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1953-09-24 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on September 24, 1953.

Hollins Columns (1953 Sept 24), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Brick Halls New And Old Adorn Campus
• 12 Marshall Scholarships Available For Graduates
• Dean Smith Will Return Soon to Hollins College
• Rent Pictures From Art Annex
• Illinois Tech Offers Advice For Students
• Staff Extends Welcome To All; Asks For Support Of Readers
• Calling All Freshmen Activities Want You Too
• Odds and Ends
• Impress Your Date, Know His School Song
• Yugoslav Girl Studies HEre
• Y.W.C.A. Urges Church Attendance
• Transfer Students Compare Hollins
• Nellie Nitting Needle
• Dr. John Charles Schroeder To Speak In Chapel Sunday
• Dance Honors Freshman Class
• At the Flicks

1953-09-17 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on September 17, 1953.

Hollins Columns (1953 Sept 17), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Hollins Opens 112th Season
• Campus Gains Faculty Members
• First Week-Calendar
• Informal Dance Honors Freshmen
• Dr. Janet L. MacDoanld to Give Address at the Formal Opening
• Hollins' Campus Is Redecorated During Summer
• Who's Who On Campus
• There Is More To College Than Meets The Eye
• YWCA Gives Opportunity To Help Others As Well As Your Own Self
• Hollins Columns Lends Shopping Hints To Freshmen
• 262 Old Students Return To Campus; Hope This Well Help You Find Them
• 193 Freshmen Join Upperclassmen

1953-10-15 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on October 15, 1953.

Letter From Esther Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 14, 1953, Esther Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Esther Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 14, 1953. Within, Moser provides a number of old sayings, rhymes and tongue twisters from Bally township in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. She also suggests that Shoemaker visit John Yerger in Bechtelsville.

1953-09-10 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on September 10, 1953.

1953-09-03 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on September 3, 1953.

British Land Policy And The American Revolution: A Belated Lecture In Economic History, George O. Virtue

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

If this were spoken from a pulpit instead of from a teacher's rostrum, I should be disposed to take as a text for what follows a passage from C. W. Alvord's study of The Mississippi Valley in British Politics. From the middle of the 18th century to the Revolution, how to deal with the great valley was, Alvord holds, the number one American problem of every British ministry: How to meet the claims of France to it and how to defend it once her claims were extinguished; how to meet the claims to it of the seaboard colonies by virtue …

The Octofoil, September 1953, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

1959-08-27 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on August 27, 1953.

1953-08-20 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on August 20, 1953.

Letter From Helen J. Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 17, 1953, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 17, 1953. Within, Moser details the story of a strange rock formation dubbed the "Poshdt Yockel".

1953-08-13 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on August 13, 1953.

Dieffenbach On Beets, August 10, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Beets!: De Rode-reeva!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated August 10, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach discusses the various ways to cultivate beets and their subsequent uses thereafter. He also provides anecdotes and superstitions surrounding this vegetable.

1953-08-06 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on August 6, 1953.

Dieffenbach On Parsnips, August 3, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Parsnips", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated August 3, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details how to grow and cultivate parsnips and relates the various uses, sayings and folklore surrounding this vegetable.

1953-07-30 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on July 30, 1953.

Dieffenbach On Radishes, July 27, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Radishes! - "De Reddich!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 27, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of different radish cultivation techniques, anecdotes and the various uses one could have for the crop.

1953-07-23 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on July 23, 1953.

Dieffenbach On Turnips, July 20th, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Turnips", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 20, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details how turnips are best planted, when to harvest them and explains how turnip-tops can be used in cow-feed. He also recounts superstitions related to turnips.

1953-07-16 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on July 16, 1953.

1953-07-09 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on July 9, 1953.

Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 8, 1953, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 8, 1953. Within, Moser mentions a number of topics including a plant she calls "Farsomling Kraut", which was rubbed in the hands to create a pleasant smell at the church meeting house.

Dieffenbach On Lettuce, July 6, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript on lettuce compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 6, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach writes a personal history of his grandmother's beliefs and techniques used to grow lettuce when he was a child, along with methods he used once he was married with his own garden.

1953-07-02 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on July 2, 1953.

A Study Of The Public School System Of Monroe County, William Goad

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The specific aims of the study are:

1. To survey the schools in Monroe County - the one-room rural schools, the two-teacher schools and the consolidated schools.
2. To show the percentage of attendance and percentage of failure in different schools and the cost per pupil attending.
3. To show the relation between teachers qualifications and teachers pay.
4. To study the transportation system; figuring the cost per pupil per mile.
5. To make general recommendations based on data obtained.

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, July 1953, Muriel B. Pancoast, Calvin D. Yost, Louis Krug, Paul Levengood, Thomas P. Glassmoyer, Raymond V. Gurzynski, Norman E. Mcclure, Paul R. Wagner, Paul I. Guest

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, 1937-1969

President's page • 135 degrees awarded at 83rd annual commencement • Rev. J. Alfred Kaye commencement speaker • Baccalaureate sermon delivered by Rev. Shaffer • Medical students accomplishment report • Dr. Lauer and Rev. Jeffers elected to Board of Directors • Sun Oil president speaks to business admin. students • Ursinus summer sessions open June 4 and July 23 • Dr. Johnson honored by Western Reserve • Open scholarships awarded to seven high school seniors • Sun shines on delightful Ursinus May Day • Five local alumni groups hold spring meetings • President Glassmoyer talks things over • Alumni president …

Improvement Of Todd County Schools In Action, Virginia Hightower

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The object of this survey has been to give an honest, fair and unbiased statement based on the actual conditions in the schools of Todd County, Kentucky. This survey shows the improvements that have been made in the system from July 1, 1934 to the present time. This does not include the Independent Districts of Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky, which is in the southwest section of the county.

The Octofoil, July/August 1953, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.