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ThE star andOF!.4q9 Winter 1976

An Educational Publication

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE DEDICATION

Over 300 Pi Kapps, wives and guests attended the formal dedication of the new Administrative Office on Interstate Highway 77 South in Charlotte, North Carolina. These shown here are waiting to enter the new building.

Five hundred and fifty-seven alumni and twenty-four student chapters gave $67,561.80 to enable Pi Kappa Phi to build a $182,561.80 Administrative Office.

ThE star andoFkopiptilD An Educational Publication

Winter 1976

PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE DEDICATION DEDICATION PRAYER For the blessing of this house on this day we ackno wledge that it is Divine Power that has created concern for brotherhoo d and sisterhood.

Mighty Creator of all, we acknowledge also that all human concern and compassion, all human relations and friendships, all human love come as Divine gifts.

Today we gather in thanksgiving for creation and in reverence for Divine providence to dedicate this house to the cause and course of human fraternity and concern. Lord of all being, we do not take lightly this dedication, for we go beyond form and ceremony, the matter of having a prayer, because it is the commonly expected thing to do.

In the context of our reverent and serious spirit we ask that You will direct us in the use of this house and our relationships towar d the common good of humankind. Enable us to shape our activities and goals so that we Serve to enrich human life, espouse freedom, provide possibi lity for human growth and be instruments of effectiveness in creating and sustaining a high level of human values.

Direct our fraternity in each of its chapters toward the achievemen t of microcosms of human communities that provide leadership and high standards in all areas of our common life. So direct our formation and activities that the world will be a better place because we exist.

As we dedicate this house we offer our prayer that this house will be the focal point and nerve center for the development of human goals and values that are universally sought by growing peoples.

The son of Founder Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr., Brother Alex Kroeg, Alpha, of Greenville, SC, represented the 3 founders of Pi Kappa Phi at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

A student, Ed Caldwell of Omicron Chapter at the University of Alabama, cut the last ribbon and then unlocked the front entrance leading all into the new building for the first time.

Bless this house,0 Lord we pray, Bless this house upon each new day; Bless this house so that all will say, "This is the place where in every way The best of all human values hold sway."

God, toward truth, goodness, justice, mercy, peace and all other human hungers, we dedicate this house. Amen.

(Dedication of Pi Kappa Phi Administrative Office, November 22, 1975, Fred C. Holder, Epsilon Chapter, Davidson College.)

From left to right, Hooper Alexander, Epsilon Chapter at Davidson, represented the alumni of Pi Kappa Phi — Ted Scharfenstein, National Presiden t, presided at the dedication — Bennett Smith, Gamma Mu, Belmont Abbey, guest — and Rev. Fred Holder, Epsilon, who presented the dedication prayer.

With Ted Scharfenstein, in Executive Director Owen's office, are three Omicron members, Ed Caldwell, Archon, Emmett Dendy, alumnus, and Lonnie Strickland. This is a dedicated room,the plaque reading: THE OMICRON ROOM — IN CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING, THE CONTRI BUTION OF THE STUDENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF OMICRON CHAPTER, THE UNIVER SITY OF ALABAMA, WERE EXCEEDED

BY NO OTHER CHAPTER.

ACTIONS OF YOUR NATIONAL COUNCIL At its meeting on November 2123, 1975, your National Council participated extensively in the formal dedication of the new Administrative Office. Among other things, the following actions were taken: Assigned to Walt Brinkman the implementation of the Supreme Chapter direction to prepare an updated creed.

Directed Phil Tappy to study a possible blood bank program for members of Pi Kappa Phi. Authorized the incorporation of

Pi Kappa Phi in the state of North Carolina if the non-profit status enjoyed in South Carolina is discontinued.

Presented a National Council Resolution of Appreciation to Al Brown, Newark, and Otis McCollum, UNC-CH. Determined that the 36th Supreme Chapter would be held in New Orleans, La. at the Monteleone Hotel on August 14-17, 1977.

Appointed Phil Tappy as Chairman of an ad hoc committee to

develop a possible national project.

Directed that the portion of the fraternity assets designated for management by the Investment Committee be held approximately onethird in short-term commercial paper, approximately one-third in long-term debt of A grade or better, and approximately one-third in equity grade A. Noted that the fraternity had transferred $71,862.61 in capital gifts and $84,206.01 as a loan to Pi Kappa Phi Properties, Inc. since

its inception.

Agreed to increase the capital gift allocation to Pi Kappa Phi Properties by approximately $4,500 each year.

Appointed John Wilson, Emory, to serve as a Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation trustee.

Appointed Walt Brinkman and Phil Tappy to finalize minimum chapter standards.

Approved the institution of another service to the alumni members in the form of a Major Medical Plan under CNA.

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The first Pi Kappa Phi ski trip at Sugar Mountain, N.C. brought a number of Pi Kapps, students and alumni, to this favorite winter sport scene.

Amont them were National Treasurer, Lonnie Strickland, and his wife, Kitty. Plans are now underway for an enlarged trip next year, to include a larger number of members.

DO NOT FORGET Alumni Voluntary Dues are the difference between a good year and a bad one for Pi Kappa Phi. Remember to pay yours! It's only $10 but it goes a long way.

Members of Chi Chapter, Stetson, gather around as Archon Mark McMasters presents Lillian Jost the posthumously granted Certificate of Merit Citation for her late husband, Brother Elmer Jost.

Remember Founders Day! December 10,1976 will represent 72 years of Pi Kappa Phi.

STUDENTS ARE IN REAL WORK NEED! NEED SUMMER HELP? HIRE API KAPP

MANY PI KAPPA PHI STUDENTS AR E FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO SECURE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT. Here's a program to help student Pi Kapps get summer employment, and to help alumni Pi Kapps to fill summer vacancies . . . and maybe test a smart young man for a future career with your organization.

Use the form below to register your summer job openings no matter how small. A listing of organizations registering and the job descriptions will be sent to each chapter.

Instructions with the listing will advise applicants to make mail contact with the alumnus having an opening for which they are qualified.

Help your organization, and help a student Pi Kapp to gain experience and earn funds to complete his education. Think ahead — and then use the form at once. If more space is needed, just write a letter.

PLEASE COMPLETE FORM AND MAIL NOW! MAIL TO: Durward W. Owen, Executive Director, Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity P.O. Box 15295, Charlotte, NC. 28210

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P.S. I recommend the following for possible member of Pi Kappa Phi

A recurring question put to officials of the fraternity at various times is the one concerning Pi Kappa Phi's "rank" or "status" as compared to other fraternities. Whether from new initiate or seasoned alumnus, this question seeks to clarify some sort of "fraternity ranking" or confirm self imposed convictions, and is thus seeking an opinion from a wider view. Here is exactly where the trouble begins.

Opinions. Everyone has them. To say that Pi Kappa Phi is "in the top 10" or "leads here in quality" or "is number 5" — or 45 for that matter — is pure opinion. Stating that one fraternity is better than another based solely upon prestige, popularity, quality, or status is clearly subjective opinion bred of personal mental prejudices. As such, opinion rankings are valid only to the one who is doing the ranking.

Objective analysis is another story. Factual data on the performance of a fraternity in a specific area leads to honest comparisons. Through the separation of personal feelings, desires and prejudices—whether by one person or many—and the substitution of fact—you make an observation objective rather than subjective. Factual ranking is valid and a valuable tool to all concerned in the progress of a fraternity.

As you can imagine, many problems could arise through opinion rankings.

Recognizing this potential the Fraternity Executives Association, an association of professional fraternity executives, has included the following in its Code of Ethics, stating that the fraternity administrator will: at no time offer opinions and information about another fraternity, save statistical information based on fact; or distribute purported ratings on fraternities or chapters as to strength or condition."

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Pi Kappa Phi completely supports the FEA statement and its active enforcement. Since factual data on all national fraternities is available through the FEA, we have long used this source for policy and administrative decisions.

A recent example of factual ranking occurred at the Supreme Chapter this August. Emphasis for the past three years has been placed on direct chapter services and expansion. By gathering that data, the Supreme Chapter was able to review and assess past programs and then establish future direction. Those rankings are available for your own information by writing the Executive Director.

So, the next time you hear a fraternity ranking — or quality rank (that's an opinion of an opinion!) — or even when someone says,"we are number one," find out if that is opinion or factual ranking. Your immediate question should be "based upon what quantative facts?" Eliminate "opinions" and press for those hard statistical facts, for if you really do "rate" it can easily be proven in a quantative way by statistical analysis. True excellence comes not through the knowing, but the doing—the results.

EIGHTH YEAR FRATERNITY GROWTH RATE Rate of growth or decline (—) between 1968 and 1975 for the leading 10 fraternities is tempered by the knowledge that for all 44 national fraternities providing statistics, the net growth rate was a negative(—)11.79%.

Pi Kappa Phi Alpha Gamma Rho Tau Kappa Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Kappa Sigma

42.1% 33.3% 26.2% 19.8% 15.8%

Sigma Chi Lambda Chi Alpha Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Chi Psi

14.5% 10.5% 10.0% 7.7% 7.6%

Brother Writes Historical Novel From the author of "Early Daze in Oil" comes a book sure to be of great interest, especially at a time when America is celebrating her two hundredth anniversary. A

really welcome addition to bicentennial literature, "Horn's Fort" is an historical novel packed with adventure and full of the lore of life on the frontier.

This book is filled with interesting facts of pioneer life, set forth in a format which makes them fascinating. But this is not merely a chronicle of events; it is a sometimes heartwarming, sometimes terrifying account of the lives of very real people.

Until the first of this year, Brother Ernest C. Miller (Alpha Mu, Penn State) was president of a prominent oil company in northwestern Pennsylvania. He has been very active in the historical affairs of the Commonwealth for some years.

Dr. Miller holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University, Allegheny College, and the University of Wyoming. He is the author of several books on the historical aspects of the petroleum industry, including "Early Daze in Oil", also published by Dorrance. "Horn's Fort" is his first novel.

BEWARE YE TAXES SAYETH DELPHI Alumni. A 60 per cent prediction al nature of the fraternity creates 'It's 1985. Some of George Orthat volunteer alumni will be doing an unusual climate for prognosticawell's minor predictions in his more direct participation in student tion," writes Owen, "and, in fact, book "1984" have budded — chapters is made by the committee. allows few, if any, guidelines other Strange forms of transportation and The committee strongly disagrees than intuitive judgment." The urge the like — but his chilling ideas of with Alvin Toffler's (Future Shock to predict how a person hopes or test-tube birth and sterile personauthor) suggestion that a decline in wants the future to be rather than ality characteristics are proved obligation feelings and involvement how he really sees it, is a strong wrong(or too early). will occur. This suggests the fraterdesire and may have affected, to What will fraternities be doing is nity experience will still be viewed some extent, the outcome of the the question important to us today as lifelong. However,the committee Delphi Study. in considering ten years hence. A predicts a decline in geographic Delphi Study, conducted and copyalumni associations with the rise in righted this year by Pi Kappa Phi THE RESULTS direct participation on the chapter Executive Director Durward Owen, level.

Taxes. The U.S. Government will is a method of predicting the fuAnother prediction says there d towar trend its nue ture, subjective as it may he. evidently conti could be a 100 per cent increase in ending preferred status of all taxFraternities may be faced with the number of alumni givers, but exempt organizations, the Study taxation in 1985 say the experts not necessarily a corresponding says. One fraternity now pays taxes who are part of the futuristic study. increase in the amount of donaon its general operations fund which The impersonalness of the campus tions. has shown an excess of income over will add strength to the fraternity Student Life — Membership. Anotha Kapp Pi l years. expenses for severa purpose. Pledge selection will not er questionable, but strong, predicAlpha has shown some excess inbe made on the basis of religion or tion regards the single sex basis of come every year since 1970. race. Other Delphi Study predictions fraternity membership. The comThe Delphi committee says,"Frafollow, but first, consider the signifmittee suggests in 1985 the Equal ternities may well have to make icance of the study itself.

