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He gets the feeling thathe is always on display

The brother in the accompanyingpicture is not a snake-handlingpreacher from the rural South!The setting is a Chinese snaketemple on Pulua Penang off thewest coast of Peninsula Malaysiawhere Brother James A. Owens,Alabama, Class of '49, played"tourist" during a recent businesstrip as Controller for Firestoneoperations in Butterworth, Malaysiaand the Republic of Singapore.

The Owens family has resided inthe Republic of Singapore forthe past two years. Brother Owens,his wife, the former PatriciaJeffcott of Portland, Oregon, sonBeau-John and daughter Amandahave found Singapore to be an idealhomebase for local travel. Olderdaughter Lauri, a student at theUniversity of Alabama, joined themlast summer for a vacation trip toBatu Ferringhi, a resort beach onPulua Penang, Peninsuls Malyasia.Beau-John has twice visited Mt.

Kinabalu National Park, Sabah,East Malaysia, where scaling the13,455 foot peak is a major attrac-tion.

Amanda's two week trek throughthe jungles of Southern PeninsulaMalaysia studying survival and war-fare techniques with the New Zea-land Army was an event she willlong remember. Brother and Mrs.Owens enjoyed a trip to Malacca,Peninsula Malyasia, with its manyantique shops and remains of aPortugese fort erected in 1620.

Eating is another of the adventuresof Southeast Asia. Most local dishesare heavily laced with hot chili pep-pers - ala Mexico! No Chop Suey orChow Mein on these Chinise Menus!A typical 10 course Chinese dinnermight include four hot appetizers,Shark's Fin Omelette, Roast GoldCoin Chicken, Braised Broccoli

with Mushrooms, Roast PekingDuck, Smoked Deep Sea Pomfret,Chili Prawns, Fungus with QuailEggs Soup, Fried Noodles andWater-melon Suprise - in that order.

Muslim food is featured in Singa-pore's Race Course Road eatingestablishments. Chili hot mutton,beef, chicken or fish-head curriesare popular favorites. Mutton, beefor chicken satay are cooked to or-der over open charcoal fires and arethen served with chili hot peanutsauce.

Indians curries, a bit drier but everybit as hot as the Malay version areavailable as are Pakistani, Moguland Kashmiri dishes.

All kinds of entertainment are avail-able locally - the Bolshoi Ballet,Polish National Ice Troupe, SilverConvention, Mickey Mouse and thePhiladelphia Boy's Choir to name afew. American and British popmusic as well as country and westernis heard in many places. Your musi-cal taste-buds have missed some-thing unless you have heard a Malay-(Continued on Page 2)

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

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SPRING 1978

"On the edge of unbroken ground"

A play environmentThe Pi Kappa PhiNational Project

Human beings grow in relation tothe world which surrounds them.Playgrounds, a world of a child, canbe physical situations where child-ren learn better than in an un-designed space. Most playgroundsfall short and are little more thanlocations where parents can babysittheir kids.

For most of us, our world is filledwith forms, colors, textures, acti-vities and other people . . . all ofwhich provoke and stimulate us tomake responses and thus to grow.Most children, with minimal free-dom easily challenge themselvesand teach themselves about theirworlds. With very little material . . .and very little running room . . .humans are capable of self-expres-sion.

Adults have a responsibility toprovide an environment in whichchildren can grow . . . and exper-ience all the possibilities of humanexpression. Good playgrounds areone way to offer that possibility.

But what if you are deaf, or blind,or retarded, or crippled, or have nolanguage? We tend to group thesehandicapped people into institu-tions . . . where we protect them. . .and attempt to offer special train-ing. But have you looked at one ofthese institutions? What are theymade of?

For convenience we institutionalizethese individuals, and give them longunprogrammed hours . . . wherethey are expected to learn. Learnfrom what? We liven up the institu-tions with cosmetics . . . more ap-pealing to adults than stimulatingto children. We provide traditionalplayground equipment which cankill or injure . . . requiring skills un-available to the handicapped.

Design of these institutions lackimagination. Pi Kappa Phi has de-cided to do something about thisproblem. Choosing this projectplaced Pi Kappa Phi on the edge ofunbroken ground. It is experimentalin nature. Pi Kappa Phi is venturingwhere no one has been . . . riskingthat we might be of some help . . .acting primarily on an enablingfaith. By focusing on deaf/blindpopulations, we seek to correct thatwhich we take for granted. . .

The project has been on the wayfor two years . . . utilizing theexpertise of designer/sculptorThomas Sayre, an alumnus initiateof the Fraternity. A variety ofexperimental objects, designed bySayre act as a base of informationfor the project. We influence ourenvironment daily. Handicappedchildren must learn that they caninfluence their environment.

With only 3 month's preparation,Pi Kappa Phi raised in 1977 over$6,000 from 51 chapters. This fund-ed the first experimental indoorplayground ever constructed forblind/deaf multiple handicappedchildren, the "Pi Kappa Phi PlayEnvironment".

The first experimental unit is instal-led at Western Carolina Center, astate retardation center.

It has been evaluated extensively byexperts. Simple "motivators" suchas light, sound, colors, and texturesare used to produce behaviors whichwe take for granted, behavior suchas walking, crawling, identifyingand following what light and soundcan be perceived, and other simplemotor tasks. In a light booth,through sequences of variable flash-ing bulbs, the blind child can developa perception of light - - howeverfaint - - learning how to make somesense out of that visual information.

In a sound booth, different kinds ofsounds test a deaf child's ability toseek the source of the noise - - evenif through touch only, feeling thevibrations. A padded nook providesneeded privacy as well as a cognitiveproblem in how to turn on thepleasing warm air of the simplehand dryer. The otherwise non-verbal child is enticed into vocali-zations by a light which flasheswhenever it senses noise.

Stimulation and distraction ofnormal overhead lights present areal problem for teachers who oftenneed to employ tabletop problemsin their curriculum. A light tableglows in order to get attention, attable top level. A tunnel with turnsand barriers is overcome by tanta-lizing lights which stay on just aheadof the child. A series of texturedpanels, steps, inclines, swingingdoors, and a slide gives practice inbalance and upright walking.

Playgrounds bring joy into a person'slife. More importantly, playgroundsare a vehicle of learning. For multi-ple handicapped deaf/blind childrenthis first Pi Kappa Phi indoor play-ground is the beginning of a longand difficult road.

A second unit, greatly improvedthrough significant research, hasbeen completed. It is now installedat the Great Oaks Center, a residen-tial facility, housing a full range ofhandicapping conditions, in SilverSpring, Maryland. It, too, is beingevaluated by experts. Lisa Carlsonof Catholic University is using thisPi Kappa Phi Play Environment asthe core of her doctoral dissertation.

An additional third unit with ex-tensive tests, revisions and moretesting is essential. This process willtest our ingenuity, imagination andour dedication in the roles that werespectively assume. With the com-mitment of the student chaptersand the individual alumni, Pi KappaPhi Fraternity could be responsiblefor major changes in the kinds ofinstitutions we as a culture build

for these less fortunate members ofour society.

The deaf and blind mentally retard-ed child needs your help to beginhis personal long dark and difficultroad.

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YOU CAN BENEFIT FROMTHE PI KAPPA PHI PROJECT

As we enter the third year theexperimental nature of thisoutstanding project will end.From now on it is for real.Thousands of multiple handi-capped children at severallocations will be aided in theirsearch for a better life. If youparticipate, you will benefit,but first you have to partici-pate. Here are some ways:

Help select additional sites!Do you know where there is asignificant population ofblind/deaf children. Let theAdministrative Office know.

Suppliers of various produc-tion items are needed! Forinstance, molded plastic andrubber is needed in quantity,but must be made to designspecifications. Control panels,of integrated circuts, in astandard configuration arenecessary for production.

Computer, mini or macro,would be helpful! This in-office installation wouldimprove evaluation and sta-tistical effort. Data storageand communication are soonto become a major problem ifpresent mechanical methodsare not modernized.

Money! A tax deduction isavailable to the individual orcompany who contributes.

Your time and expertise! Espe-cially needed are fund/ raisingand 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

—FOUNDERS-.Simon Fogarty, Jr.

Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr. L. Harry Mixson

NATIONAL COUNCILPresident - Phil TappyVice President - A. J. Strickland, IIITreasurer - Vernon B. StansellSecretary - Fred DiulusChaplain - Al P. BrownChancellor - Ernest S. DelaneyPast President - Ted Scharfenstein

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERSExecutive Director - Durward OwenDirector of Development - Stuart HicksDirector of Membership. Henry GrovesField Secretaries - Tom Tott, David Long, BillGurney, and Robert Mitchell.

