LAMBDA NU TODAY »HI GAMMA^: NOVEMBER, 1949 VOL. 2, NO. 1 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Introducing the Fiji Pledges for 1949-1950 Left to right, top row—Bill Knudsen, Tom Choyce, Morris Johnson, Ron Raitt, Paul Grimm, Wayne Handshy, Glen Rosenquist, Ed Gross, Jack James, Dick Goll, Jim Schleiger, Jack Russell. Middle row—John Elwell, A1 Barnard, Jim Wamsley, Jim Smith, John Addison, Bill Melcher, Jack Paap, Jerry Solomon, John Sinclair, Bill Karrer. Bottom row—George Hancock, Ted Cannon, Jim Elliott, Dick Wadlow, Dick Mallett, Rich Olson, Matt Jaap, Glen Beerline, Mickey Meyers, John McCurdy, Don Field. Not shown—Jerry Merritt. Once again, as in past years. Lambda Ted Cannon from Mitchell was tops Nu has finished rush week with a top in his class scholastically, lettered in football, basketball, and track, and was group of pledges. They are thirty-four in number, the majority being from Ne braska with a few from out of state. The first one (listed alphabetically) is John Addison who comes from Stanton. John attended Stanton High where he had a high scholastic average, partici pated in the school choirs, and was busi ness manager of the high school paper. John is a junior in Business Administra tion Next is A1 Barnard from Lincoln. A1 went to Lincoln High and was a membei" of the frosh team, helped Lincoln win football games as a cheerleader and did some acting. , Glenn Beerline is from Alliance where he went to Alliance High and .^owed skill as a scholar, member of president of the Letterman's club, band lieutenant, choir member, and an officer of the Student Council- He is a P- L. major. on the student council. He is a freshman. Tom Choyce from Decatur, Georgia, shone as a member of the letterman's club, the National Athletic Scholastic Society, and was one of the top men in his class scholastically. He is a fresh man in pre-law. Jim Elliott from Mitchell participated in football, track, and was member of the glee club of Mitchell High. He was very high in his class with a 93.4 average and is now a Business Administration freshman. From Sidney comes John Elwell who excelled in scholarship, lettered in foot ball, basketball, and track, belonged to the letterman's club, and was a class officer for three out of his four years at Sidney High. John is a Freshman in the Business Administration College. Don Field from Omaha attended Oma ha North where he was a star in foot ball and track, and participated in fire patrol safety and Red Cross work. Don is a freshman in Engineering. Dick Goll, a football and basketball letterman from Tekamah was president of his class for two years, member of the student council, on the "annual" staff, and president of the letterman's club. Paul Grimm from Blair was in the band, glee club, dramatic society, on the school paper, and lettered in football, track, and basketball. Paul is a freshman in Business Administration. Ed Gross from Omaha was a football letterman and voted the best Senior Artist at Omaha Central High. George Hancock comes from Lincoln High where he was on the debating team, choir, student council, and was a member of the tennis team. George is a freshman in Pre-Law. Wayne Handshy from Los Angeles, California, was president of the letter- man's society, president of the Student (Continued on Page 2) \r\nLAMBDA NU TODAY FIJI PLEDGES from Page 1 Plans Made for Activities Board, a letterman in football and track, and campaign manager of student affairs. Pig Dinner Plans for the 51st Norris Pig Dinner at Lambda Nu of Phi Gamma Delta have been made. All of the alumni of Lambda Nu are cordially invited to attend and to help make the celebration one long to be remembered by all Fijis. Matt Jaap from Benson High in Omaha participated in Red Cross work, student coimcil activity, and did drama'tic work. Matt is a junior in the Business Admin istration College. Jack James is from North Piatte where he went to North Piatte High and let tered in track, football, and was a mem ber of the student council and the mixed chorus. Saturday, November 19, 1949. The entire Morris Johnson from Sahna, Kansas, attended St. John's Military School where he was on the football team, and cafe has been reserved for the occasion the track squad. He is a freshman with and a capacity crowd is expected. A de licious turkey dinner is on the menu and as usual a floor show will top oft the evening. The main speaker of the evening will be one of the national officers, well a history or science major. Walter Knutzen from San Mateo, Cali The dinner ■will be held in the Conti nental Cafe in downtown Lincoln on known to all Phi Gams. In addition to the Pig Dinner the University of Nebraska will be host to the University of Colorado in a Big Seven conference football game the aft ernoon of the 19th. Seats are still avail fornia, is originally from Kearney, Ne braska, where he lettered in football and track at Kearney High. He is a sophomore in Civil Engineering. Bill Karrer from McCook went to Mc- Cook High School where he was tops scholastically and participated in student coimcil