Upcoming Centennials . 6 Commit! Says Jeckell ..... 3 February, 197 I RPiic OF Ttle -pasr? S'fMBoL Of TOMo~RPW? I See Cover Feature on Page 8 LET'S TALK IT OVER ... THEOCHI HAKETT PHI CoNGRESS and the Herman C. Krannert Leadership School will be held at West Virginia University, Morgantown, August 25th to 28th. Volume 54 Number 1 Delegates and all guests will be housed at Mont Chateau Lodge located on Cheet Lake about February, 1971 5 miles from Morgantown. This Congress marks a return to an annual LET's TALK IT OvER 2 basis, after a six year experiment of holding it Commit Yourself- biennially. In this period of change on the campus a talk by Bill ]eckell . 3 it was the feeling of the undergraduate Brothers at last year's Congress that changes were coming so The Council Office is a Busy Place 4 fast that more frequent consultation and exchange between the chapters was necessary. Centennials and Sesquicentennial 6 Delta Xi at West Virginia Wesleyan (located at Is it Possible to Print an Article Buckhannon, about 50 miles south of On the POW-MIA Situation and Morgantown) and Pi Delta at West Virginia Solicit Letters Nationally? 7 University will be the host chapters. Complete CovER FEATURE: details will be published in the April Chakett. A Relic of the Past? . 8 Tau Delta chapter at the U niversity of Oregon, A Symbol of Tomorrow? 9 E ugene, has closed. Declining membership of this R etention R atios Favor relatively new chapter was the cause. A Fraternity Members . 10 determined effort was made to keep the chapter CAMPUS AND ALUMNI BRIEFS . 11 alive. Last summer the Alpha, supported by funds Dr. Robert Senior is Citizen of Year . Young- from the Council, devoted eight weeks to summer loves Celebrate 64th Anniversary . Young is rush. T he results were negative. Only eight men Belk Manager . Iota Never Looked Better . returned to the chapter in September. By the end Strong Heads Actuaries . Dr. Weaver Moves .. Garnett is Honor Student . Helms Outstanding of the first quarter in December, the membership in Charlotte. was down to 5 (Constitutional requirements for maintaining a chapter is 6 ). With little or no desire LETTERS 12 expressed on the part of the remaining ALUMN I NEWS 14 membership to continue, operations were IN THE SERVICE 18 suspended early in December, 1970. Several other fraternities have also closed their doors during the PLEDGES (Nov. 17, 1970-March 8, 1971 ) . 19 past twelve months and it is predicted that more INITIATES (Nov. 17, 1970-March 8, 1971) 20 will follow suit. MARRIAGES 20 We congratulate our newest chapter- O mega Delta at Morehead State University, Morehead, BIRTHS . 21 Kentucky. The story of their installation, which CHAPTER ETERNAL . 22 took place in February, will be featured in the CHAPTER R osTER . 23 April Chakett. Our newest R egional Counselor is Brother Charles Wilson, Theta Delta '66. He will serve the Alpha, Epsilon and Alpha-Alpha chapters. Chuck served as Assistant National Director from 1966 to July, 1968. He is now located in Richmond, C ARLj . GLADFELTER L. Z. KosSER Virginia where he is Administrative Assistant to Editor Managing Editor the Director of State Planning and Community THE C HI PHI C HAKETT is published in September, Decem­ Affairs. He replaces Brother Paul Gaertner, ber, February, and April by the Chi Phi Fraternity, 3330 Omega 'SO. Peachtree Rd. N.E., Rm. 550, Atlanta, Georgia, 30326. Second class postage paid at Kissimmee, Florida 327 4 1 Subscription rate $5.00 per year. S i n ~ l e copies $1. ) 0. 2 THE CHI PHI CHAKETT Alpha Steve Womack, Omega Delta, Morehead State University, receiving charter Feb. 2othjrom Grand Alpha]eckell. Commit Yourself Excerpt from a talk delivered by Bill ]eckell, Grand Alpha at the year. This percent is higher than the general student Chartering Banquet, Omega Delta Chapter, Morehead State Uni­ body. On campuses where the school does not recognize versity, Morehead, Kentucky. fraternities only 33% graduated. The study revealed that less than 40% of the freshman class will remain at the institution of fir st enrollment to graduate 4 years later. It I WANT to direct a few comments to the men of our was pointed out that the chapter's pledging policy and newest and 45th chapter here at Morehead State, a environment have considerable to do wnh the fmal progressive school which I am positive will channel its results. The survey concludes that fraternity life does educational attainments to be one of the top educational have a holding power and the quality of fraternity life institutions in this country. Chi Phi can be a part of this does make a difference.