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Chapters 13-14, 18-20
Scholastic Achievement, Recruitment, Role of Alumni, Achievement, Communication
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Undergraduate 1
02/28/2007

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Founder David Linton, of ever honored memory
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Who gave the first "address" at the founding meeting of Beta Theta Pi on August 8, 1839?
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close to 90
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About how many Betas have been named Rhodes Scholars?
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Who's Who
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Beta Theta Pi had the highest proportion of members in what publication?
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Appeared in the 1800s when fraternity men rushed to the train station to meet arriving freshmen.
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When did the term 'rush' first appear and why was it called this?
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As much as a year.
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In the early years, how long would men be observed?
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"... instead of waiting for them to walk through the front door."
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Complete this phrase: "Seek out the best recruits..."
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"Fraternal Fifty" He gets a Fraternal Fifty wallet card and a gold seal for his Beta Shingle.
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What does a man become after completing 50 years as a member of Beta Theta Pi? What does he receive?
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The John Reily Knox Award
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The 1996 Convention established what award for chapter excellence?
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The minimum requirements for the Sisson award and another 14 demanding achievements.
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What are the basic requirements for the John Reily Knox Award?
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The Whitman Choral Cup
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What award is a given through a competition judged on the excellence of chapters' choral singing?
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The Wichita State Award
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Award earned in competition with chapter choruses at Convention.
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The New Song Competition
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Award based on original words to an existing tune or both the words and music of a new Beta song.
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1995; this was well ahead of most other fraternities and sororities
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When did Beta establish its award-winning web site, and what was the significance of this?
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Editor Jack McClung in 1987
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Under what editor and in what year did the first color photography appear in the Beta Theta Pi magazine?
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8.5''x11'' format in 1983
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The Beta Theta Pi magazine was changed from digest size to what size in what year?
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Peter J. Floriani, Lehigh 1977; published in 1989 in time for the Sesqui-Centenary Commemoration
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The Faithful Home of the Three Stars was written by who and published in what year?
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