The Alpha Phiii News ALPHA PHI CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA April, 1956 Ann Arbor, Mich Page 1 PIG DINNER SLATED FOR MAY 12 Beware, the Purple Pig conieth . . . S.A'EURDAY, MAY 12. Once again the .Alpha Phi Chapter will be laying out the welcome mat for cvhat, we hope, will be the biggest Pig Dinner ever. You are all invited to attend the afternoon festivities and dinner in the evening. .-\ncl if you know of any other Fijis in your area, invite them to come along too. I'he more Fijis present, the better the time for all. A'ou can't tell the activities tvithout a program, so here's a capsuled runclown of the afternoon and evening festivities: LUNCHEON .AT THE HOU.SE FOLLOWED BY PICNIC. ■SOCIALIZINC AT THE TOWN- Pledges . . . left to right. Front row: Cy Hopkins, Paul Kongas, Barry Paulson, Jim Ellis. Back row: Chuck Proudfit, Paul Schultz, Dave Cornwell, Ralph Fred erick, Scot Lancaster. CLUB FOR THOSE OVER 21. DINNER IN THE NEW WINC OF THE MICHIG.AN UNION. SPEAKER - JAMES ^V. PARKER, NINE BARE THE WHITE STAR retired President of Detroit Edison- Consulting Engineer and member of Nine more men arc wearing the tvhite star of Phi Gamma Delta. They sttideiU council, swimming team, and tennis team. Cy is a pre-med student the Board of Directors. iIK little: and is also on the freshman swim "BUCK" DAWSON. ming team. Paul Kangas, a pre-clent student FOA.STMASTER - WILLIAM F. tered in track. He is in .\rch. and president of his senior class in high Design School here, majoring in vis sciiooi. Paul is active in the Inter- Brother Parker, Cornell '08, is one of the nation's leading engineers. At our recjuest he is going to center his talk on the new atomic energy plant that Edison is going to build soon in the Detroit area. His topic has a com ual arts. House Council and IM sports here mon interest for all—it deals with our fames Culley Ellis from Marysville, Mich., is majoring in sales manage ment. He was president of his senior at school. future. Dave Cornwell comes it) its from Piilatine, 111., where he attentletl Pal atine High Schcjol. Dave was presi dent of the stutlent council antl let class and lettered in basketball in high school, fim was I.M athlete of the year and vice-president of his dormitory house. Ralph Frederick is a prc-business student from Detroit, .Mich. While fiom HoUghton, Mich., lettered in both skiing and track as well as being Scott Lancaster hails fiom Har- Eoastmaster Dawson, colorful fav lingen, Tcixas, where he attended the HaiTingcn High School. His high orite of .Alpha Phi, is a graduate of school record in athletics and activ Ann .Arbor. ities was well balanced by an excellent scholastic record. Scott is enrolled in the Engineering College, majoring in naval architecture. attending .Mackenzie, Ral])h was ac Barry Paulson, a civil engineering tive in Hi-T' and studeTit council. He student, is from Eric, Pa. He was very Michigan and is presently living in Site for the dinner itself will be in one of the Michigan TJihon's new dining rooms, expected to be finished in early .April in plenty of time for the dinner. .A room at the Town Club in clown- was also vice-president of his dormi active in high school. His accomplish town .Ann .-\rbor has been arranged tory house and is a Mich. Daily trycnit. for those brothers ctver 21 cvho would Gv Hopkins hails from .Ann .Arboi, ments inc lude presidency of his .senior class, treasurer of the student council like to follow up the afternoon's re .Mich., where he attended the I'ni- and winning all-state and all-.Anier- freshments and athletics. There will \c isity High School. .Among his many icaii swimniing honors. In addition to also be a chance for golf in the morn- li iuh school acticilies were orchestra, '( Lo pg. 2) (To Pg. •!) \r\nPage 2 April, 1956 THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS EDITOR'S DESK In the December, 1955 issue of the Fijis Push Toward the Top .Alpha Phiji News, a tribute account 'The Fiji athletic stjuads are having tvas given to Charles Spooner, '00, who passed away last fall. An account a great season this year. With very was given of his many contributions good participation thus far the Phi to his fraternity and community. Cams have climbed within the ctavctcd However adequate this was, it stopped first five, with six sports yet to begin. We started off by taking thirds in short of the chartictcr that those who really knetv him from the time he cross country and otitdoor track and came to college will remember him t' en had a fine string of football vic for. One of those who fondly knew tories going before we lost in the and remember Charley is .Shirley semifinals to S.