American Studies 1975-76

Harding College BULLETIN Volume 51 July, 1975 Number 1 Citizenship Seminar Attracts 300 Youths The 1975 Youth Citizenship Seminar, June 16-20, yielded an informative forum on citizenship and the free enterprise system, plus recreational activities and lessons on living. To the more than 300 students at– tending from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, the week was more than a series of programmed lectures, films and educational tours designed to motivate a more forceful expression and pride in American ideals. It was a week of growing. Participants enjoyed reaaer' theatre and campus concert pre e tations, popular movies, field trips and outings to the college-owned Camp Tahkodah, a banquet and a selection of speakers who stressed faith in God as the key to living. Students were sponsored by Civitan Clubs and the Farm Bureau Federation and were chosen on the basis of leadership abilities, classroom achievements and their extracurricular activities. Seminar participants heard presentations by Commander Steven Harris of the intelligence division of the Navy and the man in charge of the ill– fated mission of the USS Pueblo; Roger Staubach, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and 1972 NFL Player of the Year; Vo Than Due, a refugee missionary from South Vietnam; and Mrs. Mattie Jackson, director of an Oklahoma City child development center. For lectures given during the seminar, America's past, present and future were the topics for consideration. Dr. Clifton L. Ganus, Jr., president of Harding, Dr. Billy Ray Cox, vice-president and director of the American Studies . program, and Dr. George S. Benson, Harding's president emeritus, surveyed (Continued on page 4) Dallas Cowboy Roger Sta!Gach (left) highlighted the 1975 seminar.

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