NOVEMBER 1961 the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi
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0 F D E L T A S I G M A p I University of Denver, Denver, Co lomdo PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FRATERNITY FOUNDED 1907 NOVEMBER 1961 The International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi Projes1ional Commerce and Busine1s Administration Fraternity Delta Sigma Pi WIU founded at New York Univer sity, School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, on November 7, 1907, by Alexander F. Makay, Alfred Moysello, Harold V. Jacobs and H. Albert Tienken. Delta Sigma Pi is a professional frater nity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social ac tivity and the association of students for their mu tual advancement by research and practice; to pro mote clo~~r affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce; and to further a high standard of commercial ethics and culture, and the civic and commercial welfare of the com \ munity. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ IN THE PROFESSIONAL SPOTLIGHT FEATURED in our professional Spotlight is the Alpha Eta Chapter at the University of South Da kota and their annual "Mile of Dimes" campaign conducted in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Pictured are the chapter President Glen Rhodes, left, and the Senior Vice President Bob Miller, right, with children hom the Crippled Children's Hospital. N ovember 1961 Vol. LI, No. 1 0 F D E L T A s G M A p Editor From the Desk of the Orand President 2 J.D. THOMSON A Word From The Central Office . ... .... .. 2 Associate Editor JANE LEHMAN 23rd Grand Chapter Congress Lauded 3 Postmaster: Please send copies returned Today's Moral Climate in Business .. ...... 14 under labels Form 3579 to Delta Sigma J>i , 330 South Campus Avenue, Oxford, Ohiu. Epsilon Lambda Installed at Rochester Tech . ... .. .. 18 The DELTASIG of Delta Sigma Pi is What Do You Expect To Receive F rom College? . .. 22 published four times annually in the months of November, January, March, and May. Publication Office-Curtis Reed With the Alumni the World Over 23 Plaza, Menasha, Wisconsin. Editorial Office-330 South Campus Avenue, Ox 38 Chapters in First Place ford, Ohio. 29 Subscription price: $3 per year. Delta Sigma Pi Directory 30 Second class postage paid at Menasha, Wisconsin, and at additional mailing offices. Acceptance for mailing at special Our Cover rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 1925, embodied in para The modernistic downtown campus of rhe U niversity of D::ilver graph 4, Section 538, P. L. & R., 1932 is featured on our cover. This is the home of the Colle; e of edition. Printed in U.S.A. Business Administration of the University of De!lver and the Alpha Nu Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi. DELTA SIGMA PI is a charter senior member of the Pro fessional Interfraternity Conference, organized in 192R. The members of the Conference comprise: ARC IJI r ECJ UJ ~ E . Alpha Rho Chi. CHEMISTRY, Alpha Chi Sigma . COM MERCE, Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Pi . DE:"JTJSTR Y , Alpha Omega, Delta Sigma Delta, Psi Omcg:J , Xi P ~ i Phi. EDUCATION, Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa. l'hi Ep silon Kappa, Phi Sigma Pi. ENGINEERING, Theta Tan. Sigma Phi Delta. LAW, Gamma Eta Gamma, Delta Thet a Phi, Sigma Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Bet::t Gam ma. Phi Delta Phi. MEDICINE, Alpha Kappa Kapp ~, , Theta Kappa Psi, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Pi, Phi Chi. Ph1 Dc'Jt::t Ep ,ilon, Phi Lambda Kappa, Phi Rho Sigma. J\1US1 C, Phi ~!u Sinfonia. PHARMACY, Alpha Zeta Omega, Kappa J'si, Rho Pi Phi, Phi Delta Chi. FRANKLIN A. ToBER ~rom the :J)e:Jt o/ Alpha Kappa-Buffalo :Jhe (}rand Pre:JiJenf BEING ELECTED to the Grand Presidency of Delta Sigma Pi is certainly a heartwarming experience. There can be no doubt that the leadership of an organization such as ours carries with it responsibilities which will be rewarding, challenging, and even at times frustrating. However, I accept this responsibility with sincere humility. I graciously accept the joys, as well as the challenges that lie ahead. We must always remember, THAT THE STUDENT OF Delta Sigma Pi cannot afford to stand still. We, as indi TODAY IS THE MAN OF TOMORROW, AND THE viduals cannot afford to stand still. After all, men are not like HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, AND THE FUTURE OF THE trees, who once having attained full growth can stand ma WORLD. jestically, unchallenged, through the years. Many have asked, "What can 1 do for Delta Sigma Pi?" We must go forward with intense dedication in several ways. Obviously