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Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 8, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Valedictory by Nancy Shehan
• Clark by E.H. White
• The Crying Need of the Public School System by E.H. Turner
• Married at Gallatin
• The Sophomores
• The Juniors
• The Seniors
• Senior Class 1910-11
• Echoes from Mammoth Cave by Hunter Gingles and Katesie Bailey
• Normal Lights
• Editorials
• The University of Wisconsin by Will Taylor
• Two Ways of Telling a Story
• Foreword by G.C. Morris
• Moving Day Cartoon
• The Trip to Richmond
• The KEA
• De Pilae Quodam Ludo by Henry Wesley …

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Eastern Kentucky University, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Box 1 Folder 7 of President Henry Cherry’s Correspondence, General File regarding the relationship between WKU and Eastern Kentucky University. This file is comprised entirely of letters, the majority from EKU’s president Ruric Roark.

• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 1/25/1907 – congratulations on creation of WKU, questions about curriculum and faculty
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/3/1907 – Kentucky Education Association resolution re: diplomas
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/7/1907 – appropriations for EKU
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/24/1907 – curriculum and faculty
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 7/25/1907 – diplomas …

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 7, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Louisiana State University by James Knoll
• Valparaiso University by Frank Turner
• The Oratorical Contest by Hollie Finn
• The Ball Game
• Phantasies
• A Monologue by Mr. Byrn
• Book Review
• Ohio County by E.Y. Allen
• Illinois by Madge Hunter
• Livingston County by Jake Farris
• Eastern District by H.M. Guffey
• Simpson County by Leland Bunch
• Breckinridge County by James Basham
• Meade County by J.G. Board
• McCracken County by Margaret Acker
• Daviess County by G.C. Morris
• Bullitt County by Ina Foster …

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 3, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Courses of Study
• Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Cherry, Henry. An Educational Creed
• The Alumni Association
• Reduced Railroad Rates for Summer School
• Cherry, Henry. Editorial
• Dr. Len G. Broughton
• Faculty
• Regents
• Commencement Exercises

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Vanderbilt's Educational Atmosphere by O.S. Guy
• The University of Georgia by P.M. Davis
• Memoirs of an Old Timer
• The Life Class by Nellie Smith
• Echoes from the Diamond
• As Told by the Guide
• A Veracious Melodrama Entitled "On to Athens"
• A Word Concerning the Libraries by Florence Ragland and Mary Jarboe
• Editorials
• Exchanges
• Smilets
• Normal Lights

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting includes list of property transferred from Southern Normal School to WKU including library.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 5, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• The Chosen People by Melvin Judd
• Some Harvard Impressions by A.M. Stickles
• Memoirs of an Old-Timer
• Retribution
• Chapel Influence by C.J. Bibb
• The Moot Court
• Editorials
• Lamentations
• Book Reviews
• Exchanges
• Weather Forecasts of the Faculty
• Notes from the Societies [Alumni News]
• Library Notice
• Modern Philosophy
• Near to Grins
• Normal Lights

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• The Other Side by C.M. Sammons
• A Woodland Playground by S.C. Coots
• Extracts from Recent Finals by J.B. Johns
• The Negro Question by G.C. Morris
• Christmas Sentiment
• My Impressions of Yale by H.M. Denton
• Welcome (To the New Students) by Nancy Shehan
• Editorials
• A Tragic Tragedy, Entitled "The Breaking of the Golden Bowl"
• At Which to Grin
• Exchanges
• Personals

Ua3/1/4 Western Kentucky State Normal School, Henry Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Speech written by WKU president Henry Cherry regarding WKU. He cites enrollment statistics and the role of education in democracy.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of WKU faculty weekly meetings for 1910 from Books 1 and 2. The books have slight variations. See also Book 1 Index.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 3, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• The Sacrifice of the Teacher by F.E. Cooper
• Epitaphy
• Scientific Class, 1908-1909
• The University of Chicago
• Life Class 1908-1909
• Thanksgiving by Loraine Cole
• To the Rhetoric Class
• Editorials
• The Life Class by Ruth Alexander
• The American Farmer by E.E. Gardner
• Results
• The American Public School by Eugene Wood
• James Lane Allen by Mary Jarboe
• Book Review
• Exchanges
• Personals

Ua1b3/7 Oratorical League Committee, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence regarding proposed constitution of the Central Oratorical League consisting of Indiana State University, Eastern Kentucky University and Ohio University. William Craig was appointed a committee of one to study the viability of WKU's participation. Includes program for oratorical contest held May 27, 1910 in Van Meter Hall.

