Wo rk shop was co nd ucte d August 2-5 w it h 1,200 people f rom 31 state and four f oreign coun t ri es reg istered. The 59th annual Harding lectures hip was held Oc tober 13-16, develop ing t he th eme, " Th e Chur c h: Renewa l or Ruin." At least 205 students and 12 facu lty members we re involved in e ight major campa igns conducted during the summer as one f acet of the Miss ion/Prepa re Program. More t han 230 bapt isms occurred during the campa igns and many other baptisms have been repor ted since. Internat ional Campaigns, under t he overSight of the elders of the Col - lege church of Chri st, invo lved 90 peopl e in six weeks of campaigns in Germany, Engl and, Scotl and, Distinguished Teacher Ita l y, and Australi a. About 1,000,000 p ieces of li teratu re we re d istribu ted . There were also campa igns t o Venezuela, Honduras, and four countri es behind t he Iron Curtai n as we ll as various campaigns in t he Un ited St ates. A number o f weekend campaigns were held du ring t he regu lar sc hool year. Ga il yn VanRheenen was t he v isit ing miss ionary for 1982-83. Thi s was the second time f or hi m to serve, t he f irst time being 1978-79. At the Bl ack and Gold Ba nquet duri ng Homecom ing, he was recogni zed as t he outstanding al umnus of t he Bible Department, primaril y because of hi s outsta nd ing mi ss ion work in Kenya. During 1981 -82, Bibl e ranked Success With Enthusiasm He's the all-Amer ican man, fill - ing hi s pl ace in a local church, rais ing two small chil d ren, livi ng 182/Engli sh in a small town , teaching Engli sh at t he loca l unive rsity, and spending his spare t ime in t he - Darrell L. Truifl fifth in t he number of maj ors gradua ted w it h 40 graduates. There were also f ive majors in Biblical languages. For the fall semes ter, t he Bible Department had 147 declared ma jors, incl ud ing 14 in Biblica l l anguages, a decrease of 33 f rom the preced ing year. The Bibl e Depa rtment generated 6,584 semeste r hours o f student c redi t, by f ar t he l argest in t he Co ll ege of Arts and Sc iences and second on ly to t he School of Business . ~ Department of English Language and Literature A Source of Activities Sponsoring and supporUng scho larly events were prominent activities of the Department of English. For several years the depa rtment has sponsored the annu al Creative Wri t ing Contest great ou tdoors. But t here is someth ing special about t his man who m ight otherwise have been lost in a c rowd. Dr. Larry Long, p ro fessor o f Engli sh, was named one of three to rece ive the Di st ingui shed Teac her Awa rd . "Eve ry body knows there are l ots of good teac hers," he responded to t he honor, "but to have somebody else say you've been named one among three is a humbl ing experi ence. Instead of be ing elated, it renewed a commitment to get better. I f ee l I'm a good teacher because I like my job. I wouldn' t do t hi s if it we ren't fun." His exc itement was evi dent to his st uden ts, both during classes and after. Carl a Crouch, a freshman in hi s Li terat ure of the Western World cl ass commented, " He's fun ny, but he doesn' t ac t lik e he's be ing f unny ... He's rea l ent husiasti c ... He's everybody's favo ri te Eng li sh teacher." She was espec iall y touched by hi s conce rn about her spiritual li fe as we ll as her academ ic growth. Maybe t hat ca ring can be explained by Dr. Long himself . "Chri stian edu ca ti on is t he relat ionship between teachers and students. That to me is the best par t (of bei ng at Harding)." Larry Long was born in M arietta, Ohio, into a large f ami ly. When he was o ld enough to leave home, he attended Ab ilene Chri stian Unive rsity and rece ived a Bachelor of A rts degree. Then, returning home to attend Ohi o State Uni ve rsity, he obta ined an URlullnted by the drizzle, Dr. Larry Long scurries about the campus. and pub li shed t he j o urn a l , Shapes and Names. For the second yea r, the department sponsored an " Evening of Sc ho l arship" at whi ch scho l arl y papers f rom a va riety of academ ic d isM .A. and a Ph.D. degree. In 1976, Dr. Long jo ined t he Hard ing facul ty to share his l ove of Engl ish with co ll ege students here. Hi s conv ic t ion, " if you va lue communication as a hi gh prior ity, t hen the fi eld of Engli sh becomes important," is based on his beli ef t hat everybody communi cates, no matter what t hei r profess ion or station in li fe. Knowi ng how to use English eft icienti y only helps to communicate in everyday situat ions. After hours, when t he c lassroom teac hing was over f or t he day, D r. Long went home to re l ax and unw ind. Hi s spare hours we re sometimes spent w it h his two children, sometimes spent w it h a book, and somet imes spent f ishing or jogging. He said of these, " I like hobb ies because t hey' re outside and my j ob is inside." He was mos t enthu siastic about his chi ldren, Chr istopher and W hi t ney, who we re just beg inning schoo l. He and his w ife, Donna, were excited about the new experi ences of thei r chi ldren and the joy they we re just beg inning to find in learning. Every instruc tor knows the toil s of preparing, delive ring, and grading lessons. But, somehow, Dr. Long captivated even his Engl ish 103 classes with hi s ent hus iasm. They knew he enj oyed it. " The l itt le successes I f ind along t he way ... is what keeps me at it," he sai d. It 's no wonde r thi s a ll - Ame ri can man stands out in t he all -Ameri can c rowd. And it's no wonder Harding has considered him a d ist inguished teacher.'<c. - Lisa Lemmon
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