75 Year Pi Phis Pi Beta Phi Honors Her Sisters Who Were Initiated in 1913 and Have Reached Their Seventy-Fifth Year As Members of the Fraternity
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dear EDITOR, EDITOR'S NOTE: Tbls Is your page-made available to anyone understanding or ability. Contributions are stili being accepted and wlsblng to comment on articles, tbe magazine, or any topic of Interest may be sent to: Pi Beta Phi Angel Fund, c/o Mary Collom Buchanan, to our readers. Letters must be signed wltb fUll name, address. and 207 Georgian Terrace, Texarkana, AR 75502. cbapter. We reserve tbe rigbt to edit as needed to space requirements When t·raveling near the twin cities of Texarkana, ArkansaslTexas, and content. msf try to plan enough time to take a tour of the Ace of Clubs House. You will not only be fascinated by the Pi Phi memorabilia, but also with the potpourri of architecture, furnishings and objects d'art. It is truly a Chapters commended fitting tribute to a unique lady who lived in a unique house in a unique Enclosed is an article and accompanying photograph submitted for city. your consideration for publication in the Pi Beta Phi magazine. The Mary Collom Buchanan ARROW. Arkansas Alpha (University of Arkansas) It is more than mere coincidence that these members of Pennsyl Texarkana, AR vania Gamma play 'Such a crucial role in the development efforts at Dickinson College. We are proud of their dedication and spirit. and Settlement School Proud thought that you may like to share their commitment with your members. I want to take this advantage to tell you how very much I enjoy The Kenneth R. Dudzik ARROWs-from cover to cover. Especially the space and content of Director of Planned Giving reports on Arrowmont and Arrowcraft. Dickinson College Marian Heard, Dean Odland and I worked hard at the 1964 Con Carlisle, PA vention to convince the Fraternity [that) Settlement School, as an arts and crafts school, should be the Centennial Philanthropy. It Is the ... See story and picture on page 21 . success we hoped It would become and I am filled with pride each time I read the News of Arrowcraft and Arrowmont. It is fun to be writing to a Pi Phi in Atlanta, GA. In the fall of 1936, I It is my privilege to commend the women of Pi Beta Phi for a was met at the railroad station (no airlines to Atlanta) by Winifred second time during 1987 for their participation during Drake Uni Smith Paige, a PI Phi living in Atlanta. I was on my way to Athens to verSity'S Greek Program Council sponsored blood drive. Pi Beta Phi become an instructor at the University of Georgia. I had never met can again take pride In the knowledge that blood donations made in Winifred but we were friends immediately on meeting. Winifred and its behalf made possible a continuance of life for others .... the Atlanta Alumnae Club were working on plans to have a Pi Phi I am honored to work with the women of PI Beta Phi and look for chapter on the Georgia campus. ward to their continuing support during 1988's Greek sponsored The first year I was at Georgia I was faculty advisor for the Kappa blood drive. Alpha Theta chapter. The following two years I was faculty advisor Sharon L. Gogerty while national Fraternity was colonizing a Pi Phi chapter. I am very Director Donor Resources proud of Georgia Alpha Chapter. The Blood Center of Central Iowa I was' married in 1939 and visited Atlanta many times until the Des Moines, IA untimely death of Winifred and Del Paige In the airplane accident in Paris .... My how Atlanta has changed since the '305 and '40s! Correction Dorothy Coleman Thorman Illinois Epsilon (Northwestern) As Corresponding Secretary of Southern California Area Council I Winnetka, IL have been asked to ... correct an error in the Winter ARROW. In the article " Pi Phis urged to head for Arrowmont" ... Merry-Beth Noble ... Dorothy Thorman was Iota Province Alumnae Province Presi was credited with a scholarship from the South-Bay (CA) Alumnae dent in 1960-63 and Is a former member of the Settlement School Club. She actually received her scholarship from the Southern Cali Committee. fornia Area Council of Pi Beta Phi. We have a continuing scholarship fund and give one and sometimes two scholarships a year. Area Council consists of representatives from Southern California alumnae Unusual coincidences clubs. We have 10 active clubs and 8 associate clubs participating this [I thought you might be interested in some) amazing similarities year. between the way Melissa Snowden, Maryland Beta and current presi Anne Busch Hills dent of the Maryland-D.C. Suburban Alumnae Club Junior Group, and Arizona Alpha (University of Arizona) I met and married our husbands. La Canada, CA I met my husband, Ron, at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, IL. Melissa met her husband at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, MD. Ron and I were married In the Park Ridge Restored home opens Methodist Church in Illinois. Melissa was married in the Faith United The Draughan-Moore " Ace of Clubs" house in Texarkana, ARfrX Methodist