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Portrait of an Age: The Political Career of Stephen W. Dorsey, 1868-1889
This study traces the public life of Stephen Dorsey chronologically from his service in the Civil War to the end of his political career, which came with his failure to have a friend appointed governor of New Mexico Territory in 1889. Traditional interpretations of Dorsey are based on a combination of scant evidence, carpetbagger stereotypes, and the assumption that he was guilty of masterminding the monumental swindle of the Star Route Frauds. Closer examination of Dorsey's public life, however, reveals that this traditional view is distorted. A major conclusion of this study is that the assumption on which most traditional views of Dorsey are based, that he was the mastermind behind the Star Route Frauds, is not supported by the evidence. This study shows that it is impossible to study a Gilded Age political figure without also considering his business interests. Many of Dorsey's political activities, for example his involvement in the Compromise of 1877, can be traced to his business enterprises. Although Dorsey was not entirely innocent in the frauds, he was not guilty of the crimes with which the government charged him. This study also concludes that Dorsey was left vulnerable to the prosecution which ended his career …
Date:
May 1980
Creator:
Lowry, Sharon K.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of School Attenders and Non-Attenders in the Ninth Grade in an Urban Inner-City School in North Central Texas
The problem of this study was to determine the effect of academic self-concept, student aspiration, intellectual achievement responsibility, and certain other personal factors on the attendance patterns of selected ninth grade students, and to develop from data on all factors a typical profile of conditions likely to result in high absenteeism and make recommendations for initial steps in remediation. As a result of the statistical analysis and subsequent retention or rejection of the null hypotheses, the significant findings of this study may be summarized as follows. (1) Ninth grade attenders are significantly younger than non-attenders. (2) Attenders had more siblings than non-attenders. (3) Attenders are significantly more involved in school organizations than non-attenders. (4) There is a higher frequency in suspensions among non-attenders. Based on analysis of the findings of this study and within the limitations of the population described in the procedure section, the following conclusions were formulated. (1) Students who have been retained, started school later, or for some reason are older than their classmates, are more likely to attend school irregularly.(2) Educators cannot expect to find the major causes of student absenteeism to be academic self-concept, intellectual achievement responsibility, or student aspiration. (3) Family size may be …
Date:
May 1980
Creator:
Bailey, Madell
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Robert Schumann: Novelletten, Opus 21, a Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of L.v. Beethoven, R. Schumann, J. Brahms, and E. Granados
The Novelletten of Robert Schumann stand out as unusual among his works for solo piano. It is the largest cycle of character pieces in his output and has other distinguishing features. One unusual aspect of the work is its abundance of literary references which Schumann revealed at various points when it was being composed. This is an aspect unique to this cycle since Schumann's other cycles refer to a single literary source. One of the purposes of this paper is to discuss these numerous literary references which have never been examined in any detail before. Present in the Novelletten is a use of musical motives from works of his wife Clara. There are also musical references to other composers such as Beethoven and Haydn. This quoting of himself and others is not an uncommon practice for Schumann but here, in context with remarks made by Schumann himself about the work, the nature of his use of these musical references becomes more transparent. One of the main points being made through this discussion of literary and musical references in the Novelletten is that partly through these elements the work is unified into an eight movement cycle.
