DEAN LAWYER announces EDDIE BAGGETT directs . BRUCE SMITH prays . . . PRESIDENT GANUS speaks. STUDENTS IN CHAPEL Chapel provides time for worship, entertainment Daily chapel has been a tradition at Harding since its beginning at Morrilton in 1924. At 11 and 11 :45 a.m. two shifts of students head for their seats in the Ad Building. The activities range from the solemness of worship to the gaiety of folk songs. Dean of Students Virgil Lawyer starts the program with announcements which approach a daily newscast. Then follows a f ive-minute devotional of prayer, hymns and scripture reading. Occasionally the entire program is devoted to worship, preaching or hymn singing. More often it includes a speaker, a film or entertainment. The time is also used for making awards and presentations. Special programs in 1967-68 included entertaining programs by social clubs, folk music by Randy and Scott, and speeches by Dr. Bill Banowsky and Congressman Wilbur Mills. Student reactions to proceedings vary - reverence and laughter, excitement and yawns, attention and hunger pangs. / WARNED to keep their announcement " short," the Student Association came up with this one. 232 FOLK singing Three by Three 's of Harding Academy help enliven chopel time with a program of songs while breaking a routine of several days of speeches.
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