TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUB SCRIBED. The Fiji Wahoo FEBRUARY, 1912. 1912 No. 1. Published by OMICRON DEUTERON CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA. C. M. SMnn,'13 Editor H. C. Morford, '13..Business Manager It would seem ungrateful to call for payments in advance from subscrib ers, where there are still some who have not subscribed at all. We are not the least bit ungrateful, but we are so in need of immediate funds that $10 now is worth thirty dollars in two or three years. If you can send us twentyfive, fifteen, ten dollars in advance on your notes or subscriptions, our heart goes out to you. Mail us the ten-spot! "The Omicron Deuteron Association of Phi Gamma Delta Company." They ask, "What is in a name?" There are fifty-one letters in this one. Pity the secretary. Chapter take this opportunity to ex tend their heartiest greetings to her alumni, and to all the other chapters of our fraternity. "May you all live long and prosper." In the language of the much-ma ligned Hebrews, who said, as they en tered for the first time the office of a physician whose charges were less for the second than the first visit, "Here we are again." The length of time that has elapsed since the last edition of the Wahoo was sent out from the sanctum sanc EDITORIAL. THE NEW CHAPTER HOUSE. Phi Game do not leave things half done. Neither do they build fraternity houses without money. Don't say, "WeU, we didn't have fraternity houses when I was in school, and we got along all right." Air ships were unknown then, too. When some of us were in college we didn't even have street cars, and we got along all right—on foot. "The world do move!" Heaven help us when it stops. We also have progressed to a point where we have a chapter house for old Omicron Deuteron at Columbus. That is, the house is under roof and ready for plaster as soon as warmer weather comes. It Is neither preten tious nor insignificant; neither expen sive nor cheap. It is' a modest, sub stantial, practical home for future gen erations of young men who may come Association, providing that no chapter shall initiate before the end of the first semester, and then only such men as have passed a pre scribed percentage of their school work. Another provision, which also zation, is directed against the practice of pledging men before their matricu lation in the university. have already found in its pages, and which we have been promised will ap pear in the future. Brother Alumnus, you have here the opportunity to help make our maga zine .the best in the country, place old Omicron Deuteron's name at the top in this campaign, and, most impor tant, get back in touch with your fra ternity and her men. Don't neglect it. Address your subscriptions to E. B. HOLLEY, Commonwealth Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. than they now can be. We intend to send forth another issue before the ex piration of the present school year, and should we fail to carry out our in tentions, the reason will be found in circumstances, now unforseen, which will make It impossible. We are in terested and we trust our alumni are enough concerned that they will ap preciate our efforts. In the fraternity world of the uni their more fortunate fellow students. Such unpleasantness has found ex pression in the formation of an anti- Some of our young alumni who organization, which has directed its never made over $75 a month have efforts against fraternity men in uni versity elections. Whatever good it has accomplished in its alleged object of making student life more demo cratic has been overshadowed by the widened breach between the students timent will compel you to mail a sub who comprise the respective organiza scription, payable as you wish, or a tions. check. Again, there has been a steady in* orease in the number of organizations bearing Greek letters until there are how located here thirty-three chapters the world's record of 5^ seconds for the Indoor 40-j'ard high hurdles. Geissman, also a sophomore, put the shot 42 feet and 2 inches, a more remark able feat since he has been training for the event only a few months. be put into effect within a short time. A committee has been investigating the manner in which athletics are gov erned in other universities, and from mission into the Wesern Conference. At a recent meeting of the officials of list of our alumni. Some time ago we started