ARTICLE I.
NAME AND INSIGNIA
SECTION 1. The name of this
Honor Society shall be Alpha
Lambda Delta.
SECTION 2. The seal shall
consist of an impression of a book
with a circle, with the words,
Alpha Lambda Delta, 1924,
inscribed in the circle.
SECTION 3. The emblem of the
Society, which shall appear on
the official stationery, shall
be a candle set with four pearls and
one ruby in a candleholder with
the Greek letters, Alpha Lambda
Delta, superimposed thereon.
SECTION 4. The coat-of-arms,
which shall appear on the charter
and the certificate, shall
consist of a gold-bordered black shield,
above which is a white altar
with an open book upon it. From the
book gold lines radiate. On the
shield is a red-tipped white candle
in a gold candleholder with
eight pearls on its base. Transversely
across the shield is a gold
band with the letters, Alpha Lambda
Delta, in black. The words
Alpha Lambda Delta, are inscribed in
black below the shield.
SECTION 5. The colors shall be
red, gold and white.
SECTION 6. The pledge insignia
shall be composed of three
ribbons: red on gold on white.
SECTION 7. The official
insignia for initiated members shall be a
gold candle. There shall be two
authorized designs: one a
ruby-tipped candle with four
pearls in the shaft; the other, a gold
candle without jewels.
SECTION 8. The insignia cloth
of the Society shall be white with
gold fringe and shall bear the
Greek letters, Alpha Lambda Delta,
and the candle, the emblem of
the Society, at both ends.
SECTION 9. The newsletter shall
be called The Flame and shall
bear the emblem of the Society.
SECTION 10. The book plate
shall have the emblem of the
Society - the candle - stamped
on it, and it shall bear these words:
"In Honor of Maria
Leonard, Founder, National Alpha Lambda
Delta Presents This
Senior Book Award to on in Recognition of
Continued Academic
Excellence."
ARTICLE II. PURPOSE
The purpose of the Society
shall be to encourage superior
academic achievement among
students in their first year in
institutions of higher
education, to promote intelligent living and
a continued high standard of
learning and to assist women and
men in recognizing and
developing meaningful goals for their
roles in society.
ARTICLE III. ORGANIZATION
SECTION 1. The members of Alpha
Lambda Delta shall be those
persons who have been duly
initiated to the ritual of the Society.
There shall be no
discrimination on account of race, creed or sex
in the initiation of individual
members.
SECTION 2. Active chapters
shall be those installed in regularly
incorporated colleges and
universities meeting the requirements of
Article XI of the By-Laws.
ARTICLE IV. AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1. Amendments to the
Constitution may be proposed
by members of the National
Council, and upon approval by a
two-thirds vote of the Council,
shall be submitted to the chapters.
The National President shall
call for a vote of the chapters. Votes
of the chapters shall be
returned to the Executive Director within
one month and the results of
the vote announced to the chapters
and the National Council by the
National President. Approval by
two-thirds of the chapters
voting shall be necessary for adoption
of any amendment.
SECTION 2. Amendments may be
proposed to the National
Council by petitions from one
fifth of the active chapters. For
adoption, an amendment must be
passed by two thirds of both the
National Council and the
chapters voting.
BY-LAWS (REVISION June, 1999)
ARTICLE I. NATIONAL SOCIETY
SECTION 1. The National Society
shall consist of the National
Council, honorary members,
chapter advisors, alumni, and active
members.
SECTION 2. The legislative and
fiduciary responsibility of the
Society shall be vested in the
National Council.
SECTION 3. Enactments of the
National Council shall be
classified as statutes if they
are of a permanent character, and as
resolutions if they are of a
temporary character.
SECTION 4. A National
Headquarters shall be maintained to
execute the administrative and
clerical responsibilities as designed
by the National Council. An
Executive Director and other staff
shall be employed as necessary
to function under the direction of
the National Council.
SECTION 5. The National Society
shall conduct all activities
without discrimination on the
basis of race, gender, age, religion,
national origin or disability.
