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A Critical Analysis of the Trio in E Flat Major, Opus 40, by Brahms (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Trio in E Flat Major, Opus 40, by Brahms

It is the purpose of this study to aide in the understanding of the Horn Trio through a biographical sketch of Brahms, a discussion of his use and characterization of the instruments, and the thematic, harmonic, and structural organization of the trio.
Date: August 1948
Creator: Acker, Mary March
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Pragmatism: its Influence on Certain Modern Trends in Education (open access)

A Study of Pragmatism: its Influence on Certain Modern Trends in Education

It is the purpose of this thesis to show that the pragmatic philosophy is basically responsible for present-day developments in various teaching techniques.
Date: 1941
Creator: Adams, Donald Quincy
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Bacterial Flora of Food Utensils in Hardin College Cafeteria and Twenty-Five Eating Establishments in Wichita Falls, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Bacterial Flora of Food Utensils in Hardin College Cafeteria and Twenty-Five Eating Establishments in Wichita Falls, Texas

The problem of this thesis consists primarily of a bacteriological survey of the eating utensils of Hardin College Cafeteria and twenty-five other eating establishments in the city of Wichita Falls, Texas. This investigation was made primarily with reference to a determination of the possible presence of typhoid and related organisms, and secondarily to an investigation of the actual presence of those bacterial organisms associated with the more common outbreaks of food poisoning.
Date: 1949
Creator: Adams, Isaac Newton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individualized Instruction in the Elementary School (open access)

Individualized Instruction in the Elementary School

The purpose of this study is to investigate the more recent types of instruction. In this investigation, emphasis has been placed on instruction which has grown out of children's interests and needs, and which recognizes the capacities, abilities and potentialities of children.
Date: 1943
Creator: Adams, Juanita Sunshine
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development and Application of a Rating Scale for the Evaluation of Business Arithmetic Textbooks (open access)

The Development and Application of a Rating Scale for the Evaluation of Business Arithmetic Textbooks

The purpose of this study was to prepare a rating scale to be applied as an objective basis in the selection of business arithmetic textbooks. After the rating scale was developed, it was then applied to a number of recently published texts to demonstrate its use and practical value.
Date: 1941
Creator: Adams, Raymond
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Develop a Desirable Method of Reporting Pupil Progress in the Elementary School (open access)

To Develop a Desirable Method of Reporting Pupil Progress in the Elementary School

The problem is to examine and analyze the methods used for reporting pupil progress in the elementary schools; to give evidence of the significant changes underlying the concepts of educational achievement; and to give consideration to the basic principles involved in order to develop a desirable method.
Date: 1948
Creator: Aikin, Lorene
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine a Sound Method of Distributing the Public School Funds in Texas (open access)

To Determine a Sound Method of Distributing the Public School Funds in Texas

It is the purpose of this study to discover and report a sound method of distributing the public school funds of Texas. This investigation will discuss present-day practices in distributing the public school funds, and where advisable will make recommendations to secure more adequate distribution.
Date: 1947
Creator: Alderdice, Joseph Lloyd
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Social and Academic Status of Private Pre-school and Public School Children in the Second Year of a Dallas Elementary School (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Social and Academic Status of Private Pre-school and Public School Children in the Second Year of a Dallas Elementary School

This study will endeavor to make a comparative study of seventeen children in the second grade in an elementary school in Dallas that attended private schools and omitted the first year of the public school, and seventeen children that are in the second grade after completing the first grade in the public school. The purpose of the study in comparing the social and academic status of the two groups is to determine if the non-scholastic child after a year of private school is able to adjust and accomplish an academic and social status on the level of the second year of the public school as compared with children of school age that have been through the first year and are now in their second year.
Date: 1947
Creator: Aldredge, Ruby
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 Stylistic Comparison of the Accompanied Violin Sonatas of Bach and Handel (open access)

A Stylistic Comparison of the Accompanied Violin Sonatas of Bach and Handel

It is the purpose of this thesis to determine the comparative differences and similarities of the accompanied violin sonatas of the two contemporary eighteenth-century composers, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Alexander, William Don, 1920-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Sound Administrative Steps in the Organization of a Community School (open access)

A Study to Determine the Sound Administrative Steps in the Organization of a Community School

The purpose of this study is to determine the sound steps or procedures for the administrator to follow in organizing a community school. It will attempt to show ways of utilizing to the fullest possible extent the resources of the community.
Date: 1949
Creator: Allen, Clifford D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integration of Business Training with Business in Wellington, Texas (open access)

Integration of Business Training with Business in Wellington, Texas

Studies whether or not the Wellington High School Commercial Department was meeting the probable future needs of business employers and employees of Wellington, Texas.
Date: 1940
Creator: Allen, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Early Settlement of the Concho Country (open access)

