THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS ruary. If any of you alumni are stage the Fijis have an excellent interested in contacting them as Published at least quarterly by chance to go all the way. Chuck possible employees, please write the Alpha Phi Chapter of Phi Doherty, Bob Heath, Andy Pringle, stating scholastic qualifications de Gamma Delta, 707 Oxford Road, George Olson, Bob Spiegel, Vern sired, etc. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Judd, and Dick Schultz have been Robert Keith Jordan is this — doing the paddling. year's recipient of the Harmon St. The Alpha Phiji News "* f the semi-finai Water polo is at the quarter Assoc. Editor ...Dick McWilliams final stage. Inhaling water for Editor Dick Hurst Pat Patterson Phi Gamma Delta are a host of Photographer The Alpha Phiji News University of Michigan Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta ANN ARBOR, MICH., JANUARY, 1949 Volume XIII The Phi Gam-Phi Delt Centen nial Ball was held December 10 The Men We Hope Will Come To Dinner Phi Gam 'M' Men water logged brothers. Among and was the outstanding eyent on those drowning: Olson (the terror!. the winter social calendar. McWilliams (goalie), Sutherland. Doing Their Stuff Hurst, Kistler, Post, Pringle. Schultz, Spaeth (acquired by af stayed. For quite a while anyway. All he did was accept an invita tion. break a leg, and have a filiation from Illinois), Jackson. A quick look at varsity activity Judd. Spross, Thomas, and a shows that the Fijis are well re couole of corpses yet to be identi presented in just about very winter fied. sport. In wrestling it's Tom McCann, sophomore prospect, who weighs in at 175 and Chuck Cornwell, a 145-pounder who is also a sopho more. Herbie "Hawk" Barten is back The Early Birds Will Get A Seat for his last year of track compe tition at Michigan. Conference mile and half mile champ. Herb is once We're working for a first place again the man to beat in the Big in all total I-M points . . . and if Ten. John Lindquist is also doing John Kistler, athletic chairman, (Continued from page 1) a lot of half miling and Bill Wy- has his way we'll get there. ';hing else we could think of to tire ckoff is working over the hurdles. the kids out a little. Bill Hickman is an outstanding We Were Laughing Chuck Norwood donned the fa- Varsity basketball has a grip on Chuck Murray, and Tom Tiernan is on the freshman squad. REMEMBER THE DAY 14 OF MAY PIG DINNER Swimmers abound. On the var sity it's Bill Upthegrove, breast stroker, and John Donaldson, backstroker. A trio of pledges are Odds and Ends working out with the freshmen. They are Dick Howell, backstroker, We have a dog. Butch, who, al Spence Parsons, free styler; and though he does possess certain Art Beck, free styler. good qualities such as wistful eyes, has become a howling detriment to the house. MAY 14 THE PIG WILL BE HERE - Fiji I-M Teams Rate Next To Top At Christmas vacation the Fiji I-M athletes are in second place and making a strong rush toward the top of the list. Four wrestlers were good enough to get the house a fourth in fra ternity muscle mashing. hey had expressed their heartfelt desires for electric trains, bicycles, and other expensiye gifts. Chuck presented each of them with a "Superman" T-shirt — a quality product produced by a five and ten cent company. Druids, senior honorary, tapped Superman T-shirts left few of them." With a smattering of brothers digging peanut shells out of the living room rugs, we maintain that the destruction caused by the demand On a recent liams (256 pounds of unlimited potentialities) went to the semi traction of a parade advertising Recommend IK rushees the Winter Carnival. now—we rush the third week in February. We haye fiye brothers graduat The swimming team is still in ing from yarious schools in Feb- NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION I'LL GO TO PIG DINNER MAY 14 .'W, back—and we don't want you tc miss anything. Not while we can ouer it. This is still a great university in spirit as well as scholastically —and we think that you owe it to yourself to walk across the "diag' U. to Washtenaw (a red light may finally through the arch of trees that vault Hill to your Michigan "A bunch of little boys were whooping it up" when their mothers home at 707 Oxford Rd. Don't worry about business meeings and speeches—the busi ness