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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 5-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Work on Two New Dormitories to Begin Next Week – East Hall, North Hall
• Paul Terrell Speaks at Forty-First Teachers Meet
• Western Wins First in Debate Tournament
• W.C. Lawton Will Receive Ph.D.
• Twenty-Nine Chosen for Who’s Who
• H.B. Gray Named Alumni President
• School Christmas Party Given December 15
• Why Do We Celebrate Christmas
• Spradlyn, Betty. Jim Wilson, a Man of Many Talents
• Bill …

Senate Meeting December 6, 1955, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 4-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Twenty-Sixth Annual Homecoming Festivities Begin Today
• Dr. J.L. Harmon Talks at Founders Day November 16
• Pattye Thompson, Ligon Holloman and Emmalene Jones Contest for Crown
• Clyde Vincent Elected Northern Kentucky Alumni President
• Music Clinic Planned Dec. 1-2
• President Kelly Thompson Honored at Dinner
• Our Obligation to Western Alumni
• Debate Squad Begins Action
• Raymond Ward Has Valuable Document
• College High Debaters Give Program at …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 3-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Fuqua, Sandra. Classes Select Officers in Hot Elections
• Spradlyn, Betty. 24^th Annual Homecoming Scheduled November 19
• Kelly Thompson Resigns Kentucky Invitation Tournament Position
• Nominations for Homecoming Queen Next Week
• Dean Finley Grise Hands Gavel to President Kelly Thompson
• Western Plays Host to Festival November 14
• C.W. Lampkin Proclaims November 15 as Kelly Thompson Day
• Inter-Collegiate Debate Tournament Set for December 8
• Religious …

Senate Meeting November 1, 1955, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 2-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Kelly Thompson New President
• Western Honors Dr. A.L. Crabb
• George Schweitzer Will Speak at Religious Emphasis Week
• Northern Kentucky Alumni Celebrate 25^th Year
• Stanley Byers Elected Third District Education Association President
• Pep Rally Tonight
• L.R. Chandler Holds Get-Together
• Mr. Western Takes the Presidents Chair – Kelly Thompson
• To President Thompson
• Elizabeth McWhorter is Temporary Captain of Intercollegiate Debating Squad
• Pattye Thompson is …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 1-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Board of Regents Set Next Meeting for October 17
• Potter Hall’s Facelifting Complete
• Don Bell & Byron Watkins Head 1955-56 Herald Staff
• Third District Education Association Meets October 14
• Western Enrollment Largest Since Thirties
• Senior Pictures for Talisman Slated October 13
• Open House at Potter Hall Next Monday
• New Dorm Bids Slated for Opening October 13 – East Hall, North Hall
• Dr. Gordon …

1955-1956 Lsu Medical Center Catalog/Bulletin: School Of Medicine, Office Of The Registrar

Catalog and Bulletin

No abstract provided.

An Attempt To Identify Attitudes Related To Student Drop Outs At Central Washington College Of Education, Robert Joseph Kuss

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was not to determine all those attitudes which affect a student’s decision to remain in or leave the college. It was rather to survey the attitudes and opinions of the members of a group which had already left the college before completion of their studies insofar as Central Washington College was concerned. Three factors were determined on the basis of their proximity to the lives of the students and their concomitant effect on the attitudes of those students.

A Handbook To Aid In The Control And Coordination Of The Athletic Program For The Moses Lake Schools, Moses Lake, Washington, James Talmage Adamson

All Master's Theses

As athletic director of the Moses Lake school system, it has been this writer's responsibility to organize, coordinate and conduct the athletic program. Moses Lake has been undergoing a period of tremendous growth, which has resulted in an increase of student enrollment and the necessity of increasing the athletic program. To effectively operate a good program under this condition, it has become necessary to establish some method which will serve the following purposes: (1) the dissemination of information concerning the athletic program for coaches, administrators, teachers, students and parents; (2) the clarification of athletic philosophy, duties, standards and regulations; (3) …

A Survey Of Existing Practices Of The School Lunch Program In The State Of Washington, William E. Davis

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to survey the existing conditions in the lunchrooms of the schools in the State of Washington which are classed as group three, four, and five, according to the Washington Education Association’s Thirty-Second Annual Teachers’ Salary Schedule; and (2) to show the practices, types of equipment being used, supervisory methods, and administrative policies of these programs.

