DELTA KAPPA / LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

DELTA KAPPA / LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Chapter Heritage Report Located At: Kappa Alpha Theta - LSU 101 LSU Student Union - BX 25112 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 Installed On: April 20, 1905 1 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019

Nikê Response Two Grand Council members, nine college transfer students, 19 Baton Rouge alumnae, and a busload of Thetas from nearby Newcomb College helped recruit members to a new Theta chapter at Louisiana State University. Delta Kappa Chapter was installed in 1963 and earned a first-place scholarship award its first semester on campus. 2 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019

Notables Peggy Grayson Post (1940-) Post becomes Director of the Emily Post Institute for the Study of Gracious Living. She authors more than twelve books and monthly columns in Good Housekeeping and Parents magazines. Literature 3 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019

Delta Kappa Grand Convention Awards Theta has been presenting awards to college chapters at Grand Convention since 1917. Award categories have changed frequently. The following listing includes only those who finished first. 2012 Bronze Kite Award 2010 Bronze Kite Award 2000 Risk Management Program Award 1982 Scholarship Programming Award 1964 Alumnae Cooperation Award 4 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019

National Chapter Officers Bassett, Jane Educational Leadership Consultant (1962-1963) Becker, Helen Educational Leadership Consultant (1986-1987) Crean, Patricia Chapter Bylaws Supervisor (1988-1989) Geiger, Michelle Membership Committee Coordinator (2010-2011) Marketing & Communications Committee Chairman (2012-2015) Marketing & Communications Committee Volunteer (2015-2016) Gremillion, Ramona Facility Mgmt District Director Coordinator (2008-2011) Howle, Erin Educational Leadership Consultant (2001-2002) Public Relations Specialist (2011-2011) Hymel, Ashley Marketing & Communications Committee Volunteer (2013-2014) Klein, Jacqueline Educational Leadership Consultant (1963-1964) Logan, Judy 5 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019

Educational Leadership Consultant (1964-1965) Mulroy, Ann Director of Membership Selection (1983-1984) Qaddourah, Jordan Educational Leadership Consultant (2017-2018) Sanches, Mary Marketing & Communications Committee Volunteer (2013-2014) Walters, Carol Educational Leadership Consultant (1970-1970) 6 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019

Delta Kappa installation, 1963 7 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019

Thetas New at L.S.U. Presentation of the charter, initiation of sixteen pledges, and an installation banquet were the highlights of activities surrounding the installation of Theta's Delta Kappa chapter, March 23, 1963 on the campus of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. Hazel Lease, grand president, assisted by Mary Ackerman and Opal McCelvey, Grand Council members-at-large, Dorothy Vaaler, EST, and members of the Alpha Phi chapter at Newcomb conducted the initiation. Mary Ackerman was overall chairman as Council installation chairman. Those initiated are Marian Arrowsmith, Judithanne Brandau, Gloria Egbert, Charlotte Sherwood, Carey Tharp, Carolyn Walls, all of New Orleans, La.; Mary Ellen Levy, Virginia Hayden, Metairie, La. ; Anne Crowell, Alexandria, La.; Patricia Pippen, Jackson, Miss.; Libba Potter, Shreveport, La.; Gretchen Weigand, Westwego, La.; Georgianna Harrison, Eldorado, Ark.; Ann Mullins, Baton Rouge, La.; Janet Freeman, Morgan City, La.; Carol Vaughan, Tampa, Fla. All of this climaxed an effort which started with the colonization of the Delta Kappa chapter at L.S.U. on September 16, 1962 under the direction of two Grand Council representatives, Mary Ackerman and Mary Brandriff. Colonizers for the chapter were Jane Coulter, Alpha, De Pauw, and Jacqueline Hooker, Gamma Zeta, Connecticut. Also on hand to help were the nineteen members of the Baton Rouge Theta Alumrne Club plus the Newcomb Theta chapter which traveled from New Orleans in chartered buses to conduct rush. Thetas participating in the installation banquet, just a little over six months later, spoke with satisfaction of history-the colonization; spoke with pride of the present-the successful installation; and spoke with confidence and hope for the future-based on the strong background and aspirations of the new Thetas on campus. Main speaker at the installation banquet was Mrs. Gerald Fretman, L.S.U.'s assistant dean of women, while the vice-president of the university, Dr. Martin Woodin, brought greetings. Theta participants carrying out a Theta theme for the program included the welcome given by CP, District XII, Dorothy Whitehurst Heard, with the response from Gloria Egbert for the new chapter's pledge class. AP for District XII, Florence Aves Bland, spoke for the Theta founders, Opal McCelvey for service, while Ann Greer of Newcomb delivered the grace and 6 Kappa Alpha Theta Summer, 1963 8 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019

... Louisiana State charter members, I. to r., seated in front, Mary Ellen Levy, Gretchen Weigand. Second row, Charlotte Sherwood {hands folded on table}, Georgianne Harrison, Anne Crowell, Carol Vaughan, 'Patricio Pippen. Bock row, Judithanne Brandau {in front of lamp), Gloria Egbert, Coralyn Walls, Marion Arrowsmith, Janet Freeman, Libba Potter. Not shown, Virginia Hoyden, Ann 'Mullins, Carey Thorp. Jacqueline Hooker, colonizer, closed with Thetagrt1ms. ~ Following the banquet eighty Thetas took part in the installation ceremonies conducted by President Lease. The presentation of the charter was an inspiring moment for all. The Loyalty Service was held in the chapter room on Friday night. On Sunday morning the room was the setting for the model chapter meeting after which the Thetas attended the University Methodist church. Climax of the festivities was a reception held on Sunday afternoon. Some three hundred persons called at French House on campus to welcome Delta Kappa of Kappa Alpha Theta. Baton Rouge alumnre responsible for the successful weekend were Joan Campbell Samuel, Alpha Gamma, Ohio State, chairman of installation; Helen Shaeffer Williams, Mu, Allegheny, marshal; Josephine Nash Taylor, Alpha Theta, Texas, banquet chairman; Carolyn Neal Simpson, Alpha Theta, reception chairman; Dorothy Koush Appleby, Beta Phi, Penn State, alumrne club president; Martha Jewett O'Rourk, Beta, Indiana, chairman, Advisory Board. Perhaps it is significant that of these local alurnnre participating, only two are from the same chapter. Delta Kappa, as are all new Theta chapters, is an amalgam of Theta love and effort from everywhere.-mary GRAY PHILLIPS.... TOP. RIGHT: President lease is greeted at afrport by Delta Koppa colonizers, Jacqueline Hooker [I.), Jone Coulter. CENTl?R: "Did the installation go all right?" asks Joan Campbell Samuel [front, left) installation chairman. "Indeed it did," reply new initiates, 'Patricio Pippen (front, right) and Virginia Hoyden (Standing, left) while college president, District Xll, Dorothy Heard, beams her approval. BOTTOM: This can't be a wishing well; all wishes for the Delta Kappa chapter come true on Morch 23, 1963! Talking it over are, 1. to r., Gretchen Weigand, Kathy lewis, Georgianna Harrison, Charlotte Sherwood, Jacqueline Hooker. Kappa Alpha Theta Summer, 1963 7 9 Delta Kappa - Property Of Kappa Alpha Theta - Created on Mar 10, 2019