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Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1955-1956, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1955-1956 season. The scrapbook also includes items regarding field trips and activities of members.

• The Male Animal, 1955
• Long Voyage Home, 1955
• The Emperor's New Clothes, 1956
• Of Thee I Sing, 1956
• Medea, 1956

Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 1, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

First half of World War II scrapbook compiled by Lucian Flora of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. He attended Bowling Green Business University from 1938 to 1940. This scrapbook contains materials regarding the campaigns through North Africa and Italy. Also included are items related to his life in Affinity, WV prior to the war. There are post cards and photographs of Columbus, Ohio; Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland; Alexandria, Virginia; and Ireland.

See second half of the scrapbook here.

1956 Ray Family Papers, Department Of Library Special Collections

Ray Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1955-1956, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1955-1956 season. The scrapbook also includes items regarding the WKU Debate Team and clippings regarding Russell Miller.

• The Male Animal, 1955
• Long Voyage Home, 1955
• The Emperor's New Clothes, 1956
• Of Thee I Sing, 1956
• Medea, 1956

Ua30/1/1 Western Kentucky State College Map, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Western Kentucky University campus map includes buildings:

• Administration Building - Van Meter Hall
• Library - Gordon Wilson Hall
• Training School
• Cherry Hall
• Cedar House - Faculty House
• Athlete's Dorm - Diddle Dorm
• Industrial Arts Building
• Home Economics Building razed 1982
• Physical Education Building - Helm Library
• Swimming Pool
• Home Economics Management House
• Music Building razed 1975
• Men's Dorm #13 - East Hall
• Men's Dorm #14 - North Hall
• Student Union - Garrett Conference Center
• West Hall - Schneider Hall
• McLean Hall
• Cherry Town - Cherryton
• President's Home - Craig Administration Building
• Kentucky Building
• Heating Plant
• Industrial Arts Lumber Shed
• Western …

Ua51/1/4 Library Leaves Vol. 10, No. 2, Wku University Libraries

WKU Administration Documents

No abstract provided.

Ua51/1/4 Library Leaves Vol. 10, No. 1, Wku University Libraries

WKU Administration Documents

No abstract provided.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 31, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

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 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

WKU Administration Documents

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 …

Ua51/1/4 Library Leaves Vol. 9, No. 3, Wku University Libraries

WKU Administration Documents

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/2 1955 Talisman, None

WKU Administration Documents

1955 Talisman yearbook.

• Dedication – Royal Family Talisman Kings & Queens
• President / Administration / Faculty / Staff
• Classes
• Talisman
• College Heights Herald
• Speech Contest Winners
• Community Concerts
• Western Players
• Clubs / Organizations
• Religious Emphasis Week
• Music
• Red & Grey Orchestra
• Football Season . . . Coaches, Cheerleaders, Manager & Trainers
• W Club
• Basketball
• Basketball Homecoming Queen – Juanita Chinn
• Baseball Season
• Golf Team
• Track
• Tennis
• Features / Beauty Queens
• Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities
• 2.5 Scholastic Honors by Class
• Photographs
• Homecoming
• Commencement
• Military
• Training School
• Index
• Editor’s Note

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

WKU Administration Documents

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 …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 31, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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 …

Ua1b3/3 Meeting Minutes, Wku Athletic Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes, reports and correspondence for the March 22, 1955 athletic committee meeting. Includes proposal for giving awards to the debating team, W Club eligibility rules, list of award winners.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 6-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

Regular features include:

• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements

Articles in this issue:

• Elizabeth McWhorter & Norma Ruble Will Head 1956 Talisman Staff
• 45 Students Will Receive Degrees
• Plans Are in Progress for Two New Dormitories – East Hall, North Hall
• Waller, Tom. Lights Adorn Cherry Hall
• Dance Will be Held After Registration
• Deadline Set for American Association of University Women Contest
• Winter Band Concert Will be Held Sunday
• Uncle Billy Craig …

Ua1d Paul & Virginia Garrett Personnel File, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Personnel files of president and first lady Paul & Virginia Garrett.

Ua19/17/1/4 Wku Football Press Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU football media guide for 1955.

