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1947-12-25 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Dec 1947

1947-12-25 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on December 25, 1947.


The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 7, The Maine Annex, Robert Cormier, Roy W. Nickerson, Dave Macken, Mal Chadborn, Erroll E. Murphy, Alvan Mersky, Sid Folsom Dec 1947

The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 7, The Maine Annex, Robert Cormier, Roy W. Nickerson, Dave Macken, Mal Chadborn, Erroll E. Murphy, Alvan Mersky, Sid Folsom

The Maine Annex

The Maine Annex, covers pre-holiday celebrations and events including the Maine Masque production of the play State of the Union featuring Carol Besse, Bob Townsend, Beatrice Hanson, George Morse, Emile Genest, and George Phocas.


1947-12-18 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Dec 1947

1947-12-18 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on December 18, 1947.


Hollins Columns (1947 Dec 13), Hollins College Dec 1947

Hollins Columns (1947 Dec 13), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

  • Recital Presented by Miss Virginia Hover
  • Senior Class Holds Forum
  • Writers Talent Scout, Inc., Announces Contest
  • A Christmas Message
  • Dr. Blackwell, Eminent Sociologist, Addresses Students on Democracy
  • Madonna and Choir to Appear In Annual White Gift Serivce
  • Recital Rendered By Hollins Students
  • A Christmas Thought
  • It's Christmas, Not Tinker Day!
  • For Faculty Only
  • Don't Cross that Bridge!
  • There's a Song in the Air
  • Senior Sketches
  • Gadabout
  • Album Memoriese
  • At the Theaters:
  • Dear Santa, Please
  • Back Campus with Carey
  • Christmas in Denmark Described by Ebba
  • Honor Court Seeks to Develop Citizenship at Hollins
  • Bookstore Gay With Yuletide Gifts …


The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 6, The Maine Annex, Don Povich, John L. Borodko, Roy W. Nickerson, Alvan Mersky, Emile Genest, Barnaby Macauslin, Sid Folsom Dec 1947

The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 6, The Maine Annex, Don Povich, John L. Borodko, Roy W. Nickerson, Alvan Mersky, Emile Genest, Barnaby Macauslin, Sid Folsom

The Maine Annex

The Maine Annex covers a talk presented by Robert P. Tristram Coffin and announces that 50 women from Gorham State Teachers' College were being trucked in for the Christmas Ball.


1947-12-11 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Dec 1947

1947-12-11 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on December 11, 1947.


The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 5, The Maine Annex, Roy W. Nickerson, Dave Macken, Dave Powers, Don Povich, Emile Genest, Erroll E. Murphy, Sid Folsom Dec 1947

The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 5, The Maine Annex, Roy W. Nickerson, Dave Macken, Dave Powers, Don Povich, Emile Genest, Erroll E. Murphy, Sid Folsom

The Maine Annex

The Maine Annex covers the pending visit of Pulitzer Prize winner and Maine author and poet, Robert P. Tristram Coffin, a native of Brunswick, Maine.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs Dec 1947

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Kentucky Building News
  • Veterans Views
  • Alumni Flashes
  • Personals
  • Faculty Notes
  • Musical Notes
  • Society Page
  • Sports Alley
  • Your Manners are Showing
  • Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

  • Military Ball Will be Presented Tonight
  • Dr. Weldon Hart Symphony Heard in Cincinnati
  • Nashville Section American Chemical Society Meets Here
  • Lewis, Bill. Western Beats Western 48-31 as All Star Alumni Give Visit Hilltop Gymn
  • Talent Scouts Seek Writers
  • Public Law 16 Meet Planned - Veterans
  • Mrs. Myrtle Towery Has Lived in Cherrytown Since 1923
  • J.E. Richardson Appointed Regent
  • Dinner Held …


1947-12-04 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Dec 1947

1947-12-04 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on December 4, 1947.


The Pine Needle, December 1947, Pine Needle Publications, Ted Gridley, Frank O. Stevens, Oscar Davis, Monty Higgins, D. S. Thomas, Rip Haskell, Clair Chamberlain, Pat Woodward Dec 1947

The Pine Needle, December 1947, Pine Needle Publications, Ted Gridley, Frank O. Stevens, Oscar Davis, Monty Higgins, D. S. Thomas, Rip Haskell, Clair Chamberlain, Pat Woodward

General University of Maine Publications

Libraries and archives collect materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. As a result, materials such as those presented here may reflect sexist, misogynistic, abusive, racist, or discriminatory attitudes or actions that some may find disturbing, harmful, or difficult to view.

Both a humor and literary magazine, The Pine Needle was a University of Maine student-produced periodical that began publication in the fall of 1946, the first post-World War II semester that saw GIs return to campus.

The Needle reflected an edginess and rebellion not found in previous UMaine student publications. While …


1947-11-27 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Nov 1947

1947-11-27 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on November 27, 1947.


