chool Receives Bicentennia~ Flag . n Special Chapel Ceremon1es Harding College was officially ijeTtgnated as an American Revolut~on · icentennial College campus durmg chapel ceremonies Jan. 20. Mrs. _ Ruth Tate, Bicentennial Committee chairman for Arkansas, presented President Clifton L. Ganus :with the official Bicentennial tlag. The Harding College Band per– formed several patriotic arrangements before and after the presentation to mark the celebration. Student body : ident Lot Therrio led the audience in the reciting of the · pledge of alleg'itnce, and Dr. John Ryan recited Jt,e Hir inaugural address of President Rran lin D. Roosevelt. Dr. Kenneth avis concluded the ceremonies by e (i"ing tlie assembly in 'The Star Spangled Banner.' Approval of Harding's Bicentennial status was made possible thro\lgh the initi · Dr. James F. Carr. assistant to the president and chairman of the Bicentennial Committee. An American Studies trip to noted early American cities highlights the year-long celebration. The nine-day trip will be toured by a select group of 55 members of the American Studies Program. The Bicentennial Youth D'!bates competed on a sectional level earlier this month. Other activities on the campus will include a Musical Celebration featuring the Harding Band, Chorale, A Cappella Chorus ancl other musical events April 25, a campus-wide Fourth of July celebration and a December lyceum presentation on ''Cavalcade of American Drama.'' Spring Sing '76, the annual student group variety show, will involve ap– proximately 700 Harding students in a musical salute to America's heritage April 15-17. f . Clifton I. Ganus. Jr.. receives the Bicentennial Flag from Mrs. Ruth Tate, Bicentennial C:>mmittee chairman for Arkansas, at special chapel ceremonie.< marking tt; · ~chool's designation as a Bzcentennial. campus. DESIGNATION Harding Collei;e, dssigroatGd as a Sicentenni<JI institution for the year ofcelebration,received an ac+ d;:d fi<Jg yesterday in chapel ceremon1es. fv'i<ikmg the presentaton was Mrs. l{uth Tate of Camden, appointee of Governol'" David Pryor as chairman of the Bicentennial Committee in A~kansas. President Ganus received the flag ancl presided at special chapel servrces. (Photo by Mike James - Har•dinQ Pf.O Ill bicent.ennial cornrnunities 'l'he Arkansas Arne :- ic::w ficynlution Bicenl E: nnial Cclcbrati(Jn Con1n1itt"e~2 +cday (J.nnqunced the dc-signati c·n nf ·~fl rn C·r·r.- Arkansas cities ·;; nd c::Ju r.:ies as officie1l Biccl't'· ;:Gial (.: ~);·:·:rnunitit~ . Lt. GO\"E' Pn(·:r J()C l'ur:.:ell, con1rnittce c: J: .:iirtn~Hl, ~~; ~t d the r.e'.\' designatic.~n~ bring 1:1~ the nurnbcr of .,fTicial B icentennial com,rnur:i~i es in trJe s~ :; te . The newly-dcsign3 lt-·d com– J1!'Jnities are Eassett 1:1:: ;s issippi County). Bay (Cro ighead C ,unty J, Brinkley. Cutt ur: Pian[, C1: oss County, .Cchg!1: ( Pike Ccnmty J. Dyess il\1ississippi County J. Highfiil \ Benton County), Hope-Hempst e ad County, Hunter : Woouruff County), Harding ('cllcg,e, LaFayette c(iii;JiY,Tec· C\~u m~·. ivlo.rianna. Leslie. , Little Hi ver County. Luxora, · l\!i~sissippi ( 'oun ly, l\lurfreeo:boro. :\' ash – l"ille, Nevada County. Pike County. Polk County, Searcy County. Wrights ville. Wynne and Ycliville. !lighfill, with. a 1970 population uf ~;c, becomes :!Je sta te"s :-cmailest Bice:1tennial communi~y. suc– :.:·ecding \"anderYoort 'Polk ( 'ounty1. which has a pop11 !:J t ion uf 108. Pulaski County, the state's ntost populous. remains the largest Bicentennial community . The designations ''; ere ap– proved by the :\merican Hevolution Bicenlcr;nial Ad– rn inistra ton. Washing tun. !J .C. nn recommendation from lhl" ;;ta li.' ._,mmiltee . The new l} designated communities will receive officia1 Bicentennial flags in ceremonies at a later date . Harding Gets~ HI·7C.. Special Status -G;nelfc ~t3(~ XcH-s ServiCe • SEARCY- Harclrin;:: Colleg~ 1,2~~ lbc·E'm dc::::~}rrna~.ecl 1 a Bice~n·•en:JJal c~.m ;n:•s- for 1976 by na– jo~n~a ~ B,ic e•tll~ 8~nmia,l of:Dic,i:als) Dr. ) liilt•ron G.arms, Hard;ng :pre:sli– knt. allin.oun•c:·ed. B,ic.(nrLenlJi,:1l aTCit~vHic·s, ~·ncluclecl youth debates in October. Winn'e1'.5 wi•ll -co.m~pe:~·e on a re· ;oi o:na·l ba•.'