RAIN5TOR April, 1962 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, Iowa Vol. 61, No. 3 Bob Bacon, '60 Named New Purple Legionnaire "Buc's"' Leadership to Guide Alpha Iota to Greater Heighths Torrens Named President asTwo-Cabinets-per-year Plan Installed On January 8, a new It is with pleasure that we of Alpha Iota announce our selec cabinet took over the reins of Alpha Iota; it represents a variety of personal tion of Brother iBob Bacon as our Purple Legionnaire. We now await only the ''OK" of Section Chief George Eshelman (Wash ington & Lee '43) and the Arch- ities and interests, tout this seems to have helped, rather than hinddered, the activities of the cabin et as a whole The transition peri ons. Bob is held in high esteem tion by all the brothers and fresh men at Alpha Iota for his con tinued service to our chapter after od of little or no action which fol lows the take-over of most new cabinets was virtually nonexistent. We were met at the first meeting his graduation from Iowa State, with a series of proposals, both major and minor, Class of '60. to streamline and make more efficient the acti The new cabinet' relaxes in the lounge. They are (from the vities of the chapter. left) Bill Palmer, Corresponding Secretory: Tom Prendergost, keep himself active and off ilire liai.0 Treasurer; John Torren, President; Neil Goodman, Recording of the unemployed by working to Secretary; and Tom Dirks, Historian. ward a Master's Degree in Civil Their pace has not slowed down since their inauguration. Heading the group is John Tor rens. The colorful Forestry ma jor from Mount Prospect, Illinois, moved up from a lesser elected postion, that of house manager, to the presidency. Should the con versation drag when you're talk this, he was bemoaning the fact last final week that his grades might drop below a 3.2 for the first time since he came to Iowa Strong Bid Made for Baker, Cheney Cups State. Tom is a junior, majoring ing Electrical Engineering, from This year the Alpha Iota Fijis ing to John, and this is highly Riverside, Illinois. have entered into the national improbable, ask him about his job Also from Illinois, Downers Baker and Cheney cup competi last summer. He worked as a Grove this time, is our new Re tion enthusiastically, carrying our fire-fighter in California, and he cording Secretary, NeU Goodman. always high spirits out of the has a never-ending account of his No newcomer to Phi Gamma Del- chapter, and enhancing its name. adventures. Currently, he is giv to, this is Neil's fourth year in the We have tried hard to improve on ing no little attention to his pihv fraternity, and due to a few miss last year's program, which brought mate, Joanne Evans, an airline hostess, who recently enthralled the chapter with some of her ex ed quarters while on an Interna tional Harvester Co-operative Pro us honorable mention from nation periences incurred scotching while the coxmtry. gram, there will be another year hop- yet. John is using a new approach to his of fice he is concentratinig his efforts on running the house as efficient eryone. Engineering. In addition he man ages to hobble out to the intra mural field each fall and ^ow us yoimgsters a flash of his old abili ty -with a football. Usually dis astrously unsuccessful (broken bone, black eye, and/or intercep ted paiss), here he retreats indoors and spends his time chaperoning Fiji social gatherings (much to the delight of the brothers, for this means the presence of his beautiful and smiling wife, Karen, Continue to Page 2, Col. 3 We have stressed social service Since anyone who is anyone very highly this year. We took 12 at Iowa State is in engineering, orphans to the Nebraska football and considering his work for I-H, game last fall. At Christmas time the chapter serenaded two nursing must be majoring in Agricultural homes, and donated a Christmas it's not hard to deduce that Ned ly as possible instead of spending Engineering. time trying to be popular with ev al in the Baker Cup competition. At present "R. E." is trying to Glaus of The roly-poly Santa tree to a boy who has been almost our Christmas Party totally paralyzed since childhood. The results of his actions claims to be the only real ai)(pre- We have sent five or six large are quickly becoming apparent as ciator of good music in the house, boxes of clothing to the Chicago the house gets better in more and with the possible exception of Bill Christian Industrial League. We Palmer, the other "Old man of the held a winter work day in Febru Serving under John as Treas Cabinet". ary, during which we worked at urer in Tom Prendergast. Over This brings us to the other "old people's homes for a dollar an more areas. last quarter-break T. K. (as he is man". Bill Palmer, who currently hour. The money •will be used in spends Friday nights tending bar the projects that are planned for commonly known) took the books home with him, and he changed our whole system of bookkeeping to a system which seems to incor this spring. And what a spring You know what they say about it wiU be! Projects now well un bar tenders not drinking? Well, der way include an Easter egg at one of the local establishments. porate the best points of three or Bill's the exception that proves hxmt for children of ISU married four others T. K. did research on. the rule. Bill lists his interests as students. We have organized a Besides his work as treasurer, fishing. Republicans, the Cleve- project in which each ISU fraterTom finds time to carry on a few other activities. The other night he asked us how one knew if he was really in love. Besides all Continue to Page 2, Col. 1 Continue to Page 2, Col. 2 Bob Bacon, Alpha Iota's New Purple Legionnaire takes a Pause in His Rigorous Sched ule. \r\nPage 2 April, 1962 THE BRAINSTORM Fijis Successfully Cdito44