Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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PHI BETA KAPPA, National Scholastic Honorary Fraternity TALI BETA PI, National Enuineerinp Honorary Fraternity Sc C U ifr 0% .aKC tC(M4 1 lie otild kc ot PHI BETA KAPPA signiHes a person with outstanding scholarship, an interest in the world around, and a mature personality, seeking a degree in liberal arts or pure sciences. Students who are in the upper tenth of the junior class or the first fifth of the senior class are eligible for membership in BuckncU ' s Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Recognition b Phi Beta Kappa ma ' well be considered the greatest honor a student can receive. The highest award granted to engineering students is mem bership in TALI BETA PI, National Engineering Fraternit . This is considered the Phi Beta of the Engineering school. Senior members of the Tau Beta Pi are elected from the upper fifth ot their class; selection ot juniors is made from the upper eighth. It is the purpose of Tau Beta Pi to act as an incenti e to all engi- neers. ALPHA LAMBA DELTA is the National Scholarship I h.n- orarv for Freshman women. To become a member of Alpha Lambda Delta one must attain an a erage of cight -fi e percent. The intention of Alpha Lambda Delta is to promote high scho- lastic attainment among college women. PHI ETA SIGMA is the National Honorary for Freshman men. A semester average of eight -fi e percent is required for membership. Those who are recognized ser e to encourage high scholastic attainment among freshman men. ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA, National Scholastic Honorary Iratcrnitv for Freshman Women PHI ETA SIGMA, National Scholastic Honorary Fraternity tor Freshman Men 20

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♦ % ♦ % ■didlOH — MORTAR BOARD, National Leadership Honi)rarv Suciety for Senior ' , men OMICROX DLLIA IxAl ' l ' A, Natiunal Lc..acislai Honorary Fraternin ' for Men e xUn Acfr 0%( amfatca t Members of MORTAR BOARD, the honorary for senior wo- men, are chosen each year from the junior class. These women ha e combined the highest quaHties of leadership, scholarship, and service during their years at Bucknell. It is the function of Mortar Board to sponsor projects that are not otherwise performed by the school. This year ' s Mortar Board Chapter served as counsellors to women transfer students; thev also sold calendars lor the benefit of the Student Aid Fund. OMICRON DELTA KAPPA is a national leadership frater- nity for men, established at Bucknell in 1945. O. D. K. recog nizes leadership in scholarsh arship, athletics, social and religious affairs, publications and speech, music and dramatic arts. Men who have excelled in these qualities are selected from the junior and senior classes to be tapped for O. D. K. membership. Each year students of Bucknell are honored by their election to WHO ' S WHO . From a group of senior students, selected by a facult ' committee, the senior class voted for the final twenty who will represent Bucknell in the 1950 edition of Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Uni ersities , Selection to Who ' s Who— is made on the basis of scholarship, cooperation and leadership in academic and extracurricular activities, citizenship and service to the school, and promise of future usefulness to business and society. UHOS V HO L AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSLIIES ' 21