LAMBDA NU TODAY PHI GAMMA DELTA April, 1959 Vol. 11, No. 2 University of Nebraska TWELVE NEW FIJIS INITIATED On March 7, twelve men were initi ated Scooter into the membership of Phi Gamma Delta. As has been the custom in the past years, the ceremony was held at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha. The support given the active chapter was very fine and the annual event was Says enjoyed by all. Following the initiation of new mem by bers, a banquet.was held in their honor. Jerry O'Keefe, the outgoing Corre sponding Secretary, acted as the Mas ter of Ceremony. All of the Fijis, grad uate and Undergraduate, stood up and Ron Kohlmeier This is more or less a going away introduced letter by a washed-up President. I certainly want to thank the staff for permitting me to have a small portion themselves. Leonard E. Hurtz ('03) was recognized as the oldest Phi Gam present. The Phi Gam to travel the longest distance was Bob of the paper, for I feel I have some comments which may be of interest for Hinman. He drove to Omaha North Platte for this occasion. the Graduates. from The outgoing president, Ron Kohl meier, introduced his cabinet and gave Your past Cabinet has worked quite hard and has sacrificed in trying to a make Phi Gamma Delta a better House in which to live. We feel we have over the past year. He pointed out the improvements in house spirit and con structive pledge training that have been some accomplishments to show for it. One would be in Brother Mangel's Field Secretary Report which he sent back to National. He noticed a The Freshman Honored— Standing: John Gutschlag, Jack Pittman, Don Ferguson, Kneeling: Ron Winter, Richard Alt- num rock, Harold Ehlers ber of improvements over previous re ports and naturally noticed some addi tional needed improvements, improve ments which I am sure the present Cabinet will handle in proper stride. In September, activities werfe a no ticeable sore spot with few upper class men participating in them, so every freshman was required to join at least 1 activity. Now each pledge is in at least 1 and many are in 2, 3, or more. Activitie.s are a great aid in supple menting to your college education and are also of value in creating better Fra ternity relations on campus. Socially, we have had some real so cial rousers. As in the past, the Fijis go all out on parties to help make them a great success. The 13 men which met Initiation Qualifications have worked hard and have been a credit to the House thus greatly lessened by the Cabinet, Pur ple Legionnaire, and Mom. Joe Hart, Treasurer; Byron Speice, Recording Secretary; Jerry O'Keefe, Corresponding Secretary; Jim Solomon, Historian; and Jerry Schoettger, Pledge Trainer have each done good jobs. Jerry Solomon has been a great aid to the Cabinet and Chapter. He is a very busy man but is always ready and willing to serve us on any prob lems that arise and has done a lot of work. When a Brother takes time off from his busy schedule to aid us as he has done, he certainly needs recogni tion. So hats off to Jerry for a fine job this year. And last, but certainly not least, is a gal who is the most purple of any Fiji have ever known. The made. He also stated how much being a member of Phi Gamma Delta and pres ident of Lambda Nu this past year has meant to him. far, and I'm sure will wear the dia mond wisely and make good use of it. Serving as the Chapter's President has been a great experience. Naturally it entailed much work but my load was I short talk on its accomplishments House has been of major interest to her as House mother for the past 21 years, this being her 22nd. While in the hospital fol The Purple Legionnaire, Jerry Solo mon, submitted some plans and objec tives of Lambda Nu for the coming year. He praised the fine job done by Brother Kohlmeier, and was very opti mistic about the improvements in the chapter that were going to come under the new administration. He complimented the chapter on their choice of Brother Tom Gilliland as the new president and on the other strong candidates that were selected for the cabinet. The new initiates were introduced by their pledge trainer, Jerry Schotteger. They are: . Jim Allen, Valley, is a sophomore in . Business Administration. Richard Altrock, Omaha, is a Fresh man in Arts and Science. Dean Cozine, sophomore in Arts and Science, is from Fort Worth, Texas. Harold Ehlers, Columbus, is a Sopho more in Engineering College. Donald Ferguson, a North lowing her car-train accident, being badly bruised, having a number of broken bones, and in pain, she always NEW CABINET had the boys and House included in her conversation and always expressed much concern. She is doing an out Now In Office; standing job, as usual, and has probably Guest Speaker, Terry