-\E. 'The volleyball and Wheeler Smith,'97. basketball The following is from a letter which I received from Shirley. It is so out standing that it merits reprodiiction jjoint, with Frank Zinns' netters gar nering over 100 I.iM. points, and Phil Burts' hoopsters were going great guns before being beaten in the Class semi-finals by .Sigma Chi. here. "He (Chas. Spooner) lised to be in and out of my house from the time rvhen my children were too young even to pronounce his name, but A Fiji Tradiiion ... The Riggs Family. called him 'iMit PonnelT. He tvas a close friend and companion of my brotr.er Donald of the Class of '05. NEW INITIATES In addition to being a fraternity Recently initiated brothers of .Alpha Phi Chapter include: Samuel Hynes Riggs, Jr., Idberal, Kansas; James T. brother he was almost a member of Kent, Trenton, .Mich.; Richard C. Curry, Detroit, .Mich.; David .M. HalIcr, Park Ridge, 111.; Jerry L.. L.awrcnce, Duncan, Okla.; Edward F. LaMance, Toledo, Ohio; Richard V. .McCracken, Fort Thomas, Ky.; l.arry P. Shefferly, Detroit, Mich.; James Stephen, Royal Oak, Mich. Of special interest in this recent initiation ceremony was the unveili:i!> of an old Fiji badge stemming from lar back in the history of the fra ternity. 1 he recipient of this decor ative badge was sophomore Samuel Hynes Riggs, Jr., whose great-grand father, grandiather,• and father all wore the liadge. Sam's great-grand father, Samuel .A. Riggs lirst wore tlie jetveletl badge when he was a member of .Mjdia Chapter at Jellerson College in the (lass of 1 100 years ago. Sam Jr.'s grandfather, Flenry "Daddy" Riggs, w;is, :is most ol us know, instrumeiU;d in the formative years ol .\lpha Phi C'niptei . \nxious to see the old tradition ciiried on, Sam's lather, Samuel my family. We followed his career with interest and hajtpiness. "'Then one day in the early HHO's his daughter Polly came into my office at the University and told me that her lather was in the University Hos pital totally and hopelessly blind, bating had both eyes removed by an operation a few days before. I tvent (To Pg. T) Fiji Big 10 Tourney Held at Alpha Phi Seven Big 10 colleges particijjated in the annual Fiji Irasketball tourney held February 25 at Michigan. Tlic weatherman was inhospitable to the visiting Fijis and proceeded to (oveisoutheastern Michigan tvith a blanket of rain and fog. The Saturthiy nig' i teams took cjver at this .At the same time the Class "B" team won the Class "B" 2nd jdace play-offs and Jim DeLands' tank scpiad was swimming like chanqrs only to be beaten in the semifinals after ■we hrst members of our team through graduation and injury. Meanwhile the hardwood boys were bowling toward a gieat season, linallv to be o ' ' beaten in the (juarterlinals by a great "little house" team. The paddleball team plays its (piarterfinal game next week, -(vhile j^ingpong, and its more strenuous compan ion, water jrolo, are just getting under way. We ai e looking towai cl even greater teams this spring as ■(ve go into tb.e last round of this year's competition. Hopes arc high, and tvith a little luck and hard work the Fiji athletic m:(chine will be pushing those number one and two teams all the way. PLEDGES (From pg. I) his engineering work, Barry is on the Ireshman swimming team. Cluick Proudfit comes to us from •Misliawaka, Indiana, adding to tlie dance at 707 more th;m rounded oiu list of Hoosiers in the house. While tbe weekend and everyone seemed lo hate enjoyed ihemseltcs. Purdue, the defending (htimpioits protfd to be the potverhotise once again and nosed out Ohio State in a 1 art! fought fintde by a score of 55-5,"). The .All-Fiji 'I'otniiament Team in high school, Chuk lettered in foot (onsisted of; Don Wilson, Ohio State; ball, basketball, and track in aclditio;i to many leadership honors including ])resiclent of the student council. Chuck is working toward an English degree and sings in the l'ni',er-iiv c hoi)-. Paid .Schult/, brcnhei of Dick Hynes Riggs, ari ived from the Riggs' Ja(k Wheeler, Michigan; Jim Btirt, Sciuilt/ '51, is a pre-mecl majoi irom home in I.iberiil, Kansas to see his son reteix'c the old