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Ua35/2/4 Meeting Minutes, Wku Committee Of Staff Deans

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting regarding program status reports, administrative calendar, administrative selection and retention, personnel file policies and pass/fail grading.

The Price Of Folk: The Progression Of Two Decoy Makers’ Work From Folk To Non-Folk, Benjamin Vincent

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Applying the standards for delineating folkcraft developed by Japanese scholar Soetsu Yanagi to the work of two Maryland decoy makers, Lem and Steve Ward, revealed that the Wards’ work followed a progression from folk to non-folk. A Hearst newspaper chain article on the two carvers plus winning first place at the New York Decoy Show brought publicity far beyond that usually encountered by the average folk craftsman. These events also exposed the two brothers to a range of wealthy collectors. When the Wards began to experiment with ornately carved birds, they had a waiting, and financially capable market. The extremely …

Fandom Is A Way Of Life: A Folkloristic Ethnography Of Science Fiction Fandom, David Axler

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A science fiction (“sf”) fan is an individual whose interest in this literary genre has extended past reading into involvement in such things as local science fiction clubs, fan magazines (“fanzines”), and sf conventions (“cons”). Science fiction fandom is the loosely-structured, geographically-dispersed organization of these fans. Drawing on both written sources and field interviews with eight informants, the history, composition and structure of sf fandom is examined from a folkloristic viewpoint. The forms of folklore which serve to bind the individual fan to the larger social entity of fandom are detailed.

Despite its literary orientation, fandom is primarily a social …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding personnel files and pass/fail grading.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding television program, computer databases, administrative roles, administrative selection and retention, salaries and mission statement.

Ua3/4 Informational Notes, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the president's office regarding events and announcements.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Discussion of parking, absenteeism, elections, by-laws and powers of the executive committee.

Special Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Corrected minutes of the WKU Board of Regents special meeting regarding Raymond Cravens appointment as Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Ua45/6 Commencement Address, J. David Grissom

WKU Administration Documents

J. David Grissom's commencement address.

Ua60/3/3 May Commissioning Exercises Program, Wku Military Science

WKU Administration Documents

Program for ROTC commissioning exercises.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting to discuss working with other Kentucky universities senates, Bylaws, Amendments & Elections Committee changes, benefits and teaching loads. Attachment regarding faculty regent election procedures included.

May Agenda, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Agenda with hand written notes.

Agenda, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Agenda for May 10th meeting. Minutes have not been found.

Ua3/4 For Your Information, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the president's office regarding events and announcements.

Memo - Faculty Senate Meeting, May 12, 1977, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Memo reminder of next meeting with agenda items and request to discuss function, direction and relationship of senate.

Ua11/2 British Biographical Society Admits Noted Western Alumnus, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Press release regarding WKU alum Clyde Ray Frankliin obtaining membership in the British Biographical Society.

Agenda & Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding mission statements and Scholastic Development.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 58, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Halicks, Richard. Raymond Cravens’s Request to Transfer is Tabled After Closed Meeting
• Regents Approve 6% Salary Increase
• Sanders, Linda. Dero Downing’s Proposal Chosen Over Senate’s
• Work Begins on Sprinkler
• Wolfe, Bill. Academic Advisement, Career Planning & Placement Center Will Coordinate Advisement, Job Planning
• Student Gets Fulbright Grant – Gayle Waggoner
• Associated Student Government: Taking the Opinions of Student Body to the Hill
• Administration Considering Associated Student Government Constitutional Revisions
• Advancing? Dero Downing Studies Early Registration
• Kelley, Rick. Rock and Talk Chicago, Barry Manilow Highlight Concerts; …

A Study Of The Reasons Successful College Freshmen Voluntarily Withdraw From Campbellsville College, Annie Neil

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Samples of successful freshmen students voluntarily withdrawing from Campbellsville College were studied and compared to determine the reasons for leaving the College. It was anticipated that findings would help to identify some of the problems involved in student withdrawal, thus giving the College some better understanding with which to proceed in an effort to build retention.

