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Consider Your Ways And Think Your Own Thoughts And I Keep Them Straight Make Them Honest VoLUME x1v-z24 HARDING toLLEGE, SEARCY, ARKANSAS APRIL 7, 1942 NUMBER 25 Festival Put On Meredith Killed Teachers Meet In Bomber Crash ';~ ~c~ YOUR Robert Meredith, a former student, At Arkadelphia For Speech ~,\r · ' - . - lost his life in a bomber crash on the !l;J ... ·- -- east coast Friday afternoon. He enlist­ ed in the Army Air Corp in March I94I Students Here while in Harding. Funeral services were For Convention .· at his home in Thyatira, Mississippi. Speech Programs Will Be While in Harding Robert was a mem­ English Teachers: Sears, ber of the Tagma Club. At High School April 9-11; He married Oretha Nichols who is Cope, And Stapleton Will now living in Alexandria, Louisiana. Attend State Meet Men, Women Participate While here Oretha was a member of The Fourth Annual Speech Festival Dean L. C. Sears, and Prof. Neil B. -.i ...... the Arkansas Club, secretary E>f the will be held at the Searcy High School Alpha Theta Club, a member of the Cope, instructor in English and journal­ ism, will participate: in the annual meet­ April 9-II. Alpha Honor Society and its secretary, ing of the Arkansas Association of There will be separate contests for and her name was recorded in pages of Teachers of College English which is college men and college women in both / "Who's Whoh in the American Colleges being held Friday and Saturday of this oratory and extemporaneous speaking. and Universities." week at Arkadelphia. Henderson State The extempore contest will. be held at Teachers College and Ouachita College 1 :oo p. m. on April IO. The general are hostesses of the meet. subject for discussion will be "Domestic Benson To Testify Prof. Cope will head a discussion on Problems of the United States." Each "The Place Journalism and the student newspaper or magazine in relation to contestant will draw thre specific sub­ English." jects from which he will select the one Before Senate Dr. Robert Campbell of Hendrix Col­ for his speech. Speeches must not be lege is chairman of the first session less than six minutes nor more than Chorus Makes Students Attend entitled "Problems in Technical Eng­ Labor Committee lish." Topics discussing this heading will eight minutes in len~th. Skeleton notes be "American English Grammar," a may be used. Harding will be entitled Closing Symphony Pres. George S. Benson is to appear by group discussion based upon Fries "Am­ to enter one contestant in the men's di­ Singing Trip request before the Senate Committe on erican English Grammar,'' with Robert vision and one in the women's division. The Arkansas State Symphony Or­ Educatioq and Labor at Washington, A. Caldwell of Fayetteville leading this The chorus directed by Prof. Leonard The oratorical contest will be held on chestra presented its last of a series of subject. Kirk, head of the college's music depart­ D. C., Saturday, April II, at 9 :oo p. m. Since programs in the Robinson Memorial This is the same committee before "The Problem of English Composi­ ment, sang at the church of Christ in it is impossible to have the regular Auditorium in Little Rock Monday which Pres. James Richmond of Murray tion in American Colleges and Universi­ Ne.wark Saturday night, the church of night. The Reamey Ballet were guest ties" is a group discussion conducted by peace oratorical contest this year, it State Teachers College of Murray, Ky., Christ in Batesville Sunday morning, artists for them, and the whole program Mildred Silver of the College of the has been decided to have all the orations spoke of Harding by saying, "That's and the church of Christ in Bethsaida consisted of request numbers sent in by Ozarks. on some plan for permanent peace. This some two-by-four college down there,'' Sunday night. different people. The second session on Friday after­ wilt enable winners to submit thefr Those from Harding College who at­ where "somebody has found a way of noon will be headed by Dr. R. W. The chorus represents over one-fourth Turrentine of Henderson State. Dis­ orations in the contest for the national tended were Louise Nicholas, Clifton getting his name in the papers." of the entire student body and 15 dif­ cussion under him will be "What we peace award and will keep Arkansas in ·Ganus, Don Healy, Ruby Jean Wesson, Dr. Benson has urged the abolition of ferent