History and Social Science Public Administration Major Creates Growth For the second consecutive year, the number of students declaring majors in the depart. ment of history and social sciences showed an increase after several years of decline. This increase in the number of declared majors reflected the addition of a major in public administration that appea led to the growing number of students , especially those planning to study law. Near the end of the fall semester, Earl Cobill com· pleted and successfully defended his dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in political science from the University of Mississippi. Tom Statom continued to work on his doctoral dissertation in early American history at the University of Alabama. Dr. Raymond Lee Muncy, Chairman of the department , was one of the faculty members directing the Harding University in Florence, Italy, Program during the spring of 198!. Dr. Fred Jewell , Sponsor of the local chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, national honor SOciety in history, attended the state meeting in Conway in April and the national convention in St. Louis in December. At the national convention, he chaired 88 - History one of the sessions at which student papers were presented. Dr. Joe Segraves served as chairman of the District III History Day Program in April. The District III winners placed first and second in research papers in the state competition and then represented Arkansas in the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C. In February, Dr. Tom Howard and Dr. Cobill attended the Arkansas Political Science Association meeting in Fayetteville. Dr. Howard chaired a panel on international relations. In October, all members of the history department attended the Arkansas Association of College History Teachers convention in Hot Springs. Dr. Muncy attended the Chancellor's Symposium on Southern History at the Univer· sity of Mississippi in October and the Association of American Historians in Louisville in the spring. He also was reelect· ed to a second three-year term on the Executive Board of the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities. ~ Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society, differed from most Harding clubs in that members included people other than college students, such as graduates and faculty memo bers. The SOCiety met monthly to hear from guest speakers on the subject of history. In December, for example, student member Lajarle Hogan talked on the historical aspects and geo· , . graphy of Alaska. In another meeting, the club traveled to the banks of the little Red River and listened to Buddy Baker explain how his gun collection fit into the Earl Coblll, PhD Asst. Prof., Political Science Clifton L. Ganus, PhD Prof., History Tbom•• Ho••rd. EdD Assoc. Prof., Political Science _ Chris topher Thompson Fred Jewell, EdD Prof. , History Virgil Lawyer, MA Assoc. Prof.• History Raymond M.uncy, PhD Prof., History. Chairman Joe Segraves, PhD Prof. , History Clifford Sharp, MST Assoc. Prof. , Geography Thom•• StIltom, MAT Assoc. Prof., History historical concept. Following Baker's talk, each member was allowed to fire one of the old muskets. "Our primary purpose was to give the students an additional outlet for their interest," sa id sponsor Fred Jewell. "We met informally outside of class to enjoy social and intellectual enrichment. It was a good forum for sharing ideas. " ~ With approximately 25 members and law on their minds, the 1981 ·82 Harding _ Shawn Dltggel!
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