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IN THIS ISSUE: ALUMNI DAY '75: A PEOPLE AFFAIR IMPRESSIONS] OF MAINLANDACHINA REACHINGM MINDS REMIND l! WALLS TURKEY IN THE HALL N PURSUIT OF A VISION 'A FIFTEEN YEAR REPORT BULLETIN/SUMMER 1975 THE MARaiN FOR GREATNESS f - ALUMNI SUPPORT - In days of tightening dollars higher educa- institution, may support the University are: tion must turn to alternative sources of sup- J Active membership in tfie Alumni Associa port to continue offering educational oppor- tion ttirougti annual contributions of tunities to all those persons, young and old, $5. 00 or more. improve life who seek to the quality of Men and Women of Eastern through annui through higher education. J contributions of $ 100 or more. For Eastern Kentucky University the mar- JThe Century Club through a pledge of gin of greatness lies in the continued support $500 or more, which may be paid in an- of the University by 31,000 loyal alumni. nual installments of $100 or more per
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EKU Alumni Association , Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky 40475 EDITORIAL BOARD nald R. Feltner, vice president for public airs; J. Wyatt Thurman, director of alum- affairs; Ron G. Wolfe, associate director alumni affairs; Charles D. Whitlock, ector of public information; John inecke, radio-TV editor; Larry W. Bailey, jtography editor, Don Rist, art editor. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1975-76 innon Johnson, '61, '65 President
'68 . ty Bell Mike, . . First Vice-President
-n Bonny, '69, '73 Second Vice-President
1 McCarty, '50 Past President iley Manning, '56 President Elect [h Spurlock, '41 ... Vice President Elect Alsip, '34 Vice President Elect SECTORS: Karl Prey, '70, '74; Bill }lished biannually as a bulletin of Eastern itucky University for the Eastern Alumni ociation, and entered at the Post Office Richmond, Kentucky 40475, as Second ss matter. Subscriptions are included in ociation annual gifts. Address all corres- idence concerning editorial matter or easTenn .ulation to: The Eastern Alumnus, East- Kentucky University, Richmond, Ken- SUMMER 1975 / VOLUME 14 NO. 2 ky 40475. CONTENTS I easTBRn THE EASTERN KENTUCKY I itor's Notes 2 ALUMNUS VOLUME 1 IN THIS ISSUE umni Weekend — A People Affair 3 ALUMNI DAY '75: Ron Wolfe recaptures the annual festivities through the people who A PEOPLE AFFAIR make it the single most important weekend of the year. The 1915, IMPRESSIONS OF 1925, 1935, 1950 and 1960 classes are highlighted. MAINLANDj .CHINA Years 14 REACHING MINDS Doug Whitlock provides a backdrop for the last 15 years of Eastern's BEHIND I*^'WALLS development, 1960-75, through an in-depth historical narrative. TURKEY"" IN Pursuit of A Vision 23 THE HALL This special section features the development of programs, services, IN PURSUIT OF A fiscal support, development, student enrollment and student services VISION -A FIFTEEN- at Eastern during the last decade and a-half. YEAR REPORT BULLETIN/SUMMER 1975 iaching Out To Minds Behind Walls 47 EKU English professor, Dr. Doris Sutton, tells two stories; one ABOUT THE COVER concerns the development of Eastern's extended campus program at the Federal Correctional Institution in Lexington, while the other The titles of significant articles in this tells the story of one student who took particular advantage of the program. special issue of the Eastern Alumnus center around artwork of the traditional lere's A Turkey In The Hall 52 heart of the EKU Campus, the Keen Coach Charles "Turkey" Hughes' 43 years in coaching, teaching, and Johnson Building clock tower. athletic administration account for his recent admission into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. ipressions of China 54 Dr. Robert R. Martin's varied impressions of China's education, economic development, and society in general are explored. He recently toured that country as part of an American Association of State Colleges and Universities delegation. le Chronicle 56 le Campus 56 Sports 61 ie Student Body 58 The Alumni 63 ie Faculty and Staff 60 Alumni Report 68 SUMMER, 1975 Notes . . . From The Editor's Desk This issue of the Eastern Alumnus the Chronicle of Higher Education spot- ing stale junior tennis champ, and should certainly be of special interest to lighted Eastern in an article about Ken- ding basketball player at the time oi all alumni and friends of Eastern Ken- tucky's vocational-technical educational injury, spent three crisis-filled-week' tucl and continuing through page 46 is an transferred to the Craig Rehabilita examination of the last decade-and-a-half "Nowhere is the state — or perhaps in Hospital at Englewood, Colorado, wi in the development of the institution. the entire country — is the boom in he remains. This special feature begins with an histor- technical education more evident than at Concerned Richmond and Cer ical narrative of the years, from the Eastern Kentucky University in Rich- Kentucky citizens have set up the ( inauguration of Dr. Robert R. Martin as mond, a little town on the dividing line Adams Fund through which moral, ^ Eastern's sixth president, through the between the eastern Kentucky mountains tual, and monetary support can be i 1966 achievement of University status to and the bluegrass country in the middle tered. Any letters of encouragementi the present. of the state." contributions to help offset the a; Drawn against this historical back- nomical medical expenses, can be ground follows a 24-page report, replete The article, authored by Chronicle dressed to the Greg Adams Fund, with tables and graphs, outlining the staff writer Larry Van Dyne, was ref- Box 431, Richmond, Ky., 40475. specific advances and developments at erencing Eastern's program of 49 two- A special on-campus fund drive Eastern Kentucky University as the insti- year programs that this year enrolled many special benefit events have tution has followed the blueprint for 1,863 students. been planned to help the Adams far greatness outlined by Dr. Martin in his through this time of stress. inaugural address. Eastern's substantial effort in two-year These are surely articles that will be programs is a response to the mandate €Kl£l valuable reference materials for all those given the regional universities by the close to Eastern and, we hope, interesting General Assembly in 1966 to establish reading. community college type programs in their The remaining articles in the magazine respective cities. The programs, which are The University Community has t are by no means anticlimactic. Ron Wolfe a part of a career-ladder concept, consti- saddened during the 1974-75 year \ zeroes in on the people of the Alumni tute Richmond Community College, al- the passing of several of its beic Day-Commencement weekend in report- though they are administered through the members. Among them were: ing this always important time of year to University's six academic colleges. Dr. Sarah Evelyn Francis, Professo all EKU alumni. Dorris Sutton, faculty The Chronicle of Higher Education is a Elementary Education, September member, gives a penetrating insight into weekly tabloid newspaper, recognized as 1974; the institution is with inmates work doing the professional "trade journal" of higher D. J. Carty, retired Director of Ex at Lexington's Federal Correctional Insti- education. sion and Associate Professor of Edi tution and what this program has meant tion, September 11,1 974; to one former prisoner. Mrs. Susan (James) Harris, Asst Dr. Martin's impressions of China pro- Education, Sepi •EKlSl Professor of Special vide a unique opportunity to look into ber28, 1974; the Peoples Republic of China. The EKU Tragedy struck close to the heart of Saundra K. Blackburn, Frcshn President was honored this spring by the EKU Community March 18 when Octobers, 1974; being one of 22 representatives of the Greg Adams, son of EKU graduates Jack William L. Wallace, Regent and for American Association of State Colleges student, Walters Collegiate Instil and Barbara Adams, suffered injuries in a and Universities permitted to enter China high school football practice session that December 23, 1974; for a three-week tour of educational and Mrs. Mary Edmunds Barnhill, ret have left him paralyzed from the neck other facilities. down. Professor of English, January 11,1- And, there's the long-over-due induc- W. Hanson, Junior, March Alumni will remember jack as the Mark tion of Charles T. "Turkey" Hughes into basketball All-American of the early 1975; the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame and 1950's and Barbara as the former Barbara Larry J. Pope, Periodicals Departrm the regular Alumnus features. Ball, a member of the cheerleading corps. Library, April 3, 1975, and April Jack, who holds the doctorate, is a Larry Vaughn, Sophomore, member of the EKU Health faculty and 1975. Eastern is, indeed, poorer as a resul Barbara is a member of Dr. Martin's Eastern's highly developed program of office staff. these great losses. two-year, associate of arts degree curricu- Greg, who was the state's number one la received a national boost in April when ranked 16-year-old tennis player, defend- THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU I ^ o people affair % By Ron G. Wolfe and they Alumni Weekend was a people affair. in every way, Alumni Weekend was people, all had important stakes in what was for It was people recalling a part of their lives that had were people who of their lives. become more important to them as time passed. many of them, the two most important days the key people in the saga we call Alumni It was people converging on a campus landmark to see One of Weekend was Leslie Anderson, '09, Eastern's first graduate. faces aged by experience and made wise by it . . . familiar Early Saturday morning, he, along with his son and faces that still carried a spark for old friends. Mr. Mrs. Dan Anderson, made their It was people boarding buses to tour a campus they daughter-in-law, and way to the Mary Frances Richards Alumni House where he remembered as small and intimate . . . friendly . . . ; there, took time to see his campus now large enough to elicit their remarks of sadness browsed through the library and the wall the 1974 Outstanding Alumnus. that it can no longer be what it once was, but their great picture on as years, this has been a familiar routine pride in what it has become. For the past few twinkle in his eye, he It was new graduates sitting for hours to experience their for him. With the characteristic 15 seconds of glory as they walked across the stage, shook explained to other guests who happened to be present that the president's hand, and walked out into a world which the library contained his biology notebook from 1908, was destined to jar them into a reality that had been foreign complete with leaves from the trees in the ravine. Indeed, to them. many artifacts in the Alumni House library are a direct It was ROTC cadets being commissioned into a new result of his foresight over the years. military that was facing the same old problems around the In a leisurely stroll across campus, Anderson recalled his world. days at Eastern with other friends like Pioneers, C. H. Frances Richards It was outstanding citizens being awarded honorary Gifford, C. S. Dale, Dudley Starns, Mary degrees for their contributions to mankind. and others. SUMMER, 1975 K^^^^^^^^B v^^^^^BX ^w^^^\ ^ ^ ^^^^ V 1^4X4.^ 'People With Important Stakes' Returning grads included Charles Combs, '50, (above left), Mrs. E. N. Perry, 'SO, (above center), and Sam Beckley, '35, (above right). At left, Mrs. Mary Ann Patton Adams, '35, and her husband visit prior to the luncheon while Elizabeth Murphy, '50, and Bob Lanter, '50, chat during registration in Walnut Hall. Below, Ruth Wheatley Roberson, '35, (center) and Kathleen Allen Zachery, '35, (right), visit with friends outside the Powell Building. THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU! -1 Alma Cooper Duffy, '60, (above left) registers for the day's activities with Mrs. Sandra Martin, '70, an Alumni Association director. Mrs. Harry Wood Huguely Paxton, '15, (right) returned even though she "didn't expect to." "I remember when Dr. Roark (Ruric something that nothing else would cure," National Enquirer" he said, "and since wel Roark, Eastern's first president) he smiled. that time, I haven't had time to rest. I'm d to call all the boys together to give us In recent years. Dr. Hart has been still studying to beat the devil!" ;cture on how to use the indoor toilets, exploring paralysis associated with multi- Mrs. Mollie Evans Stratton, a member ne of us had ever experienced anything ple sclerosis and strokes. He's one of only of the 1915 class, returned to be honored 2 indoor plumbing, so Dr. Roark had three men in the United States doing this by her Alma Mater. After 45 years in explain how to use it!" particular kind of research. Jessamine County classrooms, Mrs. Strat- "They carried a story about me in the ton said she now spends her time with her Others shared Anderson's recollections Eastern's earliest times. D. W. Quails of w Castle returned as a member of the 25 class, but he had received a diploma 1910. He and Mrs. Quails worried i3ut driving back after dark, but they lyed for the entire evening despite their Prehension. iQualls taught school from age 18 to and although he's approaching his th birthday, he still looks fit enough to ninister any school around. He and Dr. B. F. Hart, also a 1925 jsmate, got kidded a bit about being most famous people back for the skend. Quails' first and middle names Daniel Webster, while Hart is known lis friends as Benjamin Franklin. Dr. Hart spent many years dealing h people in his medical practice. In t, he brought some 4,200 of them into world. He maintains that he tried to ire, but "they wouldn't let me." Since his retirement, he has taken up study of acupuncture, and is one of authorities in the United States on its ctice. Leslie Anderson, '09, Eastern's first graduate "Is it for real?" one skeptic asked. returned for the annual weekend from his home "You'd think it was for real if you had In Texarkana, Texas. SUMMER, 1975 Daniel Boone guards the entrance to the Keen Johnson Building (top left $ alumni renew old acquaintances. Above, D. W. Quails, '10 '25, spent much of day visiting v^ith friends like Mrs. E. C. Mulllns. Below, classmates James Co and Pauline Goatley Adams, both '35, await their reunion luncheon. " woman's club, homcmakers' club, and in 'I'm in the dry cleaning business,' he "Then, I got up and said, 'My nami; sec I'll and I'm with her church . . . with people. said, 'you come down and me and Glenn Underwood, clean in an hour.' Internal Revenue Service and if you co Harry Wood Huguely Paxton, her you 1915 classmate, returned for the day's activities at the last minute after reading about herself in the last alumni news- letter. "I didn't expect to come because I'd been ill," she beamed, "but here I am." Important people included some for- mer Outstanding Alumni: Dr. Robert R. Martin, '34, Judge Ed Hill, '35, Grace Champion, '37, Ira Bell, '28, and Anderson. But it was the day for reunion people - the classes of 1915, 1925, 1935, 1950 and 1960 — and many had delightful moments to share with their classmates. "I still have the same grand dog," said one. "I keep thinking I see somebody," said another. One grad passed around a picture of "Bob" Martin when he was a 1936 graduate. Said one, caught up in the lingo of 1975, "He was a handsome dude!" Glenn Underwood, a 1935 class mem- ber, told of an experience he had had at another similar function. "I was at anoth- er meeting where we had to tell some- thing about ourselves, and I was sitting next to a man who ran a dry cleaning business. THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS Mrs. Mabel Pollitt Adams (left), former Eastern professor, was the Alumni Banquet speaker. Earlier In the day, members of the 1935 class passed around this 1936 photo of Dr. Martin, class of 1934 (above) taken during a return visit to the campus. we'll vn to our place, keep you wanted Glenn to know I got my check consistency between McNamara and aned all the time!." okay." Germantown, but that't it." A moment later, his classmate, Grace Introductions were often very similar The 1960 class sported some spirited /asteen Hibbard, finished a short intro- . . . my wife ... my husband ... we have speakers like Bill Steinhilber who by his l;tion of herself, took her 1975 rebate kids ... we came 120 miles . . . and as own admission was "the only Irishman in :ck out of her pocketbook and an- Annabel Gantley McNamara, '35, of the class of '60 with the name of need in total seriousness, "I just Germantown put it, "There's not much Steinhilber." Grace Champion, '37, (below) returned for the weekend as did C. S. VanArsdall, '35, (bottom) who chats with D. W. Quails on the tour bus before it left for a look at the campus today. Class - (row one from left) Barbara Bradshaw Leach, Dolores Niblack Roberson, Martha lard Stewart, Amelia Courtney Pearce, Frank Pearce, Kayce McConnell Crenshaw. (Row two 11 left) Janet Adams Hacker, Verena LaFuze Bell, Irma Hildebrand Hughes, Constance ren Steinhilber, William Gary Steinhilber, )anet VonGruenigen Johnson, Doris Jean )man. (Row three from left) Elizabeth Davis, Mary Campbell Cole, Clara Lee Clark, Douglas tin, Ronald King. (Row four from left) Doug Jackson, Wilma Jones Henderson, William K. thing, (Row five from left) Mary Kappas Lucas, Elinor Fischer Morr, Alma Cooper Duffy, old Bell. SUMMER, 1975 ^^:,' A People Day The various faces of Alumni Day are reflected in Mr. and M William C. Gaffney, '35, (above right), Ken McCarty, '5 outgoing president of the Alumni Association, (above lei Christal Gantley, '33, (left), Ed Strohmeier, '35, and Russ Roberts, '35, (bottom, left) and Mary Ann Patton Adams ai Chester Cross, both of the '35 class, (bottom). Belo Barbara Bradshaw Leach, '60, points out the points interest on campus to her daughter. THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNI THE HONORED CLASSES I- 1925 5 Class - (from left) E. C. Mullins, B. F. Hart, Quails, and D. W. Quails. , D. W. 1935 Class - (row one from left) Marlon Roberts, Margaret Riddle Minlard, Glenn Faulkner, Mary Ann Patton Adams, Maude McLaughlin Bates, Gladys Karrick Norsworthy. (Row two, from left) li Casey Morton, Kitty Martin Garrett, Glenn Underwood, Alice Ford Mackie, Elizabeth Elmore Lackey, Grace Chasteen Hibbard, (row three from left) Chester A. Cross, Louis Fitzgerald, Burnice Champion, Annabel Gantley McNamara, Kathleen Allen Zachary, Ruth Wheatley Roberson, James 1935 Colvin. (Row four, from left) Clarence Starns, Sam C. Beckley, Pauline Goatley Adkins, Curtis Farley, Anna Bales Congleton. (Row five, from left) Ed Hill, C. S. VanArsdall, Henry Baugh, William Gaffney. ) Class - (row one, from left) Jean Bowsher, Elizabeth Murphy, Anna Leers Deering, John ing, Robert Earl Lanter, Hermon Sparks, Katherine Dunn, Mary T. Perry. (Row two, from George Campbell, James Johns, Russell Roberts, Donald Hibbard, Helen Parks Chenault, Viola kins Reese, Patricia DeCoursey, Ken McCarty. (Row three, from left) E. C. Roberts, Kenton ', Cecil Jones, Joseph Hardwick, Delia Abney Prather, Jewell Castle, Edward Strohmeier. (Row 1950 Creech, , from left) H. H, LaFuze, adviser, Charles Combs, Elzie Purcell, Sanford Jones, B. G. 'ha G. Eversole, Willmer Halcomb, Lawrence Morris. [SUMMER, 1975 Dr. Robert R. Martin, EKU president, chats with Glenn Underwood, '35, before the banquet (top left) as Mrs. Grace Chasteen Hibbard, '35, (bottom left) enjoys a moment with friends. Above, J. W. "Spider" Thurman, Director of Alumni Affairs, receives a silver tray from Ken McCarty, left, outgoing president of the Alumni Association, and Doug Jackson, outgoing vice-president of the association. "You'll all be happy to know I haven't College, but I didn't finish there becai been too prolific," he continued, "there got married. Many years later, I cami aren't any other Steinhilbers coming Eastern to put the finishing toucheMi along for your offsprings to contend something I'd started many years ago. with. Some brought their children, and J^ "I got two degrees from Eastern at the sat in quiet awe as their parents enjoy same time," he concluded, "one from festive day. And, one youngster loc Eastern and the other from the New startled as a father spoke, "My son Boi' Richmond Hotel School of Social Work is my pride and joy. Some day he's gi where I graduated in three years." The to be the best first baseman Eastern group broke up at what was obviously an had." "in" joke with their era. Among the 1950 class were johnji Mrs. Clara Eads Clark, although a '60 Ann Peering whose older son just graduate, explained why she was some- ished his freshman year at EKU, "i what older than her returning classmates. passed his exams." "I had been a student at Georgetown And Bob Lanter, a local resid Cadet Dennis Woeste, Cincinnati, receives his coveted bars from his wife, Marcia, (left) following an address by General Albert Escola, senior law enforcement officer for the U.S. Army (below). 10 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU!, J started his brief biography by maintain- ing, "I was one of Ralph Whalin's boys." "ffJ IVIrs. E. N. Perry settled a question as to the exact date of their graduation by going home and returning with several -K^iCsi |L|i|y copies of the 1950 graduation program. "S1^'^ The date was May 31 , 1 950. It was banter ^^ that made the day. mmA Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, recounted her experience in teaching and gave her 25 "*\ year classmates a real lesson in survival. hi v^iC \ i}' I'^t » "I started teaching in Kentucky," she ^^ V V ^ iU ^«\ began, "but I soon moved to Ohio where -\ ^, ^ "v Ti - 1 ,. ." they pay more money. ^^^il^M "Then I realized that the extra money was really combat pay! We've had teach- ers attacked, cars burned in our parking i lot ... I've been lucky, I've only been roughed up a little but . . . but, come next year, I'll have my 25 years in and I'm going to get the heck outta there!" Following the usual class pictures and continued chatter, the honorees and friends prepared for the annual Alumni Banquet in the evening. Mrs. Mabel Pollitt Adams, a former Eastern professor, gave a characteristic spirited lecture. "I am a part of all that I have met, and you are too," she said, "and it is my impression that it is important to be important." Mrs. Adams had taught President Martin in two classes, and by her own admission, "I told him after a couple of weeks that he could teach the class if he wanted to." She touched on the history and those people who paved the way for Eastern to grow and those who taught in the early schools. Her remarks, like the weekend, emphasized people as the important ele- ment in any institution. Dr. Martin, Eastern's most important person, was praised for his accomplish- ments at his Alma Mater. "I just hap- pened to be in the right place at the riglit time," he said, "this institution is a credit to the Regents we've had, the qualified faculty, and a strong student body." With the spectre of his recent China trip in the minds of many, he remarked, "You ought to go home tonight and get down on your knees and thank the good Lord that you are Americans and that Graduation was a day for finding a friend in a crowd of 1 0,000 (top), being Delenna Farmer you have the great opportunities you do of Lebanon and receiving the 31,000th degree from Eastern (center right), hugging your have I in this great country of ours. didn't "best girl" after it's all over (center left), or posing for the traditional picture with your see anything to compare with what we family as Dave and Dan Stratton did (below). With them are (from left) Mrs. Gary Shipley, have." their grandmother, their father, Henry Stratton, EKU regent, and Mrs. Stratton. After the classes were recognized, ).W. Thurman, Director of Alumni Af- SUMMER, 1975 11 . Graduation was a day for family pictures (top left) espetially if Pop happens to be graduating. At left, Brenda Todd receives her degree from Dr. )olin Rowlelt, vice president for academic affairs, vi-hile one graduate (above) pauses after the ceremonies to read her degree to make sure it was for real. fairs, was surprised by members of the Some two hours following the com- and knew that this day made everything present Alumni Council who presented missioning ceremonies, the time had worth it. him with a silver tray in appreciation for come for 1900 more important people. More pomp and circumstance in the his leadership over the past 1 3 years. Graduation. granting of the usual honorary degrees. Dr. Harry M. Sparks, retired president Two doctor of laws degrees went to The evening ended with Dr. George M. of Murray State University and former Sparks and Dr. Louis Smith, professor of Gumbert, Jr., '49, being named the 1975 superintendent of public instruc- Berea College. Dr. Carl Outstanding Alumnus. state political science at tion, told the seniors, "The privilege of McClcllan Hill, retiring president of Ken- The time passed and the day's people choice is the unique characteristic that tucky Slate University, received a doctor went their varied ways as the new people relates the human species to the dignity of science degree. of another day prepared for graduation. of a Supreme Being." The day was suddenly over and people Some 1900 new alumni would hear Dr. It was the usual kind of inspirational milled around to talk about it and all the Duke McCall of the Southern Baptist speech and if the 1900 about-to-bc grad- things that time had so abruptly ended. Theological Seminary remind them that it uates were like the thousands that had Returning grads would have to wait is important to be happy in life . . . and gone before them, they heard only years before another reunion with their they heard the words of Tom Rebilas patches of the speaker's remarks, for their classmates ... the seniors would never whose brilliant bass voice added the excitement limited their ability to again walk EKU halls with the kind of splendor of "The Call" to a beautiful concentrate. reckless abandon peculiar to under- Sunday morning baccalaureate service. senior, During the long procession, one graduates . . . parents would now be Twenty-one Army ROTC cadets and Delcnna Farmer of Lebanon, was des- giving up financial responsibilities as well one Marine platoon leaders' course cadet tined to receive the 31 ,000th degree from as the people who had been the center of were commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants at Eastern, and the long stream of caps and their lives for so long . . . early afternoon ceremonies. gowns was momentarily halted to recog- But, there will be other reunions . . . General Albert R. Escola, senior law , nize her special spot in the history of the seniors felt ready to move on to new enforcement officer in the U.S. Army, Eastern. horizons . . . and parents had secret presented certificates to the military Then there were the parents . . . the visions of grandchildren and new life graduates. people who had labored so long to see styles for themselves . . General Escola, as Commanding Gen- this day come for their sons and daugh- Alumni Weekend was a people affair eral of the Criminal Investigation Com- ters. Proud people who took too many . . . people now returned to their homes mand, is responsible for the world-wide photographs to make sure they'd get a around the land . . . people with a few criminal investigation program of the good one . . . proud parents who no more meinories than they had before May Army. doubt looked back on all the sacrifices 10-11,1975. -eKUl 12 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS 1975 Outstanding Alumnus '49 George Gumhert, Jr. There's nothing strange or unusual about George the day before . . . just because he was born on Halloween, married on Halloween Day, and likes Dr. George M. Gumbert, Jr., '49, receives the 1975 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Shannon Johnson, '61 MA '65, president of the Alumni Association. flying. . . And there is something unique about his attraction to M.D. at the University of Louisville by 1953 and completed flying, it fits right into his profession. That's right! As a pilot, his internship in 1954 at District of Columbia General Dr. Gumbert has an instrument rating, a commercial license, Hospital, Washington, D.C. and is a member of the Flying Physicians Association (FPA), Dr. Gumbert had a general practice at Olive Hill, Ky., for a an international group which he has served as president and as year before embarking upon a four-year residency in ortho- editor of its official journal. pedic surgery at Good Samaritan and St. Joseph Hospitals in Dr. Gumbert has A native of Richmond, home of Eastern, Lexington. surgery in Lexington for the past been practicing orthopedic In addition to his membership in the Flying Physicians, he years and is the team physician for the University of 14 is a member of the Fayette County Medical Society, the Kentucky football team. Kentucky Medical Association, the Caduceus Journal Club, the After receiving his elementary and secondary education at American Medical Association, the American Academy of from •Eastern's Model Laboratory School, he was graduated Orthopedic Surgery, and the Rocky Mountain Traumalogical science. He earned his Eastern in 1949 with a B.S. degree in Society. As a member of FPA he has not only served as president and editor, but also has served on the board of directors and as historian. He has logged thousands of hours of flying time. A member of the Lexington-Fayette County Airport Board, Dr. Gumbert is chairman of the committee planning the new terminal at Blue Grass Field. His medical career also includes 18 months in the United States Army Medical Corps, 10 months of which were spent in the Pacific area. The doctor is the son of Mrs. G. M. Gumbert, Sr., of Lexington Road, Richmond, and is married to the former Eva Madden of Danville. His wife is also a licensed pilot and shares his interest in aviation. They have two children, Mary Jo and George III. In his acceptance remarks at this year's Alumni Banquet, Dr. Gumbert told returning alumni that he felt undeserving of the honor, "but very, very proud." A man truly dedicated to his profession of serving others, and adding the unique feature of being a Flying Physician, Dr. Gumbert joins eighteen other graduates from over 26,000 possible choices as an Outstanding Alumnus of Eastern Kentucky University. There is something outstanding about Dr. George Martin Gumbert, Jr., '49, though. He is this year's Outstanding eKlSl Dr. George Gumbert, Jr., '49 Alumnus! 