a card catalog. Quite a number of letters were sent out to our alumni. These letters contained blanks which were to be filled out and returned to be used in compiling this catalog. About seventy were returned. We expect to start work soon again on this catalog and earnestly request your coopera tion in this matter. NATIONAL MAGAZINE. three years there has existed a gen eral dissatisfaction with the athletic system in general and with the man agement in particular. Thanks to the various plans in vogue have de vised a system which, if adopted, will put affairs in a much more satisfac tory condition. The new plan pro vides a board of nine, five to be fac ulty members, two alumni, and two students. This board will have com plete charge of athletics. Thus the athletics will be separated from the department of Physical Education. Both of these are at present under the same head, and, practically, under the control of one man, the director of On last September a campaign was Physical Education Department. The started for one thousand new alumni representative of the new board will subscriptions to our national maga zine, during the current collegiate be an athletic manager who is ap pointed by and directly responsible to year. At last report only half of this number had been secured. Our chap the board, for a certain branch of ath letics. The object of the above is ter, with an alumni list of over two hundred, had fourteen subscribers. principally to take too much power Surely we can Increase this. If you have not already sent in your two dol lars when this reaches you, let us ap cooperation between the management peal to you to do so. few years. The new board will have complete charge oi the coaching staff. There remains only a few months to get the rest of the hands of one man and insure and the coaching force, a thing which has been sadly lacking during the past the thousand new subscribers. This foregoing plan has been passed If you have not seen our magazine since it was taken in charge by Brother E. B. Holley, you have a unique sur prise awaiting you when you receive upon favorably by the faculty and is now before the Board of Trustees. Ohio State's basket-ball team has been doing very creditable work. Only that about two hundred of our fellow students had flunked out of school. We are happy to say, however, that none of our chapter were among these un fortunates. Every man passed his work in good shape. CHAPTER ROLL. Seniors. Chester C. Sedgwick, Martins Ferry, Ohio. Harold L. Schieber, Bucyrus, O. Arthur S. Albright, Detroit, 'Mich. Lorm Thompson, Columbus, O. R. Linn Clare, Columbus, o'. Juniors. Sheldon B. Shepard, Ilion, N. Y. Charles M. Shinn, Fairmont, W. Va. Harold C. Morford, Sabina, O. Carl E. Congdon, Dayton, O. These are two events in which we President Thompson, a new plan may college in the United States, stated cation. the ones who once were more active in fraternity and chapter associations hands of Wesleyan at Delaware, it brought forth a number of surprises for us. Kessler, a sophomore, equalled CARD CATALOG. known college Y. M. C. A. evangelist, whose work takes him to almost every reliable source his remarks are prop erly the cause of considerable gratifi So we are issuing this second num Although the result of our first in door track meet was a defeat at the In the next issue of this little pamph let, which we hope to see in print in April next, we will have a complete On the occasion of his recent visit to the chapter, Ted Mercer, the well- our alumni. ber in the continued hope of establish ing more intimate acquaintance with one "O" was eligible when the first practice was called, but a fast team has been developed nevertheless. To date we have won five games and lost three, two of these latter went to our opponents by a margin of one point each. With only three more games to play, our chances for the champion ship in the Ohio Conference look very good. have been particularly weak for the past few years. With the change in the athletic man agement, the student body is very earnestly awaiting the news of Harry Vaughn's return as foot-ball coach. With Vaughn back, the prospect for 1912 is unusually bright. Although quite a few "O" men will not be back, the host of good material developed last fall, with which Vaughn is more or less acquainted, will furnish an ex cellent foundation from which to build a winning team. Another thing