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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs Dec 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Alumni News
  • Athletics
  • Class & Club
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Sport-Shots

This issue contains articles:

  • Presidents of County Delegations Are Elected
  • Olga Randolph in Cast of “Holiday”
  • President Henry Cherry Reveals Calendar of Summer School
  • Social Studies Council Holds Meet Recently
  • Peace Menaced, Organizer Says – William Ackerman, Emergency Peace Campaign
  • Cantata to Be Presented by Choir Dec. 13
  • Sterrett Cuthbertson Made N.Y.A. Supervisor
  • Clarence Denman Lists “Boners” Given as Quiz Answer
  • Dave Kerr Conducts Net Clinic Friday on Local Floor
  • Books Borrowed from Library for Dorm Girls …


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 46, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Dec 1936

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 46, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, William Spriegel and Chester Channon.


Analysis Of Public School Music Curricula Of The State Teachers Colleges In The United States, Louise Jackson Funk Dec 1936

Analysis Of Public School Music Curricula Of The State Teachers Colleges In The United States, Louise Jackson Funk

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There is very little literature pertaining to the Public School Music curriculas of the state teachers colleges in the United States.

Various questions, however, have arisen in each institution relative to the required music courses and to the number of hours that should be required of a public school music major. Music teachers disagree as to the text to be used in music courses. Of all the various public school music texts available it is difficult to find any one text that is most worthy of recognition as there seem to be many of equal value. Not only is there …


Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights Vol. 16, No. 2, Western Kentucky University Dec 1936

Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights Vol. 16, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

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Teachers College Heights monthly magazine promoting WKU and documenting campus events and courses offered. Features included in this issue:

  • Western Kentucky State Teachers College - Its Purpose
  • Second Annual Dad's Day Program Given
  • Legend of the Dogwood
  • Henry Wright, 1878-1936 obituary
  • The Training School of Western Teachers College
  • A Brief Resume of the Graduate Work at Western Kentucky State Teachers College
  • 1936 Homecoming Honored First Team
  • Founders Day at Western Nov. 16
  • Addresses Delivered at Corner Stone Laying, Cherry Hall by Henry Cherry, George Meuth, George Sager and H.W. Peters
  • Seward, R.H. Thirteenth Annual Report of the College Heights Foundation …


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 45, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Dec 1936

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 45, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, W.M. Pearce, L.L. Hudson, ? Trigg and James Arnold.


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 44, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Nov 1936

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 44, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Nell Travelstead, ? Clark, Earline Manning, Ed Diddle Jr., James Brownfield, Annie Reeves, Don Harris and Doris Blewett.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Alumni News
  • Athletics
  • Class & Club
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Sport-Shots

This issue contains articles:

  • Third District Educational Association Meets on Hill
  • College Chorus to Present Oratorio “Prince of Peace”
  • Murray Head to Speak to College Press – James Richmond
  • Dorm Girls Give Leap Year Dance in Gymnasium
  • Dr. Gordon Wilson Speaks at Alvaton High
  • State College Heads Convene Here Nov. 8-9
  • New Press Box to Be Erected
  • L. T. Smith Is to Attend Conference at Chicago
  • Western Has for Guests 1914 Gridmen
  • Kerns, Hazel. Louis Salomon Is …


Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee Nov 1936

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Archives Records

Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding fund raising to pay for the Henry Cherry Statue.


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 42, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Nov 1936

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 42, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore and Louis Salomon talking about Guatemala.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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

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

This issue contains articles:

  • Cornerstone Program Slated for 4 PM – Cherry Hall
  • Western Prepares for Annual Homecoing
  • Lillian Johnson at Work at University of Chicago
  • Shelton, Marjorie. Herald Reporter Finds Fall Play “Colossal”
  • Third District Education Association to Convene Here
  • M.L. Billings Addresses Training School at Chapel Exercises
  • McNally, Perkerson Slated to Speak at Lexington
  • Librarians to Attend Southeastern Library Association
  • Edgar Stansbury Paid Visit by Thief; Watch Missing
  • Pep Rally Is Recent Radio Presentation
  • Congress Club …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Alumni News
  • Athletics
  • Campus Copy
  • Class News
  • Club News
  • Hill Topics
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Sport-Shots

