St Lawrence University - Gridiron Yearbook (Canton, NY)

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Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest Greek letter organiza- tion, is the international scholastic honorary, recog- nized the world over as having a membership com- prised at men and women of outstanding minds. At St. Lawrence, the chapter president is Dr. Max Kapp, Dean ot the Theological School. Under his di- rection, among other things, was the invitation of a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer to speak during the fall. It has been an option tor the chapter to select in the tall one or two at the tap seniors tor membership in Phi Beta Kappa, it the chapter deems them sufficiently out- standing scholastically, l.ila Brush and Richard Smith were chosen in the tall at l96O. The maiority of the senior members were tapped during the Spring semester and presented at Moving- Up Day, Several more members were chosen at gradu- ation in June. 'YC -wx wcoj CM? 4, E' SEATED: Pedge Potter, Mary Hengstenberg, Patty Linderoth, Anita Hills. STANDING: Robert Waterman, Lucy Prescott, Dr, Max Kopp, Kathy Ekman, Bruce Roberts. 22

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Concentration y The reading world is a very private domain, and one walks alone through its gates. No sounds, sights or smells from outside shatter one's privacy, all interruptions are distant and unreal. Concentrating deeply, one isgin in- timate communion with other minds, absorb- ing the knowledge of centuries, assimilating the achievements of mankind. The proper study of mankind is man - surely the dreams, thoughts and aspirations of great men is a topic well worth the effort of concentration. Consciousness exists, not merely in the present, but in the past, and the attainment of past ahd present consciousness is a great step up the stairway of education. l

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Mortar Board Mortar Board is a national senior women's honorary which endeavors to promote college loyalty, to ad- vance the spirit ot service and fellowship among uni- versity women, to promote and maintain a high stand- ard ot scholarship, to recognize and encourage leader- ship to stimulate and develop a tlner type ot college woman. New members are tapped on Moving-Up Day from the women in the junior class who have shown outstanding achievement in areas ot Scholarship, Leadership, and Service. Under the guidance of advisors Mrs. Bates, Miss Cotter, Dean Stout, and Mrs Frederic Warner and president, Lucy Prescott, the group organized the Maior Forums, sponsored a Roundtable Discussion on Nuclear Warfare, and catalogued information on graduate schools, They also worked with ODK ta screen Thelma candidates, ohhciate at Thelma and class elections, and usher at important University tunc- tions, For the seccnd year Mortar Board awarded a plaque to the woman with the greatest scholastic improvement over two semesters C4 o-c