Hi gh standa rds of excellence have characteri zed th e Bison. stud en t newspaper of Harding College, for many years. At the 1966 spring mee ting of the Arkansas College Publica tions Association, the Bison received both the General Excellence award and th e Sweepstakes award, the second consecutive yea r that the Bison had received both awards. For the past decade the Bison ha s received one or bou, of these awards almost every yea r. The responsibility of continuing thi s outstanding tradition in coll ege journali sm during the 1966-67 school year was g iven to Margaret Ashton , editor, and James Kent, business manager . Several ca pable freshmen and transfer students strength ened the group of ve teran staff members who return ed from the 1965 -66 staff. Excellence in photography, copy writing, editing, layout, advertising and proofreading was sought. For the Bison sta ff the week began on Thursday when assignments were posted and ended the fol - lowing ' ¥ed nesday afternoon when th e papers were deli vered to th e Student Center. The semi -an nual Arkansas College Publi ca tions Association convention was h eld thi s spring on th e Ha rding campus and was co-hosted by the Bison and th e Petit Jean. BISON ASS IGNING news stories, editing copy, reading proofs and selecting pictures for publication make up Margaret Ashton's ;ob as Bison editor. BISON provides keen insight into student life JOURNALI STIC knowledge and vost experience oid Bison sponsor Neil B. Cope in his efforts 10 guide the staff through special crises. 134 ABLY handling the financial end of the student newspaper, business manager James Kent takes money in hand to tolly the ods sold
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