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Young Editors at Work
New Ways To Establish Credit . .
DANNIE ARTERBURN IS FIRST NATIVE KENTUCKIAN TO SING TiTlE ROLE IN " FOSTER STORY" What Makes for Gooel Teaching?
New Honor Society for the Hill ..
About 12 years ago, when the Stephen Foster Story was just becoming established as the most enduring of the Common News from the Alumni World SUMMER SONG, wealth's major summer attractions, Mr. and Mrs. James Ferrell Arterburn or Glasgow went to BardSlown to see the colorful .. outdoor musical. With them was their IO-yea r-old son, Dannie. PICTURE STORY , Summer Fish Fry I OLD Today Dannie remembers very little about seeting that per fonnance. Like any typical, carefree IO-year-old, the thought of returning to the wooded amphitheater hardly crossed Dan nie's mind. and little did he imagine that he would someday play the title role in the moving outdoor musical production. However, the noteworthy aspect of the talented bass-bari tone's summer experience with musical theater is not that he is a Glasgow native, nor that he is a brand-new Western BTIBIUBI" Alumunus, but that he is the (irst Kellluckian in the 14-year history of the drama to play the role of the famous composer. Previous "Stephens" have lived in Kentucky, or have gone to By RICHARD MORRIS
1'{wl" Crcdu, G ... rry [nj!1.,nJ, 2, 3 Fd Given, 21 f om lIamptun. MR. MORRJS is a gradllate assistalll in Western's OOice of Pub ",over 1,),22.11,44, J udy Kern. 22 , 23 , 2S , lO, 31, 12. Waym' lic Relations. Scherr 11. tn\lue h"d. cover. Don Shively, 8, 9, 22. 21, 29. R " Slu,lrt 16 20, 1972 'fIlIJlmt1ll, IR , 19, Wilson Woolley 12 Mik. Cheak, who hid become Will known to thealre-a:olrs at Wlslern In mlny chi racier roll$, pllYld Ihl part of Horaci Vandel1elder (the male Ilad) In a Dries of performanCII of "Hello, Dolly!" which wire prlsented by the Stephen Foster Clst. His l.adinrlady was oaune Mahy of Louisville, a veleran of opera theatre .t lndi.n. University. ) Kelley. "We spent four or fi ve days just talking about the part," Dannie says. " He gave me his ideas, and I gave him mine. From there I deve loped what I fee l Stephen Foster was like." Recalling the hard work during that first week before the cast arri ved, Dannie admits he is glad he stayed so busy. "It gets kind of lonesome in Bardstown when you're by yourself," he said . When the cast did report for rehearsals, Dannie was joined by three veteran student performers [rom Western's theater productions: Mike Cheak of Shelbyville, Pete Franklin of Madisonville, and Taylor Pope Lawrence of Bardstown. Cheak, who has starred in a number of outstanding per· formances as a supporting actor or comic for Western Players, performed in Dolly as florace Vandergilder, the male lead OTHERS FROM WESTERN HAD IMPORTANT ROLES IN oUT·DF·oooRS ATTRACTION AT BARDSTOWN opposite Dolly. Lawrence had a role as Rudolpho, the head waiter and Franklin played the part of Cornelius Hackle, which is a major singing role in Hello, Dolly! In the Stephen of a professional opera company. "My degree wiD be based Foster production Cheak played the part of the town drunk, around opera," he says. Franklin was a banjo player, and Lawrence acted as the "This (Stephen Foster Story) is the only musical theatre minister. I've done," so he says he does not fo resee any possible future A prospective music major since his high school days, Dan· attempt at the Broadway stage. As a newcomer to drama he nie says he spent his first yea r at another college, but was has already learned the psychological eUect the audience can dissatisfied. He then transfe rred to Weste rn and changed have on the performer. "You have to have a fantastic his major to business, but before long he realized that he audience," he says, "and they have to be as excited as you " missed music tremendously." For the remainde r of his are." KcnlU cky schools, but he is the first actor "born, raised and college career he took pa rt in nearly every performing group Dannie says his first "spoken" words on stage were as the still li ving in Kentucky to play the part," he says. in the music department: madrigal si ngers, men's glee club, Captain in the Gilbert and Sullivan musical H.M .S. Pinafore, choral union, opera workshop, music council and Phi Mu performed at Western last year. Because he had always The story of how Dannie "became" Foster began when Jim Alpha. He was president of the touring concert choir and a Jones of Western's music department encouraged Dannie to performed as a member of large groups of people, he sud· mem ber of the curriculum committee for the Potter College denly fou nd himself alone, and "a little sca red." He says enter several vocal contests earlier this yea r. Gary Horton, of Arts and Humanities. musical director of the Stephen Foster Story, happened to be at this is the hardest part of pe rfonn ing for him - "that and onc of the contests and extended an invitation (or Dannie to After the final performance of the "Stephen Foster Story" learning the script." audition for the lead. on Sept. 3, Arterburn en rolled in graduate work at Southern Dannie anticipates that it will be " much easier to go back Methodist University, which began its term before the end of Despite the fact the 1972 graduate fo und Horton's offer to opera" after worki ng in musical theater. "Opera takes less the season in Bardstown, but allowed him to fini sh his com· acting," he says, elaborating on his experience with some 15 "interesting," he had acquired very little acting experience mitment in Kentucky before comi ng to Texas. du ring hi s years at Western and retai ned some doubts about chamber operas he performed wh il e at Western, "but you have the audition. And so, the audition had to wait because of a Dannie says he became interested in doing graduate wo rk at to have acting to be in opera." vocal contest which conflicted on scheduled first day of the SMU when a friend of his invited him down to look things No doubt it takes a special breed to be a performer. For as tryou ts. However, Dannie's first meeting with Horton in over during his junior year. After visiting several other Texas soon as the autograph seekers thinned out after each Stephen March had made the right impression, and so the show's schools, he returned to Western "very much impressed with Foster production, Dannie was found rehearsing as a member musical director telephoned to reschedule the audition. The SMU.'· During his brief visit there, he remembers hearing a of the chorus of "Heilo, Dolly'" scheduled for three Monday outcome took care of any other summer plans which Dannie student say he was "going up on the hill for class" - a ph rase nights in August. may have had. not uncommon in Dannie's other educational experiences - but he laughs as he recalls that SMU's "hill"' is only about a Perhaps when Dannie's name is billed at the Metropolitan Getling into the character of Stephen Foster required Dan· "six·inch rise." Opera, many Kentuckians will remembe r the summer when nie to report to Bardstown a week ahead of the rest of the the Stephen Fosler Story's final s, "My Old Kentucky Home," cast. After reading several Foster biograph ies and the writings Expecting to spend two years at SMU, Dannie says after he was sung by the show's fi rst Kentucky Stephen. of Foster's followers, Arterburn met with director Horace completes his graduate work, he hopes to become a member
ARTERBURN RELAXES BEFORE SHOW 2 and once more there was a market for the product Today shells are used e1l:tensively in the $100 million tultured pearl industry. The shells from the Tennessee Ri ve r, where I dive each summer. are bought by the ton ( the price is $150 a ton this year) to be pre pared for the ti ny "seeds" of shell which are used to sta rt the Japanese pearl oysters forming the tultured pearls. Tennessee River mussc:ls for some reason are of unusually high quality of color and ICJl:ture and are considered the best source by Japanese authorities. In our end of the process, the shells are taken from the river by the commerdal diver who gropes his way along the bottom of the river, removing the mussels with his bare hands. T he mussels are supposed to grow in rows alonf the old bank of the river, lo ng since covered up by the water le ve of today. As il actually happens, we find the shells scattered in va rious places a nd my job is to find them - muddy water or no. Si nce the water is dark we also must be careful of stumps and snags created when Kentutky Lake was dammed. The act of diving for shells is thought by some people as a "glamorous" job. T o me it is a common, everyday mailer that is mostly hot, hard and dirty work. Our day begins at 6 a.m. when we start lauding ai r tanks onto the truc k to ge t ready to go to the river. It takes us an hour and a half to drive from Perryvi ll e, Tenn., to o ur dotk on the Tenne ssee River ne;lr Paris Landing. By 7:30 a.m. the boats a rc usua ll y loaded with all of the necessary equipment and the n eath dive r heads out alone toward the channel of the "old" riverbed. Damming of the Tennessee as part of TVA " BRAIL$" ONCE WERE USED TO GATHER THE SH ELLS has, of course, raised the water from the old shell depth of 20 feet and we normally are working at a depth of about 50 to 75 feet in We are searching for the thick, white shells and we don't pitk up the Lake. mussels whic h are under two·and·a·quarter inches in diameter. We T he first dive of the day is usually a hit-or·miss endeavor. The try to keep strictl y within the requirements of the laws a nd regulations ClIperienccd diver ge nerally knows if he has landed in an area where of the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission. We really do a con· there a re su ffident quantities of mussels for our "digging." scientious job in this regard and as a diver becomes more experienced, If the shells are there in any la rge quantit y (which is what we he doesn't put may small shells in the barrel anyway, regardless of hope will happen). the di ve r may not move more than 100 yards the speed wit h whith he needs to work. all day from the spot where he began. If the shells are scattered Not long ago some of us were reminiscinll about the changes whith he may cover an a rea 300 to 500 ya rds long - rangi n& laterall y up to have taken place in the quantity of shells In the river. In 1969 we MUSSEL DIVERS WORK fROM CRUDE fLAT·BOnOM BOATS HARVESTING SHElLS f ROM LAKE Bon OM 40 yanjs sometimes. could sometimes work 50 to 75 yards under wate r and pit k up enough On his 22·foot nat bollom rig, whith we call dive boats, the diver shells to make a boat load. carries two 55·gallon ba rrels in which to load shells. a gas-driven Tod!lY, though, the mussels afe becoming scarce and the peo ple who hoist which lifts the barrels from the bottom once they are loaded, study the mailer do not agree about the reasons. But it is a problem compressed air tanks and other di ving equipment. with a number of causes - the mussels a rc over harve5ted, was bed A day on the river in the bright sunshine and warm breeze to most Generally the diver uses about six ta nks of air per day - which away from their beds, or tovered by the mud and sediments which are SUMMER J OB: people is a day of siding, fishing, or maybe just sunning and swim· would last him about three hours under water. Newer divers and being laid because of the reduced current in the Lake. Taken as a mingo But to me. a day on the river is another day of ..... ork - after others who have a more difficult time breathing may use eight tanks whole. their environment is changing, a nd the mussels are dying. four years of divina for fresh water mussel shells, weather and water of air because they tend to breathe more rapidly. The more exper· In areas where mussels have re produced si nce the damming of the have Illeant my college education. ienced divers, on the other hand, know the money is where the shells ri ve r, the mussels are not as large as before and their shells are not Today when many students arc begging for summer jobs to earn are and learn to conserve their air, or e ven use almost their entire as thick. I be lieve that the damming of the rivers has caused the big small su m~ of money to help with another year of college e1l:penses, I supply tryin g to stay down as long as pos..~ib l e. problem: there is not as much food a nd not as many can reproduce. have been fortunate enough to have a steady summer job. The work One ClIpcrience which I had this summcr illustrates the ki nd of The mussel larvae are tovered up in the La ke sediment and, more is steady and the pay so good, in fact, tha t it has financed my way situation even a veteran diver must be ~ I l er t 10 avoid. Divi n, near and more. they just can't get enough food and don't grow. In diving More than Mussels through four year~ of higher education - one year at East Mississi ppi West Danville, Tenn .. and nearl y out of air, I WllS ascend in g to for commercial she l1 s, you now have to be a sprinter or you don't Junior College lind three years at Western - and now has financed change tH nks. fi nd enough she lls to fill up your boat, eve n on a good day. my Wlly to grllduate school. Suddenly I hit a "snag line" and felt the triple fi shing hooks dig A good diver may dig a half·ton of she ll in :, day, be fore he quits Commercilll diving, which is technically the name of the occuPlltion into my neck and hair, as well as my rubber "wet suit." I dropped at ~ I bout 4 p.m. but a new dive r tan still earn a decent wage. We are in which I engage each summer, may not be the easiest way to P.ly down quic kl y to free myse lf from the hooks, but it did no good. T paid by the ton and the she ll s go into a box to measure the amount By RANDALL GRACE your way through school. Uut when you add in the fattors of being slashed the leader line on one side and attempted to go up again. we have tollected. On the dotk the shells are dumped onto a con· outdoors and receiving good wages, the decision has been an easy one This time I hit an oval·shaped trammel net used by tommercial veyor belt whic h carries them to a truck. for me. fi shermen. I was out of !lir by this time, and I started culling my Hot and !:Overed with mud, the work is toughest when we arc Few people have heard of the business in which I work. The shell way th rough the ta ngle, working as quickly as I cou ld. shoveling the shells after we get to shore. Counting the eight men busi ness ordinarily is not visible, treates no noise and causes little By th e time I reached the surface I had pulled most of the hooks who work on my crew, it takes until about 7 p.m. to finish unloading. notice from those who are not dosely associated with work along the loose or had broken them off. I ri pped the net in two to get away - One of the things which limits us is the length of time ..... e can river. As a mailer of fact most people call the place where I dive even thoug h I would normally try not to damage someone else's stand to spend under water. This summer o ne of our men suffered Kentucky Lake - but to me iI's sti ll the Tennessee River. fi shing equipment. It was a narrow e~.. pe. and at such times of a case of bends and had to be nown to New Orlea ns to enter a com· The shell business dates back almost a tentury, and the first uses danger, the diver finds his knife can be hi s best friend. I never dive pression t hamber. 1,'5 something we have to be very careful of. for the freshwater mussel shell were in the making of buttons. This without mine. The trucks carry the shells back to Perryville to unload into five· For the last four summers WKU student industry st:lrted in the early 1890's but suffered a rapid dedine after On the bottom of the river tbe ....' orld is a place of silence. It's ton cooking vats. covered with water and boiled. The shells open World War I. At that time the method of obtaining shells, stretChing kind of relaxing down there. The work begins, really when you get during the cooking process which boils out most of the meat while the Randall Grace has spent three hours a into early decades of the 20th Century, depended upon a device called on top. You h.we a lot of time 10 think for yourse lf as you move shells are cooking about four hours over las burners. a brail, which is a type of dredge equipped with hund reds of hooks. along the bollom, scooping up shells. and dumping them in the barrels. The shells are shoveled into a large tumbler which removes any day groping 50 feet below the surface of The dredge was dragged over the ri ver bonom and the shells (open One of the questions which people ask is, "What do you see down remaining meat and water is sprayed over them for further clea ning. while the mussels are feeding) clamped down on the hooks as a sort there." The truth, of course, is that you can't see at all. We find Anothe r tonveyor carries away the empty she lls to men who grade Kentucky Lak e. Fo r this young man a of defense. When the dredge was raised the mussels continued to the shells by feeling for them with our hands. A di ve r develops an them for color and texture. At the end of the line oth.er workers put hold to the hooks. instinct as to which way to move around the barrel and where to the shells into sacks weighing about 200 pounds each, label and then In the late 1950's the Japanese found another use for mussel shells find mussel shells. You learn this after you've been at it a while. ship them by barge to the Miss issippi and down to New Orleans. There shell game has turned into his college We spend about three hours under water daily and eight or nine they go by otean fre ighters bound for la p... n. hours doing other things, including changing ta nk s. raising and T his is probably my la st summer for diving in the shell industry education . .. MR. GRACE is a gradllale assistollt in geography from /-Iop~ emptying the drums, and se parating the she lls on the basis of quality because I plan to finish my master', degretl in geography at Western kinsvifle and has been working during his slimmers as a com before we go to shore. Mussels whit h are not accc rtable include by next summer. Probably the main reason for my leaving the shell mercial mussel diver in the Tennessee River. ones which have been scarred and stained, some of whic h have been business is that the shell market is becoming less stable and the dead for a time. seturity in the business is becoming increasingly li mited.
