ication In keeping with the theme of the 1940 Petit Jeon, which pictures the progress of Harding College from the frame building on the beautiful blue-grass campus at Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1901 to the culmination of that progress in the burning of the mortgage that freed the school from debt, we dedicate this yeor's volume of the Petit Jean to Dr. George S. Benson. We began together. When Dr. Benson became president of the school, we began as freshmen. We have watched him shoulder every burden of the institulion and meet every problem bravely. He attacked the debt that had been hovering over Harding for years, and before our senior year was half over, the debt was removed. We have admired his courage and energy. And above all else we respect him because he staunchly stands for that which is right in the sight of God. His zeal and earnestness in missionary work has inspired others to devote their lives to carrying the message of life to those across the sea. The lnes· limable good that he did in his ten years of missionary work will live forever. We have listened intently to his interesting accounts of China and the Chinese people. And now because we look to the future of Harding as well as to the past, we look also to the one who has done so much in so short a time, the one whom we believe will have an integral part in the school's future progress. Because in him we see a life that is a challenge to us all; because we see one who will go forward always and will never turn back; because he has guided us skillfully along these four years of life, we, the seniors of 1940 who will leave as he has only begun, dedicate this 1940 Petit Jean to Dr. George S. Benson.
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