Row 1: l. Dougloss. C. Robbins. M. Elrod. B. Ha le. J. Crawford . J . Dugg ins. Seniors Nathan Dullnig, JT Hill and Molly Ingram stop at the beginning of the walk for a pic– ture Oct. 15. The purpose of the Walking Society was to incor– porate walking and fellowship. Nick Michael leading the walk, senior JT HIli starts off the Dec. 3 walle This was their first walk experience– ing the cold weather. Nick Michael Students follow the same path as the Christmas horse drawn carriages, on Dec . 3. They were able to enjoy all of the Christ– mas decorations, while talking about their upcoming holiday break. Nick Michael They walked the campus together, wandering the front lawn in a group. Led by their Su– preme Emperor, sen ior Nathan DuUnig, they created an atmosphere that anyone could join and helped people form friendships. Other officers of the society included seniors J T Hill as Viceroy, Molly Ingram as Vice Viceroy, and Pete Davidson as Senior Director of Finances. They m ight have seemed a bit ec – centric to say the least, but the Harding Walking Society was never ashamed to stand out from the crowd and walk to the beat of their own drum. The socie ty was the brain child of Dul\nig, David– son and Hill. They came up with the idea while st roll – ing through the Streets of fo reign cities whi le on overseas programs. "You got to know people that you hadn't known before just by walking with them and talking to them," Dullnig said . "We wanted to create that at Harding. We wanted to Cl'eate a society that anyone could join, do – ing something that anyone could do. We wanted to create a society with no boundar ies where people could get to know each other and become doser." The Walking Society fo r med last year and was met with much uncertainty. Row 1: C. lang. J. Moury. A. Smithey. C. Mullen. Row 2: J. Hill. K. Kitson. K. l arkin. E. Renner. E. Diefenbach. J. Cannon. C. Goodman. Row 3: K. Burr. J. Dockery {Sponsor}. J. Harris {Sponsor}. S. Boling. S. O 'Brian. J. Kyle. P. Haynie {Sponsor} . " I laugh ed when I heard about them," sophomore Tiffany Moan said. "1 didn' t know what to think." Despite initial hesitant reactions to the Walking Soci– ety the group started to grow in numbe r and people be– gan to not ice them. More people showed up to the walks and soon officer positions were formed. But they did not lose the ir light heartedness . "We don't take ourselves too seriously," sponsor Dr . J ared Dockery said. In thei t· second year as a social organization, the group sought to get the word out more and gain more member s. They designed t-shirts and got behind a cause on campus. "We will be trying to raise money this year for a plan– etarium on camp us," Dulln ig sa id. "Our miss ion for this year is 'A Million Steps Toward Unity.' This means we will try to have a million steps b etwee n all the people and all the walks combined." The Walking Society met every other Thursday and kept their original stance on membership: if you show up for the walks you are a membe r, no process, no judg– ment passed, only friendship, fe llowship and one com– mon denominator: walking. Nick Smelser education 213
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