TT^JI Jits Published by Chi iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, MARCH, 1953 New Series Vol. XVIII No. 3 COME ON BACK FOR PIG DINNER APRIL 25! Robert Hayes '54 Save Us This Date Alumni Ass'n Officer Elected President For A Swell Time Robert Hayes '54, of Peoria was elected president of the house for the coming year at elections held on Thursday, February 26. He will be assisted by Daniel O'Connell '54, of Chicago as treasurer; Gene Wallace '54, of Arcola, as record ing secretary; Warren Nickerson Come 26 here in Champaign! Yep! that's the date, brother Fijis, draw a big circle around that week-end on your favorite calendar. Then—Save it for Chi Iota of Phi Gamma Delta and another won derful Pig Dinner—Alumni Reun ion week-end at 401 E. John! Yes, Sir! There'll be BIG DO INGS at the Fiji House . . . plen ty of good old-fashioned Chi Iota fellowship, wonderful times talk ing about the "good old days" with of Richard McCarthy, president; Bob Hayes, treasurer; Gordon Leach, recording secretary; Gene Wallace, corresponding secretary; and Tom Brown, historian. A vote of thanks goes to these men. The cabinet appointed the fol your alumni pals of yester-year, tasty meals, and well—you name it, we'll have it ready and waiting for you when you come back to WALLY LECK '34 lowing men as chairmen of these the campus in the best time of committees for the next year: Cam Known to Chi Iota alumni every pus Relations and Activities, Tom where is the new second vice-presi Island Party, John Alumni—gather We've got a story to tell—it's members of last year's cabinet. That out-going group is composed Fiji Ye about the week-end of April 24-25- '55 of Ottawa, corresponding secre tary; and John Kiest '54, of Ore gon, historian. Brother Hayes and Wallace were Felke; All 'round! the year—S-P-R-I-N-G. In addition to the usual top- dent of the U. of I. Alumni Asso notch Pig Dinner program at the Kiest and Albert Arnold; House ciation, Walter C. (Wally) Leek Fiji house which is being prepared and Grounds, Don Nagel; Intra 34, Chicago insurance executive. by Pig Dinner Chairman Lee Cur mural Athletics, Don Weaver; Wally was graduated in com tis, you alumni baseball fans have Mother's Day Weekend, Bill Baymerce, but as early as the end of a real treat in store for you. Illi ley; Music and Songs, Bill Bayley; his freshman year he was selling nois is playing not one, not two, Owen Cup, Daniel O'Connell. life insurance. He went with the Others Dinner appointed Weekend, include Lee Pig but THREE home games at Illi State Mutual Life Assurance com nois Field. Curtiss; pany of Worcester, Mass., that Friday afternoon, April 24, the year, sold insurance every summer Big Ten co-champions will be tak while attending the University, ing on Michigan State, and then kept right on selling insurance on Saturday comes the big DOU after graduation, has been with BLE HEADER with our arch rival Pledge training. Bill Barker and Bob Bailey; publications, John Thompson; informal rushing, Jim Purcell; Scholarship, Don Fullerton; and social, Tom Felks. of the Big 10—Michigan. Let's be the same company ever since. Leek was born and reared in Lt. Burleigh A. Randolph '52, Chicago and attended the second 97 73rd St., Brooklyn, New York: ary schools there. He is a mem on hand to cheer on the team to a double victory over those Wolves. You'll be hearing from us a lit "Here I am in the famed Brook ber of Sachem, Band of X the tle later on as to the complete Chi lyn serving my two years in Uncle Union League Club of Chicago, is Iota Pig Dinner program, and we'll Sam's Army. The wife and I have a director in the Chicago Associa a nice apartment almost on the tion of Life Underwriters. can tell us FOR SURE you'll be He and Mrs. Leek and their two Waterfront and both of us agree that this isn't quite like the Army children—Walter C., Jr., and Mar on hand, but RIGHT NOW, we want you to SAVE APRIL 24th for used to be." tha—live in Wilmette. mail you a reservation card so you PIG DINNER at Chi Iota. \r\nPage Two THE ILLINOIS FIJI Published quarterly by The Alumni Association of Chi Iota of John Massey Gains High Praise For Sports Cartoons in Local Daily Phi Gamma Delta fraternity for its March, 1953 THE ILLINOIS FIJI members and friends of the chapter. According to a feature article in the Champaign News-Gazette during January, John Massey '54, of Glencoe, passed "Latin, that deadest of languages" with "an idea, a pen, and some paper" when Editor "it was too late to do any ci'amming." The teacher liked the draw John Thompson ings "showing Caesar and his Roman legions chasing the Gauls" Send contributions, news of which he had drawn, and he passed the course. alumni, and changes of address to John has been drawing and sketching ever since he can remem the Publication office, Box 713, Sta ber and "in high school he drew human interest and sports car tion A, Champaign, 111., Chapter toons from the New Trier News. Upon graduating in 1948, John House: 401 East John street. Cham paign, 111. iiis on the hlove Since the last issue of the Illi nois Fiji we have been notified of the following changes of address for Chi Iota alumni: John Bowles III '51, 11849 Edgewater Dr., Lakeland, Ohio. Edwin T. Colton '17, 5518 South Claiborne Ave., New Orleans 9, La. Burton T. Curtis '16, Studio D. 410 DeBalivere, St Louis, Mo. Entign Bruce E. Hiser '49, USS Wedderburn 9DD-684, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. David K. Mills '49, 85 N. Robin son St. Schenectady, N. Y. William H. Schultzke, Jr., '39, 220 S. 3rd St., Geneva. Arthur D. Swift '40, 436 Orchard Lane, Highland Park. Lyle E. Toepke '50, 7245 Coles, Chicago. R. James (Jim) Railsback, Jr. '32, Apt. #3, 518 Santanden, Coral Gables, Fla. David B. Runnells '35, 6017 Windsor Dr., Mission, Kansas. Col. Wm. W. Mounts '16, 10715 E. Daines Dr., Temple City, Calif. Hei'bert E. Haase, 804 N. Fed eral Hy., Lake Worth, Fla. Illinois Fiji Boosters We wish to thank the loyal Fiji alumni why have sent us their subscriptions for the school year 1952-53. D. K. Mills '49, W. J. Bengel '35, Bob Babcock '30, Bob Eyster '48, Chuck Edwards '30, Edward D. Ebert '39, Richard Hass '49, Wm. G. Read '18, David Cunning '.'.r John Massey, Chi Iota of Glencoe, ^ 1- n ,.f for a vear at Trinity college in Hartford, Conn. He trans- f n to the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts the next year. There he in editorial, and cartoonist. gag cartoons and studied under Ed he mt-ored niajo Chicago strip Tribune Holland, foimei Education "R t after a year of just art, John decided he needed a well- U a Ko..h