Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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OLD GYMNASIUM WITH ITS hisiory covering slighfly more fhan half of +he Firs! ?iHy years of H1is +wen+iefh cenfury. Harding College as such daies back +0 I924 when Harper College of Harper. Kansas. was consolidaf- ed with Arkansas Chrisfian College af Morrilfon. Named in honor of James A. Harding, flu school had J. N. Arms+rong as ifs firs'+ president The consolidafion, an advanfageous one, made Hue school a senior college and enabled if- fo draw supper? and sfudenfs from a greclfiy- broadened field. The campus 5+ Morrilfon. a 40-acre fracfi Hue nodh sec+ion of +he ci+y. was landscaped wi'lil money and labor dona'l'ed by the sfudenfs and: faculfy as fine young school began ifs sfruggle +0, survive and f0 serve. The consi'rucfion of an ada- minisirafion building and a girls' dormiiory. begu by Arkansas Chrisfian College. was complehd soon affer +he consolida'lion. TRAINING SCHOOL

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James A. Harding. born in Kon'rucky in IB48. was known as a great raligious dabafoc. avangelisi and oducafor. His courage. humilify and faiih in God made him H10 great man ihaf he was. David Lipscomb. born in IBJI. was reared on a farm in Tennessee. In addifion to his iniorosl in Chrisiian schools. he was a profound wriier. an ou+sfonding business man and a leader in his community because of his vision and unarring iudgmanf. John Nollan Armmong. born in Tennessee in 1870, devoiad more ihan foriy years +0 H19 work of osfeblishing Chrisiion education. Ha is remembered for his friendliness. devofion in God. unselfishness. and saif-sacrificing 40? his students and school. loninmin Franklin Rhodes was born in Iowa in IBM. He had a keen wii. and a cheerful ouflook on life. He loved young people. iook a grad inferosf in iheir acfiviiias. end was a na+ural fauchar whose firsf aim was io plaase God. o HAD AN INSPIRATION : and ihaHhe - Er . i'hey devofe Their Iabo :unno+ice- id soon men and women of kindred - e of youfh lay in Chrisi-ian educa- eir lives +0 ihai' worihy ideal. I ourage. and resourcefulness did next and -i+ions flocked io +heir cause. Those vines od' - bearing fruit T . ai- ihe mid poin'i of his ceni'ury. Harding . i a memorial noi' only +0 +heir vision bui' 1'0 +he , g d sacrifice by which +hey made ii a realii'y. iv -iri'l'. for which Harding has stood +hrough o 795 i and fo which she pledges +his I950 Pefi'l' Jean is us Q nce in fufurek:

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PATTIE COBB GODDEN HALL.