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j • LEBA."lON-T'nree broUters, all graduates of Cumberland ' Ulliversity-now CUmberland coneg&-WUl be honored dur– ing the annual homecoming banquet April 7, Dr. Ernest L. Stockton, pi:esident, said yesterday. They are Dr. Alhe11s Clsy Pulllas, Dr. Earl V. P ullie! aJld Irby o. Pulllas. ALL RAVE bad exemplary Clay Pullias serving as presi– dent of David Lipscomb Col• lege, Nashville, and Irby C: Pullias having served as mayor of Fayetteville, Tenn., with a distinguished career in public education. All ara ministers or the Church or Christ. "Be('Qgnizing that t h e "WE PLAN to continue this policy in !be coming y~rs." The banquet will follow a day of activities on the cam– pus and an open house from -t to 8 p.m. at th.e home of the president ;r all visiting alumni. ~ .. and Mrs. Frances Hall Hill. The address will be by Earl Pullias, and a presentation of "Re!lections ot an Alumnus" by A!hen.s Clay Pullias. THE BROTHERS were born at Castalian Springs, Tenn., - sons of the late John G. Pullias and Mr.s. Pullias. All attended public sebools in Trousdale County, Tenn., and attended David Upscomb Col· lege - a two-year college at the ti~ - before trans (erri.ng to Cumberland. careen in the fields Qf eduea· , tloq. religion and public ser– f.~• with Earl Pulllas 11crvtng k professor of higher educa• . on at the University of SOulhem California, Al.hens strength of any colJege or \tnivcrsity lies in its alumni, Cumberland College each year gives JlC«<nition to her dis– tniguisijed sons and daugh• t4's, llfd ~s year has chosen to bo/lbr \Jlree brothers who ha~conttibuted m u c h to Cu berla'f_ aJl(i to society," St 'ton f lt. Features of""l!le banquet, In addition to recognition for t-he Pulliaa b~others, will b e ~ward.i.Dg of citations lo Mrs. John G. Pullias, their mother, and to Mrs. Lola Carson, mother of Mr,. Athens Claf Pullia.s an aliimna of Cum· berland, for a distinguished public career. A mtsi,oal program will be given lty M• Marion caw01>d Irby C. Pullias continued his education at Peabody College, wb.ere he received MA and MS degrees. He did work on bis PhD at V a n d e r b J Jt University, W8.II principal ot ' -r ~fl-..W •~ '"'-''11!!'1'....• ~,_, v• w-, • • ¥1¥1 •'· • t Harding Coll~•· Accordln9 to Dr. JoMph~. Pryor, ifean of !lie c:oUegt, !alt r1911tranbl ~Id lncrNH the fill enrollment to near I record for the first semester. H1rdl119'• ' 1'eCOt11 •tttnd,nce for tt. fill sem•ster was achieved in 1968 when 1,943 studellb rttls– twed. Fln1I registration figures witl not be complete until •arfy In September. le. LOIS BROWN lions hear \q·1li program on mental health ( Photo by Bnlc. Bmrl "There is a reason behind every action" Lois Brown, Assistant Professor of Education at Harding College, told the Searcy Break.fast Lions Club Monday morning. She presented tbe club With a program ,on Mental Health. Mrs. Brown said there are four basic wants that everyone has and although no one can satisfy all four completely, frustrations are caused by continued failure to meet their wants. •The lour basic wants were lis(ed as: (1) w.a!lt to live, C2) want to love and be loved, (3) want for presteige, and ( 4 ) want ror variety. "Happiness' ', Mrs. Brown s aid. "is. not what happens to a perJtC>n, but how t~t person reacts to what happens. She concludeq by giving ten questions to determine adjU.8tment. Lebanon. High School, SDJ.lerlo– tendent of Lebanon schools and principal of Trousdale– Comity High School for 10 years. '/ He helped organize and I 1erved as p~sident of tM Lebanon Lions Club and later served as president of the Harjsville Lions Club. He entered the ministry lull tfme in 1949 and became ro.inlster of Washington Street Church of Cbrlst, Fayettevllle, where he served until 1"2. He continires to teach a Sun– day School c-Iass there a.od also holds services at nearby cbu~. He also served uee years aa mayor of Fay(!tt&– ville. E ARL PULLfAS received the AB degree from Cum– berland, the MA from U n i - veraity of Chicago and h i s PhD from Duke Universjcy. · He 1pe11t a year In post-doo– toral study in England. · Following six years of teaching English in public– achooll, he became a teaching fellow at Dake, aerved as assistant psychologist and then became professor of psychology at Pepperdlne Col– lege. He was dean ot the faculty at Pepperdine betore going to ~ Univenity of Southern C:d~rnia, where he bat held the post of professor of higher t<{ucation s.ince 19S7. He has aerved as president of the Los Angeles- County Board of Education. Among his books are "A Teachtt Is Many Things," "A Search for Understanding," and "Towa.rd I .&Jtcelll'ru:e in C o I leg e Teaching." ATHENS CLAY Pu I ti a s received his BA, LL13 and LLD degrees U'OIJl C11~– berland and the doctor of jurisprudence de~ from Samford University. He has been an evangelist for the Church of Christ since 1926 a nd has served a, minister of several churches. He was appointed to the David Lipscomb faculty In 1934, serving in several capactities and becoming president In 1946. Under his leadership David Lipscomb entered an ex– pan.sion program and became a four-year college, following cot.opleticn or a $15 million drive. .All three brothers hold memberships in several na– tional organizations. Earl and Athens Clay PullJu are listed in Who's Who in America. ''We are quite pleased to have an opportu.nity to recognize t h .\' e e such dis– tinguished sons of Cumber– land and. espectally ln view o! the fact that they are broth– ers," Stockton said. Irby C. PlllUas E1t-F1yettevill1 m1,yor Three Pul/ias Brothers Due '. College Salute