THE ^flRNlTY IJI FIJI NEWS OF ALPHA Vol. 41,'-W). o June, 1961 WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA LEADS SECTION 8 SIX FIJIS GRADUATE Chapter Regrets Chapter Cited As Outstanding Alpha was cited as the out standing Phi Gamma Delta chap Loss of Small Class ter in Seciton 8 at the annual Ah the class of 'G1 leaves W Founders' Day banquet held at the University Club in Pitts burgh on Friday, May 5. Gill Robb Wilson (W & J '15), editor & J, Alpha is both proud and sad for we are indeed sorry to lose six men who have contri buted so much to the under of Flying magazine, delivered graduates as well as the chapter. the main address. In his four years at \V & J, Howard T. Alexander has filled such positions as treasurer, The award, a huge cup, was presented by Section Chief John D. Shepard to Edward H. ivHller III, past president of Alpha. Coming as the unsought reward for dili.gent labors during the past year, this coveted honor brought great cries of delight from Alpha Fijis as it was an nounced. This cup is based on fraternity administration, col lege -fraternity relationships, extra - curricular activities, and scholarship. This latter aspect, sorely lacking in the past, no longer proved to be Alpha's rushing chairman, and pledge trainer as well as numerous campus achievements. Howard plans to return to Denver, Colo rado before entering the Army after which he intends to go to law school. Edward H. Mi ller III, past president of Alpha and business manager of the Pandora and Student Handbook, plans to be Sing Team—Under the direction of brother Tom Upson, Alpha chapter's sing team secured the second place slot in the April 21st Interfraternity sing contest. married in August to Miss Dorothy Gilliland and will enter the Chemical Corps in January, Charles 0. Pennypacker has also done a great deal to further Phi Gamma Delta as editor of the Pandora, the Student Hand book, and president of Pi Delta Epsilon. Penny will be married in June to Miss Pam Meim and will enter Ohio University where he has an assistantship in Jour nalism. SING TEAM WINS SECOND PLACE eleven fraternities on campus, Laredo," The Rebel Soldier," and the fraternity song, "Here's to Good Old Delta". First place was admirahly won by Delta Tan Delta, last years second place winner, and receiving the honor able mention third place award. six participated in the compet Beta Theta Pi. On the 17th of April, Phi Gamma Delta took second place in the Washington and Jefferson annual interfraternity sing con test, sponsored by the Council on Fraternity Relations. Of the ition of the evening. The Pijis were very fortunate V. Anthony Spallone will enter graduate school at Connecticut College with an assistantship in Psychology. At W & J, Tony was president of the Psychology honary and sports editor of the this year, in winning the cup for second place. Our group consis ted of twenty-five men, led by brother Tom Upson, a sophomore from Woodhury, Connecticut. The songs were, "The Streets of Pandora. Tony's deep concern and sincere interest in Phi Gamma Delta will be a great loss as he served as steward and corresponding secretary. Also serving Alpha nobly is James P. Streamo who will enter graduate school at Prudue after spending the summer with Bell Telephone, and James tUefty) Thompson who will enter the Infantry in August. This year, despite the fact that only six frate mities participated, competition was very strong, and we were proud to cop the trophy for second place. Next year looks bright tor Alpha musically, and with our past experience we should be able to win first place. nemesis as her men ranked 22nd nationally. Other chapters in the runningwere Allegheny (Pi). Penn State (Gamma Phi), and Pitt (Pi Sig ma). A capacity crowd filled the ballroom with the majority comin,g from W & J. both grad uates and undergraduates. In ad dition to winning the outstandingchapter award. Aljiha copped the Purple Jug. This honor is be(Cnntiniiril on Rack Pagr) RUSHING In order to further our rush Prom Ends W & J Social Calendar Washington and Jefferson's Fijis enjoyed a most memorable Prom weekend recently, even though the weather was not up to par for the festive event. De spite on coming final exams, the Fijis enjoyed the last big week end on the W & J social calen dar for the academic year. A full week of decorating and FIJI CALENDAR preparation ended Friday after noon. May 