The Bison, November 16, 1990

Harding University Scholar Works at Harding The iB son Archives and Special Collections 11-16-1990 The iB son, November 16, 1990 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.harding.edu/thebison Recommended Citation The iB son, November 16, 1990. (1990). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.harding.edu/thebison/1415 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 iB son by an authorized administrator of Scholar Works at Harding. For more information, please contact [email protected]. November 16~ 1990 Fall at Harding: must mean leaves, winter is coming, hay, club hayrides by Mary McWilliams Fla., as he glanced down at his snakeskin Bison staff wriler boots. Along with boo~bandannas ' and overalls, While most students did choose to take the scent of hay is in the air. part in their club hayrides, some chose not Is this a scene from Bonanza or to. Gunsmoke? No, it's early fall at Harding Reasons varied from not knowing who to University. ask to not having the money to go, or kind In the midst of library trips, mid-terms of knowing who to ask but not knowing if you and research papers, hayrides have proven want to spend that much money on the · to be a relaxing break from the everyday life person. of a college student. However, most hayrides cost only a few Club hayride ideas differ as much as the dollars. Pictures and T-shirts accounted for clubs themselves do. the majority of the cost. Shantih, for eiwnple, had a pumpkin car As the end of yet another semester draws ving contest for the couples who attended, to a close at Harding University, more while Kappa Tau Omega chose to have a memories have been made and more friend "Mellow Party'' at Heber Springs earlier in ships formed. the season in place of a hayride. Knights had As Leanne Anderson, a sophomore from what could be considered a typical hayride. Nashville, Tenn., said, "Hayrides are neat Mter a hot dog roast, couples enjoyed music because they give me a chance to strengthen performed by several members of the club relationships with my club sisters and get followed by a series of skits. to know my date at the same time. I'm "My only comp,laint is that ~pie don't always sure to get pictures taken, so I'll dress like this all' of the time," said Mike always remember the fun I've had with Tri Moncrief, a sophomOre frOm Melbourne, Sigs." HavveninQs ~ SHOOTING HOOPS. The Lady ~ THE BIG SCREEN. "Duck nmJ Bison basketball team will face Um:J Tales: The Movie" will be Clnistian Brothers College of Memphis, shown in the Benson Audit,orium at 7 p.m. Tenn., in the Ganus Athletic Center on and after the basketball game on Dec. 1. CAMPFIRE COOKING'. Three students brave the fire, wind, and weather to roast Tuesday, Nov. Zl. hot dogs for their hayride dates. Club hayrides were an opportunity fi>r students to ON THE ROAD AGAIN. The take a break: from studying, reading, and writing. Hayrides were also used to ask 00 THE RIGHT THING. A Red Cross blood drive, ____ Bison and Lady Bison basket- out that "person-of-interest." (pboto by Healher Smilhl =-= spon sored by Oege women's social club, will ball teams will be playing the Universi be held Nov. 29. ty of the Ozarks in ClartsviUe, Ark., on Thursday, Dec. 6. ~ COUNTRY. Country musicians I1Jlli T. Graham Brown and Holly ~ PLAY BALL. The Bison and • Dunn will be perfonniog in the Benson r:mrJI Lady Bison basketball teams Audit«ium on Friday, Nov. 30. Tbis event will be playing the University of Central is sponsored by tbe Searcy Chamber of Arkansas in the Ganus Athletk: Center 00 Commerce, and tickets are available Monday, Dec. 3. from the Student Affairs Office. ~ AMERICAN STUDIES. Bill ~ ONE ON ONE. The Bison mm ~ CaK, former aecounfing urm basketball teams will meet professor and executive vice president at John Brown Unviersity of Siloam Harding University, will be speaking oo Springs, Ark., in the Ganus Athletic "The Rebirth of a Nation" as part of the Center on Saturday, Dec. L American Studies lnstituteJs Distin guished IA!cture Series at 7:30p.m. on ~ THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT. Nov. 29 in tbe Benson Auditorium. He [llliJI "Cbrisbnas WIShes," Harding's currently serves as chairman of the REACH FOR THE SfARS. A first all-student musical, will be per board for the Dallas-based Dal-Tile member of the SAU Muleriders formed Dec. 7 and 8 at 7:30p.m. in the Group, Inc. squad stretches for a pass in last Benson Auditorium. Saturday's game at Alumni Field. ~ PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. The Harding Bisons defeated the ~ SONGFEST 1990. The 24th an umll Thanksgiving break begins Muleriders 29-14 in the last game um:J nual Gospel Hour Singing will today; tbe residence halls will be closing of tho season, making their record be held in the Benson Auditorium from at 5 p.m. Clas:sesresmne on Monday, Nov. 7 p.m to midnight on Dec. 7. 