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Henry Hardin Cherry: The Early Period Of A Life's Work, Kevin T. Smiley

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The first fifty years of Henry Hardin Cherry show a very formative period of his life. Born in 1864, Cherry left his family farm at the age of 21 to pursue his own education and by 1892 become head of a school in Bowling Green that was in trouble financially and and also had a shrinking enrollment. He began the transformation of this school and it became his life's work. This work included keeping the Southern Normal School afloat in its assorted difficulties, getting the school installed as a state-supported normal school and gaining adequate funding from the state to …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua1d We Were One And Two Teammates, Vernon Hornback

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Undated autobiographical sketch written by Ted Hornback. He includes his experiences as a Hilltopper basketball player under E. A. Diddle, work as coach at Elkhorn and experiences working as Diddle's as assistant coach.

Ua68/13/4 Limited Edition, Vol. 7, No. 1, Wku Journalism

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Newspaper created by students participating in the Minority Journalism Workshop hosted by the WKU Journalism Department.

• Shafi, Farah. Couple Face Struggle to Help Children Overcome Tragedies - Galilean Home Ministries
• Ashan, Human. Western Must Up Minority Enrollment
• Hafiz, Diya. Earnece Walker Gives Shoes Walker Glow
• Patterson, Erica. Western Gets Bonus with Halcomb Twins
• Williamson, Tiffany. Civil Rights Role Started Early
• Ahsan, Human. Western Professor Wants Role in Setting Policy - Saundra Ardrey
• Spaulding, Allonda. Reporter Decides Early on TV Career - Beverly Kirk
• Shafi, Farah. Students Get Inside View at Broadcasting Business
• Townes, Jimmedda. Cold Floor, Steel Doors Greet Warren …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Miracle, Phoenicia. Pat Robertson Calls for Peace in Strength
• Underwood, Jennifer. Ronald Reagan Visit a Definite Possibility, Stephen House Says
• Miracle, Phoenicia. Tim Janes Converted to Young Republicans
• Stevenson, Cindy. Chris Troutt to Re-Register as True Democrat
• Week Calls for Alcohol Awareness
• Kitty Dukakis Will Call 5^th Graders
• Underwood, Jennifer. Sexual Assault Task Force Established on Campus
• Underwood, Jennifer. Autumn’s Arrival Leaves Behind Colorful Foliage
• Intercom System a Waste of Needed Money
• Denney, Mike. Elevator Electronics – Editorial Cartoon
• Eagleston, Leigh. Words Prove to …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 62, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Koniak, Joe. Raid on 4 Local Bars Leaves Officials Questioning Ruling
• Pack, Todd. Pi Kappa Alpha Use Bedside Manner to Tuck Away a Few Bucks
• Turner, Todd. Western Leads State Universities Enrollment Increase
• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Soviet Official Discusses Summit, Afghanistan – Pavel Pavlov
• Jessie, Lisa. Officials Hang Out at Sneakers – University of Wisconsin
• Scholarships are More than Handouts of Money
• Barry, Julia. Editorial Cartoon – Scholarships
• Rezone Grise Lot but Keep Your Asphalt Off the Grass
• Schabel, Christine. Drawn through Mud
• Bhatt, Vishwesh. Homeless …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Carlton, Chad. Salaries Priority in Request
• Carlton, Chad. Regent John Palmore Looking to Governor’s Race
• Hitchcock, Lisa. Chi Omegas Make Room Top Flight
• Student Committee Will Help Search for next President
• Opinion: Push for More Funding a Positive Step
• Knapp, Kevin. Test Budget Balloon Editorial Cartoon
• Filer, Debbie L. Speaking Correctly a Wordy Matter
• Turner, Todd. Agriculture Sprouts Lab, Rooms
• Sullivan, Sheila. Christian Solution Advertised
• Workers Repair Grise Hall
• Thomas, Ursula. Smith Sisters Sing to University Folk – Debbie Smith, Megan Smith
• Meehan, Mary. Mammoth Cave Offers a Cool …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 55, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Meehan, Mary. Board of Regents Approves Limited Budget
• Thomas, Ursula. Special Olympics Volunteer Wins Love – B.J. Little
• Stone, Tom. Administrators Confess to College Mischief – Donald Zacharias, Paul Cook, John Osborne
• Ron Beck Appointed Interim Dean
• Student, Teacher Die Over Weekend – Geraldine Hahn, John Davis
• Kendall, Vallory. Praises Professors
• Reagan, Stan. Backs Up Police
• Verner, Jo & Norm Johnson. Thanks Special Olympics Help
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Spring
• McMahon, Dorothy. Reform Should Follow Charles Dickens
• Fraternity’s Stepping Shows Spirit – Kappa Alpha …

