1949-1950 Yearbook

STUDENT LABOR : the symbol of a well earned education. Employed · by the college this year were more than two hundred "will ing to work" students, engaged in various types of labor in order to wholly or partly finance their education at Harding. Jobs ranged from milking cows at the college farm to pounding typewriters in the offices. Some who worked in the cafeteria had to get up at 4:30 in the morning, to have breaHast ready for the lucky individuals who got to sleep until 6 :30 or 7:00. Many who worked back in the kitchen, or in the offices, or swept up classrooms after hours weren't seen much , but were nevertheless an important part of what made Harding tick. R"y lewis lInd Don Rowen. overjoyed "bout the leaf situat ion. Workers formed lasting friendships as they cut hedges, or washed dishes together, and 'most anyone who did it can testify to the real joy they found in serving toast to their fellow students, hunting books for them in the library, selling them cokes in the Inn, or putting up the mail for them. STUDENT LABOR KEPT THINGS GOIN' 36 Dining h,,11 workers h"d their own worship services on Sundey morning. so thet dinner could be re"dy for the others when the doors opened et noon.

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