LAMBDA NU TODAY JANUARY, 1948 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA VOL. 1 NO. 3 FIJIS WIN KOSMET CLUB i" . ct On November 22, 1947 the Kosmet Klub show was presented before a ca pacity audience of over 5,000. Phi Gamma Delta was presented with the first place for their skit, "She Was m Only a Pharoh's Daughter, But She Never Became a Mummy." The scene was in Cleopatra's bed room. The action concerned the an tics of Cleo, pledge John Carson ('51); Mark Anthony, Bob Jordan ('49); and Caesar, Dee Devoe ('48). Cleo has a date with Anthony, who arrives on a motor scooter. As the scene progresses Caesar unexpectedly arrives in a new Crosley. A battle is averted by an Egyptian dancing team throwing some mean hips. After the "dance" Caesar pursues a coy Cleo patra, and finally captures her. An thony zips back thru on his scooter and Caesar follows him in hot pursuit. The climax comes with the entire cast scrambling across the stage with Cleopatra on the scooter. And with a grind and a bump—the Phi Gams danced into first place at the Kosmet Klub revue. Above, the Egyptian dancing girls strut their stuff before the capacity crowd. Jerry Johnston ('49) was skitmaster for the production. The trophy has been added to our growing col lection. If we win it one more year it will remain at 1425 R permanently. L M,Wrestling Won by Phi Cams Phi Gamma Delta was triumphant in copping the grappling championship with 103 points. ists. The Fiijs We had three final showed tremendous strength in winning its second succes sive victory in intramural wrestling in as many years. In the closest and most exciting event of the evening, Fiji pledge, Jerry Calhoun won over Beta Bob Lipps. Lipps managed to pin Calhoun in 45 seconds of the second round, but the stocky Calhoun roared back to nail Lipps in just 16 seconds of the third round to cop the match. Roy Gustafson of the Omaha Allstars turned in the only pin of the evening when he flattened Phi Gam Dave Bize's shoulders after one min ute and 20 seconds in the first round. Ken Brown, Phi Gam, gave up his 121-pound title as Lou Caniglia out pointed him 7-4. Ken was last year's title holder in intramural wrestling. Butterfield is De Pauw Vice-Pres* Wi^lliam H. Butterfield ('32) been;named vice-president of DePauw University. He will be in charge of public relations and financial promo tion activities of DePauw. He INITIATION as sumes his duties February 1. At Nebraska, Bill served as Presi dent of Lambda Nu in 1930-31. Omaha has He April 3, 1948 also was a member of Sigma Delta Chi, Sigma Upsilon, the Awgwan Staff and served as Business Manager of the Glee Club. Hotel Paxton In 1944-45 he was president of the American Business Writing association. Since that time he has been educa tional director of the National Retail Credit Association, St. Louis, and edi Hope to tor of its better letters service. He previously served for seven years as chairman of the Department of Busi ness Communication at the University see you! of Oklahoma. He has written 12 books and many magazine articles on public relations by mail. \r\nLAMBDA NU TODAY A Word From John Having just finished the first semes ter, the entire chapter, especially the pledge class, is looking forward to spring initiation in Omaha. An es timated 25 pledgeling Fijis will lay aside the white star they now proud ly display on their lapels to place the Black Diamond which is the com mon bond for Fijis, over their heart. At a later date, the chapter will notify the alums of the date, but for the present it is our hope that all alums, who are able, will attend. Many of you who were unable to attend the Fall Pig Dinner will have this op The cabinet of officers who initiated the 1947 pledge class will again pre side this spring. In later years the same practice will be followed as in the past. New officers will be elected before initiation, but will not assume their duties until the second active chapter meeting after initiation. Since the present cabinet entered office shortly after the beginning of the sec ond semester in 1947, they will have a double initiation. An additional high light will be the introduction of the new officers to the alum chapter at the banquet. I am looking forward to seeing all of you again and hope that you will make plans to attend if at all pos sible. portunity to see the fine group which John H. Binning ('45) makes up our freshman class. JOHN BINNING President. in La Fayette, where he holds