THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS ANN ARBOR MICH., NOV. 1950 Herb W. Smith, '10, New National Phi Gamma Delta President. Meet our new national president of Phi Gamma Delta, Herbert Wilson Smith, Michigan Fiji of 1910. Any attempt to describe him and his background would be like trying to explain to the world the word "fra ternity." A Buckeye from Edison, Ohio, Herb came to Ann Arbor in 1906 and became a wearer of the white star and later was duly intravenously inoculated with the royal purple and white. Before his graduation in 1910, Brother Herb presented to Alpha Phi the Outstanding Freshman tro phy award in conjunction with a copy of "The History of Phi Gamma Delta," both are presented yearly to the most improved freshman. Carrying his bachelor of arts de gree under his arm. Herb went to Toledo where he worked for Bently Construction Company and Sheehan Bros., earning the original nickname of "Horse." Starting in 1911, he developed and operated as president the first chain of automobile filling stations in the United States, the Standard Gas Co., of Ohio. "Who's Who in America" will tell you that Herb is a lawyer known nationally for his work in interna tional trade agreements, tariffs, and strategic war materials. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. One of Herb's more erudite hob bies is his interest in the field of semantics. He is an authority on the proper and timely use of English words. This may be best illustrated by his definition of "radical" to a group of Fijis gathered in New York City, who one evening were discussing politics. "A radical ?" "Phi Gamma Delta has been the most potent influence in my life, next to my family"—Herb Smith, '10. Herb—We dedicate this issue to you in hopes that your forty-four years of intense interest in Phi Gamma Delta may be more easily recognized and appreciated by all of us who have the hopor to call you—Brother. These years spent in service to our fraternity serve as a living reminder of what Phi Gamma Delta can do for us and what is more important, as in your case, what we can do for Phi Gamma Delta. Your election as national president is an attempt in some small degree to acknowledge your ever-present fidelity and endeavors toward enhancing the good name of our fraternity. Congratulations, Herb, and good luck from all of us. —Your Alpha Ppi Brothers in Phi Gamma Delta. Herb said, "—well the way I see it, progress is a parade. When a man gets as far as he wants to go, he steps out of line and observes, 'Look at those damn radicals going by.'" Brother Smith is also an expert in the art of cookery. The impromptu stag dinners prepared by this first Michigan Fiji to become an Archon have become legendary. He is a member of the Societe des Gormets. Herb served as president of the University of Michigan Alumni Club (Continued on Page 4) \r\nThe Alpha Phiji News Annex - First Step Published by the Alpha Phi Chap ter, Phi Gamma Delta, University of Michigan. Toward a New House For Alpha Phi Editor Asst. Editor plemented with one drunk duck, a result of a recent pledge ti-ip, and one moldy cat, from heaven knows where, called "Webster." For this hogpog of personalities, the Mother's Club, this summer, re Contributions: Dick Thompson, Redford, Mich. Chuck Murray, Birmingham, Mich. decorated and generally rejuvenated the eight room house. New desks and dressers arrived as the semester be gan and coupled with the new tiling and installation of showers completed the furnishing. Our budget has been set up to retire the mortgage through rent de rived from both the house and an nex. The $26,000 mortgage, taken out covers the price of the house ($19,000), the furnishing and repairs necessary ($3,000), and incorpora tion of the already existing mortgage for the new furnace ($4,000), in for 50 members of the total active membership of 63. With international conditions in a state of tension it New initiates this semester are: Elwood W. Gurnsey, '53; Richard L. Spaulding, '52; Joseph C. Heinlein, '53; Guy L. Tribble, '51; Richard W. Hodgman, '53; John L. Stumpfig, '53; William R. Mclntyre, '52; William D. Morse, '51; Raymond V. Guerin, '51; Bruce E. Haynam, '53; George W. Anderson, '51. Newly affiliated with the chapter is Richard A. Wetzel, '51. Why not start now to make your plans to attend the class reunions at Ann Arbor this June ? Drop a line to some of your classmates and tell them you want to see them will be necessary to increase the chapter membership, to compensate there. for withdrawals due to the draft. building fund and graduate donations are coming slowly. We need more and larger contrib utions to transform the building fund from lethargy into a potent source of positive action. The annex is serv ing its purpose well, but we musn't It is believed that the annex will be an added incentive rather than a detriment in this enlargement as it will offer almost immediate living quarters for the new members. The increase of this adjoining prop erty will give us the finest site in Ann Arbor for our new fraternity house. The active chapter is still contributing $1 a month toward the For Homecoming Homecoming Weekend exerted its usual magnetic force on Fiji alumni of all descriptions. 