Date:
May 1981
Creator:
Blaine, William
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Within-Channel Redundancy Versus Between-Channel Redundancy in Instructional Material and Its Association with Amount Learned
The problem of this study is whether between-channel redundancy in an instructional audio-visual message enhances immediate recall of information more than within—channel redundancy. A secondary purpose was to compare three forms of between—channel redundancy! audio—video, audio—video—caption, and audio-caption with one form of within-channel redundancy: video-caption. These comparisons were designed to demonstrate which form of redundancy had a higher association with recall of information. The subjects were administered the Kentucky Comprehensive Listening Inventory to measure listening skills, and the Receiver Apprehension Inventory to identify subjects who experienced significantly high apprehension as receivers of information. Then the subjects were randomly divided into four treatment groups and shown an eight minute newscast. All four groups were presented the same instructional message, but the mode of presentation differed depending upon the treatment group. After viewing the instructional program each member of each group was given a forty item multiple-choice retention inventory based on the information presented in the newscast. The data were presented in terms of correct responses on the Kentucky Comprehensive Listening Inventory and the forty item retention inventory. Discriminate analysis was used to determine which items from the multiple-choice retention inventory accounted for the most variance. Thirteen items were found to account …
Date:
May 1985
Creator:
Evans, Sharon A. (Sharon Ann), 1954-
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The New Classicism: Alfredo Casella's Sinfonia, Arioso and Toccata, Op. 59, a Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of Chopin, Mozart, Bartók, Bach, Schumann, Arensky, Bruch and Others
The neo-classic movement in Italy, which gained momentum in the early 1920's, was rooted in an instrumental style patterned after that of the Baroque era. The term "new classicism," proposed by Ferruccio Busoni in 1920, represented a reaction against the extreme chromaticism and large performance forces of the late nineteenth century. The pianistcomposer Alfredo Casella, after earlier periods in which he was influenced by such diverse composers as Mahler, Debussy, and Schoenberg, soon became the chief spokesman for the neoclassic movement in Italy. Casella considered the Sinfonia, Arioso and Toccata his most important work for the piano, because of its size and musical content. It is notable for its usage of thematic transformation, much of which is based on the interval of a fourth or fifth. This study includes a formal outline of each movement, showing sectional divisions and tonal regions, as well as illustrations of thematic transformation and intervallic patterns. Also discussed are the work's neoclassic style characteristics, including counterpoint, pandiatonicism, modality, and linear cadential treatment.
Date:
May 1981
Creator:
Copeland, Nancy M.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Job Satisfaction Among Academic Librarians
The purpose of this research was to identify predictors of job satisfaction among academic librarians. Structural models were developed and examined with path analytic procedures to determine the effects of the following variables on librarians' job satisfaction: 1) selected characteristics of individual librarians (education, experience, sex, age, salary, and position), 2) selected characteristics of library organizations (annual budget, sex of director, size of staff, average annual salary of staff, organizational status of librarians, and size of collection), and 3) librarians' perceptions of their job (perceptions of the work, adequacy of pay, promotion opportunities, supervision, associates, and job security).
Date:
May 1982
Creator:
Glasgow, Bonnie Jean Loyd
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Developmental Model for the Reduction of Undergraduate Attrition at State-Supported Senior Colleges and Universities of Texas
The problems with which this dissertation is concerned are undergraduate student attrition and ways to reduce it. This study describes the problem of undergraduate student attrition by presenting an overview of the extent of such attrition. As a result of this study, the following conclusions, among others, are advanced: 1) Approximately 50 per cent of those who undertake a baccalaureate degree program complete their programs within four years. 2) Attrition data provide a measure of efficiency of higher education. 3) Undergraduates who do not complete course or degree requirements in either attendance or academic performance contribute to and constitute a measure of waste in the economic sense of (a) the labor of teachers, (b) the use of classrooms, laboratories, and equipment, (c) the failure of colleges and universities to achieve educational objectives, and (d) the competent individuals who never enter college. 4) Attrition is a distinct, interactive process. 5) Institutions of higher learning are responsible for changing their characteristics and environments when such variables adversely affect congruence of otherwise qualified and competent students. 6) Texas' senior college presidents who were surveyed believe that an extremely important variable in reducing attrition is the establishment of a relationship between the student and …
Date:
May 1980
Creator:
McLaughlin, George E.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Persuasive Speaking Techniques of Private Black College and University Presidents in Their Fund-Raising Efforts for Survival
The problem of this investigation was to identify the persuasive speaking techniques of private Black college and university presidents in their fund-raising efforts to support the educational programs of Negro colleges and universities. This study did not seek to defend nor justify the arguments for the existence nor nonexistence of these institutions. It focused on techniques of speaking whereby men attempted to alter reality by adjusting ideas to people and people to ideas. The evidence tended to support the conclusion that there is some relationship between speaking and fund-raising. The speeches probably produced some effect on the audiences. They (1) provided a voice to make the appeals for funds, (2) defended the posture of private Black colleges and universities, (3) provided a primary source of information about these institutions, (4) reinforced common beliefs, and (5) provided impetus for the like-minded to persevere.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Bell, Joyce Montgomery
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Situation-Specific Anxiety and Pupil Evaluation of Student-Teacher Effectiveness
The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between the effectiveness of student teachers as measured by student ratings and situation-specific anxiety toward the act of teaching. Data for the study were obtained by the use of the Teacher Anxiety Scale and the Student Evaluation of Teaching Scale. The statistical evidence does not justify a conclusion that there is a relationship between the effectiveness of student teachers as measured by student ratings and situation-specific anxiety of student teachers toward the act of teaching. The statistical evidence does not support the conclusion that pupil ratings of student teachers are significantly affected by the student teacher's level of anxiety, sex, or teaching level. Furthermore, there is no statistical evidence given by the study that there is a significant difference in situation-specific anxiety among student teacher groups (Elementary or Secondary) according to sex or level of student teaching.