Hollins Columns (1947 Nov 22), Hollins College Nov 1947

Hollins Columns (1947 Nov 22), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

  • YWCA Announces Active Program
  • Additional Language Instructors Procured
  • Don't Forget Junior Prom!
  • Orchesis Presents Plans for Year
  • Freshmen Show Dramatic Talent
  • Inter-Faith Discussion Held by Father O'Hara
  • Interesting Discussions Presented by the IRC
  • Students Render Successful Recital
  • Thanksgiving Week End at Hollins Crowded With Events
  • What's Wrong With W. and L. Men?
  • Inter-Collegiate Bridge Tournament Planned
  • Seven Students in Who's Who
  • The Rewards of Education
  • Lest We Forget
  • Under the Dome
  • Fall Plays
  • Chemical Discovery at V.P.I.
  • Senior Sketches
  • World Winds
  • Gadabout
  • Album Memories
  • Death Experiences Mortality In Three-Day Earthly Sojourn
  • Out of the Past
  • Vitality of …


The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 4, The Maine Annex, John L. Borodko, William Robertson, Roy W. Nickerson, Dave Powers, Dave Macken, Erroll E. Murphy, Wendell Hodgkins, Barnaby Macausian, Alvan Mersky Nov 1947

The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 4, The Maine Annex, John L. Borodko, William Robertson, Roy W. Nickerson, Dave Powers, Dave Macken, Erroll E. Murphy, Wendell Hodgkins, Barnaby Macausian, Alvan Mersky

The Maine Annex

This issue of The Maine Annex covers a variety of campus events and organizations and features numerous essays and opinion pieces. Experiencing the highest enrollment among Veterans, the paper announces that the VA stipend for living costs, books, supplies, and equipment would no longer cover the cost of materials deemed by the university administration to be non-essential to the completion of specific courses of studies.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1947

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Kentucky Building News
  • Veterans Views
  • Alumni Flashes
  • Personals
  • Faculty Notes
  • Musical Notes
  • Society Page
  • Sports Alley
  • Your Manners are Showing
  • Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

  • Dr. Guy and is Speaker at Western Chapel
  • ROTC Cadets Elect Misses Marie Powell, Betty Topmiller and Betty Watson as Sponsors
  • Founder’s Day is Observed for 17th Year
  • Western Players to Present First Production Next Tuesday Night
  • Violinist is Guest Artist – Joseph Knitzer
  • William Primrose Heard in Concert Here
  • Books Placed in Dorm
  • D.J. Hays Appointed to Cornell …


1947-11-20 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Nov 1947

1947-11-20 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on November 20, 1947.


The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 3, The Maine Annex, Robert Cormier, John L. Borodko, Roy W. Nickerson, Dave Macken, Dave Powers, Alvan Mersky, Hal Look, Harold Wiggin, Sid Folsom Nov 1947

The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 3, The Maine Annex, Robert Cormier, John L. Borodko, Roy W. Nickerson, Dave Macken, Dave Powers, Alvan Mersky, Hal Look, Harold Wiggin, Sid Folsom

The Maine Annex

The Maine Annex covered a campus visit and presentation by Comander Donald B. MacMillan featuring his Kodachrome motion pictures.


1947-11-13 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Nov 1947

1947-11-13 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on November 13, 1947.


The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 2, The Maine Annex, Alvan Mersky, Donald Povich, Dave Powers, Dave Macken, Roy W. Nickerson, William Robertson, John Borodko, Barnaby Macausian, Hugh Lord, Sid Folsom Nov 1947

The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 2, The Maine Annex, Alvan Mersky, Donald Povich, Dave Powers, Dave Macken, Roy W. Nickerson, William Robertson, John Borodko, Barnaby Macausian, Hugh Lord, Sid Folsom

The Maine Annex

Maine Annex editor Roy W. Nickerson faced flack after disrupting a talk about American-Russian relations by Russian revolutionary, leader of the social-democratic Trudovik faction of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, and president of the short-lived provinsional government following the overthrow of the Czar, Dr. Alexander Kerensky. Kerensky was ousted by the Bolshevisks lead by Vladamir Lenin.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1947

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Kentucky Building News
  • Veterans Views
  • Alumni Flashes
  • Personals
  • Faculty Notes
  • Musical Notes
  • Society Page
  • Sports Alley
  • Your Manners are Showing
  • Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

  • “Who’s Who” Representatives Selected at Chapel Period
  • Western Players Release Cast for “Dear Ruth”
  • Chemistry Head From Ohio State to Speak Here – A.B. Garrett
  • ROTC Cadets to Crown Queen at Ball
  • Western Netters Will Face 22-Game Schedule to Open Here December 2
  • Speaker Asks U.S. Help for Foreign Students – Verena Von Lieben, World Student Service Fund
  • Seven R.O.T.C. …


1947-11-06 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Nov 1947

1947-11-06 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on November 6, 1947.


