Eta Cast
Alpha Psi Omega
National Theatre Honorary Dramatic Society

The National Society, Its Aims and Purposes

Alpha Psi Omega was organized as an honorary dramatic fraternity for the purpose of providing an honor society for those doing a high standard of work in dramatics and, through the expansion of Alpha Psi Omega among other colleges and universities, provide a wider fellowship for those interested in the theatre. The Fraternity is not intended to take the place of the
regular dramatic club or other producing groups, but as students qualify, they are rewarded by election to membership in this society. Play production is an activity so highly technical that it requires the services of a trained association organized on the most democratic basis where every member of a student body may have equal opportunity for expression.


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CURRENT CAST

Joe Golden (Advisor)

Constitution
Eta Chapter
(The College of Idaho)
Founded August 12, 1925

Preamble
We, the members of Eta of Alpha Psi Omega Fraternity, in order to develop dramatic talent and the art of acting, to cultivate a taste for the best in theatre, to foster the cultral values, which we believe theatre develops, and finally to unite the dramatic forces on the campus of The College of Idaho, members of this order in mutual brotherhood and sisterhood and service, do hereby form and establish this constitution of the Eta Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega Fraternity.

Article I
Name and Classification

Section 1. This society shall be Eta Chapter of the Alpha Psi Omega Fraternity
Section 2. This frarternity shall be classified as a National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity.

Article II
Membership

Section 1. Qualification for individual membership will be based on the point system exhibited in Article G. Membership shall be open to a regularly enrolled The College of Idaho student who: demonstrates satisfactory scholarship; who has participated in at least one (1) major role of a mainstage CofI Theatre production; and who has done work found meritous by the CofI Director of Theatre. Honorary and faculty membership may be conferred only after securing the permission of the Grand Cast.

Article III
Legislative

Section 1. The supreme legislative body of the national fraternity shall be The Rehearsal, which shall consist of a delegate from each Cast and the grand officers. This body shall consider and formulate policies, and elect such officers as President, Vice-President, and Sectretary/Treasurer. A similar slate of officers shall be emplaced by Eta Cast at The College of Idaho.

Article IV

Dues
Section 1. Eta Chapter dues shall be assessed only after approval by a majority of the Eta Cast members and only for special instances. National dues shall be assessed and paid by Eta Cast members only as a one-time fee included in the initiation process.

Article V
Insignia

Section 1. The motto, flower, colors, badge and coat of arms shall be those designs and specifications described by the Grand Business manager as adopted by the Alpha Psi Omega Fraternity Grand Rehearsal.
Section 2. The official badge is a monogram of the Greek letter symbols of this society. An engraved "psi" is superimposed upon a polished "Omega" and a brightly polished or jeweled "Alpha" is in turn superimposed on the "Psi."
Section 3. The coat of Arms shall be a small crest or design representing the stage of a Greek theatre.
Section 4.The colors of the fraternit are Amber and Moonlight Blue. The colors of the fraternity shall be worn in lieu of a pledge pin.

Article VI
Amendments

Section 1. This constitution is subject to amendment only by action of the Eta Chapter (for matters touching the chapter, only) and the National Rehearsal (for matters touching the national elements of this document,)
Section 2. A national ammendment shall be recommended for action of the Casts by a two-thirds vote of the Grand Rehearsal. A two-thirds vote of the next succeeding grand Rehearsal shall then be required to effect a national amendment to this constitution.

By-Laws
Eta Chapter
(The College of Idaho)
Founded August 12, 1925

Article A
Organization

Section 1. The legislative power of Eta Cast shall be vested in the Cast council meeting, which shall be composed of the council membership, sitting together, a quorum of the active membership being necessary for the transaction of business.
Section 2. A quorum shall be two thirds of the active membership of the Cast.
Section 3. Eta Cast shall have a constitution as a Cast and a separate book of statutes shall be enacted for its individual government.
Section 4. Eta Cast may elect a delegate and an alternate to each National Rehearsal and each Cast shall have one vote on all questions before the National Rehearsal.
Section 5. Eta Cast may encourage the formation of an Alumni Cast among the graduates and former members of the Cast as convenient.

