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The Relationship of the Turnover of Teachers and College Training (open access)

The Relationship of the Turnover of Teachers and College Training

A study to determine whether there is any relationship between teacher training and college training, between turnover of teachers and departmental training, and between grade point average, honor society students, and turnover of teachers.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Boren, Clyde
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Valley View High School, Valley View, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Valley View High School, Valley View, Texas

This study compares standards established by the Cooperative Study of Secondary Schools to the operation and functioning of the Valley View, Texas high school.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Brown, Hubert J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Varying Degrees of Growth in Worthy Civic Attitudes and in Scientific Thinking Attained by Students in the Secondary School (open access)

To Determine the Varying Degrees of Growth in Worthy Civic Attitudes and in Scientific Thinking Attained by Students in the Secondary School

This thesis determines the growth of scientific thinking and civic attitudes attained by students in the Grandfalls Royalty High School in West Texas.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Cagle, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of Nature Study in the Primary Grades Through an Analysis of Available Printed Material (open access)

The Development of Nature Study in the Primary Grades Through an Analysis of Available Printed Material

This thesis is the result of an examination of the biological and physical science information content included in late nineteenth and early twentieth century elementary school readers and textbooks.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Coldwell, Lillian
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine a Satisfactory Course of Study in Ornamental Iron for Senior High Schools in Terms of Pupils' Interest, Home Needs, Good Design, and by an Analysis of the Field (open access)

To Determine a Satisfactory Course of Study in Ornamental Iron for Senior High Schools in Terms of Pupils' Interest, Home Needs, Good Design, and by an Analysis of the Field

This thesis is intended to address the need for ornamental iron classes at the senior high school level.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Coleman, Ralph Monroe
System: The UNT Digital Library
An English-French Glossary of Library Terms (open access)

An English-French Glossary of Library Terms

The problem in this study has been to analyze the vocabulary needs in the field of Library Service and to develop a professional tool, including an English-French glossary of approximately fifteen hundred terms concerning the making, the acquisition, and the organization of books as related to Library Service.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Collier, Thelma Johns
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Teacher Placement Service of the North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

A Study of the Teacher Placement Service of the North Texas State Teachers College

Since one of the most important functions of a state teachers college is the proper placement of its graduates in teaching positions, this study was made to determine whether or not this function is being satisfactorily performed by the Placement Office of the North Texas State Teachers College. This study contains four chapters. The first chapter contains the introduction, a brief history of the Placement Office of the North Texas State Teachers College, its organization, functions it performs, its administrative policies, and some of the general practices followed. The first chapter is concluded with facts about the cost of placements made through the Placement Office, and the demands made by schools upon the Placement Office, as indicated by the calls received in the Office for teachers. Chapter two is a presentation of the data secured from questionnaires to five hundred registrants in the North Texas State Teachers College Placement Office, and from sixty superintendents of schools in Texas. Chapter three presents a comparison of of the organization, practices, administrative policies, functions, and office forms of the North Texas State Teachers College Placement Office with these same items in sixty-two other Institutional Placement Offices. Chapter four consists of the findings, and …
Date: August 1939
Creator: Coppage, Jack L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Commercial Offerings and the Requirements for a Major at Seventy - One Institutions which Hold Membership in the American Association of Teachers Colleges (open access)

The Commercial Offerings and the Requirements for a Major at Seventy - One Institutions which Hold Membership in the American Association of Teachers Colleges

The aim of this study is to discover how many of the examined seventy-one places of higher education offer undergraduate commerce courses.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Currie, Caroline
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Religious Factor in Social Acceptance and Emotional Stability (open access)

The Religious Factor in Social Acceptance and Emotional Stability

This study examines the role that religion plays in the lives of high school children. A study conducted on Hondo, Texas high school children yielded data for the study.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Dailey, John T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining the Functional Health Content of a Health Education Course for Sixth-Grade Pupils in the DeQueen School in Port Arthur, Texas (open access)

Determining the Functional Health Content of a Health Education Course for Sixth-Grade Pupils in the DeQueen School in Port Arthur, Texas

This thesis is an examination of the material covered by a sixth - grade health education course and indicates areas requiring improvement. Data for the thesis came from DeQueen Elementary School in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Duck, Howard B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test Materials for Fundamental Elements in Clerical and Secreterial Subject Matter (open access)

Test Materials for Fundamental Elements in Clerical and Secreterial Subject Matter

This thesis presents an overview and analysis of tests conducted to measure the quality of clerical and secreterial skills obtained by commerce education students and concludes with suggestions for future testing.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Evans, Louise
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine Whether or Not the Colleges of Texas are Preparing their Students of Industrial Arts to Teach Effectively in the High Schools of Texas (open access)

To Determine Whether or Not the Colleges of Texas are Preparing their Students of Industrial Arts to Teach Effectively in the High Schools of Texas

