THE KEY VOL 75 NO 1 MID-WINTER 1958.Pdf

OrganiGation~ as an aid Whenever I visit a college campus today, whether large or small, the students tell me of the vast over-organization of their campus and the difficulty in finding time to meet the various demands made upon them by school, faculty, chapter, family and friends! They have a feeling of pressure, of breathless inability to do all that seems expected of them, and as a result, many are unable to accomplish anything tangible! It seems to be characteristic of this age in which we live, to attempt to do too much and to feel that organization is the answer to all of our problems. Instead of using organization as an aid, we have allowed it to become a hindrance; instead of a servant, a master! We fail to realize that "Organization should be a means to an end, not the end in itself." We rush from committee meeting to meeting, from class to library, from activity to activity, not even sure where we are going or why. Let us examine this oft abused "organization" and see what it really is and how ·we can use it to our advantage. Organization is simply an orderly way of doing things, a system of delegating specified responsibility to many, so that there is more leisure time for all. It is planning in advance and assigning a time for each task, rather than allowing them to accumulate. It is using "our heads to save our heels"! We wonder, then, why we find it so difficult to manage our lives with organization. Perhaps we need to develop more selectivity in what we do and not attempt so much. Each of us must learn to pace herself, to match her time and strength with her interest and ability. We need, also, to cultivate a sense of values, to recognize what is essential and what is unimportant to our development, so that when pres sure mounts, we are able to eliminate these lesser demands. Your Fraternity has tried to assist you by giving you a plan of organization to facilitate your necessary chapter operation so that you would have more leisure time. You owe it to your pledges and to yourselves to evaluate your college life accurately, to assert the proper balance between school work, chapter responsi bility, campus participation, rest and recreation, all of which is essential to your total education. Use organization to do the things you choose well, not as an excuse for attempting too many things! Not everyone can do everything! We can all do many things better by organizing ourselves and limiting ourselves to that which is really essential. Essential demands are all those which contribute to our development and growth or which prepare us for more useful lives! Director of chapters VOLUME 75 NUMBER l The first college women's fraternity magazine the I{EY Published continuously since 1882 OF KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA MID-WINTER • 1958 Entered as second class matter COVER: Old Main, the first building on the North Dakota at the post office at Menasha, Wisconsin. Accepted for mail· Agricultural College campus, was dedicated in 1891 in spite of ing at the special rate of post· official consternation when it was discovered no flag was avail age under the provisions of able for the ceremony. A pair of overalls, donated by a student, Sec. 34·40 Par (D) provided for in the act of October 3, solved the problem as students in high rubber boots watched 1917. Copyright, 1958, by on the mud-soaked ground. THE ·KEY visits Gamma Tau Chap Kappa Kappa Gamma Frater· ter in Fargo, the runner-up for the greatest chapter improve nity. ment award at the 1956 Biennial Convention. Publication dates: THE KEY . is published four times a year, Inside front cover ... Organization, as an aid in Autumn, Winter, Mid· Winter, and Spring, by the 2 Key Notes from the Editor George Banta Company, Inc., 4 Priceless records given Fraternity Headquarters official printer to Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 450 Ah· 5 In Unity there is strength naip Street, Menasha, Wis· consin. The price for a single 6 Declaration for freedom copy is 50 cents, for one year $1·.50, for two years $2, and 7 Cooperation at its best for life $15. 9 Historic Bedford Springs host to biennial convention Request• for change of ad dress must reach Fraternity 10 Transportation news is new Headquarters, 530 E. Town St., Columbus 16, Ohio, six 11 My fur lady weeks previous to month of publication. Duplicate copies 12 Patti meets prince cannot be sent to replace those 13 Thrill of a lifetime undelivered through failure to send such advance notice. 