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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Music Notes
• At the Capitol - Movies
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• Quotable Quotes
• Service Column

This issue contains articles:

• Hilltoppers Leave for Eastern Tour
• College Players Begin Rehearsals on New Play
• President’s Ball Tonight Will Aid Local Polio Drivo
• Mr. Hugh Gunderson is Inducted by Army
• Mr. Hugh Johnson Gets Navy Call
• E.A. Diddle Says He Has Never Asked University of Kentucky for a Game …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Music Notes
• At the Capitol - Movies
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• Quotable Quotes
• Service Column

This issue contains articles:

• Pershing Rifles Initiation Began This Morning
• Seniors to Hold Annual Dinner This Quarter
• Preliminaries in State Oratorical Contests Begin
• Ballinger Elected Talisman Editor; Staff to Feature Military Theme
• Training School Repairs Near Completion
• Grad’s Article Published in Physical Review – Paul McDaniel
• Frank Ennis Elected Head …

Ua1c12 559th Aaa (Aw) Bn Broadside, Paul Wint Jr.

WKU Administration Documents

Broadside of two ships with illegible inscription at top and dog and shorthand message along the bottom. 559th AAA (AW) BN Paul D. Wint, Jr. in lower right corner. The 559th American Antiaircraft Artillery AW Battalion entered World War II in June 1944.

Ua94/6/1 Scrapbook, Charles Patterson

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook compiled by WKU alum Charles Patterson for the period 1928 through 1943. Includes music programs, football programs, clippings and invitations.

Ua94/6/1 Steeley Veach Scrapbook 1, Steeley Veach

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook compiled by Steeley Veach regarding recitals and concerts he performed in between 1941 and 1943. Includes many church bulletins, concert programs and clippings.

Ua94/5/6 Soldier's Guide To Italy, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

U.S. Army guide written for American soldiers during the Italian campaign of World War II. This booklet was removed from Lucian Flora's scrapbook.

Ua1c12 835th Chemical Co. Air Operations Broadside, W. D. R.

WKU Administration Documents

Broadside of bomb with 835th Chemical Co. Air Operations Municipal Airport by W.D.R. Names inscribed along the top are S/Sgt. Rogers, Cpl. Enright, Pvt. Hamrick, Lt. Holland, Pvt. Benavides, Pvt. Castro and Pvt. Reynolds. Many "thanks" to the people of Bowling Green is written in the lower left corner. The 835th was part of the Army Air Corps during World War II.

1943 Ray Family Papers, Department Of Library Special Collections

Ray Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Ua3/2/1 Station History Of The 31st College Training Detachment, Wku President's Office - Garrett, George Updegraff

WKU Administration Documents

Report giving the history of the 31st College Training Detachment during World War II. The report contains numerous photographs of campus buildings used by the Army Air Corps while at WKU.

Ua1c12 559th Aaa (Aw) Bn Broadside, Unknown

WKU Administration Documents

Broadside of of logo of the 559th AAA (AW) BN with names of company members on one quarter of a sheet of paper. Transcription of notations and signatures:

571st AEA Medical Detachment (Independent) T/5 Chas. Gans (?)

A - Battery 1st Sgt. Bing Miller S/Sgt. B.J. Martin S/Sgt. A. Hawkins S/Sgt. G. Swesnen S/Sgt B. Mallioux S/Sgt. M. Enevald S/Sgt. C. Watts Sgt. F. Glasser Sgt. E. Baseman Sgt. M. Krisan Pfc. Harry Shuler Pfc John Caggiano T/5 Ernest E. Black Pvt. Ed Nestel Cpl. Geo. O. Diamond Pvt. Donald D. Dreyr (?) Pvt. Patsy Lombardo

B - Battery Cpl. …

Ua1c12 Co. A 27th Tank Battalion, 20th Armored Division Broadside, Unknown

WKU Administration Documents

Broadside of thanks from Company A of the 27th Tank Battalion of the 20th Armored Division. The inscription is: To those of you who made our lives happier. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. The broadside was signed by the members of the battalion and it includes a photograph of a tank.

Notations and signatures: Cpl. Bob "Red" Irwin Pvt. Jack "Snafu" Arkush Co. Capt. T. Piuhl T/5 Francis W. Cassidy Pvt. Ray F. Kitchen (K.) T/5 "Slugger" Derkman Cpl. "Sloan" Mullens (?) T/5 Ed Larger Sgt. George E. Blosus Cpl. Bruce Keating Pfc. Melvin Sveltenfucs "Irish" …

Ua1c12 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Broadside, Astin

WKU Administration Documents

Broadside of thanks from the 11th Tactical Reconnassance Squadron [sic]. The inscription in the lower right corner is: The 11th Tal Rcn SQ want to thank the fine people of Bowling Green for the way they received and treated them. The broadside was signed by the members of the squadron and it includes a drawing of a plane with a photograph of "Jim" the pilot. The 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron were stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky during part of World War II.

