FIRST ROW: Payne; Galbreath; Smith; Tidwell; Roddy; Dunbar; Tackett. SECOND ROW: Surles; McKinley; Cantrell; Sides; Newton; Terry; Evans; Guyer; Turner; Larkin. THIRD ROW: Herron; Dalton; Pounds; McClintock; Griffin; Woosley; Harvey; King; Lewis; Maniss.

Phi Beta Lambda Holds High College Membership

Phi Beta Lambda holds the honor of having one of the highest memberships in North Texas State College organization with 102. Two years ago it was named the largest chapter in the nation, and it still holds a high rating in membership. The local chapter is ranked as one of the nation's top outstanding chapters for it's installation of new chapters in the surrounding area.

The chapter also reaped honors and awards more recently. It captured the Gold Seal award for outstanding achievement in chapter activity and won first place at the 1958 state convention in spelling, vocabulary, and parliamentary procedure.

Organized on the campus as the Future Business Leaders of America in the spring of 1953, the chapter received a charter on April 15, 1955, as chapter 821. Dr. O. J. Curry and Joe Peters were the first sponsors of the chapter. At the beginning of the fall semester, the Future Business Leaders of America adopted a Greek name and became Phi Beta Lambda.

The main purpose of Phi Beta Lambda is to develop leaders in business and to better acquaint students with all phases of the profession. To aid this cause, the organization invited several speakers from here and the surrounding area to enlighten them in some phases of their field. In October Dr. James L. Latham of the School of Business addressed the group on "Testing and Counseling in the Business Department."

Information was combined with pleasure when the group invited Lester E. Springs to address them at the annual fall banquet in November. His speech was "What Businessmen Expect of College Graduates."

Other social activity was not neglected by the organization as members got into the swing of the holiday season with a Christmas party on Dec. 16. In May an end-of-school picnic ended the year on a festive note and added a salute to graduating members of Phi Beta Lambda.

To help further the interest of students in business, Phi Beta Lambda sponsored a career clinic during March as one of its service projects.

In recognition of achievement, the club made an award to an outstanding secretarial science student.

The Yucca, 1959
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