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Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 49, No. 4, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Kerrick, Sara-Lois. Western's First Lady – Harriet Downing
• Bennett, Jo. Oral History, History on Tape
• Snodgrass, Jim. A Freshman Dabbles with Ethylene Gas and Has a Surprising Result – Steve Estok
• Bennett, Jo. Mark Twain Slept Here – Gene Rich
• Given, Ed. It's a Long Time to December – Gene Keady
• Gross, Jan. Shakertown, More Than a Memory
• Conway, Sheila. WKU Fine Arts Festival
• Armstrong, Don. Free Enterprise and Free People
• Highland, Jim. Joseph Cangemi in Venezuela, Latin American Connection
• Jack Corn Photographer
• Julian Carroll Addresses Graduates
• Regents Appoint …

Latent Didactic Functions Of Tlingit Mythology: A Re-Evaluation Of Raven's Role In Northwest Coast Culture, Stephen Poyser

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A comparative study was conducted of several variants of the Raven cycle of myths as manifested among the Tlingit Indians of the Northwest Coast. The results of this folkloristic study indicate that the myths serve several didactic functions. In addition to the manifest function of explaining the origin of the present order of the world the myths also serve to provide members of the society with a classificatory system through which they are able to relate to observable phenomena within their environment. The myths also provide institutionalized behavioral alternatives available to the society as manifested by the actions of Raven, …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 27, No. 4, Don Yoder, Yvonne J. Milspaw, Sara L. Matthews, Mark Workman, George A. Boeck, Jo Ann Early

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Dialect Church Service in the Pennsylvania German Culture
• Witchcraft Belief in a Pennsylvania German Family
• German Settlement of Northern Chester County in the 18th Century
• Medical Practice in Philadelphia at the Time of the Yellow Fever Epidemic, 1793
• Folkloric Aspects of the Common Law in Western Pennsylvania, 1790-1799
• Runaway Advertisements: A Source for the Study of Working-Class Costume

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 27, Folk Festival Supplement, Richard Shaner, Tom Ahern, Theodore W. Jentsch, Mary E. Sise, Robert W. Murphy, John E. Stinsmen, Barry Mcfarland, Paul E. Forster, Anne E. Denney, Kristen R. Angstadt, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Hex Signs: A Living Tradition
• Decoys and How to Make Them
• Kutztown's Plain People
• The Old Country Kitchen: Where Food Preparation was an Art
• Wooden Toys, Games and Puzzles: The Delight of All Children
• A Sketch of the Seminar Stage Programs
• Festival Focus
• Folk Festival Programs
• The Furniture-Makers at the Kutztown Festival
• The Muzzle-Loading Gunsmith
• Those Rare Things Called "Antiques!"
• Mouth-Watering Baked Goods, Fresh From the Ovens!
• The Art of the Potter

8th Chicano Commencement, 1978, San Jose State University, Associated Students

Chicano Commencement

8th Annual Chicano Commencement

The 8th Annual Chicano Commencement was held at 2 p.m. on May 27, 1978 at I.A.M. Hall in Sunnyvale, CA.

News Clipping, 'Bouquets' Given Show, Nursing Home

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

News clipping: Matilda Brown, founder and President of the Eartha M. M. White Nursing Home Auxiliary, is honored with "This is Your Life" presentation at the annual fundraising tea. Date: May 1978

1978 Oru Commencement Address - Jesse Jackson, Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

ORU Archival Collection

This is a transcript of the 1978 commencement address at Oral Roberts University held on April 30th, 1978. The address was given by civil rights leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson who also received an honorary doctorate from ORU. Jackson talked about ORU's reputation for racial integration and equality and challenged the students and university to continue to live out the dream of equality in education.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 60, Wku Student Affaris

