THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS KEEPING POSTED ON OUR ALUMNI ROBERT H. HUME, '45, '48M, MILTON GREGG SMITH,'35, is The club meets the first Wednes day of every month in the club was married to Betty Storz Eaton, "Milt" has been a pretty busy man room of the Mansfield Leland Ho '48, a member of Pi Beta Pi, on since leaving school. While at tel at 12 noon and has extended a June 24, 1949, in Detroit. Brother Michigan he received a BS, A.B., cordial invitation for all Fijis who Hume captained the track team in Life Teaching Certificate. Then can attend to do so. Dave, inci 1944, is a member of Nu Sigma he went on to Duke Medical dentally, was the first president of Nu, and is now in residency at the School where he received his M.D. the club and is now serving as University Hospital. Betty was and D.N.B. From 1935-38 he was treasurer of the Michigan alumni president of the Women's Athletic a teacher. Before this he had association and as co-chairman of Association, a member of the worked for the Michigan Bell the Blood Bank. Brother Ott has League council and Scroll while on Telephone Co., and had even tak two children; Richard (Mich. campus. The Humes now live in Observatory Lodge, Washington en a flyer in banking. While in 1968) and Kathy, (Mich. 1970). Heights, Ann Arbor. school he was awarded the Marsh The Alpha Phiji News University of Michigan Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta a physician in Clearwater, Florida. THOMAS H."SHENNY" READ, scholarship and joined the Nu Sig ma Nu Medical Fraternity. In ad '06, is practicing law in Shenan- dition to a few clubs and his prac tice Milt is now president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. We understand that he is to write a book entitled "300 Different Ways to Make a Living and Be Happy." ii". ^ The name of CHARLES B. EMERY is a familiar one around 707. In 1925 it belonged to a young man from Bedford, Indiana who was just entering the medical profession. Now it also belongs to another young man from Bedford who isn't quite sure where he will wind up but has his father's in clinations toward medicine. There is another one on the way too. His name is Gordon, and from what Charlie Jr., tells me he is one of the best athletic prospects Bed ford High has had since the other two Emery boys. doah, Iowa. The Read family is all Phi Gam beginning with Tom, continuing with his son Bob (Ari zona '38) and including a brother in law, Edson R. Sunderland and a nephew Thomas E. Sunderland, both of Michigan. Bob Read and his father have been very active in the American Legion with "Pop" being Post and District Volume XIV ANN ARBOR, MICH., DECEMBER, 1949 Number 2 HORACE P. "HORSE POWER" RAMEY, '07 Eng., is a civil and sanitary engineer employed by the Sanitary District of Chicago. Through the years 1905 to 1907 Brother Ramey was a member of the Michigan track team and dur ing 1906 was captain. In Chicago he belongs to the Chicago Ath letic, Chicago Engineers, and Olympia Fields Country Clubs. Commander while Bob served as State Vice Commander in 1947. BOB CARSON, '49, is teaching JACK E. ADAMSON, '48, is an music at the Tustin High School insurance broker in Santa Monica in Tustin, Michigan. His home ad California. His new address is dress is 816 Cotey Street, Cadil 2005 Oak Street, Santa Monica. lac, Michigan. On June 11, 1949 Jack, better known in his college he and Frances Klein, a Gamma days as "Pop's" is a member of Phi Beta from Michigan were the Big Ten Club in Los Angeles joined in the bonds of holy matri and we expect to see him next mony. We are counting on Bob for year when Michigan plays in the a couple of good musicians for Rose Bowl again. the Fiji Marching Band in the fu ture. TED HORNBERGER, '27, is an ALBERT M. WARNER, '48, GEORGE H. SHAFFER,'48, af known to me as "Pop" is with the English professor at the Univer R.C.A. - Victor Corporation. His sity of Minnesota. Ted did his un fectionately known as "Skin Head" address is 111 East 16th Street, dergraduate work at Michigan and to most of us came out for one of Indianapolis, Indiana. A1 took an also took his Master's degree in M.B.A. degree here at Michigan English here. Then he attended our Monday alumni luncheon club King's College in London where meetings. We don't know what few activities including radio an received his Ph. D. While at happened along the way but it nouncing and dramatics. Men's Michigan he participated in track, was Tuesday noon before he made Judiciary Committee, Student re cross country, student council and his appearance. While in school presentative to the Dean's Con chimes. The last of these is no more and we are curious as to just George had the lottery ticket-horse duct Committee and Student Dis ciplinary Committee. In 1945 he what chimes consisted of. The edi race concession and made