ENRICHMENT THROUGH DIVERSI1Y The Ever-Chat;tging Profile of PI BETA PHI dear EDITOR, To Our Readers EDITOR'S NOTE: This is your page-made available to anyone The desk is piled with letters, packages, and Federal wishing to comment on articles, the magazine, or any topic of interest Express envelopes. Beneath the clutter of paper one can find to our readers. Letters must be signed with full name, address, and a T-square, triangle, pica pole, and a proportional wheel. chapter: We reserve the right to edit as needed to space requirements Copies of past issues of The ARROW are strategically placed and content. at the top of the desk for inspiration. Mer four years of college and two years of being a Graduate Consultant, I was beginning to fear what the "real world" might bring. Last spring as I was finishing my last A tradition continues chapter viSits, I was simultaneously scoping the job world. I didn't know how I would ever be able to find a job that I It is interesting how some traditions tend to run in Pi Phi families. When could be as committed to or that I would enjoy as much as I my mother, Martha Bowman Ebeling, was a senior at Ohio Wesleyan did being a Consultant. I was preparing myself to go through University in 1954, she and the other Ohio Deltas helped colonize the Ohio withdrawal from not hearing how Oklahoma Beta and Virgin­ Eta Chapter at Denison University, which I ultimately pledged in 1975. ia Eta were doing. I couldn't imagine a day without a single Shortly after I joined the Madison, Wisconsin Alumnae Club, I became the phone call from a member distressed about a chapter prob­ co-chairman of the Wisconsin Alpha recolonization committee and then the lem or thrilled to share news about a new program or idea new chapter's first AAC Chairman, in 1986. My mother is once again brought into the chapter. involved in the colonization of a chapter, as Installation Chairman and AAC I was able to find that ideal job, and in reality not much has member for the Ohio Iota, being installed this fall. changed. My suitcases have been replaced by a real office Leisa Ebeling Lowrey and I have fmally settled into my very own apartment. But I Ohio Eta still get frantic phone calls, and more than ever I am able to BelOit, Wisconsin keep up on the latest in chapter news. At the same time I have been exposed to that wonderful realm of alumnae life in Pi A helpful hint Beta Phi, which has made the transition into the "real world" much easier. Every summer I take out my Pi Phi tote (or I order a new one) and use it The desk is still a mess as I finish up this, my first, issue of as my summer handbag. I usually spend several week~ during the summer in The ARROW Though it is my fi rst issue, it is the last issue of Estes Park, Colorado and my Pi Phi purse always helps me meet a new Pi Phi the 1980s. Within these pages I think you'll start to see the sister. Whether I'm browsing in one of the downtown shops or standing in direction in which the Fraternity will be moving in the 90s. the grocery checkout line, someone will come up and comment that I must Grand Council and the Executive Director of Central Office be a Pi Phi. They always recognize the handbag. I recommend that everyone have already been preparing for the new decade by partici­ carry one. It's a sure way to meet some of the very nicest people. pating in a long-range planning session. (See page 8.) We are Mary Kliewer Hughey pleased to bring you a feature article on cultural diversity in Oklahoma Beta our chapters, showing how the "face" of the collegian and Omaha, NE member is ever-changing and enhancing the quality of chap­ ter life now and in coming years. Our magazine will be Fund to be established turning the corner of a decade as well and we would like your input on how to better serve you through our publication. On July 15 of this year our daughter, Christine Louise Ruegg died in a Please take time to fill out the reader survey on pages 19 and boating accident. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi at the University of 20. We are interested in knowing how you like The ARROW Oregon. During her two years there we noticed a great deal of improvement and what you would enjoy reading in the future. in her personal growth as well as in her educational development. We In closing, I'd like to thank those who have given me the attribute this in large part to the influence of your organization. support and encouragement to put out my first issue. A My wife and I would like to talk to someone about setting up a memorial special thank you goes out to the delightful women at scholarship fund in her name. We would initially fund it with 5500.00 per Central Office. And finally, a word to the lady who preceded year with the possibility of increases in future years. We would like the me. Marilyn, there is no way I could ever fill your shoes. I will money to be used to help her sorority sisters at the University of Oregon just happily follow in your footsteps. Chapter where her younger sister is now a member and we would also like to have some control over who receives the money. Frank and Sarah Ruegg J Moeller Bend, OR COVER: Pi Beta Phi, the tie that binds. Ann Denker Webster, Arkansas Alpha, of La Jolla, Calif. is the artist responsible for capturing one of the many strengths of Pi Beta Phi, our diversity. 2 THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI Arrow Editor FOUNDERS OF THE FRATERNITY Jennifer Moeller Emma Brownlee Kilgore (1848-1924) Pi Beta Phi Central Office 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333 Margaret Campbell (1846-1936) St. Louis, MO 63105 Libbie Brook Gaddis (1850-1933) Ada Bruen Grier (1848-1924) From Pi Phi Pens Clara Brownlee Hutchinson (Book Reviews) (1850-1931) Clare Harding Sanford Fannie Whitenack Libbey (1848-1941) (Mrs. Frank W.), Little Rosa Moore (1848-1924) Professor Book Center, Jennie Nicol, M. D. (1845-1881) Hilltown Village Center, Inez Smith Soule (1846-1941) Chesterfield, MO 63017 Fannie Thomson (1848-1868) Arrow File and In Memoriam Jennie Horne Turnbull (1846-1932) Pi Beta Phi Central Office, Nancy Black Wallace (1846-1918) 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333, St. Louis, MO 63105 ,C-.,.c-~.,.c::......._ &2 Founded 1867 COU ICt ' .. AflIllNIfY lDUOtllI ASSOC' AUf')Jrf The ARROW of Pi Beta Phi (USPS 032-540) is published quarterly by Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333, St. Louis, MO 63105-3328. Second class postage paid at St. Louis, Copy deadlines: MO and at additional mailing office. Spring: January 10 POSTMASTER: Send address changes Summer: April 10 to The ARROW of Pi Beta Phi, 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333, St. Louis, MO 63105-3328. Correspondence of an edi­ torial nature is to be addressed to the ~ .!!:~;-. !: ~:-:-=:::r ::: :::! :: ::=~ ~~ :! ~~~!:!!~~~ nature should be sent to Pi Beta Phi Central Office, 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333, St. Louis, MO 63105. PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY cial Organ of P i Beta Phi 7730 Carondele t , Su ite 333 St. Louis, Mo. 6 3105 THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI 3 ENRICHMENT THROUGH DIVERSITY The Ever-Changing Profile of PI BETA PIll "0 cean To Ocean," an old favorite Pi changes have obvious implications for Phi song, reminds each member that the Fraternity's programming and vol­ the Fraternity's heritage in the past and unteer expectations. its promise for the future extend to all Furthermore, minority groups with­ parts of this nation and, indeed, the in our population are increasing at rates world. Increasingly, there are mem­ that consistently outpace the majority bers of Pi Beta Phi around the world group. By the year 2000, it is predicted pursuing study and careers in a global that one in every three Americans will community. Even as this cultural diver­ be non-white. Sometime shortly after sity enriches one's life, so too does the the turn of the century, it is predicted diversity within Pi Phi's chapters and that there will be a greater number of alumna clubs enhance our fraternity Hispanics than African-Americans in experience. our population. These changes in age Clearly, the America of a century and racial makeup in our general soci­ ago, in the early years of the Fraternity, ety most certainly will have an effect was much different than today's soci­ on the pool of high school graduates ety. In 1889, the U.S. population was 62 and college entrants in the not too million; today we are a nation of 246 distant future. Remember, the class of million people. But it is not only in 2000 already is enrolled in grade schools numbers that our society has changed. all across our nation. That Pi Phi's foun­ A century ago, half the population was ders were facing a much different soci­ under age 22; today, the median age is ety is obvious. 33. By the year 2000, it is predicted As the general society changes, so that more than one half of the U.S. too do the campuses of our colleges population will be over 35 years old. and universities.