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S8it) Fl Kapp Scholiars 9 students that will be "Seeds for the Future" of Pi Kappa Phi

Kappa PH Pountallon The Foundation and Voluntary Dues Solicitation Programs merge

Piaaxandang Fralearnky Pi Kapp Alumnus William H. Stemper, Jr., examines Fraternity for the 1980's and beyond

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The recently chartered men of Epsilon Omega Chapter at Texas Tech University. (More on page 1 about Texas Tech Chartering.)

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Alumni Groups Providing Edge for Action in the Southwest

The Southwest. It has, for a long time, been an area where Pi Kapps were few and far between. Now as a result of actions of the 40th Supreme Chapter, the southwest has become an area where much effort is being put forth to deepen involvement in both undergraduate chapters and alumni organizations alike.

With the chartering of Epsilon Omega Chapter at Texas Tech, it brings the total number of active chapters in Texas alone, to three. It is agreed that three is not enough. The Fraternity anticipates bringing the total to four as the University of Texas at Austin Associate Chapter nears completion of their chartering requirements.

In addition to undergraduate activity, the formation of strong alumni organizations in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston and Oklahoma City have paved the way for further expansion in the southwest. The Dallas Metroplex Alumni Association has as a task, the organization of the 41st Supreme Chapter Meeting, to be held their August 12-15, 1987.

As many residents of Dallas and Houston have been relocated there from their employment, the opportunity to meet other Pi Kapps from all over the country exists.

The groups function as a way of making social contacts and business connections in both of the areas. Of most importance to the Fraternity is the support that these alumni groups can give to expansion efforts in the southwest. "Associate chapters are always in need of advice and support from someone who's already been through

Texas Tech Chartered as Epsilon Omega Chapter On March 1, 1986, Dr. Lonnie Strickland, past National President, pres-

it all," says Glenn Dickson, Assistant Executive Director of Pi Kappa Phi, adding," and alumni associations have a large pool of people that can offer that advice."

"If it wasn't for alumni help in Texas Tech's situation the group could have very well folded, but a couple of committed alumni stepped in and offered their time and we now have a very committed group of undergraduates following the alumni example," said Durward Owen, Executive Director of Pi Kappa Phi. The Fraternity has found in many cases the success of any expansion effort depends primarily on the amount of alumni effort put into it.

Another shining example of southwest success is in the case of the University of California-San Diego. The group was chartered May 24, 1986 (Story to follow in the Summer Star and Lamp) after little over six months as an associate chapter. Alumni commitment combined with a very high quality group of undergraduates brought a chartering group of 30 initiates and 30 more associates to be initiated in the Fall.

"They are now one of the stronger groups at UCSD after only 6 months," says Gunnar Schalin, Chapter Advisor for the group and alumnus of Upsilon Chapter at the University of Illinois. "The undergraduates deserve the credit but there were some key alumni involved with forming the Housing Corporation and providing

moral support. The Administrative Office also sent in good men to recruit for the expansion in Jay Barrow and Pete Duguid," he added.

Future expansion in Oklahoma, with the recolonization of Alpha Gamma Chapter at the University of Oklahoma will depend upon alumni commitment to the project.

"It can be a terrible waste of Fraternity resources to go in and recruit a group of young men to recolonize if there is not a group of alumni there to provide guidance and direction as follow-up," explains Glenn Dickson.

Other sources of support for future expansion in the southwest are derived from existing chapters already in the area. In Oklahoma, Gamma Upsilon Chapter at Oklahoma State will provide fellow undergraduate support for a new group at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. This type of support helped the group at Texas Tech,

East Texas State University provided kind of a big brother relationship for the group," says Dickson. 'The same type of thing is happening for the associate chapter at UT-Austin."

Pi Kappa Phi fully expects to expand even further into Texas, Oklahoma, and other areas of the southwest. Once a few chapters begin to see success it spreads as member's friends at other schools see what Pi Kappa Phi is and what type of opportunities exist in the Fraternity.

While Pi Kappa Phi's may still be few and far between in the southwest at least those in the southwest can look forward to some of the gaps that now exist, being filled in the future.

ented a charter to thirty-eight excited young men of the Epsilon Omega Chapter of Texas Tech University. The chartering was the culmination of persistence and oldfashioned hard work.

Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, Texas, is one of the nation's youngest major universities, founded in 1923 it now boasts an enrollment of approximately 23,000. The school has seen rapid and exceptional growth. Resting on 2,068 acres of Texas real estate, it is also the largest campus in America, providing a habitat for eight different colleges.

The colony started in the early part of 1983 when Leadership Consultant Glenn Aspinwall recruited sixty men to make a niche for Pi Kappa Phi at Texas Tech.

Although the group started off well,

personalities began to clash due to a case of too many chiefs and not enough indians. By the next Fall only three associate members remained on campus.

Fortunately, Larry Turrin, a committed alumnus from Gamma Gamma Chapter at Troy State University, was going through flight school at Reese AFB in Lubbock, Texas. He met with the three remaining Pi Kapps and they developed a strategy to rebuild the associate chapter. Soon the three dissolved to only one, a young man named Jim Smith.

Brothers Turrin and Smith then recruited a handful of alumni, including: Gerry Wegendt of Alpha Epsilon Chapter at the Univerisity of Florida and Willaim B. Russell of Alpha Rho Chapter at West Virginia University, to save the associate

chapter at Texas Tech.

With the help of administrative staff members Jay Barrow and Pete Duguid the group began to build its membership. In the Spring and Fall of 1985 the associate chapter went from twelve members to nearly forty. They also began work on PUSH and managed to raise over $1500.00 through Push-a-thons. Soon the campus was buzzing over the news that Pi Kappa Phi was doing so well.

These fine men were honored for their efforts before pare,its, administrators, and national officials. Yet as the chartering weekend progressed, it was easy to sense a "family atmosphere" that should surely propel the Epsilon Omega Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi to the top of the Texas Tech greek system.

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Do fraternities still have value in the 1980's?

Getting back to the basics of Brotherhood:

An essay by Pi Kapp Alumnus William H. Stemper, Jr. Brother Stemper has authored many articles that have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Business Society Review, and many others. He has also authored books including: Approaching the Narrows, Freemasonry-The Force and Structure of Love: an Analysis of the Augustinean Motif in Masonic Ritual, and the Encyclopedia of Religion.

William H. Stemper, Jr.

About the Author: William H. Stemper, Jr., a Chi-Stetson University alumnus, is a specialist/consultant in investment ethics, corporate public affairs, South Africa, Anglo-American public policy affairs, organizational ethics, renewal of religious and fraternal institutions, the relationship of theological, historical, and philosophical values to corporate, industry, and business ethics.

As Executive Director of the Corporate Forum of New York, Inc., he is actively involved with the many public issues facing corporations. Formerly the Forum for Corporate Responsibility, Inc., CFNY, Inc. is an organization of industry leaders that responds to affairs relating to corporate business ethics, business involvement, and reli,;ion and corporate life.

Brother Stemper is also the Vicar for Corporate Affairs of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Identifying key social, ethical and theological issues relative to economics and corporate afffairs for the Episcopal Bishop of New York.

A lecturer, teacher and foremost a leader in both corporate and religious affairs, Brother Stemper's commitment to and knowledge of fraternities and ritualistic ceremonies is vast. An organizer and founder of the Goose aand Gridiron Society of the United States, an organization made up of national and international leaders of major fraternal traditions such as the Masons, Elks, Odd Fellows and college fraternities, Brother Stemper is a member of a number of fraternal organizations. He serves Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity as a delegate to the National Interfratemity Conference (NIC).

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Conference of Private Organizations, a fraternal service club network. He is member of many other organizations including; the Pilgrims of the United States, the Newcomen Society of the United States, the Royal Society of St. George in London, England, The Society of the Sons of St. George in Philadelphia, the United Oxford and Cambridge University Club in London, England, the Order of DeMolay, the Union League Club, New York, the Public Relations Society, and a Fellow- of the Royal Society of the Arts in London.

Recent attacks on fraternities by equal opportunity organizations have suggested that it is more important than ever for the individual fraternity member to be aware of the value of his fraternity affiliation.