such was with the U.S. Customs Ser tor also hopes that Brother Horn- phenominal gains that we made vice. His first job on leaving berger will not scrutinize this him "T". Right now he is selling stock in uranium mines on the school was as a radio announcer paper too carefully since the edi for the American Broadcasting tor is not an English major and Bikini Islands. He is also employed and found time to enter into a Co. has doubtless committed many by the H. O. Terrace Co. as a field engineer, and has found time to join the Junior Chamber of Com DAVID E. OTT, '41, is living in The Monday noon luncheon club merce and the Detroit Engineer Mansfield, Ohio where he has or ganized the Shaw and Ott Drug is still in existence but has not ing Society. If any of you are in Co. Dave got together with the been too well patronized. We don't terested in buying some of Phi Gam alumni in the know what is keeping you away George's atomic stock (we didn't) Mansfield area and they organized but it isn't like Fijis to turn down address your enquirys to "Skin Linsdale, Detroit an alumni club which was soon , a free meal. The meals are good Head", 7105 Michigan. turned into an alumni chapter. I too. other CHARGE! In best Phi Gam tradition the 1949 Pledge Class prepares to ascend the Senior Stairs. They are: top row, Jim Gielow, Chuck Froman, Dave Connell, Dale Lawson, Bob Webster. Center: Bob Evans, Dave Lauer, Dick Thompson, Tom Anton, Ted Maude, Fred Ittner, Bob Erf. Front: Red Smith, Crawford Young, Floyd Zarbock, Dick Spaulding. The same old group of white tained his grid team in high school, Dan has been busy organizing his stars can be seen on lapels every played baseball and still found small army to do the pledge duties. President of his high school, he also sang in two choral Leonard Carroll Battle, Bay City groups, and played football, bas —Len attended the University of ketball and ran track. He is a Detroit before coming to Michi Junior in Lit school. David Day Connell, Grosse gan to he is a Junior working on year—it is the faces over them time to enter into school govern that are important. This years allout rush brought to 707 one of the finest groups of pledges in many ment. years. Fifteen of the men are from Michigan, two from Ohio, one is a freshman in the from Iowa, Illinois, Washington a major in economics. He played Pointe—Dave Literary college and plans to try football in high school, switched the state, and Washington the to working on publications at U. of his hand at campus dramatics,' a^ capitol. . plans to cartoon for the soon as the university declares campus humor magazine next se freshmen eligible. He participated in track, basketball, gymnastics mester. Daniel Ryan Beck, Grosse Pointe and dramatics in high school. Thomas Anton, Grosse Pointe— D. and A Freshman in LS&A, Tom plans to go out for football in the spring in addition to getting the —Having l^en elected pledge king, all-important grades. He cap (Continued on page 3) \r\nTHE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS The Alpha Phiji News Pledges ... Keeping Up With The Chapter Published at least quarterly by the Alpha (Continued from page 1) Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, 707 Oxfoi-d Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The football weekends have consideration for the Michigan Phi Editor been a success on this end and we Gams have plans to change the Charles Norwood, '50 hope that you have enjoyed them prizes next year. Associate Editors Dave Thomas,'50 George Qua,'52 Vol. 14 No. 2 Our Sister Sorority, K.A.T., Joins Us After all, who can watch three The The last of the weekends when idea is to award the winning Ohio State moved in was perhaps group by redecorating a room or one of the biggest. No less than through some other such useful too. Our only regret is that more of you didn't find your way back. wrestling matches at once. fifty brothers from Ohio State had prize. We have already elected our lunch at the house before the co-chairmen for the next cam game and at times it was hard to paign. It was too tough on one find a familiar face. The Indiana man. For Christmas Dance • Phi Gamma Delta held a Christ mas dance Dec. 9th with its sister and Purdue weekends were not so crowded. Right now there is a bo.x well on its way to being filled with these lovely wrappers in the If perchance some of you came basement so hustle down to the and were not given a good nearest tobacconist and buy a doz "rush" all we can do is apologize en cartons. commemoration of the Yuletide season and honoring the ties be and ask you to try us again. The latest tally of the interfratween the two greek letter organi There is a new trophy on our ternity athletic standings found zations. the Alpha Phi Fijis high up in a In case some of you have for mantle and we are quite proud