13 i: SUMMSUMMER, 1975 I (Editor's Note: Beginning on page 23 of this issue of thi Alumnus is a special report on the advances of the institutioi In a decade-and-a-half Eastern during the past 15 years. The following historical feature, whici has gone from basically a includes substantial portions of material written by the authoi for "100 Years," a historical section within the 1974 Centcnnia teacher preparation college Milestone. The historical context provided with this articli should make the advances described in the 15-year report mon to a modern^ multi-purpose meaningful.) regional university. Two By CHARLES D. WHITLOCK EKU Director of Public Information factors, more than any others, 1HE LAST FIFTEEN years at Eastern Kentucky Universii. this virtual contributed to have been marked by two events that - each In its own w.: metamorphosis. " have had an overwhelming influence on the developmti of the institution during the last decade and a half. The first of these events began the IS-year period, th assumption of the Eastern Presidency by Dr. Robert R. Mariii The second came six action-filled years later with the granting, of University Status by the 1966 Kentucky General Assembly.! Dr. Martin succeeded a man he greatly admired and respected, the late Dr. W. F. O'Donnell, who had watched Dr., Martin's work as state superintendent of public instruction and| commissioner of finance, two roles that uniquely prepared hir for the position of college president. i The presidential transition came on July 1 , 1960, and before! President Martin outlined his "Vision of Greatness" for Eastern in his November 17th inaugural address, steps toward the visio; nw' fOUNPEP ^ 14 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS . ad already begun. In late summer, President Martin made no college would need to meet in order to surmount the coming ;cret of his "think big" philosophy when he asked Dr. challenges. Retrospect shows him to have been an accurate )'Donnell and Dr. Donovan, to join him in breaking ground for prophet, as he used these words to chart Eastern's future. sprawling new laboratory school plant. It would be the first of "Even while realizing that Eastern is becoming more and lany million-dollar-plus buildings for Eastern during the sixties. more a multi-purpose institution, we must not lose sight of or he Donovan Building would cost $3,035,694.89, nearly half as neglect our historic mission of training teachers for the schools luch as the 1960 physical plant value of $7 million. of America. The American dream begins in the classroom. The When Dr. Martin walked to the podium of Hiram Brock teacher-training institutions of this nation have a tremendous inaugural address he was officially wditorium to deliver his responsibility . . . ssuming the presidency of Eastern on the eve of the most "We must continue to develop here an intellectual communi- emarkable period ever to confront public higher education. ty. This can only be done as we develop a faculty that is noted ;astern Kentucky State College was still predominantly a for its scholarship, coming from a wide and varied background institution. Eighty-two percent of its 825 eacher education of training in the great institutions of this nation . . raduates in 1960 had received the teaching certificate. The "We must give constant attention to see that our curriculum nrollment had doubled since WWII, but still stood at less than is such as to give students the basic concepts in their field of ,000 in the spring of 1960. The faculty numbered 126, 30 of knowledge and the special techniques needed for the mastery of /horn held the earned doctorate, and there were 26 academic their field . . . rograms offered by the college. "We must inspire and motivate each individual student, both There were forces at work that would change all this, through superior teaching and counseling . . . education had received tremendous impetus in 1957 when the "We must help each student to realize that individual liberty Russians launched Sputnick I, and America saw education as the and freedom can only come through the acceptance of rules of col to close the "missile gap" and government funds began to behavior and codes of law . . . low into the classroom. And, looming ahead in the middle '60's "We must expand our facilities in order that we may take vas World War M's last great influence on Eastern ... the care of, in an adequate way, our reasonable portion of young remendous influx of college age youth resulting from the Kentuckians and the voung Americans who will knock on these lost-war "baby boom." doors for admission . . . As President Martin outlined the details of his "Vision of "As we cope with the problem of ever-increasing numbers, ireatness" for Eastern he spelled out the demands that the we must realize that there is no alternative to becoming more [SUMMER, 1975 inwiil/ve, creative, and imaginative in our use of the human and material resources which are available . . . "We must provide here on this campus a place of beauty for gracious and stimulating living. Our building should directly and indirectly contribute to the training of the youth who frequent these halls . . . "When we have accomplished these imperatives, then we shall have developed on this campus a spirit so powerful that it will not lei us go. We shall have developed for Eastern a "Vision of Greatness. To many, perhaps, ihis speech made Dr. Martin look somewhat visionary himself as he assumed the presidency. Bui, these imperatives became a virtual blueprint for the years that followed, and as the 1960's wore on it was obvious that Eastern had undergone dramatic changes. A multi-faceted thrust in the development of the institution began in 1960-61. In addition to the Donovan Building, Eastern put its building program into high gear by starting work on Alumni Coliseum, Martin Hall, Brockton, the Ault Building and the Gibson Building. It was enough to prompt Courier-Journal columnist Joe Creason to quip, "Someone ought to put up a sign - 'Eastern Kentucky State College . . . Under Con- struction.' " Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was on hand to break ground for the Coliseum and deliver the spring commencement address. He received the first honorary doctorate degree in Eastern's history and help usher in a period that would draw the institution more and more into the national spotlight. while external changes were highly dramatic^ basic reorganizations were modifying the nature of the institution Beneath the obvious, outward signs of progress, the tremen- dous building boom and the soaring enrollment, were other changes, just as significant yet not as visible. New academic programs were being planned and implemented, the faculty was being strengthened; in short. Eastern Kentucky State College was maturing. Perhaps the most notable of these early new academic programs was the 1965 initiation of nursing and the first course in law enforcement in early 1966. Both programs would enjoy remarkable growth in the years ahead and by the end of the decade would be among the firmly entrenched academic strengths of Eastern. In fact, the academic programs of the college were being expanded so rapidly that the system of departments and divisions of instruction had to be shelved, in 1964-65, in favor of an academic and administrative reorganiza- (Above). Three Eastern presidents, Dr. W. F. O'Donnell, Dr. Herman tion that divided Eastern into schools. Lee Donovan and Dr. Robert R. Martin pose on a bulldozer as the The events of those early years of the Martin administration campus building boom was about to get underway. Prior to this (top) the three leaders join Governor Bert T. Combs for Dr. Martin's were of such a dramatic nature that even a casual observer could inauguration as Eastern's sixth president. not have failed to sense that the stage was being set for 16 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS Then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) helps Dr. Martin break ground for Alumni Coliseum in 1961. The Coliseum (below) was completed in 1963. the status of higher education something truly significant. Tiien came , the events of the Critics of any move to change 1965-66 academic year that showed that while Dr. Martin was a in Kentucky through elevation of Eastern, Western, Morehead • good prophet, he was a poor judge of time. At his first faculty and Murray, called the report "controversial" and three in-state meeting in 1960 he drew newspaper headlines with a "bold" members of the Governor's Commission took direct opposition prediction that Eastern would enroll 6,000 students by 1970. A to the report. However, support was fast in coming from the ' year later he made a statement to the faculty again, this time in General Assembly. Representative Ted Osborn of Lexington confidence, that "Eastern will become a university by 1970." immediately began working with legislators from districts in He was right on both counts, but half-a-decade off on his target which the four large state colleges were located in drafting a bill year. to introduce in the House of Representatives. Fifty-four signatures were obtained as sponsors of the bill, including that Eastern had enrolled 6,949 students in the fall of 1965, up L. Leeds, the representative from Richmond, and a from 5,433 the year before, and early in the spring semester of of Robert Eastern graduate. The bill - House Bill 238 - was 1966, a banner, eight-column headline in the Eastern Progress 1948 of the Commission Report and proclaimed, "Governor Breathitt Signs University Bill!" practically a carbon copy included each of the four major recommendations. The original It was mid-morning, February 25, 1966, as President Martin sat in his Blanton House study awaiting a special telephone call. This was to be the most important call he had received since assuming the presidency of Eastern. It was to be the announce- ment that the final obstacle had been cleared in the fight for university status. It had not been a struggle without difficulty. I The machinery for university status had been set in motion a year earlier when Governor Edward T. Breathitt established the Governor's Commission of Higher Education. The Commission presented the Governor a comprehensive report, based largely on findings of three out-of-state experts in higher education. The report recommended four things for Eastern, and Ken- tucky's other regional colleges: (1) That graduate programs be expanded to include other than professional education; (2) That Eastern be designated as a slate university; (3) That Eastern develop appropriate research and service programs for its region as rapidly as resources would permit, and (4) That Eastern retain and expand a comprehensive two-year community college. SUMMER, 1975 17 hill, signed by its sponsors, today hanjis as a tiK>ud liophy on knew the whistle was signaling February 25, 1966, as a dale that the wall in the Office of the President. would rank with September 22, 1874, and March 21, 1906, as Despite the opposition, the bill passed the House by a the three most significant times in Eastern's historv. 83-0 vote and went to the Senate where more of a resounding As a sidelight, there has been much speculation about the six struggle expected. The Senate, by a narrow 1 8 to 17 vote, was blasts. They could have indicated the six dissenting voles in the to create a new four-year school at passed an amendment Senate; or the six decades Eastern had been a slate institution, then passed the amended bill by 32-5. The law Paducah and or the six presidents that had led Eastern to such a line hour. to the supporters of Eastern would have to go back House and No one knows but Dr. Martin, and he only grins when asked fearful that the legislative session would end before the were about the six whistles. amended act could complete the circuit back to the Senate At the lime, President Martin said that granting Eastern chamber. university status "is only recognizing the kind ol institution thai This was the situation as President Martin sat by his it is: namely, a large, multi-purpose university." Later he said it telephone. It rang once and he quickly jerked the receiver off more simply, "It's like calling an orange an orange." the cradle. "Congratulations, university president," the voice at the other end said. The caller reported that the Senate had Governor Breathitt said in signing the bill that it was in the state's "best interests" and only ten days later the Eastern voted to reconsider the amendment and had moved to kill it by Board of Regents set July 1966, as the day that Eastern a 22-9 vote. The motion to pass the original bill then passed by 1, Kentucky University would become the official designation of a 29-6 vote. the institution. "Bob," the caller informed, "the Governor would like for the college, I mean, the university presidents to be in his office If Eastern's development lo 1966 had been remarkable, the tomorrow morning svhen he signs the bill into law. Can you years that have followed have been phenomenal. The 92-ycar- make it?" old campus had a physical plant value of $44 million and "You bet I can!" came the reply. enrolled the previously mentioned 6,949 students when Eastern Shortly, the whistle at the heating plant sounded six long became a university. As the last academic year ended the blasts. Classes began to change, then as the blasts continued, physical plant value stood in excess of $1 1 5 million dollars and some thought maybe il was an air raid signal. Later, everyone some 1 2,571 students were taking course work. EASTERN KENTUCI^Y UNIVERSITY mnm University status drew support (above) and became a reality when Governor Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt signed the bill into law. Eastern's regents picked July 1, 1966, as the effective date of the legislation for Eastern. 18 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS 1 T The last nine of higher education's 100 years on the Eastern endured a library that was scattered between the Bert Combs Kentucky University campus have, perhaps more than by any Building and the Case Hall basement during the year-long other single factor, been dominated by academic development. project. The reconstructed library retained the central core and The proliferation of curricula in the two areas specifically front columns of the original library and the project cost authorized by the university status bill — graduate study and $2,586,431. The result was a library with a 500,000 volume community college-type programs - typified Eastern's readiness capacity that could accommodate some 2,000 students simul- to accept the responsibilities of a regional university. In 1966 taneously. Thus, Eastern embarked as a University with a library there were less than a dozen graduate curricula offered on the facility befitting its new status and set out quickly to fill its campus and two-year, Associate of Arts degree programs were stacks and reference rooms. Today the library is again near just beginning. By 1975 there were 57 graduate majors and 49 capacity in printed volumes and the number of periodical two-year programs. Graduate enrollment, which stood at 414 subscriptions is upwards of 2,300. However, the library is also when Eastern became a university, tripled by 1975, when EKU making use of reference sources that require less space than the was also enrolling some 1,863 students in two-year programs. printed work, such as microfilm, microfiche, and dial-access There was a similar increase in the number of baccalaureate material. Special holdings include the Madison County - majors, which have multiplied by nearly four-fold since 1960. In Eastern Kentucky University Law Library in the George Ross all, some 193 degree programs were being offered in the spring Room, the Jonathan Wilson Townsend Collection and the of 1975. Jonathan Truman Dorris Museum. University status enabled Eastern to expand its graduate offering, offer more public service and research, and to provide university status' impact has effects in all areas of Eastern's recent development as growth continues both horizontally and vertically Campus construction continued unabated after university status, with some $71 million in new construction during the nine years following. However, the growing emphasis on academic programs was reflected in the nature of the buildings constructed after Eastern became a university. Of the 17 projects completed between 1960 and the time Eastern Ken- tucky University became the new name of the institution, 1 were housing complexes such as dormitories and married student and faculty housing. Of the other six, one was a service building, one the Van Peursem Pavilion, and the remaining four were academic buildings. By contrast, the 20 major new construction projects since July 1, 1966, have included ten academic buildings. In addition to new construction, the University has also renovated every building that existed before 1960. The first of the academic structures to be completed after university status was, in terms of total impact on the scholarly community, the most important. The John Grant Crabbe Library had been completed in 1923 at a cost of $67,703.40. By the end of 1960 it was jammed with more than 105,000 books and some 422 current periodicals. To meet the demands of academic diversification Eastern needed greatly expanded library facilities. A major reconstruction of the library was begun during the 1965-66 academic year and patient students and faculty A workman changes the letters on a sign proclaiming University status. SUMMER, 1975 19 Campus construction continued with the reconstruction of the Crabbe Library, increasing its capacity to 500,000 volumes. community college type programs. Already a multi-purpose itself. institution in 1966, Eastern Kentucky University responded in 1971, with Eastern firmly entrenched as a national leader quickly to the mandate of the General Assembly. The two new in law enforcement education, a consultant's report prepared programs begun on the eve of university status - nursing and for the Kentucky Crime Commission recommended a fragment- law enforcement — provide dramatic evidence in microcosm of ing of Eastern's state-wide role and the establishment of the the diversification of programs and services that swept through- University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville as' out the campus. "centers" of law enforcement education. This report, called thej Both nursing and law enforcement began modestly. But they "Crane Report," came shortly after a new state requirement' both fit the mold of "unique and needed" programs that that the Council on Public Higher Education approve all major j President Martin said that Eastern as a regional university should construction projects, and this included Eastern's proposed law, be committed to provide. The fact that they were needed is enforcement center. beyond dispute. The University's Department of Nursing has This challenge to EKU's primacy in Kentucky's law enforce- expanded its programs and offerings until it became Kentucky's ment education led to a groundswell of public support for leading producer of nurses in 1973. And, nursing education led Eastern. Newspaper editorials, police organizations, and bar the way for the development of a wave of allied health curricula associations rallied to support the School of Law Enforcement. that numbered two-dozen in 1975. But, perhaps the most telling indication of where the public But, there is no other EKU success story that quite measures stood on the issue came in a Lexington Herald-Leader readers' up to that of law enforcement. There was no wholesale survey, in which only 1.8 percent of respondents favored government aid to law enforcement education when Eastern's reducing Eastern's role. first class of 47 in-service police officers met on campus in With this support, the final steps toward guaranteeing the January, 1966. The 1975 academic year saw Eastern enroll project came rapidly. On October 4, 1 971 , the Board of Regents more than 2,500 majors in law enforcement. In 1974 the gave its final approval to the proposal for construction of the program had earned designation as one of seven institutions in a center. One week later, the Council on Public Higher Education federally sponsored consortium in criminal justice education. gave its unanimous sanction to the project, and a week from Meanwhile, a $6.5 million Law Enforcement-Traffic Safety that day Governor Wendell Ford turned the first spade of earth Center was growing toward completion. The center is a story in at the construction site during an elaborate ceremony. 20 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS Nursing and law enforcement are also prime examples of In recounting the 1960's, the 1970 Milestone called them another phase of Eastern's development since university status "soaring, sizzling, and scintillating," and for good reason. was gained. Both have been active in the University's public Certainly no other decade since higher education was begun on service projects including the Pikeville Nursing Project, a model the campus in 1874 saw as much meaningful development in cities program, and countless consultative and planning projects every aspect of institutional activity. Enrollment more than for law enforcement agencies. Long-existing programs, such as tripled, the faculty increased in both size and quality (from 126 the sciences, social science, geography, geology and business, with 23.8 percent with the doctorate to 460, 40 percent with and other new areas such as recreation and special education the doctorate), and in 1970 new buildings out-numbered old have also made significant forward strides in their public service ones three-to-one. But, in looking at the sixties, it is easy to activities during the last eight years. recognize that day in February, 1966, when President Martin The last half of the Sixties also saw an increasing emphasis received the all-important telephone call from Frankfort, as the placed upon the "total educational experience" within the hub around which that frenetic decade revolved. The years University Community. Prime evidence of this came in the leading to 1 966 were prologue, all after the result. 