Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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22 0 One Day Afternoon a time for special interests Working it out Designed for many simultaneous activities, the New Gymnasium provides numerous outlets for the physically expressive students of Harding. its facilities are used for different reasons - to relieve frustration, achieve peak physical condition, or just to be part of a winning team. For whatever reasons, a 5:00 visit to the gymnasium reveals it as a center of activity this afternoon. Happening concurrently are gym- nastics, football game reviews, basketball and swim team practices, weight-lifting experimentation for the NASA program, and a rigorous racquetball match between Kent jones and Chuck Frazier. W Working out in the New Gym this afternoon: 1. THE WATER BUFFALOES listen as Coach Arnold Pylkas assigns team members to swimming events. 2. BURRELL WALTON and other participators in a series of experiments for NASA press weights three times each week from 3:00-5:00. 3. KIM FOURNIER demonstrates her flexibility in the strenuous gymnastic exercises. 4. WHILE THE OTHER basketball players practice strategic moves at the other end of the court, Student Assistant Coach Butch Gardner vigorously drills a portion of the team.

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The day is broken by chapel and lunch. This year two chapel sessions are charac- terized by 1,250 filled chapel seats and foldout chairs down the three floor aisles. The student body divides the whole into two halves - early chapel at 11:00 while the rest eat lunch and then exchange as late chapel commences at 11:45 and the lines at Pattie Cobb and American Heritage once again lengthen. Chapel means different things to different people. For some it is a time to study, catch up on lost sleep, or a time to sit next to a special person, but to others, it is a chance to skip and complete the overdue. Its purpose, though, however fulfilling to the individual, is to pause in the day for worship - singing and praying to, and meditating on the One who made this mundane Monday so glorious, The Student Association is directing chapel as they will the rest of the week. Their theme is Cod is active in the lives of His childrenf' and in first chapel David Cranford reads promises that Cod will protect his children, from Daniel 6:33 and Psalms 121. A visit to the student center is never complete without checking the club boxes. Fastened to a wall left of the front entrance, it is attended by such a hub of news seekers that those attempting only to enter the student center must shuffle through the crowd. Today the assembly is segregated into cliques of the respective clubs who are conveying announcements of meetings, football games and other club news among themselves so that they actually appear to be holding club meetings. The main attraction to the student center are the mail boxes, which are visited by almost every student several times a day. Although today is Veteran's Day and no mail will be delivered, there are still many students who cannot resist inclinations to :heck their boxes. The combinations have become as familiar as social security wumbers with most students and the dials are turned almost without thought. Many close their boxes with disappointment after peering into them to find air mail. For others, the disillusionment is delayed as they shuffle through a deceiving stack of letters only to discover that it is all for their box- mates. Accepting his fate, one student removes last week's College Church Bulletin and stuffs his competitor's mail back into the box. On days like today, even a job offer from the Financial Aids Office or a bill from the Business Office is welcomed. Campus mail saves the hopes of some, however: a scripture card from a secret club brother or sister, cookies from a friend, or perhaps a romantic note from a sweetheart. The ones who do receive letters find seats and read them and the ones without have quick conversations. Whatever the outcome, the 12:25 bell rings and the crowd dissipates into various activities. Midday moves into afternoon, having been established through routines of classes, chapels, lunch, and mail checks, the everyday grooves. Taking it easy qs I lair' 1 1 tl. .i .As I, I ff, Q Here are some of the students who are taking it easy this afternoonz' 1. KENT IOHNSON BROWSES through the card selection in the bookstore. 2. IANE DAVIS AND CATHIE BINNS FIND time for conversation and some refreshments from the snack bar. 3. RON DICKER AIMS for a direct shot in his leisure pool game. as ... al l f O .... S 4 ii vw 9 X.. The 12:30 bell signals the beginning of class for Analytical Chemistry, Russia and the Soviet Union, Principles of Christian Living, and 44 other afternoon classes. Many students, however, remain in the Student Center. The activities here are diverse: some can be found in the snack bar sipping soft drinks with friends, others attempt to study amid the clamor of music and conversation, the television in the lobby is relating a broken love affair of a soap opera, and in the Bison Lanes, challengers compete in foosball, pool, and bowling. One Day '

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l l ji': ' in Late afternoon brings a typical Arkansas shower, Umbrellas appear over the campus, while some students remain on schedule, never minding the rain. The sprinklers continue to water the grass and sidewalks. As the afternoon wears on into evening, classes continue, but there is a gradual but definite change of pace in the day as extracurricular activities are pursued. Students move from classes, in which they are divided for required courses, into special interests, where they are individuals with each his own particular talents and goals. ln the Music Building, at various times of the afternoon, the musically talented members of the Chorale, A Cappella, and Belles and Beaux meet for practice. At 5:00 the Marching Band meets. This evening they are hosting a guest speaker, Ted Altman, Dean of Students. This time of day also provides the chance for many ofthe student workers to put in. their hours. Some are secretaries, such as Cindy Beggs, who works in the Speech Office. Others are janitorial workers, such as Carol Manley and Susan Balding, who this afternoon are mopping the auditorium floor. Meanwhile, on the l.ntramural Field behind the Olen Hendrix Building, there is an exciting game of club football. Knights are defeating defending champions Theta Tau in small club division. Their 8-0 victory will advance Knights to the championship finals. Elsewhere on campus, near the Bell Tower, two friends sit in a swing engrossed in conversation. Soon, it will be time for supper, but' right now students are taking the time for special interests. Q 1. IEFF BATIE, a freshman, receives early counseling from Billy Verkler, a professor of sociology. , 2. ART CLASSES frequently require many hours to be spent outside of class. This aftemoon art major Anita Freeman uses her free time to add final touches to a painting. 3. LIKE MANY STUDENTS, Chris Hertenstein works on campus to help pay her tuition. Her job is cleaning the classrooms of the Bible Building. 4. PREPARING a solution in her Analytical Chemistry lab, lanet jordan seeks an exact measurement. One Day ' 23