THE PANTHER ALUMNI FIJI SEPTEMBER 22, 1958 PITTSBURGH, PA. VOLUME X TRUSTEES SECOND YEAR THIRD YEAR FIRST YEAR PRESIDENT John C. McKown '49 VICE PRESIDENT '50 J. Ray E. Reppert '47 Eugene J. Baur '51 R. '44 Ray G. Bender '41 C. Donald McGinnis Lawrence McBride '45 Jules Polachek, Jr. '51 Lee McFadden, Jr. TREASURER John D. Sheppard '44 ANNUAL MEETING REUNION PARTY The third annual Reunion "arter-the-^ajne" Party Is scheduled ror October 25, 1958. The place is the Reunion Room on the third floor of the University Club starting about 4:30 P.M. In accordance with the By-Laws of Pi Sigma Graduate Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta the regular Annual Meeting will be held at the university Club, Friday, October 3, 1958 beginning at 7:30 P.M. The order of business will include the reports of six P M or as soon as it is possible to get a fair number place retiring Brothers John McKown, Jules Polacheck, Jr. and John D. Sheppard. These brothers and any other alumnus A private bar will be open while the Fijis, wives and/or girl friends gather and palaver. Dinner will be served at seated Music for dancing and listening will begin at 7:30 and continue until 10:30. This year, Jack Purcell's trio has been booked. For those who may not have heard this group, it is smooth, extremely danceable and if you're tired the President and Treasurer and election of Trustees to re of Pi Sigma in good standing are eligible for nomination. The business of the Graduate Chapter and Its plans for the coming year Invite your attention. Your Board of Trustees -- luk listening and humming the tunes is a real pleasure. Jack Purcell plays a Dorsey-type trombone and has a terrific maintain that the Graduate Chapter will only grow in was in school ship's attendance and interest at the Annual Meeting. memory for all the more popular tunes from the years when he While this event has proven to be a popular innovation the past two years, it appears vet to come In order to make sure that no one is incon strength and be able to assist the undergraduate chapter, in direct proportion to the support exhibited by the member Come and help us grow. venienced, please send your reservations for dinner as soon as nnsslhle usual arrangements will be in effect, those who'will The be%resent but will not eat dinner will be asked to contribute $1.00 a person to help defr^ expen ses. Those who plan to eat dinner will be charged $5.00 a person. After the big game with Army, there will be no ENCLOSED IS A PARTY CARD FOR REUNION RESERVATIONS, DUES AND more pleasant way to enjoy the fruits of victory than to be CONTRIBUTIONS. from Cleveland, Watson Powell from Richmond, Ira "Lefty FOR PLEDGE RECOMMENDATIONS. TAKE CARE OF THEM NOW! ! With some Ion? standing friends. We've seen George Evans Hill from Pittsburgh, Bucky Walters from Warren mdother^ durlne the last two years. Some of these folks will be back aild min?others will be with them. Send your reservations now. ANOTHER CARD IS We'll be looking for you. YOUR CALENDAR FUTURE WHITE STAR EVENTS krODAY write that check FOR annual dues and CONTRIBUTIONS and MAIL WITH THE Enclosed dues card t^NNUAL MEETING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1958 UNIVERSITY CLUB, 7:30 P.M. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES ELECTION REFRESHMENTS I^REUNION PARTY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1958 UNIVERSITY CLUB. 4:30 P.M. AFTER PITT-ARMY GAME DINNER AND DANCING \r\nTHE PANTHER ALUMNI FRATRES QUI FUERUNT $$HELP, HELP, HELP$$ Your Board of Trustees dislikes the constant necessity of descrlhlng our dollar problems with Its PI Sigma graduate Brothers. Yet It Is our responsibility, your fraternity and a problem common to all of us. Last year was a record for dues payments and your additional contributions. 