THE 01 Pi Beta Phi Spring, 1981 gJea8dta ... Praises Arrowmont through the mighty pen, we might stamp out the auocious idea of pushing our daughters to the arms of the other sororities. I am writing to tell you how very much I enjoyed my Arrowmont Betty Freed Detmer experience in Gatlinburg, Tenn., [last] summer. It was one of the most Indiana Beta exhilarating times of my life ... I did get to meet some Pi Phis wh ile there. Terre Haute, Inc. They came for their [graduate counselor training] in June with one of the national officers. One young lady from Iowa City, Ia ., introduced me to the officer and we had a very nice visit. ~ In our Policies and Standing Rules, " Tne Fraterniry urges its chapters, I may be one of your most ardent advertisers and hope to be responsible for when considering girls with Pi Beta Phi background, to consider this heritage as a great asset, and when these girls have other assets commensurate with the sending many people to the school. Also intend to return myself. My sincere qualifications of others on the rush list, to give these girls a fair advantage ." thanks to the Pi Phi sorority for what they are doing at the Arrowmoni School. Robert Stewardson Liked Article The Yankee Woodshed My heartfelt thanks for printing the article for the Sun City Golden Girls East Moline , Ill. in its entirety. You made my dream come true and seeing it in The ARROW was a thrilling moment. Many of the women have called to express their ~ Along with this letter Mr. Stewardson sent a newspaper clipping filled personal pleasure as well. The hours spent in the planning and execution with pictures of the work he did while at Arrowmont, as well as his high were all well spent. Thanks again! praise for the school. He claims a Pi Phi relative, his sister-in-law, August Kathleen Bowen Christensen HiteJohnson, Indiana Delta. Sun City, Arizona Alum Candlelight Now She Knows I I would like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to the actives I would like to Shate " .~.,. :p~d:!.! h.ppeninlt with Pi Phis nationwide. At of Arkansas Beta who, unknowingly, have made the phrase, " Pi Phi for the November meeting of our club, we held a "Candlelight" tor one o[ vU' Life " expressiy cie", <v ~~ . ... I went to help . .. in fall rush and I sisters to announce her engagement. The joy which we were allowed to share thought to myself, " What am I doing here? They don' t really need me. I'm with each other through this ceremony made the bonds of wine and blue all just an alum ." etc. I was looking around .. when I saw their bulletin the more real to us. board. To my amazement, they had a poem pinned to it that I had written This is the first time that a . ·CandieiiKlit" l::t~ been held at an Atlanta when I was still in school. They didn't even know I had written it; they just alumnae meeting. We feel that our club is the better for having this special liked the poem. That thrilled '!Ie no end. Then, on Pref night, I was sitting Pi Phi tradition become a part of us . in another room , listening to them singing, when a certain tune came to my Kathy Fusner Vail attention. It was a song I had written some six or seven years ago . .. They Tennessee Alpha had found it in the piano bench and thought it would be just right for President. Atlanta Alumnae Club preferential. What can I say? The continuity of Pi Beta Phi was brought home to me that day and I plan Apology Extended to keep it on the top of my list the rest of my life ... I thank Arkansas Beta I am unhappy about an item in the fall ARROW under Short Stories of with all my heart, for giving me such personal pleasure, and for helping me Sagacious Sisters ... which states that Lena Schmidt was the fust president to put Pi Phi back in the place it belongs. No. 1. of Texas Gamma. Perhaps the article should have said that she was the first Lissa Young full-term president. Arkansas Beta With all due respect to Lena, whom I remember with affection, it was I Little Rock, Ark. who was both the last president of Ko Shari and the fust president of Texas Gamma. A Tragic Event It is true that I did not hold the office very long. The chapter was installed I am writing this letter in memory of Diana O'Connell, who was found about the 25th of April, 1953, and commencement was a month later. But I shot to death two days after Thanksgiving, after she separated from two would like the record to reflect this fact , partly in recognition of my service friends on the hiking uails of Point Reyes , Calif. Diana was a 1978 initiate of during that very difficult year of uansition, but primarily in the interest of New York Delta and had recently graduated from Cornell in May, 1980. historical accuracy . Tragically the world lost the talents of Diana to a psychopathic killer, who, Sally Radebaugh for some even more uagic reason, was able to purchase a gun. This message is Texas Gamma in memory of all the human beings wbo have died as a result of our lenient El Paso, Texas and poorly· enforced gun laws. Let us stop these senseless deaths by actively working for stricter gun laws through lobbying efforu or correspondence to The Legacy Question government officials. It seems a shame that as we progress in technology, we As I understand, there is a national Pi Phi policy that tends toward an regress socially, to the point that we fear our fellow human beings. Suicter advantage to the non-legacy. gun controls, on a nationwide basis, could save lives, and curtail to a great I have always felt that if two girls are equal, one non and one a legacy, the extent, the number of senseless crimes that occur every year. legacy should be taken. Jill D. Flack The acceptance of our daughters makes for stronger Pi Phi alumnae. New York Delta Thanks for yo ur article about the granddaughter of the Founder. Perhaps, Chapter President COVER-" Tejas" means " friend" and the logo of the 1981 Convention in Dallas combines the friendship inherent in Pi Beca Phi with the six flags which have flown over Teus and the familiar crest of our Fraternity. THE Arrow OF PI BETA PHI VOLUME 97 SPRING, 1981 NUMBER 3 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE PI BETA PHI FRA TERNI1Y Founded 1867 FOUNDERS OF THE FRATERNITY Emma Brownlee Kilgore (1848-1924) Rosa Moore (1848-1924) Margaret Campbell (1846-1936) Jennie Nicol, M. D. (1845-1881) Libbie Brook Gaddis (1850-1933) Inez Smith Soule (1846-1941) Ada Bruen Grier (1848-1924) Fannie Thomson (1848-1868) Clara Brownlee Hutchinson (1850-1931) Jennie Horne Turnbull (1846-1932) Fanny Whitenack Libbey (1848-1941) Nancy Black Wallace (1846-1918) Office of Publication: 77 30 Carondelet, Suite 333 , St . 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Entitled "Going Kinnear and Marie McClain Rockener, Indiana Alphas. These Strong at 101," the article detailed the work of this amazing identical twins celebrated their 90th birthdays last December lady who was a missionary and educator. We are saddened to 9 at the Methodist Home in Franklin, Ind., where they have report that Mrs. Fisher died December 16, at her home in lived for several years . According to a newspaper story sent to Southbury, Conn. us by Margaret Anne Dillard Boyer of Oxford, Miss., who was Mrs. Fisher received many honorary degrees and awards for a good Pi Phi friend of Mrs. Kinnear's daughter, when the her work with the poor in India, including the founding of twins were born prematurely, everyone said they probably Literacy House in Lucknow, India, devoted to training would lead frail, sickly lives.