Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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B and the end is a new beginning. , RELICS of the early hours linger whispering the sweet freshness of thirst quenched. DA WN hwlmm wulh m-w hupm, .lrmh rrwryiav, and Ilu' lu'rwmml wrnml t'hum'u UNKNOWN ,muzlu'lllim await .s'Imlwm ul Ilu' ;'mmmvm'menl 0f cw'ry tluy. Wupcl ujlvn each in- dimluul u AIH't IrlI mm' of union with the wirin' .xlmlml luulv. , 17 New Beginnings

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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

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Harding in Searcy . . . Heaven on Earth? Hvrding and Scarcy . . . xshcrc did one cnd and the nest begin? The two were so intcrttxincd so as to often seem the samc. Both xwrc syttonomous to many Harding students. Each one was unique in its own way, yet both sharcd many common attributes. The two grcw up together and bccuusc of that togetherness they became in- tcgratcd, Many students experienced a slight scnsc of culture shock when they came to Scarcy tor the first time. Not only was the town so small twith a population under llill teen thousandl, that it was impos- sible to get lost. but most of the xalttcs that had been abandoned in larger cities could be lound in Scarcy. lt uas a pleasant surprise to be able to lcaxc cars unlocked xtithout lcat'. Pcoplc still smilcd at strangers and getting acquaintcd was as easy as l'allinl ol'l' a log. E. C. Umbcrgcr commcntcd. ul was shockcd at the oumard friendliness hcrc. It was a changc to not have to drive 50 miles to get to do anything The question has been asked. thhich came first a Harding or Scarcy'r' Harding was a major in- u dustry of Scarcy. The majority of Hardingls work tlorcc wcrc Scar- cians. The school employed lour hundred and twcnty-l'ixc people from Scarcy and thc surroundingy area as staff. Without the school the unemployment rate would have been phenomenal. There were many indirect jobs created because of Harding's presence. Subcontractors who helped build the plant, thOsc employed by the many retail stores which owe their 18 Harding in Searcy lhw Hum: csistcncc to the business studcnts brought, and the many last llood outlets that linctl Race Stt'cct xwrc some of thescl The majority of in- direct jobs wcrc due to student business. Students brought in more than $7,000,000 21 year of uoutsidc'l cash. This l'igurc only included money paid to the university hhich in turn put it into the community in thc form of salaries, paymcnts l'or scrviccs, and paymcnts l'or supplics and equipment. Much of the money students