Page Two April, 1942 THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS Alpha Phiji News Cannibal Short Cuts. By Buck Dawson The chapter boasts a new mascot appreciated. We got rid of all the Published quarterly by Alpha Phi in the form of a real live alligator Rex Beach and Zane Grey books Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta which Mrs. Dawson sent the house that dated back to the days of that 707 Oxford Road, Ann Arbor, Mich. from Florida. Sam Emmons is the chapter literary master, Pat Crow keeper of the Eppigladus Bander- 14. Editor Buck Dawson '43 OFFICERS snatch McWheelbase. Sam claims we can come back for our 25th reunion and carve our initials in William Schoedinger President Eppi's back. Robert Norwich Treasurer ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ « Bob Norwich '43 and Art Upton '45 were the chapter's representa tives at the recent Section Conven tion held in Columbus. Charlie Hall Lyons Howland Rec. Secretary Wm. Loughborough-Cor. Secretary Buck Dawson James Snodgrass Five Fijis are now driving cabs and Bill Houle, two Fijis now in as a dearth of capable taxi handlers war work for the duration, attended Historian hits Ann Arbor. Brother Lyman from Lakewood and Belview, Ohio. Steward :S: $ Fijis Are Tops On has driven for some time with Cam pus Cab and now Brothers Mays, Bill Schoedinger '43, new E, was Titus, Chamberlin and Call sport elected to the Interfratemity Coun Classy Chassis Number 10 for Var cil's Executive Council as district sity Taxi. The two companies are chief. lit ^ ^ For the second straight year the combined, but the house has a Purple carried away first honors in charge account with another. Com The wife of Old Joe,famous chap the Interfratemity track meet. Hal plications! ter rat, was asphyxiated the other $ 4: $ Whittemore, Tom Kuzma and Buck night when Sam Emmons trapped Dawson starred for the Fijis as In rebuttal to a recent decree by the innocent rodent in the oven and they out-stepped runner-up Sigma one of the local ROTC officers that turned on the gas. Emmons made a Phi Epsilon by four points. all college men are soft, the seniors public apology to Old Joe and all Even more outstanding than the have started an exercise club. The was forgiven. ❖ * til chapter's showing in the fraternity alumni will have to fix that ceiling meet is our representation on the that's been bad so long if Peasbury Vital Statistics: Norm Call '42 freshman cinder squad. Six out of Pilcher doesn't stop dropping the just had his engagement to Miss 23 numeral winners wear the White bar bell on the floor of his second Mary Lou Ewing '43 (Pi Phi) re 'M Cinder Paths Star. story gymnasium. vealed. Also soon to wed are Hank ❖ * Fielding Jr. '42E and Miss JacqueThe Hume twins are especially Norman Call '42, senior class lyn Glair '42 (Alpha Phi). outstanding. Already they have split virtually all the middle dis president, has been appointed to the tance records in the frosh book. Art new War Board, which guides stu Evashevski To Coach Upton is second only to the Humes dent war efforts. SN * * Pitfs Backfield in distances from the half-mile up. Dale Chamberlin, A1 Darling, In the shorter distances, Mancl and Fiji's Forest Evashevski '41, cap Kamin are outstanding quarter mil- Jack Vaughn and Harry Anderson tain of Michigan's great 1940 team all passed their physicals and were ers and Larry Alberti stretches his inducted as reserve officers in the and last fall head football coach at long frame over the 220. Hamilton College, resigned the lat In a recent varsity meet with Marines. When they graduate they ter position in February to become will depart for further training at Notre Dame, Ross Hume led broth backfield coach at the University of er Bob and Upton to the tape in Quantico, Va.t. ^ ^ Pittsburgh. that order in an exhibition half-mile Two Fiji members of Alpha Phi "Ewie" led the Hamilton eleven that bettered the varsity time that Omega, national service fraternity. to five victories in seven