, the first period of special land grants, the period of the first general land grant act, the period of prohibition of land grants, and finally last of the land grant periods,
Date: August 1949
Creator: Ramsey, Volney E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Vocational Rehabilitation in Texas (open access)

Development of Vocational Rehabilitation in Texas

The purpose of this study has been to trace the development of the program of Vocational Rehabilitation for disabled individuals administered by the State Board for Vocational Education from 1929-1949. It has included a review of the historical background and shown the various rehabilitation services offered. This thesis is an attempt to make a careful study of the establishment, growth and development of vocational rehabilitation in Texas. It is recognized that there are many efforts directed toward vocational rehabilitation in Texas, but this study is to be confined to the development or the State-Federal Program administered by the Texas State Board for Vocational Education. It is further limited to the rehabilitation efforts of the Rehabilitation Division of the State Board for Vocational Education exclusive of the rehabilitation of the blind and the work of the Crippled Children's Division. the rehabilitation or the blind is excluded because it is generally accepted that the problems in connection with the rehabilitation of the blind are peculiar to the blind. The work of the Crippled Children's Division is excluded even though the services rendered by that Division were administered by the Rehabilitation Division until July 1, 1945 because theses have been written tracing the …
Date: August 1949
Creator: Franklin, Walter C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Montague County, Texas, During 1947-1948 (open access)

A Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Montague County, Texas, During 1947-1948

The problem of this study was to analyze the following five factors related to juvenile delinquency in Montague County, Texas, during 1947 and 1948: first, causes and control of juvenile delinquency; second, personal data about thirty-three juvenile offenders; third, their offenses; fourth, disposition made of the charges by the judge of the juvenile court; and fifth, the present behavior status of the offenders.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Lauderdale, Virginia
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center (open access)

An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center

"The problem of this thesis is to determine through survey and comparative study the effect of the activity program of Denton's El Centro, the youth center, on the youth of the City of Denton...methods of operation and internal organization of youth centers, the purpose of the centers and the results of some of the activities are outlined. Members of the Denton youth center were interviewed; the information gained from the interviews was recorded on prepared questionnaires. Various types of activities at Denton's youth center are discussed. The study also attempts to reveal by means of tables those activities which are more important to the male youth of Denton. A discussion of the treatment of the youth problem is given with conclusions based upon the principles and practices set forth in the foregoing chapters."-- leaf 2.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Anderson, Douglas Stevens
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Environmental Conditions Upon Study in the First Grade (open access)

The Effect of Environmental Conditions Upon Study in the First Grade

The problem under consideration is to determine the effect of certain prevailing environmental conditions of a distracting nature upon the process of study in the first grade. The conditions selected, those which are common to the schoolroom or home environment, were chewing gum, physical education classes, room confusion, rhythm band, singing, and recorded music. This study attempted to determine to what degree, if any, each of these distracting environmental conditions affect the process of study in the first grade.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Biggerstaff, Lucille
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine a Sound Curriculum for the Junior High School Based on the Psychological, Sociological, and Democratic Needs of Youth (open access)

To Determine a Sound Curriculum for the Junior High School Based on the Psychological, Sociological, and Democratic Needs of Youth

The purpose of this study is to provide a sound curriculum for the junior high school based on the psychological, sociological, and democratic needs of youth. One of several reason given for the establishment of the junior high school was to adjust the curriculum to the needs of youth.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Manire, Charles O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of In-Service Training in Sweetwater Schools, Sweetwater, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of In-Service Training in Sweetwater Schools, Sweetwater, Texas

The aim of this study was to evaluate the in-service training program in the Sweetwater Public Schools, Sweetwater, Texas from 1945 to 1949; and to show that an in-service training program is a necessity in progressive schools.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Douglas, Joe B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work (open access)

Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work

This study has four main purposes: 1. To determine whether there is a preference for certain types of stories. 2. To find whether boys prefer one type story and girls another. 3. To determine whether the physical make-up or format of the book has any influence on the selection of books. 4. To find how these interests are related to classroom work.
Date: 1949
Creator: Latimer, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Measurement of Existing Health Conditions in Princeton Public School in Terms of Desirable Conditions for Promoting Health Services (open access)

A Measurement of Existing Health Conditions in Princeton Public School in Terms of Desirable Conditions for Promoting Health Services

The purpose of this study is to determine the status of existing health conditions in Princeton Public School and to set up a recognized desirable health standard for promoting health services.
Date: 1949
Creator: Patterson, Angileen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship Between Intelligence as Determined by the California Test of Mental Maturity and Achievement in the Seventh Grade (open access)

Relationship Between Intelligence as Determined by the California Test of Mental Maturity and Achievement in the Seventh Grade

The problem of this study was to find ways of improving and enriching the curriculum through the use of the intelligence quotients obtained from the California Test of Mental Maturity. To reveal some of the needs of the curriculum and also to reveal the possibilities and limitations of testing for intelligence, statistical relationships between intelligence quotients and academic achievement as measured by both teacher marks and achievement tests were determined.
Date: 1949
Creator: Purvis, L. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Adequacy of the Gilmer-Aikin Law and the Flathman Formula in Determining the Cost of Pupil Transporation in Texas (open access)

