On this date in the history of Eastern Kentucky University: In 1906, the Kentucky Normal School Commission selected the (abandoned) Central University site for the new university, to be called Eastern Kentucky State Normal School No. 1. For many years EKU claimed two founding dates, 1874 and 1906. The standard history traces back to the beginnings of Central University in 1874, but the "state school" that exists today was created on 7 May 1906. My tie shows the official EKU Tartan. It was a gift from EKU comrade Shirley Peganoff O'Brien a few years ago, whose recent birthday (25 April) went unheralded by me this time. Also of personal interest is the birthday tomorrow of George Burr Kinner (1815-1899), one of my eight great-great-grandfathers. He was born in Connecticut and lived near Nyack, New York, apparently as a farmer. This is the last Friday for tie-wearing for a while, because EKU is shifting to its four-days-a-week work schedule for the summer.
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