affairs, was the editor of the annual, sang in the choir, and lettered in football, basketball, and track. He is able but they are going fast. If you so a freshman in pre-med. desire a ticket for the game please mail Dick Mallot from Lincoln High let in $3.00 for a reserved seat or $3.60 for a ' tered in wrestling, was a member of the box seat and we will try to accommodate choir, on the National Honor Society, your requests. To eliminate confusion and on the National Athletic Honor So please try to mail in your money before November 1, 1949. Hotel accommodations either Friday Jerry Merritt from Lincoln went to Lincoln High where he lettered in foot or Saturday night wiU be taken care of ball and basketball. He has also attended upon your request. Kiski Prep, lettering there in football Due to the confusion and the added cost, there will be no dinner at the Fiji and basketball. Hut for the alumnae wives. Arrange ments will be made by you as to their plans for the night of the dinner. If you desire to attend the Pig Dinner Please fiU out the form below and mail it to Robert E. Yarwood, 1425 R St., Lincoln, Nebraska, at your earliest pos sible convenience. Tickets for the dinner will be sold the evening of the dinner at the Continental Cafe. The price, yet to be determined, will be considerably lower than that of last year. Money for football tickets must be mailed in as soon as possible. Send Pig Dinner Reservations to BOB YARWOOD 1425 R Street Lincoln, Nebraska ciety. William Melcher from Omaha went to Omaha Central and was the track team manager, in the German club, Latin club, and a dark room manager. He is a freshman in pre-med. Mickey Meyers from Benson High in Omaha was very high scholastically and Leo Harkson ('51) Mrs. Mae Minier Jack Russell from Kimball partici pated in commercial art, the chorus, and the band. He is a sophomore in arts. Glenn Rosenquist from Lincoln went to Northeast High and belonged to the Hi-Y, the annual staff, the newspaper staff, the frosh team, and was a member of the student council and the band. Jim Schleiger from Lincoln High in Lincoln was on the school paper and worked on intra-mural athletics. He is a freshman in business administration. Neil Solomon (Jerry) comes from Culbertson where he participated in football, track, basketball and was in the band, senior class play, mixed chorus and boys' glee club. He is a junior in music. John Sinclair from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, California, let tered in gymnastics, track, and football. He was also a sports writer for the school paper, in the boys' glee club, and campaign manager for student affairs. James Smith from Hartley was a let terman in football, basketball, and track. He also was on the high school annuall staff and president of his sopho more and junior classes. He is a fresh man. Jim Wamsley comes from Sidney where he attended Sidney high school lettering in football. He was a member of the band, president of his junior class and participated in photography. He also attended Hastings College where he was on the swimming team. Jim is a junior with a chem-pre-med major. Rich Wadlow from Lincoln went to Lincoln High where he was a cheer leader, member of the choir, and in the opera. He is a freshman with a premortician major. was an R.O.T.C. member, and was on the rifle team. He is a freshman in Busi ness Administration. John McCurdy from Lincoln attended Northeast High School and lettered in football, basketball, and track. He was a member of the Hub-Club, a class presi dent, and on the decorating committee for the school paper. He is a sophomore in Engineering. Rich Olson from Benson High in Oma ha lettered in football and basketball, was a member of Hi-Y, on the student council, in the choir, and was a member of the R.O.T.C. He is a sophomore in business administration. Jack Paap, from Otoe, was very high scholastically, lettered in baseball, bas ketball, Softball, and took part in dra matics. He is a sophomore in pre-med. Ron Raitt from Ainsworth went Editor Asst. Editor Society Editor Alum Notes William E. Long (Nebraska '14), pio neer rancher and major stock grower of Johnson county, 'Wyoming, died sud denly of a heart attack, Tuesday, Sep tember 13, 1949, at his sheep camp near Hazelton, Wyoming. He had left Buffalo early Tuesday morning apparently in good health, and died soon after reach ing the camp. He was graduated from the Univer sity of Nebraska where he was a mem ber of the football team and a loyal brother of Phi Gamma Delta. to Ainsworth High where he lettered in football, basketball, track, and baseball Lambda Nu Today, Phi Gamma Delta, a bi-monthly publication published by the fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Lambda Nu Chapter, Lincoln, Nebraska. Ed Racely ('50) for four years. He was also on the stu dent council, manager for the yearbook advertising and on the honor roll. Address William A. Scheurick, Jr., Apt gg Langdon soon atreet, Street, uamuii^bCambridge Mass, He xae is now attending TLaw OT.7 School at Harvard. riarvaT-,t Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Lovett