■ i-f GAMMA PHI FIJI State College, Pa., November, 1905. Vol. I. Wayne B. Thompson, '04, "The One." Alumni Luncheon The Akimi Reunion which occurred during he Semi-Centennial celebration of the college last June, hrought back f : . /, to "Old State" a goodly share of the old men of the chapter. In fact those who were here represented successive stages of the life of the chapter. This collection of old men awakened in the minds of the fellows the idea of giving some kind of an informal af ■4 ■\ fair at which they would all be present and which would facilitate their getting accpiainted with the active members and the old men who were not in college at the same time. A luncheon was agreed upon to take place Tuesday noon. On account of the short space of time in which it tvas arranged elaborate preparations were impossible, so when all were seated, a general round of jollying began. The old men who kept things going were headed hv Prof. Butz. '1 hose ri^resent were: George M. Downing, '88, One of our charter members, but still One of the boys. Charles E. Aull, '92, who Petic Mtek tried to put on the hum. Irvin P. Thompson, '04, "The Other." date. end here, hut all good things must end someplace you know. Prof. Butz was chosen toastmastcr on the spot, and opened things up with a nice little speech that must have taken hours to arrange. During his remarks he unconsciously referred to Brother Downing who was on his feet in an instant and who refused to he quiet until he had his say. The official stenographer broke his pencil at this point, so we are unable to print Brother Downing's remarks. T-Iowever, without a record we cannot forget how he took us through stage after stage in the chap ter's life down to the present prosperous era. Petie Meek was equal to the oc casion and gave us a very funny storv. Fie too remarked on the growth of the chapter and confirmed all Brother Downing had said. Around the table the talk flew, every body was given an opportunity and at the end he received a rousing—"For he's a jolly good Fiji!" Brother Burkett certainly gave us a magnificent talk, it seems that he could say nothing too good for the condition in wh ich he found the chapter. spirit. if we had been so disposed we certainly Eyre Chcetham, "04, the "Kid" of the C. H. IFile, '02, from Boston Town, and a jolly Fiji. John Menry Ludwig, '04, "Our Little Dutch man." on William FI. McCnne, '04, "Our Dear Bill." Thomas J. Mosscr, '04, the hoy with the shredded wheat hair. Joseph Marccy Nelson, '0.4, better known as "Boogie," and none better. T. W. Rutherford, '05, a good fellow to he sure. W. Fay Ross, '01, our M. D., jirtt out, with the smile that won't wear off. D. L. Sommcrvillc, In fact, could have gotten a swelled head from all he said. His remarks finally turned in the direction of the future and abounded with suggestions which hope to he able to apply. we The girls who had quite graciously consented to wait for their lunch, so that George R. Meek, '00, who insisted keeping his hands in his pockets. '02, one of tile main guys of the N. Y. C. things were just as they are and all promised to visit us again at an early How unfortunate that this list must Charles W. Burkett, '.05, a Fiji from the West, with untold quantities of Alumni. No. I. we could get the old men off in time for the Alumni Field meet, were sitting on the porch, and as the time flew by and we sang for each speaker— For he s a jolly good Fiji," the girls responded with, "We're hungry friends of the Fijis," and at last realizing that they were perhaps hnn.gry we sin tendered Fijis on the Football Squad Phi Gamma Delta is represented on the 'Varsity eleven this year by Brothers Vane L. Flenry and Howard A. Zink. While neither of them have as yet won their S, they will both more than like ly secure this coveted honor this year. Zink, who played such a brilliant game at tackle in the Sophomore-Freshman class game last year is makin.g an ex cellent showing this year at full-back and is the regular substitute for that position. Henry is one of the two fastest qnarter-hacks on the squad and though not playing the position regularly is con sidered 'Varsity material and will, we hope, make his letter. Brother Hastings is also doing con sistent work on the scrubs. _ It is in Moscrip that we have the best man on the team. Mossy who played last year the best tackle State has ever had, has been here all fall on the coaching staff. It was not until af ter the game with the Indians that Mossy was persuaded to enter college and take his old position on the team. His