ARTICLE II. NATIONAL COUNCIL
SECTION 1. The National Council
shall be composed of the
National Officers, four
Professional and three Student Members
selected at large, and the
National Editor.
SECTION 2. The National
Officers of the Society shall be the
President, a Vice President for
Finance and Long Range Planning,
and a Vice President for
Chapter Relations and Expansion and a
President-Elect during the last
year of the incumbent President's
term. If the President-Elect is
a current member of the National
Council, with a year of more
remaining in that member's term, the
President-Elect may choose to
serve in the dual role for that year
or resign the National Council
position at the beginning of the year
of service as the
President-Elect. These officers will comprise the
Executive Committee and are
authorized to meet, interpret policy
and make decisions as necessary
in the interim period between
Annual Meetings.
SECTION 3. At each annual
Council meeting, the National
President shall appoint a
Nominations and By-laws Committee
from members of the National
Council. The Committee shall
present nominations for
officers for vote at the following Council
meeting. The Committee shall
present nominations for Professional
Members-at-Large at the
following Council meeting. In January of
the year following the Council
meeting, the committee shall select a
Student Member-at-Large
nominee. The name of the nominee for
the Professional
Member-at-Large and the nominee for the
Student Member-at-Large shall
be placed on a mail ballot to be
sent to the chapters on or
before February 1st. Each chapter shall
have one vote for each
position. Each chapter shall determine it's
voting procedure. Chapters not
returning ballots shall be
considered to have cast a
positive vote for the proposed
nominees.
SECTION 4. Officers shall be
elected by the National Council for
a three-year term, with the
exception of President-Elect who shall
serve for one year only, and
shall hold office until their successors
are duly installed. Re-election
of officers is permissible. Officers
must have served on the
National Council. Retiring officers shall
deliver to their successors all
books, records, papers and other
property of the Society.
SECTION 5. Professional
Members-at-Large shall be elected by
mail ballot to all chapters for
a three-year term and shall hold
office until their successors
are duly installed. They shall be
selected from current or former
chapter advisors or former
Student Members-at-Large who
are employed full time in higher
education. Professional
Members-at-Large are eligible for
re-election after an interim of
three years. They may, however, be
elected at any time as
officers. Retiring Members-at-Large shall
deliver to their successors all
books, records, papers and other
property of the Society.
SECTION 6. Student
Members-at-Large shall be undergraduate
students elected by a mail
ballot to all chapters during their year
of active membership in Alpha
Lambda Delta to serve a two and
one-half year term and attend
three National Council meetings.
The Student Member-at-Large
must be enrolled in school during
the term of office.
SECTION 7. The National Council
shall fill all vacancies
occurring in its membership,
regardless of method of election,
between the years designated
for election of officers and
Members-at-Large. Upon
completion of a partial term, a
Professional Member-at-Large
shall be eligible immediately for
election to a full term.
SECTION 8. The annual election
rotation schedule of National
Council members shall be as
follows:
a.President,
two Professional Members-at-Large and one
Student Member-at-Large.
b.Vice
President for Chapter Relations and Expansion, one
Professional Member-at-Large, and one Student
Member-at-Large.
c.Vice
President for Finance and Long Range Planning, one
Professional Member-at-Large, and one Student
Member-at-Large, President-Elect, if incumbent President
is completing tenure.
SECTION 9. The National Council shall
meet annually for the
transaction of business, the time and
place to be determined by the
National Officers. No policy
decisions nor Constitutional changes
shall be made at other than the
annual meeting. The President may
call a special meeting to discuss
certain specific announced items.
A simple majority of Council members
must be present.
SECTION 10. A written vote of the
Council may be taken,
without meeting on any question
submitted to the Council by the
President.
SECTION 11. The National Council
shall have the power to
discipline chapters. Such action
shall be taken upon the
recommendation of a member of the
National Council. This power
shall include placing a chapter on
probation, rendering a chapter
inactive, and revoking the charter
and recovering any property of
the Society.
