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Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 49, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association Oct 1978

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 49, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Archives Records

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

  • Dero Downing Steps Down
  • Douglas, Michele. Top Banana – Gary Riggs
  • Egan, Sherry. WKU State Climatic Center
  • Gibson, Debbie. I Kind of Believe It’s a Gift – Burt Feintuch, Folk Music
  • New on the Gridiron
  • Adams, Bob. Digital Voltmeter – Engineering Technology
  • Schock, Jack. The Projectile Point – Archaeology
  • Armstrong, Bryan. Confessions of a Journalism Intern
  • Highland, Jim. Terry Climer
  • Beauchamp, Donnie. Commonplace Things – Photography
  • Miller, Richard. The Exceptional Student – Psychology, Biology
  • Harry Snyder Speaks at Commencement
  • Douglas, Michele. Students Take Advantage of Study Trips Abroad
  • Western …


A Comparison Of The Volley & Ground-Stroke Methods Of Teaching Beginning Tennis Utilizing The Command & Task Teaching Techniques, Neil Decker Aug 1978

A Comparison Of The Volley & Ground-Stroke Methods Of Teaching Beginning Tennis Utilizing The Command & Task Teaching Techniques, Neil Decker

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Designed to compare the effectiveness of two beginning tennis teaching methods and two teaching techniques, this study used ninety-seven male and female students enrolled in four beginning tennis classes as subjects.

After pretests, the Dyer Wallboard and the Broer-Miller Forehand-Backhand Drive Tests, each class was instructed in one of the two designated methods and by one of the two techniques. Thirteen 45-minute sessions of instruction were followed by posttesting.

A two-way analysis of covariance, using the pretests as the covariate, was computed with the data provided by the two dependent variables.

Results of the statistical analysis of the data revealed …


Leisure Preferences Of The Elderly In Bowling Green Nutrition Programs, Lawrence Prochazka Aug 1978

Leisure Preferences Of The Elderly In Bowling Green Nutrition Programs, Lawrence Prochazka

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The objective was to identify the leisure preferences of elderly in Bowling Green Nutrition Programs. This objective was to be accomplished through the utilization of a leisure preference test. Since no leisure preference test was found, the study was significant not only for the results obtained but also to evaluate this new test.

The test was designed after the format utilized in the Edwards Personal Preference Test. Major categories were selected and each was composed of five leisure opportunity statements. Each category was placed in opposition to every other category four times to comprise the test. A test was then …


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1978

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

Papers representative of the variety of scholarly research conducted at WKU.

  • Adams, Kathy. The Appalachian Language
  • Barnett, Philip. A Study of Deviant Behavior of XYY Individuals in Regard to Environment and Genotype
  • Bell, Brooks. Loving, Loyal Linda Loman: An Interpretive Note
  • Danhauer, Janice. Motivating Workers Through Job Design
  • Davis, Barbara. The Transformation of a Man into a Man of Understanding in Murinbata Society
  • Davis, Diane. The Argot of the Homosexual
  • Jewell, Teresa. The Life Story of the Hero of World War I - Sergeant Alvin C. York
  • Lanham, Wayne. Das Knarrenschiff and a Ship of Fools: A Study in Influence …