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Sanders, Linda & Alan Judd. As Council on Higher Education Asserts Its Control, Fears Change to Resignation
• Wolfe, Bill. Possible Dorm Fee Rise Blamed on Inflation
• Hancock, Catherine. Students Learn by Teaching – Carol Meeker, Regina Moore, Gaye Embry
• Council on Higher Education: A Glance
• Judd, Alan. Associated Student Government Might Change Campaign Rules
• Two Will Attend Alpha Xi Delta Convention – Brenda Stroud, Diane Reef
• It May Be Unpleasant, But Dorm Fee Increase May Well Be Necessary
• Editorial Cartoon: Housing Squeezing Student, Gibbons
• Whitaker, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 59, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Wolfe, Bill. Housing Cost, Activity Fee May Go Up
• Judd, Alan. Associated Student Government Might Lose Control of Concerts
• Council on Higher Education Director Calls Western Sound – Harry Snyder
• Lee, Renee. I Passed! Passing English Test Brings Relief to Some
• State to Manage University Vehicles
• 54 Upper Level Hours Good Idea Won’t Work
• Editorial Cartoon: Repent the Finals are Near, Gibbons
• Judd, Alan. Open Season on Recruits
• Rohner, Steve. Music Publicity Scanty
• Young, Monte. Alpha Delta Pi, Lambda Chi Alpha Place First in Greek …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 58, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Provost, Joan. Clerks’ Jobs Eye-Opening
• Students Will Quiz Council on Higher Education Chief Today – Harry Snyder
• Hancock, Catherine. Despite Scientific Feats, Steve Estok Chooses Writing
• Judd, Alan. Associated Student Government Constitution Ratification Slowed
• Panhellenic Head to Lead Workshop – Charles Wright
• Free Concert Draws 3,300
• Senior Elected – Tom Hayes
• Delays at Clinic Are a Bitter Pill
• Editorial Cartoon: Student Turned Away from Clinic, Gibbons
• Halicks, Richard. Band Made Concerted Effort, but Fans Were Few
• Stichtenoth, Keith. Calls Column Bizarre
• Whitaker, David. Chicken Theft …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 54, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Judd, Alan. Associated Student Government Elections Today; 4 Offices Uncontested
• Young, Monte. New Law Won’t Affect Hub
• Fredbrick, Elise. Notable Symphony Conductor Flows with Music – Leon Gregorian
• Judd, Alan. Students to Grade Teachers
• Bowling Green Sophomore Killed in One Car Accident – Douglas Bryant
• Faculty Senate Should Evaluate Evaluation
• Malone, Roger. Columnist Learns the Ropes, From the Top Down
• Kinne, Kevin. Clarifies Associated Student Government Handout
• Owens, Curtis. Calls Martin Luther King Jr. Courageous
• Johnson, Gary. Favor Ed Johnson for Associated Student Government
• Judd, …

The Relative Efficiencey Of The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Wais) As A Predictor Of College Academic Achievement, Ollie Dennis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study examined the predictive validity of the WAIS in an academic setting. Traditional WAIS IQ scores and subtests of 127 male and 163 female college students were correlated with Grade Point Averages at the end of four semesters and within five academic areas. Five groups were examined including the total group, male group, female group, black group, and white group. The academic University's general and Communication of areas investigated corresponded to the education requirements; Organization Ideas, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Studies, Natural Science and Mathematics, and Physical Development. Results indicated that dictor of both semester GPA and five groups. …

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 48, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Highland, Jim. Vice President James Davis
• Conway, Sheila. Dean Robert Nelson
• Career Planning and Placement
• Armstrong, Don. Around Town and the World – Herman Lowe
• Johnston, Anne. Traveling Museum – Kentucky Musuem
• Given, Ed. Coach and Gentleman – Jim Richards
• Mounce, Bill. Tying Flies
• Bennett, Jo. Center for Child Learning & Study
• On the Road with Charles Kuralt
• Conway, Sheila. Jim Wayne Miller
• Miller, Jim. Light Leaving
• Miller, Jim. Restoring an Old Farmhouse
• Miller, Jim. Between Two Times
• Miller, Jim. Stranger
• Miller, Jim. Copperhead Cane
• Raby, Ron. Photographer
• Bennett, …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 27, No. 3, Don Yoder, Katherine Ann Jarrett, Janet Theophano, Louis Winkler