707 was deluged by a veritable army of old grads, dating from the class of '06 on up. Greeting the alums as they walked up the same brick walk they slipped and fell on 20 years ago was what purpoted to be a replica of Times Square. New Initiates stalled last winter. The board table has enlarged and we now have housing accomodations Descends on 707 Bill Dibble White Plains, N. Y. Crawford Young Washington, D. C. The annex is now filled to capacity with nineteen active members, com Army of Old Grads think of it as a solution of our hous ing problem. It is our first step toward the actual solution—that of a NEW HOUSE! The Annex at 1820 Hill adjoins our property at 707 Oxford. In this year's project, we went in for complexity in a big way, fea turing no less than four moving parts. The mechanical energy which kept the display going consisted of six pledges who had signed up for a body-building course. The share judges, however, failed our enthusiasm to for this in creased mechanization. Despite the noble efforts of Dave Lauer, '52, and Guy Tribble, '51, who organized and manufactured a considerable propor tion of the project, we failed to re gain that Homecoming Display cup. The traditional football Saturday buffet lunch and supper were on hand in ye olde dining hall. The undercurrent of excitement, the hum of pre-game speculation at lunch and post-mortems at supper brought back many nostalgic memories of undergradu.»'.e days. Providing stiff competition for Claude Thornhill's homecoming rhy thms was a record dance for alumni, Wisconsin Fijis, and even undergrad uate members. The pleasant after glow of the decisive football triumph comforted even those frustrated few whose dates failed to provide any warmth. Signing our guest register were: John Stewart, Wisconsin '50, Jim Ebersole '33, T. H. Mabley '31, Phil Pratt '46, Henry Reed '06, Don Lath- rup '49, "Skinhead" Schaffer '48, Tom Kuzma '47, Buzz Stuch '43, Harold Waters '47, John Gluck, Western Re serve '47, John White '23, Harry Cossitt '19, John Madden '22, Edwin Meibeyer '18, Edwin Mercer '13, Ben McFate '33, John McFate '38, Jim McCracken '40, Richard Walter, Washington '39, Robert Precious '46, Alex Schever '30, Ralph Young, Ohio Wesleyan 23. D-Day at 707 ff' N Michigan Fijis celebrated D-Day recently when J. Earle Dunsford, assistant secretary to Scoop Wilk inson, was the honored guest. Rich mond is his alma mater, but through the glib tongue of Bull Zerman, '49 field secretary, his second love is swaying toward Michigan. It is our aim to clinch it. the alpha PHIJI NEWS \r\n;. '• :- -L'.. ,' » .V. i't ■> •' , ■■ ■ ' ■ V •'*' jfc ; :■ I Taking a trip, Brother Loveless? It looks like Bill is headed for Canada or thereabouts, the captive of 1950's pledge class. Pledges from left to right (or approximately so) are Maury Tucker, Howie Liverance, Nick Radell, Dune Early, Jim Miller, Pepper Holt, Warren Wolfe, Jay Strickler, Bill Robinson, Joe Harris, Jack Vandenburg, "Tom" Tinker, Kent Holwadel, Jim Cook and Mike Scherer. Missing when the photo was taken is pledge Tom Barnum, who was outside waiting in the high-powered pledge get-away car. * * ,1: .t. * * * * Spirit! Byword of Our New Pledge Class Introducing our new pledge class: THOMAS GROSSENBACH BAR NUM, Oconomowoe, Wisconsin—Tom, a freshman in LS & A, attended prep school in Connecticut, where he was very active in music. He was not only a player in the band, but JAMES RICHARD COOK, Rocky River, Ohio—Jim is a new freshman too. During his high school career he ran track for three years. DUNCAN STEWART ERLY, Chi cago, Illinois—Even though Dune is a soph in engineering he already has a Bachelor of Philosophy from With several national and local awards in gymnastics and a hobby of juggling he fits in very smoothly as a cheer leader here at Michigan. WILLIAM JOSEPH HARRIS, Hudson—Joe, a senior in Music School, has made music his major interest. At college Joe has done work