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WE WALKED the three blocks to Sunday morning worship at the College Church.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S program was directed by Joe Lewis.

BROTHER Yohe's job wasn't always pleasant but he was.

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CHRIST OUR GOAL . ..

IN OUR world that we know here at Harding, per­haps we have the greatest opportunity we'll ever have for spiritual growth. This is a place where the dreams of young Christians are filled in a greater service to himself, to humanity, and to God. Daily chapel devotions cause us to pause from our busy lives to turn our thoughts to God, to renew our purposes and ideals of living. Our Bible lessons everyday help to keep our eyes on that steadfast light that sometimes may grow dim, but glows forth more brightly as the fleeting days of Harding life go by. Then our teachers, \yho seem to know the uneven pathway before us, who' live Christianity everyday, who have intense in­ter est and tireless energy, show students what a love for Christ can really mean.

These are the things that draw people to Har­ding. It's not the fine buildings or location but the over all atmosphere that dominates Our sports, acti­vities and classes. Services such as Monday night meeting have made many decide to dedicate their lives for greater service in the Lord's work.

THERE WAS A RELIGIOUS

INTEREST FOR ALL . ..

OF THE MANY opportunities in which students could practice their Christian ideals, the COUNTY FARM offered one of the most rewarding. Each Sunday afternoon a group of students visited the elderly residents at the farm and enabled them to hear a lesson from the Bible as well as hymns sung in a scriptual manner.

The traditional MONDAY NIGHT MEET­INGS, in which the Christian attitude toward the problems of everyday life was discussed, proved well worth an hour of time to all who attended.

A new group, the MISSION STUDY CLASS, was conducted early each Wednesday evening at the College Church. It provided insight into the problems of evangelistic work in both America and foreign countries.

The SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS continued to be of interest to a number of students. The pur­pose of the class is to make it possible for its mem­bers to teach Christianity to the deaf.

A quiet pause to commune with God, whether in the middle or at the close of the day, served to renew devotion to Him and love for human asso­ciates. VESPERS brought serenity to close the day's activities.

TilE WEATHER wasn't always so enjoyable on the walk to the County Farm.

MONDAY NIGHT MEETINGS were well planned and attended.

BROTHER CANNON had charge of the Mission Study Class.

BOB ANDERSON had some apt pupils in the Sign Language Class.

VESPERS ended the day with a feeling of close­ness to God.

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ROW ONE: Joe Cannon, Glenn Olbricht, Wil Goodheer, Keith Stotts, George Gurganus, Bob Coburn, Bob Brown, Mamsi Takata. ROW TWO: Danny )3rown, Eugene Ouzts, Keith Mountjoy, Victor Lloyd, Gerald Ransom, Carroll Bennett, Joe Cuellar, Ralph Creed, Lehman Hall, Claude Hall. ROW THREE: Leonard Hall, Jim Tuttleton, Claude Danley, Benton Allen, Jack Meredith, Eddie Morphis, Bill Grisham, George Kieffer, Finis Caldwell, Herman Alexander, Bob Nichols, Neil Clark, Clifford Payne. ROW FOUR: Bob Anderson, Harold Romine, Norman Hughes, Duane McCampbell, David Porter, Owen Olbricht, Louis Stevens, Bill Craddock, Bill Sherrill, Earl Danley, Thurstone Smith, L. H. Simmons. ROW FIVE: Russell McNalty, Paul Magee, Kenneth Riley, Charles Jordan, James Brittain, Bob Purdom, Ronald Smith, Fred Riemer, Joe Glover, Marvin Noble, Bob Waggoner.

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STUDENT PREACHERS ... " ... woe is me, if I preach not the gospel!" APPROXIMATELY 150 young men at Harding feel as the apostle Paul did concerning their debt to those who do not know of the Savior. These young Christians have the zeal of youth coupled with the inspiration of great Godly teachers in the graduate and undergraduate levels of work. This combination gives many small Arkansas churches the opportunity to have preaching each Sunday and gives the students opportunity to preach regu­larly.