15 THE KEY visits Gamma Tau chapter Send business items to busi· 21 In memoriam neu manager, Miss Clara 0 . Pierce, Fraternity Headquar· 23 TV show has Kappa background and actress ters, 530 E. Town St., Co· .Jumbus 16, Ohio. 24 Rehabilitation Services Send material for publication 26 Chapter Housing Program and editorial correspondence to editorial board chairman, 28 Project India Mrs. Robert H. Simmons, !56 N. Roosevelt Ave., Columbus 31 Campus Highlights 9, Ohio. 36 Actively speaking ... round-up of campus news Send chapter material to the active chapter editor, Mrs. 43 Alumnre News R. A. DeWan, 1962 Penn Ave., S., Minneapolis 5, 44 It's an idea-it works Minn. 46 It's celebration time Send alumnre news hems to the Chairman of the Editorial 48 Aloha from Hawaii Board, Mrs. Robert H . Sim· mons, !56 N. Roosevelt Ave., 49 Here's how they do it in Delta province Columbus 9, Ohio. 54 Here's how they do it in Iota province Deadline dates are August I, September 25, November 15, 58 Here's how they do it in Lambda province January 15 for Autumn, Winter, Mid.Winter, and 61 Whatever happened to ... ? Spring issues respectively. Member of Fraternity Maga 64 Pledge list zines Associ a ted. Printed in tbe U.S.A. 72 Fraternity Directory ·wilmette with our two sons, their. wives and five grandchildren .... My husband has already received one letter of condolence from a Kappa sister in Carmel, California and I don't want all the other Kappas to think of me as having passed Key N 0 T E S from away, when in reality I think I am enjoying life the Editor now more than ever." As a result of these two latest errors, a new policy is going into effect in this issue. No name will he printed unless specific information is sent to either the Editor or Fraternity Head Toledo's gain quarters. Alwnnre groups and chapters will be The Key's loss . queried for specific information as to the source Early in D~cember, John W. Yager, was elected of deaths when only the word "deceased" accom Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, the youngest mayor panies a notice. All groups can be helpful in in the history of this thriving city. As the wife being accurate and sending complete information of Mayor Yager, Dorothy Merki Yager, B /j, with the first notice so that announcement may Michigan, Kappa's Alumnre KEY Editor the past be made quickly in THE KEY and less work and year, becomes the first lady of Toledo. In that embarrassment involved for the Fraternity Head capacity Dotty is already deep in the job of back quarters and Editor. ing her lawyer husband in his many civic ac tivities-in addition to her own. Some outside Whatever happen e d to activities for Dotty are going to have to be dropped-unfortunately for THE KEY, the alum Many items sent by alumnre groups and indi nre editorship is one of them. THE KEY, on behalf viduals to be included in the "Whatever happened of the Kappa membership, wish Mayor and Mrs. to" and "Careers and Kudos" sections are being Yager every good wish for this new venture. held over. When the Anniversary issue last spring carried no current material, items began to pile New In Memor ia m p olicy. up. The vVinter issue being another special issue curtailed space even further. It is hoped that the For the past few years the list of deceased pages of the Spring issue will be able to carry this members has been compiled for each issue of THE backlog of news. Please don't get discouraged but KEY by the Fraternity Headquarters from records continue to send interesting personal news items received in that office. It has been presumed that to your magazine. alumnre groups and chapters would send accurate information, even if an exact date of death was eeo ver whehning amount not known. During the past year, the Editor of THE KEY has had to refute several death an of good" . .. nouncements of members. While it is a pleasure "It is difficult for me to take seriously attacks to know that these members are still in good on the American College Fraternity System. health, it is extremely embarrassing to the These attacks have been made in varying in Editor that practically every issue of the maga tensity from time to time since the first frater zine has to carry such a correction. Requests for nity was organized. The fact is 'that by and large verification have been made in two issues of the the fraternity has done such an overwhelmingly magazine, but still the inaccuracies occur. greater amount of good than harm in our social And now once again, as the result of misinfor system that there should be no danger of its in mation, sincere apologies are extended to three jury from these attacks.

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