26. 64 overall and 3-3 in the AIC. (pbolo by Brion Lovegrove) THE BISON, Searcy, Art. 72143, Nov. 16, 1990 OPINION Holidav should focus on don merchants were oblivious to the fact that they were "' operating a purpose_profit-seeking business, yet denied the Pilgrims lhe right to own land and work directly for God, blessings and family themselves to benefit their families. Dear Editor: Things were put into a new light as each family was Time is one commondity we all receive at the same rate As Thanksgiving Day is rapidly approaching, we take allotted their own portion of land. Once on this new private and in equal portions; everybody's day has 24 hours in our thoughts back to the colonial days as the Pilgrims ertterprise system lhe Pilgrims became motivated and in it and each hour passes one second at a time. So why do crossed over from England on the Ma;ytlower, the landing dusuious. Productivity increased three-fold, producins: some of us stay so busy, while others seem to have nothing on Plymouth Rock and the eventual befriending of the In more than the Indians, who were still practicing under the but free time? What we do with each day is up to us. dians as they sat down together to enjoy the first communal system. This new practice increased the Often the difference between success and failure, hap Thanksgiving meal. Pilgrims' work ethic and provided motivation by the in piness and unhappiness is determined by how we use our Just as significant as the Pilgrims starting the Thanksgiv dividual.fur responsibility and a profit incentive. The peo time, or whether we use it at all. ing tradition, is the pattern that they used to help shape ple were now free to Dll:lke decisions and utilize their We certainly live in a fast-paced society. We have our economic system. human and natural resources. The private enterprise system microwave ovens, instant coffee, Jiffy Lube and one-hour During their first two years, the Pilgrims practiced com worked because of the desire of these people to improve dry cleaning and photo development. We run from chapel munal agricuJture. Everything !hey produced was put into their own welfare and the knowing that they were free to to class to the cafeteria at a moment's notice, trampling a common fund. At the end of seven years they were to try. the poor soui who walks too slowly. Sometimes I think. keep just enough to live on, sell everything else and send The idea of this free enterprise system is not new. It has we'd forget to breathe if it weren't scheduled in our ap the excess to the profit-seeking bus.inessmen m London to been proven for over 200 years. It has enabled our na pointment books. compensate for saving the1r money and risking its loss m tion, once of only 13 poverty stricken colonies, to become This week is a busy one, even more so than usual. order to finance their expedition to the New World. one of the greatest industrial and agricultural powers in crammed with research papers, last-minute exams and pro Hardship!> arose and the burden gf getting the money the world. jects to be completed before Thanksgiving break. repay l:be debt was hard enough, leralone trying to make Tracy Crouch But as the saying goes, hard work is simply an ac a profit. For 20 years the Pilgrims labored to pay off their Harding University cumulation of easy things you didn't have time to do when obhgations. Motivation and incentive were void. The Lon- Students In Free Enterprise you shouid h:we. As Thanksgiving opens the holiday season, we are naturally indme.d to think more about our needs and bless Thanksgiving bringing blessings, memories ings in the material sense, about a house full of relatives, It is almost Thanksgiving break, something most about in Reese. We would wander into the old barn and backyard tootbail games and enough pumpkin pie to feed students have been anticipating since October. Students climb over the· huge hay bales. (This was before my fear the emire Mavrlower crew. But there is more to Thanksgiv have begun to talk about their plans for the holiday. Peo of large rats really set in.) Soon someone would start ing, and hfc· m general, than a full stomach and loaning ple are going to Grandma's, attending football games, gec throwing hay and then the real fun began.

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