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Contributions Of Catholic Religious Orders To Public Education In New Mexico Since The American Occupation, Frederick Mason Bacon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study is intended (1) to explain how it came to pass that religious orders have been conducting public schools in New Mexico, (2) to reveal the outcome of controversies or litigation involving claims of illegality in the practice, and (3) to present the contributions of Catholic religious orders to public education in New Mexico since the American occupation by offering a brief history of the public schools which they have conducted.

A Study Of Personnel Practices And Teacher Morale, Margaret Jeter Jeter

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Structural Organization Of The Hopewell City And Prince George County School System On A Regional Basis., Charles William Smith

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A History Of The Public Schools Of Durango, Colorado, Cecil Morgan Mckinley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The aim of this study is to record the growth of the public schools of Durango, Colorado, from 1881 to 1944. It is a chronological history, with stress on the problems encountered with the establishing and developing of the school system. The biographies of the schools' administrators, found in the appendix, have a part in explaining the growth and achievements of the Durango Schools.

The material in this school history offers lessons to the educator and the layman. Since no two public schools travel exactly the same path of growth, a narrative of an additional school system adds some practical …

The Development Of The Local School Administrative Unit In Virginia And The Consequent Enlargement Of The Duties Of The Local Administrator, Cashell Donahoe

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Proposal For Consolidation Of The White Public Schools In Lancaster And Northumberland Counties In 1945., Carrington Samuel Cockrell

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Critical Analysis Of Report Cards Used In New Mexico, John Robert Grove

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Many of the ties that used to bind the home and school are gone. The home and the school no longer have the feeling of intimacy that prevailed between them two hundred years ago. In the early American schools it was possible for the teacher to know the parents of nearly every child in the school room. Since this possibility no longer exists in the same degree, some link must be evolved to connect both the home and the school; some method to take the place of meetings on the street or conversations after prayer meeting must be organized to …

The Administration Of Equitation In The Colleges And Universities Of The Southwest, Birdie Bryan West

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the status and extent of instruction in equitation in the colleges and universities of the southwest.

The History Of Saint Vincent Academy, Sister Florita French

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to write a complete history of Saint Vincent Academy from the coming of the Sisters of Charity to the west, in 1865, to the present.

Contributions Of The Dominican Sisters Of Grand Rapids, Michigan To The Education In New Mexico, Sister Maura Mcdonald O.P.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to present the data now available appertaining to the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in New Mexico and to evaluate their work in the light of improvements in the educational, economic, cultural, and social conditions of these various communities.

Status Of The Classroom Teacher In Taos County, New Mexico, Arthur Cadmus Davis

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation, as stated in the opening chapter, is to explore the status of the classroom teachers employed in Taos County, New Mexico. In the past five chapters an analysis of the data from those teachers participating has been made, averages computed, and tendencies noted.

A Study Of The Choice Of Level Of Occupation In Relation To Achievement On The New Mexico Statewide Test Of Academic Achievement., Mildred L. Pierce

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem studied in this thesis is the relation of the level of occupational choice to the level of achievement on a general scholarship test administered to high school seniors by the University of New Mexico in 1941.

A History Of The Public Schools Of Raton, New Mexico, Carson Creecy

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Educational literature is singularly lacking in studies of the actual development of typical school systems. This raises the question of whether such a study would be of any value as a contribution to educational literature. If the interest manifested by all school people who had a part in the preparation of this study can be used as a measure, then both an interest and a need are felt.

A Study Of The School Hot Lunch Program In New Mexico, Adolfo Pablo Chavez

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the trends of the hot lunch project under the Federal Government sponsorship in certain schools of the State of New Mexico; (2) to show the relationship between warm well-balanced school lunches and such factors as attentiveness, scholarship, attendance, table manners, health attitudes, and physical growth; and (3) to reveal, through a questionnaire study the experiences of school systems of the state in connection with this project.

An Analysis Of The School Bond Transcript In New Mexico, M. E. Linton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to bring together all the laws pertaining to, or having a bearing on the issuance of school bonds, analyze them as to content, and recommend a transcript outline which should greatly simplify the legal procedures.

The Division Of Responsibility In The Financial Administration Of Municipal And Independent Schools In New Mexico, Horace P. Brunell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to learn as nearly as possible the different procedures followed in the handling of all fiscal items in the municipal schools of New Mexico; (2) to compare those procedures with those recommended by accepted present-day authorities upon financial phases of public school administration; and (3) to make such recommendations as may secure a greater degree of uniformity and increased efficiency in the field of fiscal procedure in the municipal schools of New Mexico.

History Of Education In Quay County, New Mexico, Willard W. Moon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

No comprehensive history of education in Quay County, New Mexico, has been written. Because of the diversity of interests, people of this section have devoted little time to gathering, organizing, and interpreting the materials of history. There must be soon come, however, an insistent demand for such movement. No people can afford to remain ignorant of its past life and the means by which its institution have grown. This study is limited to the educational institutions of what is now Quay County, New Mexico. It is the desire of the writer to portray the educational development as it is, and …

The History Of Education In San Saba County, Texas, Vernon Thomas

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem: It is the purpose of this study (1) to collect and preserve the records of those events, characters, and movements that have influenced the educational system of San Saba County, Texas, and have made the present system what it is and (2) to point out the weaknesses found in the school systems and offer recommendations for correcting them.