1968-69 academic year when the Powell and Stovall reports on The 1970's brought new challenges to public higher educa- student and academic affairs resulted in the compilation of a tion. At Eastern Kentucky University the surge of the Sixties statement of rights and responsibilities which became, in effect, continued, but at a slightly abated pace. Building continued, but a definitive "student code." Work was also begun that year on almost exclusively for academic structures to meet the remain- the Powell Building, the structure that would become the heart ing demands made by the sky-rocketing enrollments of earlier of the University Center, which also includes the Chapel of years and to house new and expanding academic programs. Meditation and long-time campus landmark, the Keen Johnson President Martin, at the beginning of the current decade, said Building. that the 70's would be years of consolidating gains the University had achieved during the preceding years, but that it would also be a time in which the University could continue to actively seek new ways that it could meet the needs of the first alumni capital gifts region and the Commonwealth. Eastern entered this new era committed to responsiveness. project provides Chapel Perhaps it was this commitment that contributed to the continued increase of enrollment at EKU even though there was of Meditation as heart a slight decline each year in the number of high school graduates and institutions throughout the country were experiencing of new university leveling or downward trends in enrollment. center area I llfPII The Chapel of Meditation is noteworthy from a number of viewpoints. Its concept of providing a non-denominational facility for meditation and spiritual contemplation in the heart ' of a bustling, modern university reflects the total educational experience philosophy. The building, planned as a Centennial Year gift to the University, was also the fruit of the first major capital giving program in the history of the University Alumni Association. Begun in 1968, the Chapel project, funded through the Alumni Century Fund, had as its original goal $200,000. Work on the Chapel, however, had to be delayed until heavy ^ construction and blasting were finished on the two buildings that flank it - the Powell and William L. Wallace buildings. By that time, in mid-1970, the inflationary spiral had nearly doubled the amount needed to build the Chapel, and the fund drive was revived. As they did in 1968, alumni, faculty, students and friends of the University responded to the Alumni Association's call for contributions and the non-denominational ^ structure became a reality. It opened Alumni-Commencement Characteristic of the leadership of Dr. Robert R. Martin was his election , Weekend in 1972 and in two years of service has been the site of Colleges and as president of the American Association of State hundreds of weddings, memorial services and formal student his duties was this presentation of AASCU's award I Universities. Among Lynda. organization ceremonies, as well as countless personal counsel- to Lyndon B. Johnson, who was represented by his daughter ing and meditation sessions. SUMMER, 1975 21 The lyGO's and early stages ot the 1970's had ihnisl Eastern technical, social, and political change in history. Man has gone vehicles rovers; from the beyond its regional and state-wide recognition into the national from horse-drawn to moon end of eye. President Martin was recognized for his role in national slavery to concrete attempts toward civil equity; and from a higher educational circles when he was elected to serve as world still dominated by the great monarchies to one led by the president of the American Association of State Colleges and democracies and communist nations. A characteristic of this change has been that it seems to increase in intensity and scope Universities during the 1 971-72 year. He led the organi-^ation to multiplying the pressures on society and its a record membership and was an outspoken advocate for as time progresses, education before congressional sub-committees during his institutions. This is perhaps the past's message to the future of tenure. higher education at Eastern Kentucky University. Incumbent in the nature of higher education is its charge to serve the needs of society and the individual persons that comprise the society. responsiveness to new Rapid change outside the campus, then, dictates that institu- tions of higher education be responsive to change so that they needs remains as can meet society's requirements. Institutions that have failed in this regard have contributed to an image of inflexibility in the underlying strength higher education that has never been a characteristic of Eastern Kentucky University, or of its predecessors. For these reasons it is unlikely that the Eastern Kentucky of the modern EKU University that observes higher education's bicentennial on this campus will be much like the Eastern known today. However, it will reflect the same As higher education ended its first one hundred years on the is to be dreamed that the future EKU responsiveness campus of Eastern Kentucky University in 1974, the academic dedication to higher educational opportunity and of Old Central U., Walters Collegiate community little resembled its Old Central U. ancestor of 1 874. to which the Century University stands as It would have been illogical if it did. America and the Institute, and Eastern Kentucky world-at-large have undergone the most remarkable century of testimonial. EKIil The Law Enforcement-Traffic Safety Center (above) to house Eastern's largest program is set for a summer 1975 dedication. Graduation lines (right) continue to lengthen as the 70's march on. Capacity crowds watch the annual ritual which is held in Alumni Coliseum. The line of Eastern graduates is now more than 31,000 long. 22 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS -_1 N PURSUIT OF A VISION IFTEEN YEAR REPORT iASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 959-60/1974-75 " "Tlic achievement of a new level ofgreatness for Eastern will not he come by easily or cheaply. If we would be great we must A Message From expend intelligent effort as well as money. We may be overworked. We may be underpaid. We may be criticized. If we The President are. however, equal to the destiny of a greater l-.'astern. we shall have our reward. Dr. Robert R. .Martin November 17. 1960 IN PURSUIT OF A VISION FIFTEEN YEARS CONSTITUTES a sizeable Throughout the development of the institution length of time in the life of any institution, even from normal school to teachers college, to statt one such as Eastern Kentucky University which college, the basic nature of Eastern remained the same has served the Commonwealth of Kentucky for nearly — that of an institution devoted almost entirely tc 70 years and where higher education has been nurtured teacher education. Even through the sweeping develop for more than a century. ments of the past 15 years, teacher education today Through examination, a decade-and-a-half is a suffi- remains one of our prime concerns. cient period to show the direction of an institution and But with the campus population explosion of the to reveal its accompHshments or shortcomings. 1960"s bringing many new thousands of young people This report is an account of the development of with wide-ranging academic interests, the need foi Eastern Kentucky University during the past fifteen change in the nature of the institution became appar- years. It deals with an era in which the University ent. A commitment was developed by the college tc underwent a virtual metamorphosis in order to meet respond to the requirements of these students and tc the educational needs of a society that has changed the society in which we were helping to prepare therr much since 1960. to function. To implement this commitment, the As I review the years 1 have served as President of institution underwent a complete reorganization ol this institution, three factors of preeminent influence both its academic and administrative structure. toward its development are apparent: This, then, led to the recognition by the General The tremendous influx of college age young men Assembly of the Commonwealth, that Eastern had and women in the 1960's - the result of the post-war changed and had developed to the point that it was. baby boom and the rising expectations of Americans indeed, already Jiinctioiiiiig as a regional iiiii)'crsily. for a college education: The action of that body in granting University status The ability of this institution to respond positively to Eastern stands in my mind as the single most to the changing demands on higher education; important factor in the development litis insfitntion And, of paramount and overriding significance, the of siticc its founding. granting of University status by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1966. University status, with its accompanying institu- In retrospect, it has been the combination of these tional prestige, provided new impetus to the academici factors that brought about, during the fifteen years transitions that were already underway on the campus.l under examination, the most fundamental changes in The development of a highly qualified faculty, the the nature of Eastern since it was begun as a normal proliferation of new and justified academic programs, school in 1906. and the ability of the University to serve its region, the 24 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU: rommonwealth and the Nation were all immeasurably I caution you to not think of this report as a mhanced by the achievement of University status. statement of a job which we feel has been completed. ' Today, Eastern Kentucky University stands as a The challenges facing higher education in the future, 'nulti-purpose, regional university bearing little resem- while of a different nature, will be no less demanding )lance to the Eastern Kentucky State College of 1960. and no less critical than those we have just encoun- realize a of greatness in the \. majority of our students are enrolled in majors that tered. Eastern will measure vere not available on the campus fifteen years ago. In years ahead equal to the extent that the University can act, 30 per cent of our total enrollment today is in remain responsive to the needs of the student body wo "new" and practical areas, allied health and law and the public. nforcement, both begun after 1965. Some 1.863 The ability of Eastern Kentucky University - for tudents are enrolled in non-traditional, two-year that matter, all of higlier education - to function as a associate degree programs, reflecting the University's contributing institution within society's framework esponsiveness and determination to serve in unique depends upon support from all portions, upon a ind needed ways. legislature and populace who understand the role and These non-traditional collegiate programs in techni- value of higlier education; upon a devoted and indus- ;al and career education and the widening needs for trious faculty and staff; upon a responsible student idult continuing education and re-education constitute body, and upon loyal alumni who maintain an active he growing edge of the future for this University. We interest in the welfare of the University. ire pledged to meet, within our resources, society's As you read the following pages, consider the - leeds in these critical areas. accomplishments they outline for what they are The details of Eastern Kentucky University's growth steps in pursuit of a vision of greatness for Eastern ire outlined on the following pages. I ask that as you Kentucky Universitv. eview this report, you keep central in your thinking hat this development has been aimed at the goal of providing expanded educational opportunities for the citizens of the Commonwealth. Witness to the success )f this undertaking is that of the 31,164 degrees warded at Eastern since its beginning in 1906, 22,31 1, 3r 71.5 percent have been granted since 1960. And, I^MH^yhJiM/ Tiore than half of the total number of degrees, 16,881, 3r 54.1 percent, have come since the attainment of University status in 1966. 5UMMER, 1975 25 "ll'c iiiusi x'l''' cDiislanl atlcniidii id sec lliai Academic Program Development DEVHLOPMENT of academic programs programs in the health, public service, and technical THHand services during the past tltteen years lias fields. The organization recognized that the sheer occurred dmiiig a period in tlie nation's liistory complexity of society in the mid-60"s. and the antici- when social, economic, and cukura! ciianges liave pated changes that would occur in the decade of the accelerated at an unprecedented rate. The c]uest for 70's, mandated that the institution, as it approached equahty of opportunity, rising aspirations on the part and achieved university status, not be blinded by the of parents and tiieir cliiidren for access to higher traditions of its past, nor awed by the magnitude and education, the rapid increase in enrolhnents in tiie missions of larger institutions. Simply put. Eastern 1960"s. siiarp changes in the composition of the labor sought to develop its own unique programs and force with pointed implications for program develop- services rather than emulating other institutions. The ment, world tensions and wars, periods of prosperity fact that Eastern has continued to grow in enrollment and relative stability, inflation and recession - these in the 70's, while many institutions have stabilized or were all a part of the milieu, of the context in which lost enrollment, suggests that the institution has been Eastern developed new and expanded academic responsive not only to the interests of students, but programs and sei-vices. It was a period rich with the also through relating carefully developed academic challenge of providing expanding educational oppor- programs to the current and emerging needs of society. tunities for students young and old, through both The institution sees no conflict in providing for the traditional and new programs. intellectual development of its students and at the In 195^-60, Eastern Kentucky State College re- same time preparing them for careers which they may tained as its major mission the offering of programs to sei^ve as useful and productive citizens. The academic prepare teachers and other school personnel. While organization approved by the Board of Regents in non-teaching programs were available in the liberal 1965 reaffirmed this long-standing principle that had arts, business, and certain other fields, the dominant guided the institution since its earliest days, but function of the institution was teacher education. reinterpreted it for a new set of circumstances and Throughout the early 1960"s both teacher education challenges. and non-teaching programs were expanded and The institution responded by developing academic strengthened, it was in March of 1965. however, that programs that were consistent with its mission, that the Board of Regents approved a new academic were attractive and of interest to students, and that organization to implement new directions for the provided for both intellectual and career development. institution. The organization presei'ved the traditional Many of these programs were directly related to commitments of the institution to liberal arts, educa- pressing needs facing society, and for the need for tion, business, and a sound general education program personnel prepared at the university level who could for all students while providing for the development of serve in these areas. 26 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS independent agency and giving it the new name of the Health Related Programs Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. Today, the Bureau of Training of the Department of Justice, of which the Council is a part, is housed on Eastern's In 1959-60, Eastern offered programs in medical campus and conducts state-wide training programs technology and pre-professional programs for students utilizing Eastern's facilities. In the summer of 1975 the preparing to enter medical and dental schools. In the College of Law Enforcement, the Bureau of Training, mid-60's. the trends at the state and national levels and the Traffic Safety Institute will occupy the new indicated that a severe shortage of health personnel Law Enforcement-Traffic Safety Center facility. seemed imminent. This projection was not new for The development of academic and training programs rural Kentuckians in many counties who had known for law enforcement and other criminal justice person- first hand for many years, of the scarcity of health nel occurred at a time when it seems apparent that personnel. And at the same time, an increasing number professionalization through education was a necessity of Eastern students expressed an interest in preparing in view of the complexities of the law, and of rapid for careers in the health fields, particularly in nursing. social changes. The efforts of Eastern in this area, and In 1964 Eastern began its development of an associate the challenge of professionalization. paralleled, in of arts program for the preparation of registered nurses many ways, the efforts of Eastern Kentucky State and admitted the first class of students in 1965. A Normal School, in 1906. in the upgrading and prepara- baccalaureate degree program in nursing was developed tion of teachers. in 1969 and today Eastern is the Commonwealth's largest producer of registered nurses. Placement rec- ords indicate that the majority of the graduates return Career Education to their home communities to practice. The develop- ment of nursing programs at Eastern illustrates how a direct its resources to provide for the university can The concept of career education has been a part of .interests and career development of students and at the Eastern since its founding, but in 1 965 it received new personnel to be of service to the .same time prepare emphasis with the development of associate of arts j citizens of the Commonwealth. degree programs first in nursing, agriculture, business, has continued to During the past ten years. Eastern and law enforcement and expanding during the next develop health related programs in such areas a medical ten years to include 49 programs and options in such record technology, dietetics, medical laboratory tech- fields as corrections, medical records, medical assisting. medical assisting. , nology. environmental sanitation and recreation, medical laboratory technician, geological enrolled in nursing Nearly 3,000 students are presently food service tech- I technician, dietetics technology, and other allied health programs. nology, and fire prevention and control. These pro- grams, often referred to as community college pro- Law Enforcement grams, are designed to prepare students for employ- ment in a variety of fields. Today, associate degree In 1965, with the strong encouragement of leader- programs may be found in all of the upper division ship personnel in the Kentucky State Police, Eastern colleges of the University: Allied Health and Nursing. began the development of an academic program for Arts and Sciences. Applied Arts and Technology, in-service personnel and for students wishing to pre- Business. Education, and Law Enforcement. These labora- pare for careers in law inforcement. A single class was programs do not require special faculties or associate de- offered in the spring of 1966 enrolling 47 students. In tories or courses for students pursuing the associate and the 1974 fall semester over 2000 students, many of grees. The chief difference between fields of study, them in-service law enforcement and corrections per- baccalaureate programs, in comparable of the student. This is sonnel, were enrolled in the program. Eastern's pro- is in the educational objective university courses into a gram received the first grant in the nation, in June of met by packaging existing to an associate 1966, to be made by the Office of Law Enforcement two-year sequence leading not only that are valued in Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, to provide for degree, but to skills and knowledge the further development of a university level program. the labor market. a total of 1.863 In September of 1966. Eastern received a grant to In the fall semester of 1974, associate degree programs. In develop a Kentucky Peace Officers Standards and students were enrolled in largest Training Council, a council that would establish 1973-74 Eastern was the Commonwealth's college minimum standards for law enforcement personnel and single producer of graduates of community associate of arts offer training programs. In 1968 the General Assembly programs. In 1974-75. a total of 376 1 above the enacted legislation establishing the Council as an degrees were awarded, an increase of 1 2 27 iSUMMER, 1975 L "Il^c niiisl inspire and motivate each individual student, hot iliroiigli superior teaching and counseling ..." The Learning Laboratory was organized to provide . wide range of services to students who are experiencin, difficulty in basic academic subjects. The developmen of undergraduate programs in social work, communica lions, special education and rehabilitation, agribusi ness, and graduate programs in such fields as crimina justice and public administration are representative o new efforts. Each of the colleges of the university ha responded to the challenges of the sixties and thi seventies by developing new programs and by strength ening existing programs. The university has expanded its efforts in continuin education and public service programs. Through thi concept of the extended campus, the institutioi provides a wide range of courses and seminars in ; number of communities. Through both traditional anc non-traditional programs, the university has placed ai "Nowhere in the state - or perhaps in tlie entire cuuntiy - is increased empliasis on making educational opportuni the boom in technical education more evident that at Eastern ties more readily available for the adult sluiicnt. Grapl Kentucky University in Richmond ..." I which shows a widening margin between head coun The Clironicle of Higlier h'ducation and full-time equivalent students illustrates the grow April?. 1975 ing part-time adult enrollment. The research and development activities of thi 264 iissociate of arts degrees awarded in 1973-74. It institution began to gain momentum in the mid-60's should be pointed out that tiie associate degree Funds from outside sources, particularly from thi programs are not regarded as "terminal" in the sense federal government, enabled the institution to acceler that a graduate would have difficulty transferring ate program development and applied research in law credits earned to a baccalaureate program. The career enforcement, the health fields, traffic safety, technica ladder concept provides for ease of transition of the education, and the sciences. associate of arts graduate into a baccalaureate program The physical facilities necessary to house and tc in the same general field of study. The typical student provide support services for academic programs havt can make this transition without the loss of a single been carefully designed to provide for the needs o credit. these programs. Modern classroom buildings, labora tories, and a library with more than one-half millior Excellence Through Diversity volumes provide an excellent setting for the academioj programs of the institution. To the casual observer the The preceding examples illustrate new and major expansion of the physical plant is the most obviou;; commitments of the institution that began in the mid change that has occurred at Eastern during the pasl! 60"s. These are but examples for throughout the fifteen years. But there have been other important! university there have been new responses to new changes that are not as obvious. ol challenges. 1 . Quality oj the Faculty. In 1959-60, the faculty The Department of Military Science, which has been the institution numbered 126 with only 23.8 percent an integral part of Eastern's program since l')36, offers holding the doctorate. In 1974-75, the faculty was 52(- an increasing number of options for students. Selected with 55.2 per cent holding the doctorate and anothei in 1972 as one of the initial ten institutions of higher 14.7 per cent with three years of advanced study. Ir education in America to enroll women in the R.O.T.C. the College of Arts and Sciences almost 70 per cent ol program. Eastern had the distinction, during 1974-75, the faculty hold the doctorate. The current faculty hai of having the largest R.O.T.C. program, in terms of been recruited from a broad range of institutions anc enrollments, in the continental United States. since Eastern's major purpose is teaching rather than 28 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUli "Even while realizing that Eastern is becom- ing more and more a multi-purpose institution, we must not lose sight of or neglect our historic mission of training teachers for the schools of America. The American dream begins in the classroom. The teacher-training institutions of this nation hare a tremendous responsibility' FALL SEMESTER HEAD COUNT AND F.T.E. ENROLLMENTS 13,000 ^^^^B ^^^^Bi ^^H HB ^^H BI^^^B 12,571 12,000 A 1 l.ObS A 11.000 10,580 10,170 10,000 9602 9602 \ 1 ^^^^^^^1 i 9180 ^^^d^ !^R! 9,000 ^9734 9907 8309 3 9361 7972 8950 8872 m^^M - 8,000 8456 2 r hM4M ^ 7535 O 7,000 A z 7240 u r"* 6501 6,000 5433^ 4731 5,000 f 4155 4271 5101 3452^ ^ 4337 4,000 HEAD COUNT ^ P"^ 3575 F.T.E. V P ^2892 2,000 1,000 ^^^ ^ 60-61 61-62 62-63 63-64 64-65 65-66 66-67 67-68 68-69 69-70 70-71 71-72 72-73 73-74 74-75 Graph 1 YEAR SUMMER, 1975 29 research, the institution has sought out able and well-prepared faculty members whose interests and commitments are in keeping with this purpose. While the institution encourages faculty research and publica- tions, its overriding mission remains that of a teaching institution. 2. Program Diversity and Chatiging Student Inter- ests. In 1959-60. Eastern awarded 693 undergraduate (baccalaureate) degrees and 82 per cent of the students receiving these degrees followed programs of study that led to a teaching certificate. In 1965-66 this had dropped to 68 per cent and in 1974-75. of the 1.882 students receiving undergraduate degrees (associate and baccalaureate), only 31 per cent were prepared as teachers. While the institution's enrollment increased by 327 percent, from 2.944 in 1959-60 to 12.571 in 1974-75, the number of students receiving undergrad- uate degrees with right of teaching increased by only 23 in the same period, from 570 in 1959-60 to 593 in "We must continue to develop here an intellectual communi- 1974-75. Furthermore, while graduate programs and t}\ Tim can only be done as we develop a faculty that is noted for its scholarship, coming from a wide and varied background enrollments in education have expanded dramatically of training in the great institu tions of this nation ..." since 1959-60. with 132 graduate degrees awarded in Table 1 Teaching and Non-Teaching Degrees: 1959-60 1965-66 1974-75 Teaching Non-Teaching Teaching Non-Teaching Teaching Non-Teaching Bachelors 570 123 562 259 593 913 (82%) (18%) (68%) (32%) (39%) (61%) Masters 132 142 427 182 ( 1 00%) ( 1 00%) (70%) (30%) 30 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT 1959-60 2,707 1965-66 1974-75 10,510 GRADUATE ENROLLMENT 1959-60 237 1965-66 11 298 1974-75 1 2,061 TOTAL ENROLLMENT 959-60 H^^H 2,944 1965-66 ^^^^^^^^H 6,949 1974-75 12,571 Graph 2 Table 2 were Degrees Awarded number of new undergraduate programs that developed. To illustrate, (Table 3) from 1959-60 to 1959-60 1965-66 1974-75 1965-66, there were only nine new academic programs r initiated at the baccalaureate level compared to 58 new Associate 376 progeams during the period from 1965-66 to 1974-75. 