The Wiji Fiji ALPHA'S NEWSLETTER WASHINGTON, PA., JANUARY, 1940 VOLUME XXVIII NO, 1 Alpha Hits Jack Pot For Sixteen Top Notchers the track team, and a loyal Hi-Y member. In the short time that he has attended W. ife J. he has earned his freshman numerals, In football, and a great deal of atten tion witb that booming bass voice. Faithful Butler, Penna,, is repre sented this year, first, by George Cypher, whose academic and popu larity rating in high school was not e.xcelled. membership His in roster the shows Chemistry, Mathematics, and Camera Clubs, ■Vbove all this is a splendid record as business manager of his high school publication. Hugb McMarlin is a Butler law yer to be. He proudly wears the badge of an Eagle Scout, and has among his treasures, a prep school football manager's letter. Here at "J", Hugh has earned a berth on the Red and Black. Standing left to right. Dobson, McClain, Cypher. Bierber. Herrmann, Dimit. Calvin, Thomas, Close, Allen, Sinclair. McMarlin, Miller, Bierer, Hofmann, Garts. the side. Sharon, Splendid Alumni Support Puts Fijis On Top Again On the evening of September twenty-fifth. Herb Tomlin, '40, our competent rushing chairman, put aside his oratorical lead pipe: glanc ed around our cloistered walls; and noted with pride the results of the Chapter's efflcient rushing system. What did he see? Sixteen men, good and true, all proudly display ing the Wliite Star planted upon their respective chests. Why do they happily stand inside the Fiji "Castrum"? These 1943 Phi Gam neophytes are here be cause they have met the high stan dards set up by all Chapter mem bers, both active and graduate. Come along with us. through the next few paragraphs, and we'll re drawl and all. "Furdy" has estab lished on team, himself and we are the sure basketball to hear of his hoop talents in the near future. Akron, Ohio, gave us Tim Calvin, connoisseur deluxe of candid photo .graphs and recordings. These tal ents, plus a remarkable ability foimakin.g friends, mark "Timmy" as a real personality-plus boy. William Hofmann, Jr., of Mt. Leb anon, Penna., enters our group after attending Riverside Military Acad emy. Bill was a member of the swimmin.g squad, the debate forum, and the litemry staff of the school imblication. Jack Sinclair, of Cleveland, Ohio, comes to us with a record that view these outstanding freshmen. The "Sooner" State, via Bartles- merits some note. Jack '.was cap tain of the Shaker Heights football ville, sends us Fi'ed Dimit, western team, an It is rumored that Jack Allen, of Sharpsville, Penna.. possesses a voice that would make Nelson Ed dy blush with shame. Jack stood at the top in French, English, and History at high school, and man aged to act in a few operettas on outstanding member of cream First of in Penna., the line gave crop is Jim this us the season. Garts, our wrestler supreme. Jimmy is an ace marksman and hunter, topping this with a thorough knowledge of all the good race horses. "Certainly I'll run a four-minute mile someday!" This statement is not out of the question when you see Jack McClain, also of Sharon. Jack is one of those rare hoys who excells in both grades and athletics, and still manages to make friends with all the boys. Shout "Red" above the crack of a marksman's rifle, and you'll meet Henry Bieber. Sharon numbeithree, and Culver Academy's pre sentation to Alpha. Henry lists singing, horseback riding, women, and fishing among his diversions. of We wonder what the Dean thinks us now, 'cause we went and pledged his son Bill Thomas. "Gunga" is a fellow who is in everything and tops in all. He claims that he doesn't like to talk Continued on last page \r\nALPHA'S NEWSLETTER schedule of pledges should get in touch with the Purple Legionnaire, THE ALPHA HOUSING The Wiji Fiji Published three times during the school year by Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Washington and Jefferson College. Editors H. H. TOMLIN,'40 H. H. ROWAND,'40 Assistants R. K. Castetter, '41 Wm. McFarland, '41 H. W. Perkins, '41 L. H. Wilcox, '41 J. Jewell, Jr., '42 CHAPTER OFFICERS Lyon L. Davis President John B. Williams Treasurer J. Campbell Brandon, Jr., Rec. Sec'y H. Hurlburt Tomlin Cor. Sec'y William J. Flowers Historian It is with very deep regret that we announce the death of three of our most distinguished Alumni. Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, '86, died on August 13, 1939, in New York City. Brother Stevenson was graduated from this Chapter at the age of twenty, and then went on to McCormick Theological Seminary at Chicago. Upon graduation from there in 1889, he went to study one year in Berlin. After serving several pastorates. Dr. Stevenson went to be president of Princeton Theological Seminary, in 1914, and the next year he achieved the high est honor within the gift of his church, being elected Moderator of the General Assembly. In 1921 the presidency of Washington and Jefferson College was offered to him, but he chose to remain at the Princeton Seminary. Brother Ste venson retired from his Princeton post in 1936. James Ralston Sterrett, '77, one of the oldest members of the Alle gheny County Bar, died Friday, November 24, 1939. Brother Ster