meeting will be a small drop Ann Arbor isn't far away. East constant 0 We think that you alumni are missing something by not coming The Alpha Fiji Marching Band in f ^'4 'o press. in the bucket of activities and sleep-inducers will be barred from the rostrum. kids will be corrected before you -Jb* the schedule of events all ready for you when the next News goes get to the house for Pig Dinner. Triangles, junior honorary society, recently claimed attract attention. ij! uninspired salesmen. So, not only are we promising a superlative Pig Dinner, we're also planning to make it just that . . . superlative Right now the Alpha Phi Board and Chapter are just getting the show under way, but we'll have confuse you at this point), and engineering around the campus to add pep or Pringle, 128 pounds, went to the Kistler. If we didn't promise you the greatest Pig Dinner ever, we'd be the world's poorest pessimists and caying that "I believe there are continues brother Art Mancl. iust a little whde and have a won derful time. again, through the Arch, out South If any of you are acquainted enough a home, such as a fraternity is for a dog, we would like you to haye him write us a letter stating his references, past employment, and personality. If a satisfactory animal is discoyered we will gladly pay postage charges. We're extending the invitation hoping that nothing breaks if you come—and asking you to stay for Chairman of the Pig Dinner committee. Chuck was quoted as Andy brothers Bill Gripman and John wintry day it was the chief at finals as did Bob Spiegel, 175 pounds, while Dave Thomas, 175 pounds, and Dick "Tiny" McWil finals. niliar Santa Claus suit and pro ceeded to snow the youngsters with his profound knowledge of he art of giying presents. After personally with a dog who needs over to give some of the alumni a WILL YOU ? "The man who came to dinner" wonderful time. Here's one for you. The House is ordering a block of seats for Paddle ball still has the Fiji you for the homecoming game next team in the running. fall. Fifty seats are now reserved Basketball prospects are excell for first come first seryed . . . and ent. Jim Ebersole plans to field .'f there are more of you who want a veteran agregation supplemented '.o come we will enlarge the block by some pledge material that . . . let us know now if you think should make trouble for any house '.hat you can attend. that comes in contact with them. freshman miler. Number 3 Glair award. came for them after the annual neighborhood Christmas party held by the chapter for second and third grade kiddoes from Angell grade school. We're still digging peanuts out of the rugs. Chuck Norwood is the "Santa." Laughing & Kidding strenuous activity that during the school year. occurs coast alumni can leave Friday and We make more mothers happy. It was just like Gulliver and the be here Saturday for their slice of Lilliputians. The kids come up here and take pig . . . We hope we'll have to rent a it out on our furniture. In fact, We outweighed them but they the initial war cry was "let's tear hangar at Willow Run Airport for outfought us. In fact, twenty down the Christmas tree" and a banquet this year and be forced seven-year-olds from Angell grade they almost did before we smeared to import boars from South Africa school could give anyone a mighty the play. From there on in it was peanuts, ice cream and cake, foot to satiate your appetites . . . so struggle. remember the day. May 14, and Of course, the whole battle was ball, mass wrestling, races, leap frog, piggy-back fights, and anysee your classmates at our 1949 the result of the Annual Christmas (Continued on page 4) Party . . . probably the most Pig Dinner. \r\nTHE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS Page 2 Alumni News I JoHrT^L. Spencer, '32, assistant manager of the Creamery Package Donald David Smith, '04 a mem Mfg. Co. in Buffalo, has two sons, ber of the American Society of John Jr., and Charles Utley, aged Civil Engineers, has retired from nine and three respectively. business and now lives in Hast ings, Michigan. During the war he was general manager of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corpora tion in Philadelphia. William E. Petritz, '12, is a practicing civil engineer operating in Los Angeles, Calif. Clair B. Hughes, '12, is an at torney with Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke, and