SA Plans Enjoyable Activities for Students With a whirlwind of activities filling the first week of the 1980-81 school year. the Harding Student Association Executive Counci l embarked on a year aimed at building a well-rounded list of activities for students to enjoy and to participate in. Traditional social acitivities were carri~d out by the S.A. along with spiritually directed ones. The yearly Freshman-Parent Tea functioned as the first official duty of the four executive officers and the nine representatives that make up the Council. Later in the week, the Council sponsored a firsttime-ever freshman mixer attended by over 500 freshman, a watermelon party. and cartoons on the lawn. The highlights however. were two diverse all-school functions. On Wednesday night in the old gym, over 1500 students attended the years' first pep rally. With the Harding band playing the fight song, students were introduced to the Bison football team and were entertained by the faculty cheerleaders. Ending the week was the alIschool retreat at Wyldewood conducted by the World Evangelism Forum and co-spol1lSored by the S.A. Carl Mitchell" la new Bible professor, spoke to the over 300 persons who attended. Throughout the year, the ten standing committees of the Student Association carried out specific duties in service to students. Approximately 150 students served on the committees that worked in areas from academic affairs to concerts and movies. The Academic Affairs Committee under the leadership of Tim Brown and Jon Sherrod sought to bring new attention to the importance of academic excellence. The committee made recommendations to Mr. Tucker and the faculty committee who were making plans for the new business building. They donated two books to the library, and made a very serious effort to increase the ACT scholarships. Social activities and entertainment were overseen by the Student Activities Committee (SAC) and the Movie Committee. 78 Education-Student Association Chaired by Terry Casey and Steve Bible, the SAC brought concert groups and individuals to campus and also produced coffee houses in the student center. Some of the major concerts of the year included the Wright Brothers, Mike Iceberg, Ray Stevens, and Air Supply. Bringing both old and new to the campus, the Movie Committee, directed by Boyd Jones, showed a large variety of popular films. Great movies such as "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Hero at Large," "My Bodyguard," "Mary Poppins" and "Psycho" were seen by literally thousands of students. Very active this year, the Spiritual Life Committee promoted and encouraged spiritual growth and development. Increasing the size of the committee, chairmen Jonathan Cloud and Greg York tried to encourage members to become "expert" in a particular area of concern as seen most pressing by the individual. Sub-committees were responsible for establishment of certain projects such as the "Prayer Enrichment Seminar" conducted with Albert Lemmons, October 24-25. Another sub-committee oversaw the " Stepping Out" program which sought to place students in major cities in the United States where the church is weak. Other committee chairmen for the year were Karla Kell, food services, Greg East, advertising, Chris Genry and Tim Alexander, community projects, Jim North, elections, Barry Blain, homecoming and Terri Harmon, physical plant. Commenting on the job done by the committee chairmen, Walt Buce, S.A. President stated, "These people have all done a very good job. The Council could have accomplished very little without the help and cooperation given by the chairmen and the many students who served so well on the committees." Speaking about his role as S.A. President, Buce commented, "I really wanted students to think of us as a representative for them as well as the social activities coordinators for the campus. Through the very hard work of Carla (Carla - COUrltsy of Pub/icity Offict - 5tq/f Photo
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