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A Plan Of Supervision For Paducah Public Schools, Hazel Rigg

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem involves the following divisions:

1. To present a study of the present plan of supervision in the Paducah Public Schools.
2. To present a proposed plan of supervision.
3. To suggest means of evaluation of the supervisory program.

The Reading Ability Of College Students, Nettie Harrison

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Statement of the problem - The problem of this thesis is to make a study of the reading ability of college students. Three phases of the problem are considered:

1. How well a group of unselected college freshmen can read.
2. What factors affect the reading ability of college students.
3. How reading ability affects scholastic achievement.

Absence, Its Causes, As Found In A Study Of The City Schools Of Biloxi, Mississippi, William Pearson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study of non-attendance of the pupils in the city schools of Biloxi, Mississippi, was undertaken to ascertain the reasons for their absence and to determine, if possible, the remedies to be applied.

An Analysis Of The Vocabularies Of Primers, Katie Motley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the present study is threefold:

1. To analyze the vocabulary of each of fourteen primers to determine the extent to which their vocabularies are identical.
2. To find what percentage of words each primer has in common with the Kentucky adopted text Ben and Alice.
3. To suggest primers which best supplement Ben and Alice for slow learners and for fast learners.

The Status Of The County Superintendent Of Schools In Kentucky, James Depp

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to present some of the leading facts concerning the present status of the county superintendents of schools in Kentucky, and also to compare the status of the county superintendent with that of the city superintendent as found by R.E. Stevenson's study of 1934. The same method of procedure is used in this study as was used in the study of the city superintendents in order that a reliable and worth while comparison could be made between the two groups of educational leadrs.

An Attempt To Determine Why Teachers Fail, Ethel Craig

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Personal efficiency is an increasing problem before the American public. Every agency that will aid in the successful accomplishment of any desirable goal should become a matter of thoughtful consideration. Success, as defined by a lexicographer, is a favorable end or result; therefore it may become an ever advancing goal toward which an individual moves.

Failure by the same authority, is the set of falling short of success. There is a divine principle within the heart of man that responds to the rhythmic progression of success; while the most callous individual retires to the sanctity of his private world to …

A Comparison Of The Certification Standards For Commercial Teachers In The Different States Of The Union, Lee Rothrock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the present study, the writer has attempted to make an investigation of the problem of the certification of commercial teachers in the secondary school level of the several states in the Union. The study has three purposes:

1. To tabulate the requirements made by the various states for secondary school certification of commercial teachers.
2. To set forth, by the method of comparison and contrast, the central tendencies and the differences that exist in these requirements.
3. To suggest principles and standards to serve as a basis for a general plan for the certification of high school commercial teachers in the United …

The Development Of The Commercial Curricula Of Teacher Training Institutions, Joseph Compton

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to trace the development of the curricula for commercial teacher training in the United States in order to discover its implications for the academic and professional preparation of teachers of business subjects. An attempt will be made to trace the evolution of secondary business education in order to discover the relationships existing between the aims and curricula of secondary business education on the one hand, and the preparation of business teachers and the curricula devised for their training on the other. Recommendations based upon the findings, will be made for the purpose of harmonizing …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class News
• Club News
• Society

This issue contains articles:

• County Superintendents to Meet Here
• Shirley Ayers Takes City Tennis Halo
• Former Western Instructor Made College Dean – Baily Wade
• Pioneer Log Cabin Nearing Completion
• Cipolloni, Mary. Kentucky Library Given Several Valuable Gifts
• Freshman Days Are Planned
• Grimage, Eleanor. Trip to Texas Centennial Is Slated for August 15
• More Students Receive Jobs
• Grid Prospects for Next Year Are Excellent
• Finely Grise Made Member of Planning Board
• Fall Session to Begin on September 21
• Folk …

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents:

• Receipts & Expenditures pp. 2-12
• Salary Schedules pp. 13-19
• Valuation of the Plant pp. 20-23
• Cherry Hall Construction pp. 25-26
• Chimes p. 27
• Heating Plant p. 28
• Landscaping pp. 29-31
• Mechanical Condition of Buildings pp. 32-37
• College Heights Foundation (includes Kentucky Building) pp. 38-41
• Enrollment & Costs of Kentucky State Institutions pp. 42-45
• Canon, E.H. Registrar's Report pp. 46-63, 65-76
• Ogden Medals & Awards 1928-1935 p. 64
• Students Enrolled & Graduates 1934-1935 pp. 77-90
• Grise, Finley. Report of the Dean of the College pp. 91-110

Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights Vol. 16, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

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Teachers College Heights monthly magazine promoting WKU and documenting campus events and courses offered. This issue is dedicated to student clubs.