Whiteside in New York City. Gleed Miller, '14, who lists his occupation as investments, is ac tive in the Rotary, Masonic, Clubs, a trustee in the Ralph Dickinson 32, is an electrical engineer with But we insist that you will get alumni directory before in Denver. An expert in the field you've figured out just how many of electronics, he is the inventor of the brothers you'd like to of the Five Channel Electronic sponge a meal off of. the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation your Switch. Charles Willett Crowe, '39, is a chemical engineer with DuPont Co., Plastics Department in Wil mington, Delaware. Lawrence Gray Clayton', '35, is a credit analyst with E. I. duPont de Nemours in Wilmington, and a member of the University Club of Wilmington. Intermountain the board of the Rotary Boys Club —all these interests centering around Salt Lake City, Utah. Arthur Branch McGee, '16, is a structural engineer with the Bureau of Engineering in Los Angeles, Calif. John J. Kistler, '50, is our terri fic house athletic chairman. If you want to meet a fraternity man, come around Pig Dinner time and see John. He will be on display all weekend. We'll Be At the 1949 Pig Dinner . .. Will You? Alumni Directory On Way To Press Predictions usually go astray Goodrich, Jr., when stated in optimistic terms. We're afraid that there will be certain inaccuracies—some of our deceased may still be alive, etc.— but we also feel that the directory and continuous correction of 4m 'Pi it will enable us to get up to date hence-forth-and forever more. The Lord forbid that things ever get as fouled up as they were dur ing the period of post war tran sition. Unit Shrine Hospital, a trustee in the Rowland Hall School and on Page 3 January, 1949 FIRST ROW: Bob McGuire, Chuck Emery, Stu Cammett, Charlie Spross, Dick Howell, Art Beck, Bill Ollie Comments on Of course, we will be dependent upon you for help in maintaining our files and know that you will Tiernan. A New 707 at 707 cooperate with us. SECOND ROW: Stu Rankin, Bob Holland, Jerry Hans, Potsy Ryan, Bob Whitney, Dick Hurst, Bob Fijis Scour State Don Lathrup. Here's the latest on the building fund. Dibble, Leo Calhoun, Neale Traves, George Qua, George Allen, Bill Hickman, Spence Parsons, Tom Gregg, Bob Spiegel, Bill Gripman, Bill Zerman, Dan Gardiner, Lee Smith, Jack Fors, Dean Firth, Ollie Schoedinger, '43, writes: "I sure want to pat you guys on To Win Contest the back for your work on the Chicago's Cardinals and Bears building fund. Just such a fund played football in the Phi Gam was my dream all the time I was Trophy room a couple of nights at 707. I don't know what your ago. plans for alumni help are but you Five years ago it couldn't have can count on another contribution happened but there's television from our class at the next Pig Din now . . . and we've got a set Earl C. Greyer, '26, is a land ner and I hope it will be the scape architect in Buffalo, New largest as I believe it was last standing in the comer right now. "The best things in life are York. year." free" isn't so far from wrong. And Frederick Lyle Pitner, '26, who We hope your class will get lists his interests as banking, some strong competition from the television sets—though not always the best things in life—can be free lumber and farming, is still plug other classes, Ollie. . . . ours was . . . we won it with ging his music. "I used to compose cigarette wrappers .. . 5,000 of the popular songs—music and lyrics— John Ayers Rinek, '39, is sales things . .. in a contest sponsored but missed the boat on getting them published. Although three manager with the Fenn Mfg. Co. by the Philip Morris Co. We did all sorts of strange times I thought I was safely in Hartford, Conn. During the war things to win. We searched the aboard. I'll make it one of these he was a naval aviator and test football stadium after every home days." Suggestion to brother Pit pilot. game, wrote to all the other chap ner: we could use a good arrange Norman E. Kewley, '40, is a ment of a brand new song for the foreman with General Electric ters seducing wrappers from them, IFC sing. You'd be famous over Lamp Department in Cleveland, went on street cleaning parties to Detroit, searched some of the best night. Or infamous. Ohio. men's lounges in the city (BookAlexander King Scherer, '30, Clayton James