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An Application of the Reformatsky Reaction to the Thiophene Series of Compounds

Description: In view of the increasing importance of thiophene derivatives as chemotherapeutic agents, it was considered of interest to apply the Reformatsky reaction to the synthesis of compounds containing the thiophene nucleus with the thought that these might serve as intermediates for further syntheses.
Date: 1949
Creator: Hicks, Howard A.
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A Personnel Study of the Physical Therapists Registered with the American Physical Therapy Association in a Selected Number of Southwest States

Description: The purposes of this study are, first, to obtain data on social and personal relationships of the physical therapists with possible significance for guidance for students contemplating a career in the field of physical therapy; second, to determine the professional qualifications to enter the field of physical therapy; third, to determine the areas in which a definite need for advanced training is felt by the professional people in the field of physical therapy; and fourth, to determine the occ… more
Date: 1949
Creator: Holler, Joe Harold
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The Religion of Dr. Samuel Johnson

Description: Johnson was a rationalist in everything except religion, which, to him, was an adherence to the established Church with its traditional forms. His efforts to maintain his orthodox views in the midst of the controversial beliefs of his age will be the subject of subsequent chapters in this study.
Date: 1949
Creator: Hopper, Ruth
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A Critical Study of The Cenci

Description: Consciously or unconsciously an author's literary work reflects his experiences and his reaction to these experiences. Because the personal history of the author is inseparable from his works, a study of The Cenci would be incomplete without a review of the background of Shelley's life, some of the philosophies which interested him, and the political and social movements with which he concerned himself.
Date: 1949
Creator: Huey, Hortense Sullivan
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A Study of the Educational Attitudes of Patrons of the Iowa Park School and Their Relation to Certain Other Factors

Description: This study attempts to determine to what extent the patrons of Iowa Park School are progressive or traditional in their educational thinking by obtaining at first hand their reactions to some of our present-day educational practices, which authorities in the field agree are progressive or traditional. It also attempts to determine whether such factors as sex and economic status influence educational attitudes of parents, and whether the parent's viewpoint affects the scholastic achievement of t… more
Date: 1949
Creator: Huneycutt, Denona
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An Analysis of Relation Between International Cooperation and Secondary Education

Description: In this study an attempt is made to answer the following questions: (1) Can international cooperation be helped through the proper employment of the tool called secondary education? (2) What constitutes such proper employment? (3) What effect, if any, will a sound system of secondary education have upon the objective of world peace, international understanding and good will, and better international, intercultural and interracial relations and friendship?
Date: 1949
Creator: Inkman, Will W.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Anglo-Saxon Charms

Description: The charms are among the oldest extant specimens of English prose and verse, and in their first form were undoubtedly of heathen origin. In the form in which they have been handed down they are much overlaid with Christian lore, but it is not difficult to recognize the primitive mythological strata. The charms have points of contact with medieval Latin literature, both in form and spirit; and yet they afford us glimpses of the Germanic past, and pictures of the everyday life of the Anglo-Saxons… more
Date: 1949
Creator: Johansen, Hazel Lee
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An Analysis, as Revealed by the Wire Recorder, of the Methods Used by Ten Selected Business Mathematics Students in Solving Stated Problems

Description: Many studies have been made concerning the difficulties which business mathematics students have in solving stated problems. Such studies have been made by analyzing the student's errors as they appear on written solutions to problems, and, as a result, many errors are overlooked. Errors in the thinking process, and failure to read the problem a sufficient number of times are responsible for many errors made by students. Such errors are not apparent on written solutions, but would be revealed … more
Date: 1949
Creator: Jones, Donald M.
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An Evaluation of the Carrollton Elementary School, Carrollton, Texas

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the present status of the Carrollton Elementary School, Carrollton, Texas. Further study was directed toward notations of major needs and next steps for improvement.
Date: 1949
Creator: Kent, E. L.
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Determining Sound Principles for Administration of the School Plant

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine sound principles for the administration of the school plant. Attention is given to the democratic, legal, psychological, and prudential principles underlying sound policies for the administration of the school plant, and to recommend practices and procedures for achieving these principles.
Date: 1949
Creator: Kibler, James Morris
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The Murder Theme in Elizabethan and Stuart Domestic Drama

Description: In this thesis an attempt will be made to trace briefly the development of the domestic tragedy of blood on the English stage to the end of the first decade of the seventeenth century.
Date: 1949
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Hugh L.
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An Analysis of a First Year of Participation in the Texas Health Education Program by the Sanger School

Description: The main purpose of this study is to analyze the values and results of one year's participation of the Sanger School in a three-year Texas Health Education Program (Texas Extended School and Community Health Program) in order to determine an adequate basis for making recommendations for the further development of this program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Lockhart, Cleo M.
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The Early Criticisms of Shelley in England and America

Description: It is the principal purpose of this study of the early criticisms of Shelley to contrast the opinions of him in England and America and to find reasons for the widely divergent attitudes of the reviewers in the two countries.
Date: 1949
Creator: Long, Ulman Eugene
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The Moral Philosophy of Samuel Johnson

Description: The purpose of the author is to give a resume of Johnson's England and by examining The Rambler and Boswell's Life of Johnson, to determine what the Doctor thought concerning the prevailing conditions, social practices, and ideas of his time.
Date: 1949
Creator: Love, Corrie
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A Study of the Problem of Negro Crime in the United States

Description: The purpose of this thesis, "A Study of the Problem of Negro Crime in the United States," is to determine whether or not Negro crime increased during the period from slavery to 1945; and if so, what factors were responsible for this increase.
Date: 1949
Creator: Lowrance, John R.
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Psychological Problem Areas of Military Personnel

Description: Statistical findings during and following the recent war in regard to the mental, emotional, and social problems of the veteran give evidence of the nature and scope of the problem which America faces today. The major problem undertaken in this study involves a presentation of certain information relative to this general area.
Date: 1949
Creator: Luscomb, George Edwin
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A Bacterial Spectrum of Antibiotic "S"

Description: This thesis is an investigation of Antibiotic "S" with the purpose of determining which organisms it has a marked effect on, the amount required to cause inhibition, its action in blood, and its therapeutic effect and toxicity in laboratory animals.
Date: 1949
Creator: Matthews, J. Les (James Les), 1926-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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