Carpenter, talk ing to "Mom" Platte freshman, is in Teachers College. James B. Fournier is a sophomore in (Continued on Page 5) contributed more to Phi Gamma Delta See Story and Picture than any past or present Lambda Nu (Continued on Page 5) on page two. \r\nLambda Nu Today LAMBDA NU TODAY •iKlihgiati University of Nebraska f fvm Lincoln, Nebraska Editor Don Ferguson '62 Committee— Evars Karklins Jim Allen Bernie Leonard Contributors "Mom" Minier Larry Kilstrup,By-line Stories -Editor's Notes I IVlal Dohrman The Cabinet: 1. to r. Lauris Whitehead, Bob Kirkendahl, Tom Gilliland, Bill Chase, Larry Kilstrup Through the turmoil of the seem ingly unending school work, we are now coming out with the second edi tion of our paper this year. It's always struggle to get down to the serious business of getting it out. If any com pliments of this paper are to be made, they should be made to Don Ferguson. He is the man that has been pushing everyone for the last couple of months to get their stories in. Without him be hind us, I am afraid this paper would still be in the planning stage. We are hoping that this paper is an improvement over the last one and they will continue to improve in the future years. Probably the most pleasant and happy sight to every one's eyes around here, has been the return of 'Mom' to her place at the head table. Since be ing released from the hospital, she has been wearing a brace and still hasn't been able to take up her housemother duties on a full time basis. We are, however, expecting her to return any day into the position she has compet ently filled for the last twenty-two years. It is when events like this hap pen that you stop to realize how importaul and how much one person means to the fraternity. Lambda Nu is indeed fortunate to have one of the toughest and strongest Fiji you will ever find. Not enough can be said in praise for this wonderful woman. With the new cabinet now going into full swing, the Fijis are meeting the coming of spring head on. We pulled a 'Fiji first' the other Monday night that had the whole campus talk ing and may revolutionize that age old collegiate custom of 'pinnings! Every one assembled over at the Alpha Phi House for the pinning. Both sweet heart songs were sung and then it came time for the traditional embrace and kiss, but nothing happened. It turned New Officers For Lambda Nu The 1959-1960 officers of Lambda Nu of Phi Gamma Delta are Tom Gilli land, President; Bob Kirkendahl, Treasurer; Bill Chase, Recording Secre tary; Larry Kilstrup, Corresponding Secretary; and Lauris Whitehead, His torian. Tom Gilliland of Sidneyland is a PreLaw senior in Arts and Sciences. Many of you will recall having been contacted by Tom during the '57 rush program, when he did such a fine job for the Fijis. Tom is well known on the cam pus political scene and holds several positions. He is on the Executive Board of Young Republicans, Chairman of the IFC ruch rules committee, and a mem ber of Kosmet Klub. Bob Kirkendahl, a senior Architect from Grand Island, is the cabinet GOM. He was initiated in '53, and is a return ing letterman from Uncle Sam's great team. The United States Navy. Kirk's future plans are to ordain the cherished realm of Frank Lloyd Wright with enduring symbols of his inspiration. Bill Chase, better known as "Chaser", is a senior in the College of Agriculture majoring in Ag Economy. Hailing from Broken Bow, Bill is a representative of the U. S. Diplomatic Corps—the Army, where ho gained a great deal of exper ience. This experience was quite well illustrated by his diligent work on the scholarship and pledge training of the last Freshman class. Larry Kilstrup, the sophomore mem ber of the cabinet is a Pre-Law student and hails from Mitchell, Nebraska. He has served as past activities chairman and holds the following positions in out that the whole thing was a hoax campus activities: planned by both social chairman to get together for a function between the two houses. Everyone was surprised and really had a great time singing Board, IFC outstate rush chairman. Student Union Advisory Board, Uni songs around the piano. I think the spirit at the Initiation Banquet this year was the best I have ever seen. Age was no barrier to the fellowship that took place. Everyone (Continued on Page 5) Vice President of Young Republicans, Builders Executive versity Chairman of the Lincoln Cen tennial, Alpha Kappa Psi, N.U.C W A He has worked as past Alumni Rela tions Committee and was Col. Whitehead is the house wheel in the AFROTC Department, and due to his excellent work in this area, plans have been made for him to spend the next five years as a pilot in the U. S. Air Force. WILL YOU HELP US? Dear Brother Fiji, The rush season is drawing nearer as