Article B
Officers

Section 1. Eta Cast shall elect a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Business manager who shall have duties similar to those of the officers of the Grand Cast and who shall each serve a term of one year.
Section 2. The Secretary shall keep an accurate record of each business meeting, and be able to furnish historical data at each business meeting.
Section 3. The Business Manager shall have charge of all fiscal affairs, including the collection and dispersal of funds, shall keep appropriate fiscal records and shall be responsible for additional business activities as shall from time to time be deemed appropriate by the Cast.
Section 4. A complete and current copy of all records shall be deposited with the faculty director (advisor), who will ensure that these records are easily available for inspection by members of the Cast and other interested parties.

Article C
Meetings

Section 1. Meetings shall be held each semester in sufficient number to accomplish: the election of officers; the appointment of committees; assessment of the qualifications of candidates for membership; initation procedures; and other such business as shall, from time to time, be deemed necessary for the maintenance and operation of the Cast.

Article D
Committees
Section 1. An Executive Committee shall be providedto take care of all routine business affairs of the Cast not requiring a regular Cast meeting. It shall consist of the faculty director (advisor), the Cast president, and an appointed Cast member.
Section 2. An Initiation Committee shall be appointed for the instruction of the understudies and the conferring of the ritual.

Article E
Dues and Other Fiscal Assessments
Section 1. Eta Cast dues will be collected only if needed, and only after approval by not less than 51% of Cast members. Other fiscal assessments shall be handled in a like manner.

Article F
Routine Regulations

Section 1. Each Cast shall report to the editor off the official magazine the plays in progress of production at the beginning of each school year. The Editor shall compile a list of plays in the official magazine and mail the magazine to the various Casts fro the mutual service of the fraternity. Emphasis shall be placed on the importance of each Cast's having creditable future plans.

Article G
A Point System

Section 1. Eta Chapter will use the detailed point system as an important instrument in determining qualification for membership. This point system shall be considered the major factor determining membership eligibility; however, other, non-point related factors such as spirit may be given weight as the Cast may find appropriate from time to time.

Article H
Initiation of New Members

Section 1. The chapter will conduct initiation ceremonies twice in each academic year. That number may be reduced to one at the discretion of the chapter president if, for example, the number of eligible candidates foes not warrant a second ceremony.
Section 2. Initiation ceremonies shall be conducted in the third week of the Fall term and in the third week of the Spring term of each academic year. When there is to be only one ceremony in an academic year, the ceremony shall be conducted in the third week of the Spring term.
Section 3. Each initiation ceremony will be preceded by an appropriate pledging period during which the candidates wear the fraternity ribbons and address the information on which they will be tested as part of the initiation ceremony.

Point System
Eta Chapter
(The College of Idaho)
Founded August 12, 1925

A total of 120 points is necessary to be considered eligible to be pledged to this Cast of Alpha Psi Omega. Of these points, 30 must be in production, 20 in acting, and the remaining 70 from any division in the following schedule:

Acting/Directing  Design and Technical  Examples  Student Stage Info 

Acting and Directing:
Mainstage:

Student stage:

Design and Technical:
Mainstage:

Student stage:

Examples of Each Function: Mainstage
A 30-point function in acting would include major roles such as Charlotte in Charlotte's Web, Viola in Twelfth Night and John Proctor in The Crucible. A 30-point in design/technical would include assignments such as assistant director, property mistress/master, house manager, costume mistress and master electrician.
A 20-point function in acting would include supporting roles such as Horatio in Hamlet, Stephen Spettigue in Charley's Aunt, and Lisa in The Heidi Chronicles. A 20-point in design/technical would include assignments such as assistant property mistress/master, assistant box office manager, and assistant electrician.
A 10-point function in acting would include minor roles such as Caithness in Macbeth, Canon Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Peter in Romeo and Juliet. A 10-point in design/technical would include assignments as a member of any crew


Student Stage:
A student stage project will be worth up to one-half the points that would have been appropriate if it had been a mainstage project.

Eta Chapter members will determine point allocation by vote, which shall be accomplished as soon as possible after each production.

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