of tie for third place with 258 points, it. We didn't do anything to win gotten your Purple Pilgrim les only 50 points behind the leaders. sons the Thetas are really an off it but be friendly and I guess We grabbed our largest bundle spring of Phi Gamma Delta. Back friendliness pays dividends. The Alpha Chi Omega sorority of counters with second place in in the very early days of frater the cross country run Oct. 27. nity lore an occasional woman was having a fathers weekend Having emerged victorious in the party and a few of the boys asked wore the pin of a fraternity. The last two years the Fijis were bid significance was not the same as the girls to bring their fathers ding for their third win which today when it means that Cupid's to our house dance that Saturday would make our mantle the per night. They came in droves, drank arrow has struck. manent home of the cross coun punch, ate doughnuts, and danced These girls were real honest to try trophy. the hokey pokey. goodness fraternity "men". The Although Brother George Allen The incident had been all but Phi Delts had a few on their ros romped home from the two-andforgotten until one night in chap ter and the Betas did too. ter meeting when we heard the one-half mile jaunt in first place. It seems there was a young girl voices of angels assailing us from Brothers Rich and Dave Thomas, named Betty Locke who had a Lou Calabrese and Dick Russell without. Fiji brother. He offered to let her We were kind of surprised since finished far behind. Our point to wear his pin, not as a full tal for the event was 96, just 12 fledged member, but as a brother most of us have never been sere naded. After the music finished a behind the Sig Ep speedsters. ly gesture. Betty decided that if In touch football we copped a she were going to wear the Fiji pin few of the braver girls came into the house and presented us with third in our league and lost the she wanted to be initiated. first game of the playoffs. This caused quite a ruckus in a trophy inscribed, "To the best The boys bounced back for the hosts of 1949, from The Alpha Chi the chapter and it was decided track meet taking third place. Omega "Pops". sorority. Kappa Alpha Theta, in up that women were not wanted . . . Brother Tom Hendry won the pole at least as brothers. But the Fijis The Phillip Morris campaign vault and Brother Allen again did help Betty to establish her own came through with a win in the Greek letter organization which is was a smashing success again this half mile. Brother Allen holds the year. In spite of a few of us who none other than Kappa Alpha The- ■ ta. sound like run down cement mix ' The dance this year was held at the Washtenaw Country Club since neither house is large enough to comfortably encompass the members of both groups. Dinner ers in the morning (no doubt some ' 'of you do too) there were no seri ous casualties. ' The final total was 18,200 golden wrappers. Most of these came from and you have our sincere •you thanks. While the final results have ^ not been tabulated as yet, we feel ' "quite sure that our total was sec ond to none. Keep up the fine ' work men. ' You say you have just switched to ^ Luckies and are enjoying life again ? Well switch right back to was served before the dance at Red Coach Inn. The brotherhood in Phi Gamma Delta is looking forward to this opportunity to celebrate the holiday season and to get better acquainted with their sisters, the "Kats". PM's since there is another con Pig Dinner in '50 all-campus cross country record. Twas ten days before Christmas and all through the House Little children were December, 1949 racing and raising general mayhem. There will be chewing gum in the chairs, peanut shells on the floor, and ice cream and cake oozing off everyone. But who cares. Each year it has been a tradi tion for us to have the 2nd and 3rd grades of a nearby school in for a Christmas party and each year we are the tiredest bunch of boys you could want when it is all over. test next year. We understand that But we like it . . . and so do the the Phillip Morris people out of kids. Robert Knapp Erf, Shaker Heights, Ohio—Bob is enrolled in the Engineering college as a freshman. In high school he was president and editor of the news paper. Besides the grades. Bob plans to work in the house and possibly a publication. honorary societies, one for scholar ship and one for activities. He is interested in application of art and so is considering stage work for the Union Opera, or design for the Ensign. J. Dale Lawson, Milan — An other architecture student, he would like to go to work for the Daily or Union staff. This would be a continuation of his high school work, where he did art work Robert Belton Evans, Grosse on all the publications and other Pointe—-A freshman, pre-dental activities. Dale also reports he student. Bob