114 gradu ate Brothers responded and the Trustees felt that with this growing support, It might be possible to develop a satisfac tory contingent reserve. However, a new gas furnace was re quired last winter and further Installation delays were Im possible since the old furnace was virtually Inoperative. This work was funded with $600 received from you and an $1800 bank loan. The loan was subsequently reduced another $000 by using a part of the rent payments made by the under graduate chapter. This has been contrary to our normal pol icy which set aside the rent receipts for payment of taxes, water. Insurance and other annual expenses. The details of these actions are shown In the Treasurer's statement pub lished on the last page. You may also note that our cash balance or reserve Is at a dangerously reduced level. Only 44 graduate Brothers have responded thus far In 1958. Many fajnlllar najnes are missing from the Acknowledgment list and from this fact alone we are encouraged to believe that many of you have simply overlooked sending your dues and contributions to the Treasurer. Last year 19% of the gradu ate Brothers responded as opposed to a mere 7% so far this year. We hope you will set a new participation record this year. Use the enclosed card, write your check now and mall them both to John Sheppard tomorrow. We need your help. FIJI SED NUNC An ASTRA Sadly, PI Sigma Graduate Chapter announces the loss of pothers of the bond, but their spirit remains ever with us. The Board of Trustees, at Its last regular meeting, moved to remember those who had been a part of the PI Sigma Chapter Of Phi Gamma Delta by making a contribution to the PI Sigma Educational Foundation as a memorlum to their fealty. An appropriate notification was sent to the families of the following departed brethren: BROTHER ROY C. McKENNA '03 trustee of the University of Pittsburgh, Roy tinn ^ trustee of the Pi Sigma Educational Foundato PI Sigma for close to sixty veari hP friend years, ne will be missed. BROTHER G. NORMAN REIS ^S0°w'^as p e house In r 22. It will be devoted to ^mer will contlnoparatlon for fall rushing. Mrs. gt ^ay 10to serve as housemother. She was 72 tni r '®u you are In Oakland, drop '^t give the undergraduates a ^Encouragement, PI SIGMA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. INC. For those alumni who are able to support a program which Is designed to encourage Improved undergraduate scholarship achievement and to provide better educational facilities, contributions may be forwarded to James M. Patton, Peoples First National Bank and Trust Company, Pittsburgh 30, Penn sylvania. Any Information relating to the administration of the Educational Foundation can be obtained by writing or calling Its secretary Howard I. Scott, 575 Union Trust Building, Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania, ATlantlc 1-4071. \r\nTHE PANTHER ALUMNI FIJI 1958 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Since January 1, 1958, only 44 Brothers have contributed their annual dues of $5.00 plus $175.00 In additional contributions, or an average of $8.88 for each Brother. We are hopeful that many of the familiar names missing help us to Improve our 1957 record year of 114 Brothers who contributed $1,302.00. The Class of six contributing Brothers. Those Brothers residing outside of Pittsburgh are so indicated. The continued cooperation and we are still hoping for a larger percentage of our 700 Pi sigma Alumni from the following list will 1944 again leads the way with Trustees thank you for your to add their names to the list. 1897: Charles A. Locke 1945: J. Lawrence McBrlde 1908: Philip E. Angle, Sharon, Pa. 1946: William E. Hall 1921: George W. Blackmore Walter W. Mockett, Maywood, N. J. Jean 0. Nelson, San Antonio, Tex. Harry W. Wilson, Jr. 1947: Richard J. Conley Robert D. Grlewahn, Erie, Pa. 1922: Charles W. Rldlnger, Jr. 1923: G. Dlxon Shrum Philip A. Small, Lake Forest, 111. 