Nichols Represents Harding as State Chairman Promoting a greater awareness o f the arts among students at Harding was the primary goal of the Art Guild. To begin this process, the guild . organized a mixer at t he start of the year whi ch provided incoming freshmen art majors an opportunity to meet their instructors and fellow students. A costume party in October allowed members of the guild to display thei r creative fashion talents in a most unusual way. Several members trave led with Kappa Pi to six museums o f art in t he Dal las-Fort Worth area and to one museum in Memphis . According to Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, sponsor of the Art Gu ild, the club was success ful during the year " mainl y because they are a group of very good students who are motivated by a very good president. " President Jeri el McGinness ' claimed hi s enthusiasm came from the group, howeve r. The Art Guild was open to art majors, minors, and anyone else with a genuine interest in the arts. "'< The Society for Collegiate Journalists, an honor soc iety dedicated to encouragi ng you ng jou rnalists in their chosen fields, worked closely with the Harding media. The organi za ti on maintained high standards for its members by requ i ring each one to have a 2.5 grade point average and at least two semesters of worki ng 126/Academi c groups experi ence with one or more of . the acc redited Harding medi a. Laura Brown, SCJ pres ident and ed itor of t he Bison, superv ised the induction ceremony and costume party in January. Each member dressed as hi s favo rite jou rnalist or literary character. The group represented Harding at the bi-annual nationa l conventi on hosted by W illiam and Mary College on March 10-12. The SCJ completed its yea r by organizing the " Great Bison/- KHCA Trade-Off" at the e nd of the spring semester . The two med ia groups attempted to prove that print journalists and rad io journali sts could work in creative harmo ny; KHCA publi shed the sc hoo l paper one week whil e the Bison staff produced the KHCA radio prog rams.~ Establishing themse lves as a vibrant campus group was t he focus of Harding' s newly-formed chapter o f Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). The 15-member orga ni zation spent much of the year attempting to ob tain in ternships with the PRSSA which wou ld enable them to get jobs locally with companies that cla imed membership in the society. During the year the PRSSA laid the groundwork for a hot-line job serv ice wh ich students could ca ll to receive a recorded li sting of job openings in the area. The PRSSA wou ld send the student' s resume to the company of his choi ce. According to club pres ident Jeff Smith, a one or two day semi nar featu ring speakers from the UALR and ASU chapter of PRSSA was also in the making. The cl ub's effor ts were aimed toward broadening the education of its members, all of whom we re public re lations, journalism or mass communications ma jors .~ One o f the most act ive organi zations on campus was the American Home Economics Association, open to home economi cs - Darrell L. Tru it!
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