Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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w 3'1425211?! V Tiaazs i ' $31 7 tin: ,, ' ,5? , it had be; agSng Wait.1The e113. PMIOOO mixer and amplified by N; m1 T g'? 1 jjliiE? y ad noting, ' 1 six amplifiers, two 250-watt units ' 11' 1 , l h i ' A ' and four 200- watt units Sound is distributed through sbeaker clus- '1 ter's iocated over the pgdiwn the balcony and beneathahthc balcony. The speakers are coor- dinated on a digital delay asyst; ,ii according to Dennis : I 1; But ' mime ??$ng 5? o f the : the auditorium are delayed 40 milliseconds and those in the back . are delayed 112 milliseconds. The i system is designed to minimize sound lagn and echo and to give the audiehwe the hilusign of hear- taiiidsx 5 ' feet 1 Wrmmey 1- hi? 11M my lmmr WWWW ttalterna- ing from the stageS'Yather than 11 V11 ti ns ex $1111 991115111 edsg that from speakers , ' 1 1, ,1' 5W1! hgve i An auxiliary system often re- i. m,w mm fb as the special effects irvasslstantm system, has a 20-channcl input capacity. The system operates 1 .with f9ut,1 'w.attiamllli.fief53 in iauadmphonie or stereo? sound. Ihe uigt funetions primaiijly as; ; music system. Speakers are sit- uated two at the front of the building, two under the balcony and two at the extremities 'ofnthe ' classroo reps m . M, The aim M stereo 8-track and cassette equip- ment, Quadrophonic reel-to-reel and a direct-drive turntable. This superior audio system is- complemented by equaiiy techni- cal visual eqttfpment. The projec- tion room has both 16 and 35 mm ehf. oper. 1 Bwplugs ' Mut the; aud-M . gaumtia; ,QIZM 5513' VMM-Jtm C 501115 of the Wonde- 11 wmini discettei V 'd6ne, 101mm 144m possesses projectors. The media center ha unofficial hopes to add a auditorium slide projector in th future, eliminating 1he need to sta tion projectors on the main floo nfor slide shows. The stage lights are operate through a uStrand Century Muit QT computerized lighting pan a . 'Swaytfe, 11113531311: director of the which controls 164 separate ci Be on xphiimta what! :96 its E media center. ihefeom sp akers c.uits There are 36 different i Cd 1 xcikg: is are synchronized with ?he bodetou struments to control. 01031 2 build-R 3, ium, while those in the center of T Min ngve of Gainsville, Fl operates the light; dpring chap and locks light cues into main tem 5 memory for repeateatus durihgun34jor productions ttTh merijer system is a big help, Cave stated. The setting- up pr cess includes plotting light posf tions and intensity and schedulin usage of circuits andidimmer proper wattage and light colo for 'an entire pmduetion. Th computer program is stored on i. Each disc has 297-cue::capaeity, with each cu cgnsistihg of as many as 61 niece of information. NIt can take thr or four days to set up theWpr gram, Cave said, gbut once it' the computer does th rest. With the discs' informatio in storage, Cave operates only 0 lever throughout a stage produc tion. The computer is equipped wit; a back- -up system to insure me cry, even through a power failur In addition to the major light ing panel; a manageris light pan A1 11,1 MW! ' 11'11,: L W11 , , , . 1 m the beginning! EJWg wits m camplex structure. AREFUL planm'z:gih'nii;g eroniz n'an result in profw 1051a produ

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Courtesy uj Puhlu'uy Office I. POSING for a group shot, several Harding studenls shop for treasures in a foreign markerplace. 2. ANC IEN T archilecmre delineates Ihe Harem? scene from comparable Searcy simc- lures. 3. BRICK Streets and playful pidgeons become familiar scenes lo the new international sludems. 4. WANDERING the streets aflhe oily, Searcy escapees observe the dif- ferences of Italian cosmopolilamsm. Courlesy of Publmly Office - hurlmy UfPuhlu'm Qlflu' Harding in Florence

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3x . 5 located? . tage. , Stage Iimcludemhfoug; lack lights, one stisibeatlight'?na :ix other types of lights, Fangi . 7 m f urpose and intensity from 00d h 0 spot lights. There are 60 dim; i ers. L g f Light colors are avilable in 140 . hades, from Hdaylight blue tom Ichocolate. Colors are produce y covering lights with tinted heat- sistant plastic. The plastic sur- ives the lightsI 600-7000F heat or approximately the endurance f two productions. Typically, ghts are prepared for dress re- earsaL andragain for the second erformanc'eI of ea Vstage produc- on. ' . w In spite of the hot lights, a'ntef-t m ctive cooling system maintains a ' g' I ; 5.. . I fre uent . h ; ,e I, : 0-80O stage temperature. q use T e auditorium was . v M , . t . U ' d: ,. Y t J y? i ,, i L f A typical production in the .sed for chapel, dramgp'rodyg; - , - t .. ,. . . . tlons, concerts, lectures, seminars I ' h .; s: v enson requlres four managers. and special worshi serviee It h V V5 5 v i i ne in the sound booth, one in the m e p - e' Was ' I ., , ' w -e ' i , , . become the center of much cam- t ' A i TOJCCIIOD room, one at the light . . . . l t e 7, 1 A t fpus act1v1ty. In fact, ; as Eftrr - A , '3 t 1 anelzand one backstage to con- . t n . . i t . ,. t 1 . - pomted out, With the ,construce t , . 4 ol cgrtains, backdrops and pgo- . , .. . . , I a , . . g ., tion of new buildings such as the etion screen. The managers HBusiness and Economi' Bnild'i e i ommunicate via a simple DC-op- our eam us will be excshdil 112g, - 1 e MINA . f I rated head-set system to coor- p ,, pa mg 0- t , . I j . . . . . ward the East. In the near . . . r' . t; : mate the activmes. future then the Benson willt 1 $ 5 i R V ' a '3' i The Benson, with its advanced ' I Eu y 1 V become the center of the campus. , I I n. ' I cilities, abundant room and ex- utive comfort, has been put to - Dim Hulluml 23 w , , Inside Benson gr . . , , . .57 ,r