Talk:Omicron Delta Kappa

Prominent member name listings

why do the famous members have their names listed with colleges that have nothing to do with them? is this thing honorary?

• To answer your question, yes, it is honorary: "An individual achieving distinction in his or her chosen profession or rendering outstanding service through leadership may be elected to honorary membership (honoris causa)." ( http://www.odk.org/page.cfm?pageid=262 )

Not to mention that the famous members list is very short, compared to the official list: http://www.odk.org/page.cfm?pageid=263

• The Circles list is also very short, although I doubt we want all 300+ to be listed. Perhaps both should be altered into redirects into Local Circles of Omicron Delta Kappa and Famous Members of Omicron Delta Kappa. The Dark 17:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
• The Circles and members lists need to be expanded before we even start thinking about redirecting it. Most newer Circles don't seem to use their letter designations, so I'm not sure how, or even if, the newer Circles are designated. Hunter00047 18:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Notable Members

• I noticed someone deleted Ken Lay, but according to many sources I've read, he was tapped while at the University of Houston. Here's one source that would back up the claim: http://www.kenlayinfo.com/public/default.aspx. I'm adding him back to the list unless someone can verify that all the other sources online are incorrect.

Source available in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities

From the recent deletion discussion. I am leaving this here as a reminder to myself to incorporate it into the article when I have time. Anyone who wants to take on the task themselves is welcome to do so.

Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa is awarded to undergraduate junior and senior men, and occasionally to students of graduate and professional schools and colleges of the institution, and to faculty members and alumni. Election to membership is on the basis of character and specified eligibility as to scholarship, distinguished attainments in college and community life, and consecration to democratic ideals. Omicron Delta Kappa, or "ODK," as it is popularly known, functioned in a most admirable way from the very outset. At first there was no thought of immediate extension to other institutions, but it was apparent that Omicron Delta Kappa, if properly conducted, would prove beneficial to any college campus where it might be established. Almost spontaneously requests for charters were received from local groups at The Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pittsburgh and Davidson College. By 1917, there were four Circles of Omicron Delta Kappa. These groups, impressed with The ODK Idea, formed the national organization and thus began the first college honor society of national scope to accord recognition and honor for exemplary character, meritorious leadership and service in extra-curricular activities, for superior scholarship and for the encouragement of general campus citizenship. Today more than 100 Circles have been established in fully accredited institutions in the United States.

— William Raimond Baird, Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (1977), p. 580

*REALLY* good source

Even better than Baird's, the Washington and Lee Summer Bulletin for July 1915. https://books.google.com/books?id=trRGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA23 Naraht (talk) 17:05, 31 January 2018 (UTC)