5,Ut^ IF E I l^ty^ ^ XI VOL DEUTERON FALL, 1962 WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND, OHIO NO. 2 II. s FIJiS PLED.eE SIXTEEN TOAST TO THE PIG On April 27, more than 150 Fijis con verged on the University Club to attend the annual Norris Pig Dinner. Prior to the dinner, a cocktail hour was held where Fiiis renewed old friendships and made new ones. The dinner was started by the bringing in of the pig and Tim Aho, young est active present, kissing the pig's tail. Fortified by an excellent meal, we settled down to hear the evening's M.C., Jim Griffith introduce the men at the speak ers table, Jerry Bond reported that with the exception of some housing problems the Section was doin.g well. In response to the recent attacks on fraternities, he said that we must work doubly hard to prove that they are un.iustified. Purple Legionnaire Don Spies next took the microphone and explained the fratern ity's new scholarship policy. Under it an The piiHl.no class this j-car promises to be x'cry excellent. E\en though freshman enrollment dropiieii by about one-third, our rusit ch.iiirm.an a.tid h's cf^mmittee sfo cured thirteen campi-is and Gammti ffelta. of the three best freshman on sophomores for Phi The pledges ha\'e alretidy elected as their officers, John Van Natta president and Jack Neumann secretary-treasurer. The iiled.ges under their leadership are keeping the ,acti\'es on their toes waiting for ;i i)iedge priink. The pledges anri their hometowns tire: FIJIS WIN SING-OUT On the Reserve ctimiius Pbi Gamma IJelta has becor.ie the traditional winner of Fraternity Sing-Out. Last May 5 saw the continuation of the tradition. This was the thirteentii victory in the hist fourteen years, for the Fi.jis. Preceeding the program there was a active or pied.ge must have either a 2.0 average for that grading period before he is allowed to participate in any of the Mociiti fuociioos of I lie ciiapter, Sjjies also explained the latest university plan for housing the fraternities. It calls for duplex houses built around a central dining hail. dessert hour at tiie house for parents and A recap of the year was then given by the out-going president, Rudi Klauss. He guests related how we again won Singout, numer Jifter Harkness which Chapel to Kleven fraternities Iropiiy. I'nder the everyone went hear program. the competed direction for of to the Brother ous campus offices, Mr. Gi-eek, and other lionors, Off orphan's campus party, successes annual at smoker, the and Roger Anderson East Tim Barnes Cleveland, Ohio Rudi Klause lite Fi.jis sang two numbers, mother's clttb pot luck dinner were also Blase Willowick, Ohio ••Rise achieved by Xi Deuteron. Carl Cleveland. Ctiad Copeland James Cunningham Chagrin Clyde Evans Willoughby. Peter Watertown. Bill Jan French Dedham, Gottschalk Sheffield Horhaly Rocky Thomas Jack Fa Its, Connecticut Ohio Ohio Manchester, Hill. Pitcarin. Pennsylvania Harlan Natta Van Wye We all welcome and hojie thmr i-essful Rocky Connecticut ed the [U'o.gram. the first place trophy was presented to Phi Gamma Deltti. Thus an other .vear of success in interfraternity River, dots [lon'l l^dirgct 'I'he .Animtil Mass- Ohio them into membership, co legp and h.ipp.t The ari-an.gement of the first numlier was taken from the I'iii (iamma Tteita Album. will Next Harry L. Davis welcomed Charles C. Watt. William G. Hagen, Tom L, Taral. and Harold Overland into tiie order of Golden Owl. Toast Miister Bill Van .Aken then introilueed the main speaker, John E. Seott who Ohio Chestnut Van and "Colorado Trail". Ohio Parkview Village. Phil John Singing" competition was completed by Xi Deuteron. Ohio Jeffrey Nichols Laurence Rubinow Rudnick ftp At the tdi-Universily dance wiiich follow Ohio Lake, Cleveland. Neum.ann Ohio Massachusetts River. Marion. Miller Ohio be sue- TH A\KS(rI I / AYr SMOKER Wf(liies(la\. i)\emlipf 21.s1 eight (i'cl(K'k Iold what lie thought woitltl help strengthen tlie fraternity. He recommended ciianging Heii Week to Help Week. On the (lupstion of chapter autonomy he remind ed us that we are a national group. Thus It is iiest for tin- fraternitx as a whole if the national ii;is tiie final sa\ on wlio or who nut tiie undergraduate chapter cati admit \r\nPAGE 2 EDITORIAL FIJI SPORTS I sincerely hope you enjoy reading of the present active chapter and information we have been able to NEWS OF THE GRADS The athletic year started out with a shift Well! Here it is! Another edition of the Pot Pourri. the FALL, 1962 POT POURRI in the football competition. While the lighter "B" squad, composed largely of freshmen and sophomores was placed in gather concerning ail you old grads. Remember, we can't publish anything the school's roughest league, the Browery about you unless you contact us! Bouncers up on the Earthquake "A" team had This year promises to be very active for Xi Deuteron. Everyone is working hard to make Phi Gamma Delta securely tops on Western Reserve's campus. The strong executive committee start, and keeps is off the to a house strong running smoothly. Also, this year will bring an even closer relationship between the graduate and undergraduate chapters here in Cleveland. better luck and won all their first round games if the opposition didn't for feit before the game started. The "B" runnor-up in the fraternity division. days. individual contests were being held on the badmitton courts. Seven men represented issue in conjunction with the Grad chap the house, ters, "The Fiji Hunch." Goldman carried us near the toi). Tim Aho, Editor NEW EXECS TAKE OVER The executive committee this year is composed of four seniors and one junior. With the leadership of these five men and the co-operation of the members of Xi and Joe DeLeese and Dave The first rounds of,team ping-pong and baskolball the "B " team came through and managed to defeat everyone in the league at least once. Following the first round of p;ng-pon,g anrl basketball, twenty-six brothers participated in the semesters last cN'cnt, the best this chtipter has seen in some ment. Larry Zcchman, Foster Thomas, and time. Fog Carter had Ihe top scores in the House direction the Fi.jis will without a doubt remain the best house on campus this vear. Jim is a senior, hisitirv major who has hopes of attending Harvard's law school next year. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kapyta, a men's scholastic honorary, and at the end of his Junior year, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Besides his scholastic achievements, Jim is the basketball free and carried the Fijis to the throw tourna fourth place in L'ni\'ersit\'. S('ci)n:l Scmcslcr sl;irU'il with the re suming of the ping-pong and basketball games, as well as tryouts for the national athletic honorary, Sigma Delta Psi. Brother Noil Murphy highlighted the efforts and folio'vvod him shortly thereafter. Noil also pant in intramurals. Jim is a native of with Bill Hoffman, and Gary Carrot hers. headed our endeavors in wrestling, along Dover, Ohio. yetir's treasurer is Dave Davis. Dave is a senior with a chemistry major. At this time, Dave is uncertain about his future plans, althf>ugh he is considering Dentistry (y Merlicine He is a very active participant in intramurals and other fra ternity functiruis, Dave's home town is in Lancaster, Ohio. Foster Thoina.s is the recording secretar.v. Foster is a senior majoring in biology. His present pkms are concerned with dental school foi- the next four years. Fos is 6,'!79 Ridge Rd. to 17.360 Chagrin. He is a very acti\'c mcmlior of the graduate chap ter, and frc(|uentiy attends the luncheon-; the Clo\'cland Robert Norwick an attorney for Pick- of duty in Franco in August. He was Deputy Air Base Commander of the IJlst flight intoreeptor wing' Ihere. Dick Bi'idges as a those wives with note of interest unaml)itious their house. As you may or may not knov\'. tlio House was open after all home footliall games this year. This will he carried on next year in hopes of meeting more grads. A vcr\' .successful open-house after the Homecoming game saw many old grarts at the house. Includeti woi'o Clyde Ford now li\'ing in Columbia City, Indiana, Marshal! Ford fi'om E\plcth, Minnesota, Dick "Deacon" T\nei' uas here :ilong with R:i\' Buzzaid anil Ed Halivr. Don't forget to send along any news of any of your Fiji classmates as well as of yourself! After the swimmers plaeerl Ihe house in the upper tlivision, President Jim Crowl drew attention witii his first round fenc ing tourney. Then the howling foams set to work. The highlight for Ihe "B" team was defeating the previous league champ DEUTERON IN DALLAS The 114lh Great Southwest Ekklesia was ;i tremendous sueeess. The Xi Deulerons represent ;it ii e.s were President .Ttimes Crowl and Historian Follct t Ctirtor. They foci th.at they Icfirned a great deal during the four days spent in Dallas. ions. A few heads also rolled in ihe wake hene\;dcnl of "A" ing mtiny of the chapter's problems. the team. Following I lie jiarl ieipat Ion In Ihe horse shoe and track and ficlrl tournaments, House puteieo the basehall runoffs. the Much was conrenlrated here: both "A" Texas. Brother Crowl was assistant chtiirman of the Credentials committee and brother Ctirtcr serxcd on the Puhlictitions Com mittee. Those commit tPCS wore \ er\' to tlic represent at i\cs in 'Pok .•\ further description of othei- aclKities at the Ekklesia may he read in The Phi Gamma Delta magazine. XI Deuleron feids that it lias been a great e.