5 4 closed. A year earlier. grades one through six had been transferred to the new Jones·hggers Laboratory School.
New nooring, oUkes. classrooms, and labs now have been reconstructed on the inside of the building, and a second noor level has been added to the old gymnasium area.
On the outside, Science and Technology Hall sports new aluminum entrances and new solar bronze glass window panels. The ornate stone doorway. sand·blastcd to its original whiteness, remains as testimony to days gone by.
Though it is a fact that the midget.sized blackboards have ~ been raised and mini-desks removed forever, there still remain - ~- traces of the Training School in Science and Technology Hall. One can't help grinning when mounting steps that were no doubt laid with little feet in mind, and many doorknobs necessarily remain at a lower level.
A building that s~ nt 45 years gathering its own alumni would naturally spark an occasional twinge in the hcarts of a few who cherish the fond memories of their school days spent in what will now become more widely known as Science and Technology Hall.
ARCHITECT'S RENDERING SHOWS CONCEPT OF NEWLY·R ENO VAT ED SCIENCE AND TECHNOL OGY HAll
SUMMER CHANGE: It hasn't been long since squeals of laughter and the drone of children playing on a merry-go-round characterized the yellow two-story building at the comer of State and 15th Streets.
The Old Training But this fall, the Training School Building has a new look. And a new name. And a new lease on life. ~b oye: A face.lifting and renovation converts the old Training School The Western Board of Regents has renamed it Science and mto a modern science and techno logy facility. Left: Cherry Hall, Sehool Takes shown from the rear, awaits its re novation scheduled in Technology Hall and the build ing, completely renovated. has the nea r future. reopened its doors for Fall Semester- this lime to Univers ity students of Geography and Geology, Engineering Technology, A New Lease and Industrial Education and Technology. The building, constructed in 1925, served as the University Training School and University High until 1970 when it was
By SHEILA CONWAY MISS CONWAY is a staD assistant in the Western ODfee of Public Relations in charge of Ihe news bureau. She also is Q contributing editor to WeSlern Alumnus.
6 SUMMER STUDY: Young Editors at Worll
By DEBBIE DICKEY Instructor Debbie Dickey (left) works with her students on a picture se lection problem.
Once upon a summer journalism workshop at Westem, there were 27 high school editors. staff writers and photographers who learned there is more to a student newspaper than having An aspirinl younl newsman teams with his typewriter to pound out a story. it deli ve red or sold in homeroom.
From June 18-29, these junior journalists from Kentucky, enroll at Western to major or mino r in Mass Communications, and pastries were consumed at mid-mo rn ing, afternoon and Indi ana and Ohio talked, learned, listened, looked, recreated four alternates were named : Becky Roth, Carroll High eveni ng - the energy food that kept the teens going. and incorporated personali zed instruction with college expe ri School. Dayton, Ohio; Ne il Budde, Elizabethtown High ence and profcssioral-Ieve l training. Five faculty members School; Greg Lamb, Ce lll ral City High School, and Vickie As one of the workshoppcrs wrote in her fi nal evaluation, translated the ABC's of responsible reporting into the fi ve W's Bickett, Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Maple Mount, Ky. " It has awakened me into the realization that our school paper and H of good writing - plus the fundamentals of good photo can ce rtainly do mo re th an act as litter. I now know that Twelve students were sponsored by Kentucky newspapers, composition. In both classroom and lab experience editing there is a future in jo urnalism." Another said she had neve r press associations and photography studios. the summer issue of the College H eights Herald, the workshop had so much fun , met so many fan tastic people or learned so much in her life. students were given a concentrated lesson in print journalism. Dorm talk sessions went into the early morning hours, despite the 7 a.m. breakfast cal\. Workshoppers learned to Eleven professional newspaper men served as visiting lec Western's successfu l sum mer journalism workshop won't tu rers, emphasizing the need for responsible journalists in all eat University meals on a budget. Soft drinks, candy bars be the last. Al ready plans are being laid fo r Summer 1973. aspects of journalism. Awa rds-luncheon speaker Robert P. Ne~spaper layout is the topic Clark, executive editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal and or Interest to luest instructor Times, re-emphasized responsibility as he urged the students David Stedwell (left) and a student. to be fair and unbiased in their future careers.
David B. Whitaker, director of University Publ icati ons, The layout table draws the undivided attention of these wo rk sh op and consulting editor fo r Western A lumnus, headed the wo rk participants. shop and was assisted by Bob Adams, College Heights Herald adviser, Roger Loewen, Talisman adviser, Debbie Dickey, edi Two S 150 Regents Scholarships to Western were awarded tor/ writer of University Publications, and Dave Stedwell, di to seniors Judie Dziezak, Clark High School, Hammond, Ind. , rector of Publications at West High School in Davenport, and Jeff Gratz, North High School, Columbus, Ind. These Iowa. awards we re presented on the basis of workshop attitude, apti The workshop cu rriculum was "shirtsleeve" oriented - tude and scholarship. In the event that these students do not students learned the pressure of deadline, experienced frustra tion when their own headline counts wouldn't fit, wrote and MIss DICKEY is an instructor o f mass commlmications and re-wrote, and breathed a sigh of relief when the Herald was writer-editor in the ODice of Publications, as well as a conrrib ming editor 10 Wt'stern Alumnus. distributed to Weste rn summer school students. s college, was enthusiastic about an opportun ity to see the Only a few high lights of the trip can be mentioned in this SUMMER TREK: Great Lakes area. Ron Nason had taken a number of courses brief report. Com fields, grain storage faci lities and hog in geography but wished to make a first hand study of mate houses of the Corn Belt dotted the landscape en route to rials which had been discussed in the classroom. Earl Shu Chicago. Abruptly the hog houses disappeared, and we knew maker, a librarian who plans to specialize in the map libraries, we were in the cash grain area. One day (and two nights) was starting his M .S. degree in Geography to help meet this gave us a chance to study downtown Chicago. Camping out in Mid-Ameriea objective. Avo Taylor, working on the M.A. degree in Li brary Science, had selected this course to fit her minor area. In Madison, Wis. a visit to Bowan's Dairy with its pl ale Joh n Thompson is a typical Marine Corps veteran who was glass milking parlor provided an opportunity to get a close-up ready for anything the course had to offer. Van Underwood a of work in the Dairy Belt. Dcvil's Lake and the Wisconsin Dells afforded a lesson in the tourist and recreation industries • geography senior, wanted to expand his program with per sonal experience in studying the geographic landscape. as well as in physiography. The hilly driftless area supplied a contrast to the fe rti le glacie r-cut plains in landfonn and land By JAMES TAYLOR • • A Mrs. Mary Utley, a mother as well as a student, welcomed usc. May 3 1 provided a spectacular sight as we viewed ore the opportunity to concentrate on just one job for a few days. boats slowly proceeding across icc-covered Lake Superior Geography at its best is the study of the real world around And last, but not least, Jim Wright wanted a good camping trip from Enger Tower in Duluth. us, and not just the words and pictures that someone has before settling down to a hard summer's training in Marine written in a textbook. officer candidate school at Quantico, Va. As the class was The iron ranges of Min nesota were the basis for a lesson small, the diversity of the group was no problem, because in mining and mining technology, including visits to open pit For the last three years the faculty of the Department of much of the instruction was on an individual basis. The nature mines, shaft mines, and a taconite processing pl:lnt at Hoyt Geography and Geology have discussed informally the pro of the course pennitted each student a chance 10 study at his Lakes. Rest and recreation in the lakes and woods of Lake posal of ofrcring a course which would give our students the own pace and to learn from the other campers. Superior National Forest provided renewed energy for the opportunity to get out of the classroom and study this real trip home. The route by Thunder Bay, Nipigon and Wawa, world at first hand. After two days of intensive reading and discussi ng the Mid Ont. gave views of the boreal forest, a paper mill, and led us west, the group loaded the vehicles and started on their unique to the Superior Provi ncial Park where our camp site on the , The change in Western's school calendar which established learning adventure. beach provided a dramatic view of the sunsct across Lake a three week May Term for 1972, offered an excellent chance Superior. for us to offer just such a course. We arrived at Bowling Green June 6, tired, looking with The world's most productive region - the Ame ri can Mid distaste on writing the required tenn paper, but after a brief west - is OUf next-door neighbor. Three weeks in the May rest, ready for another field course. Our unanimous opinion Term provided just cnough time for us to make the 3,000- was that the trip was a marvelous learning experience and 90 mile trek across the region and retum to campus. Thus it per cent successful in all of its aspects. was decided to study this rich region whieh we call the Mid west, and do this before the heat of the summer months. Dr, T.ytor (top) directs loadinl pfflcedures DR. T AYLOR is a professor ill the geography and geology department. As this was to be an experimental course, and because of II the t'mpers prep.re to belin their the transportation costs involved, the field trip was planned j.unt. for a small number of students in the class. Ten people registered for the course, but one dropped out before the trip actually started . To hold costs to a minimum, plans were made to camp out most of the time. Individual costs for food and lodging for the 14 day trip ranged from $37 to $115. A university-owned, IO-passenger van was checked out for the trip and because its luggage space was limited, it also was necessary to take a car to carry the required camping equip ment. This gave an opportunity for me to take my two children, Debbie, 15, and Melvin, 12, for an enriching expericnce in their education.
The class which was assembled represented diverse back grounds and educational preparations. Lee Hutchison, just back from military service, was starting his master's program in geography. Jane Multerer, completing her first year of OUf tr.... ".rs 't.ke fiv.' aft.r lIundinl the towerinl bluffl .bove Wisconsin', D.viis Lake. John Thompson peeks cautiously oft the rim of ,.nud. Point on the north shore of like Superior in Mlnnuoll,
Th. II.nt columns of Chlc'lo'l Museum of NatUral Hiltory dwarf 10 West.rn's student leo&:r'phers.
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UNIVERSITY IN ACTION - 1
Since the establishment the Office of Academic Services in Academic Services 1967, a number of complex, challenging, interesting and ex tremely involved programs have developed as a natural out growth of the ex panding and developing academic life of Western Kentucky University. These programs fave reRected the synthesis of resources nceded to refine Western's continu Strive for Better ing growth in educational opportunities. In one important area, OUf library acquisitions have been accelerated in . order to ac hieve the stated goal of 500,000 volumes by this year. Evalualin$ tbe existing collection and upgrading Western's library holdings were the major thrusts of t~ is move for an increased numbe r of volumes. Library Educational Support holdmgs, therefore, have been improved in many areas. Where new or advanced programs have been introduced or modified library resources also have been examined closely. ' Because of the current institutional self·study for the South ern Association of Colleges and Schools, our academic depart ments have been urged to examine nearly every aspect of our By HENRY N. HARDIN existing library services.
