OF PI BETA PHI SUMMER, 1980 To The Alums a political issue. The ERA is a constitutional, human rights issue of concern to all educated women. No wonder so few of our brightest young women For all you have done we would like to thank you . Whenever we need you have an y interest in the sorority, system. for advice or encouragement you are there. Miriam White Campbell Before rush begins, you reassure us , bolster our enthusiasm , and remind City Planner us that we can get quota. During rush you help us with last minute details Indiana Delta and make all sortS of goodies for us to serve. South Pasadena, Calif. But your help and suppOrt extend throughout the entire year. If we have problems with a pledge, you gu ide and support us. W hen finances appear ---+ As of Decem ber 31 , 1979 , PI Beta Phi had 2,7 63 new pledges! We don't low , you offer suggestions to build them. ha ve figures on the many other thousands pledged in the remainder of the Most important though, you make us proud to be Pi Phis. You show that sorority sY$tem . being a Pi Phi does not end with college but continues to be a vital force throughout our lives. For all you have done; we extend our thanks and love . Consider Your Vows Kay Dobberke Wisconsin Gamma I was recently fortunate enough to be selected as a delegate, along with another Illinois Eta, Lynn Cocagne, to the 1980 MIFCA convention, held in Indianapolis. Indiana. There we gained much information and shared ideas ---+ While the above tribute was written by Kay with the local alumnae 10 with delegates from 32 other universities. However, some of the knowledge mind, its s~ntiments may be taken to heart by all alumnae who have the we gained upset us greatly. We learned that somehow, some of the secrecy privilege of working with collegiate chapters. we cherish so much at Millikin is not so secret in other Pi Phi chapters. Imagine my shock when a FIJI from a Mid-Western campus said "Hello, Pi Phi!", and gave me the Pi Phi grip. Lynn and I proceeded to deny that he was correct, but I don' t know ifhe believed us or not. He was cem.inly proud of himself, to think he knew one of our most private rituals; who knows what else he knew . Add Honors The Illinois Eta chapter, I am proud to say, is known as the most secret I have no idea who sponsored the article about my swimming success and I house on campus. Many of the rituals of the other sororities at Millikin are thank you for the article in the winter ARROW . I faced the idea with trepida­ known , but everything the least bit ceremonial stays within the Pi Phi walls. tion when Peggy Houston, my daughter, wanted the picture. We were called Perhaps these rituals do not mean as much to other chapters, but we take the home from Hawaii early because I had been selected as one of 30 women to meaning of being a Pi Phi seriously, and were extremely distressed to find out be honored for sup.erior achievement in Masters Swimming. This was for the that some of our sisters elsewhe:e do not. I would suggest that the more State of Colorado and they had a gala affair at the Marion Hotel. We were lenient Pi Phi chapters re-examine their priorities where private matters are presented with a large colorful engraved plaque to hang on the wall and a concerned. Remember, you had to work for thor Arrow! Be proud of it, and beautiful gold medallion. do not cheapen it in any way! Now I feel a little more content about the article and not so guilty. Besides Julia Moore the thrill of being honored by my picture in The ARROW , I have received Illinois Eta letters and calls from old Pi Phi friends from school, Indiana, the North Decatur, Illinois Shore Alumnae Club that I belonged to for about 15 years ... I just thought you might be interested. I was so thrilled to read in that ARROW about Martha Crane Caris, who I did know personally through Pi Phi Applauds Idea and her broadcasts that I always listened to. I would like to send my " bravos" to the idea contained in the letter from Kay McWhinney George Pasadena, Calif. (winter, 1979) about Pi Phi Guest Homes. What is exciting Iowa Gamma about this idea, to me, is that both the owner of the guest home and her Pi Denver, Colo. Phi visitor would benefit equally- both giving to the other in the spirit of sisterhood. I have been fortunate in meeting Pi Phis in my travels to new places. How nice it would be if, through a directory, the odds of this were increased. Linda Stoikowitz Wisconsin Gamma ERA Again I Calumet City, Ill. "Pi Beta Phi does not take a stand either for or against ERA for a number of reasons ... " I cannot believe it-bu t there it is inside the