A Guidance Program For Gilbert School District, Joseph F. Lilinski

All Master's Theses

The guidance program is the responsibility of all members of a school district. The school and community must work jointly if the program is to obtain the success it is capable of accomplishing. Guidance can be completely successful only when we secure complete and continuous co-operation between administrator, classroom teacher, special teacher, specialists, parents and the community.

A Proposed Guidance Program For Drakesboro Consolidated School, Ovid Arnold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to show the need for and determine a basis for a guidance program. "Guidance is a means of helping individuals to understand and use wisely the educational, vocational, and personal potentialities and opportunities which they have or can develop."¹

Why do we need a guidance program? Who can be benefited by it? First, our teachers need the services of a guidance program in order that they may know more about their pupils, -- their abilities and interests as well as their weaknesses. Information about the pupil's background, the different schools he has attended, …

A Study Of The Eighth Grade Graduates Of The Bullitt County Schools, Raymond Terry

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The following are the things the writer hopes to accomplish by this study:

I. Find the number of eighth grade graduates of the Bullitt County Schools over a four-year period (from 1948 to 1953):

• a. That entered high school
• b. That did not enter high school.
• c. That completed one, two or three years of high school.
• d. That completed high school.
• e. That married, died, etc. before entering or completing high school.

II. Find age of graduation from the eighth grade.

III. Compare the number of eighth grade failures in a non-consolidated school with those of a consolidated school. …

A Study Of The High School Graduates Of Bullitt County, Kentucky, Thomas S. Jeffries

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

With the advent of the free public high school, there has been a thirty-fold increase in secondary school enrollment in the last fifty years. If we are to maintain and improve the quality of our democracy, it is essential that education have the primary purpose of meeting the needs of these students. “Consequently, the school program must be planned in terms of pupil needs and in relation to goals that are important to the students themselves. Activities and experiences must be provided which afford practice in all areas of democratic living, which are aimed at the improvement of life in …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 15-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Western Opens 49^th Year Sept. 15
• Construction Begins in Near Future on Two New Dormitories for Men – East Hall, North Hall
• July 15 is Date of Conference Fish Fry
• Vesper Services Begin July 10
• Lt. Col. A.E. Calhoun Will Replace Colonel George Sibbald
• Enrollment for Summer Session Set at 967
• Commencement for Over 130 Will Be August 3
• College Heights Herald …

Extraclass Activities In Lutheran Elementary Schools Of Eighteen Western And Mid-Western States., Paul M. Schwarting

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to present the status and types of extraclass activities in Lutheran elementary schools of the West and Mid-West; (2) to state the positive contributions made by a balanced extraclass program toward a well-rounded education for children; (3) to suggest possible ways in which small schools can include activity programs to enrich the curricula; and (4) to give a summary of the findings with recommendations for improvement of extraclass activities in Lutheran elementary schools. It was not the purpose of this study to trace the development of extraclass activities in the Lutheran schools …

A Study Of Organizational Planning For Junior High School Administration, Charles A. Laws Jr.

Graduate Student Research Papers

It is the purpose of this paper to acquaint the writer with objectives and factors that have resulted in the various organizational plans within our public schools, especially in the years commonly referred to as the junior high school.

A Study Of Certain Factors Involved In The Mathematical Competence Of High School Pupils, Madeleine Hixon Randle

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem. The purpose of this study is three-fold:

(1) to discover the degree to which high school pupils, the majority of whom are in their terminal year of high school mathematics, are functionally competent in the subject as determined by their achievement on the Davis Test of Functional Competence in Mathematics.

(2) to ascertain to what degree pupils manifesting mathematical competency are dependent on such factors as intelligence, mathematical aptitude, and ability in arithmetic as measured by results obtained on certain tests purporting to measure those factors.

