Inthe Reynolds (enter rehearsal hall, sophomore Vanessa Spoto paints the face of a Harding UniversitySpeech Clinic client during a fall festival sponsored by the Student Speech and Hearing Association Oct. 27. SSHA hosted events such as face painting, potato sack races, crafts, cookie decorating and story reading at the fall festival. -Courtesy of Ashley Harrillgton Dactylology club signs for Sherwood, Ark.,congregation Connecring with local church members, student members of the Dactylology club used sign language to communicate God's message in the fall. Students met weekly for classes ro plan occasional trips ro the Sylvan Hills Church of C hrist in Sher– wood, Ark., to interact with the heari ng-i mpaired members. Dr. Linda Thompson, director of the McNair Program, was one of the sponsors for the Dactylology dub. lhompson had been a member since 1967 and said she was proud to still be involved with the club and the Sylvan Hills church. "I enjoy going to Sylvan Hills every time," Thompson said. "The people there are always excited (0 see us, and that makes me very happy." Thompson said the Dactylology club, like any club on campus, had its difficulties. "We Start p retty hig in the fall , bur tOwards rhe end, we have fewer students involved because ofother school activities," Thompson said. "But we still have a big enough group to keep going." The Dactylology club helped the members of Sylvan Hills with communication abilities. In worship services, they used sign language to translate sermons, worship songs, announcemems and more. Sophomo re Sarah Bay, preSident of the Dactylol– ogy club, said she had been interpreting fo r about twO yea rs at her home congregation, Orange Avenue Chuch of Christ in Eustis, Fla. Even though the D actylology club only gOt to Syl~an Hills church twice in the fall, the members said they appreciated the opportunity to worship with their hearing-impaired fri ends. " It's really quite beautiful to watch a [hearing– impaired] person praise; to see the emotion in their hodies and faces and hands," Bay said. "There's noth– ing else like it." The club began in 1949, under the leadership of hearing-impaired student Sam Roach . The expressed purpose of the group, according to a letter written by Roach in February of 1962, was to "teach and ttain hearing people to preach the gospel and work among deaf people in any way they desire (0 serve." The class officially became the Dactylology club in the lare 19505. For several years, srudenrs in the Dac– tylology club commuted to Little Rock on Sundays to interpret services and classes for the hearing-impaired members ofCemral Church of Christ. -Atenas Hernandez Cruz student~[pl@@©~and ~@@lFuITil~asso(iation Row 1: D. Hoggaft, E. Arnold, M. Hayes, A. Parker. K. Frizzell, A. Cornbs. Row 2: H. Howard, T. Pylate, J. Berry, A. Brown, T. Baugh. Row 1: A. Henderson, S. Whitehouse, N. King, M. Grissom, D. Fritz, A. Har– rington. A. Gray. Row 2: M. Hayes, J. Cornett, A. Prince, J. Buchanan, B. Burcham, C. Bradshaw, S. Fisher, J. Austin . Row 3: M. Norris, K. Dingus, E. Dell, E. Jackson. J. Williams, K. Affron, N. Nix, B. Vesely. Row 4: B. McLain, B. Weaver. V. Spoto, C. Scott. S. Agee. K. Threm. communication '~IJ."
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