was active in intermural sports, student govern did dramatic work, so we'll try to put him to work on the Union ment, and Hi-Y and made a steady place for himself on the honor Opera. Harold roll. At Michigan he plans to help Edward Maud, Grosse the Fijis to more and better cups Pointe Farms — Ted is a fresh in athletics and hopes to run for man here at Michigan, he finished student government office next his high school days at South western high in Detroit where he year. captained his swimming team and Charles Andrew Froman, Caditook part in various other school lac—Chuck is a junior in the engi neering school, in which he holds organizations. He won his first sweater for football, and by all re an office. He played football, ran track, acted and skied for his high ports should win a few more in hockey. Being on the ice seems to school. He took a day off recently be the specialty. As a freshman and went north to chase deer Ted is ineligible for activities, but around, and, in the summer, he en next semester he has his eye on ters the national Au Sauble river IFC. canoe race. His record: no deer, Rodney Owen Smith, Birming fourth place. ham—During his prep days. Rod James Canfield Gielow, Detroit— did a lot of running—^he still is and A second semester freshman in architecture studying advertising design, Jim plans to take a few lit courses along with these and eventually enter business. He is interested in sailing, sketching, and music—something he shares with a good number of men in the house. has picked out a place on the freshman track and cross coun ANDREW M. HARVEY + * * Andrew M. Harvey, '91, nation ally known pioneer in industrial health and safety and a co-founder of the American Association of In dustrial Physicians and Surgeons, died in a Long Beach, Calif., hos pital on July 18, 1949, after a long illness wdiich resulted from a leg infection. Several magazine articles had been written about his work in industrial medicine and as medical try squads. He came to us as a director for Crane and Co., of Chi junior and entered the business administration school—you can see cago. He is survived by his widow and up here often showing the three children, besides four grand brothers how to make graphs. children and two brothers. Richard Lee Spaulding, Ionia— Jim was a Cum Laude man in high Dick comes to us as a transfer school and will help our house from Western Michigan College Bob might well add to our line of average. him where he played football and fine tankmen. Charles Claud Whiteaker—Coun Elwood Willard Guernsey, Co basketball. He is going to put his lumbus, Ohio—"Woody" kept busy ability to work for the house due cil Bluffs, Iowa — When you see in high school by working on the to lack of time to go out for a Chuck, you might be struck by year book, playing football, and varsity. Hitting the books takes how much he resembles (sans playing in school and dance bands. up time for a junior in Bus. Ad nose) Herb Barten. If you look in to it you will find like Barten he He is a Lit school freshman and sohool. plans to work on some publication, Richard Lee Thompson, Detroit runs and like Barten he runs well. possibly the Daily. His ability at —He kept busy in high school by He has been showing a lot of am the piano keeps up the talented serving in student council, dra bition in this field, and interest tradition of 707. matics, and as president of the and ability qualify him as a man Fred E. Ittner, Saginaw—Foot ball, track, dramatics, government, just about anything you can name, Fred was active in it. He told us. He is a sophomore and is active on the Daily. He also trys to deceive his pledge trainers. He will play intramurals for the house. We know he is trying—but what he is trying to do worrys us. David Alan senior class. He is a freshman to be watched. He is a freshman with us now and is looking for in Lit, puts a lot of time on the ward to a high grade point, house books also. Floyd Miller Zarbuck, Wheaton, activities, and possibly taking a part in play production on campus, 111.—If you have seen one of the probably over WUOM. He also Michigan football games this fall holds high school national scholar you have seen Floyd. When the band comes out, he supplies the ship awards. Robert Bryan Webster, Birming traditionally fine baton twirling. ham—A swimmer at Birmingham Before selecting something to Lauer—Dave is a high and now a freshman at which to devote the time the band sophomore in the School of Archi Michigan he spends a good sec and the literary college don't take tecture and Design. High school tion of his afternoons swimming up, Floyd would like to take a saw him active in goveniment and back and forth ad infinitum. This look around and also make a place publications, including a couple of tends to make fine swimmers and on the house