Food Habits and Dietary Overlap of Four Species of Rodents from the Mesquite Plains of Texas (open access)

Food Habits and Dietary Overlap of Four Species of Rodents from the Mesquite Plains of Texas

The coexistence of Dipodomys ordii and Perognathus hispidus with Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys montanus was studied in a grassland association of central Texas. The food habits of these species were compared with information from habitat vegetation analysis in an effort to determine food selectivity and the amount and importance of niche overlap and competition among these rodents.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Alcoze, Thomas M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 24, Number 9, May 1972 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 24, Number 9, May 1972

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: May 1972
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rise and Fall of the Texas Radicals, 1867-1883 (open access)

The Rise and Fall of the Texas Radicals, 1867-1883

The purpose of this monograph is to study the early Texas Republican party within the framework of well-known political party functions, i.e., to provide political leadership, recruit governmental personnel, generate public policy, and propagate ideology.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Baggett, James Alex
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Trampoline Training and Tumbling on the Cardiovascular Efficiency of College Women (open access)

Effect of Trampoline Training and Tumbling on the Cardiovascular Efficiency of College Women

The purpose of the study was to determine if subjects would improve in cardiovascular efficiency following a six-week program of trampolining and/or tumbling. Literature concerning cardiovascular efficiency, training, trampoline, testing instruments, test selection and maximal oxygen intake were thoroughly reviewed. The Astrand test of maximal oxygen intake and the Cooper twelve-minute run test of aerobic capacity were found to best fit the needs of the present study.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Bateman, Judith L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Personality Characteristics of High School Male Gymnasts (open access)

The Personality Characteristics of High School Male Gymnasts

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality characteristics of high school male gymnasts and the personality characteristics of high school football athletes and non-athletes. An attempt was made to answer three specific questions: I. Do personality differences exist between the gymnastic group and the non-athletic group? II. Do personality differences exist between the gymnastic group and the football group? III. Do personality differences exist between the football group and the non-athletic group?
Date: May 1972
Creator: Bennington, Gary L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Value of Vocational/Industrial Teacher Preparation for the State Certification at North Texas State University (open access)

A Study of the Value of Vocational/Industrial Teacher Preparation for the State Certification at North Texas State University

"The problem with which this study is concerned is that of determining whether the implementation of a teacher-training curriculum providing the courses required for state certification of vocational-technical teachers employed in the North Texas public school systems is feasible and desirable at North Texas State University."--1.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Boyd, Herschel B.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of an In-Service Program Utilizing Bloom's Taxonomy on Teachers' Self-Concepts, Cognitive Level of Test Construction, and Attitudes of Students (open access)

The Effect of an In-Service Program Utilizing Bloom's Taxonomy on Teachers' Self-Concepts, Cognitive Level of Test Construction, and Attitudes of Students

The problem of this study was to investigate the effect of an in-service program utilizing Benjamin S. Bloom (Ed.) and others' Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Handbook I: Cognitive Domain (Bloom's Taxonomy) on (1) the self-concept of experienced secondary English teachers and social studies teachers, (2) the cognitive level of test items on teacher-made examinations, and (3) the attitude changes toward school subjects as rated b students.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Castleman, John Lavoid
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Group Implosive Therapy in the Treatment of Test Anxiety (open access)

Group Implosive Therapy in the Treatment of Test Anxiety

The purposes of the study were to: 1. Determine the level of test anxiety present, as measured by the Test Anxiety Questionnaire (TAQ), prior to treatment. 2. Develop an implosive therapy procedure to reduce test anxiety. 3. Administer implosive therapy to subjects in the experimental treatment group. 4. Determine the post-treatment level of test anxiety in the implosive therapy group, placebo-attention control group, and the no-treatment control group. 5. Determine if there were any significant differences in the test anxiety levels in the three groups on the post-treatment TAQ. 6. Investigate the results of a one month follow-up administration of the TAQ to determine the relative stability of test scores.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Dawley, Harold H., 1940-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Knowledge and Skills Required of Draftsmen in Descriptive Geometry, and What is Offered in Texas Junior Colleges (open access)

A Study of the Knowledge and Skills Required of Draftsmen in Descriptive Geometry, and What is Offered in Texas Junior Colleges

This study was conducted to ascertain whether or not the opportunities for developing competencies in descriptive geometry needed by draftsmen in the Dallas -Fort Worth area are being provided in Texas junior colleges. Findings concerning the knowledge, skills, and equipment associated with descriptive geometry as it is presented in Texas junior colleges were compared with competencies in descriptive geometry that representatives of industry believe are important for successful draftsmen in companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The purpose of the study is to compile information which will be of use to school officials and teachers in developing courses of study that will enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills needed for success in industry.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Ewing, George E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Comparative Effectiveness of Behavior Rehearsal and Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Social Anxiety (open access)

