}-'oge fifty-eight ART DEPARTMENT To study art, in t he broadest sense, is to purposefully exercise the human mind in order to t each it to appreciate the rugged beauty of nature and t he beauty of man. If one should ente r the Art Depa r t ment, at almost any time, he would see a number of our daube rs bus ily engaged in causing appa rently shapeless things to assume t he form of nature's exqu isite beauty. Ordinary pieces of canvas, boa rd and paper take on scenes of mountains, hills, glistening ri vers and homes. Our art students have done splendid work in water color and pastel. The fruits of this joyful labor now grace t he wa lls of many homes. All the students assert that when they began taking art they found one of the big joys of li vi ng. Harding's artists have a wonderful oppor t uni ty to develop their talent in the Petit Jean count ry. The excellence of the mountain scenery arou nd Harding Coll ege is hard to surpass. It is natural t hat art loving students should be loath to leave Petit Jean, the artists retreat.
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