HISTORY       Western Kentucky University's Spirit Masters originated from a trip Dr. Carl          Kell,Professor of Communication, made to the University of Alabama. While          visiting, Dr. Kell met a group of student ambassadors. Impressed by these          students, Dr. Kell brought the idea back to Western's Interim President, Dr.          John Minton, with hopes of establishing a similar group. Eventually, Dr. Kell          and Nada McGuiness developed the student ambassador group known today          as Spirit Masters.          The original group was selected in the spring of 1981. The twelve men and          twelve women selected were officially presented to the University that spring.          The name of the group was taken from the University's motto:          "The Spirit Makes the Master".