Altman, Daniel Promote Harding Working closely wit h President Cl ifton L. Ganus, the Board of Trustees, and the President' s Development Counc il, C. Floyd Daniel, Vice President for Developmem, directed Phase IV of the Decade o f Development. Phase IV, a $6 million capita l campaign, passed the half-way point in pledges early in the fall. In October. he directed a phonothon to selected alumni and church friends with the help of facuity, students, a nd local business friends and achieved the goal of $50,1X>O committ ed to be given by December 31,1980. Daniel served as Harding's repre se n tative to Governor Clinton's 1980 works hop on private higher ed ucat ion in Arkansas . He served on the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Foundations of Associated Co lleges and as chairman of Ihe Christian Service Committee. The commitmem that Daniel has to Christian education and Harding in particular enabled him to talk convincingly to prospective donors about the wisdom of investing in Harding. As the economy slowed and innation soared, Daniel had to wor k harder to ac hieve the fund-raising goals of Hard ing. Ahhough he tra veled thousands of miles in behalf of the development program and the Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphi s, he found time to answer ca ll s for assistance from sist er Chr istian colleges. "Harding is special because it is the Lord' s work," commented Daniel. "In educating young people for eternity we, in essence, arc 'preparing labourers for the har - vest' that Chri st spoke of in Matthew 9:37-38. We are able to accomplish our goa ls because of a great student body. a dedicated and well-prepared faculty and staff, and a host of involved and generous friend s who believe in .- developing the soul a long wit h the mind and body." "Harding is because it Lord's work. special the is " - C. Floyd Daniel Effect ive communications was the key to the success of Dr. Ted M. AUman in his responsibilities 62 Administration as Vice President for Studem Affairs. Reali zing that the attitude of a student is the major factor in his achieving the developmem desi red through hi s experiences at Harding, Dr. Altman viewed hi s role more as a "catalyst" in promoting the development of st udents into well-educated, mature, dedicated Christians meeting their responsibilities in the spi rit of Chri st than as an "enforcer" of rules and regulations. Hi s first personal contact with students usually came at the orientation sessions with freshmen and transfer students either at the beginning of their first semester at Harding or during the summer at one of the early orientation periods. This involved " selling" the aims and objectives of Harding, her traditions, and her rules and regulations to more than I,IX>O new st udents each year. During the year he conducted a survey on why students attended Harding and a su rvey about the activities during "pledge week" of soc ial clubs. He chaired an ad hoc committee that studied all procedures of " pledge week" and made recommendations to President Clifton L. Ganus for changes. Altman attended the state, regional, and national meetings of the Association of Student Personnel Admini strators. He also served on the Camp Wyldewood Board of Directors and as an elder of the Westside church of Christ. Commenting on hi s work and associations at Harding, Dr. Altman made the following slatement: "God has really blessed my family and me because we have been allowed to work at Harding. The philosophy of our society would tell us what we are trying (0 do is wrong, but I am more convinced now than I was 18 years ago when I came, that Harding is a great place for young people to come and be what they want to be, what their mothers and fathers want them to be, and, above all, what God wants them to be." - Dun Hul/und - lhm Hulluml
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