Published by Chi iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, JULY, 1964 New Series Vol. XXVIII No. 4 Chi Iotas Make Plans to Rebviild Fiji House Fire Destroys House During Easter Break A by scene of desolation fire P.-.lV-,U: ' was left and water after blazes broke out in the Chi Iota frater nity house late Monday evening, March 30. As a result of three separate fires, the three-story structure was finally gutted in the early morning hours, despite con tinued efforts of the Champaign and U. of I. firemen to prevent the situation. By now, most of the brothers are aware of our situation, but for those who live so many miles away, the following account of the fire is offered. Champaign Fire Chief Hobart Kruse said the first fire occurred U. OF I. SNORKLE BATTLES BLAZE AT HEIGHT OF FIJI FIRE. about 5 p.m. Monday in a base ment storage area. It apparently was extinguished by two brothers About 25 University and Champaign firemen fought the blaze and almost 12,000 feet of hose lines were laid. This is one of the first major fires living in the house during the U. where the new snorkle unit has been used. of I.'s Easter vacation, Vic Kam- ber and Dave Morton. About 8 p.m. the fire burst out again in the same Chapter Initiates 17 Men Into Bonds in March men were summoned. They put out Chi Iota initiated 17 new brothers into the fraternity on March 13. The the blaze with a portable extin guisher. "At this time, firemen new initiates with their home town and curriculum are as follows: ripped away a sizeable portion of Charle.s Raymond Boyce, Oak Park, Liberal Arts and Sciences general area, and Champaign fire the basement wall to make sure they got it all," Kruse said. The assistant chiefs then inspect ed the entire building, from base Richard Hastings Brown, Kirkwood, Mo., Commerce Peter Borden Brune, Des Plaines ment to top level, searching for further signs of fire, before leav Commerce ing the scene. However, around L.A.S. 2:18 a.m. the Champaign Fire De Dee L.A.S. responding with three pumper trucks and an aerial ladder rig. ville, Fifteen minutes later the U. of I. kle" unit. All six trucks battled the blaze until after daybreak. (please turn to pago 2) Carey, Hidalgo Jeffrey Frank Carr, LaGrange partment received another alarm, Fire Department joined the battle with a pumper truck and its "snor Kenneth Daniel Holland Dailey, Taylor L.A.S. Jack Warren Davis, LaGrange phne and Applied Arts William Everett Geist, Urbana L.A.S. Terrence Raymond Hustedt, Pos ton, L.A.S. Robert Thomas Johnson, La Grange, L.A.S. Donald William Larson, Chicago, L.A.S. Dwight David Loder, Evanston, T.A.S. I Henry James Retzer, Park Ridge, .A.A.' Dennis Michael Sarsany, Des Plaines, Commerce Duff Bruce Schweninger, Cincinnali. Ohio. F.A.A. Ronald Myrl Swinford, Physical Education Joliet, Allan Raymond Wilhelmi, Joliet. Engineering In addition. Denny Sarsany was chosen the best pledge of the year and was elected with Dave Lo der to Skull and Crescent, fresh man honorary society. \r\nJuly, 1964 ( THE ILLINOIS FIJI Page Two THE ILLINOIS FIJI Published quarterly by Phi Gam ma Delta Association of Illinois and Chi Iota chapter of Phi Gam ma Delta friends. for its members and Graduate Relations Chairman Ed Haekleraan '66 Elmhurst Send contributions, news of graduates, and changes of address to the Publication Office, Box 213, Station A, Champaign, 111, Chapter House: 401 East John Street, Champaign, 111. ASSOCIATION OFFICERS President: Stuart M. Mamer '42, Thomas. Mulliken & Mamer, 30 Main St.. Champaign Vice President: Frederick E. Lee, Pr. '36, First Nat'l. Bank of Chicago, 38 S. Dearborn, Chicago 3. Secretary: John W. Duff '41, 320 E. Mulberry St.. Watseka Treasurer: John R. Littler '44, Mathls, Sloan & Littler. 1007 Jefferson BIdg., Peoria 2. UNDERGRADUATE OFFICERS PRELIMINARY President: PLANS FOR A NEW CHAPTER HOUSE ARE DISCUSSED at the Pig Dinner. Going over an artist's sketch, a near duplicate of the building which burned during Easter vacation, are from Eugene L. Tattini '65, Arlington, Va. Corresponding Secretary: left. Gene Tattini, chapter president, Dick Gannett, Pig Dinner guest ( Dennis Flynn '66. Danville Recording Secretary: Greg Prosen '65, Chicago speaker, and Stuart Mamer, president of the house association. Historian: Dean W. Swift '66, Glen Eilyn Illinois Phi Gams Alumni Report Moving These Chi Iota brothers moved since the last issue: have John M. Armstrong '57, 316, 3 