Earl W. Cobill, PhD - Associate Professor, Political Science History & Poli Sci Clifton L. Ganus, Jr., PhD - Professor, History Thomas M. Howard, EdD - Professor, Political Science Fred R. Jewell, EdD - Professor, History Virgil H. Lawyer, MA - Professor, History & · Geography Raymond L. Muncy, PhD - Professor, History & Chairman Joe T. Segraves, PhD - Professor, History Clifford E. Sharp, MST - Associate Professor, Geography Thomas R. Statom, PhD - Professor, History * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Historically speaking¥-"'"' "'"' "'"' "'"' "'"' "'"'"'"'"' Ill istory Day'' at both the state and district levels continued to be a major responsibility of the Department of History and Social Science. Dr. Raymond Lee Muncy, chairman of the department, served as the state coordinator and Dr. Joe Segraves, professor of history, served as district coordinator. This program involved more than 5,000 junior and senior high school students. The department hosted for the third consecutive year the state meeting at the capitol building in Little Rock. Dr. Muncy read a paper on "History and the Ideal Christian College Graduate" at the 1986 Christian Scholars Conference at Abilene Christian University during the summer of 1986. He also wrote four biographies to app~ar in Great American Lives to be published by the Salem Press in 1987. He served as White County's coordinator for the Arkansas sesquicentennial. He continued his activity with and support of the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities by serving as vice president of the Alumni Association of the organization and as a reviewer of grant proposals submitted to the Endowment for funding. Dr. Fred Jewell served on the Book Award Committee of Phi Alpha Theta, national history scholarship society, and as secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas Association of College History Teachers. He also assisted Dr. Dennis M. Organ and Dr. Larry R. Long of the English Department in directing the intramural College Bowl contest and coaching the intercollegiate College Bowl team. Faculty members in political science were involved in research projects and promoted undergraduate research among majors in political science. Dr. Earl Cohill studied the impact of their experience at Harding on the political opinions of 500 students by means of a questionnaire. Dr. Tom Howard conducted a survey of voting in Arkansas and planned to prepare a paper from his research for publication. He also wrote another article entitled "Great Decisions" for the Arkansas Gazette. Students in the departments were also involved in scholarly research. Fran Coon, Jenny Lacefield and Kevin Klein received first place at the 1986 Evening of Scholarship conducted by the Department of English for their paper, 'World Hunger: A Comparative Analysis on the Capacity of Private Versus State Controlled Governments to Provide Adequately For Their People:' Coon presented a paper, '~pathocracy: The American Oligarchy'~ at the Region II Alpha Chi Convention hosted by the Arkansas Eta Chapter of Alpha Chi at Harding. Dorothy Bell received the outstanding award in history and Lynn Ann Hinrichs received the outstanding award in political science. Gary Keith received a fellowship in history from Arkansas State University.• Reversing the role. Instead of lecturing, Dr. Virgil Lawyer decides to attentively listen to a speaker. Two history courses were required for graduation from Harding - American History and Western Civilization . - photo by Dr. Joseph Pryor. History & Political Science 175
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