DEAN HENRY N. HARDIN
In these attempts to analyze Ihe Western library collection, with added commitments from Westem. Viewed both on the standard bibliographies arc orten used. For example, the Kentucky ETV and on various commercial stations, these s American Historical Association Collection bi bliography in· programs have provided outstanding programs about Kentucky dicated that Western holds 44 pe r cent of all titles relating to heritage, In these programs students, faculty> and other cam the Americas. This type of activity, when coupled with pus resources have been utilized to se rve both the region and departmental studies, provides a rough measure of how nC:lrty the State. adequate arc the library collections of the University. The wealth of material in the Kentuc~y Library and Mu The growth of the library program has been further seum has provided a rich source of original materials fo r sup st rengthened by the creation of the University Archi ves. Dc· port of television productions, as well as to writers, researchers signed to provide a sense of perspective, Western's Arc hives and students. will house the wealth of historical materials which document Institutional Research provides a variety of services to the development of the University. Western by its continuing studies of the academic functions, Media Services has been recently established for the purposes by administrative studies which provide information for sound ,., of producing and acquiring the non·book material to meet in decision-making, and by its constant support of self·studies. - structional requirements. Through its branches - the Audio- These va ried se rviccs exemplify the types of assistance offered = Visual Service Center and the Educational Television Services by this officc. The provision of data and the creation of - Media Services provides both production and instructional data bases demonstrate the importance of the work of this fac ilities for support of the educational program. Audio area. Computer Services assist both faculty and stl-!d ents in Visual Services, on the one hand, provides photographic, film effective use of the services of Western's Computer Center, and graphics support to departments throughout the Un ive r· located in the Wetherby Administration Building. sity, plus projection, audio and film services for the campus. Gran t and Contract Services provides the departments and The Third District Fil m Library, closely related to Audi o- the faculty infonnation on funding for program development. Visual Services, now provides services to 36 Kentucky school This offi ce offers expert counse l and help with developing and systems, as we ll as to our own Un iversity students. Ouality processing proposals fo r various research and service projects. productions in Educational Television, on the other hand, have Providing educational support for Western's varied pro· been demonstrated by both public and on·campus instructional grams of instruction, research and service is the major pu rpose programs. Supplementary aids produced by ETV fo r the de· of Academic Services. The wide range of support from our partment of physics is a good example of the quality of in libra ry and resource centers, institutional research, grant and structural programs now being produced on the campus. CO lllract services and media services, including audio--visual Video tapes also have been produced for the Physics Depart and television se rvices, serves to provide improved programs ment, made available to students for viewing through the fa· at Western. cilities provided in the Science Library. G The public TV programs originated with support from the DR, HARDI N is dean oj academic services at Western. National Endowment for the HUlll ani ties have been conti nued
12 13 UNIVERSITY IN ACTION - 2
DR. GLENN H. CRUMB New Director of Grant Where Some of It Conies fronl ... and Contract Services
A total of $8.5 million in grants and contracts have been awarded to Western Kentucky University agencies over the past three years - and that sum grows daily. Harry K. Largen, vice president for busi ness affairs for Western, has reported 10 the Board of Regents in some detail the extent of these expanding resources, which come from a variety of federal and stale agencies, as well as numerous private foundations and organizations. The funds received arc used in conducting research, aiding students, perfonning services and in supplementing the instructional program of the University in gcne ral. The most recen t development in Western's steady growth in the area of procuring funding resources of this type is the of the University. If funded, Western is obligated to fulfill tions (Westem A lumlllls) , environmental studies (Western appointment of Dr. Glenn H. Crumb (under the aegis of the requirements as sel out in the contract or gram proposal; A 11111111/15), and vocational educatio.n programs. Academic Services) as tp'e new director of grant and contract thi s includes fiscal accountability to funding agencies for ex· services. His appointment will aid the University in making penditurc of funds. Two major trends appear to emerge from the multi·million continued strides in utilizing available help from outside dollar panoply of federal grants, Largen says. First, he points sources in order to insure the orderly advaQcemcnt of Univer· ;'All Western faculty or administrators fo llow ttiese pro. out, there is the "inclination on the part of Congress to make si!y aims ,md objectives. cedures in processing their requests," Largen ell1phasizes, as block grants to an educational institution, instead of designlu· he points out that the Uni versity ha s developed its reput ation ing specifically how monies arc to be spent." Western 's two largest present sources of income outside for sound fiscal praClices by recognizing that it has legal the State budget come from the U.S. Department of Health, responsibilities in accepting such funds, and that these re· A second tendency in federal financing is to channel funds Ed ucation and Welfare ( HEW), first, in support of Weste rn's sponsibilities rest finally with the central administrative struc through agencies of State government, which, in turn allocate ex isti ng programs of student financial aid, and second, to ture of the University. programs or projects to specific universi ties or colleges with in supplement funds required for the construction of the Ivan their jurisdiction. The Office of Grant and Contract Services, on the other Wilson Center for Fine Arts, now scheduled for completion Largen also pointed out that Weste rn's role in federal grant sometime during the Spring Semester of 1973. hand, provides counsel and advice to project directors and assists in sc reening expenditure requests coming from the programs is a necessary part of total Unive rsi ty operations. Vice I'resident Largen points out that all proposals or funded projects once budgets are established. It is also an integral part of Western's educational philosophy requests for financial support of research or other project Owing to the wide variety in size and origin of grants from that activities in the fie ld of researeh or service must fac ilitate activity arc processed through the Office of the Dean of the University's educational processes. Academic Services, which is headed by Dr. Henry N. Hardin. various state and federal agencies, Ihe administration of the Under Dean Hardin is the Office of Gram and Contract Ser· projects is a sensitive and complex problem, Dr. Hardin says. "The only real danger," he says, "and one which we think vices. which provides the University with the all.important Any variation from the approved guidelines could not only that Western has managed to avoid, is the temptation for an point of contact between various potential funding agencies result in the loss of the project, but also cause Western legal institution to pursue grants and projects for short.range bene· and the faculty or administration of Western. difficulty or embarrassment. Hence, great care in processing {its such as revenue alone, without the proper regard for the and carrying out projeCis has become a prime necessity - educational mission of the institution. Under Grant and Contract Services procedures, sourees of especially as the grants increase in scope and number or vary in funds are identified and faculty or administrators are alerted individual complexity. Dr. Crumb, a native of Harveyville, Kan. , has received the to their availflbility. Interested parties then develop their B.S. and M.S. degrees fro m Kansas State Teachers College proposals with advice and consent of their departmental heads Over the past three years various grants to Western have and the Ph.D. from the Un iversity of Nebraska. and deans. Proposals then come to the Office of Academic provided a rich resource to both faculty ltnd institution. Services where they arc processed for University approval. Examples arc such projects as the study of the im pact of For 16 years he was a member of the faculty at Kansas television viewing in Iceland (Western Alumnus), a com· State Teachers rising to the rank of professor of physical Bcyo'1d this point the proposal becomes the responsibility munity religion study, a TV series on the folk culture of our science, and later as director of the Research and Grants Kentucky heritage ( Western AIIII/mlls) , Archeological cxcava· Center.
14 15 Cherry. Last November, President Downing asked the author, Canon, Registrar from 1925- 1959; copies of the Talisman; an who was director of library services, to devote one-half time to historical sketch of the Bowling Green Business University, organizing and collecting materials in one location which pre written by Dr. J . L Harman, Sr.; and a tribute to Professor viously had been scattered throughout the campus. Of particu Franz J. Strahm, composer of the " Normal March," Do you lar merit were the records relating to administrations of West recall his stirring rendition of this composition at chapel? ern's four presidcnts: Dr. Cherry, Dr. Paul L. Garrett, Dr. Sclected materi als are also being transferred from the Ken Kelly Thompson, and Dr. Downing. tucky Library in order to centralize archival material. One exciting aspect of establishing Western's Archives is For the present, the Archives is located on the first floor of collecting existing records of those institutions merged into the Margie Helm Library. A large storage area also is Western in its earliest days, or absorbed by Western later as available on the first level of the building for needed duplicate economi c pressures forced private colleges to seek assistance copies and material restricted in use at request of donors or from larger institutions. Two reports to the Board of Regents administrative offices. Reference service will be available UNIVERSITY IN ACTION -3 by Dr. Kell y Thompson have included genealogical charts under guidelines established by the Archives Committee and (shown on page 19) wh ich list the schools whose leaders con approved by the Administration as to use of the material. tributed so much vision, money, and prestige to Western. Members of the Committee are Miss Georgia Bates, assist Names of two of these schools are perpetuated today in the ant to the president of the College Heights Foundation; Dr. names of our Potter College of Arts and Humanities and Og Paul B. Cook, assistant to the president; Dr. Lowell Harrison, den College of Science and Technology. Our Bowling Green History Department and faculty representative on the Board College of Business and Public Affai rs, of course, is the lineal of Regen ts; Owen Lawson, physical plant administrator; Rhea descendant of old " B.U." Laza rus, regist rar; and the author, who serves as chairman. A Materials, such as literary publicati ons, photographs, bio If you have material you wish to place in the Archives, graphical data on faculty, students or distinguished alumni , and please send a list of it, or the materials, to Miss Sara Tyler, clippings from local newspapers about activities and individu University Archivist, Margie Helm Library, Westem Ken als have been saved by nearly everyone who attended, work ed tucky Unive rsity, Bowling Green, Kentucky. If you have for, and loved an alma marer. Additional valuable archival a question or comment, please let us hear from you. materials are record ings. tapes, policy statements, faculty and student publi cations, and manuscripts. New Look Most college-educated persons are collectors in one way or Genealogy of Western Kentucky University another. There arc many other individuals who would cherish the opportunity to share in seeing the same pamphlet, prize I I the favorite photograph, or handle with re ve rence some Cllre~ ---""" _ ...... ,,.m fully-made scrapbook. Many a/llmni, even if they no longer I I I , I SARA TYLER live in Kentucky, have carried with them a commencement ._--""" ,I program, an al umni luncheon souvenir, a clipping about a , for Would you like to have a part in coUeeting material for the significant honor, or a valued letter from a revered professor. I ------" ... , I , Western Kentucky University Archives? You may be able to Especiall y important arc st udent letters and diaries which , I , I , --(I-, playa sign ificant role in the creation of this new unit of service. desc ribe life at the ins titution and the altitudes of the members I ~==,f::;r I , , of the academ ic community. , , The purpose of Western's archives program is to collect, , , I ,I______..l ______preserve, and organize for appropriate use University records Alumni could also perform an invaluable service to the I ----"---- ... , , , as required either for administrative func ti ons or for historical , , bu ildin g of the University Archives by taking time now to I I study of the institution. write their recollections of the school, students, faculty mem ...... " ... , , , Old Stuff I --_---- I , , Any person, association, or institution who saves records, bers, town life - indeed, any aspect of their stay at Western , correspondence, photographs, minutes of meetings, publica. or one of its sister institutions. Special or traditional even ts, I --,:0::;;-- II ------,,- I , ____ J, lions, or scrapbooks is doing something toward creating an such as the annual fish fry at Mammoth Cave; high school __ f __ ""21 archives col1ection, and is a potential archivist or manager of senior day; summer chapel programs featuring John Ciardi, I __~.---"_"Ut) j ---- such materials. David Norton, and Jesse Stuart, Kentucky's poet laureate; President Garrett's book talks; Western Senior Day with "---"' ~'-.. I Only in the last 25 years have universities and colleges in sponsor Earl A. Moore as speaker are only a few examples of l --_.. _".. " I, I the Unite~_ States on a broad scale become interested in materi als which are needed for the Archives, --~" , ... ~- I establishing formal archives and appointing an individual, These, if contributed to the newly-organized Archives, warUN KI NTUCIff U~I'IUlrtY usually a professionally-trained librarian, to organize and ad 11_) minister the institution's archives. would add to the historical significance of the collection, round I I out the knowledge of persons associated with the University -:..::::::I:.1,t:,- By SARA TYLER Western already has a sizeable collection of archival mate and its antecedents, and fill in the details of its activities down I ~="=f,:''\f'"'' rial dating from the early days of the first president, Dr. H . H. through the years. .. I -,r.. 'tI"""'" -_'_I'''', _- Some interesting items already sen t in include early post MIss TYLER was named university archivist this spring by the card pictures of Ogden College and Van Meter Administration I c.:::r~... 'r' "... , Board of Regents. She had previously served as director of Building; early group pictures of faculty and students; sc rap~ -- library services. books compiled by the family of Mr. Charles L. Taylor, head "-"?!;",=:- of the Department of Argicu lture for 16 years, and by E. H. I I
