Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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AD USTM NTS: I Rick Strickland! dealing with the problems of transferring David McAnulty2 overcoming cultural barriers Lee 81 Sharon Wills! how marriage makes a difference 26 0 Adjustments RICK STRICKLAND is asenior history major from Henager, Alabama. Having transferred from Alabama Christian College in Fall semester of 1976, he discussed some of the problems he tackled in adjusting from a small junior college to a senior college. Most of my adjustments stemmed from transfering from a junior college of about 300 students to a senior college of about 3,000. At Alabama Christian, I knew everyone - their first and last names, hometowns, and many times even their parents. You knew everyone and everyone knew you. You could be close friends with half the student body. At Harding there's no way you could know everybody. There's an advantage to that, though. I think it's all up to the person. If you've got a pessimistic attitude, you can make excuses and complain. But an optimist will say, fWell, I've just got more people to make friends with,' and he will go through the whole year continually making friends. There are many more activities at Harding in which you can participate. When you first get here it's easy to get involved in too many things. lt's like a kid in a candy store or at grandma's house at Christmas - he makes himself sick by eating too much. Without thinking, you can get too involved. There comes the time when you just have to sit down and evaluate the situation: Why are you here? What is going to be most beneficial to you in the future? You have to place what is most important spiritually first. You feel bad if you don't do that to which you've obligated yourself, but often you don't even have time to sit down and read your Bible. That's why I went inactive in my club this year -- I had to pick those things that were most important to me. I'm taking three langauges - German, Greek, and Russian. I am involved in summer campaigns, and I hope to get a Little Brother. I do the things I want to do most. Academics are more difficult at Harding, but they should be at a senior college. I had a lot of fun my first two years, but when I came here, I had to settle down, and learn how to budget my time. Perhaps it was just the process of maturing. Although he was born in Texas, DAVID McANULTY has spent most of his life in Lille, France, where his father is a missionary. Having come to Harding this year as a freshman, David discussed some of his adjustments to a college with a different culture. The method of teaching in the schools is basically the same. You have to be present in class and listen to the lectures. I think we had to work harder at the French schools. The material was more difficult and we had more homework. I had at least an hour's homework everyday until my last two years of high school. There was a big difference in the testing systems because there was more memorization involved. Here we have true-false and multiple choice. In France we were given just the questions, without a choice of an- swers. You just had to know them. Schools in France are stricter and being polite and respectful is really underlined. French people have that deep down inside them because they

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'l . l i 1 i 5 N Club meetings are marked by individual participation: 1. BEAU of OEGE, Craig Atterberry smiles as he is chided about his nickname, . 11Kinky'H 2. IOINTLY meeting, Kevin Granberg and other members of Knights and Phi Delta vote on a Spring Sing Chairman. 3. SECRETARY of Delta Theta Epsilon, Liz Ward raises her hand for a suggestion as the club discusses their outing to Petit lean mountain. I. I ' Getting it I together The clubs at Harding are one of the ties that make family units from over 1,500 students. The large room of Bible 100 is a busy center for club meetings tonight: 5:45 for the Timothy Club, a special interest club for Bible majors, 7:00 for Knights and Phi Delta, who are meeting jointly, and 9:00 for Chi Sigs. Also meeting A gba I S at various times in the Bible Building are Delta Theta Epsilon, . OEGE, and King's Men. Kappa Phi, meeting at 7:30, are getting it f mf 5 together in the Ganus Building. Evening: completing the circle lt's 6:00. The cafeterias have closed their serving lines and a tew students sit around the tables in groups, joking and laughing. Many of them are members of the same clubs. They've already finished supper, but the women have changed from dresses to jeans: and since no one has a pressing schedule to meet, they are in no hurry to leave the relaxed conversation. The lights are dimmed to encourage their departure, so, hesitantly, the' groups break up and, in two's and three's, they string out of the cafeterias. The One Acts, a series of short comedies and dramas fthe second set this semesterl, began at 6:00 in the Little Theatre. Also at this time, the videotape of last year's Spring Sing is being shown in the recording studio. ln Bible 100, Gailyn Van Rheenen is speaking to the Timothy Club about preaching to different cultures. The library is occupied by a large number of people tonight, not uncommon for the small building which is quickly becoming inadequate to accommodate the growing number of students. Particularly crowded is the periodical room, where many find articles for outside reading required in most courses. loe McReynolds, the librarian for tonight, is showing a student how to find a particular bound periodical. Several men are reading newspapers the headline of one, the Arkansas Gazette, reports that the Panamanians are to vote on the canal treaties. In hushed voices, two people discuss an assignment in a class after discovering that they are both looking for the same magazine. Less crowded are the carrels upstairs, which are occupied by those who find the dorms too noisy for concentration. The facilities of the gym are open to students tonight. Others, such as Keith Percell, may be found in the laundry room, studying, while his clothes finish drying. For just socializing, the Student Center and dorm lounges have ping pong, Monopoly, lively Rook games, television, and a lot of people. The familiar ringing in the Bell Tower at 10:25 calls students to their respective dorms. On the front steps of Stephens, near the pillars of Pattie Cobb and New Dorm, and on the sidewalks near Cathcart and Kendall, couples are scattered, saying their goodnights. Almost simultaneous with the turning of the locks to the girls' dorms, the telephones begin to ring. Most of the telephones will be busy until around 12:00, especially the hall phones. In dorms that are not wired for private lines, trying to find a free telephone can be a frustratingrtask, in spite of the five minute limit on telephone conversations. The halls are alive with talking, visiting, and blaring music. Around 12:00 the wings are calmer. Many are in bed now. A few with pressing assignments are studying. Some who have late permission are checking in with the late-duty R.A.'s. One by one, the lights go out. The tired students are closing their eyes for their five or six hours of rest after their 25-hour day. Few have trouble getting to sleep. The circle has finished itself and begun again. Many have gone to sleep tonight, thinking of what's to be done tomorrow, some reviewing the events of the day. ln the sense that it has been a circle, the day of October 24th has been typical: yet, the events that were tangent to today's circle have made it unique. When there is this dynamic combination of both the typical and the unique, a lot can happen in a day. One Day ' 25