3. The Qualily the Students. l\\xoi\^o\.\X X\\e ^di?,\ Baccalaureate 693 821 1,506 nf fifteen years, the quality of the student body has Masters 132 142 609 increased. For example, the percentage of entering freshmen in the upper half of their high school Specialist 10 graduating classes was 64.7 in 1961 ;69.5 in 1965, and Totals 825 963 2,501 76.9 in the 1974 fall semester. On the ACT. the percentage of entering freshmen in the upper half on composite scores, nationally, was 33.0 in 1966 and j 959-60 and 427 awarded in 1974-75. at the undcr- increased to 41.5 in the 1974 fall semester. It is igraduate level students have increasingly chosen pro- important to note that the increase in quality by these grams of study leading to non-teaching careers. The measures occurred at the same time that the base of .two most frequently selected majors by incoming students served was broadened. freshmen nursing and law enforcement - are programs that did not exist at the institution until Table 3 |1965-66. (Tables 1 and 2) Degree Programs, Including Options One of the most significant indicators of the impact of University Status Eastern is in increase in on the 1959-60 196^-66 1974-75 graduate enrollment. While there was an increase of 25.7 percent in graduate enrollment from 1959-60 to Associate 14 49 1965-66 (from 237 to 298 students) the institution, Baccalaureate 20 29 87 with the prestige of University Status and legislative -luthority to develop new and needed graduate pro- Masters 6 12 47 grams, experienced a dramatic increase of 591.6 Specialist 8 percent in graduate enrollment from 1965-66 to 1974-75. (See Graph 2) )oint-Doctoral Likewise, at the baccalaureate level, the impact of Totals 26 193 University status was experienced, evidenced by the SUMMER, 1975 31 The EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS-1974-75 The Eastern Kentucky University campus today, valued at SI 15 million, serves the educational needs of nearly 13.000 students, enrolled in 193 degree programs. The Eastern campus in 1959 (shown in inset at right) served fewer than 3,000 students in two dozen programs. Qne of the most dramatic developments of the last 15-year period, the College of Law Enforcement, will be housed in the S6.5 million Law Enforcement-Traffic Safety Center (.shown in inset below), located a quarter of a mile south of the main campus. Also under construction is the new health education and services building (not pictured), located near the center of the campus. The campus map (overleaf) shows all facilities in their proper location. Kentucky State College 1959-60 I .*^ n^ mmaummui^^^jmm i\ to THOMAS E Mcdonough intrami FIELDS andPRESMELL BUILDING to DONALDSON SERVICE COMPLEX ® THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS . . EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY j CAMPUS GROWTH ! 1. William Keene Hall 2. Vickers Village 3. Traffic Safety, Driving Range Safety Center 4. Law Enforcement-Traffic 5. A. B. Carter Building Dairy Center 6. University Farm and Stateland Field 7. Model Lab School-Athletic Education Area 8. Parking, Marching, Physical 9. Kentucky State Police 10. Tennis Courts Building 1 1 Robert B. Begley 12. Hanger Field 13. Donovan Building, Model Lab School 14. Radio-TV Center 15. Alumni Coliseum 16. Turkey Hughes Baseball Field 17. Track and Field 18. Mattox Hall 19. Jouvrc Rifle Range 20. O'Donnell Hall 21. lillendale Hall 22. Todd and Dupree Halls 23. Palmer Hall 24. Commonwealth Hall 25. Smith Park Observatory 26. Brockton. Married Student Housing 27. Martin Hall 28. Weaver Health Building 29. McGregor Hall 30. Powell Building 31. Chapel of Meditation 32. William L. Wallace Building Building 33. Health Education and Services Athletic Field 34. Gertrude M. Hood Women's 35. Earic Combs Hall 36. Keith Hall 37. Bert Combs Building 38. McCrcary Hall 29. Beckham Hall 40. Miller Hall 4 1 Old Central 42. John Grant Crabbe Library 43. Keen Johnson Building 44. Case Hall 45. Brewer Building 46. Cammack Building 47. Moore Building 48. Roark Building 49. Memorial Science Building 50. Van Pcursem Pavilion 51. Sullivan Hall 52. Burnam Hall Clay Hall ^. . 53. Sidney , Hiram Brock Auditorium 54.Coates Administration Huildmgand 55. Jones Building Building 56. I iizpatrick 57. Gibson Building 58. Aull Buildinp 59. Blanlon House 60. Foster Music Building 61. Jane I. Campbell Building 62. Burricr Building 63. Turley House 64. Ramsey Building Alumni House 65. Mary Frances Richards 66. Newman Center 67. Singleton P. Wallers Hail 68. Mclhodisl Student Center 69. Baptist Student Center 70. Brown E. Telford Hall Fields and Presncll Building 71. Thomas F. MeDonough Intramural 72. Don.ildson Service Complex LEGEND ^Buildings Existing in 1959-60 1959-60 la Buildings Constructed Since parking areas by squares. Buildings arc numbered by circles; 35 SUMMER, 1975 "As we cope with the problems of ever-increasing numbers, we must realize that there is no alternative to becottiina more inventive, creative, and imaginative in our use of ihc human and material resources whicli are available ..." Fiscal Support And Development GROWTH OF THE INSTITUTION between 1^59-60 and 1974-75 was the most significant factor contributing to Eastern's rising finan- cial reqiurements. While other economic factors, such as inflation, elevated the budgetary needs, it was the tremendous vertical growth of the student body and capital construction that were the prime influencing factors. Table 4 Table 5 Current Unrestricted Fund Current Unrestricted Fund Schedule of Revenues Expenditures and Transfers 1974-75 1974-75 Source Amount Expenditure Amount Educational and General: Educational and General: Student Tuition and Fees $ 5,968,195 Instruction and Department Research $10,084,410 Governmental Appropriations 17,748,113 Organi,!ed Activities Related to Educational D( partments 1,221,825 Governmental Grants and Contracts 477,605 Other Separately Budgeted Research 25,000 Sales and Services of Educational Departments 80,850 Public Service and Special Programs 546,790 Organized Activities Related to Educational Departments 361,650 Libraries and Learning Resources 1,029,900 Other Sources 602,530 Student Services 892,690 Fund Balances 366,892 Operation and Maintenance of Plant 3,133,978 Total Educational and General $25,605,835 General Administration 568,935 Auxiliary Enterprises 5,319,000 Staff Benefits 1,233,500 General Institutional Expenses 1,264,335 Total Revenues $30,924,835 Student Aid 468,700 Total Educational and General Expenditures $20,470,063 Mandatory Transfers 2,916,967 Other Transfers 1,432,960 Total Educational and General $24,819,990 Auxiliary Enterprises 5,319,000 Total Expenditures and Transfers $30,138,990 36 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS Current Funds Current Unrestricted Fund Revenues for the 1974-75 year major areas of expenditure, by percentage, are operation and (Table 4) total $30,924,835, including 517,748,113 in state maintenance of the physical plant, 12.6 percent; general appropriation which represents 57.4 percent of the funds institutional expenses, 5.1 percent, staff benefits, 4.9 percent; necessary to conduct the ongoing activities of the University. organized activities related to educational departments, 4.9 Other major sources of revenue include student tuition and percent; and libraries and learning resources 4.1 percent. Only fees, $5,968,195 (19.3 percent) and auxiliary enterprises, 2.3 percent of the total educational and general expenditures $5,319,000 (17.1 percent). Auxihary enterprises includes Uni- are applied to the general administration of the University. versity food services, housing and other self-supportive activi- Table 6 ties. Profits from these enterprises are applied toward housing system and consolidated educational system bond debt service. Registration Fees 1959-60 - 1974-75 Increases in the student registration fees during the 1959-60 (Not including incidental fees) to 1974-75 period are displayed in Table 6. In-State Out-of-state Current Unrestricted Fund Expenditures and Transfers Undergraduate Graduate Undergraduate Graduate Tables total $30,138,990, with $24,819,990 of that amount committed to educational and general expenditures. Of the 1959-60 > 45.00 $ 60.00 $ 90.00 $105.00 1965-66 87.50 87.50 200,00 200.00 latter figure, instruction and departmental research represents 1974-75 180.00 205.00 445.00 470.00 the largest single item - $10,084,410, or 40.6 percent. Other "Wc imisi expand our facilities in order thai wc may laki care of. in an adequate way, our reasonable portion of the young Kentuckians and the young Americans who will knock on these doors for admission ..." Capital Funds The University has rehed, primarily, on the assur- ance of revenue bonds as the source of funds for capital expenditures. Two bond projects were created by the Board of Regents to serve as the framework for the sale and assurance of bonds. The Consolidated Educational Building's Revenue Bond Project was created to provide financings for needed academic and service facilities. The Housing System Revenue Bond Project was created to provide funds for needed housing facilities. Consolidated Educational Building's Revenue Bond, Series A through I have been issued during the 1 5 years in the total amount of $46,193,000. Student registra- tion fee income is pledged for the retirement of these bond issues. (Table 7). Housing System Revenue Bond. Series A through K have been issued during the period of the report in the total amount of S3 1.755.000. (See table) Revenues from the rental of dormitory rooms, married student apartments and faculty apartments are pledged for the retirement of these bond series. Using these sources of capital funds, together with the available federal grants under the Higher Education Facilities Act and appropriation of state funds for capital purposes, the physical plant value of the University has increased from S7. 299. 159 on June 30, 1960 to SI 15.000.000 on June 30. 1975. During this same period, the net investment in physical plant increased from 54,132,795 to 546,500,000. (Graph 3) 38 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS Table 7 Bond Issues General Data June 30, 1975 ^venue Bonds: Average Original Interest Date of Amount Series- Rates Issue of Issue IDonovan Buildingj andGibson Build 3.904 lM-60 2,000,000 $ 1,345,000 "*\ I lAlumni Coliseum-, L^ jg ^ ^ Renovation & DH^(Jerl^P^^^'^ 3.598 5-1-62 3,500,000 2,915,000 l«^ ^Combs Building --^^Fljjfc^^J^ 3.812 5-1-63 3,000,000 2,415,000 I ^^^Coates Building, Rl>ik,Bir#iMaM^fc^* I* - #^ Weaver Building! I _^*^0 ?\ix\i Enlargeme| ' ' ^ ^ Athletic Field^ ^^ ^^ 3.812 5-1-64 2,000,000 1,730,000 ' ^«1f^Crabbe Library Re^tt||ryndlDJ[^|n^ ' jS ^ Building RenovaTO^J ^jT^j^to 3.50 7-1-65 3,100,000 2,645,000 SG, •iSMoore Building, B J^ iMttklg. ^Ol 5^ 11-1-67 - ^ Building and Boyj 3.0/5.13 6,226,000 5,325,000 3.0/5.36 5-1-68 4,882,000 4,430,000 H^«^ ^Begley Building ; ^^ ^ Povfell Uni 11-1-70 9,535,000 9,250,000 11-1-71 5,450,000 5,400,000 2-1-73 6,500,000 6,500,000 $46,193,000 $41,955,000 % $ g3.000 • l"f7 Case H 1 ,900,000 V«* 9 ("TH'"1W"T?Case Hall Addition ' "~ "~" '"" and Martin Hall 3,^5,000 Village 3,lS7,000 - '^^^MCl!r* y .^ 2,850,000 iyatcly Held; w w »\ fsffrrrrrrrrt m^QOO Villa 3-,ft25,000 Walt; 4.900,000 J^i^ Telford Hall & Kce 7,700,000 '•^s^lfcrrSOO Henry G. Martin Hall ,000 Fred Bishop Hall 925,000 Totals $31,755,000 are not included in this schedule. ng Revenue Bonds of 1955, v^'hich were fully provided for by escrow funds at )une 30, 1975 >UMMER, 1975 PHYSICAL PLANT VALUE AND NET INVESTMENT z o Physica Plant Value Net Investment 59-60 60-61 61-62 62-63 63-64 64-65 65-66 66-67 67-68 68-69 69-70 70-71 71-72 72-73 73-74 74-75 Graph 3 YEAR 40 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS Table 8 Alumni Support Alumni Cont ributions i Financial support by alumni has increased steadily 1959-60 1965-66 1974-75 i (Through May) during the 1 5-year period in both the annual alumni gifts program and in capital gifts. Dramatic increases in of Donors 905 3,377* 5,488* 1 Number 1 1 the number of donors, total contributions and average Total Contributions $1,849.30 $17,086.45 $49,714.45 contributions in the alumni gifts program are shown in Average Contribution 2.04 $ 7.08 S 16.64 Table 8, capital gifts totals in Table 9. The Century Club was the Alumni Association * Includes new graduates whose introductory first-year membership vehicle through which a nondenominational Chapel of dues are not reflected in the total or average contributions. Meditation was financed with the use of no public funds on a plot of land owned by the Alumni Table 9 Alumni Association Association. The property and the chapel were later deeded to the University. Capital Gifts Through the Club, the Alumni Associa- Centennial 1968-1975 tion financed a Centennial Year gift to the University in the form of a statue by renowned sculptor Felix W. Pledges DeWeldon, symbolizing America's space Amount Pledged Amountfaid Receivable iccomplishments. Century Club $338,819.25 $317,899.41 $20,919.84 Contributions to both the Century and Centennial Centennial Club $ 75,990.00 $ 49,920.00 $26,070.00 funds were received from alumni, faculty, students and TOTALS $414,809.25 $367,819.41 $46,989.84 friends of the University. iUMMER, 1975 41 1 "Wc iiiusl provide here on fliis campus a place of beauty for stimulaiiiig living. Our building should dirccily and gracious and Table 10 indirectly contribute to the training of the youth wlio frequent Eastern Kentucky University Fall Enrollments 1959-7' these halls ..." YEAR UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE TOTAl 1959 2,707 237 2,944 1960 3,112 317 3,429 1961 3,784 371 4,155 1962 3,954 315 4,269 1963 4,425 288 4,713 1964 5,181 252 5,433 1965 6,651 298 6,949 1966 7,558 414 7,972 1967 7,795 514 8,309 1968 8,519 661 9,180 1969 8,869 795 9,6641 1970 8,427 1,175 9,602! 1971 8,795 1,375 10,170; 1972 8,984 1,596 10,580! 1973 9,426 1,662 11,088] 1974 10,510 2,061 12,57) The new statement of Student Rights and Responsi Student Enrollment bilities, which guarantees the student due process anc and the right to appeal to a higher authority in botl Services academic and non-academic matters, was implementec in the fall of 1969. In six years of operation, less thar DRAMATIC INCREASE in the student popu- two percent of the student body has been involved ir lation and an accompanying change in the alleged violations of the code. A nature of the Eastern Kentucky University An integral part of the new code was the inclusior student body dictated major developments within the of students on all administrative, academic, and discip- area of student programs and services during the period linary committees of the University. Student represen 1959-1960 to present. tatives have voting privileges on all University bodies The impact of sheer numbers — an increase of 4,005 except the Student Disciplinary Board, on whicl' from 1959 to the year of University status, and 5,622 voting students are precluded by Kentucky statue. since 1966 - inflated the campus student population The Eastern system of student relationships ha; by 327 percent in only 15 years. This burgeoning drawn wide acclaim from other institutions, evidencec expansion of student enrollment - from 2,944 to by the number of requests for information concernint 12,571 students - came concurrently with major the establishment of the policies and for copies of the' philosophical changes regarding the relationship of policies to be used in the formulation of siinilai colleges and universities with their students. (Table 10) systems on other campuses. Student Relationships Report Programs and Services Soon after the achievement of University status, it Programs and services provided students in 1959-6C became apparent on the campus that new positions included housing, health services, organizations and regarding the mutual relationships of faculty, staff, and activities. These programs have been continued and students were needed. The long-standing legal principal supplemented as they have grown with the University of "in loco parentis" had been struck down by the Eastern is basically a residential campus, and al courts and in 1968 the University Regents appointed a though growing numbers of students commute to the committee to develop a system of student rights and campus for instruction, the 1 5-year period under responsibilities. examination required marked expansion of campusj These new policies of student relationships within housing, both for single and married students. In 1959! the University Community were combined with an the campus was served by four residence halls with a academic rights and responsibilities report in a compre- capacity of 1,400, figures that grew to 12 halls with a hensive document, delineating the process of discipline design capacity of 3,650 in 1 966 and to a current level and the responsibilities of both the Student and the of 18 dormitories with a design capacity of 6,500. Nc University. new dormitories have been constructed since 1969 42 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU "We must help each student to realize that individual liberty sity. A University chaplain, with an office in the through the acceptance and freedom can only come ofndes of Chapel, was employed through an endowment by a and codes of law ..." behavior distinguished graduate of the University. The chaplain ministers to student needs and has officiated at a yearly average of 25 weddings in the Chapel. More than 60 student organizations have used the Chapel for and Eastern's residence halls have consistently had an special services and programs. occupancy rate more than sufficient to meet bond retirement requirements. Student Admissions These dormitories are served by a professional staff of 14 resident directors with the masters degree in The 1959-60 admissions was a function of the guidance and counseling and by four directors each registrar, but the increased enrollments of the early with more than eight years' experience. 60's r.equired the creation of a Dean of Admissions Facilities constructed for married students during position and an enlarged staff. In 1 970 the Office of the 1 5-year period include 270 apartment units and 72 the Registrar was separated from admissions and imobile home sites. placed in the area of academic affairs. In 1975 the Student health services were served by a part-time admissions area was served by a dean and three j iphysician and two registered nurses in 1959. By 1966 professional trained admissions counselors. the services were staffed on a 24-hour basis and a The Fall, 1974, enrollment of 12,571 students full-time physician was employed to meet the average represented 117 Kentucky counties, 45 states, the of 38 student patients per day receiving treatment. District of Columbia and the Panama Canal Zone, and A part-time psychiatrist was employed in 1969 to 26 countries. attend to mental health needs, and in 1973, a second Other characteristics of the 1974 enrollment full-time physician was added to the staff. The include: 1974-75 average daily patient load was 69. 1. Out-of-state enrollment decreased from 16.5% to The University Counseling Services were enlarged 16.1%. and located in Ellendale Hall during 1967, and the 2. Black enrollment increased from 5.1% to 6.0% counseling staff was increased to conduct both social (746 students). Students representing other mi- and vocational counseling. The service has implement- nority races total 337. ed crisis telephone service and drug abuse prevention 3. Dramatizing the enrollment increase of 13.4 programs to widen its service to students. The Counsel- percent is the fact that a record 2,534 students ing Service is administered by a director with the were graduated in 1974. earned doctorate and three guidance counselors. 4. The enrollment figures do not include 750 stu- enrolled at the Model Laboratory School, tudent Organizations and Activities dents nor the students enrolled in the correspondence program. A total of 43 student organizations existed on the study 50.3 to 49.7 percent. :ampus in 1959. Of those, six were national honor 5. The male/female ratio was for male plurahty societies. By 1966, 70 student organizations were This compares to the peak year 60-40. officially recognized, including eight honor societies. ( 1 966), when the ratio was In 1967 a director for student organizations and Assistance activities was appointed and by 1972 there were three Student Financial full-time, professionally trained administrators in this iirea. More than half the students attending Eastern receive some type of financial assistance from outside i The number of supervised organizations grew to 1 20 n 1974-75, including 24 honor societies. their family. Most of this service is processed by the Social fraternities and sororities were recognized in Director of Student Financial Assistance and his staff. I9h7 and by 1975 there were chapters of 21 national In 1959 there was no office or staff member desig- .ocial fraternities and sororities on campus with active nated to work specifically in this area. A Coordinator 'anhellenic and Interfraternity councils. of Student Financial assistance and a clerical assistant the available When the Chapel of Meditation was opened in 1972 were provided in 1966 to administer two t brought a new dimension to student services. The programs. full-time piritual and meditative needs of student life had been During the 1966-67 academic year, two |vithout a center until the Alumni Association pro- members were added to the professional staff, one as vided the chapel, financed entirely through contribu- director of the Division of Student Financial Assis- ions from alumni, students and friends of the Univer- tance. Two financial aid counselors were added in UMMER, 1975 43 1969-70 and in l')71 a Coordinator for Veteran's presidents of the Student Association and In Programs was employed. In 1975 the Division of dormitory Councils meet regularly to hear proposal; Student Financial Assistance administered eight pro- augment or change existing student services and grams, federal, state and private, which provided make recommendations to the president of monetary assistance to the students. The amount of University. money available for student assistance increased by In 1959-60 only three professionally trained persi 800 percent between 1966 and 1975. (Graph 4) whose highest degrees were at the masters level w engaged in field of student services at Eastern. Student Personnel Administration the 1966 this number had increased to 16 and in 1974 The Student Affairs Council, members of which are stood at 45, including seven persons with the eari the supervisors of each of the services, and the doctorate and 31 with the masters degree. FEDERAL STUDENT ASSISTANCE 1960-1975 $14,820,125 N.D.S.L. - National Direct Student Loan S.E.O.G. - Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant C.W.S.P. - College Work Study Program B.E.O.G. — Basic Educational Opportunity Grant E.O.G. — Educational Opportunity Grant S.S.LG. - State Student Incentive Grant L.E.E.P. — Law Enforcement Education Program Graph 4 44 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS " ^"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men 's blood md probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans: nini high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone 1(77/ be a living thing, asserting itself with evergrowing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things .that would stagger us. Let our watchword be order and our beacon beaut}'. Robert R. Martin - inaugural address, November 17, 1960 [juoting Chicago Architect Daniel Bumham. In Retrospect HIS REPORT has described fifteen years of development in the history of Eastern Ken- In his inaugural address. Dr. Martin spoke of a T tucky University, years in which the failure to "vision of greatness" for Eastern and listed imperatives 'make big plans" and "aim high in hope and work" which the institution must meet. Significant quota- vould have meant academic stagnancy and institu- tions from that speech appear in italics in the body of ional senility. this report. "When we have accomplished these impera- But. change and response, both quantative and tives." Dr. Martin said, "then we shall have developed lualitative. punctuated every year of a decade-and-a- on this campus a spirit so powerful that it will not let lalf in which it is no exaggeration to state that a new us go. We shall have developed for Eastern a 'Vision of " nstitution has evolved on the campus of Eastern Greatness." Centucky University. While retaining and strengthen- Eastern Kentucky University progressed item for ng the traditional academic programs that are a part of item along the outline spelled out by Dr. Martin in its my university, the institution has made a strong effort quest for greatness. The question of where does develop new academic programs and services that Eastern stand on its road toward the "Vision of elate not only to the interests of students but to the Greatness" is no easy one to answer. Greatness is a :hanging needs of the Commonwealth, liiis quality of tleeting thing. It is impossible to reach a point in time esponsiveness, and the ability of the institution to act with a fixed set of circumstances and declare greatness. luickly and decisively in developing programs to meet never to lose it again. ibvious needs, has been a distinguishing characteristic Greatness for Eastern in the years to come, as in )f Eastern Kentucky University during these years. those just past, will depend on the satisfactoiy meeting Direction and leadership were requisites for the of new imperatives. The perpetuation of Eastern's Jniversity during this period of unprecedented devel- vision depends on the ability to remain dynamic and )pnient. The direction followed by Eastern during the responsible to the challenges of every era. It is )ast fifteen years was outlined November 17. I960, important that this quality be preserved if Eastern is to vhen Dr. Robert R. Martin was inaugurated as the continue to sei-ve the Commonwealth with efficiency Jniversity's sixth president. and effectiveness. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY REGENT* B 1959/60 — 1974/75 ^\ ROBERT R. MAKIIN TEU GILBERT WENDELI. BUTLER KARLK 1). COMBS THOMAS MtUKtOOR H. I) I IT/I'AM Chuirmun fhjirman 19571975 1957-1965 1959-60 1960-63, I96M-I971 Chjirman 1972-74 ROBERT B. HENSLEY DR. RUSSELL E TODD [ , L, DUfREE WILSON I'ALMl l< SIDNI Y Cl.AY HAHKY SI'A I9SH-I962 1960-1968 1960-1968 t hjifm..r 1964 I." ^*>' r tr DURHAM HOWAKI) WILLIAM WALLACE ROBERT BEGLEV EREO BISHOl' HENRY STRATTON I965-I96g 1 968- 1 974 1968 Present 1969-1970 1970-Prneni 1974-Hrtfstfnt Chjirmjn 1974-l'resenl ID MARVIN EDWARDS LYMAN GINGER JOHN M. KEITH LUTHER FARMER BEVERLY YEISER 1970-1974 Chiiirm;in 1972-Hreseni 197 2 PrcsenI 1974-Pfeseni 1971-1972 R \t I'H WHALIN DONALD HANEY MORRIS TAYLOR STEVE WILBORN ROBERT WARHELD ^ Eaculty I uiuhv 1Sludenl SluJenl I96H-197I 1971-1974 1974-Hrtst;nt 1968-1969 I969I970 GUV HAT HELD III LARRY CLEVELAND STEVE SLADE DAVID GIBSON Sludeni Sludenl Student Sludenl 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1975 ^ ^f^^^ m" ^'>.^ :ij^-i-^. J^?T^'- *-' ". ':>:: ie^iai^fe,-v -'^'' *V. •fcoHj;.;.-:- r-s,s- r :t.: %. By Doris G. Sutton :fH^:>^' -'. • .:•- :, v/-:tTT5t:il_imor>*.',-l>- ._.,- - _., ..•.::-:. .7. -; .' th.e > .-y:^ - . - ^v-'Z'CoiitirivHifg.lri:^-3ame' tme. of ^thdugftt, _^ .-"Is --•-. a .-/^ :;' -\i-Axd.$\y acWcd, ''A't -o'lie tinre /wre-./'used -;>^ anci --s ^<: fnexl^aL'Wdef'ofobservatiOTi, dragnoj^^ .J' -" there '-.-j'neaikrent a-M on the ^sstii}iplibn that ' ^^i^Tcfeclmedii^an/ psycTiiatricc'Irrarniost' .(-^diisivej Warden Grossman is not only con- Neagle, and Atwood, along with James L. G. Grossman, Warden of the Federal Corr vinced that there is no such thing as a Rusmissell, Director of Education. Those tional Institution in Lexington discusses criminal type, he admits that even if there from Eastern who helped draw up the program with Dr. Doris Sutton, assistant p were, the necessary skills for proper plans were Evans Tracy, Director of fessor of English at Eastern, who has bt treatment are not - and never have been Development; Kenneth Clawson, Dean of teaching classes at the facility. — available in corrections. In short, old Academic Services; and Larue Coca- procedures have been discarded at FCI in nougher, Dean of Continuing Education. tions majors. Professor Reedy has al Lexington and other institutions such as The first two instructors involved were been instrumental in developing gradua the one at Fort Worth, Texas. Now the Professors Ray Lewis (Social Science) and level applied study at FCI. thrust is that of attempting to involve Doris Sutton (English). In addition, he is supervising intei residents in new life styles, presenting Later, Professors Carol Van Tassel ships made possible by a grant from t them with alternatives to the lives they (Sociology), Joe Biesinger (Social Kentucky Crime Commission and open formerly led. Science), and Donna Morton (Correc- students at a minimum salary as well Eastern administrators and faculty be- tions) were added to the teaching staff credit hours in their majors. The grant f came involved with helping to present from Eastern. this program involves other institutio new life styles shortly after FCI opened. Since May, 1974, Eastern's involve- and agencies besides FCI. A task force from Fort Worth, headed by ment at FCI has steadily grown. Not only In Allied Health and Nursing, Proft Warden Grossman, Kenneth Neagle (now are the lower-division courses applicable sor Mary Hollingsead is coordinating Asst. Warden at FCI) and Alan Atwood to a two-year or four-year degree still program in clinical experiences which h;| (Asst. Warden, now deceased), spent eight being taught, but the Colleges of Law by the end of the Spring semester, 197' months planning for the conversion of Enforcement and Allied Health and Nurs- involved four registered nurses workii the old U.S. Public Health Service Hos- ing have begun upper-division field ex- toward four-year degrees. Two R.N. pital into a correctional facility. periences for their majors. Plans for field Gail Andrews and Wilson Wells, have be( The new institution opened in Feb- experiences are also under way in the working in Antaeus (the alcoholic unit ruary, 1974, and by May of the same Department of Anthropology, Sociology, FCI). Pam Labrosa and Violet Poole we year, classes in freshman English and and Social Work. assigned to the Women's Unit. social science were offered via the Ex- Professor Charles Reedy, Acting Chair- The necessity of effective nursing skil tended Campus Program at Eastern. man of the Correctional Services Depart- at FCI is obvious since the crimes i Plans for the college courses were ment, is currently supervising undergrad- offenders have often been related to dri made at FCI by Wardens Grossman, uate field experiences at FCI for Correc- abuse, alcoholism, and chronic medic 48 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS "NOW..." oblems. In the Women's Unit, for ex- articles, and then decide for yourself - is Warden Grossman is primarily respon- I /iple, there is apparently no one major Eastern's investment at FCI a worthwhile sible for making it possible for Jerry fense resulting in incarceration, yet undertaking? Bragwell to profit from the extended Kty percent of the women residents campus classes taught at FCI by Eastern ave abused drugs before being faculty. But jerry was also greatly influ- ntenced. ...JERRY enced by a fellow resident, jack Flana- gan, who instructed him in the principles Future involvement from Eastern in- of Transactional Analysis. udes plans in the drawingboard stage in BRAGWELL e office of Professor Elizabeth Haddix Before long, jerry began to feel better Anthropology and Sociology). Her pro- about himself and those around him. He ctions include using A learned about the "games people play" FCI as a source for HAS ;ld trips, along with an interchange of and concluded, in spite of it all, "I'm 'cakers, particularly between students CHANCE O.K., You're O.K." id residents. In addition, Professor In addition to his friend Jack Flana- quipped, addix is exploring the possibility of "You started all this," jerry ,edit-awarding placement of Eastern flashing his easy smile. "Your freshman Dcial Work majors in the various units at English class turned me on, and now I tl. have to stay with it until I get that degree." : Warden Grossman is highly pleased Seated in his wheelchair, Jerry Brag- iith Eastern's participation at FCI. well, a resolute paraplegic and a convicted hough Eastern's involvement is only felon, paid me the highest compliment a ^rt of the Warden's master plan, it has teacher can receive. The flush of success pen a rewarding experience for both quickly drained from my cheeks when I iistitutions. Warden Grossman's belief in realized that if the credit for Jerry's changed life style is both philosophical- determination belonged to anyone but sound and realistically applicable. I' himself, it would have to go to many A case in is G. point that of Jerry people, particularly L. Grossman, Warden Grossman greets )erry Bragwell on ragwcll, an ex-offender whose story Warden of the Federal Correctional Insti- Jerry's recent visit to FCI in Lexington where Jpcars alongside this one. Read both tution (FCI) at Lexington. he had been imprisoned. SUMMER, 1975 49 i gan, Jerry was given constant encourage- ment and positive reinforcement from his Counselor, Maureen AtVk'ood, and his Case Manager, Bertie Nines. Both women saw in )erry a potential that he himself was unaware of. To be sure, freshman English also played a role in the gradual change which came over Jerry during his imprisonment. By his own admission, he enrolled in GSE 101 (along with a basic course in social science) with only a hazy, negative notion about pursuing a college degree. Jerry confesses that he was primarily interested in his release and with impressing the parole board by earning college credits. Learning to express himself in writing was far from uppermost in Jerry's mind. "I was horrified that first night of class," he said. "I had a bad experience with freshman English in the late 50's, and I was prepared for the worst." James Rusmisell, Director of Education at the Federal Correctional Institution chats with Dr. If Jerry Bragwell had known how Doris Sutton, EKU assistant professor of English, in FCI's Central Park. Both have been horrified his instructor was of him, he Instrumental In the extended campus programs being offered at the facility. might have relaxed somewhat that first night of class. wind. A few seconds later, the car was Perhaps the loneliness he felt was mc There he sat, in the midst of two a mass of wrecked metal. . . . five than anything else a desire to find dir dozen other residents, supporting his bodies with various injuries lay scat- tion for a life that had become restrict' grimly-set jaw on the heel of his hand and tered over an acre of terrain. There Jerry could no longer work in glaring at me suspiciously. He appeared to was one broken leg, one broken back, engineering corps for his home sta be about thirty-five years old, 6'4" tall, and a lot of missing skin. On that Neither his mind nor his body coi total inactivity. had tauj with a sinister countenance and an aura warm July night in Alabama I had stand He that screamed "convict" at me every time become a paraplegic. himself to drive, and drive he did — sto I glanced in his direction. By the time Jerry had finished this cars across state lines, a violation of i National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (D\ Though I had never been inside a theme, he had come to the conclusion prison before, he was the only student in that his accident had not only cut him off Act, 1919). It is my conclusion, not Jerry Br the class who frightened me. I was deter- from many normal activities, but it had well's, that he turned to illegal activi mined not to show it. I would never have left him with an enormous problem of because legal employment of his o\ suspected that I had actually frightened readjustment. One aspect of that readjust- closed him. nev him. ment — loneliness — asserted itself often choosing was to Jerry tried to justify what he did, in either t During the week after that first night writing or his conversation. Through I of class, my imagination went unchecked writing, Jerry did learn to understai as I conjured up my own explanation for himself better. the incarceration of a paraplegic. I had And since true learning involves visions of a high-speed auto chase in two-way transmission of knowledge ai which the FBI had forced Jerry's car off insight, I learned from Jerry that there the road and into the tragic accident that no hard and fast line between the m. had left the lower half of his body paralyzed. behind bars and the free man. I ali learned the true meaning of the wo At other times, I saw Jerry gunned "rehabilitation" the night I heard him s. down by an Inspector Erskine type who after class: had been trained to aim low when pur- in his writing: suing a criminal. Imagine my surprise, but It was a relief to be arrested. I knewj It's the saddest of all feelings ... to be ultimate relief, upon reading Jerry's per- had to end, and I was glad when it w alone, insecure, and have my insides sonal experience over. theme in which he churn with emptiness. related: future, wrote: Jerry had never really been alone. He Concerning his Jerry "O.K., Bobby! I think 140 is fast has a multitude of friends, a lovely wife, The first few months after my relea enough!" I was yelling at my brother and four children, all of whom were will be the rough ones. I have changej above the roar of the engine and the always near before he was imprisoned. and I am sure my family has unde 50 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS Dr. Doris Sutton, author of this article, IS an assistant professor of English at Eastern. A graduate of Georgetown College, she holds the M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. At Eastern since 1969, she Is presently a community volunteer for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (Department of Justice). gone some changes. I think the most important thing for me to remember is that freedom is not a five-day fur- lough, but it can be mine for the rest of my life . . . There are many places I have to see and many things I have to do. After serving eighteen months of a three-year sentence, Jerry Bragwell was released on parole from FCI in Novem- ber, 1974. He had accumulated tv*/enty semester hours of college credit and had a Grade Point Average of 3.89 on a 4.0 scale. He is currently enrolled in college in Alabama where he made the Dean's List after his first quarter of work. In addi- tion, Jerry has been personally commend- ed by Governor George C. Wallace for his achievements, both academic and per- sonal. Jerry is majoring in social work and his goal is becoming a counselor or case worker in a federal correctional institution. The forces at work in the life of Jerry Bragwell have caused him to do an about-face. To Warden Grossman goes a great deal of credit. Jerry's effort in a freshman composition course helped him analyze those forces and take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Warden and the United States Bureau of Prisons. As for freshman English, it has also suffered its share of outrageous fortune in recent years. In the case of Jerry Brag- well, however, it can surely be said that it was - at the very least - a beneficial way of "doin' time." Jerry Bragwell paused in front of the Keen Johnson Building on a recent visit to the campus. Now released, he is attending college in Alabama and has made the Dean's list for the first quarter. SUMMER, 1975 51 [ I ' ( OLD ADAGE "nice guys "It's in Lexington," was the answer. THE Idsl" has no founding "Where's Lexington?" Hug. finish when one speaks of ihe life of inquired. Charles T. "Turkey" Hughes. Well, Hughes found Lexington i And, this was made even more evident UK, participated in the state meet a with Hughes' April induction into the won second place for his school - Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, a fitting There's himself I ! He scored 1 2 points in the m to a who has meant so much tribute man and impressed UK Athletic Directors. to athletics in the Commonwealth, and "Daddy" Boles so much, he was offer especially to Eastern Kentucky an on-campus job (the 1920's equivali University. of an athletic scholarship) if he woi "Turkey" was officially inducted into come to the University of Kentucky. ' Turkey the Kentucky honor group in ceremonies Thus, Hughes' intercollegiate careei at Louisville's Gait House with 15 other UK began. Perhaps unmatched for inductees. He was presented for the j, versatility, Hughes' athletic career at K award by EKU Vice President for Public In The tucky earned him a total of 13 letters Affairs, Donald R. Feltner, who pitched the sports of football, basketball, basetj for Hughes from 1952-55 and later and track, becoming the first four-sp'j coached with him in the Eastern baseball letterman in Kentucky's history. Hall program. \ Only Ellis Johnson, who finished In presenting Hughes for the honor, UK in 1933, has earned letters in k Feltner said, "Norman Vincent Peale sports since. must have had "Turkey" Hughes in mind when he said that the real measure of To this day, "Turkey" regrets man's size is not the length of his legs, didn't have time to play on the Kcntuc,' but the height of his mind. This deter- tennis team. Perhaps one of the m,i mined, 145-pound farm boy from Grit- memorable highlights of his Kentu^, tendon County was, is and always will be career came in 1924 when he returnedii a competitor, spelled with a capital 'C'!" intercepted pass 98 years for a tou • "Turkey" Hughes has always been a down against undefeated and unscorj- winner, beginning with his illustrious and upon Alabama to set a national record. precedent-setting athletic career at the However, on the ensuing kickd, University of Kentucky and culminating 'Bama's Johnny Mack Brown scampci') with his outstanding coaching, teaching 100 yards to paydirt for a touchdovj, and administrative record at Eastern. sparking the Crimson Tide to a 4' Hughes attended prep school at Elkton drubbing of UK. in Todd County and was a legendary star In typical "Turkey" Hughes fashiij, baseball, but it in football, basketball and he termed the interception one of fi was track, a sport he had never partici- biggest "mistakes" because "it only mc' pated in nor seen, which brought him to Alabama mad." Another comment frori UK's attention. gentleman's gentleman. Agile and quick as a super athletic at Success has been a constant cc- Elkton, Hughes was asked by his coach if panion to Hughes. It followed him j he'd like to go to the state track meet. Harlan and then to Eastern State Teaij- The coach told him he'd have to go by ers College in 1929, when he begarB himself because he couldn't afford to go tenure of coaching, teaching and athic: with him. administration which spanned 43 yc. Eastern's The following conversation ensued. At Eastern, he coached five sports } Charles T. Hughes "But, coach, I've never run track many as three at the same time), serv^ before," Hughes said. Athletics and Is Inducted Into 23 years as Director of j' "That's alright, kid," the coach told years as Chairman of the Department f The Kentucky him, "you can run as fast as anyone. )ust Health and Physical Education. Athletic Hall of be observant, do as the others do, only do Fame Hugh' it faster." Although an illness cut short lefts "Okay," Hughes said, "I'll go, but chances to earn three additional he si where is it?" and a major league baseball career, "It's at the University of Kentucky," passed his knowledge to countless nu- the coach answered. bers of young men who wore the maroi "Where's that?" young Hughes asked. and white for Eastern. 52 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS In 30 years of coaching Eastern's Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame Lineup !)aseball teams, his squads won nearly 350 1975 Inductees l;ames and captured eight Ohio Valley :onference championships. His impact on Honoree Presenter pastern baseball was so felt that Eastern's Wathen Knebelkamp Lynn Stone •jiamond today bears the name, "Turkey Qaude Sullivan Tommy Bell W. L. Kean Lyman Johnson Hughes Field." Bernie Shively Harry Lancaster Easy going most of the time, Hughes I Frank Camp John Unitas frugal ould be firm and was best termed Turkey Hughes Don Feltner liuring his tenure as athletic director, Ted Sanford J. B. Mansfield jiastern would often take box lunches on Nick Denes Dr. Dero Downing Lenny Lyles Don Shula ,)aseball trips, although post-game meals Qiff Hagan Adolph Rupp )n road trips usually were eaten in a Frank Ramsey John Y. Brown, Jr. trip far enough lestaurant, if the was Lou Tsioropoulous Col. Harland Sanders iway from Richmond. Peck Hickman Phi! RoUms Once, after a game at Morehead, East- Earl Ruby Judge Bert T. Combs Blanton Collier Don Shula rn had eaten in a restaurant and one of Paul Hornung Mrs. Vince Lombard! he IVIaroons' players who had a special iking for strawberry shortcake had con- sumed a second serving. When "Turkey" went to the cashier to )ay the bill, he discovered that he was 5eing charged for one more strawberry .hortcake than Eastern had on the travel- ng squad. He paid the bill, boarded the bus, i brdered the driver, Ed Jarvis (who still drives Eastern's teams when they travel 5y bus) to turn the motor off, and said to ;he players, "By grab, this bus won't -Tiove until the 'whippersnapper' who ate the second serving of strawberry short- take pays up." • When it came to the team's equip- Inent, especially the baseballs, Hughes vas the same way. He continually kept a vatchful eye out for 'rascals' who would ;ry to abscond with a foul ball. "He could ilways run 'em down," recalls a former blayer. An instrumental force in the forma- -ion of the OVC in 1948, Hughes served IS the league's first president and was Top Right: Charles T. "Turkey" Hughes is presented his Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame I A rabid Eastern baseball fan to this lay, Hughes threw out the first ball to years he was a starter as a defensive others who have admired him as one of )pen the 1975 conference championship halfback in football. Kentucky's greatest athletes, is eries held between Eastern and Murray Charles teaches at Somerset Communi- immeasureable. jtate in May on Turkey Hughes Field. ty College. "Currently enrolled in his fourth The Hughes' are parents of two sons, Feltner told the $15-a-plate audience woodworking class at Eastern, "Turkey," Iharles and Allen. of 1,200 that "the pursuit of excellence until recent years, had concentrated on The youngest, Allen, though diminu- for "Turkey" Hughes has never been a making furniture for his two sons and ive like his father, was to star on both part-time affair. It has always been a part four grandchildren. Now, he's making a ;he football and basketball teams at of everything he's done. And, the influ- rocking chair for himself. It's the second Mavy. He was captain of the basketball ence he's had on thousands of persons he's made . . . and neither he nor his :eam, and his teams at Navy beat Army whom he has coached and taught for a lovely general manager, Peggy, is ready wo of three years in basketball and both half century, and the many thousands of for either of them." lEKlSl SUMMER, 1975 53 CHINAImpressions of PRESIDENT ROBERT R. must be approved by their peers or a The People and Society MARTIN returned in April from revolutionary committee. Peking decides "The ideal Chinese citizen would be an universities will a 21 -day tour of the Peoples how many students the eager, selfless, participant in the social Republic of China, a trip he took as part take each year, the EKU president said, revolution," Dr. Martin said. He would be of a 22-member delegation representing noting that admission examinations have someone erased of "all personal aims the American Association of State Col- been discontinued. "The greatest qualifi- working to advance the revolution." leges and Universities. cation to enter college is the right revolu- According to Dr. Martin some 80 The delegation visited facilities in the tionary attitude." Only about one from percent of the Chinese were illiterate cities of Kwangchow, Shanghai, Wusih, every 40 or 50 high school graduates when Mao's revolutionary forces took compared with Nanking, and Peking. enters college in China, power October 1, 1959, prompting the Dr. Martin IVlay 5, appearing under the auspices of about 50 percent in the U.S., Communist Chairman to say that the the University Center Board, Dr. Martin said. Fewer than 400,000 students are in Chinese were poor and blank people, same as Ohio spoke in Hiram Brock Auditorium on his China's colleges, about the "upon which the freshest and most beau- The fol- alone. impressions of Mainland China. tiful characters might be written." lowing highlights his remarks. The Chinese do not seem unhappy, DfUL' Ai it_. l^^^^HII^^^^^^^^^I Martin, adding they seem to On Education noted Dr. have a mood of acceptance. "Multitudes "Chinese education is the greatest, of the Chinese are always lining the most comprehensive brain washing in all street," he said, remarking that Peking, a Dr. Martin said. Every week of history," ^BlV^ city of eight million, has two million; school children go to special places to bicycles. The purpose ' receive political instruction. '" China's 800 million people "are thor-; of education in China is "to promote the 'i 1 documented," he stated, "and are the Communist state" and m oughly revolution and assigned work based entirely on man- educators stress the "conforming of '^ power needs." "It's not uncommon for a thought." Ur ^'P returned to the <^i ... university graduate to be Dr. Martin said China's greatest em- m i':'^1 same rice paddies he worked before at- phasis in education is on elementary tending school." grades, in which about 130 million stu- The Cultural Revolution "The Chinese, as I noted in Yugo- dents are taught. "The youngsters seem as Dr. Martin called the cultural revolu- he said, "lead a puritanical exis- happy, eager, and attentive as children tion of 1966 the first instance of a slavia," on tence. A dog track is now a cultural you will find anywhere," he said. country "unleashing a revolution" Tse palace, the great square at Nanking was a The administration of schools is by itself, and said it grew out of Mao pride in the revolutionary committee, and the best Tung's "suspicions of an educational elite race track. They take great of the 'sin and vice' around qualification for teaching in China seems and narrowly educated professionals." destroying to be the fact that one has fought in the After an abortive coup de 'etat, Mao Shanghai." supply seems ade- revolution. However, only about one- turned on the universities as harborcrs of The Chinese food to Dr. Martin, who believes a third of the teachers are Communist "Confucianism and revisionist thought." quate rice and wheat is also party members, he said. The cultural revolution had an impact of system of rationing people High School graduates work for about reducing college enrollments to less than a method of controlling the control of their where- two years on a farm or in a factory and half of the 1966 totals, and the teacher/ through positive then they go to a university or college. student ratio today is about one to three. abouts. 