K N THE O X GALESBURG, ILLINOIS — WINTER ISSUE, 1971 Norris Pig Dinner April 25th, 1971 Gamma Deuteron's 1971 Pig Dinner will be held April 25 at the new Sheraton Motor Inn of Galesburg on Interstate 74. The cocktail hour will begin at 1:00 P. M. with the meal and speakers to follow about 2:00. The Pig Dinner is always a great affair as the alumni return to visit with old friends, the active chapter, and the new crop of pledges. This year's Dinner is highlighted by the presence of Brother Willard Dean (Knox 1919) as guest of honor. As a way of expressing our chapter's appreciation for a great Fiji and friend, the active chapter hopes for a large and enthusiastic crowd; remember—this is your dinner. See you on the 25th! SPRING SPORT OUTLOOK As usual Knox's Fijis are saturating the ranks with an assortment of athletes participating in spring sports. John Brackney, a near record setter last year, and Jim Hauffe top the list of returning Fiji lettermen on this year's varsity track team. Also representing Gamma Deuteron are John Wombacher, Paul Salansky, and Kim Crawford, as manager. All except Kim, who is a junior, are sophomores. Gamma Deuteron also has representatives on last year's two conference champion teams. Returning to the golf team is sophomore Bob Lindsay. Also out for the team are freshmen Jim Wetherbee and Chip Newton. And on a team which Gamma Deu teron has not sent a representative for the last few years is freshman Ron Eliason who is out for the tennis team. GAMMA DEUTERON PLEDGES TEN Gamma Deuteron took a fine pledge class con sisting of ten stalwart men. The pledge education program that the active chapter had set up before pledgeship began is currently running smoothly along, and the pledges, hopefully, will become ac tives before the present school year is over. Terry Denoma is the pledge educator, and he is following nearly the same program which was so successful last year. Ron Daubach (Belleville) Ron is following in the footsteps of Geno Brandt as the trainer-coach of our fine basketball squads. Ron's pledgefather is Dave Puntney. Ron Elia.son (Zion-Benton) Ron brings another Z-B into the house to Stubber's vacancy. Ron is a bio major, and pledgefather is Paul Salansky. fill his Sandy Lowe (West Islip, New York) Sandy, who often operates under the alias of George, is the proud son of Mamma Perrone. Sandy's interests are along the line of geology. He spends his spare time contemplating the philosophies of Sarte, Darwin, Plato, and Captain Kangaroo in relation to his own. Finally, Knox Phi Gamms have three representa tives on the Knox baseball team. Leading the way is Chip Newton (Denver, Colorado) two-year letterman Terry Denoma. Also participat ing for the first time are freshmen Mike Seamon and freshman basketball team. The spring term finds him dividing his time between varsity golf and endeavor Mike Zile. ing to attain as high a scholastic record as his pledge Best of luck to these Phi Gamms in the up and coming season! Chip did a fine job as backup center on this year's pop. Easy Rick Meirs. (Continued on page 2) \r\nPage 2 G. D. FIJI — WINTER ISSUE, 1971 Chapter Elects Chris Palmer as President New officers for Phi Gamma Delta, Gamma Deu- teron chapter, were elected at the February 8th chapter meeting. The new officers began their terms the following week. Chris Palmer will step into Cliff Senkpiel's shoes serving as president of the chapter. Palmer previous ly held the positions of waiter and pledge educator as well as serving on various committees in the house. He is also involved with varsity football. Paul Salansky will replace Gary Gehlbach as treasurer. Since the "Rev" has special contacts and is a math major, the chapter felt that he would be an excellent choice. He had previously served as a waiter and is presently chairman of the Guests and Speakers Committee. Jim White inherits the duty of corresponding sec retary from "secretary pro-tem" Mike Burke. Jim is the chapter's I.M. manager and has instigated inves tigation into a chapter bi-weekly publication. Dave Wood replaces Jim Leech as recording sec retary. Dave adds a little upperclass maturity to the sophomore-saturated cabinet. He has been a starter and the leading scorer for the Knox varsity basket ball team the past two years and was elected one of next year's