Pilcher, '42, a Cadillac, Leland, Statler), can president of the Scherer Freight Navy pilot for three years, is Lines located in Ottawa, Illinois, now an instructor of finance in the vassed the railroad station daily, among other things was Assistant School of Business Administration were never too proud to pick them up on campus, had the maids in Chief of Operations, Office of De at Michigan. the quads working for us, wrote fense Transportation in Washing William Southard Corlett, '43, our parents, and every smoking ton D. C. during the war. He is a forester with Trees for Tomor brother in the house switched to also a member of the Elks, Kiwanis and The Chicago Athletic row Inc., is a member of the Soci PM's for the four-week campaign. ety of American Foresters and the The result was a roomful of Association. American Forestry Association. wrappers, a bunch of pledges bus Bruce Corson, '43, is an instruc ily inscribing Phi Gamma Delta THE FIJI TRIBE IS tor in the engineering school and on each of them, and finally the camp director at Chikopi, Ontario. announcement that we had won ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS Henry Wallace Dunn, '48, is an the first prize television set. FOR PIG DINNER Hardly can wait for baseball actor residing in Pasadena, Calif. season to start again. (Continued to page 3) THIRD ROW: Don Todd, Tom Emerson, Dick Russell, Bill Upthegrove, Dick Cossitt, Flip Connell, Bob Knecht, Don Mattison, Chuck Doherty, Jim Kistler, Pat Patterson, John Kistler, Webb Wilson, Jim Ebersole, Dick Precious, Tom McCann, Bill Loveless. TOP ROW: Ray Newhall, Dave Layshon, Bill Bristor, Dean Barnard, Dick Wetzel, DeWolf Stanley, Bob Brungraber, Pete Craighead, Dave Thomas, Chuck Norwood, Dick Wakefield, Dave Standiford, Doug Watkins, Dave Burkholder, Dick Schultz, John Donaldson, Art Mancl, Bob Bristor, Keith Jordon. ALUMNI NEWS Samuel Averill Wilson, '89, the twentieth member of the Alpha Phi Chapter, passed away recently in Greenville, 1 Message From The President Alpha Phi has been pushing for optimistic concerning the possibil a chapter at Michigan State Col ity of founding an excellent chap lege for two years now. So far ter at one of the midwest's leading all we have been able to do is colleges. Michigan State is on the way up and Phi Gamma Delta, in my interest in the project. opinion, should untangle some of Harold R. Geimer, '45, sales en Ahead of us is the real job. And the red tape from their procedures gineer of the Louis Allis Co., was slow job. Colonizing, accrediting, and introduce a practical program formerly on the Atomic Energy petitioning then waiting for the for establishing new chapters as Alabama. bring notice of our intentions to the 100th Ekklesia and stimulate Ekklesia vote is all necessary it Hicks B. Waldron, Jr., '45, is in seems before a charter can be charge of the sales training' pro granted . . . it will take a long gram at the General Electric Eo. time under the present set-up. Now that MSC has been made a in Schenectady . . . how about Commission. member of the Western Confer Thomas Millard Gattle, '46, is a ence we feel that it is even more coming to Pig Dinner Hicks? schools become nationally promin ent—maybe a few letters from you alumni to the national officers would bring some results. Fraternally, Robert Spiegel. merchant in Miami, Fla.; firm of imperative that State be included in the fraternity roll as soon as Samuel Ewart Emmons, Jr., '46, possible. The recognition of State by the is working on the railroad; Balti more and Ohio, that is, and now Conference is proof in itself that this school has hit the "big time." has two children. Edward Russell Greer, '48, is a Not only has the school become an teacher in Sault Ste. Marie, Michi athletic power but its administra Gattle. LET'S HAVE "CLASS" AT THE PIG DINNER MAY 14 MOVING DAY University Administrative de partments have been moving re certed efforts to strengthen the Joseph A. Riggs, '22, Executive cently into the newly completed Vice-President and General Man school scholastically. gan. tive officers continue to make con ager of the Goss Printing Press Last year's report from field Co., in Chicago, is a member of secretary Floyd Wilkins, Jr., was the Union League of Chicago. and modern Administration Build ing directly across State street not only favorable but completely from Angell