Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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BROTHER BREWER addrused iha largesf crowd of the wool! on Thanksgiving morning. THANKSGIVING AN OUTSTANDING even+ of ihe year was +he Thanksgiving Lecfureship. This series oi lessons has been a pari of The Harding calendar of evenfs for iwenw-five years. To ifs plafforms have come some of Hue greatesf men in +he brotherhood, bringing inspiraiion and knowledge on many subiecis of interesi f0 Chrisfians. Since H: beginning ii has grown wi'rh each year +0 i+s presen? scope. H provides a good oppor+uni+y for 'lhe s+u- denfs. alumni. paren+s and faculfy +0 ge+ fogefher 24 LECTURES, 1949 on +he campus and enjoy +he lectures. along with 1he Thanksgiving dinner. club meefings. fhe faculiy- s+udenf baskefball game. and ofher special evenis which are a par? of The homecoming aciivifies. This year over five hundred visiiors from all park oi fhis counfry and from Canada came to pariah of flue icy cf +he occasion. The general +heme around which +he Iec+ures were buiH +his year was. Chrisiian Educafion in +he Local Church. The subied was seleded wifh +he

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;-1 SCHLANDERS. Bad Row: tL +0 ' Mary Jo Ham. Juamfa WaHor, Nadean, Ted Nadeau. Front Dick Smirh, AlFred Fefrich WH- 7 Rogers. Mae While, Joy Smith. n-ing: Hugh Mingm. NOT PIC- ; RED: Leslie Burk; Nell Smlfiw, Rufh 1-t.uaob Hora John Hadley, He1en r , Y- '3va CLUB. Back Row: Joe G'iS' Tit Fai Leunq. Front Row: Shirfey - 9. Victor Brnoddus, Mae Brcad- NOT PICTURED: ng Tao Zea. - 1m Oldham, wum Ym, UPS of boy; gaMered in eaziH '5 rooms for brief devotional ' Inf H13 ard oi fine day. F. The AFRICA MISSION GROUP worked For Hue advancemen? of Chris! in +ha+ counfry. Many workers in Africa foday once mef wifh fhis group. The DEUTSCHLANDERS had as H; purpose +he furfhering of +he mission work in Germany. Their ac+ivi+ies included collecfing cloihes for dis- +ribution, s+udying reporfs +haf came back From our missionaries. and making +his information known. The CHINA CLUB was dedicafed +0 fhe pur- pose d faking +he gospel +0 Ctha. The cusioms of the people were sfudied with he hope +ha+ some of Hue group would be able fo go Fn+o +he work. 23

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Young. here addressTng an afternoon audkmce, is the - of a recent book on +he history of our Chrisfian .: oi presenfing +he preachers. teachers. and ' leaders who attended wiih an undershnding E is being done in Chrisfian educeiion by gibal church. and what can be done +0 help +he ' -a'lien improve its +eeching program. In ?'v'ng chapel. aHernoon discussion groups and g. . meeHngs fhe speakers gave us +he inspira- h werI: for a sound educafional sysiem. and . acfual and practical mefhods for puHing ink: pradica. The meeiings were held in fine Rhodes Me- Field House wiih ifs seeHng capacify of .J m'maiely 150.0. This was he firsf fime in '1 years that Hie whole audience has been able fegeiher because of Hie former lack of , ,- ium space. H was no doubf a greaf inspira- Ho Hie speakers +0 face so greai' a throng of I , assembled +0 si'udy Hue probiems of flu: Frank Cox of Ausfin. Texas opened +he lec- p cf regular church services on Sunday. No- 24. ther visi+ing speakers ?hrougham +he ,mre G. C. Brewer. Riley Henry. Reuel Lem- fhbovel fhe Crowd dispersed in a hurry. heading for H13 dining hall and Hwef big Thanksgiving dinner. I lBeIowJ Glee Clubs. Ldfqe Chorus. Sade? and Quariet us well as He Small Chorus shown here. performed for appre- ciafNe Leciureship audiences. mans. L. O. Sanderson, Melvin Wise. and Norvel s Young. Several members of +he Harding feculfy I also appeared on Hue program. An inspiring varia+ion in fhe program was ' furnished nighfly by H19 musical organizafiens on Hie campus whose well execuied music was a source I of relaxaHon and greaf pleasure +0 all. a sfirring I of happy reminiscence +0 +hose visi+ors who were once a parf of if.