54 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS J Marriage age in China is 25, he report- move too quickly toward mechaniza- the rice paddies from Hong Kong to the number of children is fixed at ed, and tion," Dr. Martin said. Nanking. "Working with water buffalo - - for birth control Rice, two not purposes but Wheat, rape, and "thousands of we saw two or three tractors - they labor reasons. The mother returns to acres of fish ponds," for were the primary transplant the rice much as we do tobac- after the is — things the party work 56 days baby born saw from their trains. Dr. co," he said. Dr. Martin said the farming has extensive day-care centers. Dr. Martin commented that they China saw only was so intensive that vegetables are grown Martin said. "We asked what if what they were shown in a highly struc- someone on the sides of the rice paddie levees. had more than two children, and were tured trip that involved about as much of The great Wall, was Dr. Martin's sec- China as told 'they are reeducated into sterili- a visitor to this country would ond cited memory. The only man made " zation.' see between Charleston, S.C, and New structure visible from the moon, the wall The people are uniformly dressed in York City. stretches 3,720 miles and is "one of the the "Mao Uniform" Dr. Martin said, "Large quantities of chicken, pork, greatest engineering feats of all time," Dr. quipping that unlike this country, "The duck and fish were also grown," he said. Martin said, noting it was built with Dr. hair is the only way to tell the girls from Martin noted that every commune forced labor. had a 40-foot square of the boys." concrete to Peking's Forbidden City, was the Chinese housing seems generally thrash the rice, wheat and rape grains. poor third. Built in 1406, it has 9,000 rooms in Dr. The ASSCU group observed and Martin said that "not in 100 some its 720 square meters, and was home for if china, pottery and silk years, they started today, could they manufacturing, the royal dynasties. "You go through the their aimed primarily at export markets, house population in anything ap- and Gate of Heavenly Peace into the Place of proaching Western noted that China, with its use standards." of soft Supreme Harmony, then the Hall of Every coal, has fast building in China, Dr. Martin a growing air pollution Supreme Harmony, the Place of Com- said, has a statue of problem. "Around Peking," Dr. Mao outside, and if Martin plete Harmony, the Hall of Complete it's building, said, "you are an important on the inside constantly aware of the Harmony, the Place of Preserving Harmo- as well. Pictures of four pollution." Communist ny, and finally into the Hall of Preserving patriarchs - Marx, Engels, Lenin and Thirteen years of good harvests are Harmony, which is also the banquet Stalin are on one end of every claimed meeting by the Chinese, who Dr. Martin hall," Dr. Martin said. room, with a large one of Mao at the says, claim a self-sufficiency in food- And lastly. Dr. Martin said he would other end. stuffs, despite imports in recent years. remember Shanghai, a "drab, dirty and China has no religion of its own Dr. "I saw an experimental farm equal to decaying city." He said there was a great Martin said, although about 3 million any in this country at Nanking and the contrast between the old international Catholics and 750,000 protestants are Chinese claim to have one in each section, fallen into decay, and the Chinese known to be there. Dr. Martin and some province." section. The old financial section has of the other delegates attended a protes- Unforgettable Sights been taken over by the Communist Party, itant service in Peking, at which there Dr. Martin said that he would always and pollution from great smokestacks iwere about 40 worshipers. "Everything remember four impressions of China from permeates the entire city. about the service was in Chinese," he his trip. In closing. Dr. Martin said "We ought said, "and since sermons are forbidden, First, he said he would not forget the to go home, get down on our knees and ithe ministers read with gusto from both thousands of people he saw working in thank God we are Americans." 'EKI2I the Old and New Testaments. In es- sence," he added, "Mao is god in China and his red book is his testament." Cultural events and ping pong play a big part in the Chinese life, and on Sundays, Dr. Martin reported, thousands crowd the parks and shrines that had been forbidden to them in earlier years. I He also reported the excitement of the Chinese at what they called "favorable world events" such as news from Korea about possible reunification, the death of Chang Kai Shek, and the fall of Cambodia. lEconomic Development Dr. Martin told the audience that the Chinese economy is highly agrarian, with about 95 percent of the work done [Tianually. "With a population of 800 iTiillion, the last thing China wants is to Dr. Martin, back row, third from right, poses with the AASCU delegation and their Chinese hosts. iUMMER, 1975 55 THE EASTERN CHRONICLE a precis of news about Eastern and its Alumni The Regents: The Campus Reorganizing Academically The Eailcrn Board ol Regents promoted six staff members in a major academic rcorgani- i^ation. i lie promotions were: Dr. William Sexton, from dean of the College of Applied Arts and 1 eclinology to vice president for public service and special pro- grams; Dr. Kenneth Hansson, from associate dean to dean of the College; Dr. David Gale, from dean of Allied Health Programs to dean of the new College of Allied Health and Nursing; Sexton Hansson Mrs. Charlotte Denny, from chairman of the Department of Nursing to associate dean of the new College, Ernest Weyhrauch from director to dean of libraries and learning resources, and Dr. ). Allen Singleton from professor to chair- man of the Political Science Department. Sexton, 44, a native of Carlisle, had been dean of the College of Applied Arts and Technology since 1969. During 1965-69 he was chairman of the College's industrial technology department. Denny Weyhrauch Singleton He first joined the EKU faculty in 1957 as an instructor of drafting and design and ad- Unit, vanced to assistant professor. During 1963-65 ing to Eastern in 1966, he has served as ing UK. of Crafts 1957-58 she was coordinator of the he was a part-time instructor of industrial chairman of the Kentucky School During of Practical Nurse School at Huntington, N.Y education at the University of Missouri. (1966-1969), chairman of the Department and as School, and in 1953-57 she was school A graduate of Eastern, Sexton has a master's Industrial Technology (1969-1973) High of Applied Arts nurse-teacher and 9th grade health guidance degree in -education from the University of Associate Dean of the College Dr. also at Fields Schools, Greenlawn Illinois and the doctorate from Missouri. and Technology since 1973. Hansson teacher Harbor federally funded Dr. Gale, a native of South Dakota, was has served as coordinator of a L.I., N.Y. includes appointed dean of Allied Health Professions at craft project in Eastern Kentucky, as program Her other professional experience Prospective Teacher at General Hospital and Eastern in 1973. Previously he had been chair- director of a three-year staff nurse Queens and as civilian staff man of the Division of Life and Health Services Fellowship program in Industrial Arts, Jamaica Hospital, lamaica, N.Y.; in the Depart- Hospital, at William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, III. coordinator of graduate studies nurse, 1234 Army Convalescent During 1970-71 he was an instructor of ment. He has a number of articles published in Brookhaven, N.Y.; occupational health nurse at history and the philosophy of science at the professional journals. Portchester, N.Y., and public health nurse University of Iowa, Iowa City, and in 1967-69 Dr. Hansson was born in Chicago, and Nassau County Department of Health, Mineola was assistant professor of biology and acting reared in Sweden, where he attended public and N.Y. of arts degree from biology department head at Marion College, technical schools. He is a veteran of the She earned the master of Marion, Ind. He has also taught at the Universi- Swedish and the United States Air Force. He the University of Kentucky, the bachelor University, and ty of South Dakota. has had varied industrial experience in the science from New York Hospital Dr. Gale received the Ph. D. in biological construction and manufacturing industry. diploma from the Central Islip State of Nursing. She has done additional science from the University of Iowa and the He is second vice-president of the National School York and master of arts degree in zoology from the Association of Industrial Technology, chairman graduate work at City College of New University of South Dakota. of the Accreditation Committee for Industrial UK. to Eastern as director of At Eastern, he is a member of the University Technology, North Central Region, and he Is Weyhrauch came education' Academic Affairs Committee, chairman of Al- serving on advisory boards for vocational educa- libraries in 1966. He had served as University of Indiana during lied Health Committee and the Advisory Coun- tion in Central Kentucky and for regional librarian for the and previously had been cataloger, cil on Health Professions, and a member of the educational development for a five-county re- 1964-66, circulation chief for Advisory Committees on Dietetics, Medical gion in Eastern Kentucky (ROPES Region education librarian, and worked at thei Assisting, and Medical Records. Eleven). Brooklyn College. He has also York Public His honors and society memberships include Dr. Hansson earned his B.S. degree in New York University and the New Beta Beta Beta (biological honor society), industrial education from Southern Illinois Libraries. He earned] Sigma Xi and Sigma Zeta (science honor socie- University, and the Masters and Ph. D. from the He is a native of New York City. degree in library science ties), and a National Science Foundation Fel- University of Missouri. the master of science University, New York, in 1959. lowship. He is a member of a number of Mrs. Denny came to Eastern in 1967. She at Columbia have been history, professional and planning organizations. served as assistant to the dean for student His minor fields of study and he has Dr. Hansson has taught at the secondary services at the College of Nursing, University of English and business administration, York City Junior High level and at the University of Missouri and Kentucky from 1959 to 1966. In 1967 she also taught English at New Southern Illinois (both part-time). Since com- worked with the Kentucky Research Coordinat- School. 56 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU! 0- The author of several articles and bulletins "The best estimate is a 1 to 20-foot object "Through the 1960's," the Chronicle added, n library science, Weyhrauch was vice presi- flying sometimes slowly, about 20 mph, and "it shared the national enrollment boom, grow- ent and president-elect in 1971 of the Ken- sometimes more rapidly, perhaps 100 mph," ing from 4,700 students in the fall of 1963 to jcky Library Association and a past represen- Mahr said. "The light frequently goes out if low 11,100 in the fall of 1973." itive to the Governor's State Advisory Council flying jets appear or if helicopters come close." Frequently, it seems there is more than one f Libraries. WEKU-FM: On the EKU faculty since 1972, Singleton bright object, he added. Issuing Tornado Info lught at Lambuth College in Tennessee during Speculating on the "owner" of the craft, Mahr asked, "If the Services have had le periods 1960-62 and 1968-72. He will Armed Imagine you are sitting in your most com- for jcceed the acting chairman. Dr. Arthur Y. such a craft three years, why would they fortable chair. It's early evening and you're attract attention by flying without running loyd. watching your favorite television show or listen- lights? has it it A native of Lubbock, Tex., he earned his Why not been used? Why was ing to the radio. sent on missions in during the local :ademic degrees at Texas Technological Uni- 1974 Suddenly from your television or radio the tornado and in 1 975 during the tornado watch? ^rsity, Ph. D. and B.A., and Sul Ross, Tex., regular program is interrupted and you hear the If it is alien what could be interesting enough to tate College, M.A. announcer say, "Ladies and gentlemen, the bring it on a repetitive course for almost three His honors include a departmental scholar- National Weather Service has just issued a years?" lip and a fellowship, Texas Tech; chairman- tornado watch for an area 50 miles either side lip of the Social Science Section, Oklahoma of a line extending from ten miles east of Liberty to Winchester, Kentucky. Stay tuned to xademy of Science, and an award from Higher Ed Chronicle: .merican Men and Women of Science, Social this station for further information." Praising Eastern's Diversity nd Behavioral Sciences. Since April 3, 1 974, all Kentuckians and all He received two grants from the Oklahoma America have been aware of the dangers in- - onsortium on Research Development. His "Nowhere in the state or perhaps in the volved when severe weather strikes. Many citi- — is the boom in technical ;search as field director of Title 1, Higher entire country zens did not know exactly what to do then; at Eastern Ken- ducation Act, at EKU provided a variety of education more evident than many did not know the difference between a ;rvices to local governments within 50 miles of tucky University," according to a recent issue tornado watch and a tornado warning. And still ;ichmond. of The Chronicle of Higher Education. today, many people do not know just how they The weekly newspaper which covers the should act and react before and during severe ounders Day: nation's college and university campuses re- weather such as a tornado. Eastern Kentucky viewed Eastern's history as an educator of University offers some free assistance in this EKU's Ninth Anniversary school teachers and then said, "When the area, especially to Commonwealth citizens. market for teachers began to go sour in the The EKU Geographical Studies and Re- Eastern observed the ninth anniversary of its early 1970's Eastern was in a much better search Center has prepared a tornado/severe thieving university status with a Founders Day position to maintain its enrollment than other weather plotting map which is available free of inner March 19. institutions of its type." charge upon request. This publication presents The speaker for the event in the ballroom of The Chronicle explained: "Robert R. a two-color specially-drawn map of the ie Keen lohnson Building was former Gov- Martin, a politically influential former state Commonwealth on which can be plotted the rnor Edward T. Breathitt, who, on Feb. 26, superintendent of public instruction who be- path of severe weather. Also included are 966, signed into law the bill designating came Eastern's president in 1960, had diversi- specific instructions as to how the map should astern as a university. fied the institution's offerings into a wide range be used. Founders Day also commemorates the 69th of technical programs, and they began to take In addition to the plotting map, there are nniversary of the founding of Eastern as a up the slack from the enrollment declines in the printed various definitions used by the National tate institution. On March 21 , 1906, Governor teacher-training program." Weather Service in reporting severe weather. . C. W. Beckham signed a legislative act creat- The April 7 issue of the Chronicle, which is For instance, the definitions to the terms ig Eastern Kentucky State Normal School published in Washington, D.C., said, "Almost "tornado watch" and "tornado warning" are om which the University evolved. 30 per cent of Eastern's students are now in the clearly indicated. Also included are the four Throughout last year the University ob- technical programs at all levels, and the Univer- most important aspects of tornado safety, with ;rved the 1 00th anniversary of the founding of sity offers nearly 40 two-year degree programs. special attention given to shelter areas and how igher education on its campus, celebrating the "Among the options: agricultural mechani- they should be used. Stablishment of Central University in 1874. zation, turfgrass management, nursing, food This free tornado/severe weather plotting I power technology, service technology, electric map, which is suitable for posting on an office JFO's: processing, executive drafting and design, data or home bulletin board, is available at many super- Sighting The Supernatural secretary, real estate, and recreation locales in the greater Richmond-Lexington area. vision." They are also available through the mail and Efforts are being made to identify a glowing Since the Chronicle was researched, EKU I requests should be addressed to "Weather • ying object reported during the last three has added several two-year programs bringing Watch Map," WEKU-FM Radio Station, Eastern ears by several Madison County citizens, ac- the total above 40. Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky ording to Dr. jay C. Mahr, professor of physics The Chronicle continued, "Eastern also has 40475. t Eastern. one of the nation's largest law-enforcement Telephone requests may be made Monday He a new said people who have sighted the object education programs and will soon open through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The 1 the sky, mostly on clear nights, have report- $6.5-million building to house courses in indus- number is Area Code 606-622-2474. This map d that "It is distinguishable from ordinary trial security, corrections, and other types of is offered to Kentucky citizens as a public ircrdft by the fact that it flies without sound, law-enforcement work. service from Eastern Kentucky University. bright enough to light up their houses, and is "Many state policemen, sheriffs, and depu- pie to lake off without an airfield." ties are taking Eastern's courses, often getting ROTC First: Mahr said evidence pieced together from pay raises as a result." Women In Basic ightings suggests "a lighted globe, with perhaps The two-year programs are administered "first." 1 ,000-watt output, intelligently controlled, through the EKU Richmond Community Eastern will soon witness another erhaps remotely, able to avoid mountains as College. This summer, women who have just com- ell as mounted helicopters." A few people The newspaper pointed out Eastern's begin- pleted their sophomore year will be eligible to ave reported the object as "a layered struc- ning as a normal school in 1906 and its change attend the ROTC Basic Training Camp. This Is in a ire, like a low-profile wedding cake," Mahi into a teachers college, a state college, and the first year for female participation such lid. program. linally into a univeisily in I 966. UMMER, 1975 57 The camp lor lem.ilc cadcl-, will be held .il with men Ft. Knox and will be eo-edutalional, The Student Body and women undergoing basitally the same type of training. purpose of the ROTC Basic Camp, The The newspaper w uti a mjik ol distmclii according to Capl. IMarla |. Stripling, Professor all live categories judged by the ACP; covi Science, is to bring the student to a of Military and content, writing and editing, edit level ot military training and education which, leadership, physical appearance, and photi i attained, will qualily him or when satisfactorily phy. The ACP evaluates hundreds of n enrollment in the Advanced Course, her for papers throughout the country each seme Program. Senior ROTC designating about 20 per cent of them Essentially, it is a substitute for ROTC American. training normally given during the freshman Columbia gave the Progress a high ralini and sophomore years on campus. leatures, the editorial page, sports, news id Capt. Stripling slated, however, that a stu- general design. j dent attending the camp will be under no The editor-in-chief for the tall semester obligation to continue his or her association Delma ). Francis, a senior journalism n with the ROTC program. from Lancaster; Jackie Buxton, a sophoi majoring in journalism from Louisville, Several camp-outs, or bivouac in military managing editor. terminology, will be held as well as extensive Serving as business manager was I hiiving programs. Swoltord, a junior biology major from Le> The post also oflers several off-duty activi- ton. jan Hensley, a senior Irom Phelps, se ties. Some of these are riding stables, swimming as news editor. pools, tennis courts, libraries, bowling alleys |o Ann Fox, 1975 Milestone Hall of Fame Richmond, and theaters. Persons attending the camp will Julie Hoyt, a junior from winner, glances over a text before going to have PX (Post Exchange) privileges. served as feature editor. Sports editor wa' bi as an class. She earned a 3.8 academic standing Wilson, a physical education major from Li Payment for participation in the camp is English major. ville, while Sharon D. Gullette, a senior jou computed on a daily scale ($11.47 per day) ism major from Cincinnati was fine arts ed spends at based on the number of days a person Jo Ann Fox: Ft. Knox attending Basic Camp. This pay scale Milestone Honoree of enlisted personnel in the is the same as that Model UN: Five seniors at Eastern have been honored pay grade E-l with less than four months the Milestone, the student yearbook, for Students Commended service. by high scholarship and leadership in campus A limited number of two-year ROTC schol- The 14 Eastern students who participate 1 to the activities. arships will be offered at the Basic Camp the Model United Nations in New York (.'/ Miss jo Ann Fox, an English major from best qualified applicants on a competitive basis. have received a letter of commendation fi Farmersville, Ohio, was named the 1975 Mile- the National Collegiate Conference AssociaH In previous years, students from continental Hall of Fame winner and a member of stone's which sponsors the event US Army areas, Puerto Rico and Hawaii, the publication's Honor Roll from the College representing over 300 colleges and universities, consecutive year tham of Arts and Sciences. This is the second received their training at Ft. Knox. The theme delegation has been comm i Also named to the Honor Roll are |o Ann EKU Model UN of the camp "Preparation for Leadership," will the national group, according to Peebles, Lexington, College of Applied Arts and ed by be stressed throughout the entire training associate professor of poll Technology; Patricia Wheeler, Salyersvillc, Col- Tae-Hwan Kwak, program. science and faculty advisor. lege of Education; Larry Clark, Lancaster, College of Business, and Jeanne Chiaramonte, The letter was sent "in appreciation^ Craftsman's Fair: Worthington, Ohio, College of Law En- distinguished performance." forcement. 2000 Entries The Model UN program at Eastern is s Five EKU colleges and the Collegiate Penta- sored by the political science department Students in industrial arts and technology cle submitted nominations for the Hall of the CIRUNA Club (Student Council on li from vocational and high schools throughout Fame. The final selection was made by a Affi national Relations and United Nations j Kentucky came to Eastern May 2-3 to display committee appointed by Dr. Robert R. Martin, The EKU delegation represented Japan at their work at the annual Student Craftsman's EKU president. model General Assembly session. Fair. Nominees for the Honor Roll were selected by the academic deans of the colleges. The event drew more than 2,000 items of At the session these Eastern students Miss Fox earned an academic standing of woodworking, metal work, drafting and other elected to committees and other bodies: p<( 3.8 out of a possible 4.0 grade point average Rubin, Charleston crafts. It is sponsored by the EKU Department cal committee, Steve during her university career. of Industrial Education and Technology. Va., and Robert Hammons, Corbin; s< Miss Peebles, an interior design major, humanitarian and cultural committee, J< The items displayed included furniture, earned a 3.7 grade point average. Miss Wheeler, Kendrick jr., Wetumpka, Ala., and Mj jewelry, leatherwork, wood sculpture, ceramics, majoring in education, earned a 3.9 standing. Swann, Danville; legal committee, Paul Jc models, and other drawings, architectural while majoring in Clark earned a 3.8 average Richmond; conference on multinational co articles. accounting. A law enforcement major. Miss rations. Bill Keene, Richmond; world disai earned a 3.2 standing. Demonstrations were held in wood laminat- Chiaramonte ment conference. Brad Britt, Louisville, Gl ing, jet engine operation, communications and Prospect, and Dave Gibson, Louis* The Progress: Bailey, computer electronics, engine analysis, and other advisory committee on administration 1 activities. Another Ail-American budgetary questions, Norman Mansfield, T raw materials, t The fair was established to promote craft- The Eastern Progress received an Ail- Paducah; conference on ad hoc group on new manship and design, stimulate interest in the American rating from the Associated Collegiate Ulanday, Danville; Paul Yerian, Columbus, C industrial arts, and encourage cooperation Press Association and a first place rating from nomic order, population, Samuel White, Monticello; i among teachers of crafts. It concluded with an the Columbia Scholastic Press for the first food, Mike Green, Pickening'ton, Ohio awards ceremony. semester of the 1 974-75 academic year. ALUMNU 58 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY )r. -Bachelor High ie Seniors: "With Distinction." MELVIN: Jerry Tackett-Bachelor "With FORT MITCHELL: Karen Denise Fuchs, High Distinctive Grads Distinction." Janice Kay Kline-Bachelors "With High MILTON: James W. Crafton-Bachelors Eastern honored 232 graduating seniors for Distinction." "With Distinction." idemic excellence during the recent 68th FORT THOMAS: Kathy Lynn Eicher, Dave MONTICELLO: Diane Elaine Smith- ing commencement. Emerson Freer-Bachelor "With Distinction;" Associate "With High Distinction." One hundred and seven seniors graduated Christie Marie Dunham, Janet Mae Hewetson, MOUNT VERNON: Debra Charlene th "high distinction," attaining an academic Pamela Anne Yeager-Bachelors "With High Stevens-Bachelor "With Distinction." int standing of 3.6 or higher for at least three Distinction." NEWPORT: David Michael Koeninger- jrs, or 3.8 or higher for a minimum of two FORT WRIGHT: Terence Lee Schulte- Bachelor "With High Distinction." ars and less than three. Bachelor "With High Distinction." NICHOLASVILLE: James Wilmore Ninety-eight seniors graduated "with dis- FRANKFORT: Linda Rae Tincher- McDaniel — Bachelor "With High Distinction;" ction," attaining a standing of 3.4 for at least Bachelor "With High Distinction;" Brenda James Wilmore McDaniel—Associate of Arts ee years or 3.6 for two. Susan Craig-Bachelor "With Distinction;" "With High Distinction." Twelve students in the associate of arts Deborah Ann Waits-Associate of Arts "With PAINT LICK: Martha Lois Marcum- /o-year) program graduated with "high dis- Distinction." Bachelor "With High Distinction." ction," by attaining a 3.7 standing for the HARRODSBURG: Ronald Fletcher PARK HILLS: David William Sommer- t 32 semester hours, or 3.8 for a minimum of Young-Bachelor "With Distinction." kamp— Bachelor "With High Distinction." semester hours. HENDERSON: Melody Ann Littrel- PIKEVILLE: Daniel Pemberton Stratton, Fifteen of the AA students graduated "with Bachelor "With High Distinction." Jeanna Lorene Barnard— Bachelors "With tinction" by attaining 3.5 for the last 32 HIGHLAND HEIGHTS: Lisa Anne Goetz- Distinction." nester hours or 3.6 for a minimum of 24 Associate of Arts "With Distinction;" Rosann PRESTONSBURG: Rebecca Margaret nester hours. Frances Viel -Bachelor "With High Hay wood — Bachelor "With Distinction;" John The students who were honored included: Distinction." Sheldon Leach-Bachelor "With High Dis- HODGENVILLE: Rebecca Lynn Grubbs- tinction." ASHLAND: Carl Anthony Sparks- Bachelor "With High Distinction." PROSPECT: Michele Bryant Walters- ^ociate of Arts "With Distinction." Sharalee IRVINE: Nancy Margaret Noland, Michael Bachelor "With Distinction." rst-Bachelor "With High Distinction." Anderson Tuttle-Bachelor "With