in which all Ohio State men will be interested is the ing the interest and acquaintance of complete it. We can not fail now; we must not, and we WILL not if you will subscribe something. Are you with us? Are you? Pan-Hellenic Athletic affairs are brightening up at Ohio State. For the past two or has there been a failure to appreciate the value of promoting and encourag grown up considerable antipathy among non-fraternity men against to have an interest in the new house. to investigate the scholarship standing of fraternity men has prompted the introduction of a proposal into the OHIO STATE ATHLETICS. to contribute something toward build ing it. We will need $1700 more to ciations worth to you? Do you want "The tendency of university trustees made more progress during the last few years. For Instance, there has What are the fraternity asso sion. three or four years than any other na tional fraternity. Coming from such a We want every alumnus Surely your Fraternity sen of that organization is against expan than from any lack of material. Nor fraternity. save it. at present constituted the sentiment that he believed Phi Gamma Delta had versity many changes—some of them radical—have taken place in the last fail and something from each one will at Ohio State, have been unavailing. As the next issue. It is no longer the old, stereotyped book with whose form you were no doubt familiar while m school yourself. Under the efficient direction of Brother Holley it has be come a publication which more nearly, and justly, represents our national or ganization. From cover to cover it is filled with most interesting reading, and fairly "breathes" enthusiasm and "spirit." In every issue there are articles by and concerning the brothers of whom we are righteously proud. Lack of time and space prevents the enumera tion of the many good things that we torum of the chapter publication com mittee has been due rather to neglect to Ohio State University and join the paid $100! We do not ask any such proportionate sacrifice from the older men, but this proposition must not posed of the fifteen oldest chapters of national fraternities in existence will probably be passed by the organi GREETINGS. The members of Omicron Deuteron of national fraternities. Their efforts to secure membership in the Pan-Hel lenic Association, which is still com application of the University for ad this body our admission was strongly recommended and at their meeting in June the matter will be decided. Al though if admitted our annual game with Michigan would necessarily be dropped, this would be easily offset by games with the other large western Sophomores. Ashtabula, O. Ralph W. Shafor, Hamilton, O. Frederick Winkler, Orrvilie, O. C. Ray Arnold, Ilion, N Y Freshmen. William Havens, Columbus, O. Paul Ewing, Columbus O Harry Minister, Columbus', O. Wesley Myers, Columbus, O l!o"o^ay, Columbus, O. Charles Houck, Franklin, O. Freshmen (Law). »Robpr?°n'^"'' Robert Dunn, Bowling Green, Green, O. Pledges in School. Carl MartiU' Watertown, N Y w P. Brown, Walter Smith, Hamilton, Columbus o' O ' tRenneth Fulton, Portland,'ind. FIJI'S IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. universities who are in the Confer vresment Pan-Hellenic Council PrSS pTn ence. Presi- FIJI'S IN FACULTY. Frank A. Ray, Omicron Deuteron, Professor of Mine Engineering. Edward Orton, Jr., Omicron Deu teron, Head of Department of Cer amics and Dean of College of Engi neering. Charles S. Prosser, Chi, Professor of Geology. George B. Kaufman, Omicron Deu- eron. Head of Pharmacy Department. Judge Samuel Black, Theta Deu teron, and William B. Cockley, Omi cron Deuteron, Instructors in Law College. STANDING IN SCHOO.L When the reports of the final ex amination, at the close of the first semester, were sent in, it was found WarsitTpIot-Ba^ll T^am, sSf^nd &'enr°of «cS i' Co!e^ra7eS;aTTefiS^'^^' ^Albright-Mandolin Club, Eta Kappa Shafor—Foot-Ball Souart Ball, Track. Ban^^cfvnllnafn'if^®- s td ^ffuad.Class Base- ^lass Base- sr- Brown-Manager Freshman Basket•Affiliated. t Sophomore. \r\nT Ball Team, Editorial Staff of the "Sun Dial." Fulton—Sergeant-Major Regiment. in Cadet FIJI'S IN COLLEGE. Ray Brock, Dayton, O., Lambda Deuteron. agreement that at a date ten years hence, no matter where he might be, furnished and we all are mighty proud finest looking buildings on our cam ruary 1 was employed by the Consoli dation Coal Co. at