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

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class & Club
• Personals
• Society
• Sport-Shots

This issue contains articles:

• Presidents of County Delegations Are Elected
• Olga Randolph in Cast of “Holiday”
• President Henry Cherry Reveals Calendar of Summer School
• Social Studies Council Holds Meet Recently
• Peace Menaced, Organizer Says – William Ackerman, Emergency Peace Campaign
• Cantata to Be Presented by Choir Dec. 13
• Sterrett Cuthbertson Made N.Y.A. Supervisor
• Clarence Denman Lists “Boners” Given as Quiz Answer
• Dave Kerr Conducts Net Clinic Friday on Local Floor
• Books Borrowed from Library for Dorm Girls …

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

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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.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 46, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, William Spriegel and Chester Channon.

Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights Vol. 16, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

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Teachers College Heights monthly magazine promoting WKU and documenting campus events and courses offered. Features included in this issue:

• Western Kentucky State Teachers College - Its Purpose
• Second Annual Dad's Day Program Given
• Legend of the Dogwood
• Henry Wright, 1878-1936 obituary
• The Training School of Western Teachers College
• A Brief Resume of the Graduate Work at Western Kentucky State Teachers College
• 1936 Homecoming Honored First Team
• Founders Day at Western Nov. 16
• Addresses Delivered at Corner Stone Laying, Cherry Hall by Henry Cherry, George Meuth, George Sager and H.W. Peters
• Seward, R.H. Thirteenth Annual Report of the College Heights Foundation …

Analysis Of Public School Music Curricula Of The State Teachers Colleges In The United States, Louise Jackson Funk

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There is very little literature pertaining to the Public School Music curriculas of the state teachers colleges in the United States.

Various questions, however, have arisen in each institution relative to the required music courses and to the number of hours that should be required of a public school music major. Music teachers disagree as to the text to be used in music courses. Of all the various public school music texts available it is difficult to find any one text that is most worthy of recognition as there seem to be many of equal value. Not only is there …

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.

Present Practices & Methods Of Supervising Student Teachers In Industrial Arts, Walter Nalbach

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem is threefold:

1. To determine the present practices of the programs in which student teaching is done.
2. To analyze significant variations and to show important central tendencies in the technique of supervision of student teachers.
3. To ascertain a means of evaluating student teaching in industrial arts.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 45, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, W.M. Pearce, L.L. Hudson, ? Trigg and James Arnold.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 44, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Nell Travelstead, ? Clark, Earline Manning, Ed Diddle Jr., James Brownfield, Annie Reeves, Don Harris and Doris Blewett.

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

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class & Club
• Personals
• Society
• Sport-Shots

This issue contains articles:

• Third District Educational Association Meets on Hill
• College Chorus to Present Oratorio “Prince of Peace”
• Murray Head to Speak to College Press – James Richmond
• Dorm Girls Give Leap Year Dance in Gymnasium
• Dr. Gordon Wilson Speaks at Alvaton High
• State College Heads Convene Here Nov. 8-9
• New Press Box to Be Erected
• L. T. Smith Is to Attend Conference at Chicago
• Western Has for Guests 1914 Gridmen
• Kerns, Hazel. Louis Salomon Is …

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

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Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding fund raising to pay for the Henry Cherry Statue.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 42, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore and Louis Salomon talking about Guatemala.

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

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class & Club
• Personals
• Society

This issue contains articles:

• Cornerstone Program Slated for 4 PM – Cherry Hall
• Western Prepares for Annual Homecoing
• Lillian Johnson at Work at University of Chicago
• Shelton, Marjorie. Herald Reporter Finds Fall Play “Colossal”
• Third District Education Association to Convene Here
• M.L. Billings Addresses Training School at Chapel Exercises
• McNally, Perkerson Slated to Speak at Lexington
• Librarians to Attend Southeastern Library Association
• Edgar Stansbury Paid Visit by Thief; Watch Missing
• Pep Rally Is Recent Radio Presentation
• Congress Club …

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

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Campus Copy
• Class News
• Club News
• Hill Topics
• Personals
• Society
• Sport-Shots

This issue contains articles:

• Middle Tennessee Favored to Win Over Hilltoppers
• Reid Sterrett Gets Cast for New Melodrama
• Arndt Stickles Speaks at Maysville
• Class Officers Are Elected
• Lady Luck Plays Star Role in Xavier Triumph
• County Pupils to See Game
• Tennis Hopes Soar as Veterans Report for Fall Practice
• Social Study Council to Meet on Hill
• Plans Made for Big Homecoming
• Robert Francis Joins Faculty at University of Wisconsin
• Tennessee Polytechnic Institute …

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

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Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding organization for soliciting funds from alumni.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 37, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Henry Cherry, ? McChesney, Finley Grise, ? Richards, Frank Baird and Mrs. C.O. Evans.

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

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Class News
• Club News
• Hill Topics
• Personals
• Society
• Sport-Shots

This issue contains articles:

• Plans for Dads’ Day Are Complete
• Radio Program Tuesday Opens New Fall Series
• Class Officers Are Nominated
• Military Club Holds First Fall Meeting
• Over Two Hundred Students Get National Youth Administration
• Post Office Has Hours Changed
• Social Study Council Will Meet on Hill
• Western Musicians Entertain Rotarians
• Congress Club Plans Homecoming Fete
• R.D. Perry Builds Concert Band
• Kentucky Library Is Given Many Books
• Western Grads Win Awards in Story Contest …

Ua3/1/2/1 Memo To Professors Re: Freshman Orientation, Wku President's Office

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Memo from president Henry Cherry to professors tasked with orienting freshmen at WKU. The memo outlines talking points and announcements regarding chapel attendance, homesickness, contacting their parents, athletics and National Youth Administration job opportunities.

