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Some mollusks of the Texas Coast
No full textA lack of information on classification and a personal interest in mollusks of the Texas coast has resulted in this study. The late Mr. John Kern Strecker, of Baylor University, Waco, Texas, has compiled the most complete checklist to date. The available data on the mollusks of this region is relatively scarce. Four of the five classes of Mollusca, including seven orders, approximately fifty-five families and seventy-five genera are represented; however, this work is not as complete as the writer would like for it to be
The spermatogonial chromosomes of two American snakes
No full textThe purpose of this work is to begin a comparison of the chromosomes in reptiles of America with those of Asia and Europe. A study of reptilian chromosomes of Asia has been made by Nakamura (‘35) who reports the number 46 in Japarula swinhonis, a lizard, and 52 in Clemmys japonica, a turtle. Oguma (‘34) found two X-chromosomes in the male Lactera vivipara and one X-chromosome in the female.
Latthey (‘31) found 36 chromosomes in two European lizards, Agama stellio and Uromastix hardwicki. He also found 50 in a European turtle, Emys europaea
History of public education in Bishop
No full textThe purpose of this thesis is twofold. In the first place, it is to serve as a reference t those interested in securing data on the Bishop School. In the second place, it is to serve as a basis for further research.
The scope of this study includes all public educational work carried on in the Bishop School District from 1910 through 1938. The problem is divided into six chapters, according to the tenure of the Superintendents. Trustees, teachers, janitors, bus drivers, pupils, finance, buildings, curriculum, activities, and graduates are discussed in each chapter. All of the data is arranged in chronological order. Throughout the thesis the author has tried to call the reader’s attention to interesting questions which arise from studying the given data, but has made no attempt to answer them
Rejected children
No full textMany studies have been conducted for the purpose of finding the type of child or adult who is a leader in his community or who is generally well accepted socially. (7,449) Considerable interest has been shown in the studying the kind of personality that makes a favorable impression on others; however, it seems that very little has been said or done about those individuals who are unable to become socially adjusted. (21,26) first few years of a child's existence is of most importance, for it is then that the youngster's life is being shaped not only by the teacher in the classroom but also by the children in the home and in the neighborhood who work and play with him
Some phases of Spanish-culture segregation in South Texas
No full textThe position of Texas on the globe is quite unique, for it is not only the chief connecting link between the United States and Mexico, but between the United States and all of Latin America
The Lyford School and the Foundation School Program Act
No full textSenate Bill 116, enacted by the Fifty-First Legislature of Texas, become effective June 8, 1949. Article 1 declares that the law shall be known as the Foundation School Program Act. The purpose of this Act is best stated in the words of the first article. "It us the purpose of this Act to guarantee to each child of school age in Texas the availability of a minimum Foundation School Program for nine (9) full months of the year, and to establish the eligibility requirements applicable to Texas public school district therewith. With the passage of this Act came the problem of adjusting the entire school program of every school in Texas to conform with the new requirements. Each local school superintendent was faced with the task of applying the new program to his particular school
An investigation of ion exchange resins in the isolation of naphthenic acids
No full textThe purpose of this investigation. -- The isolation and identification of the acidic constituents in petroleum has been the object of a considerable amount of research in the past fifty years. In general, the methods used for reducing the very complex mixtures to pure components have required the use of such procedures as multiple fictional distillation, fractional alkali with subsequent hydrolysis of the esters and other more complex procedures
Remedial reading for seventh, eighth, and ninth grades in the Petronila School: a means for reducing failures
No full textFor the past two years it has been the writer's privilege to act in the capacity of the principal of the Petronila School. During these two years teachers have a continuous concern for the many pupils of the seventh, eighth, and nineth grades who fail their work. During the school term of 1947-1948, six out of fourteen in the seventh grade, five out of the eleven in the eighth grade, and ten out of nineteen in the nineth grade at the end of the first semester were failing from one half to all of their subjects. There is no wonder that teachers were concerned over the results of their teaching
Nationalization of coal mines in England
No full textCoal mining is Britan's second largest industry. Although the industry has to yield place to agriculture in gross value, 80 percent of the country's wealth depends on coal. Thus coal mining can be rightly regarded as the mainspring of Britan's industrial supremacy. The Industrial Revolution, which, for all its errors, placed Britan far ahead of other countries in the world commence, was founded upon the steam engine, but the development and adoption of the steam engine were due to the country's abundant reserves of coal