Hall. \r\nTHE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS Page 2 Alumni News I JoHrT^L. Spencer, '32, assistant manager of the Creamery Package Donald David Smith, '04 a mem Mfg. Co. in Buffalo, has two sons, ber of the American Society of John Jr., and Charles Utley, aged Civil Engineers, has retired from nine and three respectively. business and now lives in Hast ings, Michigan. During the war he was general manager of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corpora tion in Philadelphia. William E. Petritz, '12, is a practicing civil engineer operating in Los Angeles, Calif. Clair B. Hughes, '12, is an at torney with Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke, and Whiteside in New York City. Gleed Miller, '14, who lists his occupation as investments, is ac tive in the Rotary, Masonic, Clubs, a trustee in the Ralph Dickinson 32, is an electrical engineer with But we insist that you will get alumni directory before in Denver. An expert in the field you've figured out just how many of electronics, he is the inventor of the brothers you'd like to of the Five Channel Electronic sponge a meal off of. the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation your Switch. Charles Willett Crowe, '39, is a chemical engineer with DuPont Co., Plastics Department in Wil mington, Delaware. Lawrence Gray Clayton', '35, is a credit analyst with E. I. duPont de Nemours in Wilmington, and a member of the University Club of Wilmington. Intermountain the board of the Rotary Boys Club —all these interests centering around Salt Lake City, Utah. Arthur Branch McGee, '16, is a structural engineer with the Bureau of Engineering in Los Angeles, Calif. John J. Kistler, '50, is our terri fic house athletic chairman. If you want to meet a fraternity man, come around Pig Dinner time and see John. He will be on display all weekend. We'll Be At the 1949 Pig Dinner . .. Will You? Alumni Directory On Way To Press Predictions usually go astray Goodrich, Jr., when stated in optimistic terms. We're afraid that there will be certain inaccuracies—some of our deceased may still be alive, etc.— but we also feel that the directory and continuous correction of 4m 'Pi it will enable us to get up to date hence-forth-and forever more. The Lord forbid that things ever get as fouled up as they were dur ing the period of post war tran sition. Unit Shrine Hospital, a trustee in the Rowland Hall School and on Page 3 January, 1949 FIRST ROW: Bob McGuire, Chuck Emery, Stu Cammett, Charlie Spross, Dick Howell, Art Beck, Bill Ollie Comments on Of course, we will be dependent upon you for help in maintaining our files and know that you will Tiernan. A New 707 at 707 cooperate with us. SECOND ROW: Stu Rankin, Bob Holland, Jerry Hans, Potsy Ryan, Bob Whitney, Dick Hurst, Bob Fijis Scour State Don Lathrup. Here's the latest on the building fund. Dibble, Leo Calhoun, Neale Traves, George Qua, George Allen, Bill Hickman, Spence Parsons, Tom Gregg, Bob Spiegel, Bill Gripman, Bill Zerman, Dan Gardiner, Lee Smith, Jack Fors, Dean Firth, Ollie Schoedinger, '43, writes: "I sure want to pat you guys on To Win Contest the back for your work on the Chicago's Cardinals and Bears building fund. Just such a fund played football in the Phi Gam was my dream all the time I was Trophy room a couple of nights at 707. I don't know what your ago. plans for alumni help are but you Five years ago it couldn't have can count on another contribution happened but there's television from our class at the next Pig Din now . . . and we've got a set Earl C. Greyer, '26, is a land ner and I hope it will be the scape architect in Buffalo, New largest as I believe it was last standing in the comer right now. "The best things in life are York. year." free" isn't so far from wrong. And Frederick Lyle Pitner, '26, who We hope your class will get lists his interests as banking, some strong competition from the television sets—though not always the best things in life—can be free lumber and farming, is still plug other classes, Ollie. . . . ours was . . . we won it with ging his music. "I used to compose cigarette wrappers .. . 