rett was a foi-mer partner of Fed eral Judge Charles Alvin Jones, last Democratic candidate for governor PROBLEM Once again our attention is called to Alpha's biggest problem: The Housing Problem. Every year we approach nearer and nearer to the hundredth anniversary of the found ing of Phi Gamma Delta, and the Alpha Chapter continues to occupy what is undoubtedly one of the worst houses in the whole national fraternity. (For emphasis, we refer you to the Octobei', 1939, issue of the Phi Gamma Delta Magazine..) This year the Chapter painted and repaired various parts of the house, and generally reconditioned it as well as could be done. Incidental ly, Brother Henry F. Teichmann, ex40, spent a great deal of his spare time this summer just passed, in painting the front porch and the front bathroom. A new carpet was laid on the first floor, which adds a lot to the appearance of the house. However ,with all this with For the last two years the active Chapter has been assessing each member five dollars a year in ad dition to his regular dues. Through the accumulation of these assess ments and a small number of gifts from the alumni, the present house fund has reached the high and mighty amount of six hundred dol lars. It is plain that this is a very meager start on a pretty big job. However, we of the active Chapter are going to do all we can to further this start, and a house fund committee has been organized to- enlist your support. ALPHA EFFICIENCY CUP Another class has been graduated from Alpha, and another name has been added to the traditional Effi old building, with living facilities for twelve boys out of the twenty- eight who would like to get in. of ,1939. Ed leaves an outstanding Many ideas and plans have at various times been advanced for raising a house fund. For many years loyal Fijis signed 10-10 notes by which they promised to pay ten dollars each year after graduation for ten years. By the payment of these, every Alpha Fiji was to have his part in producing a new house fund. Since many W. & J. men attend professional school, collec tions on some of these notes were never started. Various other rea sons are accountable for further complications in this respect. A part of the sad story is that all notes made prior to 1934 were de stroyed in the vaults of a Pitts record of endeavor, both in his campus activities and in his work for the Chapter. He was recording secretary and freshman trainer dur ing his senior year, and he did a great deal to maintain Alpha's scholarship average throughout his four years. Ed achieved Phi Beta Kappa at the end of the first se mester last year. He was president of Crest, senior honorary activities society, and president of the Buskin Club. We are proud to place Ed's name among the other Fiji "greats" on Alpha's Efficiency Cup. SCHOLARSHIP PLACQUE burgh trust company during the Alpha Chapters of the Jefferson duo now boast a competitive schol flood arship placque, which was recently of 1937. The rest of the sad story is that the right property will become available at the right price one of these days and Alpha's alumni will be caught unprepared. Since 1933, the active chapter has paid a sufficient rental to the alumni corporation to pay the interest on the alumni debt and the taxes and insurance on the alumni property. Dr. Joseph Dixon Purvis, '04, prominent Butler physician and sur geon, died August 3, 1939, at St. Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, of a cere bral hemorrhage. Brother Purvis duced was the chairman of the General or ciency Cup. Brother Edward H. Schlaudt, of Hutchinson, Kansas, is the Chapter's choice from the class patching and repairing it's the same of this state. Staff at the Butler County Memor ial Hospital and former president of the Butler County Medical So ciety. Brother John Davidson, Brother Abe Anderson. In addition, it has re the amount of the alumni debt by $4,750.00. The flood did not destroy the debt of those who signed the notes. It destroyed the evidence only. The truth of the matter is that all alumni owe something to the Chapter, and all should begin to pay so that the paying will not strain and that the money will be on hand for the right opportunity. Anyone who wishes to arrange a presented by the Phi Gamma Delta class lof 1939. This gift was given with the idea that it would create scholastic com petition between the two chapters and would act as an incentive to higher scolastic averages. At the end of each school year, the Chapter having the higher scho lastic standing will have its name engraved on the placque and will keep it for the following year. The Phi Psis are acting as the due cus todians at the present time, but the donors have made it quite clear that they intend it shall hang in the Fiji house the majority of the time. We thank you, Class of '39, and we sincerely hope that we can honor you by winning the placque next year and many years there after. \r\nALPHA'S NEWSLETTER Major project at the headquarters of the rraleriiily in Washington, D. C., during 1940 will be the compilation and publication of a general catalogue oV memhership, the first edition in ten years. To he published as an issue of the PHI