Gazette and a free- l ance writer and began a weekly column, " Society and Ideas," in the Searcy Daily Citizen. He published three artic l es on human ism in the Firm Foundation and began a · monthl y series on " The Preac her and the Apol ogeti cs," in the Preacher's Periodical. He was also guest speaker fo r the polit ica l sc ience department at the University of Arkansas at Lit1 tie Rock on the topic, " The Right to Property." Diagnos ti c and post-tests on students who were required to take English 102, required of all students who achieved a score of 17 or lower on the ACT English t es t , indicated that t hese students we re brought to the level of competency in English grammar and usage expected of students who enroll ed in English 103. Paul Davis, who was recogni zed as the department's outstanding graduating senior l as t May, rece ived a graduate ass istantship in phil sophy at t he University of Ark ansas. For the fall semes ter, the English Department generated 3, 730 student semes ter hours of c redit, including 163 hours of Humanities 260, taught in the Fl orence, Italy, program and had 47 declared majors. For 1981-82, there we re 11 graduates with an English major.~ Department of.History and Social Sciences Self-improved Faculty Scholarly activity of faculty members highlighted the year for the Department of Hi story and Social Science. In t he spring, Earl Cobill rece ived the Ph.D. degree in political sc ience from the University of Mississippi and, in the fall, Thomas R. Sta tom rece ived the Ph.D. degree in history from the Unive rsity of Alabama. Dr. Ray Muncy received an academic fe llowsh ip from t he M ellon Foundation to attend a 1982 summer session on "C rime 184/Histo ry and Puni shment" at Rice University in Houston. Dr. Muncy served on the Executi ve Committee of t he Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities and was elected chai rman of the committee to screen all requests for grants during 1983. He also attended two executive sessions of the Arkansas Association of Coll ege History Teachers. Greenwood Press published his " The H istory of t he Sex Resea rch Inst itute of Alfred Kinsey" for Research Institutions and Learned Societies. Dr. Fred Jewe ll chaired a paper session at the national convention of Phi Alpha Theta in St. Louis, Mo., and attended the st ate convention of Phi A lpha Theta in Conway. During the summer, Dr. Jewell trave led fo r six weeks behind the Iron Cu rtain as the director of eastern Europe campaigns of International Campaigns. He al so served as a cosponsor of the Harding University Co llege Bowl team. In the first Elderhostel program conducted by Harding during the summer of 1982, V irgil Lawyer taught a class on " The Civil War: the General Situation" for three sessions and Dr. Muncy taught a cl ass on "Utopian Communities of the 19th Century" for two sessions. Dr. Tom Howa rd spent t he fa ll semes t er in Florence, Italy, as co-director of the semester-ab road program conducted by Harding. Du ri ng the spring semester, the Nu Eta Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, nationa l honor soc iety in political sc ience, was install ed at Harding with 13 charter members. The depa rtment hosted the District 3 high school history day meeting in March. The cl ass in Civ il _War toured the Civil War battlefield s at Shiloh an d Vicksburg. Students in terested in the study of l aw toured the Vanderbi l t Law School, the Uni ve rsity of Arkansas in Little Rock Law Sc hool, and the Arkansas Supreme Court and Attorney General 's off ice. • " . '.' . < _ Darrell L. Truifl Dr. Joe Segraves, along w ith Dr. M uncy and Dr. statom, attended the Southern Historical Association meet ing in Memphis in November. Dr. Muncy, Dr. Jewell , Dr. Segra ves, and Lawyer attended t he Arkansas Assoc iation of Co ll ege Hi story Teachers convention in Hot Springs in October. Dr. Muncy, Dr. Segraves, and Dr . Statom attended the Southern Hi stori ca l Assoc iation meeting in Memphi s in November. Dr. Cobi ll attended the A rk ansas Politi cal Sc ience Assoc iation meeting in February. For t he 1982 fall semster, the Department of Hi story and Social Science generated 2,937 student semester hours of cred it and had 82 declared majors, 26 of whom were in publi c admini stration, 20 in political sc ience and 15 in history . During 1981-82, the department had 24 majors to graduate, including eight in social science, seven in political science, fi ve in history, two in public administration and two in American studies.,<
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