states. However, because of limit­ are doing in Remedial Reading" with line for a renewal of the cash awards Betty Bergner, Jim Bill Mcinteer, John the National Youth Administration in ed transportation facilities only 25 stu­ Dr. Turrentine as the leader, "Colby's after the war. Sands, Sarah Beth Brown, Joe Whitte­ behalf of which Richmond testified. Column and its Influence and the general dents made the trip. Orations must not he more than I,200 more, Betty Johnson, Axel Swang, Do­ Pres. Benson will return to the campus problem of phonetics" by Mr. Paul Prof. Leonard .Kirk, director, began words and must not contain more than ris Cluck, Louis Green, Elizabeth Ar­ Thursday and address the combined Fa:ris of Hendrix, "Speech Instruction 120 words of quotations. Students plac­ his work with Harding College in 1929 nold, Doris Healy, Mildred Gainer, Sa­ in the English course" by Dorothy At­ civic clubs of Searcy Thursday night. ing in the peace contest last year will and graduated from Peabody University rah Harder, Ida Mae Smethers, Carmen word Yarnell of Little Rock Junior Col­ Dr. George S. Benson left Kansas City, lege, and "DeveJopment of Vocabulary" not be barred from entering the contest in 1931. He became head of the music Price, Ed Rhoades, June Forbes, Mrs. this year. Should such student place first Florence Fletcher Jewell, Dr. and Mrs. Mo., Sunday night after ending a two with Mr. A. J. Arabaugh of Arkansas department in 1938, and has held that yril E. Abbott, Prof. C. R Haflinger, Polytechnic College as leader. in this year's contest he will he awarded weeks meeting of the church of Christ position until the present time. and Prof. Leonard Kirk. the regular medal, but his oration will there. Friday night the association will have Those who went on the trip are the 'a banquc;:t at the Caddo Hotel with Dr. not be considered for the national contest. The minister of this congregation is following: Betty Bergner, Dorothy O'­ Caldwell as toastmaster. The theme of Individual wards will be given for Norman Jones, former Harding student. Neal, Louise Covey, Mildred Gainer, the banquet is "An experiment I want the first four place winners in the Col­ Freshmen To Put Out Dr. Benson's work consisted of morning to Try." Mrs. Florence Fletcher Jewell, Roberta lege oratory and college extemporaneous and night services. During the fiv:-st A business session will be held before speaking. Walden, Alberta Lynch, I mo gene N icho­ thirty minutes of the evening meeting, the last session meets on Saturday morn­ las, Louise Nicholas, Margaret Sherrill, Coming Issue Of Bison ing. The title of this session is "Litera­ he presented lantetrn slides of the mis­ Jane Snow Fayetta Coleman, and Char­ ture and the Curriculum" and is to be 1 According to the custom the freshman . 'ionary work in cv:na. line Foreman. Thednel Garner, Jim Bill conducted by Dr. Richard C. Pettigrew class will put out an issue of The Bison In addition to his religious work, Dr. of Ouchita. "The Content, Place, and lfclnteer, George Ragan, Ralph Star­ this year.: The executive staff of the· Benson addressed various Missouri or­ Purpose of the Survey Course in Litera­ ling, Ed Skidmore, LaVern Houtz, THIS · paper announces that that issue will be ganizations, most of which were Kansas ture" is the first topic led by Dr. Petti­ ? Charles Ray Miller, Clifton Ganus, Alvis the forthcoming one. grew. Dr. Campbell will lead a discus­ City civic clubs. He has spoken as often Brown, Donald Harrison, Dean Lawyer, sion in "Developing Appreciation for Heretofore the edition was printed on as four times a day during the meeting. Terrell Clay, and Buddy Vaughan. Literature.'' green paper with black ink, but because "What changes, if any, will be neces­ WEEK'S • of the difficulty in buying newsprint of sary in the present English curriculum •nn•1111•1111•1m•nn•m1•m•1111•1111•ru•nn•mrw the desired shade of green, it was decid­ to prevent its disintegration like Latin BOYS, HOW DID YOU FEEL ON Tagma Social Club Larsen Wins Contest ed that it will be printed with green ink and Greek under the pressure of Utili­ tarian philosophies of education ?" to be YOUR FIRST DATE? on the regular white ,paper. led by Dr. L. P. Bigelow of Arkansas As Jean Overton, Bison scribe, ex­ GEORGE RAGAN: Pretty bashful. Presents Chapel State Teacher is the next topic. The For Frosh Preacher presses it, "The purpose of the Press last topic led by Dr.