Rights Amendment and other equalthe decision as to which is more "Long-range planning is non-exization bills will not force coed important, income or taxation on istent in general college Greek letter membership. income." The committee feels frafraternities," says Owen, who conThe committee recognizes two le, possib thing every do will ternities ducted a search of fraternity jourtrends developing in the fraternity including a Washington lobby, to nals to substantiate his claim. "No world. The individual student memprevent tax status loss. It also longer will organizations be able to ber is being indoctrinated with a appears that fraternities will remain function successfully in such a racaring attitude toward his fellow protected so long as their income pidly changing world without shortman. "One cannot care without entirely to the and long-range planning," he adds. sources are related being willing to give." In addition, scope of the purposes for which the The purpose of his Delphi Study most national fraternities appear to fraternity was created. is to develop a base for such planbe headed toward use of manageernity fining. Cicero was an early supporter Student Charges. "Frat ment by objectives techniques to nances will continue to center on of futuristic studies and his use of accomplish fraternity goals."Future the individual initiation fee as a the Delphic oracle of ancient Greece members will be more willing to basis of revenue." Fees will continue is the source for naming the Delphi give, and to assume obligations," economStudy."The object of the method," to increase not only due to says the committee. ic inflation, but also due to insays John Duer Ludlow who writes There will be no rejection of creased demand for services. Also, about the Delphi method, "is to membership on the basis of race or fee has obtain the most reliable consensus the one-time membership religion say the experts. "Chapters grown increasingly attractive to the of opinion from a group of experts will select members on the basis committee. The committee says through anonymous responses to a of worth of the individual." is a 75 per cent probability series of formal questionnaires inter- there Fraternities will. still be rushing that fraternity membership in the spersed with controlled opinion new what members."The traditional consome e will fluctuate in a feedback." Translated, that means a futur of having to approach the of cept cost the direct relationship to panel of experts — a cross-section s with a sales campaign will masse living index. of the university, professional and ntly The continue." At the same evide nal.

Natio Alumni Sources — volunteer fraternity constituency — ts predict an increase the exper time, unani t almos Delphi committee is is provided a series of questionnaires mal rush and as or infor open ter in compu that mous in agreement asking them to react to certain long as the form of recruitment is mail appeal for alumni statements about the future of personalized left in the hands of students,"there all contributions will be used by fraternities. As the results of each will continue to exist incredibly national fraternities. This prediction questionnaire are obtained, a new complicated approaches to rush." comes during a heavy emphasis of questionnaire is made and responSize. The committee has difficulty computer-related letters by national dents are asked to re-evaluate their agreeing on chapter size. A 50 per are now on the earlier responses in light of the com- fraternities which cent probability that the average decrease showing, perhaps, the bined opinion. Eventually, a conchapter size will be 30 members weakness of the Delphi method. Pi sensus of opinion with a range of was suggested and that any fraterKappa Alpha is one fraternity probability is established that is an nity houses built in the future will which has not used such fund-raiseffective guess as to the future of modate only 20 residents reaccom ing methods for over two years. fraternities. an equal billing. However, d ceive "Further indications are that John Robson, in "Baird's Manl consensus is that it is genera the alumni contributions in the future ual", writes, "The American fraterly feasible to funcmical econo not will have a dynamic effect on the nity is an American institution and er of less than 30 a chapt with tion typical national fraternity's operatthe chapter is a miniature of the rs. membe ing budget." The national fraternilarger American democracy." BasiCommunication. Only a 20 per cent e futur m's ties will see an increase in the percally, the fraternity syste probability is registered for the use centage of its budget supported is in direct line with that of the of closed circuit television and by alumni dollars. country. However,"the very person-

electronic means for regional and national meetings. This, at a time when Pi Kappa Alpha is aggressively heading into the cassette video tape market for its communication purposes. The committee says,"The increased cost of traditional communication means may force the use of these alternative forms of communications."

Alternatives to Tradition. Only a 40 per cent probability is accorded a change from the "social" concept to the more "professional"concept.

"It would appear that the human relations, the professional aspect and the change to a more educational nature would be part of a dynamic and acceptable direction for fraternities to follow. They each offer a reasonable alternative to the traditional role which was basically rejected during the 1960's." However, for national fraternities to become politically active does not seem possible.

Professional Management. The generalist will give way to the specialist says the committee. Pi Kappa Alpha has 10 specialized positions on its professional staff today.

A reasonably strong probability is given to national organizations becoming even more needed and an important part of the future.

Establishing chapters at two-year institutions will peak out and be on the decline by 1985 according to the committee.

Interfraternity. The Delphi committee has strong feelings in favor of interfraternity associations and predicts the stability of the National Interfraternity Conference by 1985.

It also sees few, if any,losses among existing national fraternities, but only a 40 per cent probability that one-half or more of the college campuses will have functioning IFC's.

Education. Emphasis is given to fraternities as a viable part of the educational process by the committee.

Greeks will have increased priority by educational administrators.

Ritual. A 50 per cent probability was given for an increase in emphasis on ritual and symbolism and the same possibility that fraternity pins will no longer be worn.

Future studies of the Delphi type, and other forms,are obviously in need as the American society continues its rapid changing style.

Whether or not readers agree in toto with . Mr. Owen's results, his efforts must be applauded and utilized for what they show since no other accurate process of future study is available.

Diamond of Pi (Reprinted from the "Shield & Kappa Alpha")

Chapter Letters ALPHA Charleston Alpha Chapter had another great year in rush. Success came through the work of the brothers and through the donations of money and time our alumni gave us. In mid-summer our alumni gave a generous donation that enabled the brothers to paint, carpet and repair the house prior to rush. When the job was completed, the brothers had found a new excitment for Rush. The result was a group of 23 men that the brothers believe will carry on the Alpha tradition.

In the field of sports, the Raiders played the cross-town rival, Tau Kappa Alpha of the Baptist College, in a charity football game for the crippled children's fund. On an extremely cold and rainy day, the Raiders went down in defeat in the last seconds - 0-14.

ZETA Wofford After first semester rush ended, the brothers from Zeta Chapter began organizing entertainment to be presented to the Charles Lea Center for Retarded Children. The show will consist of a magic exhibition by alumnus Dexter Cleveland, coupled with silent movies which will be shown between his acts.

The brothers are also participating in "Operation Santa Claus," an operation under the direction of Brother Drexel Cheek which collects Christmas gifts for the mentally ill.

Our chapter is also preparing for a second semester rush scheduled to begin after Christmas break. The possible results of this second semester rush look promising.

IOTA Georgia Tech BETA Presbyterian Beta members are becoming more involved in community oriented programs than ever before. In keeping with a long standing tradition, the chapter made its annual Christmas trip to a boys orphanage in Newberry, South Carolina.

We are also taking part in the annual town Christmas parade, part of which will go through Whitten Village, a state school for the mentally retarded. Several of the brothers will be dressed as clowns and, hopefully, will be able to bring a bit of laughter and good feelings to the children that will be lined along the road.

When several Presbyterian College students were injured and two high school students were killed in an accident that was partly attributed to a blind curve, Beta members, after checking with the proper authorities, took it upon themselves to try to correct the problem. Trees were cut and cleared, bushes were dug up and blisters developed, but the danger was reduced and the curve was made safer.

In another community event, the members gave a Halloween party to two special education classes at a local elementary school.

New pledges are Blaine Walker, Townsend Salley, Davy Sanders, John Huff and Rhea Farris. At a recent recruiting seminar held at Beta, these new pledges offered insights into our rush program and also added a great deal to the seminar overall. These new members show excellent potential and drive, and will provide Beta with the concern and dedication that is characteristic of a Pi Kapp.

Iota is on the move! With the addition of our 15 newest brothers, we now have our largest brotherhood since 1971. Plans are now underway for winter 'rush. We 'have several outstanding prospects and are confident of reaching our Plus 5 goal for the second straight year!

In addition to our new brothers we have new furniture for the living room and the entire house has been repainted. This, combined with our excelelnt dining system, has created a new spirit which will make possible the continued growth of Iota Chapter.

KAPPA North Carolina, Chapel Hill Kappa Chapter is currently enjoying another highly successful semester in which we have managed to make advances in all fields of endeavor. Academically, our chapter average of 2.815 places us well above the all-fraternity average and has moved us into sixth position of the twenty-nine fraternities on campus. Athletically, our intramural football team finished with ten wins and no losses this year as we won not only the fraternity, but also the all-campus Carolina Tag Football Championship.

Also of great importance has been an excellent rush this semester. Sixteen outstanding young men have pledged Kappa Chapter and are expected to contribute to the future continued greatness of Pi Kappa Phi on the Chapel Hill campus.

LAMBDA Georgia GAMMA California-Berkeley It was a busy summer for those at Gamma whose efforts were directed in making the 35th Supreme Chapter a success. Fred Diulus, Hank Shaeffer, Bob Kuhlman and the Gamma Committee spent many nights discussing and planning the events which were to follow. From model initiation rehersal to registration coordination to the big party — the effort devoted to the convention most assuredly justified the end — an extremely productive Supreme Chapter.

The most outstanding thing was the spirit which permeated every convention activity right down to the wine trip. We came together as strangers, worked together as brothers, and left as friends, already anticipating when we should next meet.

As soon as the convention wrapped up, Gamma, while winding up its summer rush, began preparations for what was to become one of file most difficult formal rush periods in years. Thanks to the hard, selfless work of a core of individuals, we reached our goal of 22 pledges needed to fill the house.

Of the new members taken in this year, we see a high percentage of strong potential leaders, as well as diligent workers. This coming year will be as fruitful as it will be eventful.

Lambda Chapter is off to a good start this fall. With rush drawing to a close we have 10 pledges with several other bids extended.

Alumni support has been great this fall. Bob O'Neal donated furniture for several rooms in the house while Bill Allen donated new carpet for the living room. The house is in the best shape it has been in for a long time, with more improvements planned.

Also, the fraternity finished second for the year in intramural sports.

XI Roanoke The Bicentennial session for Xi Chapter has seen continued growth and improvement as the house becomes larger and more diversified in its activities and membership with the retention of that close Brotherhood spirit. This reached its peak with the initiation of nineteen great young men (100% of those pledged!) in October; this more than doubled the size of the house, which now boasts a Brotherhood of 34. Good fortune, as well as "good leadership and the right ideals," blessed us with the subsequent informal pledging of three exceptional young men, strenuously sought by the other houses, who should add greatly to the house. Our re-

cruitment effort continues in the spirit of the Star and Lamp, in which we hope to repeat last year's very successful formal rush effort, coming up in February.

With more men, naturally the activities of Roanoke's Pi Kapps have increased. In athletics, intramural teams are improving constantly and, despite poorer than hoped for starts in the fall sports (we still made the playoffs), the winter sports of basketball, swimming, pool, and table tennis hold great promise; our varsity athletes now include members of soccer, lacrosse, track, cross-country and golf teams. We still retain, however, the top position in scholastics, the house average having been in excess of 3.0 (of 4.0) for both of the last two semesters, with four perfect 4.0's recorded last spring, including Student Lamp Award winner and probably Pi Kappa Phi Scholar, Devon Lowdon, who ranks first in the class of 1976, as well as being a member of Blue Key, president of ACS and student body treasurer, and, along with brother Ian Lowdon,selected to Who's Who. In the IFC, Roger Malous has served as treasurer, with the other delegates haveing been Bob Langton, Tom Rutherford, and Devon Lowdon representing the Pi Kapps.

Further activities for the year include various service projects and fund raising efforts; these have included efforts to work with local hospital and the sale of doughnuts to raise money for ritual equipment and to make a Christmas donation to the Baptist Children's Home. Pi Kapps involved elsewhere on campus include Bob Langton as a star on the new campus radio station and Bob Samborski as captain of the R.C. Rescue Squad.

