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The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier
The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
Since Western 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 Dogs Of Western, Lynn E. Niedermeier
The Dogs Of Western, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
Throughout Western's history, dogs belonging to faculty and staff, as well as strays who simply appear and make the Hill their home, have earned the affection of the campus community. A few of their stories are told here.
The Mammoth Cave Party, Lynn E. Niedermeier
The Mammoth Cave Party, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
In the early twentieth century, groups of students from the Western Kentucky State Normal School (now Western Kentucky University) 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
WKU History
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 Western, 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 Western, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Measuring Up: Women's Intercollegiate Sports Return To Western, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
Since 1912, Western 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 Western women were competing again on an intercollegiate basis in basketball, tennis, golf, gymnastics, track and riflery.
"We Are Not Aliens": Women's Hours At Western, Lynn E. Niedermeier
"We Are Not Aliens": Women's Hours At Western, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
Beginning in the 1960s and up until the enactment of Title IX, women students living on Western'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 Western, Lynn E. Niedermeier
A Short History Of Parking At Western, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
Its earliest landscape architect envisioned the Hill as a pedestrian’s haven, but the automobile age quickly brought "the parking problem" to Western’s campus, where it remains today.
Western And The Pleasant J. Potter College: A Shared Heritage, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Western And The Pleasant J. Potter College: A Shared Heritage, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
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 Western purchased its property, it absorbed some of the traditions of the young ladies’ college it replaced.
Wings Over Western: Wku And Aviation, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Wings Over Western: Wku And Aviation, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
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 Western’s best-known ghost stories.
Ogden College For Young Men, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Ogden College For Young Men, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
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 Western’s Ogden College of Science and Engineering.
Western's Heritage Of Penmanship, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Western's Heritage Of Penmanship, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
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 Western Kentucky University), 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. Western’s first president, Henry Hardin Cherry, was an accomplished penman.
Veterans' Village, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Veterans' Village, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
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
WKU History
In the early 1970s, African American students at Western Kentucky University 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 activity.