SECTION 12. The National Council
shall determine the detailed
specifications of the coat-of-arms
and other insignia of the Society,
and contract for the manufacture of
the same. It shall also make
and enforce regulations concerning
the manufacture, the sale, and
the distribution of the insignia of
the Society.
SECTION 13. The National Council
shall have control of the
financial affairs of the Society and
shall provide for the collection
and distribution of revenue.
ARTICLE III. DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
SECTION 1. The NATIONAL PRESIDENT
shall be the official
head of the Society; shall call and
chair the meetings of the
National Council and Executive
Committee meetings as deemed
necessary; shall sign and issue all
charters, certificates of
membership, and official documents of
the Society; shall submit to
the National Council such
recommendations as seem beneficial to
the Society; and shall appoint
committee chairs and members as
prescribed in Article IV of these
By-Laws.
SECTION 2. The NATIONAL VICE
PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND LONG RANGE
PLANNING shall perform the duties of the National President in the
absence of the National President, if senior to the Vice President
of Chapter Relations and Expansion; shall work with the National
President and the Executive Director in reviewing society finances
and recommending budget proposals for National Council action at the
Annual Meeting; shall examine the
Society's long-term financial
position and recommend methods for
improvement; shall chair the
Finance/Budget Committee and involve
National Council members in the
planning process.
SECTION 3. The NATIONAL VICE
PRESIDENT FOR CHAPTER RELATIONS AND
EXPANSION shall perform the duties of the National President in the
absence of the National President, if senior to the Vice President
for Finance and Long Range Planning; shall oversee meritorious
service and other Society awards; shall chair either Chapter
Relations or the Expansion Committee; shall keep the National Council
informed about expansion work and shall sign all charters.
SECTION 4. MEMBERS-AT-LARGE shall
participate fully in
National Council meetings; shall
serve on and/or chair committees
as appointed by the President; shall
interact with individual
chapters and advisors as requested;
shall represent the Society at
installations, workshops, and other
special events and shall serve
in any other capacity useful to the
Society.
SECTION 5. The PRESIDENT-ELECT shall
participate fully in
National Council meetings; shall
serve on and/or chair committees
as appointed by the President; shall
represent the society and
serve in any capacity as assigned by
the President.
SECTION 6. The NATIONAL EDITOR shall
be appointed for a
three year term by the incoming
President with the confirmation of
the National Council. The National
Editor shall serve as Editor of
The Flame, the official publication
of the Society; shall participate
fully in the National Council
meetings; shall maintain
communication with the editors of
local chapters and shall serve in
any other capacity useful to the
Society.
SECTION 7. Each member of the
National Council shall submit a
report with recommendations at each
annual meeting of the National
Council.
ARTICLE IV. COMMITTEES
SECTION 1.The Standing Committees of
the Society shall be:
a.Administration Committee (6 members) President, the two
Vice
Presidents and three senior Council Members-at-Large
b.Chapter
Relations
c.Executive
Committee
d.Expansion
e.Fellowship
f.Finance/Budget
g.Nominations
and By-Laws
h.Order of
the Torch (4 members) one of whom serves as
chair chosen from National Council members, current and
former National Council members and/or current and
former Chapter Advisors.
i.Publications
j.Personnel.
Executive Committee and a senior
Member-at-Large selected at the annual meeting by the
current Members-at-Large and the Editor
SECTION 2. With the exception of the
two Vice Presidents, all
the Committee Chairs and members are
appointed by the
President.
SECTION 3. AD HOC COMMITTEES will be
appointed by the
President as needed.
SECTION 4. All Committees must be
chaired by Council
members but committee members may be
appointed from outside
the Council from former Council
members and current and former
Chapter Advisors of Alpha Lambda
Delta chapters at colleges
and universities.
ARTICLE V. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SECTION 1. An EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
shall be appointed
by the National Council and shall
attend all National Council
meetings.
