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A Course Of Study In Beginning Shorthand, Kathryn Mcfarlane

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem involves the following divisions:

1. To build a course of study in shorthand with all the units developed
2. To suggest means of evaluation of the course of study

Ua19/2 Correspondence, Wku Basketball

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence between Camp Forrest athletic officer, E.A. Diddle and William Northern Army Air Field athletic officer regarding the 1943 basketball season.

Ua94/5/1 Kappa Beta Pi Backward Dance, Kappa Beta Pi

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Kappa Beta Pi backward dance, dance card belonging to Leone Brewer. It includes a list of officers and members, ads from Bowling Green merchants and a dance card.

Ua99/9 Courses Below College Level & On College Level, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Recruitment materials for Bowling Green Business University.

A Follow Up Study Of The Four-Year Teacher-Training Graduates Of The Bowling Green Of Commerce, 1937-1941, Mary Elizabeth Cornette

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The Bowling Green College of Commerce is a division of the Bowling Green Business University, a privately owned and controlled institution which has been located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, since its removal there in 1884 from Glasgow, Kentucky. Until 1906 the Southern Normal School was associated with the Business University under the same management, but in that year the Normal School was made a state institution, the Western Kentucky State Normal School, and the Business University continued under private management.

In 1922 the Bowling Green College of Commerce was organized with an independent state charter as a division of the …

Ua99/6/2 1942 Towers, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

1942 Towers yearbook.

• J.L. Harman, president
• J. Murray Hill, first vice-president
• W.L. Matthews, second vice-president
• Nina Hammer, registrar
• Faculty
• Office Force
• Student Instructors
• Seniors – Class of 1942 – degree, hometown, activities
• Juniors – Class of 1943 – major, hometown
• Sophomores – Class of 1944 – major, hometown
• Freshman – Class of 1945 – major, hometown
• College Secretarial – hometown
• Commercial – major, hometown
• Thurman, William. Ode to Finney I
• The Features – Beauty Queens & Favorites
• Who’s Who at B.U.
• Fraternities – Alpha Sigma, Beta Pi, Pi Tau Nu, Toppers
• Sororities – Delta Theta, Kappa Beta Pi
• Council of …

Ua99/9 Start Your Work Here . . ., Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Recruitment material for Bowling Green Business University.

Ua99/9 The Southern Exponent Of Business Education, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees for 1942:

• March 4
• September 12

Topics discussed: leases of various properties, Ogden College scholarship applications and revisions to the 1927 lease of the Ogden College campus to WKU.

Ua99/9 The Southern Exponent Of Business, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees for 1941:

• June 10
• November 7
• December 9

Topics discussed: appointment of trustee Ward Sumpter, investments, real estate purchases in Bowling Green, Robinson Fund, lawsuit to break R.C.P. Thomas' will and leases of various properties.

Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, June 1940, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees regarding the death of regent R.C.P. Thomas, appointment of Cooper Smith as regent and secretary, improvements to 446 Main Street and investments.

Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, December 1939, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

Ua99/3 65th Annual Catalog, Bgbu Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog of the Bowling Green Business University.

Industrial Resources: Warren County - Bowling Green, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Warren County

"Industrial Survey: Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky" prepared by the Chamber of Commerce, 1938. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Ua64/10 1938 Seniors Of The Physical Education Department, Wku Physical Education & Recreation

WKU Administration Documents

Circular created by WKU Physical Education & Recreation to promote the hiring of physical education majors from WKU. Includes photos and biographical information on the following:

• Patricia Tobe
• James Batsel
• Andrew Tipton
• Ellen Mohon
• Lucian Adams
• Madolyn Lancaster
• Florence Mutchler
• Mary Sellers
• H.T. Cooper
• Estill Branham
• Glenn Williams
• Lillian Rutan
• Ruth McElroy
• Mary Coke
• Ralph Dudgeon
• Claude Rayburn
• Marshall Swain
• Thomas Omer
• Kate Scwarz
• Burnam Moulton
• Wanda Walczyk
• William Crowdus
• Sara McNeill
• Clarence Caple
• William McCrocklin aka Red

Receipt For Lock, W. T. Cargile

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Receipt for $.50 paid by J.R. Whitmer, chair of the Cherry Statue Committee to W.T. Cargile local sheet metal contractor for the purchase of a lock for the copper box.

Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding insuring the statue.

Ua1b3/5 Contract For Bronze Statue Of Henry Cherry, Bronze, Incorporated, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Contract between Bronze, Incorporated and the Cherry Statue Committee of Western Kentucky University to complete Lorado Taft's statue of Henry Cherry.

Excerpts From Donor Letters, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Quotations from donors to the Cherry Statue fund used in soliciting more donations.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees regarding heating and ventilation system improvements to unidentified building(s), plumbing, payments to contractors and Cooper Smith appointed secretary.

A Study Of The Attitudes & Contributions Of Organized Labor To Education Prior To 1860, H. B. Mcalister

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study presents a somewhat connected narrative of the attitudes and contributions of organized labor to education prior to 1860. It has a twofold purpose: first, it is concerned with a consideration of the psychological, economic, social and political background which provided and shaped the determining factors of organized labor's earlier educational attitudes and contributions; and second, with an investigation for evidences as to the nature, extent and significance of these attitudes and contributions in evaluating labor's part in establishing our system of free public school education.

A Comparison Of The Certification Standards For Commercial Teachers In The Different States Of The Union, Lee Rothrock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the present study, the writer has attempted to make an investigation of the problem of the certification of commercial teachers in the secondary school level of the several states in the Union. The study has three purposes:

1. To tabulate the requirements made by the various states for secondary school certification of commercial teachers.
2. To set forth, by the method of comparison and contrast, the central tendencies and the differences that exist in these requirements.
3. To suggest principles and standards to serve as a basis for a general plan for the certification of high school commercial teachers in the United …

Some Common Errors In English Made By Business College Students In Daily Transcription Work, Homer Williams

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present study was made for the purpose of ascertaining the particular types of errors that students make in transcribing their shorthand notes from day to day. In addition to finding out the kinds of errors and their frequency, it is earnestly hoped that some conclusions may be reached as to what instructional methods may be employed to advantage in teaching English to dictation students in such a way that they will be well prepared for the tasks that the business office will require of them.

The Development Of The Commercial Curricula Of Teacher Training Institutions, Joseph Compton

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to trace the development of the curricula for commercial teacher training in the United States in order to discover its implications for the academic and professional preparation of teachers of business subjects. An attempt will be made to trace the evolution of secondary business education in order to discover the relationships existing between the aims and curricula of secondary business education on the one hand, and the preparation of business teachers and the curricula devised for their training on the other. Recommendations based upon the findings, will be made for the purpose of harmonizing …

The Student Worker On The Campuses Of The State Colleges & Universities In The South, Dorothy Ellis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem arising from the study of the student worker may be considered under the following divisions:

1. To recognize the attempts that have been made to provide an educational program agreeable to both church and college.

2. To make a study of the student worker, considering his qualifications, his duties, his age, and his salary; to discover the number of student workers placed on Southern state college campuses by the Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations; and to list as accurately as possible these student workers, indicating whether they are full-time or part-time workers, stating the college or university …

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents:

• Receipts & Expenditures pp. 2-12
• Salary Schedules pp. 13-19
• Valuation of the Plant pp. 20-23
• Cherry Hall Construction pp. 25-26
• Chimes p. 27
• Heating Plant p. 28
• Landscaping pp. 29-31
• Mechanical Condition of Buildings pp. 32-37
• College Heights Foundation (includes Kentucky Building) pp. 38-41
• Enrollment & Costs of Kentucky State Institutions pp. 42-45
• Canon, E.H. Registrar's Report pp. 46-63, 65-76
• Ogden Medals & Awards 1928-1935 p. 64
• Students Enrolled & Graduates 1934-1935 pp. 77-90
• Grise, Finley. Report of the Dean of the College pp. 91-110