High lines Harding 's cross country teams host t his year's AIC/ NAIA district 17 Cross Country meet. Head coach Ted Lloyd said, "there are two things students need to do Tuesday - vote and come to the AIC cross country meet. ~ Hosts and Hostesses for the 1989 Spring Sing show have been selected. They are Alice Gill, Errica Walker, Robert Ritter, and John Griffith. The 65th Annual Lectureship begins Sunday. The theme is based on the Gospel of Mark and called "The Jesus lifestyle. Pledge week begins Sunday night. Michael Martin Murphy tickets are still available in Jerome Barnes' office on the second floor of the student center. The new Rialto Theatre reopens today. Andy Marsh , a Harding student, and his fa - ther bought the old theater, refurbished it and plan to show hit movies for lesser ticket prices. David Slater is coming to perform with a full band Friday , Oct. 21. Homecoming musical "Carousel" tickets available in the Benson lobby. An estimated 600 children and their parents came to the campus Monday night to trick or treat. Parents brought their kids in response to an open invitation to the community for them to trick or treat in the women's dormitories and stay for a party sponsored by the Student Association and JOY service club. The Statler Brothers will perform in the Benson Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. Finals begin Monday. YES, regularly cheduled Tuesday/ Thursday classe will meet tomorrow (Saturday) and regularly scheduled MWF classes will meet Monday. Each will be the last class meeting before finals. 120 Bison review U•N •l•V•E·R·S· l ·T·Y The Bison 64th year Searcy, Ark. 72143 Herd performs as 'honor band' for Reagan visit by. Greg Taylor Bison editor When the Harding University Thundering Herd Marching Band played songs during President Reagan's 90-minute visit to Little Rock, it sounded like a professional recording, said some Little Rock media representatives. Harding's band has officially played "Hail to the Chief' ' to the President himself. When Air Force One landed and Reagan stepped off the plane, Director Warren Casey and the Herd went to work. The band first rapped out "Ruffles and Flourishes ' to announce the appearance of the president to the 20,000 spectators. Reagan walked out of the plane and down to the platform and the HU band played "Hail to the Chief." A Little Rock GOP representative contacted Casey to ask if he would be interested in performing as the "honor band" for the president's 90minute visit to the Little Rock airport. He agreed and was put in connection with a White House staffer to coordinate the program of songs which the Harding band would play. A section of the University of Arkansas band and three high school bands played before the president's arrival, but these bands were not commissioned to play the songs for the main program , like the Harding band was, while Reagan was there. THE THUNDERING HERD Marching Band performed for Presid ent Ronald Reagan's visit to Little Rock. He was in Little Rock last week campaigning for GOP presidential candidate George Bush. "Our band was the only one with microphones , so the crowd could hear us when we played," said Casey. "We were under the gun on timing. Even though our band has played in pressure situations, it was a little different playing for such an event with the president." The band performed well, said Casey. " It sounded good, the band looked good, so we were happy with the things that happened." After Reagan 's 20-minute speech, Harding's band played the "Washington Post March" and other patriotic songs. The band left Harding for Little Rock at 5:30 a.m. for the 10:30 a.m. arrival of the president. Government agents searched the band and all its equipment. Casey said the band experienced the reality of playing for an event of national importance. "The band realized that this was real, not just a game when we were searched for almost an hour," said Casey. "It was a good experience and we had good response from people outside the Harding family who commented on the band's performance." Enrollment soars to all-time high Enrollment has skyrocketed this fall to an all-time high at Harding. The s"llool has already enrolled a record -breaking 3,147 students as of Monday . "I don 't know how far up enrollment will go, but we may register 3,200 tudents by the cutoff day Sept. 12," President David Burks said. The new record shatters 1980's enrollment of 3,084. Reason for the growth? Burks credits very aggressive admissions first , but also says the increase in ACT scholarship has brought in many freshmen (there are more than 1,100 fre shmen and transfers - the most newcome rs in a semester in Harding history). The president reserves the biggest reason for the increases for last: "Our best recruiters are the students themselves. Our student body has done an excellent job in affirming our university to college entrants." While Harding is the largest private school in Arkansas, Burks feels this enrollment jump may be the highest in the nation (11.5 percent increase so far from last year's 2,823) for comparable universities. Fall Emollment 1980 - 1988
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