This month’s out of the box items are a salute to Potter College of Arts & Letters.
Amy Bouse poster
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WKU’s pool (built in 1931) was open to the public from 5:30 – 6:30 pm for $.15 per visit
Date Built – 1931
Architects – Brinton Davis
Contractor – J.U. Schickli Construction Company
History: The pool was adjacent to the Health & Physical Education Building now known as Helm Library on the site of the current Cravens Graduate Center & Library. “It was located in a lovely spot, although the overhanging trees created a problem in keeping the pool clean. Used for both classes and recreation, the pool was reserved during the 5:30-6:30 hour for the Bowling Green public. Admission was fifteen cents with discounts ranging up to twenty swims for two dollars when payment was made in advance. ‘A warm soap bath,’ ‘regulation cotton suits,’ and rubber caps were required. ‘Spitting, blowing the nose, spouting water are forbidden.'” [Harrison, p. 102]
The pool was heated and had underwater lighting. It was 60′ x 120’ in size and the depth ranged from 3 to 7 feet. The pool was removed in preparation for the construction of Cravens Graduate Center & Library in 1970.
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May Out of the Box
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April Out of the Box
Bill 85-10-F Changing Intersection
Dwight Smith’s parents with Dero Downing
Presidential Search Committee, 1997
Preston Health & Activities Center
Unidentified Photos – just say yes
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Out of the Box – March
Bill 1985-5-F – SGA Grade Point
Carlton Jackson
College Heights Herald 3/19/1954
Donald Zacharias Installation File
Student Teacher Placement Cards
WKU Favorite Professor(s) – Carlton Jackson 1933-2014
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February Out of the Box
Beta Gamma Sigma – photo collection inventory
The Elevator
Elevator – read the latest WKU news ca. February 1914
Faculty Senate Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 1979
Honors Program – collection inventory
Junior American Dental Hygienist’s Association – 1992 scrapbook
Letter Henry Cherry to George Cherry, 8/12/1927 re: WKU Talisman and the political climate in Kentucky
Libraries Update 2/1989 – newsletter created by WKU Libraries
Newman Center Dedication Program, 1968
Rodes-Harlin Hall – building history and sources
Teachers Side of the Case – poem by Miss Lincoln ca. 1920
Thomas Meredith Calendar File – collection inventory
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January Out of the Box
Parking
Basketball program 12/12/1961 WKU vs Northwestern Louisiana University
BUWKY 1/1939 – college humor and poetry
Elevator 1/1914 – catch up with the classes of 1908-1913, read about basketball and the Training School 100 years ago
Gary Ransdell Reading File – collection inventory for presidential papers
Parking – WKU Archives records related to our favorite topic
Personnel File 1/1989 – lists new employees 25 years ago
Phi Alpha Theta – collection inventory for student organization papers
Rural Training School – building history, records and photos
Women’s Basketball – collection inventory of WKU Athletic records
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Health Clinic Reports
It’s flu season again. Regardless of the time of year the WKU Clinic sees patients all year round. In January 1964 the Western Clinic administered the following:
- 51 allergy immunizations
- 50 doses of insulin
- 92 respiratory system treatments
- 19 gastro-intestinal treatments
- 7 nervous system treatments
- 9 bones, joints & muscle treatments
- 49 accidents
- 15 eye, ear, nose, etc. treatments
- 17 wounds dressed
- 39 consultations
- 1 case of scarlet fever
- 3 cases of red measles
- 18 infirmary patients
- 36 students advised to see a physician
The entire year’s reports are available to researchers online at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/1852/
Stay warm and healthy!
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Pig in Class
Belmont Forsythe
with Socrates-Kruger
During the school break between the summer and fall semester of 1939 I obtained Socrates-Kruger from my father’s farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was six weeks old. He became well trained and responded very obediently while on hiis pig’s leash. Socrates-Kruger soon became a campus celebrity as he accompanied me to class and around the campus (he was always fastened to the outside doorknob of the classrooms. I was firing a coal fed furnace at a boarding house on State Street, Socrates-Kruger stayed with me in my basement room which ws located next to the coal bin. He continued to get into the coal bin, and therefore needed a bath everyday. After six weeks of enjoying his celebrity status he was returned to my father’s farm when in 2 years he joined his ancestors, Socrates & Kruger. He is pictured here in front of H.H. Cherry Hall. Belmont Forsythe, AB ’40.
Socrates-Kruger was named for the Greek philosopher and General Paul Kruger of South Africa.
Check out KenCat for more images of WKU students and alumni.
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December Out of the Box
Athletic Media Relations Photos collection inventory
BUWKY Dec. 1942
BUWKY, December 1942
Christmas – lots of information regarding Christmas celebrations at WKU
College Heights Herald, January 1929
Diddle Arena Dedication Program 50 years ago
John Minton Swearing In listen to the audiotape and read along
Registrar’s Degree File collection inventory
Schneider Hall building history with links to documents and photos
Snow read about and see images of snow covered WKU campus through the years
Thomas Meredith WKU’s eighth president 1988-1997
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