A Water Quality Study of Lake Texoma (open access)

A Water Quality Study of Lake Texoma

A series of four stations for sampling the waters of the Red Rivers and Lake Texoma was established. Water samples from top, middle, and bottom levels of these four stations were taken on monthly intervals during periods of homothermousity and on two-week intervals during periods of thermal stratification. These samples were analysed for the cations sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, and for the anions normal carbonate, bicarbonate, sulfate, chloride, nitrate, water hardness (expressed as calcium carbonate), and phosphates. Determinations for dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, temperature, and specific conductance were performed. Using these data, vertical profiles of the lake at these four stations were established. From the study of these data it was concluded that the waters of the Red River improve in quality coincident with impoundment, and that these improvements are sufficient to warrant the use of these waters.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Goodman, John Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Interpretive and Compositional Analysis of the Songs of Yrjö Kilpinen to Poems by Christian Morgenstern (open access)

An Interpretive and Compositional Analysis of the Songs of Yrjö Kilpinen to Poems by Christian Morgenstern

This study examines the the songs of Yrjö Kilpinen and their use in the poems of Christian Morgenstern.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Foster, Walter Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stravinsky's use of the Trumpet and Cornet (open access)

Stravinsky's use of the Trumpet and Cornet

This thesis examines the history of the use of trumpet and cornet, and analyzes their use in several Stravinsky pieces: Petroushka, The Rite of Spring, L'Histoire du soldat, and Ragtime. The study concludes that Stravinsky, at the time of the composition of the analyzed pieces, was instrumental in elevating the cornets and trumpets to a more important position in the orchestra.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Deemer, Patricia Eileen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Common Electrolytes on Growth and Development of Selected Species of Aquatic Actinomycetes (open access)

The Effects of Common Electrolytes on Growth and Development of Selected Species of Aquatic Actinomycetes

The role that aquatic actinomycetes play, in the production of tastes and odors in water supplies has been investigated since 1948. The ability of these organisms to produce by-products in lakes and streams, which renders the water unpalatable, is of considerable public health importance. It is desirable that the waterworks industry has as much information as possible concerning the factors that contribute to the growth of these organisms. Since it appears that the aquatic actinomycetes may be isolated from most fresh-water sources, the problem of diversified environments and nutritional requirements offers an excellent field of investigation. The fresh-waters of the world contain variable quantities of electrolytes that may determine in part the biological activity of these organisms. The unsolved questions in this instance are concerned with the electrolytes present and their quantitative effects on the growth and development of these forms.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Sissom, Stanley L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vocal Solos from the Incidental Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell (open access)

The Vocal Solos from the Incidental Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell

In this study, every effort has been made to cover the principal factors in the solos from the incidental music which are peculiar only to this part of Purcell's work. The melody and text have been of primary concern. The effects of the social and economic background of the times and the actual dramatic setting of the songs are given careful attention. It is not the purpose of this work to study the harmonic style of Purcell. This is admittedly a most intriguing and attractive subject. However, as the principal accompaniment is the continuo and the implied harmonies of his figured bass are not always clear the harmonic style will not be treated as an element of the solos. It is fully worthy of individual treatment which would be free to draw upon the vast instrumental examples of his work in a comprehensive study of his style. A complete survey of the songs is included in Appendix D for reference and for the information of the reader. It is hoped that the reader will be encouraged to pursue a closer study of these songs, and to consider their possible use today.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Stone, Edgar Norman
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Conceptual Validation Study of the Rorschach Indicators of Creativity (open access)

A Conceptual Validation Study of the Rorschach Indicators of Creativity

The major theoretical position of this study was that the cognitive functioning of the creative individual, as compared with the non-creative normal, is characterized by the greater availability of mature operations as these operations are defined by the Rorschach. It was assumed that the "creative individual" is free to use his imaginal processes to enrich his perception of the world. This study recognized that the perception of good Gestalten of the world is a function of the perceiver, his needs, defense mechanisms, integration, and the characteristics of the stimulus-field. When the stimulus is ambiguous, as it is in the Rorschach, the perceiver has to draw on his own resources more heavily than if the stimulus was structured.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Isenberg, Victor Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gustav Holst as a Choral Composer: His Life, Factors Influencing His Compositions, His Place in English Music, and a Consideration of the Principal Stylistic Elements of His Choral Music (open access)