The Star and Lamp An Educational Publication

1978, Vol. LXIII No. 2

Durward Owen Editor-in-Chief

Changes in address should be reported promptlyto the Administrative Office, P. 0. Box 15295,Charlotte, NC 28210.

THE STAR AND LAMP is published 4 times ayear by the National Council of the Pi KappaPhi Fraternity, 7111 Nations Ford Road, Char-lotte, NC in the months of February, May,August and November. The life subscription is$15 and is the only form of subscription. Publi-cations Office, 7111 Nations Ford Road, Char-lotte, NC. Second class postage paid at Charlotte,NC.

EDITORIAL

"A Ragtag Lot Indeed!"

half those

We were, in fact, a "ragtag lot". ThePi Kappa Phi Fraternity house atthe University of Georgia in 1960was something less than a countryclub. Someone had forgotten totell me when I pledged that ourtumbled down victorian house hadbeen condemed two weeks earlierby the city of Athens. Someonehad forgotten to tell me a lot ofthings. I joined this small band ofabout 12 individualists withoutknowing a thing about Pi KappaPhi "National", or really caring.Lambda Chapter had dues about

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 PiKappa Phi.

As I read my pledge manual through the 12 weeks of my pledgeship, Icame to realize that my chosen fraternity was operated out of a smallstorefront building in Sumter, South Carolina. Though the Fraternity wasnearly 60 years old we had only about 42 chapters and nearly half ofthose were, like Lambda, marginal operations. We had a new ExecutiveDirector, Durward Owen, who had a two-man staff and no experience inoperating a fraternity. We had a Scholarship Foundation that barely hadenought money to give even one full scholarship a year. In 1960 myFraternity was going nowhere!

NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. We now have 88 chapters and 7 colo-nies (we got 4 new ones in May) and we are perhaps the fastest growingfraternity in the country today. We have a fine Scholarship Foundationwith a net worth of over $250,000 which last year gave scholarshiprecognition awards, grants, and loans to over 30 deserving students. Wehave established a new Pi Kappa Phi Properties, Inc., which owns 16 ofour 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 operatethe fastest growing fraternity. It has been appraised at over $200,000. Wehave a condominum in Charlotte for the use of Fraternity guests and thefield staff which now consists of a Director and six trained administrativestaff members, plus a clerical staff of four.

We have a National Project which in only two years has paid for the originaldesign and construction of 2 unique learning playgrounds for blind/deafmentally and physically handicapped children. We have added new ser-vices for our members, such as, group insurance, group travel programs, anMBA degree program, job placement assistance, a new Pi Kapp CollegeLeadership School, and a program for protecting the valuable and historicrecords 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 Directorduring these past 18 years - but without you and your willingness to con-tribute 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 theirchapter members to solicit donations, we need a credit union for ourmembers, we need someone to start chapters at new campuses, we needmore 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 next18! (Phil Tappy, National President)

Lettersto theEditor

Dear Brother Owen:

It was not my intention to wait this long tosend in my Voluntary Dues. Your letter ofFebruary 20 reminded me that I had tuckedaway somewhere in my desk your letter ofDecember 1, so I rummaged around and foundit. And I re-read it. You are right! Pi Kappa Phihas had an effect in so many areas...

As I was dating this letter it suddenly came to methat it was about this time of the year FIFTYyears ago when I was initiated into Pi KappaPhi. But all of those years have not dimmed inany way any of the warm memories I have of thefellowship of Chi Chapter at Stetson with suchoutstanding Brothers as Chet Freeman, 011ieEdmonds, Hewen Lassiter and many others. Willyou forgive me if I reminisce just a little?

On that warm Sunday afternoon in September1927, my folks hurriedly deposited me at theentrance of the dormitory and took off forhome 150 miles away. That was a long trip inthose days. I made my way to the fourth floorroom I had been assigned to find it as bare asMother Hubbard's Cupboard. My wardrobetrunk with all my clothes, linens, etc., shippedmany days before, had not been delivered! Andit was Sunday afternoon! As I stood therein a daze, wondering how I could stretch thelonely Five Spot in my pocket to cover bothdinner and a night's lodging, I heard someonecalling my name far below. I poked my headout the window and after identifying myselfthe upper classman below said that he wascoming up to my room. A few minutes later,Ted Hathcock came in and introduced himselfas a member of Pi Kappa Phi. They had beenapprised of my expected arrival by Pi KappaPhi's in my home town and Ted came over tosee if everything was OK. He quickly took inmy dilemma and invited me to the Pi Kappa Phihouse for the night. From that moment I wascompletely sold on our great Fraternity.

That episode was only the beginning of manymeaningful and heartwarming experiencesthroughout the term. I was attending Stet-son on the shortest of shoestrings and thepossibility of joining a fraternity had notentered my thinking until I met those splendidmen at Chi Chapter. Room, board and tuitionwas furnished by the University in return forworking in the school dining room, three mealsa day, seven days a week. I was working on theside with a laundry and dry-cleaning agency andsoon began to see my way clear to becoming afulfledged Pi Kappa Phi. But it was going to bein the Spring before I could take the initiation.Then WHAMMOI At the end of the secondquarter attendance at the dining room droppeddrastically and several waiters were cut off,including myself. If I was to remain in class atall, my meager funds would now have to beused to cover the tuition and other assessments.Sorry fellows! But it looks as if you have lost apledge. No way responded the older brothers!Let us see what we can do. And within twodays they had found a job for me up-town thatwould fit into my schedule and save my initia-tion fee! THAT, Brothers, was Pi Kappa Phififty years ago, and I am confident it is evengreater in 1978.

Brother Owen, I regret that I have not beenprivileged to contribute to Pi Kappa Phi as Iwould have liked to do, what with educating amedical doctor (son James, L.S.U.) and alawyer (daughter Marilyn, Loyola) but throughthe years the Star and Lamp and other messageshave been welcome reminders of how muchPi Kappa Phi meant to a solitary freshman longago. I have watched with interest the spendidgrowth and maturity of our fraternity andam gratified to know that it continues to be aninspirational and practical influence on campuslife today.

Fifty years is a long time! But on the otherhand, somehow it doesn't seem so long ago.Anyway. I think the occasion calls for a littlecelebration - and I am going to do so by en-closing my check for $50.00 for the bestFraternity ever.

Sincerely yours,

Conley S. Boothe,Chi, 1927

JAMES A. OWENS (Continued)

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

Chinese operas and acrobatic/liondancers are fascinating in their riotof color. Thaipusan is an Indianreligious holiday during whichdevotees peirce their tongues andcheeks with silver spikes and embedfish hooks in their skin from whichare suspended various kinds of localfruit.

The Owens family has participatedin several community projects sincetheir arrival in Singapore. PatriciaOwens is assistant editor of theSINGAPORE AMERICAN news-paper. Brother Owens is curreltly"resident artist" for the paper.Daughter Amanda has contributedarticles to the SINGAPOREAMERICAN as well as the theEAGLE EYE, the newspaperpublished by the Singapore Ameri-

can School. Son Beau-John hassatisfied his acting urge byappearing in plays staged by theStage Club of Singapore, the Singa-pore American School and variousother local organizations. Both Bro-ther and Mrs. Owens have also par-ticipated in Stage club activities,both on and off stage. In additionto his art work for the SINGAPOREAMERICAN newspaper, BrotherOwens is a contributor to the localBritish Association magazine, theBEAM. As a 6' 31/2" caucasian in anoriental society, he gets the feelingthat he is always on display.

The Owens family enjoys living inSingapore and feels that its variedcharacter is best exemplified by thefact that the Republic, while pre-dominately Chinese, has adoptedEnglish as the semi-official languagebut has a national anthem whoselyrics are written in the Malaylanguage.

Imp A SAFE INVESTMENTWITH A GOOD DIVIDEND

Have you ever invested in a youngman's college education? It is aninvestment in which you can takepride. Here is your opportunity.The Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship

Foundation is dedicated to provid-ing financial assistance and encour-agement to young men who desirean education but are withoutsufficient funds.The Foundation is a tax exempt

organization operated by a volun-teer Board of Trustees who aremembers of your fraternity. Theyoung men who will be leaders inour nation in the future are on thecampuses of our colleges right now;some of them need our assistanceand support.An investment in a young man's

college education will help toprepare him better, both for goodcitizenship and for tomorrow's re-

sponsibilities.The inclusion of the following

clause in your will (or your designa-tion of The Pi Kappa Phi Scholar-ship Foundation in your life insur-ance policy as a beneficiary) willinsure that you will be a part ofsome young man's future:"I give, devise, and bequeathto the Pi Kappa Phi Scholar-ship Foundation the sum of

Dollars." (or otherwisedescribe the gift if it consistsof real estate, securities, orpersonal property).

DO IT TODAY

For additional information re-garding the Foundation, writeThe Pi Kappa Phi ScholarshipFoundation, P. 0. Box 15295,Charlotte, NC 28210.

