NU OMEGA NEWS PHI GAMMA DELTA 1200 College JANUARY, 1961 Vol. 5 Number 1 Grad s Aid in Rush MOVE GROWS TO ESTABLISH PHI GAMMA DELTA AT OSU The men of Nu Omega of Phi Gamma Delta would like to offer a round of snaps for an excellent rush program this past summer. Only with the help of the grad uate members and the unselfish dedication of the past rush chair man could we have pledged the class that we did this fall. out of OU's 25 fraternities com as Nu Omega has ever seen this peting in the Greek scholarship past summer. George is a geology major from Wichita Falls, Tex., race. The house grade average was a strong 2.55 which put Phi and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Kadane. He is the Gam above the all-men's and the under Brother Dick Griffith's am with lots of class in all intramural sports. bitious scholarship program, we hoire to place at least within the top three fraternities in grades. Wilbur. Bob is a history, pre-law major from Dallas, where he at tended Highland Park High School. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gor don Wilhur. As a freshman Boh served his pledge class as both social chairman and athletic chair man. Summer Rush heffan with the annunl rush tour on tJuno 4. Bill Garnible. John Holmes, Uick Grif fith. Jack Eddins, and Georpo Kadane began the tour in Okla homa City. From there they went to Blackwell where Mr. W. W. Rodgers gave a party at his home. They then made a whistle-stop, establishment of a Phi Gam chap ter at Oklahoma State University. The movement reached maturity last spring when the OU chapter approved a motion to investigate Stillwater as a possible colony lo cation. Since then. Field Secretary Dick Gannett has made two trips to the OSU campus and has heen very warmly received by the school all-fraternity average. This year, chapter's historian and is a "jock" George has just heen succeeded In the past few years there has heen a growing movement for the On the basis of last year's grades, Nu Omega ranked sixth Our Rush chairman, George Kadane, senior, did as fine a job by another Texan, Sophomore Bob By BARNEY BARNETT SCHOLARSHIP REPORT Dick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. McCloud. is from Dallas and is a freshman law student. The pledge class studies about 25 hours jjer week in organized each time. OSU has grown rapidly in the last five years and now compares 'Mrs LIKE THIS" — Scholarship chairman Dick Griffith shows studv halls. These study halls are pledge Bill Rollins 'wherein his conducted both in the afternoon and problem lies." evenings. Also, recent pledge train ing changes allow the pledges to stud.v '"fj" much T^no ^holasfic Tnc few moro on thoir in yc^nrs past. plecfire class has own great r>ofontial." Dick says. pledges who have low frrades are being subjected to stricter study supervision. The narents of these boys will receive whirlwind tour of Bartlesville. Mus- letters from the fraternity "big brothers" informing them of their kogee, Shawnee, Lawton, Wichita Falls, and Dallas where Mr. Clyde J. Moore acted as host to the timates a minimum 71% of the son s scholastic situation. Dick es prohJoms. Dick stresses that, although the LTniversity has tjg"hfened its schol t>e built £xt a state university and not detract from the reputaof an already established arship restrictions, he and the scholarship committee are doing everything possible to insure that the pledges will come through with top grades. The scholarship committee is composed of Brothers Don Clark, group. The rest of the summer was that poor high school preparation and lack of study "know-how" are the the class. Sta^^e-wide parties at Mus- main sources of trouble for Ben Benedum ('59) Ben. na Ind. John Carlson ('58) Carlson, a former chapter president, is now back with the Mud Control firm in Oklahoma City after spending two years as a Naval officer. He is married to the former Nancy Williams. Bill Holt ('60) Brother Holt. Bartlesville. began his first year in Harvard's graduate busine.ss school this fall. As scholarship chairman he was instrumental in capturing the sixth place scholarship award for Nu Omega last year. Steve Le Valley ('60) Steve, a NEW FACULTY ADVISOR — Nu Omega is fortunate to have Eddie Crowder('53) representing the chapter on the QU faculty this year. The ail-American quarter back is now Bud Wilkinson s backfield coach. six months active duty as an army officer and is hack in Norman to complete law school. Kenneth Sparks ('58) former officer from Ken. Woodward, graduates in June from Michigan law school. Ann Arbor. Mich. He will be married in January to Miss Barbara Beamer. Penn State grad uate from Toronto. Canada. Buff Burtis ('58) Our former .scholarship chairman from Clinton is now married and attending