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The Protestant Ethic Effect With Children In Multi-Choice Environment, Linda Brunick

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Nineteen first graders were placed in a four-choice situation which allowed investigation of the "Protestant ethic effect" (PEE). The S's task was to obtain tokens which could be traded for toys and candy. Tokens were available from any or all of the following quadrants (Q): (Q₁) a location where the S was allowed the option to manipulate a toggle switch and/or obtain freely accessible tokens, (Q₂) a location at which tokens were freely accessible, and (Q₄) a work location in which the S received tokens contingent upon the operation of a toggle switch. A …

Kentucky Parole Officers: An Inquiry Into The Effect Of Residential Background On Their Works Styles, Virginia Cleveland

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Using the population of Kentucky state parole officers as the focus of this thesis, work styles were studied. The work styles of twenty-eight rural parole officers were compared with the work styles of twenty-two urban officers. The Fisher Exact Statistical Test was used to test differences between these groups. Rural officers were significantly more likely than urban officers to go out of their offices to meet with their parolees. Urban officers had had a significantly greater number of parolees waiting in their offices at one time, than the rural officers had. The length of the average meeting did not differ …

The Beeson Farmstead: A Study Of The Functional Aspects Of A Black Farm In The Richland Community, Annelen Archbold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study documents the lifestyle on a small, prosperous black farmstead in the Richland community of Butler County, Kentucky. It is based on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted with Percy Beeson, owner of the farm for aver fifty years. The result of the fieldwork and interviews was the documentation of how this farmstead, maintained without mechanical farm equipment, worked as a functional unit on a year-round basis.

As a functional unit, the Beeson farmstead is described in terms of the Beeson family and their ownership of the farm and the breakdown of the property into two dependent units. In the …

A Position Paper Of Environmental Education For Nelson County, Geneva B. Hunt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The results of a survey, concerning environmental education taken of the educators of the Nelson County School System, indicated a need for environmental education workshops and classes.

The status of environmental education in the nation and in Kentucky were studied and compared. A research was done of the status of environmental education in Nelson County, and implications were drawn for implementing environmental education in the Nelson County School System.

A tentative program for implementing environmental education in the Nelson Country schools was given, and a bibliography of resources and materials to be used in said program was included.

The Effects Of A Short Term Preacademic Total Approach Program On The Language Development Of Disadvantaged Children, Doug Richter

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This research tests a short term total academic language development program on the development of language delayed children. It was hypothesized that an increase in vocabulary and response length after a six week treatment program would be reflected on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Mean Length of Response Test. The treatment program utilized both the group and tutorial approach emphasizing the basic skills associated with listening, language, reading, writing and arithmetic. The subjects were nine-preschool Head Start children participating in a summer program at Western Kentucky University. A comparison of the performance on pre and post test revealed …

The Rhetoric Of Laura Clay: A Southern Argument For Woman Suffrage, Margaret Wesolowski

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study focused on the persuasive efforts of Laura Clay (1848-1941) as they represented a particularly southern argument for woman suffrage as opposed to the northern, or National American Woman Suffrage Association, suffrage argument. As a Kentuckian, she believed she understood southern attitudes on the three major issues she encountered during her thirty-two years as a suffragist.

The three issues were those of woman's traditional role, the race question, and state versus federal legislation. The arguments of Miss Clay concerning these issues were premised on justice and expediency, which formed the rationale of suffragist rhetoric.