Ua94/7/2 Mary Grise Scrapbook, Mary Grise

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Mary Grise documenting her high school activities in 1955. She was involved with music, clubs, Girls State Legislature, Girls Nation and church activities. There are several letters from Kentucky politicians.

Ua3/3/1 Desires & Needs Of The Student Body Of Wksc, Wku Student Body

WKU Administration Documents

Suggestions offered to Kelly Thompson regarding student desires and needs circa 1955. The document was signed by the following students:

• Frederic Dow
• Matilda Walker
• Barbara Clay
• Ann Meredith
• Robert Hensley
• Royce Woosley
• Jim Owens
• Charles Miller
• J.C. Embry
• Emmaline Jones
• George Orr
• Peter Mahurin
• John Chamberlin
• Jane Winchester
• Glenn Vale
• Betty Lee
• Harry Gray
• Shelly Hampton
• James Wilson
• Elizabeth McWhorter
• Helen Kilgus
• Naomi Jones
• Wayne Duncan
• Dixie McGregor
• Wayne Everly
• Ray Law
• Lloyd Young
• Bob Daniels

Ua19/17/1/4 Wku Football Press Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU football media guide for 1955.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 5-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

Regular features include:

• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements

Articles in this issue:

• Twenty-Six Seniors Were Elected to Who’s Who
• Funeral Services for Bess (Fayne) Cherry Held Nov. 21
• ROTC Cadets and Dates Will Attend Ball Tonight
• D.K. Wilgus Will Receive Ph.D.
• Shelly Hampton is State Home Economics President
• Music Department Will Present Messiah Sunday
• Bloodmobile Will be at Student Union Building Thursday
• Senior & Graduate Pictures Completed
• Fight Tuberculosis Buy and …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 31, No. 4-Z247, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

Regular features include:

• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements

Articles in this issue:

• Dr. Gordon Wilson Addressed Founder’s Day Chapel
• B.L. Curry Exected Alumni President
• Music Fills the Air as Chorus & Clinic Meet
• Four Scenes are Next Production – Western Players
• Jane Winchester Participated in Panel Talks
• Military Ball is December 10
• Funeral Services for Bess (Fayne) Cherry Scheduled Saturday
• Mack Sisk Wins Award for Kentucky Publicity Unit
• Western Financial Status …

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

Regular features include:

• Birds I View
• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Mind Your Manners
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Book Marks
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements

Articles in this issue:

• Plans are Being Made for Homecoming Nov. 6
• Classes Elected Year’s Officers Last Week
• Nominations for Queen Next Week
• Ralph Posey Appointed AFROTC Group Commander
• Debate Grows Hot as Students Campaign
• Fall Enrollment Jumps to 1807
• Charles Hood Heads Army ROTC
• New Pep Club Organized
• Support Your Officers – editorial
• Put Away Those Letters – editorial
• Registrar’s Office Announces …

Ua51/1/4 Library Leaves Vol. 9, No. 1, Wku University Libraries

WKU Administration Documents

No abstract provided.

Reasons For Pupil Drop-Outs In Mclean County Schools, Chloe Blanchard

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the papers, educationaljournals and occasionally in farm magazines and other periodicals we read of the unsatisfactory school conditions prevalent in the state of Kentucky.

As a citizen, student, teacher and would-be educator in this beautiful state, it appears desirable to determine to some degree whether or not inadequate school programs exist in Kentucky and if so to locate some of the factors determining them. Obviously the field is too broad to be covered in a single investigation.

This particular study has been concentrated in one small county of the state. As it proceeded, broader and broader avenues for investigation …

Industrial Resources: Bath County - Owingsville, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Bath County

"Industrial Resources: Owingsville, Kentucky" prepared by the Owingsville Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural & Industrial Development Board of Kentucky, August 1954. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Building A Curriculum For The Rineyville School, H. L. Perkins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

I shall approach this study, both from a survey of the vocation that the students have followed when out of school, and by what they have recommended to be offered in high school. By listing the subjects most needed when out in life, and also a list of the subjects that they would take, should they have their high school days to go over again, should help us to determine just what curriculum to offer.