stopped at the house after the Minnesota game. Mr. Lovett is a Yale alumnus who just moved to Omaha and is anxious to get acquainted with Netoaska Fijis. He is associated with the Rwere Copper and Brass, Inc., at 5019 Underwood Ave. \r\nLAMBDA NU TODAY From the President Lambda Nu is launched on its Now New Ownership week from here it looks like the second half of the century is off During the last few months the in quiry concerning ownership and title to the Chapter House of Lambda Nu of to a good start. We Phi Gamma Delta has reached a more placed than usual volume. the white star on thirty-five well chosen men this year, especially strengthening our hold in Omaha and Lincoln. We feel it is necessary to , pledge a large class again this year to maintain our strength in the years to come. The chapter membership is down this year to just over one hundred and next year it ■will drop to what we feel will be "noragain. National figures show that with a pledge class of thirty men the house will nav0 15 sGniors in threG ysars. Fifty pGr- the real situation Investigation into has revealed that although the present is not as unsatis factory as was originally thought, some changes should be made to obtain the best results from all aspects, including that of taxation. The original Lamba Nu Association, a corporation, was formed in 1905 and has had a continuous existence since that date. One of the primary consid erations is the fact that the original corporation will die a legal death in 1955 due to the content and scope of cent drop out of school, transfer or don't the laws of the state in force at the time financially and socially to have strength T numbers as well as unity and prestige. articles. Modern corporation law has developed the corporate creature of perpetual existence, and the Lambda The fraternal spirit of Lambda Nu has fieen kindled into full flame by my Nu Association should most definitely be of the perpetual type. Take the grade. With enrollment dropping off every year it will be to our advantage both predecessors, John Binning and Chuck and also due to the wording of the Thoene. We are on top—and we will stay The accountants for the corporation are now attempting to convince the Thanks to all the alumni who helped us with our rushing program this year. Your interest in the fraternity is appre ciated and will help us to maintain our strength. In particular I want to thank Jerry Merritt for the use of the beach for our rush parties. Harold Holmquist and I attended the Fiji Academy this summer in Granville, Commissioner of Internal Revenue that a more favorable determination should on top. be made concerning the extent of taxes paid by the corporation, but regardless ot that decision a change should be made so positive that even the most stubborn of commissioners would favor application of the least tax available. Ohio, and we derived invaluable ex The houses of the past and the one of the present have been purchased by perience which will help our officers to contributions from the members of our The Academy is a school for Fiji officers fraternity. These contributions came in many different forms. Some were A full report of the Academy will be direct donations and gifts, some were stock purchases, some were amounts Delta. paid into the corporation by active chapters in excess of their rent. An better conduct the affairs of the chapter. and will be held on off-Eklessia years. given in the next issue of Phi Gamma We of Lambda Nu realize the spot light we are in at Nebraska because we are on top and we appreciate our obliga tion to liecjj keep the FiJi name and on top. We chapter I wish are proud of °hat it is YOUR chapter vou to be proud of it. We ^^'dnates are proud too of YOU aas undergradu Us f 5 are We are see alum increase and eager realizetowhat ®Tmni activity mci fu' this®a°"f chapter. vtVpi elch of you to consider invitation to visit our ohapter^^®^®®" ver you can and see what LarnK®. today. We are planning another te e Pig Vinner this year and honp ^ to ronGW old fraternal fi^ can c ^ make new ones. We have'?"t u upon ourselves to plan hat we will have a ^ ^}.jg 11949 pjg ^t us down. See you all at the 19 Pig Dinner, November 19, after the Colorado same. ^ j. Leo E. Geier, President that is rush over and one has had time to fifty-first year, and ^ According to Al Lambda Nu FormS step back, look at, and compare this one with previous rush weeks, it is pleasing to report that our r alumni support and co operation was at a higher level than during any previous rush week I We received many telephone calls, telegrams and personal letters, but they came early enough for us to act upon them and not at the last minute when all they can cause is confusion. I know this cooperation will continue in the future. Last month I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Sioux City Alumni rush party held at Sioux City. There, alumni of Phi Gamma Delta—mostly from Ames, Iowa U—hold regular meet ings. Lambda Nu is well represented in that organization. Their last