cJ>eopl£ BlAZINGA FOR THE FUTURE Many students have come and gone in Harding's 75-year history and each has touched the life of another. Some have had greater impact than others but it is evident that Harding students have a tradition of leaving a mark on the past. Every year students come to Harding with goals that are unique to each individual. Freshmen and transfers may come to grow in Christ. Others return to make friends with new students or strengthen relationships with old friends. Everyone comes with specific plans for the future. The goals that students may not have given thought to stance. As the bond grew stronger, would join together to serve others around them as a group. Some students had more opportunities than others, but each individual was important to the ones they reached out to. Harding was not only about finding out what kind of job making were those that came as a natural result of being students would pursue in the future but also about molding Christians. Like those who had gone before them, students each student into the type of Christian he or she should be. this year worked their plans and relied on God for help. Time has proven that those who came before made their Although they did not consciously think about reaching marks and became better Christians. Today's students are people through every action, their impact was seen all over following their examples. campus, through one friend comforting another in a time of Students were constantly encouraged to blaze a path need or sending an encouraging note through campus mail. into the future while remembering to follow the footsteps of Students were encouraged daily by chapel programs that the past. gave them the desire to reach their goals and blaze a path for Amanda Jones, People Editor the future. Lectureships and the College church meeting also encouraged them as they faced being away from home and dealing with the stress of tests and work. During the year, opportunities abounded to change others' lives through devotionals and daily encouragement of friends. Even asking someone to a weekend activity affected lives in some small way and gave them the courage to do the same for someone else. Many students made friendships through clubs, classes and dorms that would last a lifetime. These friendships provided opportunities for comfort or a shoulder to cry on, no matter what the circum- • 4 6 Students prepare to take a long·awaitedspring outing, which was a common activity for social clubs in 1959. Until recent years, each club was allowed to schedule only three functions during the school year. PEOPLE /
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