Rich in tradition, fraternities are similar to noncollegiate fraternal orders, clubs, and churches in that many members do not understand their total significance to our culture. Thusly, few members think creatively and positively about what might be done to enhance their value both to their members, and to the culture at large.

"...few members think creatively and positively about what might be done to enhance their value, both to their members and to the culture at large"

The purpose of this brief essay is to point to several of the more important aspects of the fraternity system in a transitional period. It is hoped that by doing so, members of Pi Kappa Phi will take the time to esteem the tradition of the Fraternity and to work for its future health and success.

A NEW CRITIQUE Recent attacks on fraternities have come largely from feminist organizations which perceive college fraternities as breeding grounds for violent and manipulative attitudes toward women. This represents a new critique of fraternities over traditional criticisms about elitist membership practices and social excess.

A recent article attacking fraternities in the New York Times by Fred M. Hechinger ("The Fraternities Show Signs of New Strength," Science Times, May 21, 1985) makes the same case. Hechinger claims that the recent growth of fraternities, particularly in the Northeast U. S., is an indication that women's rights are at risk. Further, the growth of fraternities suggests that ideas of human liberation advanced in the 1960's and 1970's are eroding.

The right of private organizations,

notably clubs and fraternities, to choose their own members has come under attack in some municipalities. The City of New York has passed regulations which severely limit the right of private men's clubs to operate in discriminatory ways.

FORTRESS MENTALITY? All of these contrafraternity activities have caused the leaders of private clubs, lodges, fraternities, and other associations to band together for self defense. The result has been a certain "fortress mentality" on the part of such organizations: a resistance to external threats through lobbying and legal counteraction.

The genuine issue underlying all of this recent activity is more profound. It is in short to ask 'what is the ultimate value of a fraternity affiliation'. The present debate over college fraternities allows college fraternity members and leaders a unique opportunity to think through the potential relevancy of fraternity life to its members.

In addition to the social advantages of fraternity life, e.g., housing, food services, parties, we have long known that fraternities offer more subtle advantages, which- in their own way-- are no less tangible than traditional services.

Among these are a set of elements which deserve to be stated explicitly in order to be fully appreciated:

of countervailing demands. Today's undergraduate lives in the midst of severe pressure: from teachers, parents, the job market, relationships. A college fraternity chapter provides one of the few segments of the undergraduate's life that he controls. Similarly it is a recreational "space" within which he might develop his own skills and personality apart from undue expectation from mentors, supervisors, accreditors, and unnecessary competition from peers.

RITES OF PASSAGE

Fraternities are one the few (2) places an undergraduate may experience a connection between transition in his own life, and ritualistic expression.

Rites of passage, per se, are increasingly rare in our society. Some religious bodies, notably Judaism, Roman Catholicism, and Anglicanism, have instilled a tie between certain ritual acts, and the assumption of increased responsibility in manhood. Our culture, however, has not preserved the richness of symbolism primitive societies associated with the passage of adolescence to adulthood.

With a few major exceptions, all fraternity rituals speak of this or a similar transition. The candidate, or neophyte, makes a progress from darkness to light: from a state of bondage to freedom. The transition itself is symbolized by some form of ritual trial, or death — followed by a resurrection or renewal of life and its meaning. In some cases the historic horseplay or hazing A PLACE TO EVADE associated with fraternity initiations were/are a parody of the more sophistiFraternities offer the under(1) cated ritual expression. graduate a place to evade for limited We are in a period of time when these periods of time the increasing pressure ritual expressions are more important to of the demand of highly technical, preus than they once were. Our founders professional, and competitive curricula. believed that ritual was an important Recalling that man is not only homo means to communicate timeless truth. sapien (wise man), and homo faber (man Sadly, ritual in some fraternities has the maker, or doer), but also homo become only a formality. Yet, all we ludens (playful man), it is good to renow know about the development of the alize that in some forms of creative play— human personality from the study of with n interactio of play the especially depth psychology points to the relevancy other like-minded people— there lies a of ritual expression for human life. path to self-discovery and greater human Some cultures, e.g., Native Americans, fulfillment.

Hindu, and Buddhist cultures, have never lost this ritual vitality.

Fraternity rituals derive from older Freetraditions, notably fraternal are themselves products which masonry, "A College Fraternity chapter of times when man's symbolic consciousprovides one of the few segments ness dwelt more closely with his waking, of the undergraduates life that he cognitive awareness. The Masonic ritual is controls." a product of western man's transition from the more symbolic awareness of the medieval and Renaissance period, toward the more empirical and scientific mindset of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Such play is not only recreation and Revolution. Research on the stages of are these of both escape: although life, awareness of the writings of psychhealthy at times. Play can include taking ologist C. G. Jung, and certain "new age" control over one's own life in the midst

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writers as Carlos Castenada, have brought home the value of taking symbolism seriously.

The discerning undergraduate brother can learn much about himself, his interior life, and the world about him by listening actively to ritual. A study of fraternity ritual as a cultural and psychological phenomenon could be a rewarding aspect of his college experience.

HEALTHY STYLES OF COMPANIONSHIP (3) Fraternities provide an undergraduate a rare opportunity to work out creative and healthy styles of companionship with other males. Sadly, our society pays a heavy price for its brilliantly successful free enterprise economy: sometimes destructive competition.

We teach the young scenarios in which "winning" means only someone else "losing." The "win"/"win" approach to life, whereby accomodation and negotiation take the place of overt, and often violent, conflict among competitors can be nurtured within the space fraternity life affords its members.

"The discerning undergraduate brother can learn much about himself, his interior life and the world about him by listening actively to ritual."

Positive male bonding can be a highly creative and useful resource for a young man launching a career. While it has always been important for men to have working relationships with other men, it is more important today for younger men to have an intellectual and emotional grasp of "why" and "how" to do this.

Fraternities can provide both a place, and the encouragement for constructive male association.

Much of positive male bonding has to do with traditional concepts of gentlemanly behavior. Fraternities have always expressed a high level of idealism about the ethics of male conduct: males to other males and males to females. Many rituals borrow heavily from the lore and legends of chivalry. Even though the reality has sometimes been somewhat less than the ideal, there is no excuse for fraternity men to treat non-fraternity men, much less women, with anything but respect. The time has long passed when a fraternity affiliation could serve as an excuse for insensitive or destructive behavior.

"Positive male bonding can be a highly creative and useful resource for a young man launching a career"

Many critics of fraternities equate strong fraternities with anti-feminism.

A recent article by Andrew Merton, "Return to Brotherhood," in Ms. magazine (September, 1985) argues that vi-

olently anti-female activity finds refuge and tacit approval — "boys will be boys" — in fraternity houses. Mr. Merton suggests that fraternities are refuges for men who cannot cope with co-ed dorms and other manifestations of equal status with women which are commonplace in the 1980's. He further proposes that fraternities reinforce negative sexual attitudes toward women which would dissipate in a collegiate social environment without fraternities.

One need not agree with such criticisms in order to affirm that the purpose of fraternities is to improve the quality of male/male relationships — i.e., to promote brotherhood — and not to do so at the expense of those who are not members of a fraternity, be they male or female. It is important for the leadership of fraternities to know that they are stewards of an institution which has the exalted purpose of promoting a high standard of ethical conduct, at a particularly important time in a man's life.

SUPPORT FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT (4) Fraternities can be a supportive system for personal and professional nurture. Since Americans have rediscovered "networking," there is a renewed role for fraternities to play in supporting the development of their members in their careers. Realizing that personal health, physical and mental, are interrelated with professional success, there is every reason for fraternities to develop their institutional capacity to assist their members. Alumni programs, frequently designeCto encourage alumni undergraduate activities for giving s, could be amplified to endowment and fund programs of value to alumni: social events, seminars on current issues, career guidance, and leadership training.

"Fraternities can be a supportive system for personal and professional nurture. Since Americans have rediscovered "networking" there is a renewed role for fraternities to play..."

This possibility underscores the importance of realizing that a college fraternity is a lifelong affiliation. While the initiation of membership is naturally at the collegiate level, the population of the fraternity is largely non-collegiate. There is much to be gained by extending the services a fraternity offers to all of its members.

