Kappa Pi Phi Alpha Theta Promoting Professionalism "Art colors the life and enriches living." This was the motto of Kappa Pi, an interKappa Pi. Front row: Kerr, LaLonde, Molner , Pickens. Second row: Williams , Mengleberg. Third row: Green -co -sponsor , Evans, Nelson , Wagner , Christa/di. Back row: Mueller , Doran-cosponsor, McGufnnes , Caples . - photo by Public Relations Office. Phi Alpha Theta . Front row; Davis , Treat , Addington. Back row: Jewell -sponsor, Morris , Froyen , HoI/and , Segraves-sponsor, Muncy -sponsor. - photo by Wes Holland. 62 Honor societies national honorary art fraternity. According to co-sponsor , Dr. Faye Doran , the purpose of this organization was "to promote a high standard of scholarship in all areas of education, but especially in the visual arts. " Kappa Pi sponsored several activities throughout the year. In January, the group sponsored a High School art show. The purpose of this was to call community attention to developing young artsists. Also , like years before, during Spring Sing weekend, the organization sponsored a university wide "Art Fest." This allowed prospective students to familiarize themselves with the accomplishments of Harding students. Also in January, Kappa Pi took a trip to the Oklahoma Art Center. While there, the group viewed a Jamie Wyeth exhibition as well as the permanent collection of 20th Century American Art. They also visited the Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Christian College art department. Two main goals of Kappa Pi as stated by Dr. Doran were, "to promote the awareness of visual arts in the University and in the community and to raise the performance leve of each student in the art program by promoting and rewarding the goal of excellence." t'llf'& Phi Alpha Theta was a history honor society which gave the students an opportunity to explore areas of history that were normally not covered in a regular class setting. All programs not only proVided special interest for the students, but also provided fellowship with students and faculty in the history department. To pursue their interest in Phi Alpha Theta, a 3.0 grade point average must be attained on 12 hours of history. Their main highlight in the spring was their 25th anniversary Chapter Banuet of the charter members. It began with 9 or 10 members with Dr. Ganus as one of the members of the first Irst group in 1960. Phi Alpha Theta was not only concerned with the past , but also with current events because the news of today became the history of tomorrow. f1~
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NTc5NA==