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Factors Related to Change of Major by College Students (open access)

Factors Related to Change of Major by College Students

The problem of this study is to discover what factors are associated with change of major in college students. Questions that need to be answered are (1) Is academic success or failure related to change of major? (2) Is mental ability associated with change of major? (3) Is change of interest related to change of major? (4) Are there reasons that are personal and peculiar to the individual that are associated with change of major? (5) Is inadequate occupational information related to change of major? (6) Do social reasons such as a desire for a vocation with greater prestige, increasing interest in being of service to people, or having to conform to the wishes of parents and relatives relate to change of major?
Date: August 1961
Creator: Firkins, Curtis James, 1906-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships between Personality and Leader Behavior of Elementary School Principals (open access)

Relationships between Personality and Leader Behavior of Elementary School Principals

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between certain personality traits and leadership actions of elementary school principals. To achieve this purpose it was necessary first to obtain a description of the leadership actions of elementary school principals. Second, it was necessary to obtain data concerning the personalities of these elementary school principals. Third, the significance of the relationships between personality and leadership actions was tested statistically. Fourth, the significant relationships between personality and leadership actions were expressed in the form of mathematical equations so that predictions concerning leader behavior could be made.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Fox, Augusta Meredith, 1930-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Validation of a Sound Plan of Reorganization of the Public School Districts in Texas (open access)

Development and Validation of a Sound Plan of Reorganization of the Public School Districts in Texas

The problem of this study was to develop and validate a sound plan of reorganization of the public school districts in Texas. It may best be stated if considered as two subproblems: (l) to develop and validate criteria for reorganization of public school districts in the light of sound guiding principles; and (2) to devise a plan for school district reorganization In Texas in the light of the criteria established.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Gilliam, L. Camp
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of the Change in Attitudes toward Youth of Two Selected Groups of Student Teachers (open access)

Comparison of the Change in Attitudes toward Youth of Two Selected Groups of Student Teachers

The problem of this study was to compare the attitudes toward youth of students enrolled in two selected programs of student teaching at North Texas State College.
Date: August 1961
Creator: McCullough, Henry E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Utilization of the Sick Leave Program by Teachers in a Large City School System and a Test of the Program's Adequacy (open access)

An Analysis of the Utilization of the Sick Leave Program by Teachers in a Large City School System and a Test of the Program's Adequacy

This study was designed to determine the utilization of the sick leave program of a large city school system by teachers according to sex, age, experience, tenure, training, residence, and teaching assignment, and to determine if current sick leave allowances were adequate.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Rains, Sylvester Lee, 1928-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Developmental Task Situations and Children's Interests in Stories (open access)

The Relationship between Developmental Task Situations and Children's Interests in Stories

The problem of this study was to determine what relationship, if any, exists between middle-grade children's general and expressed interests in certain stories contained in selected reading textbooks and the developmental value of the stories. Specifically, three sub-problems were involved, as follows: 1. To determine the developmental value of certain stories found in selected reading textbooks. 2. To determine the general and expressed interests of children in the stories. 3. To compare the general and expressed interests of the children in the stories with the developmental value of the stories.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Worley, Stinson Ezell, 1927-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Elementary School Principalship in Texas (open access)

A Study of the Elementary School Principalship in Texas

It was the purpose of this study to determine the present general status, thought, and practice of the elementary school principalship in Texas public school districts. More specifically, the problem was fourfold in nature: 1. To study the professional characteristics of the Texas elementary principal through an analysis of factors related to (1) his position, {2) his professional characteristics, and (3) his major responsibilities. 2. To evaluate certain aspects of the status, thought, and practice of the Texas elementary principal in light of what is considered most desirable in recent literature in the field to determine to what extent the Texas principal reflects the moat desirable characteristics. 3. To compare certain aspects of the present principalship with similar characteristics as found in previous studies of the Texas elementary principalship in order to determine trends. 4. To compare certain aspects of the Texas elementary principalship with the same aspects of the elementary principalship as described in a recent national study, in order to determine similarities and differences.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Youngblood, Chester Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implications of Leadership Roles for Learning (open access)

Implications of Leadership Roles for Learning

This study was conducted in an effort to determine whether or not the degree of growth in practical skills, personal and social development, and knowledge of subject matter content which an adolescent demonstrates is significantly related to the assumption of leadership roles in the classroom.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Priddy, Mary Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Browning's Literary Reputation: 1833-1870 (open access)

Browning's Literary Reputation: 1833-1870

The purpose of this thesis is to present English opinion of Robert Browning, contemporary with him, from the anonymous publication in 1833 of his first poem, Pauline, through the appearance in 1868-69 of what is agreed to be his masterpiece, The Ring and the Book. This study will consider the acceptance of each of Browning's publications, in chronological order of their appearance.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Shelton, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Eccentrics of Tobias Smollett's Novels (open access)

The Eccentrics of Tobias Smollett's Novels

Tobias Smollet's purpose in writing was twofold: to entertain the reader and to satirize man and his society. To accomplish his aim, the author created eccentric personalities in the old Elizabethan humour convention. This thesis looks at Smollet's characterizations, especially of the eccentrics, in his novels.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Shockley, Glenn R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamical Friction Coefficients for Plasmas Exhibiting Non-Spherical Electron Velocity Distributions (open access)

