\ From The Editor . students, twice as many as normal for a two­ year period. Total membership, including Convention plans are so exciting that a spe­ both students and alumnae, stands at 2. I mil­ cial mention just needs to be made of some of lion, compared with 1.6 million 20 years ago, the people who you will be hearing when you according to the Panhellenic Conference. come to convention to "Capture the Spirit of Leaders of these organizations consider this The Key Kappa!" significant at a time when the general under­ of Kappa Kappa Gamma Mary K. Barbee, immediate past chairman graduate population has been declining. In of National PanheUenic Conference and mem­ EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL the same period the number of alumnae ber of Sigma Sigma Sigma, will be a guest chapters increased 15 percent, from 4,918 to speaker at the Panhellenic luncheon. She will 5,656." be sharing her birthday with the Kappas, Vol. 101 No. 1 A recent letter addressed to CHOICES - but that is most agreeable to her since she Spring, 1984 also shares that birthdate with her daugh­ "Congratulations to you on your CHOICES program. I am communicating to you as a Kap­ The .first co lle~: e H'omen 's ma ~: a :. in e. ter, Mary E. Barbee, fB - New Mexico, Published colltilluously si11 ce /882 pledge class president, who will also be at­ pa parent, 2 daughters and a spouse Betty tending the convention! Armstrong Reinhart, fH - Washington State, Fraternity Headquarters, 530 East Town St., The afternoon of Friday, June 15th will fea­ now deceased. Columbus, OH 43215. (Mailing Address: P.O. ture three 55 minute sessions called Issues. All "I first was made aware that this was hap­ Box 2079, Columbus, OH 43216) conventioneers will be able to participate in pening when Sally Reinhart, K- Hillsdale, re­ Send all editorial material and correspon­ each of the sessions led by three qualified , ceived a call from a Kappa graduate sug­ dence lo the: competent, professionals who are also Kap­ gesting a job opportunity. EDITOR - Mrs. David B. Selby, 6750 Merwin "The Key comes to us, and 1 was able to Place , Worthington, OH 43085. pas. Dr. Laurie Lee Humphries, EE- Emory, better understand the objectives of the pro­ Send all active chapter news and pictures to : is a psychiatrist specializing in eating disor­ ACTIVE CHAPTER EDITOR - Mrs. Willis C. ders. She has her own practice as well as be­ gram. It is a very practical, helpful concept Pflugh, Jr., 2359 Juan St. , San Diego, CA ing affiliated with the University of Kentucky and I commend you for promoting it. The im­ 92103 Medical School. Prudie Johnson Mercer, 80 plementation requires a great deal of energy Send all alumnae news and pictures to: - Oklahoma, has worked for over 20 years and planning to make it work. ALUMNAE EDITOR - Mrs. Paul Heenehan. with education and awareness of alcohol and "Please keep it up. Young ladies out of P.O. Box 292, Mifflinburg, PA 17844 chemical abuse. She is a high school and college need the positive reinforcement the Send all business items and change of college counselor and has worked with the program provides. address, six weeks prior to month of publica­ "I hope you find it to be as successful as tion to : drug program "Chance for Change" and FRATERNITY HEADQUARTERS-P.O. Box with the Johnson Institute in Minneapolis. you envision. It may require several years to 2079, Columbus, OH 43216. (Duplicate copies The third professional is Jean Schmidt, (j,A - determine if there are positive results. Thank cannot be sent to replace those undelivered Miami, who is a practicing attorney and for­ you for helping Sally." through failure to send advance notice.) Copy­ mer Fraternity Treasurer (currently chairman Charles R. Reinhart right, Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 1984. of Fraternity finance committee) who will ad­ An open letter written by a third-grader Price $1.50 single copy. Deadline dates are dress the legal liability issue and responsibili­ August 1, November 1, February 1, and April 1 and taken from the Canadian Ecumenical ty as a private hostess. for Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer issues News, Vancouver, B.C. entitled "Grandmoth­ respectively. Printed in U.S.A. Also being unveiled at the convention wi ll ers are Indispensable": be several new Fraternity resources. A new "A grandmother is a lady who has no chil­ loose-leaf Kappa songbook will be ready, and dren of her own ; she likes other people's little a new guide to scholarship