In addition to the regular instruction in clas­ses. the students preachers have many opportun­ities to speak on the campus - in the dining hall services, at vespers, at the county farm, at Monday night meeting, and at the preacher's meeting each Saturday night.

~he student preachers probably do more to spread the spirit of Harding to nearby communities than any other single group on the campus. Their willingness to leave at the crack of dawn (even earlier in some cases ) and drive a great many miles, often at a financial loss, is a real demonstra­tion of the Christian spirit.

GLENN BURGESS preached for the West Point congregation.

AND Virgil Weare led the song service.

VISITING WOMEN renewed friendships over tea.

THE LECTURESHIP ... TilE SIXTEENTH through the nineteenth of No­vember marked Harding's thirtieth annual lec­tureship. It was one of the largest in the history of the college as over five hundred visitors daily filled the large auditorium and over fifteen hun­dred attended the closing address. These visitors came from twenty states, Africa and Canada . For­ty·fi ve ministers were on the four day program speaking on the theme of "Biblical Prophecy." A hi/(h point of the lectureship was the annual prea­cher's dinner at the Rendezvous; the speaker was Homer P. Reeves, Dallas, Texas. With the help of the Southwestern Christian College from Terrill, Tcxas, Marshall Keeble climaxed and concluded the lectureship. Dr. W. B. West, head of the Har­ding Bible Department was in charge of the plan­ining and was instrumental in promoting the suc­Cess of the 1953 lectureship series.

MALE ALUMNI preferred coffee.

MARSHALL KEEBLE'S sincere address closed the Lectureship.

ROW ONE: Marjorie Hyatt, Billie Dixon, Betty Ruby, Beverly Snow, Grace Ann Howard, Wanda Gwin, Virginia Rhodes, Kathryn Privett, Wilma Campbell. ROW TWO: Donna Zinser, Peggy Lydic, Venice Hazlet, Marilyn Garrett, Grace McReynolds, Patsy Smith, Yvonne Davis, Beverly Noble, Katie Sampson, Virginia Dykes. ROW THREE: Carroll Eades, Dennie Hall, Virgil Weare, Jim Gilfilen, Fred Riemer, James McKee, Ransom Feagin, Norman Hughes, Edsel Hughes, Gary Turner. ROW FOUR: Bob Claunch, Bob Purdom, Jerome Barnes, Tommy Parish, Dale Porterfield, Morgan Richardson, Richard Pflaum, Claude Danley, Joh n Ingalls, Dick Coxsey.

MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS . ..

THE HARDING CHORALE, remembered by most. as the large chorus, met on Tuesday and Friday nights throughout the year. The group, under the direction of Prof. Kenneth Davis, provided an in­spiring program of hymns during the lectureships.

GIRLS' QUINTET

In May, they made a three day trip, singing in sev­eral towns in Arkansas and Missouri. All mem­bers of the group have enjoyed the fellowship and informal nature of the rehearsals.

Shirley Blake, Nedra Vaughan, Darleene Rhodes, June Woods, Mary Ann Whitaker.

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ROW ONE: Carldene Brown, Grace Ann Howard, Beverly Snow, Sara Jean Covey, Beverly Noble, Kenneth Davis. ROW TWO: Joe Lewis, Darlene Rhodes, Rita Jo Baldwin, Delmar Browning, Jennie Schoolfield, Donna Zinzer. ROW THREE: Tommy Merritt, Sam Haynes, Charles Pittman Bob Cross, Morgan Richardson. '

A TEMPO

A TE:vlPO is an organization for those who have an interest in and a desire to know more about music. During the year eight new members were

inducted into the group. The program for the year included receptions for the visiting musical perfor­mers on the Lyceum Programs.

MEN'S QUARTETS

Morgoan Richardson, Richard Salmon, Ken Maller­nee, Sam Haynes.

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Dick Otey, Johnnie Brown, Leon Sanderson, Joe Lewis.

