Art and Music Departments Support Functions of the University Art 11arding·s annual lec tureship ombined many campus ac ti v ities thi s year. and the art departmen t b rough t it s own unjque contribution to 111e fcsti\'it ics as vvell. For 111e third year . tl1e Stevens A rt Gallery l1os ted a d isplay of pieces produced by the I ard ing art faculty and arr teacl1ers of s ister institutions sucl1 as Freed-Hardeman Universi ty. David Lipscomb Universit y and Ab il nc Christian University. Most p ieces were connected to tl1e lec ture theme. "To God Be the Glo ry: Ephesians·Ca ll 10 Unit y." As if the theme was not chall eng ing enough . all o f the art had 10 incorporat e some kind o f movement . As viewers s tro lled through tl1e ga llery. they w ere dazzled by a vast array o f three-d imensional objec ts - a p layground fo r the mind that inv it ed thei r imagina tions to exerc ise and investigat some p ieces w ere moto ri zed-jolting. rt ashing, b lowing and spinning around on the ir own endless ycles - whil e o thers quietl y wait ed until the viewer c ranked or pulled the levers necessary to reveal tl1e message inside tl1e ir workings. One 1 ie e. that o f Hard ing professor Faye Doran . required much contempla ti on from the v i w er to unders tand it. On first g lance. one mer ly saw a lacy w l1i1e curta in w l1ich veiled an o ld paned w indow w ith a pie e of watercolor paper wasl1ed w i1l1 sunset colo rs behind it. Her xplana tion reminded th pa rti ipant o f tl1e passage tl1at commanded Chris tians 10 never allow the sun 10 se t on the ir ange r If Christians l1ad reconc iled the ir anger and forgiven pas t d iffe rences. then the ir consc iences wou ld not be p ri ked as they c losed tl1e curtains on 1l1is sunse t. Robinson sa id th is year's sl1ow was one o f the mos t difficult shows for two-dimens ional arti s ts who desired to parti ipa te. The kine ti c requirement presen ted a double challenge because "to c rea te r al movement means you must be a sculp tor o f sons." he said. Stumped by the unusual challenge. severa l artis ts from s ist r ins titutions who normally participa te d id no t send in a c rea tion this year. However. according to Robinson . the purpose of tl1e show was not to blow ou t tl1e c rea tiv fuses o f an ins truc to rs. bu t to provide a challenge that would "cause us to tl1ink" and fo rce arti s ts out o f their comfort zon s. a goal he thought noble for any Christian. artist o r no t. - Bri an w a tts Music Ha\ ' you ons idered wha t s hool would be like wi thout tl1e music departmen t? Would a Bison foo tbc II game J)e less ent hus ias ti c wi1l1ou t a band p laying the fight song? Wou ld paren ts· weekend l1ave fewer in a tt endance w itl1out the musical s l1owcase? Think about tl1e fall lec1ures l1ip w i1l1out evening chora l concert s. Few people ever s top to th ink abou t tl1e suppor t tha t tl1e Harding music department p rov ides to 1l1e uni\ 'ersity. Or . Art llLtr Sil arin . department chairman. sa id. "The d partment of music is woven into the fabri c o f campus life perhaps as much as any o ther academic deparrment. It seems that every special even t on campus. in one way o r ano ther . invo lves the perfo rming ensembles within the department. In additi on. the deparrment makes a significan t contribution to 111e culrural c limate. no t on ly of the uni\'ersi ry bu t of the Searcy communit y as wel l. When the Jim B ill Mc lnteer Bible and Wor ld Missions cent r was dedi ated last fall during Fall Fest. Harding·s tl1ree c l1ornl groups combined and sang a piece composed for three choruses. "I thought ir was nea t rhar all three c l1o ral groups worked 1oge1l1er for the dedication ... said sen io r Hea the r MCGiaughiin. 'Tha t's not some thing we e\'er do. It was good because a lo t o f people don·1rea lize how many people we l1ave s ing ing at Hard ing. Just being pan o r the dedica ti on ceremony was really nea t. I felt like I was a part o f something very special in Harding·s history." Tl1e chora l g roups also participated in s tatewide acti v ities. During t11espr ing. tl1e Concert Cl1oir ancl tl1 Uni\'crsi ty Cl1orus combined wi th five cl1oirs from around Arkansas and tlK' Arkansas Sympl1ony Orches tra and gave two performances of Vercii's ·Hequicm" in Litt le Rock. Harding·s athletic program also received fu ll support o f the music department . "The band is really importan t to our momen tum and enthusiasm ." said head foo tball coach Randy Tribble. "The timeliness of the noise provid d by the band g ives us an ex tra spark and motiva ti on . That's a big part o f the home fi Id advantage. They get the crowd involved in the game. Wi tho ut a band. ball games wou ldn't be quite as much fun ." - Jimmy Brooks Belles unct Bern ix member!' Chrisw .\ 1ccany. Tomn l!J Clork uncl .\1w1 Dmiis /w/p ernerru111c/urino1he /Jotiicl S/l/I('/'( (}/lCl'rt UI Foll /-'('SI. Sic/IC/' /)1'<'5( ' /}f('(/ (/ "Comillf} I Jome· concnr /or ulum111 . /'/Joro /Jy .Jason H11rr. Groµ/1ic dl'sign muior. 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