Gustav Holst as a Choral Composer: His Life, Factors Influencing His Compositions, His Place in English Music, and a Consideration of the Principal Stylistic Elements of His Choral Music

"An amiable personality, not himself an unusually passionate man, HoIst has excited more violent passions than any other contemporary English composer. How difficult he is to assess as a creative artist is perhaps indicated by the extraordinary fluctuations in his reputation." For a number of years he was completely unknown and ignored, living a quiet and unhurried life as an obscure teacher. Then with a momentary flash, after outstanding works such as "The Planets," and the "Ode to Death," he was caught up in a wave of public approval that made him, for a time, the recipient of national and even international honors. He was awarded the gold medal by the Royal Philharmonic Society, was made a Fellow of the Royal Col.ege of Music, and was offered honorary degrees by American universities.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Daugherty, Leonard Valson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Consumption of College Athletes (open access)

Food Consumption of College Athletes

"The present study was undertaken to calculate the nutritive value of the food consumed by male college athletes eating a self-selected diet in the college athletes dining room"--3.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Ways, Rachel Wilkins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Reconstruction in District Five (open access)

Military Reconstruction in District Five

"As the American Civil War was brought to a close in April, 1865, the entire nation was plunged into an era which was characterized by unrest and turmoil. The North had before it the task of reconstructing the former Confederate states so that they would be able to resume their former positions in national councils, while the South was called on to adjust to a way of life which was drastically different. In military District Five, formed as a result of congressional control, as in the rest of the South, continued post-war controversy has tended to becloud appraisals of the period of military reconstruction. A fair evaluation requires examination of the primary sources inasmuch as secondary works on the era have continued to reflect sectional viewpoints. Such an evaluation reveals the need for a comprehensive re-interpretation of the entire era of military control of reconstruction under the congressional plan. This analysis of military government in District Five represents such a re-interpretation of one area of the post-war South."-- leaf iii.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Estell, Dora Lucile
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Structural Analysis of The Brothers Karamazov (open access)

A Structural Analysis of The Brothers Karamazov

The purpose of this thesis is to reveal the structural unity of The Brothers Karamazov through the isolation and analyzation of the various techniques used by Dostoyevsky to unify the novel. In order to retain more than a few impressions and remembrances of outstanding events, in order to retain the novel itself, the reader needs to be aware of the structure of the work. If the fullest realization of the novel depends upon the reader's perception of its structure, the structure becomes the important critical element.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Bruckner, Karen Lindsey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Morphological and Physiological Changes in Micrococcus Pyogenes Var. Aureus during Development of its Resistance to Terramycin (open access)

Morphological and Physiological Changes in Micrococcus Pyogenes Var. Aureus during Development of its Resistance to Terramycin

The problem in this investigation consists of, first, the procurement of several strains of Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus; second, the comparison of the degree and rate of development of resistance of these organisms to terramycin; and, third, to study the morphological and physiological changes which occur during the development of resistance.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Watson, Gerald T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Heparin on the Development of Resistance to Antibiotics by Staphylococcus Aureus (open access)

The Effects of Heparin on the Development of Resistance to Antibiotics by Staphylococcus Aureus

Since heparin combines with some antibiotics to decrease the toxicity of the antibiotic to the patient, the purpose of this investigation is to determine whether it has any effect upon the development of resistance to antibiotics by Staphylococcus aureus.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Blanton, William George
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Water in the Writing of Ernest Hemingway (open access)

The Use of Water in the Writing of Ernest Hemingway

This thesis explores the use of water in the writing of Ernest Hemingway. It includes chapters concerning rivers, rain, lakes, and the oceans.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Hood, Constant
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Diagnostic Potential of Subtest Score Variability in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (open access)

The Diagnostic Potential of Subtest Score Variability in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

