Western Kentucky University - Talisman Yearbook (Bowling Green, KY)

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Above-Although they finished with a 5-3 overall record, the 1962 football team managed to knock the Morehead Eagles out of sole possession of the OVC title. Left-Expansion on campus in 1963 was marked by the construction of the E.A. Diddle Academic-Athletic Building. Little ofthe old 13

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WKSC realizes rapi With a record enrollment of nearly 6,000 students in 1963, Western Kentucky State College enjoyed the beginnings of a decade of rapid growth and advancement. During 1963, the E.A. Diddle Arena, Home Management House and State Hall, now McCormack, were completed. With growth as the theme for the Talisman, changes brought about by the opening of these buildings were related in the book. For the first time, Greek Organizations were formally recognized by the college. Greek activists welcomed rush, pledgships and the social activities that followed. Students con- sidered the system a means to help socially unify the growing student body. Because of parking problems on the Hill, lots were zoned and students experienced restricted car privileges-not to mention parking tickets. Despite the changing social atmosphere, the traditional Sadie Hawkin's Day Dance was held in 1963. College-sponsored weekly dances provided students with weekend activities. A decade ago, the Hilltoppers faced a 5-16 d growth in 1963 season that had few bright spots in it. For only the fourth time in 41 years, Coach Diddle's basketball club lost more games than it won. The football team fared better with a 5-3 overall record which included a 6-5 loss to Eastern at Western's Homecoming game. Below left-Dr. Kelly Thompson served as Western's president from 1956 to 1969. He now serves as President Emeritus and president of the College Heights Foundation. Below-One problem that has been passed on from decade to decade is the lack of parking spaces on the Hill. Right-Li'l Abners and Daisy Maes were in abundance on Western's campus in 1963 as Marryin' Sam performed his duly at the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance. Fssx ' Z'R ' f.,-':i.1 gf.:g',f ', ,r-L

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Former students are representative of success Many former Western students have merited distinctions and honors in their college careers and later life. As a. tribute to them, the 1973 Talisman presents a short profile of twelve individuals who are believed to be representative of numerous other worthy alumni. These men and women have distinguished themselves in such fields as the military, politics, education, business, and sports. William H. Natcher Kentucky's 2nd District Congressman, William H. Natcher, is a Western graduate. His high school education was at Ogden Preparatory Department. He was awarded the A.B. degree in 1930. The Bowling Green Democrat, who served in the Navy from 1942 to 1945, was elected to the 83rd Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Garrett L. Withers. Congressman Natcher is a member of the House Committee on Appropriations and chairs the sub- committee in charge of appropriations for Washington, D.C. At Western Natcher, a history major and English minor, played baseball for Western and was active in public speaking. Gen. Russell E. Dougherty USAF Gen. Russell E. Dougherty was nominated by President Nixon for promotion from lieutenant general to general and given a new assignment as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe QSHAPEJ, Casteau, Belgium. He assumed his new duties on May 1, 1972. A native of Glasgow, General Dougherty is one of the few general officers in the Air Force to hold a law degree. However, he has elected to remain operational in the Air Force. Among his many military decorations are the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal, and the joint Service Medal. Gen. Dougherty is a member of the Kentucky State Bar Association and the Bar Association of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was awarded the B.A. degree from Western in 1941. Clem Haskins Clem Haskins is the only basketball player ever to be named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year for three consecutive seasons. Nicknamed The Gem, Haskins was an Associated Press All-American selection in 1967 after leading the Hilltoppers to the OVC championship and a berth in the Mid-East Regional NCAA play-offs. In three seasons he scored 1680 points for an average of 22.1 points per game. In one game against Middle Tennessee, Haskins set school and conference records by scoring 55 points. In that same game, he also led both teams in assists. After graduation the 6'3 forward was drafted by the Chicago Bulls, but he now plays for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association. Choosing Western Kentucky over many of the big f the old basketball schools that contacted him, Haskins noted that he wanted to be a Chief in a small school rather than an Indian in a big one. He fondly calls Western the greatest place in the world. W. R. Franklin, M.D. W.R. Franklin, M.D., now of Asheville, N.C., taught neuro-optheholenology at Columbia for 26 years. The recipient of numerous honors, he had three Presidents as his patients-Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Harry S. Truman. Dr. Franklin was voted man of the year in 1969 by the Chamber of Commerce of Westchester County, New York, where he was a member of the Board of Education for 16 years. After leaving Western when World War I was declared, he was wounded in France and discharged as a Cavalry captain. He returned here to receive the A.B. degree from Western in 1924. Dr. Franklin, who has been associated with more than a half-dozen other colleges and universities, including Harvard and Cornell says: Regardless of the other educational institutions with which I have been connected, I can say without reservation that any objective and spiritual ac- complishments I may have attained in life resulted 100 per cent from my attending and graduating from Western. Tom Emberton Tom Emberton, a successful lawyer in Glasgow, was the Republican nominee for governor of Kentucky in the last general election. A native of Monroe County, Emberton was graduated from Edmonton High School in 1949, and entered Western for one, year before joining the Air Force in 1951. After four years of service he returned to Western and Bowling Green Business University, where he received pre-law training. He was awarded a degree from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1962. At Western Emberton was business manager of the College Heights Herald and president of his sophomore and junior classes. Whitey Sanders Whitey Sanders, editorial cartoonist for the Mil- waukee journal, is recognized as one of the nation's best editorial cartoonists. Sanders' work has been published in The New York Times, Izvestia, London Observer, Time, N ewsweek, and newspapers in Latin America and Italy. Two en- cyclopedias, Americana and World Book, have also published Sanders' work. A native of Tennessee, Sanders majored in English at Western and was a two-year letterman as a quarterback, establishing an NCAA College Division record in 1953 with a .667 pass-completion percentage. He then turned down a pro football offer and entered the Army. Sanders was honored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at its 1972 convention in Hollywood, Fla., as a former athlete now prominent in active media news coverage on a regular basis.