5,000 of the popular songs—music and lyrics— John Ayers Rinek, '39, is sales things . .. in a contest sponsored but missed the boat on getting them published. Although three manager with the Fenn Mfg. Co. by the Philip Morris Co. We did all sorts of strange times I thought I was safely in Hartford, Conn. During the war things to win. We searched the aboard. I'll make it one of these he was a naval aviator and test football stadium after every home days." Suggestion to brother Pit pilot. game, wrote to all the other chap ner: we could use a good arrange Norman E. Kewley, '40, is a ment of a brand new song for the foreman with General Electric ters seducing wrappers from them, IFC sing. You'd be famous over Lamp Department in Cleveland, went on street cleaning parties to Detroit, searched some of the best night. Or infamous. Ohio. men's lounges in the city (BookAlexander King Scherer, '30, Clayton James Pilcher, '42, a Cadillac, Leland, Statler), can president of the Scherer Freight Navy pilot for three years, is Lines located in Ottawa, Illinois, now an instructor of finance in the vassed the railroad station daily, among other things was Assistant School of Business Administration were never too proud to pick them up on campus, had the maids in Chief of Operations, Office of De at Michigan. the quads working for us, wrote fense Transportation in Washing William Southard Corlett, '43, our parents, and every smoking ton D. C. during the war. He is a forester with Trees for Tomor brother in the house switched to also a member of the Elks, Kiwanis and The Chicago Athletic row Inc., is a member of the Soci PM's for the four-week campaign. ety of American Foresters and the The result was a roomful of Association. American Forestry Association. wrappers, a bunch of pledges bus Bruce Corson, '43, is an instruc ily inscribing Phi Gamma Delta THE FIJI TRIBE IS tor in the engineering school and on each of them, and finally the camp director at Chikopi, Ontario. announcement that we had won ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS Henry Wallace Dunn, '48, is an the first prize television set. FOR PIG DINNER Hardly can wait for baseball actor residing in Pasadena, Calif. season to start again. (Continued to page 3) THIRD ROW: Don Todd, Tom Emerson, Dick Russell, Bill Upthegrove, Dick Cossitt, Flip Connell, Bob Knecht, Don Mattison, Chuck Doherty, Jim Kistler, Pat Patterson, John Kistler, Webb Wilson, Jim Ebersole, Dick Precious, Tom McCann, Bill Loveless. TOP ROW: Ray Newhall, Dave Layshon, Bill Bristor, Dean Barnard, Dick Wetzel, DeWolf Stanley, Bob Brungraber, Pete Craighead, Dave Thomas, Chuck Norwood, Dick Wakefield, Dave Standiford, Doug Watkins, Dave Burkholder, Dick Schultz, John Donaldson, Art Mancl, Bob Bristor, Keith Jordon. ALUMNI NEWS Samuel Averill Wilson, '89, the twentieth member of the Alpha Phi Chapter, passed away recently in Greenville, 1 Message From The President Alpha Phi has been pushing for optimistic concerning the possibil a chapter at Michigan State Col ity of founding an excellent chap lege for two years now. So far ter at one of the midwest's leading all we have been able to do is colleges. Michigan State is on the way up and Phi Gamma Delta, in my interest in the project. opinion, should untangle some of Harold R. Geimer, '45, sales en Ahead of us is the real job. And the red tape from their procedures gineer of the Louis Allis Co., was slow job. Colonizing, accrediting, and introduce a practical program formerly on the Atomic Energy petitioning then waiting for the for establishing new chapters as Alabama. bring notice of our intentions to the 100th Ekklesia and stimulate Ekklesia vote is all necessary it Hicks B. Waldron, Jr., '45, is in seems before a charter can be charge of the sales training' pro granted . . . it will take a long gram at the General Electric Eo. time under the present set-up. Now that MSC has been made a in Schenectady . . . how about Commission. member of the Western Confer Thomas Millard Gattle, '46, is a ence we feel that it is even more coming to Pig Dinner Hicks? schools become nationally promin ent—maybe a few letters from you alumni to the national officers would bring some results. Fraternally, Robert Spiegel. merchant in Miami, Fla.; firm of imperative that State be included in the fraternity roll as soon as Samuel Ewart Emmons, Jr., '46, possible. The recognition of State by the is working on the railroad; Balti more and Ohio, that is, and now Conference is proof in itself that this school has hit the "big time." has two children. Edward Russell Greer, '48, is a Not only has the