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A Survey of the Growth and Development of National Safety to Determine the Educational Contributions of Industrial Institutions to the New Social Order (open access)

A Survey of the Growth and Development of National Safety to Determine the Educational Contributions of Industrial Institutions to the New Social Order

The purpose of this thesis is to make a survey of the growth and development of safety. Safety-consciousness in the individual may be developed by determining the educational contributions that have been made in the field of safety by industrial and social organizations.
Date: 1939
Creator: Venable, Mae
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Educational and Recreational Value of Swimming in Texas as Revealed by the Municipal and Educational Institutions (open access)

The Educational and Recreational Value of Swimming in Texas as Revealed by the Municipal and Educational Institutions

The purpose of this study was undertaken first, to determine, in so far as possible, the extent of the growing popularity of swimming throughout Texas; second, to discover what provisions were being made to meet the new demands for more adequate facilities and instruction; third, to reveal the extent of swimming participation in the state; fourth, to reveal data showing the extent and kind of swimming facilities in the state; and fifth, to evaluate the data found.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Woodall, Earle S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Growth and Development of the Physical Education Program for Men in the Colleges and Universities of the United States of America (open access)

The Growth and Development of the Physical Education Program for Men in the Colleges and Universities of the United States of America

The purpose of this study was to compile an account of the growth and development of physical education for men in the colleges and universities in the United States. The plan was to organize the historical literature and the material obtained from the investigation in such a way as to make it of value to the institutions of higher learning in the further development of their physical education programs.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Tergerson, Charles J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods and Procedures in Determining a Recreation Program for the City of Denton, Texas (open access)

Methods and Procedures in Determining a Recreation Program for the City of Denton, Texas

The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the existing Recreation Program of Denton, Texas provides for the leisure time needs of the citizens of Denton. After the existing program was surveyed, the results were compared with the standards set up by the National Recreation Association for a city the size of Denton. From a comparison of the present program and the standards, an effort was made to formulate a program that would meet the leisure time needs of the citizenship of Denton.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Bales, Marguerite
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recreational Therapy for Mentally and Emotionally Maladjusted Personalities (open access)

Recreational Therapy for Mentally and Emotionally Maladjusted Personalities

This study of recreational therapy was made in order to determine the use of physical education as a therapeutic for the mentally maladjusted student.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Buice, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Practices and Procedures of the Administration of the University Interscholastic League of Texas to Determine the Educational Value of Such Procedures (open access)

Survey of Practices and Procedures of the Administration of the University Interscholastic League of Texas to Determine the Educational Value of Such Procedures

The purpose of this study was to determine the educational value of the University Interscholastic League to the school child of Texas in relation to the expenditure of time and means.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Simpson, Lee Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Procedures Employed and Progress made by Dallas City Schools for the Immunization of Contagious Diseases (open access)

Survey of Procedures Employed and Progress made by Dallas City Schools for the Immunization of Contagious Diseases

The purpose of this study was to determine the progress of the immunization program for Contagious Diseases in the City Schools of Dallas, Texas, over a period of ten years, dating from September 1928, to September 1938. An endeavor was made to determine how the Health Works Program of the Dallas Public Schools developed, and the protection it gave the public children.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Manire, Vera Olivia
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Affiliated and Non-Affiliated Physical Education Programs in the Texas High Schools to Determine the Value of Such Affiliation as a sound Educational Requirement (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Affiliated and Non-Affiliated Physical Education Programs in the Texas High Schools to Determine the Value of Such Affiliation as a sound Educational Requirement

This study attemts to compare, among other things, the non-affiliated Physical Education program with affiliated program in the Texas High Schools to determine the value of such affiliation as a sound educational requirement.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Bevill, Glenda Pearl
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Old Physical Training and Modern Physical Education to Determine the Status of Physical Activity as an Integral Part of the Modern Education Program (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Old Physical Training and Modern Physical Education to Determine the Status of Physical Activity as an Integral Part of the Modern Education Program

This comparative study of the old physical training and modern physical education was made to determine the status of an original physical activity program as an integral part of modern education. It also discuss
Date: August 1937
Creator: Bryson, Lida Kate
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Determination of the Adequacy of Facilities for Carrying on a Given Physical Education Program (open access)

The Determination of the Adequacy of Facilities for Carrying on a Given Physical Education Program

The purpose of this study is to determine what facilities are necessary to cary out the approved and adopted program of physical education in the public school of Denton, Texas.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Smith, William Elliott
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods and Procedures in Directing Extra-Curricular Activities (open access)

Methods and Procedures in Directing Extra-Curricular Activities

The purpose of this study is to discover and report the best practices of selecting, organizing, and administering the extra-curricular activitiy program in elementary and secondary schools.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Hostetter, Virginia Woody
System: The UNT Digital Library
Necessity for and Trends Toward Foot Hygiene in the Elementary School. (open access)

Necessity for and Trends Toward Foot Hygiene in the Elementary School.

The purpose of this study is to improve helath service to children in general and a better program of foot hygiane in particular. The chief problem of corrective physical education is that of prevention by education.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Trail, Madonna
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Participation and Interests in Leisure Time Activities of the Women of Dallas, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Participation and Interests in Leisure Time Activities of the Women of Dallas, Texas

"It is the purpose of this investigation to discover and report how the women of Dallas, Texas, spend their time when not engaged in their daily occupation. ... it attempts to disclose the trend of interest of various groups according to age, salary, and occupation; the influence of previous training; the reasons for non-participation in the activities in which they desire to take part. It is a further purpose to formulate various plans which are to evaluate academically or non-academically the activities that should be included in the program for the modern girl in the secondary school."-- leaf 1.
Date: July 1937
Creator: Wade, Irma E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine Some Educational Factors Associated with the Growth and Development of Physical Education in the Senior Colleges of Texas (open access)

To Determine Some Educational Factors Associated with the Growth and Development of Physical Education in the Senior Colleges of Texas

This thesis aimed to determine how and why physical education made its apperance and has developed in in the senior colleges of Texas.
Date: June 1937
Creator: Roberts, Sally Stevens
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library