OU's medical school in Oklahoma City. Kent Meyers ('60) Kent, last year's Nu Omega president. Okla homa City, is presently stationed at Ft. Carson. Colo., as an Army 2nd Lieutenant. He is married to the former Betty Bowles, last year's Miss OU. Buddy Black ('57) Buddy is now stationed in chapter in the same state. Colonization appears to be the only way to get on the OSU cam- pi^. since there are no established independent groups available. The opinion of the Nu Omega chapter IS ttiat a good chapter could he recognized as one of the top fra- ternities on the Stillwater campus, selection of members should he 'f outstanding mem- other chapters stiould be encouraged to transfer the establish mentt of the new chapter. It has been shown in Phi Gamma Delta's Who, Where and What! tive of Norman and past chapter president, has just completed six months active duty as an officer in the Army's Military Police corps. He is now in his first year of graduate business school at Indiana Hniversity. Bloomington. possibilities for establishing a lead ing fraternity in StiWwater. It has been proved at MicVi'rgan State that a strong new ciaapter composed of individual rush and kogee. Lake Tenkiller, Tulsa. Shrevenort. and Oklahoma City. (Continued on Page 2) ity inen at OSU indicates exceiient freshmen who are having grade Dallas; Tom Parker. Shreveport; and Joe Kennedy, Muskogee. It is their opinion that the scholar ship program is well suited to the needs and demands of the pledge pledges will be initiated. He feels favorably with OU in enrollment. "The increase in potential fratern Wichita Falls. Tex., as a Lieutenant in the Air programs in the past I this is ^ method of effective membership selection the most way to build. -The situation at O.S.U. is all in Phi Gamma Delta's favor at the present time, and action must be gin in the near future if it is to begin at all. For some years Oklahoma State on the Archons li,st of campuses approved nffiee"®®f o! colonization. The terfraf ° .^tudent Affairs, the Iny Council, and es tablished fraternities at the OSU '"f^'oated that thev would like to see Phi Gam repre- serded on their campus. ^ .presently three Nu j ?u school at O.S.U., ahmu -Cu o"'^-at'on as soon enthusiastic as pos- sible. These men are Dale Ander.wri. Oklahoma City: Bill Gurlev Blackwell Fiji, entered his second year at Oklahoma University med Force. Charles Casey ('54) Pnnca Citv Br^tow. and Jan Turley. Eufaula. ical school this year. His grades are reportedly "setting the pace" is the new residence for Casey where he is now married and prac indication of support of this plan for his classmates. ticing law. Dick Howard ('59) Dick. Mus kogee. is now married to the former Gail Goneau of Los .An geles. Calif. He has just finished A1 Grage ('58) A1 and his wife. Connie, are now living in Dallas where .A1 is taking graduate cour.ses at .Southern Methodist University. the next step mu.st obviously he by the graduate Fijis in this area Several graduate Brothers have shown interest in the idea, but before any action can be taken, (Please Turn Page) \r\nPage Two January, 1961 NU OMEGA NEWS we must have concrete ideas of what can be expected from the graduates. This means financial as well as moral support. It appears that Phi Gamma Delta will miss a golden opportimity if Fijiland is not placed on the O.S.U. campus, but more impor tant is the thought that if a tre mendous, concentrated effort is not made to insure having a topnotch chapter, it would be foolish to attempt expansion to two chap ters of Phi Gamma Delta in Okla homa. If you have strong feelings on this subject — pro or con — write your views to Phi Gamma Delta, 1200 College, Norman, Oklahoma. We think it would be healthy to fully discuss the subject in the spring issue of the Nu Omega News. We would like to print the different ideas of the graduates concerning this vital subject. Fmancial Report Despite the fact that Nu Omega fared very well in rush and acquired a 34-man pledge class, the chapter will have to watch expenses very closely this year. At this writing I have only the October statement avail able, and this is rather distorted since school did not start until September 26. However, it is already clear that such things as Pig Dinner losses and excessive party expenses must be eliminated. The school year started with a cash reserve of $1,806.27 and no undergraduate accounts receivable. Chapter operations showed a loss of $2,443.98 last year. This loss can be accounted for by the following: . 1. A smaller pledge class than usual. 2. Excessive party expenditures. 