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A Recent History Of Subject Philosophy And Pedagogical Style In Physical Education: A Case Study In Curriculum Change, Kenneth Atkins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation was subjected to a content analysis for the period 1963-1973 using subject philosophy, pedagogical style, and contributors as the content indicators. The study examines how curriculum change and subject content reflect change and ideology in the wider society. Justifications for teaching physical education have shifted from a traditional emphasis on fitness and character training to education for leisure and lifetime sports and the desirability of self-actualization via movement education. The study argues that those changes parallel a move in the requirements of the social and economic structure, from mass wage labor to …

Fandom Is A Way Of Life: A Folkloristic Ethnography Of Science Fiction Fandom, David Axler

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A science fiction (“sf”) fan is an individual whose interest in this literary genre has extended past reading into involvement in such things as local science fiction clubs, fan magazines (“fanzines”), and sf conventions (“cons”). Science fiction fandom is the loosely-structured, geographically-dispersed organization of these fans. Drawing on both written sources and field interviews with eight informants, the history, composition and structure of sf fandom is examined from a folkloristic viewpoint. The forms of folklore which serve to bind the individual fan to the larger social entity of fandom are detailed.

Despite its literary orientation, fandom is primarily a social …

Ua6 Lost River Cave: Old Developments, New Developments, Kenneth W. Smith

WKU Administration Documents

Paper written by Kenneth Smith for Management 410 class in 1976 regarding the potential business development of Lost River Cave.

Ua94/5/1 Alpha Tau Omega Chapter Advisors Manual, Alpha Tau Omega

Student Organizations

Handbook for managing the Alpha Tau Omega chapter at Western Kentucky University.

Ua94/5/1 Ato Founder's Day Banquet, Alpha Tau Omega

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Program for the Alpha Tau Omega founder's day banquet.

Ua94/5/1 Founders Day Notes, John Perkins

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Notes for presentation given at the Alpha Tau Omega founders day festivities which includes the Barons fraternity.

Ua94/5/1 Founders Day Notes, John Perkins

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Notes for presentation given at the Alpha Tau Omega founders day festivities which includes the Barons fraternity.

Ua94/5/1 Thirteeners Pledge Book, Richard Minton

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Pledge book for the Thirteeners fraternity belonging to Richard Minton. The book contains duties of the pledge, class schedule, notes from Thirteener members, addresses of members and other pledge notes. The members address section includes their major, class, office held, nicknames and girl pinned to as applicable.

A Survey Of Physical Education; Athletics; Health And Intra-Murals In The Ohio Valley Conference With A Suggested Program For Western Kentucky State College, Frank Griffin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The writer of this thesis with the counsel of Dr. Lee F. Jones of the Education Department, and Dr. E. Kelly Thompson, President of Western, decided to make a survey of the status of physical education in the Ohio Valley Conference by means of a questionnaire and through personal interviews. With the materials obtained from the questionnaire and personal interviews with the Directors of Physical Education of the various colleges a proposed program of physical education was organized for Western Kentucky State College.

Ua94/5/1 Roa's Communique, Vol. 3, No. 1, Rho Omega Alpha

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by the Rho Omega Alpha fraternity

Ua94/5/1 Sadie Hawkins Dance Card, Pi Tau Nu

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Pi Tau Nu fraternity Sadie Hawkins Dance card belonging to Julian Harper. It includes a list of Pi Tau Nu members and ads for many Bowling Green businesses.

Ua94/5/1 Third Baron Conclave, Barons Fraternity

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Program for the third annual conclave held by the Barons fraternity.

Ua94/5/1 Beta Omega Chi Dance Card, Beta Omega Chi

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Beta Omega Chi dance program and card for the spring formal belonging to George Wells. Includes program, menu, list of members and officers, Beta Omega Chi song lyrics and dance card.

Ua94/5/1 Kappa Beta Pi Backward Dance, Kappa Beta Pi

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Kappa Beta Pi backward dance, dance card belonging to Leone Brewer. It includes a list of officers and members, ads from Bowling Green merchants and a dance card.

Ua94/5/1 Pi Tau Nu Autograph Card, Leone Brewer

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Pi Tau Nu autograph book belonging to Leone Brewer. It was possibly used as a dance card or party favor for an unidentified event.

Ua94/5/1 Fifteeners Dance Card, Fifteeners

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Fifteeners dance card belonging to Leone Brewer. Includes names for 21 dances.

Ua94/5/1 Barons Formal Of Forty-Two, Barons Fraternity

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Barons fraternity dance program and card belonging to member George Wells. Includes program, menu, list of members and officers, dance card and Barons song lyrics.

Ua94/5/1 Barons Formal Of Forty-One, Barons Fraternity

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Dance card for Barons formal dance held at Mammoth Cave Park.

Ua94/5/1 Barons Formal Initiation, Barons Fraternity

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Initiation program for the Barons fraternity.

Ua94/5/1 The Barons Formal, 1940, Barons Fraternity

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Dance card from the seventh annual dinner dance held by the Barons.

Ua94/5/1 Second Baron Conclave, Barons Fraternity

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Program for the second Baron conclave held in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Ua94/5/1 First Baron Conclave, Barons Fraternity

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Program for the first Baron conclave held in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Ua94/5/1 Barons Fourth Annual Dinner Dance, Barons Fraternity

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Dance card for the fourth annual formal dance held by the Barons.

Ua94/5/1 Barons Organization Chart, Bill Bass

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Diagram of the Barons fraternity organization and outcomes for members created by Bill Bass in about 1936.

Ua99/1 Scrapbook, Bgbu President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook created by BGBU president J. Lewie Harman of newspaper photographs highlighting Bowling Green and Kentucky businesses, parks, roads, industry, agriculture and pastimes. The scrapbook is not dated.