Forty academically successful freshmen of the class 1974- 75 were surveyed using a questionnaire and telephone and personal interview. These students were grouped in three divisions: (1) those who entered with plans to transfer, (2) those who entered with indefinite plans, and (3) those …

Ua51/1/4 All About Us, Vol. 1, No. 12, Wku Libraries

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Libraries as a communication device to relay information to faculty and staff in the Division of Library Services.

Critique Of Feuerbach's Philosophical & Theological Concepts Of God & Man, David Draper

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the critique of Ludwig Feuerbach's identification of the nature of man and of the nature of God, it is seen that his ideas stem from some aspects of Hegelian philosophy. Feuerbach's thought revolves around his conception of man. He believed, after much study, that he perceived in Hegelian philosophy a portrait of man that was veiled by Hegel's mystical concept of Absolute Mind. If, Feuerbach thought, one could strip away the idealistic tendencies of Hegelianism, then one would be left with a true picture of man. He reversed Hegelian thought and re - postulated man in his "Towards a …

Photochemistry Of Alpha, Beta-Unsaturated Nitro Compounds, Charles Elmore

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A total of twelve α ,β - unsaturated nitro compounds of the form

Ar-C=C-NO₂

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H R

(where Ar=phenyl, o-methylphenyl, mesityl, α - naphthyl, and β - naphthyl; R=hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, and phenyl) were prepared and irradiated with ultraviolet light. When the corresponding α - oximinoketone was formed, it was recovered and identified. Six of the α , β - unsaturated nitro compounds and one α - oximinoketone had not been previously reported. Yields of irradiation products were determined and a kinetic study performed on these.

The effect of substituents size at the β - position of α …

A Study Of He+ + Ar Collisions At Energies Between 600 Ev & 1500 Ev, Alton Dull Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This investigation was undertaken in order to confirm and to extend earlier studies of processes whereby energy and angular momentum are transferred from external to internal degrees of freedom in low velocity collisions between ions and atoms. Specifically, this investigation sought to verify the proper functioning of a device designed to study low velocity atomic and molecular collisions, to confirm results obtained in an earlier study of spectra produced by collisions of He⁺ions with argon atoms, and to extend the energy and wavelength ranges of this study to 1500 eV and 6200 Å, respectively.

The data was in …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 53, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Problems Of Clothing Elementary School Age Children In Families Of Low- And Middle-Socioeconomic Status In Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Comparisons And Recommendations, Kay Grise

Home Economics and Family Living Theses

The study was designed to determine the problems that low and middle socioeconomic status families have in clothing their elementary school-age children. Comparisons were made of the consumer buying attitudes and practices of mothers of elementary school-age children from middle-and low-socioeconomic status families in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Differences between the groups were measured on a 92- item Likert scale questionnaire on the variables-planned buying, appropriateness, conformity, labeling, faulty merchandise, care, serviceability, comfort, and versatility. One-way analysis of variance was used to determine significant differences. The middle socioeconomic group indicated a more knowledgeable attitude on all the scales. Data from personal …

Ua60/5/3 Ceremony Of Capping & Pinning Program, Wku Dental Hygiene

WKU Administration Documents

Program of the WKU Dental Hygiene department capping and pinning of graduates. Includes list of students.

Status Report On Faculty Salaries, Ay1976-1977, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

The primary purpose of this report is to provide a summary of salary disbursements for instructional personnel at Western for the 1976-77 academic year. The report is designed to provide the typical faculty member with the essential information to obtain a perspective on the manner in which salaries are distributed according to several criteria for the current academic year. Other than a few general comments in the narrative, no attempt has been made to draw inferences from the data or to make policy recommendations.

It should be noted that the data do have limitations (discussed below), and caution should therefore …

Summary Of Senate Activities, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Communications Committee annual report for 1977.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 5, Number 5, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.