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A Study Of The Personnel, Status, And Educational Activities Of The Negro Ministers Of Dallas, Texas, Clarence Henry Sanders

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The lack of seminary training is a definite handicap to a minister. In fact, upper and middle class Negroes depreciate the uneducated Negro preacher. Therefore, since they depreciate the common, uneducated Negro preacher, he is loosing his influence in the community. Ministerial candidates should also have an acquaintance with the social sciences and the problems of the family and the home. This is more desired than a head full of technical theology. The writer is of the opinion that the ministers who graduate from seminaries today show too little evidence of a good, thorough knowledge or understanding of human relations. …

A Diagnostic And Corrective Study Of Arithmetic In The Third, Fourth And Fifth Grades At La Margue Colored High School, Cecil L Davis Prince

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The Lyceum In New Orleans, 1840-1860, Mary Lucille Hamilton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to discover the extent and nature of the lyceum movement in the city of New Orleans during the period from 1840-1860 Specifically an attempt was made to answer such questions as:

1. What organizations fostered the lyceum?
2. What were the aims of these organizations?
3. Who were the lecturers?
4. What types of subjects had the greatest appeal?
5. To what extent was the lyceum popular with the people?

The thesis could logically fall into three divisions. The first part, composed of Chapter II, deals with the cultural background of New Orleans from 1840-1860. The second part, which …

Summer Recreational Facilities In Grand Forks, North Dakota, William W. Trushenski

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Redistricting On School Transportation Costs And Services In Itasca, Minnesota, David O. Demarais

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A Statistical Study Of Algebraic Vocabularies Found In Eight Ninth-Grade Algebra Textbooks, Edwin E. Kval

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The Poet At War., E. R. Hagemann

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The artist, whether he was novelist, poet, painter or essayist, was caught in the maelstrom of violence and destruction that was World War I. Conscription was employed in most nations participating in the War and the artist, with his accurate, discerning eye and his sensitivity, was destined to report the War as he actually saw it unfold before him. A great part of the creative activity these artists engaged in was an analysis and reportage of the years from 1914, to 1918. Before the Armistice had been signed on November 11, 1918, Henri Barbusse had published his indictment of war, …

A Study Of The Social Adjustment Of Schizophrenic Patients Following Electroshock Therapy., Lillian D. Morgan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to inquire into the social adjustment of patients admitted to the Louisville General Hospital in 1946, diagnosed as schizophrenic, treated there with electroshock therapy and subsequently discharged to their homes or to the Central State Hospital. Schizophrenia, as we know, is considered one of the most serious of personality disturbances and accounts for a high proportion of the admissions to mental hospitals. There are over 20,000 schizophrenics entering mental hospitals in the United States yearly. Prior to the use of convulsive therapy the prognosis for schizophrenic patients was regarded as poor, and no methods …

Milton's Religious Attitude In Samson Agonistes., Milton Gerald Miller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The criticism of Milton's Samson Agonistes has generally centered about interpretation of its autobiographical content and the interpretation of its classical form. The aim of this thesis is to show the relation of the inner, psychological form to the Puritan tradition. The biblical story from which Samson was derived, Judges 13-16, offers little to the scholar in understanding the psychological impetus of Samson. It is mainly a treatment of a pagan narrative demonstrating the snares inherent in trusting a woman with secrets. Samson finally regains his strength and pulls down the temple at Gaza and the narrative ends.

Meeting The Guidance Needs Of Youth In The Booker Washington School., Euela Gary Inghram

Student Work

The writer wishes to confess that this has been very difficult problem because certain factors in the overall picture of' the education of the Negro in the South make it almost impossible to rule out passion, not to mention subjectivity. In the responses of the students who filled out questionnaires have been found a number of answers that we should like to ignore. In about half of the instances these students have written, sometimes without invitation, their comments on the back of the mimeographed sheet.

Changes In The Duties And Procedures Of Jeanes Supervisors In Tennessee Resulting From The School Law Enacted By The 1947 General Assembly, Kathleen Mccadden Beeks

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

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A Study Of The Tax Levies Of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, Leo Durworth Osman

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No abstract provided.