In summary, the basic challenge facing fraternities today is to be more intentional about their stated principles: to use the resources their traditions, particularly the ritual, provides them. This is not a conceptual challenge. The tools exist. The resources are available. It is more a call to a higher level of awareness of the vocation and destiny of collegiate fraternalism. It is a call to first principles. Present critics of the fraternity system give us an unusual opportunity to rethink our role, and to make brotherhood a richer and more meaningful experience for us all.

Something old Something new!

Pi Kappa Phi is doing something new about something old! Don't look now but Pi Kappa Phi just got better than ever!

Recent decisions by members of the Fraternity's National Council and Trustees of the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation have paved the way for future annual fund raising efforts to be carried on under the auspices of our Foundation. Talk about getting better!

Some educational objectives of our Fraternity have been met with solid resources because Foundation monies - alumni contributions - have been there when they were needed. Scholarships, loans, our Leadership Consultant program, internships, Pi Kapp College, and a host of other important educational opportunities have all been made in part more available, more productive through Pi Kappa Phi Foundation efforts.

But over time, more than one alumnus has been confused about the Fraternity and Foundation conducting separate, but seemingly parallel, fund raising campaigns.

And while the two campaigns have been designed to meet different needs, the confusion has continued. Until now.

The Fraternity's annual Voluntary Dues program - the vehicle which has traditionally given so many alumni the chance to channel giving where their dollars would do the most good - has now become history. Now, because annual alumni support will be encouraged through the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation alone - gifts will be tax deductible under provisions of IRS regulation 501(C)(3). More than ever, Alumni giving will better equip the Fraternity to accomplish its many educational and charitable objectives.

Now - like never in our history - Pi Kappa Phi benefits and so do our contributing alumni Brothers. Like having your cake and eating it, too. What can we say? It's a brilliant deduction!

More about Pi Kappa Phi's decision to do "something new about something old" in the next issue of the Star and Lamp.

Plan Ahead to 1987 held at The 41st meeting of the Supreme Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity will be attend to ahead plan to want will You the luxurious Registry Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

1987.

12-15, August convention your fraternity's biennial tours of Alumni in the Dallas area are planning for a gala event that will include to opportunity an always, as and, banquet premiere a sounds, Dallas' sights and in interested Dallas in Alumni renew old acquaintances and friendships in fraternity. helping make "Dallas in 1987" the most memorable Supreme Chapter should contact Durward W. Owen at the Pi Kappa Phi administrative office.

The Registry Hotel of Dallas, with its luxurious accomodations, has lent itself as the site of a number of national fraternity conventions and activities. Elegant rooms, world-class restaurants, and recreational facilities that are of the quality of professionally maintained resorts make the Registry Hotel the type of hotel that will help mark the 41st Supreme Chapter in Dallas as an extraordinary convention in Pi Kappa Phi's history.

Mark your calendar and plan now to attend.

The sight of the 41st Supreme Chapter in Dallas, Texas in 1987

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(CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT

"We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems" -John W. Gardner-

Teamwork saves Delta Alpha Chapter House While doing better than ever, Delta Alpha Chapter at Virginia Polytechnic Institute almost lost its chapter home of more than fifteen years. Alumni, under much pressure, fought many setbacks to find a way to save the house. Many are to be commended and others might take a lesson.

Pi Kappa Phi at Virginia Tech has average on its campus for quite been several years. A large part of its lack of great success has been low alumni support and a deteriorating, rented chapter home.

This house, while sleeping only 5 men, has certain advantages which make it attractive. It has a very large basement suited to chapter social activities, and a rural location which disturbs no neighbors, while also being close to campus.

Delta Alpha has rented its facility from an alumnus, Rob Ritchie, since chartering in 1971. He decided to cash out and allow the Building Corporation to gain ownership this past winter. The Building Corporation had accumulated no spare cash or equity during its history, and therefore had no basis with which to approach a bank for a conventional mortgage, or money for a down payment. This situation created an urgent problem since zoning for fraternity use in Blacksburg, Virginia is nonexistent. Not buying would have neg-

ated its grandfathered status as a fraternity house, and might have left the chapter permanently homeless.

Several Pi Kappa alumni came together to solve the problem. Under the shepherding of Brother Philip Hart, an attorney from Beta Upsilon Chapter at the University of Virginia, a deal was wrought with the following terms: Scott Prince, Don Norwood, Andy Nash, and John Lucy lent the Building Corporation $2,500 each at no interest for ten years. This money covered the down payment, closing costs, and attorney fees. These men also personally guaranteed the mortgage. This extraordinary effort allowed the local Delta Alpha Building Corporation to take title to the property. Delta Alpha now controls its own future, due to the generosity and strong sense of brotherhood demonstrated by these four men.

Other alumni, led by Brother Bill Squire, are now raising funds from all Delta Alpha members. These funds, with a goal of $50,000 in pledges after ten years, will be used to reduce the mortgage, and to make long term capital improvements.

Over time the chapter hopes to add live-in capacity and to renovate their home completely.

The undergraduate chapter meanwhile has had an excellent year, and all in-

Embezzlement Threatens Chapter's s it Existence; Alumni Strength Save ce- A True Account of a Chapter's Recent Experien

Notice of our Treasurer's problems first came to my attention near the end of March of 1986. Up until that time the chapter had always received satisfactory Treasurer's reports at house meetings, and the behavior of the Treasurer including his attitude toward the Fraternity seemed quite normal. His personal spending began to increase early in the semester but he accounted for this with the explanation that his Grandmother, who had recently died, had left him $10,000. As stated earlier, his behavior was such that no one questioned him.

Near the end of March, I began receiving both calls and letters from several creditors, including a food & beverage company, the power company and the National Office of the Fraternity.

Basically all came with the same message: our Fraternity had become delinquent in its payments and that correspondence with our Treasurer was accomplishing nothing. He failed to answer letters and calls and on the rare occasion that he sent payments toward our accounts, the checks bounced.

Upon notification to our Chapter Advisor and Housing corporation I

The Delta Alpha Chapter House in Blacksburg, Virginia.

volved did not wish to see them suddenly homeless. The undergraduates pitched in by recruiting better than ever, and by raising $2,000.00 for a rent reserve fund through car washes, a can drive, and a chapter sponsored all-university concert.

The Building Corporation can now gain equity, and can plan for the long run.

The property will be better maintained due to a sense of pride in ownership. Improvements by parents, undergraduates, and

alumni will all apply to the future, rather than accruing to a landlord.

While cash will be extremely tight over the next couple years, Delta Alpha has made itself a future. Teamwork and dedication among both the undergraduates, and especially the alumni have created this opportunity. Delta Alpha confronts a much more secure future than ever before.

discovered that our rent check to them had also proved to be bad. We immediately decided to investigate the matter. It is here that I must interject that throughout the investigation, care and handling of our problem with our Treasurer was very difficult. One must understand that we were questioning a well-liked member of the chapter, and thereby doubting his integrity and morals, hoping that our assumptions would turn out to be false. This definitely slowed down our investigation and later, when we were forced to acquire legal counsel, were advised to be even more careful in our investigation since or suggestion slightest the even accusation could make us liable for countersuits of slander.

To shorten the length of this report, I will list here the final results of Our methods in our investigation. acquiring information ranged from direct questioning to meetings with bankers, creditors and various salesmen; the details

of these methods not being nearly as important as the final results.

1. The Fraternity owed a total of (approximately) $15,000 to creditors. Some of the larger businesses were: A. Food & Beverage Company $2,500.

B. Power Company - $1,500.

C. National Office- $2,400.

D. Housing Corp. - $4,500.

E. Coca-Cola Bottling Company- $1,000.

F. Liquor Store - $1,000.

G. Various smaller bills (supplies, misc.) - $2,100.

2. The Fraternity's single account, a local checking account, was almost empty and it was being charged roughly $400 in bad check charges.

