Harding Academy - Shield Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Superlntendent Anderson preslded at the annual Award Day ceremon1es on May 29 l959 The purpose of Award Day IS to st1mulate lnterest 1n the students to do thelr very best throughout the year Faculty members make the recommendauons and select 1ons for the awards The coveted Blble Award was won by freshman Wanda Estes Wanda was selected because she more than anyone else possessed the qual1t1es of Chrlstlamty ln her l1fe Sen1or V1ctor Boone won the Bausch and Lomb sclence award The outstandlng sclence student who has completed four years of sclence studles and h1s complled the hlghest average IH that f1eld IS the rec1p1ent of the award Anatlonwlde contest glVeS each local wmner a chance for a S6 000 scholarshxp Jere Yates was one of several outstandlng students who rece1ved two awards The Most Outstandmg Athlete and Best All Round btudent were Jere stwo honors The outstandmg sclence student was found to be sophomore bueJenk1ns bue s superlor work 1n blology merlted the select1on Sophomore Larry Brown clalmed the math award Larry was enrolled 1n plane geometry at the tlme The math award was based on the student s att1tude toward math and h1s year s work Other awards were ff1V9ll the same day fox outstandlng work on the LION staff Ed1tor Carolyn Welch and asslstant ed1tor L1nda McLellan rece1ved pms for thelr work on the paper Typmg and shorthand students also rece1ved pms for the1r year s work Earller IH the year Sylv1a Fstes was acknowledged the Outstandmg Speaker of the Year and L1nda McLellan rece1ved the Clvxtan s Outstandlng Cltlzen Award The Optlmlst s Award went to Fllls Haffuewood When the yearbooks came out Sandy Chllders L1nda key Maxy Lou Ya1b1oufh and Bob Pxewer of the bHIELD staff rece1ved plns . . 'I ,, . , . 1 ' 1 - 1 1 ' , . ' ' xr - rr sa W an 1 . . ., . a , ' . . . . Y ' . ' , 3 . V . ' 1 . . . . - ' ' ' Y ' ' ' ' . . . . . , an ' L 4. ., ., K A, 77 ' 1 s ' ' ' . !. ll ' ' ' YI , , . ' ' 9 . v '. . ' '. ' 1 . 5 . , l , ' . ' a . . , 1. . . . . ' ' 1 l , P., J .

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SUPERINTENDED4 T A M ANDERSON Subject Taught Elghth Grade Enghsh East Texas Teachers College Ab1lene Chrlstlan College A M Sponsor Senlor Class Mr Anderson has completed h1s second year as admlmstrator of Hardlng Academy of lVIemph1s The school has been accepted mto the Southern Assoc1at1on of Secondary Schools under h1s leadershlp He has lncreased the prestlge of the school throughout the clty George S Benson IS one man everyone thmks of when the name Hardlng IS mentloned He has deslred that Hardmg Academy become a p1lot plant ln th1s area ln teachlng the Amerlcan Way of L1fe Wlth our growlng Amer1can Stud1es program the ful f1llment of th1s deslre 1S nearmg He has contmually encouraged the students to remam true to the ldeals of Chrlst durlng th1s cr1t1cal perxod 1n the hlstory of our Natlon 7 B. ., '. A. f . DF. . I ' ' H' 16