Fairmont, W. Va., in the capacity of division engineer of mines, is now in charge of the mining interests of the T. & O. C. R. R., with he would come back to the Chapter House and participate in a grand re union. "Here's hoping that at that The new Library Building is near- time nobody will have to walk back." pus. headquarters at Columbus. We at last have a steward and a house-manager who are really "on the stone. job." Brother Schieber, the steward, Harold Bell, Mt. Vemon, O., Lambda Deuteron. Kenneth Cooper, Martins Perry, O., Rho Deuteron. William Davis, Greenfield, O., Theta Deuteron. E. A. Harrington, Bowling Green, O., Rho Deuteron. Robert Prye, Millersburg, O., Sigma. Charles Nicely, Watsontown, Pa., Delta. received his training in his father's grocery store at bucyrus. Brother Arnold, house-manager, is a born jackof-all-trades, from plumbing to paint ing. Edward W. Mix, Ohio State, '88, was drowned while crossing the English channel to Prance, Sunday night, No vember 12th. Prom contents of let His brother-in- law, Henry R. French, of Lynn, Mass., is disposed to believe that Mix's death Our social "doings" thus far this year have been confined to small in formal dances and an occasional din is the result of foul play. Brother Mix was a balloonist of international ner party at the Chapter House. The he made many bitter enemies. annual formal party will not be given this year, on account of the time, en ergy and money which have to be gaven to our new house. After get ting in our new home we will be able to entertain excluivsely and at small expense in it. CHAPTER NEWS. We regret to announce that Brother Charles J. Bartels left school at Christ mas time. He has accepted a position in the Engineering Department of the Pulaski Iron Co. at Eckman, W. Va. Brother Carl Congdon has returned to school after an absence of about two years. During this time Carl repute. Through his many victories Rev. R. H. Cunningham (Alpha '66), one of the oldest members in our fra ternity, died at his home, 1462 Worthington Street, Columbus, Saturday evening, December 2d. He had been ill of heart disease for a long time. Although his death was a distinct shock to his family and friends, it was not unexpected. In 1868, Rev. Cunningham was mar ried to Miss Virginia Toy, of Pitts burgh. Of this union, three sons, Ed ward W., John P., managing editor Ohio Farmer, of Cleveland, Omicron Deuteron,'97, and Robert H., Jr., sales man for the Ingersoll-Rand Co., Omi cron Deuteron, '05, were born. These and their mother survive. has been employed in the laboratories of an iron mining company in north UNIVERSITY NEWS. ern Minnesota. Brother Ralph Abbott was with us for a short time at the first of the school year. During his stay he as sisted very ably in rushing. There has been an epidemic of sick ness during he past few weeks. Broth ers Schieber and Winkler had mumps. Brother Ewing had a severe attack of la grippe, Brother Sedgwick had a se vere swelling in the glands in the throat. Brother Ewing is our representative in the Freshman Pan-Hellenic Council. Our meetings are held on Saturday nights at 8 o'clock. There are usually a few of our younger alumni with us at these times. We would be glad if more of you would drop in occasion ally. It would surely help us and you would perhaps enjoy getting back with the "boys" again. Last year a Reunion Club was or- ganizeo here in the house. It consists of the men who were in the chapter at that time. Each man signed an ing completion. During the past year our University has lost two of her most efficient and well-known professors. Last summer "Dad" Thomas, who for a long time was head of the Physics Department, died of Bright's disease. It will be one of the It is constructed of white sand It is situated south of Uni versity Hall and faces east. Shortly after the close of the foot ball season, the annual Pan-Hellenic smoker was held in the Ohio Union, or Students' Building. Judge Dillon, of the Law School, was toastm aster. There were some mighty fine talks by "Steve" Parrell, trainer, Harry Vaughn, football coach, "Billy" Page, of the Law School, and others of the faculty and alumni. ters left by him on board the packet, it is thought that he jumped overboard and drowned himself. SOCIAL EVENTS. of it. ALUMNI NOTES. Bro. Leo Gleichauf, '13, is studying medicine at Chicago University. Bro. Orlando Miller, '07, is with the P. L. Packard