• The English Club
• The Education Council
• The Graduate Club
• F.C. Grise Classical Club
• Physical Education Club
• The W Club
• Pre-Professional Club
• Chemistry-Physics Club
• Cherry Country Life Club
• Stickles History Club
• Le Cercle Francais
• Semplia Geography Club
• Arts & Crafts Club
• Iva Scott Club
• Social Science Club
• The Biology Club
• Strahm Music Club
• Country Presidents Club
• Ragland Library Club
• Congress Debating Club
• Musical groups
• Senior Unit Reserve Officers' Training Corps
• Athletics
• Homecoming October 31, 1936
• College Heights Herald Staff
• Western …

Reorganization Of Meade County's Schools, Raymond Gibson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to deal with the undesirable conditions of the county which could be corrected. Why should there be three high schools in the eastern half of the county and none in the western half of the county? Why should one-room schools exist with an average daily attendance of less than ten when the same school could be consolidated with other schools without causing any child to walk more than two miles? Why should there be 225 children in Meade County eligible for high school who are not attending school at any place? Why should the …

The Student Worker On The Campuses Of The State Colleges & Universities In The South, Dorothy Ellis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem arising from the study of the student worker may be considered under the following divisions:

1. To recognize the attempts that have been made to provide an educational program agreeable to both church and college.

2. To make a study of the student worker, considering his qualifications, his duties, his age, and his salary; to discover the number of student workers placed on Southern state college campuses by the Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations; and to list as accurately as possible these student workers, indicating whether they are full-time or part-time workers, stating the college or university …

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

WKU Archives Records

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class News
• Club News
• Personals
• Society

This issue contains articles:

• Macon Leiper Former Instructor, Dies
• Robert Schell Wins Trustees Annual Award
• Attends Conferences – Frederick Archer
• Judson R. Griffin
• Will B. Hill
• Wagoner, Hubert. Faculty Members Are Tall Fishermen, Stories Aver
• Enrollment for Summer Term Is Satisfactory
• Shultz, Raymond. Drouth Threatens to Ruin R.C. Woodward’s Handiwork
• 100 Students Are Awarded Certificates - Penmanship
• Radio Programs Will Be Given in Fall Term
• Kentucky Library Secures Courier Journal Files
• New Teachers Are Employed for Summer …

Ua12/2/2 1936 Talisman, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

1936 Talisman yearbook.

• Dedication – Elizabeth Woods
• Foreword – Talisman
• President Henry Cherry
• Dean Finley Grise
• Faculty
• Dr. Earl Moore
• Class of 1936
• Junior Class – Class of 1937
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1938
• Freshman Class – Class of 1939
• W.L. Matthews
• College High
• Athletics
• Student Organizations
• Talisman Staff
• College Heights Herald
• Music
• ROTC
• Beauty Queens / Featured Students
• Jokes / Poetry
• Ads

The Development Of Education In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Lula Dickey Vance

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In recent years several articles have been written concerning education in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but the writer has been unable to discover an article that has treated the development of education from the time Bowling Green was established until now. It is the motive of this study to trace the development of education from the time Bowling Green was established until the present time.

Information for this thesis has been obtained from various sources, but the greater part of it has been secured through personal interviews, unpublished manuscripts, scrapbooks and histories.

English Majors Of Western Kentucky State Teachers College 1924-1935, Aubrey Peterson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In order that the objectives of this study - the ability to give more intelligent guidance, from the standpoint of the teacher-training institution, in the proper minor for an English major - the problem becomes one of determining:

1. What minor English majors used in their college education.
2. What number are teaching their minor subject.
3. What subject those with teaching experience suggest that future English majors use as a minor.

Social-Business Curricula For The Training Of Commercial Teachers, Carlos Steed

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A necessary corollary of any progressive movement is research. In the United States business has become the chief corner-stone of our social and economic systems, and it is a recognized fact that every phase of the welfare of this nation has business implications. Since these effects are inescapable by society, and since business is so vital to the progress of our civilization, it is in the field of business education that we find one of the greatest needs for research.

A Study Of The Higher Educational Career Of The Eighth Grade Graduates Of The Warren County Schools, Thelma Glasscock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class News
• Club News
• Personals
• Society
• The Sport Light
• Throbbing Hearts

This issue contains articles:

• New Building Named H.H. Cherry Hall
• Regular Class Examinations Begin Monday
• Nicholas Knight and J.C. Cantrell Win Ogden, Robinson Medals
• Arndt Stickles Plans State Meeting
• Kentucky Science Group Holds Meet Here May 8-9
• Alumni to Have Program Thursday
• John Lovett Is Herald Editor for Next Year
• Training School Graduation Held Yesterday Morning
• Cadet Captain James C. Downer Gets ROTC Medal
• College High Seniors Get Scholarship Medals Tuesday
• One …

