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Architectural Plans And Specifications For A Modern Home, Ira D. Franklyn Wesley

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Mr.Ira D.Wesley of Dallas in the county of Dallas and state of texas. These specifications relating to a set of drawings attached consisting of 1.Plan of foundation 2.Plan of first floor 3.Plan of detail 4.Plan of elevations. Detailed working drawings to be furnished as required, all of which are a part herewith, and are to be considered as such, with any contract that may be made. INTERPRETATION OF DRAWINGS.-For arrangement of floors, general finish, and measurements reference must be made to the drawings. Should, however, any difference appears between the scale measurements and the figures, or between the wording of …

A Program Planned For Physical Development Of Children In Library School Newton County, Newton, Texas Grades One And Two, Hattie A. Mcguire

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Joyous abounding health Is the physical condition that men have always desired and for which they have prayed. Such a condition Implies completeness and soundness of body, which means the absence of disease and infection and the normal functioning of every organ and power. Health is one problem that has forced itself upon the attention of the nation snd each separate community and family in recent years. The health of the community and family depends upon the health of the individual, and for this reason, great educational campaigns have been undertaken to instruct ovary one in personal and public hygiene. …

Suggested Teaching Procedures For The Primary Grades Of The Hebert High School, Hattie Mae Blanks

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The extent to which children will succeed or fail in school is determined by the type of beginning they have in school. It is therefore important that beginners have a beginning that will serve as a good foundation for the upper elementary grades. In view of these obligations to the child, it is necessary that all teachers of primary grades interest themselves in curricula development and program making. "Today education is accepted as being the complete socialization of the individual." We no longer expect the pupil to get something definite from school, such as we would go to the store …

An Observation Of The Growth And Development Of Five Children Of Various Ages Of The W.P.A. Nursery School At Austin, Texas, Jessie T. Murray-Mosby

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The purpose of this study was to determine the fundamental daily activities of eating, sleeping, playing elimination, keeping clean and suitably clothed; and to correlate between children observed and findings in literature.

The nursery school or pre-school In the W.P.A. Nursery School is the child from one to five years of age. Educationally this has been called the most neglected period of child life. Also, educationally, the child receives no attention as it is assumed to be too young to be educated or attend school. Most of the mothers leave early mornings for work only to return about noon or …

Induced Intestinal Obstruction In The Dog, Roy E. Brooks Jr.

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The purpose of this problem was to produce experi­mental obstruction in the dog in such a manner that all symptoms of the condition as manifested in man will be present in the experimental animal, in order to colla­borate the results of the author with those found by other workers on the same problem.

A Case History Of Pickard High School, Brenham, Texas, Armye Jones Harrison

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It is the problem of this thesis to discover the extent to which educational services are rendered available to the Negro population of Washington and adjoining counties by Pickard High School. This problem involves the consideration of the structure of the school so as to determine the personnel and the machinery through which it performs its functions. An attempt at an analysis of educational functions is made to determine how much the services of the school are rendered to those outside of its jurisdiction.

The objectives of this study may be stated as follows: To discover some of the basic …

The Source Of Milk Supply For The Kraft-Phenix Cheese Plant At Grapeland, Texas, Maurice Eugene Lyons

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This study is made with the intention of acquainting the farmers in the Southern half of Anderson County and those in the Northern half of Houston County with the possibilities of Dairying as a major or as a minor enterprise. This territory is bounded on the west by the Trinity River and on the east by the Neches River. The Southern boundary is State Highway 21 extending from the two rivers and the Northern being State Highway 43 extending from river to river.

Within this territory many running streams may be found because of the rolling topography of the land. …

Analysis Of Reading Instruction In The Primary Grades Of Union Academy Near Palestine, Texas, Onie Daniels Scales

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Union Academy is situated seven miles north of Palestine, Texas on Frankston County Highway. The community, New Chapel, consists of approximately one hundred families. This is a typical example of rural social structure where individuals are actively engaged in agricultural pursuits.

