~rank Lowery, a pioneer preach er in Illinois, Kansas, Montana, and Nebraska, contributed much to the cause of Christ and Harding College. A member of the Board of Trustees for more than 15 years, he also served as business manager of the college from 1927 to 1929 . Bro. Lowery, editor of The People's Journal, Davenport, Neb., for 26 years, gave liberally of his printing facilities, financial means, and time to Christian education. Of his six children, four of them, J . Frank Lowery, Rose Marie Llw~ry, Mrs. J . E. Bartley, and Mrs. E. R. Stapleton, attended Harding College. Bro. Lowery's death on September 27,1955, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. R. Stapleton, marked another deeply felt loss to Harding College. ~. Bertha Dykes spent twenty-five years on the Harding campus and was an inspiration to a ll who knew her. Interes ted in giving their chil - dren a Christ ian education, she and her husband moved first to Cordell , Oklahoma, then to Morrilton, and finally, in 1934, to Searcy. 15 Mrs. Dykes served as house mother to the boys in old Godden Hall until the dea th of her husband in 1941 and then she served as house mother to the g irls in Gray Gables, until it was removed duro ing th e expa nsion progmm. "Mother Dykes," as she was affectionately known on the campus, was a devout Christian and demonstrated her deep faith in God by r emaining cheerful during a long illness that preceded her dea th on August 5, 1955.
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