Symphony No. I, "An American Symphony" (open access)

Symphony No. I, "An American Symphony"

In Symphony No.I, the form of the first movement follows the broad outlines of the sonata. The second movement is in Rondo form, the first section of which has a definite ABA character, the second part has but a single theme extended in treatment, and the third section a recapitulation of the first. The final movement again uses the ABA form.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Gillis, Don, 1912-1978
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of an Original Composition (open access)

The Development of an Original Composition

the problem was to take a group of poems from a work entitled The Dark Land, by Kathleen Tankersley Young, and set them to music in such a manner as to produce a unified, artistic, whole, A string quartet was chosen as an accompanying group because of a desire to produce a work comparable in scope and seriousness of content to a piece of chamber music.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Chapman, LaMarr
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Dye Plants of the Texas Plains Region and Analyses and Verifications of their Dye-Producing Qualities (open access)

Some Dye Plants of the Texas Plains Region and Analyses and Verifications of their Dye-Producing Qualities

This study examines the dye plants in the Texas plains region and the extent of their dye-producing qualities. It describes the interest in handicrafts, lack of information on vegetable dyes in plains region, and a variety of other dye details.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Coulter, Elizabeth Lane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Method for the Slide Trombone (open access)

Advanced Method for the Slide Trombone

This advanced method for trombone is designed to meet the needs of the advanced high school trombonist and to prepare him for later participation in college, civic, and professional musical organizations of higher artistic standards. The student should not be satisfied with a thorough study of this method, but should seek improvement of his musical skill in other methods. Some very worthy studies for trombone have been written by La Fosse, Vobaron, Muller, Blume and others which should prove of much value to the student.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Seale, Tommy F. (Tommy Fred)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Home Beautification Project Developed by the Art Club of the Travis Elementary School in Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

A Home Beautification Project Developed by the Art Club of the Travis Elementary School in Mineral Wells, Texas

For three years the writer has worked with children from a section in Mineral Wells, Texas, in which home environments were unnecessarily bad. They offered none of the wholesome stimuli for growth and development that homes should give. The houses were drab and cheerless, and the grounds were neglected, often grown up in weeds or cluttered with trash. Through its members, made up of sixth and seventh grade children of Travis Elementary School and including children from the affected homes, plans and procedures were formulated for improving homes, and the interest and cooperation of the parents were secured in extending the improvements over the area. By this plan the writer hoped that life might be made more satisfying for these people as a result of improved surroundings.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Shipman, Bonita L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of the Harmonic Idiom of Songs of Claude Debussy and its Influence on Compositions of Charles Loeffler and John Alden Carpenter (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Harmonic Idiom of Songs of Claude Debussy and its Influence on Compositions of Charles Loeffler and John Alden Carpenter

The main purpose of this study will be to analyze the impressionistic style and techniques of Debussy, how the idiom came to be, and the influence of this particular idiom on two American composers. For thorough understanding, the poetic and artistic backgrounds of impressionism must be brought out; the biography of the man who originated the idiom, as well as his aesthetic theories, must be briefly covered. More objectively, from biographies and various other studies the techniques peculiarly impressionistic will be listed, and analysis will be made of several of the Debussy songs from various periods of his composition.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Connor, Patricia (Patricia Josephine)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Experimental Preparation of Earth Pigments of Denton County, Texas (open access)

The Experimental Preparation of Earth Pigments of Denton County, Texas

This study is a report of the results of a series of experiments, the purposes of which were to determine: (1) what natural pigments are available in Denton County, Texas, (2) the variety, quality, and quantity of the native pigments as compared with standard commercial pigments, and (3) the suitability of these native pigments for use in the preparation of artists' colors. Since the chief interest was in the specific hues, their quality and variety, the factor of commercial possibilities was not investigated.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Gough, Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Determination of the Value of Sulphur Dioxide as a Dehydrating Agent for Sweet Potatoes (open access)

A Determination of the Value of Sulphur Dioxide as a Dehydrating Agent for Sweet Potatoes

This study seeks to determine the value of sulfur dioxide as a method for the dehydration of sweet potatoes for use in cow feed.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Scogin, Everett Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing and Evaluating a Course in Crafts in a Small School (open access)

