Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1955-1980

• VARMINT PROOP - Harding University President Clifton L. Ganus and CQnstrudion Supervisor W. T. (Shorty) Pearso1twatth as workmen cover the time capsule that is scheduled for reopen g during the university's centennial year of 2024. Approximately 51,41 c ic ards (mor, than 20,000 pounds) of concrete encase_ the PVC capsule in it wooden case. ( Photo by Mike James) Contents of the Harding tim~ capsule include: aerial view of the campus; one of Dr. Joseph Pryor's bowties; 50th anniversary medallion; 1979 general catalog; photos of August 'J:I, 1979 festivities; signatures of those attending the August 'J:/ proclamation; • Harding Unrversity proclamation; .J979 P-eµt..JeaQ.: ' documents donated by Edwina Pace, secretary to the President; August 28 edition of the Searcy Daily Citizen; 50th anniversary tabloid; 1979 Almanac; September 1978 Bulletin; 1978 Little Black Book; Bisons Bumper Sticker; ''Policies & Procedures, 79- 80" brochure; Harding University bookmarker; "Har– ding Graduate School of Religion-A Profile; "Let the Earth Hear His Voice" 1979 lectureship brochure; "The Harding Spectrum" brochure; "The Why of Christian Education at Harding College'' brochure; Lock of Dr. Jimmy Carr's hair; ''Let the Earth Hear His Voice" program; 1979-80 football, cross country, and basketball schedule; "There's a Little of Harding in All of Us" brochure; stick-on Bison; 1978 Alumni Directory; August and September 1979 Bulletins; Oc– tober 4 Commercial Appeal; October 4 Arkansas Democrat; . October 4 Searcy Citizen; American Studies Brochure; bound volume of 1978-79 Bison; "Welcome to Harding'' brochure; ''Harding College Advanced Studies" brochure; "Harding University School of Business" brochure; ."Football Press Guide - 1979; Septe.mber 1979 Harding University Report; Admissions Application; tape of University Day Activities; tape of opening chapel, AugU$t 30, 1979; and Bible - donated by Harding University bookstore. Harding University has set a record enrollment for fall semester classes with 3,001 students registered. The record enrollment set last fall was 2,879. "Dormitory space is filled to over normal capacity in all 10 residence halls, the married students' apartments and in Harding's off-campus facilities/' said Ike Hamilton of the Housing Office. "We're crowded, but we have housed everybody,'' he continued. The universi~'s daily chapel ti.me has also experienced some change, reault~g t from the population growth. · "With the George S. Benson I Auditorium scheduled for completion l during the late fall, the student body is I now having to meet in three different I places . on campus for chapel," said I Harding President Clifton Ganus Jr. · ''So we are 1~ forward to the time when our entire student body can assemble in the new facility," Ganus continued. _l:he Benson Auditorium will have a seating capacity of 3,400. . finance at Harding place the airtight PVC container in its plywood resting place for the next 45 years. The capsule contains memorabilia of the .present age at Harding. ( Photo by Mike James)