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---. "··~~·lit: •. - ·,- "·" ~ ~ . - . ' ::;":-. Field Secretaries Now Called The Key lraveling Consultants of Kappa Kappa Gamma EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL Traveling for Kappa this year will be five dynamo~ who have been tramed to help Vol. 99 No.2 each and every chapter with their spectfic questions and needs. To better describe the Summer, 1982 job of these women a new title "Traveling Th e first college women's magazine. Consultants" has been adopted. They are Published continuously since 1882 surely Kappa ambassadors. Fraternity Headquarters, 530 East Town St., Columbus, OH 43215. (Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2079, Columbus, OH 43216) Send all editorial material and correspon dence to the: EDITOR - Mrs. David B. Selby, 6750 Merwin Place, Worth ington, OH 43085. Send all active chapter news and pictures to: Pamela Anthrnp, I ..l - Pll ·a chapter as pre~tdent, member~ hlp chau m, n ACTIVE CHAPTER EDITOR - Mrs. Willis C. and a member of the social commtttee. H ·r Pflugh, Jr., 2359 Juan St. , San Diego, CA campus involvement wa~ on a task tor~.-e tote 92103 Send all alumnae news and pictures to : vte\\ alcohol lbC in fratermttes. orun'1es, nd co-op houses. Gwdehnes dr· v. n ha\e bee 1 ALUMNAE EDITOR - Mrs. Paul Heenehan, adopted by the Board of Trusteees oft 'le um P.O. Box 292, Mifflinburg, PA 17844 verst!} Send all business items and change of address. six weeks prior to month of publica tion to : Barbara Cole, fK - William and Mary. has FRATERNITY HEADQUARTER5-P.O. Box been on her chapter's program committee 2079, Columbus, OH 43216 . (Duplicate copies and served as both first and second vice cannot be sent to replace those undelivered president. She is one of 32 students from through failure to send advance notice.) Copy acros~ the country selected to attend an aca right, Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 1982. demic seminar. She served her campus as Price $1 .50 single copy. Deadline dates are tour guide for the admi-;sions office. and as an August 1, November 1, February 1, and April 1 orientation leader. She was elected to the for Fall , Winter, Spring, and Summer issues Honor Council. respectively. Printed in U.S.A. COVER: Photo take by former employee of Fraternity Headquarters, Patricia Barron, who happened to be watching a hot air balloon Katherine Goodyear, E..l - Anzon State, J, takeoff and re alized that her friend Barbara just completed a year as a graduate ~m.n elor Zemer Golan, l - Nebraska, (also employed by for ..ll' • Mississippi. She was fiN vice r ~ 1 Fraternity Headqu arters) was in the balloon! dent of her chapter a, well as Parheller~t del See her picture story of Barbara and read eg:ate. on the nomm..1ting comMlltc.e h}"llw about the Loyalty Fund 's phenomenal growth revision committee and soctal c1nc put' tc- re 1 as it takes us Up, Up and Away! tion-. committees A member of SPl R~ tr education honor<~r}. and Dea'J's I 1 t. h "'a~ also in Order of Omega. lr Pc1 1helle'lt prestdent. ch<Jrter member of B \( ( l I l '-i Table of Contents and Panhellenic. PR Ch.1irman. Zes t for life is seen in 75-yr. Kappa I Kappas in Print . 4 Laurie Schmidt, B;... - Kentucky (affiliated Magazine Agency Changes A nn ou nced . ... 5 with H - Wisconsin) ha~ ~erved on the coloni Z0 Chapter Installed at Trinity . 6 Loyalty Fund Contributors L isted ·...... ... 8 Lation team for ZE- Lawrence University. and Alumnae News . 23 was Eta chapter's acting president, first vice Campus Highlights . 38 pre~ident. assistant public relations chairm,m Fratern ity Directory . • . 46 and Epsilon Province registration chairman. Membership Data Form .. .........•. .. 47 She was on the Dean' List and her campu Alumnae Boutique Ads ........ ...... 49 Heri tage Museum UPDATE . 50 commitments mcluded the Student Center In Memoriam .............. .. ... ..... 52 Board and Student Government committee. Province Officer Nominating Form ... .. 53 CHOICES CLIPPINGS Bulletin Board 54 Jenn) You n~: • ..l- Indiana. has served th1s pa t + Loretta McCarthy leads at American Express 56 )ear a~ a field secretar} and \\ill be continuing this year a' a traveling consultant 1 She \HI pre\ident of her chapter and held a douhlc major in Psychology and honomics. She en- joys music <tnd plays both piano and guitar Jogging and photograph} arc al<.o tops on her list. Zest for life is seen in 75 year Kappa - Margaret Brown Moore Ninety-four-year old Margaret Brown Moore has worn a Kap pa key for 75 years but her own key to a beautiful and enriching long life is even more impr~ssive . Her key unlocks a world of fascinating memories- memories of a life well-planned and vigorously executed, of multi-faceted