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The Public Career Of Maurice Hudson Thatcher, Randy Ream

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The public career of Maurice Hudson Thatcher was wedded to one of the most interesting epochs in Kentucky history and Kentucky politics. From 1895, with his election as county clerk of Butler County, to his defeat for the United States Senate in 1932, Maurice Thatcher was intimately involved in almost every statewide political campaign. He participated in the rise of the Republican party to a point where it was a definite force in state politics and won almost as many statewide races as it lost. He also participated in the party’s relegation to minority status with the advent of the …

Thomas Jefferson And The West, Denise Baker

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

From his childhood on the fringe of the Virginia frontier until his years of retirement at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson displayed a special interest in the vast expanse of land stretching westward. The land provided the ideal place for the expansion of Jefferson’s dream of an American empire for liberty. He viewed the continent as the home of an agrarian nation living under the principles of democracy.

Chapter one is introductory in nature, linking Jefferson’s ideals to his interest in the West. Chapter two concentrates on his early contributions to the West. Emphasis is placed on land speculation, the western land …

Ua3/6/9 Back Zack Scrapbook, Wku President's Office

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Scrapbook of clippings and other items related to the Back Zack movement at WKU regarding higher education funding.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

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The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Condis, Rebecca. Reconstituted Families: Counseling Concepts and Application
• Miller, Brad. Does Congress Effectively Regulate the Ethics of its Members?
• Grizzle, Dennis. Electron Microscopy of Polytrichum Moss Spores
• Collins, Lynell. Transformational Effects on Cytoskeleton and Cell-Surface Antigens
• Hamilton, Joy. A Summary of Flaws in Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
• Martin, Lanna. Sadie F. Price: Artist, Botanist, Author and Naturalist
• Wood, Irene. The Imagery of Smoke, Fire and Ash: A Study of the …

Campaign Spending And Electoral Outcomes: 1977 Kentucky House And 1978 U.S. House And Senate Elections, Philip Henry Jos

Government Theses

This research examined the relationship between campaign spending and electoral success in 1977 Kentucky House races and 1978 U.S. House and Senate races. The results indicated that the winning candidate’s percentage of campaign expenditure has a significant effect on the candidate’s vote percentage. This effect is greater in U.S. House races than in U.S. Senate races. In Kentucky House races, the effect of spending on electoral success was only significant in open seat races. Regression results confirmed the importance of challenger spending in congressional races and indicated that the effect of challenger expenditures on votes is much greater than the …

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

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Student research papers chosen by each college as best of the academic year.

• Bolte, William. Use of Government Documents in Small and Medium-Sized Libraries and Future Utilization Prospects
• Brevit, Valery. Development of the Concepts of Infinity
• Cook, Ken. KIM-1 Calculator Interface
• Irwin, Tom. Status Preservation in Three Characteristic Radical Right Groups
• Logan, Ben. Jungian Psychoanalysis of the Petrarchan Lover
• Moore, James Jr. Communication Problems and the Families of Schizophrenics
• Nash, Jeffrey. St. Luke as Historian
• Porto, Eugenia. In Defense of Camus
• Roberson, Philip. The Religious Thought of Rabindranath Tagore
• Wood, Irene. The Them of Incest in Dickens' Hard Times

The Masterless Society: Observations On American Democracy By Alexis De Tocqueville, James Tyrie Jr.

Government Theses

French political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville’s views concerning American democracy were examined in order to discern key aspects of democratic thought and practice in America. Tocqueville found certain fundamental premises such as individual freedom and “equality of conditions” at the base of democracy in America. From these basic premises come several paradoxical results, namely the masterless society, economic materialism and “tyranny of the majority.” These paradoxes are controlled by safeguards of associations, the press and the judiciary within the system. It was found that Tocqueville’s detachment and foresight give his thought greater meaning than that of many contemporary social and …

Ua68/8/3/1 The Student Researcher, Vol. Iii, No. I, Phi Alpha Theta

Student Organizations

Publication of the Eta-Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. This issue includes:

• Bussell, Judy. The Women's Suffrage Movement: 1870-1900
• Davenport, Beverly. RFK and Civil Rights "1961: It Had Only Just Begun"
• Kellems, Brady. The Election Dispute of 1876
• Lega, Mark. A.J.P. Taylor: Gadfly Historian
• Tatum, Raymond. The Hartford Convention: Those "Wise Men of the East"

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Tougher, Mary. Class Finds History is Foreign Matter – International Students
• Minton, Don. Associated Student Government Vetoes Support of Boycott
• Halicks, Richard. Student Shoplifters Pose Problems for Stores
• Kuhl, Greg. Derby for Charity Collect $665 – Sigma Chi
• Three Named Directors of College Heights Foundation
• Faculty Senate to Hold First Meeting
• Fake Bomb is Found
• Bruce, Don. Columnist Reviews Review – Chicago Concert
• Budde, Neil. Campaigning on Nothing – Gerald Ford
• Krenzin, Joan. Opposes Boycott
• Riley, Robert. Approves of Boycott
• Gossman, Karen. Agrees with Review …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 54, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Leake, Betsy. Concert Committee May Have No Power
• John Dean Will Speak Tonight at 8
• Caudill, Tom. Regents Okay Record Budget, Academic Proposals
• Steen, Janet. Gen. Russell Dougherty to Speak at May 10 Commencement
• Strehl, Mary. Year in Review: Progress Was Like a Tortoise
• Should Residents Pay More for Air-Conditioned Dorms?
• McMahon, William. Seeks Academic Growth
• Beliles, Mark & Tom Cooper. Stand Up Christians
• Food Survey Completed
• Gibbons, David. WKU Grad Finds Going Rough – Billy Howell
• Bond, Beverly. WKU Orchestra to Give Final Concert …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Leake, Betsy. Associated Student Government Abandons Plans for Final Concert This Semester
• Day, Mary. Phi Mu, Alpha Kappa Psi Win Top Honors in Greek Week
• Adams, Anne. Nursing Gets Approval to Plan 4-Year Program
• Chances for Vet School at Western Get Snagged
• Prof Wins Award – Robert Martin
• Kentucky Collegiate Veterans Association Elect Officers
• Steve Henry’s Entertainment Plan is Inadequate
• Ombudsman – Dormitory Visitation Policy
• Tolopka, Stephen. Favors Evaluation Change
• Daugherty, Sharon. Canteen, Sand Needed
• Watkins, Allan. Favors Nude Models
• Vogt, Christy. Encourages Involvement
• Segda, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Leake, Betsy. Polls Remain Open as Campaigns End
• Wethington, Jay. John Dean Postpones Lecture Here Until April 29
• Caudill, Tom. Jeff Consolo Says Associated Student Government Needs More Student Involvement
• Faculty Wives Club Name Richard Walker Outstanding Senior
• Sigma Nu and Alpha Xi Delta Win Track Meet
• Music Teacher is Conductor – James Godfrey
• Taylor, Ken. Students Evaluate Teachers, Classes
• Required Library Course Useful; Freshman Orientation Unnecessary
• Harris, Roger. Ombudsman: Publishing Firm’s Politics Draw Complaints
• Stewart, Tony. Critical of Tom Blair
• Whitman, Connie. Likes Steve …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Leake, Betsy. Polls Open Monday to Elect Associated Student Government Officers
• Matteson, Teri. The Tornado: Scars Remain as a Constant Reminder of April 3, 1974
• Coffey, Bob. Getting into the Swim of It
• Bruce, Don Fill in Blanks for Letter to the Editor
• Payne, David. Supports Steve Henry
• Cross, Al. Favors Tom Blair
• Harmon, Frank. Likes Steve Henry
• McCubbin, Mary. Endorses John Butchko
• Day, Mary. for Nancy Wilk
• Butchko, John. Butchko: No Hassles
• Litchfield, Gerry & Jefferson Hartzog. Against John Dean Speech
• Adams, Anne. Activities …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Caudill, Tom. University is Taking Measures to End Bomb Threats
• Leake, Betsy. Primary Election for Associated Student Government is Canceled
• 20-Mile Walkathon Set Tomorrow – Muscular Dystrophy
• Leake, Betsy. Student Government Approves Constitutional Change
• Matteson, Teri. Commuters Lament Missing Campus Activities
• Gregory, Jim. Students May Register to Vote at Courthouse
• Today is Deadline for Adding Bi-Terms
• Threats Defeat Student Interest
• Butchko, John. Criticizes Associated Student Government Coverage
• Wurster, Robert. Annoyed by Cameras
• Adamchak, Donald. Food Stamp Reply
• Omega Psi Phi. the Muscular Dystrophy Charity Walk …