To Determine the Adequacy of the Gilmer-Aikin Law and the Flathman Formula in Determining the Cost of Pupil Transporation in Texas

The problem of this study is to determine the adequacy of the Gilmer-Aikin Law and the Flathman Formula in determining the cost of pupil transportation in Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Roper, Tyra Jesse
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organization and Administration of a Youth Center (open access)

Organization and Administration of a Youth Center

The purpose of the study is to make an investigation of the need for youth centers, the factors which are necessary for the successful operation of a youth center, and to evaluate the youth center at Denton, Texas, in the light of the information developed in the research.
Date: 1949
Creator: Seely, Arthur J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reasons for the Superior Reading Abilities of Forty Children in the Fifth-Grade Oakhurst School, Fort Worth, Texas (open access)

Reasons for the Superior Reading Abilities of Forty Children in the Fifth-Grade Oakhurst School, Fort Worth, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine the reasons for the superior reading ability of two groups of twenty children each in the fifth grade of the Oakhurst School, Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Hedgpeth, Lelia Frances
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Possibilities of the Use of Visual Aids in Social Studies in the Intermediate Grades in the Denton Public Schools (open access)

The Possibilities of the Use of Visual Aids in Social Studies in the Intermediate Grades in the Denton Public Schools

The purpose of this study is to determine the possibilities of visual aids as an aid to the learning process in the social studies of the intermediate grades of the Denton public schools, with particular emphasis on the moving picture films and film strips available for use as visual aids in the social studies subjects.
Date: 1949
Creator: Sauls, Olga Borth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Methods of Reporting Child Progess to Parents (open access)

A Comparative Study of Methods of Reporting Child Progess to Parents

The problem involved in this study is to determine the progress in the last decade of a representative number of elementary schools of Texas in their methods of reporting child growth to parents.
Date: 1949
Creator: Boswell, Orgle M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Soundness of the Gilmer-Aikin Plan of Financing the Public Schools of Montague County, Texas (open access)

A Study to Determine the Soundness of the Gilmer-Aikin Plan of Financing the Public Schools of Montague County, Texas

The problem of this thesis is to examine the Gilmer-Aikin plan as it will affect the Montague County, Texas, schools in order to ascertain whether present inequities, if any, will be corrected, and to present additional remedial proposals if needed.
Date: 1949
Creator: Browning, Leslie L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Casual-Factor-Removal as a Technique of Combating Juvenile Delinquency in the Cleburne Public Schools (open access)

Casual-Factor-Removal as a Technique of Combating Juvenile Delinquency in the Cleburne Public Schools

The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to determine the casual factors of delinquency which are the responsibility of the school, and (2) to discover possible procedures for combating delinquency, so far as it is immediately possible, in the Cleburne Public School System.
Date: 1949
Creator: Spikes, Pauline
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation of Mental Hygiene to the Reading Achievement of the First-Grade Child (open access)

The Relation of Mental Hygiene to the Reading Achievement of the First-Grade Child

The purpose of the study is to determine what degree of relationship exists between factors of mental hygiene and of reading achievement of the first-grade child.
Date: 1949
Creator: Sprinkle, Mary Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Adequacy of the Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Facilties of the Schools of Kaufman County, Texas (open access)

To Determine the Adequacy of the Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Facilties of the Schools of Kaufman County, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine how adequately the schools of Kaufman County are conforming to certain standards in physical education, health, and recreation.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stanford, William Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Girls (open access)

A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Girls

The purpose of this research is to make a study of the recreation program for girls served by the South Junior High School in Waco, Texas, to determine the extent to which the community meets the recreational needs of these girls.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stevens, Irene Gresham
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Boys (open access)

A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Boys

The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of the extent to which the community served by the South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, meets the recreational needs of its boys.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stevens, Marvin Alexander
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of a Summer Round Up Program on the Progress of First-Grade Children (open access)

The Influence of a Summer Round Up Program on the Progress of First-Grade Children

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent, if any, to which the Summer Round Up Program, as planned and executed by the North Elementary School of Odessa, Texas, helped the first-grade children adjust to school life.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stewart, Bessie Ames
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Personality to Accident-Prone and Accident-Free Pupils in the North Dallas High School (open access)

The Relationship of Personality to Accident-Prone and Accident-Free Pupils in the North Dallas High School

It is the purpose of this study to determine the relationship between personality and accident-proneness in a group of pupils in the North Dallas High School.
Date: 1949
Creator: Thompson, Billye Faye
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Educational Progress of Under-Age Children (open access)

The Educational Progress of Under-Age Children

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between chronological age and reading achievement and between chronological age and personality development in school children.
Date: 1949
Creator: Tunnell, Lucile Stallings
System: The UNT Digital Library