.' people and 'th~'ir morals and attitudes. My friends in high schQol...had-good -morals, but some of the other students didn't." Jewel and Joyce White and their four children moved to town from Atlanta in 1977, Jewel retired from the Army in 1973 and became assistant dean of admissions at Georgia State University, a school of 22,000. When Jenny, the next-to-thetwo years and married Greg Nance, a senior this year. The other two children are in the Academy. White currently owns Budget Printer Center in Searcy,·"Which he opened in January 1979. Bill and Lillian Harris moved to the community in 1964 to put their children in Harding. "We came here to be with Christians. All four of our children attended Harding and married Christians, 'We came here to be with Christians. All four of our children attended Harding and married Christians, so we're happy.' - Bill Harris oldest child, graduated from Greater Atlanta Christian School, she decided to enroll at Harding. During freshman orientation, Jewel and Joyce "fell in love with Harding, Searcy, the people ... just everything," and began looking for a house. Upon returning to Atlanta, Jewel submitted his resignation and even turned down the job as dean of admissions. After selling their house, the Whites moved to Searcy with no job but with great personal satisfaction. Mike, their oldest, graduated from Harding in 1978. Jenny attended so we're happy," said Bill. Harris, who works for Southland Life Corporation, said he came to Searcy without a job. He knew President Ganus, Dr. L. C. Sears and one or two other people in town, and that was all. These and many other families moved to Searcy in order to provide a Christian education for their children. The effects of a Christian school reach further than just to its students, affecting those who are concerned with moral values and the community in which it is located. - Bruce Cook tffitl Work sponsored at home, abroad (continued from page 179) Going into the nation's most densely populated region, members of the Northeast Campaigns tried to reach out to the millions of people in Maryland, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. An arm of N'Ortheast Campaigns, Southeast Campaigns carried out efforts in South Carolina, Georgia and Hodda. In preparing for the 1980 summer campaigns the group of 20 students met each Wednesday night at 9:00. In the meetings the group emphasized team preparation, leaving some of the personal preparation to the individual. Team members would share accounts of their weak's activities and meth'Ods of evangelizing and w'Ould join in a dev'Otional. New for the group this year was the implementation of "soul walks. " In order to prepare their physical bodies for the summer the group hiked to Camp Wyldewood once each month for entire team activities. To assist campaigners in working together and getting to know each other better, the Northeast Campaign group conducted a spring break campaign in Cassville, Missouri. They also planned to have their annual team camp at Spring Mill Bible Camp in Mitchell, Indiana the week immediately after graduation. Similar to Northeast Campaigns in intent, Northwest Campaigns made plans to again work in five states: Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana and Utah. In groups of from six to 12, the campaigners went into an area for a 10-week campaign period. In contrast, Northeast Campaigns planned for four groups to conduct)'Our three-week efforts and four gr'Oups t'O have one three- · week and 'One nine-week campaign. N'Orthwest Campaign members prepared to teach vacation Bibl~ schools and t'O hold camps as their main method of outreach. In the spring they met with around 20 co-workers from Freed-Hardeman College for a retreat. Northwest Campaigns included a three-fold thrust in their work, according to student leader Mitch Durham. The three points consisted of reaching those outside the church, encouraging the present church members and increasing the individual campaigner's faith. (continued on page 182)
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