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"Flexibility Of Athletes And Non-Athletes In George Washington Carver High School, Mcgregor, Texas", Robert Lee Meaderis

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This thesis presents a comprehensive study of muscle flexibility in athletes and non-athletes, male and female, in the George Washington Carver High School of McGregor, Texas.

The writer agrees that it is too much to expect that, in these days of rapid development of specialized content, a single thesis, even a large one, can deal adequately with the total number of physical fitness areas connected with muscle flexibility in voluntary and involuntary flexibility.

"Flexibility and range of movement of the joints are basic to skill in body action.

"It is impossible to state how much flexibility is desirable, principally because …

Properties And Applications Of Rational Functions, Thomas Jefferson Washington

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One who works in pare and applied mathematics must inevitably face the problem of working with rational functions. This paper deals with several properties and applications of rational functions.

The problems will be discussed in the following manner. Firstly, several definitions and theorems on polynomials from Algebra and Theory of Equations are stated. Secondly, zeros and poles of rational functions are discussed. Thirdly, a rather general theorem relative to the integration of rational function is discussed. Fourthly, differentiation of rational function is discussed. Fifthly, some of the theorems above will be applied to special problems.

The Effect Of Automation On Job Opportunities, Tommie Lola Brown

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The intense concern of workers with the effect of automation on jobs began as early as 1912 when an article by Robert Johnstone Wheeler, now a resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, appeared in the Industrial Review magazine.

Showing the number of hand blowers was dropping steadily as more automatic machines were installed in glass bottle manufacturing plants, Wheeler also described the economic effects of this displacement of workers.

"The automatic machine takes no apprentices," he wrote. "It does not eat or wear anything. It has no wife or children to support."

"Who will buy its products in the coming years when …

A Study Of Farm Water Supply And Uses In The Southeast Section Of East Texas, W. L. Singletary

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Springs, running streams, wells, rivers, and lakes still suffice to furnish us with water, but for years, the writer has been concerned about the indication of a lack of an abundant supply of water on the farms of the southeast section of East Texas. The writer noticed that the majority of the farms do not have watering systems for livestock, irrigation or convenient water locations for crops, nor running water in houses for human use and personal consumption. Observant indications are that unsanitary springs, big creeks, and tanks still serve as sources of the water supply on numerous farms in …

A Survey Of The Methodology For Evaluating The Counseling Outcomes, Arreader Premeaux Guidry

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The purpose at this study is to discover some of the problems associated with assessing counseling outcomes, to study some of the methods used in evaluating counseling results and to discover the criteria employed in evaluating counseling results.

Most specifically, the purpose is to discover criteria employed in evaluating counseling results.

Many studies have been recorded that deal with assessing the counseling interview as a technique as well as the outcomes of counseling.

While these studies throw much light on evaluation of the counseling outcomes, none has attempted to set forth in a systematic and composite way the criteria by …

Enriching Or Extending The Classroom Environment By Educational Travel, John Anna Wells

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The environment of the modern classroom is moving rapidly from a relatively new culture of the classroom to a curriculum which involves cooperative relationships with home and community. It is difficult to determine, operate and maintain a curriculum in a relatively stable era, but the problems are multiplied in a time when changes are so rapid that even the teachers are confused. It is the job of the school, along with other educative agencies, to prepare the children of today to adjust themselves to the changing conditions.

Teachers and curriculum makers have a definite responsibility for attacking problems, both economic …

Taxes And Slavery In Texas, 1845-1860, Marcus Antonio Freeman Jr.

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The ultimate purpose of this study is to bring forth the taxation question on slavery, showing its total significance to the economy of Texas. In the attempt to do this certain questions are formulated. Was property in slaves valuable as a source of taxable wealth? What was the pattern of law governing the taxation of this property? How did the taxable value of slaves compare with other tax valuations in Texas during this period 1845-1860? What proportions of the taxes was represented by slave property? Does a relationship exist between property in slaves and occupations of a given region?