To include some more bright light on the horizon, to accompany the rejuvenated Xi Alumni Association which is seeking to coordinate more of the activities of the alums and the undergrads and develop the new Chapter.

Alumni Relations (CAR) program, a new, more regionalized alumni chapter (there is a difference) has been organized, .calling itself the Mason-Dixon Chapter and hoping to encompass, with a nucleus of Xi alumni in The mid-east, any Pi Kappa Phi's in this area that are interested in good fellowship, meeting old friends and developing new ones. If you are interested, please contact Richard Flora at 1600 Plantation Circle in Roanoke — he'd love to hear from you.

Closing in a very serious vein, the Brothers of Xi Chapter hereby express their shock and sadness at the untimely death of our Brother Daniel P. Klein, who went to the Chapter Eternal on December 29, 1975. Our sympathies are extended to Dr. & Mrs. Michael D. Klein and Brother M. David Klein, Jr. (Xi, 1974) and our thanks also for the Daniel P. Klein Memorial Fund created through their generosity for the benefit of Xi Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi.

OMICRON Alabama Omicron began the 1975 semester by initiating six brothers and have now finished the semester with 38 prospective initiates come the beginning of January. These 38 put us well on our way in keeping up with the Plus 5 program.

The Omicron Chapter was well represented at the 1975 Supreme Chapter meeting in San Francisco. We had six brothers attending, as well as our faculty advisor, Dr. A. J. Strickland, who was re-elected as National Treasurer. We received the Champion Master Chapter Award and the Star of Omicron,Miss Sue Marie Shealy, was selected as the National Rose Queen of 1975. Omicron was also represented on the Council of Archons in the person of Ed Caldwell.

One organization that has recently become very important to Pi Kappa Phi at Alabama is the Little Sister Program. They have grown in numbers from about 3 at the beginning of the 1974 fall semester to an even 50 in the fall of 1975. They have worked on house improvements, helped with our rush, and have boosted our morale.

A Parents Club was also recently started at Omicron. They have been concerned with house improvements as shown by their most recent activity of purchasing new plates and silverware for the dining room.

RHO Washington and Lee The '76 academic year has brought much excitement to Washington and Lee's Rho Chapter.

We grossed 24 pledges in the year's ritual of rush. Our pledges have been very active in organizing social activities as well as participating in intramurals. Our intramural golf team made it to the IFC's semi-finals with a 5-1 record.

On campus, Rho again has been active in student activities. Brothers hold positions of yearbook editor, yearbook business manager, editor of the "Ring-Tum -Phi", the school's newspaper, editor of the university's literary magazine, and two officers of the Harry Lee Boat Club, the school's crew. We also have one brother who is on the faculty admissions committee, one on the Washington & Lee concert guild, and two brothers in the Washington & Lee Glee Club.

PI KAPP COLLEGE August 15-19, 1976 Roanoke College Salem, Virginia

SIGMA South Carolina Sigma Chapter has thus far had a successful fall semester. Rush started shortly after we returned to school, and as a result we pledged sixteen new associate members. We feel we have a fine group of associate members who exemplify the character of Pi Kappa Phi. Sigma once again actively participated in Cockfest, the combination pep rally - variety show. Cockfest '75 was a very successful homecoming production that drew a crowd of approximately 8,000 people.

Sigma's housing situation has improved as heavy construction on the new and massive library addition has ended. The dust, constant noise and restricting walls that the brothers have grown to love were finally terminated this summer. The university is now working to renovate the old McBryde field which lies behind the fraternity house. The grassy, open area will be smaller than before, but it will be a welcome improvement over the constant construction of the past.

TAU N. C. State Tau Chapter ended the fall semester of 1975 with an unusually successful recruitment program. After being a plus five chapter for 1975, we continued our good record with fifteen quality pledges this past fall. Our updated education program for our recruits proved to be highly successful.

Our continued participation in intramural sports has gained us high standings again in the past year. The three basketball teams we are fielding this year should prove to be tough competition. We are also looking forward to a successful softball season.

Tau has seen material improvement this year as well as personal improvement. The upstairs has been carpeted and paneling has been put in the dining room and upstairs hallway.

We are also in the process of building a new brick bar.

All in all, we have achieved a great deal of stability in membership and finance. We are all looking forward to a rewarding bicentennial year.

36th SUPREME CHAPTER August 14-17., 1977 Monteleone Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana

UPSILON Illinois Upsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi continued in its tradition as a fine fraternity in the largest Greek community in the United States at the University of Illinois in Champaign. A Master Chapter award was earned by the chapter for the fifth straight year, although it was not presented at Supreme Chapter because of a clerical error. Academically, the house acquired a composite grade point average of 4.02 which ranked us fifth among fifty-two fraternities. Athletically, Pi Kapp teams advanced to the semifinals in softball, raquetball, and soccer. Socially, a new tradition was begun as three Greek houses, Delta Zeta, Sigma Phi Delta and Upsilon Chapter held a street dance next to the chapter home. _Upsilon is proud of our alumni, especially Brother Gunnar Schalin who was Chaplain pro tem at Supreme Chapter and is currently chapter advisor to our associate chapter at Ohio State University.

Champaign -Urbana, with its friendly atmosphere and thriving night life, seems to draw crowds, and Upsilon holds great pleasure in accommodating visiting chapters. Guests this year include Drake, Michigan State, Indiana, Purdue, Missouri-Columbia, Northeast Missouri State and the Purdue Little Sisters. We hope to meet other chapters in the future and extend invitations to all Pi Kapps to visit Upsilon.

CHI Stetson Year after year we at Chi rewrite how well we are prospering. Well this year brothers, Pi Kappa Phi at Stetson has reached a new Pi Kappa "high." We wish that someday all chapters would experience the level of brotherhood that we are now sharing. Maybe we were due this from the gods because near the end of last year, though we were the school's largest fraternity and winners of various awards, attitudes toward each other were at an all time low.

But, we came back this year, regrouped, and engineered a rush that was unmatched by other fraternities and our efforts of previous years.

We gave out twenty bids to prospective pledges and every one was picked up. Oddly enough, twenty seniors are graduating this year. The gods strike again.

While moving along academically, socially and athletically, we have made needed improvements in our house. We are proud of this, but most of all we are happy that we have found each other again.

PSI Cornell This past year has seen Pi Kappa Phi here at Cornell just as active as ever. Last spring our Archon, Don Dube, was elected to the Cornell University Senate. This body, composed of faculty and students, has complete control of the over $20 million campus life budget. As well as serving in the full body of the Senate, Don serves on the calendar committee.

Last spring also saw the resurgence of Pi Kappa Phi in softball in the fraternity intramural league. Under the pitching of Steve Padulsky and the hitting of Mark Grosby, we were led to a record, with our only loss going to the eventual league champion. Last spring our house also boasted one of the highest fraternity cums on campus. Our 3.1 cum was among the top five on campus.

During orientation week last August, frve of the brothers were also active as orientation counselors. Each counselor had a group of about twenty-five freshmen assigned to him. The counselors' jobs were to help each freshman register and get acclimated to the Cornell environment and locality. A great many friends and contacts were made for the house from this activity.

Psi is also pleased to announce that again we had a fall initiation. We are one of the very few of Cornell's 45 fraternities that had a fall initiation. Due to local IFC rules, only upperclassmen and transfers can be initiated in the fall. Freshmen will be bid at the beginning of of the spring semester and after a busy rush oriented fall, we expect to have a large freshman pledge class.

OMEGA Purdue This fall has been an extremely rewarding one for Omega. Our chapter has been represented on the fraternity-sorority newspaper, THE GREEK, by Greg Linder and on the IFC Junior Board by Rick Bohner.

Coming off a fine showing in University Sing last spring, the brothers won the all-campus blood drive this fall with 100% participation. Activities coming up include participation in a swim marathon for charity.

With the initiation of six men, Omega wel-

comes Brothers Gates, Wade, Malokas, Blasdel, Precht and Conway into the fold. A highly successful fall rush resulted in the pledging of twenty-one fine men who will help keep Pi Kappa Phi an unparalleled fraternity living experience at Purdue.

ALPHA ALPHA Mercer Alpha Alpha Chapter was honored with the privilege of awarding the Golden Legion Award to George Hatcher of Macon, Georgia for his 50 years of membership in Pi Kappa Phi. Fall recruitment was very satisfying with the pledging of John Arenas, Allen Evans, Edward Price, Sam Heard, Bruce Turkel, Ben Gaines, Rusty Slider and Was Anderson.

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Those long nights first paid off when our premier float entry, in conjunction with the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, in the University, of Oklahoma's Homecoming Parade, netted Alpha Gamma a first place victory in the upper division category. We celebrated this victory with another O.U. Greek first by capturing the highly coveted traveling trophy for "Best House Decoration". This is an O.U. and Pi Kappa Phi first, since at no time in the history of Oklahoma University has any Greek house walked away with both awards at once. Two weeks later

Alpha Gamma again emerged with "Dad's Day" in high spirits, which prompted our placing second in "Overall Dad's Day Participation" competition.

On October 4 our house was honored by the presence of O.U.'s number one fan, Cecil Samara. Cecil gave a rousing, spirited, roofraising speech before the O.U. - Colorado Classic. He generously loaned us several flags for our Homecoming Parade entry and sparked the spirit of Alpha Gamma for the O.U. victory over the Texas Longhorns on the 11th. With the much appreciated support of our loyal alumni, we are in various stages of giving our house a face- lift. This semester alone we sandblasted away the last of the relic artwork from our front porch and installed new curtains in the downstairs. Future plans include fixing our leaky ceiling and acquiring new furniture.

36th SUPREME CHAPTER August 14-17,1977 Monteleone Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana

Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is successfully continuing its membership rebuilding program. The house was greatly improved by several brothers who stayed at the house during the summer. Through their combined efforts, the house gained a new look. After a successful little sister rush, a good spring rush is expected.

We expect 100 per cent attendance by our chapter at the conclave for Florida and Georgia chapters at Valdosta, Georgia in February.

We are looking forward to the exchanging of ideas and intend to participate to make this conclave a successful one.

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ALPHA ZETA—Oregon State No letter received

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ALPHA EPSILON Florida

Another year began for the brothers of Alpha Eta with a pre-school retreat at Cook Springs.

The purpose of the retreat was for planning recruitment and unification. The results of the retreat planning paid off when fifteen men pledged our chapter.

Shortly after rush we initiated our spring pledge class. With the addition of six new brothers and a new faculty advisor,the chapter moved into intramurals. We've placed high in all sports and look forward to spring and the hopes of capturing another intramural trophy.

The chapter's scholarship is high. Twentythree brothers were on the dean's list in the spring.

The chapter eagerly looks forward to spring for house party intramurals, service projects, and completion of another successful year for Pi Kappa Phi.

ALPHA THETA Michigan State The brothers of the Alpha Theta Chapter have had a fall term filled with a variety of activities ranging from the reorganization of committees and election of officers to the traveling escapades of the brothers around the country.

Starting off the new school year, the brothers decided to reorganize a few of the committees. The most important committee that was reorganized was the Executive Committee. The brothers decided to hold a weekly meeting of the Executive Committee, composed of the officers of the house, in an attempt to solve some of the major problems of the house before they are brought up at the house meeting. So far the committee has been doing an excellent job in handling the major problems of the house and it has proven to be a great asset to the structure of the house.

Another committee that has gone through the rebuilding process is the Rush Committee.

The brothers will be trying a new technique of getting new brothers in the house. The technique that is going to be used is the 'back-andfollow system'. The 'back-and-follow system' consists mainly of assigning brothers to the prospective members. Each prospective member is designated as being either a 'back' or 'follow'.

The brother that is in charge of a 'back' makes sure that the 'back' gets out to the house to receive a bid and that brother follows up on the bid. A brother that is in charge of a 'follow' makes sure tha the prospective member visits the house a few more times to give all the brothers a chance to meet him.This system hasn't been used at Alpha Theta yet, but it has proven fruitful in various other houses.

