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A Study of McKinney's School System with Reference to the Financial Status, the Educational Plant, the Educational Staff and the Pupils (open access)

A Study of McKinney's School System with Reference to the Financial Status, the Educational Plant, the Educational Staff and the Pupils

"The purpose of this study is to determine the present status of the McKinney school system in regard to the financial ability, the school plant, the teaching staff, and the pupils by making a profound comparison with general practices and statndards set up by accepted authorities and offering constructive criticism and recommendations that are needed, as obviously shown by comparison."--leaf 2
Date: August 1937
Creator: Alexander, Arlin Albert
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Preparation and Work of High School Teachers in Collin County (open access)

The Preparation and Work of High School Teachers in Collin County

"The aim of this study is to examine some of the factors and conditions underlying the preparation and work of the high school teachers in Collin County for the year 1936-1937 only. In finding and tabulating the existing factors and conditions, it is hoped that this will be of help in making improvements in the present schedule for the training of high school teachers."--leaf 2
Date: August 1937
Creator: Alexander, Mabel Parker
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Develop an Evaluating Technique which will have a Definite Relationship to the Declared Principles and Practices of the Speech Curriculum (open access)

To Develop an Evaluating Technique which will have a Definite Relationship to the Declared Principles and Practices of the Speech Curriculum

This purpose of this study is to develop a technique which will serve to evaluate the practices in public speaking in the light of the declared principles.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Anglin, Helen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Ideas in the Dramas of Gregorio Martinez Sierra (open access)

Social Ideas in the Dramas of Gregorio Martinez Sierra

This thesis illustrated Gregorio Martinez Sierra's social philosophy: motherhood, marital relationships, relationships between parents and children, and the social even of spain.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Attanasio, Lola Curbo
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Disruption of the Social Order in the South During the Reconstruction Era (open access)

The Disruption of the Social Order in the South During the Reconstruction Era

It is the purpose of this thesis to define wherein the social order of the South was disrupted, --- the conditions that brought about such a sweeping transformation of social structures --- and to show the growth of new social attitudes and practices evolving from the chaotic dismemberment of the old. Although primary significance is placed upon changes in the social order, it is necessary to consider certain political and economic trends that were interwoven into the fabric of social life during Reconstruction --- factors influencing, determining, or evolving from, social changes. In the first chapter is sketched briefly the ante-bellum society of the South, and in following chapters is shown the evolution of social culture during the first twelve years following the Civil War.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Bennett, Leo
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Affiliated and Non-Affiliated Physical Education Programs in the Texas High Schools to Determine the Value of Such Affiliation as a sound Educational Requirement (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Affiliated and Non-Affiliated Physical Education Programs in the Texas High Schools to Determine the Value of Such Affiliation as a sound Educational Requirement

This study attemts to compare, among other things, the non-affiliated Physical Education program with affiliated program in the Texas High Schools to determine the value of such affiliation as a sound educational requirement.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Bevill, Glenda Pearl
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Color Preferences of the Children in the Demonstration School of the North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

A Study of Color Preferences of the Children in the Demonstration School of the North Texas State Teachers College

This study was made in the Demonstration School of the North Texas State Teacher's College, using the children of Grades I to V inclusive as subjects of the investigation. The problem was taken to try to discover if children of a certain age group have definite color preferences and other related questions such as if these preferences remain constant, if they are influenced by other factors such as intelligence, sex, or grade, and if there is consistency noticeable in the preferences of a group at any given grade level. It is also the aim of this study to see how the children of the Demonstration School compare with other groups that have been tested, to suggest possible reasons for differences, and to set forth a procedure that could be followed in order to secure more significant results than those which have been obtained by other investigators.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Bookman, Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visitor's Impressions of New Orleans Before 1860 (open access)

Visitor's Impressions of New Orleans Before 1860

This thesis depicts the growth and history of New Orlens before 1860 as it was seen by vistors from the outside.
Date: May 1937
Creator: Boyles, Jane Russell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Old Physical Training and Modern Physical Education to Determine the Status of Physical Activity as an Integral Part of the Modern Education Program (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Old Physical Training and Modern Physical Education to Determine the Status of Physical Activity as an Integral Part of the Modern Education Program

This comparative study of the old physical training and modern physical education was made to determine the status of an original physical activity program as an integral part of modern education. It also discuss
Date: August 1937
Creator: Bryson, Lida Kate
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Phases of English Life as Revealed in Jonson's Early Comedies (open access)

Some Phases of English Life as Revealed in Jonson's Early Comedies

This thesis aimed to present Johnson's wide knowledge of his own age and to discuss his minute observation of contemporary life in England and to show the satirical and realistic means of detached castigation with which he mirrored his conclusions.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Campbell, Mary Tom
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Concentration, Adsorption and pH in the Precipitation of the Metal Ions of Groups II and III (open access)

Application of Concentration, Adsorption and pH in the Precipitation of the Metal Ions of Groups II and III

In this thesis, the process involved in the precipitations and separations of the metal of Group II and Group III studied. Suggestions have also been offered whereby students can make an analysis without loosing metals in the initial precepitation.
Date: June 1937
Creator: Cockerell, Leone Doris
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural Resources in Texas--an Undeveloped Source of Taxation (open access)