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GIRLS' GLEE CLUB

TWENTY-FIVE girls under the direction of Mrs. Avon Lee Baxter made up the Girl's Glee Club. During the year the club gave fourteen perfor­mances, one of which was a Christmas program presented in cooperation with the band and high school. On April 19, a three day tour through Ar­kansas began; during this trip the girls appeared on two television shows and two radio shows.

THE MEN'S GLEE CLUB, which is composed of the men of the Chorale, met each Tuesday and Fri­day night immediately following the Chorale re­hearsals. The Glee Club, also directed by Kenneth Davis, sang at the lectureship and on the Chorale tour.

MEN'S GLEE CLUB ROW ONE: Dennie Hall, Carroll Eades, Virgil Weare, Edsel Hughes, Norman Hughes, Gary Turner. ROW TWO: Charles Thacker, Jim Gilfilen, Fred Riemer, Ransom Feagin, Bob Claunch, Dick Coxsey, James McKee. ROW THREE: Jerome Barnes, Tommy Parish, Dale Porterfield, Morgan Richard­son, Richard Pflaum, Claude Danley, John Ingalls.

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ROW ONE: Lora Ann Oliver, Grace Ann Howard, Betty Nossaman, Mary Ann Whitaker, Nancy Stowers, Esther Ramsey, Rita Jo Baldwin, Pat Dial, Minnie Lee Lane, Joy Ganus, Margie McGinnis, Sarah Jean Covey, Ernestine Latterner, Carol Stevens. ROW TWO: Joy Bell, Babs Lemmons, Nadine Pate, Clara Nell Waters, Claudette Harris, Ora Lee Heuter, Wilma Wyatt, Donna Zinser, Carldene Brown, Hazel Stroud, Phyllis Robertson, Mary Vineyard, Virginia Dykes, Darleene Rhodes, Jennie Schoolfield. ROW THREE: Ronald Smith, Eugene Bailey, Mike Moore, Ken Mallernee, James Gil­filen, Walter Gilfilen, Richard Salmon, Andy T. Ritchie, Joe Lewis, Sam Haynes, Ken Noland, Tommy Merritt, Billy Forrest Howell. ROW FOUR: Morgan Richardson, Al Petrich, C. L. Cox, Leon San­derson, Jerry Martin, Johnny Brown. Dick Otey, Charles Hare, Paul Clark, Frank Clark, Bob Cross, Bob Nossaman, Owen D. Olbricht.

SMALL CHORUS ... of the A Cappella

CllOrus were a typical cross-section of the Harding College student body. They were selected by audi­tion from the students enrolled in all departments of the college and came from homes in seventeen different states. This year's activities had included an appearance on the Herald of Truth broadcast heard from Neosho, Missouri; a ten-day tour through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas; a five day trip that included Arkan-

AUNT RENA - most unforgettable member of the chorus trips.

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sas and Missouri. Also on the agenda, were many week-end trips, several chapel programs, and a lectureship program. In addition, a weekly radio program "Hymns From Harding," was recorded on the campus. This program is now heard on forty-five stations throughout the country. The groups, under the direction of Kenneth Davis, Jr., practiced from one to two five afternoons each week.

SMALL CHORUS OFFICERS - Leon Sanderson, president; Jerry Chesshir, secretary; Andy T. Ritchie, vice-president.

ROW ONE: Betty Ulrey, Wanda Wiley, Mrs. Cath­cart, Pat Rowe, Meredith Thorn. ROW TWO: Jack Wood Sears, Richard Walker, Benny Holland, Charles Pittman. ROW THREE: Leslie Burke, Joe Pryor.

ALPHA PSI

HARDING STUDENTS who are interested in dra­matics may earn points for doing various kinds of work connected with the drama - stage work, lightin1\", make-up, gathering properties, prompt­ing, ushering, and acting. Until one has worked enough to amass one hundred points, he is con­sidered an apprentice or beginner in the techniques of drama. When he has earned the necessary points, shown sufficient interest, and displayed a cooperative attitude, he is invited to become a full­fledged member of Campus Players.