front cover of a ---+ We're saving all the letters we receive about the above, JUSt in case . Who recent ARROW . Think of the foresite [sic] and will of our founding sisters in knows-maybe one of these days we ' ll have a whole string of Pi Phi guest 1867-they would be embarrassed if they appeared today. The ERA is not homes throughout the world. What an intriguing idea! COVER-W ith the use of full color in The ARROW, for the first time ever, it is fining that the picture used be of the Emma Harper Turner classroom building at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg, Tenn. The airy, attractive, functional building was dedicated, in June, 1970, to Mrs . Turner, Gl'1lnd President from 1890-97. and founder and first president of the Alumnae Department. THE Arrow OF PI BETA PHI VOLUME 96 SUMMER, 1980 NUMBER 4 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY Fo unded 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 o/Publication: 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333 , St. Louis, Mo . 63105 Regular Features Staff Dear Editor ..... ..................... _ ........ Inside Front Cover Off The ARROW Hook ................ _ . 4 Short Stories of Sagacious Sisters ........ _ . 10 ARROW Editor News of Arrowcraft and Arrowmont . 14 Marilyn Simpson Ford (Mrs . William W., Jr.), 268 Under­ Athletic Angels .... .......................... ............. 18 wood Dr., N.W ., Atlanta, Ga. 30328 Pi Phi Did It . 20 Fraternity Sweethearts-Pictures ..................... .. ........ 22 Alumnae Club Forum Editor Doing UntO Others-Through Chapter Service ProjectS . .. .. .. 24 Artow In The Arctic . .. 29 Carol Busch Marlowe (Mrs. Britton 1.), 207 Peacepipe, Del Rush Section- Rio, Texas 78840 Chapter Membership Chairmen . .. 33 Alumnae Club Chairmen . 38 From Pi Phi Pens Alumnae Province Presidents . 77 (Book Reviews) Information Bulletin Order Blank ..... .. 63 Pi Beta Phi Initiates . .. 69 Clare Harding Sanford (Mrs. Frank W .), 12417 Hickory Lost Pi Phis . .. 7~ Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68144 In Memoriam . .. 78 Fraternity Directoty ... 79 Ar·o . File aj'}d In Memoriam Official Calendars ........................................... 80 Pi Beta Phi Central Office, 7730 Carondelet, Suite 333 , Rush Information Blank ........................... Inside Back Cover St . Louis , Mo . 63105 ,THE ARROW (USPS 032-540) is printed Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer by Pi Beta Phi Fraternity at the press of George Banta Company, Curtis Reed Plaza, Menasha, Wis. 'Send change of address notice and correspondence of a business nature to Pi Beta Phi Central Office , 77 30 Carondelet, Suite 333 , St. Louis, Mo . 63105 . 'Correspondence of an editorial nature is to be addressed to the editor, Mrs. W . W . Ford, Jr., 268 Underwood Dr., NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30328 . 'Second class postage paid at St. Louis, Missouri, and at additional mailing office. Printed in the United States of America off the We heard a delightful and unusual story while at the Another family in the Pi Phi news is the Shiner family. Delta-Epsilon Leadership Workshop in Gatlinburg. Thirteen Carolyn Woods Shiner, chairman of the Emma Harper years ago, when she was a sophomore at William and Mary, Turner Memorial Fund, and her husband ,John, recently Diane Hughes, Delta Province President, lost her arrow. On celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in San Rafael, their twelfth anniversary, her husband presented her with a Calif. Joining them in the celebration were the families of new, lovely arrow as a surprise gift. Two weeks later, Diane their two daughters, Patricia Shiner Hakes, former province had a letter from Virginia Gamma. The pin had been found president, andJill Shiner Hayward, a province coordinator -painted to the wall in a bathroom of the dormitory where and a member of MC for the new Lafayette chapter. There Diane had lived while in school! Now, as Diane makes her were many surprises for Carolyn andJohn, but one of the chapter visits, she carries the original arrow with her, nicest, no doubt, was an album with pictures, letters, and complete with paint, and tells this little story. invitations that brought thoughts of old and dear friends from as far away as EI Salvador, Mexico, Florida, New York, Two interesting stories about our Pi Phi Founders came to and Ohio, as well as many from California. According to the us for this issue, from as widely divergent places as the records, Carolyn has had fIfty-four years of active service in Pi University of Kansas and the Universiry of Toronto.