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An Analysis of General Safety Education for Industry and Vocational Schools with Specific Recommendations for Wood Shops and Machine Shops (open access)

An Analysis of General Safety Education for Industry and Vocational Schools with Specific Recommendations for Wood Shops and Machine Shops

The purposes of this study are to survey the growth of safety concepts in industry and in school shops, to point out the fundamental factors involved in a functioning and worthwhile program of safety education in secondary schools, and to indicate safe practices to be followed by operators of machines in wood and metal shops in secondary schools in order to minimize to the utmost the possibility of accident in such shops, and to set forth a recommended procedure embodying a program of safety for wood and metal shops in secondary schools.
Date: 1943
Creator: Davis, Carlis Coy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Guidance Needs and Problems Among the Women Students at North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

An Analysis of the Guidance Needs and Problems Among the Women Students at North Texas State Teachers College

The intent and purposes of this study are (1) to discover the extent of the guidance needs and problems which confront the women students in North Texas State Teachers College and the extent to which the students are adjusting and developing into normal and socially effective individuals; (2) to interpret the data collected from the individual questionnaires in order that plans for a more adequate and effective guidance program may be made, and to offer a functional basis for individual and group guidance; and (3) to measure their present needs and problems in relation to personal and social adjustments as individuals and as groups.
Date: 1943
Creator: Taylor, Myrtie Wooldridge
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Hobbies of Sixth Grade Girls of Twelve Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Hobbies of Sixth Grade Girls of Twelve Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas

The purpose of this study was to determine the number of girls enrolled in the sixth grade in twelve elementary schools of Dallas, Texas, who had hobbies; what types of hobbies had been selected; what factors had influenced their choice of hobbies; and the duration of the hobbies.
Date: 1943
Creator: Piester, Kathleen
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Appraisal of the Practice of Homemaking in the Dallas Junior High Schools (open access)

The Appraisal of the Practice of Homemaking in the Dallas Junior High Schools

The problem in this study is to make the appraisal of the practice of homemaking in the Dallas junior high schools.
Date: 1943
Creator: Enderby, Lillian
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ascorbic Acid Content of Orange Marmalade Made With and Without Commercial Pectin (open access)

The Ascorbic Acid Content of Orange Marmalade Made With and Without Commercial Pectin

The purpose of the present study is to determine the ascorbic acid values of orange marmalades made with and without commercial pectin; and to compare these values with those obtained by testing random samples of home and commercial prepared orange marmalades.
Date: 1943
Creator: Burt, Dorthy Farris
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ascorbic Acid Metabolism of Fifty College Women in the North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

The Ascorbic Acid Metabolism of Fifty College Women in the North Texas State Teachers College

A study of the ascorbic acid metabolism of a group of fifty college women in the North Texas State Teachers College between the months of April and July, 1943.
Date: 1943
Creator: Harshbarger, Marjorie
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of the Student Body of North Texas State Teachers College During the Fall Semester of the 1942-43 Session (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of the Student Body of North Texas State Teachers College During the Fall Semester of the 1942-43 Session

The problem of this thesis is to make a comparative analysis of the student body of North Texas State Teachers College during the fall semester of the 1942-43 session. This analysis involves a consideration of such factors as chronological age, academic classification and major, parental occupation, scholastic load, membership in campus organizations, grade point average, participation in outside employment, and the interrelationships of these factors as they affect college students.
Date: 1943
Creator: Hargrove, Wayne
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Qualifications and Duties of City School Superintendents' Secretaries in Oklahoma (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Qualifications and Duties of City School Superintendents' Secretaries in Oklahoma

The problem in this study is to make a comparison of the qualifications and duties of secretaries of city school superintendents in Oklahoma, with regard to academic training stenographic duties, duties pertaining to financial records and reports, banking duties, duties pertaining to general records and reports, duties pertaining to bus and transportation reports, teaching duties and miscellaneous duties.
Date: 1943
Creator: Glenn, Della Ola
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Value of Two Types of Teaching Reading (open access)

Comparative Value of Two Types of Teaching Reading

The major purpose of this study is to compare the progress in the general reading ability of a group of pupils taught by the phonic method of word recognition, with the progress of a group taught by the same method plus the study of stories to determine whether the study of stories aids word recognition ability and, in turn, general reading ability.
Date: 1943
Creator: Evans, Lucy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Certain Reading Textbook Manuals with Certain Reading Authority Standards for Intermediate Grades (open access)

A Comparison of Certain Reading Textbook Manuals with Certain Reading Authority Standards for Intermediate Grades

This study was made in an attempt to determine whether or not the manuals for the reading textbooks published since 1930 meet the standards set up by the leading educators in the field of reading.
Date: 1943
Creator: Phillips, Neva Nelle
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Educational Concepts as Expressed by Workshop Participants and by Dewey (open access)

A Comparison of Educational Concepts as Expressed by Workshop Participants and by Dewey

The problem involved in this research was a comparative study of the educational philosophy of the 1943 Child Development Workshop at the North Texas State Teachers College, as expressed by consultants and participants, and John Dewey's principles of education.
Date: 1943
Creator: Boyd, Onata
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of Arithmetic Achievement in the Intermediate Grades of the Fort Worth, Texas, Elementary Schools (open access)

