Harding University Scholar Works at Harding The Bison Archives and Special Collections 2-11-1972 The Bison, February 11, 1972 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.harding.edu/thebison Recommended Citation The Bison, February 11, 1972. (1972). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.harding.edu/thebison/988 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at Scholar Works at Harding. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Bison by an authorized administrator of Scholar Works at Harding. For more information, please contact [email protected]. S.A. semester report Basketball pix Page 3 Page 8 VOL. -47, NO. 15 HARDING COLLEGE, SEARCY, ARK. 72143 FEBRUARY 11, 1172 Ray Stevens sings ·of everything beautiful Ray Stevens, the performer came in contact with an At­ s o n g viewing contemporary with "unreal" talents, and lanta music publisher who en­ society. Following that came­ "Bridget the Midget" will come couraged him to compose his "Lon-ely Together," "Gitarzan," alive tomorrow night at 8 on the own material. his first gold record, and "Along Harding stage. In 1961, Stevens wrote and came Jones." "Everything is beautiful," recorded his first novelty song, AS his recordings brought and so is Ray Stevens in the "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyun­ him to television where numer­ music world He composes his saturated, Quick - Dissolving, our guest appearances increased own music, ranging from com­ Fast-Acting, Pleasant-Tasting, his popularity, Stevens was edy to social comment, al'­ Green and Purple Pills," which signed for his own show in ranges the orchestrations, pro­ became a top 20 hit and intro­ 1970 as a summer replacement duces the recording sessions duced Stevens to a wider public for "The Andy Williams Show." and sings every part ...... with re­ than he had attained previously. Just before the show went on sults such as "Ahab the Arab," Following marriage and a the air., Stevens' record "Every­ "Mr. Businessman," "Gitarzan," move to Nashville, Tenn., Ste­ thing is Beautiful'' _was released and "Everything is Beautiful.'' vens wrote "Ahab the Arab" and became his biggest hit A native of Clarkdale, Ga., which catapulted him to na­ earning his second gold record. Stevens launched his all-con­ tional fame. After creating Besides being a musician and suming interest in music with several other novelty songs, performer, Stevens is a family piano lessons at age five, and which included "Harry the man, an architect and an -avid began his _climb to a succes&­ Hairy Ape,' 'and "Butch Ba· sportsman. A multi-instrument­ ful musical career during _his barin," Stevens began concen• alist, he plays instruments teens as a local group per­ trating on arranging and pro­ ranging from the piano to sax· former- and as a week-end disc ducing sessions for other per­ aphone to percussion. Of his jockey at a local radio station. formers. numerous talents Stevens counts His comeback into the music songwriting as being the most He attended Georgia State world as a performer was meaningful as it is a way of University, majoring in theory marked by his record, "Mr. communication between peo­ and composition, and in 1956 Businessman," a controversial ple. Aeeomp&Dying himself at the plano, Ray Stevens eatertalDI aucHences with charisma all his own. Students pl~n four campaigns; devote spring break to teaching By Nancy McClugpge .-- speaking nightly. Campaigns for Christ in Iowa, Jerry Jones, a Harding Bible Louisiana. Missouri and Ohio teacher doing graduate work in are the spring break plans of Gretna, currently preaches for tour groups of Harding stu­ the congregation there. dents~ Twenty workers will travel to Junior Ron Stough is leading Conneaut. Ohio, to work 'With a team of 20 workers to Spring­ a congregation less than a year field, Mo., U. work with the old. Two Harding graduates, East Grand congregation there. Tezzy Hall and Coy Siddall, are Gary Brock, their minister, will presehtly preaching and teach­ be pr:eaching nightly in their ing there. John Reese is pre­ newly completed church build­ paring the students on campus ing. for this work, and Ed White, Owen Olbricht, a Harding associ!lte professor of English, graduate and director of ·Cam­ is their sponsor. paigns Northeast sponsors this Des Moines. Iowa. will host campaign group; twelve campaign workers. The Gretna, La.. is the destina­ campaigners will be conducting Memphis State emphasizes-unity tion of 28 campaign-ers led by Bible studies only rather than Adhering to plea for singleness. of mind and purpose, delegates enjoy banquet feDowsbip dutlng Dan Cooper, also a junior. door-knocking and t e a c h i n g the Mempbis State UniversitY CbrlstiBD Seminar. "The Visible Body o1' Chrlst," theme for tbe semi• Their sponsor, Dr. Neale Pryor, studies as the other campaign aar, ebalmelecllast week-elld.'s mood to cme of Inspiration 8lld enthusiasm. professor of · Bible will be groups wiU be doing. Spring enrollment drops; frosh claims largest class Spring enrollment dropped and special men students and down 152 students from the all­ 14 post-graduate and special time high of 2062 last fall to women students enrolled. 