THE BOILERMAKER FIJI Lambda Iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity West Lafayette, Indiana Volume XXXI July 1963 No. 3 103 Attracted to 61st Norris Pig Dinner 'Frazz' Jennings '06 Oldest Young Man Present included in the 103 alumni and undergraduates in attendance. Kissing the snout and tail of the pig, respectively, by the oldest and youngest men present, started off the festivities. Snout-man was ^ ^ miBMiMM.THE HEAD TABLE MEMBERS at the 61st annual Pig Dinner were Charles M. Homer '51 and President William R. Davis '59, of the Alpha Graduate corpora tion; Richard A. Miller '64, dinner chairman; John E. Scott, Indiana '30, guest speaker and president of the notional board of Trustees; David P. Jones '59, _ toastmaster; John A. Zaloudek '6'3, immediate post undergraduate president; Charles A. "Frazz" Jennings, from a„d Charles G. Armstrong "64. new undergraduate president. the class of '06. James T. Hobbs '66 was the youngest man present, ; 7-;-; complishments and activities of the fjiipct cr\pciirot* fpT- iVio Kanmiof was John E. Scott, Indiana '30, president of the national board of trustees. He related the responsi duced to bilities of the trustees and spoke plaining his nickname. * of future New York club plans. After a note of thanks to Phi Gamma Delta for being such aa fine influence in molding his life, Brother Scott turned to his main topic, "local autonomy." The incessant attempts by some people to rout fraternities from our campuses was pointed out by Brother Scott. "On the other hand," he noted, "the alumni strength of Undergraduates in the past year. The new pledge class was introthe alumni. The dinner and program were ander the direction of Richard A. ji! ^'SGMIOr Fill" Each man followed Lambda-Iota tradition, exmi- 'FrriTZ' jGnilinQS 1 Miller 64. usual, the pork was at its finest, as "" was the enthusiasm. Long the rafters rang to the cheers of each class, as 1906 vied with 1966 I xhe oldest brother attending Pig Dinner this spring, Charles A. Trazz' Jennings his „ '06,, regaled „ partners and other guests with reminiscences of his days at Lambda-Iota and past Pig Dinners. The Mishawaka native-resident attended his first Norris Pig Din as a freshman back in 1902. to see who could give the loudest ner since""then hrhas missed only three voice to fun, fraternalism, and Phi Gamma Delta. of these annual reunions. During his undergraduate days, Frazz was active in Literary So most colleges and universities is in spired by the existence of the fra ternity system." The inspirational ciety and worked on the Debris and the Exponent. He was the ori ginator and first editor of the speech concluded with a challenge Boilermaker Fiji. to the undergraduates to keep the fraternity system strong—now and Frazz, whose son is C. Ross 'One Note' Jennings '52 of Lambda-Iota, in the future. passes along this message through Fijiland: "I am the one who has gained by returning for these dinmixing with brother Fijis n e r s and . and and renewing acquaintances. ai The one who loses by not coming back is YOU. If you have been in the Toastmaster David P. Jones '59 (presently serving as Purple Le gionnaire for Lambda-Iota) imade a few timely comments before intro ducing last year's undergraduate president, John Zaloudek '63. John introduced the new undergraduate president, Charles G. Armstrong '64, who presented his new cabinet. Brother Zaloudek recounted the ac- habit of passing up these annual Dick Miller gets in the first lick with Pig Dinners, try coming to the King Pig as Chuck Armstrong, left. next one and I will guarantee that it will not be your last." and John Zaloudek look on. \r\nTHE BOILERMAKER FIJI BOILERMAKER FIJI Spotlight On — JOE RUDOLPH The spotlight this issue falls on R. Joseph Rudolph '48, treasurer of the Alpha Graduate and LambdaIota Graduate corporations. As Published regularly throughout the school year by the Lambda-Iota chapter of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta for its members and friends. Alumni Publications Officer: Stanley E. Bissey '65, Benton Harbor, Mich. "News items, photographs and changes of address should be sent to Phi Gamma Delta, P. 0. Box 442, West Lafayette, ALPHA GRADUATE CORPORATION OF THE FRATERNITY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND THE LAMBDA IOTA GRADUATE CORPORATION President: William R. Davis '59 Lafayette Vice President: Mai S. Robertson (NW) '57. Lafayette Secretary: Richard E. Grace '5! West Lafayette Treasurer: R. Joseph Rudolph '48 West Directors (Terms