3. Accounts receivable from members was actually quite small (originally we believed this to be a major problem and hopefully a saving factor - turned out to total roughly $3,000)

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4. Invoices from various local businesses have to Fraternity the showed purchased: stereo in $10,000 Roughly A. equipment totaling lithographs Several B. $3,000.00 totaling tobacco and Pipes C. $1,000.00 D. New golf clubs totaling $500.00 All were in the Treasurer's possession (believed to have been purchased with inheritance money). Other expenditures were still to be researched. The alleged embezzled total reached $22,000.00.

The Treasurer, who had received 5. $1,088.00 in cash from the Fraternity for deposit with the University, had never made the deposit. The money, earned from a movie the Fraternity had held through the University, was to be held and vouchered to us by the Univregulate to order in ersity e with accordanc (in it of our spending their policy it cannot be spent on Thus by not depositing alcohol). money, the Fraternity's status as a registered student organization was

temporarily removed and all services denied.

6. Handling of all financial records, bills, receipts, banking statements and the check book stubs was grossly inadequate. Copies of checks rarely matched stubs. Reports that had been given to the Executive Council and at chapter meetings had been falsified (He was very good at hiding nearly everything, even Chapter Consultants going over books failed to notice any major problem.

To alleviate our problem several steps were taken. The Treasurer's signature was removed from the account (although on the day the checkbook was taken from him he went to the bank and managed to cash a $600.00 counter check from the account).

As many creditors as possible were notified and paid, some worked out payment plans with us, almost all were cooperative and, luckily, the Fraternity was not taken to court by any of the business' lawyers who had threatened to do SO.

The Treasurer was asked to leave the house and to take personal possessions with him, but to leave any items for which

Pi Kappa Phi's Charter Suspended at Cornell The charter of the Psi Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity at Cornell University was suspended on April 19, 1986, by -. its alumni organization for an indefinite period. The current undergraduate membership of the chapter will be disbanded at the end of the Spring Semester at Cornell.

Lawrence Thayer, of Ithaca,New York, President of the Cornell Pi Kappa Phi alumni organization, announced that the alumni of the chapter voted during a meeting held April 19th to suspend the charter of the undergraduate chapter and to disband the current membership of the chapter. The alumni believed that the chapter had shown

poor leadership qualities, had continual low membership numbers, and had not contributed positively to the Cornell community or to its national organization over a period of several years. After several attempts to improve the qualities of the chapter, Thayer said, the alumni group saw no alternative course of action that would provide for a strong Pi Kappa Phi chapter at Cornell.

Thayer said that some of the members of the chapter had been involved in an alleged incident on March 1, 1986, where four Ithaca High School students allegedly were served alcoholic beverages at the frat-

the Fraternity held legal ownership (stereo, lithographs, etc.). The Housing Corporation extended the Fraternity a loan of several thousand dollars to cover expenses for the rest of the semester.

Although the spending was much more carefully done for the rest of the semester, we (on the advice of the Housing Corporation) tried to stick to the normal budget originally planned early in the semSevere tightening, we believed, ester. would have created adverse problems by lowering morale of the members when we needed to sign as many housing contracts as possible for the following semester.

We obtained legal counsel.We informed all members (on the advice of that counsel) of their rights as a Fraternity and also of certain things that they should avoid saying or doing which could only add to our problems. finally, the Housing Corporation and the Treasurer met for the last time in the semester to settle on exact amounts owed by the Treasurer to the Fraternity and the method of that payment.

The police had been notified but no action had, at that time, been taken. We were willing to settle out of court (the money, not a felony charge, is what we

ernity's chapter house at 722 University Avenue. Even if the alleged incident were found to have no basis of fact, Thayer said, based on the recent disappointing history of the chapter, the alumni organization believed the current members of the undergraduate chapter had forfeited their rights to be recognized by the alumni organization. The actions of suspending the charter and disbanding the current membership were taken, Thayer said, to insure and protect the fraternity's reputation on the Cornell campus.

Glenn Dickson, Assistant Executive Director of the national Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity was in attendance at the alumni meeting.

Dickson detailed for the alumni the disappointing activities of the chapter over the previous three years. Dickson indicated that the national organization had been concerned for a number of years about its Cornell chapter's lack of positive

The Psi Chapter House at Cornell University in this 1954 photograph.

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were after), but the payment plan offered us by our Treasurer was determined unacceptable. We were still careful as to what we said we could accept (to avoid extortion charges) and the final method of payment will finally be worked out in close contact with our lawyers.

The above report, I believe to be the best of my knowledge of the situation.

Submitted May 29, 1986 Chapter Archon The present atmosphere of the chapter is surprisingly good. The house will be full next semester, morale is high, and membership is at its highest in three years. Ironically, this may have been a very positive thing in bringing the membership together. Awareness of financial workings and obligations has been learned along with a greater appreciation for alumni, many of whom dedicated a lot of time and effort to helping us through our situation.

activities. Dickson said that the National Council of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity supported the alumni's actions and would coordinate with the alumni and Cornell to disband the chapter in an orderly fashion.

Janiece Oblak, Assistant Dean of Students for Fraternities and Sororities at Cornell, said the University was disappointed that the alumni organization had been forced to take such drastic action.

However, the Assistant Dean said, the University did concur with the alumni's actions based on the poor record of the current members of the fraternity. Oblak indicated that after a period of time had passed, the organization would be permitted to organize a new group on the Cornell campus. At that time, the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity national organization and the alumni, Oblak said, had committed themselves to develop a strong chapter that would be a positive influence in the Cornell community.

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- from "Alpha Epsilon Member Now King of Broadway Brightlighis." -October, 1936 edition of the Star and Lamp-

The White Line:

By W. Bernard Jones, Jr. W. Bernard Jones, Jr., is the past Executive Director of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, serving from 1947 to 1954 and is an alumnus of Alpha Chapter at the College of Charleston.

THE WHITE LINE on the side of the highway is four inches wide. Sometimes it is straight while at other times it wobbles.

Sometimes it is level. Sometimes it is potholed. Sometimes it is raised by excess cement. If a bicycle rider veers six inches to the right of THE WHITE LINE, he runs the risk of a spill as his tire slips off the pavement onto rock, sand, or a hole. If he veers to the left of THE WHITE LINE, he risks being hit by a passing vehicle. A biker's existence depends upon his ability to travel on THE WHITE LINE, moving off it to the right when two trucks are passing him at the same time.

The rider will see dead snakes of many varieties, dead turtles, dead possums, dead rabbits, dead dogs, and dead cats. He will see work gloves, rubber straps with hooks on each end, tire strips, and fender chrome. The most amazing thing is the number of nuts, bolts, and washers (most-

ly of the same sizes). There is something wrong with the automobile manufacturing process inasmuch as there are entirely too many nuts, bolts, and washers falling off cars and trucks.

Comments such as "You must be crazy" and "That is too dangerous" are common.

There are those who think that a hunter sitting in a duck blind in freezing weather is nuts--to each his own.

In my own case, for several years I had work which took me into every state in the Union (48 at that time) at least once each year. In addition, my wartime activity took me to the Hawaiian Islands, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Korea. I always wanted to go "outback" Australia. I knew that was a dream which would never be realized. A bicycle trip to Florida is a poor man's venture within reach of my set of circumstances.

My observation of the countless retirees who sit around the house, watch T.V. endlessly, loaf in a barbershop, or walk around in a mindless daze, has led me to be determined to live--not just exist--until I am dead. To me, living is "doing and making things happen" as opposed to letting life happen to me. An additional incentive was the possibility of losing some weight. This was a monumental success for me. I lost 13 ounces.

As you are a one-man show on such a trip and whatever you have needs to be carried on two wheels in your saddle bags, traveling light takes on a whole new meaning. My bicycle tools along with minimal clothing took up a fair amount of room. Other important necessities include a rain poncho, maps, a pen and pad, reading glasses, toilet paper, money (cash, credit cards, and traveler's checks), a gun and bullets (to protect the previous), and in my case, my heart medicine.

In 1936, this Alpha Epsilon-University of Florida initiate was decribed as having "a halfmillion dollars worth of contracts in his pockets." Only 26, at the time, he was already beginning to wear the title of "King of the Broadway Brightlights."

