Consumer-Buying Objectives in Homemaking Courses in High Schools of the Southern Region (open access)

Consumer-Buying Objectives in Homemaking Courses in High Schools of the Southern Region

For the past few years the homemaking courses has shifted its emphasis from cooking and sewing skills to the solving of managerial problems of the individual and the family of today. Each person who is taking an active part in living is constantly purchasing and consuming goods and services and must realize that his welfare depends upon the relation between the satisfactions that he receives from the things he buys and the price that he pays for them. Since every one must purchase goods, the high school student needs to learn how to buy wisely. The executive committees of the homemaking divisions in the different states which are revising the courses of study realize that management of money from the consumer-buying view point is important and needs a place in meeting the needs and interests of the high school student of today. The problem in this study is to determine the adequacy of the objectives on consumer-buying in the homemaking courses in high schools of the Southern Region. This study is made for the purpose of determining the adequacy and extent of consumer-buying teaching objectives in homemaking education in the high schools of the Southern region. in order that way …
Date: June 1938
Creator: Wilson, Charles Aldredge, Mrs.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quantitative Chemical Analysis of the Soils of Erath County, Texas (open access)

Quantitative Chemical Analysis of the Soils of Erath County, Texas

A chemical analysis of representative samples of Windthorst sand, Denton sand, and Denton clay has been made, and this analysis shows that their composition has a strict correlation with respect to their geological origins. The analyses of the different soils have shown the Windthorst sand to be highly deficient in all of the essential elements, whereas the Denton sand is deficient in only one; namely, phosphorus. The analysis of the Denton clay showed it to be highly fertile. From the consideration of the pH and the lime content, it has been determined to some extent what crops will grow in each of the soils.
Date: June 1938
Creator: Barnes, Benjamin F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adequacy of Training of Junior High School Teachers of Industrial Arts in Texas (open access)

Adequacy of Training of Junior High School Teachers of Industrial Arts in Texas

"The problem of this study is to determine to what extent the junior high school teachers of industrial arts in Texas are being trained to meet the apparent needs and trends in the field. Do the teachers colleges of Texas have the facilities --curricula--to adequately train industrial arts teacher for the courses that are actually being taught in the junior high schools of Texas? The study is limited to certain aspects of industrial arts in the junior high schools and the State Teachers colleges of Texas. The offerings and trends in offerings of the junior high schools, the organization and trends in the organization, the adequacy of training of industrial arts teachers in the junior schools, and offerings and trends in the industrial arts departments of the Texas State Teachers Colleges are of major importance in this study. " --p. 1
Date: June 1938
Creator: Karnes, Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Quantitative Determination of Nitrogen (open access)

A Study of the Quantitative Determination of Nitrogen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the Kjeldahl method of nitrogen determination.
Date: June 1938
Creator: Willard, John Gordon
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Validity of Certain Influences and Factors Involved in the Choice of a Vocation (open access)

The Validity of Certain Influences and Factors Involved in the Choice of a Vocation

This study undertakes to determine the validity of certain influences and factors involved in the choice of an occupation by high school seniors, as compared with their real interests as shown by Hepner's Vocational Interest Test.
Date: June 1938
Creator: McAlister, Daniel Reid
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children's Preferences Between Realistic and Fantastic Stories in the First and Second Grades (open access)

Children's Preferences Between Realistic and Fantastic Stories in the First and Second Grades

The purpose of this study was to find the type of stories in which the children in the first and second grades were most interested. The writer wanted to determine whether or not there was a preference for fantastic or realistic stories in these grades, whether or not boys preferred one type of stories and girls another, and whether or not age and intelligence entered in as determining factors.
Date: June 1938
Creator: Ragland, Eulelia
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Practical Arts Education has Functioned in Mexico D. F. (open access)

How Practical Arts Education has Functioned in Mexico D. F.

The aim of this study was to present a condensed and authentic report of what Mexico has done toward a practical education of the nation. It is also the aim of this study to show the development, the status, and the functioning of the Federal District. The study point out the relation and the needs of this type of education to the social and economic welfare and progress of the Mexican people.
Date: June 1938
Creator: Hamilton, Tom G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Student Aid in the Secondary Schools of Texas (open access)

Student Aid in the Secondary Schools of Texas

The purpose of this study is to examine student aid in Texas from the standpoint of history, types, sources, and administration in order to see whether the movement possibly represents any significant trend or tendencies in the privileges of secondary education in Texas.
Date: June 1938
Creator: Morgan, John H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Bookkeeping Systems Being Used in Sixty-Six Retail and Eight Wholesale Businesses of Denton, Texas, with Recommendations for Improvements (open access)

Survey of Bookkeeping Systems Being Used in Sixty-Six Retail and Eight Wholesale Businesses of Denton, Texas, with Recommendations for Improvements

This study aim to determine the bookkeeping systems in use in the retail and wholesale businesses in Denton, Texas, and to determine what improvements could be made in the bookkeeping systems of these businesses.
Date: June 1938
Creator: Brookshear, Garland R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Phytoplankton Population of Lake Dallas (open access)

A Study of the Phytoplankton Population of Lake Dallas

The limnological investigation of any body of water is undertaken in order to secure more accurate information concerning the factors which play an important role in fish production or sanitation. This study shows the qualitative and quantitative planktonic algae in Lake Dallas, for the year 1937-38.
Date: June 1938
Creator: Bagwell, Russell L.
System: The UNT Digital Library