government. \r\nTHE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS The Alpha Phiji News Pledges ... Keeping Up With The Chapter Published at least quarterly by the Alpha (Continued from page 1) Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, 707 Oxfoi-d Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The football weekends have consideration for the Michigan Phi Editor been a success on this end and we Gams have plans to change the Charles Norwood, '50 hope that you have enjoyed them prizes next year. Associate Editors Dave Thomas,'50 George Qua,'52 Vol. 14 No. 2 Our Sister Sorority, K.A.T., Joins Us After all, who can watch three The The last of the weekends when idea is to award the winning Ohio State moved in was perhaps group by redecorating a room or one of the biggest. No less than through some other such useful too. Our only regret is that more of you didn't find your way back. wrestling matches at once. fifty brothers from Ohio State had prize. We have already elected our lunch at the house before the co-chairmen for the next cam game and at times it was hard to paign. It was too tough on one find a familiar face. The Indiana man. For Christmas Dance • Phi Gamma Delta held a Christ mas dance Dec. 9th with its sister and Purdue weekends were not so crowded. Right now there is a bo.x well on its way to being filled with these lovely wrappers in the If perchance some of you came basement so hustle down to the and were not given a good nearest tobacconist and buy a doz "rush" all we can do is apologize en cartons. commemoration of the Yuletide season and honoring the ties be and ask you to try us again. The latest tally of the interfratween the two greek letter organi There is a new trophy on our ternity athletic standings found zations. the Alpha Phi Fijis high up in a In case some of you have for mantle and we are quite proud of tie for third place with 258 points, it. We didn't do anything to win gotten your Purple Pilgrim les only 50 points behind the leaders. sons the Thetas are really an off it but be friendly and I guess We grabbed our largest bundle spring of Phi Gamma Delta. Back friendliness pays dividends. The Alpha Chi Omega sorority of counters with second place in in the very early days of frater the cross country run Oct. 27. nity lore an occasional woman was having a fathers weekend Having emerged victorious in the party and a few of the boys asked wore the pin of a fraternity. The last two years the Fijis were bid significance was not the same as the girls to bring their fathers ding for their third win which today when it means that Cupid's to our house dance that Saturday would make our mantle the per night. They came in droves, drank arrow has struck. manent home of the cross coun punch, ate doughnuts, and danced These girls were real honest to try trophy. the hokey pokey. goodness fraternity "men". The Although Brother George Allen The incident had been all but Phi Delts had a few on their ros romped home from the two-andforgotten until one night in chap ter and the Betas did too. ter meeting when we heard the one-half mile jaunt in first place. It seems there was a young girl voices of angels assailing us from Brothers Rich and Dave Thomas, named Betty Locke who had a Lou Calabrese and Dick Russell without. Fiji brother. He offered to let her We were kind of surprised since finished far behind. Our point to wear his pin, not as a full tal for the event was 96, just 12 fledged member, but as a brother most of us have never been sere naded. After the music finished a behind the Sig Ep speedsters. ly gesture. Betty decided that if In touch football we copped a she were going to wear the Fiji pin few of the braver girls came into the house and presented us with third in our league and lost the she wanted to be initiated. first game of the playoffs. This caused quite a ruckus in a trophy inscribed, "To the best The boys bounced back for the hosts of 1949, from The Alpha Chi the chapter and it was decided track meet taking third place. Omega "Pops". sorority. Kappa Alpha Theta, in up that women were not wanted . . . Brother Tom Hendry won the pole at least as brothers. But the Fijis The Phillip Morris campaign vault and Brother Allen again did help Betty to establish her own came through with a win in the Greek letter organization which is was a smashing success again this half mile. Brother Allen holds the year. In spite of a few of us who none other than Kappa Alpha The- ■ ta. sound like run down cement mix ' The dance this year was held at the Washtenaw Country Club since neither house is large enough to comfortably encompass the members of both groups. Dinner ers in the morning (no doubt some ' 'of you do too) there were no seri ous casualties. ' The final total was 18,200 golden wrappers. Most of these came from and you have our sincere •you