/I- THE WAR EAGLE FIJI PHI GAMKT^ delta n nn:}'-- ALPHA UPSILON CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA I Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Volume II, No. 2 : -^ARFeTrrd 1963; / - VAN ETTEN NAMED PURPLE LEGIONNAIRE Alpha Upsilon has a new Purple Legionnaire. Al though we hated to lose Bro. William R. Hauser (Denison oO), who has accepted the newly-created post of Grad uate Secretary of Phi Carn ey ma Delta, we are happy to m ii^B M welcome Bro. Stanley L. \'an Etten (Auburn faculty) Stanley Van Etten into a new relationship with the chapter. Bro. Van Etten, whose sense of humor has already become legend, moves into his duties with vigor and enthusiasm. Although he has not been a Phi Gamma Delta long —initiated at the chapter's chartering, last October 27- he is eager to learn. Above all, he has a genuine concern for every active and pledge in the chap ter. Bro. Van Etten, bom at Delong, 111., July 14, 1937, claims Macomb, 111. as his hometown. After graduation from Western High there, he attended Western Illinois State University in Macomb and Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. With only three years of undergraduate work, he was admitted to the graduate Theological Semi nary of the University of Ghicago on the basis of his performance on the entrance examinations. In 19.58 he received a B.D. and was ordained a minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He began work toward a doctorate in theology and literature at Chicago, but changed his plans in 1959 to take a M.A. and become pastor of Westwood Christian Church, Pensacola, Fla. In 1962 he came to Auburn's SECOND ANNUAL NORRIS PIG DINNER UNIVERSITY MOTOR LODGE Auburn, Alabama MARCH 30, 1963 TWO BUSY FIJIS Jim Sims '65 (below, right) holds several important positions on campus, in addition to filling the unexpired term as Corresponding Secretary of Elliott Barker '65, Birmingham, who had to resign from school because of illness. Jim is a feature writer for The Plainsman, Auburn's student newspaper; assistant editor of The Greeks, Interfraternity Council rush publication; member of the facul ty-student committee appointed to determine the future of the renowned Auburn Conference on International Affairs; and chaimian of the newly-created student government Committee on Summer Jobs. Clen Bannister '63, Rockford, (below, left) elected President of the School of Education last fall, has been nominated for president of the Alabama Student Educa tion Association. The ASEA, student counterpart to the Alabama Education Association and the National Educa tion Association, has over 700 members in eight Alabama colleges. Village Christian Church. Besides the pastorate, he is a member of the English Department of Auburn University and is working toward a Ph.D. in English. Bro. Van Etten hopes to continue some combination of the two pro fessions, teaching and the ministry, in the future. On June 23, 1958 he married Miss Mary Howland of Marysville, Mo. They riow have one child, a son, Stanley Howland Van Etten, one year old. A second child is expected this month. Bro. Van Etten's activities are numeious. Besides membership in various ministerial associations, he founded the League for Better Schools in Pensacola and has been associated with the Naval Moral Leadership School there. He is currently a member of the Alumni Advisory Council of Disciples Divinity House at Chicago and serving a five-year term as a delegate to the International Conven GLEN BANNISTER and JIM SIMS plan for their respec tion of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ). tive campus activities. J \r\nTHE WAR EAGLE FIJI Page Two February, 1963 CHAPTER PRESIDENrS REPORT THE WAR EAGLE FIJI Published by Alpha Upsilon chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, 275 S. College Street, Auburn, Alabama three times each year for its graduates and friends. EDITOR: James E. Duke, Jr. '63, Macon, Georgia ASSISTANT: Johnnie Vinson '66, Andalusia. ART: Raymond Waites '63, Demopolis. PHOTOGRAPHY: James Yeaman '66, Florala. Dear Brothers, The possibility of a "sophomore slump" has been mentioned quite frequently since the Ekklesia. Certainly there was justification in considering the likelihood of such an occurence, but, after experiencing the symptoms of the disease following installation. Alpha Upsilon has now started to prove itself healthy and vigor ous. GRADUATE RELATIONS CHAIRMAN: Glenn W. The main problem was the loss of an immediate and urgent motivational purpose—key to the growth and suc Cowham '64, Montgomery. cess of any organization. Please notify of change of address. uate brothers cordially solicited. News of grad PURPLE LEGIONNAIRE'S CORNER by Stanley L. Van Etten (Auburn Faculty) It is with great anticipation that we look forward into the future of Alpha Upsilon. Personally, I move into the role of Purple Legionnaire with feelings of stark humility, and yet, of great confidence and expectation, also. No one will "replace" Bro. William R. Hauser at Alpha Up silon. We are reminded daily of his untiring efforts which have been sealed into the foundation stones of the chap ter. Still, the "Men of the House" exude and demonstrate the kind of energy, enthusiasm and capability that causes me to look "future-ward" with the greatest kind of hope fulness. A brief word of self-introduction and of greeting seems There had been a long series of such purposes, includ ing first house, recovery from the fire, Ekklesia, charter ing, and initiation. All could be directly tied to one final reward: chapterhood and brotherhood. When this was attained, there was nothing quite so definable in scope and time to exact motivation in the chapter as a whole. The goal was there and the rules were there, but the brothers needed a chance to rest and to concentrate more fully on academics. Realignment was necessary. Talents and efforts needed to be redirected to achieve the chapter's long-term goals. Results were slow until Christmas holidays brought a rest period for most of the chapter. Now, however, the chapter has found new motivation. Winter quarter brought concentration on rush and the formal. Eleven fine new pledges and a very successful formal resulted. Although two driving forces have been lost, Bro. Bill Hauser and Elliott Barker, new driving forces have been found. Bro. Stan Van Etten ably replaced Bro. Hauser as Purple Legionnaire; Jim Sims was elected Corr. Secretary; and Sid Bufkin '64, Mobile, took over Brother Preparation. With several other personnel changes, certain brothers here to be in order. Weekday activity sees me in a dual began to realize their capabilities; new pledges are ready and willing; and fifteen new brothers are bringing new professional role. I minister to the Village Christian life and energy into the chapter. Chiu'ch here and serve on the English Staff of the Univer sity, as well. My Greek background is not "long," but perhaps my intense interest in the brothers of the chapter and the future of our work here will swing the balance. But, in any case, my task here will have been poorly accomplished if I fail to invite and urge the active interest and participation of our Graduate Brothers from across the state. Alpha Upsilon needs your ideas and encourage ment and fellowship in a score of ways. We trust that on many occasions you will share with us in these modes. A final note concerns the recently held formal week end. It would be a kind of understatement to say that the undergraduates, their wives, and dates had a "ball." Some few of our graduate brothers and their wives were able to share with us in this special event. We had hoped graduate participation would be more pronounced. We Elections are near. There are many good candidates who are capable and fully cognizant of the responsibilities they seek. In short, the chapter now is stirring and ready to move forward again. Soon after this message reaches you, I will have grad uated, leaving at Auburn a group of young boys who have grown