Her arguments, tailored to southerners, …

The Social Construction Of Professional Knowledge Illustrative Empirical Patterns In Social Work, 1956-1973, Danny L. Jorgensen

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Traditional sociological conceptions of professions are examined in this thesis by refocusing attention upon knowledge and ideology as a key to understanding changes in professional reality and action. In a proposed transcending model of professional knowledge it is hypothesized that conflicts between certain ideological positions will result in the displacement of one position by an opposing position and thereby produce changes in the definition and meaning of specific aspects of professional knowledge. Furthermore, it is suggested that knowledge construction, ideological debate, and changes in professional meaning may be observed in the arena of professional communication which is represented by major …

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 44, No. 1, Wku Alumni Association

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WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Conway, Sheila. Western and the Bicentennial
• College Heights, Resplendent in Springtime
• Threlkeld, Claude. ABC's of Landscaping
• Clifford, John. Reverence for Life
• Stickles, Arndt. A Confederate Fort and Historical Marker on the Campus of WKU
• Cook, Paul. Western Governance: Board of Regents
• Given, Ed. Hilltoppers Capture Eighth All-Sports Championship
• Harrington, Drew. The Humanities Semester
• Warren, Linda. Challenge for Truth & Excellence
• Gray, Harry. Placing the Right Bets
• Downing, Dero. What a Man Chooses, He Is
• Dickey, Debbie. X,Y & Z in Search of a Degree - Liberal Arts Degree
• George Wedding Photographs
• An Evening …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 58, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Western Submits Report on Recruiting Violation to Ohio Valley Conference,NCAA Officials
• MacDonald, Margaret. WKU Seeks Okay for Tuition Proposal
• Journalists Earn Workshop Honors
• Greg McKinney Joins Regents in WKU Budget Approval
• Tritschlee, Elaine. Students Feel Pinch
• Ashcraft, Betsy & Cindi Dziezak. Construction Falling Behind Schedule – Cherry Hall, Environmental Science & Technology Hall
• Enrollment Drops
• Wilcoxson, Kirby. John Scarborough and Thomas Madron: Personalities in Contrast
• Knight, Sherri. Junior Scholars Sneak a Preview
• Herde, Mary. Super Snoops Seek Some Scoops
• Burrell, Nancy. Folk Musicians Schedule Showings …

Ua19/17/1 1974 Hilltopper Track Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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WKU Track media guide compiled for 1974 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: The Unity Of Diversity, Vol. 51, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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1974 Talisman yearbook pp. 234-end.

• Potter College continued
• Around the World – International Education
• Graduate College
• Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Work for Improvement Through Change
• All-Sports trophy is Awarded to Alpha Delta Pi
• Alpha Gamma Rho’s Dominate the Tug-of-War; Win Greek Week
• Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Contribute to the Job Corps
• Alpha Omicron Pi’s Triumph at Homecoming
• Alpha Delta Pi Triumphs for Eighth Straight Year During Sigma Chi Derby
• Alpha Phi Alpha’s Celebrate Founder’s Day
• Julian Goodman Is Honored by the Western Alpha Tau Omega Chapter
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Omicron Pi Waltz to Storybook Land Honors
• Alpha Xi Delta Form Scout …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: The Unity Of Diversity, Vol. 51, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

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1974 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-233.

• It Could Have Been a Real Blast – Registration, Moving In
• To Live or Not to Live In a Dorm: That Was the Question
• Married Housing Still a Problem
• Unwinding the Ways
• Tradition! - Cherry Hall
• Dedication of Ivan Wilson Center Marks Fine Arts Renaissance
• Homecoming 1973
• We Just Didn’t Play No Ball . . . Football
• Did Entertainment Provide For Your Needs?
• Lectures: Impeachment, Bent Keys & Vampires
• Associated Student Government Revamps Entire Organizational Structure
• The Campus Year in Context: National & International Affairs
• Black History Week: Helping America Understand
• Fine Arts Festival
• Spinks, …

Ua11/2 Press Release Local Student To Intern At Louisville Courier-Journal, Wku Public Affairs

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Press release regarding students receiving internships at the Louisville Courier Journal.

Ua60/3/3 May Commissioning Exercises Program, Wku Military Science

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Program for ROTC commissioning exercises.

Ua60/3/3 Annual Award's Ceremony Program, Wku Military Science

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The Reserve Officers Training Corps of the United States Army Annual Award's Ceremony program.