Delimitations of the problem: This study includes only the white schools of the county, as there were only 14 Negro scholastics in the county in August, 1880, and 43 such scholastics in the county in August, 1939. Most …

Early Schools Of Doña Ana County, James Victor Boyd

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Early Schools of Doña Ana County

A Survey Of The Need For A Program Of Safety Education In The Public Schools Of New Mexico, Elizabeth Sherbino

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to determine whether a need for safety education exists in New Mexico. In order to determine this need two types of information have been secured: first, that pertaining to the kinds of safety measures that have been instituted in the state down to the present time; second, the numbers of accidents, deaths, and injuries. These last have been arranged into types of causes in order to show and to determine if possible what steps might be taken to reduce this number.

School Revenue From The Oil Industry Of Lea County, Jesse B. Harwell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In this study the following questions will be investigated:

1. What is the history of the oil industry in Lea County

2. What are the constitutional and statutory bases of school revenue from the oil industry in New Mexico?

3. What has been the annual income, both direct and indirect from the oil industry in Lea County in 1927 to the school year 1937-1938?

a. What percent of the state's total revenue for each of these years has been from the oil industry of Lea County?

4. Is the oil industry of Lea County producing a satisfactory portion of school …

Extracurricular Activities In The Private Catholic Secondary Schools Of New Mexico, Francisco Sotomayor

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem undertaken in this study deals with the present status of the extracurricular activities in the private Catholic secondary schools of the state of New Mexico. The specific phases investigated are: (A) the type of organization of the schools studied; (B) the training of teachers in these schools; (C) the students organizations--nature, enrollment, and frequency of meetings; (D) the administration of extracurricular activities; (E) the control of these activities; (F) the nature of the credit carried by the activities; (G) the basis for organization of extracurricular activities; and (H) the method of supervising these activities.

The History Of Catholic Education In New Mexico Since The American Occupation, Louis Avant

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to turn back the pages of history to the dawn of the American occupation of New Mexico, with the subsequent arrival of the hero of Death Comes for the Archbishop, the Most Reverend J. B. Lamy, and to follow through, page by page, the unfolding drama of Catholic education to its climax in the inspired direction of that worthy successor of Lamy, the Most Reverend Rudolph Aloysius Gerken, D.D., present archbishop of Santa Fe.

A Study Of The Intra-County Distribution Of Certain Budgeted Current Expenditures In New Mexico Public Schools, George Rhyner Hunt

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to investigate the distribution of the county maintenance budgets among the school system of each county in relation to their respective educational needs as measured by the present formula used by the state at the present time for the same purpose. In this analysis it is proposed to consider only those items which represent more or less standard items of expense; items which should not be unduly affected by local conditions.

The County And City Superintendencies Of New Mexico: A Comparative Study, B.B. Mcalister

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is (1) to investigate the existing conditions in the county and municipal superintendencies of New Mexico with regard to study responsibility and financial responsibility, academic preparation and educational experience of the superintendents, salaries paid, opportunities of salary increases, turnover, term of contract, and opportunities offered by superintendents for advancement to more remunerative educational positions; (2) to compare the status of New Mexico superintendencies with that of other superintendencies of the United States and with the ideal status as recommended by authorities in the field of educational administration and supervision.

A Proposed Plan For The Reorganization Of The Rural Schools Seminole County, Oklahoma, In The Face Of Diminishing Revenues, Dale Rogers

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the Problem. It will be the purpose of this study to make a survey of the conditions existing in the schools of Seminole County, Oklahoma, at the present time, to make a survey of the conditions that existed before discovery of oil, to make as careful an analysis as possible of the existing factors which might show what conditions will exist in the future, and, from a consideration of these conditions, to formulate a proposed plan of organization that will enable these schools to continue to function at the present rate of efficiency after the revenue from oil …

Occupational Status Of High School Graduates, J. W. Drake

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In recent years there has been a feeling among some educators that the secondary school was failing to equip its graduates with any practical training, either as a preparation for courses of higher learning or for professions. One of the broad purposes of this study was to determine to what degree of the graduates of Fountain High School, Fountain, Colorado, have been able to cope with the economic and social conditions of life.

A Study Of The Teacher Placement Bureau Of The University Of New Mexico From 1929 To 1938, David H. Boyles

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In meeting the problem of securing qualified teachers in the past ten years New Mexico school administrators have shown a trend toward greater use of the institutional teacher placement bureaus. It is a purpose of this report to show to what extent the University is accepting the responbility of knowing the state's occupational needs, of selecting youth according to their abilities for fulfilling the varying needs, of aiding leaders in the field in making replacements and additions, of supplying adequate and proper preparation, of placing their graduates in positions, and of providing opportunities for their continued study and preparation.

A Study Of Non-Attendance In Miguel Hidalgo School Of Brawley, California, W. G. La Berge

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The majority of studies of non-attendance heve dealt with the entire student body of a school system where the pupils come from many racial or national groups with different economic, social, and cultural backgrounds. In studies where the same racial group was selected the physical environment or the social or economic status of the students differed widely. A wide field of study leaves many questions unanswered or problematical. It is the purpose of the author to confine this study to one racial group.

This is a study of non-attendance in Miguel Hidalgo elementary school where 95 per cent of the …

The Occupational Training Of High School Pupils, Helen Leona Thomas

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was (1) to consider the need of part-time occupational training for the youth of small communities; (2) to develop an interest and concern of the school authorities and citizens for the future of the youth; and (3) to present a part-time program of student training in the occupational setting for the small communities of Aztec and Farmington which will be valuable to students and business men.

Although the specific purpose of this report was to prepare a part-time cooperative training program for the small community, a consideration of other aspects of the problem must be …