school become an teacher in Sault Ste. Marie, Michi athletic power but its administra Gattle. LET'S HAVE "CLASS" AT THE PIG DINNER MAY 14 MOVING DAY University Administrative de partments have been moving re certed efforts to strengthen the Joseph A. Riggs, '22, Executive cently into the newly completed Vice-President and General Man school scholastically. gan. tive officers continue to make con ager of the Goss Printing Press Last year's report from field Co., in Chicago, is a member of secretary Floyd Wilkins, Jr., was the Union League of Chicago. and modern Administration Build ing directly across State street not only favorable but completely from Angell Hall. \r\nTHE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS ruary. If any of you alumni are stage the Fijis have an excellent interested in contacting them as Published at least quarterly by chance to go all the way. Chuck possible employees, please write the Alpha Phi Chapter of Phi Doherty, Bob Heath, Andy Pringle, stating scholastic qualifications de Gamma Delta, 707 Oxford Road, George Olson, Bob Spiegel, Vern sired, etc. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Judd, and Dick Schultz have been Robert Keith Jordan is this — doing the paddling. year's recipient of the Harmon St. The Alpha Phiji News "* f the semi-finai Water polo is at the quarter Assoc. Editor ...Dick McWilliams final stage. Inhaling water for Editor Dick Hurst Pat Patterson Phi Gamma Delta are a host of Photographer The Alpha Phiji News University of Michigan Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta ANN ARBOR, MICH., JANUARY, 1949 Volume XIII The Phi Gam-Phi Delt Centen nial Ball was held December 10 The Men We Hope Will Come To Dinner Phi Gam 'M' Men water logged brothers. Among and was the outstanding eyent on those drowning: Olson (the terror!. the winter social calendar. McWilliams (goalie), Sutherland. Doing Their Stuff Hurst, Kistler, Post, Pringle. Schultz, Spaeth (acquired by af stayed. For quite a while anyway. All he did was accept an invita tion. break a leg, and have a filiation from Illinois), Jackson. A quick look at varsity activity Judd. Spross, Thomas, and a shows that the Fijis are well re couole of corpses yet to be identi presented in just about very winter fied. sport. In wrestling it's Tom McCann, sophomore prospect, who weighs in at 175 and Chuck Cornwell, a 145-pounder who is also a sopho more. Herbie "Hawk" Barten is back The Early Birds Will Get A Seat for his last year of track compe tition at Michigan. Conference mile and half mile champ. Herb is once We're working for a first place again the man to beat in the Big in all total I-M points . . . and if Ten. John Lindquist is also doing John Kistler, athletic chairman, (Continued from page 1) a lot of half miling and Bill Wy- has his way we'll get there. ';hing else we could think of to tire ckoff is working over the hurdles. the kids out a little. Bill Hickman is an outstanding We Were Laughing Chuck Norwood donned the fa- Varsity basketball has a grip on Chuck Murray, and Tom Tiernan is on the freshman squad. REMEMBER THE DAY 14 OF MAY PIG DINNER Swimmers abound. On the var sity it's Bill Upthegrove, breast stroker, and John Donaldson, backstroker. A trio of pledges are Odds and Ends working out with the freshmen. They are Dick Howell, backstroker, We have a dog. Butch, who, al Spence Parsons, free styler; and though he does possess certain Art Beck, free styler. good qualities such as wistful eyes, has become a howling detriment to the house. MAY 14 THE PIG WILL BE HERE - Fiji I-M Teams Rate Next To Top At Christmas vacation the Fiji I-M athletes are in second place and making a strong rush toward the top of the list. Four wrestlers were good enough to get the house a fourth in fra ternity muscle mashing. hey had expressed their heartfelt desires for electric trains, bicycles, and other expensiye gifts. Chuck presented each of them with a "Superman" T-shirt — a quality product produced by a five and ten cent company. Druids, senior honorary, tapped Superman T-shirts left few of them." With a smattering of brothers digging peanut shells out of the living room rugs, we maintain that the destruction caused by the demand On a recent liams (256 pounds of unlimited potentialities) went to the semi traction of a parade advertising Recommend IK rushees the Winter Carnival. now—we