into young men. I cannot describe here what this association has meant to me. Perhaps it is sufficient to say that this chapter and fraternity have been and shall always be one of the greatest idFluences in my life. I shall never be remote from it, for these brothers were my brothers in the truest sense of the word. Last quarter we had a motto: "Charter '62, Cheney Cup '64." I leave with great confidence that this chapter, having made the first half a reality, will not be content until the second is realized as well! Perge! need and want the hand of our brothers across the state in fellowship and fun, as well as in the stabiUzing of our Fraternally yours, youthful chapter's "business-legs." Gary Guttry '63 \r\nFebruary, 1963 THE WAR EAGLE FIJI Page Three HAUSER NOW WITH HEADQUARTERS Bro. William R. Haiiser (Denison '50) has joined the Headquarters Staff of Phi Gamma Delta. He now holds the recently-created position of Graduate Secretary, which will involve co-ordinating the work of the Graduate Chap ters and Associations of the fraternity. Although Alpha Upsilon regrets losing his services as Purple Legionnaire, we are happy that the whole fraternity will be able to benefit from his advice and experience as we have. HOUSE CORPORATION ELECTS OFFICERS FALL QUARTER'S TROPHIES: I. to r. Wreck Tech Pajama Parade, First Place; Spirit Award, given to organi zation which evidences Auburn Spirit to the greatest de gree; Homecoming Display, Second Place. Plaques in the background are those awarded each year to Outstanding Brother, Outstanding Pledge, and Outstanding Scholar. Alpha Upsilon's house corporation, "Auburn Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, Inc.," has recently elected new officers. The Board of Directors now consists of Bros. Richard Brooks (Ala '39), President; William Flurry (Ala '46), Secretary-Treasurer; Robert Stewart (Dav '37), Legal Advisor; James Gaskell (Ala '43); and Walter Kennedy (Ala '20). Bro. Robert 'ITiorington (Ala '53) has been working with the new officers, thereby helping to create a smooth transition. All of these graduate brothers are residents of Montgomery, except Bro. Gaskell, who is from Prattville. 1 GRADUATE, 14 UNDERGRADS INITIATED Charles "Pete" Mathews, Ashland, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee of the Alabama Legislature, was initiated into Phi Gamma Delta on February 10. Bro. Mathews had been pledged since October 26, but could not be initiated with the other graduate brothers on October 27, because of pressing legislative duties. Two additional Delta Colony members received their "Black Diamonds," John Morgan '64, Fort Walton Beach, Fla. and James Cunningham '65, Birmingham. Twelve men from the 1963 Fall Pledge Class became THE FIJIS GO GREEK for the traditional costume party on Friday night preceeding the Black Diamond Formal on Saturday. brothers: James Chapman '66, Mobile (son of Campbell Chapman, Mo 24); Edward Crawford '66, Birmingham; Kirkland Cunningham '66, Birmingham (brother of Rus sell Cunningham, Auburn '64); Charles Hunt '66, Bir mingham; James Hutcheson '65, Selma; and Carl Leary '66, Montgomery. Thomas Lewis '65, Atlanta, Ca.; Kirk Newell, III '66, Louisville, Ky.; Roy Norris, III '66, Birmingham; Richard Shelton, III '66, Huntsville; Johnnie Vinson '66, Anda lusia; and Carl Zaretki '66, Birmingham. FROM THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK JIM THOMAS '64, Tuscaloosa, initiated into Sigma Pi Sigma, physics honorary; tapped by Pi Mu Epsilon, math honorary . . . KIRK NEWELL, III '66, Louisville, Ky., RAY WAITES receives Scholarship Trophy from Scholar ther whose Fall quarter average showed the greatest im initiated into Phi Eta Sigma, freshman scholastic honor ary . . . PLEDGE CLASS gives handsome gas post light to chapter, adding to looks of front walk . . . PLEDGE- provement over the preceeding quarter. ACTIVE BASKETBALL CAME goes to actives, 50-49. ship Chairman Johnny Dickinson. Ray (left) was the bro \r\nTHE WAR EAGLE FIJI Page Four NEWS OF