Harding University Scholar Works at Harding The Bison Archives and Special Collections 10-10-1953 The Bison, October 10, 1953 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.harding.edu/thebison Recommended Citation The Bison, October 10, 1953. (1953). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.harding.edu/thebison/565 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]. U,ft~ Jrlinl!f· ~~ 'I THE ; :.. VOLUME XXVII, No. 2 THE HARDING BISON SEARCY, ARKANSAS OCTOBER 10, 1953 Assignment: Harding Editor Shirley .Birdsall Announces Richardson Elected Staff Positions Of 1953-54 Petit Jean Harding 'Gents' The 1953-54 Petit Jean <>taff positions were announced this week by Editor Shirley Birdsall. Miss Birdsall, a senior from New Orleans, La., and Norman Hughes, a senior from Freshman President Pafticipate In Crestview, Fla., were chosen Editor and business manager last spring by the Junior class. Dick Richardson, Caruth­ Gentile Sport According to Miss Birdsall, assist­ ersville, Mo., was elected ant editor and assistant busines ~ ; Freshman class president in By BILL BELL manager will be elected at a later Chorus Departs · C~uncil Op~~s a run-off election over Jim date by the Junior class. Hayes in a landsliding 106 to All the note said was, Staff Members 49 vote Thursday. "Come by about 6:15, Ralph." Dr. Joe Pryor is faculty adviso1· Capturing the vice - presidency So at 6:21 I knocked on of the Petit Jean staff, and the For Neosho, Mo., yt~hn!~~~~~~~~~.rn- was Herman Alexander, Ola, who. Ralph Odom's door. No an­ other staff members are: • T. ment opened its 1953-54 polit­ took an early lead in the voting to Harvey Starling, sports editor; swer, but a muffled greeting, ical schedule Tuesday in a win 97 to 57 over John Guffin. One Sue Hart, copy editor:; Meredith A. n d F lrst rip me~ting marked ~y a backlog vote put Sarah Srygley, Ft. Smith, asked me in. Thorn, art editor; Thelma Harmon, in the secretary - treasurer office. There stood Odom and his roomie organization editor; Jane Claxton, The Harding College small chorus of Important busmess and a \. The close count was 79 to 78, as -Don McCalister-in the middle of faculty editor; Pat Rowe, class edi­ left this morning for Neosho, Mo., future of indecision. on their first trip this year. Under the general control of Barbara Lemmons lost . the floor. They were both facing tor, and Dot Goodwin, high school Competition Keen In the municiple auditorium there Pres. Norman Hughes, the Execu­ each other, both were tied to each editor. Competition was keen, and cam­ tomorrow, they will record a radio tive Council of the Student Associa­ other at the left wrist, and both Jim Mahaffey will serve as pho­ paigning was·hot and furious all the program for the "Herald of Truth," tion tried to tackle a handful of were awfully hot. tography editor and John Hillis is way. Posters were plastered over And grouped around on beds, sports photographer. which will be broadcast the follow- school problems. A future meeting ing Sunday. of the council will decide the out- the campus, and lapel cards we1 e chairs and boxes sat four or five Simco To Print worn faithfully by supporters. Large The chorus will sing the hymns, come of most of the problems. dorm men-hunched like vultures. The 1954 Petit Jean will be print­ banners waved in the breezes with No one said anything. ed by Simco Color Press, Inc., Ok­ "Give me the Bible," "Break Thou Olbricht Resigns Office the Bread of Life," "A Wonderful One of the big problems stemmed such slogans as "What We Need Is While I was nodding to Jim Tut­ lahoma City, Okla. Portraits were Rain and Richardson!" tleton, a soggy slap caught Odom made by Dan Glenn Studio, Flor­ Savior," "Jesus Savior Pilot Me," from an association rule stating that and "Jesus, Keep Me Near the the officer of the council cannot All the candidates and campaign on the back of the neck. Odom re­ ence, Ala. managers made speeches at a class plied in like manner, only his reply The Petit Jean will be sent to Cross." also be president of a class. As a After the recordi:p.g session, they result, senior class president Owen meeting Oct. 1. The general elec­ was crashed into McCalister's ~ide. press March 15, and is scheduled tion detelWllining the run-off was will give a program in the audi- Olbricht resigned his council vice­ "What's this?" asked me. to appear May 7. held Tuesday. There were eight Tyson Cross didn't know the torium before an audience of near- presidency. ly 2,000. Election