(3) to discover the relationship between the degree of competency …

A Study Of Parents' Attitudes Toward Public Education In A Selected Community, George Richard Fischbeck

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to present a summary and analysis of the chief categories of adverse criticism of the public schools which appeared during the last ten years in various publications in the United States; (2) and to discover whether parent opinions of pupils in a selected junior high school tend to confirm or deny the chief categories of adverse criticism concerning specific trends, practices and methods of education.

A Survey Of Teacher And Student Suggestions For The Betterment Of Secondary Education In New Mexico, Robert Lloyd Barrett

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It will be the purpose of this study to (1) survey teacher and student suggestions for the betterment of secondary education in New Mexico; (2) investigate effects of certain variables on teachers' suggestions, such as size of school, subject taught, experience, and preparation; and (3) compare teacher suggestions with student suggestions.

A Study Of The Practices Of New Mexico Secondary Schools In Granting Credit For Selected Educational Experiences, Ernest H. Jackson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It will be the purpose of this study (1) to examine the historical and philosophical bases for granting credit to a student for the work he does in non-academic subjects in high school; (2) to determine the practices of the secondary schools of New Mexico in granting credit for non-academic experiences; and (3) make recommendations leading toward the acceptance of systematic practices throughout the state.

Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College- 1955- Ninety-Fourth Annual Commencement, Office Of The Registrar

Graduation Programs

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 14-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• 326 Will Receive Degrees from Western This Year
• Elvis Stahr and George Riggs Will Address June Graduates
• 49ers is Theme of Senior Dinner
• Two Alumni Win Fellowships – A.J. Beeler & Margaret Griffin
• Sue Lynch Will Participate in Coronation – Mountain Laurel Festival
• Know Kentucky Program Will Feature Geography This Summer
• Congress Debate Club Gives Annual Dinner
• Graduation – editorial
• Adams, Freeman. Herald …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 13-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Awards Given in Chapel to Students and School
• Thornberry, Don. Eleven New Trash Cans Carry Slogan Please Help Keep Our Campus Clean
• Debbie Walters, Jerry Passifiume Reign at Dance – Talisman Ball
• 17 Will Enter Medical, Dental Schools This Fall
• Western Players Present Year’s Awards
• Michael Fancher Injured in Cave Mishap
• Gene Bewley’s Exhibit Goes on Display
• AFROTC Receives Satisfactory Rating
• Let’s Clean …

Senate Meeting May 3, 1955, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 12-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Construction of Two Dorms Wil Begin September – East Hall, North Hall
• 4000 Musicians Are in Festival
• Bell, Don. Royalty Returns Tonight for 20^th Talisman Ball
• Adams, Freeman. 29 Cadets Receive Awards
• AFROTC Inspection is Being Held Today
• Varsity Varieties Slated Tuesday Western Signs Will be Placed on Highways
• College Heights Herald Celebrates Thirtieth Year of Publication
• Newspaper & College Heights
• Welcome …

Senate Meeting April 12, 1955, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 11-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Kelly Thompson Named Acting President by Regents
• Wayne Everly Wins Ogden Contest
• Western’s Breakfast Will Highlight Kentucky Education Association Activities
• A.L. Crabb Speaks at English Dinner
• Mock Trial Will be Held April 26
• Forrest Pogue Will Talk on His Book at History Dinner
• Army and Air ROTC Awards Day is April 22
• Debaters Enter National Tournament
• Talisman Ball Slated April 29
• Study Abroad …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 10-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

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

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Jerry Whitsell Honored as Most Valuable Player
• Wanda Kirkham Wins American Association of University Women Contest
• Squad Will Face harvard, then Enter Nationals – Debate Team
• College Heights Herald Rated First Place by CSPA
• Seniors Discuss Graduation Plans
• Campus Will Host Region Musicians
• Scholarship – editorial
• Hightower, David. 14 Western Spelunkers Explore Higginbotham Cave
• Typewriter Stolen from Library
• Films of West Will be …