SECTION 2. The EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
shall establish and
maintain a national headquarters
office where all monies due or
donated to the National Society will
be received and held, and all
bills of the Society shall be
processed and paid with dispatch. He
or she shall furnish annually to the
National Council a complete
statement of the finances of the
organization; a C.P.A. audited
account of the receipts and
disbursements; and annual budget
developed along with the President
and Vice President for Finance
and Long Range Planning for approval
by the Council. The
Executive Director shall sign all
membership certificates, and shall
supervise the accurate accounting of
all members, mailing of
initiates' jewelry, ordering of
insignia, distribution of The Flame
and handling of other Society documents and materials. The Executive
Director shall uphold the provisions
of the Constitution, By-Laws
and Statutes of the Society.
SECTION 3. The EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
shall have a
prominent role in chapter relations
and expansion for the Society
through chapter campus visits and
campus expansion visits; and
shall recommend annually the
chapters, advisors, and chapter
presidents worthy of recognition and
methods for recognition.
SECTION 4. The EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
shall make
arrangements for National Council
meetings and provide for the
recording and distribution of Council
minutes.
SECTION 5. The EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
shall perform such
other duties as assigned by the
National Council.
ARTICLE VI. ARCHIVIST
SECTION 1. The ARCHIVIST shall be
appointed for a three
year term by the incoming President
with the confirmation of the
National Council.
SECTION 2. The ARCHIVIST shall
assemble, organize and
maintain records in the library of
the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
ARTICLE VII. HISTORIAN
SECTION 1. The HISTORIAN shall be
appointed for a three
year term by the incoming President
with the confirmation of the
National Council.
SECTION 2. The HISTORIAN researches,
summarizes and
narrates the history of the Society.
SECTION 3. The HISTORIAN shall attend
the National Council
annual meeting as an ex-officio
member every third year in the final
year of a President's term.
ARTICLE VIII. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIETY
SECTION 1. Membership in the Society
shall be based upon
superior academic achievement by
students during their first year
in college. (Only credit hours that
count toward a bachelor's
degree can be used to determine Alpha
Lambda Delta eligibility.
Advanced placement credits earned
prior to college, however,
cannot be counted toward Alpha Lambda
Delta eligibility.)
SECTION 2. The student must be
registered in a course of study
leading to a bachelor's degree for an
amount of work equal to an
average full load (usually 12 to 15
hours). Questions regarding
eligibility arising from exceptional
circumstances affecting an
individual student must be referred
to the National Headquarters
for a decision.
SECTION 3. The minimum academic
average required for
membership is a grade exactly
half-way between grades A and B,
or the equivalent thereof, and is not
subject to reduction by an
individual chapter. (For example, 2.5
when A = 3, or 3.5 when A
= 4, or 4.5 when A = 5, B = 4. The
decimal should be a .5 or
above, and not a .49. Other
variations in grading systems shall be
approved by the National Council.) In
addition, the student must
rank in the top 20% of his/her class.
A chapter may petition to the
National Council to raise the minimum
academic average required
for membership in their chapter. The
students shall have no
Incompletes or Failures even if the
institution allows "F" grades to
be expunged from the record.
SECTION 4. Academic eligibility shall
be obtained on the grades
of one full curricular period, i.e.,
semester, trimester, quarter, or
term. Thereafter, the cumulative
average of the total hours earned
must be considered. Eligibility is
limited to the first year of
enrollment. Initiation must occur no
later than the school year
following the student's initial
eligibility.
a.summer
school session equivalent to a full curricular period
may be used to meet the academic requirement.
b.Any courses
taken during a summer session prior to the
completion of the first year shall be part of the cumulative
grade point average.
SECTION 5. Transfer students may be
eligible for membership
provided that they meet the
requirements as stated below.
a.Transfer
students who attained eligibility for membership in
an institution in which there is a chapter of this Society may
be initiated during their first year of residence upon
certification by their previous institutions.
b.Freshman
transfer students from institutions that do not have
an Alpha Lambda Delta chapter, to be eligible for
membership must have the required Alpha Lambda Delta
grade point average on the courses taken during the first full
curricular period in the institutions to which they transfer. In
addition, the cumulative average of the grades student's
transfer credits combined with the grades in the institution in
which the student is currently enrolled must equal the Alpha
Lambda Delta academic grade requirement.
