Alumnus Personality- Page 1 New Look at Fiji House ' Fraternity Growth Page 2 DELTA XI Alumni Newsnotes Page 4 Page 3 CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA FRATERNITY OF PHI 6AMMA PFLT* TTM Volume 77 \ /IPn Berkeley, California Number 1 RUSH WEEK ENDS; 5 PLEDGE DELTA XI After a week of shaking hands, smoking free cigarettes, and discussing mutual in terests, rush week ended with five new pledges for Delta XI. These men were se lected from among 700 candidates interest ed in joining a fraternity on the Cal campus. Of these 700, 585 men pledged. Those who did not pledge are eligible for open rush. Our new pledges are: Albert"J. Boot, III - San Bernadino Rex A. Dzura - Santa Clara Wallace H. Gallup - Burbank Michael D. Geldert - Laguna B James W. Rogers - San Francik Pn/ GAaiMA DELTA GEN. HQRS. fl. H.A, THE BIG GAME is at lis smiling foursome left for Tahiti September 1st... THOMAS R. STONE '56 "Tom," his wife, Diane, and their Stanford this year.... Nov. 23. two girls, from left to right, Jennifer and Patricia. FILM EXECUTIVE THOMAS R. STONE '56 GOES TO TAHITI AS MISSIONARY Thomas R. Stone '56 "Tom" has combined personal versatility and religious service in his everyday life. This last July, he resigned his position as Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Columbia Film Studio to accept an assignment to return to Tahiti as Mission President over the Mormon French Polynesian Mission in Tahiti. As Assistant to the Vice President of Columbia, Tom was working directly in all phases of the studio's increasing activities, in studio administration, negotiation for talent and literary properties, and so on. In his new capacity, he has returned to the same mission where he worked extensively, from 1954-57, with the youth in both the French and Tahitian languages. He and his entire family left for Tahiti on September 1st, for a period of three to five years. Before their departure, Tom said,"We are looking forward to this new responsibility; yet, at the same time, a^you may well imagine, we have mixed feelings about leaving the \r\nTHE NORRIS FIJI Fall, 1963 THOMAS R. STONE IN TAHITI...cont. from page 1 Studio and the fine opportunity here. At any rate, we feel that we are doing the right thing and hope that another opportuni ty will come along upon our return from Tahiti." Tom's versatility is marked in his ed ucational experience. He attended UC, after graduation from Piedmont High, from 1952-53. He performed in Mask and Dag ger as well as several University Theater Productions. In 1953, he transferred to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He studied one more year before he accept ed his first assignment to Tahiti. In I957, Tom returned to complete his undergraduate work in Theatre Arts at Brigham Young, and he received his B. A. de gree in June 1959. During his senior year at B. Y. U., he was elected student body president. Upon graduation, he was award ed the Donald Kirk David Fellowship, and the next fall, he attended Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He re Inspecting the renvoation this past summer are: Wade Snook '13, Bill Ashton '54, Warren Myers '07, Art Bell '11, Marck Bristol '29 an Elmer Mason 24. These graduate members planned and keep their eyes on the work as it progressed. FIJI HOUSE HAS NEW FALL LOOK You don't have to be a detective this fall if you are looking for renovations at the Phi Gamma Delta house ! There have been nine additions to the house, completed during the ceived his M.B.A. degree in June 1961. During his high school and college days, summer, under the direction of E. Marker Tom was the leader of his own dance orches and Manual E. Dakis '51 "Mike." tra. The renovations include: (1) a new ladies powder room, (2) enclosure of the third Bristol '29 "Marc," Elmer M. Mason '24, The group played at several fraternity and sorority dances at UC, and also had a summer engagement (11 weeks) at Hotel floor sleeping porches, (3) wall to wall car peting on the second and third floors, (4) built in desks in every study room, (5) refinished floors in every study room, (6) complete new set of dining room chairs, (7) new curtains throughout the house, (8) paint ing of the whole house, inside and out, and Benbow on the Redwood Highway. Tom