Charles Grey Pitner, a wes t Tennessean who graduated from th e Bells Hi gh School in 193 1, enrolled as a freshman in Harding Coll ege in the fall of 1933 after working two yea rs on a farm . In addition to achi eving a good aca demic record, he parti cipa ted ex tensively in extra-curricular ac ti viti es. He was business m anager of the Bison hi s, junior year and of the Petit Jean his senior yea r, a member of the Sub-T 16 club, and a sprinter on the track team . Following hi s gr adua ti on from H a rding with a major in ma th ema ti cs in th e spring of 193 7, h e taught elementary school in Missouri one yea r before doing g radua te study at George Peabody Coll ege on a fellowship . After teaching hi gh school ma th ema ti cs for fi ve yea rs, he becam e principal of th e Gr ove Hi gh Sch ool in Pari s, Tenn ., and served six yea rs be fore re turning to Ilarding in 1950. [n th e spring of 1938 Professo r Pitne r ma rried Mary Nea l, one of hi s Harding classma tes. Mrs. Pitner serves as direc tor of gu id ance and counse lling for t he Sea rcy school sys tem. They have one daughter, Ma rth a, who is in the e ighth grade, Sin ce he was a co ll ege student, Pro fesso r Pitner has preached regu larly and h e i s currently preaching for the church in Pa ngburn . H e is a member of the Na tional Counc il of T each ers of Mathema ti cs and th e Sear cy Lion s Club. Mary and Charles Pitner ACTIVE in several organizations in addition to his class and counseling work, Professor Pi tner dines at a weekly lions Club luncheon meeting. NO SUBSTITUTE exists that can replace exper· ience in making mathematics dear to students. Here he sheds fight on calculus for Myra Dasher. 5
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