Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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Twofor the price of one? Richard Pippin, a stu- dent in the School of Biblical Studies, and Jane Smith double up on their laundry chores and then face the question, uWhat's socks are these? - photo by Matt Wissinger. Catching ZNZ-Z's. As mid-term tests approach and study hours lengthen, steep becomes a two ury. Graduate student Liz Earnhart takes ad- vantage of the peace and quiet of the library for a short nap. A photo by Matt Wissinger. The spot to shop is Wat-Mart. Because of its convenient location and variety of merchandise, Wal-Mart in Searcy is the place to shop as far as Harding student's are concerned. Sub 7116 member George Wood stops during his shop- ping excursion far a friendly, furry conversae tfon. - photo by Matt Wisst'nger. 3mm 3mm. sharing it together From sunrise to sunset weicontinued the tasks which became habitual by the second semester spent at Harding. Each day we faced the usual routine: struggle out of bed tsome before 8:00, all before 920m, go to classes and chapel Hate more often than nott, stand in line to eat a meal we weren't sure we wanted, return to class, check our mail at least three times timmediately after chapel, during lunch, and before dinnert, and then fit in homework, studies, shop- ping and laundry somewhere. Many days we trudged through this ritual, entered our rooms at curfew and when a roommate asked ttwhat did you do today? the monotone voice replied, ttOh, not much. But no day ever consisted simply of the routine events. Inevitably we had a test, paper, or assignment due in one or four Iris never too cold for ice cream. Junior Wayne John son, senior Steve Lake, and sophomore Delta Sawyer take time out of their routine to eat ice cream, talk. read dub boxes and just relax together, The stu- dent center became the hot spot after chapel during the week. e photo by Wes Hottand. 28 Sunrise, Sunset classes. Most of us ran from class meetings to group meetings to chapel board meetings. A few of the more vigorous even worked at a ttreal job. Not very frequentIy, but often enough to be remembered, we even included social events in our days. Club events, team sports, movies, outings, and SA. events splattered our calendars. Less frequently. more excitingI and most memorable, dating entered into a few tfor some of us, very fewt days. And, of course, with the date came several hours spent in planning and afterward in bragging. This ritual never seemed quite so unbearable when we faced it together, though. Only in times of aloneness and solitude did we find ourselves bored or frustrated. The times shared together ac- complishing the minor events marked the most extraordinary days. The times we shared in line, the times we talmost all of us in some classesi slept through lectures, the times we wasted on the front lawn - those times were the best. Sunrise to sunset, we lived together, we laughed together. and we, together, loved. site - Karen Roseberry Lauras run late. Seniors Laura Perrot and Laura White have more in common than classification and first name; running tate for chapel was an event many students shared in daily. - photo by Wes Holland.