jT bulldog FIJI STATE COLEGE, MISSISSIPPI 39762 VOLUME I NUMBER 2 ' if •? V SIGMA MU CHAPTER, SPRING 1971 — (Row I, L-R) E. Koonce, D. Morrison, J. Naugher, J. Welch, R. Mosby, S. Prosser. (Row II) G. Mann, S. Sumrall, E, Bean, B. Graham, T. Boyd, W. Earnheart, S. Edwards. (Row III) M. Gentry, R. Campbell, G. Freeman, M. Allison, L. Demuth, J. McCrimon. (Row IV) F. Myers, A. Earnheart, P. Abernethy, P. Jones, T. Halford, K. Koenig, B. Mattox, B. Caver, R. Jordan, and D. Kilby, Sigma Mu Gets First House This spring semester Sigma Mu moved into their first chapter house. Located at 107 West Lampkin Street, the red brick house sleeps eleven brothers. The house has five bedrooms, three baths, living room, den, kitchen, lounge area, and a big basement. As soon as we moved in, the brothers had work days 'o clean and paint the house. Carpenters later built showers, :xtra closets, and a chapter room in the basement. Last semester's pledges donated money from their fund raising project to get royal purple plush carpet for the room. Other donations to the house were: a piano from Broth er Gary Freeman's parents; a white owl from Section XIV Chief, Dr. Tommy Williams; owl end irons for our fire place from the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority; and paint from our P. L., Dr. John Harper. Everyone is encouraged to come see our beautiful "pur ple mansion" here in Starkville, Mississippi. - -I i Grades The brothers of Sigma Mu are proud to announce that the fall pledge class of 1970 took top honors among the fraternities here at MSU in grades. The pledges posted a 2.85 quality point average on a 4.00 system for the fall semester. This is the third consecutive time that a FIJI pledge class has been number one. \r\nh. w (L to R) L. DeMuth, E. Bean, W. Earnheart, M. Alison, M. Gentry, R. Jordan, T. Halford, R. Campbell, G. Hester, and F. Myers. Community Service This semester the Community Service Committee has chosen a tutoring program for black students as the frater nity's major project. The program will involve taking chil dren to and from a central meeting area where the students will be tutored by members of the fraternity. Along with the fraternity, several girls will help in the tutoring. Mrs. New Initiates On January 29, 1971, Sigma Mu with the assistance of Dr. Tommy Williams, Section 14 Chief, initiated their chap ter pledges at the First Methodist Church in Starkville. The ten were outstanding men. They had the highest fall semester Q.P.A. of any fraternity on campus. Their pledge project was the publication of a basketball program for the Mississippi State S.E.C. home games. Kathy Gentry has volunteered to help administer the pro gram and has supplied materials for each session. The ten were: Samuel Martin Allison, Sarah, MS.; Edwin Lee Bean, Liberty, MS.; Ronald Edward Campbell, Meridian, MS.; Lawrence James DeMuth, Sperry, Okla.; Plans have moved smoothly and a time for the program has been set, being every Tuesday night from six to seven- Robert Winston Earnheart, Tunica, MS.; Michael Evans thirty. Also, the Headstart Center at the Episcopal Church has been established as a meeting place. Several of the volunteers have been attending orienta Gentry, Morton, MS.; William Thomas Halford, Forest, MS.; George Wesley Hester, Sallis, MS.; Raymond Wallace Jor dan, Alexandria, Va.; and Truet Franklin Myers, Jr., Petal, MS. tion programs sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wycoff in the Starkville area. This is where the fraternity has de veloped its plans for the program and methods for tutoring BULLDOG FIJI STAFF students. EDITOR A list of children is now being compiled who want to take part in the program. If all moves smoothly, the first session will begin and continue until mid-May. This pro PHOTOGRAPHER TYPIST CONTRIBUTORS gram promises to be a big success. Chairman: Greg Mann J. R. McCrimon Mike Gentry Ray Jordan Ron Campbell Greg Mann and Scotty Sumrall