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Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting. Agenda: dormitory construction contract, personnel changes and salaries, Rock House, Covington farm lease and application for furniture and supplies from Federal Works Agency.

A Proposed Administrative And Supervisory Organization For Vocational Rehabilitation In Kentucky, Clifton Cook

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The urgent need for tapping new reserves of manpower during the recent war emergency caused new stress to be put upon the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals. Employers were more willing than ever before to give the handicapped person a chance to prove that he could produce in competition with those who were physically whole. These two factors combined to bring about an increase in the staff personnel in Kentucky in such a short period of time that it was impossible to revise the organization of this division of the State Department of Education rapidly enough to keep pace with its …

The Reorganization Of Hopkins County Schools, John Adams

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Purpose of the study - Educators and lay citizens alike, in the main, want the schools to extend their services so as to meet all the educational needs of the youth. Surveys of the schools in the Hopkins County District in recent years have convincingly revealed that these services are not being rendered. At the suggestion of the Hopkins County School Superintendent H.W. Wilkey, and others this study is being made.

This is an intensive study of the schools of Hopkins County as they exist today, with suggestions for a plan of reorganization to bring them to the point of …

Preparation & Certification Of Industrial Arts Teachers, Thomas Zoretic

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was prepared primarily to show the students of the industrial arts field and later teachers of industrial arts that the curriculum is providing them with both academic and technical opportunities. It will also give the layman an idea that time and effort has to be put forth in planning the curriculum.

Ua12/2/2 1946 Talisman, None

WKU Administration Documents

1946 Talisman yearbook.

• Foreword
• Dedication – World War II Dead
• Collins, William. The Sleep of the Brave
• Campus Views
• Administration / Faculty / Staff
• Classes
• Features / Beauty Queens
• Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities
• Military
• Clubs
• Western College Players
• Music
• Concert Series
• College Heights Herald
• Talisman
• Physical Education
• Basketball Schedule
• Review of the Season – Basketball
• Training School
• Photographs
• Advertisements
• Index

Executive Committee Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of executive committee meeting of WKU Board of Regents to discuss appointment of Edgar Stansbury head of Physical Education and Jess Thomas as football coach.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Book Marks
• Rural School Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Kentucky Building News Society Page
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• Hilltopics

This issue contains articles:

• Dr. Ward Sumpter Elected Head of Kentucky Academy of Science
• Pollard, Martha. Jesse Stuart, Kentucky Novelist, Speaks at Chapel Exercises and Club Dinner
• More Houses Granted to Western – Veterans Village
• High Schools Rated in Music
• Staff Heads for ’47 Named
• Herald Given Second Class Rating—Associated Collegiate Press
• 64 Future Homemakers of America Delegates Meet on Campus
• Equipment Arrives for …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Book Marks
• Rural School Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Kentucky Building News Society Page
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• Hilltopics

This issue contains articles:

• Grise, Finley. Dean Lauds Western’s Educational Standards
• Avalon Wins Future Farmers of America Field Day
• Mitchell Davis to Assist in Education Department
• Talisman Sent to Engraver
• Registrar Lists June Graduates
• Cooper, Margaret. Western Players Have 21^st Hit With “The Barretts”
• Queen to be Crowned at Military
• Band Concert is Scheduled for May 2
• Preliminary Orations Held for State Contest …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Book Marks
• Rural School Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Kentucky Building News Society Page
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• Hilltopics

This issue contains articles:

• Classes to be Dismissed at Noon Today for Kentucky Education Association
• Stadium Lights to be Installed
• Governor’s Veto Changes Dorm Plans
• William Edens Made Head of Arkansas State
• Alvis Temple is Ogden Day Speaker
• World Student Services Fund Speaker Urges Support – Gaston Vandermeersche
• Sacred Music to be Presented - Easter
• Former Student Declared Dead – James Atterberry
• Kentucky Academy …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Book Marks
• Rural School Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Kentucky Building News Society Page
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• Hilltopics

This issue contains articles:

• Tragic Accident Claims Popular ‘Pete’ Garrett – Harvey Garrett
• E. B. Stansbury to Lead Western in Grid Fortunes Next Fall
• Dr. Judson Griffin Speaks to Rotarians
• Dr. M.L. Billings Speaks to Kentucky Social Hygiene Association
• Memorial Chapel to be Held for Prof. Horace McMurtry
• Dero Downing to Coach College High Team
• New Professor of Military Science & Tactics Arrives to …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Book Marks
• Rural School Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Kentucky Building News Society Page
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• Hilltopics

This issue contains articles:

• KIAC Champs Will Meet No. 2 Team Tomorrow
• Prof Horace McMurtry Dies at City Hospital
• Candidates Named for Annual Feature Honors
• World Student Service Fund Begins Work on Campus
• Two Westerners Declared Dead - Harold Burkhead, Charles Embry
• Sunday Broadcasts Heard on Campus
• Six Seniors to Receive Degrees
• Former Westerner Dies of Injuries – Wallace Southard
• Grid Mentor Resigns Job …

Ua66/5/1 Constitution & By-Laws, Wku Cherry Country Life Club

Student Organizations

Constitution & Bylaws for the WKU Cherry Country Life Club.

Ua94/5/5 Scrapbook Ii, Rex Toothman

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Rex Toothman from 1940 to 1946. Contains clippings, cards, correspondence, graduation programs, theatrical programs, church bulletins related to Bowling Green Business University, U.S. Navy and World War II.