Distinction;" PROVIDENCE: Keith Allen Taylor- BARBOURVILLE: Joseph Michael Sister Ann John Kotch-Associate of Arts Bachelor "With High Distinction." llagher-Associate of Arts "With Distinc- "With Distinction;" Vinada Marie King- RACELAND: Stephen French Bundy- )udith n;" Lynn Williams— Bachelor "With Bachelor "With High Distinction." Bachelor "With High Distinction." tinction." JEFFERSONTOWN: Colleen Maria RICHMOND: Sandra Smith Bingelli, Debra Patricia Monaghan- High Distinction;" BARDSTOWN: Connors-Bachelor "With Douglas Kevin Black, Vickie Diane Fritz, Anne :helor "With Distinction." "With Jean Singley Schubert — Bachelor Christine Sharp, Susan Dean Williams, Connie BEATTYVILLE: Phillip Gay-Bachelors Distinction." Gene Parks— Bachelors "With Distinction;" 'ith Distinction." Francis- LANCASTER: Delma Janice Clyde Thomas Bennett, David Bruce Campbell, Shirley Belle Waterhouse- Bachelor Distinction;" Larry 'BEREA: "With Thomas Virginia Gail Conley, Peggy Lynn Kinnetz, Toy :helor "With Distinction;" "With High Kathryn Sue Clark-Bachelor Distinction." Anne Lancaster, Georgia Kay Lynch, Nancy Hilton-Bachelors "With High Leslie Robert- Distinction;" LAWRENCEBURG: John Jane McKenney, Karen Sue Marcus, Virginia ki Lynn Simmons-Associate of Arts "With son-Bachelor "With Distinction." Sherrod Neat, Larry Thomas Williams- — )h Distinction;" Modena Mobley Wesley LEBANON: Pamela Kae Cloyd-Bachelor Bachelors "With High Distinction." lOciate of Arts "With Distinction." "With Distinction." RUSSELL: Cathryn Ann Carman— Bachelor iBURDINE: luanita Hall Whitaker-Bachelor LEBANON JUNCTION: Rita Gail Matting- "With High Distinction." :ith Distinction." ly— Bachelor "With Distinction." RUSSELL SPRINGS: Sharon Ann CAMPBELLSVILLE: Marilyn )o Hender- LEXINGTON: Gail P. Andrews, Forde Stephens— Bachelors "With Distinction;" Debra -Bachelor "With High Distinction." Perkins, Stephen Carter Push-Bachelors "With Carole Wade-Bachelor "With High Dis- — CARLISLE: Linda Lou Earlywine Distinction;" Rebecca Atkinson Bland, Alma tinction." helor "With High Distinction." Turner Jones, Carol Cole-Bachelors "With SALYERSVILLE: Patricia Beth Wheeler- COVINGTON: Diana Lynn Oliver, Sue )ean High Distinction." Bachelor "With High Distinction." •rneberg-Bachelors "With Distinction." |o LONDON: JoAnne Thompson James, SOUTH PORTSMOUTH: Daniel Lee Gash- 'na Peebles-Bachelor "With High Earlene Watkins Arnold-Bachelors "With High Bachelor "With High Distinction." tinction." Distinction." SOMERSET: Nancy Lynn Long-Bachelor CRAB ORCHARD: Frankie Lee Nunn- LORETTO: Donna Katherine Hamilton- "With Distinction." I helor "With High Distinction." Bachelor "With High Distinction." SPRINGFIELD: John Edward Goatley- CYNTHIANA: Anne Wallace Layton- LOUISVILLE: Jose Howell Grinage, III, Bachelors "With Distinc-tion." ihelor "With Distinction;" Marvin Thomas Deborah Kay Saunders, Delbert Gene SPURLOCK: Sylvia Langdon-Bachelor l:te-Bachelor "With High Distinction;" Hehemann, Betty Burge Myers-Bachelors "With Distinction." Bach- 'ell lackson Clifford— Associate of Arts "With Distinction;" Mary Robin Dreisbach, STAMBAUGH: Kenneth Ray Slone, th High Distinction." Barbara Ann Eisenmenger, Donna Elizabeth elor "With High Distinction." E. Hazlett-Bachelor DANVILLE: Donald P. Alexander- Orman, Donna Lynn Hay, Karen Elizabeth STANFORD: John Ihelors "With Distinction." Hendrickson, Beverly Jean Horsley, Jeanne "With High Distinction." DRY RIDGE: Sandi Webster Thomas- Marie Tarullo-Bachelors "With High Distinc- STANTON: Asa Darryl Abner-Bachelor Genevieve Maddin ' helor "With High Distinction." tion;" Freda Ann Nethery-Associate of Arts "With Distinction;" ELIZABETHTOWN: Allen W. McDavitt- "With High Distinction;" Sarah Jean Powell- Hoi man-Associate of Arts "With Distinction." I helor "With Distinction." Associate of Arts "With Distinction." VERSAILLES: Lisa Phelps Collins- ELIZAVILLE: Raymond K. Landrum- MADISONVILLE: Brandon Curtis Nuttall- Bachelor "With Distinction." > helor "With Distinction." Bachelor "With Distinction." VICCO: Pamela Ghai Combs-Bachelor ERLANGER: Donald Wright-Bachelor MANCHESTER: Walter Martin Craft, "With High Distinction." '|th Distinction." Jr. -Bachelor "With Distinction;" Linda Nolan VILLA HILLS: Gregory Leo Meier- i-LEMINGSBURG: Connie )ean Kane- Dykes-Bachelor "With High Distinction." Bachelor "With Distinction." iielor "With Distinction." MARIBA: Diana Lee Igo-Associate "With WACO: Nada Carol Quillen-Bachelor "With |-ORT KNOX: Robert loseph Bertrand, High Distinction." High Distinction;" Brenda Gayle Quillen- iUMMER, 1975 59 Associate "With High Distinction." national, local and world news through the WALTON: Lois Ann Lay-Bachelor "With of a sign language interpreter. Distinction." For those persons who have tuned WARSAW: Richard Dolan Rider. |r.- WKYT, Lexington, on Sunday nights the vie Bachelor "With Distinction." probably has wondered who the blonde gir WINCHESTER: )o Ellen Reed-Bachelor in the bottom corner of the television screen "With Distinction;" Arthur Lee Wassoon- She is Rita Hester, a 20-ycar-old East Bachelor "With High Distinction." junior from Danville. Her continuous h. movements translate the words ol the newsc OUT OF STATE er into sign language lor the deaf viewers. Rita, a special education major at EKU TEMPLE TERRACE, FLORIDA: Caron L. not new to the world of sign language. Both Collier- Associate ol Arts "With Distinction." parents are deaf and she grew up using s FRENCH LICK, INDIANA: lay C. language methods. By the age of four, Rita s Charnes-Associate ol Arts "With Distinction." she had learned the basics of sign langu NEW ATHENS, ILLINOIS: Patricia Sue interpretation. Eckert-Bachelor "With High Distinction." She began working with the television VERSAILLES, INDIANA: )anet |o Moor- lion in January. She was recommended for head-Bachelor "With Distinction." job by a social worker from Kentucky Sch BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN: Perry for the Deaf, located in Danville. Charles Cance-Associate of Arts "With Besides WKYT, Kentucky Education Ti Distinction." vision also has started to aid the deaf in tf DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Lawrence television viewing. The station carries a nd Douglas Ly tie-Bachelor "With High Dawson, a junior elementary education program each week night with interpret Distinction." Janet captions flashed across the television sere BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK: Frederick major from Daviess County, has been crowned the 1975 Miss Eastern. Besides a $300 scholar- Also featured each Thursday night is a mo Cletus H e i c h e m e r -Bachelor "With with captions. Distinction." ship, she earned the right to represent the University in the Miss Kentucky Pageant and Rita hopes these innovations in the lo LAKEWOOD, NEW YORK: Sally lean area are the beginning of a number of ways Munson-Bachelor "With Distinction." the Mountain Laurel Festival. which the deaf can be helped. "I feel that BETHEL, OHIO: Richard Allen Bee- WAYNESVILLE, OHIO: Bonita jane Horse- programs now in use are of great help lo d Bachelor "With High Distinction." people and enable them to know what is man-Bachelor "With High Distinction." go ; CANAL WINCHESTER, OHIO: Phillip WEST UNION, OHIO: Stephen W. on in the world around them," she said. Wendell Shoemaker-Bachelor "With Seithers-Bachelor "With High Distinction." Distinction." WILMINGTON, OHIO: Pamela Lee Allen- Pre-Med Grads: CHARDON, OHIO: Linda Dawn Cooper- Bachelor "With High Distinction." Bachelor "With Distinction." To Professional Schools STERLING, VIRGINIA: Michael Lee Richard Lawrence CINCINNATI, OHIO: Four seniors in Eastern's premedical scier Pogue-Bachelor "With High Distinction." Sparer-Bachelor "With Distinction;" Caria program have been accepted into medical c Jean Burris, Pamela Gay Hoskins, Verna Carol Rita Hester: lege and three into dental college. High Distinc- Richardson— Bachelors "With John S. Leach, Prestonsburg, and Mrs. P Kathryn of Arts Interpreting The News tion." Lynda Crea— Associate Combs, Vicco, will enter the University "With High Distinction." Since January a Lexington television station Kentucky College of Medicine. CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO: Deborah |uhl has made it possible for deaf viewers to learn of Lynn Gulley, Sharpsburg, and Georgia T[ Bellamy-Bachelor "With Distinction." COLUMBUS, OHIO: Alicia Ann Hilbish- Bachelor "With High Distinction." DAYTON, OHIO: Kenneth Paul Bostelman, Herbert )ohn Schwendeman, Vivian Irene Kelto, Steven D. Middleton, Constance Lee Mullen-Bachelors "With Distinction;" Diana Gail Gartin, James S. Leaman— Bachelors "With High Distinction." FAIRBORN, OHIO: Miriam Catharine Marlin-Bachelor "With High Distinction." FAIRFIELD, OHIO: Dianne Johanne Dunlap-Bachelor "With Distinction." FARMERSVILLE, OHIO: Jo Ann Fox- Bachelor "With High Distinction." GERMANTOWN, OHIO: Marcia Lefa Crout-Bachelor "With Distinction." HILLSBORO, OHIO: Gregory P. Hedge- beth-Bachelor "With High Distinction." KETTERING, OHIO: Margaret Ann Whelan-Bachelor "With Distinction." NORTH BEND, OHIO: Marney Dee Ritchie-Bachelor "With High Distinction." SPRINGFIELD, OHIO: Leslie Diane Elliott-Bachelor "With High Distinction." Homecoming Oct. 25 Rita Hester, a EKU junior, translates the news for the deaf over WKYT-TV in Lexington. A special education major, she began working with the station in January. 60 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS . alloway (Bell County), will enter the Unlver- ty of Louisville College of Medicine. Jerry Tackett, Melvin (Floyd County); Faculty arid Staff lavid Sullivan, McCarr (Pike County), and ordell Tolliver, Pine Mountain, now living in ichmond, will attend the University of Ken- The Retirees: icky College of Dentistry. Honored For Service The premedical sciences program at Eastern Eastern honored seven retiring faculty and designed to afford its majors with a back- staff members April 16 with a dinner in the ound in the basic sciences that will permit Keen Johnson Building. letn to continue further study in any profes- The retirees were eulogized and presented onal health field, including medicine or den- with an award of recognition of their service to stry, according to Dr. )ohn L. Meisenheimer, Eastern. KU professor of chemistry. Those retiring this year were Colonel Alden The program offers both a three-year and a O. Hatch, director of housing; Mrs. Adda jo )ur-year program that leads to a bachelor of Hagan, assistant resident director of Burnam :ience degree in premedical sciences and a Hall; Mrs. Fastoria Tucker, assistant resident our-year program that leads to a bachelor of director of Walters Hall; Ben Stark, associate I'ts degree in chemistry. professor of social work; Collin Boyd, assistant Meisenheimer said the program is designed professor of social science; Mrs. Elizabeth Rag- ^0 meet the specific needs of the premedical in Model iudent, not just to give the basic entrance land, associate professor Eastern's jquirements to medical college." Laboratory School, and Miss Willie Moss, pro- fessor of home economics. lovernment Institute: Dr. Dorothy Harkins, professor of physical Timothy Kubiak: a Housing Survey education was honored recently as a distin- Taking A NASA Fellow guished alumna of Murray State University. She Institute of at Members of the Government assistant professor has served as president of the Kentucky Asso- Dr. Timothy J. Kubiak, (Stern have completed a project in which they ciation for Health, Physical Education and of geography at Eastern, has been appointed a Bisted the 1 7-county Bluegrass Area Develop- Recreation. summer faculty fellow for the National Aero- ant District in taking a housing survey of nautics and Space Administration and the irryville and junction City in Boyle County. Dorothy Harkins: American Society for Engineering Education. The information gathered by the Institute, Honored At Murray He will participate in an engineering systems mposed of EKU graduate students in political design research program at the NASA Langley Harkins, professor of physi- lence, will be used by the Development Dr. Dorothy W. Research Center in Hampton, Va., for 1 1 weeks strict and the cities in applying for federal cal education for women and women's track this summer. The program's host is Old Domin- mmunity development grants. coach at Eastern, was honored at this year's ion University, Norfolk. The Institute members who helped make distinguished alumna by Murray State Under the program, engineers and social University. e survey were jerry Mansfield, West Paducah; scientists will study the current and potential . Dr. Harkins received the award at Murray's role of general aviation in community develop- ill Tuttle, Winchester; Bill Brockman, Rich- ond, and Rand Russell, Clovis, N.M. Dr. recent annual alumni banquet. She teaches ment and how it interfaces with the total physical elementary school Dbert L. Kline is faculty director of the group. adapted education, transportation system. physical education and gymnastics at Eastern. Dr. Kubiak said information gained through The survey in Perryville concerned water After receiving the bachelor's degree from the program will benefit the planning and pply and sewers. The surveyers worked in Murray in 1943, she received the master's from development degree curriculum of the EKU operation with Mayor Buford Bottom, Police Southern lllionis University and the doctorate geography department. lief Sherman Camden, Fire Captain Ricky from the University of Kentucky. )ttom, Fay Hailey and Elizabeth Russell. She began her teaching career in Ziegler, III. Paul Blanchard: The junction City survey was on street She taught at Greenville High School for 16 iprovement. Working with the students were Addressing School Boards years, developing an elementary physical educa- ayor jerry High, Police Chief Charles Martin tion program. As a member of the Greenville "Divided school boards are no less effective d Officer joe Williams. Park and Recreation Commission, she secured a than non-divided, and they are often more park and public tennis courts for the city. She conscientious and more responsive to their 3r Business Grads: taught at Western Kentucky University for two communities," Dr. Paul Blanchard, Eastern, Employment Instructions years before coming to Eastern in 1968. told those attending an April convention of the Her professional achievements include two National School Boards Association at Miami Six industries accepted invitations to send terms as president of the Kentucky Association Beach. rsonnel representatives or managers to an for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Blanchard, an assistant professor of political nployment Application Seminar last month science, spoke as a part of a panel discussing the r graduating seniors of the College of Business Glynn Creamer: problem of divided school boards. He spoke to Eastern. of school board members and In Teacher Certification a large group The industry people made short preliminary public school administrators. DR. GLYNN N. CREAMER, associate pro- itements about the qualities and character- He said his assertions were based on his fessor of mathematics education at Eastern ics they look for in job applicants and then research of school boards in Kentucky, Florida Kentucky University, will become Eastern's swered questions concerning interview tech- and Michigan. Also speaking on the panel were director of the Office of Teacher Admission, ^ues and procedures. school board members from California, Massa- Certification and Evaluation July 1 chusetts, and Maryland. The seminar's purpose was to instruct the His primary assignment at Eastern has been niors in how to apply for employment. Dr. in mathematics education and the supervision He said more than 22,000 people attended Jrren E. Mullen, chairman of the business of student teaching. The Board also approved the convention, the largest meeting in public liege's Department of Business Administra- his promotion to the rank of associate education this year. It also brings together the m, said. professor. largest number of elected public officials meet- SUMMER, 1975 61 ing anywhere in ihe United SuiCi, BUnchard said. Sports At the convention Blanthaid adniiniblcred a members in a survey to about 1 ,500 board research project supported by a grant from EKU's Institutional Research office. The proj- ect "wiU result in an extensive report on several aspects of school board decisionmaking," Blanchard said. Glenn Carey: Publishing A Text A textbook, "Quest for Meaning: Modern Short Stories," by Dr. Glenn O. Carey, asso- ciate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Eastern, has been published for classroom use in colleges and universities. Dr. Carey, also professor of English at EKU, said, "The purpose of this collection and its thematic divisions is to offer readers a challenge and some direction as they enter upon their quest for the meaning and understanding of short fiction." He said the book was prepared "in response to teachers' requests for a textbook without editorial intrusion, one that permits students to read stories without preconceived notions of what they should look for." The publisher is the David McKay Co. Dr. Carey, at Eastern since 1967, served as 1974-75 president of the College English Asso- ciation and gave the presidential address at the recent conference of the national group at Atlanta. A paper by Dr. Carey on William Faulkner will be published soon in the Arizona Quarterly. Paul Motley: Saluted By Marines Dr. Paul Motley, assistant professor of physical education at Eastern, has received a "certificate of appreciation" from the U.S. Marine Corps for "outstanding service" as official Corps representative and liaison on the campus. He is the faculty sponsor of the 19-member President Robert R. Martin welcomes new Ohio Valley Conference commissioner Paul Dietzel Semper Fidelis Society for students enrolled in to the EKU campus. Dietzel, who has coached and administered athletic programs at LSU, Marine officer programs. Motley said that physi- Army and South Carolina, became the OVC's second commissioner July 1, succeeding Art cal fitness is a major goal of the EKU Guepe. organization. It ranked first in a physical fitness testing Football: program for Marine officer candidates at Louis- ville, placing three members in the top 10, Defending An OVC Championship Motley added. '74 Thirty-nine lettermen, including six first- second-leading ground gainer in the Co Referring to his service, the certificate said, team All-Ohio Valley Conference selections, Division II statistics. "This public spirited assistance is in keeping will form the nucleus of the 1975 edition of the Other first-team choices on the with the finest traditions of American patrio- defending OVC champion Eastern Kentucky conference team who will return include tism and loyalty." University Colonels. receiver John Revere, a 5-8, 170-pound s» Among these returnees is first-team Ail- who led the Colonels in receptions witll. Howard Thompson: American tailback Everett Talbert, a 5-10, catches for 632 yards and seven touchdij' Business Leader 180-pound junior from Lexington, who also and an average yardage per reception mail collected the OVC's Offensive Player of the 21.1; 5-10, 193-pound senior place-kickerl. DR. HOWARD A. THOMPSON, dean of the Year Award. Cody; 6-2, 235-pound senior offensive t.* College of Business at Eastern, has been elected Talbert, who had nine games last season Robyn Hatley; 6-1, 210-pound junior offei president-elect of the Southwestern Marketing where he rushed for 100 yards or more, guard Joe Alvino; and 6-2, 240-pound sci Association. finished the season with 1,478 yards and 11 defensive tackle Junior Hardin. The election was held at the Association's touchdowns, both tops in the league. His Hatley and Alvino were 'periodic repe< recent annual meeting at Houston. season's rushing total also placed him as the on the OVC's Checklist, while Cody lee 62 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNL 1 . will be able to return to the for his final gue in kick scoring with 52 points (9-1 field squad points). Hardin finished fifth year. lis 25-27 extra EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY the team in tackles and assists with 37 and 1975 Football Schedule 1975-76 signees hopeful of starting berths respectively. include 6-4'/2 guard-forward Vic Merchant, 6-8 , Other starters returning on offense include Date Opponents Site junior forward Greg Tucker, 6-4 junior guard senior tackle lior split-end Elmo Boyd, Sept. 6 Wisconsin-Oshkosh Home Billy Owens and 6-0 guard Kenny Elliott. mty Sanner, senior guard John Rogers, junior Sept. 13 Dayton Home Merchant and Elliott are both freshmen. full- Iter Roosevelt Kelly and sophomore Sept. 20 UT-Chattanooga Away and Hal Emerson, who :ks, Steve Streight Sept. 27 East Tennessee Home Spring Sports: ;rnated at the spot. Oct. 4 Austin Peay Home Colonels Shine In OVC Finals Boyd finished second to Revere with 20 (Band Day) for 244 yards. Emerson finished the eptions Oct. 1 Middle Tennessee Away A team championship in golf, second place three touch- son with 219 yards rushing and Oct. 18 Open in baseball, a rise in the final standings of tennis wns, while Streight picked up 191 yards and Oct. 25 Western Kentucky Home of two places, an individual champion in track eTD. (Homecoming) and a final runner-up position in the all-sports defense, eight starters, other than On Nov. 1 Murray State Away trophy standings. including second-team rdin, will be back Nov. 8 Tennessee Tech Home All in all, it was a profitable spring for the OVC selections Tim Kinduell, a 6-2, 220- (ROTC Day) Eastern Kentucky University golf, baseball, jnd senior end and Ron Catlett, a S-10, Nov. 15 Ashland College Away tennis and track squads as they competed in the D-pound senior cornerback. Catlett led the Nov. 22 Morehead State Away Ohio Valley Conference championships on the m in interceptions with five, while Kinduell EKU campus. tackles and assists with 50 and 67. golf team fought s third in Ohio Valley Conference Game Coach Jim Suttie's EKU Other defensive starters are seniors |oe off a determined bid from Murray State and ins (end) and Damon Shelor (linebacker), East Tennessee to capture its first ever OVC Art Bledsoe (linebacker) and Fred liors EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY golf title. ung (cornerback) and sophomores Anthony Final team standings showed Eastern with a 1975-76 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE ler (roverback) and Steve Frommeyer score of 1126, followed by Murray with 1127 fety). and East Tennessee with 1129. Other team DATE OPPONENT SITE The big question mark for EKU head coach totals had Morehead State, 1155; Western Nov. 29 UNC- Charlotte Home Kidd, who was voted OVC and Kodak Kentucky, 1159; Middle Tennessee, 1161; Dec. 2 Marshall Away trict 4 Coach of the Year, to solve will be Austin Peay, 1171; and Tennessee Tech, 1 180. Dec. 6 Florida State Home will take the graduated Jeff McCarthy's junior Bob Holloway of Fairmount, Ind., Dec. 9 Dayton Away It at quarterback. led EKU entries with a third place finish in the Dec. 20 Morris Harvey Away Three players - junior Jerome Kelley, soph- individual standings with a 54-hole total of 223. Dec. 26-27 All-College Tournament ore Ernie House and red-shirt freshman The Eastern baseball team, under the direc- 29-30 (Long Island, Bowling G reen red Keller - will battle for the starting spot tion of coach Jack Hissom, represented the Oklahoma City, North T exas. spring, while Art "Corky" Prater, an Eastern Division of the Ohio Valley Conference San Jose State, Centenary, [standing young quarterback signee, will have in the league playoffs against Murray State, Utah State, EKU) hance to show his merits in drills next fall. losing that series 2-1. Oklahoma City ,Okla. '74-75 season Eastern has an 1 1-game schedule in which to Eastern, who finished the Ian. 7 Morehead State Home and better last season's 8-2 overall and 6-1 with a 24-22-1 record, took the fall title but Jan. 10 Cincinnati Away 'C marks. Carded for the '75 season are the was forced into a one-game playoff with More- Jan. 17 Murray State Away en conference foes, the University of Day- head State after the Eagles won the spring Jan. 19 Austin Peay Away Morehead 8-7 to I, the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, championship. EKU upended Jan. 24 Western Kentucky Home iland College and the University of Wiscon- advance to the finals against Murray. Jan. 26 Middle Tennessee Home •Oshkosh. Eastern came from behind to take the Jan. 31 Tennessee Tech Away opener 6-5, but EKU's pitchers lost some of Feb. 2 East Tennessee Home their control, walking several batters in the next isketball: Feb. 7 Morehead State Away two games, as Murray came back to take the Counting On The Experience Feb. 9 Marshall Home OVC title with 21-2 and 11-8 wins. Peay Home I Feb. 14 Austin Spenilla and fresh- lettermen Senior rightfielder Ray The starting five and four other Feb. 16 Murray State Home man centerfielder Darryl Weaver topped EKU urn this season for coach Bob Mulcahy's Feb. 21 Middle Tennessee Away batting totals for the season. Spenilla finished stern try and Kentucky Colonels as they Feb. 23 Western Kentucky Away as the NCAA's 18th leading hitter with a .408 tter their 7-1 8 record and seventh place finish Feb. 28 East Tennessee Away average, while Weaver, ranked most of the the Ohio Valley Conference. Mar. 1 Tennessee Tech Home season in the top 20, fell to .388. Leading list of returnees will be Carl the Mar. 4-5 OVC Tournament Sophomore Joe Shaheen of St. Clair Shores, own, 6-4 senior forward, who topped Eastern Bowling Green, Ky. and freshman Kemal Anbar of Ankara, scoring with his 18.8 average last year. Mich., Turkey, led an Eastern charge in tennis which 3wn ranks as the eighth leading scorer in carried the Colonel netters from its seventh time Eastern history with 1,128 points and Ohio Valley Conference Game place 1974 position to a final fifth place i a good shot this year of catching first-place standing. die Bodkin (1,587) points). return as will junior Final team standings showed: Western, 94; Other double-digit scorers returning include Darryl Young (3.8 pts.) and Mike Oyer. Middle Tennessee, 75'/2; Austin Peay, 67; Ten- sophomore forward Mike Oliver and 6-4 lettermen Greg Schepman each alternated at the nessee Tech, 41'/2; Eastern Kentucky, 34'/2; lior forward jimmy Segar, who both netted Jones, Davis and Dwane starting positions with Brown, Segar Morehead State, 28'/2; East Tennessee, 24; and 1.1 points per game. Oliver finished as the No. other two Murray State, 23. ebounder in the OVC with his 11.5 average, and Oliver. 5-11 sophomore transfer Frank Powers, a sophomore from Salem, ' ile Segar was listed among the top free throw Denny Fugate, will have a shot at a N.)