thanks. While the final results have ^ not been tabulated as yet, we feel ' "quite sure that our total was sec ond to none. Keep up the fine ' work men. ' You say you have just switched to ^ Luckies and are enjoying life again ? Well switch right back to was served before the dance at Red Coach Inn. The brotherhood in Phi Gamma Delta is looking forward to this opportunity to celebrate the holiday season and to get better acquainted with their sisters, the "Kats". PM's since there is another con Pig Dinner in '50 all-campus cross country record. Twas ten days before Christmas and all through the House Little children were December, 1949 racing and raising general mayhem. There will be chewing gum in the chairs, peanut shells on the floor, and ice cream and cake oozing off everyone. But who cares. Each year it has been a tradi tion for us to have the 2nd and 3rd grades of a nearby school in for a Christmas party and each year we are the tiredest bunch of boys you could want when it is all over. test next year. We understand that But we like it . . . and so do the the Phillip Morris people out of kids. Robert Knapp Erf, Shaker Heights, Ohio—Bob is enrolled in the Engineering college as a freshman. In high school he was president and editor of the news paper. Besides the grades. Bob plans to work in the house and possibly a publication. honorary societies, one for scholar ship and one for activities. He is interested in application of art and so is considering stage work for the Union Opera, or design for the Ensign. J. Dale Lawson, Milan — An other architecture student, he would like to go to work for the Daily or Union staff. This would be a continuation of his high school work, where he did art work Robert Belton Evans, Grosse on all the publications and other Pointe—-A freshman, pre-dental activities. Dale also reports he student. Bob was active in intermural sports, student govern did dramatic work, so we'll try to put him to work on the Union ment, and Hi-Y and made a steady place for himself on the honor Opera. Harold roll. At Michigan he plans to help Edward Maud, Grosse the Fijis to more and better cups Pointe Farms — Ted is a fresh in athletics and hopes to run for man here at Michigan, he finished student government office next his high school days at South western high in Detroit where he year. captained his swimming team and Charles Andrew Froman, Caditook part in various other school lac—Chuck is a junior in the engi neering school, in which he holds organizations. He won his first sweater for football, and by all re an office. He played football, ran track, acted and skied for his high ports should win a few more in hockey. Being on the ice seems to school. He took a day off recently be the specialty. As a freshman and went north to chase deer Ted is ineligible for activities, but around, and, in the summer, he en next semester he has his eye on ters the national Au Sauble river IFC. canoe race. His record: no deer, Rodney Owen Smith, Birming fourth place. ham—During his prep days. Rod James Canfield Gielow, Detroit— did a lot of running—^he still is and A second semester freshman in architecture studying advertising design, Jim plans to take a few lit courses along with these and eventually enter business. He is interested in sailing, sketching, and music—something he shares with a good number of men in the house. has picked out a place on the freshman track and cross coun ANDREW M. HARVEY + * * Andrew M. Harvey, '91, nation ally known pioneer in industrial health and safety and a co-founder of the American Association of In dustrial Physicians and Surgeons, died in a Long Beach, Calif., hos pital on July 18, 1949, after a long illness wdiich resulted from a leg infection. Several magazine articles had been written about his work in industrial medicine and as medical try squads. He came to us as a director for Crane and Co., of Chi junior and entered the business administration school—you can see cago. He is survived by his widow and up here often showing the three children, besides four grand brothers how to make graphs. children and two brothers. Richard Lee Spaulding, Ionia— Jim was a Cum Laude man in high Dick comes to us as a transfer school and will help our house from Western Michigan College Bob might well add to our line of average. him where he played football and fine tankmen. Charles Claud Whiteaker—Coun Elwood Willard Guernsey, Co basketball. He is going to put his lumbus, Ohio—"Woody" kept busy ability to work for the house due cil Bluffs, Iowa — When you see in high school by working on the to lack of time to go out for a Chuck, you might be struck by year book, playing football, and varsity. Hitting the books takes how much he resembles (sans playing in school and dance bands. up time for a junior in Bus. Ad nose) Herb Barten. If you look