Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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Silly pledging hen pledge week ended, I was very glad it was over. However, many good experiences came from the week and now that it is over, I am already look- ing forward to next year's pledging, Last year, as a pledge. the week seemed long: yet fun. I was tlallowedl' to do ac- tivities such as sing You Are My Sun- shine to guys I did not know, acquire signatures of hundreds of people, and go on minor and major dates. On Thursday I was humbled more as I paraded around the campus in out-of-style Clothing that clash- ed. All of this seemed very frivolous to me at the time, because I did not realize the full impact of what I was going through. As the year progressed. however, I began to see the valuable experiences I gained during that crazy week. I became very Close to my fellow pledges because we were all going through the same difficulties. I also drew Close to the Club members. They made us do silly activities that seemed stupid and degrading at the time, but in the end. we were all friends. Pledge Week also gave me the opportunity to meet many new people. I had to meet guys for my minor and major dates, all the fellow pledges, and the guys that I sang to or you mad at! Pledge week was fun because I had a chance to laugh at myself and laugh with others. IaIso had the chance to meet lots of people and become close to my future club members. It was great! film mdm 1' Student .I r I the rituals IIThe friendships I made during pledge week are the central strengths in which I have grown from, - Clay Harland received signatures from. Several of the people I met during the week are still some of my close friends. This year, I moved up a step to pledge mistress. Now I had my own pledge and was responsible for acting mean to her. I gave her assignments that enabled her to gain the experiences that I had gained. For example, on Silly Day I made her measure the circumference of 15 trees. Sound easy? There was one small catch: she could not walk on the grass. She had to ask people to go measure the circumference of the tree for her. Another thing my pledge, 0r ltslug as she was so fondly called, had to do was to fulfill her pledge book requirements. She received merits and demerits for her ac- tions. attained signatures of volleyball and track stars, and interviewed her fellow pledges to name just a few requirements. All of thiS, profited my slug because she had the opportunity to meet people. Although I did enjoy pledge week more as a pledge mistress than as a pledge, I was still glad it was over. Nevenheless, it was a valuable week because of the oppor- tunities that it presented. It enabled students to laugh at themselves and laugh with others. And that is what pledge week is all about: meeting people and laughing. $33k Row, row, r0w...A11 Sig Phi Mu pledges had to paddle around the Lil y Pool. Juniors Sharon Gordon from Vilonia. AR. and Leslie Sturm, from Washington. WV. fulfill their requirements on silly day. - photo by Danny Meeks, Morning laughs. During the early morning rituals of silly day, two Titan pledges sing to Shantih slug Christinia DiIIman, from Conroe. TX, while Scott Adair, a sophomore from Phoenix. AZ. and Randy Williams, a sophomore from Nonh Little Rock, AR, looks on. - photo by Leslie Downs

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Playing with exactness. To help celebrate the Inauguration ofDavid B. Burks. the Memphis Symphony Chamber Orchestra pertbrmed on Tuesday night. Besides the students, acuity and staff, the community was invited to enjoy the concert with no admission fee. - photo by Bill Tripp. F illing the Benson. President Emen'tus George S. Benson covers his plate with tbod at the post- inauguration luncheon. The luncheon was held at the Clifton L. Ganus athletic center. - photo by Ken BisseII. Porson-l Curnntly vita: th Gnntry from Pmldum; Dlndor of Alhambra, llllnoll ' American Studln; chlldron: Brynn, Stephan, h ' Pmlucor of Buolnou; a Mnriuh Buslnon Comumnl Education Ph.D., Admlnllmtlon of nghor Educntlon, Florldn State, 1974 MBA. Accounting, Tho Unlvonl'y of Texas, Auslln. 1966 BA. Accounting and but , Harding Collogo, 1965 51-1. Board of Public Accountancy, 1974

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Lem be gettinh down. Ivan Hollins, a freshman from St. Louis, MO, Jimmy Hadnot, a freshman from Jasper, TX, Lee Hougue, sophomore fmm Weiner, AR, and Mark HaIbcrt, a freshman from Lakewood. CO, sing loudly to In Go In pledges during the dreaded silly day. - photo by Leslie Downs. Bethe! GIamL Freshman TNT pledge Doug Bethel, from Chillicothe, OH, looks like a shepherd without sheep while waiting for directions in the cafeteria. Pledges dressed as their pledgemasters required them to on Thurs- day. - photo by Leslie Downs. ma gyms Emmym Pledging has always been a controversial sublect at the Unlverslty. The admlnlstratlon often questioned what should be done. how long R should last, and when It should occur. Students, however, had their own ideals. xxthxthhhx 252 students voted 390 nudeme vmod 34 students voted for for 1a pledglnq 1or spring pledging pledglng to occur In 10 sophomore year 15