In surveying the homes of the school patrons, it was found that three groups exist: namely, the home owner, the renter, (the man who owns his mules, horses, cows, hogs, chickens, household furnishings and car) and the tenant farmer who looks to the landlord for every thing. There are many evidences here that rural life is "rooted" to an …

Speech Defects In The First Grade Washington High School Wichita Falls, Texas, Ora L. Singleton

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This Thesis is chiefly concerned with the period of the child's life from five to nine. (Children of the first grade come withinthis age range.) It is chiefly interested in speech charachteristics and defects of these children and corrective procedures for the same.

The sources of data for the study were, books, by authorities on speech, Teacher's magazines, State Course of study, personal investigation, other teachers, and observation.

By research and investigation the writer found that most authorities agree on the following points: the average first grade child comes to school with certain language powers, gained from his preschool environment; …

Common Errors Both Spoken And Written In The Globe Hill Community, Veoria Mcneil-Leigh

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This report has been prepared, first, to determine the errors both written and oral in the English of the Globe Hill school and community of Giddings, Lee County, Texas; Second, after finding definitely what these errors were, to correct these errors; Third, to work out a method by which the people of this community will develop an appreciation for correct English and a distaste for incorrect English; Fourth, to foster the habit, of not only speaking and writing correctly, but of seeking through standard, dictionaries and other resources to know what is correct; Fifth, to foster the English aim: English …

A Study Of The Influence Of Animal Units In The Farm Program, Van Buren Mcclellan

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Dairying ranks among the leading agricultural industires of the United States, and has for some time been part of the program of diversification which has been in progress in many areas where one crop formerly characterized the agricultural system.

As a group, dairy products include many items; milk, cream, butter, ice cream, condensed milk, evaporated milk, powdered milk, and cheese all being counted. Milk production is not only the most profitable branch of agriculture, but also the best organized. The distribution of fluid milk for human consumption, together with the manufacture of the balance into milk products, has developed into …

A Study Of The Sanitary Conditions Of The Home Environment Of The Smithland District Children With A Planned Program For Improvement, Leonia M. Smith

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When we think of the study of the sanitary conditions of the home environments of Smithland District children we have in mind a careful regard for cleanliness. No field of education within the last two years has shown more originality and vitality than that of health studies. We have as much right to demand physical fitness as intellectual and moral fitness. So often the children of the Smithland District come to school when they are physically unfit to study. More attention should be given to the absences of children from school; a high percent of absences in a given school …

The Teaching Of Arithmetic In The Primary Grades, In The Allen School Of Corrigan, Texas, Linnie Beatrice Mcqueen

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Corrigan is situated in Polk County on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Phis community is somewhat hilly and surrounded "by large wooded areas. It consists of black and sandy soil. About three-fourths of the people own their homes and farms; however, there are a few tenant farmers. One-half of the homes are modern with running water and electric lights. The streets are also lighted. The chief source of income is from working in a sawmill, some of the people work on the cotton farms and others on truck farms. The raising of tomatoes is the sort of agricultural development that means …

Cerebral Complications Following Ligation Of The Carotid Artery., Robert W. Lockhart

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For a considerable period of time,ligation of the carotid artery has been used as a therapeutic measure for a variety of serious cranio-cerebral conditions⁵. Originally it was used as an emergency measure in an effort to control severe hemorrage following lacerations of the largr vessels of the neck and head. During the middle years of the nineteenth century it was attempted for the purpose of relieving cerebral disorders, which were then incurable. However,the operation was discarded because the mortality was high and the permanent symptoms of recovered patients serious⁵.

In the past thirty years,with the increasing …

Correlation Of Certain Attitudes With Personality Traits, Roy U. Lane

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Purpose.--The purpose of this study is to determine how much, if any, relationship exists between certain attitudes in individuals and their composite percentile scores in intelligence tests, and certain traits in personality in a group of ninety-eight college freshmen at the Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg, Kansas.

