6^' ^ THE 'Of ffg f WIJl FI NEWS OF ALPHA 18 1353 ^ WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. 43, No. 2 lOELm Vy Is December, 1962 W&J GREETS GRADUATES FUrS QUEEN FOR 1962 Heads Discussion Congratulat'ions, Ohio State U. The most successful Home coming Convocation in the his tory of the college was held Fri day and Saturday, November 2 On Friday night, December 2nd, Miss Mary Jane Jones, Al pha's candidate tor homecoming queen, was crowned at the George Washington Hotel. Miss Jones was coronated by Mrs. Boyd C. Patterson after an in terview Judges. and 3 with favorable weather throughout the two-day event to add to the enjoyment of the oc casion. with the Board of Throughout the ceremonies of the entire weekend Miss Jones conducted herself with poise and stature. However, her escort. Brother Chip Caldwell, showed a few signs of nervous discom fort when he learned of his date's victory. Brother Caldwell also escorted the queen at the football game FiJj's 1962 Homecoming. Decorations BROTHERS BUSKIN OPEN SEASON Over Parents' Day Weekend the Buskin Club presented the presented at the half time cere play "The Andersonvilie Trial" in which six Fijis played promi monies. nent roles. where she and her court were General Lee Wallace, the com manding figure in the play, was played by David Schucker. Dr. Ford, the prison doctor in Miss Jones transferred from The role of defense council charge of the prisoner, was played by Tom Frazier. He also Stephens College in Missouri to was portrayed by Sam Evans. took the stand as a witness for Ohio State University where she This was one of the more diffi the defense. is now majoring in Home Eco nomics. Mary Jane makes her permanent residence in Colum cult parts in the play as he had to make everything he did have of General Mott an assistant to bus, Ohio. Brother Ed Sell a purpose. John Mason was the Judge Needless to say. Alpha was Advocate who raised the moral proud and honored to have Miss question behind the trial. His Jones represent the chapter as our queen candidate and doubly so when she was crowned to reign over the weekend. Miss role too was difficult for he had Fred Waltz filled out the spot Judge Wallace. The painstaking job of director of the set was handled extremely well by Brother Junkin. In all it could be said that this to be forceful as well as convey is an excellent representation and something we can all be the idea of an idealist. proud of. Jones gave a special meaning to the weekend for the Brothers of Alpha and for the returning A panel discussion program was held Friday afternoon in the college chapel with President Patterson presiding. Five grad uates of the college participated on the panel developing the theme "Fulfilling Our Purpose—The Year 2000". W. Edward Sell, Professor of Law at the Univer sity of Pittsburgh acted as mod erator. The topics, science and humanities, were each repre sented by two graduate panel ists. President Patterson held a re ception in the Student Center for the panelists and guests of the college following the program. That evening, the college held a Business & Industry Dinner at the George Washington Hotel. The principal speaker was Dr. Jerry McAfee, Vice President of Gulf Oil Company, Pittsburgh. He called for broadening the base of industrial grants to pri vately operated colleges due to the interdependence between education and industry. Former U.S. Senator Edward Martin was Toastmaster for the dinner. Miss Mary Jane Jones, a nom inee of Phi Gamma Delta and a alumni. junior of Ohio State University, was crowned Homecoming Queen Friday night at the Lettermen's Club Dance held in the FIJI CALENDAR hotel after the banquet. Saturday's events began with DECEMBER 19 a General Alumni Association Christmas Vacation meeting in the college chapel. JANUARY 12 Melvin B. Bassi, a Charleroi, Penna., attorney, was elected the Greek Swing new President. JANUARY 21 A luncheon and parade pre ceded the Homecoming Day football game with Carnegie Tech meeting and losing to a strong W&J team. A capacity Final Exams JANUARY 28 Discretionary Help Week JANUARY 31 Registration Mary Jane Jones and her escort. Chip Caldwell, with Brother Frazier and date. crowd of almost three thousand Conlhnied on Page Four \r\nINTRAMURALS CABINET COMMENTS Wichi Coax Complefes Record Seasoru The second place jinx which has plagued Phi Gamma Delta's intramural teams for the past three years is back again. De spite valiant efforts by both the Last season football was perhaps cannot continue to improve next been able to do no better than the most disappointing sport in the college, but this year things be better next year as we lose second place. The soccer team, playing for play of some sensational fresh the championship against the men and the coaching of Chuck freshman as Angell, Baxter, and Ream, Jay had its first winning Ludewig with a year's experi season in ten years. The team finished second in total defense and third in offense among the other P. A. 0. gridiron teams. Throughout the season the main stay of the team was the defen sive unit which time and again stopped our opponents from ence and the return of quarter- losing only to the freshmen, the winners, by a small margin. Tim Junkin, Bill Macartney, Bill Tranter, Dan Sprague, Tom Shoop, Rob Sibcy, and Jan Gul den all placed high for the Fijis. Thus it is, with table tennis, bowling, and wrestling now un derway, the Fijis are still searching for their first total victory. N. J. Lou is presently Editor of the 1962 Student Handbook and The Red & Black as well as a senior member of the Liaison Committee. "Isn't it time that the Ameri can universitj' prepared a decent, respectable burial for the tra ditional American college frater nity? They have served an his torical purpose and served it well. But we've given up banjo clubs and minstrels. Now it's time to face courageously the task of replacing the alumnidominated fraternal system." So spoke President Edward D. Eddy, Jr., of