in to it you will find like Barten he He is a Lit school freshman and sohool. plans to work on some publication, Richard Lee Thompson, Detroit runs and like Barten he runs well. possibly the Daily. His ability at —He kept busy in high school by He has been showing a lot of am the piano keeps up the talented serving in student council, dra bition in this field, and interest tradition of 707. matics, and as president of the and ability qualify him as a man Fred E. Ittner, Saginaw—Foot ball, track, dramatics, government, just about anything you can name, Fred was active in it. He told us. He is a sophomore and is active on the Daily. He also trys to deceive his pledge trainers. He will play intramurals for the house. We know he is trying—but what he is trying to do worrys us. David Alan senior class. He is a freshman to be watched. He is a freshman with us now and is looking for in Lit, puts a lot of time on the ward to a high grade point, house books also. Floyd Miller Zarbuck, Wheaton, activities, and possibly taking a part in play production on campus, 111.—If you have seen one of the probably over WUOM. He also Michigan football games this fall holds high school national scholar you have seen Floyd. When the band comes out, he supplies the ship awards. Robert Bryan Webster, Birming traditionally fine baton twirling. ham—A swimmer at Birmingham Before selecting something to Lauer—Dave is a high and now a freshman at which to devote the time the band sophomore in the School of Archi Michigan he spends a good sec and the literary college don't take tecture and Design. High school tion of his afternoons swimming up, Floyd would like to take a saw him active in goveniment and back and forth ad infinitum. This look around and also make a place publications, including a couple of tends to make fine swimmers and on the house government. \r\nTHE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS KEEPING POSTED ON OUR ALUMNI ROBERT H. HUME, '45, '48M, MILTON GREGG SMITH,'35, is The club meets the first Wednes day of every month in the club was married to Betty Storz Eaton, "Milt" has been a pretty busy man room of the Mansfield Leland Ho '48, a member of Pi Beta Pi, on since leaving school. While at tel at 12 noon and has extended a June 24, 1949, in Detroit. Brother Michigan he received a BS, A.B., cordial invitation for all Fijis who Hume captained the track team in Life Teaching Certificate. Then can attend to do so. Dave, inci 1944, is a member of Nu Sigma he went on to Duke Medical dentally, was the first president of Nu, and is now in residency at the School where he received his M.D. the club and is now serving as University Hospital. Betty was and D.N.B. From 1935-38 he was treasurer of the Michigan alumni president of the Women's Athletic a teacher. Before this he had association and as co-chairman of Association, a member of the worked for the Michigan Bell the Blood Bank. Brother Ott has League council and Scroll while on Telephone Co., and had even tak two children; Richard (Mich. campus. The Humes now live in Observatory Lodge, Washington en a flyer in banking. While in 1968) and Kathy, (Mich. 1970). Heights, Ann Arbor. school he was awarded the Marsh The Alpha Phiji News University of Michigan Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta a physician in Clearwater, Florida. THOMAS H."SHENNY" READ, scholarship and joined the Nu Sig ma Nu Medical Fraternity. In ad '06, is practicing law in Shenan- dition to a few clubs and his prac tice Milt is now president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. We understand that he is to write a book entitled "300 Different Ways to Make a Living and Be Happy." ii". ^ The name of CHARLES B. EMERY is a familiar one around 707. In 1925 it belonged to a young man from Bedford, Indiana who was just entering the medical profession. Now it also belongs to another young man from Bedford who isn't quite sure where he will wind up but has his father's in clinations toward medicine. There is another one on the way too. His name is Gordon, and from what Charlie Jr., tells me he is one of the best athletic prospects Bed ford High has had since the other two Emery boys. doah, Iowa. The Read family is all Phi Gam beginning with Tom, continuing with his son Bob (Ari zona '38) and including a brother in law, Edson R. Sunderland and a nephew Thomas E. Sunderland, both of Michigan. Bob Read and his father have been very active in the American Legion with "Pop" being Post and District Volume XIV ANN ARBOR, MICH., DECEMBER, 1949 Number 2 HORACE P. "HORSE POWER" RAMEY, '07 Eng., is a civil and sanitary engineer employed by the Sanitary District of Chicago. Through the years 1905 to 1907 Brother Ramey was a member of the Michigan track team and dur ing 1906 was captain. In Chicago he belongs to the Chicago Ath letic, Chicago