Bedford Springs, Penna. Was truly a busy spot between the dates of Aug. 30 and Sept. 2 of this year. It served as the location of the one hundred and sixteenth General convention of Beta Theta Pi. For the third year in a row, Theta Chapter was again well represented with the third largest delegation of actives and alumni attending.
The first few meetings of the General Convention were devoted primarily to the election of officers and reports. Charles Dykes, former National Treasurer of Beta Theta Pi, was elected convention President. He did an excellent job in conducting the meetings in a very efficient but through manner, so as to complete the vast amount of business before the convention floor in the four day period.
One of the highlights of the convention for me was the speech by President Bertram Bennett. In his slow but impressive way he gave an excellent summary of the fraternity during his first year as its National president. He told also that even though Beta was tops nationally there was still much room for improvement by many of its individual chapters.
Among the important legislation passed was a motion regarding scholarship. It stated that if a chapter didn’t make the all men’s average of its campus a leas one out of three consecutive years, then it would be put on probation for a two year period. If, after this period, it still hadn’t made the all men’s average fro at least one year, them the chapter’s charter was turned over to the Board of Directors to act accordingly.
It was certainly a wonderful experience for me as Theta’s delegate to meet other Betas from all over the United States and Canada and to carry back to our chapter many of their suggestions and ideas.
The 117th convention of Beta Theta Pi will Be held in Mackinac Island, Michigan and I surely hope Theta again will be represented with a large delegation.
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