Name change highlights yearly business Consideration and subse· quent action regarding the "University" name change provided the Harding Board of Trustees an added duty to the year's list of business items. The 27 -member Board passed the proposal at their November 3 meeting which will rename the college "Harding University," effective at the beginning of the 1979 fall semester. The vote came after President Clifton Ganus presented the investigative committee's findings. The trustees also heard reports from comittees on Academic Affairs , Public Relations , Science and Medicine , students and give them information on H('IrdinQ . In addition Iv ... e fall spring meetings of the Board, the Executive Committee met twice to review current school policies . Members attending the sessions included Board Chairman Roy Sawyer , Vice Chairman Richard Gibson, Secretary Jim Bill Mclnteer , Treasurer James Cone and President Ganus. Development Council gives time, talents and funds the Graduate School, Develop- Giving was a key word for ment , Student Life , Bui ldings' the President's Development and Grounds , Finance and In- Council, a group of 334 men vestment and the Ezell Fund. who donated time , talents and In April , the Board hosted a funds to help meet the needs of tea for the faculty and ad- Harding in 1978-79 . Speaking ministration . of the Council and the Board of As a development project for Directors, Vice President for the Graduate School, several Development, C. Floyd Daniel board members provided stated, "The men and women special dinners in their com- of these two groups represent munities to raise funds. the top leadership in the constiMembers also worked in their tuency of the College. If it were hometowns to find prospective not for these people , we would 180 ~ Board not have today what we know as Harding College. " Council members , selected because of their willingness to represent Harding in their communities throughout the United States, were valuable as advisors to the school. By keeping the faculty and administration up-to-date on recent hap· penings in business and professional areas, they indirectly benefited students in prepara· tion for the job market. One Council member, a Memphis accountant, spoke to the business students at their annual fall retreat. Two local doctors served on the College's science and medical advisory council. Another member , a private businessman , spoke at the annual Bible Lectureship on campus. When the chorus, band, debators and other groups made tours this year, Development Council members were called on to accommodate the students by doing everything from arranging programs and providing entertainment, to finding lodging while the groups were in their cities. Below, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Front row , from left: Mrs. Ni na G. Warnock , Roy H. Sawyer Jr:. Richard E. Burt, Mrs. Carrie Lou Little, Don Shores. Second row: W. C. Hatfield, D. P. Burton, Louis E. Green Jr., George S. Benson , Houston T. Ezell, Flanoy Alexander, Dallas H. Harris, Jim Bill McInteer, John D. Baldwin, James H. Cone, Houston T. Karnes. Third row: Jack J. Goode, Milton H. Peebles, Harold N. Cogburn, Richard H. Gibson, Cli/- ton L. Ganus Jr . The Council assembled in September and April on the campus. These meetings featured student speakers and faculty members telling of their feelings and experiences at Harding. The primary thrust of the group's fund-raising efforts was directed toward the George S . Benson Auditorium project. In addition to making private contributions to the Auditorium fund, many members attended the special $80-a-plate birthday dinner honoring Dr. Benson on September 26.
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