\perienc(> and memliers respect i\'e leagues. Indiana. liearlily encourages any of the graduate to attend the next Ekklesia Pittsburgh, THE John Guthlehen, the coiTosponding sec retary, is ;iisi, ;i senior. Ho is a chemis1i',\ POT Ne\vs from major ;mrl plans to spend his next four .vears in tnedical scliool. .John has played \arsity footliall for iwcj yeai's and is an Lditoi' active meinbei- in inti-amurals. from Paine.s\ille, Obje. .Assist ant s POURRI Xi Deuteron I'ini .Aho He comes iVI irl\ Bunn, .lim (fowl He is an .lolm Shaffer. Foster Thomas. Fog I'arter. Pudi Klauss Follct Cartel' is the liistorian, and ilic only inni'U' on tlie executive committee "Fog" IS a humanities major and has no foi' husbands when it comes to house rcimirs, and his wife recently repainted the entire inside of and "B" teams wound up second in their immeiiiatc plans lor ihe future Tues ands, Mather and Co., returned from a tour president of the senior class, a member of from on lives at 7.370 Brecksvillc Rd., Brccksvillc. Student Council, and has parliciitated in varsity wrestling, as well as fraternity inis Athletic Club L. R. Scmpic is an allornoy who works for the state, travels constantly, and now Interest Irtimurals. FosteiPennsylvania. Fuller made it on the first round. Other brothers an active member of Student Council, chairman of Student Court, and a partici This loft basketball were'the r»,jxt centers of infra- mural attention.' Thorb were a good numIjer of brothers and pledges signed up. In Deuteron, this year promises to be one of The president is Jim Crov\'l. Under his recently Emmott Pedlcy is an attorney whose office is in the Bulkley Building. He and his wife, Monghiid. recently mo\'od from at While this was going on, a less publicized Norv.ick Eshleman. He recently left the acti\'o rcsen-es after twenty two years and is now in the stand-liy reserves. He is a full colonel and was commanding officer of the lOTtii armored cal\'cry. division did get to do some stomping and since everyone on the team is back this year, wo should have a more than good year. The "A" team finally ended up as The Pot Pourri will be published three times by itself and there is hopes for an We are looking forward to seeing you at the House for the Smoker, November 21. Edmund and Smith and Ross, Inc. and is now As sociate Director of Media for Grisu'old- .Al .Slalliei'. P.ol) •Siitlei', .leff .Samel The Pol Pourri is Ihe offieial piihlieaiion -U 'he Xi Deuleron Cnipier o| Ihe Kra- ardent woi'ker ijii campus, lieing secretarv of t)u> Inlerfiaieini1> Council. Fog s home ler-nily of Phi Gamma Delia Pulilisheii in Cliwelaiid Ohio, .inee a -eiiie^ler as aiithoi IS Xewineton. Connect icip 11317 Rellflow-er Pit . Cliuel.and i/.ed liy Ihe Ai'ls of Ihe Ekklesia ( orresp.uidi-Uee (ihie lie adih. ee.i I,, Ihe edilm in \r\nFALL, 1962 PAGE 3 POT POURRI proximalely 240 men in September of 1963. Thereafter, the post-war increase in birth rate should begin to furnish candi FRATERNITY I-IOUSIN6 PROBLEMS By DAVE HOWE II was nearly Ihroc years a^o that the Alumni IP'C was amonr: other formed things, to deal the with, problem of i. The houses presently occupied by WRU frtiternilies lie in the path of Institutional expansion as laid out by the University Circle dox'elopmont foundation. The pi'agmatic a|)proaeh and the only con structive action oijen to the fraternities is to prepare for relocation. The University has slated it would like to take o\'er our numbers. as other accommodations, ticcommodations should be The AIFC has explored a \'ariety of alteniati\TS. It was felt that mo\'ing to an area where sufficient quantit,\' of existing houses could be inirchased and con\'erted was not feasible. The fi-aternitic.s would find themseU'es too far rcmo\'ed from the cam|)us. and in facilities thai would com|)are unfa\-orai)l\' to proixised independent housing. e\en after expensi\'e renoxation. It was determined that too few fraternities can amass the I'esourccs to build their own new housing, and it was learned that lard for such houses is not ax'ailable within the University Circle. Earlx' [)roposals sub mitted to llie AIFC b\' the University, for inclusion of the fraternities in the t'ormi- lory system, were (wamined and re.jected for x'arious c.auses. member fraternitx- but seiitirate from undergraduate hous- ternities xx'ant in.g. three of 20 bods. This is contrary to the The Unix'ersity tidministration accepted the list, in the main, and agreed to so in struct their planner tmd ttrchitects. A com mittee of the AIFC. under the chairman- shi|) of Senator Joseph W. Bartunek. is continuing to work xx-ith the Unix-ersity to achiex'e these gotils. present position. Interfraternit j- i'i\-alr.v notwithstandin.g. it is the fraternity sys tem that is at stake. No one, two, or three irrespeet i\'e mince Agency for ;x loan to support the construction of dormitory facilities to ac- of present at Ri