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are ralsed that way It would be easier for a stranger over there because French people are more considerate In general Americans are more sure of themselves When you change SOCISLICS that IS even accentuated So many people are outgorng here They expect you to be the same way they are I can understand It now but I didn t at flrst They couldnt stop and say Oh hes French It might not be the same over there Maybe we should be mce to hum because they drdnt understand that French people were different They felt they were being nlce by being natural A characteristic of French people rs that they dont want to bother other people They wrll never rmpose themselves When I flrst came here talking I would not joln them because I felt like that would be lmposlng myself You have to be outgoing here Thats the mann problem I faced Amerrcan people that are real shy probably have the same problem that I dld I met a lot of people who were real outgoing at flrst and thats who I compared myself to Some days rt made me feel like not talking to other people because I felt so out of place Then other days I felt more confident and I found that people were real mce and that made me more frrendly Now I feel more like meetrng people and havmg fun than I dld at flrst The humor IS drfferent here than what It was IH France I caught on pretty fast though In France someone who can play on words real well rs consrdered funny but here It rs consrdered corny Some jokes luke slapstick humor are the same The churches of Chrlst are small In France The church I attended was one of the largest and they had a mem bershlp of about 40 Its small but the people who go there are strong In the States I realize that everyone rs not this way I see a lot that reminds me of the French Catholic They go to church, but It seems that It stops there I guess when a man becomes a member of a small church, he must come out of the world I guess the flrst thing you do IS compare everything to your home country Even If you don't have any problems adjusting, you stlll get homesick American people, except when they study about Europe or some country, don't realize that there's a lot of world outside the States I guess that IS because America IS so self sufflclent Lee and Sharon Wllls lrve rn 2 6 of It has been therr home for their 16 months of marrlage It s pretty small but we dont have a whole lot of thmgs so we have managed to flnd places for all of It As far as the rent you can t beat It It s fme for a couple Lee IS a senior Buble major from Memphis Fall semester he preached at Crlfflthvllle and slnce january he has been the mmrster of the Batesville congregation After hrs graduatron rn May he intends to enter Hardmg Graduate School In Memphis Sharon graduated In May of 1977 wrth a degree In special education and rs presently teaching junlor hugh and hugh school classes at Des Arc She described her fnrst year of teaching as a shock There are so many klds that get out and say that they don t luke It at all I was almost like that I mean when I got those hugh school klds It just almost turned me off She ex planned that a good prevention for the maladjustment would be more practical experience on the junlor or senlor hugh levels and alot of work rn the area of dlsclpllne I know they cant tell you what to do rn every sltuatlon, but stlll, I had to learn for myself During the flrst year of their marrrage, before Sharon graduated, they both worked In Heritage Cafeteria Smce their parents have agreed to pay most of the educational costs, the money that they make goes to pay for groceries, gas, utrlltles and rent on the apartment We have to manage our money, though We try to do It together so we both know how much money we have and where It IS going It helps a whole lot I have heard that some couples like for just one to manage the money, but that way, the other one doesn't know what ,aux Lee and Sharon VWIIS rs gorng on the mam adjustments from smgle to married llfe IS the soclal change It has been dlffrcult for me thus year because I really feel out of It We don t go and do as many thmgs on campus We have our own llfe rrght here with the other couples In the bulldmg Sharon commented The real difference Ive found added Lee IS that I have to con centrate more on flndrng out the actlvltles going on during the week When you re llvmg In the dorm you overhear people talkrng about thmgs but when youre separated from the campus you dont hear as much Theta Alpha Gamma commonly called TAC rs the club for married students The recent efforts of the club have been to get the couples of the Old Marrred Students Apartments and the New Apartments together I thunk It rs real good fellowship myself We have had a lot of fun just getting together with other married people Sharon sard Is It true that your grades go up when you get marrred? IS the question that Lee rs most often asked by engaged men Heanswers Its true I thunk the reason why IS that you have more time I figured out that when I llved In Harbin and Sharon llved In Kendall, It took ten minutes to walk over there and ten minutes to walk back, and that's 20 minutes When you do that three or four times a day, It adds up to over an hour of walkrng back and forth Now that I don't have to do that, I have more time to study Another consideration rs that you can study and rest better, added Sharon lf you want to go to bed, you can, If you don't, there's no one makrng noise to hrnder your thlnkmg, so you can get a lot more done . 3 j I I . is -.., Wg,..t,l.i .. -f-- P--ef x t ht -I . .. - . I - 0 . U A S rI , ,c. c . , . , I I V ' ---we Q' I I ' i i . . , l . , I ' . . . . 4' I 'fyfgx I ,, . . . I . I l I . . . . - . . N and I would see a group of people the Old Married Students Apartments. Lee and Sharon agreed that one of . I . . . . . 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