Notations and signatures: "The Three Musketeers" S/Sgt. John A. Bogart "Photo" Cpl. Joseph Correri "Photo" Sgt. Everett O. …

Ua37/21 Scrapbook, William Jenkins

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by William Jenkins commemorating his student days at Bowling Green Business University. Included are photographs, yearbook pages and commencement programs.

Ua37/38 Correspondence, John Vincent

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Correspondence from John Vincent to Alan Lomax regarding the Rosenwald Project, the collection of folk songs and shortages caused by World War II. Three letters from October 1942 through January 1943.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 428-503:

• A Cycle of Fences – 100
• Afraid of Science – 90
• Art Through the Side Door – 116
• As Big as All Out-of-Doors – 134
• Asking the Way – 108
• Backing Up the Preacher – 96
• Barriers – 72
• Baying the Moon – 46
• Blackberries – 86
• Borrowing Books – 118
• Bound Each to Each – 126
• Branch Water – 94
• Brandon’s Mill – 12
• Come to Dinner – 128
• Condescension – 68
• Cutting a Splurge – 88
• Elocution – 18
• Eyes That See Not – 50
• Fidelity – Where Is It? – 34 …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Music Morsels
• Service Column
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• On Our Western Front
• Western Men – Missing in Action
• At the Capitol

This issue contains articles:

• Professor Roger Barbour Named Talisman Sponsor
• Chorus Concert to be Presented at 3 P.M. Sunday
• One Year After Pearl Harbor
• ROTC Grads on Duty in All Parts of the World
• Senior Class Asks for Suggestions on Memorial Gift
• Former Student Ensign Stroud …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Music Morsels
• Service Column
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• On Our Western Front
• The Service Column

This issue contains articles:

• Students to Vote on Talisman Tuesday
• Seniors to Meet Tonight at 6:30 in Little Theater
• Miss Estelle Bozeman to Speak Here Tuesday
• Candidates for Military Queen Chosen by Western Officers Club
• Executive Committee of Seniors Class Meets
• Cushman, June. Cosmopolite Traveler and Linquist is Student Here – Francisca …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Music Morsels
• Service Column
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• On Our Western Front
• The Service Column

This issue contains articles:

• Dr. Crabb to Speak on Founders Day
• Students Decide on Thanksgiving Rest of One Day
• Military Ball Will be Held in Gym on December 9
• Profits of Western College. Players Productions to Benefit USO Fund
• Pep Rally Planned for Next Friday at 8 A.M.
• Army Mapping …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Music Morsels
• Service Column
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• On Our Western Front
• The Service Column

This issue contains articles:

• Plans Made for Wartime Homecoming
• Twenty One Seniors Named for Who’s Who
• Western Basketball Team to Play DePaul University at Chicago Stadium
• Charles Taylor is Acting Head – Agriculture (WKU)
• Lieutenant Carlton Clark, Former Grid Star at Western, Missing in Action
• Service Board to be Here …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Music Morsels
• Service Column
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• On Our Western Front
• The Service Column

This issue contains articles:

• Eighth Annual Program in Honor of Dads to be Held
• Federal Loans Granted College Science Students
• Third District Educators to Convene on the Hill Today
• Dero Downing Elected Senior President
• No-Yong Park to Lecture Monday
• College Heights Foundations Aids Many Students
• Today’s District Meet Features Western …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Music Morsels
• Service Column
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• On Our Western Front
• The Service Column

This issue contains articles:

• Staff Changes for New Term Announced
• No-tong Park to Speak Here on October 19
• Cheer Leaders Chosen in Pep Chapel Session
• Obsolete Engravings Are Scrapped in State-wide Metal Campaign
• Wayne Ridley Named as Business Manager
• Senior Gives Flags to School – Class of 1942 (WKU)
• ROTC …

An Experimental Study Of Leisure Reading In The Eighth Grade, Georgia Mcelwain

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem of the study was: To test the effect of free reading in the eighth grade, having materials provided with a range of difficulties suited to the differences in ability of the pupils.

