Special Interest Societies Honor Students Delta Mu Delt"l was a society within the School of Business which served to recognize outstanding scholastic achievement. The purpose of the club was scholastic incentive provided by recognition of academic excellence. This year found new standards for membership implemented. While still essential to complete 64 hours of work, the minumum cummlative grade point average was raised from 3.2 to 3.4 to promote high achievement. The club, which is an honorary society, held formal induction ceremonies during the spring. Dr. David Burks, sponsor of the organization said, "It represents the students with a grade point in the top 20 percent of our field. It is not meant to be a service organization but an honorary one." - Jimmy AI/en Pi Gamma Psi was an organization restricted to students who had completed Accounting 2051206 and were intending to major in accounting. The club, sponsored by Dr. Ken Johnson, was reconstructed this year to provide informative sessiotls on accounting careers. In an effort to inform club members, Pi Gamma Psi sponsored speakers and seminars. In the fall recruiters from two "Big Eight" accounting firms, Arthur Andersen & Co. and Arthur Young & Co., came to discuss the advantages of employment in their respective firms and public accounting in general. In a career orientation program during the spring for freshman and sophomores, various members of the faculty discussed alternative career paths. The teachers dealt with such topics as expected job salaries, significance of graduate school, the importance of college grades and extracurricular activites. Hal West, president of the club, spoke about the year's experiences, ••All of the sessions we had were extremely informative, especially to the questioning student. I think the club can help us while we' re in school and in the future." - Jimmy Allen 74 Business-Economic Education The Harding University Public Relations Club provides a service to the journalism, mass communications, public relations and mass media student s on campus by offering practical experience in the field of public relations. The club gives the students the chance to try their wings with the many aspects of media in which they have studied before graduation. This year the club sponsored, in conjunction with the Society for Collegiate Journalists, a dinner speaker at which they learned of the many disfavorable sides of their fields. , They also worked with Student Association, journalism department and the public relations office in publizing some of the campus events. Each year the club makes two trips to the state chapter of Public Relations Society of America, in Little Rock, of which club sponsor Dr. Heber Taylor was recently made a member. They held their annual banquet with a speaker during the spring semester. Due to the acceptance of Dr. Taylor into the PRSA, the club now looks forward to the acceptance of their petition for a charter in PRSSA, the nation31 student's organization. The club was under the leadership of president, Sue Baj; vicepresident, Beth Parker; secretary, John Cooper; Kathy Cage. and treasurer, - ljm Murphy _ /)011 HoIklnd
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