>t' Ia te·r ·thi•s moii ,h. if\ m.usci•al cdcrbr<JI~:icn f.e·a.Luor– Ln(~ the !Lnnli111g B.and, Chmi!Je. ), Ca.netlla Chonus .a:nd oot;her g:·ouns< will b~ held April 25. Tllic.-e will 'be a Fourth of Jul) c2~ e,brat·icn ~·n,di CJn1t11Ul1!it:y and a cbc:,ma eY<>·t~i,-;; .in Dcc\'mlbn. Ai'ovut 70.} s.tuc! e>n•ts wi•ill ta.k.e pan <-\;JrillS-17 in a musi.cai on A.m c·:Jic a's i1 o•!'i.t•a•g.c. The ammad Amer,ic.a.n sL:~lli·c·s ·lour i•n ~I.a:··cb .\\"lH go 'to Wa·"'hi<nlg:l0n .a:nd Pl:Jila– J'C'·]CDhia. Harding College DesigMated As Bicentennia·l College Campu~~ Harditig College has been designa– ted a National Bi– centennial College Campus for l976 by the American Revolution Bicen– tennial Administration. President Clif-<:o!1 Ganus received confirmation of the announcement November 20 from the ;',RBA regional din~o:tor, S. L Abbott of Dallas. As a Bicenter.nial camF.l,, Harding will conduct a series of con> memorative observances, fly"the oft1cia1 Bicentenniai t1ag and have authorized use of the Nationa1 Symbol. Approval of Harding's Bicentennial College status was made possible through the initial efforts of Dr. James Carr, assistant to the president and chairman of the .Bicentennial Com– mittee at Harding. Carr was responsible for planning this year's program of ~.ctivities in keeping with the national theme. Campus obsen<t;,ce5 are cor;ducted ,.;c,~ording to three b;:oad the~ne areas embracr--d by the ARBA program, w·hich was estahlisiwd by the llnited States Congre~s (Public taw 93- i 73). Theme areas arc '"Hcri: age '76," ;• ;-ecollecti;:·n of Amen'~'-'··'· fi:·~t 20C years Jf growth a '1C development: "Festival USA,·· :! ~elebraiion tocu<>ing on Deople, t(,'C' hospitality of which has characterized he nstior:'s develcp– mcn':; "Horizons '76." ' :i futute– orient,;d •K'casion ~or looking ahead, aiming t .)wmd common purposes and seeking n~w levels of achievement. Campus activitl.:s dc_:;ign,~tr.c icr ;.;arh thematic area &n": l'qctir·~d by che nationai AREA in ~n ::~'t'uri 1e !lchte~·e the goal of increasbg awarenes:> of.the full scope of the nation's Bicentennial program, '"A past to remember; a future to mold." Observances of "Heritage '76" have included the Bicentennial Youth Lecture Series, which began .:in Sep• ternher and ill continue through May. America," an overview h,c development of American dram a during the past 200 years produced b the National Players of Washington. "Festival USA" will be -com memorated through Spring Sing "7tJ, April ] 5, 16, 17, a production in~olvir;g an estimated 700 students which wiJ: center -on America's musical heritag,o, and "Our Country," a campLt'> community program. 'fhe anP.ual American Studies trip, March 19-28, will combiP.e activities for "Horizons '76" and "Heritage '76" as a group of 55 students from the American Studies Program visits Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Preparation for Harding's recognition as a Bicentennial College began during the sumrr.er with ap– pointment of a Bicentennial Committee that was broadly representative of the student body, facuity and ·ad– ministration. Members of Harding's Bicentennial Committee included: Fred Alexander. director of admissions; Dr. Eddie BaggetL, associate profes or .of music; Dr. D::>vid Burks, assistant prl;fessor of business; Dr. Cliff Ganus III.~ sistant professor of music; Randy Gill,a senior mus1c education major from Rochester, Mich.; Dr. Ray Munc}; Msociate professor of history• son as~ociate professor. k Ryan, professor of spe~~ltl,:~·~"'ri' senior Bible miaiOO: Marrero, La.; Will Ed Warren, associate instructor in Bible; Cecil Wilson, senior accounting m;;tjor from Garfield; Jan Yates, junior nursing major from Memphis; Stan Green, director of public relations; and Dr. Carr. HARDING COLLEGE BULLETIN Volume 51 - ;gecember. 1~!?. Num~er6 Published Monthly by; Harding CoHege, Searcy, Arkansas. Second class postage paid at SearcV:'-·~Tk:~sas. Change of Aadress notices ~ correspondence should be addressed o the Office of Publications, Harding €o11ege,. Box 759, Searcy, Ark. 72143.
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