Luke Pryor Blackburn: The Good Samaritan, Nancy Baird

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Luke Pryor Blackburn, Kentucky’s only physician governor, is one of the forgotten public health figures of the 19^th century. As health officer of Natchez in the 1850s he instituted the first effective quarantine used in the Mississippi Valley and became a strong advocate of its use as a preventive measure in the control of yellow fever. During his lifetime Blackburn also became well known for his unselfish aid to communities stricken with the disease.

In March 1878 announced his candidacy for governor of his native state. Local politicians scoffed at his chances for election, but his actions during the …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Finals revamped to Accommodate Football Viewing
• Sen.Edmund Muskie to Lecture Here Tonight
• Ayers, Elaine. Different Yearbook Planned
• God Rest Ye, Gentle Readers
• Adamson, Wanda. Bible’s Real Theme
• Horton, Debye. Biased Sportscasting
• Buntain, Michelle. Mistreated
• Talisman Awarded Top Honors
• ‘Las Vegas’ Money to Aid Needy Family – Interfraternity Council
• Madison, Stephanie. Courses in Self-defense to Be Offered This Spring
• Kroeger, Mark. Survey Shows Richard Nixon Support
• Groves, Cindy. Vietnamese Coed Gets a Trip Home
• Theatre Students Bundle for Britain
• ‘Water’ Play Dries up Tonight
• And Now, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Elam, Jerry. Barry Goldwater Calls for Support of Richard Nixon
• Contract Awards Anticipated – Environmental Sciences & Technology Building
• Lawrence, Fred. Chilean Coup Discussion Draws Mixed Reactions
• William Porter Rescheduled
• Palmer, Alan. Question Session on Governmental Interns Set
• You Be the Judge – College Heights Herald Reader Poll
• Cassady, Liz. Environmental Controls to Hit Individual
• Pocket Billiards Champion to Exhibit Shooting Abilities – Jack White
• McCoy, Morris. Set Construction Took Long Hours – Private Lives
• Vanderbilt Wins Title in Debate Tournament
• Johnston, Scott. Interp Presents …

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Honors Program

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Articles written by honors program students. They were originally research projects, class papers or essays written for academic credit, but in each case the student has done further work editing and improving his or her manuscript for this publication. The articles represent a broad range of interests and disciplines, and they indicate a healthy attempt on the part of at least some students to dig for deeper knowledge and understanding than is usually associated with undergraduate study.

• Harris, James. The Trent Affair; Restraint vs. Irresponsibility
• Massey, Scott. Foolishness
• Oskins, Doug. Reuse of Sewage as a Potable Water Supply
• Alvey, Richard. …

Ua94/6/3 Spread Eagle, Robert Hatfield

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Two issues of Spread Eagle "with the separate yet co-ordinated staffs, conservative and liberal, strives to present critical viewpoints on topics (campus, local and national) of importance ot the community of Bowling Green."