co-captains. Kim Crawford is replaced by Bob Bailey as his torian. The chapter thought that Bob's diligent in terest in the house and his active participation in all the parties deserved him the job. Congratulations to all these new Fiji officers and thanks to all of the old ones for a job well done! Chris Palmer Paul Salansky Jim White Dave Wood Bob Bailey G.D. PLEDGES TEN (Continued from page 1) Dushan Petrovich (Chicago) "Duke" is the new gang-warfare expert and ad visor at Gamma Deuteron, and since he comes from Chicago, who can blame him. He is an economics major like his father. Bob Lindsay. Mike Seamon (Galesburg) Mike, following the fine example of his flakey pledgefather David Wood, is a fine athlete. Before sustaining a knee injury, Mike was starting for the freshman football team. Mike is a political science major who would like to study law after graduation. Mark Senkpiel (Chicago) Mark is the younger brother of the past Gamma Deuteron President, Cliff Senkpiel. Mark is an Eng lish major and has the honored (?) distinction of being Bob Bailey's son. Jim Wetherbee (Galesburg) "Webb" is another example of an athlete follow ing in his pledgefather's footsteps. Son (Webb) was an excellent player for the Knox Freshman basket ball team as was his father (Jim Leech) on the var sity team. He is also a very fine golfer who would like to make it into that professional world. Steve Yemm (Sterling) When you hear, "Hi! Chuck Acri here!" you know that Steve has to be around. "Chuck" is Terry Denoma's son and is maintaining his fraternity fam ily's image as a great basketball player. Mike Zile (Forestville, Connecticut) From left to rigtit; front row: Mike Seamon, Ctilp Newton, Ron Daubach, Jim Wetherbee, Steve Yemm; back row: Mike Zlle, Dushan Petrovlch, Mark Senk- plel, and Sandy Lowe. (Missing: Ron Eliason) Like father, like son—or so they say. So it goes with John Brackney and Mike Zile. Mike is a premed student majoring in chemistry and biology. He is serving as the pledge class social chairman, and he plays on the varsity baseball team. \r\nG. D. FIJI — WINTER ISSUE, 1971 Page 3 FIJIS ACTIVE IN WINTER SPORTS TERRY DENOMA LEADS KNOX BASKETBALLERS AS CO-CAPTAIN Varsity winter sports is a tradition among Fiji athletes, and the 1970-71 season at Knox was no exception. The college's basketball team was com posed of four Phi Gams and the head manager and assistant trainer was also a Fiji. Terry Denoma was co-captain of Knox's basketball entry and was the true sport of the team, being extremely inspirational in his outstanding" all-round play. Terry was a sec ond team all-Fiji last year and is known as an all round jock as he is participating in baseball this spring and will probably earn his ninth varsity letter in three years. Terry was honored by being selected the most-valuable senior by his cage teammates. David Wood, a junior and former Galesburg star, was another Fiji who received such honors. David was by far the leading performer on the squad as he was tops in scoring and rebounding. Dave was accorded the coveted MVP award and, also, the high efficiency award for the fighting Siwash and is counted on to again be a vital cog in next year's machinery as he returns as co-captain. Gamma Deuteron had another outstanding senior complete his third and last year as a starter for Knox this past season—Jim "Stubber" Leech. Although not a high scorer, Jim was probably one of the most consistent players on the squad, and when the chips were down, Jim would always show what he is made of. Jim was selected to the first team all-Fiji squad for the previous season. Future Fiji star on Knox basketball teams is soph omore John Brackney from Lincoln, Illinois. John gained much valuable experience this past season and looms as a future Siwash mainstay. At the adminis tration end of the team was Phi Gamm Gene Brandt. Gene handled many jobs for Knox as he was chief manager, assisted in the chores of training, and was head statistical analyst for Coach Harley Knosher's Siwashers. Gene, a junior, will also be back to claim the rights to his position. The other winter sport of swimming was repre sented by Phi Gamm Mike Burke, a junior from Rock Island. Mike was a veteran letterman on last year's Swishfish, and although he was hampered most of the past season with a nagging illness, he