An Investigation to Determine Improvement in the Social Status of Children Through Concetrated Effort (open access)

An Investigation to Determine Improvement in the Social Status of Children Through Concetrated Effort

The problem of this study is an investigation of the development of social adjustment in thirty-three first-grade pupils in Gainesville, Texas, during 1949-1950. The purpose of the study is to determine each child's total readiness status at the beginning of the investigation, surround each with socializing experiences appropriate to his need, and then determine whether measurable benefits appear to result from his participation in the specific activities designed for social development.
Date: 1950
Creator: Atkins, Thelma
System: The UNT Digital Library
Responsibility of the Secondary School for the Social Development of its Students (open access)

Responsibility of the Secondary School for the Social Development of its Students

The problem in this study is twofold. First, there will be an attempt to determine the values that organizations in the secondary school have for the development of its students. Second, a survey will be made of the four-year accredited high schools in District Five of Texas to determine how and to what extent they are realizing their responsibilities in this respect.
Date: 1947
Creator: Baxter, Billie Otella
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Vegetable Consumption and Vegetable Likes and Dislikes of Pupils in the J. M. Lindsay Elementary School, Gainesville, Texas (open access)

A Study of Vegetable Consumption and Vegetable Likes and Dislikes of Pupils in the J. M. Lindsay Elementary School, Gainesville, Texas

The problem of this investigation was to survey the noon-meal vegetable consumption of 248 elementary-school children in the J. M. Lindsay School, Gainesville, Texas, for a period of ten days, and to compile lists of the vegetables which the children indicated that they liked or disliked.
Date: 1947
Creator: Blanton, Adeline Piott
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Modern Philosophy and Modern Psychology of Education (open access)

A Study of the Modern Philosophy and Modern Psychology of Education

The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1. To make a study of modern philosophy and modern psychology of education. 2. To show by comparison how well the Gainesville elementary schools comply in a modern philosophy and a modern psychology of education. 3. To make recommendations for changes that could be made for the improvement of the Gainesville elementary school system.
Date: 1947
Creator: Clements, Bess
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of One Hundred Texas State Training School Girls at Gainesville, Texas, to Determine the Major Factors in Juvenile Delinquency (open access)

A Study of One Hundred Texas State Training School Girls at Gainesville, Texas, to Determine the Major Factors in Juvenile Delinquency

The problem of this thesis is three-fold: (1) to determine what social workers, officers of the law, and leaders in the field of education believe about juvenile delinquency; (2) to study the backgrounds, personalities, and criminal records of one hundred girls committed to the Texas State Training School at Gainesville, Texas, to determine the major factors in their delinquency; and (3) to make recommendations that may be helpful in meeting the problems of youth.
Date: 1948
Creator: Crews, Rachel Melvina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grouping First Graders in Gainesville Schools (open access)

Grouping First Graders in Gainesville Schools

The purpose of this study is an attempt to define the needs in the primary grades in Gainesville, to find the most successful criteria used for grouping children upon their entrance into the first grade, and to find the best plan for primary grades in Gainesville schools.
Date: 1949
Creator: Doty, Lillian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identifiable Factors Which May Cause Delinquency Among Children of Elementary Age in Gainesville, Texas (open access)

Identifiable Factors Which May Cause Delinquency Among Children of Elementary Age in Gainesville, Texas

It is the purpose of this study to determine the identifiable causes of delinquency among children of elementary age in Gainesville and to make proposals for more effective youth services. To do this an analysis will be made of the possible sources and causes of delinquency, a modern educational approach, and the relation between the two.
Date: 1949
Creator: Gudgell, Arie Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Develop and Evaluate a Sound Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Program for Girls (open access)

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
Evaluation of an Activity Program (open access)

Evaluation of an Activity Program

The problem of this study was to determine the extent to which the results of the use of the "Evaluative Criteria" set up by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools agree with the evaluative criteria drawn from standard objectives in an activity program of the Era High School.
Date: 1941
Creator: McClendon, Carl K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Gainesville Junior High School with the Accepted Standards for Junior High School Outline (open access)