in unversity choir and radio stations, in addition to belonging to a national honorary music fraternity. HAROLD ARTHUR HOLT, Niles "Pepper" participated in football, baseball, and wrestling in high school. Wrestling has been his meat at Michigan as he won freshman numerals in that sport. November, 1950 Ottawa, Illinois—Mike, a new lit school freshman not only won the male scholarship award, but also was the senior council. burgh, Pennsylvania — Jay had a varied high school activity program HOWARD also Manager of the orchestra. the University of Chicago. KENT FERRIS HOLWADEL, Cin cinnati, Ohio—Kent, a freshman in LS & A, seems to have had a mon opoly on executive positions before coming here to Michigan as he was president of both his senior class and DERRICK LIVER ANCE, Birmingham—Howie, a tall freshman in Lit school, was quite an athlete in high school. He played three years of basketball and par ticipated in track and football for two years, winning letters in all three spoils. Now, freshman football is keeping him very busy at college. JAMES MANN MILLER, JR., Lake Forest, Illinois—Jim, a grand son of "Daddy" Riggs has come from a long line of Phi Gams and Michiganders. He attended Colorado Uni versity and Lake Forest College be fore transferring to U. of M. NICHOLAS JOHN RADELL, De troit—Nick, a junior in engine school, spent his high school days at River side Military Academy in Georgia. He lettered in football, baseball, and basketball tbere. WILBUR DUANE ROBINSON, Corning, New York—Bill is a fresh man in engineering college too. Dur ing his high school career he played football and ran track. FREDERIC MICHAEL SCHERER, editor and co-founder of bis school newspaper. JAY HAROLD STRICKLER, Pitts which included chemistry, radio and German clubs, the latter of which he was president. ■"clarence NORMAN TINKER, East Lansing—"Tom," while now only a freshman, is aiming high as he hopes to enter Med school here. He lettered in football and track in high school. MAURICE MONROE TUCKER, Toledo, Ohio—Maury kept plenty busy in bigb school with athletics. He won nine letters in major sports. JACK CLARK VANDENBERG, Zeeland—Jack, a senior in LS & A, played football and baseball in high school and was editor of his high school newspaper. Enlisting in the Navy Air Corps, he was stationed in Pensacola, where he played football WARREN EARLE WOLFE, High land Park—Warren, freshman in Lit school, is the pledge king for this year's class. Football, baseball and track were his major interests high school. \r\nALUMNI BRIEFS (THOMAS) HENRY READ, '06, is practicing Iowa. law His son in Bob Shenandoah, is an Arizona Fiji. SAMUEL H. RIGGS, '18, is living in Kansas City with his wife and son Sam, Jr. Sam is working in the Legal Dept. of Pan-'Handle Eastern Pipeline. EDWIN H. MEIBEYER, '18, has recently been elected vice-president of the Lufkin Rule Co. in Saginaw. He had been General Sales Manager since 1948 and with the company since May of 1919. Ed ran into JIMMY DRISCOLL, '18, in Minneap olis where he is manager of the Min neapolis branch for Merrill, Lynch, Pearce, Fenner and Bean stock brok ers. JOHN MADDEN,'22, is vice-presi THOMAS G. KUZMA, '47, is in the Sales Dept. of the National Tube Co. He has two boys, Tom, Jr., and tor for R. C. A. Victor. A1 married Mary Jane Albright in July. ARTHUR E. MANCL, *49, at pre Herb Smith has been a member of the staff of Union Carbon and Car sent is a Junior Designer for the Architectural firm of L. C. Kingscott Association, Inc., Art was best bide Company for over twenty-five years in the field of administrative law and federal procedure. During man for ROBERT BEDELL, '43, who in October married Henrietta Smith. DONALD (T-HEAD) LATHRUP, this time his extremely active parti cipation in fraternity affairs opened '49, worked in Chicago for seven ternity business, the expense falling upon himself. Peter Charles. GEORGE H. SHAFFER, '48, is a salesman for H. 0. Trerice Company in Detroit. ALFRED M. WARNER, '48, in June became the Wage Administra months and lived with "FLIP" CONNELL, '50. his office for the transaction of fra Prior to his joining with Union Carbide he was counsel in associa son John, Jr., is a Fiji at Yale. WALTER P. HICKEY, '30, works for the Industrial Design Section of the General Motors Corp. in Detroit and lives in a new home he designed A Message From the "E." for himself in Birmingham. THOMPSON H. MABLEY, '31, also lives in Birmingham, is in the the fall of 1951? The most satisfac heating, ventillating and air condi (Continued from Page 1) of New York City, and is a member of