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Architecture On Trial: The Porters And The Pest House, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Architecture On Trial: The Porters And The Pest House, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
When young Amelia Porter contracted smallpox in September 1902, a legal battle ensued between her parents, who wanted her cared for at home, and Bowling Green, Kentucky physician and State Board of Health secretary Dr. Joseph N. McCormack, who demanded that the family be quarantined in the local "pest house" until determined not to be contagious. The lawsuit raised issues of medical expertise, individual rights vs. public safety, the adequacy of Bowling Green's quarantine hospital, and the personality and tactics of McCormack, whose crusades for public health legislation had earned him many enemies.
History And Restoration Of The 1928 Bgmu Pump House, Christy L. Spurlock
History And Restoration Of The 1928 Bgmu Pump House, Christy L. Spurlock
Christy L Spurlock
The Bowling Green Pump House at the top of Hospital Hill was restored by members of the BG Landmark Association
"Our Chief Rival And Greatest Friend": The Wku-Murray Athletic Rivalry, Lynn E. Niedermeier
"Our Chief Rival And Greatest Friend": The Wku-Murray Athletic Rivalry, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Since their first football game in 1931 and their first men's basketball game in 1932, WKU and Murray State University have enjoyed a natural, spirited, and at times bitter athletic rivalry. For most of five decades, the schools met in the final game of their football seasons, and in basketball they regularly clashed in Ohio Valley Conference play. Anytime the day of "the Western-Murray game" approached, particularly in the 1950s, administrators struggled to maintain order on their campuses in the face of student pranks, graffiti attacks and other extreme expressions of school loyalty.
Historic Eastern Woodland Native American Days, Christy L. Spurlock
Historic Eastern Woodland Native American Days, Christy L. Spurlock
Christy L Spurlock
The purpose of this publication is to serve as a guide for teachers who may wish to host their own version of Historic Eastern Woodland Native American Days for a single classroom, grade level, school or entire district.
The Dish On Dining At Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
The Dish On Dining At Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
From a single main dining room in Potter Hall, WKU’s campus food service has expanded to include restaurants, cafes, convenience stores and food courts, all of which endeavor to provide busy students with choice, economy and flexibility.
The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier
The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Since WKU purchased its present campus in 1909, building on the Hill has reflected the visions--some realized, many unrealized--of its presidents and architects. The construction of Van Meter Hall, a water tower, a proposed memorial tower and a comprehensive 1930s campus plan attest to the trials and tribulations of making the Hill a beautiful and functional place.
The Mammoth Cave Party, Lynn E. Niedermeier
The Mammoth Cave Party, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
In the early twentieth century, groups of students from the Western Kentucky State Normal School (now WKU) observed an annual tradition by embarking on field trips to Mammoth Cave. They fondly remembered their experiences hiking, camping, and touring the great natural wonder.
Speak Up: It's Leap Year!, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Speak Up: It's Leap Year!, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
The legend that on leap year day (February 29) a man was obligated to accept a woman's proposal of marriage dates back many generations. At WKU, the tradition translated into Leap Year Dances and teas, to which women students invited the young men of their choice. The introduction of Sadie Hawkins Day, inspired by the comic strip "L'il Abner," gave a new and lively twist to this female prerogative.
Measuring Up: Women's Intercollegiate Sports Return To Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Measuring Up: Women's Intercollegiate Sports Return To Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Since 1912, WKU had fielded women's athletic teams, but after 1930 they were restricted to intramural competition. In 1972, with the implementation of Title IX on the horizon, physical education faculty members and students began to lobby for the quick restoration of an intercollegiate athletics program for women. Although they met with some resistance, by 1973-74 WKU women were competing again on an intercollegiate basis in basketball, tennis, golf, gymnastics, track and riflery.
"We Are Not Aliens": Women's Hours At Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
"We Are Not Aliens": Women's Hours At Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Beginning in the 1960s and up until the enactment of Title IX, women students living on WKU's campus lobbied for the abolition of residence hall curfews and other restrictions that gave them less freedom than male students.
A Short History Of Parking At Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
A Short History Of Parking At Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Its earliest landscape architect envisioned the Hill as a pedestrian’s haven, but the automobile age quickly brought "the parking problem" to WKU’s campus, where it remains today.
Wku And The Pleasant J. Potter College: A Shared Heritage, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Wku And The Pleasant J. Potter College: A Shared Heritage, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Opened in 1889, the Pleasant J. Potter College for Young Ladies was the first occupant of “the Hill” that is now home to Western Kentucky University. Day and boarding students pursued a liberal arts curriculum at this fashionable private school. Down the hill on College Street, at Henry Hardin Cherry’s Western Kentucky State Normal School (chartered in 1906), students often came from more humble backgrounds to study in a coeducational setting. Nevertheless, when Potter College closed in 1909 and WKU purchased its property, it absorbed some of the traditions of the young ladies’ college it replaced.
Wings Over Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Wings Over Wku, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
More than one hundred years after Kitty Hawk, aviation has become a part of the history of Western Kentucky University. Alumni have distinguished themselves in war and peacetime pursuits related to aviation, and an airplane plays a role in one of WKU’s best-known ghost stories.
Ogden College For Young Men, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Ogden College For Young Men, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Ogden College, an endowed private school for young men, opened in Bowling Green in 1877. Over the next fifty years, its faculty, academic programs, oratorical competitions, clubs and athletics provided unique educational opportunities and produced enthusiastic and loyal alumni. Ogden College merged with the Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) in 1927 and its traditions continue today in WKU's Ogden College of Science and Engineering.
Wku's Heritage Of Penmanship, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Wku's Heritage Of Penmanship, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Until relatively recently, instruction in penmanship was an important part of the curriculum in schools and colleges. At the Southern Normal School, the Bowling Green Business University and the Western Kentucky State Normal School (predecessors of WKU), students were trained in the latest handwriting techniques as they copied out sayings and aphorisms which inculcated the values of hard work and good character. WKU’s first president, Henry Hardin Cherry, was an accomplished penman.
Veterans' Village, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Veterans' Village, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
After World War II, Western Kentucky State College (now Western Kentucky University) faced a severe housing shortage for returning veterans. In 1946, President Paul Garrett created Veterans' Village from a variety of government-surplus quonset huts, trailers and prefabricated housing. Veterans' Village provided on-campus housing for married and other non-traditional students until 1976.
"We've Just Got To Get Together": African-American Students Unite In The 1970s, Lynn E. Niedermeier
"We've Just Got To Get Together": African-American Students Unite In The 1970s, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
In the early 1970s, African-American students at WKU took the first steps toward organizing themselves into a strong voice on campus, supporting a curriculum of black studies, sponsoring social and cultural events, and protesting discriminatory treatment.
A Master Recruiter, Lynn E. Niedermeier
A Master Recruiter, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU’s student recruitment strategies were enthusiastically devised by its first president, Henry Hardin Cherry, who used extensive mailing lists, clever advertising, and on-campus programs to attract new students to campus.
Henry Hardin Cherry, Suffragist, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Henry Hardin Cherry, Suffragist, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
In the first decade of the twentieth century, Western Kentucky University’s first president, Henry Hardin Cherry, supported local suffragists in their work to secure votes for women.
Western 100: A Century Of Spirit Timeline, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Western 100: A Century Of Spirit Timeline, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
These images and captions comprised the historical timeline portion of “Western 100: A Century of Spirit,” an exhibit at the Kentucky Museum commemorating the centennial of Western Kentucky University in 2006. The images were selected to illustrate various aspects of the University’s 100-year history. The exhibit itself is no longer on display.
Western 100: A Century Of Spirit, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Western 100: A Century Of Spirit, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
These images and captions comprised part of “Western 100: A Century of Spirit,” an exhibit at the Kentucky Museum commemorating the centennial of Western Kentucky University in 2006. The images were selected to illustrate various aspects of the University’s 100-year history. The exhibit itself is no longer on display.
A 1908 Interview With The Author Of "Aunt Jane Of Kentucky", Lynn E. Niedermeier
A 1908 Interview With The Author Of "Aunt Jane Of Kentucky", Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Bowling Green native Lida Calvert Obenchain wrote popular fiction and campaigned for woman suffrage. Interviewed after her first book of stories, Aunt Jane of Kentucky, was published under her pen name "Eliza Calvert Hall," Lida spoke about her family, literature, women's rights, and her work for the Kentucky Equal Rights Association. The interview, conducted by journalist Ewing Galloway, is reproduced here, with annotations to amplify the content.
G. G. Craig, Wku's Master Penman, Lynn E. Niedermeier
G. G. Craig, Wku's Master Penman, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Gavin G. Craig (1896-1976) joined the faculty of the Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) in 1922 and taught penmanship there for more than forty years. He also gave instruction to the public by mail, grading his correspondents’ work according to his own Advanced Handwriting Scale.
White Stone Quarry Of Bowling Green, Ky, Christy L. Spurlock
White Stone Quarry Of Bowling Green, Ky, Christy L. Spurlock
Christy L Spurlock
A history of the White Stone Quarry in Bowling Green, KY. The rise and fall of this quarry from the 1830s to 1930 reflects the changing American economy during this same period