plans are underway for candidates for- president, four for name of the semi-barbaric game, vice-president, and five for secre­ but he had the right idea: On the return trip, the chorus the election of another vice-presi­ Rehearsals Begin will sing at the church in Benton- dent. The voting date will be Od. tary-treasurer. "It's something we call chop­ Run-Off Attracts More Votes chop judu. Two guys face each ville Sunday night. On Monday 22. morning they will gi:Ve a program Bob Nossaman, Junior president, The run-off attracted more fresh­ other, have wrists tied together so For First Lyceum; men to the polls than did the pri­ they can't get away and then be­ for the high school students at Har- is chairman of the committee to rison and in the aflernoon they will nominate Who's Who in Ame!'ican mary election. Of the 211 fresh­ labor each other." men, 157 voted, well representing ; visit the high :;chool in Clinton. Colleges and Universities. The I "How long do guys last before Casting Complete the class. The chorus will 1 eturn to Searcy Who's Who nominations were se­ they collapse?" was the next query. Rehearsals are being held for "Mr. Richardson held various offices "You know while you were eatin' Pim Passes By," by A. A. Milne, the sometime Monday evening. lected last night at a meeting of Among the selections they will the committee. The tentative list while in high school. He served as supper?" Dramatic club's first major produc­ president of the National Honor So­ "Yeah." tion of the year. The play will be sing on the trip a;e the arrange- goes to the faculty committee in ment of "Psalm 100" by Heinrich charge of Who's Who selections. ciety, student council, band, was "Well, these two beasts were staged Oct. 30, at 8 p.m. in the m ain named student of the year for two batting each other around then." auditorium of the new Administra­ Schultz, "Praise to the Lord" by Coundl Allotment Christiansen, and "Holy Radiant Anotb er wrinkle to be ironed out years, and has won several speech Odom worked his roommate up tion Building. contests. against the bed, then almost club­ Veteran Harding Actors Light" by Alexandre Gretchaninoff. concerns what to do with $100 in The men of the group will sing the the school's allotment for the coun­ Alexander was salutatorian of bed one ear off. McCalister was Meredith Thorn and Margaret his graduating class. He has been popular "Shenandoah" and the cil. There a ~· e two suggestions be­ ~ content to raise a 1welt on The Willis, both vet erans of the Hard­ preaching for several years. ladies will sing "Lift Thine Eyes." fore the assochtion-a fund set~up Link's chest. ing stage, lead the cast in "Mr. Miss Srygley was affiliated with The sweaty circle added one more Pim Passes By." Miss Willis plays Members making the trip are: to send flowers to any student's First soprano-Carldene Brown, family in which there is a death, various organizations while in high three violent minutes later when the part of Olivia , who is m arried schooL She served on the senior Bob Cross came in to check on his to her second husband, George Hazel Stroud, Judy Day, Rita Jo and a record player for the dining Baldwin, Pat DiaL halL Association faculty sponsor student council, was named in her brother. Marden. Meredith portrays the part school's Who's Who, a member of "Urkk," was his first statement. of Carraway Pim. Second soprano-Mary Vineyard, Charles Pitner favors the first sug- Carol Stevens, Darleene Rhodes, gestion. the Pan American Student Forum, He later amended it to : "Yeeps." The supporting cast includes Jim­ and was active in dramatics. And turning into a backhand de­ my Lyons as' George Marden ; Mar­ Ernestine Latterner. Student center director J. L. livered by the assasin-like McCalis­ ian Rawlings as Lady Marden ; Cecil First altos-Jerry Chesshir, Joy Dykes wants to meet with the coun­ Bell, Babs Lemmons, Lora Ann Oli- cil in the near future to discuss the At a class meeting yesterday af­ ter, Odom was stricken into a 'State May as Brian Strange, and Mary ternoon, the freshmen held elections where he slightly resembled a re­ Etta Grady as Anne, the maid. ver, Betty Berry. suggestion that the Inn sponsor Second altos - Sue Dougherty, games on Saturday night in con­ for council representative and class flective Buddha. Then shaking off Luttrell Directs sponsor. Barbara Lemmons, Sher­ the ill-effects, he lashed back at his Miss Wanda Luttrell, sponsor of Clara Nell Waters, Claudette Harris, nection with the association.