A Comparison Of The Intellectually Gifted, Average, And Below Average High School Subjects On The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, Lyda Parker

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between intellectual ability of 276 high school students and personality as measured by the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey (GZTS) factors. The 10 GZTS traits utilized were: General Activity, Restraint, Ascendance, Sociability, Emotional Stability, Objectivity, Friendliness, Thoughtfulness, Personal Relations and Masculinity. The study was designed to test for the relationship between three IQ groups (high, middle and low) and each of 10 GZTS personality factors. A multiple groups design was used, in which the three groups of subjects were blocked across intelligence. Ten one-way analyses of variance were performed to determine if …

An Analysis Of The Themes Of Guilt And Atonement In The Writings Of Tennessee Williams, James Curry

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The themes of guilt and atonement have been analyzed in selected writings of Tennessee Williams. Research concerning these two themes has been developed simultaneously with Williams’s concept of the universe and man. Many of Williams’s characters seek a form of atonement or purification for their guilt which has arisen due to their “incompleteness and unnatural desires.” Williams’s basic concept concerning the universe is that it is fragmented, a universe not completed by its Creator. Consequently, Williams envisions man and his nature to be likewise incomplete. It is this incompletion in man which causes him to have “unnatural desires,” labeled as …

The Fresh-Water Mussel Industry Of The Lower Tennessee River: Ecology & Future, Randall Grace

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The fresh-water mussel industry of the Tennessee River is nearing an end. Overharvesting, habitat alterations, and pollution are the major contributors to the depletion of the mussel resource, upon which the shell industry is based. A history of unconcern by shell harvesters and weak conservation enforcement by governmental agencies, has left the major waterways of the United States nearly void of commercial clams. The lower Tennessee River presently supplies the mussel industry with nearly all the important species of mollusks. If this industry is to be maintained in the United States, ways to preserve and propagate the mussel population must …

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. I, No. 2, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies committee regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

A Quantitative Analysis Of The Spatial Distribution Of Substandard Housing In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Robert Harding

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the study was to determine the degree and intensity of the factors affecting the spatial distribution of substandard housing in Bowling Green, Kentucky. A stepwise regression model revealed that straightline distance from the CBD, overcrowded units, average number of rooms per dwelling unit, renter occupancy and non-white occupancy accounted for only 37 percent of total explained variation. A filtering process based on blocks exceeding ten percent Black population was utilized to divide the universe. New analyses on Black and White sectors within the city did not increase the coefficient of determination. They did, however, reveal a great …

A Comparative Study Of German And Kentucky Moon Beliefs, Katherine Martin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A body of moon beliefs from Kentucky was compared with a body of moon beliefs from Germany to discover similarities and dissimilarities between the two and to ascertain how well a body of beliefs (specifically moon beliefs) can be transferred from the Old World to the New World. The presence of a German culture in Kentucky was established and parallels were drawn between the structure, function, and esthetic aspects of both groups of beliefs. The Kentucky moon beliefs that migrated from 'Germany showed a surprising persistence, considering the move to America, change of language, and exposure to unfamiliar cultures. Some …

The Effect Of Life Experiences On Alumni Satisfaction With Undergraduate College, Wanda Monroe

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis investigates the sociological determinants of the degree of satisfaction with undergraduate education expressed by alumni of Western Kentucky University. Subjects were selected by means of a random sample (h = 1759) of graduates from the years 1922 through 1962. The effects of two major types of independent variables upon alumni satisfaction are explored using Multiple Classification Analysis. The first group of explanatory variables are background factors which include father's educational level, parental income while the subject was attending college, sex, average college grade, and whether or not the subject's present occupation is in the same field as the …

The Effect Of Locus Of Control, Influence & Awareness On A Verbal Conditioning Task, James Chudy