Black, Larry
Blaine, Linda
Brown, Gregg
Campbell, John
Cato, Steve
Coomes, Jim
Drago, Jack
Embry, Hugh
Gregory, Lee
Hall, Janet
Hamby, Warren
Hatfield, Robert
Hayes, Judy
Lloyd, Susan
Massey, Scott
Neel, Mickey
Percival, Lynn
Pulsinelli, Robert
Pusiteri, Joe
Sims, Terry
Slone, Andi
Smith, Albert
Stewart, Rod
Strehl, Conrad
Stroud, Steven
Thompson, Ann
Tinker, Robert
Trooley, Yerz
Walker, Eniz
Woodward, Lana

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 40, No. 2, Wku Alumni Relations

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Quarterly magazine created for WKU alumni. Regular features are Hilltopics, Sports, Alumni Newsgrams and Notes and In Memoriam. This issue includes:

• Graduate School (College) is On Its Way
• Evening Class is Thataway
• The Hilltopper Hundred to the Rescue
• ETV - Keep Watching, It's All in Color
• Student Interns Learn How Government Works
• Significant Statements: The New Year Begins
• Good News for Fishermen: Reservoir Research
• There it Was! Your Homecoming - 1971
• Performing Arts Illuminate the Campus Scene
• Discovery 1 - Uncovering the Kentucky of Antiquity
• Discovery 2 - Reviving the Heritage of Kentucky
• Discovery 3 - The Intercultural Studies Program …

The Constitutional Union Party In Kentucky, John Lawrence Kelly

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

During the period immediately preceding the Civil War, there arose a new political party, the Constitutional Union party. While nearly every other phase of the era around the Civil War has been covered exhaustively, comparatively, very little has been written about the Union movement and its attempt to prevent the war. What has been written about the Union party deals primarily with the movement at the national level. It is the goal of this author to present a history of the Union movement in Kentucky and the part played in the national party by Kentuckians.

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 6 – Adolescence, Wku Sociology

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Table of Contents:

• Cogswell, Betty E. Communication with Adolescents: A Study of Sex Information Sessions
• Dickinson, George E. Sex Information Sources of Black & White Adolescents in a Southern Community
• Huth, Mary Jo. Drug Abuse & American Youth
• Levin, Martin L. Intra-Familial Patterns of Political Socialization: The Model of Male Dominance Re-examined
• Newman, John J. & Martin L. Levin. Patterns of Agreement Between Adolescents & Their Parents on Adolescent Rules
• Schwartz, Michael. Education & Adolescent Adjustment
• Wilkinson, Doris Y. Racial Beliefs of White Adolescents: An Exploratory Inquiry
• Wells, J. Gipson. A Selected Bibliography on the Sociology of Adolescence

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Hightower, Paul. Committee to Study Associated Student Constitutions
• Western’s Dean of Public Relations, Robert Cochran, Dies in Louisville
• Ralph, Mason. Richard Nixon Cites Six Point Plan
• MIT Ensemble Plays Thursday
• Activity Almanac
• State Financier is Delaying Proceedings. For Married Student Housing There May be a Grim Future
• Western Loses a Devoted Friend – Robert Cochran
• Lyne, John. Says Kept in Dark about Appointment
• Hoppe, Arthur. Propagating the Senility System on Capitol Hill
• Cinema Guild Sets Schedule
• Patterson, Tom. A Trip to the Lion’s Den and …

Ua94/6/3 Expatriate, Vol. 1, No. 2, Bruce Tucker

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Underground newspaper commenting on Western Kentucky University administration and current events. Articles include:

• Tucker, Bruce. Caution: The One on Your Right May be a Cop
• Neumayer, Rick. Campus Protest Escalating
• Tucker, Bruce. Washington: Exporting the 'Picnic'
• Wilkerson, Larry. The Writing on the Wall - Graffiti
• Potter, Jackson. Henry Jackson Heads for Last Hurrah
• Neumayer, Rick. Judgment Day - Instructor Evaluations
• Patterson, Tom. Those Magnificent Men . . . - Dee Gibson, John Oldham, Jimmy Feix, Jim Pickens & Ted Hornback
• Harris, Mike. Black Students Unite
• Neumayer, Rick. Student Rights: Void Where Prohibited
• Hundley, Smith. Wants More
• Briney, John. Former Journalist …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Neumayer, Rick. Associated Students Enlisting Merchants for Student Discount Plan
• Irving Levine to Lecture Here Thursday Night
• Wilkerson, Larry. Balloting Today to Decide Local Races, Crucial Issues
• University Press of Kentucky Representative to Visit WKU Campus
• Science Prof Delivers Papers – Elmer Gray
• Interfraternity Council Adds Presidents
• November Program Set for Planetarium
• Laotian Intervention Parallels Vietnam War
• Drug Proposal Ignores Nature of Marijuana
• Seeger, Ronald. Letter to the Editor
• Neumayer, Rick. Associated Student Government Returns Constitution, Limits Further Study
• Lyne, John. Oscars for Commercial Expertise? …

