Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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DEDICATION LLOYD CLINE SEARS, PhD With honor we dedicate the 1967 Pefit Jean THROUGH wung sucnhces and unselhsh dedJCcHOn to Christian educuvion, Dr Sears SHIVES always for the advancemenf of excellence In each gonormiun only a few men stand out because of the gzrmt svrvice they rmulvr. Tho porsnn to whom the senior class dodiralvd lhv 1957 PP!!! Iran is the epitnmy 0f the spirit of I Iarding College. Ho has played a major role for +2 yoars in building lho institution and in directing 11m- uradnmir d95- tiny. A brilliant student nf litvrainro. 110 has: thrilled lmndrvds of students in his Shakespeare and Chaucer classm. His chapel talks and sermons have given Christianity I'Clovancv in H10 lives of thousands of alumni. To you. Dr. Lloyd Cline Soars; Professor of English and Doan Emeritus of Harding College. the 1067 prit Iran is respectfully dedicated.

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J MEMORIAM plendent with the energy he showed, v.73. friend with eager effervescence glowed; ,mme the sudden setting of his sun euentide of life was scarce begun: ved from earth to join a better clime, gav' , again, beyond the reach of time. ff re- sage he would leave for us is, Run! nae Hi! the race is fully won; .;u hing stop before yodve done your best wait until yawn! through to take a rest, z; 'ng not a bit, but keep your pace; Q on with all youhve got and win the race! -Russell L. Simmons

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mt: literature becomes ohve as Dr. L. C. Sears provides - information on the Me and hmes of the poet to students. .v- v . a; LLOYD CLINE SEARS was burn Wkly I 3, 1895. in Urhm. Indiana. 110 enrollvd in the academy of Cordell Christian College in 1908 and graduated from thv Collegc with tho BA. degree in 1913. Ho subsequently attended tho l'nivvrsitv nf Oklav hnma. tho lfnivorsitx' nf Kansas. and tho Univmn sity of Chicagn. receiving the PILD, degree in English fmm Chicago in 1.033. At Cnrdoll he was gr'vatly influenced by J. N. Armstrong. who suh- soqumttly became his fathm'vintlaw. In dovule his life to Christian education. His twu 50115. Dr. .Iark W'm'ul Soars. Chairman nf tho anartmont of Hiolragical Science at Harding College. and Dr. .Iamos Kern Sears. a I'PSPHFCll t'hvmist l'ul' Munsantn Clwmical Cu. arc alumni nf Harding Cnllogv. When Harding College was nrganizctl a5 a senior college in 19244 hv was appointed Dean by President Armstrong and EH- svrvml mntinlmush as tho acadcmir leader ut' tho Cnltvgc until his ro- tirvmmlt as Dean 0n Juno 1. WHO. l'ndor his loader ship the institutirmnl studies werv made that led In tho accreditation 01V Hm Cnllvgv by the North Central Association in 1054. lIv has served on many t'dlli'fltittlldl and Civir mmmittf't's and throughout thv state of Arkansas. ht' is romgnizod as; a scholar. a superior toarhor. a t'atpzthlo ntlminislmttm and 21 :todimtod Christian. In 1065 ht' rncoivrtd tho Dis- tinguished Alumnus Award prosmltod by tho Hm: ding Alumni Association HP is rtm'mttly writing: biographies of James A. Harding; and J. Nt Arm gtmng a twn great men who hnhl important plarm in tho htstnrv nf Harding CUHPQP. ID 6 many years of acruve dedtcnted serwce DI Sears was the guest at honor n' n dmner on May 31 1060 when twp ottmnllv retired . t5