16 17 •
'1FK;' the Twtst, Bobby Socks oM Crew Cc.ds- REMEMBER WHEN: FlLtshha.ck to '91-'92
Robinson, Smith Reign As Talisman Queen And King Over 500 danced and liste ned to the music of Ralph Marterie a nd his band last Thursday night R.O .T.C. Headquarters Company Captain at the annua l Talisman Ball David Mackey escorts company sponsor in the Paul L , Garrett Stu Honorary 1st Lt. Pat Norman. dent Center, A heated discussion in the Western The night of dancing was high Players' production of "Winter Set." Ughted by the crowning of the Talisman' King and Queen. Doug Western's 1962 golf squad included (I·r) Smitty Smith. a senior [rom Bowling Green, ..... as crowned King, aD d Taylor, Mickey Dale, Bobby Corachow, Joe Jallerl, Diane Robinson, a senior {rom Denn y McAtee and Coach Frank Griffin. Hazard, was crowned QU(.'en. Doug. a physical education ma Th e College brass quartet featured (I- r) Wa yne Hunter, Robert Hilton, Larry Gatewood and Geary Duncan, lor. was an essential m ember of the basketball team for four years Edited by PAUL JUST while Diane, an elementary edu cation major. served as cheerlead er for the past four years. Head For NCAA Tournament Sizzling with a burning desire that simply could not Twelve Chosen be denied, an aroused. Western blazed by Morehead State 77·51 Monday night to clinch the Ohio Valley Conference For All-Tourney title and earn an automatic bid to the 1962 NCAA Tourna Intramural Team m ent next month. Putting on a dazzling exhibition em ahead by 38·29 and the Hill· 1be All-Tournament Team 01 of scoring, and with an iron·tight toppers never looked back. the Western Boys intromural Bas defen,e spcarhc:lded by senior With what looked and soWlded Varsity Debaters Hilltcpper Band kelb."l ll Tournament was announc reserve for\\"o rd Doug Smith, the like the entire W('stern student , ed followin g the final gn me Mon HilitoJ'l>crs left no doubt in the body urging their fovorltes on Will Sponsor day. Man."h 26. m inlt;; of ;:i ny of the 5,000 fans with ("("iI'S of "Pour it on Di g Red" To Be Outfitted First·round games began Mon. pad.ed in the We ~ t er n Gym n~ 1(1 and "Iowa City, here we come", 'Western Twist' In New Uniforms day 19 and quarter finals were whkh IS the OVC" s !)Cst team. the lJilltoppcrs out-shot, out-reo held Wednesday March 21. Fotu' Le"dms onty 32·29 al the hulf. bounded. and out-hustled More The Western Debate Associates Wr ~tC'rn' s as pi ('<.'c mnn ·hi nt;. teams of a 16 team field survived will SJl(lnsor a dance ~'riday night. We'lern ('[,me buck to H)mplete· h('ad to destroy any hopes that the 1.. will new uniforms Ihi ~ for the semi-final with the Rock Janual"), 19, entitled "Western .n" hnve I)' OII'I'j)()\\er the Eu ;: lc~ in the Eagles mo)' have had of earning )rllr. aet'Ording to ~Ir . Edv.'ard ~ ~nd Monkeymen playing Twist". The purpose of the dance S(."(:ond 1H.! l"Iud with the Ihilloppers' a ~('(:ond straight NCAA bid. Knob, b.'lnd di"eclor_ The uni· In the fmals Monday nieht Mareb wi ll be to raise funds for fi nancing OJ a m,ning '(' in H,lSCoe O,.-tober in l i~ for iloml'.:omin):. The team was selected by toW' ( h i1!in~ 3J of G3 ;Jitelllpts for :'2.4 Bobby who. as usual. led The last big dan« of the first pen.:ent for th(' g"mc !. coupled a ll s<:or!!rs wilh 25 big points in The midnight hlue uniforms will nament officials, they were: J;eTnCster ""'i11 be hf>ld In the Stud bE' trimmed in red nnd .... hite...... ilh u hu\\ kin:: defense th,lt m {HIt/em s five- lind $ix-)'ard$ deep. $lIre I'ltollgh, i/ T('5ulud ill a 91 · In Ihe game agaill$t £asltrn Michigall 10$1 year at Y psi/aft/i. yoa may yard scariltlt dril'c wltich inclilded eighl com pletioru in lIine pau rtcall tl play Ihat may ytry wtl/ have coJt as all el'('11 biggtr altd bet/tr allemplS. The IIllimllll' rt'slIll wa$ a 15-7 1I0m l'coming yiCIOry. $t(UOlt thall .... e had. Another 1971 o pponent's left defensive halfback looked to be a In this game. we outguessed ourselves, so to speak. On a fourth liule slow and relath'ely easy to beat on long P.1SS patterns, according and-one situation late at EMU's 4S·yard line in the game and with us to the information in our scouting reporl. So when we sent fleet leading, 14- 10, ...... e elected to go {or the first down. It didn't seem Porter Wi11ia nls. one of o ur wide receivers. far downfield, it .resulted like a bad idea. If we could make the first down, ...... e could un· in a touchdown. This was one of three touchd own receptIOns for doubtedly run out the clock and ice the game for sure - although Port er that afternoon. all on simila r patterns, and , all against the same ...... e cOll ld have punted and pushed the H urons back deep in their own defensivc halfback. territory. Hut a scouti ng report. no matt er how foolproof it may seem, does Hefore runn in g the play, I called a time out to talk things over with By LEO PEC KENPAUGH not tell us what a particular tea m is go in g to do wh en they pl ay Il S. Head Coach Feix and Coach Art Ze leznik. who coordinates our TltI'ir scoming re port ma y prompt them to chan ge and do some things offense. Collectively, we decided that I "ould make the first down against us whic h thcy did not use :Lga imt earlier oppo n ent ~ . To on a sneak over the middle. T/l(l1 wa$ a btld idea. il was Sooll t Yidt"l. combat this po~ ibi lity. we review film s of last year's game With our Eastern Michiga n guesscd just exactly like we did and lined up six opponent of the wee k. trying to o utguess him and anticipate some of men between our two tackles. And with those six defensive linemen the dccisiom which we will havc to make. averaging about 230 pounds apiece. against my 179, it was a .ho peless A s mlglt l be expecud. Ihl$ $Qrt 01 Ifll f$sinlf does,,'1 al ....a ys .... ork. cause. It wound up costing us the game because EMU got the ball. scored in the wanin g seconds. and won the game, 17- 14, on their way to an undefeated ~ason . The big thing that made my thinking, Coach Feix's thinking. and Coach Zeleznik's thinking a litt le faulty was that, over t ...... o seasons. behind good blocki ng, I had been able to make that kind of fint down rat her consistently and we had been going Quitt often, Quarterback Leo Head Coach Jimmy Feix to that kind of pl ay rather consistently in that sit uation. The Hurons knew that. We'll know beller than that next time, Peckenpaugh's decision to calla and Peckenpauih, an AII·Ohio Valley Confer· During the week prior to any game. film s from four or five of certain play, such as this pass alalnst ence selection in 1971, our opponent's games arc sct up i~ the locker room. com~ l ete w~t h . a Morehead State, is based on hours of labor ovel charts of projector for players to use any lime they can. The pro)Cctor IS In study done the previous week. opponents' defensive use almost constantly. maneuvels, t ry ing to Films arc the mOSI importaft/ thing in a qaIJrlcrbac/c' s lile. Y OII pick out trends and stlldy tltem. . and study tltcm . . , and $flldy litem some morc. alld tendencies that may yOIl It'tlm somClhiltg 11('101' abollt Ihc Oppo"('"t el'ery time you IQQk help leo come up with allltt m . a "lame-breaker" on T uesday brings our hardest pract ice of the ...... eek . Our "scout" or the followini Saturday. "prep" team is taught the defenses of o ur opponent and it is against them that we be,in making oli r pla ns for Saturday's same. We run play after play - plays we think will gain yardage against our op Dotlt ~oa bel.ieve itl ponent _ at our "$Cout" team and become accustomed to the different defensive "looks" we feel confident we are going to see in the game, On Wednesday, we work at our passi ng game. again using only plays that we think will be effective. SOmetimes ...... e can see a certain Most co Ue ge footba ll games - nearly a ll of them, in facl - are and see a shorl film clip on Ollr ntxt oppolteltt'$ most rutnt game. weakness and will devisc a special play or alter an existing play 10 not decided on those golden a ulumn llflcrn oons when millions of fa ns After that the squad is se nt through a very brief (30-35 mi nutes ) take advantage of the flaw. We don't ordinarily like to change a 'across the nat io l1 gather to watch their favorite teams baltic the outdoor workout in swea t clothes to help ease the stiff, sore muscles play. but a re sometimes forced to do so. Besides. it 1l1 ight make us opposition of the day. M05t games are won or lost earlier than that, of the pl ayers who so'lw action in the last game. more effective in future games because it gives us a differe.nt "look" prob:lbly days earlier. By 1\.'londay. too. the "oaches ha ve already mel 10 de vise a wri uen a nd gives our fu ture opponents more to worry about and prepare for. Wh y? 1\ may well be because of something that the average fan scouting report which is distributed to the enlire team. The offen sive T he coaches and I convefse throughout the week about different has nc\'cr experienced or thought of: the rrJptct (you can call it fear, unit gelS a report of the o pponents' defense and our defensive pl atoon things they think may be important. We view fi lms together, pointing if you li ke) /or UII op{HJlrl'''' Ihat drives a learn to spend hours of receives a breakdown on the opposing offense. out thin gs we sec and SUgge5t lOg ideas. co n ce n l r a[~ d preparation duri ng a full week of work that precedes The scouting report contains ind ividual sket"hes on eac h opposing A team meeting is held on Tuesday night to view th.e complete film that most ('Xciting moment of any football game, the opening kickoff. player a nd an ollerall look al the plays and m:lneuven th at their team of OUf opponent's last game. During this meeting, the coache s are There are some ul:eptions. of course. such as one team simply has employed th roug hout Ihe scason. constantly pointing out things and going over ~ ituat i on s to the out·classing anolher because of superior collective talent, but thai ki nd Information from sc \'e ral sources gOC's into these reports. Two of ad va ntage of our players. of ~ilultlion is a real rarity in the keen competition thai exisl5 through· our coa"hes or gradua te lLssistants pe rsonally have scouted our op By Thursday 111 C ream b~8 iru /0 fOtllld ift/o shape lor Ihi! partiell iar o ut collegiate football - p.'lrticu larly in our own Ohio Valley Con ponents' most recent game. Films of other games are sifted for game. wirh t'l.trYOn e looking forward 10 Suwrday and Stol/('ring ferellce (OVC). addit ional clues which ma y help. There are telephone conversations Iitmugit an "l -can'l·wait" period, IllIv in g pillye d on two OVC championship tea ms in two years of wil h coaches of ot her te ams who previously played the upcoming The kicking game is dnphasized on Thursday. with practice on vH ~ it y football . no one knows better Iha n r that when Western opponent or who mny ha ve see n them play an earlier game. In punting, fi eld goals, extra points. and kickoffs. ~o r me, it is u~ually Kenlucky Universit y lines up agHi nst its opponent on Saturd ay lifter· total. this knowled \!e I,-~ u a ll y yields an effici~nt and complete report. an easy day, with on ly a brief team period (in which we run playS) to noon, the team whkh is $oing to win is the teanl which is better Tltc reporl IIsualiy prol't'$ il.fl'll 101'1'// wanlt tltc el/on takcn 10 Pllt go throu,ll.h :it the end ot the day. . . prepared and betler condil1oned. I believe it is for Ihis reason that it logl'tltl'r. For i/l stalt('t, o llr rcporl las/ 10// $lto wed lJ,m Tenn l'ssce On Friday. it is back outside in sweat sullS for another 30-mlnute of our last 20 games we have been able to win 16 and tie one, while Tech mighl hI' ~' lI /lte Tll b le 10 IIII' $ho" pou. Wltl'n wt sttlrltd u$illg workout. By now. the butt erfl ies arc really starting to work in your losing onl y three. stomach and you wonder and worry about how you are going to fare Dllr It'am will ha~'e $ee/l film$ of oll r OWII game Ihe pr('~ ' ioll$ in the game. Satllrday in a meeting held SlInday /light. At thot time ollr prt";m/J The offensive coaches have charted every defensive maneuver that ga mt ('" or$ art poiaud Oll t by tll(' rooehu alld pra;$(! mned our for MR. PECKEN P.... UGH is IIOt ollly the Hilltoppers' starting quar the opponent has made so far d uring the ent ire season on certain downs ollt$ta/ldillg play. 8m rhe willttillg tIIargin - til(, difJ('r(,lIrt be' .... u/l terback , bill also a jllnior mass commllnications major and Offensive Coordinator Art Zeleznik views films with Peckenpauih, and situations. From this chart. we get our ga me pla n. Wisru/I alld ollr ncxt oppont'nt - (I('fill/lly bt'gill$ /I) rake lorm 0 11 sports editor of the College Heights Herald. pointinl out mistakes in techniques in previous iames and We can see what defense the opponent usually plays in a given Afoltlltl y alUfIIQQn. A t rhal time w(' Ill'ar a briel $Coli ling uporl analyzinl why - or why he did not _ make the proper selection of plays. Continued on Pale 44 20 21 • 38th Annual Summer Conference for School Administrators Western hosted the 38th 1llliluat Su mmer Conference for School AdminiSlrators Friday, July 7 T he meetlllg. co-sponsored by WKU and the State Dcp,trt rn Cl', of Eduea llon , was held 111 the Dero Downing Univer"il y Center and drew to the Western campus hundreds of school offi.::ials from across thc sta te. Following the form al program, the adrninistnuors all(l their wivcs joined Western personnel in the University Center's dining facilities for the tradi tional Fish Fry. ABOVE : Gathered backstage prior to the beainnina of the conference program are (I·r) Michael Speck, Director of Pup il Personnel, Hardin Co. School s; WKU President Or. Th e efforts of Western's Food Selvices Dero Downing; Curtis Ph ipp s, Oirector of Gu idance personnel , including baker Robert Services, State Dept. of Education; Dr. Vic Christenson, Co sby (above, lell) and kitchen head of Western 's Dept . of School Administration; Dr. Tate supervisor Ra y Sayers l above, right) Page , Dea n of the CoU ege of Education: Billy Waldrop, re sulted· in another successful , and Title I Direc tor, Barren Co. School s; and Larry Allen, filling, Fi sh Fry as exemplified in the Title III Program, State Dept. of Education. LEFT: Th e appealing: scene at right. session's feature d spe aker, Dr. Fred T. Wilhelms of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Deve lopment, 2ddfesses the assemblage. Scores of informal chats renew old friendships and engender new acquaintances. LEFT: Western's Universit y·School 1 Relations Dire ctor Brad Mutchler (left) and Fairdale High School principal Harry Hard in share a I laugh with friends. ABOVE: Trigg County principals (center and right) Arthur Wallace (e lementary) and Dillmon Cunningham (middle school) swap stories with WKU Vice· President Or. John Minton, a Trigg Co. native. RIGHT: Dr. Ted L. Crosthwaite (left), executive secretary of the Teachers Retirement Sy stem, and Dale Loar, State Dept. of Educa tionl appear to be enjoying their viSi t to the campus. 