Douglas Leigh continued in his career in advertising and became well-known as both a pioneer and an innovator in the area of outdoor advertising spectaculars. What was so "spectacular" about Douglas Leigh's billboards? Leigh believed that electrically animated signs were the best outdoor advertising medium and set out to light up Broadway's Time Square with his creations. His designs included the Pepsi-Cola 50,000 gallon waterfall, the Camel man that blew perfect smoke rings above Times Square, the giant cup of steaming A&P coffee as well as sign shows for Life magazine and Bulova. In all, he built over 120 "spectaculars" in his career as sign king of Broadway.

50 years later Douglas Leigh has not only made his place in the history of advertising but has also become quite famous in his second career as a lighting designer. After selling his highly succesful advertising agency, Leigh is well on his way to being forever known as the founding father of urban light.

After he was asked, in 1976, to light New York City's Empire State Building for the nation's bicentennial celebration, Leigh has, in ten years, provided an exciting new look to the New York skyline by applying his talents to some 17 structures. "I was on the verge of retiring at the time," says Leigh," but I found the lights so thrilling that I decided to make a business of it instead."

Upon completing the Empire State Building for year-round lighting that changes to reflect holidays and seasons, Leigh went on to provide lighting for New York's Helmsley Building, Con-Edison Tower, Grand Central Station, Madison Square Gardens, the WaldorfAstoria Hotel, the St. Moritz Tower, the Citicorp Building, the Crown Building, and a number of other buildings, monuments and statues.

He is presently about to complete a project that will be a capstone to his second career as a lighting designer. The twin towers of the 110-story World Trade Center will soon glow with all of the brilliance of each of Leigh's creations.

Most men of 79 are long past retirement age, or at least are seriously thinking about it; Leigh expects his retirement and demise "will come on the same day." He has too much to do, between his lighting projects and his spearheading a move to preserve his trademark "spectacular" advertising signs in Times Square as the square is seeing renovation.

"Besides," he adds, with a touch of a southern accent," I've got a pretty good thing going here. I don't know anybody who has gotten a better shake out of life than I have, to be able to have a good business and be creative at the same time."

While the University of Florida's Alpha Epsilon chapter can claim Douglas Leigh's membership, he was originally pledged by Omicron chapter at the University of Alabama.

It seems that one week before entering school at Alabama, Leigh suddenly changed his plans and entered the University of Florida. That was in 1925, when according to the 1936 Star and Lamp," Knighthood was in flower and undergraduates had little cognizance of the fact that a depression was going to swing into their future with the effectiveness of Mrs. Murphy's cow."

At the age of 22, Leigh began what would turn out to be a long and illustrious career in advertising with his first client being the St. Moritz Hotel in New York City. Little did he know that he would someday be involved in another career, lighting the St. Moritz Tower, as well as at least half realizing his early ambition of providing a "glow" for all to see atop the Empire State Building in the New York night.

My total trip logged some 457 miles on my odometer, averaging 41 miles a day for 11 days. The fastest I rode was 27 m.p.h. and my longest ride day was 54.3 miles.

Leaving from my home in Sumter, South Carolina, I headed south with stops in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, with my eventual goal being Orlando, Florida.

Throughout the trip I experienced very little fatigue. The heat was a problem on one day as the mercury peaked at 102 degrees on the ninth day of my trip. Other weather conditions, such as rain can almost be a welcome relief except for the lack of windshield wipers on my glasses.

Riding alone on a bike for days at a time allows one to make a lot of observations about the world about you. Drivers, for the most part are very courteous people. Only a couple of them gave me absolutely no room except my white line.

Most are actually very friendly, waving or tooting as they passed. One can almost always get a good recommendation for hotel or restaurant accomodations. Almost everyone assumed I was on a limited budget (a good assumption). Thus, if I felt in the mood for a little more expensive meal or hotel accomodation than usual, it was necessary for me to seek those out without recommendation from others.

Hotel clerks rarely could straight-facedly say,"yes sir!," when I came in sopping wet on 7 of the 11 days. There were always questions about traveler's checks, cash, or credit cards. It is worthwhile to take a trip just to ask the question,"How far to---?" People simply do not know where they live and how far it is to anywhere.

In conclusion, I had a marvelous time, but it is a one-time venture, not to be repeated. I expect to move on to an as yet undetermined adventure.

Bernie Jones, with his bicycle that took him 457 miles on a recent trip.

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CENTER Capt. Spencer Slate Beta Phi's Dive Master There are more dive shops per capita in Key Largo, Florida than anywhere else in -the United States as a result of the great popularity of scuba diving areas such as the Pennekamp Park underwater diving area. Heading into the Florida Keys, the first scuba diving shop you will run into Captain Slate's Atlantis Diving will be Center. Owned and operated by Pi Kapp Alumnus Spencer C. Slate, the Atlantis Diving Center is the area's best known and

respected dive shops, an honor earned in only eight years of business.

"Captain Slate" as he is referred to by his customers is an alumnus of Beta Phi Chapter at Eastern Carolina University, graduating in 1972. Of his times at East Carolina, Captain Slate fondly recalls the importance of his years with Beta Phi Chapter. A member of the nationally ranked crew team at East Carolina, Captain Slate met his fraternity brothers through

the sport. "Five of the eight crew members were Pi Kapps, so it was just natural to become a Pi Kapp." He added,"The social connections and skills learned through the fraternity became , in a very large part, part of my success in business."

Beginning with one dive boat and a storefront marina near the north end of Pennekamp Park near Key Largo, Florida, Atlantis Dive Center has grown to include four boats, two retail centers and a staff of 16-20, including five instructors. Fellow Pi Kapp alumnus Jon Burt, a close friend of Captain Slate, says that he caters to all types of scuba divers, providing the most inexperienced diver with the safety and guidance needed and also providing experienced divers with excitement.

On the door of the Atlantis Dive Center,

Spencer Slate, shown here feeding his friend, Oscar the Barracuda.

On The Road With The National Secretary

Dr. Phillip M. Summers, Pi Kappa Phi National Council Secretary, and President of Vincennes University (Vincennes, Indiana), and Mrs. Summers were guests of the Kingdom of Swaziland government for the coronation ceremony and other state affairs for the youthful King Mswati III on April 23, 1986, in Mbabane, capitol of the tiny kingdom in southern Africa.

The invitation for President and Mrs. Summers to visit and attend the coronation as official guests came as the result of the fact that more than 30 members of the royal family, along with children of other attended have officials, government Vincennes University since 1969 when the first group of students--a princess and five princes—arrived in southern Indiana to begin their college education in the United States. Since that time many of the graduates have become important officials in the government.

Dr. and Mrs. Summers attended the coronation, the Royal Garden Party hosted by the Queen Regent (mother of former Crown Prince Mkhosetive and now King Mswati III), and the State Dinner following the cor-

onation. They also had the opportunity to visit the University of Swaziland, the technical school, an asbestos mine in the south of the Kingdom, and a hospital, a particular interest to Mrs. Summers who is a professor of graduate study in the School of Nursing at the Universtiy of Evansville.

Another special privilege for the Summers was to visit with the princess who was among the first students who attended. Joyce, as she was known by her classmates, is the wife of the chief of Transkei, another tiny country bordering South Africa.

Dr. Summers noted: "I shall particularly remember two things about the trip. As one travels in Europe and Africa, one is particularly aware that the security guards at the airports and in public places are armed with automatic weapons, and most people are subjected to personal body searches to assure that they are carrying no hidden weapons as they board the airliner. It makes me particularly aware of the freedoms we have in the United States.

"Then, in Swaziland, the thing I shall most remember is the blending of the two

Captain Slate keeps a Pi Kappa Phi sticker to show his pride in his fraternity."' get a number of Pi Kapps through here to dive, some, like my old Beta Phi brothers I plan to see each year, others see the sticker and get a kick out of Captain Slate being a Pi Kapp."

Captain Slate has gained prominence through his activities as International Chairman of the YMCA scuba-diving program and his involvement in a number of other scuba instruction programs. It is his fish feeding antics that have garnered his greatest fame however. The feeding of barracuda and moray eels have become his specialty, holding the baitfish in his mouth as the marine predators snatch the food away. This image, as shown in the photograph, has been used on countless promotional items for Captain Slate and served as the basis for an artist's rendering that appeared in the Sunday Comic Strip, "Ripley's Believe it or Not".