SECTION 6. Questions of
interpretation or adjustments pertaining
to eligibility should be referred to
the National Headquarters.
SECTION 7. A member shall remain
active for no less than one
academic year. Offices will be held
by sophomore members, with
the exception of the Junior and/or
Senior Advisor(s).
ARTICLE IX. HONORARY MEMBERS
SECTION 1. Faculty members or
administrative staff may be
elected to honorary membership by a
local chapter with the
approval of the Chapter's Advisors.
Any exception must be
approved by the Executive Director in
consultation with the
National President.
SECTION 2. The National Council may
elect to honorary
membership individuals who have made
outstanding contributions
to the field of education.
ARTICLE X. INITIATION
SECTION 1. The chapter may hold an
initiation for students,
currently enrolled on the main campus
or in its centers or
branches, who have met the membership
requirements, provided
the chapter:
a.has
submitted a list of names to the Executive Director for
inclusion on the National Roll.
b.has
forwarded national membership fees to the Executive
Director.
c.has
received from the Executive Director the official
Authorization to Initiate, which means that the names have
been entered on the National Roll and membership fees
received.
SECTION 2. Honorary members may be
initiated by the chapter
in accordance with the procedures
prescribed in Section 1 of this
Article. No National membership shall
be charged for an honorary
member.
SECTION 3. If candidates for
initiation, either at main campuses
or branches, are unable for reasons
approved by the Chapter
Advisors to be initiated with the
class, they may be initiated by the
chapter officers in the presence of a
Chapter Advisor.
ARTICLE XI. ACTIVE CHAPTERS
SECTION 1. Active chapters may be
chartered and established in
regularly incorporated not-for-profit
colleges and universities as
provided in the By-Laws in Article
XI.
SECTION 2. Active chapters shall have
the power to adopt
By-Laws for local government and for
regulation and control of
their revenues and expenses, provided
these By-Laws do not
conflict with the Constitution,
By-Laws, or enactments of the
National Society.
SECTION 3. The Chapter officers shall
be the President,
Treasurer, and such other officers
(e.g., Vice President, Secretary,
Editor, Historian, Senior and/or
Junior Advisor) as may be
desired.
The duties of these officers shall be
those described by
ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER.
SECTION 4. A Senior and/or Junior
Advisor for each chapter
may be elected annually from
upperclass members by a majority
vote of the chapter.
SECTION 5. There shall be an
Administrative Advisor and a
Faculty Advisor for each chapter. If
not already members, these
Chapter Advisors shall be initiated
as honorary members.
SECTION 6. Initiation shall be held
in the form and the manner
prescribed by the Ritual.
SECTION 7. Active chapters shall
maintain records and make
annual reports to the National
Council as prescribed by statute or
resolution. Any statute or resolution
may provide, as a penalty for
non-compliance with the provisions,
the forfeiture of the charter of
the delinquent chapter at the order
of the National Council.
SECTION 8. A chapter may be declared
inactive by the National
Council if it fails for three
successive years to initiate six student
members per academic year.
SECTION 9. In the event a chapter has
fewer than six members
in any one year, the Administrative
Advisor or Faculty Advisor
and Chapter President shall be
notified by the Executive Director
that, if it fails for three
successive years to meet membership
requirements, it may be declared
inactive. A chapter that has been
declared inactive by the National
Council may apply for
re-activation when six or more
eligible students re-organize the
chapter and a college or university
officer plus a designated
advisor submit such a formal
application to the Expansion
Committee of the National Council.
Upon re-activation, the
chapter will be re-issued a charter,
insignia cloth, and chapter
book.