19. That evening the September 10 September 20 weekend started with a formal HELP WEEK REGISTRATION party proceeding the formal September 16 October 7 INITIATION HOMECOMING dance. After listening to tin fine music of Warren Covingto and Walt Harper, the brothers returned to the Fiji atmosphere fo • a formal breakfast following ing program for the ensuing semester. Alpha would be most appreciative of any information concerning perspective freshmen who will enter W & J in the fall the dam^e. Due to the bad weath of '61. er the picnic at the farm of graduate brother Jack George was canceled. Saturday evening dations to Robert A. Hall, Box 253, Washington, Pa. Please address all recommen constituted a delicious and most atmospheric leau attended by numerous sarong-wrapped young ladies and dates. Special recog nition is in order for our social chairmen. Bob Quinn and Dave Schucker for a very successful weekend. In addition to this. Alpha has proven to have the third ugliest man on campus in the person of brother Charles Pennypacker. Penny represented Phi Gamma Delta in the annual ugly man contest sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, W & J's service frater nity. \r\nCABINET COMMENTS 9n SpAincj. SpoAtl Field Secretary Gilliland Visits This spring, it was Alpha's priviledge to receive a visit from our new field secretary, Thomas Inciement weather was a.,l)i^ Alpha Slips In Spring Intromurols Gilliland. As is the function of men in his position, Tom tried to view our chapter from a per spective which would enable hijn to make constructive remarks concerning the various aspects of fraternity procedure. Tom spent three days with u.s, living in the house, and really Alpha's treasurer, Louis L. Marines, is a sophomore English major from Paterson, New Jersey. Lou is a former chair man of the Alumni Relations Committee, and is managing editor of the 1962 college news Phi was the eventual winner of the baseball trophy in a spect acular championship game with chatted with the Dean of Stu Delta Tail Delta. dents, Dr. Johnson, and noted in particular Alpha's relation ship with the college and college Alpha fared much better in intramural track, taking fourth functions in general. battling. Delta Tan Delta won with what he saw, but still made some very worthwhile sugges tions. One of them, that of pubiishing an Alpha Graduate direc tory, should be of particular interest to you graduates w'ao perhaps have not kept in touch quite as much as you would have liked. These will be available next fall and its printing wili be announced in the Wiji Fiji. paper and editor of the 1961 Toward the end of his stay with US, Tom had a meeting with the Cabinet and disclosed and vice-president of Alpha Phi many changes that were occiir- Umega. ing on the iiutionai fraternity Dear Brothers: level. There exists no need for me to relate to you our chapter's present condition and campus status, since you are probably aware of the unparalleled degree of success we have enjoyed in the cause of this last year. How ever, by way of a summary, may 1 reiterate: we were the only chapter on campus to pledge the full quota, and indicative of their number one status in that re spect at W & J, their overall scholastic average piaced them distinctly above the all-men's; our selection as the outstanding chapter in our section; and our widening of the gap between us and the remaining fraternities on campus, maintaining our un challenged number one status. In light of the aforementioned. Alpha is in an exceilent position to become complacent and over confident. However, I sincerly assure that such will not be the case. Alpha is not so easily satisfied! Perge! Fraternally, Louis L. Marines TIIK wiji FIJI Piibiishcd monthly by the Publica tions Committee of .'Mpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Gordon S. Dunlop Staff—Anthony J. Nicolette J..\MES F. .Sl..