Chome, Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-Ku Tokyo, Japan James A. Babcock Plan Two August Rushing Parties On August 18th, the Peoria graduate chapter of Phi Gamma Delta (57), 1136 will hold its annual Destroys House (Continued Brother from Page Kamber, who I) had re mained on campus to make pre parations for Interfraternity Rush ing, was studying in his room on the second floor, directly over where the blaze was believed to rush have begun in the basament. "I put party. It will be at the home of Haight St., San Francisco, Calif. Brother Ronald Lilterst 94117 1958) Singing Woods Rd., one mile my clothes on over my pajamas and ran upstairs to awaken Dave Morton, who was asleep in his north of Peoria. third The parly will be free of cliarge to both brothers and pledges. If you are interested in attending drop Vic Kamber a note at 908 Nevada, Urbana, 111, You will be hearing more about the paidy in "Dave, William G. Bingham '56, 2233 East Catalina, Santa Ana, Calif. William G. Brewster '22, 10421 S. Hale Ave., Chicago 43, 111. C. Addison Brown '26, 9211 Par ley Drive, Louisville, Ky. 40222 Harold D. Burr '54, 2101-7th W. No. 203, Seattle, Wash. 98119 Daniel A. Damon '58, 7669 N. Sheridan, Chicago, 111. Champ W. Davis, Jr. '62, 1407 Wiley Dr., Urbana, 111. 61801 Sp/4 Jack L. Diedrich '60, 115 San Migual, Arcadia, Calif. 91006 Frank E. Dubach '31, 3360 Brook Rd., Highland Park, 111, 60035 future (Waba.sh, letters. the Dorchester Club in South Chicago. This will be a dale parly and get acquainted affair. The iw:) chapters had previously played each other in a baskelball game" Roderick Ellis (55), Electro Tech (which Alpha Deuteron won). Both nology, Conover Mast Publishing chapters had such a great time, they decided to try and get to gether a little more often. Co., Inc., 1411 Walnut St., Rm. 807, Philadelphia 2, Pa. who room," Vic was be to notes. married soon, lost all of his possessions in the fire. He had everything he owned in his room." Items lost included a valuable portrait of former U. of I. Presi dent David Kinley, who had aided Three days prior to the Peoria rush party, Chi Iota and Alpha Deuteron will co-sponsor a party at floor in founding the fraternity in 1897. Most all furniture and fixtures were a complete loss, as well as a majority of the brothers' person al effect.s". What the fire did not damage, water did. Rebuilding plans were disclosed at our recent Pig Dinner and our future facilities were explained to the brothers in attendance. Insur ance on the building totaled ap proximately $250,000. \r\nkJuly, 1964 Page Three THE ILLINOIS FIJI Fijis Hold Top Posts In Campus Activities 23 Men Pledged In A Tremendous Since the fire the members of May Formal Rush Chi Iota have really gone out onto campus to make a name for them selves and Phi Gamma Delta. For find the house full of men with Chi Iota participating for the first time in May Rush pledged top positions on campus for next 24 men. Since that time one of the year. new pledges received an appoint ment to Annapolis. He is James Bohlig, from Elgin. That makes the Class of '68 twenty-three men the first time in recent years we In the Union we have Gene Tat- tini 65 who heads the most import ant committee there, as major chairman of Block I for the coming strong. We are also going through Summer Rush hoping to fill a few year. He was also chosen to re stops created drop outs. present the Interfraternity Council on mini Union Program Board. Jeff Carr '67 was chosen major I-F-C scholarship chairman. Terry Hustedt was chosen for I-F-C judi- Icial committee. He replaces Vic who sat on the board for three years. Three Are Cheerleaders Three men were selected out of over 500 that tried out for the Cheerleading Squad. Jim Tattini '66, Hank Wurtzbacher '66, and Vic Kamber '65 will represent the University on the field this fall. In the April Student Senate elec tion, Chi Iota had four men run ning. Three of the four men were victorious. New Student Senators for next year are Dave Loder '67. Fred Gunther '67, and A! Wil- helmi '67. During this election the campus was also voting for Na tional Student Association dele gates. Four students were elected to represent the U. of I. Vic Kam ber was elected as one delegate, coming in second in the voting with over 4600 votes. SACHEM Honors Three Three were also selected for the top Junior men's activities recog nition society on campus, SACHEM. Dean Swift '66 was selected for his David