Administrative Directors Staff Leaders Reach For Higher Goals Virgil M. Beckett - At the close of the 1984-85 school year , Virgil M. Beckett, Registrar , completed 27 years at Harding, 25 years as the Registrar. He was employed as Assistant Registrar in June, 1958, following his graduation from Harding with a Biblical Languages major since he had served so effectively as a stu· dent worker in the office. His retirement as Registrar became effective during the summer of 1985. Beckett saw the enrollment at Harding grow from 893 students in the fall of 1958 to 3 ,084 in the fall of 1980. He took the lead in implementing changes in registra· tion , reporting and recording semester grades and providing academic information that better served the needs of students and fac ulty . Beckett commented, "The greatest 'fringe benefit' of working at Harding is the young people we work with. After 26 years, I still think we have the 'cream of the crop'," &. Registrar. Virgil M. Beckett. - photo by James McCreary . Winnie E. Bell "I am obsessed with making the Harding Library the very best it can be because Harding faculty and students deserve the very best, " commented Winnie E. Bell, Librarian . "After 25 years on the Harding faculty , I still feel that it is the very best place to work." A major break-through in achieving her goal occurred in 1984 when she applied for and received a grant of $9,000 from the Arkansas State Library to purchase microcomputers with capabilities of networking with other libraries in the state . This grant enabled the Library to get an 174 Administrative Directors IBM PC with 2 disk drives , an IBM PC XT with 256K of memory and an expansion of 256 KB and a 1200B Smartmodem, as well as software of Kbase II, Volkswriter Deluxe and Circulation Plus which will serve a variety of purposes in the Library. t:~ Librarian. Winnie E. Bell. - photo by James McCreary . Dr. James F. Carr, Jr. Havi ng retired from full-time work with Harding in the fall of 1983, Dr. James F. Carr , Jr. , Assistant to the President , continued his outstanding service to the Universi ty on a part-time basis. For the 50-year celebration of Harding's being located in Searcy held in October, Dr. Carr served as Hason between the University and various committees throughout the county. He served on the c.ommittee that raised over $500,000 pledged over the next five years from Searcy and White County. He also . served on the LongRange Planning committee of the University . In May, 1984, he hosted the first Harding University 55 Plus European Tour which combined the Elderhostel program with the Harding University in Florence program for people 55 years of age and older. The 1984 program was so successful that a 20-day tour of the Netherlands, West Germany , Switzerland , Italy and Austria was planned for May, 1985. By the first of the year there was a waiting list. "Harding continues to have a profound influence on my life," commented Carr who joined the Harding faculty after taking earl y retirement from an adminstrative position in student services with the Florida System of Higher Education. "The 15 years my family and I have been associated with the University have helped to strengthen us in every way. I am most grateful I was permitted to have a second career in an invigorating, challenging, Christian env ironment."&' Assistant to the President. Dr. James F. Carr, Jr . - photo by James McCreary. Stanley B. Green Stanley B. Green , Director of Publicity and Public Relations, also served as Sports Information Director and taught two courses of advertising art each semester. H e was active in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education , conducting a pane l session "A Small College Publications Program" at the 1984 regional workshop in Fayetteville and being asked to conduct another panel at the 1985 workshop in EI Paso , Texas. He received an Award of Excellence from the Arkansas International Association of Business Communications for his brochure, "Discover the Hard ing Differe nce." Green served as public- relations chairman for the Searcy Kiwanis Club and as chairman of "Springtime Searcy," a citywide effort to focus community attention on activities available in Searcy from April 1 to May 15. He served on the Worship Committee and Publicity and Advertising Committee of the College church of Christ. Reflecting on his 20 years at Harding, Green commented, "My college years were spent as a commuting students at a large metropolitan university. I have no re - co ll ection of 'attending college' and participating in college life . Because of this , I feel very keenly the tremendous opportunities we have in our work at Harding. I regret that we sometimes are inclined to take our wonderful situation for granted. " I1/Iff;:
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