each day passes. June 1, we will find ourselves in the thick of it, competing for a pledge class with the twenty other fraternities on campus. In this day and age, competition is keener than ever before. At Phi Gamma Delta, with the cost of living as it is, we try to hold our house bills to the bare minimum, so that we will still have men who can af ford to belong to a fraternity and meet their school expenses as well. With the budget so tight, we have to be thrifty when it comes to the other expenses, such as social and rushing. The problem is this: This year at Delta, we are going to be a little short in our rushing fund. It mkes money to rush, and this year we just don t have it. We are aware, that this problem is mostly ours, and that It we don t have the money, it is our own tough luck. But, we also believe 1 oy good pledge class, we also helpgetting you. aour graduate brothers, and we help Phi Gamma Delta grow. ^0 ask that you consider our problem, and if you are in sympathy with us, mail a contribution using the enclosed envelope, to Phi Gamma Delta. In any respect, we want to thank you tor your help in the past, and for any help that you can give in the future. and A.U.F. Lauris Whitehead, a senior Geology Science, hailsoffrom North i?, Platte. "Whitey," is one the Platte boys who traditionally do well. Chairman in charge of Parents Day this year. Lt. Sincerely, Larry Aspergen Rush Chairman PS: Please send in names of FIJI Po tential, too. \r\nLambda Nu Today TOM CILLILAND MOM 'S FIJI NOTES by From The Presidents Desk As the newly elected president of Lambda Nu, I want to take this oppor tunity to introduce myself. Lambda Nu has once again started under the reins of a new cabinet. Naturally, we have high hopes. House morale is at an alltime high. If this attitude can be main tained, and I'm sure that it will, you graduate members can expect great things from the undergraduate Fijis of Lambda Nu. There are several areas that will, by necessity, be emphasized. Our scholar ship the previous semester left some thing to be desired. The undergraduate chapter is certainly aware of this unde Mom Minier So sorry "Lambda Nu Today" didn't get away from the printers in time for the holidays, and my personal wishes to all, but you know by now that in tentions were good. Messages and pictures came from so many of you, giving me a wonderful feeling of gratitude for your thoughtfulness. I only wish I knew where some of you are from whom no infor mation has come for so long. I shall their home since last summer when John was transferred. There's more news from the Dwight Whitaker family. It is now Lt. Col. Whitaker, graduating from Command and General Staff College and Para trooper School, and now, acceptance into the Regular Army assures a life career. Presently his assignment is in Germany where he is Executive Officer of the Athletic Section in headquar continue to hope. ters of the U.S. Army in Europe. He The joyous Christmas season was saddened by "a message telling us that writes: mand over here which means our sec Wayne Eisenhart had been taken from us on Friday the 26th after over a year tion plans, working to improve his own scholar the biggest adage, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink," seems of the Eisenhart families. sirable condition. Everyone is actively ship. (Brothers, is this true?) The old to be entirely true. Of course, our responsibility is to provide the "water", i.e., a house conducive to study. This has been done. Last semester, our pledge class earned a respectable average. The main source of difficulty came from the active chapter, particularly from the sophomore class. We expect the tradi tional "slump" to even out and from now on the problem of a sophomore slump will receive considerable atten tion so to completely eliminate this aspect of "tradition." The scholarship program for next fall's pledge class is being formulated with the emphasis placed on teaching to the pledged good study habits that will continue with them. I sincerely believe that Lambda Nu s graduate support, for the most part, has not been comparable to that received by other chapters in our section. This (Continued on Page 6) and a half of long patient suffering. Our sympathy goes tb Barbara and all Little notes on the holiday cards con tained bits of news that will interest world." "It is the top level of com organizes sports and supervises program in the He gave priority to the an nouncement of the adoption of a little daughter, Cindy, who is now nine and a half months old. Fifteen-year-old Ron is a high school student and very you, so I'm passing them on. Ty Vanderkalk travels for Hormel in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. interested in athletics, particularly