Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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FIRST ROW: Cathy Anderson, Joyce Hall, Jan Polashak, Katie Burham, Carolyn Hoffmann. STANDING: Bruce Bucher, Dave Young, Bob McFadden, Jack Wells. Pi Delta Pi Delta Sigma was organized in 1957 as a means of honoring those students who, in their daily conduct, have exhibited a willingness and ability to assume responsibility, and who have shown a capacity for leadership, not necessarily by the accumulation of numerous offices, club memberships, and the like, but often in quiet and unobtrusive ways. Included too are those Sigma who have been genuinely, if at times critically, concerned with those aims and ideals after which Park College strives. The outgoing seniors select to succeed them the following year new members from the junior class, who are publicly recognized and initiated at a tapping ceremony in the spring. Who ' s Who

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DAVE YOUNG NANCY JOHNSTON 1 1 Outstanding Par kites

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Alpha Delta FRONT ROW: Dave Young, Jene Porter. STANDING: Bob Richardson, Bob White. NOT PICTURED: Sevin Kunt, Joyce Hall, Charles McAuley, Jeanne Armentrout. Alpha Alpha Delta, Park ' s scholastic honor socie¬ ty, is comprised of the upper ten per cent of the senior class, in addition to the two top-ranking members of the junior class. This organization, analogous to the national Phi Beta Kappa, was founded in 1927 by Dr. Walter F. Sanders, Dean Emeritus and then dean of the college, for the purpose of publicly recognizing and encouraging academic excellence. Membership in the local chapter includes all faculty and staff members Delta holding the Phi Beta Kappa key and those who are members of Sigma Phi, its counterpart in the realm of science, as well as all area residents who were admitted to Alpha Delta while students at Park. The group annually sponsors a competition for outstanding pieces of writing done in either an academic or a purely creative vein and an¬ nounces the award at a spring assembly. Five seniors-Nancy Johnston, Joyce Hall, Bob McFadden, Jene Porter, and Dave Young-were named this year to Who ' s Who, a nation-wide organ¬ ization of outstanding scholars and campus leaders from institutions of higher learning throughout the country. Membership is determined on the basis of leadership in academic and extracurricular endeavors, sincerity and proficiency of scholarship, and indication of future contribution to society. Members are listed in the volume. Who ' s Who among Students in American Colleges and Universities . The number of students to be selected from each school is determined as a certain per cent of the total enrollment by the national organization. 1 3 Dave Young, Joyce Hall, Bob McFadden, Nancy Johr.ston, Jene Porter.