but still beautilid badge. the le:uling scorer in the tourr.ev. Detroit, Mich. Paul was cajjtain ol I lie tennis team at Southeastern High Ralph Reiser, Ohio State. School in Detroit. Purdtie; (.cue Cernan, Purdue, :md \r\nApril, 1956 Page 3 THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS President Reports ^Vith the election of a new cabinet this is my last report to the Alpha Phiji News. It is amazing how fast this past year has goite. No doubt es pecially fast because it has been pack ed tvith a great variety and number of activities and experiences. These experiences have added up to a good year for the fraternity and I have nothing but the greatest expectations for the coming year. The five netv officers compose a fine and well bal anced cabinet that should have a very successful year working tvith the men of Alpha Phi. CABINET . . . left to right: Jim Davies, Jerry Pusch, Tom Anderle, Fred Lyons, and Harrison Wehner. We recently received the results of the national atvards for the past year, 1954-55. FVe received honorable men On Monday cvcniiyi^, March 12, the new oHiccrs were elected lor the year. It is lelt that with this excellent groiijj as leaders, the Alpha Phijis can live np to their present high standards. Oiir president, Toin Anderle, is a political science major from Port Huron. Upon graduation Tom ex pects to serve a three year term with Filling the post of corresponding secrettiry is Harrison ^Vchncr of Phil adelphia. Harrison, an economics major, worked well last fall as rushing chairmtin. His interest in travels in forgein hinds provides the only bear ing for tin undecided future. Harrison tion for both the Cheney Cup, which evaluates the chapter on the basis of scholarship, campus activities, and in ternal organization, and the Baker Cup, tvhich is awarded for outstand ing service to the university and commtinity. This seems to speak well for .Alpha Phi considering the national scope of the fraternity. the Navy, after which he plans on is a letterman, excelling as a freestyler on the swimming team. He is also a graduate school studies. Tom is well member of .Sjrhinx. tion convention at Wittenburg, in known lor his athletic ability and more s]rccifically his strong leadership File historian on the cabinet is jim Davies from Muskegon Heights, jim's genial personality is found both on the vitrsity football field and on manv I'iji courts of athletic endeavor, jim Wits a letter winner last fall at guard. Fie is a civil engineer and plans to graduate in Fhdiruary of 19.58, com]ileting a five on a half year program. ■Springfield, Ohio, I am glad to report He then hojies to enter possibly with his father. I w:int to e.xpress my own thanks, and those of all the Michigan Fijis as chairman of the athletic committee. He is also a member of the Union stall and heads the Llnivcrsity .Student Speaker Bureau. Occu])ying the Inter-Sanctum desk next to Tom is our new treasurer, Jerry Pusch. Hailing from La Porte, Indiana, Jerry is one of the many economics majors of this cha]jter. His business, work as assistant treasurer in tiddition to seterai house committee chtiirman- ships (jualifies him well for this post. U])on grtiduation jerry plans to at tend law school. His canijms acticilies include promotions manttger of t' e ■Michigiin Daily, and S]thinx junior honoi ;iry. Keeping records is Fred Lyons from Poland, Ohio. He is now in the man- nlacttning curriculum in pharmicc school. His future ;ispir:ttion is em- plocment in the physician siqtplv business. I'hed began his career at Phi Otmnna Delta as president of his j)ledge class. His campus activities ( entered with the inter-fi alei nii\ council. Sphinx, Rho Ohi, and the National Pharmacv Honorarc. .S7hVD A7HF.S.' I his is your publictition, and it can be eilective only if you alumni send us news of your- seKcs and other Fijis. Fhe Fiji news has been woefully lacking in this clepiirtment for some time. Fo help correct this situa tion 1 recpiest you to cooperate with us in com|)leting a form ivhicli all alumni of this chapter will be receiving soon, ft is to help us obtain information about sou so we can pass it on to other brotlters. Having recently attended our sec that there is still interest in this sec tion for establishing a chapter at Michigan State University. The prob lems there are still many, but I would be glad to hear from any alumni in this area who are interested in a more detailed description of the present situation and its future prospects. to the alums of the .Alpha Phi board, especially the officers: John Lindtiuist, Ray Smith, Ed Idipp, and who, along with the interest and support of all our other many faithful alumni have made jtossible such excellent additions to our jthysical plant. In my brief four vears here I have seen additions to the li\ing room, dining room, and kitchen, totaling SS2,0(K), grcatK hiince our "college home". It is kind of support that is so vital to successful perpetuation of our enthis the fra- ternitt. 