the position of resident auditor. He writes FIJI SOCIETY that future plans include attendance at the 50th anniversary celebration. I was most appreciative of the mes sages that came at Christmas time, bringing me up to date on the where of and whereabouts of boys I've been thinking of but have been out of touch nights. Lloyd McBeth's pin has been in possession of Lee Best since late with for sometime. November. Now to pass some of that informa tion on to you— Schneider announced Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Lynch and daughter, Kathy, arrived in Omaha from Camp Dix, N. J. Pat just received his discharge as a Captain with the Army medical corps and will join the staff of the Missouri State Cancer Hospital at Columbia. married December 21, in Te- kamah, Nebraska. Fred Easterday Jr's marriage to Dorothy Haas of LaFayette, Indiana MRS. MAE "MOM" MINIER on December 13. room Fred was recently, transferred from the Bay City, Michi gan Sears and Roebuck stores to one blue Tom with smoke McGeachin on and their Monday Elizabeth informal engagement on January 5. Eldon Wise and Phyllis Steinauer did likewise on Jan. 12th but theirs is a formal engagement. Dick Dilsaver wanted to share his happiness with his fraternity brothers so he sent cigars from Hays, Kansas and Ralph Cowles and Irene Hemphill were The hanging of pins goes merrily on, leaving the air in the Fiji dining wrote that Charlene Auston is wearing his pin. From Ashland comes the announce ment of the engagement of Margaret Irene Peters, an NU graduate and a Tri Delt to Claude D. Lutton an Ash land attorney. "Now we are three"—so announced Kent and Mrs. Johnson, whose home is in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The third member joined the family on Dec. 30 and is Kent Marshall Johnson Jr. Lambda Nu Today, Phi Gamma Delta, a monthly publication pub lished by th,e fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Lambda Nu chapter, Lincoln, Nebraska. Jerry Johnston ('49) John Binning ('45) Allen T. O'Connor ('42) William Moorhouse ('49) Robert Jordan ('49) Don Lee Bloom ('51) Jack Schirmer ('46) Mrs. Mae Minier Editor-in-Chief Special Features Advisory Editor Photography Editor Feature Editor News Editor . . .. Re-Write Editor Society Editor For the first time in five years. Ma jor Elmer Bauer visited his Lincoln home. He and Mrs. Bauer, with their two sons, Stephen and Richard, spent the holidays in Elmer's parental home. The major, who has been stationed at Leghorn and Milan, returned on one of the last shiploads of U. S. army per sonnel to leave Italy. Better close my column before the editor snatches one of Steve King's canned snails or French Truffles out of my mouth. MAE MINIER \r\nLAMBDA NU TODAY Plans to Publish A Lost— Thesaurus 8 Innocents! Plans are being completed for a Lambda Nu Thesaurus in celebration of our fiftieth anniversary in October. The Thesaurus will include the names and occupations of every alum of Lambda Nu chapter, pictures of all our chapter houses, an historical sketch of the chapter and resumes of the lives of Recognize This? our founders. As plans are being completed on the publication, action is being taken. Under an' Innocent, or a recent photograph, Fifty years ago. Lambda Nu was not housed in the beautiful (and inade the editorship of Jerry Johnston ('49) and pledges Don Lee Bloom ('51) and Bob Yarwood ('51), the booklet wiU be quate) home of today. We began in humble surroundings, and in 1900 we distributed transferred to a new house. Is this the to all Lambda Nu alums and actives and other Fiji chapters. 1905-06 ''*1906-07 Clement Waldron Antone L. Lott that period, and if we are correct this '*"'1906-07 Cloyd C. McWilliams house, located at 245 So. 15th is the 'S'^IOOS-OO 1911-12 ""*1911-12 ""i'1913-14 1915-16 ""*1915-16 R. I. Elliott Searle "Pink" Holmes Dana B. VanDusen Sam S. Griffin U. S. Harkson Everett B. Scott ""*1916-17 '*'*1917-18 A. E. Bryson Ralph M. Sturm chapter house of 1900 to 1903. Please contact us if you recognize this and mail it to Jerry Johnston, 1425 R St., Lincoln, as soon as possible. Your co-operation will be appre ciated and the information will fill out our alum files and will be included in the Thesaurus. building. If we are incorrect let us hear from you, too. Since the only picture we own of the house is the one reproduced here, we would appreciate any photographs you might have of that house. This information is needed for the anniversary Thesaurus. We will ap preciate any help and if you send us a picture, we will take excellent care of it and will return it in good condition. Date of Birth -Place Initiated -Chapter-. Preparatory School -Year-. Fraternity Honors (Years)- University Honors (Years)- Honoraries-. Married Occupation Political Honors- Address-. Remarks:-. 