Expire 1963) William J. Brant Jr. '52 Munster Charles M Homer '51 Alan J. Howsmon '56 Noble E. Kizer '56 Richard J. Sorenson Lafayette West Lafayette West Lafayette West Lafayette '49 Munster Directors (Terms Expire 1964) Herman A. Brown William F. Blnkley '48 Indianapolis Lafayette Plalnflcld Anderson UNDERGRADUATE OFFICERS President: Louisville, Ky. Treasurer: Frederick C. Schramm '64....Columbus, Ohio Corresponding Secretary: Richard A. Miller '64 Dayton, Ohio Recording Secretary: Richard C. Cammerer '64 Dayton, Ohio Historian: Richard E. Grace '51 Joe was a senior football manager and became a member of Gimlet. He served as the chapter's record ing secretary. His education was interrupted from May 1943 to Feb ruary 1946 when he served in the Des Plalnes, III. ADVISOR West Lafayette Heads Alumni Association Foiiowing graduation from the school of science in February 1948, Brother Rudolph joined the sales department of the Illinois Bell Tele phone company. After a year with Bell, Joe was appointed field sec retary of the Purdue alumni asso ciation, on April 1, 1949. He served in that capacity until 1953 when he was promoted to executive secre tary of the association, the position he has held since. about yon and your family for our next issue. Your classmates will appreciate it! R. Joseph Rudolph '48 ates to enjoy the brotherhood that he and the alumni serving on the hoard gain through that service. Has Wide Range of interests Very active in church and coimmunity affairs, Joe was instrumen tal in the establishment of a parish in this area in 1958. He has been a member of the Chamber of Com ble and devoted treasurer ail those merce ever since moving to this area and has been a perpetual member of that group's Purdue relations committee. Through this committee, Joe has always been years. the chairman of the football "kick- Brother Rudolph explains that he was motivated to take part in the graduate corporations affairs off luncheon." As a Fiji alumnus, Joe has because of the dedicated activity of so many other prominent and concerned Fiji alumni. At the same time he encourages more gradu- Father of two hoys, Richard Powell '59 keeps busy with Ricky, 2, and Doug, G mos. In his spare time, Dick flies the A3A, a twinengined jet bomber, for the Navy. Dick and the wife How about sending ns some news i U. S. Army. of the two graduate corporations since 1954. He has been a responsi Melvin D. Corley '58 Mitchell J. Vogel '51 Verne A. Retry '56 FACULTY Point Alexandria Columbus Gregory E. Hales '64 of Crown Indianapolis Lafayette Fort Wayne Lafayette John D. Coffin '59 Charles G. Armstrong '64 resident served on the hoard of directors '50 William F. Currlse '49 William R. Davis '59 Donald H. Erwin '53 Philip M. Puterbaugh '50 Directors (Terms Expire 1965) a in his youth, Joe was stimulated to come to Purdue by his own family's association with the uni versity. His father, Raymond R. Rudolph '14, now deceased, is also a Lambda-Iota Fiji. During his undergraduate days (Nan Miller, Purdue—Alpha Chi Omega) children live at Route 2, Box Oak Harbor, Wash. Glad to Dick report that all is going and 34U, hear well. Joe and his wife Gail (Beckman, Purdue—Kappa Alpha Theta) have one girl and two boys; Janet, 10; R. J.,' 9; and John, 7. The Ru dolph family lives at 100 Chippewa St., West Lafayette. Charles B. Foster '26 has re turned to the U.S. after a six year absence—four years in London and two in Canada. Bud has rejoined the Bucyrus Erie company as vice president and director of sales, after being away from the coim- pany for 16 years. Bud's address is 2225 E. Woodstock pi., Milwau kee 2, Wis. \r\nJuly 1963 Page Three THE BOILERMAKER FIJI Seniors Outline Future by Stan Bissey '640' aub As undergraduate days at Purdue of the enthusiasm shown nor of old draw to a close for seniors, the Fiji tradition of being on top. We had good participation in every sport but riflery. We took the ten nis championship. Athletic co-chairmen Edgar W. Closson '65 and juniors start stepping into the lime light. Omicron Delta Kappa is an honorary founded on the same prin ciples as Iron Key: campus leader ship, scholarship, and service. Al ready selected to ODK from the junior class is Charles G. Arm strong '64, who is now serving as Lambda-Iota's president. Chuck was the sports editor of the Debris this year, has been active in class government and freshmen baseball, DAVID R. ALEXANDER, a physical education graduate, will be coaching and teaching. A, JERRY CONDON was graduated from the school of