NOT DANCING, just <10(lglln.g,

ROW ONE: Weldon Hatcher, Charles Pittman, Ken Noland, David Porter, Bax Walker, Ruth Long, Jane Claxton. ROW TWO: Pat Rowe, "Red" Grady, Mere­dith Thorn, Tommie Potter, Margaret Willis, Mary Wiley, Marion Rawlings, Glenda Givens. ROW THREE: Burl Hogans, Charles Hare, Ray Wilburn Carol Cato. NOT PICTURED: Benny Holland, Mary Lou Johnson, Jane Sutherlin, Jeanne Bankston, Wayland Wilkerson.

CAMPUS PLAYERS

CAMPUS PLAYERS, the moving force of Harding dramatics, sponsors three major productions each year and a number of workshop one acts. Member­ship in the organization by no means indicates that an apprentice has arrived and can quit work. Upon accepting membership, he accepts the re­sponsibility of helping provide entertainment and cultural education for his fellow students. As a further reward and incentive for service the club awards letters to those who earn three hundred points. In this way it recognizes backstage workers who are otherwise unacclaimed.

IN "ECCE CREDO," Caiphas and Annas passion­ately argued the truth of Christ's resurrection.

ROW ONE: Charles Pittman, Sue Hart, Della Lou Stokes, Joyce Eggers, Shirley Blake. ROW TWO: Norma Crosby, Ramona Thompson, Maxine Riche­sin, Pat Stine, Ronnie McCurry.

CAMPUS PLAYERS APPRENTICES

ALPHA PSI OMEGA is a national honorary dra­matic fraternity which seeks to recognize outstand­ing work in college dramatics. Harding's cast is the Eta Omega Cast of Alpha Psi Omega. To be eligible one must have shown unusual ability and interest and, as a further requirement, must have directed a one act play. The cast has recently set a precedent of presenting one major production each year in which, when possible, only members of Alpha Psi Omega participate. This year's pre­sentation was Menotti's "The Medium," staring Marian Rawlings, Pat Rowe, and Meredith Thorn. In collaboration with Campus Players they pre-

MR. PIM queitly passed by, dropping the equiva­lent of a bombshell in a sedate British home.

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MARIAN RAWLINGS, the medium, thoroughly mauled Meredith Thom, the dumb gypsy youth.

sent, each year, a silver key to the best actor, the best actress, the best character actor, the best char­acter actress, the best backstage worker, and the best director of one act plays.

One act plays were numerous and varied' this year, providing new students interested in drama­tics with the experience needed for larger produc­tions.

Campus Player productions of the year in­cluded two English plays, "Mr. Pim Passes By" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" by A. A. Milne, and "Beyond the Horizon" by the Ameri­can playwright, Eugene O'Neill.

CALIGULA, the half crazy and wholly cruel Ro­man emperor in The Robe, was convincingly por­trayed by Meredith Thorn.

DEBATERS: Evan Ulrey, Edsel Hughes, Pat Fo­garty, Owen Olbricht, Duane McCampbell, and Winfred Wright.

THE DEBATE CLUB, though not regularly m~eting, had quite an active year. In December, the debaters journeyed to the Forensic tournament in Fayetteville to discuss the question "Resolved: The United States Should Adopt a Policy of Free Trade." Later Duane McCampbell and Edsel Hughes, accompanied by Evan Ulrey, debated at Henderson State Teachers College in Arkadelphia. The climax of the year's activity was the Arkansas State Debate Tourney to which Harding was host. Here Duane McCampbell won the oratori­cal contest, and with the aid of Edsel Hughes reached the finals.

The SPEECH Clinic is a workshop for correcting speech defects such as substitution of sounds and stuttering. College students taking this class worked

A meeting of the POETRY FORUM brings together Lolita Williams, Polly Williams, Owen Olbricht, Gail Shoptaw, Mary Burton, and Lehman Hall.