Church in Rockville, MD. She was married on June 11 at opened its doors to the public for tours April 9, 1988. The unusual 4:00 p .m ., the same day and time Ron and I were married 28 years home of former Grand Treasurer of Pi Beta Phi, Olivia Smith Moore, ago. Melissa also happens to be the same age as I was when I was has undergone a complete renovation and has been restored to its married. original beauty. [See The ARROW, Winter, 1987) Melissa has been a valued member of Maryland Beta. She served ... [Our) Pi Beta Phi Alum Club [Texarkana, ARffX) pledged several years on MC for the chapter. Much happiness is extended to '4,000.00 ... to the renovation of the Master Bedroom. We set up an this wonderful Pi Phi from another PI Phi. Angel Fund and asked for contributions from PI Phis whose lives were Carolyn Ottinger Kovener touched by Miss Olivia. Pi Phis all over the country have responded Iowa Alpha (Iowa Wesleyan) and many have shared a special memory of Miss Olivia's kindness, Potomac, MD COVER-The Toyland Party Is a favorite with Oklahoma Betas durtns rusb at Oklahoma State. FPI BETA PHI VOLUME 104 SUMMER, 1988 NUMBER 4 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE PI BET A PHI FRATERNITY Founded 1867 FOUNDERS OF THE FRATERNITY Emma Brownlee Kilgore (1848-1924) Rosa Moore (1848-1924) Margaret Campbell (1846-1936) Jennie Nicol, M. D. (1845-1881) Libbie Brook Gaddis (1850-1933) Inez Smith Soule (1846-1941) Ada Bruen Grier (1848-1924) Fannie Thomson (1848-1868) Clara Brownlee Hutchinson (1850-1931) Jennie Home Turnbull (1846-1932) Fannie Whitenack Libbey (1848-1941) Nancy Black Wallace (1846-1918) Office of Publication: 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333, COLLEGE f RATERNI TY ED ITORS ASSOCIATION Features St. Louis, Mo . 63105 Dear Editor .. .. .. .......... Inside Front Cover Rush Pi Phi Style . ..... .... ......... .. 4 Staff Focus on-Soro~ty Rush-1980 Style . 6 Arrowfacts . .. .... ... .. .. .. 9 ARROW Editor News of Arrowcraft and Arrowmont . .. 16 Marilyn Simpson Ford (Mrs. Willlam W., Jr.), 268 Short Stories of Sagacious Sisters . 22 Underwood Dr., N.W., Atlanta, Ga. 30328 DIRECTIONS Coupon ...... '. .. 29 Time and Talent Questionnaire ..... ... .. 30 Alumnae Club Forum Editor DIRECTIONS Order Form . 31 Carol Busch Marlowe, 3723 Spring Creek Dr., Santa Fraternity Sweethearts . .. 32 Rosa, CA 95405 Holt House-Pi Phi's Heritage . .. 33 Chapter Membership Chairmen . .. 43 From Pi Phi Pens Alumnae Club Rush Information Chairmen ... .. 49 (Book Reviews) Rush Information Form. 55 Helping Others Through Chapter Clare Harding Sanford (Mrs. Frank W.), Little Professor Book Center, Hilltown Village Center, Chesterfield, Service Projects .. ... .... .. .... ... .. 59 Mo . 63017 Pi Beta Phi Initiates .... .. .......... 63 In Memoriam . 72 Arrow File and In Memoriam Fraternity Directory. .. 74 Official Calendars . .................. ... 75 Pi Beta Phi Central Office, 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333, St. Louis, Mo . 63105 Off the ARROW Hook . 78 'The ARROW (USPS 032-540) is printed Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer by Pi Beta Phi Fraternity at the press of George Banta Company, Curtis Reed Plaza, Menasha, Wis . 'Send change of address notice and correspondence of a business nature to Pi Beta Phi Central Office, 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333, St. Louis, Mo . 63105. 'Correspondence of an editorial nature is to be addressed to the editor, Mrs. W. W. Ford, Jr., 268 Underwood Dr., NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30328. 'Second class postage paid at St. Louis, Missouri, and at additional mailing office. Printed in the United States of America 'Postmaster: Send notice of undeliverable copies on Form 3579 to Pi Beta Phi, 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333, St. Louis, MO 63105 RUSH Diana Ollar. Montana Alpha. sets the stage for the chapte,s first party of formal rush-a Mexican theme-at Montana State. Washington Beta cowgirls get psyched in the chapter ho use foyer before bounding out to m_t rush_s at Washington State. It's bid day at the University of Oklahoma as Oklahoma Alphas Susan Ingram, Courtney Phillips and Susan Patrk (top,l-r) halo new Pi Phi angels, Pam Dinges, Natalie Hunt and Stacey Corlett. • THE ARROW OF PI lETA PHI PiPhiStyle Missouri Gammas practice till perfect for their third day rush skit, "Sisterhood ," at Drury College. Spirit Day was new this year at California Gamma, U.S.C., and focused on house philanthropies, unity, history and special events. California Etas Marlsa Andreini and Heidi Engle dress up the gazebo getting ready for the first day of rush at U.C'/lrvlne. Janet Hall and Teigue Thomas have been "monkeying around" during Pennsylvania Beta's Circus Party, contributing to the chapters' svccessful rush at Bucknell. THE AllOW OF PI lETA PHI 5 ON - Sorority Rush-1980 style by Betty Drummond Director of Rush Sorority rush in the late 1980s is different from and yet bermuda shorts for their rush' 'Beach Party." In another similar to rush of the past.