The last committee that has been organized is the Alumni Committee which is in charge of keeping in touch with the alumni of the house.

Starting from scratch, this committee has been organizing events for the alumni to attend and have also been trying to keep the alumni up-todate of the events in the house. In the future, this committee would prove to be a great asset to the house with the help of the alumni.

The best way to keep the Pi Kapp spirit is to visit various chapters around the country and exchange ideas with other Pi Kapps. The brothers have been doing a little traveling to other chapters in the area to get ideas of how to make a better house. Four of our brothers recently took a little trip to visit three of our neighboring chapters at Indiana, Purdue and Illinois.

The hospitality that was shown to these four brothers greatly increased the Pi Kapp spirit throughout the entire house. The brothers will be at Beta Iota in Toledo, Ohio with the new chapter at the University of Michigan to celebrate Founders' Day. This get-together should prove to be a great time to exchange ideas between the houses and to help the University of Michigan organize their new chapter.

Alpha Iota is very proud to have received the Champion Master Chapter Award for 197475, It was our first Champion Master Chapter Award, but we don't intend for it to be our last.

Our late Chapter Advisor, Dr. Donald Denholm, received the highest honor awarded by the Supreme Chapter. Dr. Denholm won the Merit Citation Award for distinguished service and excellence among brothers. The award was presented to his widow at Homecoming,November 8, 1975. We at Alpha Iota feel that Dr. Donholm will be remembered as one of the greatest brothers in Pi Kapp history.

Fall, 1975 marked the beginning of the first Diabetes Foundation Fund Drive sponsored by Alpha Iota. The fund drive got off to a rousing start and we are still working on it. If the final response is satisfactory we intend to make this a quarterly event.

Homecoming at Pi Kappa Phi in Auburn this year was a big success. Many alumni came and we appreciate them coming by. Along with the excitement of the football game, we had a presentation ceremony to Dr. Denholm and later that evening another presentation took place.

"Freddie" Cole was honored at a buffet for giving 27 years of outstanding service to Alpha Iota.

The I FC at Auburn released its scholarship report early this year and it proved to be enlightening for Alpha Iota. We were ranked 8th out of 27 fraternities. We are very proud to be in the top ten scholastically on the Auburn campus.

PI KAPP COLLEGE August 15-19,1976 Roanoke College Salem, Virginia

ALPHA MU Penn State The 6th annual Pi Kappa Phi Turkey Drive to benefit the needy of Centre County was held on October 28, 29 and 30. Both money and canned goods were collected. Through the efforts of all the brothers and three sororities, we collected a total of $1,300 in donations and over $800 worth of canned goods. In terms of the amount of money and canned goods collected, this was the most successful year we have had. This success can be attributed to the fine job done by our Turkey Drive chairman, Steve DiOrio, the efforts of the brothers and the sororities, and the amount of advertising and coverage we received from the local media — a local television station, four different radio stations and numerous local papers. Proceeds from the drive was turned over to the Head Start Program of the Trinity Lutheran Church of State College. Turkeys were bought with the proceeds and distributed with the canned goods to the needy at Thanksgiving.

ALPHA XI Poly. Inst. of NY Things are going well once again at Alpha Xi. After a period of trouble lasting for about three years, when the very existence of our chapter was questioned, we, by hard work and pulling together, are finally able to say that we are a strong and viable chapter once more. We have so far initiated nine new members since the Supreme Chapter and need only six more to once again make our Plus Five Goal. We know it will be accomplished. We are now up to twenty-one active brothers arid we feel that there are no longer any bounds on the possibilities of expansion.

At our Founders' Day celebration our annual awards were presented to Brother Robert Fischer for Most Improved Cumulative Average, Brothers Joseph Caruso and Ralph Koerner for Outstanding Alumni, and to Brother Richard Grolier for Outstanding Brother.

ALPHA OMICRON Iowa State Thanks to Travis Julian we are operating on a sound budget. Our local debts should be liquidated by early spring. The painting of the outside of the house is complete and adds a fresh touch. We are also expanding our interfraternity relations by renting one of our annexes to Delta Chi. Our informal recruitment has taken another leap forward, thanks to Sonny O'Drobinak, and a Christmas party is planned as a recruitment function. We have started a meal program and Gwen Greve, our housemother, is also our cook.

ALPHA SIGMA Tennessee The year 1975 marked a progressive step for .Alpha Sigma. During the summer months the house was refinanced due to the efforts of an alumnus, Michael Ellis.

Steve Kirkpatrick, who is now Treasurer, is to be commended for an excellent job as fall quarter Rush Chairman. For the second consecutive year he led the chapter in a unified effort for rush which netted 18 pledges, 7 of which have already been initiated.

ALPHA TAU—Rensselaer No letter received ALPHA UPSILON Drexel Archon, Joe Santangelo, and Treasurer, Tim Bell, emerged from the Pi Kappa Phi Supreme Chapter with renewed vigor and enthusiasm which has caught fire here at Alpha Upsilon this year. Currently the brothers are anticipating an excellent turnout for bid acceptance. A class of at least 20 pledges is expected, a number unsurpassed in recent years. Alpha Upsilon is presently made up of 41 brothers, with 10 brothers to be graduating this year.

Academically, we established ourselves as the scholar fraternity on campus with an average of 3.1.

Alpha Upsilon won several Homecoming awards this year while in competition with 12 other campus fraternities.

More than one hundred parents, alumni and rushees gathered at Alpha Upsilon on Sunday, November 16, for Parents-Alumni Day. A highlight of the festivities was the awards presentation to some of our most active alumni, Brothers Jim Kelley, Fred Schmehl,and Mr. Pi Kappa Phi of 1975, John Deimler.

Our more recent alumni are now becoming very active in alumni activities. It is our belief that the growth of our active alumni group will further enhance the fine qualities of brotherhood and unity here at Alpha Upsilon.

ALPHA PHI Illinois Institute of Technology This new semester brought a change of attitude here at Alpha Phi. We pledged to broaden the role of Pi Kappa Phi on the Illinois Tech campus. We started out by broadening our numbers as we pledged an outstanding 32 new members actively seeking to become brothers. The brothers (by words and by example) encouraged the new pledges to be active in the school and the fraternity. As a result Alpha Phi is playing a big role in campus organizations. We have members in BON, SPS, APO, and on many other campus organizations.

Alpha Phi, realizing the need for support by its alumni, took steps to improve those relations this fall. The alumni newsletter, "The Alpha Philes", was published for the first time in three years (due to the hard work of our beloved historian) and news of interest to alumni is sent out on a regular basis.

This semester also saw a renewed interest in the workings of the chapter. All officers showed a renewed interest and zeal in their duties, and the freshmen in working on improving the house. This semester has been a busy one at Alpha Phi Chapter, but it has also been an enjoyable one.

ALPHA PSI—Indiana No letter received BETA ALPHA New Jersey Inst. of Technology The brothers of Beta Alpha Chapter have been very busy in the past few months. After a very educational and enjoyable Supreme Chapter, we started to prepare for fall rush. Beta Alpha had the most brothers in attendance at Supreme Chapter (the total was 12). More recently a group of us attended the dedication of the new national office. At both events a good time was had by all.We at Beta Alpha have lots of enthusiasm when it comes to getting up in large groups to attend any kind of inter-chapter event. Because of this quality, a large number of our chapter benefits from such meetings.

While the weather was still favorable, the brothers joined forces and rebuilt the back porch of our house. The hard work and cooperation paid off and the job was finished in no time at all.

A Pi Kapp is president of the Student Senate at NJIT and three IFC offices, including president, are held by Pi Kapps. We recently participated in the IFC Talent Show. The proceeds from this event went to local charities.

Alumni relations have never been better.

Through the North Jersey Alumni Association,

our alumni have been working with the students in coordinating different events.

Beta Alpha is always happy to have brothers from other chapters come and spend time at our house. We would like to encourage everyone to stop by anytime and you're sure to enjoy your stay.

BETA BETA -Florida Southern No letter received BETA DELTA Drake This fall the Drake IFC instituted a more informal rush program designed to give rushees a more realistic view of our Greek system. Beta Delta prospered greatly from this new procedure and pledged 27 fine men — the largest pledge class ever for our house. With our pledge class to bolster the overall enthusiasm of the house, Beta Delta moved ahead in a number of areas.

Our chapter's honors amplified during Greek Week with a third place finish in the annual scholarship trophy and a first place finish in the pledge scholarship trophy. We dominated our school's Sweetheart-Sing competition with first place and had four brothers tapped into the Drake University Honor Society. Most importantly though, we exceeded our pledge goal by five members.

BETA EPSILON Missouri-Columbia No letter received BETA ETA Florida State Beta Eta began the 1975-76 year as a revitalized and rejuvenated chapter. Many of the brothers remained in Tallahassee over the summer to work on fall rush plans. Under the capable leadership of Archon Jeff Holler and Recruitment Chairman Paul Lott, Beta Eta put together an extremely successful rush program.

This program came to fruition with the pledging of eleven men and the initiation of seven of them. The men here are eagerly looking forward to the next two quarters' recruitment activities.

Perpetuation of the chapter is not our only concern at Beta Eta, however. Great emphasis is placed on the academic side of college life.

For the last three quarters, the chapter has had at least two men with perfect 4.0 grade point averages. Beta Eta is number two on campus academically, with our plans being to capture the number one position this year.

Homecoming was a great success this year, with a large number of alumni returning to campus. Our alumni chapter has been a super asset to Beta Eta. At a meeting during Homecoming this year, the alumni pledged a substantial amount of money to help the chapter house.

Pi Kappa Phi won first place in the spirit division in the Homecoming parade with one of our floats.

Beta Eta has not been negligent of its responsibilities to the local community. The pledges recently did volunteer odd- job work for local elderly and disabled citizens. Various brothers have danced in a dance marathon to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation. Money from our annual Fall Serenade has been donated to the Heart Fund. Moreover, when natural disaster threatened the community in September, the brothers were on hand to donate several pints of blood to the local blood bank.

The brothers have a truly fine attitude at Beta Eta. There is a willingness to work and sacrifice together that has not been present for a long time. The chapter is looking forward to the Founders' Day Banquet during February as one of our main social events of the year. Looking back over twenty-five years of history, Beta Eta has seen many great times — academically, socially, and spiritually. We look forward to much more of the same this year and in the years to come.

BETA IOTA Toledo Beta Iota has the feeling that Pi Kappa Phi is finally an established fraternity on the Toledo campus. The following facts point to this deduction. At last spring's Songfest competition we placed second in the men's division. This fall we became the fraternity football champions which compliments last winter's basketball championship. This year's Homecoming was attended by our second place float. From within, our house interior was spruced up with a new coat of paint. At the San Francisco Supreme Chapter Beta Iota's own James W. White was designated as the 1974-75 Pi Kappa Phi Student of the Year. We are equally proud of our new brothers at the University of Michigan who we hope to visit quite regularly.

BETA KAPPA Georgia State In the past, Beta Kappa has entered each of its projects with optimism and high hopes, but almost always something has gone wrong or never materialized. This year all our endeavors have worked out perfectly. Our Rush Chairman, Mike Finney, began rush in early summer.

With his organization of rush and good support from the brothers, we had the best rush in many years. We now have 13 associate members, one who was initiated before Thanksgiving, and plan to initiate those remaining at the beginning of winter quarter. With this great effort, our membership will increase by better than 50 per cent.

Dave Davis headed our "Feed the Kids" drive this year and again we had the best ever.

With the participation of sororities and fraternities, and other non-greek organizations, we collected over 4,500 cans of food, twice as many as the year before.

BETA LAMBDA -Tampa No letter received BETA MU McNeese State The Beta Mu Chapter at McNeese State University continued on the upswing with an activity filled fall semester. After a successful rush, the chapter pledged fourteen fine men who immediately began studying and learning the aspects of fraternal life. Beta Mu continued to be an active force in campus affairs. Brother Keith Welsh is the current I FC treasurer and has been so for the past year. The Pi Kapps here also enjoyed one of their finest intramural seasons in years, reaching the playoffs in football and having three men placing in weight lifting.