kicking abilities stren.gthen the team greatly, as it is in this department that State has been poor this year. Thanksgiving Dances Already plans are hein.g made for the dances which come off just before the Thanksgiving recess. The Terpsichorean is scheduled for November 23; the next day will ne the .Annnal Pennsylvania day of the collc.ge and that night the Senior class will hold the 1 hanksgiving hop in the armory. Taking everything into account oui fall House Party should he a decided success. Already the fellows are on the scout for girls and as we always man- our places to them. a.ge to get together a goodly hunch there .All round the piano and we had a rousin.g good fraternity song aftei which come up to, if not excell former ones. the luncheon was no more. Taking everything into consideration we had an elegant time, to a man, the old fellows said they never dreamed is no reason why this attempt should not 4 his gives us an opportunity to ex tend an invitation to any F'ijis who may find it worth their time to visit us during our I'all festivities. \r\nGAMMA PHI FIJI. Gamma Phi Fiji Issued quarterly by the members of Gamma Phi Chapter ofPhi Gamma Delta. EDITORS CHAS. R. OBERFELL,'06. Chief. The idea of a chapter paper seems envied. As will be seen elsewhere a number of our alumni members were present, awaiting to see tvho will be the next of this of course, added greatly to the gen eral good time, but we were sorry that several others who signified their in tention of being here failed to material our chapters to break into the ranks ize. will not be the last and are anxiously NOVEMBER. J905 excellent ters already have had experience in this line and Gamma Phi hopes to claim the distinction of being the third. We firmly believe however, that the third VELMONT A.SALLADA,'09, Mgr. by a very musical program. Brother Ayars, of the faculty, contributed a large share to this and his ability on the keys is to be RICHARD S. MITCHELL,'07. WALTER F. SCHROEDER.'08. were entertained to be a worthy one and is gaining ground in the confidence of many of our chapters. Sigma Nu and Mu chap with us. Ekklesia This may bring to many Editorial first knowledge of the death of our Brother, This issue introduces the Gamma Phi Fiji to our alumni and the friends. Clark P. Stewart, wdtich occurred dur The ing the festivities of the last commence project was proposed and undertaken ment and semi-centennial celebration. with no small amount of doubt as to To those w'ho knew him we need say the extent of success that it would at nothing, to those that did not we need tain. The enthusiasm necessary to car only say that our golden chain was ry the work through we believe to be broken long enough to allow one of the a very potent factor and after careful brightest links to fall out. His popu deliberation the work was begun on this larity in the college and chapter can issue with the feeling that lack of en thusiasm in the chapter would never let the paper die. not be excelled, his worth was only made clearer to us by his loss. Flis unbending Christian character and his loyalty to A detailed account of the Ekklesia held at Niagara Falls is to be found in the October Phi Gamma Delta, which contains the minutes. Gamma Phi was represented by four active men: P. B. Van Dine, '00; Wal ter A. Newton, '07; R. S. Mitchell, '07. and G. Brown FIa.stings, '08. Norris, '03, and Gosline, '00, were there also for the banquet. On account of Newton living in the vicinity of the Falls he was pressed into service to supply girls for the ball. He spotted North Tonawanda and succeeded in getting sixteen very lively maidens. Brother Mitchell did as expected, promptly lost his heart, The usual humble apologies of the our fraternity should establish a bright hut recovered enough to allow him to reach home within two weeks after the editor are at hand and probably more light which should be a beacon to us close of the Ekklesia. so in this case as the work has been all. Brother Heim taken up without any former experience along this line, suffice it to say that his What we aim to give to the readers of our .small sheet is a knowledge of the men and their doings in our chapter. If this can be accomplished we will be very well satisfied for the time being and if in later issues we can introduce more The boys all returned very enthusi Initiation best efforts will be forthcoming, which •is all any of us can do. Our first initiation came off on Oct. 3. "Dynamite," our famous chapter goat, was in fine shape after his month of hard training on a diet