Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1983-1997

G . D0tm~" · · . ·. Oct. 1 " ic,, . . . · , H • &• r • .t • 1 • n • g · . U • n ~ i • v • e . r. • • .- t .-, or a.ti it 'Pryor Flall - · The Bison • ·· Udt B Spring l98 7, the adlletic center WIS called the . ~ G~ TavJgr . ________ Gya. But it was finally named Clifton L. Ganus Gy&- 11881iai. What ·is it now called by the. Harding students and faculty? TIie New Gym. . A new dorm is sprouting up next to Hubin H~ where ,the old toct'liMifes formerly · stood: · We should start this establishment of a new building at Harding off right. Let's name it something besides N~ Donn. The (leW. dorm should be called Joseph E. and Bessie ~~R~~ -,. Petit Jean . Tllkl!s Harding to llall (If Fame; - Mae Pryor .Residence·Hall. We aren't suggesting that the dorm be fashioned m· the shape ofone large bow tie, just simply that the school ad– ministration and board consider naming the dorm after a man and his wife .who have served Harding for 45 years. . They are still serving now. Dr. J<>e, as. he is affectionately·called, has spent 23 years · at Harding ·as academic dean or vice president. Bessie . Mae, n.iost students and fAculty at Harding call Dr. Joe's wife, bas spent aver 40 years as a sponsor ibr Repna social club.. ,· . · -Both Dr. Joe and J;3essie. Mae graduated from Harding. In her senior ~, Bessle Mae edited the Petit Jean yearbook (1946). Dr. Joe served asc~ of the department of physical science from 1944-63. He bas .also sened as dean of the college; vice p,esi– dent for -academic affairs; and has been associated with numerous academic IOCieitiea, including Ar~ ETA chaplei- (1 Alpha.Cln and Arkansas &location Associalion.· 1je has held down ia.poasibilitie as Harding's~ tatne-to the Arlquisu~ Confere nceand even took.officeas~ «the USOQ.ation of reps.in 1978. '"He even tblind aaftfl11JG1110r•amcm:-c1 111•F01 1tnr1 pua. He bas lielpe4 with TNT social club since ~- . e bas f>eenan elder atbo0;,1lege ~ ofChrist m bDy . years. He still teaches science hem. Bessie M• has ~ pace with Dr. Joe. She president of .the Fri~ Home Exlam~ Club and Searcy Chapter df Associated ~ tbr Har– ding (,.Wlij. She still entertains AWH meetinp bi her home. . .. The tiW have been married 42 years (almost as long as ~ we been pluagiqg their efforts into Harding).; He and 1µs wife~~ their lives into.Harding, _-and they CODtuiue to be a,ctj\'e. They helped sponsor the ~87 fall HUF· group, and mny c6 the students could barely equal their energy level and enthusiasm. Most important– ly, thougb; tJJey i,.,e 4cdicated their service to God. We· ought to honor them t,y ofticially namina tile new dor– mitory, Joseph E. and ~ie Mae·Peyor Residence Hall. . Student Editors Appointed for 1988-89 Harding University is in · the Hall of Fame - the Associated Collegiate Press Hall of Fame in Min- neapolis, Minn. Only· two colleges and universities in the nation have been inducted into the _elite award category. To be eligible, the institution must have had 10 consecutive All-American yearbooks. Harding's Petit Jean was awarded its 28th con- secutive All-American rating in the fall of 1987. The previous work experience includes an internship with the Associated Collegiate Press in the yearbook cri– tique service. He conducts regular student publications workshops for the Universi- . ty o·f Alabama, the Carolina Journalism Institute, the University of Missouri and the University of Minnesota. "We want our students to channel their abilities into either publication or both of them," Shock said. "Mass communication students other member university is especially need print media Ball .State in Muncie, Ind. experience because they The faculty sponsor for can enter careers at higher the 1987 Petit Jean was Dr. than entry level if they have Joseph E. Pryor, who ad- · taken advantage of these vised the yearbook staff for --- ------~-– more than 40 years. Jack Shock, an assistant professor of communication who was faculty sponsor "tor the 1988 Petit Jean, has recently been named by President David Burks as Director of Student Publica– tions. -In this role, he is serving as adviser for both the Petit Jean and the Bison student newspaper. A 1980 graduate of Harding, Shock com·– pleted the M.A. degree at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1985. His ~. opportunities;· he added. 'Serving as editors of the two student publications are Sharon Bowles of Abilene, Texas, and Greg Taylor of Bartlesville, Okla. The 1989 Petit Jean editor, Sharon is a junior journalism major and a member of Shantih social club. The Bison editor, Greg·is a senior jour– nalism major in Chi Sigma Alpha social club. Assistant editors of the publications are Jennifer Terry, a junior public rela– tions major from Apple Valley, Minn., Petit Jean; and Susan Arnette, a senior public relations major from Salinas, Calif., Bison.