Co., architects, Colum bus, O. Bro. Carl Baldwin, '07, is with the Dominion Land Co. of Columbus, O. Bro. Howard P. Bell, '09, was mar ried to Miss Nell Thompson, of Co lumbus, O. Earl S. McAllister, '02, and Miss Anna Shannon, of Columbus, O., were married November 9, 1911. They have returned from a tour to Washington and New York, and are at 196 Miller avenue. Warren D. Rounsavell, '08, and Miss Elizabeth Bell Chamberlain, of Co lumbus, O., were married on December 6, 1911, at Puyallup, Wash. They are at home at 1419 West Seventh avenue, Spokane, Wash. Bro. E. S. Norton, '96, has accepted a postion as electrical engineer with the Knox Furnace and Welding Co., at Niles, O. Bro. Lawrence Douglas, '10, is with the R. G. Dunn Co. at Columbus, O. Bro. A. L. Scheber, 11, has accepted a position with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Bro. Howard Connable, '11, is trav eling for the Rat Biscuit Co. of Spring In the early part of last fall, N. W. Lord, better known as "Nat," head of the Department of Metallurgy and Mineralogy, died at his home in Co field, O. Bro. Howard Upson, '11, is located in Brooklyn, N. Y. lumbus. He died as the result of a sunstroke received while working on his farm near Columbus. He was be in New Jersey. loved by all who ever had the pleas ure of knowing him, and his deah was a calamity to our school and to the mining profession. The student building was completed during the past summer and it cer tainly fills a long-felt want among the students here. It contains an excel lent restaurant, bowling alleys, bar ber shop, pool and billiard room, read ing rooms and other attractions too numerous to mention. It is perfectly Bro. Steinbarger, '10, is an engineer Bro. Will, '10, is with the Niagara Palls Power Co. Bro. Talmage, '10, is traveling for the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Co. of Mt. Gilead, O. Bro. Douglas was best man at Bro. Rainey's wedding, and Bros. Sedgwick and Schieber were ushers. Charles L. Loos, Jr., who has been purchasing agent for the Detroit Ship Building Co. has recently been ap pointed purchasing agent for the Uni versity of Michigan. Edwin S. Bonnet, '09, who until Feb THE FIJI WAHOO Prank H. Bonnet, '09, is still in the employ of the Buckeye Steel Castings Co. at Columbus. 1912 FEBRUARY No. 1, H. A. MacAllister, '09, is still teach ing metallurgy and assaying at the University of North Dakota. Fred Eckley is employed by the Bell Telephone Co. headquarters at Toledo, O. Charles H. Lake is principal of the High School at Hamilton, O. H. S. Smith (Doc) is reported to be holding down an important position at * ii • Portland, Ore. Lloyd B. Rainey, '10, "Pat," dropped in on us last week on his way to To ronto, O., where he is in charge of a plant for the American Tile Co. William Bancroft, "Buzz," is in the employ of the M. C. Lilley Co. at Co lumbus, O. George H. Cooley is now superin tendent of construction for the Ni agara Palls Power Co. •- V- 'i 1 i VISITORS. P. J. Waddell, '79, one of our oldest alumni, visited us early in the fall. He is district manager for the Keystone National Powder Co. of Emporium, Pa. His headquarters are at Huntington, W. Va. He told us many interesting things about the early days of our OMICRON DEUTERON CHAPTER PHI GAMMA DELTA chapter. Brother Houck's parents took din ner with us some time in December. They reside in Franklin, O. Pledge-Brother Pulton's mother took dinner with us on last Thursday. We don't know what sort of an impres sion the brothers made, but anyhow Pulton still wears the little star. Brother Talmage was with us for a few days last week. Quite a number of the Wesleyan and Dennison brothers have dropped in on us in the past month or two. We are always mighty glad to see them. v Brother Baldwin, our section chief, who resides in Columbus, is a frequent ^ ft, •» ai W practicing medicine in Paris, Prance, stopped in to see us while visiting his W ^TS 0 e 1 H a Q parents in Columbus last fall. Bother Fred Eckley is a frequent OH visitor here. Brother Karl Overholt, Ex-Lay Ajrchon, attended one of our meetings last fall. We are very fortunate in having a large number of young alumni who re side in Columbus. They are frequent visitors at the Chapter House. z §"1 -2 visitor to the house. Brother Shirley Wing, who is now S ^ _ a 3 a "o a u C/3 s tc/3 o o Oh ^2 o Om iiiiltti OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, - - - OHIO