Developing and Evaluating a Course in Crafts in a Small School

The purpose of this study is to find and evaluate a course in crafts in a small rural school with the hope that it may be of some value to teachers in rural districts, and that it may help provide a more general education for the rural school child. The results of an interest questionnaire, projects suggested by the students, projects made, and direct observations will be the means used in determining the needs and interests of the Waneta School students. A comparison of suggested projects and of projects made by the students, and the results of an evaluation questionnaire and a rating sheet will be used in evaluating the course in terms of the students' needs and interests.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Kee, Jim W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Mineral Analysis of the Henrietta Water Supply (open access)

A Mineral Analysis of the Henrietta Water Supply

In this study an effort was made to determine by analysis the principal minerals that are dissolved in the water of the Little Wichita River.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Selvidge, R. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical View of the Rhetorical Idiom in Modern Music with Emphasis on the Development of the Contemporary Art-Song (open access)

A Critical View of the Rhetorical Idiom in Modern Music with Emphasis on the Development of the Contemporary Art-Song

This study was made in conjunction with a recital of contemporary American song literature. It it designed to show how the modern composer has taken the tools of words and music and utilized them in creating a valid art-form. I believe it is the first study of its kind that has been made. The song literature which formed the basis of the study has been attested to as valid data by Otto Luening, prominent modern composer and pedagogue and twice winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship in composition, and John Kirk, distinguished pianist and lecturer on modern music.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Chamberlain, Richard (Richard Harry)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Integration of a Fifth-Grade Curriculum Through Language-Arts Subjects in the Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, Denton, Texas (open access)

The Integration of a Fifth-Grade Curriculum Through Language-Arts Subjects in the Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, Denton, Texas

This thesis seeks to determine whether an integrated program provided a progressive enlargement of experience or participation in social situations; whether it placed value upon service to others through social participation; whether it resulted in personal satisfactions through the development and use of the capacity of each individual; whether it provided for the development of functional knowledge, skills, attitudes, and appreciations by which the problems were solved in situations which were real, meaningful, and worthwhile.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Williams, Maude Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
To What Extent are the Personality Needs of the Music Students of the Denton Senior High School Being Met through Music? (open access)

To What Extent are the Personality Needs of the Music Students of the Denton Senior High School Being Met through Music?

The problem which is reported in these pages represents an attempt on the part of the writer to discover whether the music curriculum of the Denton Senior High School is meeting the personality needs of the students of the school. In order to discover a starting-point from which to attack this problem, the writer administered standardized personality and music tests to the students enrolled in her music classes. The results of these tests form the primary basis of the investigation and of this thesis.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Nichols, Martha (Martha Arnette)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Personality of Freshman Women and Senior Women in North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Personality of Freshman Women and Senior Women in North Texas State Teachers College

"The major purpose of this study as (1) to revel by means of comparison the extent to which the college freshman and college senior woman is adjusting to the problems and conditions which confront her and the extent to which she is developing a normal, happy, and socially effective personality; (2) to interpret rightly the data collected from the group studies in order that plans for personality improvements may be made, and to offer a working basis for guidance in personality development; and (3) to study the social and economic factors concerning their home background the year preceding their entrance into the college, and to discover the effect, if any, upon the personal and social adjustment of each group."--2.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Odell, Anna Bonds
System: The UNT Digital Library
Restoration and Extension of Federal Forts in the Southwest from 1865 to 1885 (open access)

Restoration and Extension of Federal Forts in the Southwest from 1865 to 1885

This thesis is an attempt to portray the part the forts of the Southwest had in developing the Federal Indian Policy in that region from 1865 to 1885.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Bennett, Alice Bell
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Health, Social Conditions and Educational Opportunities of the Mexican Children in the Sonora Independent School May Be Improved (open access)

How Health, Social Conditions and Educational Opportunities of the Mexican Children in the Sonora Independent School May Be Improved

"The purpose of this study is to analyze health, social conditions and educational environment which affect the educational development of the Mexican children in the Sonora Independent School and plan a remedial program. The source of the data in this study was the survey made by Winters, and a survey of health, social and educational conditions of the Mexicans living in Sonora. The study was limited to the Mexican families and the Mexican children in the Sonora school district."--leaf 1.
Date: August 1941
Creator: James, Helen
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of Schubert's Song Cycle "The Maid of the Mill" (open access)

