Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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To one who has dedicated his life to Chris- tian education, to one who has had a pro- found influence in directing youthful lives into noble paths, to one whose quiet life speaks louder than many sermons, to one who is deeply loved and respected at home as well as at school and in the community, to one who is a great athlete and a real sport ... to our beloved Coach M. E. Pinky BERRYHILL this 1954 PETIT JEAN is respectfully dedicated. MURIL ERVIN BERRYHILL was born May 4, 1911, at Rochester, Texas. After graduating from the Knox City (Texas) High School and working for two years, he entered Harding College and received the B.A. degree in history in 1934. He was an outstand- ing athlete during his college days and was president of his class for the last three years. His graduate training was received in George Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee. In 1937 he was granted the M.A. degree in history and that fall he returned to his Alma Mater as coach and history teacher. By 1942, when his education and work with Harding College was interrupted by World War II, he had almost completed requirements for the Ph.D. degree in physical education. During 1942-44 he was a civilian instructor in the United States Army Air Corps and during 1944-46 he served in the United States Navy. Since Septem- K . 1 Pjrofessor 6PPhy cal Educa- irman of the Department at B Fyhill is a deacon in the College church of ' Christ. He assisted in the organization of Camp Wyldewood and has served on its Board of Directors. He is founder and director of the Little Major Leaguers in Searcy. He holds membership in both the state and national Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation and in the College Physical Education Association. He is a member of Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Delta Kappa and Kappa Phi Kappa. In August following his graduation from col- lege in 1934 Pinky married his college sweetheart and classmate — Rheba Stout of Russellville, Ala- bama. The Berryhills have four children — Donnie, Nita Jean, Dickie and David.

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Student Publication of HARDING COLLEGE Searcy, Arkansas Volume XXX

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tUjCi c jP £U-ouv ?5 FOREWORD... Je There are very few real memories of a college year that can be photographed and printed on the pages of a yearbook. Pictures of chapel, meal lines, and club functions are taken, but they become worthwhile only because of the small but important events they recall — the ideas you gained in chapel, the friends you met in meal lines, and the shocked moment when you fell into a cold creek on a club outing. You, as an individual, will have to fill in these pages with remembrances of your part of the 1953-54 year at Harding. Some things you have learned — some things you have forgotten — and it is the purpose of this book to try and record for future enjoyment perhaps the most eventful year of your life. Hoping this meeting of ideas with printer ' s ink and paper has in some measure accomplished its purpose, we present this 1954 PETIT JEAN to the student body for whom it was created.