College Bowl Generates Enthusiasm was able to squeak by the Bisons 160·145 in the closing seconds. It caught on last year. It spread like wild fire this year. It was the varsity sport of the mind, the game where speed took precedence over delay, the competition of teamwork yet in· dividual ability. It was ... Har· ding University's second annual College Bowl. A new set-up was used for this season's competition at Har· ding. The three sponsors - Dr. Dennis Organ, Dr. Larry Long and Dr. Fred Jewell - seeded teams on the basis of past successes and ended up picking the exact order of finish. Four brackets were drawn up to begin with. Next each bracket winner competed in a double elimination tournament culminating with the finals in chapel when AGO won their second consecutive champion· ship by a narrow margin over Sigma Tau I. Third place was secured by King's Men and Chi The fina l standings still plac· ed Harding ahead of such Sigs followed in fourth. seventh, but this time out of 15 powers as Baylor University, The many, highly-compeli - universities. The opening Louisiana State University and tive matches served to ready match was one marked by total the University of Texas at San the eventual Bison inter- domination of an over·matched Antonio. collegiate College Bowlers for Stephen F. Austin team by the "The year of experience the regional competition at the score of 270·95. The second made us much more competi. University of Texas in Austin. round found the intellectual live, " said Organ. "We felt we Last year's squad had finished bowlers pitted against the played much better this year; seventh out of eleven schools, Longhorns from the University we were pleased by our perfor· but the 1981·82 competition of Texas. Harding was defeated mance." was much tougher, according by UT, the eventual contest win· Even though Harding was in· to Organ. ners, 270·110. ferior in enrollment to most of In Austin, Harding stood as Harding's four bounced back the other schools, her intra· one of the three smallest from their lone defeat to mural competition was one of schools. She competed against trounce Southwest Texas State the -ia rgest represented. Next much larger colleges that in- 245-85. This set up a confronta· year's plans were already being eluded graduate students in tion with last year's champion made in the spring for the their programs. Harding's team Tulane University. With basical - 1982·83 season of competition had some participants, how· ly the same team returning which all hope will be the ever, who were veterans from from the past season, Tulane school"s finest. . ~ the previous year. Captain Greg ....___________________________ ~ York led the quintet which consisted of Joel Ragland , Eugene Smith, Neil Thompson and alternate Phil Porter. In the actual tournament, Harding once again finished - Shawn Daggel! Advertising Major Offered Upon the recommendation of Dr. Heber Taylor, Chairman of the Journalism Department, journalism was approved by the Graduate Council as an area of concentration in the Master of Education degree program. At the fall meeting of the Arkansas College Publications ASSOCiation, hosted by Harding University, Dr. Dennis M. Organ was elected to a two-year term as state sponsor of ACPA. The program for the fall meeting was planned by Dr. Taylor and Dr. Joseph E. Pryor, faculty ad· visor for the Petit Jean. place in general excellence in the Society's annual yearbook evaluation. Mrs. Ulrey also attended several meetings of the Arkansas Press Women and hosted the award winners luncheon at Harding in July. Dr. Taylor was elected to membership in the Public Rela· tions Society of America last spring. The Harding Public Re lations Club applied for a chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, sponsored by the professional chapter in Little Rock. ri~~~~~:;--=~· JOUrnaIlSm -----------, Mike James conducted the photography sessions at the fall ACPA meeting and he took photography students to the Lile Photographic Museum in Litt!e Rock. Mrs. Ulrey took public relations students to litt le Rock for a study tour. A broad-area major in adver· tising became available at the beginning of the fall semester. This major supplemented the journalism, mass media, and public relations majors that were previously available. Majors in the department helped both the Bison and Petit Jean to win ACPA All· American awards in 1981. Several graduating majors went to work for newspapers at positions above the usual entry level for baccalaureate graduates. ~ Michael James. BA Assoc. Instr. Dennis Organ, PhD Assoc. Prof. Heber Taylor, PhD Prof., Chairman Betty Ulrey. MEd Asst. Prof. Drs. Taylor and Organ served as judges of college newpapers for Associated Collegiate Press of Minneapolis, Minnesota, in its regular critical service to col· lege newspapers across the country. They also coordinated the 1981 newspaper contest for ACPA. Dr. Taylor had several articles published in magazines and newspapers. Betty Ulrey attended the 1981 national meeting of the SOciety for Collegiate Journalists in Springfield , Missouri, in April. At this meeting, the 1980 Petit Jean received third 1. STRUGGLING with writing a theme, Greg Mayes is helped by Bet· ty Ulrey, assistant professor of English and journalism. 2. COL· LEGE BOWL TEAM. Front row: Porter, Thompson, Rickard, Ragland, Smith. Back row: Layne, Harris, Organ,spo~Dr, Long·spon· sor. nglish/Journalism·81
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