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The Influence Environment Has On Children, Gertrude Speed Brown

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When attempting to discuss environment and its influences we must first find out, What is environment? The immediate environment of the germ-plasm is the body that bears it. The principal environment of embryo or fetus is the uterus and body of the mother. After birth, environment is that portion of the world at large in which the individual lives and moves and has his being.

In general, environment can preserve and develop, or damage and destroy, but seems unable to create. An expectant mother who, knowing that neither she nor her husband had any musical talent determinedly spent hours every …

The Influence Of Emerson Upon Walt Whitman, Mary E. Brennan

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Contractual And Administrative Principles In School Property Insurance, B. F. Stevens

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A Survey Of The Teaching Of International Relations In The Secondary Schools Of North Dakota, Thomas P. Redmond

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The Growth And Decline Of Incorporated Farm Trade Centers In North Dakota 1900-1930, Jesse Chester Korthal

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Lowell As A Critic Of Poetry, Agnes Scott Oliver

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History And Development Of The Jasper Negro High School 1875 To 1935 At Jasper, Texas, J. H. Rowe

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Since we "began our work here In 1924, we have been asked many times by persons In various parts of the state end out of the state Just how we have done what we have in a community lite this, which is almost wholly rural, where the colored people own such little and apparently are illiterate and so indifferent to educational progress. Supervisors from the Department of Education in Texas and from Prairie View State College have visited us from time to time and have inquired "How did you do it?" Field agents from the General Education Board and the …

A Study Of The Food Habits Of A Group Of Five Pre-School Children, Katie Sparrow

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It is very necessary that the most desirable food habits of the child be formed during the pre-school years for children are so utterly helpless during the first years of life that the importance of good health at this time is quite generally appreciated, and it is at this age the problem of the development of good food habits plays its most important part.

Later care and training can never take the place of painstaking and constructive body building through proper and well regulated food habits.

Every child should have established within him the fundamental, and by far the most …

Negro Adult Education In Harris County, Jesse Williams

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It is the purpose of this thesis to show that there was a general demand for Adult education in Harris County during the pre-war days. Further that the school authorities thought that Harris County should take a leading part in reducing illiteracy. Prior to this time, no provision had been made for pupils who dropped out of school, many of whom were gainfully employed, but who were lacking inefficiency. Those in authority felt that since the Houston plan of government was decidedly democratic it was their duty to provide opportunities for those who could not attend during the regular hours …

The Establishing Of Youth In Control Of Our Social Destinies, Irena Dair Bivings

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My purpose in selecting this particular subject for a thesis is to discuss a matter that has in recent years received an extraordinary amount of attention. No problem, or set of problems, with the possible exception of those relating to war and peace, has been the occasion of more general discussion and debate than the problem of youth.

Recently I have had occasions to read no end of articles in current magazines and periodicals dealing with various phases of this subject. The problem of youth is by no means new. In fact, it is as old as the world itself. …

A Survey Of Food Habits Of Twenty Negro Families Of The Community Of La Grange, Texas 1934-1935, Ada Mae Moore

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The purpose of this study Is to learn a few facts about the community; to examine the records if there be any, and to make a survey of the community. The word "survey" means gathering and systematizing a great mass of information concerning the living habits of the people of this community, and to make a study of all the related factors that make for or against its happiness and proper prosperity. It Includes such topics as the extent of the general and school population, the sanitary conditions in the individual homes and the district, the prevailing methods of home …

Suggested Program For Teaching Health In The First Grade At Orange, Texas, Bessie M. Bradley

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Health is primarily a matter of education and essentially a function of school education. The progress of the child in school depends directly upon his physical condition. The child who is undernourished, or who does not observe the practices of exercise, sleep, rest, cleanliness, and other personal habits essential to physical vigor lags in his mental progress and repeats his grades. Not only does he suffer individually, but he becomes an increased economic burden to the community School administrators, then, even if they were interested to the intellectual progress of their pupils, would be deeply concerned with pupils' physical health …

A Study Of The Freshman Written Composition Of Prairie View Students For The School Year 1933-1934, Annie J. Barlow Simmons

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The problems of this study center around Freshman written composition of Prairie View College for the school year 1933-1934. The Chief concern was to determine the prevailing types of errors found in sentence structure and the smaller elements of composition; to determine this cause; to determine whether the topics are those which students prefer to write about.

The quality of work done by Freshman students of Prairie View warrants that definite steps be taken in this direction. The results of English composition teaching are generally unsatisfactory. As a result, the Head of the English Department has made strenous efforts toward …

A Study Of The Extra-Curricular Activities Of Redland County Training High School Tyler, Texas, Czarina V. Smilie

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The purpose of the education of today is to give to society an individual who not only has an accumulation of facts, ideals aptitudes but who also has worthy habits which have been developed by practice and who has chosen wisely a vocation by which he is able to support himself, end who is able to take his place in the existing state of affairs and contribute to the future development of the civilization which he contacts.

There was a time when one's education was judged by the number of facts he had memorized and not upon his ability to …

A Study Of Leisure Reading Of The Summer School Graduating Class At Prairie View College 1935, Edna Lee Sewell Mack

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Reading is a subject of major importance. Educators are more concerned than ever about the reading being done by college students. Studies are being made from the following angles to determine what to read, how to read, when to read, and how much to read. It is an indispensible task for for every educated man or woman to perform.

This thesis is a report of a study of reading done by the summer school graduating class on Prairie view College campus, 1935.

