James Nutt - lilburn, GA Kn in O 'Cull - Carmel . IN Lluri~ O 'Dowd - Houston. TX Nwakaku Okoronkwo - Aha, Nigeria Diana Olbricht - East Syracuse. NY D..>dn Oliv~r - Roya l Oak, MI Paula Osborn - Mem,ehis, TN Malcolm Overton - I oseyville. IN William Owtns - Jacksonvillf . AR Colleges Like Harding In Arkansas Can Be Most Worthwhile Til e following article was first printed in 1939. After one reads it they are sure to see that though many thillgs have changed over the past 45 years, the spirit of hard lVork alld sacrifice that made Har~ dillg a great institutiOl'I are still alive mid well today . (Rtprinted with permission from The Press~ Scimitar) I had an interesting visit a short time ago from Dr. George S. Benson and Dean Sears of Harding College. I wonder how some of our eastern universities would handle the problems which come to the small colleges in some of the sou thern and southwestern states? In the first place, the facu lty in these sma ll colleges may have grea t rewards of accomplishment with young people , but actual cash returns are small in Harding College at Searcy, Ark. Professors with Ph.D. degrees get $85 a month, and teachers with M.A. degrees $75 a month. Throughout the history of the institution they have frequently taught for whatever the institution was able to pay , and before the close of the school year this has occasionally been as low as $25 a month. There are 13 buildings on the campus worth about $600,011. Eighteen different major subjects are offered. There is no endowment and the co llege has never received large contribu tions and it receives no regular support from any religious denomination, so it is operated mainly on its own income from tuition and fees and thru minor industries under the management of the college. These industries are a laundry plant serving the college and the town , a plant for cleaning, pressing and dyeing, a print shop equipped with linetype , job presses, etc. , a small farm which produces fruit and vegetables and maintains a small herd of Jersey cows for the benefit of the boarding club and the college cafeteria , which provides board for students and teachers. Two hundred dollars in cash is needed by the college for every student, but many of those applying come from small mountain homes and share-cropper's families and cannot even pay this much. Scholarships o f $120 and $150 a year have to be given by interested people so that the students will only need to supp ly $50 to $80 thruout the year besides their traveling expenses and their clothes. Each student can carry about three hours of actual work o utside of the college curriculum. More than SO per cent of the total student body of Harding College does some work under the direction of the institution to reduce college expenses, and a limited number succeed in work~ ing out all their expenses. I think you will be interested in one or two at the stories about the students which have come to me in connection with the college. One boy lived 12 miles from HardiJ)g and he walked that each morning and evening and made his grades thru a full school year. Another boy traveled 60 miles with two cows, which were all his family could spare for his education . The college helped him to find pasture for his cows and sale for their milk. He milked the cows every morning and night and made his deliveries. He was on the honor roll as an "A" student and finished the school year without any indebt edness to the college. It is hard to make an evaluation of an education, but sometimes. I think that this kind of education is more valuable to you th than the kind which is acquired by young people whose parents can afford to pay for the time spent at the university. (Copyright, 1939. for The Press-Scimitar) 'lb lisa Pac~ - Mammoth Spring. AR Philip Pafford - Oakdalf . CA Jimmy Pannt'll - Tupel o. MS Phillip Park~r • Irving. TX Pam~la Paul - Birmingham. Al Jo Anna Puree - Gr~nfield , MO Robin PK kham - E. Alt on. IL lisa Penton - Norco. CA Vivian Perdana - Ja karta Barat. Indonfsia Karel Phillips · Longvifw. TX Linda Phillips - Royal Oak. MI l isa Philpot - Nashvillf, TN Bruce Picke r - Searcy . AH Ga.ry Pi~rau - laGrange . IN Lisa Pigg - Pasadena. TX St~ve Pilkington - Heb.!r Springs . AR Mar y Pillay - Jacksonville, AR James Pinson · N. liult Rock. AR Robt'rt Pittt nger - Mfrriam, KS Victor Pondu • Fai rdealing . MO Bizabeth Po rt fr - Chattanooga. TN Gwendolyn Porte r - Nfwport , AR Kenneth Por tu - Em()ry, TX Polly Pow~rs - Troy, MJ Peter Prosse r - Na,hville. TN Bryan Pruitt · Nichols, IA Lori Pryor ' Searcy, AR ~~;c~:c~l~;n~ le~:~1?i~. ANRC Cheryl Raint' y - AsheVille . NC Valtri f Ra tliff - Cochise . AZ James Rawlins · Clarksvillr . TN Cynthia Rudy - Blountville. TN tAorge Reed - Rus$t'llv illf . AI~ Phyllis Reed - Roanok~ . TX Tommy Reev" - Glastonbury. CT Larry I~eid - Sugarland . TX Ronald Rich - Dallas. TX Lori Richards · Pottstown . I'A Cynthia Robinson · MemphiS. TN Larry Robinson - Bradford . AH Melony Robinson - Bankston . AI. Paula Louise Robinson · Mobile, AL Ttrri Robinson - Ulbu rn. GA David Robison - Searcy. AR Sophomores 169
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