Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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LEFT: SIGNING their names to 'papers that are now 'inside a time capsule, Dr. joseph Pryor and Sear- cian lim Wilson attest to theii' presence at-the August 27, 1979 ceremony, at which Harding became alvunivlersil ty. 'Elie time capsule, filled with memorabilia, is buried between the Olen Hendrix Building and the Beaumont Memorial Library. ugust2,7, 1979. On a 'balmy late summer- ! , afternoon, 'that-.date took its place alongside a handful of others that in the past have signaled new beginnings for Harding asi an i!!5lQi,li!lii1IL Cf! that Slay, President Cliftonxil.. 1GanUS Ir., declared Harding to he af university, and with that pronouncement, the school crossed at threshold a future with prospects of continued' growth. What are some of ,these other times thatphave come to 'lie notedi as .new beginnings for-fthe 'people that make up Harding as an ii1H!ififfi6157 'Cl1iiffefs5l 1919f lib .was not until 1922 that the school opened its doors -in Morrilton as Arkansas Christian College. Next, it merged with, Kansasf Harper 'College' 1924! to .become Harding Gollege andzra. fimrwsar ,school 11 - ' N- Armstrong 'as president. Ten' years, later, 'Hardms' ,pulled iup its stakes andlimoved to 'Searcy and the lfacilifies, of bankrupt Galloway Colleges Ilie school was tperennially -short zof in its eirlyidays,-ibut ini 1939, three years after Dry ,George St- lBHriS,oh assiiiimasl its t presidency, the school paid 'off the 576,000 mortgage on: the, Searcy campusfand proceeded to burn the document, dPPlfl7PFii!5lYf Oli' Day. On' firmer 'financial' footing, 'the' college improvediits l 1 curriculum, faculty and facilities' ,andy after '30'years of existence,- received. accreditati'onUfrom' the North1.Central Association ,of Colleges and Secondary, Schools in'March of 19545 DY? galil!! Aiigiist .proclamation was the' Cl1ltItihifiQI1' Q53 Clecit-iifiIr1'lf!lf-l. -down by' the Boardlsof 'Trustees x November 3, 1978 :to change the scliool's nanie and academic organization, with the date for the acflidl. Qliingstilffl Sd! viii a later meeting on May' 11, 1959.- Ihe school was -.renrsaniied into the College 'of Arts' and' Sciences and the 'Schools ,of Business, ' ' Education and Nursing, In addition, the University's framework included graduate 1 studies and Christian Communication programs in A Searcy and a School of Religion in Memphis. p 3Forstudents, the change to? I J universityi status lent some prestige to their degrees. Alfter- all, university had a more , elegant this than eellege. The ' reorganization ,facilitated the 4 1 accreditation proceduresp either 1 completed 'dr under way in the- L Schoolsiof Business, lEducatioI1 Nursing with their respective , professional accrediting bodies, 1 however, fllafwis Whitt l l made a University degree aibit hitters than a previous one from, the College. 4 The change alsolmeant the. 1 i l I i5Qiliii'lg.'fiPf'-Qffiililfy of 5 NVQ? lift Europe program to studyat 'a Preeosed branch attlisz University in Florence, Italy, complete with dorlnitory, facilities, supplementary-,Englishe language 'classes at the Uxiiversity, of Florence and time enough to' see Europe in an academic atniosplfeie. Nevertheless, most1:of.us felt, lfltiiff ill! Clflafligsbller EO 562118191 'university was not truly' compldlie untilltthe George 55. fBens6nyAuditorium : 'dubbed' Mount Benson by funepoking students .bleeiiise df, its elevagterag 'front 2 was completed and occupied. Its construction. happened ,simultaneously with lthe adoption ,of university status, but the 952161 million, 3429eseat auditorium ran over- four months behind, its' ,scheduled 'completion date: wliileejsiiiiary 10,1980 g marked' the 'firstitimesince 1965f Ethat the stiidgiit body asseiiililed ,together -- all in one place at- ,one -time - the building lied? ,made its impressibnxorf the lives oflilflardingfs students long . lvefbils- lBEgiifl3'li!lB with 'Elie ,Fall semester, theitime fforffdaily. chapel Services was changed fb 9:00 atm. from' a' split lunchtime X k I 1. l 2 'll systemftliatehad met:at11rOO ark! p 11:45 a.m. The new time was ' fine to :allow for .morning laboratories and to alleviate? lunchline crowding, but with it genie the aveilfauli and shifting' of class schedules, to the chagrin , 'of a few ,iippeiclassmen who, in. order to complete individual 'reqdiremeiits for graduation, had -only'25' minutes for lunch: in the single midday b,redlS.l0Iga+ 'cbntiriiious ,class schedule. Because of construction 1 delays, we were relesaleii W5 iatfslfdills H 'three separate chapels .at the 9:00 amine time slot durillgfvthee semester, 2a:7pl'0CECl1.ll'C that rapidly 'ranfragged smaente, 6 n 5 A New Beginning

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i ,pokingback on anew M , J sl f,beginning.i'Tl1ldfphrase 1 :succinctly describes the ' year as it progressed and gives a means forxreviewingv what 'for Febfiiaryllof 1586? ll N' N From the change to university status to growth socially and spiritually, life at Harding could be considered a progression of newrbsswwvss-5Qmidriaffefithe i 5 wear was lbvdrji lkziiuld itlafskr in back on 'the events and X X relationships, from the international to the W H I , r ivtsfbsfiseeilf lfhifesvnbribiltsdl Ytheim' W ' 'V '3 if The 1,980 Petit lem: picks up on the events that make the year special. The book covers annual events with a fresh view in r articles rvmihavelgarrdr wvrld t i if r lf ffedlisfy B4?:k'fF5:?fi5d!F l gl the roots of the schooliand the l book itself with a feature on the Petit ,lean legend and copy ,recdlinfing :ther schoolfslhistohyl A 1 :Jost because something was ' obscure did notmean the Pj didn't give it any atterition. Fly Guys and Rock Climbers brings forth the experiences of two 1 sewersrefrithrlll-Seekers'And: an H:-wirvss whfiwifddlllbkWfila appears' on the carnpus is!! ' M included in a Classes feature. The big events are given the coverage they deserve ffe,Springl N Sing rateslfour pages infcolor, and Qthe completion and . occupation of Moimt Benson 'is detailed. In contrast, the out-of- the-ordinary receives top billing tif' an iarrffcleebwtr mme, Qfs the r r 'Mi5ifeihoivi.el23practiiialilldlibsllfflajttf if F3 werelplayeld and a Scholars ' V feature on biology department field trips. Features take a personaliside, too. Read about the 'plight of 1homeless'Shannon Hawkins, ,N T , during 'the firshhalf ofsthelfall J semester or about the lives of Alpha Chi president Kevin Pope Or ,L!2e,Bh1l,11PSif 4mQklah0ma Qihsliwewswhwibldsfkl1s11E5ilsl his AMiss Cherokeel Athletes! have ' ' their day in the sun, too, as AIC cross country champion Richard Teixiera writes about how Harding's team recorded a perfect score, and soccer playf.-ri X 2 john Kdlczyzkyj gives 'a howitdi ' 3 l discussion of the rules of that up- and-coming sport. Volume 56, of the Petit form N N lpteseihts aisrnorgaslidrii 'o'fineiiy3 Q facts, features and photographs that capture a cross-section of the year at Harding. lt's how we can look back on a new if v beginning. wil Table' of Contents

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