Dr. Joe Pryor Always A Friend His hea rt was loyal to Harding, Christian education , and the Lord 's will fo r life. Hi s roots at Harding go back much further than his years as a teacher in the physical science department. In 1923, at the age of five , he enrolled in the primer class of the elementary school of Arkansas Christian College at Morri lt on. In the spring of 1926, he attended the fifth grade of Harding Elementa ry School. In June of 1933, after graduating from high school at Campbell , Mo. , his family moved back to Morrilton and he enrolled as a IS-year old freshman at Harding College. He said the next four years , 1933-37, were very meaningful years fo r him. - Greg Ozbim 1. As a teacher of Physical Sciellce. Dr. Toe is hard at work typillg a study sheet for his class. 2. Not ot1ly a teacher/ admillistrator but also a family mall. Dr. Joe spends some time with the family dog , Prillcess. 3. Dr. Joe helps staff members , Karell Roseberry and SuzamlC Johnstall. pass back class portraits. 4. Dr. Joe takes time out of his busy schedule to talk with the school photographer. 5. At a banquet. Preside/It Ga/lus alld Dr. Pryor ell joy a good laugh together. 'Teachers li ke J. N. Armstrong, L. C. Sears, Houston Karnes, Ruby Lowery Staple ton. Woodson Harding Armstrong, and my father made an indelible impression upon me and I learned how important Ch risti an educat ion is in the lives of young people. " He graduated as valedictorian of his class in June of 1937 with a B.A. degree in mathematics and a B.S. degree in chemistry and with English and biology as minors, respectively. He had been active in dramatics for two years, lettered three years in basketball and two years in track, edited the Bison for two years , edited the 1937 Petit Jean, and served two years as chemistry labora tory assistant . His plans through college had been to enter medical school , but Dr. George S. Benson urged him to return to Harding after completing a doc torate in chemistry. He received a teaching assistantship in mathemat ics at Louisiana State University for the fa ll of 1937. After completing the M.A. degree in mathematics in the spring of 1939, he received a teaching assistantship in chemistry for two years and then the prestigious Charles Edward Coa tes Research Fellowship for one year. After completing the Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry with a minor. in physics and teaching two years as an instructor in mathematics at Louisiana _ P"b/ic Rdtllioll5 alflc.,
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