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Problems of Transcribing the Third Movement of Dvorak's Symphony Number Five in E Minor For Class A Band (open access)

Problems of Transcribing the Third Movement of Dvorak's Symphony Number Five in E Minor For Class A Band

The problem of this study was to make a transcription of the third movement of Dvorak's Symphony Number Five in E Minor from the "New World" for a class A symphonic band. A critical discussion of the musical and technical problems involved was included as a supplement or complement, as was a brief history of the composers life and works. In the arrangement of the data, the discussions were presented before the transcription might be readily understood.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Turner, William Marion, 1913-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Print Making in the Junior High School (open access)

Print Making in the Junior High School

The general purpose of this investigation is to examine the values of print making as compared with drawing and painting in their respective relationships as a part of the junior-high-school art program. The specific purposes of the investigation are: 1. To determine the values which are common to both the print-making arts and the drawing-painting arts. 2. To discover the values which are unique in the print-making arts. 3. To determine which of the print-making processes belong in the junior high school. 4. To recommend the grade placement and limitations of print-making for the junior high school. A conservative general conclusion, based upon objective evidence, can safely be drawn to the effect that in all phases of the learning experiences print making was found to be as valuable as painting and drawing. Its values were compared with respect to specific art development, to general educational growth, to socialization, and to character training.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Harrison, Polly
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Chemical, Physical and Biological Investigation of the Total Suspended and Dissolved Substances in Lake Dallas with Emphasis on Sanitation (open access)

A Chemical, Physical and Biological Investigation of the Total Suspended and Dissolved Substances in Lake Dallas with Emphasis on Sanitation

The purpose of this investigation is to determine the suspended organic matter and the total phosphorus in the waters of Lake Dallas and to evaluate these findings. Since organic matter floating in lakes is largely comprised of minute plants, animals, and detritus derived from animals and plants, the fertilizing effect of phosphorus must be considered as an integral part of this problem.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Eads, Ewin A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Indigenous Architecture of Fredericksburg, Texas (open access)

The Indigenous Architecture of Fredericksburg, Texas

In this study sixteen early stone buildings at Fredericksburg, Texas, are described and evaluated as examples of indigenous architecture. Chapter II presents a brief history of the founding of Fredericksburg. Chapter III presents a description of the town site and a discussion of the native materials as used by the pioneer immigrants in the construction of residences and other buildings. Chapter IV is devoted to a detailed description of fourteen buildings as specific examples of the indigenous architecture. Representative photographs of the buildings as they now appear, as well as floor plans, illustrate the text. Two early churches of the indigenous type, accompanied by photographs and floor plans, are discussed in Chapter V. In Chapter VI a summary of the study is given and conclusions are presented.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Hanna, Edith Margaret
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of the Growth and Development of the Health Service Program of North Texas State Teachers College from November 1918 through August 1941 (open access)

The History of the Growth and Development of the Health Service Program of North Texas State Teachers College from November 1918 through August 1941

The purpose of this study is to trace the growth and development of the health service program of the North Texas State Teachers College from 1918-1941 through Campus Chat files, the Minute Book of the Board of Regents of the Teachers College, college records, hospital records, and personal interviews with staff members of North Texas State Teachers college who have been affiliated with the program since its beginning in 1918.
Date: May 1942
Creator: Vick, Mildred Wilkerson
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Teachers' Incomes and Expenditures in Ten Texas Cities (open access)

An Analysis of Teachers' Incomes and Expenditures in Ten Texas Cities

The immediate purpose of this thesis is to show incomes and current living costs of teachers by geographical areas and to draw justified conclusions based upon statistical data regarding necessary and desirable teachers' salaries. Since the survey made by the Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, included such widely separated cities as Corpus Christi, Austin, Tyler, El Paso, Lubbock, and Abilene, the different sections of the state are well represented.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Buechel, Frederick A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Need for Co-Operation Among Independent Food Retailers of Denton, Texas (open access)

