Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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REFLECTED in the plncui wmers of lhe My pool, Ihe Administration Building Yokes on u shimmering quality differenr from ifs usual staunch appearance. STAUNCHLY occupymg as central Mace on campus Is the Admmusfrcmon Budding. m H: appeorume a fortress, by Its nomre the center from whwch marmng is dxrefved, NEWEST dormimry for men s'udenrs Groduole HOH prowdes nor only doubie room swim bu! :1130 u sechon wirh swnglc rooms.

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FORMERLY used as the administration building' Science Hall is one of the original bmidings o! the campus. It now furnishes quarters for the home economics, chemisfry and biology departments. PERSPECTIVE IN HISTORY Looking to past gives more insight into present scene The. student at Harding College today gains in his perspective of the past as he reviews the history of the school. Hardingr is a school that has been built on hnpos, dreams, and sacrifices. In 1922 Christians in Arkansas t-slahlishod Arkansas Christian College at Morriltnn. After two years this junior culloge and annther- Harper College, merged to form a senior institution, which was to he called Harding College. In 19.54 I-lardirig College moved from Mar- riltnn tn Searcy, where tho facilities at Galloway College were available. Sincv thvn tho. school he's undergone tremendous growth; but the Galloway Bell Tower1 Pattie Cnhh Dnrmitnry. and the Science Building arc reminders of earlier days; Upon the retirement of President J. N. Arm- strong in 1956, Dr. Gourge S. Benson returned from China. where he had spent ton years doing mission Work, tu become prosident nf Harding College. Dr. Benson purpusjvd tn uvvrmmc the heavy financial diffirullios with which tho. school was struggling. It was a mvumrahlv Thanksgiving Day. 1959. when at tho Cnnclusinn of a lung cam! paign. tho murtgagv was hurried. FRAMED through rm arch of the bell tower IS Fame Cobb Hail, the oldest dormitory 0n humpus The beH tower, tonsfructed from materials which had been t1 part of Gadden Hail, IS now a port of our hnstaryv

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1 . The coHege in perspeche Perspective, outwardly evidenced on cam- pus by the heightening, massiVe columns of the Administration Building, is also apparent in the generally vigorous atmosphere surrounding cam- pus activity. Harding College, an institution of purposea seeks to develop in individuals a sense of direction. Since rigid patterns do not permit growth, a student is led to realize that he usually experiences a readjustment in thinking, which brings forth new levels of understanding. The educational process at Harding is strengthened by the emphasis on spiritual values, the aim be- ing to show that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that his life and teachings bear directly on our lives today. New knowledge and different approaches characterize the students gradual change in perspective.