year's presi dent was Harold Jacobson, '47, and their president this year is John Call '48. This group has been organized a little over two years, and is already a credit to the entire fraternity. It is my hope that we can start an alumni association in Lincoln, keep it growing until a graduate chapter can be organized. This will depend upon future developments but our present plans for the alumni are to meet once every month for dinner at the house. All men in the Lincoln area will be notified when the meetings are to be held. We need your support—so please attend. Allen T. O'Connor Purple Legionnaire exact allocation of shares seems almost impossible and surely not practicable. The disadvantages of a stock corpora tion are apparent when the problems of disposition after death of a stock holder are considered. At present the shares clearly state that no person not a member of Phi Gamma Delta may hold the shares. This is a great protec tion and demonstrates clear planning by some one of those incorporators, nevertheless there is a more clear-cut solution to problems of this type, i. e., some type of membership organization equally restricted but without problems of an interest continuing after demise. I have been appointed to make some preliminary examinations and to bring information to the old corporation into digest and usable form. In the near future you will be hearing more of this problem through personal correspond ence. John Binning. can remember. PIG DINNER \r\nLAMBDA NU TODAY FIJI SOCIETY Early in the summer Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy announced the en gagement and plans for an October wed ding of their daughter Roberta Louise to James R .Gwynn, now of St. Joseph, Mo. We had a real epidemic of "Pinnings" in September. Either they were hold overs or the boys did some fast work. There was: Shirley Hahn and Dan Jones; destine Westmark to Bob Swain; Marjorie Reeve to Jim McMeekin; Anne M. Miles to Rod Fletcher, Carol Younkin and Ed Bruere and Barbara Yeager to Wayne Eisenhart. Needless to say we had quite a smoke screen on several Monday evenings. Another school year successfully on its way and time hasn't forgotten how to wing its way past us all too swiftly. Week ends have been busy ones with two home football games and a house party events of the past. smoothly. Mrs. Agnes Lewis, an excel lent cook has a capable assistant, Mrs. Minnie Freeman. Thirty-three men now wear the white star indicating their Phi Gamma Delta affiliation and a promising group they are, anxious to assimilate university and fraternity routine. Russell Leger is no longer on radio, he is in the real estate business in Omaha with Hal Easton. Dr. H. Curtiss Merrick announces the Weddings and rumors of same domi nated the summer social calendar, Au gust being a popular month. establishing of his offices for general practices of medicine in Suite 208, 10 Suburban Professional Bldg., Norfolk, Virginia. ^ John Cover, Jr., of AlUance and Cath erine Peterson of Ashby were married in the Hyannis, Nebr., Episcopal church. They are establishing their home in Alli RobertJLollefsen stopped in Lincoln October 22, on his way to Los Angeles where he has the very responsible posi tion of Senior Trial Lawyer with the National Bank of America. Those of us who knew Bob during his University ance. At eight o'clock on Saturday evening, August 20, the marriage lines were read for Marilyn Diestel of Fremont and Jack days are not surprised by his rapid climb Shirmer in the Salem Lutheran Church in the legal field. in Fremont. Jean Laura Marchand Jim Malowney stopped just a few min utes early in September to tell us that he is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as adjuster for Liberty Mutual Casualty became Mrs. Dale Raitt in Lincoln in the Chapel of Grace Lutheran Church at eight o'clock in the evening of August 22. Insurance Co. Sunday, the eleventh of September, at Incidently, we were informed that 8-month-old Laurel Lee is an unusual little lady and we didn't argue. four o'clock in the afternoon was the The pledges initial party had a circus theme and was most realistic, even to pink lemonade, popcorn balls and pea date and time chosen by Darlene Pothast for her marriage to Jerry Tomsick. nuts. the scene of the ceremony. No Barnum-Bailey show moved on leaving as many peanut hulls as were piled up in this Fiji abode. Congratulations to the following: Ruth and Warren Killian on a daughter whose birth date is August 17, 1949; Harlan Robersons of Rockport, Mo., on the ar rival of little Nancy, July 19, 1949. The The most important unit in a fraternity house, the kitchen, is operating very Russell Legers of Omaha have a son as do the DeWayne Wolfs of Kearney. Sorry but the announcements must have astray so we can't give dates. Grace Methodist Church in Lincoln was . 1 ■ I Football has been the incentive for Lincoln visits by several of my former boys and their wives. It's always such a pleasure to see you all. Come in often, won't you? "Mom" Mae Revard Minier ■^-.1 l' ' : } '' r ' ' NIxa^^na ^ Avaox nN vaaiMvq