The Need for Co-Operation Among Independent Food Retailers of Denton, Texas

It has become more and more evident that independent food retailers must co-ordinate their individual efforts if they are to gain an operating efficiency paralleling that of the corporate multiple-unit or chain system. Such co-ordination largely has taken three courses: (1) group buying clubs, (2) wholesale- sponsored voluntary chains, and (3) retailer-owned co-operative warehouses. It is the last of these that this study suggests as the most appropriate course for Denton independent retailers.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Cook, Herschell D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Critical Analysis of Beginning Piano Methods (open access)

A Comparative Critical Analysis of Beginning Piano Methods

It has been the purpose of this study to examine representative beginning piano methods, as found available in published form, and to compare and evaluate them according to musical, psychological, physical, and educational standards.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Hollis, Mabel Gertrude
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Position of Texas in the Relations Between the United States and Mexico from 1876 to 1910 (open access)

The Position of Texas in the Relations Between the United States and Mexico from 1876 to 1910

"The purpose of this study was to show the position of Texas in the relations between the United States and Mexico from 1876 to 1910. With this thought in mind, the general problem has been to link the two countries through Texas. The Texas border relations between the United States and Mexico during this period were interesting because they showed the continued success of the efforts of the past years in building up better principles of settlement. " --leaf 129
Date: June 1942
Creator: Alexander, Gladys M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Appraisal of English Madrigals Currently Available in American Publication (open access)

A Critical Appraisal of English Madrigals Currently Available in American Publication

The findings of this study should prove to be a boon to all those who enjoy performing madrigals, for through the cooperation of the leading music publishing houses in this country, a complete authoritative list of fine madrigals has been gathered. Many of these will be new both to the performers and the public.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Friesen, William C. (William Cornelius)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contemporary Women Poets of Texas (open access)

Contemporary Women Poets of Texas

As a teacher of American literature in high school, I have become conscious of the importance of teaching students of that age level the lore and poetry of their native state. Poems of nature or local color in their own country will hold their interest when material from more distant points seems dull and uninteresting. Through my teaching I have become interested in the poetry of the Southwest and have enjoyed reading the poetry and knowing the poets through personal interview or correspondence.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Heatly, Katherine Stafford
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Criteria for Evaluating Some Guidance Practices of the Student Council and Home Room Organizations of the Junior High School (open access)

Development of Criteria for Evaluating Some Guidance Practices of the Student Council and Home Room Organizations of the Junior High School

The problem of this study is the development of criteria for the evaluation of some of the guidance practices that are found in the student council and the home room organizations of a junior high school. The major consideration has been given to the development of the evaluative criteria, and not to the evaluation of the practices. The problem may be considered as three-fold in its scope. A solution has been attempted through the following steps: First, it will establish a method of evaluating the practices of the organizations mentioned. Second, it will analyze some of the common practices of these organizations through an application of the evaluative device to the practices. Third, it will record the findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
Date: August 1942
Creator: McCreary, Dorris Christine
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of the Choral Works of Roy Harris (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Choral Works of Roy Harris

Roy Harris is an American composer who has contributed and is still contributing to the field of modern music. This study is concerned with his choral music and the substantiation of the fact that his contributions in this field are outstanding and are expressive of a living Americanism. It is also the purpose of the study to examine and analyze the choral works of this notable Oklahoma composer and teacher in an effort to determine what Harris has to say musically and his method of expressing himself.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Crawford, Katharine E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contribution of the Westminster Choir Movement to American Choral Music (open access)

Contribution of the Westminster Choir Movement to American Choral Music

The purpose of this survey is to evaluate the contribution that the Westminster Choir movement has made to choral music in the United States today. It is hoped after the contributions have been stated by the investigator that the important position Westminster Choir College is occupying will be better understood.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Schmoyer, Helen Cecelia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Typical Elements of Brahms's Choral Style as Found in the German Requiem (open access)

Typical Elements of Brahms's Choral Style as Found in the German Requiem

An unusual opportunity to hear and perform this work has been afforded at North Texas State Teachers College by the presentation of the German Requiem in the summer of 1941. Furthermore, a Brahms Festival, including another presentation of the Requiem along with outstanding compositions of Brahms in other media, is to be given during commencement week of June, 1942. Not only does this type of emphasis promote interest among students and faculty, but it also serves as a stimulus to detailed study of the German Requiem, thus intensifying the immediate importance and personal significance of the subject.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Clemons, Ouida
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Stylistic Analysis of the Piano Works of Debussy and Ravel (open access)