will be intro­ girls. A grandfather is a man grandmother. duced (see pages 6-8 for a sneak preview). All He goes for walks with the boys, and they pledge chairmen should welcome the release COVER: Photo by Chris Schetter of her talk about fishing and tractors, and things sisters in ZK - Bowling Green. They show of the new pledge chairman's guide. An up­ like that. - what it's like to be "cut out KKfs" . (see date of several more sections of the housing "Grandmas don't have to do anything ex­ pages 23-38). manual will complete that resource. A Kappa cept be there. They're old , they shouldn't Graphics Manual will be available which play hard or run . It is enough if they drive us should be a creative tool for any Kappa re­ to the market where the pretend horse is and sponsible for newsletters, fundraising promo­ have lots of dimes ready. Of, if they take us Table of Contents tions, displays, invitations, etc. This manual for walks, they should slow down past things NPC Seeks Central Offi ce ..... contains Kappa graphics, (owls , keys, tleur­ like leaves or caterpillars. They should never Omega Centennial Colossal Success! 4 de-lis, borders, headlines, etc.) that are re­ say hurry up. Spirit of Scholarship . 6 producible. There will even be a new Book of "Usually they are fat but not too fat to tie A Special Wo ma n. KKr Ad viser 9 Devotions. Heritage Mu seum Treasure Hunt 12 your shoes. They wear glasses and funny un­ Museum Internship . 13 Speaking of news . we hope that you did derwear. They can take their teeth and gum Campus Highlights . 15 not miss the article titled, " The Changing Im­ off. She's Cut Out To Be A Kappa ' . 13 age of College Sororities" in the New York "It is better if they don't have to be mart , !Membership Informati o n & Directo ry) Tim es, Monday, January 23, 1984. Kappa's Alumnae News . .. 39 only answer questions like 'Why do dogs hate In Memori am . 51 CHOICES program was widely quoted with cats?' and 'How come God isn't married?' A Kappa Inve nt s Mu sic Map . 53 the gist of the article being that sorority wom­ " They don't talk baby talk like vi sitors do Kappa Lifts Spirits fo r Stoia Center 54 en are becoming career-minded and concen­ because it is hard to understand. When they Colorado Springs Se ll s Posters 55 trating on establishing professional networks Psi Celebrate> Cente nn ial at Cornell .... ... 56 read to us, they don't skip or mind if it is the HN hapter Receive Scholarship Bequest 58 to help their members enter and advance in same story again. Campu Sights & Sounds ..... ........... 60 their chosen fields. " Everyone should try to have one, espe­ President Reagan Recei ves N IC Medal .. 60 " Partly as a result , they (sororities) have C HO ICES C LIPPINGS ..... inside back cover cially if you don't have television , because been able to attract a record number of new grandmas are the only grownups who have student members and active alumnae. Be­ got time. " tween 1981 and 1983 sororities gained 120,000 Phyllis Pryor Leads College Panhellenics Committee of NPC " My personal goal th e past four yea rs has been to be as ef­ fec ti ve a chairman as p os~ ibl e fo r th e Na ti onal Panh ell eni c onfe re nce o ll ege Panh ell eni cs Committee. l" ve tried to be im partial. fair. and alert to th e needs of the office. and am leav­ ing it ~ee in g much that could be done but not unhappy with what wao; accumpli shed." Kappa Kappa Gamma i · llwst lwpp_,. with th e accomplish­ ment. of P delegate Phyllis Brjpton Prvor. 13\1 - Colorado. and wishe'> to th ank her for dedi cated and effecti e leader­ ship in a mo~ t im·portant role both for Kappa a nd for PC. The po:-, iti o n of chairman of th e Coll ege Pa nh e ll eni cs Com­ mittee is one of ba lancing- communicating. proposing. com­ pro mi ~ in g. and cooperating with all NPC groups on college cam­ pu · e~ throughout the United States and Canada. The scope of th e job is wide but the indi vidual cont act is th e essence of suc­ ce ·. n example of some of the work accompli shed by th e Col­ lege Panh e ll eni cs Commiuee is the present ati on of several re;.o­ lutiom. to PC to clari fy th e Panhe ll eni c Compact. th e Coll ege Panh ell eni cs Ag reement and Sta ndards of Ethical Conduct. T hi committee met prior to th e opening sessio n of N PC and th e about NPC and it s nati onal membe rs. Ph ylli s says. " ( have re ·ult of their work will be the new edition of the Mwuwl 1!( been impressed by th e mature attitudes and seri ousness or ru r­ 11(/(mnation and .