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Athletics At Western, Kelly Thompson Aug 1943

Athletics At Western, Kelly Thompson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The main purpose of this study has been to compile a record, as nearly complete as possible, of the results of intercollegiate athletic contests in which teams representing Western Kentucky State Teachers College and its predecessor Western Kentucky State Normal School, have participated.


An Analysis Of Basal Preprimers In Terms Of Factors Determining Their Difficulty, Virginia Brunson Aug 1943

An Analysis Of Basal Preprimers In Terms Of Factors Determining Their Difficulty, Virginia Brunson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the study is twofold:

I. To make a comparative analysis of recently published preprimerrs from the standpoint of:

A. Relation of the content of the picture to the content of the printed text.

B. Style of writing

C. Elements of interst

D. Vocabulary burden

II. To evaluate the difficulty and relative merit of the preprimers analyzed.


A Proposed School System For Hart County, Kentucky, James Dodson Aug 1943

A Proposed School System For Hart County, Kentucky, James Dodson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to propose for Hart County a school system that will come nearer meeting the standards of a good educational system than the one now in use. It is by no means expected that this proposed system will be perfect and the writer fully realizes that oftentimes a scheme on paper will not work out so well when actually put into practice. However, being acquainted with the amount of money available, the geographic and economic conditions, and the roads of the county it is believed that this is the best that can be done under …


An Improved Program For The Equalization Of Educational Opportunity In Kentucky, Hubert Wilkey Aug 1943

An Improved Program For The Equalization Of Educational Opportunity In Kentucky, Hubert Wilkey

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The one purpose of this study has been to produce a program for the improvement of Kentucky's effort to equalize the opportunities for education throughout the commonwealth. As a means of accomplishing this purpose investigations have been the following:

  1. Other state plans for meeting this problem of equalization.
  2. Kentucky's present plan and the inequalities that still exist.
  3. The factors that must be considered in an equalization program for Kentucky.


The Development Of The English Curriculum At Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Dorthie Hall Aug 1943

The Development Of The English Curriculum At Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Dorthie Hall

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to trace the development of the English curriculum and its related activities at the Western Kentucky State Teachers College. This development is not the product of the years 1906-1943 exclusively, during which time Western Kentucky State Teachers College has been a chartered stated institution, because the school that became Western Kentucky Normal School in 1906 had been growing for some thirty years.