He has continued to foster his relationship with his alma mater as he hosts a diving outing for the East Carolina Diving Club each year, brought about from his close contact with the club's advisor and intructor over the years.

Most important to the growth of the Captain Slate's Dive Center is the teaming of he and his wife Amy. Their enthusiasm and engaging personalities set the diver at ease and also make the diving experience a good one for their customers. Captain Slate, who met his wife when he moved to Jacksonville, Florida as a teacher has been married for seven years and also attributes much of the success of his enterprise to having his wife as a business partner.

He began his studies at Wingate Junior College in North Carolina, transferring to Eastern Carolina in 1969, where he majored in Business Education. Of his choice back in 1969 to pledge Pi Kappa Phi he remarks,"If I had to do it all again I would do it exactly as I did. They were my best friends and remain some of my best friends to this day. " Although he has no children Captain Slate added," If I have a boy, he' 11 pledge a fraternity , you better believe it." He graduated after a year of service in the military in 1972.

The next time you are headed into the Florida Keys, stop in Key Largo and see Captain Slate."I'm the first dive shop you'll come across," he says of his location. He or one of his staff will be glad to set you up with a diving package to suit your skill and experience. Jon Burt, a fellow Beta Phi alumnus says,"I have been diving with him many times as I am sure many of our brothers have, and he always shows a Pi Kapp a real good time,"he adds in jest,"Captain Slate is proof that a Beta Phi can be successful."

cultures. From their British background (Swaziland was formerly a British Colony), the people have the love of royalty, pomp, and ceremony with the traditional flair of the British. However, native dress is seen side by side on the streets with western dress. The whistles of the natives blend with the 'Hip Hip Hooray' of the British as a sign of pleasure, and the music is a mixture of the classics and the native drums and instruments."

There is no race prejudice in Swaziland, and although the nation is just developing from a culture that has recently entered into the twentieth century in some aspects, agriculture, education, even the promise of manufacturing show the tenacity with which the natives are seeking their place in modern society.

Dr. Summers addressed the Vincennes University graduating class of 1986 during commencement; he quoted the youthful king's statement to his people upon his coronation: Go forward with peace and justice for all mankind.

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Pi Kapp Sch.olaxs 'Seesils for the Future

Robert C. Holleman Robert C. Holleman , an initiate of Alpha Chapter at the College of Charleston has played a major role in providing his chapter with the incentives needed for a chapter scholarship as Alpha's Scholarship Chairman for three years. A pre-medBiology major at the College of Charleston, Robert carried a 3.64 overall GPA . Robert is also a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Medical Society, the Biology Club as well as a volunteer at St. Francis Zavier Hospital. His Pi Kappa Phi activities include serving Alpha Chapter as Secretary.

The nine men selected each year for Pi Kapp Scholars are chosen not only for academic achievement, but also for their service to their fraternity, campus and community. The average grade point for the nine chosen is 3.61 on a 4 point scale.

Our Brothers, the Pi Kapp Scholars, are masters of time-management, stress-management, and study skills.

They also have stamina and motivation. Most of all they have a will to serve, for they have been serving in all officer positions and committees, as well as intramurals. On the campus-

Robert C. Friess

Michael S. Kessler Michael S. Kessler, who graduated this spring with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California-Berkeley as a member of Gamma Chapter. Carrying a 3.83 GPA, Michael was also very active with his fraternity and community. He served as Gamma chapter's Treasurer, Historian and Intramural chairman while at Berkeley in addition to his volunteer efforts with a local junior high school as activities director.

Michael was also a tudor in the computer science department. His work experience includes nearly two years of coop work with the Chevron Corporation as an Associate Programmer/Analyst.

A pre-med major, Robert C. Friess, carried a 3.39 GPA at the University of Toledo. A member of Beta Iota Chapter at UofT, Robert has served as the blossoming chapter's Archon, Social Chairman and PUSH Chairman. Also very active on campus, Robert served as the Blue Key Honorary Society Vice President, Order of Omega Vice President, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honorary Vice President, was member of the Mortar Board National Honorary, U.T. Chemical Society, and the University Y.M.C.A. Camp Counselors.

Robert's community orientation is extensive as he works with voter registration, the Red Cross Blood Drive, the Sunshine Children's Home, serves as coach and referee for youth soccer, is a volunteer for the Portage Valley Retirement Center and Mercy Hospital as well as Special Olympics in the Toledo area. Robert also works part time while going to school at a local copy center.

From Iota Chapter is Pi Kapp Scholar James Tracy. An engineering major at Georgia Tech, James finds that a sound mind and sound body go hand in hand. He has been on the dean's list at Georgia Tech since entering as a Freshman and has carried a 3.14GPA. In addition to his academic excellence, James can be found on the intramural field just about any time of the year. Selected as Iota's "Athlete of the year" for 1984-85, he plays 8 different sports for the chapter. He has also served as his chapter's Treasurer as well as serving on various committees.

Ricky Philip Martin A student of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, Ricky Phillip Martin is a member of Beta Chapter. A Dean's list student every semester while at Presbyterian, Ricky will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in psychology. He carried 3.8 overall GPA in his studies in addition to his many activities. Ricky's activities and honors include being a member of the Sigma Kappa Alpha Honor Society, the Society for the Advancement of Management, the Presbyterian Work/Study Program. His community service extends toward the Adopt-a-Grandparent Program as well as his activity with Beta Chapter's PUSH efforts. He has also served as Beta Chapter's Treasurer and house manager while also being very active with the Beta Intramural squads.

Vincent L. Fisher As a member of Beta Epsilon Chapter University of Missouri, Vincent L. the at Fisher has served as Secretary, Associate Class Secretary, Greek Alcohol Awareness Representative, MSA Senator in addition to playing eight different intramural sports for his chapter. Vince's activity doesn't stop there. An exemplary student, studying in the University of Missouri's Honors Interdisciplinary Program, Vince posts a 3.81 GPA. He has received honors as a student including a General Honors Certificate, the University Scholar, a Student Foundation Scholarship, a William Creasy Scholarship, he is a member of Golden Key National Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honorary, and has been listed in Who's Who Among American College and University Students. His activities, in addition to Fraternity include serving on various Chancellor's committees, Arts and Science Student Government, the Honors Advisory Council, MSA Jazz, Folk, and Blues Committee, Campus Eagle Scouts, Choral Union and the Environmental Education Organization. Vince also works parttime as a photographer for Foto-Unlimited in Columbia, Missouri.

Scott A. Moses

Timothy A. Bills James Tracy

es they come from they have been serving IFC's, student governments, and a variety of honorary and professional student organizations. In addition they have had part-time and summer employment.

The skill, talent, intelligence and brotherhood represented by the Pi Kapp Scholars is the seed crop for Pi Kappa Phi's future, nourished through the programs and opportunities offered by our fraternity. They are leaders now, and they will be leaders in their jobs, in the community, and in the Fraternity for the future.

Timothy A. Bills is a Pi Kapp Scholar from Epsilon Psi Chapter at Slippery Rock University. A Founding Father of his chapter at Slippery Rock, Timothy is a psychology major with a 3.32 grade point average.

In addition to Timothy's academic prowess, he is very active not only with his chapter but in the community and his university. He has served as Epsilon Psi's Archon and Historian as well as various committee appointments. He was honored as ''Greek God" on campus for his service to the Slippery Rock Greek system and was recently tapped into the "Order of Omega" greek honorary society. His other activities and honors include being a resident advisor, a student government senator, a member of the Union Programming Board and Lambda Sigma Honorary society.