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In a Taffel-tyne erbal conditioning task, the conditionabilitv of Internals (I's) and Externals (E's) was investigated under two types of influence (Hi vs. Lo) involving Ss who were either aware or unaware of the correct responsereinforcement contingency. A 2 X 2 X 2 X 7 repeated measures analysis of variance conducted on both the conditioning and extinction data revealed that aware Ss used the operant to a significantly greater degree during conditioning and significantly less during extinction. No significant differences in the rate of responding during conditioning and extinction were found for the main effects of locus of control or …

The Feasibility Of Annexation: A Cost-Revenue Approach For Bowling Green, Kentucky, Jeanne M. Dibble

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The United States is becoming a country of urban dwellers. Much of this urbanization is occurring outside of the legal city in what is called the urban fringe. Among the solutions advanced to deal with the problems of urban sprawl is the annexation of such areas by the central city. Before annexation can become a reality, its feasibility from a cost-revenue approach must be assessed. This was accomplished by dividing the urban fringe of Bowling Green, Kentucky, into nine study areas and investigating the costs incurred by the city for the provision of services associated with annexation as compared to …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 57, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Cross, Al. regents Okay Money for Dorm Renovation
• Regent Voting Continues
• WKU Grad to Address Graduates – Harry Gray
• Caudill, Tom. Program for Soldiers Continues Despite Lack of VA Funding – Eagle Prep
• Youth Program Slated
• ETV Shows to Be Aired – Educational Television
• Summer VA Aid Deadline Here
• Ayers, Elaine. The Year in Review: Seems Nothing Went as Planned
• Matteson, Teri. Coeds Invade ‘Man’s World’ of Industrial Education
• Election for Student Regent Offers Voters a Clear Choice
• Derby Juleps Win out over Finals
• McKinney, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 56, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Tewell, Terry. Greg McKinney, Sid Stevens Vie for Regent Post
• Caudill, Tom. Academic Council Considering Flexible Honors Plan
• Monarch, Huston, Cross, Al. Monday Is Registration Deadline for Three-week Study
• Associated Student Government Okays Congress Appointments
• Children’s Theater to Present Play – The Magic Crown
• Reynolds, Jim. Students Recognized at Annual Awards Banquet
• State Women’s Political Caucus Meeting Begins
• Saturday Regents Meeting Needs a Student Audience
• Associated Student Government Congress Meetings Need Some More Members
• Edwards, Mark. Less Tension
• Parrish, Bettie. Supports Greg McKinney
• Maxham, Robert. …

Ua12/2/7 Npc Newsletter, Wku Panhellenic Council

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Newsletter created by and about the Panhellenic Council.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 55, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Reynolds, Jim. Preregistration May Prevent Woes in Fall
• Cross, Al. Candidates for Student Regent Seat List Qualifications
• Mobley, Russell. Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’ to Be Presented This Week
• Women’s Class Offered
• Awards Day Banquet Set for Thursday
• Western Gets Water Research Grant
• New Regent Must Communicate, Compromise
• Consolo, Jeff. Consolo Says Vote
• Wilson, Martha. Endorse Hank Miles
• Getchell, Gail. Endorses Hamp Moore
• Compton, Ronnie. Supports Hank Miles
• FFA Field Day Slated Friday – Future Farmers of America
• German Scholar Here on Sabbatical – Karl Lenz
• Harris, Roger. …

Ua12/2/7 Npc Newsletter, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Panhellenic Council.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 54, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Caudill, Tom. On-campus Housing Requests on the Rise
• Five File for Student Seat on Board of Regents
• Wethington, Jay, Cross, Al. Bowling Green to Regain Air Service
• Two Concerts Set for This Week
• Clayworth, Carl. Columnist Carl Rowan Condemns ‘Sick Society’
• New Regents Choices Provide Good Precedent for the Future
• Merrick, Bruce. Endorses Hamp Moore
• Inman, Michael. Inman Announces
• Mitchell, Phyllis. United Black Students President Mark Turner Feels Blacks Lack Overall Leadership
• Tewell, Terry. Tornado Victims to Get Clothes
• Talisman Annouces ’74-’75 Staffers
• Monarch, Huston. …