ALPHACharleston

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 chair-

man, 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 pre-

sence known. We had dinner and then danced

in the Starlight Room of the Oaks Country Club

to the sounds of "The Seventh of May".

BETAPresbyterian

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.

GAMMABerkeley

The brothers of Gamma Chapter have recent-ly completed one of their fund-raising projectswhich will constitute most of their contributionto the National Project. Their first rummage

sale was an interesting and profitable experi-

ence. 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 representa-

tives of the wine industry. Informative and

pleasant tasting sessions have regularly conclud-

ed these events.The second annual Family Day was a huge

success. A large percentage of parents and rela-

tives were present, traveling from as far away as

Los Angeles, to meet the brothers of Gamma

Chapter. An exceptional buffet luncheon con-

cluded 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 week-

end, the brothers welcomed eight new members

into their ranks. This recently graduated fall

pledge class contributed greatly to the enthu-

siasm 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!

ZETAWOFFORD

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 improve-

ments 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 under-

privileged children to be a part of a normal

Christmas.

IOTAGeorgia Tech

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 out-

side of the Fraternity. This effort has resulted

in many Pi Kapps becoming involved in profes-

sional societies, student government, and other

campus oriented activities. Iota's participation

in campus-wide athletics has likewise been am-

bitious, for improved teams have been fielded

in all major sports this year. Particularly suc-

cessful 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 see-

ing the multimedia presentation given by Dur-

ward Owen during his recent visit to Atlanta.

Fund-raising activities have been both innova-

tive and successful; these have included the re-

ceipt of proceeds from both campus-wide andcity-wide movie presentations, with the help of

an Atlanta radio station, and a candy sale. Thesehave resulted in several hundred dollars to bedelightedly given to the Pi Kappa Phi Deaf and

Blind Playgrounds,

Iota Chapter wishes to acknowledge one of itsoutstanding alumni, George C. Griffin, Dean of

Students Emeritus at Georgia Tech, who was re-cently recognized by the Georgia House ofRepresentative for "his many years of dedicat-ed service to Georgia Tech and his devotion tohelping young people in this state." The Brother-

hood of Iota salutes him!

KAPPAUniversity of North Carolina

The Kappa Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hashad a very busy and productive semester.Though the semester started with very coldweather and plenty of snow, rush activitieswere held with excellent turnouts. After formalrush was over, the Pi Kapps had done verywell, especially compared to other fraternitieson 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 basket-ball teams, one of which made it into the play-offs. The Pi Kapps are currently in the softballand golf playoffs with soccer and tennis play-offs starting in a few weeks. The Pi Kapps arecurrently in first place among fraternity intra-mural competition.

Social events have been numerous this semes-ter 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 andenjoyable time for all with many alumni return-ing to join the activities.The weekend of April 15th was set aside as

beach weekend and everybody enjoyed it. Inaddition to the social events, the house is buz-zing with brothers getting their acceptances toLaw Schools and MBA schools as well as manyfine offers from prominent firms. Thoughplans for the summer and next year are beingmade, the remaining weeks should prove to bevery enjoyable and memorable times for all thebrothers of Kappa Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi.

LAMBDAGeorgia

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 acti-

vities: receiving an award in Homecoming festi-

vities; 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.

XIRoanoke College

Xi Chapter of Roanoke College has been busy

this last semester. The Alumni sponsored barbe-

cue 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 Chap-

ter, 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 leader-

ship. 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.

OMICRONAlabama

Omicron Chapter has recently been givenfunds with which to establish a small referencelibrary and reading room in the chapter house.The gift, in the amount of $2500, was made bythe employees of National Security InsuranceCompany in Elba, Alabama, in memory of thecompany's president, W. L. Brunson, who diedrecently of a sudden heart attack.Brunson was an active student at the University

of Alabama in the 1940's and was Omicron Ini-tiate 297. He was editor of the 50th Anniversaryedition of the Corolla in 1942 and served asArchon of Omicron Chapter as an undergradu-ate. Brother Brunson received a law degreefrom the University's Law School in 1948 andpracticed law for a short time before foundingNational Security Insurance Company. He hadserved as the company's president for the past31 years.The gift will be used to remodel and furnish

a room on the ground floor of the chapterhouse to serve as a library and study room. Thechapter will then purchase reference bookswhich are frequently needed by the studentmembers. To assure that the room and booksare well taken care of, regulations regardinglibrary hours and book borrowing policy havealready been established. Many students havecontributed money and books to this worth-while project and feel that it will be a permanent

asset for our chapter.We want to give every member of our frater-

nity an opportunity to help out with this pro-ject through a gift of books or money. If you

have books that you don't use, perhaps theywould be helpful as an addition to the library.If you don't have any old books to send, wewill use your donation to purchase a book forthe library. And if you would like to specify aparticular title you wish to be purchased withyour donation, please do so.Each book will bear a bookplate indicating its

donor. If you wish to make a gift in memory ofa deceased fraternity brother or family mem-ber, that will also be included.

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

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contact Jack Brunson, Library Project Chair-

man, 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 Univer-

sity 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 theRamada Inn for dancing where the presence ofseveral alumni made the evening especially en-joyable.Omicron Chapter undergraduates had the

second highest grade point average among largefraternities, well above the men's average. Wecaptured two SGA Senate seats as well as thePresidency of the School of Commerce. Athle-tically, Omicron had its best year since winningthe All-Sports Trophy in 1972. The Pi Kappsfinished first and third in basketball, both PingPong teams finished first, the volleyball teamcame in second. Our softball team is currentlyundefeated. Socially, Omicron has continuedits tradition of having the best parties on cam-pus.

RHOWashington & Lee

After a long and cold winter, spring is a wel-corned sight in the Shenandoah Valley of

Virginia. Camping, hiking, canoeing and swim-

ming 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 Frater-

nity. Have a nice summer and best of luck in all

your pursuits.

SIGMASouth Carolina

Sigma Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is looking for-

ward 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 re-

modeling 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 Stand-

ridge. His leadership and inspiration qualities

made him well liked and respected by all. In his

memory, the chapter, working with the Univer-

sity, established the Blair Standridge Scholar-

ship Fund. The memory of Blair will always be

with us.

TAUNorth 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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pledges of any of N. C. States's twenty frater-nities.This enthusiasm has expressed itself in the

winning of an award from the University in itsannual food drive for the needy. It was alsoevident by Tau's presence at the 1977 PeachBowl which saw North Carolina State triumphover Iowa State, 23 - 14.Physically, our house has undergone many

beneficial improvements. With new furniture,expensive landscaping, and redesign of ourliving room being the most prominent. Furtherrenovations in carpeting, woodwork, anddecorating are planned to maintain the beautyand overall attractiveness of our home.Plans for a summer rush program are under-

way, and with brothers participating towardthat end, Tau looks forward to a successful re-cruitment in the fall.Tau will be participating in Pi Kapp College

this August, and our representatives are eager tomeet with those of other chapters for an ex-change of ideas and lots of brotherly fun.Tau Chapter will be sponsoring a campus-

wide boxing tournament this fall, with fundsreceived going to our National Project. Plansfor this event have almost been completed andall looks well for its success. Tau would like tourge other chapters to participate in this worth-while project for those less fortunate than our-selves, and thereby bring honor upon our Fra-ternity.

UPSILONIllinois

Upsilon Chapter has been digging out of oneof the worst winters, in terms of snow fallen,that this city has ever seen. At the bottom of allthis digging, the future looks good. In the areaof community services, our chapter is concen-trating on two areas. In April we will be work-ing at the Champaign County Detention Centerfor Youth. The work will consist of upgradingthe physical plant of this establishment, suchas painting and doing minor repairs. The otherarea which is receiving much enthusiasm is ourNational Project. Plans are all ready finalizedfor the selling of the Roses on Mother's Day,April 15. We plan to exceed our selling of rosesfrom last year and consequently contributemore money this year to the project. The LittleSisters will aid us in this endeavor.So far this semester we have had two ex-

changes, and are looking forward to pairing upwith sororities this semester. Rose Ball this yearwas held at the Urbana Holiday Inn on April 1.Everyone wishes to thank our former RoseQueen, Miss Marian Drahnak for all she hasdone for the house.In rush we have pledged three new members

so far. We are hoping that by our formal and infor-mal rush efforts to add many new members toUpsilon Chapter. Stronger emphasis has beenput on high school weekends this year than hasbeen the policy in the past. By having theseweekends, we hope to show high school seniorsnot only the University of Illinois but also whatPi Kappa Phi is about. Many of these weekendsare planned for the remaining part of the se-mester.The chapter house has seen considerable im-

provements this semester. New furniture waspurchased for the living room which goes quitewell with the oak walls that were stripped andrefinished a few semesters back. The secondfloor bathroom is currently being remodeled,and plans are being formulated for the remodel-ing of the third floor bathroom.In the way of sports Upsilon is not sitting

back and watching. We are hoping for tremen-dous seasons in soccer and softball. Upsilonmade it into the semi-finals in the fall soccerseason and is hoping to go a lot further in thespring. Practices for softball are currentlyunderway. Great enthusiasm is seen in the sportbecause last spring semester we were the OrangeDivision Champions. We are looking to accom-plish this goal again this year, and many think itcan be done because the same team will be backto terrorize our opponents.