married Diane Lee Stevenson, in June of 1959, in the Los Angeles Temple of the L. D.S. (Mormon) Church. Diane had attended B. Y. U. for three years and was chosen as Homecoming Queen in 1958. She has studied ballet for ten years and studied (9) new bathrooms. private voice in Boston while Tom was at tending Harvard Graduate Business School. to the alumni who have made these vast im Many words of appreciation are extended Up until the birth of their first child, Diane worked as a model at Bonwit Teller. provements possible. Special thanks go to The the Mother's Club, particularly Mrs. Booth, couple have two children, Jennifer, 3, and Patricia, 1. Tom's outside interests include the Eagle Scouts, photography, music (he plays the pi ano), and Polynesian culture. A native of Berkeley, Tom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Leslie Stone. Mr. Stone is the Chairman of the Board of Skaggs-Stone Inc., and Mrs. Stone was a Delta Xi Mother's Club president. Two of for the money they donated for the curtains that are now hanging throughout the house. The changes that were innovated this fall have made the Fiji house, as one under graduate put it, "One of the finest living facilities on the campus !" — James R. Stone, M.D., attended Stanford as a Kappa Sigma. Tom's permanent mailing address is Tom's brothers, the late Douglas L. Stone now 44 Bellevue Avenue, Piedmont 11, but '53 and Ronald V. Stone '49 "Bud," are Delta Xi, while his third brother, the late letter to Boite Postale 93, Papeete, Tahiti, Continued next column... if you want to write him in Tahiti, send the South Pacific. \r\nFall, 1963 Page 3 THE NORRIS FIJI CEREMONY HELD FOR SIX INITIATES A ceremony was held for six initiates into the Delta Xi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. They are: John L, Boudett '65, San Mateo Peter A. Cowan '66, San Francisco Tony J. Ivelich '64, San Francisco Henry T. Kearns '65, La Verne Paul E. Macy '66, San Mateo David B. Urrea '65, San Francisco STATISTICS PROVE FRATERNITY SYSTEM IS GROWING STRONGER Statistics revealed in the recently- Seated left to right... Elmer Mason '24, President; Brooks Palmer '92; Author Bell 'II; standing... Fredereck Schoeneman '31, Section Chief; Wallace Everett '27, National Archon. published 17th edition of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities serve to smother the contentions of the current cri THIRTY-THREE FIJIS ATTEND OAKLAND tics of the fraternity system who like to in fer that the system is dying. Tabulations, as of the end of 1962, GRADUATE CHAPTER LUNCHEON shown in this edition, reveal: At that time, there were 4,092 frater Thirty-three Fijis gathered together to feast, reminisce, and listen to speeches at the Luncheon of the Oakland Graduate Chap nity and 2,125 sorority chapters established ter, held on September I9th. at 915 colleges and universities, an' increase coach of the freshman team, gave an inter Jack Hart '59, of 352 men's groups and 249 women's groups esting run-down on the California football in the six-year period since the I6th edition outlook and answered questions tossed him. of the Manual was prepared. Since the I4th, or 1940 edition, shortly before World War 11, Another highlight was the presence of Brooks Palmer '92, the only remaining Delta Xi member of the original "Exile's the number of established chapters has more than doubled. It is pointed out that 7, 234, 481 college men and women have been initiated by the Greek-letter societies and that I, 799, 87 5 have been inducted within the past six years. Because of the greater number of chapters today, and the larger membership-size of most of their collegiate groups, more than 90% of all initiates are still living. Cur rently, approximately four new members are initiated to replace every member who dies. While special notice is being taken that undergraduate unit sizes are expand Toast" group. A photograph was taken for Washington, D. C. headquarters showing Brooksie Palmer '92, Archon Wally Everett '27, son of Wallace W. Everett '97 mention ed in the "Toast" and Art Bell, who recites it each year at Delta Xi Pig Dinner and on one occasion in Tokio, Japan. OAKLAND GRADUATE CHAPTER meets the third Thursday of each month at the University ing while college student populations