1951: Eugene j. Baur William A. Steele, Wheeling, W.Va. 1924: W. Paul Walker Jules J. Polachek Charles R. Richard C. Noll Jay L. Reed, New Castle, Pa. 1953: Wayne V. Llnd 1926: Axel J. Anderson, Rutland, Vt. Charles P. Friedrlch, Haddonfield, N.J. 1927: Robert M. Gordon John H. Martin, Erie, Pa. PI SIGMA ASSOCIATION 1929: J. Norman Fowler, Sarasota, Fla. 1931: Paul C. STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS Miller AND disbursements 1933: George R. Geeseman 1934: John B. Holbrook, Greenwich Conn. Leroy L. Lewis Alfred N. McCandless, Heidelberg, Germany S. Edgar Pearson 1935: George C. Seeman PRIOR YEARS, Current Rental, Pi Sigma Ch^ter 1937: Albert W. Schenck, Jr., Evans City, Pa. „ , 1939: David F. Altlmler, Niagara Falls, N.Y. Charles N. Gllmore, Jr., Detroit, Mich. Alumni Dues ., Chapter House w, , Chapter House Miscellaneous Income Proceeds of Loan, Fidelity Trust Scott disbursements Warren, Pa " Real Estate Taxef Summer Utilities and Maid Service Payments on Loan, FldelUy Trusf KIDS, ANTS AND FIJIS The families of Pittsburgh district FlJls picnicked together at Texas Grove In South Park early this past August. Des 250.00 225.00 2,704.22 175.00 934.00 19.19 40.00 23,293.41 5.490.00 tonual Meeting Expense Other Meeting Expenses Picnics do not require too much preparation — as Races and prizes for cne kids, a Dadmlnton set, some balls and a bat, cold beer and lots of food are all the Ingredients necessary for a program of fun and re These were all present and enjoyed by the follow ing brothers and their families: Herb cherry '47, Laurie McBrlde '45, Bob Jones '48,.Do.n McGlnnls '50, Ray Bender '41, Ralph Whlttaker '47, Jack McKown '49, Howard Scott '44, Gene Baur '51, Jay Polachek '51, John Sheppard '44, and Join us next year. There Is always room for more 2,569.74(1) 540.73 74.38 38.00 416.41 600.00 51.57. Munml Newsletters and Mailings" prised by the number in attendance and the bright, sunny 9,016.63 5,375.09 1,549.12 2,329.30 Company total chapter house EXPFMHT^nn.. and a rainsoaked summer, the Board of Trustees were sur at a picnic. 7,100.00 Interest on Loan,°Fl™iity Trust pite vacations, preoccupation with the fates of the Pirates, others. 1,000.00 Repairs and Improvements, Sheppard Insurance laxation. 10,400.00 -I ,800.00 total receipts Water you all know. 1,398.20 Company R. Lee McFadden, Jr. weather. 289.66 2,136.00 Alumni Contributions George F. Evans, Cleveland, Ohio William S. Walters, , „ Summer Rental of Pi sigma 1944: Howard A. Brooks, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada John D. House Delinquent Rental, Pi Sigma Allen Holbrook, Oakland, Calif. Howard I. AUG. 15, 1958 RECEIPTS 1936: John M. Wilson, Johnson City, Tenn. 1941: E. to 1957 CASH BALANCE. BEGINNING OF PERTOn Myers 1, 1958 JAN. 1947 THROUGH Stationery and Office Supnlles Floral Tributes and Miscellaneous co,auimi«, t.£p" 18,686.55 3.875.02 2,047.02 239.64 271.84 31.90 405.28 208.12 30.44 06.06 Foundation TOTAL administrative EXPEMSFS total DISBURSEMENTS NET CASH INCREASE fDRPRP^sE) cash balance, EMn (1) includes $2,400.00 for New Gas 500.00 3.498.32 15.00(2) " 322.98 22,184.87 4.198.00.. 1,108.54 (708.00 )• 1,398.20 690.20- (2) Memorial Contributdons for Deceased Brothers Hespectfully submitted, JOHN D. SHEPPARD, TREASURER \r\nThree Cents Well Spent PHI GAMMA DELTA 4725 Wallingford Street Pittsburgh 13, Pennsylvania Rushing Chairman \r\nHERE THEY ARE GO GET THEM I am recommending as possible pledges; the following men who will probably enter Pitt this fall. Name Address High School Remarks Name Address High School Remarks By giving us this information RIGHT AWAY you will enable us to GET THE JUMP IN RUSHING. NAME Address Class \r\nMail to: John D. Sheppard 1844 Oliver Bldg., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. V/ILL I V/ILL NOT ATTEND THE PaRTY AND DINNER AFTER THE Pitt-Army Football Game at the University Club, ON Saturday, October 25, 1958. I WISH TO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR FOR DINNER AT 6:30 P.M. (Signed) — (over) PERSONS \r\nMail to - PI SIGMA GRADUATE CHAPTER of PHI GAMMA DELTA c/o John D. Sheppard, 1844 Oliver Bldg., Pgh. 22, Pa. I AM INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING MY Fiji AlUMNI AND ENCLOSE MY CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF PAYABLE TO Pl SlGMA ASSOCIATION. This amount includes Dues for 1958 $ 5.00 Contributions Total S (Print) Name Address Class Year (over)