Engineers, and Olympia Fields Country Clubs. Commander while Bob served as State Vice Commander in 1947. BOB CARSON, '49, is teaching JACK E. ADAMSON, '48, is an music at the Tustin High School insurance broker in Santa Monica in Tustin, Michigan. His home ad California. His new address is dress is 816 Cotey Street, Cadil 2005 Oak Street, Santa Monica. lac, Michigan. On June 11, 1949 Jack, better known in his college he and Frances Klein, a Gamma days as "Pop's" is a member of Phi Beta from Michigan were the Big Ten Club in Los Angeles joined in the bonds of holy matri and we expect to see him next mony. We are counting on Bob for year when Michigan plays in the a couple of good musicians for Rose Bowl again. the Fiji Marching Band in the fu ture. TED HORNBERGER, '27, is an ALBERT M. WARNER, '48, GEORGE H. SHAFFER,'48, af known to me as "Pop" is with the English professor at the Univer R.C.A. - Victor Corporation. His sity of Minnesota. Ted did his un fectionately known as "Skin Head" address is 111 East 16th Street, dergraduate work at Michigan and to most of us came out for one of Indianapolis, Indiana. A1 took an also took his Master's degree in M.B.A. degree here at Michigan English here. Then he attended our Monday alumni luncheon club King's College in London where meetings. We don't know what few activities including radio an received his Ph. D. While at happened along the way but it nouncing and dramatics. Men's Michigan he participated in track, was Tuesday noon before he made Judiciary Committee, Student re cross country, student council and his appearance. While in school presentative to the Dean's Con chimes. The last of these is no more and we are curious as to just George had the lottery ticket-horse duct Committee and Student Dis ciplinary Committee. In 1945 he what chimes consisted of. The edi race concession and made such was with the U.S. Customs Ser tor also hopes that Brother Horn- phenominal gains that we made vice. His first job on leaving berger will not scrutinize this him "T". Right now he is selling stock in uranium mines on the school was as a radio announcer paper too carefully since the edi for the American Broadcasting tor is not an English major and Bikini Islands. He is also employed and found time to enter into a Co. has doubtless committed many by the H. O. Terrace Co. as a field engineer, and has found time to join the Junior Chamber of Com DAVID E. OTT, '41, is living in The Monday noon luncheon club merce and the Detroit Engineer Mansfield, Ohio where he has or ganized the Shaw and Ott Drug is still in existence but has not ing Society. If any of you are in Co. Dave got together with the been too well patronized. We don't terested in buying some of Phi Gam alumni in the know what is keeping you away George's atomic stock (we didn't) Mansfield area and they organized but it isn't like Fijis to turn down address your enquirys to "Skin Linsdale, Detroit an alumni club which was soon , a free meal. The meals are good Head", 7105 Michigan. turned into an alumni chapter. I too. other CHARGE! In best Phi Gam tradition the 1949 Pledge Class prepares to ascend the Senior Stairs. They are: top row, Jim Gielow, Chuck Froman, Dave Connell, Dale Lawson, Bob Webster. Center: Bob Evans, Dave Lauer, Dick Thompson, Tom Anton, Ted Maude, Fred Ittner, Bob Erf. Front: Red Smith, Crawford Young, Floyd Zarbock, Dick Spaulding. The same old group of white tained his grid team in high school, Dan has been busy organizing his stars can be seen on lapels every played baseball and still found small army to do the pledge duties. President of his high school, he also sang in two choral Leonard Carroll Battle, Bay City groups, and played football, bas —Len attended the University of ketball and ran track. He is a Detroit before coming to Michi Junior in Lit school. David Day Connell, Grosse gan to he is a Junior working on year—it is the faces over them time to enter into school govern that are important. This years allout rush brought to 707 one of the finest groups of pledges in many ment. years. Fifteen of the men are from Michigan, two from Ohio, one is a freshman in the from Iowa, Illinois, Washington a major in economics. He played Pointe—Dave Literary college and plans to try football in high school, switched the state, and Washington the to working on publications at U. of his hand at campus dramatics,' a^ capitol. . plans to cartoon for the soon as the university declares campus humor magazine next se freshmen eligible. He participated in track, basketball, gymnastics mester. Daniel Ryan Beck, Grosse Pointe and dramatics in high school. Thomas Anton, Grosse Pointe— D. and A Freshman in LS&A, Tom plans to go out for football in the spring in addition to getting the —Having l^en elected pledge king, all-important grades. He cap (Continued on page 3)