rush the third week in February. We haye fiye brothers graduat The swimming team is still in ing from yarious schools in Feb- NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION I'LL GO TO PIG DINNER MAY 14 .'W, back—and we don't want you tc miss anything. Not while we can ouer it. This is still a great university in spirit as well as scholastically —and we think that you owe it to yourself to walk across the "diag' U. to Washtenaw (a red light may finally through the arch of trees that vault Hill to your Michigan "A bunch of little boys were whooping it up" when their mothers home at 707 Oxford Rd. Don't worry about business meeings and speeches—the busi ness meeting will be a small drop Ann Arbor isn't far away. East constant 0 We think that you alumni are missing something by not coming The Alpha Fiji Marching Band in f ^'4 'o press. in the bucket of activities and sleep-inducers will be barred from the rostrum. kids will be corrected before you -Jb* the schedule of events all ready for you when the next News goes get to the house for Pig Dinner. Triangles, junior honorary society, recently claimed attract attention. ij! uninspired salesmen. So, not only are we promising a superlative Pig Dinner, we're also planning to make it just that . . . superlative Right now the Alpha Phi Board and Chapter are just getting the show under way, but we'll have confuse you at this point), and engineering around the campus to add pep or Pringle, 128 pounds, went to the Kistler. If we didn't promise you the greatest Pig Dinner ever, we'd be the world's poorest pessimists and caying that "I believe there are continues brother Art Mancl. iust a little whde and have a won derful time. again, through the Arch, out South If any of you are acquainted enough a home, such as a fraternity is for a dog, we would like you to haye him write us a letter stating his references, past employment, and personality. If a satisfactory animal is discoyered we will gladly pay postage charges. We're extending the invitation hoping that nothing breaks if you come—and asking you to stay for Chairman of the Pig Dinner committee. Chuck was quoted as Andy brothers Bill Gripman and John wintry day it was the chief at finals as did Bob Spiegel, 175 pounds, while Dave Thomas, 175 pounds, and Dick "Tiny" McWil finals. niliar Santa Claus suit and pro ceeded to snow the youngsters with his profound knowledge of he art of giying presents. After personally with a dog who needs over to give some of the alumni a WILL YOU ? "The man who came to dinner" wonderful time. Here's one for you. The House is ordering a block of seats for Paddle ball still has the Fiji you for the homecoming game next team in the running. fall. Fifty seats are now reserved Basketball prospects are excell for first come first seryed . . . and ent. Jim Ebersole plans to field .'f there are more of you who want a veteran agregation supplemented '.o come we will enlarge the block by some pledge material that . . . let us know now if you think should make trouble for any house '.hat you can attend. that comes in contact with them. freshman miler. Number 3 Glair award. came for them after the annual neighborhood Christmas party held by the chapter for second and third grade kiddoes from Angell grade school. We're still digging peanuts out of the rugs. Chuck Norwood is the "Santa." Laughing & Kidding strenuous activity that during the school year. occurs coast alumni can leave Friday and We make more mothers happy. It was just like Gulliver and the be here Saturday for their slice of Lilliputians. The kids come up here and take pig . . . We hope we'll have to rent a it out on our furniture. In fact, We outweighed them but they the initial war cry was "let's tear hangar at Willow Run Airport for outfought us. In fact, twenty down the Christmas tree" and a banquet this year and be forced seven-year-olds from Angell grade they almost did before we smeared to import boars from South Africa school could give anyone a mighty the play. From there on in it was peanuts, ice cream and cake, foot to satiate your appetites . . . so struggle. remember the day. May 14, and Of course, the whole battle was ball, mass wrestling, races, leap frog, piggy-back fights, and anysee your classmates at our 1949 the result of the Annual Christmas (Continued on page 4) Party . . . probably the most Pig Dinner.