GAMMA DELTA and sent without charge to all subscribers, the catalogue will list hy chapters the 37,500 menihers of the fraternity, their college classes, their degrees, their occupations and their addresses. In addition, there will be a complete alphabetical finding list, as well as a geogi'aphical roster of all living members. A call for information for the catalogue will be sent out by headquarters direct to each member at an earlj' date, and alumni of this chapter are urged to return this data card immediately upon receipt. Meantime, Executive Secretary Cecil .1. Wilkinson, Rust Building, Washington, D. C., through this publication, solicits infoi'ination on or clues to the whereabouts of the followlowing alumni of this chapter whose addresses are unknown or, if deceased, whose exact places and dates of death are needed to complete the record. Webster Carpenter, '28, Last address. 1400 Lake Shore Dr.. Chicago, 111. Samuel Paul Davis, '03. Last address, 60 E. 42nd Street, N. Y. Harris Ernest Dawe, '18. Last address, 192.3 Jones St.. Sioux City, la. Allen Ross HIghfleld, '19. Last address, Venango, Pa. Joseph Irvin Mitchell, '14 Last address, Barberville, Ky. John Overan Morton, '28. Last address, 2135 Military Ave., Detrcit. Paul Cochrane Richards, '20. Last address. Market St., Marietta. Pa. Donald E. Rigby, '23. Last ad dress, Carnegie Steel Co., Lincoln Ave., New Castle, Pa. Sidney J. VanDusen, '99. Last address, 908 Beacon St.. Newton Center, Mass. DECEASED Lafayette. death? LIVING MEMBERS John T. P. R. Brown, (Washington) '63. Died at Kin.gwood. W. Va. Exact date of death? First Names? Bartley B. Campbell, '91. at Butler. Pa. Exact date of death? death? ington, Pa. Exact, date of death? James Coe, '51. Died in Sep tember, 1850. at Tarentiim. Pa. Ex act date of death ? Francis J. Collier, (Jefferson) '58. Died in February, 1918, at Col'ingswocd, N. J. Exact date of death? George Cotts, '65. Died at Wheel ing, W. Va. Exact date of death? William Forbes Cowden, Died at Long Beach. Cal. '58. Exact Died at Normal, 111. Exact date of death? Thomas B. Cunningham, '63. Died in 1892 at Millersbur.gh, Ohio. act date of death? Exact date of death? at Alanson RItner Day, '59. Died at. Washington, Pa. Exact date? Thomas M. Barber, '50. Died in November, 1854, at Jersey Shore. Alexandria, Pa. Exact date? Philip H. Drennan, '50. Died at Lincoln, Neb. Exact date of Pa. death? Died Exact date of death? George O. Driver, '66. J. Calvin Barr, '55. Died in Sep tember, 1911, at Charleston, W. Washington. Pa. Va. death? James B. Duff, '61. Exact date of death? Harry A. Bell, '94 (Pennsylvania) '97. Died in September, 1902, at Tuscon, Arizona. Exact date of Died at Exact date of Last address of Exact date First names? Francis M. FInley, '54. Died in 1904 at Finleyville. Pa. Exact date ton) '53. Died at Sewickley. Pa. Ross J. Alexander, (Washington) '54. Died in (September. 1905, at Bridgeport, Ohio. What is the ex Cassius C. Auld, '81. of death? of death? Exact date of death? David Clark, '80. Died at Wash date A. B. Ferguson, (Jefferson) '54. Died at Davenport, la. Bartley B. Campbell, '05. Died at Derry, Pa. Exact date of death? William W. Campbell, (Washing date? Robert A. Criswell '49. MEMBERS Died Ind.. Exact death? Elam M. Fisher, '62. Waveland. Ind. Exact Died date Luther B. Flack, '58. at cf Died Oc tober 29, 1858, in Washhigtoii County, Pa. Exact place of death? James L. Ford, '66 (DePauw'67). Died at Lafayette. Ind. Exact date of death? James D. Forrest, '64. Plane Grove, Pa. Died at Exact date of death ? George Edward Gallagher, '31. Last address. Main St, New Alex andria, Pa. Died June 21. 1932. Exact place of death? James M. Galloway, '61. Exact date and place of death? John P. Gllchrlst, '49. Died at Wheeling. W. Va. Exact date of death? William Edward Gordon, '03. Died at West Pittsburgh. Pa. Ex act date of death? James Gow, (Washington) '57. Exact date and place of death? John L. Gow, '62. Died at Seattle. Wash. Exact date of death? Henry M. Graham. '62. Died July 22, 1863, at Fort Delaware What state? death? at Pittsburgh. Pa. Exact date and place of death? W. P. S. Duncan, (Washlnaton) First Names? lanthus Bentley, '60. Died at Monongahela, Pa. Exact date of '52. Died at Louisville, Ky. Exact date of death, (first names? George Stewart Hackett, '79. Died at Fayette City, Pa. Exact date John Dunham, '62. death? Joseph E. BIssell, '91, (M.l.T. '93). Died in 1908 at Pittsburgh. Pa. Ex act date of death? David Paul Brown, '93. dress, 123 Dayton Last ad Ohio. Died December 19. 1935. Ex act place of death? Kingwood. W. Va. Exact date of death ? Died at Exact date nf at Altoo'na. Pa. death? D. Gwin, (Jefferson) '67. place of death? of death? David Hall, (Jefferson) '50. Died at Annapolis Junction. Md Christopher W. Dysart, '79. Died St., Hamlton. James A. Brown, '58. Clairsville. Ohio. Died at St A. Exact date and Exact Jesse D. Elliott, '78. Newark, Ohio. Exact date of Died at date of death? Samuel K. Elliott, '67. Ex act date of death? Max Hall, '00. Died at Washing ton. Pa. Exact date of death? William McKennan Hall. '99. Died at Washington. Pa. Exact date of death? Died at Daniel W. Hanna, (Jefferson) '55. k