Vocabulary Study As A Means Of Increasing Speed And Comprehension In Reading, Florence Hunnicutt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There is a need for a clearer understanding of the methods by which vocabularies can be enlarged most effectively. Results of experiments indicate that pupils are unable to recognize their own deficiencies and needs in respect to the meanings of words; consequently they need some type of guidance in enlarging their meaning vocabularies. Teachers are agreed that word lists are a non-effective device. They are agreed, too, that not one or a few techniques are being used to teach the meanings of new words, but many techniques. The two most effective seem to be (1) relating the word to former …

Victory Vol. 3, No. 26, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Victory: Official Weekly Bulletin of the Agencies in the Office for Emergency Management

These weekly publications from ca. December 1940 to 1944 fell under the titles of Defense and Victory. Defense was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of Emergency Management.” Victory was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of War Information.” The publications were designed to provide information to the civilian population on war related topics concentrating on economic issues. Established in May 20, 1941, the Office of Civilian Defense was created “to assure effective coordination of Federal relations with State and local governments engaged in furtherance of war programs; to provide for necessary cooperation with state and local …

Victory Vol. 3, No. 25, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Victory: Official Weekly Bulletin of the Agencies in the Office for Emergency Management

These weekly publications from ca. December 1940 to 1944 fell under the titles of Defense and Victory. Defense was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of Emergency Management.” Victory was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of War Information.” The publications were designed to provide information to the civilian population on war related topics concentrating on economic issues. Established in May 20, 1941, the Office of Civilian Defense was created “to assure effective coordination of Federal relations with State and local governments engaged in furtherance of war programs; to provide for necessary cooperation with state and local …

Victory Vol. 3, No. 24, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Victory: Official Weekly Bulletin of the Agencies in the Office for Emergency Management

These weekly publications from ca. December 1940 to 1944 fell under the titles of Defense and Victory. Defense was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of Emergency Management.” Victory was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of War Information.” The publications were designed to provide information to the civilian population on war related topics concentrating on economic issues. Established in May 20, 1941, the Office of Civilian Defense was created “to assure effective coordination of Federal relations with State and local governments engaged in furtherance of war programs; to provide for necessary cooperation with state and local …

Victory Vol. 3, No. 23, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Victory: Official Weekly Bulletin of the Agencies in the Office for Emergency Management

These weekly publications from ca. December 1940 to 1944 fell under the titles of Defense and Victory. Defense was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of Emergency Management.” Victory was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of War Information.” The publications were designed to provide information to the civilian population on war related topics concentrating on economic issues. Established in May 20, 1941, the Office of Civilian Defense was created “to assure effective coordination of Federal relations with State and local governments engaged in furtherance of war programs; to provide for necessary cooperation with state and local …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 18, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Campus Chips of the Cadet Corps
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Music Notes
• At the Capitol - Movies
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers

This issue contains articles:

• Western Offers Work in 20 Departments
• Hold Memorial Chapel Services for Prof. Franz Strahm
• David Morton to Address Graduates Tonight Charles Welch Delivered Baccalaureate Speech
• Boys State Meets on Hill June 7-13
• ROTC Offered in Summer School
• Open Shop Held by Industrial Arts
• Western Approved for V-1 Program
• Special Issue of College …

Victory Vol. 3, No. 22, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Victory: Official Weekly Bulletin of the Agencies in the Office for Emergency Management

These weekly publications from ca. December 1940 to 1944 fell under the titles of Defense and Victory. Defense was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of Emergency Management.” Victory was the “Official weekly bulletin of the Office of War Information.” The publications were designed to provide information to the civilian population on war related topics concentrating on economic issues. Established in May 20, 1941, the Office of Civilian Defense was created “to assure effective coordination of Federal relations with State and local governments engaged in furtherance of war programs; to provide for necessary cooperation with state and local …

Ua12/2/2 1942 Talisman, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1942 Talisman yearbook.

• Foreword
• Dedication – Nelle Gooch Travelstead
• Administration / Faculty / Staff
• Campus Views
• Classes
• Western 38 Austin Peay 0 – Football
• Western 14 Morehead 0 – Football
• Western 15 Middle Tennessee 7 – Football
• Western 7 Ohio University 20 – Football
• Western 7 Marshall 34 – Football
• Western 27 Eastern 20 – Football
• Western 7 Western Michigan 21 – Football
• Western 6 Tennessee Polytechnic Institute 27 – Football
• Western 7 Howard 20 – Football
• Western 0 Murray 0 – Football
• Freshmen Make Good – Basketball
• Off to Madison Square Garden – Basketball
• Luck to You, Johnny Crowdus …