still turned in many impressive performances and will return as a leading swimmer next year. The squad was coached by Bill Foss. Some of the Fiji pledges were also active in winter sports, insuring the Phi Gamms of future representa tion. The Knox freshman basketball team was solidi fied by leading-scorer Jim Wetherbee, Steve Yemm, Chip Newton, and Ron Daubach was the manager. INTRAMURAL RESULTS With winter term behind us, the intramural results are in. The Fiji wrestling team took fifth place in the ten team event by copping thirteen points. They were led by the second place finish of Paul Salansky ('73) in the 177 pound weight class. The Fiji fish came up with a seventh place finish against one of the strongest I.M. fields ever assembled at the pool. James Hauffe ('73) led the way with a third place finish in the 100 yard freestyle. The Fijis again made a good showing in basket ball. The "B" League Bombers, coached by Terry Denoma ('71), finished the season by winning their last five straight ball games and ended up with a .500 season. Players on the Bombers included Chris Palmer ('73), Rand Hammond ('73), Gene Brandt ('72), John Wombacher ('73), Bob Lindsay ('73), and Kim Crawford ('72). The "A" leaguers, coached by Jim Leech ('71), finished their season with a 6-4 record which was good enough for a tie for third place in one of the toughest races ever witnessed. Inconsistency proved the downfall of the team as they were not always able to put their individual brilliancy together on a particular night. They were led by the muscle (?) of Bill Lindburg ('72) and Dave Puntney ('73), and the sharpshooting of Paul Salansky, Cliff Senkpiel ('71), Jim White ('73), and Mike McCracken ('73), the "Earl Monroe" of the "A" League. Paul Salan sky was selected to the All-IM team. The Bowling team showed the most improvement over the previous year's record; indeed, it wins the "comback of the year award." After a winless record Terry Denoma (left) and Jim Leech Three year starters for the Knox Siwash last year, the pinbusters, led by Bill Lindburg and Bob Lindsay, managed nine wins, which was good for fifth place in the Friday afternoon event. \r\nPage 4 G. D. FIJI — WINTER ISSUE, 1971 Rose Formal... Highlight of the Social Year An active social life is certainly a big part of one's college career, and we, at Gamma Deuteron, have kept ourselves busy. Besides She Gamm and the Rose Formal, we have had various Greek exchanges with the other fraternities and sororities in addition to the usual end-of season parties. The Rose Formal was by far one of the best parties on the campus so far this year. Approximate ly one hundred fifty people attended the party and commented on the fun they had. The fun was a result of many, many things: the beautiful decora tions—a pond and stream with a bridge across it which led to a gaily decorted swing, the band Magus REQUEST YOUR INFORMATION The Brothers of Gamma Deuteron chapter would appreciate any and all news concerning Phi Gamma Delta alumni. Future editions of the publication will consist largely of graduate news. So we would be more than grateful to receive any information concerning yourself or any other alumni with whom you have come in contact. Let your brothers know what you have been doing! Address all correspondence to Phi Gamma Delta, 218 S. Cedar St., Galesburg, 111. 61401. —a local Knox combo, the "wicked" champagne punch, and the hilarious pledge skit. However, even though these factors were immense, the most oft spoken compliment was that of the great Fiji hos pitality. We hope that our Fiji Island Party, May 22, will be as successful. The social activities of Gamma Deuteron still has THE ^ KNOX G.Z). 1 Published Quarteriy by people saying, "Let's go over to the Fiji house— GAMMA DEUTERON CHAPTER where the action is." of PHI GAMMA DELTA Knox College Galesburg, Illinois WINTER ISSUE, 1971 GAMMA DEUTERON CHAPTER KNOX COLLEGE BiLL LiNDBURG, Editor-in-Chief Contributing Writers: John Wohmbacher, Jim Leech, Chris Paimer, Jim White, Mark Perrone, Vincent Hedges and Emmet, and, of course, Bruce Bafoon. Part of the Decorations for the Rose Formal THE KNOX Non-Profit Crg. U. S. POSTAGE fn/ The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Gamma Deuteron Chapter Galesburg, Illinois 61401 PA I D GALESBURG, ILL. PERMIT NO. 68