T. Barenbrugge, 449 Park Ave., Vic Kamber Heads I-F-C As 1964-65 President three years of Interfraternity work, Victor Kamber '65, Chicago, was elected President of the Interfra ternity Council. He has previously served the organization as publica tions chairman, review board dele gate, member of judicial commit tee, public relations chairman, chairman and I-F-C Rush chairman. Vic„ who will be a senior this fall, was very surprised at the final election results. He won by the largest vote ever given an I-F-C president. Two weeks after the election he was chosen for Ma-Wan-Da and is now their trea surer. This gives him the distinc tion of a place in all tour lop campus recognition honorary so cieties—Sachem, Wa-NaSee, Omi- cron Delta Kappa, and Ma-WanDa. Vic plans to attend law school in Washington, D.C. and hopes to enter politics eventually. Winning the presidency meant quite a bit to him. He commented: "Winning the election was a great thrill. The house had just burned down the week before and everyones spirits were way down. About 20 of the brothers had come to the election place to hear the speeches. After they announced I chosen for his outstanding work in mini Union and Jan Bridges speech. All T could see were the '66 was selected for his perform ance on the track team. Elgin James L. Coleman, 820 May St., Elgin J. Michael Gardner, 612 Maple, Downers Grove In an April 11 election climaxing Greek Week publicity Glencoe Jon D. Carlson, 558 Mann PL, VICTOR KAMBER '65 partment. Gene Tattini '65 was work in the intramural sports de unexpected The new Class of '68 is; chairman of Blue Dial and Dads' Day chairman of coordinations. Terry Hustedt '67 and Fred Gunther '67 were selected major chair men of Publicity. Jim Tattini was chosen stage manager for next Homecoming Stunt Show. In I-F-C, Victor Kamber '65 was elected President for the coming year. Dennis Flynn '66 was chosen from had won. I came out to make a smiling faces of Plii Gams who were shouting and yelling." Theodore B. Gebner, 321 Latrobe Ave., Northfield Donald W. Graff, 5123 Parker Ave., Chicago Ronald M. Grant, 925 Beverly PL, Lake Forest Ned Hartline, 325 Bass St., Wil mington Bruce F. Hubbell, 1718 Mannheim Rd., Des Plaines Wayne R. Hutter, 4920 Birchwood, Skokie Jim 0. Hyerdall, 1900 Fargo, Tlpc Jim 0. Kuhrt, 1673 Stockton Ave., Des Plaines Walter C. Kummerow, 5058 Elm St., Skokie Richard A. Mamer, 6 Montclair Rd., Urbana Greg T. Mountsier, 627 Maple Lane, Geneva William A. Mueller, 952 S. West ern Ave., Watseka Lee A. Downers Naher, 4531 Oakwood, Grove Mark E. Shafer, Chatsworth E. William Shipman. 281 Adelia St., Elmhurst Steven Simons. 492 Scott. Cham- paign John P. Stefanos, 6654 S. Rich mond. Chicago James B. Trimble. 2014 S. Race St., Urbana Gregory S. Wilson. 4806 Pros pect Road. Peoria Heights In the Fall issue we'll give you a complete run-down on the pledge class and its activities. \r\nPage Four Help Guide the Chi Iota Delegates to Ekklesia With Your Suggestions on Proposed Amendments Archons at an early May meet ing in Houston, Tex. took impor tant actions involving expanded services for the fraternity and pre paration for the 116th Ekklesia to be held Sept. 2-5 at the historic French Lick-Sheraton Hotel at French Lick, Ind. Chi Iota delegates are Gene Tattini '65, chapter president; Victor Kamber '65, Interfraternity Coun cil president; and Dean Swift '66, chapter historian. These brothers want you to examine the following information from the June, 1964 PHI GAMMA DELTA very care fully and Inform them of your opinions on proposed amendments and action July, 19611 THE ILLINOIS FIJI to be taken at the and a report on the advisability of moving the location of General Headquarters. The main conclusion was that headquarters offices of the fraternity should remain in Washington and in the present headquarters building under lease from the Phi Gamma Delta Educa tional Foundation. Amendments are Proposed These proposed amendments to the national constitution and acts of the Ekklesiai will be referred to the French Lick Ekklesia for action: 1—Undergraduate chapters will be requii'ed to file copies of their by-laws, or any changes in bylaws, Ekklesia. Your suggestions will be their guide in casting ballots on with General Headquarters. the measures, so don't fail to in form them immediately. issue, THE PHI GAMMA DELTA only a majority vote of under graduate chapter members would be required to terminate a pledge relationship. 