games last evening. Claude Thompson '05L Is Standard Oil Counsel Claude A. Thompson '05L, noted attorney, is general counsel for the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., 26 Broad way, New York City. He has also served as an attorney for the Dept. of Justice (1911-15), the U. S. Rail road Administration (1920-21), and Bob Eich and Buck Dawson, were fall, Hamilton's paign. "707" was first among the fraternities donating 90 books to start the drive rolling. Any best sellers you might like to send us for our empty library would be greatly Here's New Addresses For Michigan Fijis the U. S. Shipping Board (1921). He was very active while an under graduate as business manager of the Daily and in other organiza tions. Mrs. Thompson is the former Nellie Hoffman (Welles alumna) and they have a grown son and daughter. Their home is at 3 Ridge Rd., Bronxville, N. Y. best record in in charge of a recent book drive years. His place there will be taken which gathered more than 1,000 by Campbell Dickson, former Mich books for the Victory Book Cam igan end coach, who also is dean of students there. At Pittsburgh he.will work under Head Coach Charles Bowser, a former Pitt star. He began his new job March 15. Brother Evashevski, who started at Michigan as a center and was shifted to quarterback his sopho more year, has had few peers as a New addresses of Michigan Fijis: blocking back. In his last two sea James F. Temple '33, 3 Sylvan Ave., sons he gained national attention as Pleasant Ridge, Mich.; Cecil M. Mc the man who cleared the way for Cutcheon '33, 316 N. Alexander, Tom Harmon. Royal Oak; John P. Anderson '24, "Coach" Evashevski is married to 115 N. Wisner, Jackson; Alfred P. the daughter of Michigan's Senator Chambe '10, 8100 E. Jefferson, De Prentiss Brown, who recently pre troit. sented him with a baby boy. \r\nPage Four April, 1942 THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS News From Alumni Everywhere More news from and about brothers in the service appears below and we're always anxious to have more. If you are in uniform and that news hasn't yet appeared here, please send it in! Of course, we're still Dr. Charles B. Darner '33, for merly a physician (obstetrics and gynecology) at University Hospi tal, left Ann Arbor last summer for Fargo, N. D., where he can be ad dressed at 807 Broadway. « « Orrin A. Eames Jr. '31 is an ad vertising salesman for Shopping News, Inc., Chicago. The Eames have two children, Orrin III, eight, and Adrienne, six. They live in Chi cago at 11100 Hermosa Ave. 4s * anxious to hear from our civ Edward G. Martin '40, whose in ilian brothers-—so return your teresting letter appeared in a re blue questionnaire. cent issue, sends more complete in formation on himself via his ques Forrest Jordan '39, former Wol tionnaire. "Mart" is a safety en verine wrestling and football star, gineer for the Standard Accident recently entered Annapolis for a Insurance Co., stationed at the training course preparatory to get Navy Yard at Charleston, S. C. ting a commission as a Navy officer His mail can be sent to his home in the physical fitness division. He address, 366 Glenhurst, Birming will eventually be attached to a ham, Mich. * ❖ ^ Navy pilot training school as a physical training officer. Lewis L. Forsythe '04 has been Corp. Stanley Swinton '40, for principal at Ann Arbor high school mer A.P. news man in Detroit, is 45 4s Harvey W. Clarke '39 will receive his degree from the University's law school at Commencement, May 30. "Scurv" is married (July 14) to the former Harriet Thom, Mich igan Kappa Alpha Theta, daughter of William B. Thom '15. His other Phi Gam relatives include his grandfather. Prof. Henry E. Riggs, Kansas '86; two uncles, Joe Riggs '22, and Sam Riggs '22L; and two cousins. Jack Thom '38, and Ben Douglas '43. The Clarkes live at 415 Forest, Ann Arbor. 