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Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Iii, No. 8, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• A Soldier's Training at West Point
• Forty Years Ago
• The May Festival
• Some Seeds to Sow
• County Delegation News
• Seniors (New Ones)
• Editor's Chat
• Letter to the Editor by Paul Seay
• Notes, Et Cetera
• Letter to the Editor by George Page
• Honor Roll
• Where it Tickles
• Best Ideas of Books
• Jokes
• XchanG

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting includes resolution in honor of Franz Strahm.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 3, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Summer School
• The New Normal Site
• Recitation Hall
• Cabell Hall
• The New Vanmeter Auditorium & Administration Building
• The Tired Teacher
• Courses Offered
• The Normal Training School
• English
• History
• Physical Sciences
• Physiology II
• Mathematics
• Drawing
• The Library
• The School of Domestic Science & Domestic Arts
• Nature Study & Elementary Agriculture
• Do You Need a Teacher?
• Physical Education
• Excursion from the Western Normal Summer School to the Kentucky Educational Association
• For High School Teachers
• Geography
• Special Announcement Summer School Western Normal
• Headquarters of Western Kentucky State Normal School at the Kentucky Educational Association
• Kindergarten Department
• Stewart, Cora. The …

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting with contract with Bowling Green Business University and letter from Seasongood & Mayer regarding bonds.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Iii, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• History of the Kit-Kat Club by R.M. Iglehart
• Greater Kentucky by E.B. Baker
• The Goddess of Beauty
• What Will Make the World Happy? by J.S. Brown
• The Death of Ah Ching by W.C. Wilson
• Editor's Chat
• Appropriation
• Loyalty
• Weak-Kneed
• Measles
• Athletics
• Chapel Notes
• Kit-Kat Yell
• Kit-Kat Song
• Kit Kats
• Jokes

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Iii, No. 5, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Boyhood
• Cullings
• Charm of the Woods
• Book Reviews
• Editor's Chat
• Cupid and Spring
• Plans
• News and Other Things
• Letter to the Editor by Jennie Etter

Ua2 The State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 2, Wku Board Of Regents

WKU Administration Documents

Biennial report of the WKU Board of Regents includes reports of president Henry Cherry, McKenzie Todd, state inspector, budget, curriculum, alumni, national rankings, county superintendent reports and photographs of the school.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator Vol. Iii, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Is There for Honest Poverty by Robert Burns
• The Seven Ages of Man
• In Whom Men Condemn
• The Biennial Report
• To Our President
• To the New Student
• Luck
• The Hero
• Finis
• Evening-Tide
• Jokes
• Wooing the Muse
• The Lyceum Course
• The Opening
• A Poem
• Seniors
• The Kit-Kat Social
• Athletics

Ua3/1/3 Education & Politics Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook regarding education & politics for 1911-1912 created by the WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure. Page numbers from original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• A Child's Value 139
• A Cure for Lawlessness, Elizabethtown News 89
• A 'Practical' Education 137
• Address & Resolutions to be Presented to State-Wide Rural School Conference, March 29, 1911 18
• All Round Efficiency 4
• Beckman, F.W. A Cry from Macedonia for Teachers of Agriculture . . . 58
• Behind the School 3
• Beveridge's Eloquent Plea for Cause of Humanity 145
• Campbell, James Jr. Commission Form of Government 85
• Child Labor a National …

Ua1a Capt. C.J. Vanmeter, Times-Journal & Warren County Courier

WKU Administration Documents

Biographical sketch and image of Capt. Charles Joseph Vanmeter, benefactor of the Southern Normal School.

Ua3/1/3 Education & Politics Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Education & Politics 1906-07; 1911-12 scrapbook created by WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure. Page numbers from original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• A Commoner's University, p. 28
• Aim and Object of Two State Normal Schools Set Forth, p. 1
• American History, p. 93
• Appeal for Funds, p. 99
• Approves Wealth Rightly Gotten, p. 81
• Arithmetic, p. 93
• Better Schools Must Come First, p. 39
• Big Reception is Voted Huge Success, p. 9
• Carmack, E.W. A Beautiful Tribute, p. 24
• Cherry, Henry. Untitled, p. 34
• Circular No. 5 re: Virginia schools, p. 66
• Compulsory Education, p. 5 …

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Van Meter Auditorium, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence of Henry Cherry with a variety of contractors regarding the construction of Van Meter Hall. Also includes information regarding the dedication and general reception when the building opened.

• American Seating Company
• Jake Bornstein
• C.E. Morris
• Superior Seating Company
• R.W. Koch
• Andrews Company
• Brinton Davis
• A.J. Anderson & Company
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
• S. Keighley Metal Ceiling & Manufacturing Company
• Dow Wire & Iron Works
• First National Bank of Louisville
• Bowling Green Machine Company

Ua11/1 On Normal Heights, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Promotional picture booklet of Western Kentucky University which includes images of the major buildings, students working on campus, faculty, Mammoth Cave, Barren River and student body.

