Pi Sigma Alpha Psi Chi Sigma Tau Delta Sigma Theta Tau The national honor society for Political science, Pi Sigma Alpha, put its emphasis this year on political and social awareness. The members, required to have a "8" average in at least ten hours of Political Science, heard speakers and participated in events that kept them in tune with the changing political atmosphere. The group sta rted off the year with a special induction dinner at King's Inn where they heard a speech from Joel Anderson, Dean of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a Harding graduate . In December the Pi Sigma Alpha was joined by Phi Alpha Theta, the History honor society for a Pearl Harbor Day dinner at sponsor Dr. Tom Howard's home. The members took a Pearl Harbor trivia quiz where the winner received a book and the Joser received a tiny pencil with which to take their tests. In the spring the group had another induction dinner and participated in the drive for a constitutional amendment to change the length of terms for elected state officials. Graduate school was the focus this year for the members of Psi Chi, the national honorary psychology society. President Mike Brown said that many of the group meetings were information trading and sharing sessions about schools and programs around the country. In the fall, the twenty-member group had their Fall Retreat at Dr. Jack Thomas' home with Dr. Kenny Cameron, a clinical psychologist and a Harding graduate, as the guest speaker. The society was interested in sharing information with as many students as possible so they encouraged all psychology majors with a 3.0 grade average overall and in psychology to apply for membership throughout the year . David Gendron, Mike Brown and Tim Miller prepared papers to be presented at the Arkansas Psychology meeting at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in the spring. While the group was in Fayetteville for the meeting, they visited the University's Graduate School and talked with the school's instructors. Continuing their interest in graduate education, the members updated the graduate school catalog library for future psychology students . 244 Honor societies Speakers Help Students Prepare for Professions A common interest in the study of language and literature brought top students together in Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society. The group started off the year with a potluck dinner at the home of Kim Capps to welcome old members back to school and to plan the semester's activities. The new members, required to have a 3.0 average in at least two upper level literature courses, were inducted in a September ceremony, with a reception afterwards. As a service to the community and university, the group sponsored a panel discussion on Morals and English Studies featuring Dr. Dennis Organ, Dr. Larry Long and Mr. Rod Brewer. The panelists each presented a different view of the topic and fielded questions from the audience. Virginia Smith, a regionally recognized Ark- - /oh" /. Radcliffe
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