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like yesterday-and neither will be ot Phllosophying-just stating a fact. Cer0 Conte~ needs but to open his eyes and view the whole ~st that Porary life to recognize this. Should one augbe a n;;our fraternity is exempt from what appears 'We stat Ural phenomenon? ;-not int e e.mphatically that 1967-68 was a GOOD year elati\>eJ~ esrrmg. that prior ones have been bad-but, 1\ Peakmg, it was a beauty. /Ill~ on ·
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This success story is empty if we do not relate it to our future. You see, our many successful yesterdays and todays have relevancy only in that they shape our many futures. The year 1967-68 may well prove to be the best year Pi Kappa Phi has ever enjoyed. Big and little have been the accomplishments-all promising even more in the future. These promises of the future are the subjec't of this report. Undergraduates are finding a more meaningful fraternity experience-as expressed by a general strengthening of the average chapter. In 1959-60, the average chapter was pledging 16 students and initiating 11 young men. This current year found 25 pledges and 19 initiations in the average chapter. This record is but slightly below the average of all national fraternities. Until Pi Kappa Phi exceeds this national average, we can but point to our year's experience only as a sign of progress. New methods of communication have been developed by the National Office to include posters and a modernized telephone service. All chapters have received a visit from a member of the National Office staff. In turn the undergraduates are now expressing themselves through THE STAR AND LAMP with the new feature-"Undergraduate Dialogue." A new concept of undergraduate involvement has occurred in the new "Council of Archons," a representative group of chapter archons who serve as a sounding board for the Execut ive Secretary. Old and new ideas are explored by these archons, both individually and collectively with their chapter members, with eval!lations and recommendations then directed to the National Office. Chapters have increased their commitments to community service, campus participation, and interfraternity activities. More chapters are attending religious exercises as a group. Pledge Education has replaced pledge Training. (Humans are educated-you train an animal.) Hell Week with its accompanying hazing remains a term in only a few reactionary chapters. Chapter publications to their alumni have improved tremendously. The past poor scholarship record of Pi Kappa Phi remains a sore spot-yet after the National Council took strong disciplinary action with fifteen chapters, we found twelve of them climbing above the all-men's average on their campus, and as a result Pi Kappa Phi rose considerably among sixty-one national fraternities in its scholarship average. Alumni activities are demanding an ever growing share of attention-and rightly so. This, our most important asset, is taking us down many roads never before traveled. The establishment of a full time staff position for a Director of Alumni Affairs was handsomely accomplished through Tom Deen. The ground work he laid in this virgin territory will bear fruit for years to come. Although Deen has found it necessary to depart this work, the job was immediately and successfully taken over by Tom Dalton. Even though there have been many new and reactivated alumni chapters added to the rolls, we have found a new and exciting approach already bearing fruit-individual involvement. More personal commitment from District Presidents and Chapter Advisors, from national officers and committee members has already resulted. Individual alumni serving as chapter advisory committee members and alumni housing corporation officers (rare is the chapter not now having both) are fast developing. Special committees have been requested by the National President, and the alumni called upon have and are performing well. A special committee to study our legacy
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