foot Murray Backhaus is back in the Air Force and happy to be there. He's pointed to the National Water Pollu tion Control Advisory Board. stationed in Texas. It's Lt. Don Kirkwood since October S & L" is the title of an article in the 1st and making Wichita Falls, Texas their home while he is going to Statis tical Services Officers School at Sheppard Air Force Base. There's big news of a legacy sometime this year. The Charley Fergusons are stationed in Plattsburgh, New York at present, but Charley is assigned to temporary duty beginning this January—making flights to Greenland with a two-week stay every two months. Barbara is doing substitute teaching occasionally. Young Craig grows increasingly inter esting, Charley writes. The John Dierks family call Mayzoto, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, ball. Frank E. Long, '16, has been ap "Emperior Howard Ahmanson of November issue of Nebraska Alumnus, reprinted from the May, 1958 issue of "Fortune Magazine." He is called the most spectacular figure of the highly controversial, hugely expanding savings and loan industry. His associates call him a genius; his critics think "octo- pus"is more apt. But after reading the fantastic story of his life and business operations, we go along with his asso ciates. He attended Nebraska and be longed to our chapter—needless to say, we are honored. Lambda Nu has a long list of men who have fine accomplishments in business and professional careers. I only wish we might someday list them all, for they have brought not only honor to themselves but to the fra ternity and this chapter. LAMBDA NU NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT. IF YOU KNOW A POTENTIAL FIJI — PLEASE LET US KNOW TOO! Robert R. Burns, 19-year veteran with Douglas Aircraft Co., was re (Please Print) Cornmercial sales in Santa Monica, DATE cently appointed director of Domestic 19 California. I recommend Home address — -Enter Nebr._ High School Enter Nebr Scholarship: Ranked. m class of^ (get exact class number if possible.) High School Activities (Honors, Offices, etc.) Finances: Needs help : Okay William (Bill) Deneke was called back into active service with the U.S. National Guard. He is stationed in Washington, D.C. Lt. Tom McGeachin will be with Douglas Aircraft Company in England for a couple of years. He's having a very interesting experience but his work is highly secret. He does say that most of it is engineering liason with English civilians and RAF personnel. He says he would enjoy a copy of the -I Dont know- ; x^om Know Parent's Occupation.^ newsletter when it is issued. — see that you get it, Tom. We will Fraternity Relatives—^ 'The Warren Killians apparently are doing well. They opened another lab Comments: oratory in Ontario, California, a year Recommended by Class Address letters with more information will be appreciated ago and report all four children in ex cellent health. Norman Case finally came through after several years. He's, working for Monsanto Chemical Co. in St. Louis County. He and Norma have a year-old son, Brian. He told us that Vaughn \r\nLambda Nu Today Page 4 Gaddis is still with Monsanto in the Organic division, but has been trans ferred to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Ed Bruer was promoted to acting manager on November 1 and will go to Chicago in May to attend the National Restaurant convention. Nina and Eddie are the two Bruer children. news sheet is the only contact he has with the "old gang." He asks us to pass on congratulations to the new Captain Handshy and says: "I get to pin my tracks on January 8 . . . addi tional money benefits will be most wel come." He also reports that young Joe and Virginia will have a brother or sister about July. Ken and Lise Brown with 3-year-old Keith and 16-month-old Maureen con tinue to like their southern home . . . Particularly the climate. We do ap preciate the most cordial invitation to visit them. We shall look forward to it. Ken Eisenharts of Salt Lake City vis ited home folks in Nebraska last sum mer with their three children, Tug 10, Mary Alice 7, and Timmy 4. Timmy had the misfortune of a broken arm just before the holiday, but it appar ently was a minor incident in the young man's life. The Carl Olenberger family haye called Omaha home since last April. Carl is Coordinator of College Rela tions in the Rocky Mountain region for Western Electric. Lt. Charles (Chuck) Stewart and Carol are still in Florida where he is cost analyst in the Air Force. He likes his work but they aren't very fond of the country. They hope for a transfer and a visit to Nebraska in April. The Lloyd McBeths live in Irving, Texas, which is about 14 miles "Om Dallas. Lloyd is in the Air Force with most of his flying to either Chicago or