Procedure.--The Pearson formula for determining the coefficient of correlation was used and correlations made on all the data obtained from testing forty-three freshmen men and fifty-five freshmen women. That is, attitudes toward the church, toward communism, and toward birth control were correlated with each of the personality traits of neuroticism, introversion-extroversion, self-sufficiency, …

The Establishment Of A School And Community Museum, Daniel Caldwell Simkins

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This study was made in order to determine the practicability of establishing school and community museums in the State of Kansas. Many of the state, private, and W. P. A. museums were visited in order to learn the best museum practices and procedures. According to the best authorities every small school and community museum should have four divisions of exhibits, history, art, science, and industrial materials. The methods of collecting , preparing, preserving, and exhibiting history, art, science, and industrial materials were outlined. The classifying, labelling, cataloguing, and arranging of exhibits according to the recognized standard procedure are presented. School …

History Of The Scandinavian Settlement In Lincoln County, Kansas, Katie Marie Peterson

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This study is a history of the establishment and development of the Scandinavian settlement in Lincoln County, Kansas. This settlement is one of many such groups in Kansas, but no history of this group has been written. The causes for the migration to America, the reasons for the selection of Kansas, and the social, cultural, economic, and religious development of the group are interesting and have been emphasized in this study.

While all the Scandinavian nationalities are represented in the settlement, particular attention is given to the Danish group, as their settlement was dominated to some extent by the religious …

The Public Junior Colleges In The North Central Association, Clarence Emil Meyer

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A Study Of The Reasons Why School Boards Should Have A Good Accounting System, Laurence E. Eichman

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Constitutional And Political Problems Of The Irish Free State Until 1932, Ingeborg Fjalstad

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A Survey Of Commercial Positions In Huron South Dakota To Aid In The Work Of Distributive Education In The Senior High School, Oswald Marvin Hager

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Isaac Bickerstaff's Doctor In His Last Chariot, Marian M. Points

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Number Systems And Their Notation, John Craven Thompson

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Biochemical Oxygen Demand Determination Of Polluted Waters, Kermit H. Larson

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A Study Of Transportation Of School Children In North Dakota, Bernard Paul James

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A Study Of The Word Usage And Page Distribution Of All The Words Used In Ten Primers Of Recent Publication, Joseph Martin Mork

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A Remedial Program In The Four Fundamental Operations In Decimal Fractions, Hallie Ruth Weber

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Can the results of the teaching of the four fundamental operations in arithmetic be improved? This is an important question that confronts most teachers of arithmetic. How can the teacher eliminate the difficulties which interfere with pupil progress, and reduce the number of failures in arithmetic? A group diagnostic test will show not only the level of ability of pupils in the various operations, but will point out weaknesses so that the teacher may organize her work in such a way as to give time to those who are below the standard and omit deadening drill for those who are …

Learning Through Purposeful Activities In The Lower Grades, Lallie Rose Weber

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The specific problem or this thesis which is to determine whether children of the first grade who have had certain specific activities in connection with their regular school work achieve more and make better progress than children of the same grade who have not had experience in such activities. The particular activities in this experimental investigation were: (a) the "reading library"; (b) the "toy library".

Supreme Court Decisions In Kansas Affecting The Organizing Of Schools, Floyd S. Hadley

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

It is from the decisions of these learned judges of the supreme court of the State, affecting the organization of the schools, that this thesis is prepared. A specific law, or a popular interpretation of a school law will be given, affecting the organization of schools. The question involved will be mentioned and the opinion of the court given. The problem of this thesis is to review supreme court decisions in Kansas affecting the organization of schools.

A Study Of The Effect Of An Equal Energy Spectrum Upon Metallic Selenium In Vacuo, George Butler Scott

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Since little has been found in the literature, on the effect of a actinic properties on the conductivity of metallic selenium and on its spectral response when possessing these properties, it was thought noteworthy to construct several selenium cells having low and medium dark resistances and to study them with a view of seeking some correlation between their conductivity characteristics and their prismatic response in vacuo.