QI~ '1 c ~,~ i 7c ~ - ,.·,~ I' Ci~~~~~~hl~'JG ts Seminar At Harding TwoClay County students, Connie Boyd of Knobel anQ Becky Lowery of Lafe, participated in the 20th annual Youth Citizenship Seminar sponsored by Civitan clubs and the Har– ding College American Studies Program, June· 15-21 at Searcy. They were sponsored by Arkansas Farm Bureau. They were among the more than 300 delegates from Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Ten– nessee attending the seminar. The students spent the week attending lectures by national personalities, viewing films' and par– ticipating in discussion sessions, all of which were designed to bring about a better understanding of the American way of life. During the week-long seminar the students heard presentations by Roger Staubach, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and · 1972 NFL Player of the Year; Commander Stephen Harris of the intelligence division of the Navy and the man in charge .of the ill-fated mission of the Pueblo; Vo Than Due, a refugee missionary from South Vietnam; and Mrs. Mattie Jackson, director of an Oklahoma City child development center. Among the Harding ad– ministrators who spoke at the seminar were Dr. Clifton L. Ganus, president; Dr. Billy Ray Cox, vice president and director of the American Studies Program; and Dr. George S. Benson, president emeritus of the college. .uav1s Attends Citizenship -Seminar LJ'OrtCIC/5 {rJ{)-1~ B. J. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Davis of Lonoke will represent Lonoke County Farm Bureau at the Citizenship Seminar at H!!riling College in Searcy June 13-19. He was chosen by officials of Lonoke High School as being an outstanding student entering his senior year. The annually conducted Seminar at Harding is sponsored by the college, Farm Bureau and American Studies Program and high KAREN"tCO.QP~~ _s -'?S .} .c , I Sponsor gets letter of appre·ciation Karen Cooper.. who was sponsored at the Youth Citi..;enship Seminar held · recently at Harding College by' the White County Farm Bureau, expressed her appreciation to the bureau in the following letter: "I would like to take this means of thanking you for sponsorin!! me at· the Youth Citizenship Seminar. "For one week I was in– ·troduced to the_ perils of com– munism, to the good and the bad of our own government, and 1 came away with a thankfulness that I live in America. Also, I'm ' aware that we have to do something to stop communism from taking over the free countries in U:e world, and especially our own. ''Every student in America should see the films and hear the , talks I heard at Harding. It would be good if all adults could attend a seminar such as this. "In addition to these things I learned, I met so many young people, and made so many friends. I ·would like to have stayed at least another week, and from what others said, they would too. "I want to thank you again for one of the most important ex– periences of my life." She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burl Cooper Jr., and a senior at Rose Bud High School. ,.,lliiJJIDING YOOTH SEMINAR OPENS -''More than 300 higft school students ar& on the Harding College t'ail'411JS this week for the 2oth Annual Youth Citizenship Seminar. The. students will participate in a week– ries of lectures, films and special events emphasizing America's free enterpr-ise system and - ------~:__.;....,.:_::.:_:~:;..::~~~!!~sibilities of citizens. TWO AREA STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN AMERICAN s~IES PRQGRAM 7Ito(75 ' \\o~IV' \.-J (4. "" ~ ~l...l& Searcy, Ark.- Two leSlie high school students, Dwonne Duna– 'vant and Paul Nugent, parti– cipated June 15-21 in the 20th Annual Youth Citizenship Semi– nar sponsored by Civitan Clubs and the Harding College Ameri– can Studies Program. The area students were among the more than 300 dele– gates from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee attending the seminar. The stu– dents spent the week attending lectures by national personali– ties, viewing films and parti– cipating in discussion periods, · all of which were designed to bring about a better under– standing of the American way of life. Dwonne and Paul were spon– sored by the Searcy County Farm Bureau. During the week-long semi– nar the students heard presen– tations by Roger Stauback, quarterback of the Dallas Cow– boys and 1972 NFL Player of the Year; Commander Stephen Harris of the intelligence divi– sion of the Navy and the man in charge of the ill-fated mission of the Pueblo; Vo Than Due, a refugee missionary from South Vietnam; and Mrs. Mattie Jackson, director of an Okla– homa City child development 1center. . · arding's ,American Studies t"'l. ogram has received many awards for citizenship educa– tion, including the most recent Stone County Leader Mountain View, 1\rkansas Student attends • se!JlJg~r Dale Green participated · June 15-21 in the 20th annual Youth Citizenship Seminar sponsored by Civitan Clubs and the Harding College A– merican Studies Program. The area student was among the more than 300 delegates from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Tennes– see attending. the Seminar. She spent a week attending lectures by national person– alities, viewing films and ·participating in discussion per.– iods, all of which were design– ed to bring about a better understanding of the Ameri– can way of life. Miss Green is a student of Shirley School and \\;as spon– sored by the Van Buren ·County Farm Bureau. -r~.,.~-: :-- ,r... ' . .1. •• • -. •. '· .1 'l ATTENDS HARDING SEMINAR - Kelli Stokes, daughter of Mrs. Vernon Stokes, of Searcy, gives local optimists a report on her activities at the Youth Citizenship Seminar held recently on the Hatding College campus. She told the Optimists. "I now realize how truly fortunate we are to live in a non-communist society. The s~minar was a very worthwhile ex– perience." The club sponsors a student each year to . attend t~e seminar. {Photo by Mike James) These are samples of the news releases prepared for the newspapers in each of the
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