A Critical Analysis of Schubert's Song Cycle "The Maid of the Mill"

The significance of a complete analysis of Schubert's orchestral larger works is self-evident to musicians and scholars. In the literature today one may find adequate analysis of many of the larger choral and orchestral works of the various masters, but rarely is it possible for one to secure a scholarly and intelligent analysis and interpretation of the smaller forms, especially the vocal works. Perhaps the reason for this state is the lack of interest in many of the aspects and phases of song literature as vocalists and teachers have probably been more concerned with the artistic rendition of the songs rather than an academic approach. But with the turn of the present decade, a decided interest has become apparent in musicological scholarship and the present study is but one evidence of the trend toward critical and academic analysis of smaller forms heretofore omitted in music literature.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Carr, Ruth, 1917-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Investigation of the Value of Music Workbooks in Junior High Music Classes (open access)

An Experimental Investigation of the Value of Music Workbooks in Junior High Music Classes

This study is an experimental investigation of two groups of junior high school students in an effort to evaluate the advantages of workbooks in their music classes. The comparison was made with two classes composed of thirty-two students each from the two junior high schools in the Beaumont Independent School District. One class used the workbooks in conjunction with the regular singing and appreciation work, but the other class did not use formal workbooks. They discussed the theory and notation of the music in relation to the work they were doing.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Milam, Lena
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Musical Tastes of the Primary Children in Ten Schools Within a Radius of Fifty Miles of Bellevue, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Musical Tastes of the Primary Children in Ten Schools Within a Radius of Fifty Miles of Bellevue, Texas

The purpose of this study is to analyze the musical tastes of the primary children in ten schools within a radius of fifty miles of Bellevue, Texas.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Lincoln, Virginia, 1917-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bacteriological Studies of the Campus Drinking Fountains of North Texas State Teachers College Denton, Texas (open access)

Bacteriological Studies of the Campus Drinking Fountains of North Texas State Teachers College Denton, Texas

"In order to gain an adequate idea of the sanitary condition of the drinking fountains on the North Texas State Teachers College campus, it was found necessary to approach these bacteriological studies from a seasonal point of view."--1.
Date: August 1941
Creator: McCoy, Eloise
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Purpose and Content of the High School Mathematics Course in Texas (open access)

Trends in Purpose and Content of the High School Mathematics Course in Texas

It is the purpose of this study to review in brief the changes that have taken place since the turn of the century in content of mathematical studies in the high school and to examine theoretically the significance of such changes.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Brantley, Vena Mae
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physics of the Violin and Its Defining Influence upon Technic (open access)

Physics of the Violin and Its Defining Influence upon Technic

The purpose of this work is to set forth the physical characteristics of the generator and resonator of the violin and to determine in what manner and degree they influence the technic of artistically manipulating the instrument.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Custer, Judson (Judson Samuel), 1919-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of the Works of Leo Sowerby (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Works of Leo Sowerby

Leo Sowerby is an American composer who has, in the writer's opinion, made a fine contribution to the field of modern music. This fact will be substantiated in the following study, the purpose of which will be to examine and to analyze to some extent the works of this eminent Chicago composer, teacher, organist, and choir-master. This study will-be of particular interest to students of the organ, for it concerns itself chiefly with the organ works of Sowerby, and to students of composition and modern harmonic trends, for the study high lights the composer's characteristic procedures in these two directions.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Parks, O. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Leisure Time Activities of the Senior High School Girls of Big Spring, Texas (open access)

A Survey of the Leisure Time Activities of the Senior High School Girls of Big Spring, Texas

"This study has two-fold purpose: (1) to determine how the senior high school girls of Big Spring, Texas spend their leisure time and the relation, if any, of certain home and community facilities and instruction as factors which govern the amount and type of leisure activities, (2) to determine whether the public schools are preparing the students for the wise use of leisure time. "-- leaf 3.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Ratliff, Mildred Mitchell
System: The UNT Digital Library