Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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REGISTRAR Registrar attends annual meeting of rkansas officers VIRGIL M. BECKETT represented Harding at the annual meeting of Arkan- sas Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers in October, 1970. As registrar of the college, Mr. Beckett supervised all IBM operations, Which were utilized in registration and business office procedures as well as enabling the handling of stu- dents' records with greater efficiency. Mr. Beckett is a member of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and of Alpha Chi. CHECKING the plane before taking off, Fred Alexander prepares for another flying trip. DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS Alexander visits I junior colleges for recruitment FRED ALEXANDER, Director of Ad- missions, was one of several administra- tors representing Harding at the meeting of Arkansas Deans, Registrars and Ad- missions Officers at AMSLN College in Pine Bluff in late October. He also traveled to almost every Christian junior college, taking with him several transfer students to help in recruiting their ex- classmates. Mr. Alexander piloted the plane on most of these trips. 26 VIRGIL BECKETT, BA FRED ALEXANDER, MEd I l 3 4 61 at U rx S 3 1 at

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EDDIE R. CAMPBELL, MAT JESIRING to form close friendships with students, Mrs. Egly exhibits her sparkling person- :lity not only as Dean but also informally while horseback riding with co-ed Jackie Hall. . ai K 5 BERNADINE EGLY, MSSW I 1. A: , 5 t I DEAN OF MEN Interest of Dean Campbell directed toward two areas EDDIE R. CAMPBELL, Dean of Men, working in both student personnel and admissions, visited high schools in an eight-county area surrounding Searcy. He also helped plan activities for High School Day, Senior Day and the Youth Forum, and served as advisor for the Men's Dorm Council. November ll-13 Dean Campbell attended the Arkansas Drug Training Pro- gram at State College of Arkansas. He also is actively involved in Boy Scout work. L X GETTING ready for a recruiting trip, Dean Campbell and Tom Gooden plan their route. DEAN OF WOMEN Harding student returns as Dean, first since 1966 BERNADINE EGLY, who attended Harding from 1950-1952, returned in August as the first Dean of Women since 1966. One of her major accomplishments was initiation of a new sign-out system for women students. Besides sponsoring Delta Chi Omega social club she holds member- ship in the National Association of Social Workers and the Academy of Certified Social Workers. November 27-28 she helped judge the Miss Teen-age Christian Pageant in Memphis, Tennessee. 25

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LIBRARIAN Shirley Birdsall studies libraries of other schools SHIRLEY BIRDSALL, librarian, visi- ted several academic libraries including those at Oklahoma, Abilene, Lubbock, and Fort Worth Christian Colleges. She attended the Arkansas Library Associa- tion meeting in Little Rock in October and the Southwestern Library Associa- tion meeting in November. Miss Birdsall is a member of Beta Phi Mu, an hon- orary library society, Legislative Chair- man for the Searcy chapter of American Association of University Women and cookbook chairman for AWH. il 4 i 5 2 i if E CTT LENDING CI helping hand, Shirley Birdsall ex- plains The reseorch aids to Cheryl Fellows. DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Olree supervises physical fitness project for NA A DR. HARRY D. OLREE, Director of Research, supervised a project under NASA contract to evaluate the usefulness of the Exer-Genie in physical fitness. On February 27, he discussed cardiovascular laboratory equipment at the Southern Dis- trict meeting of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Rec- reation in Oklahoma City. Dr. Olree was included in the 1970 edition of both Com- munity Leaders of America and Person- alties of the South. 27