Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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Dedica ' In keeping with the theme of the 1940 Petit lean, which pictures the prog- ress of Harding College from the frame building on the beautiful blue-qrass campus at Bowling Green, Kentucky. tn 1901 to the culmination of that progress in the buminq ol the mortgage that freed the school from debt. we dedicate this year's volume oi the Petit lean to Dr. George S. Benson. We began together. When Dr. Benson became president of the school. we began as freshmen. We have watched him shoulder every burden of the institution and meet every problem bravely. He attacked the debt that had been hoven'ng over Harding for years. and before our senior year was halt over. the debt was removed. We have admired his courage and energy. And above all else we respect him because he staunchly stands for that which is right tn the sight of God. His zeal and earnestness in missionary work has inspired others to devote their lives to carrying the message of life to those across the sea. The ines- timable good that he did in his ten years of missionary work will live forever. We have listened intently to his interesting accounts of China and the Chinese people. And now because we look to the future of Harding as well as to the post, we look also to the one who has done so much in so short a time. the one whom we believe will have an integral part in the schools future progress. Because in him we see a ltte that is a challenge to us all; because we see one who will go toward always and will never turn back; because he has guided us skillfully along these four years of llte, we, the seniors of 1940 who will leave as he has only begun. dedicate this 1940 Petit lean to Dr. George S. Benson.