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An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs (open access)

An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs

A study of low-cost Texas diets to support reproduction, lactation, and iodine needs in animals.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hicks, Gladys
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings (open access)

A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings

The present study is an analysis of six primers adopted for use in the public schools of Texas with the idea of comparing word-meanings used in the six books in order to find out possible sequences for the use of the books.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hildreth, Rosana Bucher
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Defense Training Programs of the Federal Security Agency in Texas (open access)

National Defense Training Programs of the Federal Security Agency in Texas

It is the purpose of this thesis to give the reader a picture of the labor shortage hampering the Defense Production Program, to describe the structure and development of the corporate plan for the National Defense Training Programs conducted by the Federal Security Agency for Texas, to evaluate the effectiveness of this plan, and, in conclusion, to point out such developments as might possibly effect our general educational systems.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hitt, Harold H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Interest of Junior and Senior High School Girls in the Various Home Activities Performed by Them (open access)

A Study of the Interest of Junior and Senior High School Girls in the Various Home Activities Performed by Them

The study herein described was made of the seventy-nine girls in the junior and senior high school (grades 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) of the Public School of Cranfills Gap, Texas. The study was made with the purpose of finding the interests of this group of girls in the activities required of them in their homes, so that the writer might use the information gained in building a more successfully functioning program of homemaking in the Cranfills Gap Public School.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hoff, Hannah Pauline
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Two Types of Teaching Reading Upon Reading Progress, Social Maturity Progress, and Arithmetic Reasoning and Computation (open access)

The Effects of Two Types of Teaching Reading Upon Reading Progress, Social Maturity Progress, and Arithmetic Reasoning and Computation

The problem of this thesis is to evaluate the progress in general reading efficiency of a group of children taught by the socialized group plan, as compared to a group of children taught by the traditional reading plan and to determine whether the socialized group plan aids in the development of certain other general attributes, such as arithmetic reasoning, arithmetic computation, and social maturity growth.
Date: 1942
Creator: Mathis, Floye
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Two Methods Used in the Teaching of Arithmetic in the Seventh Grade (open access)

A Comparative Study of Two Methods Used in the Teaching of Arithmetic in the Seventh Grade

This comparative study of methods used in teaching arithmetic was carried out in the La Vega Public School, McLennan County, Texas, during the 1941-1942 school term.
Date: 1942
Creator: Maury, Mary Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Pupil-Teacher Ratings of the Amount of Democracy Practiced in the William James Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of Pupil-Teacher Ratings of the Amount of Democracy Practiced in the William James Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas

This study undertakes to measure by means of a questionnaire the spirit of democracy in the William James Junior High School of Fort Worth, Texas. The problem was the outgrowth of a personal interest in the boys and girls in the public schools of our nation and a feeling that strict application of the principles of democracy to school practices would result in happier school relationships.
Date: 1942
Creator: Mayo, Vera
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diet in Relation to Health and Some Common Diseases (open access)

Diet in Relation to Health and Some Common Diseases

The purpose of this study is to present a concise and practical method of applying diet management in health and in some common diseases.
Date: 1942
Creator: Merrett, Mary Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Age, Growth, and Food Habits of the Lake Dallas White Bass, Lepibema Chrysops (Rafinesque) (open access)

The Age, Growth, and Food Habits of the Lake Dallas White Bass, Lepibema Chrysops (Rafinesque)

This study was made to secure certain new information concerning the food habits and growth of the white bass, Lepibema chrysops (Rafinesque), which is quite generally considered a good game and good fish.
Date: 1942
Creator: Micks, Don W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of the Mental Hygiene of the Adult on the Mental Hygiene of the Child in This Emergency (open access)

The Effect of the Mental Hygiene of the Adult on the Mental Hygiene of the Child in This Emergency

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship which the thought patterns of parents have upon the ideas of the children in the present national and world emergency. Attention is also given to the background study of the present conflict, the attitudes that should prevail, and the stress that should be placed upon democracy.
Date: 1942
Creator: Miller, Ethel Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Robert Southey as a Narrative Poet : A Study of His Five Long Poems (open access)

Robert Southey as a Narrative Poet : A Study of His Five Long Poems

This study of Southey as a narrative poet will be based on an analysis of the five long poems, sometimes called epics, on which the poet laid his claim to fame in the field of narration.
Date: 1942
Creator: Monk, Julia
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Growth-Promoting Qualities of the Peanut Protein (open access)

A Study of the Growth-Promoting Qualities of the Peanut Protein

This study is a comparison of the growth of albino rats fed on a diet containing beef protein with the growth of albino rats fed on a diet containing peanuts as the source of protein.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hull, Janie B. Kellett
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Seasonal Cycle in the Testis of the Large-Mouthed Black Bass, Huro Salmoides, (Lacepede) (open access)

The Seasonal Cycle in the Testis of the Large-Mouthed Black Bass, Huro Salmoides, (Lacepede)

