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Ua1f Ogden-Robinson Oratorical Contest Winners, Wku Archives Jan 2017

Ua1f Ogden-Robinson Oratorical Contest Winners, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

List of winners of the Ogden-Robinson oratorical contests. These two oratorical contests originated in the Ogden College in 1885. The Robinson award is given to the winner of a contest for freshmen and sophomores. The Ogden Medal is given to the winner of the upperclassman contest. Since the merger of Ogden College and WKU the even is generally held on or near Ogden College Founders’ Day which is observed on the first Friday of April.


Ua1b1/1/1 The Once & Future South, Lowell Harrison, Jim Wayne Miller, Wku Rodes-Helm Lecture Series Jan 1985

Ua1b1/1/1 The Once & Future South, Lowell Harrison, Jim Wayne Miller, Wku Rodes-Helm Lecture Series

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Rodes-Helm lecture by John Edgerton and Jim Wayne Miller entitled the Once and Future South moderated by Robert Haynes. The lecture format allows each speaker 20 minutes to present his/her topic, response time to each other and ends with a question / answer session from the audience.


Ua3/3/1 Freedom Is An Unfinished Business, Chester Travelstead May 1963

Ua3/3/1 Freedom Is An Unfinished Business, Chester Travelstead

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WKU commencement address delivered by alum Chester Travelstead regarding freedom, civil rights and responsibility.


Ua1b3/5 That Other Thing, J. R. Alexander Nov 1937

Ua1b3/5 That Other Thing, J. R. Alexander

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Speech delivered by J.R. Alexander at the unveiling of the Cherry Statue.


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 61, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Apr 1937

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 61, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio featuring a debate between WKU and Asbury College on minimum wage. Individuals included in the broadcast were Earl Moore, Louis Salomon, Charles Crain, B.H. Henard, Julius Brasher and Charles Runyan.


Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 1, No. 6, Western Kentucky University Oct 1917

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 1, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter and course catalog this issue promotes Patriotic Week.