· Encourage your pledges to study attainment. The president of the Washington Redskins hard and to continue through to graduation. The group commented about Coach Vince Lombardi after his death effort her~ can pay off. "More than any other man I have ever known, Vince was committed to excellence in everything he attempted. Order Amidst Anarchy- Because he was so committed he was able to lead other I SAW COMMEN T S recently printed in the Baltimore Sun men to commit and discipline themselves to reach and written by a college graduate who was not a heights of which they never dreamed. " fraternity man. He wrote that college administrators are We can apply this statement to Chi Phi and efforts by experiencing second thoughts about fraternities and the the young men of our fraternity to achieve excellence. strong stabilizing influence that seems to be coming Our fraternity has the highest of goals and aims but not forward from them. He points out that the typical always do certain members uphold them. We have had student body today is far too big, so that students are lost episodes and incidents which have been immoral and in a lonely crowd, and many complain they have been disgraceful. These thoughtless acts have been committed reduced to business machine numbers. This seems to be by undisciplined members who instead of bringing honor a principal cause of student unrest and violence. to themselves have only brought regretful disapproval Fraternities are now appearing as a sound means of from their fellowmen. However, the great majority of our reducing this impersonality of the big university. Any membership have committed their lives and the course of sociologist with imagination ought to approve the Chi Phi to honorable endeavors. These men never survival of these voluntary associations. Fraternities have thought attainment could be made without discipline been a power for order amidst anarchy. Fraternity which is the true beginning of wisdom. You should strive members do not hate Alma Mater and many times they for excellence here at Morehead State, both in your have come successfully to her physical defense. school work and the organization and performance of I want to conclude with some comments I have just your fraternity chapter. read in the newletter to alumni from the Iota men at Chi Phi has played an important part in the lives of Ohio State. "Once a Chi Phi, always a Chi Phi. It sounds many men in bringing them to heights of which they corny in our rapidly changing world of today, but this never dreamed. But, the great part of this attainment spirit still exists in the mansion on the hill today. There came from the local level, the chapter itself. Your are 31 very active brothers of Iota that still enjoy national organization has set down the principles to be swapping tales over a mug of beer. Thirty-one men followed but without the striving for excellence on the bound by a common creed still make the party room chapter level, there would be little accomplished. So, walls echo with " We're All Good Fellows ", " Hard make up your minds today to be the best chapter in the Trials, " and " Chi Phi Bonds. " Tears still appear in 31 Chi Phi Fraternity and the best fraternity on the pairs of eyes when the " Sweetheart Song" is sung. Morehead campus, and to set examples of top Hearts still swell with pride when they sing "Gather performance for your fellow students and your faculty. Brothers". If you doubt this I propose a challenge to you, come up and visit the warm handshake, the lodge of Iota. Fraternity Membership Encourages You 'II realize I am telling the truth when you walk through the door." I hope the Morehead chapter can Obtaining Degree write the same thing to their alumni a few years from A REGENT survey shows that 65% of the members of now. Remember too, the strongest chapters are those college fraternity chapters graduated on schedule last with the most active alumni. FEBRUARY, 1971 3 The "Who works for Chi Phi, a nd what goes on at the Council office?" is a question often asked by a lumni and undergraduates alike. Unfortunately, if I were to enumerate all the facets of the operation, this issue would Council contain nothing else. In answer to the firs t portion of the question, Chi Phi employs four full time personnel at the Council office on Peachtree Road, N.E. in Atlanta, Georgia. Heading the staff is National Director, Carl]. Gladfe,lter, AT'33, who has been Na tional Director, for 11 years. His assistant is Office David .J. Differding, GD'69, who joined the staff in August 1969. Currently, Mrs. Edward .J. Nicholson and Mrs. Adelatde Tyson, both lifetime residents of Atlanta, • serve as office manager and secretary, respectively. In August of 197 1 Mrs. Nicholson will ma rk her 25th year with the fraternity and in November 1971 Mrs.