The chapter celebrated Founders' Day with a banquet and we were honored with Durward Owen as our guest speaker. Several alumni attended and much was discussed about getting alumni more involved in fraternity activities.

The "Little Sisters" here continued to be significant help with chapter functions. This included a Thanksgiving dinner and many generous donations to the chapter. Brother Steve Miller headed a fund raising drive and in the end enough money was gathered to purchase a complete set of ritual equipment.

BETA OMICRON North western State-Louisiana No letter received BETA TAU Valdosta State The Beta Tau Chapter of Valdosta State College would like to announce that fall rush "75" was very successful. As of November 24, our chapter has 29 brothers and 27 pledges, a total of 56, making our chapter one of the largest in the state of Georgia. Last August two brothers attended the Supreme Chapter meeting in San Francisco. Upon their return they brought back with them the Champion Master Chapter Award which we were very honored to receive.

Once again Beta Tau is planning and producing the annual Miss Valdosta State College beauty pageant. Each year one lucky girl from VSC is chosen to compete in the Miss Georgia pageant. Our special guest this year will be Miss America "75-76".

So far this has been a great year and is looking better for the upcoming months.

BETA UPSILON Virginia For the fall semester of 1975, the officers of the Beta Upsilon Chapter have been: Jack Berry, Archon, Rick Pannell, Vice-President, Russ Huber, Treasurer, John Clifford, Warden, Ken Lutchen, Secretary, Dave Bishop, Historian, and Chip Morton, Chaplain.

Our rush program this semester was headed

by Bill Henneky. Under Bill's leadership and hard work the rush program was very successful. This semester, Beta Upsilon pledged 18 first year men and one second year man for a grand total of 19. This was one of the best rush efforts in many years.

The brothers of the Beta Upsilon Chapter were deeply saddened this summer at the tragic death of Brother Alan M. Jacobus. In August, Alan met his death in a climbing accident in Colorado. In his memory the brothers of the Beta Upsilon Chapter established a trust fund.

The interest from the fund will be donated yearly to Madison House — an organization which coordinates volunteer services in order to benefit the underprivileged people of the city.

Alan was a very active young man. He was to be Vice-President of the I FC this year and was

active in Madison House. We miss him very much.

For the third year in a row the brothers of Beta Upsilon mounted a flagpole for 100 hours in order to raise money for the March of Dimes.

This year we raised over $1,400 for this charitable organization. Every brother took part in this project, each sitting for 2 or more hours.

BETA PHI East Carolina This past fall at Beta Phi has brought seven new pledges into the fold. In addition to these new pledges, whom we hope will make good brothers someday, the return of several alumni brothers have brightened the halls. Brothers returning are: Cam Frazier, Jesse Kershaw, Mike Bass and Ronnie Nance.

On campus, Beta Phi represents Pi Kappa Phi well, keeping the winning tradition which Pi Kappa Phi has built up over the years at East Carolina. This year's chapter not only had its biggest turnout ever for Homecoming, but also won the first prize for Homecoming float.

BETA CHI East Texas State The chapter that made both its Plus 5 goal last year, and was named a Champion Master Chapter at the Supreme Chapter this summer, has started off the semester with 11 pledges.

Many events were scheduled by Beta Chi this fall, but one of the highlights was the areawide celebration of Founders' Day with Brother Mel Metcalfe as guest speaker. A fund-raising drive for the United Fund was also undertaken by the chapter.

Brother Robert Mitchell brought back many good ideas from Supreme Chapter this summer and has gotten the chapter into better working order. It was also with his leadership that the chapter took first place in the Sing Song last semester.

Overall, the brothers of Beta Chi are on the way to another Plus 5 goal and maybe to that Champion Master Chapter Award again.

BETA PSI—Tennessee Wesleyan No letter received BETA OMEGA East Tennessee State Beta Omega Chapter returned one week early to make improvements on the house and preparations for rushThe most significant improvements on the house were the expansion of the party room and the repairing of the roof.

We would like to thank our alumni for their help in these endeavors.

The Fall rush brought ten new associate members to Beta Omega Chapter. They are working very hard and we believe that they will prove to be a great asset to our chapter. We would like to thank Tom Carter for visiting our chapter and speaking with our new associate members.

Homecoming was very successful this year.

It was the best turnout of alumni we have had in years. The new alumni officers are very optimistic and we believe that they will work with us to achieve new heights.

PI KAPP COLLEGE August 15-19, 1976 Roanoke College Salem, Virginia

GAMMA ALPHA Livingston The brothers of Gamma Alpha had a very successful rush this fall. The chapter was proud to announce that they had pledged nine super pledges.

The chapter would also like to report that the house is in better shape than it has been in a long while. The addition of a renovated bedroom has made it possible for two more people to live in the house. The house now has room for six people to live. The chapter has also painted the Pi Kappa Phi flag on the ceiling of the television room. We have taken much pride in getting the house into good shape.

The brothers of Gamma Alpha would also like to report one of their greatest achievements since the chapter was founded. During the Supreme Chapter in San Francisco the Gamma Alpha Chapter received the Theron Houser Award for the most improved chapter in Pi Kappa Phi. We were named a Master Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi and also received a Plus 5 Award for reaching our Plus 5 goals. Each brother of Gamma Alpha has worked hard and these awards are a reflection of the great leadership Gamma Alpha has now and has had in the past.

GAMMA BETA Old Dominion The fall semester has proved to be a period of revitalization to the Gamma Beta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. Extensive refurbishing of the house provided an essential spark to the unity and organization of the brotherhood, as well as contributing to the success of our rush activities.

During the month of October, marathon mania struck Pi Kappa Phi. The chapter was actively engaged in helping to coordinate a dance marathon sponsored by Old Dominion University for the benefit of the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation. The brotherhood solicited pledges from local businessmen and the community in an effort to make the best possible contribution to this cause. The mania reached its peak during the week of the 13th, with the brotherhood participating in such activities as contests to break gastronomical records in the Guiness Book of World Records. Success was gained in the amount of $400 for Muscular Dystrophy in the name of Pi Kappa Phi for their attempts.

Culminating this drive, on the weekend of October 16, Pi Kappa Phi sponsored Brother Bednarek and his date in the dance marathon with the support of over $1,900 in pledges and finished in second place for total pledges. In addition, Pi Kappa Phi set a new world's record in pushing a wheelchair continuously 90 1/3 miles in 12 hours for the benefit of Muscular Dystrophy.

There are presently nine brothers living in the house, and this situation has contributed to the success of our chapter's new life.

Alumni support is increasing as the semester progresses and our annual Charleston Ball, to be held on December 6th, should prove to be the highlight of our fall semester activities.

GAMMA GAMMA Troy State The chapter initiated ten men from the Fall quarter's pledge class.

As a service project, the chapter collected the most aluminum cans on campus for the fourth consecutive quarter, accumulating just short of four tons of cans. Another service project started this quarter is tutoring some of the children at the Alabama Baptist Children's Home during the week.

Major house improvements have been made.

These include remodeling all the bathrooms and plumbing, paneling the hall and stariway, carpet and new furniture in the den, and repainting the outside and inside of the house.

Brothers representing the fraternity in football are Tim Cumuze, Robert Maddox, and Mark Robinson; in basketball is David Feliz; and in track is Tim McMullin, who is also a member of the TSU cheerleading squad. Gamma Gamma's basketball team is undefeated in intramural basketball.

Mike Canfield has received an Air Force ROTC pre-med scholarship. Ten brothers will be honored by chapter advisor, Brooks Thompson, at a quarter scholarship dinner.

GAMMA DELTA Memphis State Before classes resumed for the fall semester, brothers and pledges gathered for the annual Boys Town Carnival. This event is sponsored each year by the Sertoma Club. We assist in running the games and concessions wish raise money for this much needed community service.

This year's alumni-active softball game and picnic was a big success. We had a fine turnout and many old friendships were renewed, as well as new ones begun. As for the outcome of the game, it was the students defeating the alumni in a close game.

Fall rush produced fifteen excellent men.

This year they held a Casino Party to raise money for the Crippled Children's Hospital.

The event was a success and all proceeds went to help this worthwhile charity.

As usual we are running a close race for first place in intramurals. While in the past it has eluded us, we feel, with a strong showing in the spring, we can take the first place position in sports.

GAMMA EPSILON Western Carolina The brothers of Gamma Epsilon returned to campus this fall with the idea of proving that we are the best fraternity on campus. We felt that we had a good start by winning the scholarship trophy and softball championship last spring. This fall we have already won the fraternity championships in the first four intramural sports, including the campus championship in football.

Our fall rush yielded seven pledges. The brothers are eagerly awaiting the initiation of Gamma Epsilon 200, an event which should

occur during winter quarter.

On November 1 we were happy to see a great many of our alumni return for Homecoming. Our alumni are currently trying to establish an alumni chapter for Gamma Epsilon. We are hoping to see many of our alumni at our Founders' Day Banquet.

GAMMA ZETA West Virginia Inst. of Technology No letter received GAMMA ETA Athens The Pi Kaps of Gamma Eta started the year with a lot of fraternal spirit and have exemplified that spirit in many college and community projects. We have donated to Apple Annie Day, the proceeds of which go to charity around our vicinity; and we are also in the process of working out the plans for our annual Christmas party given for the underprivileged children in this area. Another college project led by the Pi Kaps has been the drive to sell this year's subscriptions of the "Columns." This effort has sparked a great amount of school spirit needed for our college's transition from private to public ownership.

All the brothers have been active in school functions, intramurally and academically. We have as part of our brotherhood a vice-president of SGA,a vice president of I FC, a parliamentarian of SGA, the president and vice president of Rotoract and two recipients of the Who's Who award. Just another example of Pi Kapp excellence.

GAMMA THETA UNC —Wilmington No letter received GAMMA KAPPA Georgia Southern Gamma Kappa Chapter experienced a fine fall quarter rush. We would like to commend Doug McNiece and Clinton Carlson for a fine job as Ruch Chairmen. We recruited 8 very good pledges. We have also participated in two service projects so far this quarter. Both proved to be very helpful to the community.

Our housing fund and committee are working hard to gain adequate housing facilities for the fraternity. We have plans in the future for a Fraternity "Row" at Georgia Southern College.

As it stands now our fraternity house is small, yet we realize the importance and need for a house and we are fortunate to have this building.

We would like to congratulate Burton Barmore for receiving the Pi Kappa Phi Scholar award. In fraternity intramurals, Pi Kappa Phi has once again proved to be among the best.

GAMMA LAMBDA Missouri —Rolla The fall semester for the Gamma Lambda Chapter was one of thought. Just as everyone must consider their goal in life, we also have experienced a period of such. All members must know what their priorities and goals are with respect to the fraternity.

We feel that our four new house members will provide a solid foundation for future growth.

GAMMA MU Belmont Abbey It's been a busy fall semester here at Gamma Mu. Under the leadership of our Archon, Bob Hamm, we have grown to understand the meaning of fraternity. We have begun the restoration of our house and the cleaning up of the cemetery that adjoins it. This has been very hard work, but with the skills of our brotherhood we have done quite a professional job of it and we are having great fun doing it, too. We hope to complete the job by the end of the school year.

Gamma Mu, in our IFC Greek Week Games, won the College Bowl this year. Since our chartering we have lost this important award only once, a record we are very proud of. The president of our IFC, Jim Serba, is a Pi Kapp.

Currently we are working on a service project that we find exciting. We are painting and repairing the house of an elderly woman in town.

We hope to be finished before Christmas. Our rush program has been very successful and we hope that the spring rush will bring us more new Pi Kapps.

