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Page 6A RANGE RIDER March, 1979
Sign of the 1928 times
A new campus entrance sign greeted students
returning to school for the Spring, 1979 semester.
The 35-foot-long granite sign was a gift from the
members of the H-SU Class of 1928. Built on aWestwinds:
Retarded can enjoy soccer too
DR. ROBERT SCHOONOVER, associate
professor in special education at H-SU, went to
Atlanta in January for the annual meeting of the
National Soccer Coaches Association as part of a
three-man panel that presented a program on "How
To Adapt Soccer Skills For the Mentally Retarded."
He was joined by the captain of the New York
Cosmos (professional soccer team) and a
representative from the Kennedy Foundation,
sponsor for the Special Olympics program which
provides athletic competition for retarded citizens.
Dr. Hewett evaluates research
DR. EDWIN HEWETT of Hardin-Simmons
University was among 30 college professors from
across the United States to meet in Washington D.C.
to review research applications for the National
Science Foundation.
The group evaluated approximately 160 proposals
for science research projects originated by students,
to be conducted by students under the supervision
of scientists in the universities where the students
are enrolled.
The National Science Foundation included more
than $1 million in the current budget to fund the
approved projects.
Austins at Presidential breakfast
DR. AND MRS. BILL AUSTIN attended the
Presidential Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.,
Jan. 18. The invitation to the annual breakfast came
from 15th District Congressman Jack Hightower, aconcrete base and standing three feet high and
two feet thick, the sign was constructed from red
granite brought from Marble Falls.
(Mindy Morrison Photo)...comings and goings
former deacon in First Baptist Church, Vernon,
where Austin was pastor.
The Austins also attended the Sunday School
class taught by President Jimmy Carter at First
Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C. at
pastor Charles Trentham's suggestion.
Mrs. Frost attends conference
MRS. ELIZABETH FROST, director of
placement at Hardin-Simmons University, attended
a joint meeting of the Texas Association of School,
College and University Staffing (TASCUS) and the
Texas Association of School Personnel Ad-
ministrators (TASPA) Jan. 4-6 in Austin.
The purpose of the conference was to help college
and university placement officers have a better
grasp of the education field both in advising how
education majors should be taught at their schools
but also how the job market is expected to respond
to various majors.
Longbotham gets around
Back-to-back conferences for education teachers
kept Dr. Jack Longbotham, chairman of the Division
of Education at Hardin-Simmons University, busy
the first week of March.
He was in Chicago Feb. 27-March 3 at the national
meeting of the American Association of Colleges of
Teacher Education.
He just had time to grab a flight back to Texas
when the AACTE conference ended to make the
opening of a Bi-Lingual Conference for Teachers of
Education held at Texas Women's University in
Denton, March 4-6.Pam Crooks new
assistant registrar
Pamela Beazley Crooks was named assistant
registrar at Hardin-Simmons Dec. 1.
Mrs. Crooks is a 1965 graduate of Hardin-
Simmons and returned to H-SU in mid-August as a
temporary secretary to the Office of Dean of
Faculties.
Her primary duty will be to advise students on
their degree plans, Registrar Charlene Archer said,
"and her in-depth knowledge of Hardin-Simmons
and her personality will be major advantages for her
in this work."
She replaces Mrs. Doug Hooker who has done
degree plan advising for the past 18 months. Mrs.
Hooker will devote fulltime to completing her
education degree.
While a student at H-SU Mrs. Crooks was active in
such groups as the All-School Sing, the Baptist
Student Union and art. Previous job experience
includes working as secretary for the B.S.U. Center
at Tulane University in New Orleans and secretary
at San Jacinto Baptist Church in Amarillo.
She has two children, nine-year-old Mark and six-
year-old Amy and is an active member of First
Baptist Church in Abilene where she leads the
regular weekly Bible study for the Single Adult
Department.of the faculty and staff
Mrs. Archer convenes in Virginia
CHARLENE ARCHER, Hardin-Simmons
University registrar, attended the Southern
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers convention in Norfolk, Va., Feb. 10-14.
Keynote speaker for the annual event was the
director of education admissions for IBM, Dr. Ingo
Hentschel.
What Faulkner did with churches
"Churches and Churchyards: Setting for Violence
in Faulkner's Novels" was Dr. George Van
Devender's topic March 3 at a session of the Con-
ference of College Teachers of English in Fort
Worth.
Then, on March 15-16, Dr. Van Devender was at
the University of Alabama for the National Con-
ference on Comedy to read his article, "Good-
natured Humor in Mark Twain's Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court."
Bridges contributes to Maston book
DR. JULIAN C. BRIDGES, professor in sociology
and head of the Department of Sociology and Social
Work at Hardin-Simmons University, has written a
chapter in a book to be published by Broadman
Press this spring. The chapter, "Citizenship," forms
part of the volume, The Thought of T. B. Maston.
Dr. Maston is professor emeritus of Christian
Ethics at the Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Fort Worth where he taught forty-one
years prior to his retirement in 1963. Bridges is one
of Maston's former doctoral students.Dr. Bill Austin
. Presidential prayerDr. Edwin Hewett
. reviews researchMrs. Charlene Archer
..trip to VirginiaDr. Julian Bridges Mrs. Elizabeth Frost
..authors chapter .. job hunter for studentsDr. Robert Schoonover
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