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Meet Melanie - Pi Kappa Phi National Rose Queen
First Runner Up Cecilia Giblin Georgia
Melanie Shannon National Rose 1977 Once again, last in 1975, Omicron Chapters choice for National Rose Queen has been selected. This year the 1977 selection, Miss Melanie Shannon has been selected to represent all chapters rose queens as National Rose. Melanie, the daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Jack Shannon of Tuscalossa, Alabama, is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. She is very active at the University of Alabama, serving as Crimson Girl, member of the Motor Board, Omicron Delta Kappa,
Second Runner Up Debbie James Bethel
Kappa Delta Epsilon, Phi Upsilon Chapter, and too many other activities to list here. Melanie would like to visit as many chapters as possible and feels that she should like to have all chapters "really feel that I am their Rose Queen." The judges did select runner ups as follows: Cecilia Giblin, Georgia; Debbie James, Bethel College; and Diane Hayes, University of Montevallo.
Third Runner Up Diane Hayes Montevallo
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He traced a new wildlife ethic! John Burrough Medal for the year's best book on natural history. Meanwhile, Scheffer was not spending his first year of retirement resting on his laurels. In 1970 he produced THE YEAR OF THE SEAL. It was Scheffer's next book, THE SEEING EYE (1971), that revealed the artistic and poetic side of his nature. This was a book of superb nature photography in which he used his camera to convey the forms and patterns of the natural world — rocks, shells, plants, animans — seeing nature herself as a creative artist. He had always been interested in photography; on retirement he has turned back to the Fish and Wildlife Service some 8,000 slides made during his professional career, most of which are now in the National Archives. His new book brought the beauty of nature to many people, young and old. He received many letters — sometimes from whole classes in schools. VICTOR B. SCHEFFER, ALPHA DELTA The University of Washington 1977 Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus is man of science — with the eye of an artist and the soul of a poet. Dr. Victor B. Scheffer, Alpha Delta Chapter who in June did receive his alma mater's highest award to a graduate, has not only had a distinguished professional career but has achieved during his "retirement" what others might regard as a successful life's work. During his 32-year career in wildlife management, mostly for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Brother Scheffer was widely regarded by his colleagues as scientist, scholar and world authority on the biology of marine mammals. Retiring in 1969, he promptly embarked on a second career which has brought him equal renown among the general public as a writer of sound and sensitive books interpreting nature to the layman. Brother Scheffer is a humane and sensitive person who sees life with clarity and wholeness and is able to communicate his vision to others. He has brought to the public a new awareness of the problems of living creatures and concern about man's relationship to nature. His years of service on national, state and local groups, and as a charter member of the Wildlife Society has made him one of the nation's leading and it is due to him that many important conservation steps have been taken. Victor B. Scheffer was born in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1906 but moved
to Washington at an early age. It was during his boyhood in the Puyallup Valley that he acquired the great love of nature that was to decide the direction of his life. Another major influence in his life was Prof. Trevor Kincaid, who was later to become UW's first Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus. "I was his teaching fellow for five years or more after graduation," Scheffer said. Scheffer's Ph.D. thesis, a pioneering study of the biology of
Besides publishing numerous scientific articles, Scheffer wrote several books during the course of his career. SEALS, SEA LIONS AND WALRUSES (1958), written while on a National Science Foundation grant in Cambridge, England, was reprinted in 1969 and is still regarded as the authoritative text. How did a scholar, long respected among colleagues for his terse scientific prose, suddenly in his retirement achieve the rare ability to pass his interest and knowledge on to the layman?
In 1974 Scheffer had yet another award-winning book. A VOICE FOR WILDLIFE was just that, eloquently voicing his concern for wild creatures and the world they — and we — live in. Here he traced the evolution of a "new wildlife ethic." For this book he received in 1975 the highest award given by the Humane Society of the United States, the Joseph Wood Krutch Medal, in recognition of "significant contribution to the improvement of life and the environment."
"All my life," said Scheffer, "I wanted to interpret science to the public . .. to transmit some of the excitement that I personally felt in research. This, combined with a growing interest in words and language, came together when I retired and gave me a new interest in life."
Victor B. Schaffer photographing a walrus specimen on the deck of the University of California research vessel Alpha Helix, northern Bering sea, 24 May 1968.
Lake Washington, was frequently consulted as "baseline data" during Metro's famed clean-up of the lake. His lifelong interest in the cetaceans whales, porpoises, dolphins — began during student days, when he sailed to Alaska in 1932 as a deckhand on the Catalyst, the Univeristy's first oceanographic research vessel.
His second career was born shortly before the first ended, when a New York publisher (Scribner's), wanting a book on whales, asked the Smithsonian Institution whom they should get to write it. The Smithsonian recommended Victor Scheffer. The result was THE YEAR OF THE WHALE, published in 1969. It was a whale of a year that followed. The book was reprinted in paperback; the American Museum of Natural History put out a special members' edition; and a condensed version, LITTLE CALF, was published for young readers. Victor Scheffer won a national award, the
VICTOR B. SCHEFFER, ALPHA DELTA
His newest book, published just this winter, is an introduction to the whole aquarium of sea mammals, A NATURAL HISTORY OF MARINE MAMMALS. Its title conveys its solid foundation in scientific fact but gives little hint of what it offers for the general reader: an absorbing account of how marine mammals evolved from their land ancestors and met the challenges of the sea. (THE ALUMNUS by the University of Washington Alumni Association)
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-FOUNDERSSimon Fogarty, Jr. L. Harry Mixson Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr.
The Star and Lamp An Educational Publication 1977 VOL. LXII NO. 3 Durward Owen
NATIONAL COUNCIL President - Phil Tappy Vice President - A. J. Strickland, Ill Treasurer - Vernon B. Stansell Secretary - Fred Diulus Chaplain - Al P. Brown Chancellor - Ernest S. DeLaney Past President - Ted Scharfenstein
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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, NC in the months of February, May, August, and November. The life subscription is $15 and is the only form os subscription. Publications Office, 7111 Nations Ford Road, Charlotte, NC. Second Class postage Paid at Charlotte, NC.
EDITORIAL
Forecasting is dangerous Following the spring issue of the Star and Lamp article "What will the Next Decade Bring" many alumni and students have asked my projection of the future of Pi Kappa Phi. Forecasting is dangerous.
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HONOR ROLL of PI KAPPA PHI CHAPTERS which are SUPPORTING MENTALLY/PHYSICALLY RETARDED BLIND/DEAF CHILDREN THROUGH THE ONE OF ITS KIND PI KAPPA PHI NATIONAL PROJECT
Playing the future is an unavoidable but, it must be admitted, important game. Our hopes as well as our fears are bound up with the fact that the future will be discontinuous with our present. We live in an age obsessed by our anxieties and therefore by our desires to fix and rectify tomorrow that we may at least behave more practically today.
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THIS CONCLUDES THE FIRST YEAR. IT WAS CONSIDERED BY ALL TO BE A SUPER YEAR. NOW WE MUST WORK TOWARD AN EVEN GREATER SECOND YEAR. LOOK FOR NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
So, I am asked to comment on the state of Pi Kappa Phi and my projections for its future. My thesis for an MBA degree was entitled "The General College Greek Letter Fraternity in 1985 -- A Delphi Study." Recently half a hundred eminent Americans constituted the American College Fraternity Bicentennial Commission and their efforts resulted in a printing entitled "Fraternity for the Year 2000." Which fraternity does not have a future policy committee (Pi Kappa Phi certainly does!) -- or an ad hoc blue sky committee -- or a get away from it all retreat to determine where we are going activity? And who said fraternities constitute an "enclave of the past"? Yes, Pi Kappa Phi must be programmed for the future, else it will not be with it -- it might not even survive! Frederick is reported to have said to his retreating troops "Would you live forever?" Toffler has said "the organization that survives (lives forever) will be one that constantly changes its structure in response to changing needs." Is Pi Kappa Phi to live forever? The organization probably will not, at least not as we know it. Toffler also proposes that "an organization is nothing more than a collection of human objectives, expectations and obligations. It is a structure of roles filled by humans." Yes, we are so wrapped up in the organization Pi Kappa Phi that we overlook the man Pi Kappa Phi. The organization Pi Kappa Phi has no assurance of living forever -- the man does! Durant has summed it up,"man, not the earth, makes civilization." Now, that does not require a professional forecaster. Back to the projections for Pi Kappa Phi's future, projections which can be struck only as related to the membership and not to the structure. There will continue an enlarged financial, personal commitment, and participatory role on the part of alumni members. A change in emphasis given to the content of social programs on the part of student chapters will result in a declining emphasis on the social aspect of fraternity life and a corresponding increase in the service aspect. Members will require the organization to become more involved in the academic and professional concerns of its individual members, both student and graduate. There will be no loss of interest in, or practice of, fraternal brotherhood. The volunteer sector will remain the single most important factor in the conduct of Pi Kappa Phi affairs. Student and graduate members will become significantly more competent in fraternity knowledge requiring a more responsive and talented leadership and management. Caring for others will become the fraternity ethic. Now it is up to Pi Kappa Phi, the organization, to make certain that all of this happens. Then Pi Kappa Phi, the organization, will have survived.
Western Kentucky in house at last No longer is Delta Nu Chapter without a house. A multi purpose building was acquired on May 1st. According to Archon Masden, all credit should go to our alumni, especially Larry Davis and Harold Ricketts. The chapter faces signifi-
cant zoning problems but as the only chapter without housing, this action becomes an absolute necessity. The chapter now has no reason not to make their fall goal of 20 associates.
On March 26, the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity brothers from the Iowa State University chapter, the 1950 - 1960 era, had a dinner, dance, and reunion at the Dysart Country Club, Dysart, Iowa. The event was hosted by three local Pi Kappa Phi's, Don Brandt, Don Beck, and Keith Bader. Twentyfour Pi Kappa Phi's and their wives spent the evening reminiscing and dancing to the music of Frankie Buhr. Many Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska communities were represented. Brothers in attendance were: Yaro Chmelar, Don Beck, Bil Chmelar, Jim Anderson, Keith Bader, Bob Higgins, Warren McElhinney, Hank Bandon, Dale Rickert, Robert Bryant, Kirk Colvig, Russ Bryant, Dick Stinogel, Don Osborne, Ken Hook, Craig Mitchell, Clair Kelly, Wayne Moore, Joe Brandt, Lumir Dostal, Jr., Bob Casey, Don Bramdt, Bill Rickert, Mrs. Jim Rickert came in place of her deceased husband. Left to right at head table are those attending the Iowa State reunion: Mrs. Don Beck, Don Beck, Mrs. Jim Anderson, Jim Anderson (Master of Ceremonies), Mrs. Don Brandt, Don Brandt, Mrs. Keith Bader, Keith Bader.
A SAFE INVESTMENT WITH A GOOD DIVIDEND Have you ever invested in a young man's college education? It is an investment in which you can take pride. Here is your opportunity. The Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation is dedicated to providing financial assistance and encouragement to young men who desire an education but are without sufficient funds. The Foundation is a tax exempt organization operated by a volunteer Board of Trustees who are members of your fraternity. The young men who will be leaders in our nation in the future are on the campuses of our colleges right now; some of them need our assistance and support.
An investment in a young man's college education will help to prepare him better, both for good citizenship and for tomorrow's responsibilities. The inclusion of the following clause in your will (or your designation of The Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation in your life insurance policy as a beneficiary) will insure that you will be a part of some young man's future: "I give, devise, and bequeath to the Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation the sum of Dollars." (or otherwise describe the gift if it consists of real estate, securities, or personal property).
DO IT TODAY For additional information regarding the Foundation, write The Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation, P. 0. Box 15295, Charlotte, NC 28210.
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Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Reference Guide An agreement to publish a directory of Pi Kappa Phi alumni has been entered between the fraternity and the Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc. of New York. The directory to be completed by August 1, 1978, possibly sooner, will list all living alumni with maliable addresses by alphabetical and indexes. chapter _ Pi Kappa Phi will mail a questionnaire to all its alumni. Otherwise, the directory is being published without charge to the Fraternity. The Harris Company will contact all alumni by telephone for verification of information to be printed in the directory. At that time, and at that time only, alumni will be asked if they wish to advertise in the directory or to purchase a copy. Only those persons who pre-order will be allowed to purchase the directory. The directory is expected to be
some 600 pages long and published in both soft and hard bound versions. The Harris Company has extensive experience and success in the alumni directory field. Pi Kappa Phi is one of the first fraternities the company has accepted as a client for the publication of a national directory. The agreement came after several months of investigation by the company into the potential for accuracy and sale of directories of Pi Kappa Phi alumni. Not only is the directory another service to Pi Kappa Phi alumni, but it will provide the Fraternity with hundreds of new, accurate addresses for alumni now considered "lost". That fact increases the foundation of alumni support and involvement in Fraternity programs. Pi Kappa Phi asks for your cooperation and prompt response to the questionnaire.
PI KAPPA PHI ALUMNI CHAIRS Satin lacquer black finish with gold trim
Chapter at This handsome white columned house is the newly acquired home of Gamma Omega Montevallo.
Chapter scholars recognized Each chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is entitled to have one of its members recognized as its "top" scholar. This individual chapter recognition of scholastic excellence is acknowledged by the Student Lamp Award. This award is presented annually by Dr. Jeff Clark, the chairman of the National Educational Committee. For the 1976-1977 school year the fraternity is pleased to recognize the following recipeints. Alpha
Ryan Droste
Beta Phi
Larry Delma Keech
Beta
Thomas Jackson Brown, Jr
Beta Chi
Stanley Alan Fry, Jr.
Gamma
Robert David Malby
Beta Psi
Douglas E. Warren Thomas G. Atchley
Zeta
Kermit Bentley Wells
Beta Omega
Iota
Robert C. Murray, Jr.
Gamma Alpha
Daryl Outlaw Ed Amorosso
Kappa
John Edward Nanney
Gamma Beta
Lambda
Louis Bert Edleson
Gamma Gamma Michael Ellison Canfield
Xi
Robert William Kavash
Gamma Delta
David L. Hinton
Gamma Epsilon Carl 0. Michael
William T. Bishop, Jr.
Gamma Zeta
Steven Santmyer
Malcolm Graham Coleman II
Gamma Kappa
Burton B. Barmore
Stephen M. Rhodes
Gamma Lambda Howard Stever
Omicron
Rho Sigma
CAPTAIN'S CHAIR
Randy A. Sanders
Gamma Mu
Matt Lammers
Tau
William Walt Pettit
Gamma Nu
Zachary Taylor I l l
Upsilon
Michael C. Connelly
Gamma Xi
Stephen C. Sauter
Chi
Ted Edwards
Psi
Wayne E. McFarloud
Gamma Omicron Barry Martin Edgar William Huskamp, Jr. Gamma Rho
Omega
Robert Claude Bohner
Alpha Alpha
Rodney H. Roberts
Alpha Gamma
Ronald Dean Scoggins
Gamma Sigma Brian L. Bacon Gamma Upsilon Howard Von Long I l l Michael J. Perry Gamma Phi
Alpha Epsilon
Andrew Myron VViegard
Gamma Chi
Henry Griffen Van Winkle II
Jim Lavance
Gamma Psi
Brooks Keel
Alan Buescher
Gamma Omega
D. Michael Faust Jeffrey E. Rhodehamel Terrell Lee Tribble
Alpha Zeta Alpha Eta
Pete Lieuense
Delta Alpha
Alpha Iota
Marshall P. Craver
Delta Beta
Alpha Mu
Stephen J. Diorio
Delta Gamma
Daniel Vescio
Alpha Xi
Joseph Cannizzo
Delta Delta
Jeffrey Allen Kempf
Alpha Theta
Delta Epsilon
Ronnie Runyan
Alpha Sigma
James M. Ogden
Delta Zeta
Tony Dalton
Alpha Tau
Gary Bauman
Delta Eta
Charles Lee Sharpe Il
Alpha Upsilon
Robert Moore
Delta Theta
Barney Rufus Pannell
Alpha Phi
Marc Hannah
Delta Iota
Rusty Chuck Evans
Alpha Psi
Scott R. Brundage
Delta Kappa
Stanley Robert Leggett
Beta Beta
David William Shreck
Delta Lambda
Charles W. Keith, Jr.
Beta Delta
Evan Kline
Delta Mu
Duncan Matthews
Beta Epsilon
Ross Seth man
Delta Nu
Paul Edward Stamp
Beta Eta
David Anthony McCranie
Delta Xi
Tildon Lee Drake
Beta Iota
Mark A. Storey
Delta Omicron
Michael Gravois
Beta Kappa
William Charles David
Delta Pi
Thomas Lehman
Beta Mu
Pat Harper
Delta Rho
Tracy Coats
Beta Omicron
James Benny Lovelady
Delta Sigma
William Thomas Ragon
Beta Tau
Dallas Miller
Delta Tau
Christopher E. Kelly
Beta Upsilon
Andrew George Straw
Alpha Omicron Andrew Alan Brodkey
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Pass on each Each chapter grows stronger only by attracting the best possible men for membership and leadership roles. All alumni are in an ideal spot to know many qualified prospects and are also able to pass on each one's abilities, character
and potential. Please help your chapter — or another one — by recommending a young man today for consideration. If he is a close friend, a discussion of your experience as a Pi Kapp would be invaluable.
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Exciting history of Pi Kappa Phi is now being prepared The first twenty five years of Pi Kappa Phi was recorded by the first Executive Secretary George Sheetz, Charleston. This was done in time for presentation at the 25th anniversary of the Fraternity's founding. Now as Pi Kappa Phi approaches its 75th Anniversary the National Council is please to announce that two talented alumni have been commissioned to update the first 25 years of history, and to write the last fifty. Responsible for the second twenty five years is Howard Leake, Washington & Lee, a former Executive Secretary and Past National Presi-
University of Georgia Alumni Happening On October 28th at the Holiday Inn in Athens the alumni of Lambda Chapter will meet to further enjoy the Homcoming activities of the day by celebrating with a super banquet. Featured speaker will be Phil Tappy. Contact the Archon of Lambda, Brad Bradshaw, for more information.
NEED A JOB? WANT TO CHANGE CAREERS?
dent. His work is in final draft form and is now being proofed by such fraternity stalwarts as Richard Young, UNC — Chapel Hill, and the editor of the STAR AND LAMP for two decades.
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity has developed, in conjunction with Lendman Associates of Norfolk, Virginia, and 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. 0. Box 14027, Norfolk, Virginia 23518. They will send you the information you need, and give you direction on the the preparation of a resume.
The final twenty five years will be done by Jerry Gallups, Samford. Jerry is a former editor of the STAR & LAMP and Director of Alumni Affairs.
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 in whom you are interested.
It all goes well, this edition will be available for purchase by all members in both hard back and soft bound, at the time of our 75th year. Further details will appear in further issues of the STAR & LAMP.
MOVED? MOVING? Please save your fraternity $0.25! You cost the operating budget just that much, 25 cents, when you move without sending a change of address. So, please send your new, or preferred, address to Administrative Office, Pi Kappa Phi, P.O. Box 15295, Charlotte, NC 28210. Thank you.
BROTHERS WHO HAVE JOINED THE CHAPTER ETERNAL
Pi Kappa Phi's Lendman Career Weekends are free except for travel and hotel expenses. For further information write: Lendman Executive Offices P. 0. Box 14027 Norfolk, VA 23518 804-583-5921
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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.
Oh, death could be triumphant—death in battle, death in love, death in friendship and in peril, could be glorious if it were proud death, gaunt death, lean, lonely, tender, loving and heroic death, who bent to touch his chosen son with mercy, love, and pity, and put the seal of honor on him when he died! "The Web and The Rock," by Brother Thomas Wolfe, Kappa '18, University of North Carolina. Used by permission of the publishers, Harper and Brothers.
July 1976— June 1977
ALPHA none BETA 12 36 66 69 162 202
Jacobs, J. F. Flanagan, W. C. Sims, W. M. Glover, J. T. Commander, Jr., J. M. Bruggemann, G.
GAMMA 10 Hugo, W. P. 45 Heffner R. J. Tapscott, J. J. 76 138A Hamilton, J. F. 191 Ames, J. L. 236 Flanagan, A. P. 419 Johnson, K. A. DELTA Pinson, R. E. 113 EPSILON Curdts, J. W. 47 Middleton, W. N. 88 Alderman, R. H. 121 137 McLean, A. B. Stuckey, VV. A. 176 Williamson, I. B. 238 240 Hipp, B. C. ZETA 42 108 149 158
Black P. Tennent, Jr., E. S. McIntyre, Jr., J. A. Oates, H. P.
ETA 67 69 98 121 196 214 279
Isbell, G. R. Rappe, E. H. Rowe, H. S. Flournoy, R. A. Roemer, Jr., A. F. Murdock, Jr., J. B. Pence, J.
IOTA 75 119A 213 262
Jackson, G. A. Lynn, J. H. Grant, J. N. Perry, C. W.
KAPPA Pippin, N. R. 23 Whitmire, B. A. 81
LAMBDA 62 Thomas, E. 81 McGaughey, J. W. 184 Knox, W. A. 185 Wells, H. W. MU 122
Daughtrey, W. R.
NU 77 140 152 157 201 268
Stevens, H. E. Mumby, W. E. Kendall, E. F. Domeir, E. J. Barnes, K. P. Sheffield, C. W.
XI 23 32 89 114 177
Tatum, Jr., W. P. Dobbins, E. E. Plybon, C. W. Petry, R. L. Schreiner, L. V.
OMICRON Brannen 0. C. 14 Wainwright, S. P. 24 Burkart, C. T. 82 397 Edwards, N. B. 757 Viquerie, A. C. 866 Dupree, J. M. PI 59 147 RHO 32 570 SIGMA 15 34 56 282 TAU 173
O'Neal, C. W. Kadel, H. H.
McLeod, A. H. Coogle, Jr., E. C.
161 206
McEuen, F. Hoheisel, W. F.
89 160 162
Hollis, R. Matz, H. F. Beeler, W. B.
PHI 15 42
Mershon, M. M. Fike, Jr., E. G.
ALPHA 51 89 114 135
ETA Knight, H. C. Alldredge, E. F. Crow, Jr., J. H. Burns, Jr., Mr. R.
ALPHA 30 107 137 153 163
THETA Myers, C. S. Burt, M. B. Urch, R. G. Batdorff, H. E. Keeley, D. M.
CHI 150 194 203 249 255 319
Ledbetter, C. S. Shoemaker, C. H. Gordon, H. S. Hall, Jr., W. T. Stafford, R. S. Swain, C. E.
PSI 25 40 312
Karsten, C. E. Fairbanks, A. J. Davern, T. P.
OMEGA 28 VVorstell, R. E. 38 Gass, J. R. 195 Black, D. E. 312 Montfort, H. E. 321 Simpson, D. E. 494 Case, D. B. 899 Hasler, K. D. ALPHA ALPHA 35 Cobb, W. F. Cannon, Jr., 0. D. 39 ALPHA 21 24 51
BETA Hollers, J. P. Thompson, J. A. Robichaux, E. B.
ALPHA GAMMA 210 Williams, E. W. McIntyre, D. B. Edwards, R. W. Gooding, H. E. Fulmer, H. P.
Alford, N. C.
UPSILON 19 Edington, W. E. 25 Johnson, A. C. 36 Miller, H. S. Walker, P. 47 123 Dillman, M. E.
ALPHA 87 144 200
DELTA MacPherson, D. R. Madsen, T. Hall, Jr., R. G.
ALPHA EPSILON VValrath, L. K. 86 Barcus, D. 125 647 Service, N. R. ALPHA ZETA Staggs, G. W. 42 Montgomery, Jr., R. B. 62
ALPHA IOTA 9 Heinz, J. I. 25 Crump, T. IN. 42 INh ite, H. H. 55 Howie, M. 0. 122 Charlton, Jr., R. E. 274 Williams, W. T. ALPHA LAMBDA 65 McCracken, E. W. ALPHA NU 27 Enyeart, H. D. 33 McCaughey, C. VV. ALPHA XI 20 Griffin, E. F. 43 Orteig, Jr., R. A. D. 166 Mendus, IN. J. 172 Conner, M. A. 573 Searight, W. H. ALPHA 41 57 77
OMICRON Ness, T. N. Gregory, W. W. Beck, D. IN.
ALPHA UPSILON 17 Schade, III, A. 43 Garner, F. L. 250 Brown, R. P. ALPHA PHI 2 Setterberg, VV. N. 50 Winblad, R. A. 329 Mumma,C. VV. ALPHA OMEGA 16 Adams, W. R. BETA ALPHA 18 Rokosz, F. BETA EPSILON 34 Broome, M.S. BETA ETA 212 Grant, C. G. BETA IOTA 18 Gettel, R. A. BETA PHI 198 Lasater, E. U. BETA CHI 95 Guerette, P. D. GAMMA ALPHA 27 Smith, L. A. GAMMA DELTA 94 Hill, Sr., E. G. DELTA BETA 105 Drawdy, J. F. DELTA DELTA 37 Rodman, T. D.
ALPHA SIGMA 9 McKinney, R.
DELTA LAMBDA 4 Gulledge, C. N.
ALPHA 13 32 43 44 233
DELTA MU 17 Staples, A. M.
TAU Coe, VV. G. Clum,C. H. Hoblod<, J. J. Jarvis, Jr., W. H Hasbrouck, H.
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GOLDEN LEGION The men listed and pictured on this page are honored as being distinguished citizens of Pi Kappa Phi. They represent the maturity of their chapter and their fraternity. Each of them has been honored on the 50th anniversary of their being initiated in Pi Kappa Phi. This recognition is in the form of a handsome plaque and the designation of Golden Legion. The fraternity is pleased to also acknowledge these beloved members in this issue of the Star and Lamp.
Kyle Weems, Tennessee, has two Golden Legions to present, Howell Snodgrass, Rho and Lucien Owen, Alpha Iota.
Howard Leake, Washington & Lee, presents Golden Legion to Clarence E.Saunders, also of Washington & Lee.
Hoyt Prater and Ed Beason do a presentation themselves, to John Sibley. All of Samford.
Don Slesnick, Virginia; has honor of presenting three Golden Legions to: (left to right) Robert E. Scholze, Alpha Epsilon; John H. Lloyd, Iota; Don;and William B. Poe, Alpha Eta.
July 1976 - June 1977 ALPHA - Charleston William Cuttino Achurch Ralph Olin Bowden, Jr. BETA - Presbyterian Isaac McDonald Adair William O'Dell Bankhead Cornelius Warren Grafton Walker Kelsey Huggins Philip Allen Roberts William Walker Miller, Jr. GAMMA - California - Berkeley John Nicholas Valianos Otto Bernard Barth William James O'Brien Jack Frank Dempsey EPSILON - Davidson William Hinton Best, Jr. Pettway Burwell Boyd Scott Newton Brown Robert DeVane Croom, Jr. John Archibald Womack ZETA - VVofford Holmes Alton Jones Carlisle Richard King Robert Pace Schofield, Jr. ETA - Emory Joseph Warren Cannon, Jr. Joseph Cook Shearer Edgar Bussey Smith Edward Harris Lowenhaupt, Jr. IOTA - Gerogia Tech. Hall Hathaway Frye Oswald August T. Gotjen Kenneth C. Hsughton Harold Arey Isenhower Daivd Nicholes Albert Chandler Watson, Jr. Albert Percival Cornell Robert Lee Reeves KAPPA - North Carolina Clyde Warner Eby, Jr. Hugh Leonidas Merritt Charles Whitlock Banner, Jr. William Edgar Bobbitt Calvin Graves, Jr. Earnest Clewell McInnis
LAMBDA - Georgia George Benjamin Brooks Rufus Montgomery Ward Seaborn Jarnigan Moss, Jr. Edgar Daniel Clary, Jr. Herbert Rupert Ingram, Jr. MU - Duke Sumter Coe Brawley, Jr. John Sabin Leach Henry Wallace Taylor John Cole Burwell, Jr. NU - Nebraska Paul Hellmuth Koeller Donald M. Arganbright Kenneth William Pruden Harry Howard Pumphrey Kenneth Ralph Randall Roger VVinnett Thomas Gus Spiece Zinnecker XI - Roanoke James Worth Banner Henry Lee Cannaday Henry Hamill Fowler OMICRON - Alabama Wilbur Cecil Grant Joseph Guy Kelly Jack Haughton MCGuire Charles Edward Mundine Ralph Powell Thornton Bidgood Moore PI - Oglethorpe Charles Johnson Darnell Lyman Bernard Fox Amos Augustus Martin Frank Gunnels Little Edward Comer Mims RHO - Washington & Lee Henry Fowler Bullard Roy Pleasants Bumpass William Arrowood Cottingham John Duane Hill, Jr. Albert Connor Jones, Jr. Clarence Ervin Saunders Harry Scheen Stephens Howell Frank Snodgrass William Hudson Fields, Jr. Leonard Clifford Borland, Jr. Chester Cecil Wine TAU - North Carolina State Arthur Nathaniel Greene
Walt Dendy and Ken Sibley of Omicron present Henery Woodward, Samford, his Golden Legion.
Gary Huckaby, Alabama greets Dr. William Etheridge, Alpha Alpha in his office with a Golden Legion.
V. Hain Huey, Omicron, presents 50 year certificate to Edward E. Beason, Alpha Eta, with a cheering squad (left to right) of T. Hoyt Prater, Omicron; Henry Smith, Alpha Eta, and Earl T. Rogers, Alpha Eta. Howard Simpson VVimbish, Jr. UPSILON - Illinois Frederick Roy Schroeder Robert Meloan, Jr. Jewell Vandever Burk Kenneth Russell Millen CHI - Stetson John Charles Crow, Jr. Theodore Mobley Hathcock Carroll Thomas Welshinger Maxwell Samuel Burgener Esten Anwel Ulmer PSI - Cornell Thurlow Purdy Herbert Temple Schofield Norman Embree Scott Alfred Fortunate SuIla, Jr. Smith Woodhull Tompkins OMEGA - Purdue Ralph Elsworth Rector Herman Gale Riggs Willis Carl Romeiser Howard Henry Thompson Robert VVentsel Cline Albert Warren Ginther Fred Eldon Recton ALPHA ALPHA - Mercer William Northen Etheridge Lynward Sears Lightner Sherwood Lee Bugg William Pollard Jent ALPHA BETA - Tulane Jack Birt Birdwell Boyd Allexander Evans George Sanders Hopkins Jimmie Dick Purcell Eugene Bissell Robichaux Jerome John El ick ALPHA GAMMA - Oklahoma Cosby Thornton Huddle Ross Gossard Hume Thomas Robert Moore Lawrence Cates
ALPHA DELTA - Washington Donald Franklin Pennell Winston Bernard Buckworth Evans Alfred Hanna Lloyd Lovegreen
Harold Raymond Badger Wilfred John Schlicting ALPHA EPSILON - Florida Herbert Frazier Earley Dewitte McFarland William Jennings Bullard Andrew McGulbrey Carraway Samuel Maupin Wall Jack David Williams Floyd Ellsworth Williams ALPHA ZETA â&#x20AC;˘ Oregon State Robert Charles Peacock Nicholas William Ruhmann Harold Weaver Perry Hugh Price Fred Lawrence Goeller Arthur Laroy Moore ALPHA ETA -Samford Charles McKinley Hurst Edward Early Beason James Gordon Cuninghame, Jr. Edwin Theodore Hicks Henry Bascom Woodward, Jr. Amos DeWitt Burton Perry Milton McNeil Kenneth Alderman Owen Charles W. Stroud Ted Kaywood Mauldin John David Sibley ALPHA THETA - Michigan State Albert Charles Morley Harold Edwin Sprague Kline Arland Sprague Martin Kenneth Trapp Reuben Washburn Ralph Henry Beckwith Roy Clyde Brigham Lee Edwin Fisher Alex Laurie Gerald Alonzo Rouse James David App leyard Albe Earl Munson ALPHA IOTA -Auburn James Thompson Russell Robert Dowie Dean Marion Kenneth Wilkins William Coates Hurt, Jr. Laurence Dawson Judkins Oswald Clinton Thigpen George McElhaney Moore, Jr. Otha Burnette Carter Walter Dennis Cummings Johsph Chandler Burton
Wilmer Monroe Mauson Clyde Collins Pearson Fontaine A. Moddox Roy Hart Norris William Kendrick Upchurch William Rinaldo Martin Theo Willard Crump Welch Vuchanan Elliot Richard Thomas Holtzclaw Robert Crawford Brown Rupert Ingram Robert Baker Jones William Petty Hixon Harry Lowe Fox James Aaron Stripling James Noble Crump Lucien Elmore Owen Edwin LeSueur Dean James Phillip Lynch Thomas McGregor Roberts John Ray Fuller Rex Erskine Sikes Howard Nelson Haygood Felix Persons Thigpen Philip Resiss Benjamin Boulware Stokes, Jr. William Douglas Thomason ALPHA KAPPA - Michigan Paul Harold Boyts Gustaf Danielsson James Joseph Dunn Ralph Waldo Goodell Harold Lawrence Gould Charles Ladd Lewis William Douglas Odam Albert Olson Homer B. Porritt William James Robertson William Warren Rawley E. B. Schermerhorn Charles John Snoble John Thomas Swanwick, Jr. Chandler Henry Whipple Henry Burdette Whipple Charley Floyd White Howard Sylvester Zoll Kryn John Nagelkirk Ralph William Danielsson ALPHA LAMBDA -Mississippi Oliver Edward Cathay John Byron Gathright Byrd Prentiss Mauldin Talbot Baldwin Newman, Jr. William Rufus Phillips James Hugh Tabb
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Report to the Fraternity
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR "new" appearance. No repairs needed in foreseeable future. Furniture donated is usable but not for long term. Equipment is serviceable and no major replacements anticipated. We will micro-film documents shortly, therefore, reducing storage demands.
Your student fraternity consists of 85 active chartered chapters and 30 inactive charters. Of these 85 chapters, the staff considers 15 to be experiencing extreme difficulties at this time. In most instances the essence of the circumstances remains ineffective leadership and lack of responsive quality in the membership -- all in spite of excess input from staff personnel. Chartered during the past two years have been Delta Pi (Wright State), Delta Rho (University of Southern California), Delta Sigma (Bowling Green), and Delta Tau (James Madison). Athens College and North Texas State charters were suspended. You now have 7 associate chapters, located at: The University of Pittsburgh, Central Michigan University (Reactivation of Beta Xi Chapter), Limestone College, The University of Rochester, West Virginia University (Reactivation of Alpha Rho Chapter), Radford College, Kansas State University, and University of Alabama at Birmingham, and it would be reasonable to expect Radford, Kansas State, Pittsburgh, and perhaps Limestone to be chartered during the next school year. West Virginia may surprise us and progress faster than expected. The number of men processed as pre-initiates (pledges) during the 1976 - 77 school year was a record high. 1538 were received compared to 1376 in 1975 - 76 and 1515 in the record year of 1969 -70. Of these, 84 were from associate chapters, leaving 1454 from 85 chapters for an average of 17 per chapter. Although there was no record high set for initiates there was a significant increase over the previous year, 1164 versus 1023. This represented an average of 13.5 per chapter. Note that 80% of all pre-initiates were initiated. This is a good average. Also note that quantitative figures of number of initiates does not necessarily mean that there is also significant quality in members. A linear regression computation would project that next year we should expect 1506 pre-initiations and 1351 initiates. Such forecasting technique, using 1961 as a base year, would have projected the last five previous years actual results with approximately 90% accuracy in initiation and 98% accuracy in pre-initiations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; except for the year 1975 - 76. There are 15 chapters completing the CAR (Continuing Alumni Relations) Program for this year. Six chapters raised enough on the first solicitation to pay all expenses. Alumni for all chapters that have been in the program are paying earlier. Two more chapters will be added in 1977- 78. Your Administrative Office facilities remain in excellent condition. All staff members seem to take considerable pride in maintaining a
A $7,000 donation to pave road and parking area would help. Mortgage reduction program of this past December should be continued. The first effort reduced our number of mortgage payments remaining by 20 months. Seminar facilities are of prime value. The expectations are to have double the last year's seminars in-house. A slide presentation has just been completed for use in telling members what activities go on in the office. Presently there is an average of 10 or more guests visiting each week, exclusive of the members attending seminars. Forty-Nine chapters have contributed in cash, $7,396.39 to the National Project. $950.00 remains in pledges not yet honored. Parents and alumni contributed an additional $462.00. The first indoor unit of special playground equipment is installed at Western Carolina Center. Second unit to be constructed and placed in a state other than North Carolina by January 15, 1978. There is $2,858.39 on hand for second unit. The largest chapter contribution was $1,039.29 from Beta Delta at Drake University. The smallest was $5.00. Next year's pro-
motion is underway. Chapters have opportunity to determine method but will strongly promote rose sale over Valentine's Day. The new Student Intern Program was very successful. Five student leaders came to Charlotte and constructively participated in the activity of the Administrative Office. The program not only gives in office voluntary help, but also 1) More members having a good understanding of the "National"; 2) Possible employees are developed, 3) New ideas and thoughts are inserted into our activity. The
program will be more intensely developed during the 1977 - 78 school year if satisfactory students are found to be available. This also is considered a success story for Pi Kappa Phi. In order to better serve the student chapters the following Manauls have been completely rewritten and made available: "RecruitEducation"; ment"; "Member "Chapter Advisor"; "Scholarship"; Objectives"; by "Management "Facilitators"; and "Treasurer". (Durward Owen)
It was a happy day when these members of Epsilon Chapter, Davidson, visited the Administrative Office. They had the opportunity of eating lunch with Miss Johnsie Shelton,former house mother and at Epsilon. They are, left to right, Mitchell Patton, Johnsie, Ed Price, Hooper Alexander, Ernest Hunter.
National Rose Queen, Kathy Fleming, speaks out
Kathy Fleming, last year Rose Queen.
Serving as the Pi Kappa Phi National Rose Queen has been one of the most wonderful and exciting experiences that has ever happened to me. What many people do not realize is that I do not stand as an individual â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I represent all the Rose Queens throughout the country. I stand for their ideals and beliefs, not only concerning Pi Kappa Phi, but on other issues as well. In this article, I would like to convey the various chapter's Rose Queens' ideas pertaining to certain questions to which they responded. The general consensus was that the National Rose should act as a goodwill ambassador, traveling and meeting as many brothers as possible. She should uphold the highest ideals of Pi Kappa Phi by serving with dignity and honor; she should be knowledgeable of the history and purpose of the Fraternity and set a good example for all future National Rose Queens. Organization of more Little Sisters
seemed to be a predominant issue. Also, a very good suggestion was put forth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a meeting of all chapter Rose Queens, nationwide, to discuss and design ways in which each girl could help her own chapter, expecially during rush. This meeting could also serve to formulate plans and ideas for improvement of chapter relations and activities. One girl stated that, above all, she would like to visit the Administrative Office and meet Durward Owen to discuss with him his true feelings about Pi Kappa Phi and its values. The designing of brochures and pamphlets and the assisting in the "Star and Lamp" publications by soliciting projects and activities was recommended. The chapter Rose Queens saw brotherhood as the main value of fraternities. By living and working together, young men learn responsibility and a sharing in the working together with others striving toward a common goal. A fraternity is a family built with friendship, loyalty and love which furnishes each member with a place to grow, a place to learn, and a place for each man to enrich his life through friendships that will last a lifetime. As stated by a Rose Queen, "The fraternity system is based on a great idea: All men are brothers". Improvement was seen in the overcoming of the rivalrous nature which exists in many chapters, and the cooperation with other fraternities. A more extensive service program was desirable in order to increase community relations. Each chapter needs to constantly strive to uphold the high
standards and traditions of Pi Kappa Phi by building upon their alumni created ideals. More involvement with neighboring chapters is needed in order to develop outward. Many national events occupied a position of great importance to the girls. There was alarm over Watergate and the increasing disinterest and corruption in politics. The Presidential election and Bicentennial events also dominated their responses. The general idea was that the young people of today seem to be more aggressive than the previous generation. They are seeking a better way of life. By more active participation in the government and in important issues they are attempting to improve the world around them. They are endeavoring to find themselves as individuals rather than automatically taking the pre-existent standard way of existence. Each chapter Rose Queen is truly concerned with her home chapter of Pi Kappa Phi and expressed a great love and desire to aid in the betterment of the Fraternity. Every Pi Kapp should be proud of his Rose Queen. She is proud of you, men, as I am proud also, to represent the greatest fraternity in America. In case you have not noticed, Kathy was recently selected as Miss North Carolina. From all indications, she won by a wide margin. Look for her in the Miss America Pageant early this fall. She just may be our next Miss America.
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Report to the Fraternity
Announcing ...
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION Foundation funded cash awards for the Chapter Service Award and the Student of the Year Award. As in the past, the Foundation also supported the fine work of the Fraternity's leadership training project, Pi Kapp College, and awarded nine Pi Kapp Scholars a check, plus a plaque, in recognition of their outstanding scholastic achievements.
It is my pleasure to report to you that your Foundation has experienced another year of steady and healthy growth. As of June 30, 1977, the Foundation had net assets valued at $179,212.04, of which $53,197.25 is represented by the assets of the Robert L. Bennett Scholarship Fund, established through the generosity of Brother Bennett, a former member of your National Council and a distinguished alumnus of Alpha Alpha Chapter at Mercer University, in 1972. This valuation represents an increase over that reported to the last Supreme Chapter, of $30,000.00, and an increase of approximately $20,000.00 since July 1, 1976. As in the past, the Foundation's primary purpose is to assist deserving Pi Kapps complete their educations. In the year ending this past June, students at 13 different institutions received scholarship assistance and student loans in the total amount of $6,500.00. It should be noted that the Foundation is currently carrying on its rolls 24 student loan accounts, all of which would like to impress upon all of you that, of necessity, whenever a brother fails to repay his loan on time, the Foundation is forced to cut back on the amount of loans it can make to others. Last year, for the first time, the
The Foundation looks forward to continued growth and success in the next two years. We encourage any Pi Kapp who has a legitimate need for financial assistance to apply for a scholarship grant or student loan, by obtaining and completing the required forms available through the Administrative Office. Our funds are limited, but we will try to accommodate you whenever possible. We also commend to you for your consideration the Fraternity's Group Life Insurance program, also administered through the Administrative Office. A number of younger Pi Kapps have taken advantage of this program, at a reasonable cost, to name the Foundation as a partial beneficiary of this insurance, thus accomplishing two goals at the same time. Finally, we would request your support of the Foundation's efforts to attract major lifetime gifts and/or bequests in wills. These gifts can be important, not only to the individual alumnus has expressed an interest in making a major gift, please put them in contact with us, or let us know about them, and we will work with you in developing a plan which can be mutually beneficial.
Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities The Bicentennial Edition of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities is a testament to the Greek-letter society throughout its remarkable 200-year history. This edition is also the Centennial Edition of the JVIanual,itself, first published in 1879 by William Raimond Baird of Beta Theta Pi. This single most valuable reference book on Greek-letter societies includes: THE AMERICAN COLLEGE FRATERNITY: "The Nature of the College Fraternity," "The Kinds of Fraternities and Societies," "Origin and Evolution of the College Fraternity," "Inter-Greek Relationships," and "The Fraternity Bicentennial." CAMPUSES AND THEIR FRATERNITIES: A directory of more than a thousand universities and colleges with a list of chapters of the Greek-letter societies which they shelter, and with notes about fraternity housing. THE MEN'S FRATERNITIES: Updated lists of some 5,000 chapters of men's national social fraternities. THE WOMEN'S FRATERNITIES: Updated lists of more than 2,600 chapters of women's national social fraternities. More than 14,000 chapters of professional, honor, and recognition societies are listed in the sections: THE PROFESSIONAL FRATERNITIES, THE HONOR SOCIETIES and THE RECOGNITION SOCIETIES. The section, DISTINGUISHED LOCAL FRATERNITIES, lists local social groups, some well over 100 years old. FRATERNITIES THAT ARE NO MORE presents accounts of extinct nationals, many of them absorbed by larger groups through merger. APPENDICES: These include a review of legislation affecting fraternities, interesting documents relating to the National Interfraternity Conference, National Panhellenic Conference, National Pan Hellenic Council, Professional Interfraternity Conference, Professional Panhellenic Association, Association of College Honor Societies, Interfraternity Research and Advisory Council; and other useful material, For this Bicentennial Edition the exhibits appearing in the 18th Edition (1968) are being completely updated. Publication date: as early in 1977 as possible.
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PRESIDENT OF PI KAPPA PHI PROPERTIES, INC. chapter. The financing of the purchase is made easier by using the financially stable base of Pi Kappa Phi Properties, as the nature of fraternity housing often presents difficulties in this area. Although a young corporation, Pi Kappa Phi Properties, Inc. has accumulated assets in excess of $1,100,000 and a net worth of almost $400,000. In handling the financial transactions it is necessary for Properties to retain title to each location it assists. Only then does it have a solid base to support both existing and new members. Pi Kappa Phi Properties, Inc. is a tax exempt, non-profit corporation. Its purpose is to assist local alumni housing corporations of chapters of Pi Kappa Phi to acquire suitable housing for their respective chapters. Normally the assistance covers the difference between what is needed for purchase of the house beyond what has been raised from alumni and students of a particular
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The local housing corporation is the key to Pi Kappa Phi Properties' involvement with any chapter. Properties retains ownership, it is the local corporation that provides on-the-spot management of the normal property operations. This arrangement assures responsiveness to developing needs and control. The local corporation automatically
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is entitled to have a member on the Pi Kappa Phi Properties Board of Directors. The Executive Committee of Pi Kappa Phi Properties establishes the policies and manages the affairs of the corporation through guidelines from the Board of Directors. A wide range of experience and expertise is represented on the Executive Committee for providing capable management of the corporation. The corporation employs an administrator who handles the day-to-day operations and is responsible to the committee. A number of management services are available through Pi Kappa Phi Properties, Inc. . . A few of these are: advice and counsel on property managements, insurance coverage, legal counsel, housing corporation organization, financial controls, alumni development and communication, annual alumni contributions and major fund raising. Other projects are under development and will add even greater services through Properties. Since its inception in 1967, Properties has been a subordinate yet separate corporation for both prac-
tical and philosophical reasons. The acquisition, management and sale of real estate is a business and to be successful a rational approach must be followed. Thus the National Council has directed Properties to make all its decisions on a prudent business basis. Though this sometimes runs contrary to fraternal feelings, especially in a sale situation, a fiduciary responsibility exists to all other locations to maintain the financial integrity of the overall organization. The only outside source of financing available to Properties beyond mortgages is a small portion allocated from the initiation fee. In its short ten-year history, it has been able to assist almost 30% of all Pi Kappa Phi chapters with housing needs. I look forward to a continued growth in this ability in the future. The functioning committee of Pi Kappa Phi Properties, in addition to the president, consists of John Deimler — Vice President (Drexel), Bernie Jones — Treasurer, (Charleston), Tom Dalton — Secretary (Georgia), David Lane — Corporate Council (Purdue). (Kelley A. Bergstrom, President)
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Overcoming difficulties can be fun on a unique Pi Kappa Phi Playground The first phase, of what will eventually become Pi Kappa Phi National Project, has now been completed. Thanks to 49 chapters who contributed $7,396.39. An indoor unit, a prototype for further development of an indoor playground for mentally and physically retarded blind/ deaf children has been constructed and installed.
Of modular construction, the Pi Kappa Phi indoor playground unit has been assembled outside for this perspective picture. When this prototype is fully developed, a later STAR & LAMP will carry the details.
Designer Tom Sayre checks construction work against model.
This initial effort is now at Western Carolina in Morganton, NC. There disadvantaged children are beginning a new life. One of fun and learning thanks to this unique Pi Kappa Phi effort. Specialists are quickly evaluating the effectiveness of this unit. Already changes are envisaged for the second prototype. The second location will be announced in the next STAR & LAMP. In corporation with Tom Sayre, the architect and builder, a super future is ahead for some extremely disadvantaged children as a result of the alumni and student members. Plans
Here, Charlie, who is without hearing or speach and his minimum sight, takes the first try through his Pi Kappa Phi playground.
are now being developed for outstanding fund raising suggestions for students. Alumni will be encouraged to participate. Something real good is happening
for Pi Kappa Phi. An opportunity to participate in a unique project. No one will want to miss this.
Remember Founder's Day on December 10th.