22 23 To be su re, perfectio n is out of The professor must demonstate have received in the mass media. SIGNIFICANT We must have an appreciation for the q uestion. It is unattainable for warmth, open friendliness, and These events have focused atten CHANGE AND TRADITION and an understanding of the insti a nation, an institution, o r an in freedom from threat. The student tion upon deficiences in colleges By Dr. Oero C. Downing tutions and the social order which dividual. must be able to believe that, in and universities to the exclusion of Commencement Address ill Mutt.)' St.ilte University have contributed to our progress l et me remind you, however, success or failure, the teacher has their positive contributions an d Ausus! 4. 1912 and development. I submit to you, that it is a goal to which we must a sincere concern for him, and w ill benefits to society. therefore, that, as someone has aspire, remembering that continued continue to provide assistance and It is necessary, therefore, for uni sta ted, we are what we are because improvement is always possible - support. versities to adopt new and more Not long ago I received a copy of we have been what we have been; improvement ac hieved th rough Indirect teaching expands the vigoro us means to communicate a book of poems by a Kentucky and tha t w hat we are to be, we are faith, w ill, energy, and determina freedom of th e student; freedom to with th e public concerning higher writer entitled "The More Things now becoming. tion. These qualities of heart, question, to speak, to offer opin education's objectives and achieve Chan ge, The More Th ey Stay The No advance is possible if one be mind, and spirit are those w hich the ions, to inquire, to investigate, to ments. Same," Reflecting upon the impli gins by losing what he has. The first University and you have both ap draw conclusions. Direct teaching cat ion of this litle. let me direct responsibility of people who inherit plied in the cooperative venture restricts the freedom of the student; THERE IS probably no better way your attention briefly to a few great accomplishments from the that cu lminates today with this red ucing his option for action. Di to improve the image of higher thoughts, which if given a litle, I past is to re tain their advances - milestone in your educational pur rect teaching, while occasionally education than through administra would call Change and Tradition. to build and to improve from their su its. desirable, should be minimized. tive reforms: reforms no t for the The great phenomenon of our highest point. There is a core of sake of cha nge, but to better enable STATEMENTS ti me is change - endless, ceaseless the past which must be retained IT HAS been definitely and con the institution to accomplish its pur change. Not just change in the and built upon, recognizing that clusively shown that teacher be poses and thus enhance its reputa hav ior can be modified through tion. ordinary sense to which we have things which are good are nol like IMPROVEMENT OF UNIVERSITY re-training programs. Were this not been accustomed in recorded his ly to be totally good and things TEACHING A coordinated and cooperative tory, but a vast ly accelerated rate of which are bad are unlikely to be true, there would be no b as is for system of institutions is the future By Dr. J. T. Siilndefur the process of education. Most ex change w hich leaves one breathless. totally bad. Dun of the Gr;ldu;lle Collele pattern for higher education. Ad One of the most overworked There is value in the rich heritage Tiilken from his piilper ,ud ;I t ;In perimental attempts to modify ministrators can demonstrate the phrases of our day is " times are which is ours, and there are sustain Interniiliioniill Seminu iil l teaching behavior have used an in va lue of such approaches through changing." Some accept it; some ing forces which can serve as an Trujillo, Peru tensive training program involving voluntary consortia o f institutions. A pril resist it; and some rebel aga inst it. chor posts in the form of ideals 10-15, 1972 both theory and practice. Video Improved educational opportu nities No one can tell with exactness and standards for living. In see king tapes of the instructor's teaching and services ca n resu U therefrom to what the future holds in new won meaningful va lues, I support those (followed immediately by feedback) There are those who say that in the benefit of students, faculty, the ders in our ever-changing world. who contend that we must renew have been used in conj unctio n President Downing a world of exploding info rmation institution s, and the public. We can be assured, however, that our faith; that we must recognize with classroom observation systems Planning, inst itutional analysis, more and more of the unknown where man's store of kn owledge of interaction analysis, observation delivered the address to the bless ings we enjoy and expre ss is in creas ing in harmonic multiples, and evaluation are keys to the secrets of the vast universe in which our gratitude for them; and that records, rating scales, and other that formal education ca nnot afford future of higher education. Regard the Summer graduates at we live will be unlocked; and as we must strengthen our purpose in techniques too numerous to men less of the d ifficulties, administrators each secret door is opened, it will to teach for knowledge's sa ke. Edu tion. Murray and was honored life. cation must instead teach people must begin to structure methods have a significant effect upon ou r John W. Gardner, former secre Perhaps both North and South and guidelines for the accomplish lives and on the lives of those we where to find and how to use the by that sister institution tary of health, education, and wel necessary knowledges on a selective America are still a long way from ment of these functions within the love. radically improving the quality of fare, expressed this es pecially well, basis. They say that in the modern college o r university. No institution As this rate o f change continues teaching in the university, but the which conferred upon him I think, when he sa id : world, process is the key 10 pro can be fully accountable w ithout to accelerate and living becomes encouraging fact is that we know We have in the tradition of gress. giving considerable attention to an honorary degree . .. more and more complex, all of us this nation a well-tested fram e what effective teaching is and we In the light of that position, uni these tasks. sense a greater need than ever be work of values: justice, liberty, know how to get it. The next 50 Dr. Cravens and Dr. fore for an inner strength to sustai n equality of opportunity, the versi ty teaching that conce rn s itself years wi ll be interesting, because THE INSTRUCTtONAl program with the pass ing-on of information, Sandefur presented their and guide us. Changi ng social w orth and dignity of the indivi during this period, I predict that the will benefit from coordination, co values and great changes in our dual, brotherhood, individual even if successful, addresses itself universities will develop sys lems operation, planning, analysis, and to only pa rt of the university'S re economy have shaken our princi responsibility - all supremely w hich demand accountabil ity o n evaluation, and should properly be statements recently at an sponsibility. University teaching, ples o f living and w ill continue to compatible with social renew the part of the professor. When ac the focus of these activities. The im then, must use a multiplicity of international seminar . .. try our faith. Ours is a day of al. Our problem is not to fi nd countability becomes a rea lity, uni provement of instruction also re methods based on research and questions. It is a generation of better values but to be faithful versity professors will change their quires that new roles be accepted sound psychological theories of "Why? Whence? Whither? How?" to those we profess - and to teaching. by professors and they alter their learning. Va lues w hich have long been m ake them live in our institu classroom behavior accordingly. adopted 25 24 Recreation Interns Spread a ~Big Red' Message By FRED KIR CHN ER In the spring of 1968, at the cnd of the first academic year of operation fo r Western's new recreation and park admmis slTalion program, three bacclI laurcalc degrees we rc granted to students who had developed majo rs in this interesting and de manding field. The master's degree program in recreation John TutUe of Lexin,ton, at rilht In picture, lead Interns from this 1970 photo have lone to responsible positions; (from Ie" to and park admin istrati on was begun at the same time that the orllnlzed iames at the land Betw.een t.he. Lakes' . rilht) Joe Marton i. now a recreation center director in Louisville: llSlie DiPeppe campiround It Rushini Creek dUrin, hiS IOternshlp is with the Henderson recre.ation prolrlm: Debrl Carn.ey is .now co-owner of a undergraduate program was slarted. this .ummer. clmp in Mlin.; Georlanna Guttermuth has been worklnl With the t<;entucky Parks Department: Gary Dillerd is proirlm coordinator for the Bowll1li Green Western thus became the first Kentucky un iversity to offer Deplrtment of Parks and Recreation and is now a lTadulte student It a master's degree in recreation and park administration and Western in the ,..creltlon prOirlm. while one graduate studcnI completed his degree at the cnd of the first year, the program now sees three to five students These examples illustrate how the recreation curriculum mai ntain the status q//o. To keep pace wi th projected needs complete the master's program at Ihe end of each semester. draws from Western's enti re offerings to strengthen and de· by various government leve ls the figure could go as high as velop a program for the indi vidual student which lead 10 770,000. There now arc over 290 undergraduate students worki ng specifi c areas of employment. towards the bachelor of sc ience degree in recreation and the A more reali sti c estimate appears to be 565,000 persons by graduate program has grown to such an extent that more tha n One of the most attractive asocets of a recreation career for 1980 and taking thi s as a more reali stic figure, by 1980 there 60 people arc prcgressillg towards the master's degree. young people is the number o(fi elds in to wh ich the gradu ate will be a shortage of approx im ately 345,000 professionals. may enter. The prese nt span of such opportunities is quite Viewed another way, this means there could be an ave rage O ne of the many interesting features about the recreation wide and has every prospect of expanding as people have more of over eight positions open to each of the 40,000 graduates and park administration program is its intcrdiseiplinary ap· leisure time in which to pu rs ue recreational inte rests. of park and recreation curricula by 1980. proach in which many departments ,lnd .diffe re n~ courses arc applied to suit individual needs - makmg poSSIble a degree The facu lty of the Western program include Dr. Burch The recreation internship program is a powerful instru ment program which can be tailor·made for each student. Oglesby, head of the Department of Physical Education Hnd for provid ing a practical experience which enables students Recreation; Dr. A lton Little, assistant professor of recreation; to get practical, on-the-job experience in speci fi c situations For example, a student wishing to be trained in recreation Chuck Crume, interpretive n;Huraiist and lecturer in residence and groom themselves for beginning positi ons. and wildlife management could fo llow the urea 01 cOl/cel/lra· at Western; Sam Peden, parH ime instructor who heads the (iol/, whic h gives him the benefit of llll the professional courses Department of Parks and Rec reati on in New Al bany, Ind.; Through these recreation internships stude nts ,l fe placed in in recreation pl us careFull y selected courses from the areas of Charles Vell iner, part. time instructor and fo rmer director of off·eamus recreatio n organizations whcre practical experi· biology nnd agriculture. This combi nation gives him nn ex· park s and recreation in Jefferson County, Ky. ences are gained in a particular phase of recreati on. cellent undergraduate background for begi nning employment Susie Heavrin entert ains a feline frie nd during her recent The progra1ll is orrered each se mester, incl uding the sum intern ship at the l ouisville Zoo, a part of he r ed ucation as a The author is professor of recreation and coordinator of the me r. If a student enrolls in the fall o r spring semester, he recreatio n major. recreation curricula at Western. can complete the work during a bi-ternl (9 weeks full· time), DR. KI RCII NI'. II. is a professor 01 recremiol/ al Weslem . o r he may work one-h::llf day for the entire semester. If the i~ wildlife management and recreation ,lnd park administra· What justification is there for a st udent to pu rsurc an interest in the parks or recre;lIion fields? hall-day plan is compatible with the practicum assignment, tlon. Many departments contribute toward strengthening the student can enroll in one or two other classes at the same the recreation and park administration curriculum : The In· Information taken from a study recently completed by The time. dustrial Education through va riou s arts and crafts, woodwork, metalwork; the Biology Dcpartment through such courses as National Recreation and Park Association shows that the anticipated supply of fulltime professional and associate pr(}.. This is a significant trammg period for the recreation stu· basic biology, ornithology, or local flora ; the Physics Depart· dent becnuse, in many cases, the studcnt is able to usc thi s ment through astronomy; the Agriculture Department through fes sional pe rsonn el being educated for positions in the parks experi ence as a stepping stone to a permanent posi tion. turf management, rural recreational resources, horticult ure , or ::11ld recreation fie ld cannot possi bly meet thc demand, and that lin ever-increasing defici t may be expected in the years The students receive guidance and supe rvision in thi s daily fo restry; the Music Department through music for teachers or nhead. chorus work: the Speech Hnd T heater Department through practieul1l work from the supe rviso r in the agency. The co· ordinator of recreation at Western visits them at regular theater design, stagecraft or public speaking; the Geography Based on college and university estimates of ant icipated in· Department through conservation of natural resources; the intervals and works closely with the agency supe rvisor. Daily creases in the number of graduates, the supply of new entrants work reports enable an overall evaluation of the student's College of Education through study of audio·visual materials; into the field of parks and recreation is forecast to increase the English Dcpartment through folk lore; or the other part of work to be made each three weeks by the agency supervisor to approx imately 40.000 by 1980. Demand projections fo r and the University su pervisor. A constant effort also is made the Phys :HI Education Department through the various recrea· this same period indicate. however, a widening of the gap tional sports activi ties. to enhance the learning climate of the trainee and to provide between supply and demand. for a rich pract ical ex perience. Using a simple ratio based upon population growth as com· This is a p rogr;un that holds great potenti al for Western pared with the number of avai lable parks and rec reation work· st udents, as we ll as a demonstrated va lue to both the organiza· TRIPS TO THE FIELD ARE PART OF LEARNING ers, there would be a need fo r 280.000 new personnel just to tions and public officials who cooperate in th is program. 