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Equipment for Junior-High-School Art Rooms in the Corpus Christi, Texas, Schools
This study considers the equipment needed for the art rooms of the three junior high schools of Corpus Christi, Texas. It discusses the special problems encountered by the teacher-committee that had to determine the minimum list of tools and other equipment necessary to carry out a well-rounded art program.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Kerr, Lou Brock
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Weaving with Materials Native to the Texas Gulf Coast
The present study explores some of the materials native to the Texas Gulf Coast between Corpus Christi and Beaumont relative to their adaptability to weaving. The problem is three-fold: first, to collect and identify the indigenous materials which might prove suitable for weaving; second, to determine the range of uses which each might serve in a weaving program; and third, to test further each selected specimen by making a sample into a finished woven product.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Kerr, Thomas William
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Boys' and Girls' Achievement Scores and Teacher Ratings
It is the primary purpose of this study to determine any differences in the achievement abilities and teacher ratings of the boys and girls of equal intelligence quotients in the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades of the Alvord Elementary School, Alvord, Texas. A secondary purpose is to make a study of the environmental background of a number of pupils in order to determine certain other factors that might be considered as producing some influence upon the success or failure of the boy or girl.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Kilpatrick, Inez Speer
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Develop and Evaluate a Sound Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Program for Girls
The purpose of this study was to make an analysis of the program of health, physical education, and recreation for girls in the Gainesville High School, Gainesville, Texas. The aim was to develop a program that will function in the lives of the pupils. In order to provide a basis for the improvement of the existing program, an effort was made to evaluate the program for the purpose of improving the health of the pupils and the quality of the services rendered by the school in the areas of health, physical education, and recreation. Finally, the program was evaluated in the light of certain criteria that were set up as guiding principles.
Date:
1951
Creator:
King, Dorothy Scott
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personnel Policies for Salesmen in Nash Automobile Dealerships in Texas
The automobile dealership is one of the more important types of small business. The operation of such a business is an integral part of the economy of the country, and conditions existing in the automobile field are usually fairly representative of those in other types of small business; therefore, the general personnel policies of an automobile dealership are basically similar to personnel policies of other small businesses in the distributive field. A study of personnel policies in this field will be of some use to anyone interested in the problems of small business.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Laney, Samuel Duke
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Microbial Survey of Raw Ingredients Used in Finished Products at Kraft Foods Company, Garland, Texas
The purpose of this investigation is to determine through routine checks the number of organisms present in the various raw ingredients used for the preparation of foods. The problem has consisted of, first, a determination of the total bacterial population by numbers; second, a determination of the incidence of colon bacteria in the samples examined; third, a determination of the presence of yeasts and molds; and fourth, an attempt to utilize this information obtained in judging the methods of handling the raw ingredients before they are used in the processing of foods.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Langston, Clarence Walter, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Development of the Gulf Coastal Prairie
The study of the economic development of the Gulf Coastal Prairie has been divided into the following seven chapters: (1) Physical Aspects, (2) Grazing, (3) Development of Farming, (4) Development of Transportation, (5) Development of Mineral Resources, (6) Development of Industry and (7) A Look to the Future.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Lumpkin, George Enos
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Analytical Development of the Trigonometric Functions
This thesis is a study of the analytical development of the trigonometric functions.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Mackey, Pearl Cherrington
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Some Effects of a Reading-Readiness Program on First-Grade Children
The problem of this investigation was to determine the number of children who are ready to read when they enter first grade and the number ready to read after a reading-readiness program.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Marshall, D. Leon S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Bulletin for Beginning Teachers
The purpose of this study is to determine pertinent contents for a bulletin for beginning teachers in the public schools of Port Arthur, Texas. An effort is made to evaluate the findings and to make specific recommendations regarding the contents of such a bulletin.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Mathews, Fronia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Reading Interests of Pupils of High and Low Ability on the Different Socio-Economic Levels in the Fifth Grade of Pampa School
In this particular study the problem is to find which types of books pupils of the fifth grade of different abilities and of different socio-economic status like to read. This study is also concerned with the comparison of boys and girls in their choice of books and magazines.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Mayo, Nova Estheu
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rorschach Factors as Indices of I. Q.