The …

Responsibilities Assumed By Some Junior High School Youth In The Purchase And Care Of Their Clothes, Julia M. Levy

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The desire for distinction and recognition of accomplishment is very human and is expressed in various ways. According to Evans (15:3), one of the most common ways of expressing this desire is through the wearing of clothes. Studies have shown that in normal times, a family of moderate income spends from 12 to 15 percent of its income on clothing. From this total, stated Andrews (1:379, the average twelve-year-old is apportioned approximately 17 percent. Today, after many years of relative insignificance children's clothing has taken an important place in research, and each year the freedom granted the younger generation reaches …

Alexander Pope: Origins Of Personal Literacy Criticisms In Selected Works, Addie Pear Cavil Owens

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Often a definitive explanation of a writer is to be found in the best works he has written, or in those works, in which at the very touch, in a greater or lesser degree, vividly portray the personality he verily is. But this study seeks to find the work in the man.

There is much belief that Alexander Pope did permit his personal feelings to dictate his literary criteria found in his works. Possibly, this called forth the fullness of the power of Alexander Pope as a literary genius of his age. But to be sure that Pope's literary criticisms …

The Problem Of Economic Instability, Peggy Ruth Love

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Fluctuations in the general output of the economy, have for many years absorbed the interests of the world's best economists. Many theories and e been advanced to explain the causes of and remedies for fluctuations in the economy. All of them have some merit yet most suffer from oversimplified explanations of the operation of industrial economies. She elements of this thesis are concerned with a discussion of forces that may produce or accentuate changes in the level of economic activity. Among other things, this thesis will show why simple explanations, though they may focus attention on factors that in some …

The Utilization Of Available Facilities For The Improvement Of Living Conditions In Rose Hill Community, Jasper County, Mississippi, Willia Aurora Hester

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The importance of improving the living conditions in the Rose Hill community, Jasper County, Mississippi, can not be overstressed. In any society the standards of living should of necessity be raised as civilization advances. All factors which affect the use of available facilities for the improvement of a community should be analyzed in the light of present day needs. The use of household appliances which improve living conditions in the home should be studied in order to determine what is needed to make home life desirable to the youth of the present period. There are many signs which point toward …

A Study Of Cyncism In Selected Novels Of Ernest Hemingway Including Reactions Of The Critics, Bessye Luise Downs

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When Ernest Hemingway was awarded, for The Old Man and the Sea, the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, the members of the board of directors in Stockholm agreed that Hemingway had long been a top contender for the prize. Readers and critics alike, perhaps, had considered many of his works worthy of such honor, and it was not surprising that The Old Man and the Sea garnered that honor. However many have wondered at that unspoken and possibly intangible "something" behind Hemingway's failure to win the prize with previous works. Many suggestions have been made as to the nature …

Musical Experiences In Auditory Training, Bettye Jeanne Young

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Music is fundamental! in the education of every child. Great philosophers and educators of all times nave recognized its importance. Aristotle saw in music not only enjoyment, relaxation, and recreation, but also release from the tension of disturbed emotional states, and incentive to the positive development of character. Plato believed that through music, rhythm and harmony find their way into the innermost soul and become a part of the personality.

Music merits support and encouragement in the school program equal to that given any other subject or area of experience. It is neither a fad or frill but represents one …

"A Follow-Up Study Of The Occupational Pursuits Of Participants In 4-H Club Work In Okmulgee County, Okmulgee, Oklahoma From 1940 To 1955", D. P. Lilly

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The 4-H Club program has been far-reaching in developing youth. Some two million other 4-H' ers join Okmulgee County 4-H Club members when they say, "I Pledge:

My head to clearer thinking,

My heart to greater loyalty

My hands to larger service and

My health to better living for,

My club, my community, and my country."

This motto which is learned by most 4-H club members and is said in the ritualistic opening of all 4-H meetings is soon to become a vital part in the molding of a club member's personality.

In most instances, the sheer delight and satisfaction …

Factors Associated With Absenteeism At Prairie View Elementary School, Helen Smoot Arnold

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BACKGROUND FOR THE STUDY

A multiplicity of reasons are advanced by teachers, parents, pupils, and persons connected with or interested in the schools to account for the incidence of absenteeism among pupils in the elementary schools throughout the country. It is the purpose of this study to determine what factors are associated with absenteeism at the Prairie View Elementary School and to suggest actions that can be taken by the school to reduce the Incidence of absenteeism. To this end, the following three questions are fundamental:

1. Who are the chronic absentees?

2. What factors have these pupils in common …

"The Relationship Between Number Work And First Grade Children's Social Development", Jeanette Willie Ann Dorsey

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Education has for Its aim learning how to live, and children have to be taught how to live. They have to be taught the "why" of real living. Teaching must be effective if adjustments are to be adequately made and the learner is to become a well-adjusted personality. There must be ways and means in teaching numbers which will contribute meaning and vitality to social and effective living.