26 27 r erized registration. Dr. Cravens pointed out that registration CREDIT BY EXAM : The Board of Regents June 7 ap was executed without students' direct involvement with faculty proved a re quest by the University Academic Council which and department heads. implements a profi ciency testing program wh ich allows stu dents to gain academic credit without formal coursework. A New Ways To Establish Credit By RICHARD MORRI S An art student (left) takes adyantale of ptea sant sprinl weather to do her wo rk outdoors while be~ i nninl swimmers (rilht) pIck up the f undamentals. Registrar Rhea Lazarus said the May Term demonstrated committee on Proficiency Testing, appointed by Dr. Raymond "a si mplified approach to registrat ion, showi ng the versatility L. Cravens, vice presidenl for academic affa irs, recommended of our registration procedure, complemen ted by our Computer to the Academic Council in April that a third dimension be Center." added to the two trad itional means of gaining cred it at Western. What can a uni versity faculty do with a four-week block of gram, the enrollment was "much greater than anticipated." The possibi lty for futu re of the May Terms is still being time between the spring and summer sessions? He explained that ill the fi rs t stages of plann ing for the May evaluated. On the basis of preli mi nary surveys, however, Dr. The "credit-by-examination" program awards college cred it Term, only about 500 students were expected to be involved. Sutton says statistics seem to show that the vast majority of to students who are able to demonstrate a specified leve l of Given the opportunity, Western orficials proposed the first Much to his surprise, he said, "early the week of regist ration, May Term students we re in the above average to superior competence by means of proficiency examinations, says Dr. three-week " May Term" which led eventually to a schedule we opened additional sections in several areas to meet the group. He descri bes them as "the top of the sca le." Ronnie Sutton, who is chairman of the committee on pro of mo rc than 80 courses in 28 departments of the University. students' needs." ficie ncy testi ng. Between May 22 Hnd June 9, students had the opportunity to SUMMER SCHOOL: Total enrolhnent for the 1972 summer eam th ree or four semester hours of credit by spending about One of the initial reasons for offering a May Term was to session at Western Kentucky Un iversity was 3,855 accordi ng Under the new program, Western will recogn ize four dif three hours in class daily. serve students who needed to earn three or four hours of to figures compiled by Registrar Lazarus. The fig ures re fe rent types of tests in providing students an opportunity to credit and still be able to attend summer school. o r obtain sum presenl ,I small increase over the 3.689 students who enrolled earn cred it for a course. They arc: the college level examina Viewing the expe rimental program from an enrollment mer employment. Because nine hours is the maximum load in last year's summer session. tion program (CLEP); the advanced placement program standpoint, administrators agree Ih at the registration fi gure of (APP) of the College Entrance Examination Board; American for summer school st4dents, "this program is needed to give The 1972 summer session opened Monday, J une 12, and 1,426 students was overwhelming. This number did not in individuals another th ree hours," says Dr. Sutton. " Many ended with summer graduation commencement exe rcises wh ich College Testi ng Program (ACT) ; and examinations developed clude some 400 to 500 graduate students enrolled in 18 classes public school teachers need 12 hours during the summe r to marked Western's 106th commencement Friday, August 4. by faculty committees from any academic department at meeting off-campus during the same period. obtain their masters or a Ra nk I ce rtification." Dr. Lyman Ginger, fo rmer chairman of the Western Board of Western. According to Dr. Ronnie N. Sutton, associate dean for A novel aspect of Western's first May Term was that it was Regents and the present state superintendent of public instruc scholastie development, whose oHice spearheaded the pro- the first time the Uni versity cond ucted a completely com put- tion was the principal speaker. 28 29 He, like Mrs. Dixon and Dr. Thompson, has studied from Faculty Members Answer . .. books how to be a teacher, but says each person has 10 adHpt his particular philosophies to each si tuation. "No book can really tell you how to hllndle your classes-you learn Ihat as you meet your classes." His 25 years of teaching have been memorable an d enjoy able and he agrees that his se nse of humor has helped break What Makes for Good Teaching? the tension in hi s lecture-oriented classes. "The best jokes, by far, are the ones that come ofT the top of your head." he To quote from The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran says of a tcacher, added. A teacher who does not have a true sense of hUlllor "If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his only hinders his rapport by trying to create one, and as Dr. wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of you r own Yeager stated, "T rying to be something you're not is extremely mind." difficult." This is true of any leacher- whether it be in an elementary These three educators be lieve that spelling out policies and school or a college class - and all tcachers work within the expectations in the beginning of the semester is an important image lhey crca!c [or their students. procedure to follow, as well as grading and returning assign The old stereotype of a college professor, popularized in the ment papers as soon as poss ible. Letting students know you movie "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," was baggy tweed suits, begin to arc interested in them and their success is a valuable ingredient By DEBBIE DIC KE Y lectufe before the class bell rang and continued thei r leaching in the formula of a successful teacher. "Your office may loo k in the same monotone we ll after the dismissal bell has rung. like a barber shop with people wailing in line, but you are Vcry prim and proper in their professional dealings, this is the bridging an important gap," concluded Dr. Yeager. old image expected of college instructors. There are nwn y outstanding educators on the Hill who de Contrary to this common misconception about teachers, serve credit for thei r work with students. They have shed the Western has succeeded in obtaining many men and women Mr. Chips stereotype and given today's student his money's who not only make their classes interesting, but are "with it" worth. in terms of educational philosophies. Western has estab No mathematicia n can prcduce a formu la for instan t teach lished a reputation for excellence in teaching through the years. ing success, but the Lebanon-born Gibran said it best: As she retired last spring, Mrs. Frances Dixon was named " Whoever would be a teacher of men leI him beg in by the "Grandlady of the Theatre" by her students. A former Jim Thompson , 1972 Outstanding Teache r teaching himself before teaching others; and leI him teach by faculty member of the Department of Speech and Theatre, example before lea:: hing by word. For he who teaches him she has taught elementary, high sc hool and college students self and reclifies his own ways is more deserving of respect and enjoyed her wo rk with each age group. is important," she added, "as it lets the students know you can and reverence than he who would teach others and rectify Majoring in English and history and minoring in math, Mrs. channel your materials so they can fully understand it." their ways." Di xon taught subjects having a wider range than the hem Dr. Jim T hompson, the 1972 recipient of Western's allnual lengths in today's fashion-conscious society. Facult y Teaching Award, has no trouble keeping up with to She always had a prevailing interest in backstage work in the day's students- "' I hear all about it from my children," he theater, but admits she had "walk-on" parts in a number of sllid, displaying his enthusiasti c attitude for his work. pl ays. Agreeing with Mrs. Dixon's teaching ideas, he adds that a Her philosophies are simple and down-to-earth: A teacher thorol/gh knowledge of the !mbjecl is esselltial. A professor of 11/11.1'1 have a (Iesire 10 teach. enjoy the hard work and have a history who pursued his Ph. D. at the age of 35 , Dr. Thompson sense of hUlllor. had been a high sc hool teacher-coach for [I years. Main taining emotional cOlltrol in the classroom is essential, He encourages his students to tak e a stand :md challenge as well as being tactful. " Keeping abreast with the slang terms him when they disagree. " I usua lly walk the middle in class, but if I sense a majority of conservatives, I become the quick. cst liberal and vice versa," he said. Frances Dixon , tefl, Western theatre's " Grand Lad y," and Recalling a humorous incident from his days at Texas Tech, Hart Netsen, below, 1972 Outstand ing fac ulty re s ~ a rcher . ~ r. T hompson sa~ d. one of his students became so angry with IllS change of posItIon that he left the class. " He was think ing, wh ich is a part of teaching," he said. The native Texan lakes various approaches to make history interesti ng. He adds a humanistic approach to the peoplc in history. "We leach about Lincoln the Emancipator and Teddy Roosevelt the Rough Rider so r always try to add some human interest matcrial in my classes." His sense of humor blooms in the classroom. He has taught classes, altering the curriculum from the present 10 the past, rather than begin ning at the beginning and never reaching to day's problems. This past April 21 , Dr. Thompson questioned his students concerning the significance of that date. When nobody volunteered the answer, he informed them it was Texas Independence Day and had all the students stand and sing the "Eyes of Texas" before proceeding with the day's lec ture. With an office door always open 10 students, Dr. Thom pson lis tens 11l1d learns while offering advice. Dr. Randy Yeager, professor of economics, is another teacher who stresses the knowledge of a subject before enter ing a classroom. Randy Yeager addresses an economics ctass 30 Alumni Newsgram Alumni Newsgram Georgia Alumni Club Off icers (left to rig ht): Dutl oin, Presi dent, Gre gg O'Neil, '58; new officers , Miss Joann Fo gg, '66; Secreta ry· Treasurer; Or. Donald Ma nsfield, '58, President; and We stern was the si t e this yea r 01 the 14th annual Summer Tom Gorin, '65, Vice meetina: of the National School Orchestra Association, President. hea ded by James Godfrey of the Western music faculty, ri ght. Picture d a bo ve with him are (left to ri gh t): Joe Jackso n, Bradenton, Fla ., a Western alum currently Mrl. orchestra and band director at Southeast High Schoo l and Pre sident of the Flo rida Schoo l Orchestra Association; J .. GEORGIA ALUMNI CLUB Richard Ro se, instructor at Northwest Loui siana State Un iversity and a University High Graduate; and his siste r, HAS DERBY PARTY Cheryl Ro se Meredith, who received her masters' degree fr om Western at Au g. 4 com men cement. They are the son and daughter of Claude Rose of We stern's music depa r t m e nt ~ Fort y·live Westerners :Iuended the Kentucky Oc rby party :It Th e NSOA meeting hosted 300 public school orchestra 1972 HILLTOPPER FOOTBALL SCHEOULE th e home or Club I' re ~ id e n l and his wife, 1\ lr. and f.. lrs. Gregg directors from acro ss the country, plus 60 high NORTH ALABAMA ALUMNI O'Neil in All n nl~. Snlu rd:lY. May 6. school aae musicians. MEET IN HUNTSVILLE D.te Opponent Sil, Tim." Warmed by:. Georgia sun , the part y captured nOI only :1 Sept. 9 "PPl lldliin St.t. Bowtl nl li rttn, 11, . 1:00 derby :Itmosphcrc, bu t :. W e~ t e rn one as we ll . si nce the front Sept. 16 Wittenbera: Sprlntfltld, Ohio 12:30 lawn was decorated in re d and white streamers and big red W's. The North Alabama Al umni Club of Western Kent ucky Uni Sept. 23 *"ustin Pel, Bowlinllireen, 11,. 1:00 ve rsity held its anoual spring meeting in Hunts ville, Friday, Johnson City, Tenn. 6:30 The party be ga n wi lh a barbecue luncheon :Ind I:Oncluded Ma y 19. Sept. 30 *El$t Tennessee 'A ilh the eleclion or officers rollowing Ihe derby race. Od 7 Open Dlt, Dr. Paul Cook. Assistant to President Oc ro O . Downi ng, was Od 14 *Tennessee Ted! Cookrtlllt, Ttnn. 7:30 Presidenl Gregg O'Neil 'A On the grand pri Ze . :1 WeSlern the featured spcal er. His topic was. "T he More Things Change. Oct. 21 *[,mrn KtntuQ}' Bowtilll lirt.n, 11,. 1:00 Director's chai r. by dra\ling the name of the derby wi nner. the More They Slay the Same." He cited land marks and Riva Ridge . from the hal. oct. 28 *Mortlte.d Stat, Morell" d, II, 1:00 traditions at Western Ihat remain as they were. which arc asse ts Nov. 4 *Midd le Tennesset Bowlin, lirHn, 11)'. 1:00 Officers elected for the coming }eaT \lere: President. Dr. President Down ing (left) is pictured above with two other 10 Western in this period of rapid growth. (Hometomin&) Don M an ~ ncld ; Vi l;c- P r e ~ id l;n t . Tom Gorin; and Secretary· re cipie nts of honorary doctorate degrees awarded at Mu rray Nov. 11 BuUer Bowlin, lirHn, 11,. 1:00 T rea ~ ure r . Joann Fogg. lee Robertson. Al umni and Placement Di rector at Western. State's commencement Aug. 4: Ted Sanford (right), retired co ncluded the program with brief remarks. Nov. 11 *Mulr" State MUffay, II,. 1:30 lee Robertson. Alumni and I' lacement Director. and Bill co mmissioner of th e Kentucky High School Ath letic Stractfcr, Admis)ions Counselor :It Western. nttended as did Association and J. Matt Sparkman . retired "ice president for Members of the dub are again makin g plans to allend Home *Ollio V.lley Conlerenu "m, Ken Hen ry, Louisv ille banker. who is a member of the Board student affai rs at Mu rray. Or. Oowning delivered Murray's coming as a group. They arc also making pre li minary plans for ** Centr.1 Time of I)irectors of the Al umni Association. principal co mm encement address. thei r annual Christmas Party. Atte nd ing the May 19 mee ting were the followi ng alumni: MIDDLE TENN ESS EE WESTERN ERS 1\.1r. and Mrs. James (Stell a) Miller, 78 12 Charlotte Drive. S.E .. 1972·73 HILLTOPPER BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Huntsville; Mr. and Mrs. William D. (Margaret) Powell. O.te Opponent Sit. President Oc ro G. Downing informally di sc u ~d th e "Slate HEAR DOWNING 11 51 6 Maplel;rest Drive. S.E .. Huntsville; ~'Ir . and Mrs. Hill (Faye ) McPeak. 