3—A member of one undergradu ate chapter moving to another would be automatically accepted national magazine will be sent to as a member of the latter. A fav every living member of the fra ternity, including approximately 3,000 present non-subscribers, who were initiated prior to the time that lifetime subscriptions were in orable vote by the second chapter is now required. 4—Chapters would be encouraged Here's a rundown from THE PHI GAMMA DELTA on what the gov erning Archons did in Houston: 1. - Effective with the October cluded in the initiation fee. 2. - Revamped the boundaries of the 21 sections in the fraternity's present setup for undergraduate chapters to provide 25 sections. Main changes are in the north western, western and southern areas to allow greater effeciency 2—Instead of a two-thirds vote, to send in archive material to the curator of archives for safekeep ing. 5—An award would be arranged for yearly conferment upon the fraternity's "outstanding purple legionnaire," as judged by leader ship, relationship with the under graduate chapters and fraternity service. of section chief supervision and to make the most of fraternity ex 6—A pledge education program of not less than 12 hours would be pansion required of all undergraduate chap opportunities in these areas. 3. - Authorized the purchase of three illuminated museum display cases for the General Headquarters in Washington. ters. A copy of such a program would be filed each year at head quarters by Oct. 15th. 7—Anti-hazing regulations would be strengthened by imposing a $100 4. - Recommends to Ekkle.sia that fine on each infraction, the money present Delta colonies at Emory Officers Report Rebuilding Plans Near Completion Rome wasn't built in a day nor will our Chi Iota be built in a day, but the plans for the new chapter house are well under way. Bill Seuter '59, Evanston, has enthusiastically agreed to head the all-important Fiji Fund Drive. For tunately, our insurance will pay ap proximately $160,000 toward the reconstruction of the house itself. There still remains an additional amount of coverage for house con tents which will be settled shortly. Taking the insurance into account, the corporation has decided to lim it building operations to $260,000. The additional $100,000 will be ap portioned between a successful fund drive and a mortgage for the balance. The firm of Harrison and Jame son of Peoria, Illinois, (Elbert "Ike" Harrison '26) has already begun the architectural work, and the house corporation hopes to meet within the next two weeks I to finalize plans in this area. As far as the actual plans go. the corporation was unanimously in favor of completely rebuilding the older part of the present struc ture rather than have a new house with an older face. However, we will still recognize Chi Iota, since the new structure will be basic ally the same. "The committee working with the architects consists of Brothers Stu Mammer '42, Roy Hoppe '44, and Champ Davis '62. All three live in Champaign. If any of the brothers have suggestions, the committee will certainly welcome them. training program has been satis factorily completed for each pledge before such could be initiated. 10—Every undergraduate chapter would be required to put out at least twice a year a publication and Arizona State be chartered as to be turned over to Phi Gamma Delta's Educational fund. full-fledged chapters and that the Alpha Gamma local fraternity at ing poor scholarship ratings would General Motors Institute at Flint. be made more severe by authoriz members. Mich., become a Delta Colony. 5. - Began discussion on potential ways to make housing funds avail ing the educational director to im pose academic probation, social probation and eventually su.s'pen- 11—Chapter house corporations would be required to submit yearly financial reports to the Archonate. able to undergraduate chapters for new houses or in improving old Further discussion on proposed amendments will take place at a The Archons discussed at some sion if the chapter fails to improve in a three-year period. 9—The president of each chapter would be required to certify to the length the New York Club situation purple legionnaire that the pledge Chicago. ones. 8—Penalties for chapters achiev designed to provide news about its activities and that of the graduate meeting of Archons scheduled for June 25-28 in O'Harc Airport Inn, \r\nIJuly, 1964 Page Five THE ILLINOIS FIJI r