Rock. Mrs. Elaine Thompson and several of her students attended the seminar on fashion merchandising in Dallas. Dr. Bell attended several meetings ;n Little Rock of the American Council of Women in Higher Education. Mrs. Higginbotham spoke on career orientation to first-year teachers at the Arkansas Vocational Association - Christopher Thompson meeting in Little Rock. Mrs. Wilson attendd the Arkansas School Food Service Association meeting in Little Rock. The home economics reception room was used frequently during the year for faculty teas, for receptions for Board members, for activities of Associated Women for Harding, and for various other specia l events. For the 1982 fall semester, the Home Economics Department generated 747 student semester hours of credit and had 100 declared majors, including 23 in vocat ional home economics, 34 in fashion merchandising, and 20 in dietetics. During 1981 -82, thert were 22 graduates who had a ma jor in home economics, includin; 14 in vocational home econorr _ Christopher Thompson ics, four in dietetics, tw"o in general economics, and two in fashion merchandising. Catherine Sue MHler and Sherrie Wright Coleman, both honor graduates in May, ' 1982, received dietetics internsh ips at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock. ~ Department of Journalism In a Word - Outstanding Outstanding student publications at Harding University indicated the quality of the journal ism program and provided journali sm majors opportunities for meaningful experience even though each publication functioned as a co-cu rri cular activity rather than as a "laboratory" of the journalism Department The Bison, student newspaper, received the general exce ll ence award at the spring meeting of the Arkansas College Publications Association. The 1982 Petit Jean, yearbook, received a five-star A ll-American rating by Assoc iated Co llegiate Press, the 23rd consecut ive year for the Petit Jean to receive the coveted AllAmerican rating. Dr. Heber Taylor, chairman of the department, set a good example for students by his extensive 186/journalism, Library Science writing. He had f eature articles published in the Arkansas Gazette, the Christian Chronicle, the Preacher's Periodical, and American Collector's magazine. He wrote columns for a newspaper syndi cate called, "Facing South." At the Southwest Education Council for Joumalism/Mass Communications annual symposium held at Angelo State University, he read a paper on "Col. Jacob Frolich, j r. : An Unreconstructed Rebel Arkansas Editor." Dr. Dennis Organ, chairman of the English department and parttime journalism teacher, served as state sponsor of the Arkansas College Publications Association. Dean Joseph E. Pryor, faculty advisor of the Petit Jean, coordinated the 1983 ACPA yearbook contest. Dr. Taylor and Dr. Organ served as newspaper judges for Associated Collegiate Press in Minneapolis, Minn. On April 15, 1982, Harding University was granted a chapter' charter for the Public Relations Student Society of America. The chapter of the Society for Coll egiate Journalists recognized outstanding student journalists with invitations to membership. Betty Ulrey served as advisor to the Society for Collegiate Journalists and she and Dr. Taylor served as advisors to the Public Relations Student SOciety of America. Kathy Cage received the Russell Simmons Memorial Scholarship and Susan Pryor, editor of the 1982 Petit Jean, was recognized as journalist of the year by the Harding chapter of the Society for Collegiate journalists. Cynthia Hooton served as an intern with the Pine Bluff Commercial - Darrell L. Truit! during the summer of 1982 and was given an outstanding rating. Students in public relations and photography made study trips to Little Rock to observe professionals working in these respective areas of journali sm. For the 1982 fall semester, the Journalism Department generated 451 student semeser hours of credit and had 75 declared majors, 24 being in public relations. During 1981-82, there were 14 graduates who had a journalism major and six who had a public relations major. ~ Department of Library Science Learning and Lending Although Harding University offered no courses in library science, the library, through its policy of using student help extensively, has interested over the years a number of students in obtaining a master's degree in library science after completing a baccalaureate degree in one of the disciplines available at Harding:- During 1981-82, the librarians taught more than 56 classes, 26 of these being for students in English 103 which emphasized the writing of term papers. Other classes in bibliographic instruction and the use of information tools were conducted in English literature, oral interpretation, Bible, nursing, chemistry, marketing, physical education and health, history, constitutional law, home economics, and
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