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1906 |
March
21: Governor J. C. W. Beckham signs legislation chartering
the Western Kentucky State Normal School.
May 7: A committee appointed by the Governor votes
to locate the Western Kentucky State Normal School in Bowling
Green.
July 1: Henry
Hardin Cherry becomes President of the Western
Kentucky State Normal School.
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1907 |
January
22: The first classes commence. Herman Lee Donovan, later
president of Eastern Kentucky University and the University
of Kentucky, is the first student officially registered.
December 18: The Board of Regents approves the issue
of a Life Certificate to Miss Flora Stallard, making her Western's
first graduate.
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1909 |
February
27: Western agrees to purchase the campus of the Pleasant
J. Potter College. This property will become the
nucleus of Western's hilltop campus. |
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1910 |
February
26: Cornerstone laying ceremonies for the Administration
Building (now Van Meter Hall) are held.
May 2: The first official athletics competition takes
place as Western's baseball team defeats Eastern 6-0.
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1911 |
February
3-4: Western moves to the Hill from its location on College
Street between 11th and 12th Streets. |
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1919 |
January
28: The ROTC is established at Western. |
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1920 |
November
18: The Board of Regents convenes with its first woman
member, Mary (Mrs. John) Gilmour. |
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1922 |
March
20: Governor Edwin P. Morrow approves legislation changing
Western's name to "Western Kentucky State Normal School
and Teachers College."
September 7: Edgar
Allen Diddle joins Western's staff as Athletic
Director and coach of all sports.
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1923 |
January
12: E. A. Diddle earns his first intercollegiate basketball
victory, coaching the women's team against Logan College.
July 17: The College Heights Foundation is incorporated.
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1924 |
June
5: The first bachelor's degrees are awarded. |
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1925 |
January
29: The first issue of the College
Heights Herald is published.
March 12: "College Heights," Western's alma
mater, is first sung in chapel.
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1927 |
November
19: Western and Ogden
College agree to merge effective January 1. |
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1930 |
February
2: Western's name changes to "Western Kentucky State
Teachers College." |
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1931 |
April
16: The Board of Regents authorizes the establishment
of graduate studies leading to the master's degree. |
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1937 |
August
1: Henry Hardin Cherry, Western's first president, dies.
September 1: Paul
L. Garrett becomes Western's second president.
November 16: The Henry Hardin Cherry Statue is dedicated.
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1948 |
February
27: Western's name changes to Western Kentucky State College.
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1949 |
November
5: Teddy Lou Johnson is crowned Western's first Homecoming
Queen. |
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1952 |
May
25: The
Hilltoppers, a quartet composed of current or former
Western students, release their hit single, "Trying." |
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1955 |
October
17: E.
Kelly Thompson becomes Western's third president. |
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1956 |
September
15: Margaret Munday and John E. Jones are the first African
Americans to enter Western.
December 19: The Board of Regents officially approves
red and white as Western's colors.
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