This issue contains articles:

  • Middle Tennessee Favored to Win Over Hilltoppers
  • Reid Sterrett Gets Cast for New Melodrama
  • Arndt Stickles Speaks at Maysville
  • Class Officers Are Elected
  • Lady Luck Plays Star Role in Xavier Triumph
  • County Pupils to See Game
  • Tennis Hopes Soar as Veterans Report for Fall Practice
  • Social Study Council to Meet on Hill
  • Plans Made for Big Homecoming
  • Robert Francis Joins Faculty at University of Wisconsin
  • Tennessee Polytechnic Institute …


Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee Oct 1936

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Archives Records

Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding organization for soliciting funds from alumni.


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 37, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Oct 1936

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 37, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Henry Cherry, ? McChesney, Finley Grise, ? Richards, Frank Baird and Mrs. C.O. Evans.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1936

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 1, 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
  • Hill Topics
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Sport-Shots

This issue contains articles:

  • Plans for Dads’ Day Are Complete
  • Radio Program Tuesday Opens New Fall Series
  • Class Officers Are Nominated
  • Military Club Holds First Fall Meeting
  • Over Two Hundred Students Get National Youth Administration
  • Post Office Has Hours Changed
  • Social Study Council Will Meet on Hill
  • Western Musicians Entertain Rotarians
  • Congress Club Plans Homecoming Fete
  • R.D. Perry Builds Concert Band
  • Kentucky Library Is Given Many Books
  • Western Grads Win Awards in Story Contest …


Ua3/1/2/1 Memo To Professors Re: Freshman Orientation, Wku President's Office Sep 1936

Ua3/1/2/1 Memo To Professors Re: Freshman Orientation, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Memo from president Henry Cherry to professors tasked with orienting freshmen at WKU. The memo outlines talking points and announcements regarding chapel attendance, homesickness, contacting their parents, athletics and National Youth Administration job opportunities.


An Attempt To Determine Why Teachers Fail, Ethel Craig Aug 1936

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 …


Implications Of School Board Membership: A Handbook For School Board Members, W. B. Owen Aug 1936

Implications Of School Board Membership: A Handbook For School Board Members, W. B. Owen

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem – A great number of pertinent and valuable contributions on the work of boards of education have been made emphasizing more particularly those aspects of establishment and organization, that are subject, more or less, to legislative action, and are consequently beyond control of the immediate board or its members. This study is concerned primarily with those phases of school board activity and relations that may be improved by the collective or individual efforts of the members constituting any board of education. They include the following:

  1. Relations with the community.
  2. Attitudes toward school administration and control.
  3. Cooperation with the …


A Study Of The Nursery Schools Conducted At Western Kentucky Teachers College In 1934 And 1935, Ethel Barnard Aug 1936

A Study Of The Nursery Schools Conducted At Western Kentucky Teachers College In 1934 And 1935, Ethel Barnard

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

As a result of the recent rapid increase in number of nursery schools in the United States a great deal of interest in nursery education has been evinced. The purpose of this study is to present a descriptive sketch of the nursery schools conducted at Western Kentucky Teachers College in such a manner that some results of the work may be shown.


The Development Of The Commercial Curricula Of Teacher Training Institutions, Joseph Compton Aug 1936

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 …


A Study Of Majors & Minors In Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bessie Beck Aug 1936

A Study Of Majors & Minors In Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bessie Beck

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study has grown out of the desire of the writer to render some service to prospective high-school teachers in their selection of majors and teaching combinations, and to be of aid to the teacher-training institutions of the State - especially to Western Kentucky State Teachers College in directing prospective teachers to pursue courses that will fit them for the teaching demands of the high schools.

A number of studies of subject combinations in high-school teachers' programs have been made to determine in what fields and what subject combinations high school teachers actually teach. Clarence Nelvin Emrick1 in his …


Absence, Its Causes, As Found In A Study Of The City Schools Of Biloxi, Mississippi, William Pearson Aug 1936

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.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs Jul 1936

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 18, 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
  • 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 …


Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights Vol. 16, No. 1, Western Kentucky University Jul 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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 …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs Jun 1936

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 Jun 1936

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 Jun 1936

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.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs May 1936

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 May 1936

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 Apr 1936

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 Apr 1936

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.