ARTICLE XII. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW CHAPTERS
SECTION 1. Prior to formal
petitioning for a chapter of Alpha
Lambda Delta, the following
requirements must be met by the
petitioning institution:
a.The
institution must be a 4-year and currently accredited by
regional accrediting association. Four year branch
campuses which award baccalaureate degrees may covered
the blanket accreditation awarded parent institution.
b.A local
freshman honor society must be established.
c.The local
society shall have met the membership
requirements of Alpha Lambda Delta and shall have at least
fifteen members.
d.A report
providing information regarding the institution and
the local society as specified by the National Council shall
be filed by an appropriate administrator with the Executive
Director.
SECTION 2. After complying with
requirements listed in Section
1, an institution may file a petition
for membership with the
National Council through the
Executive Director. The petition shall
be reviewed promptly by the Expansion
Committee. Chapters will
be immediately notified of the
Council action taken.
SECTION 3. Chapters shall be
installed under the direction of the
National Council.
SECTION 4. A charter, insignia cloth,
and a chapter book shall
be presented to the chapter at the
installation services.
ARTICLE XIII. REVENUES
The revenues of the National Society
shall come from sources
described in Statute I - Revenues,
Section 2 and 3. The Perpetual
Fellowship Fund shall be under the
control of the National
Council.
In the event the National Society
should become defunct, its funds
shall be used for educational
purposes.
ARTICLE XIV. AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1. Amendments to these
By-Laws may be proposed
by a member of the National Council
and adopted by two-thirds
affirmative vote of the Council.
Notice of any change in By-Laws
shall be sent to all chapters by the
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
SECTION 2. Amendments to these
By-Laws may be proposed
to the National Council by petitions
from one-fifth of the active
chapters. For acceptance, these
amendments must be passed by a
two-thirds vote of the National
Council.
STATUTES
STATUTE I. REVENUES
SECTION 1. The funds of the National
Society shall be kept in a
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bank to be designated by
the National Council, and shall be
paid out by the Executive
Director only on order of the
National Council.
SECTION 2. Before initiation, a
National membership fee of $15
shall be paid to the Executive
Director for each student member.
SECTION 3. The National Council may
grant, upon the
recommendation of a Chapter Advisor,
free membership to such
students as are unable to pay the
National membership fee. One
free membership for each fifteen
initiates, intended for students
who are unable to pay, may be allowed
for each initiation based
on the advisor's recommendation.
STATUTE II. INITIATIONS
Active chapters shall send to the
Executive Director duplicate
typewritten lists of names of the
proposed initiates upon blanks
obtained from the Executive Director,
duly certified by a Chapter
Advisor of the chapter. (See Article
VIII, Sections 1 through 5 of
By-Laws.) To assure delivery of
certificates and insignia in time for
initiation, these lists, accompanied
by a check or money order to
cover cost of fees and insignia, must
be received by the Executive
Director twenty days prior to
initiation.
STATUTE III. ANNUAL STATUS REPORTS OF CHAPTERS
SECTION 1. Each chapter shall be
required to make an annual
status report to the Executive
Director for consideration by the
National Council at its annual
meeting.
SECTION 2. Blanks for the annual
chapter status report shall be
sent to the chapters by March 15, and
shall be returned to the
National Headquarters on or before
April 30.
STATUTE IV. INSIGNIA AND MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1. Only members of the
Society shall be permitted to
wear the insignia.
SECTION 2. Each initiate, after
complying with the Constitution
and the Statutes pertaining to
membership, shall receive an
initiation key and a certificate of
membership bearing the
coat-of-arms of the Society and
signed by the National President
and the Executive Director. The
certificate shall state the name of
the initiate, the name of the
chapter, and the date of the initiation.
STATUTE V. NAMES OF CHAPTERS
Each chapter of the National Society
shall be known by the name
of the institution at which it is
located.
STATUTE VI. THE CHAPTER BOOK
The Alpha Lambda Delta Chapter Book
shall be kept for
reference and safety in the office of
the Administrative Advisor or
Faculty Advisor. It shall be the duty
of the Chapter President to
see that the Chapter Book is kept up
to date and that all
correspondence from National Officers
is filed therein for three
previous years, plus the current
year.