of tin cans and gunpowder. Dynamite kept up his old reputation and aided not a little in making it possible to introduce to you Brothers A. Velmont Sallada, '09, Williamsport: W. Curits Wagner, 09, Watsontown: Walton Sudduth,'09, Falls attractive news or correct our present Mills, Va. faults by experience it will be our earn They are top-notch fellows and show that they will be worthy associates and est endeavor to do so. The editorial staff consists of a rep resentative from each class, even our newly-found brother, the Freshman, has been assigned his particular task and we do not fear for the results of his uajrk. We [tresent then with our first effort the warmest feelings of the boys of the chapter and hope our endeavors will be received kindly by all of our readers. was elected chief of Section VI. successors of us all. astic over the Ekklesia and to a man signified their intention of possessing a purple ribbon. The Sigma Chi Fire The local chapter house of the Sigma Chi fraternity was destroyed by fire on Tuesday, September 2(). All the furni ture and most of the personal property of the members was saved, after much hard work on the part of the students. The Sigma Chi's are in temporary C|uarters in the college dormitories while their new house on the campus is be ing built. Smoker Y. M.C. A. Reception Oil Saturday evening of the first week of college we held our customary smoker, wiiich we consider of prime importance in our rushing season. There were present at least twenty Freshmen besides several members of the faculty who are favorites with the fellows. Smoking and cards occupied the best part of the evening, during which we The annual reception of the College V. M. C. .A., to new men was held on Friday following the opening of college. Over Tiki students were present and all had an enjoyable time. Brief addresses were made by General Beaver, and Cap tain Yeckley of the 'Varsity h'oot Ball team. \r\nGAMMA PHI FIJI. only Fiji Miscellany Brother E. B. Norris is located at Standish, Mich. to himself. "Coach" Moscrip sounds good to him, and as he is helping greatly to round out the 'Varsity along Clough, you must not break her young with playing he is satisfied. heart. Pete Ctinimings paid a flying visit here enroiite for the State-Indian game Boogie Smith, the woman-hater, has at Harri.sburg, tlien a visit at Lancaster at last melted. He now admits that one can sometime in life meet the right girl. Don Baird renewed acquaintances here in September. to know that he has found this sweet quiet haven to harbor his amor ous feelings. Same old "Mac." Dr. Ponnell was here a few weeks ago and he is certainly a King Bee among bidders. Brother Ayers of the facultj', keeps his classes interested by relating hair breadth escapes, etc., while at sea. . Brother Lnmade has so often disap pointed us by not coming up in his buzzwagon as he had promised, that the next offense will lie dealt with in true fashion. Bugs .Schroedcr has Dr. ^IcConnell far surpassed as a sport. Lie never lets an opportunity pass where there is a chance to bet. and he is luck personified Skinner has lost his fra ternity pin and. although it is a seri ous thing to allow a female to wear it, he offers no opposition to our conclu sions as to where it is lost. No doubt Newt is getting religion. He has had He is the accom him. Somewhere out in the wilds of Illi - His name is Nelson, commonly known as Boogie. Any information as to whether he is A. president and from what has leaked living or dead will be most gratefully received. We once heard something of a love affair concerning he and a out. we infer that soon all his efforts and spare moments will be given to Bible study and Bible class work. We have always told him he missed his call ing when he took up chemistry. Governor Hastings is very quiet this Several guesses have been made but none are satisfactory. It would be a great source of relief if he would enlighten us. What can it possibly be ? A girl ? ? great composer, which no doubt was the cause of his success. Could he even play the cymbals this rumor might be accepted. No he is no musician but young lady in that section, but know nothing of the outcome. We hope he is not lost but only blissfully dreaming It is up to Dutch Ludwig to make a trial trip in our direction, in his new buzz-wagon. Tommy Herr, where are you? Why don't you make a noise? We are all still at home between September and July, any time you want to call or write. Charles K. Cartwright, who is located in a copper mine at Burke, Idaho, is certainly a good