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Harding University Scholar Works at Harding Harding Bulletins Archives and Special Collections 4-1-1975 Harding Bulletin April 1975 (vol. 50, no. 10) Harding College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.harding.edu/hubulletins Recommended Citation Harding College. (1975). Harding Bulletin April 1975 (vol. 50, no. 10). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.harding.edu/ hubulletins/359 This Book 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 Harding Bulletins by an authorized administrator of Scholar Works at Harding. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ~artnnD:, ".. College librarY . • F t Commentator Spans edla, Economy., Crime News commentator Paul H~ey ''Those in the news media couldn't spanned a gamut of topics during his do a better job if they were actually paid April 3 presentation which was a part of promoters. It is those of us' in the news the American Studies Lecture Series for media who have created such fradulent the 1975 spring semester. folk heroes as the SLA, the Irish The American Broadcasting Republican Army, the American In Company newsman entertained an dian Movement, and Black Liberation audience of more than 1,000 persons Army," he said. with his humor and penetrating Turning to the economic situation in thoughts into the news that makes the United States he quickly explained headlines. Following his remarks he that' he was not an economist. but a answered questions posed by members recession had always revived the of the audience. resourcefulness of the American During his speech Harvey took time people. He predicted that the economy to present two awards from the Was on its way up by citing, two , Freedoms Foundation 'at Valley Forge economic indicators. to Dr. Clifton L. Ganus, president. and Orders for manufactured goods Dr. Billy Ray Cox, vice president. increased in March for the first time in The outspoken commentator began six, months. Retail sales were up seven his ptesentation with some harsh words per cent from the same time in 1974. He for the national news media. including said Americans were managing to wind what he called "the New York - down from a major war without massive Was~ington, D.C. axis." He told the unemployment. audience that the news media are He amused his audience by saying. Newsman Paul Harvey responds to a question from the audience. emphasizing, the wrong things. ''There is nothing wrong with Wali Street that couldn't be cured by moving it to Arkansas where the people don't panic so easily." HARDING COLLEGE BULLETIN' On the subject of law and order Harvey pointed out that crime had ,. increased 16 per cent during the last APRIL, 1975 VOL. 50, NO. 10 SEARCY, ARKANSAS 72143 year. "In Chicago our locked up juries have been serving more time than our criminals. The hamstrung lenient courts tried only five per cent of the Memphis Businessman Joins accused criminals and only two per cent of those were convicted." Oral History Association ' Pursuing the theme of law and order O. O. Emmons, a retired Memphis Whitfield Davidson, a United States he said, "We were told that if we and mid-south businessman, has been District Judge from Texas. relaxed our sex laws and allowed people' inducted into the Harding College Oral During the induction interview the to take off their clothes. then sex crimes History Association, a member' of the 85-year-old Menlphis resident re would vanish. Instead forcible rape national Oral History Association. counted his business career as a cotton increased another nine per cent during the past year. An hour-long tape-recorded 'in buyer, secretary to a railroad.. "Supervisor, a salesman, a retail grocer, "We were told to be more generous terview was conducted by Dr. Clifton L. and finally his partnership in the with poor folks and there would be no Ganus, president of the college. Em Mississippi Valley Lumber Company. motive for stealing. Instead burglary, mons became the tenth inductee of . He sold the lumber company in 1948 robbery and auto larceny crimes have, Harding's Oral History Association. Eugene Smith after suffering a severe heart attack. risen 17. per cent. Among the inductees are H. R. He cited his involvement in the "People said we were too tough on tot Dallas Alumnus Gibson, founder of the Gibson founding of Memphis Christian School criminals and yet crime has increased . Discount chain; Dr. 'George S. Benson, (now the Harding Academy) in 1952 as 47 per cent since 1968 . i Presented president emeritus of Harding; Gordon one of the highlights of his life. The "We were told that churches were c7I B. McLendon, founder of the 458- school began with an enrollment of 192 old-fashioned and needed modernizing Honorary Degree station Liberty Broadcasting System; and today the enrollment at the and compromising. Today the churches Harding Academy has topped 2.900. which compromised the most are Eugene S. Smith, Jr., president of W. R. "Witt" Stephens, retired Emmons i~ a member of the Advisory shrinking the fastest." Gospel Teachers Publications. Inc .