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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs Dec 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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 Dec 1936

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Archives Records

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 Dec 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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


Present Practices & Methods Of Supervising Student Teachers In Industrial Arts, Walter Nalbach Dec 1936

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 Dec 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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


Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, November 27, 1936, Arts & Sciences Faculty Nov 1936

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, November 27, 1936, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 44, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Nov 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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 Nov 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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 Nov 1936

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Archives Records

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 Nov 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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


The Library And Halls Of Residence: Plans And Descriptions, Bryn Mawr College Nov 1936

The Library And Halls Of Residence: Plans And Descriptions, Bryn Mawr College

Architecture, Grounds, and History

No abstract provided.


Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, October 29, 1936, Arts & Sciences Faculty Oct 1936

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, October 29, 1936, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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 Oct 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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 Oct 1936

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Archives Records

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 Oct 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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 Oct 1936

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

WKU Archives Records

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 …


Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents Sep 1936

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting includes minutes of executive committee meetings as well all regarding the construction of Cherry Hall.


Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, September 25, 1936, Arts & Sciences Faculty Sep 1936

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, September 25, 1936, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.


1936-1937 Lsu Medical Center Catalog/Bulletin: School Of Medicine, Office Of The Registrar Sep 1936

1936-1937 Lsu Medical Center Catalog/Bulletin: School Of Medicine, Office Of The Registrar

Catalog and Bulletin

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Individual And Group Methods Of Teaching Work-Type Reading In The Fourth Grades Of The Albuquerque Public Schools, Elizabeth C. Westerfield Aug 1936

A Comparison Of Individual And Group Methods Of Teaching Work-Type Reading In The Fourth Grades Of The Albuquerque Public Schools, Elizabeth C. Westerfield

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In this study a somewhat different line of research is attempted. The endeavor here is to evaluate two approaches to the teaching of work-type reading. One of these is the traditional or group plan, the other an individualized scheme a great deal like that recently mentioned by Washburn.

An answer here is sought as to whether work type reading is taught more effectively to fourth grade children through group instruction or by a highly individualized technique. The measure of effectiveness was that as indicated by scores on standardized tests interpreted as reading ages, and other evidence that this will be …


A Study Of Majors & Minors In Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bessie Beck Aug 1936

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 Comparison Of The Certification Standards For Commercial Teachers In The Different States Of The Union, Lee Rothrock Aug 1936

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 …


School Transportation In Kentucky 1935-36, Thomas Reynolds Aug 1936

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 …


Promotion & Non-Promotion In The Louisville Elementary Schools, E. W. Belcher Aug 1936

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.


The Status Of The County Superintendent Of Schools In Kentucky, James Depp Aug 1936

The Status Of The County Superintendent Of Schools In Kentucky, James Depp

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to present some of the leading facts concerning the present status of the county superintendents of schools in Kentucky, and also to compare the status of the county superintendent with that of the city superintendent as found by R.E. Stevenson's study of 1934. The same method of procedure is used in this study as was used in the study of the city superintendents in order that a reliable and worth while comparison could be made between the two groups of educational leadrs.


Implications Of School Board Membership: A Handbook For School Board Members, W. B. Owen Aug 1936

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 Plan Of Supervision For Paducah Public Schools, Hazel Rigg Aug 1936

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.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs Jul 1936

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Alumni News
  • Athletics
  • Class News
  • Club News
  • Society

This issue contains articles:

  • County Superintendents to Meet Here
  • Shirley Ayers Takes City Tennis Halo
  • Former Western Instructor Made College Dean – Baily Wade
  • Pioneer Log Cabin Nearing Completion
  • Cipolloni, Mary. Kentucky Library Given Several Valuable Gifts
  • Freshman Days Are Planned
  • Grimage, Eleanor. Trip to Texas Centennial Is Slated for August 15
  • More Students Receive Jobs
  • Grid Prospects for Next Year Are Excellent
  • Finely Grise Made Member of Planning Board
  • Fall Session to Begin on September 21
  • Folk …


President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry Jul 1936

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