Finally, Gamma Mu is happy to announce that, through the hard work of the brotherhood, we tied for first place in float competition in the Belmont Christmas Parade, utilizing as our theme, "The Fraternal Meaning of Christmas." This went to even better augment the improving relationships between "town" and "gown."

GAMMA NU--LaGrange No letter received GAMMA XI Georgia Southwestern The Pi Kapps of Gamma Xi are experiencing another outstanding fall quarter. This quarter Gamma Xi is still the team to beat in intramural football, having an undefeated season with the play-offs coming up soon.

Fall also saw a prosperous formal rush, leaving the Pi Kapps with five eager pledges. We are also proud to say that we are taking a more active part in school affairs. The Pi Kapps have one brother on Student Government Association and one holding office in Student Union Board.

The last week of the quarter is our biggest yet. We are looking forward to a bigger Founders' Day than ever — the banquet being Saturday, featuring Walter Brinkman, our National Chaplain. The festivities of the day still go on with the annual Bloodbowl, where the brotherhood will try to keep their streak going by defeating the alumni in football.

We would also like to congratulate our alumnus, Bill Finney, on being chosen the Outstanding Area Governor of 1975.

GAMMA OMICRON—Bethel No letter received GAMMA RHO Lander Gamma Rho Chapter experienced a rebuilding year beginning this past fall semester. The brothers worked hard to keep the house and pay expenses to make it livable. A visit by Tom Carter, field secretary, did wonders for the chapter. Tom put everybody to work and got the Pi Kapp spirit started back again. Since Tom left, we have had one successful fund raising project, pledged two more men, and planned a big year for Spring 1976.

The chapter world like to recognize Dr. Howard Bateson, Faculty Advisor, for his endless dedicated service. Dr. Bateson passed away this summer in California.

Dr. Joseph Cabri was initiated into the chapter this fall. Dr. Cabri is a professor of mathematics and will serve as our new faculty advisor.

GAMMA SIGMA Armstrong Gamma Sigma, after finishing strong in intramurals last spring, has started strong again this fall quarter by taking the bowling championship and also the water polo championship.

Gamma Sigma has also challenged Alpha and Gamma Kappa chapters to me their Plus Five plus one.

Brother Ricky Purvis has been elected president of the Interfraternity Council.

Pi Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma is going as strong as ever at Armstrong State College.

GAMMA TAU—North Texas State No letter Received GAMMA UPSILON Oklahoma State Gamma Upsilon began this year with ten new associates.

For Homecoming OSU saw the Pi Kapps construct our impressive American Flag which draped our three-story house. In pursuit of first place, Pi Kapps held their annual shoot-out on the library lawn, painted store windows and carried wood for the university bonfire.

Pi Kappa Phi has established itself as a respected opponent by moving to 7th place in sports, the highest position yet in Gamma Upsilon's short 5 year history.

Although still in its beginning stages, the Alumni Big Brother program started this semester shows great promise. It is felt that such a program will keep interest in the chapter high while allowing the new associates to become better acquinted with the alumni.

The house was recently visited by traveling field secretary, Kit Jennings, who presented many new ideas which should prove of great value. These innovations will be the basis for a new and energetic college year at Gamma Upsilon Chapter.

GAMMA PHI South Alabama Gamma Phi is working hard to expand and embody the idea of the student at the university.

We are proud to say that we will have 5 brothers traveling as a part of the USA chess team competing in the Pan-American Chess Tournament at Ohio State on December 26 to December 30.

We sure expect a good showing at this meet.

Just recently we proudly initiated a fine young man into Pi Kappa Phi. He is William T. (Bubba) Hendry, Ill of Mobile. To observe this special moment we had 'on hand Bubba's father, William T. Hendry, Jr.(Alpha Iota).

Gamma Phi has been working on a project to help out a seriously ill young man.This young man is suffering from a kidney illness and we Pi Kapps are saving for time on a dialysis machine. We sure hope that our efforts, along with those of many others, will help.

GAMMA CHI—Jacksonville No letter received GAMMA PSI Augusta The brothers at Augusta College took to the sea this summer exchanging a weekend of hard labor aboard a fleet of shrimpers for seafood.

Their efforts culminated in a parents and alumni dinner which would have envied Bacchus and provided a suitable kick-off for the chapter's alumni organization.

Besides the quarterly participation in assisting with registration at the college, this year the chapter fielded orientation teams to introduce entering freshmen to the campus and provided the brothers a chance to meet every freshman on a personal basis before rush.

Several pledges remarked that this initial contact moved them to later rush the chapter.

The local housing corporation, under the direction of the national auditor, Bill Fuqua, is finally making headway with the house owners and expects to have a definitive agreement with them by mid-January.

GAMMA OMEGA Montevallo The fall semester began successfully with the initiation of nine new brothers in September and three new pledges fall rush.

Gamma Omega jumped out in front in intramural sports this year by taking second in football and first in volleyball.

Our little sisters organization is something for us to really be proud of. We initiated nine new little sisters this fall and pledged two more.

The little sisters are a great asset in rush and have also helped the chapter with a new stereo for the party room.

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DELTA ALPHA VPI Delta Alpha is once again attempting to begin the new year with a solid foot on the ground.

Our brothers have been enthusiastically working to better our chapter in many areas. These include such things as financial well-being, community service and athletics.

Insofar as money-making is concerned, the brothers have united in projects which have enormously padded our budget, one project netting over $500 alone. Our alumni relations have strengthened and the financial support has been well received.

In community service we have been cooperating with the YMCA in helping the elderly with home repairs. Other service has been doorto-door collecting for cerebral palsy and a food drive for the needy. We look forward to serving our community when and wherever possible.

We are looking forward to another wellrounded year and to growing stronger in both membership and brotherhood.

DELTA BETA North Georgia College Delta Beta started off the year with a big bang helping to celebrate Georgia's Gold Rush in Dahlonega, Georgia. Again we put up the Red Dog Saloon and this year's show was an even bigger success than shows in previous years. Delta Beta has not spent all of its time with projects that benefit just the fraternity.

One Saturday the brothers got together to clean and repair the Dahlonega Child Care Center.

Not only did we enjoy helping the center but were able to work in a few football games, tricycle races and even some time in the sandbox. Then at our last dance we collected canned foot for needy families in the community. We are now working on several projects for winter and spring quarter.

Delta Beta has some new additions to the chapter. We have two new brothers from fall quarter and seven new Little Sisters. Last, but certainly not least, Delta Beta is working on a new addition in the form of a lodge.

DELTA GAMMA—Nebraska-Omaha No letter received

DELTA DELTA Northeast Missouri State The brothers of Delta Delta returned to Northeast Missouri State University this fall filled with enthusiasm. When we returned our house Was in the process of being redecorated.

We all pitched in and within a week we had the house the way we wanted it. We have new furniture all around and twelve brothers living there.

After the house was finished and the first few weeks of school passed, we got down to the task of rush. Delta Delta picked up three new brothers, bringing the total up to twenty-two.

Our chapter is heavily involved in school and community activities. Delta Delta participates in the school's intramural program. We have gone through the fleetball, softball and tennis seasons and are anxiously awaiting the basketball season. We have had a parents' weekend correlating with the university's.

Delta Delta participated in the United Fund drive and also donated blood for the Red Cross.

The biggest highlight of the fall was our being awarded the Champion Master Chapter Award.

DELTA EPSILON Jacksonville State Each year since our chartering in 1972, we at Delta Epsilon have heard rumors of something called a post-charter slump. We have as yet to experience this and if this year is of any indication, we will never have that experience.

With a strong brotherhood of 37 actives and a pledge class of 31, it is very hard not to write to the Star and Lamp without mentioning some of the activities or superlatives we have accomplished this year in making this chapter the most respected fraternity at Jacksonville State.

As of now, we are working harder than ever toward a goal of a new chapter house within the next three years, as the university has just recently granted land for development of a fraternity row on this campus. We ask the brothers of other chapters for ideas and suggestions.

DELTA ZETA Appalachian State Fraternity functions responded favorably to the adjustment of the semester system from last year's quarter system. One of the largest associate member classes was initiated, a new alumni chapter was founded, a potential fraternity house was located and several service projects were launched.

The rush committee, under the leadership of David Vaughn, had a most successful semester by recruiting 22 eligible associate members.

Plans are now being made for a large rush drive during the second term.

An alumni team, headed by Herb ie Johnson, founded a new alumni chapter over the Homecoming weekend. Secretaries were appointed from each graduate class to locate alumni brothers within each year, keeping them updated on the chapter's progress. The alumni chapter will remain a separate entity, yet correlate regularly with the undergraduate chapter.

The housing committee has a potential fraternity house located on King Street in Boone. Plans for purchase have not been settled as the house will not be available until the 1976-77 term. Much time and work has been put forth by the committee in efforts to find a suitable house.

Most of the brothers have exerted their time and efforts toward several successful fundraising and service projects during the fall semester. Among these include sponsoring a "haunted house" during Halloween, donation of blood and also nominating a sorority sister,

university standing.

Delta Eta has always strived for campus involvement and for this year Brother Tim Wilson is serving as President of the Student Government Association. This is the second year out of the last three that a Pi Kapp has held this office.

Delta Eta enjoyed a very successful Homecoming and now is looking forward to their Founders' Day celebration.

The brothers would like to extend a welcome to any brother traveling in the vicinity of the Bluegrass with hopes that you might visit us here at Morehead.

DELTA THETA Mars Hill As the semester draws to an end, we here at Mars Hill can look back and see what we have done along with how close our brotherhood has become.

On November 13, the Red Cross, supported

by Pi Kappa Phi, collected 103 pints of blood during a day-long blood drive. This is one of our service projects each semester.

Pledge season is coming along fine. Our prospective brothers are working hard and showing great potential as future brothers.

In closing I would like to wish all of our brothers the best in everything and may God watch over and guide them along their chosen paths of life.

DELTA IOTA Middle Tennessee State Expectations at Delta Iota have been very high this semester. Delta Iota received one hundred and thirty dollars and a trophy for the most improved grade point average in the Interfraternity Council. Delta Iota's success in the Interfraternity Council, along with the buying of our house, has led the way for a successful rush. Rush on the MTSU campus this year was conducted under a formal structure set up by the IFC. Delta Iota has undertaken numerous projects on the MTSU campus and surrounding community. Among these were the Civitan Candy Sale and the raising of money for Saint Judes Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Delta Iota conducted a spades tournament for other greek organizations on the MTSU campus that has helped us in our fund raising and public relations endeavors.

Delta Iota has had some pleasant moments this semester worthy of remembering. Brother Mike Bath was blessed with the birth of his first son. Delta Iota is also happy for the return of Brother Steve Reynolds and his wife back to Murfreesboro. Brother Steve is a commissioned second-lieutenant in the US Army, Delta Iota would like to issue a challenge to the other chapters in Pi Kappa Phi. We are blessed with the oldest Chaplain in any chapter as far as we know. Our Chaplain, Bill Greuling, is fifty-one and we at Delta Iota would like to challenge any other chapter to top this because we at Delta Iota are proud of this record.

DELTA KAPPA—Pembroke No letter received

DELTA LAMBDA North Carolina -Charlotte Pi Kappa Phi on this campus has always proven in the past to be able to out rush and out pledge every other fraternity on campus.

This fall proved to reiterate that fact as we have pledged 18 great guys and have high hopes of making each and every one of them Pi Kapps.

They are by far the best pledge class we have ever had the honor of being associated with.

During the first few days of November, many of our brothers and pledges had the chance to see our new national office, inside and out — in every respect. We had the privilege of moving the office from the old office to the new one. It was quite rewarding for us in that old memories were rekindled from the days of when we were a colony and studied at the old office before chartering.

Plans have been underway for our celebrating Founders' Day for three months now. This year we plan to honor our founders of Delta Lambda — Mark Ashley, Tommy Hartis and Gary Smith. Without the determination of these three people, our chapter wouldn't be as great as it is now.

