with English 102 various Central American countries in the fall, the department offered special sections of English 102 for foreign students for whom English was a second language. Dr. Eugene Underwood, whose special interest is linguistics, taught these sections. In the spring of 1985, the department , for the first time, used a team-teaching approach in a new course, "In traduction to Literary Study," designed for English majors with four teachers sharing the teaching responsibility. In the summer, Organ and Dr. Larry Long team-taught the course in "American Novel" which concentrated on the works of William Faulkner and included a two-day trip to Oxford, Miss. Long read ·a paper, "Biblical Perspectives on Teaching English," in July at the Christian Scholars Conference at Abilene Christian University. In September, Long, Dr. Duane McCampbell, Ed .White, and Alice Jewell attended the regional conference on Christianity and Literature and the meeting of English teachers of Christian Colleges at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Tex. In November, McCampbell attended the annual meeting of the Arkansas Philological Association in Arkadelphia. Mrs. Jewell took a Sabbatical leave for the spring semester to do special study of the classics in Italy where her husband, Dr. Fred Jewell, professor of history, served as one of the teachers in the HUF Program. Organ, Long and Jewell sponsored the 32-team intramural College Bowl Tournament and took the intercollegiate team to the regional tournament. In the spring of 1985, the team placed fourth, defeating Rice University and Austin College. Organ edited the Alpha Chi Recorder and other publications and attended the Executive Committee meeting in Williamsburg, Va. Students majoring in English received several significant honors. Sherry Daniel placed second in the poetry contest of the Conference on Christianity and Literature with her lyric, "Genesis 9:13." She also read two original short stores, "The Leave-taking" and 'The Mermaid," at the 1985 National Convention in Louisville, Ky. Eddie Madden read 'Thematic Uses of Time in Absalom, Absalom" at the Alpha Chi Convention and at the Evening of Scholarship where he placed first. Laura Brown and Cathryn Supplee received graduate assistantships for 198586 at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Rhode Island, respectively . 11tt Under control. Lou Butterfield , assistant professor of mass communications , and Mike ]ames , instructor of mass communications, work in the control room of Harding 's television station, TV 12. TV-12 was in its third year of operations. - photo by John Radcliffe. From the book. Ed White , associate professor of English , explains the differences between a present participle and a past particple to his afternoon English 103 class . White planned to retire in May , 1986, after 17 years at Harding. - photo by John Radcliffe . Staff pursues higher degrees F ollowing the policy that Harding University has implemented for nearly 50 years Sllll'fiimlllll~illlii'!U in building a strong faculty, the Department of Communication had three faculty members pursuing graduate study in areas where majors were recently added or where older faculty members are approaching retirement. In August, Mike James received the M.A. degree in communication with an emphasis in radio-television from Arkansas State University. Morris Ellis neared completion of the dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in theater and drama from Texas Tech. University. During the summer of 1985, Dr. Evan Ulrey, chairman of the department, visited Nigeria, Zambia, and Kenya to study the various mission programs being sponsored by Churches of Christ in those countries of Africa. Members of the department had heavy responsibility in sponsoring or advising a variety of cocurricular activities. Louis Butterfield supervised the studentoperated carrier current radio station, KHCA, and Mike James supervised the production of television programs over Channel12, the cable television station in Searcy, for about 12 hours each week. . Students gained valuable experience that has enabled a number of Harding graduates to obtain media jobs upon graduation. Dr. Patrick Garner served as debate and forensic coach. He also served as Lieutenant Governor of the Province of the Lower Mississippi Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic society, and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Arkansas Speech Communication Association. Dr. Ulrey served as editor of the Association's Journal of Communication Studies published semi-annually in February and October. The production of "Mousetrap," directed by Mr. Ellis was entered in the American College Theatre Festival. Margaret Medlock and Chris Truitt were selected as Irene Ryan rtominees at the state level. Paul Lockhart received a certificate of excellence in acting. Dr. Jack Ryan again coordinated all of the Spring Sing activities. There were four Spring Sing performances on March 27-29 to a combined audience of about 12,000. Communicatiorzsl English 267
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