are Club, I9th and Jackson Sts. , exploding, it is often overlooked that the societies' alumni memberships are tower in Oakland. ing steeply... because the average neophyte may stay on the campus only three years whereas the average alumnus member sur vives for four-score years after leaving Alma Mater. Ample parking. ■SAN FPANOTSOO OPADUATE CHAPTER meets every Friday at noon at the Iron Horse, 19 Maiden Lane, in San Francisco. \r\nPage 4 Fall, 1963 THE NORRIS FIJI KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH FELLOW FIJIS "After having joined Continental Can Com pany's Metal Division in San Francisco," writes ELMER R. GUSTAFSON '51 "Gus," "I was transferred to the Southern Cali fornia office. After a four-year stay in JAMES P. HEALEY, JR '33 has been se lected for promotion to Colonel^Regular Army. Currently, he is Judical Officer (military judge) for general courts-mar tial convened in Northern and North Cen the Los Angeles area, I was transferred tral Germany, England, and Berlin, with to our New York Head Office where I was duty station at Frankfurt/Main, Germany. assigned as an Assistant Product Sales Manager. Moving through approximately If you want to write Jim a note, send it to Hq. 4th U. S. Army, Fort Sam Houston, three hectic cold New York winters, I have in San Antonio, Texas. just recently been transferred to Atlanta, Georgia as a District Sales Manager. Verona and I both are well and quite happy to be finally located again on a permanent LAURENCE P. HORAN '52 is a partner in the law firm of Farr, Ho ran & Wilsdon in Car- mel. He and his wife, Jean, have four child basis...we have been blessed with a son, ren. Their address is Route 2, Box 3235, Bobby, who is 3 1/2 years old, and a Carmel. daughter, Ann, who is ten months. All is well and I wish to send my regards to all Brothers Fiji." The Gustafson address We regret to announce the death of DOUGLAS is C/O Continental Can Company, Peachtree Street, N. E., in Atlanta, Georgia. L. STONE '53, who died of acute lymphatic leukemia, on May 19th, 1963. Following Doug's attendance at UC and his military service, he attended and graduated from BYU in June, 1955, with a Bachelor of Sci Congratulations to MANUEL E. DAKIS '51 "Mike" who has been presented with the Dan Guggenheim Award for outstanding ser vice to the chapter during the past year ! ence Degree in marketing. He then attend ed New York University, and in June, 1956, Mike, chapter Purple Legionaire, is an ad vertising account executive for the L. C. Cole Company, Inc. , at 406 Sutter Street, became a prominent citizen and business San Francisco. He and his wife, the form er Joan Iv Broderick, have two children, Kimberly and Kevin. The family resides at 236 Orchard Road, Orinda. graduated from the graduate school of re tailing. Doug returned to Hayward where he man. At the time of his death, Doug was the genehal manager of Scaggs Hardware. In the commiinity, he directed the Hayward Second Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was chairman of the Chapel's building fund committee. Doug is survived by his widown Karen; three child ren, Rebecca, Douglas, and Adam; his par Another Fiji on the way up is FRED MILKE '43 who has been recently appoint ed Assistant to the President of PG&E. ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. Leslie Stone; and two brothers, RONALD STONE '49 and THOMAS R. STONE '53. CHARLES W. SNOOK, JR. '46"Chuck'' and A recent change of address has been WILLIAM M. MUTCH, JR '44"Bill" have received for FRANK E. AGAR '15. Frank's news address is 10 34 Leung- adjoining offices and share a common re ception room at 2844 Summit Street, in Oak- ton Ave., Schnectady, New York He land. Both men are surgeons. Chuck is now formerly lived in Oakland, living at 4 Blackthorn Road, in Lafayette, and Bill resides at 16 Estabueno, in Orinda. THE NORRIS FIJI is published by the Delta Xi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at the University of California (Berkeley) for alumni and friends. News and pictures of interest to the graduate membership, address changes, and other information should be sent to Phi Gamma Delta Alumni Records Office, 2490 Channing Way, Berkeley 4. ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICER; Jerry S. Rekers '64.