Ua37/42 Commercial Teachers Training School, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Promotional pamphlet advertising the commercial teachers training school, summer 1912.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Iii, No. 3, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Should Public Money be Given to the Churches to Educate Their Children? by O.T. Shemwell
• The Challenge of the Young Men by Arthur Guiterman
• Each in His Own Tongue by William Caruth
• Resolutions
• New Year
• Complaints
• Student Leadership
• Darkness
• The New Bulletin
• Grit
• Alumni
• News
• Letter to the Editor by Dora Barnes
• What's the Matter with the World?
• How to Make Shoes
• Honor Roll
• Oratorical Contest
• Jokes
• Badly Needed
• XchanG by S.C. Summers
• Reported by Chas. Taylor …

Genealogy Of The John Fishback Family Of Culpeper County, Virginia, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Iii, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• The Irish at Home by S.C. Summers
• Interrupted Reveries
• A Small Boy's Christmas
• The Spirit of Christmas by Avis Hines
• The Coys' Corn Club by S. C. Summers
• Christmas
• Spirit of the Season
• Fairy-Story or Facts
• Uncle Sam and Christmas
• The Balance Sheet
• Arbor Day
• Honor Roll
• Corn Show
• To Subscribers
• Chapel Echoes
• XchanG
• News from Many Sources
• Read!!! by Maude Hurt
• Seniors
• Alumni
• Arbor Day
• Lyceum Course
• Jokes

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Special to Former Students
• The Students’ Edition of the State Normal Bulletin
• The Demand for Teachers
• The Opening of the Fall Session
• The Second Term, November 21, 1911
• The Mid-Winter Term
• The Fourth Term
• The Summer School of 1912
• Courses of Study
• The County Certificate Course
• The School of Music
• The New Catalog
• A Word to School Trustees & to All of Those Who Employ or Recommend the Employment of Teachers

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Iii, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Consolidation of Rural Schools by C.T. Canon
• Normal News
• Letter to the Editor by Lena Palmore
• November
• Thanksgiving
• The Spirit of the Season
• The Chestnut Hunt
• The Cheater
• The "Golden Rule"
• Humor
• The Senior Class
• Juniors and Kit-Kats by Nilla Hancock
• The Reception for the Ohio County Teachers
• The Daviess County Outing
• The Chestnut Hunt
• XchangG
• Thanksgiving with the Poets
• Hallowe'en
• Thanksgiving
• Jokes
• Chapel Echos

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Ii, No. 10, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Extracts from the Alumni Address by Hon. L.P. Tanner
• Commencement, 1911
• The Seniors' Picnic by Mrs. T.H. Napier
• The Opening
• The Societies
• Book Notices
• The Microbe's Serenade by Ivan Barnes
• A Tribute to the Efficiency of the Labor of the Office Force
• Under Cupid's Wings
• To Subscribers
• Howdy!
• For Heads of All Thicknesses
• Subscriptions
• Marriages
• The New Student
• The Initiative
• Jokes
• Normal News
• Seniors
• Reception to Students
• School Calendar

Ua3/1/1 President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction Ellsworth Regenstein. Includes review of curriculum and certificates granted.

Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, Vol. V, No. 1, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

• Next Place
• The Big Fired and the Bowling Green Business University
• If and If
• The Time Was
• An Investment
• Professor L.T. Dickey
• Seibert’s Band at BGBU Chapel
• Booming Big Institution
• Kentucky Defined
• No Cut Rates
• Fifteen Hundred Boarders
• Our Competitors
• To the Ambitious
• May or May Not
• What Advancement?
• Outings, Recreation & Rent
• Topmiller Orchestra at Chapel
• Wonderful Speed
• A Good Name
• All Lost!
• Typewriting
• How a Teacher May Double His Salary
• Is It Fair?
• Champion Typewriter …

Ua45/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Informational bulletin which includes:

• Greeeting
• Courses of Study Offered by the Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Condensed Information
• A Word to Those Who Employ or Recommend the Employment of Teachers
• Campus photos
• Editorials
• Expenses
• Summer School

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting, includes budget information, salaries and certificate recipients.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Ii, No. 9, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Our Folks
• School of Expression -- A Summary by Maude Hurt
• Kit Kat Klub
• Juniors
• Seniors
• XchanG
• Book Reviews
• Editorials
• Report from the Walking Trip to Mammoth Cave, June 8-13, 1911 by Lillian Winkler
• Incidnets of the Cave Trip by Elizabeth Davis
• Cave Formations
• Normal Heights
• Grammar 3 by Lorene Colley
• Rainy Days
• L'Allegro and Il Penseroso by Finley Grise
• A Dream of School Days by Amy Longest
• The Land of To-Morrow by W.L. Matthews
• The Play: …

Hogwallow Kentuckian, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Ii, No. 8, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Back to Manhood by Gordon Wilson, Opal Taylor and Eva Becker
• Ebon Eyes
• Wanted
• Dead Languages
• The Doctrine of Rest
• Graduates
• Senior Class of 1912
• Jokes
• XchanG
• Clippings
• Athletics
• News
• Oratorical Contest
• Chapel Program

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Ii, No. 7, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Back to Manhood by Gordon Wilson, Opal Taylor and Eva Becker
• Delights of the Simple Life
• Music by Bessie Beck
• Normal Heights
• A Flower Garden by L.F. Carwile
• Western Normal Yells
• Student Loyalty
• The Infinitesimal
• The Dedication
• The Convocation and Dedication by Maude Hurt
• Greetings Given by Students on the Evening of the Dedication, May 5th
• XchanG
• Jokes
• Normal News
• Reception to Citizens
• Music Festival

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Ii, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Normal School News
• Alumni by Mattie Reid
• Letter to Glasgow and Southern Normal Alumni by J.R. Alexander
• Literary Notes
• Cleaning-Up Day
• As the Editor Seeth, the Dedication
• The Out-of-Doors
• Spring Fever
• The Rusher vs. the Plodder
• May Issue
• Normal Doings
• The First Spring Outing
• Chapel Echoes
• Exchanges
• A Part Payment on an Owed to Examinations
• What It Means for Some People to Complete a Course in the Normal by P.G. Smith
• Laugh If You Want To