Chatham College recently before a meeting of the U. S. state-university presidents in Washington, D. C. His com ment in itself is hardly signifi cant. What is important is that Dr. Eddy has simply added to the wealth of criticism that has recently been leveled at the Greek organizations. Is the criticism valid and justi fied? Or can we refute the multi tude of charges and accusations that have been leveled against the system? More importantly, it seems, do we care to? If we do, why have we not? We have been content to allow our elders to speak for us and, we must admit, their attempts have been feeble as compared to the efforts of our critics. But do we want our elder brothers' voices to he heard? Do we want to be defended by senior broth ers who are seeking the retention of the Greek system they knew as undergraduates, a system whose similarity with the current one ceases after basic machinery hundred per-cent from last year and there is no reason why we Fijis thus far this season have tanced the other fraternities, Alpha's Recording Secretary, Louis L. Marines, is a Senior English Major from Paterson, It goes without saying that the team has improved one soccer and swimming teams the ATO's in a torrential downpour, scored first, but later succumbed by a 2-1 margin. This loss did not dampen the spirits of the swimming team, however, as Alpha for out dis LOUIS L. MARINES At the beginning of the fall season the college welcomed an aspiring football team, a medi ocre cross country squad and a victory hungry student body. It already looks as if the table tennis and bowling teams will be able to garner no better than second place finishes, since each team has already lost two of its games. Wrestling is the only pre-Christmas sport; therefore, that could give the Fijis a firstplace victory. The brothers who carry Al pha's hopes in this sport are Barry Hemphill, Tom Smith, Fred Waltz, Pete Eaton, Charley Eaton, Bud Hayes and Jim McArdle. Hemphill, Waltz, Pete Eaton, and Hayes won their fi rst matches, and the Fiji's trail the defending champion Phi Psi's by only one point at the end of the first round. were different. Behind the great hack Mason, Jay should go on to another winning season. As winter approaches our thoughts turn to basketball, swimming and wrestling. The getting over the goal line. After hoopers presently have a 2-2 record and a 1-0 conference finally came into its own under the able leadership of brother Mason, who is now a Junior. Two other Fijis represented W. & J. on the football field. They are Peter Eaton who had a great record. The tankmen have won one meet in one start and last year's P. A. C. wrestling champs are undefeated in two starts. John Mason is the Fiji's only year at right halfback and John Yauch, who was elected to the representative on the basketball first team all district and voted as the 12th man on the all Fiji team, as a guard. court. Brothers Junkin, Tranter, In the first two encounters Jay ran into some bad luck as they fell to both Western Reserve 20-0 and Bethany 13-0. The de fense was sharp, hut the offense was unable to muster the extra and step-brother Gallatin are on the swimming squad. St. Alich. /i^aU drive necessary to score. On October 20, the Presidents won their first game of the sea son, stopping a twelve game losing streak thanks to the re markable toe of a freshman by the name of Ludewig who kicked a field goal with a little more Annually, at Christmas time, it is the privilege of our 88 chapters across the country to sponsor a party for various orphanges. Such was the case again this year at Washington & Jefferson College. than a minute remaining in the However, the question always arises as to who has more fun, From here Jay went on to win sidered? It is time that we pro test in our own defense — if we have one. It is time that we question the motives and reasons of our de tractors. The paramount failing, critics such as Dr. Eddy maintain,is that the Greek system is no longer compatible with the university trend towards the intellectual, progressive appro So much tommyrot! If a fra ternity is an intellectually sterile organization, it is so only because the individuals who comprise it have been force-fed mass culture excellence Case 19-6, Carnegie Tech 19-0, and Allegheny. These games featured among others Mason who single handed beat Carnegie Tech; a strong defense; and the great winning ability of Gentile and a freshman, Jerry Angell. The last game was played on Carroll; the no. one defensive team in the nation. It was a hard fought contest, but Carroll was able to capitalize on two of Jay's errors and took home a 13-0 en masse within the "ivory towered halls of learning" on the other side of the frescoed gateways. The fraternity system, then, has Continued on Page Four pha's Santa Claus, Dan Sprague, it is the opinion of this man on the street that it wouldn't be surprising if he returned again next Christmas. Our guests from the Ward Home in Mt. Lebanon arrived at 145 E. Beau Street at approxi mately 6:30 P.M. for a most fes tive evening consisting of din ner, singing and of course the best part, the arrival of St. Nick. After Brother Duffie's dancing lessons. Brother Blaxter's cup more Ho Ho Ho from Brother NOTICE Sprague — enough said. As all good things must come to an Because of the Christmas Vacation and final exams there Of course fraternities now After having conversed with Al and saucer juggling act and one been forced to assume the char acter of an escape mechanism. the college men or the kids. its next three games by beating a rain soaked field against John ach to education. individual only four starters. With such a slow start the scoring punch and framework have been con and year. This year's 4-3 season could will be no January issue of the Wiji Fiji. end, St. Nicholas Sprague sneezed his way up the chimney to call it another year. \r\n^fEFFREYC TWEEDY W(LUAM E.I»eWrrCL£;W SAMLfO. 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