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A Comparative Study Of Academic Achievement Of Students From Phased-Elective Social Studies Curriculum With Students From A Traditional Social Studies Curriculum, Dennis Minnix

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this study, the academic achievement of two groups of University students was compared. The control group consisted of 15 students who had attended a traditional high school. The experimental group consisted of 25 students who had attended a high school which utilized a phased-elective curriculum design.

The students were observed at three points in their schooling. First, students were compared at the end of the eighth grade to determine if any significant difference existed prior to their exposure to the two high school programs. Next, students were observed at the end of their high school education by comparing scores …

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 6, Wku History

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Interview With Mary C. Bow (Fa 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Mary C. Bow conducted by Frankie Hickey on 29 May 1979. From folk studies student project concerning Mary Bow's life and her basket making.

Ua60/3/3 Annual Award's Ceremony Program, Wku Military Science

WKU Administration Documents

The Reserve Officers Training Corps of the United States Army Annual Award's Ceremony program.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding health plans, departmental annual reports, reorganization affecting Government and Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work, budget and salaries.

The Lark On The Strand: A Study Of A Traditional Irish Flute Player And His Music, Lori Jane Kaplan

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis provides an in-depth study of a traditional Irish flute player, Jack Coen. Jack, raised in the village of Woodford in County Galway, immigrated to America in 1949 at the age of twenty-four. With his large repertoire of Irish traditional dance tunes, Jack has played music at parties, dances, with the New York Ceilidhe Band, and at festivals such as the 1976 Festival of American Folklife in Washington, D.C. Jack teaches the flute and the tin whistle and is recognized both as a teacher and as a player.

By examining Jack Coen’s music we learn about the style, technique, …

Ua68/14/3 Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 1, Wku Folk Studies Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by the WKU Folk Studies Society regarding upcoming events and student activities.

Lewis, Lisa Claire (Fa 193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 193. Paper written by Lewis entitled "Mur and Granddaddy: An Elderly Couple Adjusting to the City." Concerns her grandparents moving from their Todd County farm to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Ua12/2/1 Spring Fashions '79, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

College Heights Herald spring fashion issue. Articles included in issue:

• Galloway, Amy. Small-town Thinking
• Malone, Roger & Alan Judd. Clean, Classic Look Key to Men’s Spring Fashion
• Spring Rainwear to be Collarless
• Post, Audrey. Home-sewn Clothes Can Cost 75% Less than Store-bought Ones
• Women’s Shorts, Loose Tops Popular . . .
• . . . Variety of Styles Available for Tennis
• Whitaker, David. If Something is In – Look Out
• Roberts, Lisa. A Step Beyond – Casual Fashion Not Just Jeans
• Footwear Steps Into Colorful Sandals, Shoes
• Swimsuits More Revealing
• Shipley, Margaret. Accessories Going Crazy
• Beaty, Lisa. Dresses Becoming Softer, Trimmer …

Lucas Resolution, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Lucas Resolution proposing chairperson leadership be implemented at WKU, request for public hearing and the responses to the resolution.

Ua12/2/96 Newsletter, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Alpha Epsilong.

• Homecoming 1979
• Spring 1979
• Fall 1979

Fac: 001.1 Cost Of Administration & Instruction At The College & Departmental Levels, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

The study reported here was designed to provide an estimation of the relative costs of instruction (and research) and administration in the colleges of WKU.

Folklore, Poetry, And Identity: A Study Of The Archetypes In The Poetry Of Leslie Silko, Kate Grenier

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This paper is a study of folklore in literature; specifically, it is the study of the folklore in the poetry of Leslie Marmon Silko, a Laguna Pueblo women, and a half-breed. Her family situation, its place in the community, and its oral tradition are briefly noted, and the basic works of folklore in literature scholars are cited; therefore, the groundwork is established on which to examine the specific elements of folklore in the poems from Silko’s books, Laguna Woman and Ceremony.

Taking a Jungian approach to the archetypes in these poems, three subsequent chapters deal with three separate item of …

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 49, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Dero Downing Steps Down
• Douglas, Michele. Top Banana – Gary Riggs
• Egan, Sherry. WKU State Climatic Center
• Gibson, Debbie. I Kind of Believe It’s a Gift – Burt Feintuch, Folk Music
• New on the Gridiron
• Adams, Bob. Digital Voltmeter – Engineering Technology
• Schock, Jack. The Projectile Point – Archaeology
• Armstrong, Bryan. Confessions of a Journalism Intern
• Highland, Jim. Terry Climer
• Beauchamp, Donnie. Commonplace Things – Photography
• Miller, Richard. The Exceptional Student – Psychology, Biology
• Harry Snyder Speaks at Commencement
• Douglas, Michele. Students Take Advantage of Study Trips Abroad
• Western …

Ah001.2 Report B Administrative Growth Wku 1962-1977, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Report regarding growth in administrative positions at WKU between 1962 and 1977. Tables compare 1962, 1965, 1969, 1973 and 1977.

Ua12/2/84 Sig Times '78, Vol. Iii, Sigma Chi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ua68/10 Sociology, Wku Sociology

WKU Administration Documents

Brochure created by and about the Sociology Department.

