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Mortar Board began in 1918 as the first national organization honoring senior college women. When the Society opened its membership to men in 1975, the organization maintained a tribute to the founders and its heritage by strengthening the Preamble to the Constitution by including a commitment to the advancement of the status of women.<BR><BR>While it is an honor to be selected for membership in Mortar Board, it is the commitment to continue to serve that differentiates an honor society from an honorary. Accepting membership means accepting the responsibility and obligation to be an active participant in chapter activities. This commitment is an agreement to support actively the ideals of the society.<BR><BR>The mortarboard is a symbol of ancient honor and distinction that carries with it grave responsibilities. In the earliest universities, student adopted the clerical or monastic robes as a sign that they were devoting their lives to the profession of learning, in recognition of which they received certain privileges. Such recognition is ours, and such responsibility is our privilege. We, too, wear a distinguishing sign, the mortarboard.<BR><BR>In ancient days, students from many lands who spoke diverse tongues were able to meet on a common ground by using the classic language of learning; and so we, students in many universities and colleges, are bound together by a motto shown to the world by three Greek letters, Pi, Sigma, Alpha, representing the ideals of Mortar Board: Service, Scholarship, and Leadership.<BR><BR><STRONG>The Preamble to the Constitution delineates the purposes of Mortar Board:</STRONG><BR><BR>We, the undersigned, recognizing the advantage of a national union of senior honor societies, do hereby unite to form a national society whose purpose shall be to facilitate cooperation among these societies, to contribute to the self-awareness of its members, to promote equal opportunities among all peoples, to emphasize the advancement of the status of women, to support the ideals of the university, to advance a spirit of scholarship, to recognize and encourage leadership, to provide service, and to establish the opportunity for a meaningful exchange of ideas as individuals and as a group.<BR><BR>Mortar Board chapters across the nation are challenged to provide thoughtful leadership to the campus and community, to create an environment of effective communication, to move toward a meaningful goal, and to maintain the ideals of the society. Each chapter has the autonomy to determine its own implementation of the goals, National Project, and resolutions and recommendation set forth by delegates to the National Conference.<BR><BR>Mortar Board is a national network that includes over 200 chapters, 50 alumni chapters, and 25 sections. After graduation, members are encouraged to keep their names and addresses current with the National Office. Since 1918, over 200,000 college seniors have been initiated into the Mortar Board tradition of scholarship, leadership, and service. At Penn State, Mortar Board is a unique organization because each year there is a different class of active members and they can change the organization or activities of the club, so each year could be completely different than the last. This year our active members held meetings monthly. The club made it mandatory that members come to all meetings (they could have 1 absence per semester) to be considered active. Also, our meetings are not all strictly "business"; instead we have meetings with speakers, service projects, leadership challenges, and socials with our alumni chapter. We welcome you and invite you to share our tradition.</P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=copyright height=33 vAlign=bottom width=563 align=left>COPYRIGHT © 2011 PENN STATE MORTAR BOARD</TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=5 background=images/bb_lines.gif width=563></TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=20 vAlign=center width=563 align=middle> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=540> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=center align=middle> <TD width=117><SPAN class=copyright><A href="about.html">About Mortar Board</A> </SPAN></TD> <TD width=78><SPAN class=copyright><A href="history.html">History</A></SPAN></TD> <TD width=98><SPAN class=copyright><A href="pictures.html">Pictures</A></SPAN></TD> <TD width=113><SPAN class=copyright><A href="membership.html">Membership</A></SPAN></TD> <TD width=134><SPAN class=copyright><A href="http://www.mortarboard.org/">National Mortar Board Site</A> </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>