industrial management and will be stationed in Pensacola, Florida, in the Marine Corps. James K. Ramaker '65 have or WILLARD A. GETZLEMAN, will ganized a house competition pro gram for next year in order to have the best representation and spirit and to win the championship. be in business and sales in Chappaqua, N.Y. The physical education graduate has plans to go to medi cal school. A graduate of the IM curriculum, RICHARD C. HOLMES will be serving in the Army. Planning to attend Stanford law Spirit ran high on May 12 when the Fijis made the finals of Uni versity Sing for the first time in five years. This climaxed a suc cessful Mother's Day weekend. school in Palo Alto is ROBERT started on the basketball team for New social chairman Gerald L. two years in a row. This year he was top scorer, honorary captain, most valuable player and an AllBig Ten team member. Junior Gimlets include Robert C. Stephans Lintner '65 started next year's rush ing for National Aeronautics and Space Administration while serving with the Navy and doing graduate work at Stanford. He is an engi and will serve as national chair man in next year's mock political convention. Also chosen to ODK is Melvyn J. Garland '64. Mel has '64, Debris, and David B. McKenzie '64, baseball. activities off well with two Satur day night slab dances in May. High school rushees attended both weekend events. Wayne F. Henderson '63 and John A. Zaloudek '63 will serve as next Our intraimural athletics faired well this year. The seventh place over-all finish is not representative year's ROTC highest cadet officers for the Navy and Air Force, res pectively. From the President's Desk Even tho in a few short weeks the halls of 640 Russell will be silent, Lambda-Iota will not be dor mant in its activities. Summer rush parties are being planned by our rush co-chairmen, Dick Ely and Bill Johnson; the finance commit tee will continue writing for and evaluating costs of furniture for the chapter house; and practically every other committee within the chapter organization will be work ing periodically—or spasmodically, as the case may be—revising and perfecting their particular phase of Phi Gaimma Delta at Purdue. A completely new set of chapter bylaws will be worked up by the Cabinet and will be ready for adop tion come September. This has been needed for quite a few years. And, of course, the summer will bring the usual brotherly get- togethers at various churches throughout the land, where the tra ditional tying-of-the-knot ceremony will lose many Fijis their freedom. September will bring us back to the scholastic wars and fringe ben efits of college life. Elaborating on these fringe bene fits, a lake outing with the Kappa Alpha Thetas is already planned for the first weekend back, supple menting our traditional fall social functions which include the Turkey Twist and the Slab Dance (on the house parking lot). The biggest single event on tap for Purdue and Lambda-Iota next C. IHRKE, an economics major.THOMAS JACKSON will be work neering sciences graduate. As a speech major, BRIAN P. LAMB plans to take graduate work. JOHN C. LILUCH plans on IM graduate school after being grad uated from the chemical engineer ing school. BURTON R. LURING, after ma joring in biology, will do graduate study. A business administration masters degree from Columbia is sought by JAMiES E. MARSHALL, an economics honors student. ROB.ERT J. SCHULTZ heads for Fort Eustis, Virginia, Army base after being graduated in industrial management. JOHN J. STAFFORD will be coaching and teaching bio logy in New Castle. He is a phy sical education graduate. The new Cabinet has set four goals to strive for next year: 1. Win the Cheney Cup, 2. First on campus in scholarship 3. First on campus in intramural activities, and 4. First in University Sing. year appears to be the Purdue mock political convention. For the third consecutive convention, we main keys which will lead to the accomplishment of these goals: De will sire, Cooperation and Enthusiasm. be with the Pi Beta Phis. Several brothers hold prominent po sitions within the Mock P organi It is felt In that there conclusion, are alumni three interest and suggestions have always been zation; and within the house there one of the strongest links of Lamb will be much researching done as we vie for a top state to represent da-Iota's chain of brotherhood. We hope this will prevail in the en at the convention. suing years. \r\nTHE BOILERMAKER FIJI 20i'h Anniversary Biid Thuman '34 Named Engineer of the Year