Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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ARMSTRONG HALL I4

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'Hlis Huee-year drive +he Facul+y- Ices were :1 ! evidenf. and Presidenf pd several income-producing proiecfs . Included were farms. a prinf shop. . .Mopiing every measure of economy. lmily lived in an aparirnerrl in PaHie Hlair firsf few years on H : campus. years some new buildings were con- uding Hie presiden'l's home. The a: expanded. +he facuH-y increased. 'monf coanued +o grow. '1 hm. World War II and a femporary -'s ouhvard progress. The school L WI all flu help if could mus+er +0 aid . When peace again came. Harding - 5:1 .fanward frond. L -' Hie first of ihe building programs w! . To accommodafe +he inHux of LLLLLLLL anooss EM RIAL RHODES MEMORIAL FIELD HOUSE veferans among +he s+uden+ body. Vef Village and Hufville came upon iha scene. +he former a se++lemenf of aparfrnenfs for married siudenh and +he IaHer femporary housing for boys. Also con- sfrucfad were six rock houses in serve as apart- menfs for married sfuden'rs and faculfy. Then came fhe addHion of No boys' dormi- iories. +he infirmary. science annex. and a new boiler room. Following +ha+ was +he esfablishmen'l' of an indushial ar+s deparfmenf wi+h a new. $l00.000 building. Wifh +his progress came Hie aII-+ime record enrollmenf for Hue school as 728 sfudenh regis- +ered for flu: fall harm in 1947. Eady in I948 Dr. Benson announced ihe opening of a financial campaign designed +0 raise $I.500.000 for seven addiiional buildings in comple+e an ideal campus facili'fy seiup. JELDLHOUsE

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raise $l.500.000 for seven additional buildings in compleh an ideal campus facilify seiup. Two years Iafer. on New Year's Eve of I950. he announced The successful complefion of ihe campaign. Of flu seven buildings planned. 1hree have been complefed: a new gym. Rhodes Memorial Field House; a new boy's dormifory. Arms'frong Hall; anti a new library building. The niher four. a girls' dorm. i0 be buili as an addiiional wing on PaHie Cobb: a new ?raining school: a sfudenf cenfer building: and an audifurium-adminisfra- ?ion building will be compleied in Hue nexf iwo years. Harding's growih +hese pas+ fourieen years has been a carefully planned program of expan- sion, boH'I inhinsically and on a scale ?haf has braughf +he school and iis policies na'fional acclaim. As we eMer Hue second half oi ihis cenfury if is well in pause for a backward glance. thank God for cpur being and accomplishmeni's, then dedicah our fufure as siudenh. wfacuH'y and as Harding College +0 serving file needs of our school. our counh'y. and our God. By Jimmie Atkinson