Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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'T 1. VIRGIL BECKETT, Registrar. 2. WORKING with the CRT terminal computer, Mr. Beckett feeds in class information. 3. CHECKING a student's file, Virgil Beckett helps plan a semester's load. 4. LOOKING through files, Mr. Beckett searches for a student's transcript. 1 N, ,ff .4llF 3 4 . Christian education is important to me because it involves educating young men and women for life's highest and best calling, Christianity as a way of life. It is a privilege as well as a responsibility to have the op- portunity to help young people develop Christian values. One of the duties of my office is academic advising, and this provides me with an ex- cellent opportunity to know students on a personal basis. Christian education also affords me the opportunity to serve with colleagues who are dedicated to similar goals. This unity of purpose creates an atmosphere of Christian love that makes a Christian educational in- stitution a pleasant place in which to serve. -Virgil M. Beckett M ,in K ,I Beckett iwitif-ues colviputen REGISTRATION VIRGIL M. BECKETT, BA, Registrar, completed 19 years of service to Harding College in the Registrar's Office including 17 years as Registrar. For two years he devoted much time and study to implementing com- puterization of various operations of the administrative process, and in December, registration for the spring semester was done by computer. This on-line computerized pre-registration system worked very efficiently and was greatly appreciated by the students since it saved them many hours of time and expedited the sectionizing of classes. Beckett was a member of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. In October he attended in Fayetteville at the University of Arkansas a meeting of registrars from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma as efforts were made to organize a regional association of registrars. He served on a number of standing faculty committees, including the Executive Committee, Academic Affairs Committee, Admissions Committee and Academic Retention Committee, sewing as chairman of the latter committee. He also served on the ad hoc Computer Committee. Beckett was active in the program of the College church of Christ. REGISTRAR

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Awiel coNriNuEs wonk with PMASE Ill, cowsulrs with schools ON development C. FLOYD DANIEL, B.S., Vice- President for Development, worked with his main activities directed toward the completion of the pledging of Phase lll. The 811.3 million capital campaign was the largest of such campaigns in the history of the school. He continued to work closely with the Trustee Development Committee and the President's Development Council in carrying out the overall development program for the college. Plans were made to launch a volunteer effort using members of the President's Development Council in various congregations across the country in behalf of furnishing several dormitories and other buildings on campus. Daniel worked with the development department at the Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis in planning to launch a campaign for S2 million. Daniel was called on by the president of Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson, Tenn., to do some consulting work with the college in development and fund raising. He was one of the featured speakers in August for the beginning of the school year at Freed-Hardeman. He was also con- tacted by the Board of Directors of the Jackson Christian School in Jackson, Tenn., and the administration of Bell Haven College in Jackson, Miss., to discuss fund raising and development for the schools. Daniel worked closely with Crowley's Ridge Academy and the Children's Home in Paragould, Ark., in fund raising projects. Both projects were successful and aided in the development of the institutions. He served as a deacon and president of the Christian Service Committee at the College church of Christ and was on the Finance and Missions Com- mittees. He served on the Executive Committee of the college and was a member of the Board of Directors at Camp Wyldewood. f Christian education is important to me because of the opportunity this involvement gives me and others to advance the Kingdom of God on this earth. l believe that the fun- damental purpose for Jesus' leaving heaven and coming to earth was to seek and save the lost. As Christians, l believe our primary purpose in this life is proclaiming the gospel of Christ to lost people. The greatest resource for proclaiming the gospel to the lost is the human resource. ln Matthew 9:38, Jesus refers to the human resource as laborers and tells us to pray for more laborers. At Harding we are preparing laborers for the Kingdom, whether they be accountants, teachers, doctors, missionaries or homemakers. To make this all possible we must have buildings and equipment. Every brick in every building represents a gift from someone. lt is a joy to ask others to invest in Harding 's young people. Their investment will have eternal consequences for good. -C. Floyd Daniel 1. TAKING time from his busy schedule, Floyd Daniel talks with Randy Hughes in the Student Center. 2. ENJOYING a Bison football game, Mr. Daniel visits with a friend. 3. FLOYD DANIEL, Vice President of Development. 26 VICE-PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT

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1. STOPPING on campus, Ted Altman talks with a student. 2. VIRGIL LAWYER and Ted Altman pause during the day for a discussion. 3. TED ALTMAN, Dean of Students. .1 Our world is caught up Ill the philosophies of existentialism and situation ethics. To conclude that the church of our Lord is not touched by this type of thinking is to be less than honest. Christian education gives young men and women an alternative to the destructive nature of these philosophies. The real and lasting advancement of every community, nation and people lies ih the consciences of its people. To teach young people how to live a full life, to concentrate strictly on the intellectual capacity, without cultivating the conscience according to revealed scripture, is only creating half a person. Christian education, its environment and nature, allows students an opportunity to grow daily. To convince young people that freedom is where the spirit of Christ is, rs a difficult task. Because Christ gave us a free will the environment of a Christian institution cannot keep those from doing wrong who wish to do so, lt should, however, always be the kind of environment that encourages people to want to do right. When Christian education is something less than this, then it will no longer be Christian, but it will simply be just education. -Ted M. Altman WM. 5 'Yr , ,,,, ' 'a.. t ' 12- '. 7' J. few -L'f i .-aff at v Q r -' - is ..,,e 0' it s V gy, X r I l oi ,. 1 A t ., r:- a ' W . N f x f- ii' tv. Pe :i flgm 1 .4 J, . :rise n Ed AltlviAN lei-xds studewts iN cAlvipAiqN ' TED M. ALTMAN, Ed.D., served as Dean of Students, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Foreign Student Advisor and also found time to take part in many other activities on and off campus. Altman, as a member of the Christian College Dean's Association and the Southern Association of Student Personnel Administrators, attended meetings centered around a discussion of the impact of current government legislation on higher education. He also attended workshops that dealt in the areas of human relations, counseling and the 28 DEAN OF STUDENTS application of the scriptures in dealing with human problems. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and was appointed to the Advisory Board of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. During the summer of 1976 Altman went with a group of students to Austria. While in Europe Altman worked with the churches of Christ behind the Iron Curtain in Yugoslavia and Hungary. Also in connection with the church, Altman served as a deacon at the West Side church of Christ and served on the Board of Camp Wyldewood. lui 3 LAD iw l 3 it 2... 'wtflf PWAM fm we.