Dynamical Friction Coefficients for Plasmas Exhibiting Non-Spherical Electron Velocity Distributions

This investigation is designed to find the net rate of decrease in the component of velocity parallel to the original direction of motion of a proton moving through an electron gas exhibiting a non-spherical velocity distribution.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Williams, G. Bruce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dominant Themes in the Novels of Ernest Hemingway (open access)

Dominant Themes in the Novels of Ernest Hemingway

This thesis proposes to show that Hemingway's novels reveal a change of attitude which culminates in an increased faith in the ultimate goodness and dignity of man.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Davis, James Bert
System: The UNT Digital Library
D-D and D-T Neutron Excitation of Energy Levels in Cs133 (open access)

D-D and D-T Neutron Excitation of Energy Levels in Cs133

The purpose of this experiment was to make positive assignment of the Cs133 energy levels excited by the inelastic scattering of neutrons.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Dawson, Horace Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sex-Role Identification as a Determinant of Choice on the Bonney-Fessenden Sociograph (open access)

Sex-Role Identification as a Determinant of Choice on the Bonney-Fessenden Sociograph

It is the purpose of this study to utilize three psychometric measures in order to quantitatively assess the group of subjects on the basis of the trait heterosexuality, as measured by the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, and in turn make predictions on the basis of these data as to choices made on the Bonney-Fessenden Sociograph.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Robertson, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Involved in the Antibiotic Sensitivity of Staphylococcus Aureus (open access)

Factors Involved in the Antibiotic Sensitivity of Staphylococcus Aureus

It was the purpose of the present investigation to determine if sensitivity to other antibiotics can likewise be affected by subjecting S. aureus to heparin contact. It is of special interest in this problem to determine whether heparin in some manner affects the combining process of penicillin with the cells of several strains of S. aureus.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Rotter, Joan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Repeated Antigen Injections on the C' and C'4 Titers in Guinea Pig Serum (open access)

The Effect of Repeated Antigen Injections on the C' and C'4 Titers in Guinea Pig Serum

In this study the effects of repeated antigen injections on total complement (C') and C'4 of guinea pig serum were investigated to determine if constant antigenic stimulation would show changes in the C' and C'4 titers. Attempts were also made to correlate any changes with variations in antibody titers during the repeated antigen injections.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Teague, Perry Owen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Theorems from Plane Lobachevskian Geometry (open access)

Some Theorems from Plane Lobachevskian Geometry

This paper will investigate the geometry that results when Euclid's fifth postulate is replaced by the Lobachevskian assumption. The investigations will be limited to the plane.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Walker, Henry L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rigidity: a Function of Ethnic Attitudes (open access)

Rigidity: a Function of Ethnic Attitudes

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of segregation on the flexibility of individuals in the Negro and Anglo-American ethnic groups and to investigate the relationship between variations in flexibility and sociometric choices within the peer group.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Bullion, D. I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Protective Effect of Specific Heterologous Anti-Mouse Tumor Serum (open access)

Protective Effect of Specific Heterologous Anti-Mouse Tumor Serum

The principal purpose of this work was to determine the effect of immunized guinea pig serum upon the survival time of tumor infected mice, and to make a correlation between this effect and the complement titer.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Culpepper, Thomas James
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Sick Leave Practices of Texas Independent School Districts (open access)

A Study of Sick Leave Practices of Texas Independent School Districts

The problem of this study is threefold: (1) to determine whether the sick leave policies and practices differ significantly between school districts of different sizes; (2) to determine whether there is significant relationship between the number of days of sick leave allowed and the number of days taken by teachers; and (3) to determine whether significant trends in sick leave policies and practices can be detected between the years 1957 and 1960.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Ferrell, Keith H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Rural and Urban Residence on Friendship Choices as Measured by a Sociometric Technique (open access)

The Influence of Rural and Urban Residence on Friendship Choices as Measured by a Sociometric Technique

This study will be concerned with evaluating the degree of acceptance of rural students in an urban school. Because of increased interaction between the two groups on account of better modes of transportation, consolidation of schools, and a general trend in creating a more homogenous environment between the two groups the following null hypotheses have been formulated: 1. That there will be no significant difference in acceptance between the rural and urban pupils. 2. That there will be no significant differences in the number of cross-sex choices given or received by the two groups. 3. That there will be no significant discrimination between rural and urban school mates in clique formation.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Friedberg, Frank Theodore
System: The UNT Digital Library
A One-Year Study of Job Stability in the Lunchrooms of the Dallas Independent School District (open access)

A One-Year Study of Job Stability in the Lunchrooms of the Dallas Independent School District

The present study was undertaken to investigate some of the factors influencing job stability among the women employees of the Dallas Independent School District's lunchrooms.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Gibson, Joan Nowlin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstract Vector Spaces and Certain Related Systems (open access)

Abstract Vector Spaces and Certain Related Systems

The purpose of this paper is to make a detailed study of vector spaces and a certain vector-like system.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Goddard, Alton Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
Don Juan in Hell: a Key to Reading Shaw (open access)

Don Juan in Hell: a Key to Reading Shaw

Since George Bernard Shaw claims that the third act of Man and Superman is a complete commentary on his philosophy, this thesis is a revealing of the philosophy demonstrated in the Dream Scene, and it is an intensive study of the third act based upon a reading of the play.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Hanks, Harry S.
System: The UNT Digital Library