Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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CARR heixds ivif-my colvnviumity senvices JAMES F. CARR, JR., EdD., Assistant to the President, served actively in the Searcy community as president of the Kiwanis Club and the Roundup chairman of the White Regional District Boy Scouts of America. He was a Board member of the Delta Hills Health System Agency and of the Arkansas Kidney Foun- dation. He served as sub-committee chairman of the Governor's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped. As Planning Committee Chairman, Carr organized the college's first Family Week-end. He headed the project to place state flags in the new athletic facility for each of the states represented in the student body. ln November, he attended the meeting of the North American Association of Summer Sessions in Williamsburg, Va. He served as a deacon of the College church of Christ. --.,.,V f N The role of Christian education is unique. lts purpose is to educate good men and women for now and eternity. The common textbook used in all Christian colleges is the Bible. This sets these institutions apart from secular institutions of higher education. Christian education provides good professional training and opportunities for spiritual growth through the influence of Christian teachers and administrators. One of its unique advantages is the interest taken by the college community in the lives of its students. Assistance and counseling are always available to the student needing help. Christian education has had a great in- fluence on our family since our oldest son enrolled at Harding in 1966. lt has helped give greater direction to our lives. l am grateful for this influence for good in our family and in the lives of more than 12,000 Harding alumni -James F. Carr J 1. DR. JAMES CARR, Assistant to the President. 2. DR. CARR listens to the views of a friend at the President's Development Council banquet. 3. PAUSING during mid- day activities, Dr. Carr greets a student. 4. SPORTING one of his many hats, Dr. Carr serves pizza during Harding Day at Pizza Hut. 24 ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT '! . .,...,.. , , . Q , Q 2 ' 4 W' tl . s . , jjfiviey A 5 V 9 . ' 'YK V . 221255 ,M V, ., K Ns - iff' If ' ,A E .ci I . V . A . V: Q J' ill Q X A Y 'N- f.,, y 1 N f .. 'I .

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DR. PR OR SERVES AREA ExrENsivEl JOSEPH E. PRYOR, Ph.D., Vice- President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, continued his outstanding service to the college and its students. On campus he sented as chairman of four committees, Academic Affairs, Athletic, Rank and Promotion and the Distinguished Teacher Award Committees. He was the Co-sponsor of the TNT social club and the Arkansas Eta Chapter of Alpha Chi. He served for his 33rd year as faculty advisor to the Petit Jean. Pryor chaired the annual meeting of the Arkansas Deans Association in Conway, October 4-5, and served as vice-president of the Arkansas ln- tercollegiate Athletic Conference. He attended the yearly meeting of the Association of College Honor Societies in New Orleans in February and chaired a panel on improving the activity of chapter sponsors for chapters of honor societies. He also served on the Executive Committee of ACHS. Pryor served as Secretary-Treasurer of the National Council of Alpha Chi and attended the 1977 biennial meeting of Alpha Chi in San Antonio, March 17-19. He installed chapters of Alpha Chi at several colleges in Nlissouri, Tennessee and Virginia. He attended the annual North Central Association meeting in Chicago in April. He served as an elder of the College church of Christ and as chairman of the elders. V 2 1. PRESENTING awards at the Arkansas Collegiate Press Association in Conway on Sept. 19, Dr. Pryor announces the winner of the General Excellence division. 2. JOSEPH E. PRYOR, Dean of the College. 3. LISTENING intently to Susan Alston, Dr. Pryor counsels on academic and personal matters. Christian education has played a tremendous role in my life. The four years that I spent as an undergraduate at Harding College were outstanding years. I participated extensively in co-curricular activities, obtained a meaningful educational base, formed en- during friendships that have blessed my life, and obtained a concept of and dedication to undenominational Christianity that has un- dergirded my life. Resources of Harding were meager then, the curriculum was limited and faculty members were fevw howeven when I enrolled at one of the best graduate universities of the south, I found that I had excellent preparation for graduate study, better than most of my peers. I soon learned that I had been associated at Harding with some of the greatest people I have ever been associated with - outstanding teachers who were great men of God. Their example and their teaching was a great source of strength in many trying circumstances. When I was asked to return to Harding to teach chemistry and physics after completing the Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry, I felt honored because of the stature of my teachers at Harding and because of the great challenge that Christian education provided. Even though I had had other professional goals since my high school days, in the providence of God I did return and the 33 years that I have now been a teacher at Harding have been very rich years. There has been tremendous improvement in resources, great expansion of the curriculum, and equally great increase in faculty, however, the great basic objectives of Harding remain unchanged. From my obsenfation of current students and recent alumni the same great impact that was made on me is still being made, perhaps to a greater degree than in my era as a student because of the large number of faculty members whose lives are truly dedicated to helping students achieve the same great goals in life that have meant so much to me through the years and that also have meaning for eternity. -Joseph E. Pryor k. .J vice-PREsioENT,AcAoEMics 23

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Tucken ACTIVE ON CAMPUS ANd IN AREA LOTT R. TUCKER, B.A., Vice- the Harbin Center, Inc., in Memphis and was Vice-President and member President for Finance and Business Manager, besides fulfilling his duties in this position, was active in the Searcy community. As well as serving as a member of the board of the Searcy Municipal Planning Commission and the Searcy Redevelopment Housing Corporation, he served as Vice- President of the Searcy Federal Savings and Loan. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Searcy Kiwanis Club as well as Past President of both organizations. Tucker was a member of the board of of the board of Continental Warehouse, lnc., also in Memphis. Connected with his duties as Business Manager, Tucker was a member of the Southern and National Associations of College and University Business Officers and of the National Association of College and University Personnel Officers Association. Tucker also committed himself to his work as an elder and treasurer of the College church of Christ. QA A32 X gc K At A siv- --3 f i-we K ,1 if W The most Important values of Christian education cannot be measured in material terms. Jesus made this very clear when he asked What shall a man be profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own life, or What shall a man give in exchange for his life? The true values of Christian education are to be found in the social mental and spiritual realm of such an education. To me personally, Christian education has been important because of the Godly men and women that I have been privileged to be taughtby and also to have worked with in the administration of Harding College over a period of 25 years. Also, it has been important because l found a Christian wife to share my life and a Christian environment in which I could raise my children. They have also been blessed with a Christian education and have found Christian wives at Harding. ln Christian education at Harding College, l have been able to devote my life to the Lord in a work l believe to be very important in His Kingdom. lt is my desire to help pass on to another generation a Harding College strongefrthan when I entered the work and one in which young people will continue to be able to receive a Christ-centered education. K -Lott R.Tucker,Jr. J I to ' , - U N' K -if X 1. DISCUSSING accomplishments of the college, Mr. Tucker visits with alumnus Ralph 'I Diehl. 2. LOTT Fl. TUCKER, Vice-President of Finance. 3. THE camera catches the eye of Mr. Tucker as he enjoys the Development Council banquet. 4. ALONG with his wife, Mae Anne, and other Black and Gold banquet guests, Mr. Tucker laughs at a humorous story. VICE-PRESIDENT, FINANCE 25 sf