The chief problem was to analyze reading done by the seniors and to offer incentive to stimulate a …

Constructive Activities For Hobbies And Leisure Time Enjoyment For The Adolescents, Flossie Eless Bradford

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This thesis aims to be a practical guide for the developing of hobbles and leisure time enjoyment for the adolescent. A wide variety of conditions have been considered, Including why they are necessary, benefits to be derived by the practice of such, and present significance of activities. Hie hobbies and leisure time enjoyments advocated have been selected from many sources. The classification and arrangement of the hobbles and leisure time enjoyment have been made with the steadfast purpose of putting them into the most useable form. In short, this thesis aims to bring together all activities that an adolescent may …

Some Benefits Derived From Extra-Curricular Activities, Emma J. Mckinney

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At the present time there is an intense interest in the curricular and extra-curricular standpoints. Educators on nearly every hand are realizing the importance of giving the young people of today a fourfold development, namely, an intellectual, physical, spiritual and social development. We note that at one time the social, and spiritual needs were provided for in the regular curriculum. Some authorities feel that extracurricular activities contribute more to the spiritual and social development of pupils then any other phase of the school program.

Extra-curricular activities may be defined as "those legitimate activities not provided for in that portion of …

Instructional Problems Confronting The Primary Teacher In The Longview Public Schools, Era Marie Mosely

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Probably never before in the history of the Longview Public schools have the primary teachers shown so much interest in the profession of teaching, or have they been so concerned with understanding their work in its social, professional and instructional aspects. The growth of the city, due to the recent discovery of the great oil field and increased community interests, have all contributed to this desirable awakening. The most important element, however, has been the new interest in education itself. Public education, as a result, has been dignified as a city wide interest and service to a degree never before …

Provisions For The Improvement Of The Prairie View Training School Library, Evis La Fay Biggins

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This study was performed to list and describe activities for improvement of the Prairie View Training School Library in the light of the use made of an ideal school library. It is my aim, too, to show the similarity and variance of an adequate school library with the Prairie View Training School Library.

It is hoped that the information gathered and presented will be useful in guiding those who care or are interested in improving the service rendered by the Prairie View Training School Library.

The Status Of Home Economics In Brazos County, Texas, Imogene A. Sharpe

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This thesis is written for the purpose of acquainting the readers with home economic achievements in Brazos County, Texas (particularly among Negroes) and to suggest methods of improving the instruction and application to promote better home making. Home Economics shall be discussed as outlined in the state course of study bulletin number 302 which has for its aim the development of those ideals which make for better home making and home life. Also the main aspects as embraced or treated by extension service which has for its aim the improvement of rural homes from an economical, healthful, comfortable and attractive …

An Experiment In The Use Of Home Economics Objective Tests, Josie Brown Williams

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The writer of this thesis deals with three types of schools that are being granted subsidy and supervised by the State Department of Home Economics in Texas. The experiments herein are based upon tests written and published by a group of graduate students at Columbia University in 1932 and were revised by the writer to the form used in this study. It is hoped that these tests will present a practical use of them for Homemaking students and teachers. Home Economics at the present time ranks in the curriculum with any High School subject, whereas, many years ago it was …

Ways Of Raising School Funds In Harris And Washington Counties, Julius L. Wilburn

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Unlimited studies have been made in relation to the education of Begroes in rural communities but few have investigated the men of raising school funds in the rural. It Is the purpose of this study to present facts regarding some of the more important phases of raising school funds in rural communities, some of the more important phases are: 1. Extended services and community relationships. 2. Function of the school In relation to community affairs. 3. Program given for the purpose of raising school fends in rural schools. Despite the fact that In the last two decades m have witnessed …

Health Program In Hebert High School, Laverna C. Smith

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The health education program in any school should have for its primary aim the development of knowledge, habits, and attitudes which will help pupils to live happily and successfully. Usually, children's interest in health is so limited that it requires adult supervision and guidance to establish in them correct health habits, practices, and attitudes toward health. The lack of interest in the health program is due to both the teachers and pupils not knowing and understanding the value of health and not knowing its importance with regard to one's capacity to live. From early civilization, we find magic, charms, spirits, …

Eating, Sleeping And Eliminative Habits Of Infants And Pre-School Children, Leoma Dellee Williams

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Until recent years, parents have thought little about habit formation and its importance in the lives of young children. Habit formation for young children centers about such processes as elimination, eating, sleeping, dressing, and playing. These habits are of importance in physical and social growth, and "growing—up" Implies the acquiring of them. From birth, until they are well established, they constitute the axis of every child's daily program. If parents would only stop and think of the time and energy that they could save through the early training of good habits, I am sure they would consider it well worth …

Disease In Lafayette County, Mississippi, As Shown By The Records Of The Emergency Relief Administration, Emily Brannon Whitehurst

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Grant's Attempt To Get San Domingo, Johnnie Corrigan

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A Survey Of The Woody Plants Of A Selected Area In Osage Township Allen County Kansas, French Booher

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This paper contains the results of studies of the woody plants of a selected area in Osage township, Allen county, Kansas, during the spring, summer, and fall of 1934 and spring of 1935. The area is two miles long and approximately three hundred yards wide, located in the northeastern part of Allen county about three miles east of Mildred, Kansas. In making this survey the writer has attempted to identify and classify the woody plants, namely the trees, shrubs, and vines.

Hawthorne's American Note-Books, Helen Catherine Movius

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Legal Aspects Of Bid Procedure In The Awarding Of School Contracts, Ray L. Stern

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The Historical Development And Settlement Of The North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Controversy, L. A. Guthridge

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The purpose of this study is to trace is to historical events covering more than a century of controversy between the governments of Great Britain end the United ted States over the North Atlantic Fisheries, with the view of discovering the cause or causes of the very heated misunderstandings that at times all but precipitated war between the two nations. And, finally, to give an account of the peaceable settlement of all the differences by the sensible means of arbitration.