930 Tasl;oca Drive. S.E .. Huntsville: Mr. and Nov. 27 Ol d Dominion Homt or W e~tern " at the second :l nnllal ~ p r in g mee ting of th e Middle Homt Tennessee Alu mni Club in Nashv ilk. Friday. May 26. Mrs. Dan (Sand ra ) Browning, 34 15 Loc k Ridge Drive. Bir Dec. 1 Tuts Tech Others :It tcmlin g from the c" mpus were John Oldham. mingham; Mr. and Mrs. Do n~l d ( Do nn a) I)arker. 781 8 Haven Dec. 2 Siebon Home Athletic Director and Lee Robertson. Alumni and Placement St reet. S.E .. Hun tsville: Mr. and Mrs. JeTl' y (J onell ) Paynl;. S02 Dec. 4 Wesl Geora:il Homt Director. Gree nd ale Drive. N.W., Huntsville : Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dec.. 8-9 Vlnderbilt Invil.tionll Tourn.m.nt Nashvlll., Tenn. Dr. Wilborn Strooc. p r e~ id c nt . presided over the me eting :tnd (Lois) Thompson. Rou te 4. Faye tteville. Tenn ,; Mr. and Mrs, (Wutern. Vlnderbilt, Columbl., lIent Stat.) berore turning over the duties of the offi ce to in comin g presi Tom (Freda) Kinse r. Fayetteville, Tenn.; Mr, lind Mrs. Joe Dec.. 13 Bu tle r Indla n.polls, Ind. dent. Larry Shelton. appoinl ed :1 Mcm be r5hi p Commiuce m:lde H. (Kath y) Thomas. 9 16 Chatterso n Drive. S,E., Huntsville Oee.15-16 Trojln Invit.lionll Tourn.ment Los Anleles, C.llf. up of the rol1o\\ing : co-chairme n. Bill y :Ind !kuye Carr. lh and Martin Pay ne, Route 6. Scottsville. (Western, Southern C.l, Purdu., "uburn) ~ b t ed by Tom li nd Rose Flo\lers. :tnd Charles :lr1d Ueuy W e~t. Jtn. 10 Providence PTovidentl, R. I. The clu b's next sc heduled aCliv i tie~ ..... ill be to host a re~'ep t ion I. n. IJ *[ 1St Te nnnm 10ll nIOn City , Tenn. for all Westerners aUend ing the Vn nd crbih Inv itational B;lsket l.n. IS *Tennessee Ted! Coohv1l1., T.nn. ball Tournament Fri day :tnd Saturday e,·enings. December 8-9. I.n. 20 *Eutern lI.ntucky Homt Westerners ..... ho att ended the meeting \lere: Mr. an d Mrs. HONORARY MEMBE RSHIP Homt J. L. Miller. 202 Oozier Place. Brent\lood: Mr. and Mrs. _President Oero Downing lin. 22 - Morellud St.t. Bobby (J esloC) Pre\ton. S305 C:m.elol. Brent"'ood: Dr. Ea rl A. (left) accepts honorary Jtn. 21 -MUffl, Stat. Murray, II,. Moore and guest. I'ark Manor Apts .. 115 Woodmont Blvd .• memberSh ip in the Cumber J.n. 29 *"ustin P.ay Homt Nas hville: Mr. lind Mrs. Bill ( Betty) Carr. 2H Wilowen Drive. land Tra ce Chapter of the Jln. Jl LeS.lle I'ttiladtlplll., P•. N a~ h v ill t': John R. Brown. 600 1 Pon Allen Drive. Nashville: Retired Officers Association. Feb. 3 *Middle T.nn.ssee Home tl. lr. and Mrs. Robert S. Joslin. 113 Cunniff Park way. Good Ret. Army Col. Emmon Shaw Ftb. 6 O.)'IOn D.rton, Ollio lettsville: Mr. and Mrs. Gary (Jeff:mie) York. 4619 Bt' nton presenled the membership. Ftb. 10 *T. nnessee Ted! Hom. Smith Road. N : I ~ h v m e: Mr. and Mrs. John Had. 613 Wh isper On ly retired mi litary Ftb. 12 *[lSt Tenneute Hom. in g Hills. Nashville: Mr. and Mrs. Paul (Sara) Se tt les. 838 perso nnel are ienerall,Y Ftb. 11 *Morehtld SI.le Morthe.d, 11,. IJ r t'~ ,l yn Ro;ld. N l l ~ h v m e: Mile C. Finley. 31 1 Seventh Avenue. eliaible for membership in Feb. 19 -[aslern Kentudt, Richmond, 11,. N .. NHshvi lle; Dr. and Mrs. Wilborn (Cllrolyn) Sirooe. 2400 th e oraanization. CI.r\lvllle, Tehn. Bear Road. Nashville: Dr. Jim Philli p<; and daughter, M a r ~:l r e t , Feb. 24 *"u5tin P,ay Hom, 350S Echo Hill RO:It! . Na~hvi ll e: Mr. (IOd iI..trs. Eddie ( Mary) F.b. 26 *Murray Sill' Diddl e. 3429 H:llnpton Ave nue. N: I ~hvil1e; Dr. :IOd Mrs. Richard Off ice rs of th e Middle Tennessee Alumni Club of Wutern Mllell 3 *Middle Tenneute Murfreesboro, Ten n. ( Ma ry Fr:.nces) O lnnon. 4401 Honeywood Ave nlle . N:lshvitle: Kentucky Uni ve rsi ty, (left to right): Larry Shelton, '56, *Oh io Valle, Conlere nce "m, Mr. and f.'lrs. Tom Gori n. Jr" 4113!! Cold Stream Drive. Dora president ; Mrs. Larry (Jane) Shelton, secretary; Or. James vi ll e. Ga.: ami Dr. (lnd M r~. lI.'lelborn (Emily) Will iams. Jr.. Ph ill ips, '49, presi dent elect; Mrs. Joe (Wilma) Lanier, 3770 Toledo Road. Apt. 143 . J ad~o n v ill e, FI:I. t reasurer; and Joe Lanier '5 1, vice-president. 32 33 '51 DIYId Ii. Cru. '62 J. CoIemln SbOIl. '41 litn. Rlluell OoIlP'rty E. 6000 MlnSi DrJwt la Thompson StrNt Chlel 01 Stall, SHAPE loulsvlM, Ky, Grltftrilt, S. C, APO Nt. hit 09055 David G. Crusc is the author of a I. Coleman Shouse is Dire!;\or of Pla nning for the Greenville County book 01 poems entitled "Blessed Are Planning Commission. He holds Ihe Master of Urba n Pl anning Degree They Who Strive:' which was pub from the University of Washington Graduate School of Urba n Planning. lished recc nlly. The opening poem He has worked with the U.S. Depart ment of Ag ri cult ure. soil con in this, his fi rst edition, is n tribute servation service; Kentucky De partment of Commerce, Division of to Dr. Earl A. Moore, :1 forme r pro. Planning & Zoning; Southea~tern Kentucky Area Offi ce. Div ision of fessor of English at We~ l ern . who Community Planning and Developme nt and in H cnder~o n liS se nior had H great influe nce on thc future of the wr iter. planner and planning di re ctor. He is ;! mcmber of the Arnerka Inst i tute of Planners. Gen . Dougherty (center) is greeted Crusc was b-or n in Lexington and by Belgian Lt. Gen. Montmart (left Shouse is married to the former Irvela Just ice and they ha ve two chil center), Chief of Staff, Allied attended C;lmpbe ll sv ille Col lege, Forces Central European Region University of Maryland and West· dren, Mall, age 3 .. nd Suzanne age 9 lI1u nths. (AFCENT) and the AFCEN T Honor ern. where Ite earned hi ~ b:lchelor GUlrd. and a master's deg ree~ in The arlS. For the past IJ years he has I taught Englbh in hi gh schools in Florida and in Kentucky. He has also taughl ChOrll l music in Florid:l. '41 Toby E. Hiahtower and is a member of two choral groups. '51 432] Ooulles An, Downlnli""" . III. Alumnus New SHAPE Chief of Staff Cruse e n joy~ swimming, fishing. hiling, b-oating and collecting coins. Toby E. Hightower, assistant princip;lJ of Oak Forest ( iii.) High He is married to the former Bonnie Sego,:1 1964 Weslern graduaTe. School. has had t"o articles published recently. --A Coward's Guide For Those Who Seek a Career in Education," indicates that the author is a USAF Gen. Russe ll E. [)ougherly, was nominated by President Nixon From December 1952 to January 1958, he held command and staff student of human nature. Hc feels th:lI many of us take ourseh'es too for promotion from lieutenant ge neral to general and a new assignment positions in the Strategic Air Command. Following gradua tion from seriously, and his article is intended to end our d:lY laughing - perhaps as Chie f of Staff. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Casteau, National War College in June 1960, he joined the staff of the Director thinking. His second article was on Teacher· Mude I'ollut;on. Belgium. Ht ussumed his new title und dulies ... lay I. of War Plans, H q, USA F. Hightower is a native of Todd Cou nt y, Ky .. :lnd has been in the '55 Mrs. A native of Glasgow, General Dougherty joined the Federal Bureau He remained at the Pentagon, except for his European se rvice, unlil Vinetnt J, sttlrry teaching profession in Illinois for n number of ye ars. of Investigation after grad uation. He fi rst entered the armed forces coming to 2nd AF headquarters in April 197 1. 1410 Portlr AVlnul BHo.I, Mlu. when he joined the 123 rd Cuval ry, Kentucky National Guard as a pri Amo ng his many military decorations are th c Distinguished Service vate in 1936. He entered the Army Air Corps as un uviation cudet at Medll l wi th oak leaf cluster, Ihe Leg ion of Me rit with two oak leal Mrs. Sherry (Margaret Joyce Smith ), represe nt ed the state of i\ lississi ppi the outbreak of World War II. clusters. th e Bronle Star Medal and the Joint Service Medal. He is a at ,In Ike bana Conve ntion in New York. sponsored by the Japlln So cielY and the Sogetsu Teac hers' Federation. Madame Kasumi Te~higa The .'i l-year-old ge neral ra nks mnong the Ai r Force's top 14 lead memb\: r of the Ke nt uck y Sta te Bar Association and the Bar Association '44 Or. Slmu.1 W. nnsllJ hara, Ihe daughter of Sofu Teshighar:l, the founder of Ihe contempo ers, and ha s comm:.nde d Second Air Force, headqu;. rtefcd al IJarksdalc 01 the U.S. Supreme Court. la Hotly lin. rary sc hool of fl ower design, o pe ned the ,onvention. May II . Attended AFB, La., since April 1971. Prior to that he was Deput y Chief of Staff, General Dougherty's wife is the former Geralee Shaaber. Olrltn, Conn. Plans and Operations, Headquaners USAF in the Pentagon. As ,om by approxilllately 250 represe ntatives of IJ stales ea~ 1 of Ihe r-.l ississi ppi mand er of the Second AF. he led the largest numbered Ai r Force in Rive r. the convent ion was held at the newly-dedicaled Japan House. Samuel W. Tinsley has been appoint the USAF lmd controlled the majority of the Sirategic Ai r Command 's The two-day meeting concluded with a ba nquet at the Waldorf-Astoria ed manager of the Corporate Re B-.'i2 Stratofortresscs, KC-13.'i Stratotankers and all of the FB-IIIA Hotel. search DelKirtment of Union Car· bide Corporation. Dr. Ti n ~ley joined medium bo mber force. Mrs. Sherry and husband, Vincent J. ( 1951), have two sons, Eric und Vincent. Ill. amI one daughter, Leslie Anne. Union C:lrbide in 1950 :IS a research The ge neral has been ussociated " ith SHA PE and the U.S. European ehcmbt at the corpo..... tion's labora Command ( EUCOM ) twice in the last eight years. In 1964- 65, he was tory in South Charleston. 1·1e was Deputy Director of Pla ns and Operations. Headquarters U.s. EUCOM , appointed a~<;ociate director for re in Paris. In Jul )' 1967, he wa! Director of Pla ns and Programs for U.S. search and development there in EUCOM at it new lotation in SlUltgart, Germany. 1964. '·Ie moved to the New York General Dougherty, one of the few ge nera l officers in the Air office in 1967 as a market are:l man 70 Rodnf)' M. IoUIId Force to hold a law degree. elected 10 remain operational and left the ager for new che micals and, since 6927 Edltfl A.... . Judge Advocnte General's Dep.1Ttme nt in late- 19.'i2. He had been wi th 197 t. ha s been operations manager. Cintinnlti, Ollie the le ga l field since being recallcd to lleth'c d Uly in Febru:.ry 1947. 8efore becoming as'>(lCiated with Union Carbide, Dr. Tinsley was a~· At the out brea k of the Korean War. he was assigned to intelligence A Nc\\town man, Rodney Boggild, ha ~ been named the outstanding sbtant pr ofes~or for organic chem with Far East Air Forces :md sen'cd there unti l returning to the United young el.iueator for 1971-72 by the Sycamore-Deer Pllrk Jayt'Ccs. istry at Tex a~ Technological College. States in July 195 1. Boggild is Un industrial arts teacher Ht Sycamore f.. lil.idle Sc hool. He was sele!;\ed from a wide fi eld of nominees for his excellence in his Dr. Tinsley is the author of several technic:!1 p:!pcrs in h i~ field and Secretary of the Air Force Robert C. Seamans congratulates Gen. professional work as an industrial Mts tea'her and (or his ma ny con holds or h co-holder of 34 U.S. paients. tributions to hi s school, community and church. Dougherty, then Command er of th e Second Air Force (SAC ), upon A native of Hopkinsville. he earned his doctor:nc at Northwestern the presentation 01 the Presidential Managem ent Award (the only Boggild is ma rried and he and his wife, Sandm, have two chi ldren. Unive r ~ity. such award to a military organization ) to the Second Air Force. 34 35 '66 Ronald Dolan '57 Richard Knlrr '41 Col. Jollre H. Boston (US Anny Rtd.) '60 Anita Fay Simpson 3311 N. Tillotson Route 1 2851 .tW. 4th line 5400 Memorial Dr., Apl 24C Munci., Ind. Tyler, TeXIS Gainesville, Fla. Stone Mountain, Ga. Ronald Dolan has been named as Richard Knarr is living a t his home on the Circle K Ranch. His ti me Colonel Joffre H. Boston, commis Mrs. Anita (H arper) Simpson, Home Builder Specialist for the Georgia s i~tant professor of sociology at Ball is spent ra ising Sa nta Gertrudis cattle a nd overseeing oil properties. sioned as a Second Lieutenant of In Powcr Company in Atlanta, was recently honored at their annual sales Stllle Universi ty. He is the son of fantr)' in the United Stlltes Reserve award lu ncheon a5 the number one home economist and saleswoman Mr. and Mrs. Wil1Lam Do los:.:ycici in 1941 , is presently attending Grad for the company in the state of Georgia. T his a ward was based on her of Hammond, Ind. uate School at the University of percentage over the sales quotas for the year 1971. She works with in Prior to coming to Ball State, Florida. dividuals and home builders in the DeKalb County a rea in designing '68 Ben R Wiseman Dolon was staff development con new homes. 201 leirand Sl Col. Boston's service includes lOurs sult" nt with the lake County (lnd .) Cheraw, S. C_ of duty with the 3d Infantry Regi After graduating from Western. Mrs. Simpson was ass 38 39 '&7 CII.Il .. (bel) 11tII.1 '0 Dlnlel NIttI.1I D.btt., '&0 Of. Ltlonel L Curty '&1 Clroll U. Outer Nortli M.ltd Sireet J.mntown, Ky. DepL of A,lIllon '6] Antill •• ConI. School. Som.rset, Ollio Appointment of Oli n Dabney to the staff of the Lake Cumberland Aver,tt ColI'I' N.val Annex The appoi ntment of Charles ( Bud) Comprehensive Care Cenler was announced recently by Rev. James O,nvUl., V•• FL luchan.n. Pu.rto IlIeo Bethel as Sherid an Junior High Powell , Chairman of the Board. The Center dclh'eT5 mental health Dr. Lerond L. Curry, forme r member of the history department at Carroll U. Deltter, consultant for profess ional staff development for the Sl.:hool prindpal be'ame etTe'ti ve and mental returdation se rvices to a ten ,ounty area : Ad ai r, Casey, Western, has recently published the results of his doctoral researc h wit h State Department of Educa tion in Frankfort for the past tWO and a half August I ~t . The s,hool is located lit Clinton. Cumberland, Grcen, McC re ary, Pulaski. Russell , Tay lor and The Un iversit y Preu of Kentucky. years, has a"epted the position of director of curriculum for Antilles Thornville, Ohio. ~ · I r . Bethel ha s Wayne Count ies. Mr. Dabney will have administrative and clinical The work, "Protestant·Catholic Relations in Ameri,a," is the result Consolidated Schools in San Juan, Puerto Ri,o. been principal at Somerset Elemen responsibi lity for the servke delivery system of community me ntal of correspondence and personal interviews with people who took part Dexter formerly taught in the Bowling Green City Schools and at tary School 'at Somerset. Ohio for health and mental retardation services in his regi on. in the eve nt ~ and movements in the development of interfaith relations the U.S. Naval Radio Station, Fort Allen, Puerto Rico, where he also the past two years. The so n of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dabney of Jamestown, he did grad since World War I. The book is the fint gene ral survey of relations ser~e d as administrative assistant. He wa s born in Vinton County, uate work ut the Kent Sc hool of Social Work, where he received hi s between Protestants and Catholiu during the past half cent ury. He earned his Ed.S. from George Peabody College for Teachers, Ohio and graduated from high M.S.S.W. degree. Curry, assistant professor of religion at Averett College, is the son of Nashville , Tenn. sc hool in Hamden. Ohio. He re o Mrs. B. L. Curry of 122j College Street, Bowling Grten. ceived his B. S. degree in 1963 from Dabney hus worked as a Boys' Club coullsc lor. established a group Married to the former Carmela Overton ( B.M. '64) the Dcltters are Campbellsville College. Ky., und therapy program for the Kentuck y State Reformatory at ulGrange the parents of 2().month old son, Carroll Banning. 