January. Mrs. Barnes, Kathryn Campbell , Dr. O lree, and Dr. Martin attended t he Southern District meeting of the American A lli ance for Hea lth, Physica l Education, Recreation, and Dance in Tu l sa, O kl a., in February. Dr. Olree also attended the annual meeting of the National Assoc iation of Inte rco llegiate Athletics in March. Mrs. Campbel l cont inued work toward the doctorate in health educa tion at Texas Woman's University and Randy Tribbl e worked toward the M.Ed. degree at Harding Un iversi ty. Mrs. Ryan comp leted req uirements for K-12 certifi cat ion in physica l educati on. A course in t he basic ski ll s in basketba ll was added to the recreat io nal activity cou rses availab le to students. Two new classes in basic movement in gymnastics for children and rhythmi c activ ities and lead-up games for chil dren were added to the curri culum to meet the revised teache r ce rtifi cat ion requirements in physical education at t he elementary level;~ Department of Physical Science Research Aids Teaching Maurice l awson, professor of physics, retired on Jul y 9, 1982, after 28 years of faithf ul ,· dedicated service to Harding. He was replaced by Dr . lambert Murray, a 1972 Harding graduate, who had just comp leted a two-year academi c resea rch assignmen t at t he Oak Ridge National laboratories in further preparation to join the physics faculty at Harding. At Oak Ridge, he did fu sion research on the ORNL Tokamak and was exposed to a wide variety of research that wi ll make hi s teaching more cu rrent and meaningfu l. A lthou gh t he department stressed effective teaching, most of t he faculty members pursued research projects that involved upper-level majors. D r. Edmond W il son directed student Don 192/Physical Science Ky le in the preparation of a chromium I1I-l-histidine compl ex. During the summer, Dr. Wilson spent a week in the l aboratory of Dr. Wally Cordes of the Un ive rsity of Arkansas at Fayettevi ll e, doing X- r ay crysta ll ographi c studies to determine the structure of t he compound. He was also invited by Dr. Lyndal York, a 1970 Hard ing - Darrell L. Truil! graduate, to use the c ircu l ar dychroism equipment in hi s laboratory at the University of Arkansas Sc hool of Medi c ine. Dr . W. D. Wi lliams, cha irman of the department, continued hi s co ll ect ion and study of earl y 19th century chemi stry texts, extending his co llect ion to 150 vo lumes pub lished between 1970 and 1860. In September, Dr. Wyndham Miles, the foremost chemical hi stori an in the Un ited State, v isited hi s co ll ect ion and complimented Dr. Wil li ams highly. Articles comp leted by Dr. W illi ams during 1982 included " Generi c Drugs 222 Years Ago" in the Journal of Chemical Education; " 1820 Letter f rom Governor Mil ler, Descri bi ng Arkansas Territory" in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly; and " Mystery Ed itors of Ear ly Ame ri can Chemi st ry Texts" to be published. Dr. Murray was co-aut hor of "Summary Abstract: Minority Hydrogen Isotope Recycling in ISX- B" in the Journal of Vacuum Science Technology . This was the fourth pub lication that came from his work at Oak Ridge. Dr. Wilson submitted a proposal to Research Corporation for funding of student-faculty resea rch on the "Chemistry of Chromium (I II ) w i t h Amin o Aci ds" t hat p rojects t he involvement of nine students over three summers. Dr. James Mackey and Dr. W il son were involved in hardwa re and softwa re study for interfacing the department's App le II mi c rocomputer to l aboratory inst ruments. Eight B.S. chemistry majors we re graduated in May, 1982. Three of these enrolled in med ica l school, one entered graduate schoo l in nuclear chemistry, and the other four are emp loyed as chemi sts. Dr. Don England served as vice president of Region II of A lpha Ch i, nationa l honor schola rsh ip soc iety, and Dr. Joseph E. Pryor - Darrell L. Truill se rved as the national sec retarytreasurer. Both attended t he biennial nat ional conventi on in San Antonio, Texas, on Apri l 7-9. Dr . Ca rroll Sm i th worked close ly wit h the six hospital s affi li ated wit h Harding for providing the fina l cli ni ca l year for students pursuing a degree in medi ca l techno l ogy. Dr . England attended the annual meeting of the Southeastern Assoc iation of Adv iso rs for t he Health professions, Drs. Mackey and Murray attended the Arkansas-Ok l ahoma-Kansas Section of the Ame rican Associat ion
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