Indian in our opinion. Every now and then we get quite a letter from him which almost makes us feel as if we knew him personally. is a Trig shark. R. S. Mitchell, better known as "Dick" over tally-ho's. When he goes to Williamsport for the State-Dickinson game, he expects to buy one and take his muncrous friends to the game. or "Mitch." is chairman of lllhT. He is conducting the work to the satisfac tion of all and is one of our bright lights. change E. V. Rawn didn't do the square thing with the chapter. Lately he became a much except that the last time he benedict, but neglected to send us an shaved, about a month ago, he found two new whiskers. What a joy it would invitation, thereby making it impossible for us to print the name of the fortu nate young lady. However, we know "Van" was pretty strong for Cadiz. Pong Van Dine does not be if all men were blessed as he is. Hi Henry is a partner with Zink in the music business. book . Punch him anywhere and a bum several conferences with the Y. M. C. Sallic (Sallada) is getting bughouse Big Tackle Zink is doing .great work on the gridiron this fall and if he keeps it up will hustle other "Varsity candidate . for their position. He is also cultivat ing his voice. It is his habit of late to wait till the rest of us are busy studying or slcepiu.g, before he begins his practice. "My Wild Irish Rose' is his latest accomplishment. Actually he is a human joke nois a brother has been lost rumored that he was a descendant of the horse show. us a visit. house. Farmer Neal relates wonderful an account of his grand success as a cotillion leader and as a whip at the his joke flies out. Be careful, do not touch we will soon hear of an engagement. periences during his summer stay at Atlantic City. A Philadelphia paper classed him as a society hucker. It gave inside and learn the reasons for silence. Bus Tawney has given up smoking cornsilk, hayseed, etc., and is now a fiend for pipe and cigars. No more will we be frightful of a fire by smell ing burnt paper and old rags around the Curt Wagner made a great hit in Bcllefonte society recently. It was ex Stiddie has not j'et disclosed any spe cial inclinations except for studying. Before long he will lose his reserve and dignity and we can then take a peep Sam Pollock took a day off and made year for some reason or other. when playing the cigar wheel. Gasawaj' Bully for Boogie. It seems good to us all McDowell spent Sunday here during rushing season. have had some subtle influence at work, for the girl is trulj' under his power. .Arch Saxc, not bags, is having his troubles with Calculus and Elementary. Ohio, for some time back. renders a solo. His favorite is "Noah" and is a remarkable selection, although of origi His pleasure practicum at Mc.'Mlister Hall is easy for him thou.gh. He need fear no behnv .grade in this, for he is Panlding F. Sellers. '!)7. sustained an injury to his knee which prevented him from acting as .Alumni delegate to the A No. 1 and at the head of the class. last Ekklesia. panist and he occasionally nal composition. Fli is doin.g good work at quarter on the 'Varsity squad. Mossie has decided not to enter col Chicks Clou.gh is addicted to moral izin.g. He spouted his beliefs openlv lege because he finds tutoring more suecessful. He has quite a class in Rail roads. and the way he lays curves and this summer while at .Atlantic and you should have seen the letter he received makes stations, etc.. is a trick known from a young lady listener. He must Benj. Dcmming. '!)(!. has long prom ised us a visit. We are still the pos sessors of the promise. .Any of our readers who wish to con tribute to any part of our paper will \r\nGAMMA PHI FIJI. kindly send material to the editor. Al so questions concerning the location of any of our Alumni will be gladly answered. Brother J. L. Given, '90, gave the chapter a short visit on Friday, Oct. 13. This was his first appearance in At any rate, whether victory or de blue tills year, the student body will back them with the characteristic spirit have room for 11 men and the rooms which has made State the institution it they are now. Within the last two years is to-day. they have all been papered and new furnitnre added. Down stairs everything is in good shape; with new furniture in the club room and parlor, and new paper in the dining roo?n we are indeed advised by five competent men. "Pop" Golden bas entire charge of the coach some remarkable punting, several of his ing department. "Henny" Scholl, tackle kicks going si.xty yards. improvements were truly amazing to