3. $800 Pig Dinner losses for the past two years. The Pig Dinner losses were paid in full at the end of last year and represented about one-third of the party expense deficit. The house is operating this year with 61 men living in the house. Of these 61, seven work in our kitchen and seven others Grads Aid in Rush (Continued from Page 1) Mr. Walter Lampton was ex tremely generous in giving two parties in Norman. The chapter would also like to give a special thanks to some of its members* parents who, even though not Phi Gams, helped us immeasurably. Dr. H. K. Leathers, Dr. Ralph R Kinsinger, Mr. E. G. Kadane, Mr T• Jpl^astain, Mrs. C. Atkms, Mr. Mrs.and Lynn B. and Mr. and Mrs. Gail rewarding examples oi r^ iam\\ves irom "~'*'ren wbieb "Pbi Gam picks its men. tm Wilbur's plans for the coming as they have been in the past rush year are essentially the same Norman, on-campus, and Okla- hotna City rushees will continue to be invited to Wednesday nieht work in sorority houses for their board. As you can see this NEW PURPLE LEGIONNAIRE — Jim DovisCSS), Oklahoma City at torney, has taken the reigns as this year's chapter advisor and liaison between graduate and active members of Nu Omega. makes for a sizeable drop in our income. This drop in income along with rising food prices present the largest single hurdle between a yearly loss or profit. At the present we are unable to buy in as great a quantity as we would like in such items as cahned goods, meat, margarine, and frozen foods because of the lack of storage space (thus missing many quantity buying bargains). Plans for a combination storage and general purpose room have been initiated, and the fund raising campaign has gotten well on the road, but there are not yet sufficient funds to begin work. Tbe need for a storage room has been growing each year, and it is now becoming a very vital need in view of its importaTvce \TV o\xr iood fcuymg plans. T feel certain that the chapter will finish in the black this year, but it will be difficult to add much to the cash reserve. By January the financial picture will be a little clearer, and I will be able to give a more definite outlook for the chapter. Fortunately, there were very few major repairs necessary on the house this year. This will be reflected in a big drop in Social Plan Overflo'ws Another great social year for the Nu Omega Fijis began with a very successful rush week cele brated by a victory dance at Okla homa City's Cedar Terrace. Music was provided by the swinging band of Bill Parker. The pledge class completed its annual blind dates in fine fashion. This wa.s fh- ■ He plans on medical school after he two credenzas (china and silver compartments), which will go on side of the hreakfront in the dining room area. Current Mothers' Club officers fully utilize the potential of every Outgoing rush chairman George Oklahoma City, has distributed chances for mothers over the state to sell in their home town on merchandise that will he drawn f(-' at the style show. Chances will been established. Committees are at a posted time so that interested members not on the committee may attend and offer suggestions. An effort has been made to give every man in the chapter a job with responsibilities in man in the house. Inspired by national president Stanley Wallhank's "rededication" talk at the "pig dinner" last spring, the Officers' Council endeavored is David Young, corresponding sec gets his letters degree in '62. Kadane is chapter historian. George, a geology major, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ka dane. Wichita Falls. Texas. said that the state club would aid and cooperate with the Oklahoma City mothers in their money rais ing project. Mrs. Ray M. Balyeat. are Mrs. Wehh. president, and Mrs. Joe Kennedy, secretarytreasurer. The active chapter looks to the club's next meeting at Mothers' Day in Norman next spring. \r\nPage Four January, 1961 NU OMEGA NEWS Pledge Class Nu Omega presents the pledge class of 1960-61. These 34 men represent a very successful rush week, and we are justly proud of them. Their high school record speaks for itself. BILL CAIN — son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cain jr., Oklahoma City — Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind. — Football, Boxing, Wrestling, Track. BYRON LEE CATE — son of Mrs. Roscoe Cate, Norman — Norman high school — Junior play, Wrestling, Dance combo. CLIFFORD K. CATE JR. — son of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Cate, Roswell, N.M. — St. Peter high school — Basketball, Sophomore class president. Letter club vice president — New Mexico Military Institute — Dean's list, Yearbook- sports editor. guy danielson — son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Otis Danielson jr., Oklahoma City — Harding high- school — vice president of Key cluh. Foreign Exchange student, student council. MILLER DAVIDGE — son of CLASS OF '64 — Here is the pledge class you have