SU llall of. Fa .At a< crowded banquet. in "the main btU1'room of' tile "~pattus Oklahoma. State Univreri;lty . tudent Union, Dr'. GeOrge 8. Bll'nson was inducted into th nsuHall of Fame at u noon on Saturday May 8. He was also ~-~ as "'lbe utstanding 11imnusot theYtar". Following is the eitati<na that was read by Ole Master of Ceremonies: · ' G orge Stuar~ Benson ... dtJCator ., . l~ti~nary in China or maov "Vears .. . founder, ,triJst.ee .~rd. p~,esident, Canton. ,BibleSeheol, 1938-36 ... president,· Harding ollege. Searcy, · rkansas 1936-4JS ... Chancellor. klahoma Christian Co~ge 19561967 ... produc r f weekly radio rogram ''Behind the News" .. .. 'has provided leaderShip on these t•ommittees, Arkansas Public Expenditure Council, Nali onal Thrift Commission, lnc., National Committee £or Religlon and Welfare R~overy, s. Flag Foundation, National Council Community lm1 ro ement. U. S . Merchant Iarine Academy ... president. · tional Education Pfogram ... ~hairman or the board Zambia '"'bristian econdary :School , l(alo.mo. 'Zambia , Africa ... ::'llancellor. Alabama Christian College. 19'73 .... has received tht, College DistinguiSh~ Alurrtnus, F reedoms Foundation Award eVery ea except one. since 1949, Arkansan oC lhe Year 1953-54, T9p N tjon~l f.reedo~ Fountion Award at Va1Ie~ Forge 1975, Oldahoma Hall o£ Fam 1972." Comments were also made olll Dr. Benson's academic career l attended high school three years and finished with lh highest grades in his class. H attended college three years and aduated with honors. During the year ttzb24be was a membet o the debat.e teatn at 0 U and ~ rticipated in every men ' ~bate fhat· year·. He also rJnresented OSU: ~t1the National Phi Kappa Delta convention in. both debate and oratory. ln more than a do:liet' met~'~ de~tes that year-ottfy e ~f!lon was st. Hi& .dedication t.G the. pre&er tioll of American herita&e s lilso mentioned, including ltle rac:t Usaf he had spoken by idvitatiou in every major city in America1 at the inviUl ion of cily organ t zat ions , state org~ u a ional organizations and in one case, an internati 1 prfan&ation ~h li,OOO representatives present. His graduate degrees include: M. A., Unversity of Chicago ; LL. D. , Harding College ; LL. D. , Knox CoUege; LL. D. Waynesburg COllege. The plaque will now be hung in tbe 0 Alumnf Hall of Fame in the OSU Student Oflion Which is considered one of the ~st student union', buildings. in : the nation. - Harding College American Ideals OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS - The above replica depicts the honor bestowed on Dr. GeorgeS. Benson, the 1976 inductee in the Hal of Fame at Oklahoma State Oniversity. n..·P-laquewill be hung in the OSU Alumni Hall of Fame "i the Student Union. (Dillin- /!If and Institu - Workshop for Secondary Social Studies Teachers Searcy, Arkansas I ... e • sen11or wsns in wVFC) 2 --e;- 7?- 5C-- Joe Cardot, a senior speech major at Harding College, was one of the three winners at the Sectional Tournament of the Bicentennial Youth Debates program held at Harding College Saturday. Miss Candy Clark and Jim Jones, both of the University of Arkansas, were the other titl ists. Cardot, Miss Clark and Jones received a Hamilton Medallion presented on behalf of the U.S. Department of Treasury. Dr. Evan Ulrey, BYD Sectional Coordinator, was responsible for tournament administration. Cardot, a native of Fort Collins, Colorado, took top honors in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. The topic was. 'Resolved: That Governmental PQJ.icy Toward the American Economy Has Benefited Consumers at the I<:xpense of Producers." Each participant debated both sides of the resolution and answered questions during cross– examination periods. In Extemporaneous Speaking, the winner was Miss Clark. The topic was "The. Business of America". Each Ex– temporaneous speaker had to talk after only 20 minutes of preparation time. Following the speech, the participant was questioned by a critic judge. The Persuasive Speaking winner was Jones. Persuasive Speeches were a maximum of ten minutes in length and were prepared in advance. The topic area for Persuasive Speaking was "Advertising: The Ver– nacular of America". Another Harding student, senior speech major Joe Corum of Kansas City, Kansas, placed third in the Extemporaneous Speaking category. Twenty-four sludents representing six in– stitutions competed for the top three spots. BYD encourages students to examine American history and values. The Sectional events are part of the nationwide program which involves over 9,900 high schol'Jls, colleges and univer– ):;ities. As one of the fe\V national commemorations of the jBicentennial. BYD celebrates the 1 conlinuing process of debate as a jway of testing ideas and writing laws in this country. : Bicentennial Youth Debates is ~' projE"ct of the Speech Cmn– n'J nication Association and is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. · The three winners will advance to the Regional tournament to be held at the Harrv S Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, April 8-10. There they will face the winners of the Sectional tournaments in Missouri, Kansas and fllinois. 3 receive f,tJt.YIJ honors in Bicente t~ial debates rfJ- ~- 7b /f.W SEARCY- Joe Carctot. J im the Universitv or Arkansas Jon~s and Candy Clark The coordinator of the t~U"· r~ce1ved top honors at the sec- nament was Dr. Evan Olrey. t ,ona I to_urnamen t of the Schools competing in the event B1centenmal Youth Debates included Hardin". Missouri program held at Harding Col- Southern. Ouachita Bapti l leg~ saturday. l mversity . Southwe tern MisE~ch of the win ners soun Slate. the Univer itv of rece1ved a Hamilton Medal· Arkai1 a and the University of ll.on presented on behalf of lbe Central Arka nsas. · U .~. Treasu ·y Department. _Cardot took top honor in the Lincoln-Douglas debate com– petition: Jones won the extemporaneous speaking competi- ,. tton, and Clark won the per~uasive speaking title. Cardot Is a student at Harding Col· lege. Jones and Clark attend
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