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

WKU Archives Records

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Personals
• Society
• The Sport Light
• Throbbing Hearts

This issue contains articles:

• Academy of Science Convenes Today
• Mothers Are to Be Honored on Hill Today
• Junior Prom Tonight
• Dr. Judson Griffin to Sponsor Ten Day Tour through Virginias
• Commencement Plans Complete
• Dorothy Kash Has Poem in Modern Poetry Anthology
• Men’s Glee Club Ends Tour Today
• Dr. Gordon Wilson
• Bowling Green Stone to Be Put in New Building – Cherry Hall
• Congress Club Banquet Is Set for Wednesday
• State Association Honors Librarian – Margie Helm …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Personals
• Society
• The Sport Light
• Throbbing Hearts

This issue contains articles:

• Music Festival Slated Here Tomorrow
• Harvey Gardiner Goes to Interstate Speech Trials
• College High Latin Club Gives Playlet
• Western’s Kentucky Education Association Breakfast Is Colorful, Spirited Affair
• New Regents Named April 18
• Four County Broadcasts to Be Given during May
• Commencement Plans Complete
• Mother’s Day Celebration Set for May 8
• John Colle Enjoys African Campaign
• Festival Mass – Franz Strahm
• Robinson, Ogden Forensic Tests Set for May 11
• Miss Lillian Johnson Gets …

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 31, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Kelly Thompson, Norma Lagura, C.P. McNally, Karl Beyer, Virginia Fortenberry, Helen Albritton, Paul McDaniel and B.T. Towery.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class News
• Club News
• Personals
• Society

This issue contains articles:

• Senior Day Attracts 4,000 Visitors
• Rehearsals of Spring Play Are Well under Way – To the Ladies
• Faculty Members, Students Judge Academic Meet
• Charlie Kramer Killed in Plane Crash Monday
• Debaters End Season with State Tour
• All Sections Are Represented Here in Student-Body
• Festival Mass by Franz Strahm to Be on Air April 8
• Building Bonds Sell above Par – Cherry Hall
• Staff Members Leave to Attend Press Meeting
• Miss Sibyl Stonecipher to …

Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights Vol. 15, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Teachers College Heights monthly magazine promoting WKU and documenting campus events and courses offered. This issue includes:

• Western's KEA Breakfast
• Western Headquarters at KEA
• The Cedar House
• Summer Term Brings Summer Tours
• Mother's Day at Western Will be Observed May 8
• The Colonial Garden
• The Italian Garden - A Touch of the Renaissance
• Snell Art Collection
• Kentuckiana
• Commencement
• Complete Weather Station Maintained on Western Campus
• Study Centers Will be Organized in Many Counties this Summer
• Home Management House is Home Economics Laboratory
• Dramatics
• Smith, Bert. 1535 - The English Bible - 1935
• Potter College Building Served a Most Useful Life …

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 28, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, George Grise, Tommy Smith, Peter Sirbu, Joyce Ritchie, Henry Cherry and L.C. Curry.

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

WKU Archives Records

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class News
• Club News
• Personals
• Society
• The Sport Light
• Throbbing Hearts

This issue contains articles:

• Western Players Will Present Comedy April 13 – To the Ladies
• Woodwind Quartette Will Present Radio Program Tues.
• “H.M.S. Pinafore” to Be Presented at Western March 1
• Avoid Embarrassment, Get Your Annual Now
• Harvey Gardiner Wins State Forensic Contest March 7
• Talisman Sales Contest Draws Much Interest
• Toppers’ 1936 Grid Schedule Is Completed
• Claggett, John. Western Men More Polite Than Co-eds
• Debaters Meet Several Teams This Week-end
• Gifts …

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 26, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Mariana Gaines, Ellen Lewis, L.T. Smith, John Welch, Irene Humphrey, Martha Greer, Gilbert Holbrook, Robert Beams, Dorothy Riggs, Geneva Baldwin, Elvis Donaldson discussing the benefits of the National Youth Administration program.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 25, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, M.L. Billings, ? Elrod, ? Barnard, ? Kent, ? Pogue, ? Purdom, ? White and ? Hieronymus.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class News
• Club News
• Personals
• Society
• The Sport Light
• Throbbing Hearts

This issue contains articles:

• Oratorical Contest is Here Tomorrow
• Basketball Team Leaves for Jackson
• State National Youth Administration Head Here February 28 – Frank Peterson
• Rose Bampton to Give Concert Here March 20
• Child Psychology to be Theme of Radio Program March 10 – M.L. Billings
• Chorus to Sing Concert April 5
• George Washington Day Program Draws Large Audience
• Men’s Glee Club Will Give Home Concert March 13
• Helen Smith Wins Amateur …