The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1962 Page: 4 of 8
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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1961
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A SYMBOL OF THE PHI BETE—is the learned-looking man
in the mortar board, ready, we hope, to face the challenges of the
present day world.
SOMETIMES A 'GENTLEMAN'S C
PBK: From Social Club To Honor Society
There are only about 150,000
Phi Beta Kappa's in the United
States but they play a key role
in our lives.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk,
Defense Secretary Robert McNa-
mara, and Secretary of Agricul-
ture Orville Freeman are mem-
bers of Phi Beta Kappa. So are
six officials just below Cabinet
rank, three special White House
aides and four heads of major
Federal agencies.
PHI BETA KAPPA keys are
also worn by Bernard Baruch,
New York's Governor Nelson
Rockefeller, and Illinois Senator
Paul Douglas. Famous women
Phi Betes include Helen Keller,
anthropologist Margaret Mead,
and best-selilng poet Phyllis Mc-
Ginley.
In all fields Phi Betes have
achieved such prominence that
they account for one out of seven
listings in "Who's Who."
Originally PBK was not an
honor society at all but a social
club with all the hallmarks of a
fraternity: an oath of secrecy
with an elaborate initiation cere-
mony, a badge, a code of laws,
a seal and a special handclasp.
FROM THE BEGINNING,
however, the members showed in-
tellectul leanings, vigorously de-
bating such topics as "The cause
and origin of Society," "Whether
anything is more dangerous to
Civil Liberty in a Free State
than a standing army in time of
Peace," and "Whether Duelling
might have toleration in this or
any other Free State."
By 1831 the society had be-
come a non-secret, purely hon-
orary organization for top stu-
dents; in 1875 it ceased to be a
masculine haven with the admis-
sion of two girls to the chapter
at the University of /Vermont.
But some of the original features
Presented by Pall Mall Famous Cigarettes
Girl watchers are honorable men
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Any male is eligible to become a girl watcher. There is
no age limit, although most girl watchers are over ten
and under one hundred and four. There are no height or
weight requirements, although taller men enjoy an obvi-
ous advantage at crowded parties.The only strict require-
ment is one of character. The girl watcher is a man of
WHY BE AN AMATEUR?
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this publication for a free membership card in the world's
only society devoted to discreet, but relentless, girl watch-
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honor. Since he can't possibly, take notes, as the bird
watcher does, we must rely on his word. Therefore, when
an experienced girl watcher tells you he saw nine beau-
tiful girls while on his way to class, he saw nine beautiful
girls. And when he tells you his Pall Mall is the cigarette
of the century, believe him. It is.
Pall Mall's
natural mildness
is so good
to your taste!
So smooth, so satisfying,
so downright smokeable!
remain; the secret hand-grip,
now hardly ever used except at
initiations; and the squarish key.
NOW GOLD instead of silver,
the key retains all of its old sym-
bols: the three stars for PBK's
three original purposes (to fos-
ter "friendship, morality, and lit-
erature"); the pointing finger
symbolizing aspiration toward
these goals; and the Greek let-
ters PBK — initials of a Greek
moto meaning "Love of wisdom,
the guide of life."
On the key's other side are
the letters SP, for the Latin
words meaning "Philosophic So-
ciety."
For the late bloomers Phi Beta
Kappa has its own method of
recognition: honorary election.
Among the people so recognized
have been Franklin Delano Roose-
whose marks hovered close to a
"Gentleman's C" in college, and
Harry (Truman, who didn't go to
college at all.
PRESIDENTS who earned
their keys in ivied halls include
Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coo-
lidge, and Woodrow Wilson. All
in all 13 of our 35 Presidents
have been Phi 'Betes, though
John F. Kennedy—the man re-
sponsible for the current jungle
of gold keys among our top
brass—isn't.
No wonder one college presi-
dent, surveying a group of Phi
Beta Kappa initiates, said: "The
honor conferred on you today is
one that will be included in any
future summaries of your ca-
reers; see to it that it shall not
be the only honor by which you
are remembered."
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OTHER PROPOSALS include
beautifying the college grounds,,
furnishing more sports equip-
ment, and subsidizing tickets to
symphonies and plays.
"Colleges will have more power
because of their increased funds,"
observed Jim Bob Doty, president
of Wiess. Future cabinets will,
he said, have to watch that col-
lege monies are not spent irre-
sponsibly. Careful planning of ex-
penditures, however, could en-
able the colleges to approach the
ideals for which the college sys-
tem was formed.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1962, newspaper, April 6, 1962; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231206/m1/4/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.