1924-25 1925-26 Mathias Volz Roland Locke 1926-27 1940-41 Stanley Reiff Gerald Spahn 1942-43 Bob Miller If you know of any other Innocent, please notify us. Nickname.. Name College Degrees we're not particular. Please send us a photo of yourself. 1902-03 George Kimball 1903-04 Harry Parker All records are gone during house? old Please fill out the blank below Hanging in the trophy room is our collection of Phi Gam Innocents' pic tures—5 in all! At the local framer there are five more pictures. Some where in the dark past we have mis placed eight more pictures of our re maining Innocents. We are proud of our Fiji Innocents, and we would like to have all their pictures. The starred Innocents are the ones whose pictures we do not have. If your name is listed, or you know one of these men, please try to send us a picture of yourself as Sorority- \r\nLAMBDA NU TODAY And the list gets smaller and smaller. Two-thirds of the alums, inissing when our first issue of LAMBDA NU TODAY appeared, have been found. So keep those letters coming—they are helping. MISSING ALUMS Billings, J. Earl '05 Bocken, Donald H Brown, Burnham H '36 '27 Cameron, John I Cameron, Max Leo Eames, Laurence O France, George W Fullbrook, H. O Gesman, George H '27 '23 '46 '02 '30 '29 Glassgow, W. J '28 Harris, Robert L Hughes, Raymond J Keil, Carl R. Larson, Auldwin M Larson, Wallace T Latta, Arthur J Lee, Charles Lefler, Charles M '38 '19 '31 '29 '21 '25 '15 '06 Lichenstiger, J. W '24 Machamer, T. Jefferson Malder, Albert, Jr Martyn, Homer M Mick, Benjamen Paddock, Maj. Richard B Ranger, Morris S Rau, Clyde V '22 '47 '07 '41 '12 '36 '14 Roberts, R. M '29 Rubrecht, Kenneth B Shubert, Harold C Stedman, Harold B Sturm, Ralph M StoweU, F. F Thornburg, John C Van Sant, Ralph W Warren, Weldon A Whalen, John M White, Kenneth R Whiting, Tim R Wickwire, Ralph R Williams, D. D. Williams, Joseph B Williams, William B Wood, Donald L Young, David K Young, N. S '31 '19 '23 '18 .'23 '40 '12 '14 '38 '34 '06 '31 '30 '33 '39 '15 '30 '18 Thomas Heads First National ALUM NOTES From G. Allan Schrimpf ('31), at Council Bluffs, la., came an interesting letter. Seems as tho the Broadway Theatre there had a Christmas party for 5,000 youngsters. Brother Schrimpf worked with the advertising manager of the 7-Up company, who furnished drinks, and a Rex Harding. Putting two and two together, Schrimpf asked BANKER IS ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS Fred W. Thomas was named the sev enth president of the First National Bank of Omaha in January. Brother Thomas, originally from Sar Harding if he was one of our missing alums. Sure enough, he turned out to be Rex Harding ('38) who was missing at our last printing. Brother Schimpf gent, came to Lambda Nu via Omaha goes on to say, "The occasion proved Central. not only a pleasant business relation ship, but also an opportunity to meet He was initiated in October, 1905, and received the honor of be coming Treasurer during 1907-08. He was known as "Fritz" to his brother Fijis. After graduation, he took special work at Weimar, Germany. After an apprenticeship in the old Union Na tional Bank in Omaha, he became a one of the brothers. "To top it all off 1 found he was practically a neighbor of mine in Omaha." cashier of the Live Stock National Bank. In 1917 he joined the First National as a cashier. He later became a vice- president. Brother Thomas is the fourth family name to be associated with the presi dency of the First National in its near- century of existence. The bank was founded during the Civil War and re Don't Forget Omaha ceived what is now the oldest national charter from Omaha west. INITIATION He is engaged in many educational and charitable activities. He has served as a regent of the University of Nebras ka and is a trustee of the University of Nebraska Foundation. He is a trustee of Doane College, Crete, and April 3, 1948 vice- president of Brownell Hall. Paxton Hotel He is also president of the Omaha Library Board, a vestryman of Trinity Cathedral and trustee of the Nebraska Children's Home Society. Nixaaane ■ vxaaa VHHVO IHd B^lsBaqaj^ jo AjisJOAXun Avaox nw vaaiMva