., topped Eastern's track participants by poters in the league, having hit 52-66, a .788 guard from Virginia Tech, taking the javelin with a throw of 21 8-1 1 ircentage. starting role, while it is hoped that 6-8 senior the track meet with center Howard Brown, who missed the last half Eastern placed sixth in 1 Sophomores Tyrone Jones (8.9 pts.), Darryl ruptured discs, 40 points, just two points shy of fourth place vis (9.6 pts.). Bill Dwane (7.3 pts.) and of the '74-75 season with two 63 SUMMER, 1975 Middle Tennessee. Final track totals were: Western Kentucky, 171; Morehead Slate, 97; Austin Peay, 74; Middle Tennessee, 42; Murray The Alumni State, 41 ; Eastern, 40; Tennessee Tech, 33; and East Tennessee, 29. Eastern ended the '74-75 OVC sports season with 82'/: points in the all-sports standings, good enough for second place behind leader Western Kentucky who amassed 103'/2. Final all-sports standings of the remaining conference schools were: Murray State, 76; Austin Peay, 69; Middle Tennessee, 68; More- head State, 62'/?; East Tennessee, 61'/2; and Tennessee Tech, 53. EKU Women: More Titles Eastern Kentucky University's six women's intercollegiate athletic teams completed anoth- er successful year this past season, winning one state crown and also capturing a regional championship. Dr. Martha Mullins' tennis team finished regular season play with a 4-4-1 record and ended Kentucky Women's Intercollegiate Con- ference tourney play with 23 points and a second place finish. In field hockey. Dr. Peggy Stanaland direct- her 8-0 ed team to an unblemished regular The newly elected officers of the EKU Alumni Association are: (row one, from left) |oc A season mark and the second place trophy in the '34, Lexington, 2nd vice-president elect; Ruth Spurlock, '41 , Richmond, 1st vice-president t state meet. Gayle Mines, '70, Cincinnati, director. (Row two, from left) Jimmy Brown, '70, Whitesb The volleyball season saw Eastern place director and Conley Manning, '56, Frankfort, president-elect. second in the state meet only to come back and capture the Association of Intercollegiate Ath- '48: letics for Women Region II tournament which Sam Fife, it hosted. Teaching History With A New Twist Freshman |enn\ Utz highlighted Dr. Doro- Collecting autographs and pictures of fa- On the Democratic side are thy Harkins' track team by winning the state's John Keni mous people has always been a fad of young- Robert Kennedy, George Wallace, Edr 880-yard run in the national qualifying time of sters going through their impressionable years. Muskie, Happy Chandler, Lyndon Johnson 2:22.8. As a team, EKU finished fifth in the Little girls adorn their rooms with Donnie Kennedy, Ervin others. state meet. and Sam , among Osmonds'; little leaguers trade baseball cards ethereal Pai In gymnastics. Dr. Agnes Chrietzberg guided More entries include Pope with World Series enthusiasm; soldiers' locker and Richard Cardinal Gushing along with i her young squad to a fourth place finish in the doors sport Racquel Welsh today; yesterday, it tail travelers Neil Armstrong, and hopetl' state tournament, which was held in EKU's was Betty Grable and Marilyn. Weaver Health Building gymnasium. John Glenn, a pending entry. For one Eastern graduate, Sam Fife, '48, included Coach Terry Hall's basketball squad collect- Also in his nearly 200 pictured collecting autographed pictures of famous peo- Walter Cronkite, Carl Albert. ).W. Fulbn ed its fourth straight KWIC crown. ple has become more it than a hobby although Earl Butz, Adolph Rupp, and Robert R. Mijii Scholarships: is still most definitely that. Some of the personalities refuse to For him, it is a way of life. As a history Grants For Women pictures. "I never could get one of Presi teacher at Lafayette High School in Lexington, Eisenhower," Fife "I goti Eastern remembered, The Kentucky University Board of Fife uses these photographs as an approach to autograph and a 'thank you' for asking ab School of Health, Physical Education, Recrea- Guide — they all help." "And there are some famous people !i tion and Athletics, and are served b\ a complex Some of his famous faces are grouped on his waiting to hear from," he concluded, "Ji.3 of multi-purpose, academic-athletic facilities. den wall. Carroll, John Glenn, Senator Henry Jacki The University currently sponsors a program In the Republican camp are Barry Gold- Joe B. Hall, and Roy Rogers. " of 17 varsity sports, 11 men's and seven water, Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Gerald After two decades of collecting his ph< women's. Ford, and Nelson Rockefeller. graphs, autographs, and general news atf 64 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU! nous personages, Sam Fife has an impressive lection. It is not only an effective device for in his classroom, but also an ideal way to delightful Id onto one of childhood's most itimes. Alumni Notes MATTIE BARNHILL HUGHES, '23, '37, V retired after 48 years in education. SAMANTHA FLOYD, '32, another retiree ;r 49 years as a teacher and librarian in ious schools throughout Kentucky. PAUL E. TIERNEY, '36, now practicing ' in Frankfort following 35 years with the te government including General Counsel in irge of the legal section of the Department of jnomic Security. ANN F. MOBERLY, '37, now retired after years of teaching in Kentucky and Virginia. MRS. HAZEL M. GOTHERMAN, '45, now ired after 44 years of teaching in Kentucky. ARNOLD C. WILLIAMS, M.D., '44, recipi- Dr. Paul Williams, '61 Gary Edwards, '63 of a law degree in addition to being a . . . elected to fellowship . . . playing Las Vegas dical doctor, one of the few men to hold '69, th degrees. Dr. Williams is director of emer- of the Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club. C. ALLEN MUNCY, sworn in as the icy services at Baptist Memorial Hospital in HAROLD D. VAN HOOK, '62, with a youngest County judge in Leslie County's dsden, Alabama. doctorate from the University of Kentucky history last year. lAMES A. DECKERT, '50, president and working as Dean of Instruction at Southwest jlMMY S. CAUDILL, '70, with a D.M.D. ner of E. C. Deckert & Co., of Cincinnati, a Virginia Community College in Richlands. from the University of Kentucky last year. itracting firm specializing in pre-fabricated DOUGLAS P. BLANKENSHIP, '64, now a BOYD LYNCH, '70, former EKU basketball 'table buildings. senior transportation planner for the Orange star, now sales rep with UniRoyal Athletic BILL C. VENDL, '53, with a PhD. from County Transit District (greater Los Angeles) Division in parts of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia . . . named Salesman of the rthern Illinois University in 1973. . . . and project manager of a major transit Year for 1974. ROBERT J. KELLY, |R., '59, now adminis- corridor study. '70, prac- tive officer for the Housing Development H. D. LOCHBAUM, '65, now Director of PERRY N. SOUTHARD, now rporation and Information Center in Kansas Quality Control for the Westerfield Company in ticing law in Lexington following his graduation from the University of Kentucky Law School in y, Missouri which is involved with the Cincinnati, Ohio. psas City Model Cities program. ANDREW j. PALMER 111, '67, appointed 1973. ESTEL M. HOBBS, '59, promoted to man- by Governor Julian Carroll as deputy to the DR. ALAN )OE HYDEN, '70, now intern- at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, r, Research & Development of the Ashland Governor's General Counsel. He had been a part ing Medical roleum Company, a division of Ashland Oil. time assistant commonwealth attorney. following his graduation from the UK (FRANKLIN CONLEY, '60 MA '61, now PAUL F. NARDUCCl, '68, with a master's School last year. University in Bethlehem, DONALD G. PEACE, '71, assistant vice- fd of Industrial Education and Technology at degree from Lehigh teacher president and manager of installment loans at stern Kentucky University. Pa. . . . now the only male kindergarden )AMES BARRETT, '62, now project leader in the Bethlehem School District of some 800 the First Hardin National Bank in Elizabeth- the Rohm & Haas Company, and president teachers. town. '69 '71, director; Alumni officers continuing on the Council Include Shannon Outgoing officers of the Alumni Association include Bill Smith, MA Martin, '70 MA '73, director; Ken lohnson, '61, MA '65, president; Karl Prey, '60 MA '74, Doug Jackson, '59 MA '72, 1st vice-president; Sandra Mills, '57 MA '58, outgoing past director; Betty Bell Mike, '68, 1st vice-president, and Tom McCarty, '50, past president, and Lee Thomas Bonny '69 MA '73, second vice-president. president. SUMMER, 1975 65 . PAUL D. TAYLOE. |R., '73, now a Vei- Rep on Campus, a new programs started by the Veterans Administration to provide better ser- vice for veterans who are attending college on theGI bill. KAREN BRYANT SULLIVAN, '72, a Com- prehensive EmploN ment and Training Act co- ordinator in the Bureau for Manpower Services of the Kentucky Department for Human Re- sources. DR. NORMAN DEEB, '47, professor of educational foundations and curriculum at Western Kentucky University, author of Cloud Nine, a work about educational philosophy DR. PAUL F. WILLIAMS, '61, elected to fellowship in The American College of Obstetri- cians and Gynecologists, the national profes- sional organization for the medical specialty. Dr. Williams is presently at The Crist Clinic for Women in Jacksonville, North Carolina. GARY EDWARDS, '63, now recording for Columbia Records and working the Las Vegas circuit with his band. Earlier this year he played a month's engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. MRS. ORA MORRIS BANKS, '59, has retired after 43 years in education. She taught some nine years in the Laurel County School Robert M. Worthington, '48, gives the 1972 commencement address at Eastern. At that time System and completed her career in the lack- was presented with an honorary doctorate following his selection as Eastern's 1972 Outstandi son County Schools. A teacher in the interme- Alumnus. He has recently been awarded a similar honor at the University of Minnesota. diate and upper grades, she also served as a local 4-H leader for 15 years. tion and Lifelong Learning in Tokyo. and Health, Education .& Welfare. In addition to this recent honor, he In 1974 Dr. Worthington represented the received the Honorary Doctor of HunJK Robert M. Worthington, '48: United States in Paris at an Organization for Letters degree from Lincoln University Honored In Minnesota Economic Cooperation and Development Con- Francisco, Calif.) and the Honorary DoctcJ ference on Educational Reform. And he chaired Laws degree from Eastern. Eastern also aw A former U.S. Commissioner of Education the National Task Force on Education and ed him its 1974 Centennial Medal AIl who is now an educational consultant, Robert Training for Minority Business Enterprise, re- Award as one of 1 00 outstanding alumni art M. Worthington, has received the highest honor porting to the U.S. Secretaries of Commerce 28,000 graduates. that the University of Minnesota can bestow on one of its former students, the Outstanding '65: Achievement Award. Ronald Cosby, The award was given on behalf of the Exploring Solar Energy With NASA University's Board of Regents by a member of the administration of the University's College The sun, which produces something like 1 .5 "We all know a magnifying glass c of Education from which Dr. Worthington million trillion horsepower hours of energy a trates the sun's rays so they will burn pap received his master's degree in 1949 and a year against the 90 trillion used by man, may fabric," he said. "That's all right on . doctorate in 1958. soon be providing supplemental electricity for scale, but it would be too costly for a bJ Dr. Worthington, currently chairman of part of the nation. thermal power plant. In the end, cost K Career Development Associates in Princeton, efficiency of concentrators will determine pi N.|., served as Assistant State Commissioner of One of the men working to hasten that day economic feasibility of a plant. We must Education and State Director of Vocational, is RONALD COSBY, '65, a physics professor at concentrators with low cost potentials. Technical and Adult Education in the State of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. New jersey from 1965-71, before assuming his With the aid of a $16,000 grant from the "The Fresnel lens," he continued, "isrrJ federal position from 1973-74. National Aeronautics & Space Administration thinner than the magnifying glass and if 1958-65 a From professor and the chairman (NASA), he is looking for low cost concentra- grooved lengthwise, it might do the job of the Department of Industrial Education and tors for solar thermal power stations. cost of S2 per square foot. Estimates for o Technology at Trenton State College (N.).), he methods are running to $6 per square foot Dr. Cosby 's problem is to find an economi- has also been a visiting professor of education cal way to concentrate the sun's energy enough The professor believes solar thermal pc( in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers to make steam to generate electrical power. plants will initially be situated in the So University, and a faculty member at Purdue They will be used in a supplemental wayf" University and the University of Minnesota. "One idea," he said, "is to set up a 1500 foot receiver and cover 40 or 50 percent of the feeding electricity into a grid when the Dr. Worthington's leadership in national mile square around it with mirrors. The sun's shines so that less coal, oil and gas is consur educational organizations is mirrored in his energy would be reflected to the tower. governmental appointments: he has served as a "Demonstration plants of small size will) member of the President's National Advisory "Another concept," he continued, "calls for built in the 1980's," he predicts, "to p-i Council on Vocational Education and on the parabolic mirrors which would focus light on a feasibility. But unless we have a crash progrn executive committee of the President's Com- fluid carrying tube passing down the center." it will be the year 2000 before a great deab thinSi mittee for Employment of the Handicapped; Dr. Cosby 's research centers on the Fresnel solar energy is used for power plants. I and he headed the U.S. delegation to the 1972 (pronounced without the "s") lens and mirror the long run research will be cheaper in UNESCO World Conference on Adult Educa- concentrators. trying to appease our way." 66 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU! J lARY FRANCES RICHARDS: FIRST LADY 3F ALUMNI \FFAIRS ' Tim Jones, Progress Staff Writer The Eastern Kentucky University Alumni Association 1 broadly expanding organization with a major interest retaining contact with Eastern's 29,000 graduates, e association was organized by Eastern's initial class in 09 and has survived throughout the years. One individual who stands out in the history of the ociation is Mrs. Mary Frances Richards. A native of dison County, Mrs. Richards has dedicated her life to .stern and was largely responsible for continuing the lumni Association through World War II and the years '21 Mrs. Mary F. Richards, , and her husband R. R. Richards, both former faculty at at followed. It was during these years that Eastern Eastern chat with returning alumni before the annual banquet. The Alumni House is perienced a great period of growth and the Alumni named in her honor. Mrs. Richards served as secretary of the alumni association from sociation maintained a high level of proficiency. 1942 until 1961. Mrs. Richards, a graduate of the old ildwell High School on Second Street, position of constant activity during this Eastern campus life since their first asso- I'ished her undergraduate work at East- time. "We sent The Progress to 1000 men ciation in the 1920's. Mr. Richards re- h in 1921. She graduated with a degree in the service," remembers Mrs. Richards. ceived the first degree in Commerce from i Geography from Peabody College in Eastern in 1929 before completing his "A group of girls called the Eastern Ishville, Tennessee, in 1923, and re- at Boston University. He also Service Organization worked folding pa- Masters ined to Richmond to teach at Eastern's wrote his own first semester text in pers and we tried to answer every letter lining School, the equivalent of Model first and correspond with over 700 of these accounting and founded the national Iboratory School today. In 1926, she fraternity. Pi Omega Pi. He was men. There are letters from the foxholes honorary Ifilled her major lifetime interest by the director of an EKU radio program on in Iwo )ima and the beachheads in Italy :uring a position in Eastern's Geogra- WHAS for many years, and he set up a on file at the Alumni House. I could tell a ly Department. system of accounting for all student lot about what the army was doing and In June of 1942, Mrs. Richards be- organizations and audited all their books. what was happening because of the great ine acting secretary of the Alumni For many years, Mr. Richards was in amount of correspondence." 'Sociation. Her husband and fellow dis- charge of ticket sales to Eastern athletic the war, the Alumni Associ- Iguished Eastern faculty member, Mr. Following events, and together with Mrs. Richards, ation began to flourish. Life memberships I R. Richards, had previously served two sponsored many classes and organiza- were established, and 10-year and 25-year 'ear terms as secretary for the associa- tions. His influence on his students is In. At this time, however, Mr. Richards reunions were begun at commencement evidenced by the fact that Dr. Kenneth time. activities were ^s a captain in the Army, and Eastern The homecoming Perry, an outstanding professor at the expanded into the program known today. vs facing a shortage of men on campus University of Illinois, dedicated a text in "It always just been a ballgame, but te to the American war effort. "Those had beginning accounting to his former we developed it with parades, homecom- Ue terrible years," relates Mrs. teacher. I:hards. ing dances, selection of queens, and so "We all worked. I taught 21 Since their retirement in 1966, the on," describes Mrs. Richards. fjrs at Eastern, sponsored the YMCA, Richards have found time to fulfill their ^VCA, and directed the Alumni Her temporary position as acting secre- interest in writing and traveling. They 'iociation." tary was also expanded after the war. have toured Western Europe, North In 1943, a WAC training center was Previous personnel failed to return to Africa, Mexico, Canada, and have been in fiablished at Eastern along with 300 Eastern and Mrs. Richards found herself every state, except Hawaii, more than ^dicrs from the Army Specialized Train- as Executive Secretary of the Alumni once. They are both proficient readers, i Corp. Mrs. Richards was the only Association, a voluntary position she re- with Eastern's library depending upon •'ulty woman to teach the ASTC troops. tained until 1961. them for certain magazines for binding. The Alumni Association was in a The Richards have been mainstays in The combined experience of 80 years SUMMER, 1975 67 al Eailcrn leaves the Richards with posi- tive, explicit opinions of the institution and an insight on the direction of East- ern's advancements. "Practically all the present faculty who are EKU graduates, either Mr. Richards or I taught," she remembers, "I taught President Martin, Dean Clyde Lewis, and many others over there. However, today many students have the altitude that nothing ever hap- pened before them; they fail to realize that we arc all a little segment in a long march of history. I think one should be quiet Lintil he finds out what's going on. There's always something someone did before that's worthwhile. By the time one has been here four years, he learns that he can't make the world over in a day's time." Mrs. Louise Rutledge Dowcrman, '33, and her husband, Jake, were hosts for the Soulh Florida Chapter meeting at their home in Pembroke Pines, Florida this spring. Mrs. Richards reflects upon Eastern in a different era when students were known Three alumni chapters, Perry Counly, South William Brown, president; Mr. Ray C as persons. loses "When one personal Florida, and Washington, D.C., have held spring vice-president, and Mrs. Edith Tudor, seen relationships, many problems occur. The meetings in their respective areas. The Washington D.C. Chapter met Apr! key is found in faculty showing loyalty to Perry County alumni met at the Dennis the Vanderburg Room of the Capital Bui Woolon Elementary School on April 23 with Robert B. McQueen, executive assists the school as a school. One of the major Dr. L. H. Wagers presiding. Dr. W. ). Moore, Senator Walter D. Huddleston and Jam problems is rapid turnover in faculty and retired dean at Eastern, was the guest speaker. Squires, Washington representative of Ge the loss of student-faculty relationships. Sam and Nancy Ward provided special music Electric were in charge of the meeting. There has to be a sense of unity, of for the event. A volunteer steering committee comjia purpose, and devotion to the ideals of the New officers elected for the 1975-76 year of )eff Bonnell, Doug Byther, Ron Cofiji Fred and Crump, John Helm, S college." were John Evans Bowling, president; Alex Jean Eversole, vice-president; Ruby Napier, secre- Owens, Bill Park, LTC. )im Pike, Hugh R.-|ei With regard to the future of Eastern's tary-treasurer. Tom Thurman, and Rufford Warren will alumni program, Mrs. Richard says, "I Dr. Wagers was honored for his service to with Bob McQueen and )im Squires al a date to work on the chapter's organizai^ think pure size is going to make it very the chapter and the University by Ron Wolfe, Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs who at- details. difficult to develop good alumni who go tended from the campus. Dr. )ohn Rosvlett, vice-presidenl for out with love and devotion. I have wished The South Florida Chapter met on April 26 demic affairs and ]. W. Thurman, direct that various colleges could take majors affairs, the meeting fror^ al the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dowerman of alumni attended and develop a sense of unity within the Pembroke Pines. Some 48 alumni attended University. great success of the first reunio college. Perhaps alumni functions should including J. W. Thurman, Director of Alumni The Affairs, and Mrs. Thurman who represented the of alumni band members at Homecott be separated into different interest University. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wayne ing 1974 has prompted a second perfo groups. Thurman of Miami. mance for Homecoming '75 this comin '25, October 25. "People are interested in people; you Dr. B. J. Hart, was the oldest graduate present while Barry Reynolds, '75, was the Suggestions or ideas should be direc don't have affection for buildings. What it most recent. Both received awards, as did Mrs. ed to Douglas Horn, Alumni Band Chaii takes to make a good alumnus is a good Dowerman, the hostess and outgoing president. man, 2156 Jasmine Drive, Lexingtor faculty who get close to students and Officers for the coming year are Mrs. KY. build a sense of loyalty and devotion. When you have faculty who spend time and effort criticizing everything about the school, they're not going to make de- voted alumni. It takes development of friendships among fellow students on campus. "Another problem," she concluded, "is that people don't take time to think about important things. The future of the Alumni Association depends upon one who has gained an appreciation of what Eastern is and what it does for the Members of the Washington D.C. Alumni Chapter gather for a group photo in the person, and one who keeps this love and Vandenburg Room of the Senate Office Building. Bob McQueen and Jim Squires were in affection for Alma Mater." charge of the meeting. 68 THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU m JKU COLONELS: ACTION 75! i Five games at Hanger Field make up tlie home part of the Junior Hardin. tion 75 season for coach Roy Kidd's defending Ohio Valley Once again, an incentive has been added for Colonel fans' Eastern University Colonels, nference champion Kentucky purchasing season tickets this year. Each game is priced at $3.1 5 i early start, a Sept. 6 engagement against the University of each, except for the Homecoming game with Western Kentucky sconson — Oshkosh, gets things underway for the Eastern and a contest with Division I school Dayton which are priced at 8-2 6-1 im which recorded an overall and OVC record last $4.20, a total of $1 7.85 for the five games. ar. Season books are being offered for the thrifty price of First-team Ail-American tailback Everett "Poo-Loo" Talbert, $15.00, a reduction of nearly three dollars over purchasing 5-10, 180-pound junior, heads six AII-OVC first-team choices tickets individually. d 39 returning lettermen for the Colonels. include reserve your five Saturdays with the EKU Colonels, just I Other AII-OVC selections returning for Eastern wide To eiver John Revere, placekicker Earl Cody, offensive tackle clip the form below and return it to the Athletic Ticket Office. ibyn Hatley, offensive guard Joe Alvino and defensive tackle The form may also be used for single game reserved seat orders. 1975 HOME ACTION TICKET ORDER FORM Please send me season books for EKU Action '75 Date Opponents Time Football at $1 5 each. My check for $ is enclosed. I prefer lower deck, upper deck seating (check one) Sept. 6 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 2:00 EDT Single game: @ $ (Tickets for the Dayton Sept. 13 Dayton 2:00 EDT (Game) and Western games are $4. 20; all others are $3.1 5 each.) Oct. 4 Austin Peay 2:00 EDT (Band Day) Name Address. Oct. 25 Western Kentucky 2:00 EDT City .State. .Zip_ (Homecoming Nov. 8 Tennessee Tech 1:30 EST Make All Checks Payable to: Eastern Kentucky University. EKU, Richmond, (ROTC Day) Mail Order to: Athletic Ticket Office, Kentucky 40475 *Ohio Valley Conference Game Orders will be filled with tickets for the best available seats. J EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Entered at the Richmond, Kentucky 40475 Post Office at Richmond, Kentucky as second class matter '75 v ,x Action ^e< M Saturday, October 25 ^ • Homecoming Dance Friday Night Presentation Of Homecoming Queen Finalists At Dance Saturday Morning Parade Through Richmond •Pre-Game Buffet In University Center Annual Homecoming Game (Eastern vs Western) ' Second Performance Of The Alumni Band | ' Post-Game Buffet in University Center ' Greek Parties And Individual Get-togethers • Special Reunions For 1965-1970 Classes I Concert — Alumni Coliseum For Football Tickets Write: Athletic Ticket Office Alumni Coliseum Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY. 40475 Tickets: $4.20 Each