Inside Tenney replaced for Classes cancelled Patti Cobb holds survey course due to snow last meal - page 2 - page 3 - page 4 The Bison A Year 1n review John Proc~ coaches a Bison football player in a preseason practice. Prock resigned last week after 28 years of coaching the team. (Photo by Andy Marsh) AWH depicts history by Janna Wharton Bison staff writer The Associated Women for Harding oversaw the production of a wall hanging to honor Chancellor Clifton Ganus for serving 22 years as president of Harding. The wall hanging was presented to Ganus at the national AWH meeting held on May 2 in American Heritage Center cafeteria. It is displayed in the lobby of American Heritage directly across from the Alumni Office. The members of AWH decided the theme for the wall hanging would be " to remember the history of Harding,'' said Louise Ganus. There are 28 squares altogether and each square was done by a different person. Some were done by members of AWH and others volunteered to help because they liked to cross-stitch. There were many suggestions of what to put on the square and once the members of AWH had decided on which suggestions they liked they made assignments, set a deadline and began working. Each design had to be sketched first and then sent to be grafted before the women could begin to cross-stitch. Sue Roper and Bessie Mae Pryor were the two women in charge of the wall hanging. Roper and Pryor appliqued each section to a velvet background. After hand-sewing the square onto the velvet they used gold thread to feather stitch on the border. Prock resigns post by Toby Taylor Bi son sports editor After 24 years as head coach of the Harding University football team, Coach John Prock announced his retirement last week. Prock has been with the team since its origin 28 years ago. His first four years he worked as assistant coach under Harding's first head coach, Carl Allison. In 1964, Prock took the reins of leadership for the developing football program. Prock, 58, had 24 seasons at Harding and compiled a record of 114-123-7. This year's Bisons finished the season, 6-4, which was one win short of a berth in the NAIA playoffs. Their conference record of 3-3 put them in a tie for third place in the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference. A native of Hollis, Okla., Prock played football for his hometown high school where he was an Allstate offensive guard in 1947, his senior year. From there he continued his education and football career at Southwestern State in Weatherford, Okla. In college, Prock played both offensive and defensive guard and earned All-Conference status in the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference. Off the field, he gained a master 's degree in education. After graduating, Prock planned on being in school administration, but after coaching at Clinton (Okla. ) High School, he joined the staff at Harding. " In 1955, I didn't plan on coaching this long,'' said Prock. But after 30 years of coaching, Prock has turned his sights back to full-time teaching. " Now my goal is to be the best teacher I can be at Harding University," he said. Prock has been a supervisor for students doing their practice teaching. " I expect to have a full load of teaching next year and hope to continue supervising the teachers,'' he said. Beginning with a program in its toddler stage of development, Prock set his goals on developing a respectable football program. " It may sound strange that a football coach looked at a chorus director, but I really respected Ken Davis and his chorus. They had leadership and discipline. Everyone looks at them with respect. My goal was to make the best program possible and to stand up to the standards of Harding University," said Prock. Prock was Coach of the Year in NAIA District 17 in 1969, 1972 and 1976. In 1976, a special honor was bestowed upon him as he was one of five coaches in the NAIA to be named Area V Coach of the Year. Some of Harding's best seasons under Prock included 1979 when he took a young team within one game of the AIC championship. In 1972, Harding posted a 10-1 record and defeated Langston (Okla. ) University in the Cowboy Bowl, a NAIA post-season game. Along with the AIC championship in 1972, the team also won the championship in 1976 to earn a spot in postseason play. This time they met Abilene in the Shrine Bowl. Finally, Coach Prock ranked the 1987 season with some of his best. "The players were 7-3 and had an excellent year,'' said Prock. ' 'The forfeit was my fault. We didn' t know he (Alvin Henry) was ineligible until after the game. We turned ourselves in.'' "When you get to where I am, kids are more important than ball games. As a coach I have to expect that most people evaluate my success by my win-loss record, but I found out long ago that that's not all there is to coaching. Relationships with the players and getting them prepared for life is important. All of my players have come out winners in life,'' said Prock. Club disbands Alpha Omega, a men's social club voted to disband at its meeting Monday night. "We had taken a vote at the beginning of the semester, but we decided to go ahead and try to get more pledges,' ' said President Brian Smith. "When we didn't get but three or four pledges, we decided to disband," said Smith. "We had several guys that will be here for a couple more years, and they wanted to be in clubs where they could participate in more activities." These men were able to go ahead and join other clubs.
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