Cleveland. portunities. The Schirmers, Jack and Marilyn, sent their usual newsy Christmas letter to all friends. Wish I could give you all He usually takes one or two trips to either coast. In November he spent two interesting weeks with the Navy on an airlift supply trip to Vanguard stations in South America. editor's. Jack has been a Fiji since 1920 and served as "E"- of the house in 22-23. He came in for the Pig Dinner this fall but unfortunately became ill and had to return home in the afternoon. of it but space affords only the high "They recently visited with their daugh lights. They spent the holiday in Fre ter mont with Marilyn's mother. Jack had Houston. a cataract removed in June and had a John Skinner feels that this little . selves and making use of splendid op splendid recovery. His school has grown to 18,500 pupils in 24 schools and his job as coordinator of instructional materials keeps him more than busy. The Murl Maupins are busy young people. Murl's sales now include East ern Texas, Louisiana and Southern Ar kansas, keeping him away from home about 2 weeks each month. Still he has time for important activities. He again directed this year's Junior Chamber Counsular Ball, a big Huston event, and issued an invitation to visit them. How I'd like to! The Bill Moorhouse's big news is their new home' in Laramie, Wyoming. Bill is guidance coordinator for the city schools and attending one class at the University e^ch semester. He taught last summer at bhe U and started teach ing extension courses everv Tuesday evening. All this in addition to helping Alberta ride herd on the three young sters, Debra, Nancy and Jon. It's really frustrating not to be able to pass on these wonderful letters that so many of you write, but space allows only the high spots. Barney Ingrams sent along a diary of a happy, busy family. Barney's off on speaking engagements, duties in his Masonic Lodge, Rotary and vacations. He plans on yard landscaping to in clude a pool. In addition to guiding the activities of the three children, Benny teaches a Sunday Schol class. Don and Mary Andrews are most en thusiastic over their farm home near Valley, and while they miss Colorado's mountains, they wouldn't think of going back. They have made an attractive home out of the old farm house doing a lot of the remodeling themselves. Don commutes 60 miles to Omaha where he and husband (the Maupins in A letter from Dennis Wamsley of Sid ney tells that he has been married for some time—to quote: "a wonderful girl the former Carol Krueger. We are ex pecting our first child in May." Dennis gave us the whereabouts of several of the Fellows—Thanks! Clark Caley is out of the service and he and Peg live in Greeley where Clark is associated in the garage business with his father-in-law. Jim Parrish and wife are in the news paper business in New Castle, Wyo ming. They have two children. Jack Soder has an apartment at 524 South Gaylord in Denver, Colorado. Jack is still with the Federal reserve Bank. Captain Jim Wamsley and wife are in England—Jim is in command of the 607th Tactical Hospital at Alconbery AF Base. He plans an Air Force career. He started his letter with the follow ing comment: "Just finished reading my copy of ^Lambda Nu Today' and really enjoyed it. I just wish that such a lapse of time wouldn't occur in between issues." Those remarks are typical of so many. We would like to publish a paper more often but no one realizes the time it takes the few busy people who are responsible for writing and getting it to the printer. However, we feel repaid when someone writes us of their appreciation of our efforts. Jack Phinney wrote from New York as soon as he had read the news letter. He said: "I hereby return immediate congratulations to Mai Dohrman for an outstanding job. Really the sharpest issue I've ever seen( and that includes those I helped put together, I'm afraid.)" I want to say here that Don Ferguson helped very materially. Jack said he was doing free lance writing Patty who is 6 and expect another in teaches physics classes at South High and Mary works in Waterloo for a seed company. Only a 12-mile trip, so to keep mileage up, she drives home for Msy- lunches. get together often. The McBeths have one d^^Mer, .v. i Hadn't heard until recently ^at Jim and Sandra Ernst, who live in Ma son City, Iowa, where J'"?™ . Western Adjustment lost thmr little daughter, Christine Kay, December 10. She was born November 23. Our ^m pathy goes out to you. Little Jimmy is about two years old Marsh Nelson was in ppd* months when he was assigne perell Air Force Base mNewfoundland^ It was rather a shock as he hoped to have his family with him longer. Little Scott was only five months old when the orders came Lt. Glen Rosenqmst as a