This is a study to determine whether the colleges of Texas are preparing their students of industrial arts to teach effectively in the high schools of Texas. The objectives of this study are to draw conclusions as to whether or not the colleges of Texas are preparing their students of industrial arts to teach effectively in the modern high schools; to show the training of industrial arts teachers; and to determine to what extent industrial arts are offered in the high schools of Texas.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Farmer, Joe Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preferences Shown by One Hundred Children in Each of the First, Third, and Fifth Grades of the Gladewater, Texas, Elementary School in Illustrating Six Types of Nature Poems (open access)

Preferences Shown by One Hundred Children in Each of the First, Third, and Fifth Grades of the Gladewater, Texas, Elementary School in Illustrating Six Types of Nature Poems

This thesis indicates the nature poetry preferences of fifth grade elementary school children. Data gathered helped determine the preferred aspect of nature and choices of girls compared to boys.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Fawcett, Genevieve
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of the Intramural Athletic Program of Brackenridge High School, San Antonio, Texas, to Determine the Status of this Program as Compared with Standards Set by Previous Studies (open access)

Survey of the Intramural Athletic Program of Brackenridge High School, San Antonio, Texas, to Determine the Status of this Program as Compared with Standards Set by Previous Studies

This thesis is the result of an examination of a recently added intramural sports program at Brackenridge High School in San Antonio, Texas. Value and benefits are explored while, also, describing the planning and implementation of the program.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Forehand, George W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Plan for a More Efficient and Economical Method of Transporting School Children in the East Texas Oil Field (open access)

A Proposed Plan for a More Efficient and Economical Method of Transporting School Children in the East Texas Oil Field

This study was made of the school districts in the East Texas oil field in Rusk and Gregg Counties. These school districts have a dense rural population, the majority of whom are engaged in some type of oil field work. Financially, these school districts are considered the wealthiest in the state, and in general are similar to most oil field sections in the South. A total of twelve different transportation systems, operating sixty-five buses, transporting 8,758 school children were studied. In this study, efficient methods of transporting school children, methods of administering transportation, contracting, types of roads, qualifications of drivers, equipment, and cost in these oil field districts were considered.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Fowler, Charles Gatteys
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Cost of Operating Contracted and District - Owned School Buses in District Four, Texas (open access)

A Comparison of the Cost of Operating Contracted and District - Owned School Buses in District Four, Texas

This study compares and contrasts operational expenses of district-owned to privately owned school bus services operated in Wichita, Clay, Montague, Jack, Wilbarger, Throckmorton, Baylor, Palo Pinto, Young, and Archer counties within the state of Texas.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Greer, William Arthur
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Adequacy of the Health Program in Certain Texas High Schools (open access)

An Analysis of the Adequacy of the Health Program in Certain Texas High Schools

This thesis examines the state of Texas high school health programs using federal standards first established seven years previously.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Heizer, Richmond P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Mineral Wells High School, Mineral Wells. Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Mineral Wells High School, Mineral Wells. Texas

This thesis offers an evaluation of the Mineral Wells, Texas high school. Fifteen hundred points associated with curriculum and school operation were evaluated to draw presented conclusions.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Hendley, Ben P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of the Secondary Education Program at Whitewright, Texas (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Secondary Education Program at Whitewright, Texas

This thesis examines efficiency levels of the secondary school in Whitewright, Texas in order to determine the need for change in curriculum or focus.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Jernigan, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Needs of Second Grade Children and an Evaluation of the Methods Used in Meeting These Needs in One Second Grade Room of the Horace Mann School, Amarillo, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Needs of Second Grade Children and an Evaluation of the Methods Used in Meeting These Needs in One Second Grade Room of the Horace Mann School, Amarillo, Texas

This thesis examines the personality, social, and physical needs of children attending the second grade at Horace Mann School in Amarillo, Texas.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Johnston, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Ratio of Achievement of Factual Material to the Ability to Learn of Intermediate Children when Taught the Seperate Subjects as Compared with Those Taught in Correlated Core Area Fields (open access)

A Study of the Ratio of Achievement of Factual Material to the Ability to Learn of Intermediate Children when Taught the Seperate Subjects as Compared with Those Taught in Correlated Core Area Fields

This study used achievement and the ability to learn to measure the success of two teaching methods. One method focused on factual information alone and the other related material to specific subjects. of the ratio of achievement of factual material to the ability to learn of intermediate children when taught the separate subjects as compared with those taught in correlated core area fields.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Jones, W. Prentiss
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Student Accounting is Necessary Under the Present School Organization in Texas (open access)

What Student Accounting is Necessary Under the Present School Organization in Texas

This study addresses student accountablity and the need for a change of focus from groups of children to the individual child. Accountability data gathered for the study came from the Texas State Department of Education.
Date: May 1939
Creator: King, Lawrence C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emotional Tendencies of Children as Expressed in their Verse (open access)

Emotional Tendencies of Children as Expressed in their Verse

This study analyzes the verse created for and about children so that it can be determined how emotions are addressed. American and English poetry from between the years 1600 and 1800 served as the study focus.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Kisinger, Katherine
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Zavala Elementary School, Austin, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of Zavala Elementary School, Austin, Texas

This study is an evaluatioon of Zavala Elementary School in Austin, Texas in order to determine administration strengths and weaknesses.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Lamb, W. Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library