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

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The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Whicker, Garth. Agriculture and the Development of Malaysia
• McGaha. Rape, Passion, Lechery, Usury, Incest, Murder and other Matters in The Ravenger's Tragedy
• Harrison, Robert. It was a Day of Very General Awakening . . : Reformation and Revival in Russellville, Kentucky
• King, Betty. An Affirmative Decision for James's Isabel Archer
• Sutton, Joyce. Sex Bias in Performance of Women
• Logsdon, Doug. Poe's Women
• Yoder, Nate. Emily Dickinson and Her Puritan Heritage
• Davis, Aleen. Jay …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Edelen, Mark. Vice President George Bush Will Visit Tomorrow
• Hutcherson, Jackie. International Day Joins Other Cultures
• Malmer, Victoria. Associated Student Government Wants to End Attendance Policy
• Attendance Ills Could Ensure Fairness
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Excused Absence
• Faculty Should Cancel for George Bush
• Masannat, George. Candidates Have Failed to Address Middle East
• Smith, Jack. Letter to the Editor re: Marching Band
• Record Numbers Vote in Election
• Humphreys, Mack. Vienna Choir Boys
• Major, David. Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin Join for an All-Around Good Movie
• Swift, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Meehan, Mary. Lack of Rehearsal Hall Slows Dancers
• Jones, Paige. Open Seating Works During Ratt Concert
• Jones, Paige. Mama’s Boys’ Act Close-Knit Family
• Newton, Jonathan. If at First You Don’t Secede – Battle of Perryville
• Incident Report Proposal Better This Time Around
• Neff, Scott. Apologizes to Western
• Womble, Phillip. Questions Writer
• Carlton, Chad. National Media Blitz Outshines Debate Between Ronald Reagan and Fritz – Walter Mondale
• Colyer, David. Ashley Johnson Runs Toward Payoff
• Parson, Kim. Experiment Simulates Handicaps
• Struck, Angela. Turtle Races Bring Greeks Out …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Carlton, Chad. New Laws No Party for Drunks – Kentucky
• Edelen, Mark. Tennessee Drunk Driving Law
• Henigman, Louise. Pass-Fail Exams Revamped
• Group Hopes to Fill Abyss of Apathy – United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Apathy
• Thomas, Steve. Editor Has Wild Time in Washington D.C.
• Hutcherson, Jackie. Hilltopper Days Attended by 1,571
• Spirit Dominates Greek Weekend
• Humphreys, Mack. College Heights, Alias Vinegar Hill, Site of Albert Sidney Johnston’s Civil War Fort
• Letteney, Corinne. Crowd Response Cheerleaders’ Reward
• Malmer, Victoria. Golfing …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 59 No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Meehan, Mary. Bill Lets Martha Layne Collins Choose All Regents
• Collins, Michael. Gospel Singer Reaps His Harvest of Awards – Larnelle Harris
• Dezern, Craig. First Candidate Interviews for Vice President’s Post
• Donald Zacharias’ Suggestion Shouldn’t be Ignored
• Bloss, Lou. Editorial Cartoon – Back Zach
• Tournament Trip is Reward for Good Season
• Small, Ernie. Player Not Recognized – Ken Hatcher
• Boling, Barbara. Kentucky Intercollegiate State Legislature not Floundering
• Carlton, Chad. Appearance Makes Difference in Interviews
• Edelen, Mark. Proposal Asks for Insurance Study
• Businessman Pleads Innocent – …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 59, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Edelen, Mark. Western not Tied to Alcohol Probe
• Whitaker, Karen. Choir Head Leaves Post for Texas – Charles Hausmann
• Morton, Jamie. 725 Attend University Center Board’s Laser Rock Concert
• Meehan, Mary. Small Selection Causes Low GPAs Among Black Greeks, Howard Bailey Says
• Grade Scale, Study Hall Concern Associated Student Government
• Lee Watkins Should be Financial Aid Chief
• Northington, Anita. Sorority Displeased with Herald, Shy – Zeta Phi Beta
• Brown, Rob. Supports Toppers
• Daugherty, Tom. Football is Positive
• Bloss, Lou. Editorial Cartoon – Winter
• Bloss, Lou. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Callboard
• Classifieds
• Commentary
• Editorial Cartoon
• For the Record - arrests
• Letter to the Editor
• On the Western Front
• Sports

This issue contains articles:

