Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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EDIFICE FOR wkgj'far many years been 1419 desire of he +4 HM collagc cangrega'rion +0 provide a g'fn which the whole sfudenf body of Hue moo! for worship. I? was Hieir fur- 2155 - 'ch'l' such a building be off Hm campus. in iown mighf come wifhouf Hue feeling won afl'ending a college adiva. w' '- hH' Hm Hie congregaiion would be in 'on in carry an ifs feaching program. wk M a should. if :+ m a building COLLEGE CHURCH of if: own. Thaf desire was hrnecl info fad when ihe plans were drawn and flu: work begun. The new building. Iocafed fwo blocks from flue campus. of 7I2 5an Race. is a brick building of modern archi+edural design. Wiih a seafing capacify of I200. H is large enough to accommodafa any contemplated audi- ence and will provide for a hacking program fhaf is full and adequafa for flu congregafion. not only on Sunday morning bu? fbroughou+ the week. 2?

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WORK AT THE ONE OF +he more unpre+en+ious acfs of Harding s+uden+s was +he work done by +hose boys and girls who wen+ +0 +he coun+y farm each Sunday affernoom faking +he Lord's Supper and can-f 6uc+ing services for +he unhrfunafe people +here. In addifion +0 +hese weekly visifs. a col- lecfion was made a+ Chrisfmas +0 purchase some Gravel in our shoes was fhe usual +h?nq. unless i? was one of fhe days for mud up to the ankEes , . , buf how much we enioyed these par- ficulur Sunday aflernoon wths. 28 COUNTY FARM oi: +he +hings +haf were needed +0 mahe +hem more comforfable. Those of us who fool: par+ in +his service can vividly recall +he sympathy which we felt and flue icy i1- brough+ us it: be able +0 give +0 +hese people somei'hing of +he companionship, hope. and considerafion which Huey did 110+ receive from fhe world +haf had largely forgoHen +hem. Hymns 0! peace . . . ad comfort . a ioy . . . of euHaiI'on . . . And we knew Ihaf our sing- Tng was bringing happiness.

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THE WORK THAT MADE LACK OF somefhing +0 do was never a common complain? among us during +he busy school year of '49-'50. To +hose who fool: Haair s+udies seriously, Hie academic. side of life was perhaps mos+ fime-consuming. and for +he working s+uden+s H was even more work and less play-bu'f 'Hnaf's nof say- ing we didn'+ enioy ourselves. . . .