Alfred Eugene Andrews, Jr. An International Business and French at Lenoir-Rhyne College in major Hickory, North Carolina, Alfred Eugene Andrews, Jr. is a Pi Kapp Scholar from Epsilon Rho Chapter. With a GPA of 3.59, Alfred has made the Dean's List each semester. He has studied abroad, staying in France for a six-month program. His activities with Epsilon Rho Chapter include a chapter newsletter each week and the formation of a 10-Kilometer race to raise money for PUSH. Alfred is a founder of Lenoir Rhyne's Newman Club, a national Catholic student organization in addition to his being a member of an adult Catholic group in the Hickory area. He also serves his campus as a Bear Tracker, a group of students who work with the college to recruit new students. Alfred can also be found on the rolls of Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity. He also works part-time as an Assistant Teacher in the French Department.

One of three engineering majors among our nine scholars is Scott A. Moses of Gamma Upsilon Chapter at Oklahoma State University. A 4-point student throughout his college career at Oklahoma State, Scott also finds time for a wide range of extracurricular activities. He works in a cooperative program education engineering through LTV Aerospace and Defense Co. in addition to his studies. He belongs to a number of organizations and honoraries at Oklahoma State, they include: Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, Honor Sophomore Kappa Iota Fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honorary, Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honorary, Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, a member of the OSU Ambassadors, College Republicans, and the Oklahoma State Cooperative Education Organization. He has been the OSU Spring Sing Show host for two years as well as being involved interwith committees. One fraternally would think he would have no time for Pi Kappa Phi yet Scott has served as Pi Kappa Phi's Chaplain, served as chairman of the scholarship committee, house manager and IFC representative during his time with Gamma Upsilon.

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Pi Kapp College 1986 Your Career Starts Here!

Pi Kapp College - Do Career and Fraternity Mix? An undergraduate might ask himself, "How does my career start at Pi Kapp College? Is the fraternity going to get me a job? Am I going to learn the secret to success? Am I going to receive keys to the executive office upon leaving Pi Kapp College?" The answer to the questions above is simple, No. Were you told when you first rushed Pi Kappa Phi that being in a fraternity would get you a good job? I am sure that many of you recall that line from sometime during rush. Is it true? Is the fact that you are a member of a fraternity of any consequence when a recruiter is going through your resume? According to most recruiters the answer to that is also no.

Despite that fact, many people still depend upon looking at their membership in a fraternity as a positive asset when job hunting.

Dr. Howard Figler, a leading authority in the field of career guidance, has a list of assets that the job hunter should assess when entering the career market. His list starts with "The Ten Hottest Transferable Skills", and through these you might assess the value of fraternity membership.

Each of the skills he mentions are available through every chapter. Figler says, "You must recognize that certain skills are universally greeted with enthusiasm by almost every employer because these

skills occur with some regularity in every job having responsibility and requiring decision making and good judgement." As yOU review each of these skills, think back to your own fraternity experience to see where these skills could be developed.

(From The Complete Job Search Handbook by Howard Figler) BUDGET MANAGEMENT - Get your hands on any budget you can find, no matter how small, and take responsibility for it. Manage how funds are dispensed, keep control of the budget, learn what fiscal control is about.

SUPERVISING - Take responsibility for the work of others in a situation which calls for some accountability. Have direct contact with the work of others; expose yourself to the difficulty of giving others orders, delegating tasks, taking guff, and understanding other's viewpoints. Learn to listen.

PUBLIC RELATIONS - Accept a role where you must meet or relate to the public. Greet visitors, answer complaints, give talks to community groups, sell ads to business people, explain programs to prospective members.

COPING WITH DEADLINE PRESSURE - Search for opportunities to demonstrate that you can produce good work when it is required by outside deadlines.

Prove to yourself and anyone else that you can function on someone elses schedule, even if that time is hurried.

NEGOTIATING/ARBITRATING - Discover and cultivate the fine art of dealing

openly and effectively with people in ambiguous situations. Learn how to bring warring factions together, resolve differences between groups of people or individuals, and make demands on behalf of one constituency to those in positions of power.

SPEAKING - Take a leadership role in any organization, so that you are forced to talk publicly, prepare remarks, get across ideas, and even motivate people without feeling terribly self-conscious.

WRITING - Go public with your writing skills. There is nothing quite so energizing as seeing your own words in print; exhilarating if they look good to you, and a spur to improvement if they look awful.

Write a newsletter, however informal to members of your chapter or your alumni.

ORGANIZING/ MANAGING/ COORDINATING - Take charge of any event that is within your grasp. A dinner, a party, Greek Week, a career day, it doesn't matter what it is as long as you have responsibility for bringing people, resources, and events toeether.

INTERVIEWING - Learn how to acquire information from others by questioning them directly. Discover the fine art of making people feel comfortable in your presence, even though you are asking difficult or even touchy questions.

TEACHING/INSTRUCTING - Refine your ability to explain things to other people. Most teaching takes place not in the classroom, but in ordinary everyday exchanges between people.

Each of these skills can be developed

through your fraternity experience in one way or another. The offices you hold, the committees you chair, any involvement, can provide you with opportunities to present and build upon your skills.

Only you can answer whether the fraternity will help your career. The opportunities are present not only through your chapter, but also through campus activities. If this talk about using the fraternity for your own development sounds selfish, or you are asking, "What about the brotherhood of fraternity?", rest assured that self development will benefit both those around you and your chapter. If everyone realized the importance of the experience one can gain through "doing fraternity", more of your chapter's members would contribute to the success of the whole.

Your career largely depends upon the skills that you acquire and develop starting with your high school experience right on through retirement. Your career is a dynamic process, everchanging with the way you change and growing with the direction that you grow. By taking advantage of opportunities as they appear you can help assure that your career and you will grow together.

For those of you fortunate enough to be headed for Pi Kapp College:

Your Career Starts Here!

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PUSH Durward W. Owen This article is one of a series of historical perspectives, written by Durward W. Owen, Executive Director of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. As Executive Director since 1959, Durward Owen has provided strong administrative leadership as well as progressive ideas to Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

1/is series of historical essays provide a first person account of the growth and direction that the Fraternity has undergone and taken in the past 27 years.

The Creation of PUSH: A look back as PUSH looks ahead to its second decade

By Durward W. Owen While a graduate student ar the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charles Sutton of Gamma Epsilon chapter at Western Carolina University was also employed by the Fraternity. At the same time, Jim Martin of Davidson College decided to run for the U.S. Congress from Mecklenburg County in North Carolina.

He asked and I gave him the services of Charles Sutton to come to his campaign team and head up his effort with young people in the district.

Charles later went to Washington, D.C. and worked for Jim Martin there, later returning to North Carolina when Jim Holthouser became Governor. Holthouser appointed him as the Assistant Secretary of Administration. As such, Sutton had opportunity to suggest and to an extent, direct the appointment of various commission people.

Through Charles' efforts I was appointed a member of Governor's Advocacy Council on Children and Youth (GACY). Part of that activity involved interfacing with various agencies, organizations and facilities throughout the state of North Carolina dealing with and supporting severely and profoundly retarded citizens.

During this period of time I encouraged the Supreme Chapter, meeting in San Francisco, to direct the National Council to select a national project for the unification of the Fraternity within the activity of one philanthropic service. There was one very demanding restriction placed upon this suggestion by the Supreme Chapter, and that was that such a project be singular to Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. In other words, the National Council was not to place the Fraternity in the position of having its national project the support of an existing group such as the Cancer Society or other similar organizations. This sole proprietorship requirement presented an almost insurmountable task.

One of the members of GACY was Dr. Iverson Riddle of the Western Carolina Center. In a conversation with Dr. Riddle, I indicated the position taken by the Supreme Chapter and the difficulties it was presenting me. He suggested we explore the posribility of creating a "school of advocacy". He and I and others from the Western Carolina Center developed a possible program and presented it to John Wilson, who at the time was serving as National Council Vice-President and had been given that responsibility by the National President. John thought it was an excellent idea, however he felt that for the Fraternity to realize the full effectiveness of a national project it should by all means be a project which had "hands-on" capability. Of course, a school of advocacy would not provide that capability.

Later while at the Western Carolina Center, I had the chance to view some outdoor playground equipment that had been created by a young man named Tom Sayre.

These objects were not like any playground equipment one had ever seen or comprehended. They were designed so as to be completely non-threatening to the severely and profoundly retarded person.

Tom indicated he was attempting to go where no one had been before, however at that time was being funded as if he were employed by the Western Carolina Center as a janitor.