Natural Resources in Texas--an Undeveloped Source of Taxation

The specific aim of this study is to show the significance of the natural resources of Texas and their potential possibilities as an adequate source of income for the State. Linked in with this discussion and underlying it is the thesis that adequate taxation of the natural resources will not only provide sufficient income for the State's needs but also conserve and utilize these resources.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Conway, Gayle Mixon
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Prose Dramas of Joaquin Dicenta (open access)

The Prose Dramas of Joaquin Dicenta

The purpose of this thesis is to make an intensive survey of the plots, characters, and teachings of Dicenta's prose dramas together with a study of the life and works of Dicenta.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Cunningham, Hilda Hugon
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Poetry of Emily Dickinson (open access)

A Study of the Poetry of Emily Dickinson

This discussion purports to be an original study of the poetry of Emily Dickinson, a study based chiefly on the poems themselves and not on a digest of critical views and opinions.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Dickinson, George Truett
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relations Between the United States and Honduras, 1825-1933 (open access)

The Relations Between the United States and Honduras, 1825-1933

This study attempts to assess inter-American relationships with particular emphasis on the relations between the United States and Honduras. The study provided detailed data (maps, tables, and figures) that depicted distrubution of trade between the two countries and investments of United States in Hundrashe from 1825 to 1933.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Dillard, Edna Hendrix
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Yearly Study of the Bacterial Flora of Lake Dallas Water with Special Reference to Sanitation (open access)

A Yearly Study of the Bacterial Flora of Lake Dallas Water with Special Reference to Sanitation

The purpose of this thesis is to determine the relative numbers of colon bacteria in the water of Lake Dallas.
Date: June 1937
Creator: Foster, Edwin Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Para Determinar un Programa que Mejore la Instrucción del Español Oral en las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Chávez de Nuevo México (open access)
The Ecology of Chlorohydra Viridissima in a Small Perennial Pond (open access)

The Ecology of Chlorohydra Viridissima in a Small Perennial Pond

The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of chemical, physical, and bilogical factors on th seasonal variation in population and on reproduction of Chlorohydra Viridissima (Schulze) in a small pernnial pond.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Graham, Elizabeth Coffee
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Socio-Economic Status of the Freshman Students of North Texas State Teachers College and its Effect Upon College Attainment (open access)

A Study of the Socio-Economic Status of the Freshman Students of North Texas State Teachers College and its Effect Upon College Attainment

This study was undertaken as an investigation to find out the socio-economic status of the Freshman class of North Texas State Teachers college, Denton, Texas. The investigation has the following purposes: to find out the number of independent, partially dependent, and dependent students; to discover social and economic factors concerning their home background the year preceding their entrance to the college; to study the economic status of these groups for the school year 1936-37; to study the social status of the same groups, on the campus, for the same period of time; to study the scholastic status of the same students during the same period, and to compare the grades of each group to discover the effect, if any, of social and economic status upon scholastic attainment.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Hamilton, F. Sidney
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Development of the Curriculum of Texas State Teachers Colleges (open access)

A History of the Development of the Curriculum of Texas State Teachers Colleges

Without regard to the merits of the philosophy and practices of these two schools of educational thought, it is the purpose of this study to observe the progress of each as indicated by an examination of certain college curricula, as shown below.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Harbison, James J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Certain Wealth in Texas to Determine Possible Sources of Taxation for Educational Purposes (open access)

Analysis of Certain Wealth in Texas to Determine Possible Sources of Taxation for Educational Purposes

This study revelaed that the rank of Texas with other state in the United States in the expenditure for schools per pupil is thrty-fifth. It further discussed that there are possible sources of taxation in the properties. However, there is a wide variation that needs to be studied. It further justify that present administrative and legislative trends in searching for new source of taxation makes the problem an important one.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Hedgpeth, Armo T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods and Procedures in Directing Extra-Curricular Activities (open access)

Methods and Procedures in Directing Extra-Curricular Activities

The purpose of this study is to discover and report the best practices of selecting, organizing, and administering the extra-curricular activitiy program in elementary and secondary schools.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Hostetter, Virginia Woody
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evidences of the Need of Speech Training for School Administrators (open access)

Evidences of the Need of Speech Training for School Administrators

This thesis tabulated five hundred and twenty correct criteria checking points. Based on the analysis of rating scale, the data show that the fourty adminstrators (subjects) made an average of 3724 speches a year (about 93 per school adminstrator), and the findings presented some evidences of the need of speech training for school administrators.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Hotaling, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Some of the Factors Influencing the Achievement of Elementary School Children in Denton County (open access)

A Study of Some of the Factors Influencing the Achievement of Elementary School Children in Denton County

"There are many factors that influence the achievement of school children; however it is rather difficult to determine the effect of each because of the close relationship and probable overlapping of the various factors. The problem in this study is to determine what effect the size of the school, training and qualifications of the teachers, and sex have upon the achievement of elementary school children in Denton County. A few of the main factors involved in this study will be examined and statistically presented, so as to show their relation to the achievement of the rural children in Denton County, as revealed through the Harlow achievement tests."-- leaf 1.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Jones, Robert Elzie
System: The UNT Digital Library