The Comparative Effectiveness of Behavior Rehearsal and Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Social Anxiety

The present study was concerned with comparing the relative effectiveness of behavior rehearsal and systematic desensitization in the treatment of social anxiety.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Friedberg, Roger M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Texas Electric Railway, 1917-1955 (open access)

A History of the Texas Electric Railway, 1917-1955

This is an economic and social history of the Texas Electric Railway, which operated three interurban lines branching out of Dallas. The railway operated from 1917 until 1948, although the company was not dissolved until 1955. Of necessity, the study is based on primary source materials, including railway pamphlets, trade journals such as the Electric Rai Journal, personal interviews, Texas and United States Government documents and publications, and newspapers. Unfortunately, original financial records of the company no longer exist; therefore, financial information comes from Moody's Manual of Investments, Public Utilities.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Gilson, Margaret M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Attitudes Held by Superintendents and Principals toward Career Education in Texas (open access)

A Study of Attitudes Held by Superintendents and Principals toward Career Education in Texas

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is to identify attitudes held by superintendents and principals in Texas public schools toward career education. Particular attention is given to the nature of career education and the development of career education from the management structure point of view. The emphasis of this study is determining what would be desirable in the planning and establishing of new directions and structures for career education in Texas public schools.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Harrison, Denist (Denist Dewain), 1944-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Quantitative Description of Texas Public Junior College Boards of Trustees Meetings (open access)

A Quantitative Description of Texas Public Junior College Boards of Trustees Meetings

The purposes of this study were (1) to describe through the technique of content analysis the board of trustees meeting in Texas public junior colleges, (2) to determine relationships which might exist between aspects of the board of trustees meeting and various characteristics of public junior colleges, and (3) to measure differences which might exist between board proceedings of junior colleges.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Hoskins, Robert L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Faculty Participation and Organization in Texas Junior Colleges (open access)

A Study of Faculty Participation and Organization in Texas Junior Colleges

This study was undertaken with four purposes in mind: (1) to describe the extent to which faculty members are now involved in decision-making in Texas junior colleges as reported by four reference groups: (a) board chairmen, (b) junior college presidents, (c) faculty association presidents, and (d) other faculty members; (2) to describe the opinions of these groups relative to the extent to which faculty members should be involved in decision-making; (3) to describe the opinions of the four reference groups in regard to some characteristics of existing faculty organizations; and (4) to make recommendations for junior college faculty organization and participation in decision-making in Texas junior colleges.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Kirkpatrick, James Michael
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching the Manipulative Skills of Office Machines (open access)

A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching the Manipulative Skills of Office Machines

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of comparing a learning systems approach to a lecture-demonstration-rotation approach of teaching the manipulative skills of office machines.
Date: May 1972
Creator: McKenzie, Jimmy C., 1939-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1972 (open access)

The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1972

Weekly newspaper from Ladonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 19, 1972
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drug Knowledge Levels and Drug Abuse Attitudes Among Fifth and Sixth Grade Students of Denton and Keene, Texas (open access)

Drug Knowledge Levels and Drug Abuse Attitudes Among Fifth and Sixth Grade Students of Denton and Keene, Texas

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the drug knowledge levels and attitudes toward drug abuse of fifth and sixth grade schoolchildren.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Nations, James D.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1972 (open access)

Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1972

Weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: May 5, 1972
Creator: Pena, Raymond
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1972 (open access)

Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1972

Weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: May 12, 1972
Creator: Pena, Raymond
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1972 (open access)

Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1972

Weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: May 19, 1972
Creator: Pena, Raymond
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1972 (open access)

Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1972

Weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 1972
Creator: Pena, Raymond
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Status of the Teaching of Negro History in the Public High Schools of Texas (open access)

The Status of the Teaching of Negro History in the Public High Schools of Texas

The problem of this study was to ascertain the status of the teaching of Negro history in American history classes in the public high schools of Texas.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Polk, Travis R., 1935-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Industrial Education Graduates and Non-Graduates of Texas Southern University with Implications for Curriculum Revision (open access)

A Study of Industrial Education Graduates and Non-Graduates of Texas Southern University with Implications for Curriculum Revision

The problem was a study of the School of Technology graduates and non-graduates of Texas Southern University with implications for curriculum revision.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Robinson, Clarence L. (Clarence Leslie), 1937-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Principal in Open Plan Elementary Schools in Texas as Perceived by the Principals of theses Schools (open access)

The Role of the Principal in Open Plan Elementary Schools in Texas as Perceived by the Principals of theses Schools

The problem of this study was to analyze the role of the principal in open plan elementary schools in Texas. The analysis was limited to the principals' perception of their role in these schools.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Wakeland, Justin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library