Ua100/1/2 Rural Training School Pta Scrapbook, Rural Training School Pta

University Organizations

Scrapbook created by the Rural Training School Parent Teacher Association. Includes lists of children, PTA members, programs and clippings.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 566-669:

• A Few Generations – 57
• Agreeable Fans – 7
• All Tied Up with Memories – 95
• An Ivory Tower – 15
• As In the Days of Methuselah – 188
• Bowser & the Wildcat – 126
• By Their Fruits – 154
• Chicken Coops & Horse Troughs – 196
• Chicken Hawks & Tom Paine – 47
• Childish Fears – 27
• Chimneys – 140
• Communal Culture – 51
• Contiguous Areas – 138
• Country Hicks – 112
• Cradles – 108
• Culture in Hymns – 59
• Cycles of Teaching – 162
• Didn’t It Rain? – 164
• Digging in the …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks
• Training School Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Dear Ma
• News from the Alumni

This issue contains articles:

• Third District Education Association Supports Retention of Tax
• Founders’ Day is Observed
• Walter Nalbach Rejoins Industrial Arts Department
• Lyle Dawson to Speak on Atomic Energy
• Reactivation of Advanced ROTC
• Pianist to Open Concert Series – Dalles Frantz
• First Student Recital …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks
• Training School Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Dear Ma
• News from the Alumni

This issue contains articles:

• Third District Education Association Meets on Campus Today
• Talisman Staff Members Named
• Concert Ducat Sales Urged
• Founders’ Day to be Observed
• Mary Chisholm, George Daggit Present Recitals
• Native of Syria Now Westerner – Theodore Boushy
• Education Conference Held on University …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks
• Training School Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Dear Ma
• News from the Alumni

This issue contains articles:

• Workshops are Success
• Board Renamed for Foundation
• Staff Changes Announced
• Weldon Hart Wins First in Competition
• Veterans Swell Registration
• Training School Vacancies Filled
• Col. Elizabeth Strayhorn Commands WAC Training Center
• Concert Series Set for Year
• Miss Mattie Mclean Granted Leave …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 21, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

The Development And Growth Of Community Schools In Hopkins County, Compton C. Crowe

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

For several years many of the leading educators of the different states and the leading schools of higher education have been studying and advocating the community school idea. There have been many community schools established with various plans and ideas installed. Some are more advanced than others, but all are established with a long time plan in view. Many conferences have been held, and experts have been consultants and co-ordinators, and several visits have been made within the community to see at first hand the workability of school and its affect upon the lives of the children and citizens of …

The Status Of The High School Principals In Kentucky, Oscar Lovan

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present problem is threefold:

1. To determine the status of Kentucky high school principals with reference to the size of the system in which they work, their professional training, and their experience.
2. To determine the status of the Kentucky high school principals from the facts presented with reference to their duties and activities.
3. To determine the status of Kentucky high school principals with reference to their earnings and to make a comparison with the earnings of the classroom teachers.

Ua12/2/2 1945 Talisman, None

WKU Administration Documents

1945 Talisman yearbook.

• In Memoriam April 1, 1945 – World War II Dead
• Campus Scenes
• President / Administration / Faculty / Staff
• Classes
• Features / Beauty Queens
• Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities
• Clubs & Organizations
• Western Players
• Military
• E.A. Diddle – Coach & Athletic Director
• Ted Hornback – Assistant Coach
• WKU Basketball Schedule 1944-45
• Review of Basketball Season
• Girls’ Intramurals
• Talisman
• College Heights Herald
• Training School
• Advertisements
• Index

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 21, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• Spikes Cleats & Sneakers
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• A.L. Crabb, S.S.Hill to Address Seniors
• Future Farmers of America Meets in Snell Hall
• Don’t Take My Penny to be Presented
• David Helm to Present Program
• Oratory Contests to be Held
• Hugh Hendricks Awarded Medal
• Pres. Paul Garrett is Re-Elected
• Virginia Watts Accepts Assistantship
• Former Student Named Fraternity Head – Joseph …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 21, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• Spikes Cleats & Sneakers
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• Western Offers Numerous Opportunities
• Talisman and Military Queens are Crowned
• Malcolm Arnett Speaks
• Students Accept Fellowships
• Lt. Gen. Simon Buckner Once Interviewed by Arndt Stickles
• Western Players to Present Twentieth Production on May 3^rd in Van Meter
• Lt. William Hanley Killed in Action
• Mrs. Gladys Brown Receives Souvenirs
• Dr. Reid …

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting. Agenda: personnel changes and salary list, student teaching in Auburn and Alvaton schools, insurance, Cherry Hall debt, sale of property to Lalla Welch, sale of house and re-election of President Paul Garrett.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 21, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• Spikes Cleats & Sneakers
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• W.B. Youmans Lauds Western’s Pre-Med Work
• Nedra Hines Joins WAVES
• A.L. Crabb’s Latest Book Published
• Edgar Stansbury is Promoted to Lieut. Colonel
• Roy Kelley Promoted to Lieut. Colonel
• Col. Edwin Crabill Aids in Capture
• Herald Rated All-American
• Dr. Mary I. Cole Attends NEA Board Meeting
• Try-Out Held for Spring Production
• Talisman …

Ua99/3 71st Annual Catalog, Bgbu Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog for the Bowling Green Business University.

Ua94/5/6 Highlights Of My Army Career, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Memoir of army life during World War II by Smiths Grove native Lucian Flora. See also his World War II scrapbook.

Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 2, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Second 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. Included are a set of postcards from an Italian soldier to his girlfirend. There are also post cards or Ireland, cities in North Africa and Italy, as well as Cincinnati, Ohio and Houston, Texas.

The first half of the scrapbook can be seen here.

Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights, Vol. 23, No. 2, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Promotional pictorial magazine regarding WKU campus, library, student life, athletics and the Bowling Green, Kentucky area.