f Kappa Kappa Gamma Fall 1973 Vol90 No.3 THE COmPUTEPt STOPtY OF KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA The beautiful Victorian decor at Kappa Headquarters will have an intruder from EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL the space age-a data processing system for our membership rolls. The miracle of The first college women's magazine. Published continuously since 1882 the electronic age will mingle with the damask, velvet, velour and satin to better Fraternity Headquarters, 530 East Town Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 serve Kappas everywhere through more Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2079, Columbus, Ohio 43216 current and accurate files. The bank of catalog cards, which have served us well, span one side of a 30 foot VOLUME 90 NUMBER 3 FALL 1973 wall. Approximately 250,000 4"x6" cards can be recorded with essentially the same information by an IBM machine and fill no Send all editorial material and more than a 3 ring notebook. A fraternity correspondence to the: THERE ARE TWO JOB OPPORTUNI­ officer, for example, could conceivably have EDITOR TIES NOW AVAILABLE AT HEAD­ a file of the entire membership at her dis­ Mrs. David B. Selby posal and take it to a meeting if she 6750 Merwin Place QUARTERS ... desires. Worthington, Ohio 43085 Accountant to serve as Supervisor of the Send all active chapter Fraternity Finance Department ... excel­ We will be programmed to phase in his­ news and pictures to the: lent opportunity for a career in business torical data from our card file as we up­ ACTIVE CHAPTER EDITOR and finance. date. The Catalog Department will be Mrs. Willis C. Pfiugh, Jr. feeding the machine-Terry Mollica is 2359 Juan Street Assistant in the Communications Depart­ San Diego, California 92103 looking forward to keeping the computer ment requiring typing, duplicating and Send all alumnae news and well nourished with current changes and mailing to chapters and alumnae groups. pictures to the: biographical data. Eventually, this data ALUMN.IE EDITOR will be made available in special reports Mrs. E. Taylor Richardson 205 Ridgefield as needed in various departments of the Memphis, Tennessee 38111 Fraternity. Send all business items to the: TABLE OF CONTENTS Our immediate need, and continuing need BUSINESS MANAGER are the labels for mailing the KEY-77,000 Fraternity Headquarters 1 Epsilon Nu Chapter to be Installed P.O. Box 2079 at Vanderbilt names, addresses, chapters and dates of Columbus, Ohio 43216. 3 Panhellenic Panorama: SEARCH initiation. This will include maiden name Send changes of address, six records as well. As the program is ex­ 5 Mardi Gras Time in New Orleans weeks prior to month of panded we will have the total 93,000 mem­ publication, to: Heralds a Kappa Year bers recorded on magnetic tape. There FRATERNITY HEADQUARTERS 6 All This and More at Convention '74 should be satisfaction in having such rec­ P.O. Box 2079 -Post-Convention Trips ords, making contacts more personal be­ Columbus, Ohio 43216. 8 Associate Council Attends Seminar: cause of availability of information. (Duplicate copies cannot be Focus on Changing Times sent to replace those When we realize that the IBM 360 undelivered through failure to 16 Meet the Field Secretaries model 30 can give special reports such as send advance notice.) chapter lists, alumnae directories and sta­ Deadline dates are August 1, 17 What's New On Campus November 1, February 1, 24 Campus Highlights tistical reports we know we will realize April 1 for Fall, great benefits-this is a form of communi­ Winter, Spring, and s·ummer 34 Ecology-Preserving the Blue and cation to serve all members. issues respectively, Blue Printed in U.S.A. In announcing that the Data Science 36 Alumnae Activity THE KEY is published four Corporation of St. Louis, is being retained times a year (in Fall, 42 In Memoriam to handle this account, I would like to Winter, Spring and Summer), by 43 Kappas In Print thank Mr. Byrne Belcher, President, for National Graphics Corporation, his patient guidance and advise in helping 386 S. Fourth Street, 46 Percentage of Participation Awards Columbus, Ohio 43216 Announced for Magazine Agency us set up this program. For over a year Price $1.50 single copy. 47 Fraternity Directory we have been making a study and receiv­ Second class postage paid at ing proposals from several service bureaus. Columbus, Ohio and at 55 Calendar for Alumnae and House Because of this company's experience in additional mailing offices, Boards Copyright, Kappa Kappa working with fraternity groups, we have Gamma Fraternity 1972. 