the University Club of Washing ton, the National Press Club, The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers The Ameri can Chemical Society, The American Society of International Law, The American Bar Association and past president of the Phi Gamma Delta Club in New York City. dent of James B. Glow and Sons. His tioning business in Detroit. JAMES F. TEMPLE, '33, tells us Herb Smith ... How are the "707** Fijis doing in tory manner of answering such a question lies in a visit to the house by our alumni. Realizing that many tion with the American Mining Con gress in Washington. He was presi dent of the Pan-American Manga nese Company during World War I. Herb is constantly mindful of the part which Phi Gamma Delta has played in his life. His philosophy of fraternity can be summed up as follows—"Each of us in Phi Gamma can't make it until Pig Dinner, we Delta, has given him that wide base will try to sketch the situation in a for his close relation with others built few words. from having 35,000 men for whom for Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners in the Detroit area. JAMES McCRACKEN, '40, is now We find the annex a wonderful aid to the chapter. Never before in he can have the close feeling of brother—men who because of a com our history have so many of the mon purpose and a belief in one an other will give and take those cur Assistant Sales Manager for the De troit plant of Thompson Products, radius. Just a step across the drive rents that came from our minds and way by any one of the 31 living in hearts to make up this brotherhood the house, and he needs 19 annex- —men who will be true to the re that he is head of the Sales Dept. Inc. JACK H. VAUGHN, '43, is with the U. S. Foreign Service and is at- ^ched to the American Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia. Robert norwick, '43, now Works in the Corporate Dept. at Pickards Mather & Co., Cleveland. Ho says that he is the only Alpha Phi Fiji who went to the Army game and missed seeing everyone else. brothers lived within such a small ites." Other Phi Gam chapters have been good to us this semester in sending some fine Fijis to Michigan. There was a strong migration from Wabash College. Two of these, John Ballantyne and Bing McClelland planned throughout the summer to , Lafayette (buzz) stuch, attend Michigan. And then there was Porter Draper —better known as "Dimples" who land, Michigan. liked it so well that he decided to Robert e. precious, '46, is with the B. and W. Boiler Co. in attend graduate school. A smiling redhead, Jim Lindberg, came to us Pittsburgh, in the proposition Dept. from Denison. 43, is a restaurant owner in Way- Bob's job is in the designing and planing of new boilers. Two other Fijis from Michigan, GLEN C. NEFF, '48, and RALPH L. LHUBB, »46, are working in the company. merely stopped by 707 to shave, and The tradition of the senior study has been renewed. Since the MOM'S club fixed the room up for us in such a fine manner, the seniors have considered it a crime to have any underclassmen call it home. Thus, JOHN F. WINCH, *46, reports that only seniors live in the room, and a Security Analyst in the entrance is given to the younger men Arust Dept. of the National Bank of Detroit. yiLLlAM MacGOWAN, '46, ana Master ofB.Music, *50, has been only through their knocking at the door. Realizing the need for a mascot. sponsibility of deep friendship and in whom we feel safe." This—then brothers is our own Herb Smith, new national fraternity president and proud we are of him. As a man of many parts and of ex tensive experience he brings much that will be helpful to the continued betterment of our fraternity. smile at the convenience of feeding a four ounce paroquet. Befitting the honor of such a colorful creature, the senior study has been made Toco's home. All in all, we're doing great. Our cabinet has extended to include re presentation from the younger class es. Our committee system is func tioning well. The rooms have all taken a "new look" through the am bition of the brothers and a coat of paint. The spirit of the house is tops, and we are more than anxious to try out a little of our hospitality on YOU. So make it a point to drop in and see us—if not sooner, for sure lip s Episcopal Church in Durham, Butch McGuire returned this fall with our new pet "Toco.** Now don't shudder at the thought of feeding liveliest Pig Dinner. N* G. a hundred pound great dane; instead. as new organist of St. Phil Page 4 in the spring at the biggest and Chuck Murray. THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS