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He gets the feeling that he is always on display Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, East Malaysia, where scaling the 13,455 foot peak is a major attraction.

Amanda's two week trek through the jungles of Southern Peninsula Malaysia studying survival and warfare techniques with the New Zealand Army was an event she will long remember. Brother and Mrs. Owens enjoyed a trip to Malacca, Peninsula Malyasia, with its many antique shops and remains of a Portugese fort erected in 1620.

The brother in the accompanying picture is not a snake-handling preacher from the rural South!

The setting is a Chinese snake temple on Pulua Penang off the west coast of Peninsula Malaysia where Brother James A. Owens, Alabama, Class of '49, played "tourist" during a recent business trip as Controller for Firestone operations in Butterworth, Malaysia and the Republic of Singapore.

The Owens family has resided in the Republic of Singapore for the past two years. Brother Owens, his wife, the former Patricia Jeffcott of Portland, Oregon, son Beau-John and daughter Amanda have found Singapore to be an ideal homebase for local travel. Older daughter Lauri, a student at the University of Alabama,joined them last summer for a vacation trip to Batu Ferringhi, a resort beach on Pulua Penang, Peninsuls Malyasia.

Beau-John has twice visited Mt.

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Eating is another of the adventures of Southeast Asia. Most local dishes are heavily laced with hot chili peppers - ala Mexico! No Chop Suey or Chow Mein on these Chinise Menus!

A typical 10 course Chinese dinner might include four hot appetizers, Shark's Fin Omelette, Roast Gold Coin Chicken, Braised Broccoli

with Mushrooms, Roast Peking Duck, Smoked Deep Sea Pomfret, Chili Prawns, Fungus with Quail Eggs Soup, Fried Noodles and Water-melon Suprise - in that order.

Muslim food is featured in Singapore's Race Course Road eating establishments. Chili hot mutton, beef, chicken or fish-head curries are popular favorites. Mutton, beef or chicken satay are cooked to order over open charcoal fires and are then served with chili hot peanut sauce.

Indians curries, a bit drier but every bit as hot as the Malay version are available as are Pakistani, Mogul and Kashmiri dishes.

All kinds of entertainment are available locally - the Bolshoi Ballet, Polish National Ice Troupe, Silver Convention, Mickey Mouse and the Philadelphia Boy's Choir to name a few. American and British pop music as well as country and western is heard in many places. Your musical taste-buds have missed something unless you have heard a Malay(Continued on Page 2)

Step Sing Winners — Alpha Eta Chapter at Samford University won sweepstakes honors at Step Sing in March with a medley of songs made famous by Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. In addition to offering two nights of lively student entertainment to more than 4,000 people, the program netted more than $2,000 for the Samford University Student Government Association Scholarship Fund. (picture courtesy of Samford Today)

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ter SPRING 1978

"On the edge of unbroken ground"

A play environment The Pi Kappa Phi National Project Design of these institutions lack imagination. Pi Kappa Phi has decided to do something about this problem. Choosing this project placed Pi Kappa Phi on the edge of unbroken ground. It is experimental in nature. Pi Kappa Phi is venturing where no one has been . . . risking that we might be of some help . .. acting primarily on an enabling faith. By focusing on deaf/blind populations, we seek to correct that which we take for granted. . .

Human beings grow in relation to the world which surrounds them.

Playgrounds, a world of a child, can be physical situations where children learn better than in an undesigned space. Most playgrounds fall short and are little more than locations where parents can babysit their kids.

For most of us, our world is filled with forms, colors, textures, activities and other people . . . all of which provoke and stimulate us to make responses and thus to grow.

Most children, with minimal freedom easily challenge themselves and teach themselves about their worlds. With very little material . . . and very little running room . . . humans are capable of self-expression.

Adults have a responsibility to provide an environment in which children can grow . . . and experience all the possibilities of human expression. Good playgrounds are one way to offer that possibility.

But what if you are deaf, or blind, or retarded, or crippled, or have no language? We tend to group these handicapped people into institutions . .. where we protect them. . . and attempt to offer special training. But have you looked at one of these institutions? What are they made of?

For convenience we institutionalize these individuals, and give them long unprogrammed hours . . . where they are expected to learn. Learn from what? We liven up the institutions with cosmetics . . . more appealing to adults than stimulating to children. We provide traditional playground equipment which can kill or injure ... requiring skills unavailable to the handicapped.

The project has been on the way for two years . . . utilizing the expertise designer/sculptor of Thomas Sayre, an alumnus initiate of the Fraternity. A variety of experimental objects, designed by Sayre act as a base of information for the project. We influence our environment daily. Handicapped children must learn that they can influence their environment.

In a sound booth, different kinds of sounds test a deaf child's ability to seek the source of the noise - - even if through touch only, feeling the vibrations. A padded nook provides needed privacy as well as a cognitive problem in how to turn on the pleasing warm air of the simple hand dryer. The otherwise nonverbal child is enticed into vocalizations by a light which flashes whenever it senses noise.

Stimulation and distraction of normal overhead lights present a real problem for teachers who often need to employ tabletop problems in their curriculum. A light table glows in order to get attention, at table top level. A tunnel with turns and barriers is overcome by tantalizing lights which stay on just ahead of the child. A series of textured panels, steps, inclines, swinging doors, and a slide gives practice in balance and upright walking.

It has been evaluated extensively by experts. Simple "motivators" such as light, sound, colors, and textures are used to produce behaviors which we take for granted, behavior such as walking, crawling, identifying and following what light and sound can be perceived, and other simple motor tasks. In a light booth, through sequences of variable flashing bulbs,the blind child can develop a perception of light - - however faint - - learning how to make some sense out of that visual information.

The deaf and blind mentally retarded child needs your help to begin his personal long dark and difficult road.

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YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM THE PI KAPPA PHI PROJECT As we enter the third year the experimental nature of this outstanding project will end.

From now on it is for real.

Thousands of multiple handicapped children at several locations will be aided in their search for a better life. If you participate, you will benefit, but first you have to participate. Here are some ways:

With only 3 month's preparation, Pi Kappa Phi raised in 1977 over $6,000 from 51 chapters. This funded the first experimental indoor playground ever constructed for blind/deaf multiple handicapped children, the "Pi Kappa Phi Play Environment".

The first experimental unit is installed at Western Carolina Center, a state retardation center.

for these less fortunate members of our society.

Playgrounds bring joy into a person's life. More importantly, playgrounds are a vehicle of learning. For multiple handicapped deaf/blind children this first Pi Kappa Phi indoor playground is the beginning of a long and difficult road.

A second unit, greatly improved through significant research, has been completed. It is now installed at the Great Oaks Center, a residential facility, housing a full range of handicapping conditions, in Silver Spring, Maryland. It, too, is being evaluated by experts. Lisa Carlson of Catholic University is using this Pi Kappa Phi Play Environment as the core of her doctoral dissertation.

An additional third unit with extensive tests, revisions and more testing is essential. This process will test our ingenuity, imagination and our dedication in the roles that we respectively assume. With the commitment of the student chapters and the individual alumni, Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity could be responsible for major changes in the kinds of institutions we as a culture build

Help select additional sites!

Do you know where there is a significant population of blind/deaf children. Let the Administrative Office know.

Suppliers of various production items are needed! For instance, molded plastic and rubber is needed in quantity, but must be made to design specifications. Control panels, of integrated circuts, in a standard configuration are necessary for production.

Computer, mini or macro, would be helpful! This inoffice installation would improve evaluation and statistical effort. Data storage and communication are soon to become a major problem if present mechanical methods are not modernized.

Money! A tax deduction is available to the individual or company who contributes.

Your time and expertise! Especially needed are fund/ raising and promotion experience.

Many more ways are available.

Write the Executive Director.

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7111 Nations Ford Road, Charlotte, N.C. Founded at the College of Charleston, S.C. December 10, 1904 窶認OUNDERS-.

Simon Fogarty, Jr. Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr. L. Harry Mixson NATIONAL COUNCIL President - Phil Tappy Vice President - A. J. Strickland, III Treasurer - Vernon B. Stansell Secretary - Fred Diulus Chaplain - Al P. Brown Chancellor - Ernest S. Delaney Past President - Ted Scharfenstein NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Executive Director - Durward Owen Director of Development - Stuart Hicks Director of Membership. Henry Groves Field Secretaries - Tom Tott, David Long, Bill Gurney, and Robert Mitchell.

The Star and Lamp An Educational Publication 1978, Vol. LXIII No. 2 Durward Owen

Letters to the Editor

Editor-in-Chief Dear Brother Owen:

Changes in address should be reported promptly to the Administrative Office, P. 0. Box 15295, Charlotte, NC 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, NC 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 Road, Charlotte, NC. Second class postage paid at Charlotte, NC.

EDITORIAL

"A Ragtag Lot Indeed!"

We were,in fact,a "ragtag lot". The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity house at the University of Georgia in 1960 was something less than a country club. Someone had forgotten to tell me when I pledged that our tumbled down victorian house had been condemed two weeks earlier by the city of Athens. Someone had forgotten to tell me a lot of things. I joined this small band of about 12 individualists without knowing a thing about Pi Kappa Phi "National", or really caring.

Lambda Chapter had dues about half those of the other fraternities, and for a kid from a broken home, going to school on loans and working two jobs, this was the benefit of Pi Kappa Phi. As I read my pledge manual through the 12 weeks of my pledgeship, I came to realize that my chosen fraternity was operated out of a small storefront building in Sumter, South Carolina. Though the Fraternity was nearly 60 years old we had only about 42 chapters and nearly half of those were, like Lambda, marginal operations. We had a new Executive Director, Durward Owen, who had a two-man staff and no experience in operating a fraternity. We had a Scholarship Foundation that barely had enought money to give even one full scholarship a year. In 1960 my Fraternity was going nowhere!

NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. We now have 88 chapters and 7 colonies (we got 4 new ones in May) and we are perhaps the fastest growing fraternity in the country today. We have a fine Scholarship Foundation with a net worth of over $250,000 which last year gave scholarship recognition awards, grants, and loans to over 30 deserving students. We have established a new Pi Kappa Phi Properties, Inc., which owns 16 of our fraternity houses, and has a net worth in excess of 1.5 million dollars.

We have a beautiful and functional new headquarters building in Charlotte, North Carolina, which is equipped with everything necessary to operate the fastest growing fraternity. It has been appraised at over $200,000. We have a condominum in Charlotte for the use of Fraternity guests and the field staff which now consists of a Director and six trained administrative staff members, plus a clerical staff of four.

We have a National Project which in only two years has paid for the original design and construction of 2 unique learning playgrounds for blind/deaf mentally and physically handicapped children. We have added new services for our members,such as, group insurance, group travel programs, an MBA degree program, job placement assistance, a new Pi Kapp College Leadership School, and a program for protecting the valuable and historic records of the Fraternity.

What,happened? What changed from 1960 to 1978? Who did it? You did!

Yes; those of you who have offered to help have been put to work.

Durward Owen's accomplishments have been monumental as a Director during these past 18 years - but without you and your willingness to contribute so generously of your time and money,it wouldn't have happened.

A great deal of work remains to be done.

We need chapter advisors, job councellors, someone willing to call their chapter members to solicit donations, we need a credit union for our members, we need someone to start chapters at new campuses, we need more help on the Playground Project, etc.

If you haven't given, please start, if you have please don't stop. If you, like me,think the last 18 have been something, wait until you see the next 18!(Phil Tappy, National President)

It was not my intention to wait this long to send in my Voluntary Dues. Your letter of February 20 reminded me that I had tucked away somewhere in my desk your letter of December 1, so I rummaged around and found it. And I re-read it. You are right! Pi Kappa Phi has had an effect in so many areas...

As I was dating this letter it suddenly came to me that it was about this time of the year FIFTY years ago when I was initiated into Pi Kappa Phi. But all of those years have not dimmed in any way any of the warm memories I have of the fellowship of Chi Chapter at Stetson with such outstanding Brothers as Chet Freeman, 011ie Edmonds,Hewen Lassiter and many others. Will you forgive me if I reminisce just a little?

On that warm Sunday afternoon in September 1927, my folks hurriedly deposited me at the entrance of the dormitory and took off for home 150 miles away. That was a long trip in those days. I made my way to the fourth floor room I had been assigned to find it as bare as Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. My wardrobe trunk with all my clothes, linens, etc., shipped many days before, had not been delivered! And it was Sunday afternoon! As I stood there in a daze, wondering how I could stretch the lonely Five Spot in my pocket to cover both dinner and a night's lodging, I heard someone calling my name far below. I poked my head out the window and after identifying myself the upper classman below said that he was coming up to my room. A few minutes later, Ted Hathcock came in and introduced himself as a member of Pi Kappa Phi. They had been apprised of my expected arrival by Pi Kappa Phi's in my home town and Ted came over to see if everything was OK. He quickly took in my dilemma and invited me to the Pi Kappa Phi house for the night. From that moment I was completely sold on our great Fraternity.

JAMES A. OWENS (Continued)

sian or Chinese combo belt out "I'm an Oakie from Muskogee"!

Chinese operas and acrobatic/lion dancers are fascinating in their riot of color. Thaipusan is an Indian religious holiday during which devotees peirce their tongues and cheeks with silver spikes and embed fish hooks in their skin from which are suspended various kinds of local fruit.

The Owens family has participated in several community projects since their arrival in Singapore. Patricia Owens is assistant editor of the SINGAPORE AMERICAN newspaper. Brother Owens is curreltly "resident artist" for the paper.

Daughter Amanda has contributed articles to the SINGAPORE AMERICAN as well as the the EAGLE EYE, the newspaper published by the Singapore Ameri-

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That episode was only the beginning of many meaningful and heartwarming experiences throughout the term. I was attending Stetson on the shortest of shoestrings and the possibility of joining a fraternity had not entered my thinking until I met those splendid men at Chi Chapter. Room, board and tuition was furnished by the University in return for working in the school dining room, three meals a day, seven days a week. I was working on the side with a laundry and dry-cleaning agency and soon began to see my way clear to becoming a fulfledged Pi Kappa Phi. But it was going to be in the Spring before I could take the initiation.

Then WHAMMOI At the end of the second quarter attendance at the dining room dropped drastically and several waiters were cut off, including myself. If I was to remain in class at all, my meager funds would now have to be used to cover the tuition and other assessments.

Sorry fellows! But it looks as if you have lost a pledge. No way responded the older brothers!

Let us see what we can do. And within two days they had found a job for me up-town that would fit into my schedule and save my initiation fee! THAT, Brothers, was Pi Kappa Phi fifty years ago, and I am confident it is even greater in 1978.

Brother Owen, I regret that I have not been privileged to contribute to Pi Kappa Phi as I would have liked to do, what with educating a medical doctor (son James, L.S.U.) and a lawyer (daughter Marilyn, Loyola) but through the years the Star and Lamp and other messages have been welcome reminders of how much Pi Kappa Phi meant to a solitary freshman long ago. I have watched with interest the spendid growth and maturity of our fraternity and am gratified to know that it continues to be an inspirational and practical influence on campus life today.

Fifty years is a long time! But on the other hand, somehow it doesn't seem so long ago.

Anyway. I think the occasion calls for a little celebration - and I am going to do so by enclosing my check for $50.00 for the best Fraternity ever.

Sincerely yours, Conley S. Boothe, Chi, 1927

can School. Son Beau-John has satisfied his acting urge by appearing in plays staged by the Stage Club of Singapore, the Singapore American School and various other local organizations. Both Brother and Mrs. Owens have also participated in Stage club activities, both on and off stage. In addition to his art work for the SINGAPORE AMERICAN newspaper, Brother Owens is a contributor to the local British Association magazine, the BEAM. As a 6' 31/2" caucasian in an oriental society, he gets the feeling that he is always on display.

The Owens family enjoys living in Singapore and feels that its varied character is best exemplified by the fact that the Republic, while predominately Chinese, has adopted English as the semi-official language but has a national anthem whose lyrics are written in the Malay language.

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 re-

sponsibilities.

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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ALPHA Charleston

IOTA Georgia Tech

LAMBDA Georgia

The Alpha Chapter is having a fine semester.

We have 29 new initiates that joined the ranks in the Alpha Chapter brotherhood. We also have three young men who pledged our chapter this semester.

Brother Alan Horres, our new house chairman, is doing an excellent job. He has put his leadership ability into the position and the committee is working right along with him. The committee is putting paneling up on the second and third floor, which makes the whole house look different.

Our annual Rose Ball was March 10th. The turnout was fantastic. Almost every brother was in attendance. The alumni made their presence known. We had dinner and then danced in the Starlight Room of the Oaks Country Club to the sounds of "The Seventh of May".

The arrival of spring at Tech has brought about a new enthusiasm and excitment in Iota, for a number of programs have reached new heights since their inception a year ago. Rush presented us with 14 outstanding initiates, several of whom are already evidencing their leadership potential through active committee involvement in the Chapter.

Iota continues its stress toward involvement, encouraging its brothers to become actively associated with other activities on campus outside of the Fraternity. This effort has resulted in many Pi Kapps becoming involved in professional societies, student government, and other campus oriented activities. Iota's participation in campus-wide athletics has likewise been ambitious, for improved teams have been fielded in all major sports this year. Particularly successful was the gymnastics team, who earned for Iota the Intramural Championship trophy for 1978.

The chapter has placed much of its emphasis on charitable projects this year, as evidenced by its volunteer involvement in such events as the Atlanta Cerebral Palsy Telethon, the Muscular Dystrophy Dance-a-thon, and, of course, the Pi Kappa Phi National Project. Iota is excited about the National Project, especially after seeing the multimedia presentation given by Durward Owen during his recent visit to Atlanta.

Fund-raising activities have been both innovative and successful; these have included the receipt of proceeds from both campus-wide and city-wide movie presentations, with the help of an Atlanta radio station, and a candy sale. These have resulted in several hundred dollars to be delightedly given to the Pi Kappa Phi Deaf and Blind Playgrounds, Iota Chapter wishes to acknowledge one of its outstanding alumni, George C. Griffin, Dean of Students Emeritus at Georgia Tech, who was recently recognized by the Georgia House of Representative for "his many years of dedicated service to Georgia Tech and his devotion to helping young people in this state." The Brotherhood of Iota salutes him!

The Lambda Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi has been very busy this past year. Our involvements outside of the immediate active chapter have been: an alumni banquet, with Phil Tappy speaking; contributing a large sum of money to the National Philantropy project; receiving the Master Chapter Award from the Administrative Office; attending our area conclave in Augusta, Georgia; and working with alumni on plans for a new house here in Athens. The brothers have been working very hard on all of these projects and many others, which have all been a large success.

Here on the University of Georgia campus the brothers have been involved in all campus activities: receiving an award in Homecoming festivities; being involved in community projects; winning all around intramural sports for the third year in a row; being actively involved in our IFC, being in the top ten percent of all Greek Men s grade point average; and many others.

These are just a few of the many activities that we have been involved in. The brothers here are trying to make this chapter of Pi Kappa Phi the best chapter of Greek Men on campus.

We are now making plans for next year's events to make this dream a reality.

BETA Presbyterian Elections were held recently for the February November term of office. The officers are Rhea Faris - Archon; Clendon Raines - Vice Archon; Clay Mercer - Treasurer; Ricky Jones Secretary; Marty Satterfield - Warden; Jeff Stratton - Historian and Chaplain; Robert Harvey and Bruce VVismer - IFC Representatives.

The chapter has been working hard in the community to raise money. The money is being channeled in three directions: National Project, Rose Ball '78, and paneling for the Alumni Room. We appreciate the contributions from several alumni for these projects.

GAMMA

Berkeley The brothers of Gamma Chapter have recently completed one of their fund-raising projects which will constitute most of their contribution to the National Project. Their first rummage sale was an interesting and profitable experience. Plans are now under way for a second rummage sale at the beginning of the spring quarter.

Gamma Chapter has sponsored several campus symposiums on wine appreciation with guest lecturers from Beringer Winery and representatives of the wine industry. Informative and pleasant tasting sessions have regularly concluded these events.

The second annual Family Day was a huge success. A large percentage of parents and relatives were present, traveling from as far away as Los Angeles, to meet the brothers of Gamma Chapter. An exceptional buffet luncheon concluded the day's activities.

Gamma Chapter has scored very high in recent campus surveys concerning energy saving and grade point average. The chapter is proudly in the top 25% in both categories.

After an exciting and eventful initiation weekend, the brothers welcomed eight new members into their ranks. This recently graduated fall pledge class contributed greatly to the enthusiasm and attitude of the house as a whole.

Their physical improvements on the chapter house for projects during their pledge period have made vast improvements in the functional, as well as aesthetic, aspects of our ever-improving house.

An alumni reminder; Roseball will be held this year on Friday, June 2, 1978, at Siverado Country Club in Napa, California. Invitations should have been received by the third week in April. If you are not contacted and are interested, please write to Gamma Chapter, 2908 Channing Way, Berkeley, California 94704. Hope to see you there!

ZETA WOFFORD In our '77 Fall rush we received 10 new pledges and half as many in our Spring rush. As a project to raise maney, the pledge class sold candy and used the money to make improvements on the fraternity house.

The Fraternity also made some general house improvements. After the addition of a new patio and deck last year, this year we reworked the bathrooms and a donor is "footing the bill" for new curtains for the house.

As a community service project, Zeta chapter helped the local U.S. Marines collect "Toys for Tots". This noteworthy project enabled underprivileged children to be a part of a normal Christmas.

KAPPA University of North Carolina The Kappa Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has had a very busy and productive semester.

Though the semester started with very cold weather and plenty of snow, rush activities were held with excellent turnouts. After formal rush was over, the Pi Kapps had done very well, especially compared to other fraternities on campus, getting a quality group of pledges.

The Kappa Chapter has always been strong in intramurals and this year has been no exception.

Pi Kappa Phi sported seven intramural basketball teams, one of which made it into the playoffs. The Pi Kapps are currently in the softball and golf playoffs with soccer and tennis playoffs starting in a few weeks. The Pi Kapps are currently in first place among fraternity intramural competition.

Social events have been numerous this semester with mixers with the Kappa Delta's, Kappa Kappa Gamma's, Granville Dorm, Cobb Dorm, Meredith College, Alpha Delta Pi's from N. C. State University, and a band party with the Zeta Beta Tau's, Kappa Delta's, Alpha Delta Pi's and Pi Kappa Alpha's featuring the band "Janice". The Pi Kapps also held their annual all campus "Burn Out" party on March 17 with the proceeds going to the the N.C. Burn Center.

The annual pig roast was held the weekend of the UNC - Duke basketball game and it proved to be a very enjoyable time.

Rose Ball was held the weekend of April 1st and Miss Kassie Allen was chosen Rose Queen.

Other awards given were, "Least Worst Pledge" to Britt Lassiter for the Fall '77 pledge class and the "Hazelhurst Award" for the senior who has contributed the most tothe Kappa Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi was won by Paul B. Taylor.

The Rose Ball weekend was a very festive and enjoyable time for all with many alumni returning to join the activities.

The weekend of April 15th was set aside as beach weekend and everybody enjoyed it. In addition to the social events, the house is buzzing with brothers getting their acceptances to Law Schools and MBA schools as well as many fine offers from prominent firms. Though plans for the summer and next year are being made, the remaining weeks should prove to be very enjoyable and memorable times for all the brothers of Kappa Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi.

XI Roanoke College Xi Chapter of Roanoke College has been busy this last semester. The Alumni sponsored barbecue during January was the great success. Thanks go to the many alumni for the help they gave Brother Phillip Maloof,'47, at his home, where the event was held. Bids Day 1978 culminated a competitive winter rush program for Xi Chapter, Pi Kappa Phi is proud to have picked up 15 new pledges. This brings in the chapter to its highest membership number, 58. The pledge class is an especially fine one, with much leadership. Xi also participated in the Roanoke Valley East Seal Telethon this spring, in addition to the aluminum can drive. Proceeds from this can collection go toward Pi Kappa Phi's National Project. Lastly, Xi is in the lead presently at Roanoke College for the intramural sports trophy.

OMICRON Alabama Omicron Chapter has recently been given funds with which to establish a small reference library and reading room in the chapter house.

The gift, in the amount of $2500, was made by the employees of National Security Insurance Company in Elba, Alabama, in memory of the company's president, W. L. Brunson, who died recently of a sudden heart attack.

Brunson was an active student at the University of Alabama in the 1940's and was Omicron Initiate 297. He was editor of the 50th Anniversary edition of the Corolla in 1942 and served as Archon of Omicron Chapter as an undergraduate. Brother Brunson received a law degree from the University's Law School in 1948 and practiced law for a short time before founding National Security Insurance Company. He had served as the company's president for the past 31 years.

The gift will be used to remodel and furnish a room on the ground floor of the chapter house to serve as a library and study room. The chapter will then purchase reference books which are frequently needed by the student members. To assure that the room and books are well taken care of, regulations regarding library hours and book borrowing policy have already been established. Many students have contributed money and books to this worthwhile project and feel that it will be a permanent asset for our chapter.

We want to give every member of our fraternity an opportunity to help out with this project through a gift of books or money. If you have books that you don't use, perhaps they would be helpful as an addition to the library.

If you don't have any old books to send, we will use your donation to purchase a book for the library. And if you would like to specify a particular title you wish to be purchased with your donation, please do so.

Each book will bear a bookplate indicating its donor. If you wish to make a gift in memory of a deceased fraternity brother or family member, that will also be included.

If you have any questions concerning the library or the book donation arrangement, please

contact Jack Brunson, Library Project Chairman, at (205) 348-5772 or 349-2414. Gifts are tax deductible and we will send you a receipt to use for tax purposes. Send to Omicron Chapter Library, Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, 312 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401.

The 1978 Star Formal was held in Tuscaloosa on the fourth of February and was highlighted by the announcement of the 1978 Star for Omicron Chapter. She is Miss Susan Shaw of Dalton, Georgia. Susan is a sophomore majoring in Interior Design and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Crowning Miss Shaw was the 1977 Star of Omicron Chapter and National Rose Queen of Pi Kappa Phi, Miss Melanie Shannon.

The festive day began with the customary champagne party at the fraternity house, and later the brothers and their dates moved to the Ramada Inn for dancing where the presence of several alumni made the evening especially enjoyable.

Omicron Chapter undergraduates had the second highest grade point average among large fraternities, well above the men's average. We captured two SGA Senate seats as well as the Presidency of the School of Commerce. Athletically, Omicron had its best year since winning the All-Sports Trophy in 1972. The Pi Kapps finished first and third in basketball, both Ping Pong teams finished first, the volleyball team came in second. Our softball team is currently undefeated. Socially, Omicron has continued its tradition of having the best parties on campus.

RHO Washington & Lee After a long and cold winter, spring is a welcorned sight in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Camping, hiking, canoeing and swimming in the beautiful Goshen Pass are but a few of the many outdoor activities that the brothers of Rho engage in. This abundance of extracurricular events combined with a short academic term with half the normal course load has given Washington & Lee the reputation of being a "Country Club", a rumor we won't deny.

Spring is, however, a meaningful time for Rho Chapter. It is a time for planning ahead for next fall's Rush and developing an effective summer Rush Program. It is a time to work on the house and undertake projects such as finding money for new furniture and a stereo system, both of which are first priority items for the house. Most importantly spring is the time in which we must say goodbye to our senior class which has contributed so much to Rho over their four years at Washington & Lee. It has been a pleasure to work with them and we wish them the best of luck.

Rho will once again be well represented at Pi Kapp College. Several officers and brothers plan to attend. We are looking forward to seeing brothers from other chapters and discussing the benefits as well as the problems of the Fraternity. Have a nice summer and best of luck in all your pursuits.

SIGMA South Carolina Sigma Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is looking forward to a great 1978. With the initiation of ten outstanding and promising young men into our brotherhood last fall, we are continuing our drive toward increasing the size of our chapter.

We have also pledged some fine young men this spring.

This summer the chapter has plans for remodeling our lounge. With a new television and juke box already acquired, our lounge should be impressive. We also have plans for a summer rush weekend, with hopes of getting a headstart on fall rush.

The chapter was deeply saddened by the loss of one of our associate members, Blair Standridge. His leadership and inspiration qualities made him well liked and respected by all. In his memory, the chapter, working with the University, established the Blair Standridge Scholarship Fund. The memory of Blair will always be with us.

TAU North Carolina State Tau Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi has entered upon a period of growth, sparked by the enthusiasm of its brothers. Tau added eight new initiates to its fold in the fall semester, and spring rush saw her with the greatest number of

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This enthusiasm has expressed itself in the winning of an award from the University in its annual food drive for the needy. It was also evident by Tau's presence at the 1977 Peach Bowl which saw North Carolina State triumph over Iowa State, 23 - 14.

Physically, our house has undergone many beneficial improvements. With new furniture, expensive landscaping, and redesign of our living room being the most prominent. Further renovations in carpeting, woodwork, and decorating are planned to maintain the beauty and overall attractiveness of our home.

Plans for a summer rush program are underway, and with brothers participating toward that end, Tau looks forward to a successful recruitment in the fall.

Tau will be participating in Pi Kapp College this August, and our representatives are eager to meet with those of other chapters for an exchange of ideas and lots of brotherly fun.

Tau Chapter will be sponsoring a campuswide boxing tournament this fall, with funds received going to our National Project. Plans for this event have almost been completed and all looks well for its success. Tau would like to urge other chapters to participate in this worthwhile project for those less fortunate than ourselves, and thereby bring honor upon our Fraternity.

UPSILON Illinois Upsilon Chapter has been digging out of one of the worst winters, in terms of snow fallen, that this city has ever seen. At the bottom of all this digging, the future looks good. In the area of community services, our chapter is concentrating on two areas. In April we will be working at the Champaign County Detention Center for Youth. The work will consist of upgrading the physical plant of this establishment, such as painting and doing minor repairs. The other area which is receiving much enthusiasm is our National Project. Plans are all ready finalized for the selling of the Roses on Mother's Day, April 15. We plan to exceed our selling of roses from last year and consequently contribute more money this year to the project. The Little Sisters will aid us in this endeavor.

So far this semester we have had two exchanges, and are looking forward to pairing up with sororities this semester. Rose Ball this year was held at the Urbana Holiday Inn on April 1.

Everyone wishes to thank our former Rose Queen, Miss Marian Drahnak for all she has done for the house.

In rush we have pledged three new members so far. We are hoping that by our formal and informal rush efforts to add many new members to Upsilon Chapter. Stronger emphasis has been put on high school weekends this year than has been the policy in the past. By having these weekends, we hope to show high school seniors not only the University of Illinois but also what Pi Kappa Phi is about. Many of these weekends are planned for the remaining part of the semester.

The chapter house has seen considerable improvements this semester. New furniture was purchased for the living room which goes quite well with the oak walls that were stripped and refinished a few semesters back. The second floor bathroom is currently being remodeled, and plans are being formulated for the remodeling of the third floor bathroom.

In the way of sports Upsilon is not sitting back and watching. We are hoping for tremendous seasons in soccer and softball. Upsilon made it into the semi-finals in the fall soccer season and is hoping to go a lot further in the spring. Practices for softball are currently underway. Great enthusiasm is seen in the sport because last spring semester we were the Orange Division Champions. We are looking to accomplish this goal again this year, and many think it can be done because the same team will be back to terrorize our opponents.

CHI Stetson Chi Chapter's 77-78 year has been one to remember for the 18 seniors that are leaving in May. With two good rushes this year, we acquired the same quality of men capable to move and take charge in the seniors place. So far this year we are well in the lead to win the President's Cup (Athletic Trophy for 77-78) for the second year in a row. Of the 8 sports finished to date we have won 5 and gone undefeated in 4 of those. Pi Kappa Phi continues to supply Stetson's campus with leaders ranging from ODK, judiciary, student councils, business fraternities, Who's Who nominees, activities boards, and many more. We recently had 15 Pi Kapps from Indiana who were training for ,a marathon bike race visit us, and we would like to say that we enjoyed having you and good luck in the race.

OMEGA Purdue Greetings from Purdue University home of the Omega Chapter. The men of Omega Chapter have been participating in many activities since our last letter. We hosted the Red Cross Christmas Party for about 20 underprivileged children.

In this event we supplied a place for the party, the gifis for the children and the Santa Claus to distribute the gifts. But the real stars of the show were the kids themselves. Their faces warmed our hearts for the entire Christmas season and added a special meaning to the spirit of giving.

With winter comes snow and Purdue had its fair share, but all the snow and cold weather did not keep us inside. With our first blizzards the brothers quickly responded to the needs of those people trapped in the surrounding area who needed medical attention and transportation to one of the Civil Defense stations. Good work to Brother Reeves, Brother Wray and to Pledge O'Brien for the fine job and quick thinking.

The chapter house is now going through some major and much needed renovations. Our entire first floor is receiving a new look from the new carpeting and the redesigned Television Room.

Thank you Corporation and Alumni! It's going to look great, just as soon as we get all of the saw dust swept up and thrown out.

Spring at Purdue is a very special time. Not only do the wintry temperatures leave and the flowers come out, but this is the time for Omega Chapter to show it's competitive spirit.

University Sing and the Purdue Grand Prix being the focal points of that spirit. University sing is an all campus singing competition with more than adequate competition to bring out the best in our singing voices. For our even braver souls, one week later, there is the Purdue Grand Prix, a closed course, 50 mile go-kart race. In this endeavor we would like to thank Brother Kelley Carr for his financial assistance.

Finally we feel only right to thank Brother Lascoe for his services to us as a loyal worker in the Omega Chapter Housing Corporation and we wish him much luck in his future consulting firm. Also we would like to thank the brothers of Omicron Chapter at the University of Alabama, and the brothers of Delta Nu Chapter at the University of Western Kentucky for their most cordial hospitality on our pledges walk out.

ALPHA ALPHA Mercer Alpha Alpha Chapter is proud to announce the initiation of eight new members in this school year. They are: David Borges, Miami, FL; Lee Honeycutt, Chattanooga, TN; Jude Fischer and Dennis Cantley, both of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Tom Gresham, Conyers, GA; Ron Tyson, Orlando, FL; Stan Joines, Columbus, GA;and Mark Monroe, Marietta, GA. Congratulations to all these fine additions to our chapter.

We also had an alumni initiate, Sherwood Carter of Macon, GA. Everyone here at Alpha Alpha is looking forward to summer and fall rush with great anticipation. Although our chapter has been small in the past, we feel next year will bring a great surge of new members.

We are also working on a house improvement fund to upgrade the condition of our lodge.

Construction of a patio and grill, and the purchase of a pool table will effectively aid us in next year's rush.

Several alumni in the Macon area are now making plans to establish an alumni chapter for the central Georgia area. We express the best of luck in this fine effort and hope it will streghten Pi Kappa Phi in this area.

ALPHA EPSILON Florida Several important events have occured since this past winter at the Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. During winter quarter, we initiated 20 new men into the brotherhood. We held our annual Rose Ball at which the new Rose Queen was chosen.

During this quarter we plan several service projects, one of which is aimed at aiding the local Big Brother agency in Gainesville. We were also able to recruit eight new pledges for winter quarter.

ALPHA ZETA Oregon State Spring rush has been quite successful. We have informally pledged 8 men and plan to pledge 3 more before spring term ends. Furthermore, 41 men are living in and only 2 are graduating.

With 38 returning and house capacity at 42, we have formed an annex committee to contract some apartment rooms for next fall. We have set a goal of pledging 20 "good" men during the fall rush week.

Scholastics also have been improving rapidly.

We had the most improved grades among the 29 fraternities on campus and had 2 fourpoint students last term.

We have 10 new brothers living with us now after our last initiation. Jack Steward (a past national president) was present to watch his son, Scott, be initiated into our circle of brotherhood.

We enjoyed attending and learned much from the Area Conclave at Gamma Chapter at Berkeley on April 14 and 15. We returned to Oregon for an "All State" rush effort on April 22 and 23, and returned to host our moms for "Mom's Weekend" and sponsored the Pi Kappa Phi "Tug 0' War" for Easter Seals. Last of all, but not least, our 1978 annual Roseball was held at the house on May 13, and we invited all alumni to participate and enjoy Pi Kappa Phi at its best, and they did just that!

ALPHA ETA Samford Once again the brothers at Alpha Eta have experienced another successful year. Through the combined efforts of all the brothers and pledges, we have maintained our first place position on campus.

The 1977-78 academic year began with our record-breaking rush as we pledged 30 men to

our Fraternity, who were initiated in March. As the year progressed so did our intramurals points.

Currently we are in first place among approximately 20 competing organizations. We have taken first place in all sports over the other fraternities on campus, and the spring looks promising as we are now preparing for track and softball. We are hoping the 1978 Intramural Trophy will soon be another added award to Alpha Eta. A special event occured at Samford recently, "Step-Sing 1978", and resulted in another victory for Pi Kappa Phi. The brothers spent several weeks preparing for Step-Sing which proved worthwhile as our show won first place in the fraternity division and won the Sweepstakes Trophy, Step-Sing's highest award.

Although we are continuing a successful year at Samford we have spread our projects and activities to other chapters in the state. Alpha Eta recently hosted the Alabama Pi Kappa Phi Conclave in which our National Officers and several brothers throughout the state attended.

We have begun several projects and we are now in the process of raising money to donate a flagpole to the National Office.

little sisters collected money for the March of Dimes Telerama. The chapter's collection was a big success, for it gave the brotherhood the opportunity to present a check for $140 to the chairman of the Telerama for this worthy cause.

A special thanks to three of our alumni, Marshall Peterson, Dan Conway, and Tom DrumHellar for helping us to initiate this fund drive.

Rose Ball 1978 found all in a joyous mood.

The Fraternity celebrated this annual event March 4. We were very pleased to see many of our Alumni at the festive occasion. We enjoyed having them and hope they enjoyed themselves.

Our Rose Queen this year is Miss Debbie Manning. Along with this annoucement came Chapter Awards for "Best Alumnus": Steven Kirkpatrick, "Best Active": Larry Woods, our fall quarter Archon, and "Best Pledge for fall 1977: Mark Hest.

ALPHA TAU Rensselaer

The Pi Kapps at Michigan State, besides having a good social, have done many worthwhile projects. Over last Halloween, the brothers and one of the local sororities raised money for UNICEF. Last winter, over Christmas, we kidnapped all the sorority presidents and held them for a "ransom" of food which was donated to Project Headstart in Lansing. The project was very pleased with the amount of food we collected.

This spring term, we will spend one Saturday raising money for the National Project. We are planning a rose sale before Mother's Day. We hope to equal or better our showing of last year (3rd place among all chapters.)

Brother Paul Meaders is actively involved in Michigan State affairs. Besides serving on the IFC, Paul was recently chosen to be on the committee for the search for a new university president. Brother Ray Campbell is actively involved in the University Greek paper, the Oracle. These are just a few of the Pi Kapp interests.

The Alpha Tau Chapter is currently 38 strong and threatening to outgrow the house. Although our fall rush was a little weaker than we had hoped, we still managed to attract 10 very enthusiastic pledges. The spring rush is well organized and the pledge class has already grown to 15 with several more expected.

Thanks to the social chairman and his committee, our fund raising event for this year's National Project went very well. A slave auction and dating game netted $250.00, while being fun and entertaining for all. The spirit of the project was very much evident as people bidded generously in exchange for a few hours of work.

Our intramural program is very strong with about two thirds of the brothers involved. We are especially proud to be the current IFC pocket billiards champions and also sport the individual campus champion. Other teams that are doing well include our two hockey teams which are both in contention for the top spots, and our bowling team.

The financial status of our chapter is the best it has been in recent years. Although due to the age of our house we are being forced to make many major repairs now and in the near future. Alumni interest is once again becoming strong and is very much appreciated.

ALPHA XI PINY

ALPHA UPSILON Drexel

Alpha Xi is starting to prepare for our 50th anniversary which is this November. We hope that with the support of our alumni we can have a memorable celebration for Alpha Xi's alumni and the alumni in the New York City area. We would enjoy hearing from any alumni interested in helping with this event.

Alpha Xi is also busy with the National Project and we have been engaged in raffles, a cake sale and other activities. We will be sponsoring a car wash later in the spring near our house.

We are thankful to the alumni who participated in our annual Follies Night where $300 was raised for the project.

Alpha Xi is also trying to get interested in reviving and reorganizing our local I FC which has nearly disintegrated in the past few years, at Polytechnic Institute. With a revival of some inactive fraternity chapters of other fraternities, we hope to encourage more activities among the other fraternities and an increase in extracurricular activities within the student body.

Each semester Alpha Upsilon concentrates its efforts in one major area instead of spreading too thin in many endeavors. This is the way we attain maximum results. In the fall, we concentrate on rush, in the winter it's member education, and in the spring it's charity.

Alpha Upsilon kicked off the 1977-78 school year with tremendous enthusiasm. This resulted in a highly successful rush. Soon after bids were given out, we invited our alumni and parents back to 3405 Powelton Avenue for Parents Alumni Day. This function gives the parents of the new pledges a chance to be introduced to our family here at Alpha Upsilon.

This past winter saw fifteen new brothers become initiated into this chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. This pledge class has shown a great deal of enthusiasm and promise in the past three months.

They have a solid nucleus of leaders and many hard workers. These fifteen men will be a great asset to Alpha Upsilon.

On the weekend of March 3 and 4, Alpha Upsilon hosted a conclave for areas I and II. We had a surprisingly good turnout from most of the chapters in these areas. Friday night we simply got acquainted. Saturday morning and afternoon consisted of a chapter trouble shooting session which was highlighted with much discussion about rush. All had a good time and many lasting friendships were made.

Spring term usually has a smaller pledge class, but we currently have eighteen pledges. We are looking forward to initiating them once they have successfully completed their member education.

This spring we are also looking forward to our charity fund-rasing event. This year Alpha Upsilon will stage a Gong Show. Plans have been in the making since last term and the show should be a great success.

ALPHA THETA Michigan

ALPHA OMICRON Iowa State On December 9, 1977, the chapter initiated 15 men as part of our Founders' Day celebration. The chapter advisor, Brian Riggs was present for the initiation. After initiation the chapter celebrated til dawn, cleaned the house and had a semi-formal supper to end the Founders' Day activities. REAL CLASS! The house refurbishing is continuing with the living room area. On one of the work days the men patch-plastered and painted the living room. The area is a one hundred percent improvement.

Next fall extensive house refurbishing plans are in the making. With the onset of our 50th Anniversary, the chapter house is in need of repair to the kitchen, and the annexes are in need of repair in general. The men are fired up to fix the house up for the anniversary celebration which is being held at Homecoming 1979.

ALPHA SIGMA Tennessee On October 24, 1977 the Alpha Sigma Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi held a reception in honor of chapter member, Howard K. Baker, Jr. During the reception, Senator Baker was named "Alumnus of the Year". The chapter feels that this was a very wise choice and is proud of Senator Baker's efforts as a supporting alumnus.

Along with the announcement came the unveiling of a portrait of Senator Baker, which is now on display at the chapter house.

Several alumni members from the University of Tennessee were on hand for the reception.

The active brothers of Alpha Sigma would like to extend sincere thanks to those who attended.

The reception gave the chapter a needed boost and it also gave the brothers a chance to know our alumni on a better basis. For this we are grateful.

It was during the month of February 1978, that the Alpha Sigma chapter answered the call of the needy. On the 28th several brothers and

ALPHA PSI Indiana Thanks to bad weather and the coal miners, the spring semester has been an unusual one for Pi Kapps at Indiana University. The severe winter and the coal strike made it necessary for IU, which is fueled almost entirely by coal, to take an extended three week break. The lengthy break was a welcomed vacation as many brothers took advantage of it by either working or traveling to warmer areas like Florida and the Bahamas.

Already completed prior to break was Alpha Psi's contribution to the National Project. This year, in order to raise money, the brothers sold light bulbs. That's right, light bulbs, and a profit of $150 was made which was donated to the National Project. The Project is an important effort, and we at Alpha Psi hope to continue improving our contributing efforts.

Together with Delta Zeta Sorority, Pi Kappa Phi performed in IU Sing, an all-campus variety show. The Delta Zeta - Pi Kapp production was a comedy - satire about TV commercials and was written by brothers Russ Henning and Russ Dunlap. It was a very successful show.

This year Pi Kappa Phi is paired with Sigma Kappa Sorority for all campus activities. The highlights of the month include canoe and paddleboat races at the nearby reservoir, the

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"Mini 500" which is a tricycle race for the girls, and the biggest event of all the "Little 500" bicycle race. Our teams have represented themselves very well in the preliminaries of all these events, especially in the "Little 500".

The "Little 500" is a fifty-mile bicycle race run on a quarter-mile cinder track. This will be the 28th year for the race and it looks like one of the best years ever for Pi Kappa Phi. To get in the race a team must have one of the thirtythree fastest qualification times. A qualification attempt involves a four lap sprint with each lap ridden by a different rider and the entire attempt uses just one bike. This is a difficult task as it requires a flying exchange, one man getting off the bike while another gets on without ever stopping the bike. The "exchange" is a crucial part of the "quals" attempt, and it often leads to scraped and bruised riders and disqualification for many teams. This year, a strong Pi Kapp team consisting of John Leonard, John Hayden, Steve Smith and Jim Kaufman, had a very smooth qualification attempt and earned the 8th position in the field of thirty-three. The "Little 500" is held every year on a weekend in the end of April. If any brother is interested in seeing this very exciting, highly competitive event and cheering Pi Kappa Phi on to victory, please let us know and we will be glad to give you all the details. The bike team wishes to thank the Chi Chapter of Stetson University in Deland, Florida, for allowing the team to stay at their house while training in Florida.

Their hospitality helped make the three-week Florida training session a very enjoyable trip.

The big event this summer is Pi Kapp College and several brothers are planning to attend. Our house is a fairly young one in that most of the brothers are sophomores or freshmen, so we feel that Pi Kapp College will be a very worthwhile investment for the future of our chapter.

Plans are already in the making for next fall's Homecoming. Several activities are being planned, and we hope that our friends and alumni will mark October 14 on their calendars as a day to visit Indiana University and the Alpha Psi Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi,

BETA DELTA Drake Outstanding achievements highlight this semester here at Beta Delta. Numerous awards, honors, and positions have been bestowed upon various brothers and we at Pi Kappa Phi feel the peaking of our house is finally within our grasp.

With the election of Gary Zimmerman as student body President, our leadership position on campus has been strenghened even greater than before. And with Bruce Gruen as Journalism Senator, and Joel Mosher as Fine Arts Senator, Pi Kapps will no doubt be able to have an outspoken voice on campus. We retained our perpetual involvement in I FC with the appointment of some brothers as Greek Week Chairmen, Mark Chaplick will serve as Awards Chairman at next year's Sweetheart Sing. Zimmerman was appointed I FC Activities Chairman for next year, but had to relinquish his position because of his Presidential election. Robert Tullio was selected by the Journalism department to host his own cable television show and he along with Gruen and John Gorman will once again produce their semi-annual magazine, The "Source". Jim Glick was honored with the prestigious Pi Kapp Scholar Award and after graduation plans on working for one of the Big Eight accounting firms as an actuaristaccountant.

Socially, a wide variety of parties have been especially successful. One such extravaganza put on by the house was the famous "Night of Gluttony" party which featured massive eating and drinking and over 200 people attended. The following weekend we entertained over 300 individuals at our Area Conclave party.

Future events include the ever-popular Monte Carlo party and the traditional Rose Ball.

We have recently overcome our food problem.

After firing 2 cooks, we have turned to a catering system which has worked out beautifully.

Good food coupled with drastic improvements being made in the house's physical structure, the overall attitude of the brother's is quite optimistic.

Seven young men have been pledged into the fraternity and we feel that they are a super group of guys who in the near future will be actively running the house as well as being involved in campus activities.

BETA IOTA Toledo The brothers of Beta Iota are anxiously preparing for the event of a very welcomed spring after a record-breaking winter. But we can look back to the winter quarter and the past ten weeks of hard, but rewarding work. We are preparing to initiate three members in the spring which will coordinate with a party for the alumni. Also, our annual anti-Florida party will be held during spring break.

We have also finalized our Rose Ball for this year which will be June 17. We are looking forward to many important events and socials this spring, which we feel will draw us together in the true feelings of fraternal brotherhood.

BETA LAMBDA Tampa The brothers of Beta Lambda have been busy this year with a full calendar of events. Fall semester we initiated ten new brothers, followed by six this spring semester and even two alumni brothers. Right now our spring pledge program is in full swing and hell night is approaching for our six very promising pledges.

Not only providing activities for the whole school such as: social parties, throw a pie at a Pi Kapp for the Heart Fund and UMOC (Ugliest Man on Campus), Beta Lambda has been active with many community projects. A few of these being: bloodmobile, donations to the heart fund, send a mouse to college for the cancer fund, one-on-one basketball tourney, and our Little Sisters have recently donated kites to a nearby orphanage.

We have been fielding full teams at every intramural event and our sports program is the best in years. Our brotherhood recently won the University of Tampa annual Greek Games and at the same time our Little Sisters surprised us with new furniture for our Chapter room.

We're working hard to obtain Most Outstanding Fraternity, and with such characteristics as, outstanding spirit, largest population of active brothers on campus, and help from our Archon, Eric Romanino, and senior brother Dave "Spanky" Helterbran, the road to Outstanding Fraternity will be easy.

BETA MU McNeese State Beta Mu has been busy with its new recruitment plan which has yeilded five new men this semester, so far.

Beta Mu was visited by two representatives of the Houston area Alumni Organization on March 4 of this year. These two gentlemen were Bill Sawyer of Gamma Iota and A. J. Kowalski of Beta Nu. Both gentlemen gave us new ideas which were well received by the chapter.

The alumni newsletter for Beta Mu for the spring of 1978 will be published soon. If you would like a copy of this newsletter, please send your name and address to: Pi Kappa Phi, P. 0. Box 708, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, La 70609. Also, send along any names of prospective members that you know of that are attending or that will be attending McNeese.

All help is appreciated.

BETA OMICRON Northwestern State - La. Beta Omicron Chapter held its annual Rose Ball formal on Saturday, April 15, 1978 in the student union ballroom of Northwestern State University. Awards received during the evening were: Beta Pledge: Terry McManus, Best Active: Gary Pennington, Most Outstanding Alumni: Dr. Wayne Guin. The theme was centered around "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", which was displayed in the backdrop for the portraits of the brothers and their dates. The little sisters were responsible for the decorations. If your chapter does not have a little sister organization, we urge you to go to work and establish a chapter. You'll never regret it!

As a rush function, all the brothers, little sisters, and rushees enjoyed a gumbo supper prepared by brothers Tyrone Maxey, David Lafitte, Gary Pennington, Johnny Murray, and Ricky Salley.

Beta Omicron is planning to raise funds for our national project by picking up trash along the highways and getting the Natchitoches merchants to pledge so much per mile of trash.

Beta Omicron is also planning to remodel the lodge. New carpet has recently been installed and a patio is the main goal for the future, complete with bar-b-que pit, ping pong table, and lawn furniture.

The brothers would like to thank Randy Doyle for his contirubtion of $100 for general fraternity use.

BETA TAU Valdosta State Beta Tau Chapter is proud of its accomplishments thus far this year, and we are enjoying this spring quarter of South Georgia sunshine.

We would like to welcome any brothers traveling to Florida during the spring and summer months to exit 1-75 at Valdosta and make themselves at home at our new house on 200 Georgia Avenue.

The Miss Valdosta State College pageant was successful again this year for the Pi Kapps under the direction of Marc Dematt. This year's pageant featured Lisa Lawalin Smith, Miss Georgia 1972, and a honorary Pi Kapp Little Sister, and also Pam Souders, who is the reigning Miss Georgia. Congratualtions Cathy McLendon, our new Miss VSC. Another surprise of the pageant was the announcement of Mrs. Mamie Ashley as an Honorary Little Sister.

Our present scholarship fund, which pays for Miss VSC's tuition, is named after Mrs. Mamie, and the brothers of Beta Tau hold the highest respect for her.

Plans for Rose Ball 1978 are almost complete and we are fired up. This year's formal follows two weeks after our beach trip on April 15 and will be held at Valdosta Country Club. Beta Tau is proud of its improved alumni relations.

This year's homecoming featured a party and a cookout for our alumni. Thanks for your participation Beta Tau Alumni!

The brothers and pledges recently helped the Valdosta State Alumni Foundation with their annual fund drive. The Pi Kapps helped with a phone-a-thon, and the fund drive has raised $18,000, so far. Congratulations to brother Tim Bosworth, who was recently given a three year ROTC Navigation Scholarship! We would also like to congratulate brother Walter Peacock, who has just been employed by Valdosta State as Assistant Director of Student Admissions.

Keep up the Pi Kapp spirit and have a great spring!

BETA PHI East Carolina Things in general at Beta Phi Chapter are looking up. Our proposed budget for 1978-79 is considerably higher, but we will be able to come out at a surplus through a concession grant at our home ball games. Recruitment started out on the weak side in 1977 but through hard work ,and dedication, we are bringing our brotherhood back to a strong level.

Improvements on the house are being made constantly by the brothers through work days and in general "It needs doing, so let's do it now!" All in all, we are regrouping and rebuilding to be the strongest around.

BETA CHI East Texas State Beta Chi Chapter is continuing to prosper. We initiated twenty men in the fall of '77 and picked up ten more in the spring, which was more than any other fraternity on campus. At present, we are the second largest fraternity on our campus, and still growing.

The chapter has greatly improved the appearance of the house with more being added. We have remodeled the downstairs area and plans are being made for the upstairs. We would like to encourage all of our alumni or any other alumni in the area to drop by and visit.

Our Chapter Advisor's wife, Mrs. Barbara McCord, was elected as honorary housemother of Beta Chi Chapter. She was serenaded and presented with a dozen roses by the chapter.

The brothers held a Brothers' Party on February 24. The party was just like a mixer except the brothers asked dates. Everyone had a great time and more parties like this one are wanted in the future.

On Sunday, April 2, we hosted an alumni reception at 2:30 p.m. In order to get more alumni to come, we asked that they bring along their wives and children. The chapter had a picnic in the park with plenty of food and games.

Plans are well under way for Rose Ball. The chapter is going to charter a bus to Dallas, eat out, and the party will be held at the home of Dr. & Mrs. M. L. Coleman. We have invited the Kappa Phi Associate Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi from the University of Texas at Arlington to join us. We are also expecting a big number of alumni to attend.

Rick Bunch is employed by the Dallas Police Department. Recently, natural gas was struck on Rick's land, and we can say that he is doing very well now. Lyn "Bush" Schoelerman recently got a job working for the United States Government in the Forestry Department in soil science at Pineview, Louisiana. Gary Hunter is currently real estate tests. After completing this, he will get into his family business in Dallas. Robert Yowell is employed with the Dallas Police Department. Tim Hunter is working as a poultry inspector for the State of Arkansas. Allen Pomerdy owns his own real estate office on Preston Road in Dallas.

BETA PSI Tennessee Wesleyan The men who have pledged Beta Psi are well on their way of becoming outstanding brothers in the Fraternity. Among some of the endeavors the men tackled together was a doughnut sale, and a raffle of "a dinner for two at a nearby restaurant". Both endeavors were quite successful, from a financial and a period of brotherhood growth stand point.

In the following week, a rush supper proved worthwhile, as the evening included spaghetti and live music. The evening proved as an over all success by the pledging of Mike Sherlin.

The past weeks showed a growth of membership within the Fraternity with several successful outings. Among them were a Frisbee Golf on the 15th of April, a barbeque at the lake on the 22nd of April, and a car wash on the 29th of April. Our formal was May 20.

We had a real good turnout of alumni.

GAMMA BETA Old Dominion April saw our ever popular Rose Ball. Alumni from all over Virginia and the east coast attended, making it a very warm and friendly evening where everyone had a great time.

The number one priority at Gamma Beta is the acquisition of pledges. Rush will progress non-stop in the summer and continue throughout the school year. In the past two years, Gamma Beta has won the IFC's Scholastic Award having achieved the highest grade point average of all fraternities. This year we gave up the title, missing first place by two-hundredths of a point. In sports news, Gamma Beta witnessed it's best season in many years, having defeated many of the top contenders. Our brothers are anxiously preparing for Pi Kapp College in August. We look forward to meeting our brothers from the other chapters.

GAMMA GAMMA Troy State We returned early last quarter to initiate the fall pledge class. We stayed busy last quarter with our basketball team and by taking the children from the Alabama Baptist Children's Home to Troy State's home basketball games.

We have named our new "Rose" for the coming year. She is Beverly Mathiews of Montgomery, Alabama.

We are now enjoying a very active spring. We attended the "Red Stocking Follies" in Troy.

The money that was raised from the sale of tickets went toward the development of the "Troy Community Complex."

GAMMA DELTA Memphis State The chapter eagerly anticipated moving into a new house; however, the city planning commission rejected a proposed change in the zoning ordinance, which would have finalized the move to the new location. The brothers have begun a door-to-door petition drive in an attempt to change the commission's ruling.

Gamma Delta asserted itself on the Memphis State campus in many different ways recently.

Brothers Brad Koeneman, Skip Ralph, and Russell Anderson were elected student government senators. Several brothers captured all-university honors in various intramural sports. Gamma Delta received a standing ovation in the Greek All-Sing competition for its rendition of Bing Crosby's greatest hits. As a means of asserting the Fraternity's name on a local basis, the brothers agreed to repeat their performance at a local church.

A very successful study skills seminar was held at the chapter house. The session was run by the university's educational support program.

Due to the favorable results, this seminar will be offered to other campus organizations.

Over the past Christmas break, a group of fifty brothers and little sisters traveled to Monarch, Colorado for a ski trip. Everyone had a great time. Several similar rush-oriented functions are planned for the summer months.

GAMMA EPSILON Western Carolina Spring semester got off to a slow start but picked up greatly as it went on. Intramurals as one of the most important functions of the Fraternity showed great potential. We finished first in volleyball and went on to finish second in all-campus. Currently we are in third place in overall points. With great hopes for our softball team and some luck we may finish first in the Fraternity League.

Rush this semester has produced 12 new pledges with hopes of several more. It is the largest pledge class in several years. With a good rush, the Fraternity hopes to be able to get off its feet and work toward new goals.

Currently the Fraternity is working on the hopes to purchase a new house. We have been faced with the problem of losing the chapter room by next fall.

Rose Ball this year was great. It was held in Waynesville where many alumni and undergraduates got together to talk of old times.

Sherrie Cox became Rose Queen of 1978.

Sherrie is the wife of Brother Mike Cox. We all had a very enjoyable time.

GAMMA THETA UNC - Wilmington The Gamma Theta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi started our '78 Spring rush which brought many students to our house with questions concerning fraternity. Normally people come for the party aspect then ask questions. Our rush was very successful bringing five pledges of which 3 are now brothers.

On February 19, We had a Pig Picking. On March 16, we had an IFC party where we had a chance to meet with and talk to the other Greeks on campus about the future for the Fall semester. We have great plans for the Fall including a "Greek Week" on the UNC-W campus.

Everyone is very enthused about our progress.

GAMMA LAMBDA Missouri - Rolla We, the brothers of Gamma Lambda are anticipating a very good andprosperous year.

The reasons for our outlook on the future are as follows.

First of all, our house has undergone many improvements in its physical appearance. Many rooms have been remodeled or painted. One room was made into a library and another into an office. We feel thse improvements have added a little more class to our house.

Second, along with the improvements to the house we also hope to expand our membership.

Our representatives, who were sent to the area conclave in Columbia, Missouri, brought back many new ideas for planning and managing recruitment. Our goal for recruitment this year is to have one hundred members initiated by the tenth anniversary next fall.

Preparations for our tenth anniversary have already begun. We are hoping to have many activities and events set up for alumni enjoyment. The site of our banquet is planned to be at the same place in which we where chartered.

We hope this will be a great ending of an anticipated good year and a great start for the beginning of the next year.

GAMMA MU Belmont Abbey This year has seen many changes and steps forward in Gamma Mu Chapter.

The highlight of the year came when one of our brothers ran, as a protest candidate, for the presidency of the school. We came in a very close second in a field of four. It was a great campaign and we got our point across.

The pledge period is at a half way point. They are finishing the pledge project, a bar-b-que. At all social events they will sell hot dogs and burgers.

PAGE 6 The softball season is just around the corner.

We are the defending school champs and plan to win it again.

GAMMA NU LaGrange This has been a very successful year for Pi Kappa Phi at LaGrange College due to the initiation of ten new brothers.

This year, the I FC at LaGrange College is headed by a Pi Kapp Brother, Bobby Boyd. The I FC has scheduled for this spring an Atlanta Braves Day for probationary kids of LaGrange.

One day will be chosen where the Pi Kapp Brothers will carry a group of these kids to the Atlanta Ball Park to watch a Braves game.

Greek Week was held at LaGrange College during the week of April 17 through 22. A few of the events held were a square dance and an IFC party. To top off the week Bobby Boyd, a Pi Kapp, was named Mr. Greek of LaGrange College.

This spring we have remodeled the living room of our house, which greatly enhanced the over all beauty of our house. We would like to thank our Rose, Louise Wynne,for the paneling.

Also, special thanks goes to Mr. Leo T. Carlton, the father of one of our brothers, for the donation of a suspended ceiling for this room.

Our Rose Ball was held on May 13 at the Old English Inn in Atlanta. The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity at LaGrange College would like to give special thanks to our alumni for their gracious donations that helped to make this year's Rose Ball possible.

GAMMA RHO Lander As usual, the number one fraternity at Lander is Pi Kappa Phi. This year's homecoming saw Pi Kapps win the Float Award for the eightth time in nine years. Also crowned Homecoming Queen was Little Sister, Robin Rosenberg, who was sponsored by the year book. The school also sponsored a Spirit Competition Award.

We had every brother and little sister there to cheer the Lander Senators on to victory. Pi Kappa Phi is also participating in the Miller recycling project. With a $500 prize for 5,000 pounds of Miller bottles and cans collected, we have already reached the 4,000 mark.

Founders' Day was a great success with the dinner, and brother Blanford Eubanks, our guest speaker, who has been a Pi Kapp for fifty years. Spring rush proved to be the best yet with eight new pledges, and four new brothers. The Rose Ball is expected to be the best yet with a great eight piece band.

GAMMA UPSILON Oklahoma State We've moved up considerably in scholastic standings on campus. We're working on rush for next fall and are very confident of a full house.

The brotherhood grows stronger every day and this improves our house 100%. We're one of the newest fraternities on campus and received the Master Chapter Award last year from Pi Kappa Phi. To contribute money for the national project, we sold carnations and delivered them on Valentine's Day, which proved to be a great idea.

GAMMA PSI Augusta The Gamma Psi Chapter has continued to embody the spirit of Brotherhood and Fraternalism through a variety of different activities and functions.

In the forefront of these activities, was the recently held conclave hosted by our chapter on March 3 and 4. The entire congregation of Pi Kapps was honored by the presence of National President, Phil Tappy and Area Governor, George Pritchard. In addition to a very informative learning seminar conducted by the visiting dignitaries, a welcoming party and a disco provided the foundation of a very fraternal weekend. A volleyball tournament between the visiting delegations was held with Delta Beta and Iota gaining top honors. The Little Sisters of Gamma Psi provided a breakfast and luncheon for the visiting Little Sisters, in an effort to become better acquainted.

Among the more unusual occurences employing our chapter was the wedding of Little Sister Trisha Chafin to Fritz Warner of Atlanta. The wedding was held in the Fraternity house and provided the guests an in-depth view of our chapter. In addition to the wedding, Alumnus Brother Lonnie Keyes held his bachelor party at the chapter house prior to his marriage to Miss Lillian Laudernmack. The Keyes now reside in Savannah, Georgia.

Gamma Psi is continuing work in order to improve the physical appearance and well-being of our house and property. The Chapter Room has been enriched by new carpet and the re-staining of the fireplace. The Alumni Room has been completely renovated along with the Game Room and the Party Room. The pledges are constructing a new driveway to alleviate parking problems, an effort which illustrates the initiative and willingness of our pledge class.

Gamma Psi has been blessed with a very active and enthusiastic Little Sister Organization, Our Little Sisters are planning a number of fundraising-activities in order to donate money to the National Project. Gamma Psi is prided in the fact that Little Sister Denise Hodgen captured this year's Homecoming Queen crown.

This is the second consecutive year a Little Sister of our chapter has become Homecoming Queen. Last year's Queen was Miss Teena

Cunningham, who now attends the Medical College of Georgia. Needless to say, our chapter boasts the most attractive Little Sister Organization on our campus.

Our chapter continues to participate in all the school's activities. Our beloved Fraternity is represented in every aspect of College life on our campus, from ICC, basketball intramurals, to various parades held by our school.

GAMMA OMEGA Montevallo

pledge classes we have had and we are pleased with all of them.

DELTA ZETA Appalachian State Delta Zeta Chapter has much room to grow.

We are in the process now of culminating a long arduous search for housing. Our national project pledge now stands at one thousand dollars and will continue to grow in the years to come. We in Delta Zeta are young and ambitious. Our service projects are becoming stronger with each year. This year we continually worked with physically and mentally retarded children to prepare them for their special olympics. We in Delta Zeta are proud of ourselves as well as our great Fraternity. Many plans for the future are in the workings as a host of new brothers bring a host of fresh, innovative ideas.

Gamma Omega is out in front in '78, boasting a spring pledge class of 16, one of the highest groups ever at Montevallo. The Little Sister Organization paid for the refurbishing of one of the bathrooms in our newly acquired house.

Spring fund-raising projects include some roofing work for our ex-landlord, concessions at the Talledega 500 Stock Car Race, and work with the ecology-minded Birmingham Paper Company.

Gamma Omega boasts the second highest grade point average of fraternities at Montevallo, and we are closing in on number one. Congratulations are in order to Brother Butch Self, a graduating senior who was recently accepted to Cumberland School of Law. Many of our brothers made it to Fort Lauderdale, Florida during spring break where we met Pi Kapps from many other schools.

Delta Eta Chapter is located at a new house this year. We will be initiating ten pledges this semester, and that will put us above our twenty member mark.

The softball team is beginning their practice, and they are expected to be fraternity champions again this year. Our Rose Ball will be at Greenbo Lake this year.

DELTA ALPHA VPI

DELTA THETA Mars Hill

This winter Delta Alpha has continued its growth in both membership and in status on the Virginia Tech campus. Our Fraternity house has greatly changed in appearance because of the many improvements our brothers have undertaken. Such improvements included painting certain rooms of the house, acquiring a new door, and the calking of all the windows and doors of the house. Also two benches were built by the brothers for our basement. These benches have become popular attractions and more are in the planning stage. As far as moneymaking is concerned, the brothers of this chapter have once again united with many projects from hot dog sales to car washes when the weather permited. These money-making projects have significantly increased the funds of our treasury.

Delta Alpha had a very successful season in fraternity intramural water polo. We won five games and lost only one. We're looking forward again to being a top contender in this year's spring quarter softball intramural.

The fifth annual Parent - Alumni Weekend of Delta Alpha Chapter will be held May 12, 13, and 14. Once again this year all of our alumni and parents will be invited to attend a fantastic weekend of food, beer, dancing, and most of all, brotherhood. During this weekend, we will have a wonderful banquet, a dance, an alumni - brother softball game, and most important, a housing corporation meeting. This is an important time of the year for us because these events allow us to get re-acquainted with all of our alumni and also to be the beneficiaries of their valuable advice.

Delta Theta Chapter has enjoyed a successful school year so far, and is looking forward to an exciting end. Homecoming, which was held in October, marked one of the chaper's best alumni gatherings. The brothers provided a steak dinner for the alumni, serving approximately 70 people. This was the best alumni turnout the chapter has ever had and was very pleasing to all.

While speaking of alumni, it is appropriate to mention the sad news which came to the chapter this year. Delta Theta, for the first time, had a death among its chapter. Brother Greg Goodwin, who pledged Pi Kappa Phi in 1974 was killed in an automobile accident in early December. Brother Greg's home was Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The most rewarding activities of the chapter this year have been service projects. As always, the chapter, along with the American Red Cross, collected approximately 200 pints of blood. The chapter also provided Christmas and Easter parties for local handicapped children.

The Christmas party was an effort of all Greek organizations on campus, while the Easter party was instigated soley by Delta Theta.

One other service of the chapter this year was the spring cleaning of the methodist church in Mars Hill. This service was provided to show the chapter's appreciation for its repeated use of the church's facilities.

The climax of Delta Theta's year was, of course, Rose Ball, held at Great Smokies Hilton in Asheville. This event provided dinner, an awards banquet, and dancing. The evening was noted as a tremendous success.

DELTA BETA North Georgia College

DELTA IOTA Middle Tennessee State

Delta Beta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi has made the final payment on approximately 4.7 acres of land near Dahlonega, Georgia. The land, which costs $4500, was paid off in 3 years and is to be the site of the Delta Beta Lodge. At a recent ceremony, Archon Vic Eilenfield and Chapter Advisor, Tom Dalton, put the torch to the Security deed. Durward Owen, Pi Kappa Phi Executive Director; Dr. John Owen, President of NGC;and Brother John Simpson joined the chapter for the celebration.

Also at the ceremony, Executive Director presented to Archon, Victor C. Owen Eilenfield, the Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Award for his outstanding scholastic achievements. Vic is one of only eight Pi Kapps in the nation to receive this award.

Winter quarter had proven to be very busy for Delta Beta with several fund raising projects as well as Rush on the calendar.

At the area conclave, sponsored by Augusta College, Delta Beta brought home the Volley Ball trophy. Go Pi Kapps.

We have not attempted any great new programs or any spectacular new events. This chapter has taken its basic programs and events and has concentrated on doing them right. I believe we have succedded in our objectives.

During the week of March 13-17, the chapter sponsored its annual Spades Tournament. It was no blinding success, but the noticeable increase in participation over last year's tournament seems to be a good indication that we have begun to pull ourselves back up from our pit of apathy.

The seven new members we have has nearly doubled our size. We now have a good, sound, working pledge program which is quite different from any on campus and one that we think is better than those of the other fraternities.

We are currently engaged in many different activities for next semester, many of which will be a new happening for this group of Pi Kapps.

Some of the ideas include holding a week-long fund-raising event to benefit some deserving charity, and a major fund-raising event for the Fraternity.

DELTA DELTA Northeast Missouri State This semester has been one of the most successful Delta Delta has had. In addition to our regular activities, we also have had a fraternity work project which involved moving the contents of a local businessman's store into a new building. Although it took all day and some of the work was heavy, we had a good time and enjoyed working as a team.

The same weekend as the work project was also our Alumni weekend. We had several alumni present; and although they didn't seem to want to help with the work project, they did join us for a get together Saturday night and a buffet lunch on Sunday afternoon. Lunch was followed by a meeting of our alumni housing corporation and a regular meeting with the alumni invited to participate. Also enjoying our alumni weekend with us was traveling secretary Tom Tott who just happened to be in town.

We have had an addition of seven pledges this semester. Although they are all great guys, two of them are rather special to us. Both are foreign students, one from Thailand and the other from Lebanon, and are really fun to have around. They also keep us on our toes. By the way, this pledge class is one of the laziest spring

DELTA ETA Morehead State

DELTA KAPPA Pembroke State Last quarter has proven to be another productive semester for the Delta Kappa Chapter.

Hayden Shakleford has served as president of the IFC. He and Randy Coppedge represented Pi Kappa Phi on the Braves Soccer Team.

Brothers Dan Baker and Greg Tedder are currently on the PSU Golf Team. Intramural sports have been somewhat disappointing this year.

We have lost out in tournament action in every area of competition, after a strong showing during the regular season.

Brother Fred Wilkinson and Berry Leggett were instrumental in promoting our National Project by way of radio station VVYRU. Brother Leggett holds down the afternoon show.

Brothers graduating this semester are: Fred Wilkinson, Randy Coppedge, Rick Grey and Mike Baker.

Returning for summer school after being sick this semester is Brother Gary Britt. Speaking of summer school, we will have six brothers in school this summer. Plans are underway for our summer activities (fund-raisers, rush, house improvement, etc.).

We would like to recognize Alumnus Brothers

Mike Cook, Calvin Ramsey and Stewart McIntyre for their help and guidance this year.

Our Rose Ball was held on April 22nd at the Tree Top Lounge at the Ramada Inn in Lumberton. It was a very enjoyable time for all.

We with to extend an invitation to members of all chapters to visit us in Pembroke. Perhaps we could "get together" on some projects or maybe have some "extra" mural games scheduled. Good luck this summer!

DELTA LAMBDA UNC - Charlotte The brothers of Delta Lambda Chapter have had a year filled with a variety of activities ranging from the reorganization of committees to the daring escapades of the brothers in intramural competition.

Through the guidance of our Alumni Association, we have reorganized our organizational format. Each committee chairman is now directly responsible to one member on the Executive Council. This new system allows more communication between the brotherhood and the Executive Council, and delegates responsibility more evenly.

