Heritoge Center: bock drop of Hording culture Sounds erupted from the outer lobby like an . active volcano. A sense of anxious disquietude overcame many of the transfer students who had gathered in the ' SOO-seat auditorium to be briefed on campus procedures. While Dr. Pryor was saying, "Welcome to Harding," I was hearing, "Patty, it's so good to see youl When did you get back?" Infinitude. Once again, Fall had returned the students of Harding College to the American Heritage building for a registration that more closely re - sembled a family reunion . A few months later on a January evening , the lobby, once filled with rows of tables manned with faculty counselors and frustrated students, is sparsely populated with couples. They are totally Left SIlTING under the watchful eye of the cartoon characters on the Heritage snack room wall are Phil Peacock and Becky Young. oblivious to the fact that pn the nearby television screen, the "Incredible Hulk" is squeezing a Buick like an accordion . Terry Sisco , who works the Heritage Lobby desk, is reading Genesis. Behind her, Hope Edwards operates the telephone switchboard. Hope is telling a security guard about her motorcycle ride with her nephew: "I locked my arms around him and told him if I went off , he was going too ." A call comes in. Can this be the same bUilding that was the scene of the registrative Armageddon? The personalities of American Heritage are diverse. They range from Beetle Bailey, who is depicted on the wall of the Heritage snack lounge , to Dr. George Benson, President Emeritus whose office opens into the lobby. American Heritage is the hub of the wheel called Harding College . Located within this fourstory structure which prides itself in being "Searcy's tallest skyscraper," is the Charles White Cafeieria. Hanging in the cafeteria is an immense portrait of the Lone Ranger and Tonto, perhaps to remind diners of law and order, and thus insure that food fights will be kept to a minimum At the opposite end of American Heritage is the trophy room. Inside, 231 trophies represent Harding's achievements. One trophy , dated 1919-20, bears the inscription of Harding's Kansas predecessor, Harper College. Last fall I made American Heritage my home . Like the other 151 residents of the three dorm floors, I did my best to tastefully furnish and decorate my room and door. Other doors are creatively decorated with pictures of Alfred E. Newman; Pizza Hut stickers; signs announcing, "The Honorary Harding chapter of Delta Tau Chi meets here anytime, anyday;" newspaper clippings declaring USC number one; newspaper clip~ pings declaring Alabama number one; stickers declaring WPLR-FM number one; not to mention the seemingly infinite number of social club emblems. This is the fate of what Dr. Benson calls, "the last of my buildings." American Heritage is a nice plaee to call home. It's nice to have elevators, even if they never seem to work right . .. a lobby where my fellow Dallas Cowboy fans can congregate and unanimously hate the Pittsburg Steelers ... and a ledge outside my window to provide a means of the 3:00 a.m. escape. It's also nice to live in the only men's dorm where I can walk across the hall and raid a kitchen. But what is really nice is living in a dorm where I have Harding College in my front yard. - Glenn Gilley Holliman, Paul • Bortlesville , OK HoUoway, Jim. Middletown, KY Holst, Janice • Clinton , IA Honey, .athy • Newport , AR Hooker, Brion· Solem, VA Hooten, Debbie • Amarillo, TX Homsby, Susan· Atlanta , GA Honman, Millie. Florence , AL Ho"etler, Terry. Topeka, IN Houston, Toelel • Sulphur Springs, TX Howo,eI, David • West Plains, MO Howo,d, Zone· Baird, TX Howell, George· Belgrade, MT Howell, Reno. Nashville, TN Howell, Terri. Rockledge, FL H..cIson, Brenda. Hemphill , TX H..dson, Ruthonn • Marton, PA Hu,h.. , (yneli • Shreveport, LA Hllth.. , Mary· Tulsa. OK Hllth.., Terri • Caruthersville , MO Hulsey, Horrell. Rossville, GA H•• ~"ys, Corol • Soddy, TN H.tson, Mort • Fort Smith , AR Ingrom, Michael. Crossville, TN I",rom, William • Birmingham, AL I...y, Lynne. Piggott, AR I.....nd, (inely • Judsonia, AR 'senbelll, Daviel • S. Williamsport, PA Iny, Tome" • Muscatine, IA Jackson, Co.herine • Williston, SC Jackson, Williom • McCrory. AR James, Gary • Clinton, AR JPtIS, Kelly • Searcy, AR jemISon, Joanne • Fort Worth, TX Jamison, Becky • Nashville, TN Harmon-Jamison ~ 291
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