Publication Date
May 2007
Abstract
Until relatively recently, instruction in penmanship was an important part of the curriculum in schools and colleges. At the Southern Normal School, the Bowling Green Business University and the Western Kentucky State Normal School (predecessors of Western Kentucky University), students were trained in the latest handwriting techniques as they copied out sayings and aphorisms which inculcated the values of hard work and good character. Western’s first president, Henry Hardin Cherry, was an accomplished penman.
Recommended Citation
Niedermeier, Lynn E., "Western's Heritage of Penmanship" (2007). WKU History. Paper 2.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/2
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Henry Hardin Cherry and samples of his penmanship
Henry Hardin Cherry and samples of his penmanship
Comments
Originally published in echo (www.wku.edu/echo), August 2002. Reprinted by permission.