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MEMBERSHIP REPORT

With privileges come responsibilities, and responsibilities fulfilled bring satisfaction and joy.

Come with me, back to the day you are initiated into The Delta Kappa Gamma Society. You stand before a table with red roses and lighted red candles in gold candlesticks. There is a red scarf bearing the symbols of Delta Kappa Gamma and there is a book.

You are repeating these words, "I promise as a member of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, I will be loyal to the policies, participate in the activities of the Society, and pledge a commitment to the Society purposes."

You hold a pen in your hand and sign your name in the appropriate space of the official register for your chapter. You are now a member, singled out because you have exhibited excellence in your profession.

Your first responsibility is to pay your initiation fee, and each year, your yearly dues which support your chapter as well as state and international organizations.
You have a responsibility to attend chapter meetings as well as district, state, regional and international when possible.
Your accountability will allow you to grow in the knowledge of the Society as you participate in committee work, accept and hold office, work with the chapter president, and bring your particular skills and personality to share with other members.
As you attend meetings, you have the charge to participate in chapter programs.
You will seek suitable prospective members to recommend to your chapter, that they might be invited to become members.
You have a responsibility to learn the Delta Kappa Gamma song and help others appreciate the history and heritage from which it comes.
You have a responsibility to wear your membership pin with pride to each meeting.

As a member of the Society, you are welcomed into an active working organization, which in honoring you, also requires more than a passive membership. Any organization worth belonging to is an organization which brings values and requires commitment with action.

Some may ask, "What can Delta Kappa Gamma do for me?" The answer is "Have you thought of what you can do for Delta Kappa Gamma?"

Our Society needs your dedication to its ideals and purposes as you accept with willingness and cheerfulness your own responsibilities.

At the close of the ceremony, you are now a member. As you are welcomed into The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International with "…all its privileges, be a member of our Society team and share our friendships, hopes and goals."

(This was copied from a Delta Kappa Gamma chapter on the Internet)
Ruth Smith , Beta Gamma
Membership Committee Report

Our prospective members came to the February orientation. (L-R) Carol Anderson is an elementary teacher consultant and Helen Mate is a second grade teacher. They are both from W-W. Ruth Everett is a transfer from another chapter in Cincinnati. Judith Fisher was unable to attend because of camp. Ruth and Judy are with LPS.