Study to determine the seasonal changes in histological and cytological structures in the testis of Huro Salmoides (Lacepede), the large-mouthed black bass.
Date: 1942
Creator: Johnston, Perry Max
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Studies in Geography -- Textbook and Free Materials Versus Textbook and Library Supplements (open access)

Comparative Studies in Geography -- Textbook and Free Materials Versus Textbook and Library Supplements

The problem involved in this study was to carry on an experiment of two methods of teaching eighth-grade geography and to compare the two. Briefly stated, the problem of this thesis was to determine the value of the use of free materials as compared with library supplements.
Date: 1942
Creator: Kelsay, Laura E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Uses Made of the Radio in the Seventh Grade of the Schools of Hill County (open access)

An Evaluation of the Uses Made of the Radio in the Seventh Grade of the Schools of Hill County

It is the purpose of this study to make an investigation of the uses made of the radio in the seventh grade in the schools in Hill County, in an endeavor to make available to administrators and teachers the possibilities of radio as an educational medium, and also to suggest additional techniques of utilization.
Date: 1942
Creator: Kirkbride, Martha Frances Cargile
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Effect of Feeding High Vitamin A Foods Upon the Dark Adaptation of College Girls (open access)

A Study of the Effect of Feeding High Vitamin A Foods Upon the Dark Adaptation of College Girls

It is the purpose of the study to determine if the addition of Vita Yam as a source of vitamin A to the daily diet improves the dark adaptation of college-age students.
Date: 1942
Creator: Lewis, Amber Loreta
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of First-Hand and Vicarious Experiences in Promoting Reading Readiness (open access)

Comparison of First-Hand and Vicarious Experiences in Promoting Reading Readiness

The purpose of this study is to compare first-hand and vicarious experiences as means of developing those factors or traits of reading readiness that may be improved through training. More specifically, it is an attempt to measure the amount of readiness gained through the two types of experiences by two groups of first-grade children in the San Angelo Public Schools.
Date: 1942
Creator: Looney, Betty Odell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Curriculum Changes Needed, If Any, to Provide a Standard Vocational High School for the Waco State Home, Waco, Texas (open access)

A Study to Determine the Curriculum Changes Needed, If Any, to Provide a Standard Vocational High School for the Waco State Home, Waco, Texas

The purpose of the study is to make a survey of criteria for a general high school vocational program, to evaluate the vocational program of the Waco State Home High School in this respect, and to make recommendations, where thought necessary, for needed changes in the curriculum.
Date: 1942
Creator: Reed, Walter L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of an Organizational Plan for the Intermediate School of Edinburg, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of an Organizational Plan for the Intermediate School of Edinburg, Texas

The problem of this thesis is to determine what implications a democratic society and the biological explanation of growth and learning make to an educational program and to measure the program planned for the Intermediate School of Edinburg, Texas, by these implications.
Date: 1942
Creator: Newsom, Herman A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the W P A Lunches Served in a Rural Consolidated School During the Year 1941-42 (open access)

A Study of the W P A Lunches Served in a Rural Consolidated School During the Year 1941-42

The purpose of this study is to follow the W P A lunch program in the Williams High School District of Brown County, Texas during the school year 1941-1942, and the effect of this program upon the height, weight, attendance and grades of the children participating.
Date: 1942
Creator: Newton, Emma Pearl Saunders
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Photo-Alkylation of C4 Hydocarbons (open access)

The Photo-Alkylation of C4 Hydocarbons

A study of the photo-alkylation of C4 hydrocarbons.
Date: 1942
Creator: Oliver, Bob M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining the Necessary Changes in Administration Program to Reduce Any Existing Inconsistencies Between Theory and Practice in Typical Rural High Schools in Texas (open access)

Determining the Necessary Changes in Administration Program to Reduce Any Existing Inconsistencies Between Theory and Practice in Typical Rural High Schools in Texas

A study to determine if the administrators of most rural high schools in Texas are putting their theory into practice, and if not, what changes are to be made in the administration of typical rural high schools of Texas in order that theory and practice may be brought closer together.
Date: 1942
Creator: Phillips, L. O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Elementary-School Handwriting Program as Offered in Five State Courses of Study (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Elementary-School Handwriting Program as Offered in Five State Courses of Study

The problem of this investigation is a comparative study of the elementary-school handwriting program as outlined in the courses of study offered by the State Departments of Education in five states.
Date: 1942
Creator: Priddy, Bettie Ward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Some School Shops on the Basis of Pupil Interest (open access)

Evaluation of Some School Shops on the Basis of Pupil Interest

The problem at hand is an attempt to evaluate the industrial-arts shops of three schools on the basis of pupil interests. Primary emphasis will be placed upon the various interests of industrial-arts pupils, and then the shops will be studied for the purpose of discovering whether they foster such interests as the pupils may have been shown to possess.
Date: 1942
Creator: Martin, Gebhard
System: The UNT Digital Library