Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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Please tell people that home economics means much more than sewing and cook- ing, emphatically stated Mrs S, A. Befl, Home EconOmics Department head. All home economics courses teach a girl culture 05 well as skill and fit her for gracious social living in any situation. They teach her in the classroom and laboratory the equivalent of ten years' experience in homemoking. More equipment is available in Harding's home ec department then is usual in small colleges or even in larger ones, Practical experience in applying what the giris have learned is on outstanding feature. Faculty teas, dinners, and receptions, are given under super- vision, every girl participating in one such entertainment each termt Success in 0 new hobby every year is the ambition of Mrs. S. A. Belt who heads the de- partment. Her list of accomplishments is impressive and includes painting, a collection of unusual buttons, 0 flower garden, and a knowledge of photography including developing and enlarging Someday she hopes to collect antique furniture for a dining room suite At Bell's Orphan Home in Quinlan, Texas, Mrs. Bel'I was mother to thirty-nine small girfs for three years She planned a nursery for twoiyeoerlds and under or that time which has since been constructed, Teaching the practical courses in clothing is Miss Elsie Moe Hopper whose Afmo Mater is Harding. Miss Hopper applies her knowledge of home ec outside the classroom in such Service clubs 05 the Eastern Star. Motoring is her favorite pastime and she is proud of her pretty green Fordt

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Gaining a general knowledge of laboratory methods and the physiology and anatomy of pionts and animals is the aim of the mogority of courses offered by the biology depart- ment. By frequent hours in the laboratory studying and dissecting specimens, the stu- dent gains first-hcmd knowledge of the structure of living things. Cyril Abbott, who heads the department, is claimed 05 an alumnus by a handful of universities including Ohio State from which he obtained his Ph. D. and Johns Hopkins where he did postgraduate work At present he is testing the nutritional voiue for flies of vari0us sugars 05 compared with their taste appeal. He has written for several scien- tific publications, and is at present compiling a dictionary of biological terms. I once knew a chap is. o characteristic introduction to one of Dr. Abbottfs frequent lecture illustrations. Music, drama, art, and literature claim his interest as a connoisseur and also as a participant. S. A. Bell, associate professor of biology, teaches two practical courseshGenetics which covers the fundamental principles of inheritance and Personal Hygiene which is human physiology with emphasis on personal care of health. Prof. Bell also belongs to the Bible Faculty regularly teaching Old Testament history. He has been with the school in every hardship and need for over forty years. He is a home- iover and is frequently seen working about his yard and garden.

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Smiling John Lee Dykes, head of the Math Department teaches interesting courses in Analytical Geometry, Socialized Mathl Plane Trig, and Calwlusenot to mention the ordi- nary run of the mill. Despite a full schedule of teaching he preaches almost every Sunday, directs the work of about twenty preaching students, and teaches in the teacher training course dawn town. He is chairman of the library committee also. Food rationing will be no problem to him with his productive hobby of raising 600 chickens. He is interested in more systematic Bible and Sunday school teaching and reads much in that field, feeling sure that this work will better the world's morals. Just as the Indians were here when the pilgrims landed, so Miss Catharine Score, our librarian, was on the campus when Harding College arrived. She had been with Galloway College for ten years and now seems like part of the library. There are l7,l45 volumes charged to her meticulous care and the yearly circulation is about l0,000. Periodicals are subscribed to which cover all departments, 115 magazines in olll Les, lie's Illustrated Newspaper from 1857-l885 is one of the library's rare possessions along with the New York Herald for April 15, l865, reporting Lincoln's assassination. Esther Marie Clay and Marie Chunn were seniors who assisted in the library work. Knitting and reading at the same time constitutes Miss Score's unique hobby. A subtle sense of humor is Miss Score's and you will often see her with a twinkle in her eye. In her library work she is conscientious and will not rest until a lost book is found.