Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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i! only one of the domesh: benefits rho! deams receive from home ECOHOmICS. . play on 1he SClefICE Hull, rhe campus land- - iIF Furnishes well-equipped laboratories for phy- biulogmul scsence C1nd home ECOFIDITIICS use. LABORATORIES, such as this, occupy much of the time of pre-medical, chemistry, physics, and biology students. They find 1he4r time has been weH spent as 1hey achieve degrees and professional goals. ACCOUNTING, business and economucs moiars hove weH-equip- pad space in which :0 spend hours adding and boloncnng figures.

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bgi-giim-wm STUDENT PERSONNEL Office is the plate to check for pertinent inv formation regarding dos; attendance and schedule of activities. DCCUPYING centm! position on me campus is the Administration Build- ing. Hub not only in iocarion, but also in activity, her columns back on students to daily chapel ser- vices, daily classes, lyceumsl and the major administrative officesi any devoted Christians saw their dreams become reality whon Arkansas Christian College opened her dnnrs at Murrilton in the fall of 1922 with Adlai S. Crnom as president. After two years, Arkansas Christian College merged with Harper College, a junior college in Harper, Kansasa becoming a soilinr college with J. N. Armstrong as president and changing the name to Harding College in memnry of J. A. Harding. In the summer of 1954 Harding College moved from Morriltun tn Searcy. Upon the re- tirement of President Armstrong in 1936, Dr. George S. Benson returned from China and assumed the presidency. Despite increasing en- rollment the college was stnlggling under a large indebtedness. Dr. Benson immediately be- gan working on the fiscal conditions; on Thanks- giving Day, 1939, the mortgage was burned. On March 26. 1.0134a Harding,r College was ac- credited by the North Central Association of COL leges :1an Socunrlary Schools. COMPIHING the symmetry of the campusi the American Studies Building stands as symbol and vanguard of the American system.

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oday Harding College has an ex- cellent plant consisting of twenty-six modem educational buildings. The assets of the college are 3111000900 which includes 5355001000 in endowment. The Harding farulty numbers 211? proximately eightyiive and the, student body has reached one thousand. Statistical data, l'mvveven cannot reveal the basic importance of Harding College because it transcends material values. Its purpose is to give students an education of high quality which will lead to an understanding and a philosophy of life consistent with Christian ideals. Each student is given an oplmrtlmity to get a broad educational harkgmunri through the carefully planned core of general education courses and to develop a strong1 motivating faith through the study of the Bible each semester. A student may choose his major from among twenty-two areas. The School of American Studies trains capable students for leadership careers in business, pub- lic life and education. Harding College offers graduate work leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching; which is also accredited. COMPEHYION in jntercollagmre circles odds spirir to football, bas- ketball, baseball, and track. 1n addition, Harding continues to en- courage srudenr pcrhcipmion in u snang intramural athlem: program. RHODES Memorial Field House in- vifes smdenrs to varsity basketu baH games. to all indoor sporfs oc- hvniesl either speciomr or com- petitor, and To ulI-school panics. RECENTLY complered Alumm Field features one of 1he state's best Cinder trucks Football, baseball, and practice fields, pfus equtpment and dressing rooms, complete the adequate fccrlivies, emggf- e .a.