A Stylistic Analysis of the Piano Works of Debussy and Ravel

This study has three purposes: first, to point out the stylistic elements of music that are present in the piano works of Debussy and Ravel; second, to determine how the composers have used these elements; and third, to discover the effects that have been achieved through individual uses of the elements.
Date: May 1942
Creator: Jameson, Elizabeth Rose
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Program of Music as it Functions in the High School Assembly (open access)

A Proposed Program of Music as it Functions in the High School Assembly

After teaching music in several high schools for a number of years, and observing the lack of continuity in assembly programs, the writer became interested in developing a program of music which would more adequately function in the high school assembly.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Vaughan, Hermione Stewart
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attitudes of Public School Administrators Toward the Instrumental Music Program (open access)

Attitudes of Public School Administrators Toward the Instrumental Music Program

The purpose of the present study is three-fold in its nature: (1). To determine, by means of interviews and questionnaires, the attitudes of school administrators toward the various aspects of the instrumental music program; (2). To interpret these attitudes in the light of modern music education; (3). To make recommendations for the improvement of the instrumental music program with respect to the findings of the study.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Lawhon, Hardin N. (Hardin Norris)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Stylistic Analysis of Béla Bartók's "Mikrokosmos" (open access)

A Stylistic Analysis of Béla Bartók's "Mikrokosmos"

Bela Bartok's art is a perfect microcosm of the art of the twentieth century. It is interwoven with the musical conceptions and techniques of the great Western European masters, without in any way obscuring the individuality, the national consciousness, and the personal style and originality of the composer's own musical language -- a language rooted in the glorious tradition of his people. In the six volumes of the Mikrokosmos, or "little world," Bartok has presented a series of progressively difficult pieces designed -- if not intentionally, at least effectively -- to introduce to the piano student a technical approach to piano playing in the modern idiom. Admittedly, the etude does not cover every pianistic technical problem. It clearly shows that Bartok fully appreciates the worth of the great wealth of piano literature, and does not prescribe his method as a "cure-all" for the technical problems of piano playing.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Daniel, Ralph Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Social Concepts and Personality in the Third Grade of Travis Elementary School, Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

Relationship of Social Concepts and Personality in the Third Grade of Travis Elementary School, Mineral Wells, Texas

The value of proper concepts and an adjustable or adaptable personality are teaching factors to be considered in present-day education. The education for richer living must be through the main institutions of learning, the schools.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Christiansen, Anna Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Effect of Certain School Music Techniques on Children's Attitudes (open access)

A Study to Determine the Effect of Certain School Music Techniques on Children's Attitudes

The investigator wished to determine the effect of certain school music techniques on children's attitudes.
Date: August 1942
Creator: McLaughlin, Roberta, 1912-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Canzoni of Frescobaldi and Froberger (open access)

A Comparison of the Canzoni of Frescobaldi and Froberger

It is the purpose of this thesis to discuss and compare the canzoni of Frescobaldi and Froberger and to show something of their influences on their successors.
Date: September 1942
Creator: Baber, Nettie Maxine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Types of Maladjustment Found in Elementary School Children as Determined by Interviews with Fifty Elementary Teachers (open access)

Types of Maladjustment Found in Elementary School Children as Determined by Interviews with Fifty Elementary Teachers

The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1. To determine the types, causes, and effects of maladjustments found in elementary children. 2. To suggest means of helping maladjusted children adjust themselves to a complex life. 3. To leave data on file for future reference and the use of future elementary teachers who will be confronted with the problems of maladjusted children.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Woodrum, Mildred M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Musical Achievement in the Public Schools of Texas (open access)

A Study of Musical Achievement in the Public Schools of Texas

The study at hand has purposes as follows: 1. To measure through a special test the musical knowledge achievement of secondary school music organizations in the state of Texas. 2. To determine the influence of private music instruction upon music knowledge achievement. 3. To determine the influence of family musical propensities upon music knowledge scores. 4. To determine the relation between music knowledge scores on the one hand and type of music organization and size of school enrollment on the other. 5. To compare ratings in music performance with music knowledge achievement.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Walters, Willard Gibson, 1911-
System: The UNT Digital Library