Reunion Planned Charles H. Thuman '34 has been named engineer of the year for 1963 by the southwestern chapter of the Indiana Society of Profes sional Engineers. Bud Thuman re ceived congratulations on winning the honor from Louis A. Geupel '10, who had received the same class Of '43 Urged To Make Reservations A gala reunion is being planned for all Class of '43 men and their wives. The 20th anniversary affair will take place at Homecoming on award for 1962. Bud, a mechanical engineer, is erhplqyed by the Evansville divi October 26. sion of the Whirlpool corporation, where he, is supervisor of produc a luncheon at the chapter house Included in the activities will be on the day of the, game, plus at tendance at the game itself, which tion. Bud's address is 14 N. Alvord blvd., Evansville 14. •'Nig' Geupel is a retired civil sanitary engineer formerly with the U. S. Department of Defense in the Pentagon. He also served three four-year terms as a member of the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors. Nig's address is 1603 •Washington ave., Evansville 14. "The award was presented at an inter-Society dinner 'Evansville college. meeting at Lt. (jg) Thomas R. Carolan '61 is now with the Navy, in the sup ply corps. Toim's new address is Box 5, U.S.. Nausecgruact, FPO 830, San Francisco. Tom and his wife Rita (Argenta, Purdue—Kap pa Alpha Theta) have a son, Jeffrey Thomas, 10 imos. Maj. Willis H. Knipe '46 reports that he is chief of plans and opera Two Purdue Fijis were involved in the recent meeting of the Southwestern chapter, Indiana Society of Profes Presently on a NSF grant study ing biochemistry at California is Ronald C. Etherton '59. Ron begins work on his doctorate in education next fall at Illinois. Ron's home address is 251 E. ^Van Buren st., Arrangements and planning are '10, 1962 Engineer of the Year extends congratulations to Charles H. 'Bud' under the direction of William A. Thuman '34, 1963 recipient. Darrell McQuiHy '62 Marries, Signs Area Coaching Contract Former Purdue basketball star reservations made. Darrell G. McQuitty '62 recently signed a one year contract as head basketball coach at Battleground high school. Additional duties will a weekend of fun. include teaching, assistant football coach and athletic director. Last year Big D held a coaching position at Charleston and was a member of the Brownstown AAU basketball squad. Darrell was married June 8 to the former Anna May Rudig (Ball State—Chi Omega). His address is Battleground high school, William C. Carnes '47 (143 W. Lincoln ave., Chico, Calif.) has been busy lately with 'extracurri cular activities.' He is president cently been elected secretary of the Evansville graduate chapter of Phi Gamma Delta for the 1963-64 term. .A change of address has been received from Gregg Mueller '40, who retired from the Navy last January. Gregg's new address is 1016 W. Katella, Anaheim, Calif. R, William Levering Jr. '43 has been appointed assistant principal of Jefferson high school in Lafay ette. He has been teaching there since his return from the service in 1946. Bill lives with his father. Rosier W. Levering Sr. '08, at 1413 S. Fifth St., Lafayette. One of last fall's Homecoming at- tenders, Albert H. Voras '57 writes of the Camp Fire Girls and Kiwanis. Bill reports "still three that he is now with Associated ..Aviation Underwriters (suite 1210, children—Cal, 3424 Wilshire blvd., Los Angeles). 5, Karen, 7, and Robin, 9." ave., Anderson, re Plan now to be in attendance for a member of the board of directors ave., Evansville. has Prescott of the local dental association and Jim's address is 3306 E. Chandler Schaffer '58 (15 St., Lafayette). Tickets for the game have been ordered and motel Verne A. Petry '56 is a relia bility engineer with GM's DelcoRemy division. He and Joan (Lowry, Hanover—Phi Mu) have two children: Kurt, 3, and Jill, 1. The Petry home is at 7329 Columbus A. "Pete" Jackson Jr. ave.. White Plains, N.Y.) and R. William Levering Jr. (1413 S. Fifth Elmhurst, 111. James all the color, sound and fun of foot ball. sional Engineers. Louis A. 'Nig' Geupel tions at the White Sands missile range. His address there is 238 Jupiter dr.. White Sands Missile Range, N. Mex. will feature Purdue vs. Iowa and He resigned from the Navy last September after a five year hitch. A1 plans to join the Los Angeles Purdue club soon. He lives in Bel- mont Shores, just south of Long Beach, and asks anyone out that way to look him up at home or at work. Home is 6300 Ocean, apt. 4, Long Beach 3, Calif.