~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~ Economics Tearn Economics Team. Front row: Carter, Reed, Co ll ier, Thompson ; back row: Picker, Brennaman, Diffine - sponsor. - photo by P.R. Office . Business Tearn Business Team. Front row: Holmes, Denham , Park , Co le; back row : Clements, Henderson - sponsor, Clark . - photo by Johnny Couch . Potpourri. Whi le taping TV 12 's T riv ia Buffs, Dr. Jim Henderson , sponsor for the Business Team , snickers as he reads a question. Dr. Henderson also taught classes such as Principles in A ccoun - ting. -photo by Danny M eeks. 144 Business Team , Economics Team Ill Business associations excel g roup competition was the name of the game for the Business and Economics Teams, as both competed in national games this year. The Economics Team, composed of six students and sponsored by Dr. Don Diffine, went to Nashville, Tennessee, in October to plan its strategy and meet its opponents in the Students in Free Enterprise Competition. In this compet ition, the team submitted solutions to posed economic problems, and its solutions were pitted against those offered by competing institutions. Harding's team had a superior record, having won first place eight times in regional and five times in national competition. The Business Team was also active in intercollegiate competition. According to Dr. Jim Henderson, the team' s sponsor, the team was given a hypothetical business to run . The team had to make all decisions regarding production, finance , marketing, and accounting, and send its decisions by phone to the computer at Emory in Atlanta, where the games were coordinated and judged. The team competed with other university teams assigned to run a similar industry, and then in March travelled to Atlanta for the last stage of the game. This competition was timeconsuming, demanding about 20 hours per week from the team members for a period of 10 weeks, but, according to Henderson, it provided a unique opportunity for the team to actually practice running a business. J1tt
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