Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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- Don Holland sci.ln ; 04x1 . 1' kw: , , , .- Iim Murphy 5e -- Jim Murphy Life- It can take you to the 11110 brain of ec asy arid plunge you nto t e caverns of QlOom It is that which must be lived now, life tsn t worth living. Life' 13 the way We exist. It is the procreator and thQ result of love. Christ died that we might han it more abundantly But the term ttlife took on new meaning in the Haridng con- text Students werQ dropped into a new environment with new rules and, Lexpeetationst Thisriftunreal, sheltered environment as it was sometimes referred to, was none- thQQiess almost the totality of ex- perience for four or five years. This lifeS called each to dif- ferent decisions aiid actions. A great deal of structure was concomitant with attendance at Harding. Chapel called weary revelers out of bed every day by nine oiclock a.m.1The peals of the bells in the tower warned all late chickees to scurry home lest they spend an mordinate amount Of time locked in their rooms. The cafeteria hours, duly posted and enforced threatened hungry stomachs with starvation should they fail to alot appropriate meal times. But midst the schedules and re- quirements, there were oppor- tunities for developing personal lifestyles. From the disciplined few whokstudied regularly and retired early to the light hearted who skipped out for cokes, checke ed mail twenty times on any pretext at all and journeyed to Little RoCk for fun Qnd frcilics the lifestyles were woven together into the collective entity called , ttlife. y. ttLifeV changes from year to year. While some events may be L traditional, they still evolve to reflect the spirit of that particular year Everyo'ite knew Spring Sing would come, but the sheer ex- ttavanganza that it was shocked and delighted audiences. MOunt Benson, featured and presented for theglast three years, still:'held mysteries to intrigue and inspire wonder Dramatic productions were a fixture, yet this year, the Homecoming play was a Shakes- pearianladaptation instead of a bona fide musical. Life reflects not only these changes; but the traditions that built them. And upon these tradi- tions are erected traditions to be. Life for some at Harding was spent in Florence, Italy. 50 the Petit Jean accompanied those select few to the far-away points of Europe. Homecoming called many University graduates as well as those who were sentimentally attached to the words Harding Collegeii back to Campus and changed life for a weekend. Major events like the Choral Festival are given their duein Life, but the lit- tle things that truly made up ulifeii; entertainment, vacation- ing, studying, and playing; are the essence of Life. -- Jimmy Allen, Melanie McMiIlen Life Introduction

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.. Staff Photo L'HOURS of study may produce swelling of the eyes and foolish behavior discovers Terry Heffington. 2. LUNCH on the lawn is at least atmospheric. Jane 1 Kerns and Joy Aebi discuss politics for Distraction. 3. SPRING FEVER hits even the shyest romancers like Mark Rosser and Rachel Jollsz. 4. RECRUI TING for Harding begins early discovers Heather Gardiner as Dr. Joe flatter: and Karyl Bailey cajoles. 5. DO YOU believe this girl? Jo Layne Laden giggles abour her riend Risa Beckloff. 14 Life Introduction

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16 L In the beginning . The year began as many years do; moving in, setting up, exploring the campus, en- countering new faces, and of course, starting classes. But 1980-81 was to continue to be a year of beginnings. . For freshmen, the very pursuit of college life was a beginning. Many adjustments were required in the step. 1 he biggest change was from being home all the time to not seeing your parents for two months? commented Ken Bissell. Itls kind of depressing at first. ttAnother thing is you have to start at the bottom, he added, ttSometimes you take a lot of flak. I thought everyone would be equal, but itis like being in the ninth grade again. But even as there were adjustments to be - made, there were opportunities for positive change as well. ttWhen you go to college, you can completely change your lifestyle, Kay Williams observed. tt1 never imagined the girls would be so good looking! chipped in Bissell. Jim Murphy concurred, The best thing about going to college is the indepen- dence and females? For upperclassmen, the advent of college was likewise a time of beginnings. The classes tended to be harder, albeit more in- L L teresting. Friendships deepened into the lifelong variety. Becoming more adven- . turesome, students tried an assortment of ac- tivities. iiI taught a Bible class which was very rewarding, revealed Skip Bradley as he discussed his firsts. ' Living accommodations were also more versatile. From the highly supervised dorms, ' several students moved to the more relaxed atmosphere of a campus house, and a few ex- perienced their first truly independent ac- commodation - an apartment. Spiritually, new beginnings were sought. 1V5 easy to stagnate spiritually? one junior commented. Itls all around you, and you can get so caught up in lspirituali activities that you forget that it has to be a personal thing? Another added, 11 learned that males should be the spiritual leaders. I never knew that before. Through the year, beginnings seemed to be limitless. After a weekend, Mondays heralded the return to classes. Red eyes vouched for students past activities at the beginning of: cache four weeks. Everything went smoothly until I received my midssemester grades. Then I realized how terrible my study habits were, noted one student. Pm just beginning to learn how to , study. Therelscka lot of difference in the hours . you take in college and the ones you take in high school. Financial strains caused some students to begin working to have a little spare Cash. lit helps if you have a little money - socially and physically. That way you can 'go out to eatlll observed Murphy wryly. Werid events didpermeate the sheltered atmosphere to affect the lives of the students. The Republican slogan 1A New Beginning was prophetic. The; country began four years under a new leader who promised a new era of spirituality and decisiveness. Weather talk was on the lipsof everyone as the unusually hot summer Was followed by an unseasonably wann winter. The hostages were finally released from Iran i11- troducmg a time of patriotic fervor and - Jim Murphy ABOVE: BEGINNING the cycle over again, Jill i Maddox, daughter of Tom Maddox, Accounting teacher, became a Hardingite at birth. RIGHT: BISON MSCOT Bobby Stakes bursts out of the , football pinata at the first football game. In the Beginning a- YoKumbqyaski hope. For the University, the year was also a year of firsts, of beginnings. A gymnastics club, fencing club, a men's and womenls soical club, and a new little Ganus were born. It was the first complete year of chapel in Mount Benson. The announcements in cha- pel became creative and stuntful. Steve Awtrey presented a slide show -- without the projector - adding comments such as, uAnd this is a picture of . . f A spelunker descended rapidly, unfortunately without . much aid from her rope, from the catwalk onto the Stage and a hapless eheerleader. A new mascot, a great galloping Bison, L graced the fields of athletic events. Excited, by his efforts, seVeral Harding-inen get in on? the cheerleading act. 1A Choral Fest composed of some eight; hundred voices resounded in the Benson Auditorium. The Academy was torn down, andthe new Business-building'Was begun. It was the first year for the Family Life Center, for Girls' Softball, the College Bowl, and for Stepping out, an evangelistic i outreach program. Journalisticalty speaking, ,it wasialso a year of firsts. The Petit Jean had no Business Manager, the Bison sported two editors, and the Crucible, a religibus Publication by 3 students, was begun. , When the year was over, it had truly been; a year Of beginnings; And in the final analysis, the end was just another beginning. ., --Melanie McMillen