accompli shments and world-wide adventures, of abundant Margaret Brown Moore, fB- Wooster, with Gamma Zeta actives from Uni love, joy and happiness. versity of Arizona. Surrounding Miss Moore from left to right are: Leigh A cardiac arre.st two years ago has slowed Miss Moore down Talmage, chapter president; Julie Peartree, Jr. rep to personnel ; and physically, but certainly not mentally. She now stays at home in Gayle Flood, 1st vice president. Tucson, Arizona, where she is surrounded by her cherished "With little prearrangement and even less money, I decided memories and by four generations of an adopted family who to visit the Orient," Auntie vividly recalled . After discovering puts her at its apex. that first and second class shipboard accommodations were We were warmly welcomed on the porch by Madeline Pare, beyond her means, she insisted upon going third class, which the family's matriarch, who has been Miss Moore's closest cost a mere $105. friend and companion for 50 years. She introduced us to a di "At first the company refused to sell me a ticket because it minutive, rosy-cheeked, white-haired woman named "Aunt had never booked third class passage for a Caucasian wom ie,'' which -we soon learned - is what everyone affectionate an," she chuckled. "When I insisted, the employees made me ly calls Miss Moore. sign a waiver which absolved the company from responsibility Dressed for the occasion in strands of pearls and a long, blue, for any inconvenience or injury I might experience." flowing dress, Auntie was obviously delighted with a visit from And what an experience it was: ten days of horrible odors, seven Kappas and was immediately intrigued with the actives large rats and roaches, and awful food! But she finally made it who were wearing as many as three keys. to Tokyo where she lived with a Japanese family for several "My sister was a Kappa, but I never wore her key or anyone · months and "rejoiced in the pleasantries of Japanese life, espe else's," she said and shook her head in disbelief at this rela cially the delicate tea ceremony." tively new trend. In Japan Auntie met an American friend and together they "Of course, many things have changed since 1907 when I traveled to Korea and then on to China. In Peking, she joined was first a Kappa; probably the biggest and best change has the faculty of a small school where she had "the pleasure of been in the status of women," Auntie continued, giving recogni teaching David Copperfield" to the Chinese students and had tion and praise to the Women's Movement. "the unique experience of 'owning' the services of a rickshaw "Why, when I went to college, I was an exception, for not boy" who worked for her daily for a mere $15 a month. many women did so then. Of course, even those of us who did China enchanted Auntie and to this day she retains a loving pursue our education were mainly interested in the women's respect for the Chinese people. Some of her fondest memories topics of the day: men and pleasure," she said. go back to her walks in the Forbidden City, her excursions to Auntie explained that the four fraternities on her co the weekly market and to "Embroidery Street" where she educational campus certainly enhanced the young women's purchased lovely and rare silk pieces, and her rides ar01md pleasure and social life. "You see, it was social activity rather Peking on horseback ("a precarious occupation!"). But, surely, than social consciousness that mattered then," she added, ex her most vivid memory of all is her forced escape from the Chi plaining that her chapter (Beta Gamma, Wooster College, nese city of Nanking, and the people she had grown to love so Ohio) wasn't involved in philanthropic enterprises. well. (Continued pg. 2 & 3) But Auntie's most important advice to young women today is that " they do develop a social conscience and take measures to EDITOR'S NOTE: In last fall's issue of The Key, we ran become effective in improving social conditions." an article about the adoption of the coat-of-arms, "My greatest desire for Kappa is that becoming a pledge . should be more a social obligation than a social triumph - an which featured early correspondence on the issue opportunity to cooperate with others in making America a bet from Margaret Brown Moore, fB - Wooster, who had ter member of the family of nations. The world is in dire need of researched the necessary heraldry and had de forward-looking people and organizations," she emphasized signed the coat-of-arms herself in 1910. Until we re further. ceived a reply from Miss Moore last fall, we were una Perhaps her great concern for social awareness stems from ware that she herself could still provide first-hand the poverty and injustice she has seen in the world.