\BE Kenneth M. M,\.son. Jr. nation basis. Alpha chapter bowed out quickly. Pi Lambda During his brief visit, Tom visit ed the log cabin in Cannonsburg, student Handbook. He is also president of the French society ment was run on a double elimi saw our brotherhood as it is. Tom seemed to be pleased LOUIS L. MARINES In intramural baseball, active brother Lefty Thompson's dia mond squad finished completely out of the running, losing the first two games. As the tourna During this meeting Tom re marked that the fraternity sys tem was, on the whoie stronger than it has been before in order to combat the pressures put upon it by various segments of our society inciuding those of college administrations. His views on this and other problems like it were indeed very thought pro voking and certainly the entire chapter benefited from these objective discussions. Here at W & J, as we are certainly sure is the case on other campuses, Tom was very well received. The national fra ternity is to be congratulated on placing such fine men in these rc-sponsibie positions. place after three days of hard the first place trophy. All eleven fraternities were represented, as were the independents and fresh men. In individual performances pledge brother Job Taylor finish ed third in the 100 yd. dash and fourth in the 220 yd. dash. Pledge Barry Hemphill took third in the low hurdles as did active brother factor in spring sports at Jay. Rain, mud, and cold ^kfeynoted-. disappointing performancp^s;"j'l'' four areas of competition. ' ' The track team at W & J-"had a rough go of it this spring. Too many horses were lost from last year's fourth place finishers. This year W & J dropped to seventh in PAC competition. At the PAC championships, held at Jay, one lone prexie took a first place. Representing Alpha on the Jay squad were active bro thers Tony Spallone, Jeff Tweedy and Tom Tuell. Jay's baseball nine fared just as poorly twixt threats of rain and wind. In ten contests the Proxies won but one game, beat ing western Reserve 8-G. High hopes had been placed on the squad at the beginning of the season, but the potential was not realized. Pledge brothers Miles Prentice and Ken Mason landed starting berths at second base and centerfield respect ively. Barnhiil and Tony Spallone dir ected Alpha's squad. Perhaps the most disappointsquad, as far as preseason predictions are concerned, was Jay's tennis team. Picked to sweep through regular season competition with nary a loss. Jay had a mediocre 5-5 record. Alpha Leads At the PAC championships, pererininl wmner YVayne Suvttj LO'CTR first while Jay slipped to third. John Yauch in the shot put. The outstanding Alpha Fiji perform ance was active brother Bob Roma's first place effort in the broad jump. Active brothers Dale Soldier" and "Here's to Good Old Active brother Dan Sprague was ailing most of the season but gave his aii, while pledge broth ers John Dunning, Tim Reilly, and Casey Raoch were valuable members of the team. With this Delta." Phi Gamma Deita nucleus, per (Cnntlnnrd from Front Pagr) stowed on the chapter with the hest sing team. Led by Tom Upson, the Fijis sang "Rebel The principal speaker. Gill Robb Wilson, was introduced by U. Grant (Bunny) Miller, also a graduate of Whichi Coax. Broth er Wilson elaborated on his life, telling of his first solo flight to fiying with the renowned French Escadrille. His address was so haps the hopes of 1961 can be realized in 1962. Alpha chapter had two repre sentatives on Jay's golf team, one that made a fairly respect able showing this spring. Split ting about even during regular season play. Jay took a fourth filled with emotion that a few place at the PAC championships choked - up sobs were heard from in Meadville after two days of close competition. Pledge broth er Hank Alexandre and brother Hank Alexandre and brother Smith Robertson were Alpha's representatives. As these spring sports end,' the listeners. umes of the Wiji Fiji, the pledge class is having some difficulty in obtaining all the back issues. Many of them have been keiR Pledge Project Seeks in the sfl*^^bo"Sl^,^l?u^s^ral .^^oes J^s sgortS'^icheduiV.^for have been mia^Hced. If younhfve,.-;^\^jjQ).jjg,, Aid of Alumni As a Pledge Class project, the neophytes of Alpha are attempt ing to coliect and catalogue all back issues of the Wiji Fiji and the fraternity magazine. The Phi Gamma Delta. It is feit by Nation al and many of our alumni that Alpha should have a complete set of both. The few missing issues of the fraternity magazine are in the process of being obtained from , All that'%§mained an extefJi^ cdIIe,c^on^^th;d;-^•a ^ (lrs-»LJbe .Annual Wiji Fiji olWssibly a Tmj^/ gports Banq\ Jield fhie week of the older .issuesfitlj^pledge clksa May The were w,°" would gre^kH apiTre'cTaf^^ypuil forwarding to Alpha^^y resented, ALPHA Box 253 WASHINCTON", PA."~ the National Archives. Because of the numerous vol- ^ D.c