Date:
May 1980
Creator:
Gossie, Michael
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Perceived Attitudes of Medical and Health School Faculty Deans Concerning Selected Factors of Employee Assistance Programs
The problem with which this study is concerned is to determine the perceived attitudes of medical and health school deans toward selected factors that are related to employee assistance programs (EPAs). These factors, which are variables in this study, include perceptions toward EPAs of necessity and desirability, purposes and goals, services offered, policies and procedures, sources of referrals, and barriers to successful implementation.
Date:
May 1984
Creator:
Scherschell, Jack R. (Jack Roland)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Health Knowledge of Eighth Grade Students in Arkansas for the Purpose of Developing a Prospective Curriculum Guide
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a curriculum guide to be made available to junior high schools in the state of Arkansas. A study of the amount of health knowledge possessed by eighth grade students in Arkansas was made to assist the investigator in the construction of the curriculum guide. The objective of the study was to determine the quality of the health education possessed by the eight grade students in Arkansas, in terms of teacher qualifications and number of hours heath education is taught per year, and compare it with students across the nation to build a suggested curriculum guide in health education. The following conclusions were reached: 1) Arkansas eight grade students are one school year behind national norms, relative through the AAHPER Cooperative Health Test results. 2) Female students scored higher than male students. 3) There is little variance between the different sizes of schools and the knowledge possessed by students in the several content areas on the AAHPER Cooperative Health Test. 5) The instruction of health education varied greatly in quality among Arkansas schools in the study. 6) Instructors teaching health education to eighth grade students in Arkansas were usually teachers not prepared to …
Date:
May 1980
Creator:
Burgess, James David
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Houston Labor Journal (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1958
Semimonthly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Labor Journal (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1958
Semimonthly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 30, 1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1964
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 1, 1964
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1964
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 8, 1964
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1964
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 15, 1964
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1964
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 22, 1964
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1964
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 29, 1964
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1965
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 7, 1965
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1965
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 14, 1965
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 21, 1965
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 21, 1965
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1965
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date:
May 28, 1965
Creator:
Reilly, Wallace
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Effect of 2,450 MHz Microwave Radiation on Microorganisms
The effect of microwave radiation on soil bacteria in situ has been studied in both lab and field conditions. Radiation and thermal profiles show that heterotrophic bacteria, spores, fungi, and actinomycetes were not affected by total microwave radiations over the range 0 to 80 seconds of exposure at a net input of 1 KW of intensity. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and nitrifying bacteria were also resistant to these doses. The soil microorganisms were inactivated as a function of microwave radiation in the range of 80 to 480 seconds of exposure to 1 KW of continuous radiation. By studying the relationship between temperature generated in dry and wet organisms and the pattern of destruction of inoculated bacteria by microwave radiation, it was found that inactivation was a function of cell hydration. It also revealed that bacterial cells do not absorb microwave energy and that the lethal effect of microwaves is due to direct energy transfer to cell water and the temperature increase of the suspending medium.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Wu, Jung Fu
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Factors Influencing Registered Nurses to Participate in Educational Programs Leading to a Baccalaureate or Higher Degree
This study proposed to determine the reasons given by registered nurses for participation or nonparticipation in programs leading to a baccalaureate or higher degree. The purpose of this study was the following: identify the factors influencing registered nurses to return or not return to school for an advanced degree and to compare the needs (met or unmet) of the participants with the anticipated needs (met and unmet) of the nonparticipants.
Date:
May 1982
Creator:
Inman, Charlene
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library