(con tinued from page 226) players was Joseph E. Pryor. Basketball , baseball and tennis were continued in Searcy during the 1934-35 sea son. , Wrestling was added in the fall i of 1934 under the coaching of student James D. Bales who developed several state A.A.U. champions although he per- . sonally was runner-up each , year , and after his graduation , ; was continued for 1937-39 under student coach Herman F West , one of the state champions. (President J. N. Armstrong had permitted Ba les to wrestle in Morrilton in 1933-34 but on the condition that he would not influence any other student to wrestle .) In the spring of 1935, track was added with Houston T. Karnes, Professor of Mathematics, as I coach and freshman sprinter R.T. Clark , who really was the catalyst for a track team, as assistant coach . M.E. "Pinky" Berryhill, a 1934 graduate at Morrilton and one of Harding's most versatile and talented athletes, was employed as athletic coach in the fall of 1937 . His 1938 baseball team won the state championship behind the pitching of third-year performer Elwin "Preacher" Roe who struck out 20 batters in a nine· inning one -hitter against Arkansas Tech after having struck out 26 batters on April 26,1937 , the previous season, in a 13· inning game that was called because of darkness with the score tied 4-4. His 1939 basketball team had a 14-6 season, scoring 1,086 pOints to 804 by the opponents and produced the Bisons' first All-State basketballer , Junior "Tige" Carroll. At the close of the 1938-39 season , Coach Berryhill recommended that Harding discontinue intercollegiate ath· letics and devote its limited financial resources to develop· ing a strong, varied intramural program for men and women, a philosophy espoused by the Morrilton administration and expressed in the 1927 Petit Jean but never implemented . His recommendation was accepted by the administration and Board of Trustees and he , assisted by Margaret Alston in activities for women, directed an outstanding intramural program in the fall of 1939. The strong intramural program has continued to the present. Intramural jackets and other awards VI II Sung · Shanghai, China. Computer Science. Theta T<lu; Deltel Processing Melnagement AssocillJion; !n!JelmU!ells; Alpha Chi .k>hn Thomas Super · Leonard, ML AdvertISing. Transferred Irom Michigan Christian College. College Republicans: ~an's List; KHCA staff. prQgfam dir<lcto!. Public R<lla tions St udent Soc:!ety of America: Socie ty for the Advancement 01 MangemenL Marke ting staff : T V. 12. James Edwa rd Sullon . Ma rion, !L. EJem«:ntary EducaHon Chi Sigma Alpha: DeM's List. Alpha Chi, Track. Kappel Delt<!l PI. Jam" Roberl Swain · Conway. AR. PlIln ting King's Men. Art Guild, !fells.; Bison staff. Campaigns, IntelOeltionelL CenArk Student Grotto: Conquerors: KHCA stlllf, ReSident ASSlstlln t; SA Spritual life Committ'!e. AdvertISing Committe'! ; Timothy Club; Dorm Assistant Manelger. Susan Joy Sweltny . PllIno. TX Physlc,,1 EduclihOn. Transferred from Ritchland Junior CoUege , Kli Re Tel, lntramurals. AII ·Stelr, jIIckel; Softball, All-AIC. Jdf HII~ Sw~.mey - Murireesboro, TN Busin\l's Melnagemen!. Sub-T 16: KoJo Kell beelU. Melina Marl~ Sweeney , Memphis, TN. Elementelry EdUClltion. Ko Jo KiIIl, P'I!S.. Ir\lels.; Sub,T 16 queen: Deeln's List; Kappa Deltel PI Robert Doug la , Swenson - Feliriield BelY. AR College Republic<!lns; Dean·sUs!. HlIr · ding University in Florence. Brenda Diane Tale - Des Arc. AR. Elementtlry Educallon. Trelnslerred from Arkeln , sas SUll e University Beebe . Gamma 6eUl PhI. Anne E1lubeth ' Iaylor . Little Rock. AR Speech The relPV eln<! JouTtlelilSm. Sigma Phi Mu, sec., historicln, devotional director; Alphel Chi; Alpha Psi Ome9ol, Bison staff, reporter: Ctlmpu$ PiII~rs; Deeln's List; Dramatics: French Club, Petil Jean staff. SIlC' lion editor, Society for CoIiegii'F1e JournelllSts, Studem SPE'(!ch and Hearing Associli ' lton Jeff Alan Taylor · Judsonia, AR, Bible Rodney Jamet Teague · Grandview. MO. Nursing elnd Ph~icell EducatJon. P~e Turner Te", ley, Jr, . DetrOit. ML SOCial Work . Transferred from Mlchigeln Christian Col1eg1/; TNT. devotloMI director. ClImpl'lIgns, Iowa. InterMtional; Klfel bellU; Hot line Staff: lntrelmurals, All_Stelf, Jack.. !; Football: Big Brother; Social Worker! Club. Mu L. TMb" . Springdale, AR. Biology. Transfe rred from Community CoIiegII of Air Force. Alpho'l Tliu EpsIlon: B'9 B.others: ClImp.!ligns, Norheast; Commonweelith Singers; Dean's List, Pre-Med Club. Philip J, Thames· Huntsv1l1e, AL MeiSS Communlclltions. Tmnsferred from Univl/r. sityof Alelbam" In Huntsville: Delt<!l Omega. American College TheM.e Festlv<l1. ClImpus Plelyers: Drelmat!cs: KHCA staff, on·air coordiMtor; Reeldl/rs Theatre; T V 12. Rookie BroadCelster of the Year. Announcer of the Year were presented to promote participation and to reward achi evement. One of the most ta lented and versatile athletes during the "intramural era" was Clifton L. Ganus , Jr. , now President of Harding, who enrolled as a freshman in the fall of 1939. In the spring of 1957, Berryhill , Chairman of the Physical Education Department, with the assistance of Dr . Clifton L. Ganus, Jr. , chairman of the History Department , and Dr. Jospeh E. Pryor, chairman of the Physical Science Department, approached Dr . Benson -about resuming an inter· collegiate athletic program since both the enrollment and the financial condition of the college had improved considerably since 1939. After extensive discussion and debate , the faculty approved the proposa l which subsequentl9 received Board approval. Intercollegiate competition was resumed in the fall of 1957 with Hugh Groover coaching basketball and track and Berryhill coaching baseball and serving as Athletic Director. Football was added in the fall of 1959 with Carl Allison, an AIIAmerican from the University of Oklahoma, as coach . Cross country participation began in the fall of 1962 and gained national recognition when Dr , R.T. Clark joined Harding in the fall of 1963 to direct the physical fitness research program with funding from the National Institutes of Health and , later , the National Aeronautics and Space Administratio n . Bowling, golf , swimming and tennis were added. Harding was admitted to the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (which had been reorganized during 1956-57 after the diSintegration of the Arkansas Athletic Association) at its December meeting in 1958 after Harding had made the commitment to resume football competition , Pryor was named Faculty-Athl ete Representative and has served continuously. In the int e rvening yea rs through the fall of 1984, Harding has won 54 conference championships, more than any other AIC member , has produced 18 AIC Scholar Athletes and has won two All Sports Trophies. Truly , the "roots" of Hard ing in intercollegia te athle ti cs are broad , vari e d and edu cati o nally significant. 1/1~ - Dr. Joseph E. Pryor. Seniors 229
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