CHIStetson

Chi Chapter's 77-78 year has been one to re-member for the 18 seniors that are leaving inMay. With two good rushes this year, weacquired the same quality of men capable tomove and take charge in the seniors place. Sofar this year we are well in the lead to winthe President's Cup (Athletic Trophy for 77-78)for the second year in a row. Of the 8 sportsfinished to date we have won 5 and gone un-defeated in 4 of those. Pi Kappa Phi continuesto supply Stetson's campus with leaders rang-ing 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 train-ing for ,a marathon bike race visit us, and wewould like to say that we enjoyed having you

and good luck in the race.

OMEGAPurdue

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 Christ-

mas 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 sea-

son and added a special meaning to the spirit

of giving.

With winter comes snow and Purdue had itsfair share, but all the snow and cold weatherdid not keep us inside. With our first blizzardsthe brothers quickly responded to the needs ofthose people trapped in the surrounding areawho needed medical attention and transporta-tion to one of the Civil Defense stations. Goodwork to Brother Reeves, Brother Wray and toPledge O'Brien for the fine job and quickthinking.The chapter house is now going through some

major and much needed renovations. Our entirefirst floor is receiving a new look from the newcarpeting and the redesigned Television Room.Thank you Corporation and Alumni! It's goingto look great, just as soon as we get all of thesaw dust swept up and thrown out.Spring at Purdue is a very special time. Not

only do the wintry temperatures leave and theflowers come out, but this is the time forOmega Chapter to show it's competitive spirit.University Sing and the Purdue Grand Prixbeing the focal points of that spirit. Universitysing is an all campus singing competition withmore than adequate competition to bring outthe best in our singing voices. For our evenbraver souls, one week later, there is the PurdueGrand Prix, a closed course, 50 mile go-kartrace. In this endeavor we would like to thankBrother Kelley Carr for his financial assistance.Finally we feel only right to thank Brother

Lascoe for his services to us as a loyal workerin the Omega Chapter Housing Corporation andwe wish him much luck in his future consultingfirm. Also we would like to thank the brothersof Omicron Chapter at the University ofAlabama, and the brothers of Delta Nu Chap-ter at the University of Western Kentucky fortheir most cordial hospitality on our pledgeswalk out.

ALPHA ALPHAMercer

Alpha Alpha Chapter is proud to announcethe initiation of eight new members in thisschool year. They are: David Borges, Miami,FL; Lee Honeycutt, Chattanooga, TN; JudeFischer and Dennis Cantley, both of Ft. Lauder-dale, FL; Tom Gresham, Conyers, GA; RonTyson, Orlando, FL; Stan Joines, Columbus,GA; and Mark Monroe, Marietta, GA. Congratu-lations to all these fine additions to our chapter.We also had an alumni initiate, SherwoodCarter of Macon, GA.Everyone here at Alpha Alpha is looking

forward to summer and fall rush with greatanticipation. Although our chapter has beensmall in the past, we feel next year will bringa 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 pur-chase of a pool table will effectively aid us innext year's rush.Several alumni in the Macon area are now

making plans to establish an alumni chapterfor the central Georgia area. We express thebest of luck in this fine effort and hope itwill streghten Pi Kappa Phi in this area.

ALPHA EPSILONFlorida

Several important events have occured sincethis past winter at the Alpha Epsilon Chapter ofPi Kappa Phi. During winter quarter, we initiat-ed 20 new men into the brotherhood. We heldour annual Rose Ball at which the new RoseQueen was chosen.During this quarter we plan several service

projects, one of which is aimed at aiding thelocal Big Brother agency in Gainesville. We werealso able to recruit eight new pledges for winterquarter.

ALPHA ZETAOregon State

Spring rush has been quite successful. We haveinformally pledged 8 men and plan to pledge 3more before spring term ends. Furthermore, 41men are living in and only 2 are graduating.With 38 returning and house capacity at 42, wehave formed an annex committee to contractsome apartment rooms for next fall. We haveset a goal of pledging 20 "good" men duringthe fall rush week.Scholastics also have been improving rapidly.

We had the most improved grades among the29 fraternities on campus and had 2 four-point students last term.We have 10 new brothers living with us now

after our last initiation. Jack Steward (a pastnational president) was present to watch hisson, Scott, be initiated into our circle of brother-hood.We enjoyed attending and learned much from

the Area Conclave at Gamma Chapter atBerkeley on April 14 and 15. We returned toOregon for an "All State" rush effort on April22 and 23, and returned to host our moms for"Mom's Weekend" and sponsored the Pi KappaPhi "Tug 0' War" for Easter Seals. Last of all,but not least, our 1978 annual Roseball washeld at the house on May 13, and we invited allalumni to participate and enjoy Pi Kappa Phi atits best, and they did just that!

ALPHA ETASamford

Once again the brothers at Alpha Eta haveexperienced another successful year. Through

the combined efforts of all the brothers andpledges, we have maintained our first place po-sition 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. Asthe year progressed so did our intramurals points.Currently we are in first place among approxi-mately 20 competing organizations. We havetaken first place in all sports over the otherfraternities on campus, and the spring lookspromising as we are now preparing for trackand softball. We are hoping the 1978 Intramu-ral Trophy will soon be another added award toAlpha Eta.A special event occured at Samford recently,

"Step-Sing 1978", and resulted in anothervictory for Pi Kappa Phi. The brothers spentseveral weeks preparing for Step-Sing whichproved worthwhile as our show won first placein the fraternity division and won the Sweep-stakes Trophy, Step-Sing's highest award.Although we are continuing a successful year

at Samford we have spread our projects andactivities to other chapters in the state. AlphaEta recently hosted the Alabama Pi Kappa PhiConclave in which our National Officers andseveral brothers throughout the state attended.We have begun several projects and we are nowin the process of raising money to donate a flag-pole to the National Office.

ALPHA THETAMichigan

The Pi Kapps at Michigan State, besideshaving a good social, have done many worth-while projects. Over last Halloween, the brothersand one of the local sororities raised money forUNICEF. Last winter, over Christmas, wekidnapped all the sorority presidents and heldthem for a "ransom" of food which was donatedto Project Headstart in Lansing. The project wasvery pleased with the amount of food wecollected.This spring term, we will spend one Saturday

raising money for the National Project. Weare planning a rose sale before Mother's Day.We hope to equal or better our showing of lastyear (3rd place among all chapters.)Brother Paul Meaders is actively involved in

Michigan State affairs. Besides serving on theIFC, Paul was recently chosen to be on thecommittee for the search for a new universitypresident. Brother Ray Campbell is actively in-volved in the University Greek paper, theOracle. These are just a few of the Pi Kappinterests.

ALPHA XIPINY

Alpha Xi is starting to prepare for our 50thanniversary which is this November. We hopethat with the support of our alumni we canhave a memorable celebration for Alpha Xi'salumni and the alumni in the New York Cityarea. We would enjoy hearing from any alumniinterested in helping with this event.Alpha Xi is also busy with the National Pro-

ject and we have been engaged in raffles, a cakesale and other activities. We will be sponsoringa car wash later in the spring near our house.We are thankful to the alumni who participatedin our annual Follies Night where $300 wasraised for the project.Alpha Xi is also trying to get interested in re-

viving and reorganizing our local I FC which hasnearly disintegrated in the past few years, atPolytechnic Institute. With a revival of someinactive fraternity chapters of other fraternities,we hope to encourage more activities amongthe other fraternities and an increase in extra-curricular activities within the student body.

ALPHA OMICRONIowa State

On December 9, 1977, the chapter initiated15 men as part of our Founders' Day celebra-tion. The chapter advisor, Brian Riggs waspresent for the initiation. After initiation thechapter celebrated til dawn, cleaned the houseand had a semi-formal supper to end theFounders' Day activities. REAL CLASS!The house refurbishing is continuing with the

living room area. On one of the work days themen patch-plastered and painted the livingroom. The area is a one hundred percent im-provement.Next fall extensive house refurbishing plans

are in the making. With the onset of our 50thAnniversary, the chapter house is in need ofrepair to the kitchen, and the annexes are inneed of repair in general. The men are fired upto fix the house up for the anniversary celebra-tion which is being held at Homecoming 1979.

