Volume 9 (2020)
Tenor of Our Times is an annual journal publishing the work of current and past Harding students on historical and social science topics. The journal title originates with former History and Social Science department chairman, Raymond Muncy, who often said, "Historians reflect the tenor of their times." A student-managed publication supported by a faculty editorial board, Tenor is designed to encourage undergraduate scholarship in understanding the past and present. The journal includes the winners of the Raymond L. Muncy Scholarship from the previous academic year and other quality submissions.
Editor's Note
Grady Moore
Section 1: The Calm Before the Storm
NASA Day Special Report: An Interview with Dr. Edmond Wilson
Rebecca Burrows
NASA Day Special Report: An Interview with Jana Rucker
Kaylee J. Rice
Special Report: History Day
Grady Moore
Section 2: The Room Where It Happens: Political Response to a Crisis
The Anatomy Act of 1832: The Story of Bodysnatching, Dissections, and the Rise of Anatomy
Rebecca Burrows
The Pendleton Act: Time for a Change
Isabel Waller
Abu Simbel: The Beginnings of World Heritage
Olivia Womack
Section 3: Build Your Kingdom Here: Faith Communities in a Crisis
Psalmody, Shape Notes, and Sankey: The Evolution of Protestant American Hymnody in the 19th Century
Paul T. Anderson
“A Poor Man’s Heaven”: How Denominational Growth and Change Reflects the Spread of Okie Culture in California
Kaylee J. Rice
Section 4: E Pluribus Unum: Identity in a Community
All Rise: Factors Affecting Decision Making of United States Supreme Court Justices
Benjamin L. Barker
Vogue's Place in Twentieth Century America
Charis A. Caves
Section 5: The Times that Try Men's Souls: Navigating a Crisis
Unknown Ghosts: Reasons for the Crisis at Wounded Knee
Brijana M. Sullivan
Section 6: Our Community in a Time of Crisis
Social Distancing Might Work, but Don’t Use the “Spanish Flu” Pandemic to Prove Your Point
Dr. David Adams
A Word from the Student Association President
Michael Krupka
Serving a Strong Community Remotely
Emily Nicks
Maintaining Community from a Social Safe Distance
Bruce McLarty
Editors
- Managing Editor
- Grady Moore
- Copy Editor
- Rebecca Burrows
- Art & Layout Editor
- Morgan Tallant
- Student Review Board Editor
- Kaylee Rice
- Advertising Editor
- Collin Barnett
RAYMOND L. MUNCY SCHOLARSHIP
The Raymond L. Muncy Scholarship is a one-time financial award for those undergraduate students at Harding University majoring in History who demonstrate exceptional scholarship, research, and Christian character. The scholarship was created to honor the late Raymond L. Muncy, chairman of the Department of History and Social Sciences from 1965-1993. His teaching, mentoring, and scholarship modeled the best in Christian education. Applied toward tuition, the award is granted over the span of a single academic year and is presented annually at the Department of History and Political Science Banquet.
The 2019 Muncy Scholarship Winners: Austin Taylor's "The Cogdill-Woods Debate and Attitudes Toward the Institutional Crisis Within the Church of Christ" received first place, and Brijana Sullivan's "Stefan Nemanja: A Brief Overview of His Main Contributions to Christianity in Medieval Serbia, the Serbian Orthodox Church, and the Serbian National Identity" placed second.