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SPEECH CLINIC SESSION: Richard Walker and Pat Rowe work with Clifton Ganus, III.

SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE with the "clients" in the clinic on the average of three hours a week.

The POETRY CLUB is composed of those who are interested in writing poetry. In the regular Tues­day night meetings members of the club presented and critized each other's poetry. A further activity this year was a chapel program exhibiting several of their poems enhanced by pantomines. Polly Williams was the club sponsor.

A quite active club open to all those interested in photography is the CAMERA CLUB. The activities of the year included a camera trip to Petit Jean; the monthly photographic contest; and the annual exhibi­tion held in the Student Center. Officers are: Jim Mahaffy, president; Weldon Hatcher, vice-presidentj

Sponsor Neil Cope is pictured giving instructions on camera technique to CAMERA CLUB members Jim Mahaffy, Leon Gleason, Weldon Hatcher, Bob Claunch, Jerry Broderick, Walter GiJfilen, Don Palmer, Yong Kee Ahn, Sam Numajiri, and Richard Walker.

ROW ONE: Bobby Miller. ROW TWO: Marion Ste­phens, Norma Crosby, Sue Hart, Jennie Majors, Grace )lcReynolds, Lois Coburn, Shirley McCartney. ROW THREE: Bobby Coker, Iva Lou Langdon, June Woods, Winfred Wright, Coletta Lemmons, Martha Allen.

HOME ECONOMICS CLUB

OUTLETS FOR VARIED INTERESTS .. and Leon Gleason, secretary-treasurer. Neil Cope is the sponsor.

Another club is the HOME ECONOMICS CLUB which proudly boasts a membership of seventy, com­posed of both sexes. Officers are Jane Claxton, pres i­dentj Virginia Rhodes, vice-president; Marjorie Mc­Ginnis, secretary-treasurer. Club sponsor is Mrs. Nona Cannon.

During the year the groups have exhibited color­ful posters contrasting good and bad etiquette. The club further illustrated proper eating etiquette in an entertaining chapel program. In addition to these activities, the group sponsored a cherry pie contest for the naming 01 the Home Management House.

members 01 the BOHEMIAN and Wayland W ilkerson. Cissy Blake,

Mason, J . Lee Roberts, Mollie Mason, and Char­Holcomb are seated and standing artists are Guy

JoAnne Hartman , Max Ballard, Martha Holland, Meredith Thorn, and · Peggy

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ROW ONE: Ronald Bever, Herman Alexander, Hu­bert Franks, Farrell Till, Bob Waggoner. ROW TWO: Peggy Arnold, Roselene Grady, Mrs. Cannon, Shirley Fisk, Peggy Futrell. ROW THREE: Virgin­ia Rhodes, Marjorie Moreland, Ina Swan, Wilamae Parker, June Adams, Margaret Oliver, Dolores Mc­Blide, Barbara Johnson, Jane Claxton, Margie Mc­Ginnis.

Fifteen students having an interest in art com­posed the BOHEMIAN CLUB which met once a month on Saturday unde, ·tJ:>e sponsorship of Mrs. Perry Ma­son. A highlight 01 the year was a costume party to which the members and their dates came as paintings. Prizes went to Mary Lou Johnson who came as liThe Gay Philosopher" and to Benny Holland and Bax Walker in the guise of the "The Gypsy and the Lion."

The JAPANESE CLUB was a group of students planning to do missionary work in Japan or having a desire to learn the language. Hotsuya Kitazawa, the instructor, discussed and taught both the customs and the language of Japan in the meetings which were held from seven to eight each Thursday night.

JAPANESE CLUE: Eugene Bailey, Bob Claunch, Yvonne Davis , Russ McNalty, George Keiffer, and Hatsuyo Kitazawa.