Latent Didactic Functions Of Tlingit Mythology: A Re-Evaluation Of Raven's Role In Northwest Coast Culture, Stephen Poyser

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A comparative study was conducted of several variants of the Raven cycle of myths as manifested among the Tlingit Indians of the Northwest Coast. The results of this folkloristic study indicate that the myths serve several didactic functions. In addition to the manifest function of explaining the origin of the present order of the world the myths also serve to provide members of the society with a classificatory system through which they are able to relate to observable phenomena within their environment. The myths also provide institutionalized behavioral alternatives available to the society as manifested by the actions of Raven, …

They Like To Sing The Old Songs: The A.L. Phipps Family & Its Music, David Taylor

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

An ethnographic study of the musical traditions of the A. L. Phipps Family, of Barbourville, Kentucky, reveals various social forces which have affected the family's repertoire and performance career. A life history of the family, compiled from extensive fieldwork, is presented along with analyses of the Phippses' secular music, sacred songs, and their performance career. The family is clearly representative of the musical traditions of the upland South, drawing its music from sources common to most white Appalachian singers. A discography of the Phipps Family's recordings is included along with a selection of photographs highlighting their life and performance career.

A Folkloristic Look At Cockfighting, Marian Krontz

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Four Nebraska Cockfighters responded orally to queries about breeding, conditioning, heeling and handling of game fowl, and also about the public image and stereotypes of cockfighting and Its participants. Mastery of breeding, conditioning, heeling and handling is what makes a successful cockfighter, while association with the sport means having to face charges of cruelty to animals and accusations that only the seedier segments of society are attracted to it. Cockfighters are prepared to defend and rationalize their sport with a uniform set of excuses. They claim their adversaries are hypocritical in their accusations. Cockfighters also maintain that the Lord created …

Ua64/25/4/2 Spring Formal Program, Wku Pershing Rifles, Wku Rebelettes

Student Organizations

Spring formal program held by the Pershing Rifles and Rebelettes removed from scrapbook.

Ua35/11 Honors Convocation For Recognition Of Academic Achievement, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Program listing Scholars of Colleges and students with high academic standing.

Ua12/2/62 Jabberwock, Delta Sigma Theta

Student Organizations

Program for the first annual Jabberwock held by the Eta Zeta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta.

Ua12/2/84 Sig Times '78, Vol. Ii, Sigma Chi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ua68/14/3 Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 2, Wku Folk Studies Society

Student Organizations

No abstract provided.

1978-1979 Catalog, Wku Graduate School

Graduate School

Graduate School catalog regarding admissions, curriculum and policies.

Ua12/2/84 Sig Times '78, Vol. I, Sigma Chi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Papers representative of the variety of scholarly research conducted at WKU.

• Adams, Kathy. The Appalachian Language
• Barnett, Philip. A Study of Deviant Behavior of XYY Individuals in Regard to Environment and Genotype
• Bell, Brooks. Loving, Loyal Linda Loman: An Interpretive Note
• Danhauer, Janice. Motivating Workers Through Job Design
• Davis, Barbara. The Transformation of a Man into a Man of Understanding in Murinbata Society
• Davis, Diane. The Argot of the Homosexual
• Jewell, Teresa. The Life Story of the Hero of World War I - Sergeant Alvin C. York
• Lanham, Wayne. Das Knarrenschiff and a Ship of Fools: A Study in Influence …

Oystering In Kent Narrows, Maryland, A. Clayton Schofield

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Kent Narrows is one of the many small fishing areas located along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay. The fishing industry located there concentrates on the harvesting and canning of Chesapeake Bay shellfish, specifically oysters, crabs, and clams. This study is concerned with the collection of the traditional elements of the three occupations comprising the oyster harvest at Kent Narrows: (a) handtonging, (b) oyster shucking, and (c) blacksmithing of the oystermen's tools. Although the Kent Narrows oyster industry has developed since the 1930s, many of the traditional tools and work situations were borrowed from other fishing areas of the Bay. …

Ua12/2/36 Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

Student Organizations

Scrapbook chronicling Gamma Sigma Sigma activities and events of Fall 1977.

• Alpha Phi Omega
• Appling, Tom
• Ashby, Cathy
• Becker, Patricia
• Becker, Robert
• Bessinger, Roger
• Brown, Gerald
• Cottrell, Phylis
• Davis, Rose
• Delafield Girls Club
• Dubrin, Estill
• Dukes, Vickie
• Durbin, Carolyn
• Fuller, Cathy
• Grish, Linda
• Hancock, Debbie
• King, Pat
• Kingrey, Marla
• Leach, Cella
• Littlejohn, Renee
• Lovell, Cheri
• Lovell, Julianna
• Lovell, William
• Manning, Barbie
• Martin, Cynthia
• Mayes, Debbie
• McChesney, Butch
• Moody, Raymond
• Morgan, Lynn
• Murray, Sue
• Owen, Karen
• Owens, Cheryl
• Poitinger, Wendy
• Rogers, JoAnn
• Sanders, Nancy
• Sarles, Robbie
• Shoemaker, Debbie
• Simon, Donald
• Simon, Philip
• Stokes, Karen
• Strain, Cyndia
• Vick, Annette
• Vincent, Robin
• White, …