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Spiritual Lineage of Shakerism
• Pennsylvania in the Romantic Age of Tourism
• Neighborhood Influence on Mailbox Style
• Feast, Fast, and Time
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology XVI: The Gruber-Baer Era
• Advertisements of Urban Healers
• Views of Harrisburg

Richard Marshall: Oglala Political Prisoner, Richard Marshall Defense Fund

American Indian Movement and Activism

This brochure was distributed by the Richard Marshall Defense Fund, circa April 1978. It provides details of the case against American Indian Movement leader Richard Marshall, convicted of the murder of Martin Montileaux in 1976. Events surrounding the case and a timeline are presented, including the FBI's manipulation of Myrtle Poor Bear as a false witness against Marshall. It also provides contact information for letters of support and solidarity.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Judd, Alan. Council of Higher Education Evaluation to Decide Future of All Degrees
• Sanders, Linda. Oldest Student’s Energy Belies His Age – Edward DiBella
• Sanders, Linda. Youngest Student Learns Timidly at 16 – Linda Ehresman
• Two Hydrants Repaired
• Beshear, Tom. Campus Police Tow Cars When Tickets Ineffective
• Judd, Alan. Groups Signed for Free Associated Student Government Concert – Average White Band
• Associated Student Government’s Acts Prove It Laughable
• Editorial Cartoon: ASG Jester, Gibbons
• New Copier is Nice Touch
• Whitaker, David. Sleepy Student is False Alarmed …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Judd, Alan. State Funding for Pay Raises Unlikely Here
• Writer to Speak – Hunter Thompson
• Eblen, Tom. Student is Victim of System – Mike Kemper, Parking
• Fish, Tim. God’s Employee Warns of Sin – Max Lynch
• Beshear, Tom. Tasteful Exotic Foods Help Pay for Scholarships
• Young, Monte. Show Exposes Campus Talent – Delta Sigma Theta Jabberwock
• Coffey, Bob. Class Won’t Give Blast to Students
• Advisement to Begin
• Four Years’ Study Won’t Buy Degree
• Editorial Cartoon: Graduation Fee, Gibbons
• Hecklers Even Ruder Than Pious Preacher – …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Judd, Alan. Few Seeking Associated Student Government Positions
• Judd, Alan. Group Seeks Voice in Council on Higher Education Decisions
• Clark, John. With 3,000 LPs, Vinyl Junkie Has Musical Habit – Phil Bailey
• Judd, Alan. Bill Might Make Getting Loans Easy
• Faculty Senate Elects Head – Tom Jones
• State Looks Foolish in Equal Rights Amendment Antics
• Editorial Cartoon: ERA Squaredance, Gibbons
• Council Seat Needed – Student Government Association of Kentucky
• Gulson, Mary. Library Criticized
• Sparks, Judy. Receives ID Award
• Wurster, Robert. Commends Cartoonist
• Wolfe, Bill. Judge …