The Technical Vocabulary Of Fourth Grade Geography Textbooks, Alton Lowell Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

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History Of The Minot State Teachers College, Agnes Mccorkell Stee

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The Malfeasanoe Of William Worth Belknap Secretary Of War, October 13, 1869, To March 2, 1876, Robert O. Prickett

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A Survey Of The Economical Status Of Fifty Negro Farmers In Leon County, Texas, Emiel Wade Owens

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To Determine some of the internal and external forces influencing the economical statue of the farmer in this area Also to give profitable possible solution to discovered problems.

To analyze the problem, resulted in the formation of the following questions. 1. What is the average size of studied farm families? 2. Of what percent of these families are Farm Owners? 3. What type of soil is dominant in the studies area? 4. What are the principal cash crops? 5. What is the relationship between area and net return? 6. What farm management practices are utilized in their daily farm operations? …

How Young Men Become Established In Farming In Tyler County, Texas, Jim Bob Mark

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This thesis is concerned with the general problem of how young men become established in farming.

Sitting For The Study: Due to the inability of young people to obtain positions in industrial and business pursuits, there were in 1936, "more than two million young people on farms who would, under pre-depression conditions, have migrated to the cities". This situation probably forced many persons to remain on farms, to produce feed, to work part-time away from farms for pay, or to take up farming as a full-time occupation. Many thousands of people are born on farms, are trained in that occupation …

The Development Of The Negro Chamber Of Commerce Movement In Texas, Reby Cary

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Purpose

The American Negro is becoming more organization conscious with each succeeding generation. A large number of organizations are founded as a means of protest against certain evils which the Negro believes should be combatted through group activity. Others are formed for social, religious, political, or economic improvement and have become a distinct and component part of our American heritage. However, it is interesting to note how the Negro has patterned certain organizations after those of whites and merely prefixed or suffixed the name of the group or organization with the word "Negro." It is with this imitated phase of …

A Tentative Guidance Program For The Kealing Junior High School Austin, Texas, Curtis Mcphaul Collins

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It is the purpose of this study to answer the following questions: 1. What is the plan of guidance organization in the Kealing Junior High school, Austin, Texas? 2. Is the guidance program integrated with the program of studies? 3. Is the program incidental or a vital part of the school life? 4. What guidance services are offered? 5. How is the study of pupil personnel conducted? 6. To what extent does the guidance program aid the pupil in the following: a. Orientating himself vocationally? b. discovering and developing special talents? c. developing hobby interests as training in worthy use …

An Error Analysis Of The Result Of An Achievement Test In English Given At Dunbar High School, Ferris, Texas, 1947-1948, Lucy Mae Mcdonald

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Today the American high schools are being called upon, as never before, for a greater efficiency and for a superior product. The growing enrollments, the rising cost of education, and the mounting criticisms that always occur following a war are causing the public schools to take stock of themselves. These schools are expected to be the source of that type of citizenry which is capable of coping with the problems of our rapidly changing society. Therefore our schools must know where they are going, must possess the means of getting there, and also must possess the instruments that can determine …

A Status Study Of Pupil Participation In School Control In Fourteen Accredited Negro High Schools Of Texas By The Southern Association Of Secondary Schools And Colleges, Luther Fredrick Tubbs

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Statement of Problem

There seems to be wide differences of opinion concerning the significance of social changes that are taking place in the public schools of Texas. Many adult citizens are not confident that the values of civilization which they now enjoy can be controlled and kept in existence. It is evident that when school people observe what is happening in the outside world and become cognizant of the obvious fear and confusion among grownups, they must realize that they must do all they can to prepare children to cope with the problems more effectively and with more enlightened leadership …

Improving The English Usage Of The Students Of Jarvis Christian College 1947-1948, Ora Lee Carey

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The main purpose of this study was to set up a workable program for improving the English usage of the students of Jarvis Christian College. This involves four minor problems: (1) to formulate methods for improving the English usage in written expression; (2) to arrange adequate opportunities for oral expression of both a formal and an informal nature; (3) to measure, if possible, the progress of students during the time the program has been in operation; and (4) to make recommendations for the adoption of the program for a period of four years, so as to be able to determine …

A Follow-Up Study Of Two Groups Of Home Economics Students Who Withdrew From Prairie View College Before Graduation: 1933 And 1943, Ruby Browne Harden

