Broadside printed as fund raiser for construction of the Kentucky Building

Alexander, J. R.

Western Kentucky University

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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®WKU Archives Records WKU Archives1-1-1929UA3/1/5/3 Airplane View College Heights / AnInterpretationWestern Kentucky UniversityJ. R. AlexanderFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_recordsPart of the Environmental Design Commons, Landscape Architecture Commons, and the Urban,Community and Regional Planning CommonsThis Other is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by anauthorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact connie.foster@wku.edu.Recommended CitationWestern Kentucky University and Alexander, J. R., "UA3/1/5/3 Airplane View College Heights / An Interpretation" (1929). WKUArchives Records. Paper 2390.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/2390Western I(entucky Teachers H. 1-1. CI:-IEHUY, P ... ~s idc llt Bowling Green, Kentucky AlllPLANE VIEW COLLEGE llETCIiTS College No. 1: Heat ing Plaltt; No . 2 : West Ha ll DOl'lll i lo r ~' ; No.3: Stadiu m : No. 4: J. Whi t Potter Ha IJ ; No.5: Admi nis tration BuiJ,I-ing; No.6: Library; Nos. 7, II and 9: Hecila l ion I-I all ; No. to: Ced ar I-louse; No. II : HOllle ECOllomics l3uilding; No. 12: Industrial Arts Building; No. 13: :r.,·l usic J lall; No. H : Traini ng School ; No. 15: Ofli ces Coll ege Il eights FouIJdation ; No. 16 : Home or President Cherry; Nos. 17 and 13 : Buildings and Campus, Ogden College, recenll y affiliated with Western Kentucky Teachers College. An Interpretation B y J. n. A L~;XANl)EI\ The lo ve of counl ry. love of horne, reverence for t he pas t and r('sped ror tradit ions arc among' the strong passions of the race that hUI'c exalted human life . A l o\'t~d b y these passions, men ha \'c heen Jed, as if Ly the hand o f fat.(', 1,0 heroic dec(l s and to hig-h achieve-mClIls . Patriutism. wh ich illdudcs a ll these major passions, is the illspiratioll , not onl y for the best in the arts of war, but. the loftiest at.l.ailllncnis in the ar ls of peace ; ins piring' the best in archi teclure, in l it,cm t.urc, ill painting. and ill Sl'utpLure. In these fine art~ have been embalmed for all lime the highest accumpl ii;h-men\.;; o f the race. Impelled by this force, men and women have stri ven across the CCIlt.u rics to achieve Ihe fundamental needs of their social (Ind spiritual li ves. For these more or less abs tract id eals some ha ve given their blood and Ill an y lIIore t he best ill brawn ami brai n lmd heart. No cOllununity has a better claim upon the atfee-tions of its peopl e t han has Kentucky. The Spa rtan courage and fortit.ude of the Kentuck y pioneer;; cn-riched 1 he cad y his tory of tJle state wi th examples of heroic e rrorts lind worth y accomplishments excelled Ilowbere in t he world . Th is spirit ha<; liyed on through the years. giving to th e commonwealt h a glorious his-lory lind t,o its people a rich heritage of trad itions. The \'ahw of this history and these traditions to the present a mi fut ure generations is more t ban a justifica-tion for t he eflorts now being made to Yis lla lizc and make as real as possible these va luable spiritua l and civic assets for the hellefit of ourselves and posterity. The Keilluck y Buildillg on the slope of Collegc Heights is IIOt yet an accomplished fact , but the move-ment has gone far enough and has gained su lIicient momentum Lo COli vince lllO.';c who iUI\'c the malleI' i ll hand that the buildi ng is assured. There has been no intensive dri,'e fo r fU lids for this shrine of Kentuck y's patriotism, yet. li u le more than a s uggestion of s uch a memorial has hwi remarkable resuhs. Subscriptions, as fa r as th is suggestion has gone, have been almos t. uni versal and ex tremely liberal. The proposition has a wonderful appeal because of its challenge to Ken-tucky's patriotism. As.';ocia ted wit h the id ea of the Kentucky B uilding is t he Studen t Loan FUlld , which has alread y lIlade approximatel y 2,500 diflc re nL loans to students who, o therwi:;c, would ha ve been I:HHllpered , if not crippk'd. ill thcir educa t ional development. One of the t wo coonli nated purposes of the Foulldalion is to illspire young KcntuckiUlls to make the mos t of life and the o ther to a id them, in II material way, to realize Iheir hopes and ambitions. No one is th in king now of the original limi t of S:IOO,OOO for The College l-ieigh Ls Fou ndation. In vicw of the t remendous possibility for service t hrough lhis fllm!. 110 limit can be fi\:ed unLil the lim it of s lich SI:rv ice is determined. The Kentucky Building is to be ideall y located. There is no place in the statc where such a building could be more fillingly placed thall on 1he slope Icad-ing 1.0 College Heights, a spot al rcady dear to thou-sunds of young Kentuckians. This shriue will form a link in a chain of world-renowlu...'(1 Kentucky shrilles and places, including " i\'l y Old Kentucky Horne," " Lincoln Memorial ," ::\farnrnoth Cave Natioual Park, and the Jefferson Davis Monumcnt.. All t li f'se places may be seen in a few hours' drive on ' perfect ly good roads. 

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