C£l~C£lcQ]®!IDDn~~~ briefs and profiles (continued) Conference on Christianity and Literature hosted by English Department One of the English Department's major activities for 1978-79 was hosting the Region IV meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature September 29-30. Thi s was preceded by a meeting of English teachers from OUT sister Christian col· leges . Eugene Underwood returned to full -time teaching after com pleting all requirements except the disse rta - tion for the doctorate from East Texas State University. Pursuing his dissertation , Underwood researched the origin, hi story and significance o f names of towns, rivers , etc., in an eight-county area that includes White County. Dr. Dennis Organ and Dr. Larry Long co-edited a syllabus for English 103 that effectively imBelow, EXPLAINING the fine points of journalistic styl~ Dr. Heber Ta ylor emphasizes a pOint to his Reporting 301 class. plemented the teaching of the required composition course . Dr. Gary Elliott , chairman of the department , received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for a workshop in American Literature conducted during the summer at the University of Kansas and served as secretary of the modern literature section of the South Central Modern Language Association. He also was invited by Education Testing Service to serve in February on a panel to eva luate the new CLEP test in English. Tennyson 's Dramas: A Critical Study was the title of Dr. Organ 's book publishec\ by the Texas Tech Press. He also had a paper, "Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants,' " accepted for publication by the Explicator. Dr. Long presented a paper on 'Teaching the Research Paper" at the South Central Modern Language Association meeting and had a paper accepted for inclusion in the 1979 edition of Studies on the American Renaissance. Paul Robison, a senior English major, presented a paper on Browning at the 1978 meeting of the Arkansas Philological Association meeting. Journalist Heber Taylor joins faculty Dr. Heber Taylor came to Harding from Southwest Texas State University , where he had built a large undergraduate program in journalism . In October he presented papers on "Lyndon Johnson: Student Journalist" and "Ferdinand Lindheimer and the New Braunfe ls Zeitung" at the Southwest Journalism Symposium in San Antonio. Betty Ulrey, who taught the course in public relations, organized a Public Relations Club, acting on student interest. Language Departments conduct overseas campaigns Th e Foreign Langu age Festival, conducted by the Modern Foreign Language Department in the late spring , brought 900 area high school students to campus for a day of linguistic and cultural activities. For college students, the trip of the French Club to St. Genevieve near 51. Louis and the Spanish Club trip to the reconstructed Spanish District of Kansas City were highlights. Department Chairman Dr . Winfred Wright was elected to two-year terms as president of the Arkansas Association of Teachers of French , as well as being chosen second vicepresident of the Searcy Noon Lion); Club. He formulated plans for the next work/ study tour during the summer to French speaking countries. Dr. Wright also coordinates the Cooperative Education Program. During the 1978 summer session , Ava Conley directed the students on a work/ study tour of Venezuela. The group assisted the church in Caracas with an extensive campaign. In October Mrs. Conley attended the Pan American Lectureship held in Tegucigalpa , Honduras. Wayne Braun , a Spanish major, was accepted on a two-yea r mission team to Buenos Aires, Argentina. ----------------------------Foreign Languages--------~ Avo Conley , MA Assistant Professor Spanish Robert Helsten, MA Associate Professor Germon Dorothy Wright Dr. de l'Universite Associate Professor French Winfred Wright Dr. de l'Universite Deportment Chairman Professor French Foreign Languages ~ 189
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