Tom was very interested in pursuing the expansion of his concept regarding the role of playing in early adolescent learning, and lack of this experience on the part of the severely and profoundly retarded population. After a number of meetings with Tom, I developed a feeling that such might be a possible project for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity to consider. Tom developed models and following some extensive exp.

l'he first PUSII unit, installed at the Western Carolina Center.

A young Thomas Sayre, pictured here in 1975 as PUSII was moving from an idea to Pi Kappa Phi's National Project.

The most recent PUSH Standard Group, a modular design of electro-mechanical stimulators in a beautiful living environment. 'oration a presentation was made to the

Supreme Chapter in New Orleans recommending a design, construction and placement of play equipment (play environments) for the severely and profoundly retarded as a project of Pi Kappa Phi. The first unit was directed toward a very limited population, children who were both deaf and blind. This later was expanded due to modern health care indicating that anything developed for that limited a population would have a short life due to the expectation that the population itself would decline to practically non-existence.

As was the case with Pi Kappa Phi Properties and also with Continuing Alumni Relations, Inc., the first few years of operation required significant juggling of funds. In fact, I would on some occasions pay PUSH bills the first of the month and then hopefully find funds to replace them before the end of the month so that they would not be reflected in the accounting process for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

At this point of my life, I consider the development of the concept of PUSH into the reality of a national project for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity to be the single most important contibution that I have made.

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there is a W There is a way think you recognize the value of what Pi Kappa Phi is doing. Exciting pportunities to enrich young lives have always existed in Pi Kappa Phi. 'We'd like to continue those opportunities. Wouldn't you? Proper planning may show you how you can meet your obligations and also make a significant bequest to support the Fraternity's future service.

The Pi Kappa Phi Foundation can send you a free brochure on wills and bequests. The brochure tells you why you need a will, what information you will need to draft one, and how to update your present will. Pi Kappa Phi wants to see you conserve your estate in the best possible way, to benefit your family and possibly your Fraternity. And where there's a will, there's a way.

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HELP WANTED

Graduate Assistantship Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is currently looking for qualified men who attend graduate school, or plan to attend graduate school soon, who could work as graduate assistants at one of several chapters.

The Fraternity is offering graduate assistant grants to individuals who have a strong chapter leadership background.

These grants vary in regard to the experience of the applicant. Most grants include an apartment or room inside the chapter house, free board, and a small monthly stipend. Total value of benefits range from $500 to $5,000. Reduced course load may be desired so that time may be devoted to chapter development.

Graduate assistants are being sought for: Cornell, Virginia Tech, Indiana, Denver, Tennessee, Iowa State, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas State, Drake (Des Moines, IA), Texas (Austin), Michigan (Ann Arbor), Oklahoma (1987-88).

Qualifications: Individuals chosen to be Graduate Assistants are selected to fill the positions due primarily to the experiences they have had in their original chapters,

especially in the area of leadership.

Applicants need not necessarily be members of Pi Kappa Phi. The position requires the person to work one-on-one with undergraduate members of the Fraternity to develop programs for recruitment, leadership, member education, finances and alumni relations; coordination and assisting in each of the areas of the chapter's programming needs, as well as serving as a liaison with area alumni, college administrations, the community and the Pi Kappa Phi Administrative Office; counsel individual Fraternity members; file monthly progress reports with the Administrative Office; and travel to other chapters in the area to observe their performance.

Each person selected will receive one week of orientation in the Administrative Office before assuming the position.

For further information, contact Glenn Dickson at the Pi Kappa Phi Administrative Office at (704) 523-6000, or write P. 0. Box 240526, Charlotte, NC 28224.

Deadline for Applications July 18, 1986 PUSH Bits'n Pieces James McKelvey is the new Executive Director of PUSH, replacing Mickey Thigpen, who has moved on to another job in mental health. James is no newcomer to PUSH. He directed a facility in West Virginia which received a donated PUSH unit in 1979. When he moved to North Carolina in 1980, he worked on various aspects of PUSH design and construction, including the installation of PUSH units in a number of locations. In 1982, James started the PUSH Foster Care Program (PICS) and directed it until he left last August to start his own audio production studio, Auricle Productions. But he agreed to respond to PUSH's need for an interim exec and is now working three days a week for us.

Chapter contributions as of June 2, 1986 are a total of $68,674.22. will not be held this summer, due to the changwould be interested in working at PUSH next who Anyone staff.

PUSH the of ing summer in the areas of design, therapeautic recreation, or social work should call James McKelvey at the PUSH office 704/433-0233. A small stipend and college credit will be provided. Interviews will be held at Pi Kapp College this summer and at the A/VATT Conference next winter, so make plans now.

Star and Lamp; On The Cutting Edge In the April meeting of the National Council of Pi Kappa Phi, approval was given for the purchase of a computer desktop publishing system. The system, capable of generating and laying out typeset copy and high quality graphics, will bring production of the Star and Lamp to the cutting edge of technology.

Please bear with us as we adjust to the new technology and look forward with us to its capabilities. While the cost of the new computer system was substantial, the longterm savings in production costs are expected to make up the difference rapidly.

The desktop publishing system, by Apple Computers, will also be of tremendous benefit to Continuing Alumni Relations, Inc., the fraternity's newsletter production affiliate which serves 32 chapters with alumni newsletters. CAR, Inc. will lease time from Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity for its typesetting needs.

We look forward to further increasing the quality of your Fraternity's quarterly magazine and welcome any suggestions or comments. Address Correspondence to; The Star and Lamp, P.O. Box 240526, Charlotte, NC 28224

The Easiest way to help your Fraternity for only 22¢ A valuable source of new undergraduate members of Pi Kappa Phi comes from men like yourself who recommend young men to be members of Pi Kappa Phi. He may be your son, a neighbor, a colleague's son, or any young man that you know that is entering college next Fall or has recently entered school at a college or university.

Upon receiving a Member Recommendation from an alumnus, like you, we write a letter to the chapter at the young man's college or university. This letter alerts them to the prospective member's name and requests that they follow-up by contacting him. The letter also requests that word of the outcome of their contact be sent to both the Administrative Office and to you, as you were good enough to recommend him.

Is there an entering freshman or college student in your area that you could recommend to become a Brother of yours in Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity? Please fill out the form below and send it to: "Member Recommendation" Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Administrative Office P.O. Box 240526 Charlotte, NC 28224

MEMBER RECOMMENDATION FORM

PUSH Internship Program

A PUSH play unit has been installed at the Discovery Place Children's Science Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The installation is co-sponsored by PUSH and the Charlotte Mayor's Council on the Handicapped. The exhibit is open to the public daily.

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The PUSH CORPORATE MATCH PROGRAM gets Pi Kappa Phi Chapters together with mental retardation facilities to go after corporate or foundation matching dollars for local projects. PUSH, thereby, doubles its money. Chapters gain local and national recognition. If you want to "strike a match" and generate a little heat, call James at the PUSH office for information and assistance.

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The Pi Kappa Phi Foundation has released a poster to help create an awareness ofsexual abuse on college camp es across the country. The poster, one element of a sexual abuse awareness campaign on the part of Pi Kappa Fraternity, was created by Pi Kappa Phi alumnus, Jim Mountjoy of Loeffler-Mountjoy Advertising, lnc.,!.

Charlotte, North Carolina. who also created the Fraternity's "One Hangover Leads to Another," alcohol poster.

The poster's theme, -Today's Greeks Call it Date Rape," was fueled by the Fraternity's response to the growing awareness of the trend of cases sexual abuse on college campuses. "We focused on the problem of date rape because it is the problem which needs a greater awareness among both males and females," says Durward W. Owen, . ... „, Executive Director of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

Concluding with the subtitle,"Just a reminderfrom Pi Kappa Phi, Against her will is against the law," the poster, . y'according to Owen, will be widely received because of its subtle yet direct approach. The artwork used in the poster is from a print called -17;c Pvt, of the Sabienne Women." Copies of the poster are available through the Pi Kappa Phi ;1 Foundation, P.O. Box 240526, Charlotte, NC, 28224. ,,

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