This year we have outscored every fraternity on the UNCC Campus in total intramural points!

Once again, Pi Kapps are number one at UNCC. Our Spring Rush program has given us an excellent Kappa Pledge class. Our pledges have that special quality that will enable them to carry on the Pi Kappa Phi tradition of brotherhood and lead our chapter as thirteen brother graduate.

At this time we are looking forward to our annual beach trip to Myrtle Beach, SC. This week of fun and merriment has always brought our chapter closer together in the bonds of brotherhood.

On Saturday evening, April 8, Rose Ball was held at the new Radisson Hotel in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. It was an evening of gourmet dining and superb entertainment.

In closing, we wish to congratulate our graduating brothers: Steve Andrews, Archon; Todd Currie; Bruce Emmons; Bill Freeman; Mike Harrison; Brad Helms; Tom Kwasnik; Larry Leonard; Ken Pate, Warden;Jon K. Richardson, Historian; Tim Rogers; Mike Terry; and Mel Wetzel, Chaplain. May the spirit of Pi Kappa Phi burn eternally bright in your hearts and minds as you graduate and join the ranks of our loyal alumni.

DELTA OMICRON Nicholls State Someone once said, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." Either we are in some else's yard, or Delta Omicron has come of age. We are beginning to reap the benefits of a chapter that has gone through the early stages, held together by brotherhood and a common loyalty. A steady foundation, a handful of alumni, and a dream passed down is all that is in our chapters short but eventful past. The only direction we dare take is forward.

When it comes to rush, the thorn in our foot has always been the spring semester. But this year the pain is gone because with 10 new pledges and 5 returnees, we are on top of the hill. We are now looking forward to our Rose Ball, Greek Ball and maybe a possible area conclave. And we are especially looking forward to seeing our fellow "coon asses" once again at Pi Kapp College this summer. But untill then, remember the immortal words of Mama Celeste when she saw her first Pi Kapp,"Abundanza".

DELTA RHO Southern California The brothers of Delta Rho send greetings to all of their brothers across the nation.

This spring we have many activities planned.

We have scheduled a "face-lift" weekend for our fraternity house in an ever-constant effort to improve our house.

We also have many brothers looking forward to the Area Conceive at Gamma Chapter at Berkeley. The chance to meet our brothers and exchange ideas has helped our young program tremendously and we look forward to contributing our share.

Our spring rush program was the most successful in our history and we are looking forward to a strong summer and fall rush. Delta Rho has not only made large strides in its membership, but also strong steps in advancing our reputation as a strong National Fraternity at USC. Delta Rho is getting ready for its spring elections but this semester's officers will be a hard act to follow. Our leadership program and all of our programs are going strong. We are waging a strong battle for the Iron Man Award in intramural sports.

The brothers of Delta Rho hope everyone's summer rush programs go well and extend an invitation to all brothers to come by and visit us in sunny California.

DELTA TAU James Madison The brothers of Delta Tau Chapter have strived enthusiastically throughout the semester to meet the University's qualifications for occupancy in the newly built Greek housing. After having given a well-organized presentation to the housing selection committee, and after having achieved many notable goals, the brothers were richly rewarded with a house on campus for the upcoming school year. The chapter takes delight in inviting all brothers throughout the country to visit us in our new house!

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members pledged the Fraternity. The Associate Member Education Program was further refined.

After meeting the stated requirements, the new members were certain to have a deep understanding of the value of brotherhood when they were initiated on April 14.

Although the housing presentation and rush has required a tremendous amount of time, the Delta Tau's have served the campus and the community by helping with the annual JMU Telethon, by helping with the area's special olympics, by donating blood to the Red Cross, by participating in the University's Spring Day of Fun, and by providing the students with a unique and very reputable Fraternity.

For the third consecutive semester,the chapter has again won the I FC's Scholarship Award for having the highest grade point average among the fraternities on campus. We remain very proud of this honor. The brothers have also performed well in intramural sports: the basketball, football, and softball teams all made it to the intramural playoffs. _ Now as plans for this semester's housing, rush, initiation, and other activities have commenced, the brothers are looking forward to having a highly successful semester in the fall. The Delta Tau's extend wishes to all brothers for a safe and a pleasant summer.

John C.Wilson retires once again

Foundation sponsors an experience of a lifetime

KAPPA PHI Central Arkansas The Associate Chapter here on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas is now a little over a month old. This is the first Associate Chapter in the state and we are working on becoming the first chapter in this state.

Our group is beginning not only to help other students, but also the school itself. One of the dorms lost their maids and the brothers of our Associate Chapter rallied together to help clean the dorm.

Our main goal for this term is to work on recruitment. We are averaging one to two new members per week. Our recruitment goal is to have thirty members by the end of this term.

We started off with ten and are now over half way there with seventeen members.

KAPPA PHI Texas A&M With but two weeks left in the Spring semester, the Texas A&M Associate Chapter has just been organized. We are extremely grateful for the assistance from Henry Groves, whose insight and enthusiasm has produced a proud new group of Pi Kapps.

Although our University does not recognize fraternities, quite a few do exist on campus.

These are not ideal conditions for a new organization like ours, but we feel that our strong leadership will allow us to surpass existing fraternities and make headway toward University recognition in the near future.

Brother John C. Wilson, Emory,'26, is stepping down again from his active involvement with the Fraternity. Perhaps, as it has been in the past, it will only be a brief disengagement.

Brother Wilson is completing a term as a Trustee of the Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation in August, a position to which he was appointed by the National Council, November, 1975. During his three-year stint with the Foundation,he served as Chairman of the Fund-Raising Committee for 1976-77. This past year he served as Chairman of the Awards and Incentives Committee, which saw the Foundation funding, for the first time, the Chapter Service Award, the Student of the Year Award, an increased level of support for the Pi Kapp Scholars, and overall sponsorship of Pi Kapp College. Recently, the Foundation initiated a project to pay the registration fees for one delegate at Pi Kapp College for ten chapters of the Fraternity.

Selected as Mr. Pi Kappa Phi at the 36th Supreme Chapter in New Orleans, Brother Wilson has been extremely active in fraternity affairs for a number of years. In August, 1968, he was elected as National Treasurer (for the first of two terms) at the 32nd Supreme Chapter in Virginia Beach, Virginia, following which he was elevated to the post of National Vice President at the 34th Supreme Chapter in Atlanta, Georgia in August, 1972. He voluntarily relinquished this position in August, 1975, only to be tapped shortly thereafter for the Trustee position on the Scholarship Foundation.

"Retiring Area V Governor Bill Finney receives an award from Sam Shepherd, Iota Chapter Archon,for his four years of outstanding service to Area V."

THE 75TH

YEAR

OF PI

KAPPA PHI IS IN 1979. A DIRECTORY, A HISTORY, AND A CONVENTION WILL BE A PART OF THE OBSERVANCE. WILL YOU PARTICIPATE?

John is a retired Executive Vice President of the American Red Cross, an organization to which he devoted more than 30 years. A native of Covington, Tennessee, he and his wife, Lane, live in Washington, D.C., but spend a considerable portion of their retirement time traveling. Both John and his wife have been frequent attendees at Supreme Chapter meetings, National Council meetings, charterings of new chapters and other Fraternity affairs.

John's active participation will be sorely missed, but his guidance and advice from the side-lines will be much sought after by the members of the National Council, the Administrative Office, and other leaders of the Fraternity.

Since 1959, the Pi Kappa Phi leadership school, aptly named Pi Kapp College, has been held at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.

Located at the southwestern tip of the Shenandoah Valley, in what is known locally as the Roanoke Valley, this beautiful campus offers an ideal opportunity for fellowship and learning.

This August 13-18, 1978, the 11th session of this event will be held, again at Roanoke College. Over 300 student leaders will join with staff and voluntary leaders for an experience of a lifetime.

Pi Kapp College is sponsored by the Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Foundation. As such, it offers practical tools, ideas and methods for better leadership. Every possible instructional method is used. The result, usually, is that each man has the knowledge and the ability to make his chapter better, and likewise, himself.

WORKING TO BECOME CHARTERED CHAPTERS OF PI KAPPA PHI ARE THESE ASSOCIATE CHAPTERS:

Even though Pi Kapp College is an intensive program, Pi Kapps do know how to have a good time.

Friendly competition is always available between sessions. Social activities range from impromptu gatherings to night life of the city.

Friends and brothers from all over the country are 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.

Winthrop College Rock Hill, SC W. Virginia University Morgantown, WV University of Alabama - Birm.

Birmingham, AL University of Texas-Arlington Arlington, TX University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR Texas - A & M College Station, TX West Georgia College Bremen, GA

r-I Help wanted

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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.

Fill out the form below and send to the Administrative Office of Pi Kappa Phi, P.O. Box 15295, Charlotte, NC 28210.

We will make certain the correct person in the chapter and the alumni advising are notified. Thank you!

Name(s) College(s)(he)(they) will attend

Home Address(es)

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Chapter & Year Address.

PI KAPPA PHI P.O. Box 15295 Charlotte, N.C. 28210

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National Alumni Committee Activated be developing programs for both volunteer and administrators to pursue in developing more intensive and functional alumni activites. The net result should be more alumni doing more things to insure a better Fraternity.

15 CENTS OR A QUARTER Please send us your correct mailing address. When you move include Pi Kappa Phi as one to be notified of your address change. Even if the Administrative Office is able to locate you, and the odds are not to favorable that we will, it does so at considerable cost. Send your new address to P. 0. Box 15295, Charlotte, NC 28210.

Ed Craig, South Carolina, Chairman of the Alumni Relations Committee.

Recognizing the need renewing the Fraternities alumni participation the last Supreme Chapter directed that an active Alumni Relations Committe be established. This has been accomplished through the appointment of two alumni as a preliminary task force.

Sharing this effort is Brother Edward M. Craig, Jr. of Sigma Chapter at the University of South Carolina. Ed has recently left the ranks of Investment Counselor to become the Executive Director of the South Carolina Democratic Party.

Assisting Ed at this time is Brother Walter Keith Sheppard, Alpha Upsilon at Drexel University.

He is a senior analyst for Nabisco, Inc. working out of Mt. Holly, New Jersey.

It is anticipated during the next few months this committee will

75TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION — AUGUST 19-23, 1979, CHARLESTON,SC.

This distinguished 83 year old gentleman is Brother Manuel Gonzalez Quevedo, Georgia Tech of San Luis, Orte, Cuba. On June 26, 1977, he was presented a 40th Anniversary gift recognizing his founding a lodge, "Logia Jose Maria Henedra No. 22", in Cuba. "Chic" also founded Kappa and Mu chapters of Pi Kappa Phi.