A Comparison of Gainesville Junior High School with the Accepted Standards for Junior High School Outline

The purpose of this study is to make an evaluation of Gainesville Junior High School to determine the extent to which it meets criteria for this type of school. The different phases of the school evaluated were: plant and equipment, library, course of study, techniques of teaching, and extra-curricular activities.
Date: 1947
Creator: Moore, Walter Travis
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Schools of Cooke County, Texas (open access)

A History of the Schools of Cooke County, Texas

"This is an effort to tell the story of public education in Cooke County, Texas...."-- leaf 1.
Date: August 1944
Creator: O'Brien, Randolph
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Scientific Learning in Growing Silkworms (open access)

An Analysis of Scientific Learning in Growing Silkworms

The purpose of this study is to give the results of a science experiment in an elementary grade in raising silkworms. The purpose of the experiment was not to learn the laws and principles of science, but to determine whether the life cycle of the silkworm would create a greater interest in the field of science.
Date: 1947
Creator: Roberts, Odessa Hensley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating a Junior High School Program in Relation to Purposes (open access)

Evaluating a Junior High School Program in Relation to Purposes

This is a comparative study of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades in the Gainesville Junior High School, Gainesville, Texas, to determine the relative progress in meeting the purposes of education in an American democracy, as outlined by the Policies Commission of the National Education Association. This study is made for the purpose of ascertaining the progress made to date in the Gainesville Junior High School and for use as a guide in improving its educational standards in line with the recommendations of the National Educational Policies Commission.
Date: 1941
Creator: Robinson, William C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Cooke County Library, Gainesville, Texas (open access)

A History of the Cooke County Library, Gainesville, Texas

"...a brief though fairly detailed, history of the Cooke County Library and it is hoped that this material will be of interest to friends of the library and that it will serve, not only as a history of its establishment and maintenance, but that it will also be an inspiration for future achievements...The facts herein were taken from newspapers, professional journals, notes kept by the late Lillian Gunter, the records of the Cooke County Library, and by word of mouth from citizens of Gainesville, Texas who helped in the establishment of the library."--leaf 1.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Self, Hazel
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Some of the Variables as Related to Peer Acceptance at the State Training School for Girls, Gainesville, Texas (open access)

A Study of Some of the Variables as Related to Peer Acceptance at the State Training School for Girls, Gainesville, Texas

The problem of this study is to (1) determine the amount of peer acceptance existing among a group of delinquent girls committed to the Texas State Training School for Girls and (2) to determine the relationships between peer acceptance and some other variables.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Weber, Louis C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community (open access)

An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community

The purpose of this study is to analyze the recreation program of the Callisburg community in Cook County, Texas, to determine the extent to which it meets accepted standards for a community recreation program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Welch, Virgil L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School of Gainesville, Texas (open access)

A History of the Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School of Gainesville, Texas

The purpose of this study is to assemble the leading facts concerning the history of the Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School of Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Wilson, Roy P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Administrator in the High School Guidance Program (open access)

The Role of the Administrator in the High School Guidance Program

This study was proposed to determine to what extent guidance is actually being practiced in the schools selected and to determine a plan for more comprehensive use of guidance. This plan will emphasize the role the administrator should play in the guidance program.
Date: 1948
Creator: Wilson, W. Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading Interests of Students of Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School, Gainesville, Texas, in the School Year 1944-1945 (open access)

Reading Interests of Students of Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School, Gainesville, Texas, in the School Year 1944-1945

The purpose of this thesis is to determine and summarize the various facts concerning the reading interests and library habits of the second, third, and fourth year students enrolled in the Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School of Gainesville, Texas, for the school year of 1944-1945 as revealed through data collected by questionnaires and from library records.
Date: 1946
Creator: Young, Martha Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library