Missionary Atmosphere Under the guidance of Brother George S. Benson, who spent ten years 11925-361 as a missionary in China, Harding has cult ivated a deeply embedded missionary spirit. In years past, many Harding students have been moved by the need of preaching the Gospel on foreign fields, and as a result, a majority of the foreign missionaries are former Harding students. On Thursday nights of each week, in the Administration Building, a group of s tudent s known as the Missionary Forum met regularly throughout the year. Problems confronting foreign missionaries were presented and dis · cussed. The necessit y of preoching at home GEORGE S. BENSON Former Missionary to Chino and abroad was stressed, as the need of various fields wOS presented as a challenge. I t was the custom to hove men of experience to make frequent tolks to the Forum. Maurice Hinds, Jack Nadeau and S. F. Timmerman served as chairmen of the Forum during the year. During the last two weeks of February, a series of meetings was con · ducted within a radius of fifteen miles of Searcy, directed by Brother John Lee Dykes and sponsored by the College Congregation. Those who preoched in these meetings were George S. Benson, Doyle Earwood , Aubrey Miller, S. A. Bell, S. F. Timmerman, John Dillingham, Virgil Bentley, L. E. Pryor, Sr ., Don Bentley, John L. Dykes, Hugh Rhodes, Leon Manley ond T . H. Sherrill.
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