It should be the desire of each teacher of our future citizens, to keep in touch with the modem trends in education and experiment with the use of various methods with a …

A Historical Study Of 4-H Club Work In Texas, George L. Smith Jr.

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This study has been prepared as partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Science in Agriculture. It is the result of an effort by the writer to present to future agricultural education and agriculture extension students of Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College a complete history of the 4-H Club beginning, and its development in Texas since that beginning. Heretofore, the writing on 4-H Club Work has been limited to the individual counties of Texas. In no sense does the writer imply complete originality in material, for much of it has been taken from references with proper acknowledgment being …

A Suggested Program Of Pupil Personnel Accounting Practices For The Dunbar High School In Mineral Wells, Texas, Wheeler Hardeway

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The purpose of this study has been to develop a suggested program of pupil personnel accounting practices and procedures suitable for use in Dunbar High School, Mineral Wells, Texas. To this effect, the problem has necessarily involved the study of (1) the historical development of pupil personnel accounting, (2) present trends of development, and (3) information regarding accounting practices and procedures in a select group of schools.

This study has been confined to an analysis of data on (1) the historical development of pupil personnel accounting, (2) informational questionnaires distributed among fifteen schools with varied enrollments, and (3) the generally …

Spermatogenesis In The Mole Cricket, Shelly R. Ross

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This investigation was begun with a two-fold purpose. One, to determine and follow successively the developmental stages of the germ cells in the mole cricket and second, to compare the results of this investigation with the findings of others who have observed and determined the germ cell stages in other closely related animals.

A Survey Of The Conservation Practices Of Fifty Negro Farmers In Lavaca County, Texas, Azee Caldwell

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Purpose of the Study

To determine the conditions, internal and external which affect the farming programs, and to what extent the farmers in the area studied are participating or took advantage of the soil conservation practices available to them.

To acquaint the readers of this report with the serious erosion problems of our most important resource and suggest plans or solutions to the problems that are discovered.

Statement of the Problem

To determine the relationship of the problems discovered, to the soil conservation practices used in this type of farming program with respect to analyzing the following: 1. Age, number …

A Proposed Plan To Improve Farm And Family Living Based On A Survey Of Fifty Farm Families In Fort Bend County, Texas, Georgiana Archer Thomas

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Farm and home life has been designed to help people cope with closely related rather than specific problems on the farm. An efficiently operated farm business should provide comfortable and pleasant living conditions, adequate food and feed for the farm needs, cash income and financial security for the home life. In light of the previous statement, it is believed that the farm families should have as their goal; to provide a better living and improve their farm operations.

Operating a farm involves careful planning and many decisions which are more or less integrated and at the same time interdependent. To …

An Historical Study Of The Lower Colorado River Authority And Its Effect On The Farming Programs In Travis County, Texas, Morris James Crawford

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The valley of the Colorado River has been one of the more important areas of Texas Agricultural Production for generations. But, like the lands of most of the state, waste of topsoil, erosion, poor water absorption and improper farming methods have resulted in thousands of acres being unproductive each year. The conservation and reclamation of the natural resources of the area are essential to the continued economic well-being of the area.

Generally the Authority's program has been set up with two goals in mind: first to induce the farmers to adopt soil conservation practices; and second, to improve the technological …

An Economic Study Of The Farming System Of Fifty Farmers Of Rusk County, Texas, Booker T. Hill

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How simple the farmers' problem would be if there were no such things as change in the world, no changes in soils, cultural practice, markets, population, birth rates, and a thousand other things. But, the principal fact the farmer faces, is that all these things do change. These have been enormous changes in a comparatively few years and he has had to adjust himself to them. For instance, in 1920, farmers had to feed a total population of 105 million people ( excluding exports for populations abroad) now about the same number of farmers feed over 150 million here.