GRADUATE BROTHERS We regret to report that BRO. JAMES M. WALKER (Ala '49), Centreville, passed away last December. A boy, Patrick James, was bom to BRO. CHARLIE SMALL (Ala '50) and his wife, Jean, of Birmingham last December 10. BRO. MIMS ROGERS (Dav. '35) writes that the Florence graduate Fijis are all doing extremely well. BRO. GLAY BRYANT (Ala '55) is now associated with Liberty National Life Insurance Company in Bir mingham. BRO. THOMAS WILLIAMS (Auburn Init.), a new member of the Montgomery Graduate Chapter, is chair man of the Rotary Charity Drive and President of the Salvation Army Advisory Board. In addition, he is in the process of building a new wing on his hospital, Jackson Hospital and Clinic. The four-floor addition, one-fourth of it devoted to psychiatric care, is valued at $370,000. BRO. RICHARD S. BROOKS (Ala '39), Montgomery, spent a week last January attending the National Conven tion of Employment Service Directors in Phoenix, Ariz. BRO. JAMES CASKELL (Ala '43), Prattville, has just finished a very successful term as chairman of the United Appeal Drive in Montgomery County. BROS. DICK COFFEE (Ala '50), BILL EDWARDS (Ala '50), and HAYES KENNEDY (Fla '51) made the "Miami Pilgrimage" for the Tide's Annual Bowl Came, reports BRO. ROBERT YOUNG (Mo '47). In Miami they saw BRO. CHARLES McBURNEY (Ala '45), who is involved in a very successful enterprise in Sarasota, Fla. Bros. Coffee and Edwards were the overnight guests of BRO. TOM HANCOCK (Ala '51), who is now assoc iated with the orange industry. Bro. Coffee visited BRO. HUGH MAYBERRY( William Jewell '52), a former member of the Birmingham Grad uate Chapter, at St. Simon's Island, Ca. on the occasion of the Golden Isles Bowl. Bro. Mayberry is top sales executive with Dixie Paint and Varnish Company- in Brunswick, Ca. BRO. RODNEY POWELL (Aub '62) is enrolled in the Officers Training School at Lackland AFB, Tex. BRO. LUTHER FULLER (Aub '62), commissioned a February, 1963 ELEVEN MEN PLEDGED Thanks to the excellent work of the Rush Committee, headed by Bob Wiggins '65, Opp, eleven fine young men have recently pledged theemselves to Phi Gamma- Delta. They are Noel Benton, Montgomery; Eugene Fuller, III, Lafayette (son of C. E. Fuller, Jr., Ala '31; grandson of the late C. E. Fuller, Sr., Ala '03); Johnny Gravel, High land Home; William Cuthrie, III, Vienna, Va.; Larry Henderson, Andalusia; William Lardent, Birmingham; Charles Loyed, Butler; Frank Meriwether, Sylacauga; Charles Patterson, Geneva (cousin to the Fullers); Ernest Strong, Jr., Birmingham; and Ray Work, III, Indialantic, Fla. Second Lieutenant in the Army upon graduation this past December is now attending training school at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. BRO. "KIT" HAMMOND (Aub '63), currently em ployed by ALCOA in Maryville, Tenn., will begin six months active duty this March and complete the rest of his military obligation in the Army Reserves. BRO. FENTROSS SEACROVES (Aub Init) has been transferred from Birmingham to Chicago, 111. Five more Auburn Fijis will become graduates on March 16. Their plans are as follows: KEN OSBORNE, Kurt Salmon Associates, Washington, D. C.; GARY CUTTRY, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., Savannah, Ca.; JOHNNY DICKINSON, Shell Chemical Co., Houston, Tex.; BOB STORY, Medical College of Alalsama, Bir mingham (in Sept.); and JAMES DUKE, Theological School, Drew University, Madison, N. J. (also Sept.). BRO. and MRS. THOMAS WILLIAMS, BRO. and MRS. CARL MIXON( Auburn Init.), BRO. and MRS. STANLEY VAN ETTEN, BRO. "KIT" HAMMOND, and BRO. JOHNIE SENTELL (Aub '62) attended""the BLACK DIAMOND FORMAL at the Ralston Hotel in Columbus, Ca. on Feb 2. Ed. Mixon '63, Montgomery, and his committee are to be congratulated for an affair enjoyed by graduates and undergraduates alike. BRO. WILLIAM BARKER (Auburn Init.), Birming ham, visited the chapter house recently. ALPHA UPSILON CHAPTER PHI GAMMA DELTA 275 South College Street Auburn, Alabama Of- / ^7 /\/ "^reeaT A/. iA/ a.