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It is generally agreed that the large numbers of students, who leave college without continuing until graduation, constitute one of the major problems confronting colleges today. Mary opinions have been expressed concerning the withdrawal of students. McNeeley says:

It has been claimed that from a financial point of view a high mortality in the freshman year is advantageous both to the student and the institution. The student by leaving in this year is saved the expense of continuing in college for a year or so longer when he will be eliminated whereas the institution is saved the cost of furnishing …

A Study Of Primary Techniques And Procedures With The View Of Improving Activities As Learning Situations For The First Grade In Douglass School, Lawton, Oklahoma, Charles Etta Owens Davis

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The main purpose of this study is to determine what purposeful activities might be carried on for the improvement of learning situations in the first grade of Douglass School, Lawton, Oklahoma. This involves four minor problems: 1. to show that activities develop good work and study habits: concentration, persistence, and orderliness; 2. to show that activities encourage self-expression, independent thinking and provide opportunities for the child to choose, to solve problems, and to form judgments; 3. to show that activities vary in kind and amount to fit individual differences; and 4. to determine what types of activities can best improve …

A Suggested Supervisory Program For The Improvement Of Learning And Teaching In The Luling Rosenwald School, Curtis Augustus Thomas

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This study is being made to determine the possibility of organizing a supervisory program in the Luling Rosenwald School so that the teachers and principal may be enabled to work more co-operatively in order that the quality of instruction may be improved. Emphasis will be placed upon both the quality of supervision and the quality of instruction necessary to meet the demands of our democratic school system.

This study becomes significant particularly because of three general changes that have occurred within the Luling Rosenwald school system within the last few years. The first of these changes is the increased enrollment. …

A Study Of The Development Of Education For Negroes In Walker County, John Roosevelt Powell

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The problem for study may be expressed in the form of one broad question followed by other questions touching on specific phases of the problem. The problem is rather broad in scope as it pertains to time because it extends over a period before the Civil War and the emancipation of the Negro through several periods, which are easily identified, following the war between the states. The problem to be dealt with is;

How has education for Negroes in Walker County developed? The solving of this problem is dependent upon answers to the following questions:

1. Were Negroes taught before …

An Experiment Conducted In Spelling Among The Prairie View Freshmen, 1947-48, Mae E. Shaw Henderson

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This experiment was conducted to determine the spelling ability of 1947-48 Prairie View Freshmen.

This experiment proposed to do two things: first, to make an analysis of spelling ability of 1947-48 Prairie View Freshmen; and secondly, to determine to what extent the spelling ability improved during the 1947-48 semester.

This experiment proposes to be analytical, thereby serving as a valuable source for the teachers interested in improving spelling skills and growth of Prairie View students.

No comparison is being made at this time of college freshmen spelling, because the writer could find no available standards from which to compare. This …

A Professional Investigation Of The Teachers Of The Booker T. Washington And The Lincoln High Schools Of Dallas, Texas, Billye E. Dade

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Statement of Problem

This problem is a study of the training, experience, teaching load, and subject combinations of the 67 teachers who filled out the questionnaire that the writer handed out in the two Negro high schools of Dallas, Texas. Primarily this study is to tell "what" and not "why." The following are the questions which the writer has attempted to discuss in order to determine the professional status of the teachers:

1. What is the academic status of the teachers?

2. To what extent do the teachers participate in professional activities?

3. How much teaching experience have the teachers …

Paul Laurence Dunbar's Treatment Of Plantation Life, Jennie Lucile Owens

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This thesis will deal with Paul Laurence Dunbar's treatment of plantation life. A background of the era of slavery and the post-slavery period is given to acquaint the reader with the institution of slavery and its aftermath, inasmuch as the literature which Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote portrays the life of the slave and of the freedman.

Chapter II relates the story of Dunbar's life and will serve to explain where most of his subject matter was derived. Chapter III deals primarily with Dunbar's poems in Negro dialect which depict life on the plantation.

The writer did an intensive study of …

A Comparative Study Of The Compulsory Attendance Laws Of The Southern States With Special Emphasis Upon The Attendance Laws Of Texas, Stella Mae Collins

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No abstract provided.