ROW ONE: Mary Lou Johnson, Pat Fogarty, Dick Richardson, Pat Rowe, Wayland Wilkerson. ROW TWO: Janis McDowell, John Guffin, Thelma Harmon, Tommie Potter, Ken Noland, Weldon Hatcher. ROW THREE: Leo Ford, Della Stokes, Marian Rawlings, Jo Lilly, Sh irley Birdsall. ROW FOUR: George Gregg, Reid Bush, John Anderson, AI Petrich, Dr. Kenney, Gene Rainey.

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IRC members started off the year of 1953-54 with a vigorous and colorful campaign that ended in a hot and tense convention of a hundred and cleven delega tes, who watched Gene Rainey, Al Petrich, and Jennie Schoolfield emerge as victorious offi­cers. Feeling ran high in the hour that Dr. Charles Kenney was unanimously re-elected faculty advi­sor of the IRC.

The first big project of the year was the Mock Security Council Program . The subject under dis­cussion was the Korean peace conference. The script for the program was written by Dr. Kenney.

IRC members put away their school books when they represen ted Harding in the second Mid­South Model United Nations at David Lipscomb College on February twenty-fifth. Competing with fifteen other colleges and universities, our dele­gates made outstanding contributions. Gene Rainey and Dick Richardson appeared on TV and radio programs respectively. Harding sent a reso­lutiop commending Lipscomb on her courage and hard work involved in the planning of the Model United Nations.

Harding showed her great school spirit in the form of a pep rally to send off the delegation. It was a high compliment payed to them and it was appreciated by the whole group.

AN IRATE RUSSIAN delegate stomps out of the mock Security Council session.

HARDING was well represented at Lipscomb .

STATE OFFICERS: Ken Noland, vice-president; Jeanne Bankston, college member-at-large.

FTA OFFICERS: Ken Noland, president; Bob Co­burn, vice-president; Kathryn Privett, secre­tary; Alta Cheek, reporter; Nancy McDaniel, historian.

FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA ... AS USUAL, the Florence Cathcart Chapter had a great year in 1953-54. The year began wi th a membership drive which was highlighted by a chapel program. Few will forget this "chapel pro­gram in a chapel program." This resulted in a highly active group of fifty-five future teachers who are members of the Arkansas and ational Education Association.

Under the guidance of President Ken Noland and Bob Coburn, who was chairman of the pro­gram committee, the chapter had an interesting meeti ng each month.

In October a group of FT A'ers attended the annual FTA luncheon in Hot Springs which was held in connection with the AEA Convention.

The big event in the FT A year, of course, is the state convention in Little Rock. The Harding delegation arrived early fully armed with posters and canis supporting their candidates for state of­fire. After the campaigning and voting was over, the results were identical to those of the past two years - Harding was victorious! Ken Noland was the state vice-president and Jeanne Bankston the college member at-large.

ROW ONE : Carol Stevens, Lois Coburn, Francis Bateman, Charlene Holcomb, Jennie Majors, Cathe­rine Privett, Pat Ault, Bebe Daniels. ROW TWO: Shirley McCartney, Patsy Prevett, Jane Sutherlin, Martha Clayton, Bobbie Wirth, Lora Ann Oliver, Jo Lill y, NOlma Lee, ·Nancy McDaniel, Maxine Richesin. ROW THREE: Dolores McBride, Grace McReynolds, Alta Cheek, Jeanette Kee, Cleone Keil, Vennie Hill , Wi lma Wyatt, Ortell Armstrong, Mary Ann Tonkery, Betty Helm, Jeanne Bankston. ROW FOUR: Bob Coburn, Ken Noland, Lehman Hall, Owen D. Olbricht, Dick Otey, Max Ballard, Bob Gilliam, Norman Hughes.

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ROW ONE: Dewey Brown. Sue Lawrence, Jane Claxton, Claudette Harris. Billie Dixon, Harry Denman. ROW TWO: Dale Porterfield, Bob Cross, Leo Ford, Leon Gleason.

DicKy J:lurt, Weldon Hatcher, Richard Gee, Charles Pitt­man.

