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American StudiesSocieties Help Find BackgroundThe American Studies Program was of Business, History or Politi~al Science. It, opened to students majoring in the School required a 3.0 grade point average on 45complete hours.The purpose of the American Studiesprogram was to expose members to outstandingindividuals ranging from businessleaders, to political leaders to well-knownauthors.The program had two main aspects. Thefirst conSisted of tours and trips. In the fall,the group took a trip to Dallas. Whilethere, the group visited a variety ofbusinesses and talked with many differentleaders, one of which was the coach of theDallas Cowboys. According to graduatestudent, Trip Tennyson, "Everything that'you have studied in school really begins tocome together and you see how it appliesin the business world." In the spring, agroup of the members traveled to Atlanta,Georgia where they visited severalbusinesses and industries and listened tovarious political and business leaders.The second aspect of the program wasthe variety of speakers who visited thecampus. The speakers, 'first, were, treated_. to a dinner held in their honor then, pro-A Warm Welcome. As guest speaker of American Studies, Paul Carter from Bentonville, Arka~sas ceecled to give a lecture to the studentsis greeted by seniors Richard and Peggy Hall, - photo by Public Relations Office. and general public.American Studies. Front row: Smelser, Chapel, Tefertiller, Richardson, McDowell, Johns, Allen,Lawrence, Clements, Fretland, Brasher, S. Stovall, Price. Second row: Emerson, D. Johnson,Warren , Savage, Honey, Hulett, Pryo" Froyen, Townsdin, Cox, Davis, Billingsly, Waites, Mattox,Haas, Hayes, Wagner, Collier, McAfee, Hughes, Grissom, Clark, Holladay, Knapp, Killingham.Third row: Picker, Hall, Noblitt, Lowery, Stevenson, Blasingame, West, C. Smith, Branum. Fourthrow: Gardner, Samuel, Powers, Perry, D. Stovall, McCaughn, West john, Ho/yroyd, Smith,Maynard , Lester, Dean , Ruble, Henderson , Butcher, Hess, J. Johnson, King. Back row: Fowler,Addington, Turner, Lafferty, Ford, Mott, Kisseberth, Ozbirn , McCullough , Combs, Kennon ,Faure, T. Johnson, Brown, Halbert, Dismuke, Moore, Buford, Hill, Gibson, Jones, Fish, Bounds,Flippin, Maxwell, Caraway. - photo by James McCreary.In the fall the American Studies lectureseries 'started off with William A. Rusher, aconservative columnist, lecturer andauthor of several books. He was followedby Charles O. Jones, president of LifeManagement Services, Inc. of Harrisburg,Pennsylvania, Norman Podhoretz, editorin-chiefof Commentary Magazine andPaul R. Carter senior vice-president ofspecial divisions for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.and a member of the <strong>University</strong> Board ofTrustees.The spring series was started withArkansas Senator Dale Bumpers. InFebruary, the American Studies group participatedin the 13th Annual ManagementSeminar. Its featured speakers were DonHutson and Don Beck. The last twospeakers in the program were HelmutSchmidt, a past Chancellor of West Germanyand Gerald Turner, Chancellor ofthe <strong>University</strong> of Mississippi. ,~48 Academic groups