Clinicians Provide Therapy For Community Residents Educating the public about social work was the goal of NACSW, the National Association of Christians in Sodal Work. Members of the organization participated in the Mad Motorists against Drunk Drivers, a campaign benefit to support those who had lost family members because of drunk drivers . During the year they visited such places as Cummins Prison and Migrant Farms to see what social work entails away from Harding. March was designated as Social Work Month . Members of NACSW sponsored a campaign to describe and demonstrate social work in interested people . A Resident of the Month project involved choosing a particular nursing home with which to work and honoring the home with a certificate. "Most students are unaware of the different aspects of social work . It is important that they know what part of the work they can be involved in and where they best fit, " president Debbie Hooten said. ~ The Student Speech and Hearing Association helped others as well as its members. The group provided a clinic for about 25 children and older clients from the community to help them overcome their speech and hearing problems . Member Janice Estes said the 130/Academic groups organization aimed "to better acquaint members with the speech pathology and audiology fields." Activities included trips to work in the school for deaf children in little Rock. They also lad many speakers in their meetings. The speakers lectured about new hearing aids, the speech field, speech tests and new ways to deal with speech problems. Many speakers also came in to tell members about the advantage of going on to graduate school. For the spring semester, the club planned a trip to the graduate department at the University of Mississippi. The 22 group members enjoyed many parties together because, said Estes, "they bring us closer as a group before we get to the real world." Members also gave parties for the children they worked with. The organization worked to make members more aware of speech problems and how to correct them .~ The Harding Forensics Team, a group designed for debate and individual speech competition, traveled across the country to compete against other college teams. The team was not as large as most other college teams, a problem which made it difficult to obtain sweepstakes trophies. But many Harding students ranked hig~ in their respective competitions. During the team's first tournament, hosted by Southwest Baptist College, Bec~y Maupin placed second in interpretation of prose. The team of Maupin and Shari Nelson won second place in duo interpre- _ Darrell L. Truitt tation. At Bethel College in Newton, Kan., Debbi Young placed sixth in dramatic interpretation. From Kansas the squad traveled to Western Kentucky University where Jodee Hobbs won fourth place in debate. Ellen Porter placed third for Harding, and Hobbs and Porter advanced to the semi-finals in team debate. Competing at louisiana State in
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