56 What To Do When confidence that the conversion and on­ going association with this data processing company will be most satisfactory. (It is noteworthy that Mrs. Byrne Belcher, for­ COVER: In honor of Kappa's newest chapter The Key pictures merly Barbara Dye, is a member of Vanderbilt's oldest building Kirkland Hall built in 1873-75. The Gamma Phi Chapter!) "V" is for Vanderbilt as well as a Victory for Kappa extension Such terms as "op-scan," "magnetic tape," after many years of interest in this University. Epsilon Nu Chapter "print-out," and "punch and verify," "hard will be formally installed on this campus October 13, 1973 to copy," "micro fiche," and "scanner" celebrate Kappa's l03rd birthday as well as a two year-long will be a part of our office lingo--The prospect Centennial Celebration being observed by Vanderbilt University. of this adventure will be an enlightening Vanderbilt's colors are gold and black, thus the colors of our cover. experience. At this time we envision future Vanderbilt is an independent, privately supported university applications of data processing to include named for the New York shipping and railway magnate, Com­ micro-filmed resource data (possibly a com­ modore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who gave a million dollars to build plete catalog of the KEY), and computer­ and endow the university. On the base of his statute, placed on ized financial reports. This might be far in campus by Nashville citizens, is inscribed his wish that the the future, but it is a potentiality. University should "contribute to strengthening the ties which -Betty Sanor Cameron, B N should exist between all sections of our common country." Executive Se•cieltaJ:Y__ _ _ _. EXTENSION: Our Circle Widens Epsilon Nu Chapter To Be Installed at Vanderhilt Kappa Kappa Gamma is proud to announce the The Phileans were formed in 1972 and in February stablishment of a chapter on the Vanderbilt campus, 1973 had 17 active members. Their grade point average rashville, Tennessee. was 2.0 on a 3.0 system and they were ranked second on The Fraternity has been petitioned by the Philean campus. There are seven groups on campus and they ociety a local at Vanderbilt, for membership in Kappa are lodged in a special section of the campus. Kappa nd an invitation has been extended by Chancellor will be in a room provided by the university- this is a Jexander Heard for Kappa to establish a chapter this temporary arrangement until something more desirable 1ll, 1973, becoming the first NPC group to be invited comes along. The Phileans have members from Florida > the Vanderbilt campus since 1954. ( 5), Georgia ( 2), North Carolina ( 1), Tennessee ( 2), Epsilon Nu Colony of the Fraternity is a reality as of Washington, D.C. (1), Ohio (1), Oklahoma (1), and 1e end of August as school opened. The formal installa­ Texas (2). ion of Epsilon Nu Chapter, Nu Province, of Kappa Kappa Alpha Theta was the first group on campus in :appa Gamma, and the petitioners as charter members, 1904. In addition there are Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi ; being planned for Founders' Day, October 13, 1973 in Omega, Tri Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta, and ommemoration of Kappa's 103rd anniversary. Pi Beta Phi. This is not the first time that Kappa has Becky Jo Dilcher, president Phileans (The Philean Society) petitioners, Jean Hess Wells, AT, Director of Chapters accepting invitation from Executive Vice-Chancellor James R. Surface; Charlotte Hancock, A Z, president Nashville Alumnae Association; Nancy Kelly, r X, ~ ice-president Nashville Alumnae Association; Patricia Piller Shelton, n, Fraternity Housing Chairman; and Barbara Tranter Curley, A r, Nu Province Director of Chapters. I'm: KEY/ FALL 1973 1 been inte~ested in having a chapter on the Vanderbilt campus. We were invited to come on in the 30's but turned it down. Later in the 60's a visit was made to the campus but it was not open for extension at that time. Chi Omega was the last group to enter Vanderbilt in 1954. Quite a detailed process led to the formation of this chapter. Kappa was first approached September 9, 1972 Dally Wally, .:l P Mary Elizabeth when quite by chance an interested friend thought that Mann, r K her daughter might be pledging a local that was really to become Kappa. Jean Hess Wells, A Y, Director of Chapters replied that it was not so-but, immediately made inquiry of our extension committee who did an in­ vestigation and learned from Dean Margaret Cunninggim that there was a local interested in petitioning a National. In January of 1973 that local (The Philean Society) began interviewing several National groups and by April 2nd had indeed voted to extend an invitation to Marilyn Brock, E r Margaret Hayes, r II Kappa Kappa Gamma. April 20th the Vanderbilt Hustler stated, "In its bi-weekly meeting, the CAB also endorsed Panhellenic Council's request that a national sorority be invited to establish a Vanderbilt chapter and, etc.... " Later in the article . "The board unanimously en­ Nursing, and the Graduate School. Total enrollment is dorsed the Philean Society's proposal, presented by Stu­ approximately 6,500 students, about a third of whom dent Life Dean Margaret Cuninggim, that the Univer­ are women.