Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1945-2000

Harding wlilS District title Harding Colli placed five runners in the to 13 finishers to win the first NA A District 17 crGU country championship and earn a berth in the NAIA national 1 meet this Saturday at Salina, 1 Kansas. The Bison harriers, coached by Ted Lloyd, did not manage to crock the top five group but landed sixth, eighth, tenth, nth and 13th places to chalk up the title trophy with 48 points to Southern State's 53 and John Brown University's 69. Freshman Mark Galeazzi topped the Harding entries with the number six position. Galeazzi was followed by Larry Butler <eighth>, Rock Meservey <tenth>~ Robert Mead <11th) and Matt Co motto C 13th> Hank Brame of John Brown took the individual ' cha NAIA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS-Harding College won the ·NAIA District piomhip, covering the five-mde 17 Cross Country Championship Saturday at the Searcy Country Coub and was course in 25:03. Mike Healer and presented the _Championship trophy by Bob Gravett of Ouachita Baptist Tim Henry of Southern State University, the track chairman of the district. Accepting the trophy for the Bisons followed in second and third with are te_am captians Richard Bellis, center, and Matt Comotto. ( Photo by Mike Roger Vann of John Brown and James) - Steve Lewis of Ouachita close Searcy (Ark.) . Daily CITIZEN, Mon., Nov. 12, 1973 __ ~d. l - ' - - ~ 1 SSC second fSearcy (Ark.) Daily · CITIZEN,-· Wed., Feb. 21, DR. jOSE PH E.. PRYOR I Pryor gets top yearbook advisor a~ard Dr. Joseph E . Pryor; Harding Petit .Jean faculty advioor for 29 years, received the Distinguished Adviser's Award for yearbooks in - four-year colleges and univer– sities in th~ United States. The National Council of College Publications Advisers presented the award at a banquet as a part of the National Conference held in Chicago over the weekend. Dr. Pryor, Dean of Harding, was preseii~ed e t 'lbe award .last year went to Charles Reynolds of Southern Methodist University and in 1971 to Dr. Dario Politella of the University of Massach~etts. Hardin~s Petit Jeans have received 15 all-American ratings, 14 in successions, and the other •being the 1955 vohnne. Active in the NCCPA several years, Dr. Pryor has begtm serving a two- I year term as Chairman of District 5, comprising the states [ of Arkansas, Missouri and IDinois. Re0ecting on his years as an adivsor, Dr. Pryor said, ''It is my firm conviction that the yearbook is a very important college student publication and that a yearbook that achieves certain basic standards will be eagerly anticipated by the college community. "I urge • the selection of students who are making a good academic record for section editors since Uiis has eroved to be a good basic policy.'' 1be staff knows I want them to do the best job possible and they tmderstand what objectives the yearbook has. The function of the yearbook advisor is to assist the staff in achieving the objectives outlined." ~~~ l/-~-73 l ; Pryor to 1 ' • I be .delegate 'at •••ting Dr. Joseph E. Pryor, Dean of Harding College, will attend the annual meeting of the Association of College Honor Societies .February 22-24 in Topeka, Kansas, a~ the official ,., del~ate of Alpha Chi, a natio~– college honor scholarship society. ·. Dean Pryor has· $erved three year:s as secre,tary– treaslll'er of Alpha Chi. He has been sponsor of the Arkansas Eta chapter at Harding College since the chapter was chartered in 1957. The Association of College Honor Societies has 46 national ~ - . ---- honor societies in its mem- bership, including Alpha Chi and other major national honor societies in various disciplines l and student leadership. j Dr. Kenneth McFarland, a prominent lecturer, will be ~ 1 banquet speaker Friday. 1be host school will be Washburn ! University · in T_opeka. Association officers are Dr. I Edward J. Rowe of Butler University School of Pharmacy, president, Dr. James Bayne, Univ.-sity of Illinois College of Engineering, vice president, and _Dr. Donald Hoffman, Allentown, Pa., secretary-treasurer.