been waiting to see. Top row from left to right — Mr. and Mrs. T. Miller Davidge, Miller Davidge, Roger ^AcElrcu, Chuck Grady, Cliff Gate, George Metcalfe, Charles Webster, Jim Graham, Stan Tyler and Phil Lowell. Second row — Jack Sullivan, David Lampton, Allan Davis, Bill Rollins, Steve Toland, Bill Coin, Jess Vint and Tom Howard. Third row — Guy Danielson, Phil Eberhart, Jim Lasater, David Ragland, John Farrell, Larry Wilson, Tony Madeira, Earl Ingram and Charles Parker. Bottom row -— Bryant Watt.s, Phil Truss, Doug Williams, Steve More lock. Bill Thompson, Peter Way and Lee Gate. Not Durant — Durant high school — Golf team. Band. ALAN DAVIS — son of Mr and Mrs. H. Clyde Davis, Okla homa City — Casady school Soccer, Golf, Choir — Duke Uni versity — Soccer, Glee club, Pre- pictured are Dick Smith and Bob Kellough. GEORGE METCALFE — son Track, Football, Senior class vice Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Met president. PHIL EBERHART _ son of of calfe. Oklahoina City — Harding PETER M. WAY — son of Mr. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Darnels, Kan VvigVv school — "Football, Mu Alpha and Mrs. Norman. C. Way, Hous sas Cd-V, Mo. SoulVieast Vviclr Thota. "^rTaok, All-state tootbaW. ton, Tex. —- Spring Branch hiRVii school — Honor society. Basketschool — Key club, Mu Alpha STEVE MORELOCK — son of ba/I. Foothall. Theta, National h onor society, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. MoreJOHN FARRELL — son of Mr. lock. Oklahoma City — Northwest Hi-Y vice president. and Firs, W. R. Farrell, St. Louis, Classen — Varsity track, Football, CHARLES K. WEBSTER — ^o. — Ladue high school — Foot son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Web Hi-Y. ball. Track, Swimming, LetterROGER McELROY — son of ster, Oklahoma City — North man's club. west Classen — Courtesy cluh, Mrs. George H. McElroy, Okla CHUCK GRADY — son of Dr Foothall, Aviation cluh. homa City — Casady school and Mrs. Charles E. Grady, Okla DOUG WILLIAMS — son of Hi-Y club. Key club. Football, homa City — Forrest Sherman Swimming, Track, Student coun Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Williams, jiigh school, Naples, Italy — Bas- cil, Choir. Woodward — WoodYiard high Med society. Icetball, Bf^eball, All-conference basketball. Student council. .JIM GRAHAM _ son of Mr and Mrs. W. A. Graham, Anadarko Anadarko high school Bovs' State, Band, DeMolay,Senior play lead. TOM HOWARD — son of Mr Mrs Leonard Howard, M-as- kogce, — Muskogee Central high school -— Student council. Band C5ervice club. earl INGRAM — son of Mr school — FoothalU^ Band, News paper editor. -r- WILLIAM W. ROLLINS — son of Col. and Mrs. A, F. Rollins, Altus — Altus high school — Bas LARRY book staff. ' DAVID RAGLAND JACK SULLIVAN — son of Mrs, E. S. Sullivan, Oklahoma City — Harding high school — ano Mrs Earl Ingram jr., Oklal rp^ack Bovs O-club. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Thompson Oklahoma City — Casady school BILL THOMPSON — son of — Tennis captain, O-club vice- Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Lampton, Norman — Norman high school National honor society. State honor .society. JIM LAS.^ER — son of Mr and Mrs. J. D. Lasater, Oklahoma Citv — Harding high school — ga.seball, Wrestling, Hi-Y club. pHIU LOWELL — son of Mr Mrs- S. T^ Lowell jr., Qkla' a nd boma Citv Harding high school .Senior class vice president Sophomore class president. Cap- fain of Wre.stling team. Key club, fONY madeira — .son of and Mrs. Rex H Madeira, rJwion — f-awton High .school — tfpv club. President of Hi-Y, onrket .society. Science club — ffxa.s A&M — Pre-Med club re- president, JAMES STEPHEN TOLAND — son of Mr. and Mrs, Cayle Toland, Oklahoma City — Casady school — Football, O-club, Soccer, Choir. Casady Crier staff. PHIL TRUSS — son of Mr. and Mrs. Nash P. Truss jr., Okla homa City — Harding high school — Swimming team. STAN TYLER — son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver S. Tylen Guymon — Guymon high school — Math club. Choir, .JESS VINT — son of Mrs. J. L. Vint jr., Tulsa — Okla homa Military Academy, Claremore — Football, ^ rack. Boxing, Wre.stling, Honor roll. BRYANT WATTS - son "f Mr. and Mrs Wendvl Wafts, Madill — Madill high school of son high school —'^Poothall, Year DICK SMITH — son of Mj.. Senior class council. Track, Oclub. , boma City — Harding high school Football. Key club, Hi-Y club son Mr.'L.' fl. Wilson/'^ulsa ^^- Edi- ketball, Amateur Radio club. and Mrs. Jack H. SmitK Ardmore — Ardmore high school Track, Junior class president, Stu- — — son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Ragland, Madill — Madill high school t=ss Nu Omega of PHI GAMM University of Norman, Ot(|ah|>ma-^ Football, Basketball, Student council. Pledge clas.s officers are J