• Mitchell, Cyndi. Plan Would Reallocate Universities’ Money
• Mitchell, Cyndi. Joe Bill Campbell May Become Chairman
• Rose, Barry. Toons: Band Treats the Audience Right
• 11 Freshmen Seek Offices
• Class to Focus on Irish Strife
• New Finance Plan Would Cripple Western
• Sparks, Craig. Concet Turnout Modest
• Banahan, Ellen. Tighter Admissions Favored by Students
• Bannahan, Ellen. John Brown Sr. to Speak
• Collins, Mike. Budget Cuts Called …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Callboard
• Classifieds
• Commentary
• Editorial Cartoon
• For the Record - arrests
• Letter to the Editor
• On the Western Front
• Sports

This issue contains articles:

• Comer, Diane. Budget Moves Areas Named for Faculty Cuts
• Rose, Barry. Visiting Artist Obsessed with Highway 41 Art – Bill Whorrall
• Judd, Alan. Suggestions May Steer Education
• Pillow, Robert. Citizens’ Group Suggests Closing One Law School
• Private Parking Lot Won’t Open
• Meeting Sets Example for More Cooperation – WKU & Murray State
• Payne, David. Associated Student Government is Rallying for Higher Education
• Riggs, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 56, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Collins, Mike. Advance Registration to Include All Students
• Comer, Diane. Charles Keown Criticizes Resolution; Members Leave before Vote – Associated Student Government
• Committee Selected to Find Dean – Potter College of Arts & Letters
• Hess, Mark. Students Find Famous People Hard to Identify
• Compromise Should Assure Bill’s Passage – Student Loans
• Editorial Cartoon: Student Loan Bakery, Gibbons
• Date Changes are Logical Improvements
• Walter, Richard. Judgment Questioned – Budget Cuts
• Pearson, Earl. Faculty Senate Resolution Not Selfish
• Stepson, Sid. Former Student Comments
• State Intern Program Expands …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 54, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Hancock, Catherine, Judd, Alan. Blacks Ask Committee Representation
• Young, Monte. Western Could Use Contacts to Hire Blacks, Teachers Say
• Eblen, Tom. Dero Downing Objects to Boundary
• Judd, Alan. 8 Running for Screening Position
• State Internships Available
• Associated Student Government Ducks Chance to Represent
• Armstrong, Bryan. In Exile: Homecoming Acts’ Top-40 Should Be Banned
• Buck, Sheila. Endorses Candidate – Daryl Hancock
• Harry, Gerry. Criticizes Associated Student Government
• Galloway, Amy. Between Giggles Campus Kids Say the Darndest Things
• Holman, Connie. Lab Aids Students with English Classes
• Fish, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Budde, Neil. 3 Education Bills Given Little Chance
• Cash, Terry. Student Hypnotist is Using Techniques of Suggestion to Help Others – Ken York
• Associated Student Government Candidates May Begin Filing for Offices Today
• Editor of National Lampoon to Lecture at Garrett Tonight – Chris Miller
• What’s Happening – Veterans on Campus, Young Democrats, Public Relations Student Society of America, Pershing Rifles, Future Farmers of America, Citizen’s Band Radio Service Club, Chess Club
• Campus Police Stiffen Towing Policy
• Chris Miller’s Okay So Why Isn’t Todd Rundgren? …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Caudill, Tom & Neil Budde. Regents May Lacks Quorum at Meeting
• Mami, Alfina. Filing for Associated Student Government Elections Will Begin on Tuesday
• Ribar, Richard. Western Garbagemen Find Variety of Oddities
• Miss Black Western Named – Jeannelle Johnson
• Eldridge, Pam. Local Part-Time Jobs Will Be Scarcer This Summer
• Lyons, Cindy. Dorm Fees to Be Due at Registration
• Legislature Washing Time on Equal Rights Amendment Talk
• Dorsey, Guy. Questions Coverage – Miss Black Western
• Gullett, Vicki. Seeks Explanation Postage
• Elms, Laurel & Lynda Prather. Congratulates Swimmers …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 41, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Cash, Terry & Teresa Mears. Campus Residents Express Varied Opinions of Dorm Life
• Cash, Terry. Housing Now Profitable; Mandate Causes Surplus
• McConnell, Winnie. Campus Radio Enjoys Limited Success
• Hohman, Pat. Student Preacher Keeps Frantic Pace – Larry Craig
• Poland Hall Follies: An Inside Look at a Day in the Dorm
• Simmons, Pat. Offers Language Help
• Daily, Lisa & Cathy Helm. Urges Involvement
• What’s Happening – Beta Beta Beta, Public Relations Student Society of America, Agriculture Club
• Wildman, Judy. Irishman’s Dreams Come True in Finian’s Rainbow …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 39, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Mami, Alfina. Scheduling of George Wallace Lecture Draws Associated Student Government Subcommittee’s Ire
• Wildman, Judy. Historians, Coach to Lecture
• Caudill, Tom. Researcher Preserves Elements of a Fading Culture – Bruce Greene
• State Should Halt Talk of Kentucky Veterinary School
• Ombudsman – Foreign Students
• Murphy, Cathy. Defends Associated Student Government
• Cress, Becky. Seeks Ideas
• Eichberger, Chris. Criticizes Officiating
• Mami, Alfina. Faculty Senate is Awaiting Approval
• Afro History Week Includes Fashion, Student Art Shows
• Wildman, Judy. Fulbright Recipient to Teach in France – Jean Scarborough
• Instructors Assexs …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Huffman, Clyde. Western Leads Western – Camellia Bowl
• Hohman, Pat. Gag Students Survival Kits Contain a Few Surprises
• Administrative Evaluation May Be Too Wide-Ranging
• Ayres, Tom & David Axler. Defends Homosexuality
• Balls, Curtis. Explains Gay Forum
• Munson, Ed. Wants to Hang Lights
• Henry, Steve. Clarifies Concert Issue
• Englishman, Student Will Interpret Literature
• District Debates Open to Students
• Associated Student Government to Sponsor Jazz Vocalist
• Western Teams Win 9 Debates in Meet
• Cash, Terry. Fewer Christmas Jobs Are Available This Year
• Karate: to Buffs It’s Not …