1910, according to the Regis­ The largest number of Students trar's office. live in Arkansas and states slir­ The 1910 includes students rounding Arka.nsas. There are from 45 states and 11 foreign 41 foreign students enrolled. countries. Four of these students are from The Ia~ class is the Israel freshman class numbering 535, with 243 men and 292 women. The junior class follows with 461 members broken down into Dr. Carr revises 244 men and 217 women. The sophom'Ore class totals 435 with 207 men and 228 '72 summer school women. The smallest class is Summer School '72 session No. the senior class with 409 mem­ 1 begins June 5 and runs bers - 208 men and 201 women. through July 8 and Session No. Men enrolled as tull-time stu­ 2 begins July 1(1 and- runs dents (taking 12 hours) number through Aug. 11, according to 902, while 937 women are en­ Dr. James Carr, Jr., assistant rolled full-time. Added to this dean. 11 are 25 graduate males, and 19 This vear summer school will Harcll11g to be E11Chcmtecl ... Feb. 17-19 coeds are enrolled as graduate run on a five-day week. There ID rehearsal for next week's Lyceum productloa of "1be Eaclumtecl" are male leads, BID Me> ~ts. will be the same number of Donald, Gleaa Greeaville aad nm BIDer. Curtain time Is 8 p.m. See Page s for more lnformatiGD There are 12 post-graduate (See Summer School '72 Pap 'I) ..;. PHOTO BY TOll UTU 2 * DIE HARDING BISON, Searcy, Ark. Feb. 11,1172 From the Ec/itor' s Deslc: Linguistic skills lead to souls today Be a missionary and see the world! Insight into a people's culture and philosophies is best So goes a sloganized interpretation of Harding's empha­ seen through the study of their language. By 11m Bruuer sis on global missions. ·But how will we get away from this Harding Cqllege must recognize the need to expand "Once upon a time . tourist-religion concept and convert the world if we don't the foreign language programs o£ study. It is vital. There were three pigs and a big speak the languages of the world? Be a missionary. See the world. But communicate bad wolf. What pigs they were, Harding College is definitely. an evangelism-oriented Christianity in the most effective way- in the language and what a hungry wolf .he institution complete with a MISSION/ PREPARE program of the soul that needs saving. was. dedicated to preparing young Christian men and women -K. B. All of the characters were in­ "to go into all the wo.rld and preach the Good News to habitants ·of a mad, mod world everyone everywhere," Mark 16:15. of generalities, mostly make believe. They did oot live any To preach the Good News of Christ to everyone, every­ place specifically, but they where we must communicate with every man in the most were seen everywhere. effective way possible - which is in his own tongue. The wolf deemed the qualities This college has two departments which attempt to fill shared by the pigs inter-depen­ this need - the department of modern fo~ign languages dent and ripe for consumption, and the department of Biblical languages which offers so he spent much of his time Greek and Hebrew "fo.r a better understanding of the in pursuit of these abominable, Bible." yet time-worthy creatures. The pigs were different from The department of modern foreign languages offers 42 each other in that one had long credit hours and a major or a minor in the French language hair, one wore flared pants, and 6 hours of German. and the other liked "smile" The stated purpose of the modern foreign languages tee shirts. But they were tied depa.rf;plent in the catalog is "to satisfy the needs of together in their slavery by those students who desire a modem foreign language for its these various shackles of bond­ age. cultural values, those who require a modern foreign lang­ uage for greater proficiency in their chosen field, and ~e wolf, however, was not subject to any system of tyr­ especially those who desire greater proficiency in a 1oreign anny, but rather a free moral language as a major or minor field of study." agent in the unrestrained middle But what about those who wish to become fluent in a class. Thi!l toothy vigilante sat language so that they can reach the souls and minds of protected in his warm, brick those lost in foreign countries.