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 3 – The Sociology Of The Middle Years, Wku Sociology

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Table of Contents:

• Bart, Pauline B. Why Women’s Status Changes in Middle Age
• Bourque, Linda Brookover & Kurt W. Back. The Middle Years Seen Through the Life Graph
• Davidson, James D. Religious Involvement & Middle Age
• Deutscher, Irwin. From Parental to Post-Parental Life: Exploring Shifting Expectations
• Geschwender, James A. & Benjamin D. Singer. Riot Participation & the Middle Years
• Herb, Terry R. Middle Age & Aging: Neugarten’s Approach
• Levin, Jack & Gerald Taube. Attitudes Toward Public Housing Among Middle Age Tenants
• Levin, Martin L., William W. Pendleton & Lewis Bowman. Political Partisanship of Middle Age Voters
• Mayer, Thomas F. Middle …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 48, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletics and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Tucker, Bruce. James Farmer Scheduled for Lecture Series
• Western Players perform The Crucible
• Tucker, Bruce. Judge Delays Decision in Harold Hilliard Case
• Declarations Continue, Associated Students Election Tuesday
• Group Attends College-Business Symposium
• Bennett, Ellen. April 15 to Close Award Nominations
• Bragi Josepsson to Direct Study
• When Will Richard Nixon Move to End Vietnam War?
• Election Participation Affects Total Attitude
• Unconcern Reigns (Again) on Campus
• Lloyd, William. Likes Black Pride
• Money Now Available to Non-Residents
• King, Dearing, Braxton Crenshaw & Jackie Davis. Black Power Means Student Power
• Police Brutality Strikes …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 48, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletics and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• White, Alana. Sergio Mendes' Brazil '66 Brings Latin Flavor to Hill
• Tucker, Bruce. Physicist Edward Teller Slated for Lecture Appearance
• Beavers, Danny. 24 Coeds to Compete in Pageant to Determine Miss Western
• Duff, Ardeth. Foreign Student Program Set
• Samuel Greengus to Speak on Middle East Crisis
• Duff, Ardeth. William Weaver, Art Instructor, Students Complete Burner and Kiln for Ceramics Buffs
• Students Should Fight Rule Against Youth Fare
• City Makes Commendable Move in Passing Housing Ordinance
• Associated Student Government May Deter Campus Turmoil
• Tucker, Bruce. Ralph McGill: A Legacy of …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 48, No. 15-Z251, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletics and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Schuhmann, Paul. American Association of University Women, Ogden Contests Set for Upperclassmen
• Duff, Ardeth. 'Breathless' Billed as Feature in Cinema Guild Presentation
• Barton, Gail. Western Players Set 'Star Spangled Girl
• Connelly, Linda. Male Quartet to Perform in Third Series Offering
• White, Alana. Associated Students Working to Bring Speakers, Shows to Hill
• Kappa Sigma Occupy House with Rich Background
• Bacon Ke, Physicist Billed to Speak at 4 Tomorrow
• Associated Students Dance Set Monday Night
• Electoral College Demands Attention
• Kentucky Southern College Plan Boosts Higher Education
• Old Issues of New Year …

Ua3/3/1 Letter To Class Of 1969 From Richard Nixon, Richard Nixon

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Letter from U.S. President Richard Nixon to the WKU Class of 1969 congratulating them on completing their college education.