• chairman of the board and former Council of the Academy. Harvey told the audience that the >: ~ and Westcliff Press, both in Dallas. president of Arkansas-Louisiana Gas The Oral History Association received Harding's honorary Doctorate American system was not to blame 'for Company; Wallace E. Johnson. vice materials, housed in the Beaumont economic or social problems. "Our of Laws degte~, ~priJ 16. our chairman of the Holiday Inns In Memorial Library, are available to Americanism, in spite of us, is made of Dr. Clift{)D · ·t.. ,:,~G'an us , Jr., awarded corporated; and the late Judge T. anyone who desires to use them. the degree in cereinonies at the Fair very durable stuff. From an historian's mont Hotel at Ii dinner sponsored' by point of view, Uncle Sam has been sick the Dallas County School Board and before. Every few years he gets sick. attended by more than 200 persons. Every now and then in November. and l Smit!J. serveso'D the President's sometimes in between, he throws up, Development Council at Harding, is a gets up and gets going again." past membel" of the' Board and In presenting the awards from the Executive Committee for the Ibaraki Freedoms Foundation he said. "I know of no organization or as.sociation in the , Christian Foundation, and presently is on the b,o.,ard of the Zambia Christian United States that is. doing more to put Schools~Qundation. He serves as a rivets in the American dream than the dea'con: tpr the Kimball Square Church Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge. of Christ ~ ~. nd ~ directs International Some of the honors that mean the most -/l' Campaigns ' in Germany and Austria. to me are those from the Freedoms A former .lbrP log student. Smith Foundatiop.." received the IJI~' degree from Pep Dr. Cox received the Valley Forge perdine University and has done Honor Certificate for a speech, "The graduate work at Southwestern Baptist American Economy - New Dimen Theological Seminary and North Texas sions," which he delivered in January, State University. 1974. The Am~rican Studies Program Ganus, who spoke briefly on the role was awarded the George Washington of education, praised Smith for his Distinguished Service Award for .work, "Weare privileged to bestow this outstanding service in citizenship honor upon Gene for his out- education. Dr. Ganus accepted the (Continued on Page 2) Dr. Ganus interviews O. O. Emmonsfor the Oral History library. award for the program. Page 2 HARDING COLLEGE B{,JLLETIN National Groups Recognize Royse Dr. Nyal. Royse, director of graduate studies, recently received three honors for his outstanding efforts in the field of education. Royse has been nominated for a position on the Executive Committ~e of the Nati~nal Collegiate Honors Council. The group, based at Ohio State University, works at coordinatmg honors programs and honors student transfers between various colleges jn the United States. Elections for the council will be held October 25 at W. C. Hatfield Washington State University in Pullman, Washingfon. Texas Executive Two other awards to Royse include a "fellow standing" membership in the Will Address listing of the 1975 Intercontinental Biographical Association, the annual Senior Class Who's Who publication of Great W. C. Hatfield, executive vice Britain, and listing in an annual president of the Republic 'of Texas publication of prominent people in the Dr. Ganus accepts from Paul Harvey the Freedom Foundation's George Corporation, has been named com South, Personalities of the South. Washington Distinguished Service Award on behalfof the College. mencement speaker for graduation exercises honoring 375 seniors May 11. Hatfield previously was senior vice Freshmen: A Composite View of Opinions president and executive vice president Each year thousands of graduating of 3.1 (on a 4.0 scale). Nationally, the freshmen and those at other colleges for the Republic National Band of high school seniors face the task of average entering college freshman had and universities. Dallas. where he was employed for 17 years before appointment with the choosing the college they wish to at- a composite score of 19.5 and a high When asked to give reasons im tend. Several hundred of these will school average of 2.8. Harding's fresh- Republic of Texas, Corporation in 1974. portant in the selection of Harding, A Certified Public Accountant since decide to come to Harding. While the man are above the norm in ability. more than tWo-thirds of the entering reasons for their choice naturally will 1954, he is a member of the Texas When asked to state their freshmen from 1970-1974 answered vary somewhat with each individual, Society of C.P.A.'s and the Dallas educational aspirations, 49 per cent that the "college has a good academic common motives may be found among CI:tapter ofC.P.A.'s.