"The Use Of Agricultural Credit Facilities By Fifty Negro Farmers Of Hopkins County, Texas", Bishop Benjamin Curry Jr.

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Farming as a competitive business has become acre and more dependent u^on capital to make full use of other factors of production--land, labor, and management. The wise use of capital may result in a net return that will provide progressive improvement in the farmer*s business operations and standard of living.

Borrowing capital for productive purposes is a normal practice and is followed in all business enterprises, The farmer, who has the ability to use productively more capital than he owns, should borrow; and certain institutions have been developed to meet his needs. The ultimate source of funds loaned is the …

A Survey Of The Housing Needs Of Selected Homemakers In The Patronage Area Of Bragg Morris High School, Lindale, Texas, Myrtle Thomas Mcclellan

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This study was undertaken to determine the housing needs of homemakers in the patronage area of the Bragg Morris School, Lindale, Texas. It was designed: (1) to learn the needs for space and equipment in the homes by determining the kinds and scope of activities carried on in homes, and the kinds of possessions which required storage, (2) to find out the preferences of the numbers for the locations of activity areas and for some features of construction.

Certain recent influences on present-day trends in home building have been recognized as well as the economic factors involved. The writer planned …

A Study Of 4-H Clubs In Brazos County With Recommendations For Meeting The Needs Of Youth In A Democracy In Brazos County, Texas, Fannie J. Taylor

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Today's youths are the most important persons in America. They are important because the present-day youths are "builders of America of tomorrow." One thing that determines the type of "builders" they become, though, is depended upon the kind of leadership they receive today. The kind of leadership they receive from various organizations to which they belong is an important factor. One such organization that can play a big role in helping youth to take his place tomorrow is the 4-H Club organization. The 4-H Club can only do its part by realizing that in the development of youth—good leadership has …

The Effects Of Emulsion Of Four Species Of Acorns On The Germination Of Radish Seeds, Hattye Delores Palmer Owens

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Work with plants, seeds, juices, stems and roots had been done by many persons in the field. Among these were Lucas and Lewis who had worked with the roots of plants; Sanders and Weatherwax who worked with the juices of plants; Little and Grubarcgh who worked with the juices of plants; Cheng, Cheng, Cheng and Tong who worked with solutions of the water chestnut; Rogues who worked with leaves.

Unpublished literature concerned with a study of the inhibitory effects of acorns against radish seeds, undertaken by members of the Department of Natural Sciences at Prairie View A & M College, …

A Philosophical Study Of The Pro's And Con's Of Little League Baseball For Boys, Cecil Augustus Phillips

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In the year, 1939, from humble beginnings, Little League Baseball, an organizational program of baseball for boys, designed to fit the physical and mental capacities of boys under 12 years of age, was introduced to the male youth of America. This young, vibrant program has mushroomed from its beginning in the year, 1939, to a vast international network of leagues numbering about 3,500, extending throughout the United States and many of our foreign countries.¹ The program in foreign countries, has been very slow in its beginning; however, the interest and participation in those countries have increased very rapidly. In …

A Proposed Plan For Supervised Farming In The Austin County High School Sealy, Texas, Finus 0. Tyler

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The writer hopes to give the situation and some facts related to the boyfs supervised farming programs at the Austin County High School in Sealy, Texas, With these facts and resources give a proposed plan for better-supervised farming programs based on the individual needs and with what the boys have to work.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The problem in vocational agriculture at the Austin County High School in Sealy, Texas is that of building supervised farming programs that will provide opportunities for boys to become established in farming.

JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM

Vocational agriculture has been taught at the Austin …

A Survey To Evaluate Certain Proposed Types Of Leadership Training Activities By Negro Rural Community Leaders In Union County, Arkansas, Elisha Earl Wheeler

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The objective of this study was to determine insofar as possible, and feasible whether practical differences of opinion appeared to exist among rural leaders in Union County Arkansas with respect to relative importance of certain types of proposed leader training activities. More specifically, this study proposed (1) to evaluate certain types of proposed leader training activities in terms of felt needs of rural leaders in order to carry out the total extension program successfully, and (2) to determine and present certain characteristics of rural leaders, such as farming status, age and amount of formal school training.

This study involved present …