The Pi Kapps have proven to be strong in campus government this fall. The student body president, Jamie Stemple, is a brother of which we are all proud. Ron Oxford, Bill Kincaid and Sid Ballentine were all elected to the Senate.

DELTA MU Methodist Our activities this fall semester have been centered around gaining new members. These activities were planned during Summer Retreat held at White Lake. We began with maintaining a Pi Kappa Phi information booth at freshman orientation and a very successful Open House.

Other events included participation in the Methodist College Homecoming and a visit to our associate chapter members at Campbell College where the hospitality was great.

We lost this year's annual "Fraternity Bowl" football game, but everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly, including Field Secretary Kit Jennings whose support and participation was greatly appreciated.

The Miss Methodist College Pageant, sponsored by Delta Mu, is coming up soon and a large turnout is expected as this is our biggest event of the year.

The brothers of Delta Mu would also like to say what a beautiful National Office we now have, and thanks to all of the brothers and friends of Pi Kappa Phi that made it possible.

DELTA NU Western Kentucky After a two day summer retreat, Delta Nu started off the fall semester boasting the highest scholarship of the 16 national fraternities on campus. We challenge all Pi Kapp chapters to compete with us for the highest GPA (3.15).

Having brothers active in school organizations, Kirby Perkins is the second consecutive one to become IFC president. We have also raised $200 for our housing corporation by working at university concerts.

uttiuersom or Alabama Bonnie Kyle, to sponsor our fraternity in the Miss ASU pageant, oh'uh . . . she won the pageant. Many brothers have participated in intramural programs thus far this semester.

The frsiternity has been active in flag football, soccer and volleyball.

DELTA ETA Morehead The brothers of Delta Eta are again very busy this semester as they continue to better their previous years' scholastic and athletic

We are in the process of finishing successful football and volleyball campaigns, and are looking forward to basketball. Our alumni chapter' is still growing, and we are lucky to have graduates who still remain involved by helping any way they can.

DELTA XI North Alabama The fall semester of 1975 has been a great semester for us at UNA. We started the semester with a real successful rush program in which we feel we got some good brothers.

We then began to win big in the intramurals.

We recently won an award for having the most improved grade point average for the spring semester of '75.

We are now concentrating on our grades and finals and helping with various community projects around Florence.

DELTA OMICRON Nicholls State The need for unity and organization has never been so great as it is now for the brothers of Delta Omicron. A house, our fist solo initiation, and new officers have created many new problems. In solving these problems we have learned many new ideas about community life and about ourselves. Now we have learned why people get angry with all-night parties, why pets must be kept outside at all times and why compromise is necessary for all of us to exist under one roof.

On the positive side, the fun involved with the pooling of talents has left us all with a feeling of accomplishment. The physical possessions of this chapter are most certainly growing and this seems to give everyone a spiritual lift.

We now realize that our goals can be reached and we are reaching them.

PI KAPP COLLEGE August 15-19, 1976 Roanoke College Salem, Virginia

DELTA PI Wright State New on campus, the Gamma Pi Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi has concentrated on community service projects. We collected foodstuffs for needy families as part of the Chaplain's Thanksgiving drive at nearby Wright Patterson Air Force Base. We also helped out with the Christmas party for needy children held by Kappa Delta Chi, a sorority on campus, by electing our chapter Chaplain, Tom Lehman, as the Campus Sweetheart of 1975.

In addition to our community projects, we have participated in several campus functions.

Beginning the year with the "Great Coors Give-away" we established our name on campus.

Later we entered a team in the Turkey Trot Cross Country Relay (with Delta Zeta Sorority) and plan to enter a team in the upcoming basketball int ra murals.

KAPPA PHI COLONY Southern California Over the past few months, Kappa Phi of USC has made great progress towards the realization of our goal of achievement of chapter status. An intensive recruitment effort, begun at the beginning of the summer, has resulted in the association of 19 new associate members so far. This accomplishment (tripling our previous size) would not have been possible without the support and assistance of many loyal Los Angeles area alumni. We would like to express our gratitude to all who assisted. Our particular thanks go to Gary Keller, (Cornell) our advisor, and Rusty Patrick (California).

We recently received our first award for the highest scholarship among the 29 fraternities on campus. We are looking forward to many future recurrences. Our participation in IFC athletics has been very successful so far this year, with the achievement of 3rd place in football and 4th place in volleyball out of the 11 fraternities in our size division.

Our 2nd annual Parent/Family Thanksgiving dinner was a great success and our Founders' Day celebration brought together many new alumni for the first time. We have been preparing intensively for our upcoming chartering on February 7,and for the eventual purchase of our house this next summer.

Three Chapters Make Plus 5 Goal The first chapters to make their Plus Five goal for the 1975-76 year are: Alabama (Omicron), Drake (Beta Delta) and Missouri (Beta Epsilon). They have initiated at least five more men this year than last year.

Plus Five is a program of increased excellence through growth for all student chapters. The chapters on any given campus that have the most value of membership in education and prestige, and consistently win awards for leadership, athletics and scholarship, are the larger fraternities in terms of number of members. This base of members enables them to participate more effectively in more areas of campus

and fraternity programs. They have combined the quantity and quality without any conflict. An honest evaluation of the "better" fraternities on your campus will verify this easily.

Plus Five is a program to encourage chapters to initiate more men this year than they did last year to start this rebuilding of large, solid chapters. Over ninety-five per cent of the chapters formally accepted the challenge this year and a majority of them have recruited men enough to meet the goal.

CHAPTER ANNIVERSARIES 60 YEARS Xi Chapter, Roanoke College May 5, 1976 50 YEARS Alpha Iota, Auburn University October 2, 1976 25 YEARS Beta Iota, University of Toledo December 8, 1976 20 YEARS Beta Omicron, Northwestern State February 25, 1976 10 YEARS Gamma Gamma,Troy State April 9, 1976 Gamma Delta, Memphis State May 7, 1976 Gamma Epsilon, Western Carolina November 12, 1976

PI KAPPA PHI 72 YEARS December 10, 1976

Dear Durward, As the snows fall tonight in Toledo, Ohio, I can't help but recall those warm memories of San Francisco and the Supreme Chapter.

I recall the impressive opening banquet with Howard Baker as speaker, wild parties on the sixth floor of the Jack Tar, the election of national officers, the participation in business sessions, being part of the budget committee, the party with those beautiful California girls from Berkeley, the Awards Luncheon, Mr. Pi Kappa Phi, meeting Durward (finally), and, most importantly, the conversations with Pi Kappa Phis from various sectors of the country.

Regarding my selection as "Student of the Year", I can only say that I owe much to many. I owe a whole lot to Beta Iota and can only thank them by striving to contribute to the chapter in the remaining five months of undergraduate study at the University of Toledo.

I owe much to Durward and Jerry for their help during my days as Archon and also for their indirect help in working through others to make my collegiate days as a Pi Kappa Phi a most enjoyable experience. I owe a lot to those who function as an extension of the Administrative Office, in particular, Sonny,' for his timely aid and positive attitude during his visits to Beta Iota. And, of course, I owe much to others who provided the opportunities for me to become a Pi Kappa Phi, yet I shall thank them in another note.

The reason I have taken so long to thank all of you is simply that I wasn't sure how to. It is an honor, indeed, to be selected as "Student of the Year", but perhaps I didn't realize how much of an honor it truly was until I unexpectedly walked into our chapter library and heard one of our younger brothers telling a group of Pi Kappa Phis from Michigan State,"that guy over there is our national Student of the Year."

It was at that time I realized that the award you presented me last summer should serve not as a merit to rest on, but rather a starting block toward my role as a Pi Kappa Phi in the days ahead — the role of an active alumnus. Thanks.

Fraternally yours, Jim White Beta Iota Dear Durward, Several weeks ago in one of the fraternity's publications, the "Chapter Eternal"(obituary)listed Charles A. Weinheimer, Sr., Alpha Chapter, among the deceased. Weinheimer, my very close friend of 40 years, is very much alive! I looked for a correction in later literature, but have not seen it. Was this ever corrected?

Fraternally, S. A. Lanham Beta Kappa

Dear Sir, Mr. Hilliard's article was read by this person with a great deal of interest. Outside of a demonstrably convincing display of a command of the English language, I find that it offers little more than a disguised downward revision of goals.

History is beginning to demonstrate to us that all of our shortcuts to human development are indeed falling short of the mark.

Consider the now recognized obvious failure of New Math or the "Spockish" approach to the rearing of adolescents.

Granted, some of the debasing and dangerous elements of pledgeship/initiation or transition/incorporation should be modified to fit todays increasing awareness and maturity. However, a gem produced by laboratory means is not as precious as those produced by natural process for when development is accelerated, the end product is of comparatively less value. Separation and transition are part of selection and development and are equally, if not more, important as incorporation. Incorporation in this context is final and as a goal is irreversible.

To seriously shorten or otherwise alter the matter of selection is to play with the hammer which is poised for striking a death knell for the brotherhood.

Sincerely, William R. Bell, Jr. Alpha Iota 617

Dear Durward, I was certainly pleased to hear the good news you included in your letter. It gives me a greater feeling of pride in my fraternity to know that it is growing as it is.

Joining Pi Kappa Phi was a major turning point for me also. I feel that T learned more about business practices and human reactions while being involved in the fraternity than all my schooling put together.

I am very grateful for everything that the national staff is doing for Pi Kappa Phi. Keep up the good work.

Fraternally, Tony Tidwell

Dear Brothers in Pi Kappa Phi, Here are some of the items for your "shopping basket" for the new office. Pi Kappa Phi has always meant so much to me, I just wish I could do more.

Congratulations on a dream realized.

Fraternally, Tom Drake Delta Beta 1

Dear Durward, The newly chartered Atlanta Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Association is actively seeking members. Please advise our brothers in the Atlanta area through the "Star and Lamp".

Prospective members of the association can have their names added to our mailing list by dropping us a line. We will advise of future activities - cocktail parties, banquets, etc. Annual dues are $5.00 and can be paid now. Checks should be made payable to: Atlanta Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Association and sent to: Roy L. Strickland, Treas., 5732 Forrest Ct., Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083.

We look forward to hearing from Atlanta area Pi Kapps.

Fraternally, Roy L. Strickland

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Futurist The Supreme Chapter meeting in San Francisco directed that a constant effort be made to explore the future as a base for short and longrange planning. A standing committee, Future Policy, was created.

The National Council has appointed Dr. John Means, Illinois, as the first chairman.

Dr. Means has previously assisted the National Council by conducting a Delphi study of student financial capabilities during the next two school years. John comes to this function with experience, but also a background which makes him uniquely able to do a good job.

He had extensive experience as a leader of Upsilon Chapter in late 1959. Presently he is Director of the Center for Critical Languages at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. Much of his time is spent exploring Brazilian civilization and culture and 20th century theater and prose fiction. These disciplines are exacting and demanding which is needed for any futuristic endeavor.

Hopefully, the future planning of this committee will result in a more constructive and productive administration of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

E. M. Singleton, Vice President U.S.C.

Dr. E. M. "Pete" Singleton (Sigma, University of South Carolina) is a vice president of the University of South Carolina and is director of Coastal Carolina College in Conway, S.C. The two-term Sigma Chapter Archon, while enrolled at USC following World War II, has been director of the post-secondary facility since its first affiliation with the state university system in 1962.

Coastal Carolina, which Singleton heads as its chief administrative officer, is located ten miles from Myrtle Beach on South Carolina's Grand Strand. The school was first founded in 1954 as a county-supported junior college, but became affiliated with the state university system during the 1960's and evolved into a four-year institution in 1972, Singleton explained. The liberal arts college is a fully-accredited branch of the University of South Carolina and enrolls 1,464

undergraduates and 400 graduate students.

Tulsa University Gets Valuable Gift

Expelled From the Fraternity

TULSA (AP) — Tulsa University may have become the country's most important Indian historical and legal research center because of a gift of a priceless collection by a Pi Kappa Phi from Pi Chapter.

