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Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing elementary certificate recipients.

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement concert program and graduation program listing music certificate / diploma recipients.

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

Ua1c4/5/224 Wku Student Body Photo, Wku University Archives

WKU Administration Documents

WKU student body with caption: On May 10, 1912, the chapel exercises adjourned and the students assembled in front of Recitation Hall to have the picture made. If you recognize this photo and can help identify the people in it, please send feedback - above.

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 …

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Iii, 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:

• A Review of the Junior Class
• Athletics
• In After Years
• The Has and the Are
• Spring
• A Thought
• Spring
• The Golden Age
• Rhymes
• We Are Going to Have a Festival
• News and Other Things
• Editor's Chat
• The General Assembly of Kentucky
• Junior Society
• Jokes

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

Ua3/1/7 Letter To John Cherry, Henry Cherry

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Letter regarding family members and the administration of WKSNS.

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

Ua3/1/7 Letter To Henry Cherry, John Cherry

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Letter from John Cherry to Henry Cherry regarding report on WKSNS to the legislature.

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 …

Ua1c Class Of 1912, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Unidentified portraits of the Class of 1912. Contact [email protected] if you can identify anyone.

The members of the Class of 1912 were: Evart Bratcher, Mary Browning, Della Combest, Mary Crutcher, Rose Ditto, Lena Dulaney, Hollie Finn, E.E. Gardner, Mary Grath, B.C. Gibson, Gertrude Grimsey, Katherine Hawthorne, Avis Hinds, Howard Likens, ? London,Harvey Loy, Arleen Mannix, Mary McDaniel, Elsie McGinnis, Willie Meguiar, B.H. Mitchell, D.P. Morris, Lottie Payne, Susanna Pickering, S.C. Ray, Lula Rigsby, Gabie Robertson, Verna Robertson, Oscar Shemwell, Mabel Squire, Salee Summers, Opal Taylor, Annie Turner, Pearl Turner, George Wells and John Wortham.

Ua60/1 Book Of Instructions In Domestic Science In Warren County Schools, Wku Domestic Sciences & Domestic Arts

WKU Administration Documents

WKU. Book of Instructions in Domestic Science in Warren County Schools, 1912 by Iva Scott, Mary McNamara, Daisy O'Dell, Lillie Pope, Ida Judd, Daisy Horne, Virginia Hudson, Carrye Runner and Emery White. Includes list of Farmers' Bulletins and patterns for a towel, potholder, pencil case, apron and sewing stitches. Original housed in UA60/1 Home Economics and Family Living Box 1.

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

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of WKU faculty meetings for 1912 from Books 1 and 2. The books have slight variations. See also Book 1 Index.

Ua1c4/5/244 Bgbu Student Body Photo, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Bowling Green Business College student body. If you recognize this photo and can help identify the people in it, please contact [email protected].

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.

Ua1c4/2/53 Wku Faculty Photograph, Wku University Archives

WKU Administration Documents

WKU faculty and staff, front row l to r: A.C. Webb, G.H. Reams, Mattye Reid, A.G. Wilson, M.A. Leiper, Iva Scott, Sarah Todd, Lucie Holman, Nellie Birdsong, Sue Proctor, Henry Cherry, A.J. Kinnaman, Franz Strahm, Arndt Stickles, Flora Stallard, Lou Adams, V.O. Gilbert, Elizabeth Woods, Sallie Rodes, Mrs. M.B. Settle, Margaret Acker, Laura Frazee and Belle Caffee. 2nd row l to r: Gertie Clemmons, Florence Schneider, Eva Cross, O.G. Byrn, Mary Stallard, Mrs. J. Roemer, James Alexander, Fred Mutchler, Alonzo Burton, T.J. Coates, William Craig, R.H. Marshall, J.H. Clagget, Mary Jarboe, Robert Green, Florence Ragland and Mattie McLean.

Ua12/2/22 Proceedings, Wku Moot Congress

WKU Administration Documents

Proceedings of the 1912-1913 sessions of the WKU Moot Congress. This student organization was created to teach students about government and hone their debating skills.

Box 30, Folder 17 Warren County Marriage Records, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Ua94/4/1 Donnie Love Autograph Book, Donnie Love

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Autograph book created by Miss Donnie Love, her family and friends. The book is 9 x 6 inches and has been covered in a yellow cloth. The earliest autograph is dated 1875, the bulk of autographs were inscribed in April and May of 1890. There is a last autograph written in 1912. The majority of the writers are from Kentucky. Alabama, Tennessee and Texas being represented as well. Miss Donnie Love, a native of Horse Cave, Kentucky attended Southern Normal School about 1890. She received a teaching certificate and began teaching in Edmonson County by the age of 16. Alphabetical …

Ua94/6/2/14 Science Notebook, Annie Reis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Science notebook kept by student Annie Reis. Notes and drawings of experiments proving basic scientific principles about magnetic fields.

Box 25, Folder 10 Warren County Marriage Records, B-W, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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