1 am anticipating an excelk'iu Pig Dinner on May 12, and am looking iorwai'd to seeing manv of wm there. ROCF.R ANDFRSON \r\nPage 4 April 1956 THE ALPHA PHIJI NEWS to greet me. I was far nearer to being NEALE TRAVES '52, is selling accounting machines for IBM and liv On October 23, 1954, James V. Halligan, '40, was killed in an auto ing in Birmingham, Michigan. RICH THOMAS '52, is now back mobile accident near Regina, Sask., Canada. He was returning from a in Ann Arbor studying for his masters hunting trip at the time of the acci degree in English. dent. He is survived by his widow, PAUL GEIGER '55, presently serv overcome than he was. The economic the former Catherine McDermott, '41 changes which the outbreak of the war had brought had found his affairs Music, and five children. His family continues to reside in their home at at a low ebb, and he had entered the 1944 Goodrich Avenue, St. Paul 5, EDITOR'S DESK- (From Pg. 2) at once to the hospital. When I en tered the room I found him sitting there, all alone, but calm and smiling as ever. I shall never forget the way he crossed the room, hand extended service of the government as a mem ber of an engineering commission. Siiortly he began to have marked trouble with his eyes. Finally the local clinic which he considtcd told him it had done for him everything their IN MEMORIAM FRANK (Frc^ni Pg. I) PIG DINNER- ing before the luncheon, short Alpha Phi board meeting, and picnic. Any (piestions concerning May 12th diotild be addressed to Dave Grey, 'see Dr. Fralick'. The latter said to Pig Dinner chairman. Other members him after examination: 'Mr. Spooner, of the undergradtiate committee are I'm sorry to have to tell you there is Brothers Roger Andersen,1 om Brush, nothing can be done for you but to Phil Burt, Jim Hardy, and Bill remove your eyes just as soon as "In all the years that followed I never heard one word of complaint from Charley, nor a tone of voice that always be just another name for sheer "guts" — courage, in the undisputed acceptance of life as it came to him. I thank God I knew Charley Spooner and had his inspiring example. Emily Spooner, his wife, was a fitting mate for him." PHI GAMMA DELTA ALPHA PHI CHAPTER 707 Oxford Rood Ann Arbor, Michigan Form 3745 Requested PIG DINNER MAY 12th married April 7th in Detroit to Ro TOM SHANNON '55, was married April l ith to Nancy Henry (Alpha Phi). BOB ORTH from the class of '50 is seen cjuite often these days at 707. He is back on campus doing gradtiate work in education. Congratulations are due for BO MELINDA. While coach at Menlo Moeller. Junior College on the West coast, in The addition to his duties as Director of Alumni Committee is com posed of Brothers Herb Upton '21, Athletics, he led the football team to Don Smith '29, Leo Calhotin '50, Bill an undefeated season which jjlaced Menlo among the three Junior Col leges which were in contention for Junior Rose Bowl berths. Upthegrove '50, and Bill Bristor '51. was otherwise than matter of fact and cheerfid, and I saw a good deal of him. To me "Charley Spooner" will was berta Anne Eastman. had better go up to Ann Arbor and possible. Otherwise your life itself is CORNWELL '55, Minnesota. doctors could think of and that he in danger'." ing with the army, was married Aj^ril 7th to Mary Barton (PiPhi). THE ALPHA FIJI NEWS Published by the Alpha Phi Chapter PHI GAMMA DELTA University of Michigan STAFF EDITORS Tom Brush Ross Fletcher FHOTOGRAPHER CONTRIBUTORS Samual H. Riggs, Jr. Dave Grey Tom Anderle, Tom Toft John McFatridge, Phil Burt CHARLES A. HALL '42, is a sales man for the Enjay Co., Inc., of New York, producers of alcohols and chem icals. He has his headquarters in Phil adelphia. ADELBERT B. LOEFFITR, JR., '46, has notified us of a change of address. It is now 17680 Annchester Rd., Detroit 19, Michigan.