This study will pursue the inquiry in an attempt to add to the weight of evidence for or against the reliability of the Rorschach Test as an indicator of intelligence. The problem may be resolved into a comparison between various scoring categories or factors of the Rorschach and I.Q.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Miller, John Y.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Isolation and Identification of Bacterial Species Associated with the Common House Fly and Three Species of Cockroaches
In an attempt to demonstrate the role of insects as possible carriers of pathogenic bacterial organisms this investigation has been concerned with the determination of the microbial population associated both internally and externally with the common house fly and three species of the cockroach.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Morland, Clifford L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Character Studies in John Steinbeck's Fiction
This thesis is a study of the characters in John Steinbeck's fiction.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Oyler, Martha Jo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Isolation, Identification and Cultivation of Four Phytopathogenic Fungi
This investigation includes a morphological and cultural study of four rather common pathogenic fungi one of which attacks Zinnia elegans, one Lagerstroemia indica, one Ligustrum lodense and one Euonymus japonica. The problem includes, first, a determination of the genera of these four fungi as revealed by their morphology in natural habitat; second, a determination of the growth and cultural characteristics of these on Cornmeal, Potato, Bean, Prune and Carrot agars; third, a comparison of the growth and cultural characteristics of these in natural habitat with the same on the various agars used; and fourth, an evaluation of the five artificial culture media in so far as their usage is concerned in the growth and cultivation of these four species of fungi.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Parks, Leroy W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Nature and the Extent of Errors in Written Language and the Possible Relationship between These Errors and Certain Factors
The purpose of this study is to show possible relationships between certain environmental, personality, and scholastic factors and difficulties in written language.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Paul, Anna
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Film Versus the Demonstration Method in Teaching Cake Making to High School Girls
The purpose of the present study was to determine the comparative effectiveness of the educational sound film and the demonstration method in teaching the quick-mix method of cake making.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Phillips, Joe Marie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Fourteen State-Adopted Readers for Sixth Grade with Respect to Certain Criteria
The purpose of this study is to set up criteria for judging the mechanical features and content of sixth-grade readers and to determine whether or not the fourteen sixth-grade readers of this study fit these criteria.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Pickard, Mary Virginia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relation of the Teaching of Checking in Arithmetic to Accuracy in Several Phases of School Work
The problem for this study is to determine whether or not teaching children to check arithmetic problems contributes to accuracy (1) in problem solving, (2) in forming the habit of checking, and (3) in several other phases of school work.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Pickard, Vera Maye
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Economic and Social Influences of European Immigration to the United States Since 1882
This thesis is a study of early European immigration, the new immigrant in his relations to American economic life, the new immigrant as an economic and social factor in urbanization, social and cultural adjustments of the new immigrant, and the problem of admitting the "displaced person."
Date:
1951
Creator:
Prestridge, Lorene
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Causes of Maladjustment and Some Remedial Measures
The problem in this study is threefold: (1) to discover cases of maladjustment which exist among the students of a certain small high school; (2) to determine as far as possible the causes of these maladjustments, particularly the role of the school as a contributing agent; and (3) to suggest and to apply as far as possible remedial measures.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Reeves, Isla Davidson
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Cost of Transporting Pupils for the School Years 1948-49 and 1949-50 in Cameron County, Texas.
The purpose of this study is to make a comparison of the unit cost of transportation per pupil in Cameron County, Texas, for the years of 1948-49 and 1949-50 to determine if the transportation provided by the Foundation Act was more economical than the transportation cost under the previous methods of providing for this in Texas schools.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Renfroe, Eustace C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Anglo-American Pupils in Predominately Latin-American Groups and Anglo-American Pupils in a Non Latin-American Group.
It is the purpose of this study to consider the Anglo-American child--to examine his achievement in a situation where much consideration will of necessity be given to the instructional needs peculiar to the predominating group.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Renfroe, Mary Virginia Murphy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of School Experiences in the Fourth Grade of Lancaster School
This study is an evaluation of school experiences in the fourth grade of Lancaster School.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Roach, Ruth
System:
The UNT Digital Library