This study was concerned with testing two hypotheses frequently made in the interpretation of performance on the Children's Scale. The first hypothesis is that maladjustment is directly related to the amount of scatter and the second stresses that the specificity of maladjustment may be determined by the pattern of successes and failures.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Kelly, Richard Clinton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Factors Affecting the Selection of the Plate Lunch (open access)

Some Factors Affecting the Selection of the Plate Lunch

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the factors affecting the sale of the plate lunch in six of the one hundred twenty-nine Dallas Public School lunchrooms, two each of predominantly Mexican, white and Negro enrollment, when the time is extended to include the entire school year of one hundred eighty school days.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Key, Merlene Hunnicutt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Democratic Schism in Texas, 1952-1957 : Emergence of National Liberalism in the South (open access)

Democratic Schism in Texas, 1952-1957 : Emergence of National Liberalism in the South

This study is devoted to the activities of the urban liberals and their rural allies in their attempt to wrest control of the state party from the conservative Democrats.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Knox, J. Wendell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Selected Criticisms from the Lettres Persanes and the Cartas Marruecas (open access)

A Comparison of Selected Criticisms from the Lettres Persanes and the Cartas Marruecas

Through a direct comparison of representative extracts from the Lettres and the Cartas, this thesis proposes to demonstrate each author's portrayal of contemporary political, religious, social, and literary conditions in his own country.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Love, Phil Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tolstoy in America, 1890-1910 (open access)

Tolstoy in America, 1890-1910

It is the purpose of this investigation to examine his popularity and influence in the United States during this period so as to provide a basis for a considered and adequate understanding of the problems and their implications.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Minter, David Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ultraspherical Polynomials (open access)

The Ultraspherical Polynomials

This study involves the ultraspherical polynomials, the Legendre polynomials, the Tchebichef polynomials of the first kind, and the Tchebichef polynomials of the second kind.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Moore, John Bowman
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Synthesis and Reactions of Enol Lactones (open access)

A Study of the Synthesis and Reactions of Enol Lactones

The purpose of this investigation was to study the syntheses of enol lactones and to prepare a series of amide derivatives of these compounds.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Papalos, John George
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metabolism of Hydrocortisone by X-Irradiated Rat Liver Tissue as Determined by the Porter-Silber Chromagen Method (open access)

Metabolism of Hydrocortisone by X-Irradiated Rat Liver Tissue as Determined by the Porter-Silber Chromagen Method

The present study may be considered endocrinological and radiobiological in nature. The endocrinology phase was concerned with studying the changes in endocrine function following the application of a stress agent. X-irradiation was chosen as the stressor in order to determine any difference in effect of this stressor from others which have been studied, e. g. heat, cold, metabolic poisons. Liver slices taken from rats at various time intervals following whole body X-irradiation were tested for their ability to metabolize hydrocortisone from a Krebs-Ringer solution.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Pryor, Nan Webb
System: The UNT Digital Library
Properties of Commutators (open access)

Properties of Commutators

This paper is a study of the properties of commutators, and deals exclusively with finite groups.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Roach, Merle Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library
Techniques and Content in Thornton Wilder: a Critical Re-Evaluation (open access)

Techniques and Content in Thornton Wilder: a Critical Re-Evaluation

The aim of this paper is not to disprove previous interpretations of Wilder's work, but to enlarge on them. The problem is not that the opinions of the early critics and many of the later ones were incorrect; the were merely incomplete. This paper shall attempt to show that Wilder's major thematic material falls into two interlocking and overlapping groups. Repeatedly Wilder deals with the relationship of man to something beyond himself, and the relationship of man to individual man and to mankind.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Smith, Carolyn June
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-Group and Out-Group Sociometric Choices for Two Groups of College Students Experiencing Different Educational Procedures (open access)

In-Group and Out-Group Sociometric Choices for Two Groups of College Students Experiencing Different Educational Procedures

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the social and interpersonal aspect of the Austin College Plan of educational development by carrying out a plan of evaluation designed by the Hogg Foundation of the University of Texas and the Psychology Department of North Texas State College.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Tate, James Oliver, 1929-
System: The UNT Digital Library