COUNCIL BULLETIN - Phi Beta Kappa

Lake Forest College, Scripps College. Finally, he presented Outstanding
Chapter Awards to: Liberal Arts College – Randolph Macon College;
Private University – Carnegie Mellon University; and Public University –
Kansas State University. Each award-winning chapter received a plaque
and a check and was lauded for a diversified campus program and projects,
visibility, initiation rate, and timely submission of reports.
28. Senator Theopolis Fair, Chair of the Committee on Associations,
was then called to the podium. He noted the five Associations receiving
charters during the past triennium: Northern New Jersey, Northern New
England, Midsouth, Twin Cities, and Cincinnati. He also recognized
several individuals for their service to local associations. He then
presented award plaques and checks for outstanding activity to: Small
Association – Indianapolis Association; Midsize Association –
Kentuckiana Association; Large Association – Washington, D.C.
Association. Each organization was lauded for its special events, outreach,
and timely submission of reports.
29. President Blakeley then called upon Senator Berheide to present
the second part of the report of the Committee on Qualifications. She
invited her committee members to join her on the dais. She then gave some
introductory remarks addressing some of the questions that were received
after the morning session. She reported that updated information on the
candidate institutions was received after the application and campus visits.
She noted that each prospective chapter had to have a minimum of 10 Phi
Beta Kappa faculty in the arts and sciences, and for faculties larger than
100, there must be a minimum of 10% of the liberal arts faculty with Phi
Beta Kappa keys. The quality of the student body, and especially the
honors students who would probably be the electees to Phi Beta Kappa,
was a major factor in evaluation of the prospective chapter. The visiting
committee seeks both quantitative and qualitative evidence of excellence,
and she assured the delegates that the four institutions being presented had
very impressive student bodies. She concluded by noting that the Society,
through its Committee on Chapters, continues to evaluate the ongoing
excellence of the institutions as well as the viability of the local campus
chapter.
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