him. State's Coaches If State does not turn out a winning team this fall it certainly will not he for the want of good coaching. The White and Blue eleven is being on the '01 team is doing his best with Tom Fennell and Dan the line men. Reid, two of the best men Cornell ever graduated, and last. Brother Moscrip, who is the best and most up-to-date of the quintet. All these men are work ing to produce a victorious State eleven. No one hut an expert could make prospects for Gamma Phi, a nucleus of fifteen tnen was available. Three of last year's men did not return which fact that their team consists of seasoned veterans, this score is certainly no dis grace. Freshman - Sophomore Wrestling Match The annual wrestlin.g match hetweeri the two lower classes took place on Beaver h'ield September do. It resulted three honts. The heavy weight. middle-weight and light-weight victors were res|)ectively; Leathers, Lawsing. and Lorah. The New Year Chapel exercises on September 14th marked the opening of a nc.v year in the history of Slate. Over seven hun dred men were present and heard the very interesting talk given hy Dr. .Atherton. The incoming class which met Charles R. Oherfell, ry, '(^17; J. Bartron Smith, '(17 ; Richard S. Mitchell. '07; Walter .■\. Newton, '07; Frank O. Tawncy, 'u7 ; Roy G. Clottgh, '07; Chester C. Neal. '08; Glenn B. Hastings. '08; Davis G. Skinner '08; here for the fi rst time Archibald stitution, containing three hnndred men Saxe. '08; Walter F Schroeder. '08; Howard .-\. Zink, '08. The rushing season started with a hang three days before college opened. All of the old hoys were here in good time so that we got an elegant start Result—Five of the fi nest Freshmen in the class pledged and one Prep. Of course the rush is not over hy any means and the prospects of our secur Brothers Baird. '0;3; McDowell, '0.7, and Pownall, 'O-I. were with us for the smoker on Sept. 111. is one of the largest which has ever entered the in and two co-eds. ing several more are indeed bright. There are four more important games to be played—those with Yale, Dickin son, Annapolis, and W. U. P. It is con fidently expected hy our coaches that if the team develops as well in the near future as it has so far this year, we fore ns a verv snccessfttl year. chapter a list of those who returned ■'(Hi; P. B. VanDine. Ci; Vane L. Hen- the It is safe to say that although college has only recently opened we can see be For is printed below: cellence of the Indian team and in good shape. the benefit of those who know the active foot ball prospects for this year. The team is composed almost entirely of green hut good material and at this writing is a rather uncertain quantity, although in justice it must he said they played like veterans again.st the Indians. lege and California Normal. It is true that they lost the first big contest by a score of 11-0, but considering tbe ex have never been in the line condition winning all College opened this fall with good any sort of a prediction as to State's So far this year the eleven has won the first two practice games in good style, those with Lebanon Valley Col We in a complete victory for '08. the Sophs Opening of College cut our nitmher down somewhat. Football Prospects for State word about the condition of the house would not he out of place. We can report later the game with Gettj'sburg. Getty.sburg came here with the reputation of scoring on Penn, the score being KI-0. Naturally tbere were a few nervous State supporters until tbe game was safely onrs. prettier game has not been played on Beaver Field in the last four years. State showed reniarkahle ground gaining ahility and her defense was nearly perfect. Gcttyshurg only making three first downs. Sieber, Captain of Gettysburg, and a Fiji did State College for thirteen years and the A feat is to be the lot of tbe wbite and They helped ma terially in gettin,g new men. will win at least three named and make "Quality and not quantity" has al ways been our motto and has proven a a good showing against Yale. safe and sane one to stand for. Wm. Stewart Ayars We have on the instructing force this year one other than our old friend. Prof. Butz. Bill, for that is what seems to suit him best, came to State from Pratt Institute where he was one of the faculty. He is a h'iji from Lehigh and holds the position of .-Vssistant Professor in Mechanical Fm.gineering at State. We would he omitting the most im portant part if we failed t'> say that Brother .-Xyars is an all-around good fellow and we would miss him greatlv if he were to leave ns.