4: since 1917. He has been a school 45 * George M.Davison '03 is a lawyer of the Headquarters Company, 1609 having previously served in schools in Vancouver, Wash., where he lives now attached to the Morale office executive ever since his graduation, Corps Area Service Unit at Fort at Mt. Clemens, St. Louis (Mich.), and Ionia. He has served as pres Corp. Walter S. Peckinpaugh '39, ident of the Michigan Principals' who starred on Michigan's baseball Assoc., the Michigan High School team and later played professional Athletic Assn., the Michigan School Custer. baseball, is now at Camp Wolters, masters' club and the Ann Arbor Texas, with Co. C, 53d Training Bn. Rotary club. He has also been vice- at 2221 H. St. A widower, he has one daughter, now married. An af filiate from Kansas, he volunteered in the Spanish-American War be fore coming to Michigan. 4! 4s 4$ James R. McCollum '35 wrote in January:"I want to express my ap He hopes to be sent to Fort Penn president of the National Federa ing, Ga., for infantry officers' train tion of State Athletic Associations. preciation of the 'News,' since it's ing. "Peck" was a salesman for The Forsythe home is at 2870 Overthe Scybrjrte Co., Cleveland, until ridge Dr., Ann Arbor, and the fam ily includes four grown children. he entered the Army. Franklin, Robert, Josephine, and Edward A. Southard '38 is at Margaret. tached to the Medical Detachment * * H*. about the only word I receive of most of the fellows with whom I spent so many pleasant years. I spent a very pleasant evening in Chicago recently with Robert Finn '34 and Pete Brunt '35. Heard from (M and DS), Whiteside Station H. Leslie Carroll '17E is mechan Pete that A1 Plummer '35 was mar Hospital, Fort Riley, Kans. ical superintendent of Parke, Davis ried last month. Pete, who is a sec Hamilton F. Morris '39, sent in & Co., Detroit. While in school here ond lieutenant in the Reserve, ex his questionnaire in February with he was a trackman and class secre pects to be called in the very near the notation: "I'm taking my phys tary. He is married to a Michigan future." Brother McCollum is as ical for the Air Corps next week." alumna, the former Lona Belyea, sistant sales manager of the St. His job at that time was with the McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New York City. He adds: "It's really surprising the quick and happy memories that are brought back by seeing familiar names and places in The Alpha Phiji News." His ad dress is 5 Orsini Dr., Larchmont, and they live in Grosse Pointe Park Johns Table Co., Cadillac, Mich. He became a father last year when Jim at 1146 Yorkshire. * * * George P. Bailey '16 is assistant classified advertising manager for II was born. 4s 4s 4s Jerry C. Barker '37, is project engineer for the Menasco Mfg. Co., the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He is married and the father of three Burbank, Calif., and lives in that sons: Richard, 22; William, 21; and city at 310 E. Cedar. He is married N. Y. George T., 11. The Bailey home is to the former Betty Ramage, Whit From his home at 126 N. Covona at 543 Morewood Pkwy., Rocky Riv man College Delta Gamma, who St., Elkhart, Ind., comes a ques er, O. 4s * tionnaire from Keith Yoder '41, Walter P. Hickey '30 is an archi with the description of his occupa tion as simply "soldier." tect for the Detroit firm of Smith, It's now 2nd Lt. Lynn C. Reiss Jr. Hinchman & Grylls. He also stud '41 since this former varsity golfer ied in the Cranbrook Academy of won his wings as a flyer in the Art under Professor Saarinen (1932 writes that Jerry is so busy work ing and traveling that he asked her to send in his questionnaire! 4$ 4$ 4s From Arthur E. Zigler '21 comes news that he is a drug manufactur er (Lav 0 Din Co.) in Oakland, to 34) and his wife, the former Vio Calif. "Zig" is not married and missioned at Stockton Field, Calif., la Shepherd, also studied there lives at 150 Highland Ave., Pied in February, but we haven't yet They live in Birmingham, Mich., at mont, Calif. For his war record he writes,"Flew Jennies on this side." learned his new location. 287 E. Brown St. Army's Air Corps. He was com