Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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BOARD OF TRUSILES. FRONT ROW: Dr George Bensan, Louis Green, John Baldwin. Mrs Robert Warnock, Leman Johnson, James Thompson, Dr. Cliton Ganus. SECOND ROW: James filers, DaHas Harrise Dre Houston Karnese Houston Ezell, Roy Sawyer, Jim Bifl Mclnteere THIRD ROW Rmhard Gibson, David Burton, Milton Peebles, Dr. Harold Cogbum. Hillard Johnmeyer. Flanoy Alexander, Dr Richard Burt, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Board of Trustees pledges $1 million for new programs Members of the Board of Trustees gave liberally 0f themselvei their means. and lheir time In further the work at Harding. A9 tangible proof of lhcir interest in Christian education the Iwenly-four members of Harding's Board pledged more than $1 million in Phase II of the Decade of Develop- ment program. Seven members of the Board were chosen to head a permanent Trustee Development C'nmmittec and James Ellers of Memphis. Tennessee was selected as the new board chairman. BOARD members Mr. Hendrix and Dre Burt visit with Sarah Morris 01 facuhy tea. 24

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NVAL D. ROYSE. EdD HARRY OLREE. EdD GRADUATE STUDIES Royse strengthens graduate program using self-study DR. NYAL D. ROYSE, in an effort to strengthen the department of educa- tion, conducted a self-study analysis of the graduate program. He was ap- pointed as Hardings representative to the American Association of Collega for Teacher Education and attended their convention in Chicago. He was also named to Community Leaders of America and is a member of Pi Kappa Delta. a national honor society in education. MUSCUlAR strength and general fitness is tested by Dr, Olree for NASA research. DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Research director consults others on NASA project DR. HARRY D. OLREE continued his supervision of the NASA project and traveled to Washington, D. C. and the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston for consultation with other researchers in his field. He was asked to serve as the NAIA representative to 21 Joint Commission of Cmnpetitive and Medical Aspecls of Sports. and edited the American College of Sports Medicine newsletter.

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ACADEMICS Shorter semesters are welcome change in academic year Shorter semeslers caused a definite change in the academic year at Har- ding. For students especially. it was a welcome change since it afforded an extra week of vacation during the Christmas holidays. Eleven new faculty members were added to the staff to meet the needs of Hardings 2.060 students and the stuclcnt-faculty ratio was held to 19.8. In accordance with the practice of recognizing high quality instruction, the 1971 Distinguished Teacher Awards were presented to Dr. Raymond Muncy. Mrs. Ermal Tucker, and Dr. Winfred Wright. A plan for granting college credit on the basis of scores achieved on the College Level Examination Pro- gram KTLEIU was added to the aca- demic program. A mm! of 82 enlering freshmen earned 1.741 semester hours of credit toward graduation. FINE weather makes 0 Harding swing fhe perfect study place for Lambert Murray. PREPARATION for class is as necessary for Steve Smith as it is for his studems.