THE BISON . . . COVERING campus activities, wntmg the news, and meeting deadlines are only a part of the life of the members of the "fourth estate" as they put out Harding's student weekly, The Bison. Head­aches attach themselves to editors as things do not go smoothly. However, there is glory for the hard work when award time comes around each year. This year, the Bison won the sweepstakes at the Arkansas College Press Association meet in Clarks-

ville, April 2-3. The sweepstakes award goes to the paper winning the most individual awards.

As an added activity of the Bison, the All-Star Basketball game is sponsored by the paper. This year's winner was the National league. At the close of the year with the job well done the staff celebrates with a final get-together, usually a fish fry.

Mary Ann Whitaker Editor, 1st semester

Lawrence Crawford Business Manager

Jennie Schoolfield Editor, 2nd semester

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THE PETIT JEAN ...

AS COULD BE expected, the work to produce the annual record of the year needed the contribution of time and effort on the part of many. Whether the energy put into reaching this goal has been well spent or not will be determined by its value to you now and in future years.

And perhaps here is the best place to include the editor's thanks to one and all who had any part in the completion of this book, to those who helped by keeping appointments for pictures as well as those who contributed time and copy or pictures needed.

Meredith Thorn, Ivanna Manderscheid, Jane Sutherlin, Weldon Hatcher.

Shirley Birdsall Editor

Shirley Birdsall Jane Su therlin Norman Hughes Bob Nossaman Dr. Joe Pryor Jim Mahaffy

Norman Hughes Business Manager

Editor Asst. Editor

Weldon Hatcher, John Hillis John Hillis

Business Manager Asst. Business Manager

Sponsor Photography Editor

Photographers Sports Editor

Organizations Editor Faculty Editor

Copy Editor Class Editor

Art Editor T ypist

Thelma Harmon Jane Claxton Sue Hart Carol Cato Meredith Thorn Ann Dean

Jim Mahaffy, John Hillis, Ann Dean, Thelma Harmon, Shirley Birdsall

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Bill Path, Barbara Jones, Bob Nossaman, Winfred Wright, Gracie McReynolds, Charles Pitner, Nor­man Hughes, Nancy McDaniel, Bob Gilliam, Barbara Richards, Owen D. Olbricht, Barbara Lem­mons, Jeanne Bankston.

STUDENT ASSOCIATION .. . THIS has been another fine year of work for the Student Association. This group of sixteen people who compose the executive council, two from each class (including the. graduate class and the acad­emy) , three officers, and a faculty advisor, met on alternate Tuesday nights to discuss the various problems of campus life.

While much of the council's work was quiet and not noticed by many students, it has rendered a real service. There are representatives from the council on each of the faculty committees, so that student viewpoint actually influences major deci­sions and policies in an organized way.

Perhaps the highlight activity of the year for the council was the pep rally given in behalf of the United States Delegation who represented Harding at the Mid-South Model United Nations in Nashville, Tennessee.

As in years past, it has been the council's ob­jective to serve Harding - both the faculty and student body - by providing an instrument by which student-student or student-faculty problems can be openly and freely discussed. The ultimate aim, of course, is to make Harding a happier and better place, and to maintain the high Christian standards that have always been characteristic ot Harding College.

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1954 PETIT JEAN, p.86 OFFICERS: President: NOnllan Hughes Vice-President: Bob Gilliam Secretary: Nancy McDaniel

THESE NAME TAGS furnished by the Student Association helped identify many strange faces.

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C. L. GANUS, SR.

MANY OF OUR actIvItIes take place around the Ganus Student Center, and yet old students as well as new are not aware of the many ~ontibutions made to this college that prompted the naming of this building in honor of Mr. Clif­ton L. Ganus, Sr.

Brother Ganus has served for several years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, but has further shown his interest in Harding and its students by establishing a $2,000 student loan fund and offering $100 each year to the boy and girl with the highest scholastic rating. In addition, he was the largest single donor toward the building named for him.

Recognizing his contributions to Christian Education, we, the students, want to express here our apprecation for all that he has done for Harding and for us.