A Critical Analysis of Arithmetic Achievement in the Intermediate Grades of the Fort Worth, Texas, Elementary Schools

This thesis looks at what the Forth Worth public schools have accomplished with their revised curriculum in arithmetic, and whether such achievement can be demonstrated.
Date: 1943
Creator: Payne, Ralph Chesley
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of the Community School Idea (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Community School Idea

It is the purpose of this investigation to make a careful study of different community schools, and to determine to what extent they are promoting the education of the child and meeting the needs of the community in which he lives.
Date: 1943
Creator: McKissick, Elvira Francena
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1943 (open access)

The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1943

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1943
Creator: Reilly, Wallace
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demonstrating the Use of Wells's Criteria by Evaluating the Administration of Two Elementary School Principals (open access)

Demonstrating the Use of Wells's Criteria by Evaluating the Administration of Two Elementary School Principals

The problem of this study is to demonstrate the use of Wells's criteria for evaluating the administration of the elementary school by evaluating the administration of two elementary school principals.
Date: 1943
Creator: Medlin, Reginald Otto
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining the Extent to Which the Purposes of Radio Educational Broadcasts are Being Achieved in the Elementary School (open access)

Determining the Extent to Which the Purposes of Radio Educational Broadcasts are Being Achieved in the Elementary School

This study seeks to furnish school administrators and teachers with information about the (1) historical background of radio in the public schools of America; (2) equipment needed for radio reception; (3) plans that are necessary for efficient use of the radio; and (4) finally, to show the status of radio in the schools of Texas.
Date: 1943
Creator: Douglas, Truman B.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of the Public Schools of Denton County, Texas, 1900-1942 (open access)

The Development of the Public Schools of Denton County, Texas, 1900-1942

The problem of this study is to discover and to point out with the aid of tables the changes which have occurred, and the most important factors affecting the growth and development of the public school system of Denton County during the period 1900-1942.
Date: 1943
Creator: Oliver, Ruth Autry
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dietary Habits of Fifty-Nine North Texas State Teachers College Students Doing Light Housekeeping (open access)

The Dietary Habits of Fifty-Nine North Texas State Teachers College Students Doing Light Housekeeping

The purpose of this study is an attempt to determine the food habits of a group of light housekeeping students enrolled in the North Texas State Teachers College in the spring of 1939, using the inventory method.
Date: 1943
Creator: Kellar, Loren
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Cooking on the Vitamin A Value of Two Dehydrated Sweet Potato Products (open access)

The Effect of Cooking on the Vitamin A Value of Two Dehydrated Sweet Potato Products

The purpose of the present study is to determine the effect of cooking on the vitamin A value of "Vita-Yam" candy and cookies.
Date: 1943
Creator: Herd, Ruby Lee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Storage on the Ascorbic Acid Content of Four Varieties of Canned Fruit Juice (open access)

The Effect of Storage on the Ascorbic Acid Content of Four Varieties of Canned Fruit Juice

The purposes of this study are (1) to determine the ascorbic acid content of a variety of fruit juices available in Denton, Texas, during March to July, 1943; (2) to ascertain the loss of ascorbic acid when canned grapefruit, orange, pineapple, and apple juices are opened and stored in the home refrigerator for several days' use; and (3) by means of data obtained, to make recommendations as to the most advantageous ways of using one's "points" in purchasing canned fruit juices for their ascorbic acid value.
Date: 1943
Creator: Willard, Helen
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of the War Emergency upon Teacher Turnover in Small Texas Schools (open access)

The Effect of the War Emergency upon Teacher Turnover in Small Texas Schools

The purpose of this study is to determine the ways and the extent that the war has affected the teacher shortage problem in the small schools of Texas.
Date: 1943
Creator: Smith, Alvin A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of the War on the Mental Hygiene of the Elementary School Child (open access)

The Effect of the War on the Mental Hygiene of the Elementary School Child

The purpose of this study is to analyze recommended programs for developing child security in wartime. Attention is given, also, to the opinions expressed by contemporary psychiatrists and educators, as to ill and possible good effects of the war on the mental hygiene of the elementary school child.
Date: 1943
Creator: Copeland, Edeth Cordelia
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Integrated Teaching (open access)

An Evaluation of Integrated Teaching

The purpose of this study is to examine integration in such a manner as to determine its true meaning, to analyze critically its ability to meet the challenge and produce the goals which society and the teacher have set up, and to conclude whether the utilization of integration, as conceived by the writer, will develop the child's capacity of self-expression, encourage critical thinking, develop individual aptitudes, and help him make wholesome adjustments to the group.
Date: 1943
Creator: Kilpatrick, Jewell
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Declamation Contest as an Educational Procedure (open access)

An Evaluation of the Declamation Contest as an Educational Procedure

The purpose of this study is to formulate criteria for the evaluation of the declamation, the selection of material for declamation, the method of coaching, the method of delivery, and the value of the declamation contest as a method of teaching.
Date: 1943
Creator: Frisby, Margret Jones
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library