School Transportation In Kentucky 1935-36, Thomas Reynolds

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The major purpose of this study is to determine the status of school transportation in Kentucky, with the hope that many of the local problems, conditions, and needs may be discovered, and if not solved, show the need for their solution. The State Department of Education of Kentucky, with Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction, Gordie Young, as chairman of the committee on transportation, has set up a standard program of transportation for Kentucky. The writer believes the control and regulation of school transportation by the State Department of Education is very desirable from an economical standpoint. This is shown by …

A Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration Educational Camp For Unemployed Girls, Mattie Nance

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Statement of problem - To observe the conditions of the Sulphur Well Camp of the Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration with the aim of seeking answers to the following questions:

1. What is the history and the purpose of the Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration Educational Camp?
2. What type of girls compose the camp?
3. Is it worthwhile for a girl to spend her time and effort for a period of six weeks in such a camp?
4. What is the correlation between IQ and achievement in class work at camp?
5. What is the correlation between IQ and English tests given in the camp?
6. What …

A Contract Plan For Teaching American Literature In High School, Elizabeth Stagner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The plan may be characterized as follows:

1. A definite provision for four levels of mastery.
2. A challenge to the individual pupil, through a written presentation of contracts, to place himself satisfactorily at the grade-level he desires.
3. Provision for a period of thirty-six weeks, in six-weeks units.

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.

A Study Of The Frequency With Which The Small & Capital Letters Are Used, Vivian Gillespie

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Because of the fact that so little has been done to create a scientific, objective basis for a sound course of study in penmanship, it has long been the desire of the writer to develop some ideas that presented themselves several years ago. It has occurred that there is a real need for a basis of fact, rather than mere personal opinion, in the teaching of penmanship.

While the great pen artists and the great penmanship teachers of the past and present have wrought exceedingly well and have made a wonderful contribution to the improvement of handwriting pedagogy, there still …

The Value Of High School Physics To The College Student, Emery White

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Secondary school science consists of biology, chemistry, physics, or a combination course known as general science. General science deals only with the practical side of the laws of physics. It fails to go into detail and very often omits the law entirely. Physics in high school requires a special room in the building which is not easily adapted to other use. A large amount of expensive equipment is need to teach it efficiently. Can all of this expense be justified? Is the student who ends his school career with high school graduation sent out into life with a large amount …

Implications Of School Board Membership: A Handbook For School Board Members, W. B. Owen

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem – A great number of pertinent and valuable contributions on the work of boards of education have been made emphasizing more particularly those aspects of establishment and organization, that are subject, more or less, to legislative action, and are consequently beyond control of the immediate board or its members. This study is concerned primarily with those phases of school board activity and relations that may be improved by the collective or individual efforts of the members constituting any board of education. They include the following:

1. Relations with the community.
2. Attitudes toward school administration and control.
3. Cooperation with the …

A Study Of The Nursery Schools Conducted At Western Kentucky Teachers College In 1934 And 1935, Ethel Barnard

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

As a result of the recent rapid increase in number of nursery schools in the United States a great deal of interest in nursery education has been evinced. The purpose of this study is to present a descriptive sketch of the nursery schools conducted at Western Kentucky Teachers College in such a manner that some results of the work may be shown.

Promotion & Non-Promotion In The Louisville Elementary Schools, E. W. Belcher

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

To promote or not to promote has long been a question in the minds of both administrators and teachers; however, the segregated problem of promotion and non-promotion did not receive much attention until about fifteen years ago. In the past decade and a half much time and careful, thoughtful study have been devoted to this problem by leading educators.

A Study Of Majors & Minors In Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bessie Beck

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study has grown out of the desire of the writer to render some service to prospective high-school teachers in their selection of majors and teaching combinations, and to be of aid to the teacher-training institutions of the State - especially to Western Kentucky State Teachers College in directing prospective teachers to pursue courses that will fit them for the teaching demands of the high schools.

A number of studies of subject combinations in high-school teachers' programs have been made to determine in what fields and what subject combinations high school teachers actually teach. Clarence Nelvin Emrick¹ in his …

A Proposed Plan Of Supervision For Bethel Woman's College Demonstration School, Vera Early

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study is an attempt:

1. To present the supervisory program now in use
2. To set up a proposed supervisory program

(a) To improve the instruction of teachers in service that they may be able to direct the pupils' learning activities.

(b) To train student-teachers in order that they may make better teachers.

The scope of this study is limited to the effort of Bethel Woman's College to train teachers in service and student-teachers by the use of its supervisory program in the demonstration school. It is so limited in order to make a more thorough study of these …

A Plan Of Supervision For Paducah Public Schools, Hazel Rigg

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem involves the following divisions:

1. To present a study of the present plan of supervision in the Paducah Public Schools.
2. To present a proposed plan of supervision.
3. To suggest means of evaluation of the supervisory program.