STATUTE VII. NATIONAL AWARDS
SECTION 1. Senior Certificates may be
given to all graduating
Alpha Lambda Delta seniors who have a
cumulative grade point
average required for Alpha Lambda
Delta membership. These
certificates may be obtained without
charge from the Executive
Director.
SECTION 2. In honor of Maria Leonard,
Founder of the Society,
the National Council shall send a
suitable Book Award each year
to each Alpha Lambda Delta senior who
has the highest
cumulative grade point average of
graduating seniors. In case of a
tie, the chapter may supply
additional award(s), or may donate the
book supplied by the National Council
to the institution's library in
honor of the awardees.
The Bookplate shall have the emblem
of the Society stamped on it
and shall bear these words: "In
Honor of Maria Leonard,
Founder, National Alpha Lambda Delta
Presents This Senior
Book Award to on in Recognition of
Continued Academic
Excellence."
The Fellowship Committee is
responsible for selecting the Book
Award.
SECTION 3. A certificate of
meritorious service may be given by
a chapter to a person who has given
outstanding service to the
chapter over an extended period of
time upon approval by the
Vice President for Chapter Relations
and Expansion. This national
award is not to be given to
undergraduate students. These
certificates may be obtained from the
National Headquarters upon
request to a chapter presenting
credentials of the prospective
awardee and reasons for presentation
of the award. The certificate
is to be signed by the Chapter
President and the Executive
Director.
STATUTE VIII. FELLOWSHIPS
There shall be a number of Alpha
Lambda Delta Fellowships
awarded by the National Council
annually for one year of graduate
or professional study. The amount of
these fellowships shall be
determined in accordance with the
income of Alpha Lambda
Delta. Any member of Alpha Lambda
Delta is eligible to apply.
Application forms and current
information regarding the
Fellowships may be secured from the
Executive Director.
Fellowships honoring outstanding
persons or events have been
established in the following order
and are currently being awarded:
The Alice Crocker Lloyd Fellowship
The Adele Hagner Stamp Fellowship
The Maria Leonard Fellowship
The Kathryn Sisson Phillips
Fellowship
The Christine Yerges Conaway
Fellowship
The May Augusta Brunson Fellowship
The Fiftieth Anniversary Miriam A.
Shelden Fellowship
The Gladys Pennington Houser
Fellowship
The Katherine Cooper Cater Fellowship
The Margaret Louise Cuninggim
Fellowship
The Maude Lee Etheredge Fellowship
The Gladys Colette Bell Fellowship
The Mary Jane Stevenson Fellowship
The Sixtieth Anniversary Warner O.
Moore, Jr. Fellowship
The Sixty-Fifth Anniversary M. Louise
McBee Fellowship
The Barbara P. Quilling Fellowship
STATUTE IX. THE ORDER OF THE TORCH
SECTION 1. Up to five Alpha Lambda
Delta chapters will be
selected annually to receive the
Order of the Torch award for
outstanding chapters. The purpose of
this award is to recognize
and encourage excellence in
programming, campus visibility and
internal communication in the
chapter.
SECTION 2. With the assistance of the
National Headquarters
staff, the Order of the Torch
Committee shall select the
outstanding chapters through mail and
telephone consensus.
STATUTE X. THE JO ANNE J. TROW UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Undergraduate scholarship awards will
be given annually to Alpha
Lambda Delta members who have
maintained the grade point
average required for initiation and
who exemplify the aims of
Alpha Lambda Delta. The awardees will
be nominated by their
chapter and selected by a committee
of the National Council. The
amount of each award will be
determined by the National Council.
STATUTE XI. THE OUTSTANDING ADVISOR AWARD
An award for the outstanding advisor
in the nation was established
in 1990. The winner is selected from
those advisors nominated by
chapter officers.
STATUTE XII. THE RITUAL
Copies of the Ritual shall be kept on
file in the office of the
Executive Director, and may be
obtained by chapters upon
request.
Revised - August, 1999