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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining Student Reaction To A Modified Activity Program In The Detroit Texas School (open access)

Determining Student Reaction To A Modified Activity Program In The Detroit Texas School

The purpose of this study is to determine some reaction of students from grades five through eleven of the Detroit, Texas Public School to a modified activity program. The sources of the data were educational literature, a questionaire that was adminstered to the group,and results secured from the use of the New Stanford Achievement Test.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Robinson, Hoyt Ellsworth
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Practical Arts Course Content as Indicated by the Needs and Interests of Denton Junior High School Sixth Grade Boys (open access)

Practical Arts Course Content as Indicated by the Needs and Interests of Denton Junior High School Sixth Grade Boys

This study aimed to determine the proper content of a course of study in practical Arts as indicated by the needs and interests of sixth grade boys.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Wells, J. Haskin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Procedures by which the Value and Effectiveness of Geography Teaching May be Improved in the Elementary Grades of Collin County (open access)

A Study of the Procedures by which the Value and Effectiveness of Geography Teaching May be Improved in the Elementary Grades of Collin County

This study aimed to secure and evaluate the current practices in teaching of geography within the rural school system of Colon County, Texas. The objectives of the study were also to learn from the County rural supervisors of the state the procedures they are using together with their recommendations for the present needs in geography teaching.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Ownbey, Ethel B.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library