ALPHA SIGMATennessee

On October 24, 1977 the Alpha SigmaChapter of Pi Kappa Phi held a reception inhonor of chapter member, Howard K. Baker,Jr.During the reception, Senator Baker was

named "Alumnus of the Year". The chapterfeels that this was a very wise choice and isproud of Senator Baker's efforts as a supportingalumnus.Along with the announcement came the un-

veiling of a portrait of Senator Baker, which isnow on display at the chapter house.

Several alumni members from the Universityof Tennessee were on hand for the reception.The active brothers of Alpha Sigma would liketo extend sincere thanks to those who attended.The reception gave the chapter a needed boostand it also gave the brothers a chance to knowour alumni on a better basis. For this we aregrateful.

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

little sisters collected money for the March ofDimes Telerama. The chapter's collection wasa big success, for it gave the brotherhood theopportunity to present a check for $140 to thechairman of the Telerama for this worthy cause.A special thanks to three of our alumni,Marshall Peterson, Dan Conway, and TomDrumHellar for helping us to initiate this funddrive.Rose Ball 1978 found all in a joyous mood.

The Fraternity celebrated this annual eventMarch 4. We were very pleased to see many ofour Alumni at the festive occasion. We enjoyedhaving them and hope they enjoyed themselves.Our Rose Queen this year is Miss Debbie Man-

ning. Along with this annoucement came Chap-ter Awards for "Best Alumnus": Steven Kirk-patrick, "Best Active": Larry Woods, our fallquarter Archon, and "Best Pledge for fall 1977:Mark Hest.

ALPHA TAURensselaer

The Alpha Tau Chapter is currently 38 strongand threatening to outgrow the house. Althoughour fall rush was a little weaker than we hadhoped, we still managed to attract 10 veryenthusiastic pledges. The spring rush is wellorganized and the pledge class has alreadygrown to 15 with several more expected.Thanks to the social chairman and his com-

mittee, our fund raising event for this year'sNational Project went very well. A slave auc-tion and dating game netted $250.00, whilebeing fun and entertaining for all. The spiritof the project was very much evident as peoplebidded generously in exchange for a few hoursof work.Our intramural program is very strong with

about two thirds of the brothers involved. Weare especially proud to be the current IFCpocket billiards champions and also sport theindividual campus champion. Other teams thatare doing well include our two hockey teamswhich 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 dueto the age of our house we are being forced tomake many major repairs now and in the nearfuture. Alumni interest is once again becomingstrong and is very much appreciated.

ALPHA UPSILONDrexel

Each semester Alpha Upsilon concentrates itsefforts in one major area instead of spreadingtoo thin in many endeavors. This is the waywe attain maximum results. In the fall, we con-centrate on rush, in the winter it's member edu-cation, and in the spring it's charity.Alpha Upsilon kicked off the 1977-78 school

year with tremendous enthusiasm. This resultedin a highly successful rush. Soon after bids weregiven out, we invited our alumni and parentsback to 3405 Powelton Avenue for Parents -Alumni Day. This function gives the parents ofthe new pledges a chance to be introduced toour family here at Alpha Upsilon.This past winter saw fifteen new brothers be-

come initiated into this chapter of Pi Kappa Phi.This pledge class has shown a great deal of en-thusiasm and promise in the past three months.They have a solid nucleus of leaders and manyhard workers. These fifteen men will be a greatasset to Alpha Upsilon.On the weekend of March 3 and 4, Alpha

Upsilon hosted a conclave for areas I and II. Wehad a surprisingly good turnout from most ofthe chapters in these areas. Friday night wesimply got acquainted. Saturday morning andafternoon consisted of a chapter trouble shoot-ing session which was highlighted with muchdiscussion about rush. All had a good time andmany lasting friendships were made.Spring term usually has a smaller pledge class,

but we currently have eighteen pledges. We arelooking forward to initiating them once theyhave successfully completed their membereducation.This spring we are also looking forward to our

charity fund-rasing event. This year AlphaUpsilon will stage a Gong Show. Plans havebeen in the making since last term and the showshould be a great success.

ALPHA PSIIndiana

Thanks to bad weather and the coal miners,the spring semester has been an unusual one forPi Kapps at Indiana University. The severewinter and the coal strike made it necessary forIU, which is fueled almost entirely by coal, totake an extended three week break. Thelengthy break was a welcomed vacation asmany brothers took advantage of it by eitherworking or traveling to warmer areas likeFlorida and the Bahamas.Already completed prior to break was Alpha

Psi's contribution to the National Project. Thisyear, in order to raise money, the brothers soldlight bulbs. That's right, light bulbs, and a pro-fit of $150 was made which was donated to theNational Project. The Project is an importanteffort, and we at Alpha Psi hope to continueimproving our contributing efforts.Together with Delta Zeta Sorority, Pi Kappa

Phi performed in IU Sing, an all-campus varietyshow. The Delta Zeta - Pi Kapp production wasa comedy - satire about TV commercials andwas written by brothers Russ Henning and RussDunlap. It was a very successful show.This year Pi Kappa Phi is paired with Sigma

Kappa Sorority for all campus activities. Thehighlights of the month include canoe andpaddleboat races at the nearby reservoir, the

"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 them-selves very well in the preliminaries of all theseevents, especially in the "Little 500".The "Little 500" is a fifty-mile bicycle race

run on a quarter-mile cinder track. This will bethe 28th year for the race and it looks like oneof the best years ever for Pi Kappa Phi. To getin the race a team must have one of the thirty-three fastest qualification times. A qualificationattempt involves a four lap sprint with each lapridden by a different rider and the entireattempt uses just one bike. This is a difficulttask as it requires a flying exchange, one mangetting off the bike while another gets on with-out ever stopping the bike. The "exchange" is acrucial part of the "quals" attempt, and it oftenleads to scraped and bruised riders and disquali-fication for many teams. This year, a strong PiKapp team consisting of John Leonard, JohnHayden, Steve Smith and Jim Kaufman, had avery smooth qualification attempt and earnedthe 8th position in the field of thirty-three. The"Little 500" is held every year on a weekend inthe end of April. If any brother is interested inseeing this very exciting, highly competitiveevent and cheering Pi Kappa Phi on to victory,please let us know and we will be glad to giveyou all the details. The bike team wishes tothank the Chi Chapter of Stetson Universityin Deland, Florida, for allowing the team tostay at their house while training in Florida.Their hospitality helped make the three-weekFlorida training session a very enjoyable trip.The big event this summer is Pi Kapp College

and several brothers are planning to attend. Ourhouse is a fairly young one in that most of thebrothers are sophomores or freshmen, so wefeel that Pi Kapp College will be a very worth-while investment for the future of our chapter.Plans are already in the making for next fall'sHomecoming. Several activities are beingplanned, and we hope that our friends andalumni will mark October 14 on their calendarsas a day to visit Indiana University and theAlpha Psi Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi,

BETA DELTADrake

Outstanding achievements highlight thissemester here at Beta Delta. Numerous awards,honors, and positions have been bestowed uponvarious brothers and we at Pi Kappa Phi feel thepeaking of our house is finally within our grasp.With the election of Gary Zimmerman as stu-

dent body President, our leadership position oncampus has been strenghened even greater thanbefore. And with Bruce Gruen as JournalismSenator, and Joel Mosher as Fine Arts Senator,Pi Kapps will no doubt be able to have an out-spoken voice on campus. We retained our per-petual involvement in I FC with the appoint-ment of some brothers as Greek Week Chair-men, Mark Chaplick will serve as Awards Chair-man at next year's Sweetheart Sing. Zimmer-man was appointed I FC Activities Chairman fornext year, but had to relinquish his position be-cause of his Presidential election. Robert Tulliowas selected by the Journalism department tohost his own cable television show and he alongwith Gruen and John Gorman will once againproduce their semi-annual magazine, The"Source". Jim Glick was honored with theprestigious Pi Kapp Scholar Award and aftergraduation plans on working for one of the BigEight accounting firms as an actuarist-accountant.Socially, a wide variety of parties have been

especially successful. One such extravaganzaput on by the house was the famous "Night

of Gluttony" party which featured massiveeating and drinking and over 200 people attend-ed. 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 cater-

ing system which has worked out beautifully.

Good food coupled with drastic improve-

ments being made in the house's physical struc-

ture, 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 beactively running the house as well as being in-

volved in campus activities.

BETA IOTAToledo

The brothers of Beta Iota are anxiouslypreparing for the event of a very welcomedspring after a record-breaking winter. But wecan look back to the winter quarter and thepast ten weeks of hard, but rewarding work. Weare preparing to initiate three members in thespring which will coordinate with a party forthe alumni. Also, our annual anti-Florida partywill be held during spring break.We have also finalized our Rose Ball for this

year which will be June 17. We are lookingforward to many important events and socialsthis spring, which we feel will draw us togetherin the true feelings of fraternal brotherhood.