The extensive collection of the late John Shleppey, former Tulsa outdoor advertising executive who died in Seattle, Washington, has been bequeathed to the university.

The collection, which has not yet been inventoried, is believed to have about 10,000 separate bibliographical pieces, including historical books and a number of Indian artifacts.

For failure to pay financial obligations to the Alpha Xi Chapter at Polytechnic Institute of New York, Mario Pietravalle has been expelled from Pi Kappa Phi by the National Council.

For failure to pay financial obligations to the Delta Kappa Chapter at Pembroke College,Gordon Dailey has been expelled from Pi Kappa Phi by the National Council.

For failure to pay financial obligations to the Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation, Robert L. Myers of Beta Xi Chapter has been expelled from Pi Kappa Phi by the National Council.

BOX SCORE PI KAPPA PHI GOALS The accomplishment of additional measurable goals of Pi Kappa Phi are listed in this Box Score. For a complete list of the Goals and Objectives of Pi Kappa Phi, write the Administrative Office.

Goals recently accomplished are: 1. Administrative Staff white paper completed. Subject: Program Accounting for Pi Kappa Phi. 2. Established a Founders Award for overall chapter excellence.

3. Prepared pamphlet promoting Pi Kapp College as an educational experience.

4. Emphasize growth in Midwest. New chapter at Wright State, Dayton, Ohio. Associate chapters at Southern Illinois and University of Michigan.

PI KAPPA PHI ITEMS AVAILABLE A new item available is the white or blue cotton golf cap, with matching embroidered Pi Kappa Phi. These are excellent for identification and during sporting events.($3.45)

This windbreaker is of 100% nylon, lined, with collar and snap button front. Available in navy blue with white sewn letters.($12.50)

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This is a medium weight cotton T-shirt, full cut, and is available in gold with blue letters, or blue with white letters. Sleeve trim same color as letters. The Greek letters are imprinted, as are the numbers. ($3.50)

This is a game jersey of 100% nylon, with quarter sleeves. It is available in gold, navy or white with contrasting sewn Greek letters on front. ($8.45) For sewn letters on back, the additional cost is $.25 each for 2 inch sewn letters and $.55 each for 6 inch sewn numbers.

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A new recognition ring is now available for members of Pi Kappa Phi. It uses the Star & Lamp logo, and is a symbolic evidence of your membership in Pi Kappa Phi. It is available in both gold and silver.

Your ring size must be included with your order. (Gold $43.50 — Silver $23.50)

This is a game jersey of 100% cotton, white, with sewn Greek letters Pi Kappa Phi on front and matching sleeve cuffs. ($7.95) The sewn on letters can either be navy blue or gold. For additional lettering of name on the back, the cost is $.20 each for 2 inch letters and $.35 each for 6 inch numbers.

Twelve colors are available, however, other than white, add $.50 to cost of jersey.

RING

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What every future Roosevelt Greer needs is a three-color needlepoint rendition of the Pi Kappa Phi coat-of-arms. It's uses are too lengthy to list. ($25.00)

A necessity for all members is the plain standard-size membership pin of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. This is a gold filled piece of excellent jewelry. ($11.50)

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0"In the Beginning"($5.00)

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Replacement membership shingle — $2.25 PI KAPPA PHI SINGS — long playing album consisting of a collection of many Pi Kappa Phi songs—$5.00.

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"In the Beginning" — Founders L. Harry Mixon and Simon Fogarty, Jr. are recorded as they tell how Pi Kappa Phi was started and discuss interesting events over the years — $5.00.

Masters of Business Administration

YES,Pi Kapp College Does Exist Friends and brothers from all over the country come there for the same purpose. By sharing concerns, successful ideas and helping one another with problems in the true fraternal spirit, a deeper feeling of personal satisfaction is instilled in every delegate. Long bull sessions after hours have sparked new friendships and ideas in an enjoyable way.

And,the delegate has vastly improved his personal leadership tools -for fraternity — and career — leadership. A tremendously valuable bonus!

Held at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, the fraternity has full use of the campus and its outstanding facilities. Pi Kapp College exists actually for the lifetime of the leaders and their chapters touched by its programs,techniques and ideas. This year Pi Kapp College will be from 12 noon on Sunday, August 15th, to 12 noon on the

FOR BUSY EXECUTIVES: Too busy to return to campus full-time for a MBA? Are career demands such that a weekly

part-time class schedule is impossible?

Specifically designed for the busy executive, the Pi Kappa Phi Master of Business Administration at Florida Atlantic might be just what you need. This concentrated program consists of three week on-campus sessions each summer and two weeks each winter for three years. Each fall and spring between on-campus sessions, the University faculty will coordinate independent studies.

This unique degree program, while changing the usual format, still observes the academic standards of the more conventional programs.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS 19th. Take advantage of this opportunity and enroll now as a delegate.

Enrollment is limited to four men per chapter. In unusual circumstances, and upon request, additional delegates may be allowed to attend. Write the Administrative Office for information.

NEED A JOB? WANT TO CHANGE CAREERS?

LENDIVIAN ASSOCIATES

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity has developed, in conjunction with Lendman Associates of Norfolk, Virginia, an effective employment service for our alumni. If you need a job, or want to change your career, you should register to attend one of the Lendman Career Weekends convenient to you.

Write Lendman Executive Offices, Pi Kappa Phi Employment Service, P. O. Box 14027, Norfolk, Virginia 23518. They will send you the'information you need, and give you direction on the preparation of a resume.

Once you have completed your resume and returned it to the Lendman office, your information and job interest will be circulated among prospective employers. During a career weekend you will experience an orientation session, and will become acquainted with the representatives of some of the major companies who outline what they have to offer. Then you schedule your own private interviews with the representatives of the companies in whom you are interested. Pi Kappa Phi's Lendman Career Weekends are free except for travel and hotel expenses. For additional information, contact the Executive Director at the Administrative Office of Pi Kappa Phi. Also available at the Administrative Office is a "Pi Kappa Phi Getting a Job Kit".

Many Pi Kapps have found this kit useful as they have sought employment or careers through their own means,separate from the Pi Kappa Phi employment service.

—A Baccalaureate degree demonstrative of competent undergraduate college work. Generally a 3.0 GPA for the last helf of undergraduate work.

OR —A minimum score of 450 on the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business (ATGSB).

SCHEDULE Each new class group will start in summer (JuneJuly) and will be eligible for graduation at the end of three consecutive summers and winters.

Thus, the class that starts in summer, 1976 will be eligible for graduation in winter, 1978.

VETERANS'BENEFITS— SCHOLARSHIPS— COSTS The program is approved for Veterans' Benefits under the G.I. Bill for those in the Armed Forces after May 31, 1955, allowing many executives an opportunity to finance the entire program. For those who are not eligible for Veterans' Benefits, the University provides an installment plan to suit the individual's needs.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FAU is one of nine authorized state universities in Florida and is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The University is located in Boca Raton, about 45 miles from Miami, 25 miles from Fort Lauderdale and 25 miles from Palm Beach.

CURRICULUM

To obtain a brochure of complete details, please contact:

The completion of ten courses and a thesis are required for a qualified MBA Degree Program.

This represents a total of 60 credits. Approximately 10 classroom contact hours are required per credit.

Durward W. Owen Executive Director Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity P.O. Box 15295 Charlotte, N. C. 28210 (704) 523-6000

Pi Kapp Wille Briefs Pi Kapp Gaillard The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs, the Honorable J. Palmer Gaillard, Alpha, Charleston, was given a briefing and tour of the Naval Reserve Unit at White Oak, Maryland in January by

the Commanding Officer, Captain D. Gene Wille, USNR, Alpha Mu, Penn State. The purpose of the visit

by Secretary Gaillard was part of his overall familiarization tour of Naval Reserve Units throughout the country. Secretary Gaillard has been in his current position since September, 1975. Previously he was four term Mayor of Charleston, SC. Captain Wille graduated from Penn State in 1953 and has been active in the Naval Reserve since that time.

DID YOU KNOW 1976 is the 200th birthday of the Fraternity System.

Phi Beta Kappa was founded on December 10,1776.

Pi Kapp Scholars for 1975 In order to accommodate the list of qualified candidates from our more than 3,000 student members, the National Scholarship Committee has increased the number of Pi Kapp Scholars being recognized this year.

The 1975 Pi Kapp Scholars will, for the first time, number ten.

Through this award the fraternity recognizes scholastically outstanding student members each year.

The selection process is conducted

by Dr. Jeff Clark,an associate of the Joint Council on Economic Education.

These students are all significant-

ly versed academically, however, each has found it possible to participate and succeed in other nonacademic pursuits while a student.

In addition to this national recognition, each student receives a permanent shingle signifying their achievement and also a check from the Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation.

PI KAPPA PHI 7111 Nations Ford Road, Charlotte, N.C. Founded at The College of Charleston, S.C. December 10, 1904 —FOUNDERS— Simon Fogarty, Jr. L. Harry Mixson Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr.

NATIONAL COUNCIL President—Ted Scharfenstein Vice President—Phil Tappy Treasurer—A. J. Strickland, Ill Secretary—Fred Diulus Chaplain—Walt Brinkman Chancellor—Ernest S. DeLaney Past President—Jack Steward

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Executive Director—Durward W. Owen Assistant Executive Director—Jerry Matthews Director of Development—Travis Julian Field Secretaries—Charles Bedd ngfield, David Smith, Kit Jennings The Star and Lamp An Educational Publication

Melton Lytle, Delta Delta,

Kenneth Lutchen,

Louis Bert Edleson,

David Hess Kline,

Donald A. Dupe,

Northeast Missouri

Beta Upsilon, Virginia

Lambda, Georgia

Alpha Upsilon, Drexel

Psi, Cornell

1976 . VOL. LXI I NO. 1 Durward Owen Bennett Smith

Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor

Changes in address should be reported promptly to Administration Office, P.O. Box 15295, Charlotte, N.C. 28210.

THE STAR AND LAMP is published 4 times a year by the National Council of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, 7111 Nations Ford Road, Charlotte, N.C, in the months of February, May, August and November. The life subscription is $15 and is the only form of subscription. Publications Office, 7111 Nations Ford Rd., Charlotte, N.C. Second Class postage paid at Charlotte, N.C.

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Kappa, North Carolina

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Reflections Our bicentennial of both the nation and the fraternity system remind us that some influences go back to the origins of our nation.

We live in the only society in the world where giving of ones resources to help others is a way of life.. Does anyone know of United Fund behind the Iron Curtain? How else would fraternity survive except in an environment of giving of ones self. In fact, when this attitude of giving has been lost, fraternities fail.

Even our federal government is built upon the giving concept in that it was intended originally to do for the citizen only that which the citizen and his fellow man could not do for themselves. Concern for one and another would take care of the rest. A changed federal and state bureaucracy alters that concept, but does not eliminate it. Tax laws continue to give favorable treatment to various gifts as they apply to citizens having needs.

The Spirit of Pi Kappa Phi is to give and share, just as it was intended by our mutual forefathers 200 years ago — both nation and fraternity. The opportunity is always available. The alumnus can do as little as visiting a chapter home and saying "hello"; he can be an advisor; recommend a new prospective member; give the chapter housing corporation his expertise; contribute to the financial needs of his chapter; pay his voluntary dues;and in many other ways. He can even remember the Scholarship Foundation with a bequest or a direct contribution and,in turn, aid some deserving student.

The student member can also express the bicentennial concept of giving. He can recruit for his chapter; y pay his chapter dues on time; develop a project for chapter involvement; serve as a good officer or committee chairman, or just do his share as a participating member.

It has been said that "nothing is new under the sun". Certainly the spirit of giving or sharing, a tradition which has perhaps insured our remaining a part of the free world, continues to embody both the American and the fraternity world. Upon reflection we would not want it any other way. Giving is "the Spirit of Pi Kappa Phi"!