blends. The talents and ab ilities God gave me have been stretched and have grown here. I am thankful for the opportunity to serve as a faculty member."~ Administrative Directors Tying Up Loose Ends Virgil M. Beckett He spent many hours cou nse ling with students and superv ised Serv ing as chai rman of the the registration process, spending computer committee of the much time wit h preregistration in UniverSity was a ve ry timeconsuming responsib ility for Virgil M. Beckett, registra r. Insta ll ation of t he new DEC VAX 11 / 50 computer in t he new - Edd;e Cagle Mabee Center as t he academic compu te r of the Uni ve rsity and the ve ry heavy demands made on both the adm ini strati ve computer and the academi c computer requi red an expansion of the computer staff and a clear dejineation of responsibilities. Beckett rece ived many requests for information needed in administrative studies of the academic program. He also worked wit h Or. Tom Howard, di rector of inst itutiona l tes ting, to integrate an optical sca nner into t he compu ter system so that CLE P tests cou ld be given on an institutional basis and graded and scored promptly after t he admin istration. He also developed a sys tem for using the setu p to record semester grades and to sco re in-class eva luation of teac hers. Beckett attended t he national meeting of the Association of Co ll ege Registrars and Admissions Off ice rs in Kansas Ci ty last April, the state meeting of regi strars , and ACT and CLEP conferences in little Rock and Fairfi eld Bay. 176/Adm inistrative Di rec tors - Darrell L. Tru;t/ an effort to be of greatest service to students. Winnie Bell Supervi sing a l ibrary staff that attempted to provide the maximum possible service to faculty and students during t he 86 hours each week that t he library was open was a major responsibility of Winnie Bell, librari an. She also comp leted the interfiling of catalog cards in the main ca rd catalog on t he 19,000 volume " library of American Civi li zation" on microbook . She also directed an inventory of the entire library co llection to provide statistics on the effectiveness of t he secu rity system. In May, she attended t he annual meet ing of Chri st ian co ll ege librarians hosted last summer by David Lipsc omb Co ll ege in Nashville, Tenn. She add ressed the librarians on "Security Systems Hard ing Has One." In June, she met the directors of all librari es in Arkansas to consider an Arkansas networking proposal. She attended in November two meetings of t he AMIGOS Bibli ographi c Cou nc il and the annu al meeting of t he Arkansas library Association. Miss Bell was act ive in the teaching and mi ssion program of the Downtown chu rch of Christ. She also served as fi rst v ice pres ident of the Sea rcy branc h of the American Assoc iation of Un ive rsity Women . In October, she visited the Worl d's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn. Ha v in g re a red four foster daughters, all of whom are now married , she delighted in viSiting her daughters and babysitting with her eight grandchildren. "Af ter working 23 years in t he Harding University library, " commented Miss Bell, " I ca n think of no other place I wou ld prefer. It is definitely a part of my life that I cherish." Dr. Wyatt Jones Not only did Dr. Wyatt Jones, director of graduate studies, seek to administer a n effect i ve graduate program leadi ng to t he M.Ed. degree, but he also tried to inc rea se the graduate offerings - Darrell L. Tru;tt availab le each semes ter and to recruit qualifi ed graduate students from the communi ty as well as from the graduating classes. Each semester, Or . Jones taught two sec ti ons of educational psychology and an evening graduate class - research method" in the fa ll and educational sociology in the spring. Dr . Jones attended the annua l meetings of the Arkansas Graduate Deans and the Southern Graduate Deans. He attended a work shop in St. loui s conducted by the National Counci l for Accreditati on of Teacher Education to receive training to serve on NCATE evaluation teams. He preached eac h Sunday for the church in Beedeville. Or. Jones chaired t he Graduate Council and served on t he Teacher Education Committee, the Academ ic Affa irs Comm i ttee, ... and the Faculty Welfare Committee. He was an avid fi sherman, a successfu l gardner, and a st rong supporter of the Bison ath letic teams . Durward McGaha The declining pool of collegeage studen ts, the very keen compet ition being waged by colleges/uni ve rsities for co ll ege students, the increased cost of an educat ion, and the decrease in fina nc ial aid from t he national government places a very heavy burden on Durward McGaha, di rector of admissions. He gave much study to improving recruitment procedures. He attempted to get more faculty members in- _ Chris Oe; volved in the recruiting proces s. McGaha served as president of the Arkansas Association of Co llege Regi strars and Admissions O ffi ce rs. He was a member of the International Education Committee of the Southern Associat ion of ACRAO. He attended . both the national ACRAO confe rence and the southern assoc iation confe rence. He attended ACT and ClEP work shops in litt le Rock and Fairfield Bay, a sta te-wide retention workshop, and the annual meeting of the state adm issions officers. He also attended the National Beta Clu b convention in Atl anta, Ga. McGaha served as vice president of the Searcy Breakfast Optimist Club. H is hobbies included golf , tenni s, hunting, fishing, and co in and stamp collecting. He was an ardent supporter of all Bison athletic teams. Commenting on hi s responsibiliti es, McGaha stated, "To se ll the va lue of Christian education has become more diffi cu lt in these times of recession and inf l ation. This challenge makes my job even more chall enging than
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