American Studies 1975-76

3icentennial3~l:.. . -{g-?l; tour includes 61, Searcians Fifty-six Harding College ;tudents and five faculty members will leave Searcy Friday for a week-lo~g American Studies Bicentennial .tour of Washington, D.C., Williamsburg, Virginia and Philadelphia in what is the most eX;tensive tour ever made by .the honor group. A breakfast meeting at the Russian Embassy, a tour of the liaison office of the People's Republic of China and a meeting with the Arkansas Congressional qelegation will highlight the visit, which also includes sessions. with AFL-CIO leaders; visits to the FBI., Supreme Court, Capitol and· White House and tours of p1ajor sites of historical interest in the cities. Dr. Billy Ray Cox, director of the American Studies Program, will be joined by four other members of the Harding faculty in accompanying the stud~nts. Other sponsors are Dr. Mike O'Neal, Dr. David Burks, Dr. Joe Segraves and Dr. Fred Jewell Two annual tours are made by selected students of the American Stuqies Program, which is open to juniors and ;eniors m~jorin_fl in aCeoWlting, business, social studies, polHical ·ence. hitorv. oavcllolCQY an Sociology wbo mam\im al·teas~ s.o grade point average. MaJor cities are visited each year for the students to have a first-hand look at business and civic operations in the urban areas. searcians making the trip are Dane Altom , J~ Broadwater. nis Burt. MisS Sherry Davis, r harles Ganus, Miss ..\Jldee Lawyer, David Tucker and Zearl Watson. -- w Jerry Morgan to Talce Part in 3-1Q-1~ 8 . . I \.hlet•Sil"" 1eentennra Tour SEARCY - Jerry Morgan,' son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald G Morgan, 15 Hawthorne Dr. Harrison, will be a part of tl.'': Hard.i.tlg_ College Americar Studies Bicentennial tour of Washington, D.C.,_Williamsb.urf and Philadelphia March 19-28 Fifty-six students and fivt faculty members, headed by Dr Billy Ray Cox, director of the American Studies Program at Harding, will make the trip. The breakfast Illeeting at the Russian Embassy, a tour of the liaison office of the People'~ Republic of China and a meeting with the Arkansas Congressional delegation will highlight the visit, which also include~ sessions with AFlrCIO leaders, visits to the FBI, Supreme Court, Capitol and White House and tours of major sites of historical interest in the cities. The American Studie Program is open to juniors and seniors majoring in accounting, business, social studies, politica~ science, history, psychology and sociologywho maintain at least a3.0gradepoint average: MaJor cities are visited each year for the students to have a first-hand look at business and civic operations in the ·urban areas. Morgan, a junior accounting major, is a member of Sub-T-16 men's club and is a letterman on the varsity basketball team. - Miss Reese on tour with Harding group ttJtW'ru~.~ n.:. -rq- 7f& Janet Kay Reese<:' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Reese, 46 Meadowbrook Drive, is on a 10day tour vi Washington, D. C., and Williamsburg and Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Reese,· a graduate of Con.way High School, is among 56 students and five faculty members of Harding College on the trip, sponsored by the college's American Studies Bicentennial progrant- ,..,. · Miss Reese is a senior poliftcal science .major at Harding. ' , .. I ..

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