Hollins Columns (1947 Nov 1), Hollins College Nov 1947

Hollins Columns (1947 Nov 1), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

  • Freshman Plays' Cast Chosen
  • Board of Directors Gives Supper for Seniors
  • Community Concert Announces Program
  • Choir Plans For Successful Season
  • Noted Pianist Render Recital
  • Lecture Given On Heredity
  • Former Governor of Georgia To Address Student Body
  • Hollins I.R.C. Organizes U.N.
  • Mr. Edmund Wright to Present Organ Recital
  • Hollins Students Enter Mademoiselle Contest
  • Justification of Art Building
  • World Winds
  • Album Memories
  • Under the Dome
  • Chairman of Freya Explains Organization
  • Why Don't We All Move to the T-House?
  • Senior Sketches
  • China Bound By Superstition
  • Back Campus with Carey
  • Out of the Past
  • We Are Sorry...
  • Gadabout
  • Eager Freshman Reveals …


The Pine Needle, Vol. 2, No. 1, Pine Needle Publications, Jean Miller, Judy Coffin, Dick Sprague, Kenneth F. Zwicker, F. Stevens, Oscar Davis, Ted Gridley, Clair H. Chamberlain, Cliff Whitten, Monty Higgins Nov 1947

The Pine Needle, Vol. 2, No. 1, Pine Needle Publications, Jean Miller, Judy Coffin, Dick Sprague, Kenneth F. Zwicker, F. Stevens, Oscar Davis, Ted Gridley, Clair H. Chamberlain, Cliff Whitten, Monty Higgins

General University of Maine Publications

Libraries and archives collect materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. As a result, materials such as those presented here may reflect sexist, misogynistic, abusive, racist, or discriminatory attitudes or actions that some may find disturbing, harmful, or difficult to view.

Both a humor and literary magazine, The Pine Needle was a University of Maine student-produced periodical that began publication in the fall of 1946, the first post-World War II semester that saw GIs returning to campus.

In the late 1940s, The Needle continued emphasizing alcohol and tobacco use as well as …


The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 1, The Maine Annex, Dave Macken, Dave Powers, Sid Folsom Oct 1947

The Maine Annex, Vol. 2, No. 1, The Maine Annex, Dave Macken, Dave Powers, Sid Folsom

The Maine Annex

Following World War II, the federal G.I. Bill enabled approximately 2.3 million, predominently white male Veterans to receive a post-secondary education. In addition to covering tuition costs, Veterans received a "subsistence" stipend to cover the cost of housing and other expenses. To accommodate increased enrollment, between 1947 and 1949, UMaine operated an annex campus located on the Brunswick Naval Air Station where Veterans could enroll in first-year courses before moving to the Orono campus to complete their education. Five hundred and five male Veterans enrolled for classes on the Brunswick campus in fall 1947.

The second volume of The Maine …


1947-10-30 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Oct 1947

1947-10-30 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on October 30, 1947.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1947

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Kentucky Building News
  • Veterans Views
  • Alumni Flashes
  • Personals
  • Faculty Notes
  • Musical Notes
  • Society Page
  • Sports Alley
  • Your Manners are Showing
  • Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

  • Dr. R.F. McLain Keynotes Aim of Third District Education Association Meet
  • Bartley Hagerman, Charles Wheeler, and Linda Hays are Named to Head Herald Staff for 1947-48
  • Ex-Gov. Ellis Arnall is Speaker at Western Chapel
  • College Heights Foundation Names Directors
  • Plans for Talisman Begin to Take Shape as 1948 Staff is Installed
  • American Chemical Society to Meet Here
  • Cadets Nominate Military …


1947-10-23 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Oct 1947

1947-10-23 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on October 23, 1947.


1947-10-16 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Oct 1947

1947-10-16 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on October 16, 1947.


Hollins Columns (1947 Oct 11), Hollins College Oct 1947

Hollins Columns (1947 Oct 11), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

  • Dr. Eagleton To Speak Here
  • Sweetbriar Faculty Members Receive Salary Increases
  • Third Generation Attends Hollins
  • Miss Shirley Henn New Alumnae Secretary
  • Memory of Miss Matty Honored October Ninth
  • Miss Randolph at U. Va. Inauguration
  • Sophomores Treat Freshmen to Annual Prom Tonight
  • Digest of News
  • Letter form Abroad Fosters Friendship
  • Discontent the Motive Power of Progress
  • There's One On Every Hall
  • Senior Sketches
  • Under the Dome
  • World Winds
  • Seen on the Campus
  • Gadabout
  • Back Campus with Carey
  • A.D.A. Mystics Seize New Members
  • Sophomore Recalls Dance-time Jitters
  • Transfer Reveal Enthusiasm As They Begin Life at Hollins
  • At the Theaters: …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1947

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Kentucky Building News
  • Veterans Views
  • Alumni Flashes
  • Personals
  • Faculty Notes
  • Musical Notes
  • Society Page
  • Sports Alley
  • Your Manners are Showing
  • Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

  • October 18 Promises Bigger and Better Homecoming
  • Educators to Hear Georgia’s Ellis Arnall
  • Rigsby, David. Native Austrian Joins Western Language Department – Herta Gilmore
  • Dr. James Cornnette Made College Head
  • 2376 Enrolled on College Heights
  • Freshmen are Welcomed With Receptions
  • Buildings Get Equipment and Redecoration – Van Meter Hall, Industrial Arts Building, Schneider Hall
  • Building Units Added to Campus – …


1947-10-09 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.) Oct 1947

1947-10-09 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on October 9, 1947.