BETA LAMBDATampa

The brothers of Beta Lambda have been busythis year with a full calendar of events. Fallsemester we initiated ten new brothers, follow-ed by six this spring semester and even two

alumni brothers. Right now our spring pledge

program is in full swing and hell night isapproaching for our six very promising pledges.

Not only providing activities for the wholeschool such as: social parties, throw a pie at a PiKapp for the Heart Fund and UMOC (UgliestMan on Campus), Beta Lambda has been activewith many community projects. A few of thesebeing: bloodmobile, donations to the heartfund, send a mouse to college for the cancerfund, one-on-one basketball tourney, and ourLittle Sisters have recently donated kites toa nearby orphanage.We have been fielding full teams at every

intramural event and our sports program is thebest in years. Our brotherhood recently wonthe University of Tampa annual Greek Gamesand at the same time our Little Sisters surprisedus with new furniture for our Chapter room.We're working hard to obtain Most OutstandingFraternity, and with such characteristics as,outstanding spirit, largest population of activebrothers on campus, and help from our Archon,Eric Romanino, and senior brother Dave"Spanky" Helterbran, the road to OutstandingFraternity will be easy.

BETA MUMcNeese State

Beta Mu has been busy with its new recruit-ment plan which has yeilded five new men thissemester, so far.Beta Mu was visited by two representatives of

the Houston area Alumni Organization onMarch 4 of this year. These two gentlemen wereBill Sawyer of Gamma Iota and A. J. Kowalskiof Beta Nu. Both gentlemen gave us new ideaswhich were well received by the chapter.The alumni newsletter for Beta Mu for the

spring of 1978 will be published soon. If youwould like a copy of this newsletter, pleasesend your name and address to: Pi Kappa Phi,P. 0. Box 708, McNeese State University, LakeCharles, La 70609. Also, send along any namesof prospective members that you know of thatare attending or that will be attending McNeese.All help is appreciated.

BETA OMICRONNorthwestern State - La.

Beta Omicron Chapter held its annual RoseBall formal on Saturday, April 15, 1978 in thestudent union ballroom of Northwestern StateUniversity. Awards received during the eveningwere: Beta Pledge: Terry McManus, Best Active:Gary Pennington, Most Outstanding Alumni:Dr. Wayne Guin. The theme was centered around"Somewhere Over the Rainbow", which wasdisplayed in the backdrop for the portraits ofthe brothers and their dates. The little sisterswere responsible for the decorations. If yourchapter does not have a little sister organization,we urge you to go to work and establish a chap-ter. You'll never regret it!As a rush function, all the brothers, little sis-

ters, and rushees enjoyed a gumbo supper pre-pared by brothers Tyrone Maxey, David Lafitte,Gary Pennington, Johnny Murray, and RickySalley.

Beta Omicron is planning to raise funds forour national project by picking up trash alongthe highways and getting the Natchitoches mer-chants to pledge so much per mile of trash.Beta Omicron is also planning to remodel the

lodge. New carpet has recently been installedand a patio is the main goal for the future, com-plete with bar-b-que pit, ping pong table, andlawn furniture.The brothers would like to thank Randy Doyle

for his contirubtion of $100 for general frater-nity use.

BETA TAUValdosta State

Beta Tau Chapter is proud of its accomplish-ments thus far this year, and we are enjoyingthis spring quarter of South Georgia sunshine.We would like to welcome any brothers travel-ing to Florida during the spring and summermonths to exit 1-75 at Valdosta and makethemselves at home at our new house on 200Georgia Avenue.The Miss Valdosta State College pageant was

successful again this year for the Pi Kappsunder the direction of Marc Dematt. This year'spageant featured Lisa Lawalin Smith, MissGeorgia 1972, and a honorary Pi Kapp LittleSister, and also Pam Souders, who is the reign-ing Miss Georgia. Congratualtions CathyMcLendon, our new Miss VSC. Another sur-prise of the pageant was the announcement ofMrs. Mamie Ashley as an Honorary Little Sister.Our present scholarship fund, which pays forMiss VSC's tuition, is named after Mrs. Mamie,and the brothers of Beta Tau hold the highestrespect 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 parti-

cipation Beta Tau Alumni!The brothers and pledges recently helped the

Valdosta State Alumni Foundation with theirannual fund drive. The Pi Kapps helped with

a phone-a-thon, and the fund drive has raised$18,000, so far. Congratulations to brotherTim Bosworth, who was recently given a threeyear ROTC Navigation Scholarship! We wouldalso like to congratulate brother Walter Peacock,who has just been employed by Valdosta Stateas Assistant Director of Student Admissions.Keep up the Pi Kapp spirit and have a greatspring!

BETA PHIEast Carolina

Things in general at Beta Phi Chapter arelooking up. Our proposed budget for 1978-79is considerably higher, but we will be able tocome out at a surplus through a concessiongrant at our home ball games. Recruitmentstarted out on the weak side in 1977 butthrough hard work ,and dedication, we arebringing our brotherhood back to a strong level.Improvements on the house are being made

constantly by the brothers through work daysand in general "It needs doing, so let's do itnow!" All in all, we are regrouping and rebuild-ing to be the strongest around.

BETA CHIEast Texas State

Beta Chi Chapter is continuing to prosper. Weinitiated twenty men in the fall of '77 and pick-ed up ten more in the spring, which was morethan any other fraternity on campus. At present,we are the second largest fraternity on our cam-pus, and still growing.The chapter has greatly improved the appear-

ance of the house with more being added. Wehave remodeled the downstairs area and plansare being made for the upstairs. We would liketo encourage all of our alumni or any otheralumni in the area to drop by and visit.Our Chapter Advisor's wife, Mrs. Barbara

McCord, was elected as honorary housemotherof Beta Chi Chapter. She was serenaded andpresented with a dozen roses by the chapter.The brothers held a Brothers' Party on Febru-

ary 24. The party was just like a mixer exceptthe brothers asked dates. Everyone had a greattime and more parties like this one are wantedin the future.On Sunday, April 2, we hosted an alumni re-

ception at 2:30 p.m. In order to get more alum-ni to come, we asked that they bring alongtheir wives and children. The chapter had apicnic in the park with plenty of food andgames.Plans are well under way for Rose Ball. The

chapter is going to charter a bus to Dallas, eatout, and the party will be held at the home ofDr. & Mrs. M. L. Coleman. We have invited theKappa Phi Associate Chapter of Pi Kappa Phifrom the University of Texas at Arlington tojoin us. We are also expecting a big number ofalumni to attend.Rick Bunch is employed by the Dallas Police

Department. Recently, natural gas was struckon Rick's land, and we can say that he is doingvery well now. Lyn "Bush" Schoelerman re-cently got a job working for the United StatesGovernment in the Forestry Department insoil science at Pineview, Louisiana. Gary Hunteris currently real estate tests. After completingthis, he will get into his family business inDallas. Robert Yowell is employed with theDallas Police Department. Tim Hunter is work-ing as a poultry inspector for the State ofArkansas. Allen Pomerdy owns his own realestate office on Preston Road in Dallas.

BETA PSITennessee Wesleyan

The men who have pledged Beta Psi are wellon their way of becoming outstanding brothersin the Fraternity. Among some of the endeavorsthe men tackled together was a doughnut sale,and a raffle of "a dinner for two at a nearbyrestaurant". Both endeavors were quite suc-cessful, from a financial and a period ofbrotherhood growth stand point.In the following week, a rush supper proved

worthwhile, as the evening included spaghettiand live music. The evening proved as an overall success by the pledging of Mike Sherlin.The past weeks showed a growth of mem-

bership within the Fraternity with severalsuccessful outings. Among them were a FrisbeeGolf on the 15th of April, a barbeque at thelake on the 22nd of April, and a car washon the 29th of April. Our formal was May 20.We had a real good turnout of alumni.

GAMMA BETAOld Dominion

April saw our ever popular Rose Ball. Alumnifrom all over Virginia and the east coast attend-ed, making it a very warm and friendly eveningwhere everyone had a great time.The number one priority at Gamma Beta is

the acquisition of pledges. Rush will progressnon-stop in the summer and continue through-out the school year. In the past two years,Gamma Beta has won the IFC's ScholasticAward having achieved the highest grade pointaverage of all fraternities. This year we gave upthe title, missing first place by two-hundredthsof a point. In sports news, Gamma Beta witnes-sed it's best season in many years, having de-feated many of the top contenders. Our brot-hers are anxiously preparing for Pi Kapp Collegein August. We look forward to meeting ourbrothers from the other chapters.