Ua12/2/62 Jabberwock, Delta Sigma Theta

Student Organizations

Program for the first annual Jabberwock held by the Eta Zeta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Wolfe, Bill & John Clark. Coal Burning Gets Approval
• New Orleans Jazz in Garrett Tonight
• McCord, Tom. Play Tells of Quixote’s Quest
• McCord, Tom. Poet Focuses on Love and Life – Nikki Giovanni
• Associated Student Government Asks for Additional Hour for Check Cashing at Theater
• Teacher Talks on NASA Work – Ronald Seeger
• Conserving in Crisis Bright Idea
• Editorial Cartoon: Blackout
• Young, Monte. Black History Worth Celebrating
• Bell, Kenneth. Criticizes Pictures – Miss Black Western
• Stichtanoth, Keith. Cites Errors in Sports
• Rudolph, Nancy. Valentines Success …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Judd, Alan & John Clark. Energy Use Down; More Cuts Coming
• Judd, Alan. Losses Won’t Halt Associated Student Government Free Concert
• Beshear, Tom. Time Keeper: John Oldham Makes New Old Clocks
• Judd, Alan. Associated Student Government Throws in Towels for Performers Bonus
• Weathered Roads Get Temporary Repairs
• Beshear, Tom. 14 Thefts May Be Connected
• Muscular Dystrophy Dance-a-Thon Sign Up Continues – Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Omicron Pi
• Cry for Better Concerts Finally Heard
• Editorial Cartoon: Ever Get the Idea People Don’t Like Our Concerts? Gibbons …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Judd, Alan. Western Must Cut Use of Electricity
• Judd, Alan. Concert Loses $12,000 – Atlanta Rhythm Section
• Young, Monte. Pageant to Focus on Black Heritage – Miss Black Western
• Ribar, Richard. Lackluster Atlanta Rhythm Section Performance Fails to Please Fickle Crowd
• Judd, Alan. Associated Student Government Fills 4 Vacancies, Joins Statewide Group
• Weather Causes Increase in Campus Traffic Accidents
• Judd, Alan. McLean Hall to Get Sprinklers
• More Tickets Come with Cleared Lots
• WKU Credit Union to Meet
• Whitaker, David. Sprinters Lead Potentially Fine Team
• White, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 41, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Judd, Alan. Proposed Bill May Aid More
• Owen, Karen. Handicapped Get a Chance to be Normal
• Judd, Alan. Reports Conflict on Tuition Increase
• Water Service Interrupted – Diddle Arena
• Bill May Aid Middle-Class Students
• Editorial Cartoon: Jimmy Carter Grants, Gibbons
• Kiessling, Bill. Concert Complaints
• Hale, John. Sees No Need for Guns
• Nodvidek, Tom. Perplexed Over Tickets
• Sanders, Linda. Ballet Dreams Strained by Reality
• Fish, Tim. Corvair: Ralph Nader’s Prophecies Seem All Too True
• Suit Filed in Suicide Case – David Suddarth III
• Faculty Evaluation Plans …

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Harriet Tubman, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Harriet Tubman Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Harriet Tubman. First issued February 1, 1978, stamp No. 92 in a series.

Letter Regarding Judge William Webster, January 26, 1978, Kenneth E. Tilsen

American Indian Movement and Activism

This three-page typed letter was written by attorney Kenneth E. Tilsen on January 26, 1978 regarding the nomination of Judge William Webster as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The letter provides a history of Judge Webster's past rulings involving civil rights cases of Indian people in the Dakotas, including Wounded Knee Legal Defense Committee v. FBI, Russell Means v. Dick Wilson and United States v. Dodge. Tilsen warns that Webster is unwilling to curb FBI abuses and fails to recognize First Amendment freedoms.

Ua12/2 First Annual Academic Awards Banquet, Wku Panhellenic Council, Wku Interfraternity Council

Student Organizations

Awards banquet program.

Ua19/17/1/4 1978 Hilltopper Football, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Overview of 1977 results and 1978 season.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 50, No. 3, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Summer Calendar Revised
• Remember When? The Dero Downing Years
• Highland, Jim. J.T. Sanderfur Presides Over Teacher Education
• 1978 Big Red Letter Day at Western - Homecoming
• Athletes Return to Diddle Dorm
• Highland, Jim. Photo Students Document Land Between the Lakes
• Smith, Charles. Faculty Couple Searcher for Quasar Data – Richard Hackney, Karen Hackney
• Jim Burton - Photojournalist
• Riley, Clayton & Merle Brashear. Bankers Study Consumer Regulations
• Bennett, Jo. Freshman Wins Junior Achievement Award as Outstanding Businessman – David Sturgeon
• NASA Grants Aid Faculty in Research
• Latin American Center Extended …

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Womens Basketball, 1975-1978, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU womens basketball.

Ua12/2/36 Day Care Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

Student Organizations

Gamma Sigma Sigma scrapbook of service to the Bowling Green Day Care Center.