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An Experiment In Educating Emotionally Disturbed Children, Shirley Anne Percy

Honors Theses

After years of uncertainty, there is now widespread interest in the emotionally disturbed child in the schools. This change suggests that educators now see the disturbed child as an exceptional child, a handicapped child in need of special attention and assistance.

While the delineation of responsibility between school, home, and mental health agency is not yet well defined, it is as if the schools are now saying, "We are not quite clear about what other agencies intend to do, but we intend to do whatever seems appropriate and feasible in the school setting."

Several recent events have apparently contributed to …

A Study Of Transfer Students On Academic Probation, Marty Mcdonald

Honors Theses

This is a continued study of transfer students begun by an Honors Seminar fro the Fall semester, 1969. The transfers entered Ouachita on academic probation of suspension from other schools. The study covers the years from Fall, 1966--August, 1969. It was suggested that a study be conducted to determine whether Ouachita's acceptance scale helped the probationary students achieve an acceptable grade average.

A Survey Of String Programs In The Texas Public Schools, Dennis Lee Bell

OBU Graduate Theses

Orchestras suffered considerably during and immediately after the second World War. The rise of military bands and school bands overshadowed the efforts in developing a well-rounded music curriculum of instrumental music in the public school. However, the trend is now reversed. As a shortage of string players for the symphony orchestras become apparent, a move was initiated to provide training in the public schools for students who wished to play string instruments. With the rise of more American composers, conductors, and symphony players, interest increased in string programs and they began to grow.

The purpose of the survey was to …