GAMMA GAMMATroy State

We returned early last quarter to initiate thefall pledge class. We stayed busy last quarterwith our basketball team and by taking thechildren from the Alabama Baptist Children'sHome to Troy State's home basketball games.We have named our new "Rose" for the

coming year. She is Beverly Mathiews of Mont-gomery, Alabama.

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We are now enjoying a very active spring. Weattended the "Red Stocking Follies" in Troy.The money that was raised from the sale oftickets went toward the development of the"Troy Community Complex."

GAMMA DELTAMemphis State

The chapter eagerly anticipated moving into anew house; however, the city planning commis-sion rejected a proposed change in the zoningordinance, which would have finalized the moveto the new location. The brothers have beguna door-to-door petition drive in an attempt tochange the commission's ruling.Gamma Delta asserted itself on the Memphis

State campus in many different ways recently.Brothers Brad Koeneman, Skip Ralph, and Rus-sell Anderson were elected student governmentsenators. Several brothers captured all-universityhonors in various intramural sports. GammaDelta received a standing ovation in the GreekAll-Sing competition for its rendition of BingCrosby's greatest hits. As a means of assertingthe Fraternity's name on a local basis, the brot-hers agreed to repeat their performance at alocal church.A very successful study skills seminar was

held at the chapter house. The session was runby the university's educational support program.Due to the favorable results, this seminar willbe offered to other campus organizations.Over the past Christmas break, a group of

fifty brothers and little sisters traveled toMonarch, Colorado for a ski trip. Everyone hada great time. Several similar rush-oriented func-tions are planned for the summer months.

GAMMA EPSILONWestern Carolina

Spring semester got off to a slow start butpicked up greatly as it went on. Intramurals asone of the most important functions of theFraternity showed great potential. We finishedfirst in volleyball and went on to finish secondin all-campus. Currently we are in third placein overall points. With great hopes for oursoftball team and some luck we may finishfirst in the Fraternity League.Rush this semester has produced 12 new

pledges with hopes of several more. It is thelargest pledge class in several years. With a goodrush, the Fraternity hopes to be able to get offits feet and work toward new goals.Currently the Fraternity is working on the

hopes to purchase a new house. We have beenfaced with the problem of losing the chapterroom by next fall.Rose Ball this year was great. It was held in

Waynesville where many alumni and under-graduates got together to talk of old times.Sherrie Cox became Rose Queen of 1978.Sherrie is the wife of Brother Mike Cox. We allhad a very enjoyable time.

GAMMA THETAUNC - Wilmington

The Gamma Theta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phistarted our '78 Spring rush which broughtmany students to our house with questions con-cerning fraternity. Normally people come forthe party aspect then ask questions. Our rushwas very successful bringing five pledges ofwhich 3 are now brothers.On February 19, We had a Pig Picking. On

March 16, we had an IFC party where we hada chance to meet with and talk to the otherGreeks on campus about the future for the Fallsemester. We have great plans for the Fall in-cluding a "Greek Week" on the UNC-W campus.Everyone is very enthused about our progress.

GAMMA LAMBDAMissouri - Rolla

We, the brothers of Gamma Lambda areanticipating a very good andprosperous year.The reasons for our outlook on the future areas follows.

First of all, our house has undergone manyimprovements in its physical appearance. Manyrooms have been remodeled or painted. Oneroom was made into a library and another intoan office. We feel thse improvements have add-ed 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 areaconclave in Columbia, Missouri, brought backmany new ideas for planning and managing re-cruitment. Our goal for recruitment this year isto have one hundred members initiated by thetenth anniversary next fall.Preparations for our tenth anniversary have

already begun. We are hoping to have manyactivities and events set up for alumni enjoy-ment. The site of our banquet is planned to beat the same place in which we where chartered.We hope this will be a great ending of ananticipated good year and a great start for thebeginning of the next year.

GAMMA MUBelmont Abbey

This year has seen many changes and stepsforward in Gamma Mu Chapter.The highlight of the year came when one of

our brothers ran, as a protest candidate, for thepresidency of the school. We came in a veryclose second in a field of four. It was a greatcampaign 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. Atall social events they will sell hot dogs and bur-gers.

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The softball season is just around the corner.

We are the defending school champs and plan

to win it again.

GAMMA NULaGrange

This has been a very successful year for Pi

Kappa Phi at LaGrange College due to the ini-

tiation 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 Brot-

hers will carry a group of these kids to the At-

lanta 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 dona-

tion 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 Fra-

ternity 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 RHOLander

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 brot-

hers. The Rose Ball is expected to be the best

yet with a great eight piece band.

GAMMA UPSILONOklahoma 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 pro-

ject, we sold carnations and delivered them on

Valentine's Day, which proved to be a great

idea.

GAMMA PSIAugusta

The Gamma Psi Chapter has continued to

embody the spirit of Brotherhood and Frater-

nalism 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 Gover-

nor, George Pritchard. In addition to a very in-

formative learning seminar conducted by the

visiting dignitaries, a welcoming party and a

disco provided the foundation of a very frater-

nal 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 em-

ploying our chapter was the wedding of Lit-

tle Sister Trisha Chafin to Fritz Warner of

Atlanta. The wedding was held in the Frater-

nity house and provided the guests an in-depth

view of our chapter. In addition to the wedding,

Alumnus Brother Lonnie Keyes held his bache-

lor 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 im-

prove 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 park-

ing 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 fund-

raising-activities in order to donate money to

the National Project. Gamma Psi is prided in

the fact that Little Sister Denise Hodgen cap-

tured this year's Homecoming Queen crown.

This is the second consecutive year a Little Sis-

ter 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 Organi-

zation on our campus.

Our chapter continues to participate in all the

school's activities. Our beloved Fraternity is re-

presented in every aspect of College life on our

campus, from ICC, basketball intramurals, to

various parades held by our school.

GAMMA OMEGAMontevallo

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 Or-

ganization 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. Congratu-

lations 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 Lauder-

dale, Florida during spring break where we met

Pi Kapps from many other schools.

DELTA ALPHAVPI

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 be-

cause 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 money-

making is concerned, the brothers of this chap-

ter 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 - brot-

her softball game, and most important, a hous-

ing corporation meeting. This is an important

time of the year for us because these events al-

low us to get re-acquainted with all of our

alumni and also to be the beneficiaries of their

valuable advice.

DELTA BETANorth Georgia College

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, Pre-

sident of NGC; and Brother John Simpson join-

ed the chapter for the celebration.

Also at the ceremony, Executive Director

Owen presented to Archon, Victor C.

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.

DELTA DELTANortheast Missouri State

This semester has been one of the most suc-

cessful 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 alum-

ni 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

pledge classes we have had and we are pleased

with all of them.

DELTA ZETAAppalachian 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 ser-

vice 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.

DELTA ETAMorehead State

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 cham-

pions again this year. Our Rose Ball will be at

Greenbo Lake this year.

DELTA THETAMars Hill

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 alum-

ni 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 chap-

ter this year. Delta Theta, for the first time, had

a death among its chapter. Brother Greg Good-

win, who pledged Pi Kappa Phi in 1974 was kil-

led in an automobile accident in early Decem-

ber. 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 IOTAMiddle Tennessee State

We have not attempted any great new pro-

grams or any spectacular new events. This chap-

ter 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 in-

crease in participation over last year's tourna-

ment seems to be a good indication that we

have begun to pull ourselves back up from ourpit 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 willbe a new happening for this group of Pi Kapps.Some of the ideas include holding a week-long

fund-raising event to benefit some deservingcharity, and a major fund-raising event for the

Fraternity.

DELTA KAPPAPembroke State

Last quarter has proven to be another produc-

tive 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 cur-

rently 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 dur-

ing 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 StewartMcIntyre for their help and guidance this year.Our Rose Ball was held on April 22nd at the

Tree Top Lounge at the Ramada Inn inLumberton. It was a very enjoyable time for all.We with to extend an invitation to members

of all chapters to visit us in Pembroke. Perhapswe could "get together" on some projects ormaybe have some "extra" mural games sche-duled. Good luck this summer!

DELTA LAMBDAUNC - Charlotte

The brothers of Delta Lambda Chapter have

had a year filled with a variety of activities rang-

ing from the reorganization of committees to

the daring escapades of the brothers in intra-

mural competition.

Through the guidance of our Alumni Associa-

tion, we have reorganized our organizational

format. Each committee chairman is now direct-

ly responsible to one member on the Executive

Council. This new system allows more com-

munication 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 ex-

cellent Kappa Pledge class. Our pledges have

that special quality that will enable them to

carry on the Pi Kappa Phi tradition of brother-

hood 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 gradu-

ating brothers: Steve Andrews, Archon; Todd

Currie; Bruce Emmons; Bill Freeman; Mike Har-

rison; Brad Helms; Tom Kwasnik; Larry Leonard;

Ken Pate, Warden; Jon K. Richardson, Historian;

Tim Rogers; Mike Terry; and Mel Wetzel, Chap-

lain. May the spirit of Pi Kappa Phi burn eter-

nally bright in your hearts and minds as you

graduate and join the ranks of our loyal alumni.

