Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Ua35/11 Perspectives On Contemporary Man, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

Lectures delivered by WKU professors to the Freshman Colloquium in the fall of 1964. The Freshman Honors Colloquium is a special course open only to freshmen students whose test scores, on the battery of tests administered to all entering freshmen, fall in the upper 15% and who graduated in the top quarter of their high school graduating class. The book lists the participants in the colloquium.

Lectures:

• Bailey, Donald. What is a Man, According to a Biologist?
• Nash, Ronald. A Philosopher Looks at Man
• Tachau, Charles. A Theologian Looks at Man
• Watson, John. A Sociologist Looks at Man
• Shedd, Charles. …

Ua37/44 The Ten Commandments & College, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding students disregard for the ten commandments.

Ua68/6/2 Correspondence, Kelly Thompson

Student Organizations

Letter from WKU President Kelly Thompson to the Congress Debating Club re: Willson Wood's resignation as club sponsor and appointment of William Jenkins as new sponsor.

Ua12/2/61 Meeting Minutes, Wku Class Of 1958

Student Organizations

Meeting minute book used by the WKU Class of 1958 for the years 1955 through 1958.

Sophomore Class officers:

• Jim Owens, president
• Julius Rather, vice president
• Shirley Barnes, secretary
• Martha Fuqua, treasurer
• Owen Lawson, sergeant at arms

Junior Class officers:

• Jim Owens, president
• Greg O’Neil, first vice president
• John Blair, second vice president
• Jane Lovell, secretary
• Martha Fuqua, treasurer
• Ray Weaver, sergeant at arms

Senior Class officers:

• Gregg O’Neil, president
• Carroll VanHooser, vice president
• Carole Snyder, secretary
• Sandra Fuqua, treasurer

Ua3/3/1 Desires & Needs Of The Student Body Of Wksc, Wku Student Body

WKU Archives Records

Suggestions offered to Kelly Thompson regarding student desires and needs circa 1955. The document was signed by the following students:

• Frederic Dow
• Matilda Walker
• Barbara Clay
• Ann Meredith
• Robert Hensley
• Royce Woosley
• Jim Owens
• Charles Miller
• J.C. Embry
• Emmaline Jones
• George Orr
• Peter Mahurin
• John Chamberlin
• Jane Winchester
• Glenn Vale
• Betty Lee
• Harry Gray
• Shelly Hampton
• James Wilson
• Elizabeth McWhorter
• Helen Kilgus
• Naomi Jones
• Wayne Duncan
• Dixie McGregor
• Wayne Everly
• Ray Law
• Lloyd Young
• Bob Daniels

Ua12/2/59 Meeting Minutes, Wku Class Of 1946

Student Organizations

Meeting minutes for the WKU Class of 1946 during the 1945-1946 school year. Senior class officers were president Tom Venable, vice president Mary Choncoff, secretary Virginia Price, treasurer Betty George and sergeant-at-arms Clyde Poole. Class meetings included an educational presentation and preparation for graduation.

Ua1f Rotc 1942 Notes, Henry Smith

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

ROTC section of the 1942 Talisman owned by Henry Smith, Class of 1943 recording information regarding students who served in World War II, wounded and killed.

Ua94/6/1 Correspondence, J. R. Newman

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Letter to the College Heights Herald editor from J.R. Newman regarding the benefits of having been a member of the Congress Debating Club.

Ua68/6/2 Immortal Names In Western Hall Of Fame, R. Whipple

Student Organizations

Part of a chapel presentation regarding the history of WKU given by members of the Congress Debating Club. ? Whipple discusses "hall of famers" J. Whit Potter, Iva Scott and Mattye Reid.

Ua68/6/2 Eulogy On Dr. Kinnaman, Evon Howell

Student Organizations

Part of a chapel presentation by members of the Congress Debating Club regarding the history of WKU and it's founding faculty. This portion was given by Evon Howell regarding A.J. Kinnaman who taught at WKU from 1906 to 1926. Kinnaman died in 1928.

Ua68/6/2 The Development Of Western Since 1906, Orba Traylor

Student Organizations

Part of a chapel presentation given by the Congress Debating Club regarding the history of WKU. This portion was given by Orba Traylor a member of the Class of 1930 and discusses the creation and early growth of the Western Kentucky State Normal School.

Ua68/6/2 Chapel Program, Louis Yandell

Student Organizations

Early history of WKU's founding institutions presented at chapel. Louis Yandell was a member of the Class of 1931.

Ua68/6/2 Dreamer, Designer & Builder, Franklin P. Hays

Student Organizations

Part of presentation given by the Congress Debating Club in chapel regarding the history of WKU. This portion is about Henry Hardin Cherry, founder of WKU. Frank Hays was a member of the Class of 1930.

Using Federal Documents To Dispel A Myth About Ellis Island, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria

DLPS Faculty Publications

Government workers at New York’s Ellis Island have been accused of murdering ancestral names to serve their own purposes and prejudices. Despite zero evidence to support this accusation, the myth stubbornly persists. They did not change names. They worked from manifests, which were governed by law.