there are many things that you can do-but it is 1. We must first of all continue to develop ourselves intel my opinion that a prerequisite to any contribution is con lectually, as well as professionally. tinuous intellectual and professional growth and development 2. We must continually broaden our efforts to tell our uni of yourself as an individual. versities as well as the business world just what Delta Sigma Perhaps this quote from Edwin Markham illustrates in very Pi is and what we stand for. simple words what I mean. 3. We must be prepared to meet new demands which will "We are all blind until we see certainly be placed upon us by universities as well as the busi That in the human plan ness world as they better and more fully understand our prin Nothing is worth the making, if ciples and our objectives. It does not make the man 4. We must use our keenest insight and our combined wis Why build these cities glorious dom in directing the future course of our great fraternity. If man unbuilded goes? 5. We must continue, now more than ever before, to work In vain we build the world, unless closely with our universities and the business world to make The builder also grows" sure that the educational background presently being given our As the individual grows intellectually, morally, and pro members is adequate to meet the needs of tomorrow. fessionally, so will Delta Sigma Pi grow. WITH the 23rd Grand Chapter Congress now a pleasant has been placed with The Central Office. Immediate plans in memory, we return to the routines of the college year and the clude a visitation program, which we have already mentioned, implementation of the program adopted at the last meeting of alumni club insignia, new alumni publications, and possibly a the Grand Council. This is to be a year of tremendous inter ritualistic ceremony for the indoctrination of new members. nal growth as well as expansion. To bring this about we are We are also bent upon the adoption of a basic program for prepared to visit every chapter and most of the alumni clubs. alumni clubs that will be universal and one which every un Executive Secretary Charles Farrar and Field Secretary Con dergraduate can anticipate when he receives his degree and nie Mack McCoy are already on the road and I will follow in joins the ranks of the alumni. As the year progresses you will a few days. By the end of this college year we hope to witness hear much more from us about the alumni clubs of Delta an even greater strength in our undergraduate chapters and a Sigma Pi as we have selected them as prime targets for the more uniform program among the alumni clubs. coming two years.-JIM THOMSON For the first time, the full responsibility for alumni activities 2 The November, 1961, ISSUE of 0 F D E L T A s G M A p 23rd Grand Chapter Congress Lauded as .One of the Finest THE 23RD GRAND CHAPTER they, greeted and met over 300 delegates CONGRESS of Delta Sigma Pi was held who were on their way to the punch bowl. at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North The Reception became short lived, how Carolina, August 28-31, with an attend ever, when the announcement was made ance of 339. This was perhaps the largest that the Buffet Dinner was ready. Despite out of town registration ever recorded at a the determination with which the Buffet Delta Sigma Pi convention. Near perfect was attacked, there was still food left weather, excellent facilities of the Grove over after the delegates had finished. Mel Park Inn, an extensive program of busi lowed from the dinner, the party moved ness and social activities, and a spirited again to the Terrace where close har crowd combined to make this Congress mony on old times was the order of busi one of the finest in the history of Delta ness until bedtime arrived. Sigma Pi. An early breakfast in the Plantation Over 100 of the delegates arrived on Room preceded the first Chapter Offi Sunday, prior to the opening of the Con cer's Training Program for the under gress, in order to sample the many recrea graduates and the Panel Discussion for tion facilities offered by the Grove Park the alumni. Many felt that these were the Inn. The Grand Chapter Congress was best part of the Congress and wished that officially called to order on Monday after there had been more time to pursue the noon, August 28, by Grand President subjects covered. Tuesday afternoon GRAND PRESIDENT FRANKLIN A. TO found the delegates on the golf course, in Homer T. Brewer who asked Past Grand BER accepts election to office at the final President J. Harry Feltham to give the in business session of the 23rd Grand Chapter the pool, and enjoying the recreational vocation. On hand to welcome the dele Congress. facilities of the Inn.