DELTA OMICRONNicholls 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 for-

ward 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, "Abun-

danza".

DELTA RHOSouthern 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 contri-

buting our share.Our spring rush program was the most suc-

cessful 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 reputa-

tion as a strong National Fraternity at USC.

Delta Rho is getting ready for its spring elec-

tions 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 intra-

mural 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 TAUJames Madison

The brothers of Delta Tau Chapter have striv-

ed enthusiastically throughout the semester to

meet the University's qualifications for occu-

pancy 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 brot-

hers were richly rewarded with a house on cam-

pus for the upcoming school year. The chapter

takes delight in inviting all brothers throughout

the country to visit us in our new house!Spring rush was quite sucessful as eight new

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members pledged the Fraternity. The AssociateMember Education Program was further refined.After meeting the stated requirements, the newmembers were certain to have a deep under-standing of the value of brotherhood when theywere initiated on April 14.Although the housing presentation and rush

has required a tremendous amount of time, theDelta Tau's have served the campus and thecommunity by helping with the annual JMUTelethon, by helping with the area's specialolympics, by donating blood to the Red Cross,by participating in the University's Spring Dayof Fun, and by providing the students with aunique and very reputable Fraternity.For the third consecutive semester, the chapter

has again won the I FC's Scholarship Award forhaving the highest grade point average amongthe fraternities on campus. We remain veryproud of this honor. The brothers have also per-formed well in intramural sports: the basket-ball, football, and softball teams all made it tothe intramural playoffs.

_ Now as plans for this semester's housing, rush,initiation, and other activities have commenced,the brothers are looking forward to having ahighly successful semester in the fall. The DeltaTau's extend wishes to all brothers for a safeand a pleasant summer.

KAPPA PHICentral Arkansas

The Associate Chapter here on the campus ofthe University of Central Arkansas is now a lit-tle over a month old. This is the first AssociateChapter in the state and we are working on be-coming the first chapter in this state.Our group is beginning not only to help other

students, but also the school itself. One of thedorms lost their maids and the brothers of ourAssociate Chapter rallied together to help cleanthe dorm.Our main goal for this term is to work on

recruitment. We are averaging one to two newmembers 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 PHITexas A&M

With but two weeks left in the Spring semes-ter, the Texas A&M Associate Chapter has justbeen organized. We are extremely grateful forthe assistance from Henry Groves, whoseinsight and enthusiasm has produced a proudnew 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 organi-zation like ours, but we feel that our strongleadership will allow us to surpass existing fra-ternities and make headway toward Universityrecognition in the near future.

"Retiring Area V Governor Bill Finney receivesan award from Sam Shepherd, Iota ChapterArchon, 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 OBSER-

VANCE. WILL YOU PARTI-

CIPATE?

John C. Wilsonretires onceagain

Brother John C. Wilson, Emory, '26,is stepping down again from hisactive involvement with the Frater-nity. Perhaps, as it has been in thepast, it will only be a brief dis-engagement.

Brother Wilson is completing a termas a Trustee of the Pi Kappa PhiScholarship Foundation in August,a position to which he was appoint-ed by the National Council, Novem-ber, 1975. During his three-yearstint with the Foundation, he servedas Chairman of the Fund-RaisingCommittee for 1976-77. This pastyear he served as Chairman of theAwards and Incentives Committee,which saw the Foundation funding,for the first time, the Chapter Ser-vice Award, the Student of theYear Award, an increased level ofsupport for the Pi Kapp Scholars,and overall sponsorship of Pi KappCollege. Recently, the Foundationinitiated a project to pay the regis-tration fees for one delegate at PiKapp College for ten chapters ofthe Fraternity.

Selected as Mr. Pi Kappa Phi at the36th Supreme Chapter in NewOrleans, Brother Wilson has beenextremely active in fraternity affairsfor a number of years. In August,1968, he was elected as NationalTreasurer (for the first of two terms)at the 32nd Supreme Chapter inVirginia Beach, Virginia, followingwhich he was elevated to the postof National Vice President at the34th Supreme Chapter in Atlanta,Georgia in August, 1972. He volun-tarily relinquished this position inAugust, 1975, only to be tappedshortly thereafter for the Trusteeposition on the Scholarship Foun-dation.

John is a retired Executive VicePresident of the American RedCross, an organization to which hedevoted more than 30 years. Anative of Covington, Tennessee, heand his wife, Lane, live in Washing-ton, D.C., but spend a considerableportion of their retirement timetraveling. Both John and his wifehave been frequent attendees atSupreme Chapter meetings, NationalCouncil meetings, charterings ofnew chapters and other Fraternityaffairs.

John's active participation will besorely missed, but his guidance andadvice from the side-lines will bemuch sought after by the membersof the National Council, the Admi-nistrative Office, and other leadersof the Fraternity.

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Foundation sponsors anexperience of a lifetimeSince 1959, the Pi Kappa Phileadership school, aptly named PiKapp College, has been held atRoanoke College in Salem, Virginia.Located at the southwestern tip ofthe Shenandoah Valley, in what isknown locally as the RoanokeValley, this beautiful campus offersan ideal opportunity for fellowshipand learning.

Pi Kapp College is sponsored by thePi Kappa Phi Scholarship Founda-tion. As such, it offers practicaltools, ideas and methods for betterleadership. Every possible instruc-tional method is used. The result,usually, is that each man has theknowledge and the ability to makehis chapter better, and likewise,himself.

Even though Pi Kapp College is anintensive program, Pi Kapps doknow how to have a good time.Friendly competition is always avail-able between sessions. Social activi-ties range from impromptu gather-ings to night life of the city.

Friends and brothers from all overthe country are there for the samepurpose. By sharing concerns, suc-cessful ideas, and helping one an-other with problems in the truefraternal spirit, a deeper feeling ofpersonal satisfaction is instilled inevery delegate.

This August 13-18, 1978, the 11thsession of this event will be held,again at Roanoke College. Over 300student leaders will join with staffand voluntary leaders for an exper-ience of a lifetime.

WORKING TO BECOMECHARTERED CHAPTERS OFPI KAPPA PHI ARE THESEASSOCIATE CHAPTERS:

Winthrop CollegeRock Hill, SC

W. Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV

University of Alabama - Birm.Birmingham, AL

University of Texas-ArlingtonArlington, TX

University of Central ArkansasConway, AR

Texas - A & MCollege Station, TX

West Georgia CollegeBremen, GA

r--I Help wanted RUSH

Each chapter grows stronger only by attracting the bestpossible men for membership and leadership roles. All alumniare in an ideal spot to know many qualified prospects and arealso able to pass on each one's abilities, character and potential.

Please help your chapter — or another one — by recom-mending a young man today for consideration. If he is a closefriend, a discussion of your experience as a Pi Kapp would beinvaluable.

Fill out the form below and send to the AdministrativeOffice of Pi Kappa Phi, P.O. Box 15295, Charlotte, NC 28210.We will make certain the correct person in the chapter and thealumni advising are notified. Thank you!

Name(s)

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

Home Address(es)

Submitted by.

Chapter & Year

Address.

PI KAPPA PHIP.O. Box 15295Charlotte, N.C. 28210

Second Class PostagePaid at Charlotte, N. C.

National AlumniCommittee Activated

Ed Craig, South Carolina, Chairman of theAlumni Relations Committee.

Recognizing the need renewing theFraternities alumni participationthe last Supreme Chapter directedthat an active Alumni RelationsCommitte be established. This hasbeen accomplished through theappointment of two alumni as apreliminary task force.

Sharing this effort is BrotherEdward M. Craig, Jr. of SigmaChapter at the University ofSouth Carolina. Ed has recentlyleft the ranks of InvestmentCounselor to become the Execu-tive Director of the South Caro-lina Democratic Party.

Assisting Ed at this time is BrotherWalter Keith Sheppard, AlphaUpsilon at Drexel University.He is a senior analyst for Nabisco,Inc. working out of Mt. Holly,New Jersey.

It is anticipated during the nextfew months this committee will

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

be developing programs for bothvolunteer and administrators topursue in developing more inten-sive and functional alumni acti-vites. The net result should bemore alumni doing more thingsto insure a better Fraternity.

15 CENTS OR A QUARTERPlease send us your correctmailing address. When youmove include Pi Kappa Phi asone to be notified of youraddress change. Even if theAdministrative Office is ableto locate you, and the oddsare not to favorable that wewill, it does so at considerablecost. Send your new addressto P. 0. Box 15295, Char-lotte, NC 28210.

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