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Davis, Brinton, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence between Henry Cherry and architect Brinton Davis regarding the construction of Van Meter Hall.

Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1910-1911 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1910-1911.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• The Relation that Should Exist Between the State Normal and City Schools by Herman Lee Donovan
• Some Very Lion Stories by Theodore Roosevelt
• A Prophecy by Myrtle Duncan
• Testimonials
• Editorials
• The Library
• The Life Class by Nell Smith
• The Kit Kats by Novice Madison
• With the Pyerians by H.W. Gingles
• The Four-Year Class by Jake Farris
• The Poet's Lair
• Consistency
• Owed to a Mosquito by Carl Adams
• The Soliliquy of W.S. Taylor
• The Chestnut Hunt of 1909 …

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting regarding construction and purchase of property.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Child Labor by Joseph Roemer
• As to the Library
• Plan of the Campus by Henry Wright
• Generally Speaking
• Fall Term
• The Acts of the Athletic Disciples
• Review of Late Books
• Side Issues
• Personals

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 1, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Schaefer, Ada. Commencement Week – Class of 1909 (WKU)
• Calendar 1909-1910
• Free Tuition
• Perspective of the New Proposed Plant of Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Cherry, Henry. Editorial
• Graphic Representation of the Influence of the Western Kentucky State Normal School

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 4, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog which includes:

• Faculty
• History of WKU
• Free Tuition
• Course of Study
• School of Music
• Religious & Moral Influences
• Faculty notices
• Class of 1909
• Sharon, J.A. Dr. Ruric Nevel Roark biographical sketch
• Expenses
• Register of Students - Sept. 1908 - July 1909
• Register of Training School Students

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting.

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

Board of Regents Documents

President's report to the Board of Regents. Includes these sections:

• Condition of school
• Attendance
• Purpose of the Normal
• Financial statements
• Regular tuition
• Boarding homes
• Courses of study
• Model school
• Library
• School of Music
• School of Science
• Model rural school
• Summer school
• Faculty & salaries
• General statements of a miscellaneous nature

Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, Vol. Iii, No. 1, 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.

• Remarkable Business Outlook
• Can I Get a Position?
• The Illustrated Catalog
• Prosperity Coming
• Self Supporting
• Good Times Are Again in Sight
• Civil Service
• Qualification Required
• How to Get Appointment
• Salaries
• A Thousand Successful Old Students
• A Report to Congress
• A Prominent Railroad Official
• A Fact is a Fact
• Station Work
• Will Take Students
• The Crow & the Spurs
• Better Than Gold
• Gratifying & Cheering
• Academic Course
• A Recognition
• Banking
• The Commerce Course
• Outline of Commerce Course
• The …

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. Iii, No. 3, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• The Summer School Begins June 15, 1909
• To the Trustees of Western Kentucky
• McLean, Mattie. School News
• Program – Third Educational Conference & Convocation of County & City Superintendents of Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Texts Used in the Normal
• Expenses – Tuition & Board
• Frisbie Hall
• Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Faculty
• Regents
• Commencement Exercises

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vii, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Toast to Potter
• Redmond, Ethel. A Negro Sermon
• McCurdy, B.O. Never Seem to Be What You Are Not
• Eastland, May. A New “Brer Rabbit & Brer Possum” Story
• The Universal Sovereign
• Postlewaite, Delphia. Pat’s Joke
• Description of the Azores
• Sanders, Norah. Ghosts
• Barr, Corrine. Interpretation of Prometheus Unbound
• Mitchell, Katherine. The Misfortunes of Rastus
• Earth’s Pain
• The Passing of Pleasant Potter College
• Wilford, John. The Passing of Pleasant J. Potter College …

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting.

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vii, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Baker, Louise. Dear Old Potter ‘Way Up on the Hill
• Givens, Kathryn. Won’t You? Will You? You Are
• Twashtri – A Tale of India
• Bartered Birthrights
• Mitchell, Katherine. Mumps! Mumps! Mumps!
• Rosser, Elma. Fate’s Sister
• Mitchell, Katherine. Luigi Cornaro
• Rats
• A Day in January
• Editorial
• Sigma Iota Chi
• Beta Sigma Omicron
• Eta Upsilon Gamma
• Phi Mu Gamma
• Lewis, Lena. Ossolian Society
• Sleadd, Gertrude. Hypatian Society
• Rosser, Elma. Entertainment
• Keith, Katherine. YWCA …

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

February 1909 WKU Board of Regents Meeting.