[ 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 Countries 25 32 23 19 18 19 17 25 25 24 19 David W. AdcolC' III - Malden, MO Gary Michael Ashley - Bonita, CA Marcia Gail Ayob - Conway, AR Oaudia Azille - Christiansted, Saint Croix, VI M. Gregg Barden - Searcy, AR Julie Ann Bateman - Little Rock, AR Bruce Eugene Bates - Portsmouth , VA Mitsouko The Bernard - Nassau , Bahamas Ina M. Biggs - Bradford, AR Nancy E. Billiot - Searcy, AR Scott Patrick Bonk - Drayton Plains, MI Ann Delany Brown - Bartlesville, OK Jennifer R. Brown - Searcy, AR Catherine l.ee Buchi - Franklin, TN Students 112 101 78 54 53 49 54 57 72 72 47 Clifton Eric Butler - El Dorado, AR Jennifer R. Cain - Cocoa, FL Kelly Chapman - Long Beach, MI George G. Chinnici - Fountain Valley, CA Jamie Lynn Clark - Oak Park, Ml Roger Andrew Cooper - Lancaster, OH 152 Shades of Second Semester Students A Melting Pot t the spring induction of members into the Arkansas Eta Chapter of Alpha Chi, the officiating sponsor, Dr. Joseph E. Pryor, announced that the 70 inductees represented 38 academic majors from 25 states and three foreign countries - Belize, Indonesia, and South Africa . At the fall induction, he announced that the 58 inductees represented 26 academic majors from 20 states and two foreign countries - Belize and Singapore with four from Belize. Although "foreign students" in years gone by have qualified for Alpha Chi membership, eight qualifying in a given year represented a really significant increase. A check into the fall enrollment analysis made by the registrar revealed a decided increase in the number of foreign students enrolled and some increase in the countries represented beginning in the fall of 1985. This was not unexpected in view of the fact that the Walton Scholarships for students from Central America began with the fall of 1985. Not only have these students been blessed by attending Harding but we "Yankees" from the 50 states (and 47 or more have been represented each of these years) have been blessed by these students from so many "foreign countries:' Names like Castro, Diaz, Effendi, and Jittimaporn now break the monotony on class rosters of Allen and Ganus. Classes are taught in English but it is not unusual for a parochial "Yankee" to come out of a building or to walk down the sidewalk and hear an "unknown tongue" being spoken by two or more of these more cosmopolitan "foreigners" as they communicate in their native tongue - Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Malaysian, or "whatever." These students have impressed us with their desire to learn and their willingness to pay the price of intense, dedicated study for a long period of time so that they can master the content of their courses and be able to apply it. They have become involved in campus activities and they have excelled. Their cheery smiles and their resonant "hellos" have "made the day" for many of us "natives." They have not objected to hearing the pledge of allegiance to the United States repeated in chapel by us "natives:' Their deep appreciation for the opportunity to get a good education so they can be of greater service in "their country" has rubbed off on us. Their getting to know us and our getting to know them may make a real contribution to peace in our world in decades ahead. Their study of the Bible and seeing Christ exemplified, hopefully, in our lives may result in thousands becoming simple New Testament Christians in the decades ahead as they become leaders in their homelands. This had been a very important shade of change at Harding in 1986-87. We "natives" salute you as "brothers" and "sisters" who came to us in the fall as "foreigners" and wish you God's richest blessings as we all join hands in service to our fellow men.~ - Dr. Joe Pryor
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