Asiatic Cholera In Kentucky 1832 To 1873, Nancy Baird

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Asiatic cholera has been called the scourge of the nineteenth century, for it caused the untimely death of millions throughout the world. During its four visits to the United States, unknown thousands of Kentuckians fell victims to the disease. In attempting to prevent the dreaded scourge, Kentuckians became more conscious of the need for cleaner cities, pure water and adequate sewage disposal. Modern waterworks facilities, sewage treatment and disposal facilities have provided the means by which the United States has conquered this scourge of the nineteenth century, for with these facilities cholera is the easiest of all communicable diseases to …

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 1 – The Sociology Of Death, Wku Sociology

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Table of Contents

• Fulton, Robert L. & Gilbert Geis. Social Change & Social Conflict: The Rabbi & the Funeral
• Kane, John J. The Irish Wake: A Sociological Appraisal
• Loveland, Glenn G. The Effects of Bereavement on Certain Religious Attitudes & Behaviors
• Morgan, Al. The Bier Barons
• Porter, William H., Jr. Some Sociological Notes on a Century of Change in the Funeral Business
• Salomone, Jerome J. An Empirical Report on Some Controversial American Funeral Practices
• Spilka, Bernard, Robert J. Pelligrini & Kathryn Dailey. Religion, American Values & Death Perspectives
• Strauss, Anselm L., Barney G. Glaser & Jeanne C. Quint. The Nonaccountability …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 27, No. 8-Z245, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Society Page
• Faculty Notes
• Training School Notes
• Club News
• Campus Crossfire – cartoon
• Looking Around

Articles in this issue:

• Tucker, Aubrey. Western Plays Murray Tomorrow
• Requirements for Degrees Completed by 51 Seniors
• Wednesday Night Set for Robinson Contest Finals
• Murray Debate Was Last Night
• Cast Chosen for Next Play to be April 5 – Western Players
• Miss Octavia McLean Taken by Death in Lexington, Mississippi
• “No Flowers” is Rule for …

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 20, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Gordon Wilson and demonstrations of folk songs.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

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Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1-100:

• A Second Introduction – 86
• Breakdowns – 12
• Fiddles & Violins – 20
• Fidelity & the County Seat – 214
• Folk By-Words – 71
• Folk Heroes – 160
• Folk Industries – 77
• Folk Names for Birds – 162
• Folk Prejudices – 24
• Folk Psychology – 10
• Folk Similes – 73
• Folk Types – Jim Crow – 154
• Folk Types – The Cornfield Philosopher – 158
• Folk Types – The Cowboy – 182
• Folk Types – The Desperado – 210
• Folk Types – The Hillbilly – 176
• Folk Types – The Negro Uncle – 152 …

John G. Fee And Berea College, Flora Jones

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When a student at Berea College it occurred to the writer that if the opportunity should ever present itself, she would be interested in knowing more concerning the early struggles and untiring labor of the men who had made possible such a great and unique institution of learning.

It is the aim of this paper to treat in a brief and concise way the development of this institution and in particular the part played by John G. Fee. Also it is hoped to furnish an account of the early struggles of this institution that will be of interest to the …