Early Settlement of the Concho Country

Early general history up to 1900. "I have listened to the stories told about it by the old time cowboys, by the old settlers, and by some of the old Fort Concho soldiers themselves. As a result of this experience, I have wanted to go into its past more carefully and search for more facts regarding the region, its first inhabitants, and its early history in general."-- leaf iii.
Date: August 1941
Creator: Allen, S. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Treatment of Inaccurate Singers in the Intermediate Grades (open access)

An Experimental Treatment of Inaccurate Singers in the Intermediate Grades

A study of the causes and remedial treatment of inaccurate singing through experimentation and research was chosen by the writer as a practical problem urgently in need of solution.
Date: August 1945
Creator: Allen, Sheila Emery
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Atypical Child and His Status in the Educational Practices of Texas (open access)

A Study of the Atypical Child and His Status in the Educational Practices of Texas

The purpose of the study is to study child differentiations in their relation to educational growth; to emphasize a greater need, on the part of today's teachers, for constant study of the atypical child in order to determine his developmental needs; to emphasize the importance and desirability of utilizing the talents of the highly endowed pupil; to consider current educational practices in their relation to the added capabilities of superior children; and to emphasize the importance of developing whatever desirable social qualities the mentally retarded child may possess.
Date: 1948
Creator: Althaus, Nellie
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of an Adequate Finance System for Extracurricular Activities (open access)

An Evaluation of an Adequate Finance System for Extracurricular Activities

It is the purpose of this study to discover and report educationally sound practices of activity financing and administration, with special emphasis placed on accounting. This investigation will attempt to disclose present-day common practices in financing the activities and accounting in regard to activity finances, and where advisable to make recommendations to secure more adequate procedures.
Date: 1941
Creator: Alvis, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of Education in Russia (open access)

The History of Education in Russia

This study presents a history of education in Russia.
Date: 1948
Creator: Ames, Ponnie
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Use of the Playback in Consumer Education (open access)

A Study of the Use of the Playback in Consumer Education

The purpose of this study is to consider the playback as a consumer educational material, and to test its usefulness in transmitting and securing acceptance of consumer information when presented to selected groups of individuals. Another purpose of the study is to make a contribution to the sum total of results obtained by the Institute for Consumer Education in its experimentation with the playback.
Date: 1940
Creator: Amos, Charlcie N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Dominance-Feeling in College Women (open access)

A Study of Dominance-Feeling in College Women

The purposes of this study are as follows: 1. To measure, compare, and evaluate the level of self-esteem of college women in two colleges. 2. To show the relationship of certain background factors to dominance-feeling in college women.
Date: 1946
Creator: Anderson, Dan L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center (open access)

An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center

"The problem of this thesis is to determine through survey and comparative study the effect of the activity program of Denton's El Centro, the youth center, on the youth of the City of Denton...methods of operation and internal organization of youth centers, the purpose of the centers and the results of some of the activities are outlined. Members of the Denton youth center were interviewed; the information gained from the interviews was recorded on prepared questionnaires. Various types of activities at Denton's youth center are discussed. The study also attempts to reveal by means of tables those activities which are more important to the male youth of Denton. A discussion of the treatment of the youth problem is given with conclusions based upon the principles and practices set forth in the foregoing chapters."-- leaf 2.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Anderson, Douglas Stevens
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geometry as the Structural Basis of Composition in Paintings by Botticelli (open access)

Geometry as the Structural Basis of Composition in Paintings by Botticelli

Fewer geometrical analyses have been made of paintings than of any other group of works of art. For this reason ten paintings by a typical Florentine painter, Botticelli, were chosen by the author in order to find out; first, the extent to which geometrical divisions were used in determining the enclosing rectangles and the main lines of the composition; second, whether or not the same geometrically determined relationships were used by Botticelli frequently enough to be considered an important determinant of his style.
Date: 1942
Creator: Anderson, Kittie Blanks
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Americanization of the Hawaiians (open access)

The Americanization of the Hawaiians

This thesis is a study of the Americanization of the Hawaiians.
Date: 1944
Creator: Anderson, Olive
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Four Genealogies to Determine Predisposition to Cancer (open access)

A Comparative Study of Four Genealogies to Determine Predisposition to Cancer

This study was made in an effort first, to determine the mode of transmission of the inheritance of a predisposition to cancer as revealed through the analyses of four separate human genealogies, and second, to make a comparative study of the genealogies to determine whether the mode of transmission is the same.
Date: 1941
Creator: Andrew, Vivian Wilson
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Place of a Sound Guidance Program in the Secondary School (open access)

To Determine the Place of a Sound Guidance Program in the Secondary School

This study has undertaken to determine the characteristics of a sound guidance program and its place in the secondary school.
Date: 1947
Creator: Andrews, Nannie D.
System: The UNT Digital Library