'ompleted his "laster of Education and has served the Kent ucky J:)cp,lrtmcnt of Corr"tions as a socia l in School Administration at WKU in scienti st while attending gradull te school. 1967. He is married to the formc r Carey Harper of Edmonton, who teaches '52 1. Henry D\lKln in Russell Count y. '&5 Nlnq Ounun '62 Or. lIidlne! H. Coop Bethel taught at North Hardin High School. Vine Grove. before ClilcUsaw Om '63 Til. Uninflity of Nortli C.roI .. moving to Thornville, Ohio. He taught and coached at She ridan High Morllntown, K,. Cllapel Hm, N. C. School before becoming llss istant principal there for two yea rs. J. Henry '62 an d Nancy Duncan '65 of Morgantown, Ky. announce Dr. Richard Coop was recently named as the winner of the first annual His wife, Jackie, is also a graduate of Cam pbellsville and Western the birth of a daughter, Pamela SUt Duncan. born March 24, 1972, Peabody Award For Excellence in Tea,hing. This award is given to and teaChes third grade at Somerset Elementary School. They ha ve one 70 B. H. BI'n~'nb,cltr weight 6 pounds 14 ounces. Joining in this unn ounCement is her big the faculty member of the School of Education at the University of child, Jennifer, 7 months old . 13201 Forest Hili. Or. brother, Jimmy Dun~an. III . North Carolina voted as the most outstanding teacher by graduate stu· T,mp •• AI. J. Henry is the County Extension Agent for Agri culture in Butler dents of the School of Education. B. H. Bl ankenbecler was recently appointed chair man of the Industrial County. Nancy is prescntl y on leave from teaching home economics at Dr. Coop is an associate professor of Educational Psy,hology, and Education Department of Hillsborough High School. Russellville Middle School. in the past two years has published artid es in The l ournol of Educo They reside at Chichsaw Drive, Morgantown, Kentucky. tional Psychology, The Americo n l ournol of Mentol Deficiency, Psy cJ/Ology in the Schools, and The Journal of E.dlleGlionol ond Psycho '41 M.lbunl It. W.,t1tJd logical Measurement. 11] MOflln Court CI.rtwUl., T.nn. He is married to the former Sharon Schooll of Louisville and they '''' UlNtrto rricI hnve one daughter, Kristy. Melburn R. Ma yfield was appointed vice·president for development 1md 413 East Klnl StrMt '42 .IotIn Wm , St'rq' field se rvi ces at Austin Peay Slate University by the Tennessee Slate &01 Soutfl Colt.,. While at Western, Dr. Coop was editor of the 1962 Talisman, a Boon., N. C. member of the baseball tea m, and manager of the basketball team. Boord of Education at its M1lY meeting in Nashvi lle. His appointment Frtnklln, Ky. became effective Jul y 1. Uberto Price, Director of Reading John Wm. Searcy, was chosen ESF Man of the Month for May 1972. &rvit'Cs at Appalachi an State Uni· He joined the Equitable Life Assurance Society in August, 19jO after Mayrle ld had served as director of the Ce nter for Teachers at APSU, versi ty, ha s received the first ann ual a service organiZation designcd to assist sc hool administrators ;lnd pre· completing se rvice in the U. S. Army during World War II. award of the College Reading As· IU Willi'lI T. TrlCY servi'e and in·servke teachers of high sc hool science or malhenmtics in sociation. T he award is given in re,· Operating in a town of less than HKIO population. l ohn's demon· 'S] 112 Edison Drift 19 Tennessee and Kcntud.:.y counties. ognition of ou tstand ing contributions strated performance as evidencro by repeated memben;hip in the Na HuntillKton, W. VL to reading at the loca l, st:ll e and na· tional Le aders Corps and receipt of the National Sales Achievement A native of Island , Mayfield went to APSU in 19j7 from Mcr,er William T. Tracy has hc:e n elected tional levels. and W:IS prese nted to Award. indicates that "it's the man and not the land:' University in Ma'on, Ga., as chairman of the Dcp.'"lrtme nt of Physics. secretary·treasurer of Electric & Ma· Price at the 17th Annual Conference He served in this post until 1970 when he became director of The A dedicated life underwriter, Searcy received his CLU designation chine Company. A long time resi· of the Coll ege Reading Association Center for Teachers. in 1966. He is p<1St president of Fnmk lin·Sirnpson Chamber of Com· de nt of Huntington, Tracy has held recently in Sil~er Spring, Md . merce, Chllirma n of Southern Kentucky Area De~c:Io pmen t Associa served Ihe company as treasu rer and Mayfie ld earned hi ~ A.B. and B.S. deg rees from Western ;Ind un Soon ufter hi s return to Boone, he tion and Membership Chairman, Southern Kentu,ky NALU. chief accountant for the past seven M.S. degree from the Un ive rsit y of Florida . He se rved four yeurs in wa s notified that his biogra phical years. Before joining the ,ompany the U.S. Army prior to graduation from W e~te r n. sketch appears in the 1972 Diction· in J96j, he was a partner in the firm ary of International BiOG raphy. An author of sc\'eral articles, Mayfield holds membership in the of Bagby, Diamond and Tracy CPAs. Tennessee Education Association. Midd le Tennes, 40 41 '33 J. '. Alund. 'S7 Paul'" AArItin .,...,....Ky. 1205 Rilly lINd 'II Of. IfNI III .... MoniILH [Vlns 70 'Ulp W. Moss 111--. 1M...... btitn Allrt.enta, Apt. 1]1 3482 1..IntdowM, Apt. r7 After 38 years in the Edmonton 7051 Old IUIts hid, s.. leOn,... I,. County School system, I . P. Alexan Paul G. Austin is a se nior field claims representative for State Farm .... der has retired. The last 12 years Mutual AUio Insu rance Company in Muncie. He holds the rank of ,_ Philip W. Moss has been named ..... ere spent as county superintendent, Captain after 12 ye ars of service in the Indiana Nationa l Guard, Dr. and Mrs. (Wi1lowdean Hogue) Morris Evans are forme r residents Notes editor of the K ellfllcfr.y Low and 22 years as principal. His suc Marion. Ind. of Gla5gow. He earned hi s Ph.D. in chemistry from Virginia Pol y JOllrnal. a quarterly publication con· cessor is Roy James, former pri nci technic Institute and State Universit y, where he was initiated into Phi taining articles and book reviews His wife, Nina Marie, is secretary to the pe rsonnel di reClOr of Ball pal of the Edmonson County High State Unive rsity. Lambda Upsilon and Phi Kappa Phi honorary societies. Last August written by prominent scholars in School. Dr. Evans began teaching at Florida Slate Junior College, Jacksonville. legal and related field s. The Journal Mr. Alexander'S wife. the forme r Fla., and 1.... lrs. Evans in the puhlic ~c hoo l sys tem. Prior to go ing 10 is th e tenth oldest law review in the Jacksonville, Mrs. Evans ta ug ht th e fi rst grade for four years in Blacks Nation and has been published con· Mildred Kin se r, also a gfllduate of 71 Ronlld ('an) Fendtl burg, Va. tinuously since 19 12. Western, ha s retired from hc r posi 641-13th Str.. t tion. Moss entered the University of Ttil CitJ, 1l1li. Kentucky College of lilw in the fa ll They are constructing u cabin on Ron Fendcl has been named assistll nt art director lit Abbey Press. St. '41 1II1f1lm Sutton of '70. and plan5 a c.'1 ree r in Tax Indian Creek and Gree n River, Mein rad, Ind., a commercial printing firm which produces greeting whe re they plan to spe nd time relax '52 511 W. 12t11 StI"Ht Law upon graduation. card5, posters. etc .• for a nationll l market. Ron WI!.S a ellm lal/de grad 0Wtt!tb0r.. Iy. ing. They also pla n to do some traveling. ua te with a B.A. in art education. Miss Margaret l. Sutton (center) 'U ...nll F. IIIcCrMll Crefl Wood All 113 who retired the P.1st July as principal 70 ClntI h,nt Sdllrtztr 7439 HIth • ., 7(1, s.. of Washington Elementary School, 1025-11 Deny lInI 70 lilen. AItOII Ihd~ Owensboro. was honored by the NullvIIl., T.... "~b.IL lox 241 school PTA board and faculty wit h Bonnie McCredie is employed by the Tennessee De partment of Publ ic Carol June Sc hartzcr is working as an educational specialist in the ...... ". a lunche on in the Gold Coin Room We lfare as Protective Service Supervisor for federally funded project Glenn A. Hedgespeth has accepted a posi tion to teach at Kentucky of the Owensboro Country Club. for improving the care of neglected and dependent children. Gifted Children's Section of the Office of the Superintendent of Public State Penitent iary and will complete his M.A. at Western nex t May. During the lunche on, James Alliso n, Instruction for the State of Illinois. As educational specialist, she is She received the Mastcr's degree from Jane Adams Graduate School one of ten staff members for the section. and su pervises a 17-county Owensboro Board of Ed uca tion of Social Work, Uni versity of Illinois. chairman. announced that the board region in weste rn Illinois, working to implement, develop, evaluate and had renamed Washington School as im prove va rious public school programs for chiWren with exceptional 'II T_ Ell. talent. Her headquarlers are in Carthage. Ill.. where she works with Margaret l. Sutton Elementary 'J7 Woodrow W. SI•• OM 1420 HtI'Il)' CI8r """'... a team of three to se rve the school districts in her region. School. ' .0, 101307 Fl Wrl&ftt CoviDrton. Ky. Miss Sutton taught in tile city Som.rwt, Ky. June comple ted her M.S. degree in the education of gifted students, after a yea r's wo rk as a graduate assistant in special education at school system for 48 years and had Woody Simmons has assumed his duties wit h the Taylor & Tay lor Tom Ellis, who spent 43 years as Southe rn Illinois University in Edwardsv ille. She plans to begi n grad served as princiJ)l11 of Wll shington School sin ce it wa s opened in 19j I. Realty Co., after resigning his position wit h the Kentucky Department cOllch and athlclic director at two uate study toward a Ph .D. at U.c.L.A. or Universi ty of Illinois in the of Highways as real estate appraiser. Kentucky hi gh sc hools, retired July I. Shown in the picture with Miss Sutton are (left to right ) Mrs. Ed near futu re. ward (Patsy) Crady , tellcher; Mrs. Frances Brown, formcr teacher at He has been licensed by the Kentuc ky Stale Real Estate Commission Ellis spent the Ill st 28 yea rs at Washi ngton: 1l1 me s All ison: li nd Mrs. Billie Albrecht. secretary at the since graduation. Extensive work and professional trainin g during the Covington Holmes High. whe re he school. past four years in the field of real estate appraising gives him a knowl '55 Rn'. LindbtJtb St.phtllS was head football coach from 1946 edgeable background in the real estate field. Simmons wi ll handle ap Mounuln Vitw, Mo. until five months before hi s retire me nt. He gave up the head basket praisals and private sales for tbe local firm. Pastor of United Methodist Churc hes in Mountain Vi ew. Birch Tree ball co.'1ching job four years ago. 'Ii5 Of. IIbttt t. 1111" and Forest Dell. Mo .• Rev. Stephens has been granted a di sa bi lity leave He also co.'1c hed at Bardstown 334 Wttfenbettlf '17 Cillr!es "'ttiudr" 1i,1II by the Mi ssouri East Annual Conference of the United Methodist A.M . Holen,In., 15 Churches. Rev. and Mrs. Stephens will make thcir home in Mountain High tj years after grad ua ting from '51 Z704 Strawbridp ".. • est5lfa., Vie w. Western. A 192j graduate of Cal houn High, Ellis captained the foot Dr. Robert C. Marsh received the Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from ...... ". ''Chuck" Gullo is teaching health ball and baseball teams while at Westcrn and also lettered in basket Vanderbilt University in 197 1. He is at present doing two ye ars doc and ph ysical ed ucation and coach '50 III" F. H•• ball. He was an All-Southern lackle in football. toral research at Stockheim. West Germany on Mechanism of Action ing track and cross country at 313 IAIWIOd Orin When reminisci ng about his coaching career. Ellis' greatest thrills of elongation factors in protein biosy nthesis. Daviess County High School. His frnklort, Ky. were taking Bardstown to the State Bas ket ball Tournament in 1932 and Since going to Germany Dr. Marsh has given a paper on research 197 1 cross country team won the Governor Wendell Ford has announced the appointment of Billy F. 1935 , and Holmes to the "Dribb le Derby" in 194j, 1948 and 195 I. Hi, findings at a Molecular Bi ology meeting in West Be rlin and attended State AA title and his '72 track Hun t as an administrative aide specializing in elementary. second ary 1946 Holmes football team was acclaimed as state cham pion and Ellis a European Science mee ting in Bulgaria. team won the regional title for the and higher educa tion. was voted by hi s colleagues as The CO/lfier-Jallma/":r "Coach of the first time in the hi story of the school. While at Va nderbilt Dr. roo'llI uh part ici pated in two su mmer work Hunt, a Rarren County na tive. was se lected as the Governor's intern Year." shops at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, N. Y., where Oullo taught for two ye ars in representa tive to attend University of Kentucky graduate sc hool. He Tom's wife, the former Sally Nevalccn Arnett , ('38), a teacher for he presented a J)llpef on Regulat ion of DNA replication and gene ex Ossining, N. Y .. before coming to received his Master's degree in 1963. 20 years at John G . Carlisle School in Covington, has nlso retired. pression by bacteria phage T4. He also particip College Football a Saturday Sport? New Honor Society for the Hill _ Continued from p.r' 21 si tuation li nd can run pl ays we think will be effec~iv e against t~al kind of defense. This i! where both teams really get mto the guessma busi ness. . . If d n', We try to have five or sjx p!ays fOF every $IIUallon. . one, oes work the fi rst lime that sItuatIon Il rlseS, we may try somethmg else the next time. 'bI (l I t 'n We Iry to Jollow the game plan Qj clou/y (.11, poS! 1 t. un , . a e , th e game. when we elm ulI/ally fell f rom ea, lI ~ r expemmce In that game whal might be el/ecliw!. Hue you qUI te ofttn go /0 your "bread-a f,d -b utlu" plays and just dare your opper/tnt /0 stop you. Then it sim ply becomu a cast oj who mas/ w,anls, the Win. f rom Friday a ft ernoon until Saturday mo~nm g. IS, the, i,;,ogest day of II college football pl ayer's life. For one thmg, It IS d~ffl cul t to sleep that nig ht and for another thing, there is almost nothing one can do without think ing about the opponent . .. This is why I take a projector home with me 44 Westem Kentucky University Second WESTERN ALUMNUS Cia .. Matter Bowling Green. Kentucky 42101 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY Return Postage Guaranteed See You at H~[!()t11· -19721 FEATURING 'A MELODY GONE BY ... THOSE WERE THE DAYS' Friday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. (CST) Paull. Garre" Conference Center Ballroom •.. Following the banquet featuring Billy Vaughn and the Orchestra ... at 8 p.m. (CST) Homecoming Conw-t The Beach Boys in Diddle Arena Saturday, Nov. 4, at 10 a .m. (CST) Homecoming "Parru1e ... at 12:30 p.m. (CST) CotOfllilion. Ceretru>flY at the l . T. Smith Stadium ... at 1 :00 p.m. (CST) Hill:1:Of>pets Vs. Mi.cI.dl.e Tenn.e.ssee with the original "Hilltoppers" quartet - Jimmy Sacca, Seymour Spiegelman, Don McGuire and Billy Vaughn - appearrng at halftime . . . . and, immediately following the game the Featwe Homecoming ~1:ioo.