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The Preparation of Stones of Walker County, Texas for Use as Sets in Jewelry

Description: Since the East Texas area has many minerals in the categories which yield semiprecious stones of commercial value--jasper, wood agate, wood opal, and silicified stone, the author undertook this study to determine: (1) the extent which these minerals could be utilized as sources for gems; (2) the equipment necessary for cutting and polishing the stones; and (3) the techniques for finishing the gems.
Date: 1946
Creator: Pledger, Leon Monroe
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A Study of the Fees Charged in Texas High Schools for Commercial Courses

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to study the relationship of the fee system for certain business subjects in Texas high schools to certain principles of free public school education as provided for Texas public schools.
Date: 1946
Creator: Tompkins, Jno. Erwin, Jr.
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Reading Interests of Students of Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School, Gainesville, Texas, in the School Year 1944-1945

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to determine and summarize the various facts concerning the reading interests and library habits of the second, third, and fourth year students enrolled in the Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School of Gainesville, Texas, for the school year of 1944-1945 as revealed through data collected by questionnaires and from library records.
Date: 1946
Creator: Young, Martha Ruth
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A Study of Friendships in Senior High School

Description: One of the problems in human relationships is to determine what factors enter into friendship. One method of investigating this is to study traits as compared between reciprocal and unreciprocal friendships. This present study is an effort to make contributions towards this problem.
Date: 1946
Creator: Younger, Yucola
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A Study of Dominance-Feeling in College Women

Description: 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.
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A Study of the Effect of Group Guidance Classes on the Attitudes and Personal Adjustments of Sophomore High School Girls

Description: The purpose of this study is (1) to develop criteria by statistical methods which will show the extent of gain in personality development through a specific guidance program, and (2) to show by comparison the differences in the scores of instructed groups and those of uninstructed groups.
Date: 1946
Creator: Hatcher, Eva Hortence
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Occupational Opportunities for the Woman College Graduate in Specialized Business Fields

Description: The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the opportunities in the business world for the woman college graduate. Attention has been given to the general status of women workers, the training given by colleges in business administration, and the opportunities for the employment and advancement in the business world.
Date: 1946
Creator: Long, Ruth
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A Proposed Correlated Health, Physical, and Safety Education Program for Boys in Texas High Schools with Enrollment of Not More Than Two Hundred Fifty Students

Description: The purpose of this study is an attempt to briefly set up a plan of organization and to suggest a flexible program of activities designed to meet the needs of many of the smaller schools of our state in arranging a practical correlated health, physical, and safety education program for high school boys.
Date: 1946
Creator: Malone, H. F.
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To Determine the Need for Teacher Tenure in Texas

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the need for teacher tenure in Texas. In order to determine this need, it will be necessary to investigate not only the need for tenure in the teaching profession, but also the advantages and disadvantages of tenure, the standards necessary for adequate tenure legislation, and the tenure situation as it exists in the public schools of Texas today.
Date: 1946
Creator: Martin, Wesley
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A Comparative Study of Dallas Employment Requisites for Stenographers and Secretarial Qualifications of Students at Forest Avenue High School

Description: The problem in this study has a three-fold purpose: to learn the likenesses and differences of the small and large business offices of Dallas, Texas, in regard to their employment requirements for the beginning stenographer; to determine to what extent the average Dallas high school graduate shows the characteristics that are requisite for secretarial success; and to evaluate the learnings of secretarial students in Forest Avenue High School, Dallas, Texas, in view of these findings.
Date: 1946
Creator: Fetterman, Ruth Evelyn
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Art as a Tool in a Fifth-Grade Guidance Program

Description: The purpose of this thesis was to determine a way by which the school could best serve all the children in the capacity of guidance. A program was needed which would enrich the lives of children of widely varying social and financial levels, chronological ages, mental ages, personalities, talents, and other inherent traits or tendencies.
Date: 1946
Creator: Collins, Winny
Partner: UNT Libraries
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