Epsilon VufI Thirty Alumni Return For Norris Pig Dinner The 1966 Norris Pig Dinner was held April 23, in the Ballroom of the Caro lina Inn here in Chapel Hill. The brothers and alumni attending CHAPEL HILL, N. C. VOL. CXIV, NO. 2 JUNE, 1966 participated in a program filled with humor and activites which reminded the alumni of the days when they were un President Bickel Vievfs Past Year "Onward and Upward", Epsilon's mot to these last few years, is now being backed up with more and more tangible results. Though the chapter has seen dark days recently, the brotherhood has con tinued to maintain a reputation of gentle manly conduct, a good physical plant, and a friendly atmosphere between bro thers and to guests. This legacy has given us a strong foundation to build on. Our campus activities have improv ed to the point of respect from the Greek system at Carolina. We have six people on the Attorney - General staff, one mem ber in the student legislature, one on the Interfraternity Council Court, one cheer leader, several men on various student government committees, and five broth ers in varsity athletics including foot ball, swimming, baseball and track. In scholarship, Epsilson has been up and down from semester to semester. This semester we have instituted a team system in which the highest scholastic team will win a monetary prize. A puni tive bill for brothers not maintaining a "C" average over two consecutive se In rush we initiated eighteen boys this year swelling our membership to fifty - two brothers. Nine states, other than North Carolina, are represented. Our Rush system has been reorganized to provide more efficient acknowledgement and consideration to recommendations. We welcome and want to stimulate more recommendations. Three initiates this year are Epsilon sons. Our distribution in North Carolina is lacking in the large cities; hence, we would especially ap preciate Rush recommendations from these areas to better balance ourselves throughout the state. With the school year closing we at Epsilon are justly proud of our record. Next year we are looking forward to making even greater strides. Fraternally, David R. Bickel President Perge! Eleven New Brothers May eleventh last Epsilon received eleven new Brothers into its midst. These mesters is being considered. By these men are: Donald measures we hope to raise our scholas tic ranking on campus. Greenville, N. C.; James Thomas Craw In community and campus affairs, we have begun a guest speaker program, had a faculty cocktail party, have don ated blood and contributed to Marine Corps Civic Action in Viet Nam, the Sym posium and Campus Chest. In Intramurals, after a disappointing Fall, we finished in the quarter - finals in basketball and Softball. A champion ship was garnered in the Rod and Field competition. Our Graduate Relations program has been rejuvenated to provide wider news Ray Calloway Jr., ford, Durham, N. C.; Charles Perkins Gaskins, Jr., Greenville, N. C.; Donald Glen Hobson, Dunn, N. C.; Roy Lemuel Honeycutt III, Greenville, N. C.; Hiran Johnson Mayo, Edenton, N. C.; Charles Allan McLaughlin, Southern Pines, N. C.; William Nelson Patterson, Manhasset, N. Y.; Aubrey Bentley Taylor, Jr., dergraduates. From three o'clock until six o'clock a cocktail party was held in the house where the alumni and brothers had a chance to meet and talk of topics of in terest. At six o'clock everyone adjourn ed to the Carolina Inn where the dinner was begun by singing "Bringing in the Pig." After dinner, Alex Watkins, '51, of Henderson, N. C. took over the task of Master of Ceremonies. Bill Bowman, House Treasurer, gave the President's Address in the absence of President Dave Bickel. The presentation of t h e awards then followed with David Swan- son receiving the Most Outstanding Sen ior and John Home reciving the Most Outstanding Ahtlete. Following the presentations, the ad dress for the evening was given by guest speaker H. Pat Taylor, '45,- of Wadesboro, N. C. Brother Taylor, the present Speaker to the N. C. House of Repre sentatives, delivered a most informa tive talk on college and college days. With Brother Taylor's conclusions the 1966 Pig Dinner was history. Those alumni attending were: Henry Patterson, Harry Williamson, William Redding, Bob Hughes, W. D. Webster, Alex Watkins, Judge Howard Hubbard, Ed Kerr, Dean Smith, Bill Stanley, LarRY Madison, Burt Ayeock, Heanry Bad- gett, Larry Johnson, Burt Nisbet, Jr.. Archie Croston, H. Pat Taylor, Jaek Noneman, Dr. Ernest Mackie. and Judge L. J. Phipps. Also attending were Robert S. Cris- pell, Bill Dunn, Henry Foy, WiUy Forbus, Theodor H. Pitt, Jr., Joseph Greenville, N. C.; Elmer Jerome Ven ters, Jr., Richlands, N. C.; George Bry ant Wirth, Philadelphia, Pa. Boyette, William S. McLean, Hill Wolfe, Ed Wilkrrson. and Don Bryan. Pat Taylor Addresses Chapter Afternoon Cocktail Party coverage of our activities in the "Owl", up to date our file system and to provide an organized alumni gathering after the homecoming football game in the fall. Keeping the hou e in good operating condition is controlled by you, the Alum ni. A thirty - six year old house re quires periodic repairs and with the alum ni contribution- rai-ed this year, we were able to renovate the basement and first floor. More needs to be done in this area. The shutters are sagging bad ly; the outside needs painting and re pairs. \r\nPage Two June, 1966 EPSILON 'OWL Epsilon, A History, 1851 To 1966 By GEORGE WIRTH It is with a deep and genuine pride that we, the Brothers of Epsilon, look back upon our formative years. We realize the hardships and the difficulties suffered by those who have gone before us and yet we cannot begin to duly appreciate the sacrifices that have been made, enabling Epsilon to prog ress to the high plateau upon which she now rests. Men have dedicated their college years and their entire lives to our chapter and we are humbly grateful to them for this. All great institutions must begin with Epsilon Chapter of the University of North tered one hundred and 15 years ago, on was the first college fraternity to exist in a solid foundation. Carolina was char March 14, 1851. It the state of North Carolina and the fifth chapter to be founded nationally by Phi Gamma Delta. Due to the disbanding of several earlier chapters, Epsilon has become the fraternity's second oldest living chapter. Epsilon's Beginning It was one of those disbandings, that of the Gamma Chapter of purple bearing an ornamented crown above two crossed palm leaves and the motto, "Prosperity." Such things were of great importance and could not be fostered instantaneously. One major problem was that young Epsilon was without a constant meeting place and quite often meetings were held in Old East Dorm or in the woods surrounding the campus. But wherever they met, those six men found brotherhood and warm friendship amongst themselves, and this outweighted any hardships which confronted them. The decade following Epsilon's birth was a rewarding one. The Phi Gamma Deltas made their impression scholastically with three first honor graduates, three more second honor graduates and a single third honor graduate. Epsilon also sup plied the University with five class valedictorians and four commencement orators. Not only were the Fijis concerned with campus activities, but they became involved in several na tional events. One of these was the agitation for the issuing of a general fraternity magazine. R. W. Joyner, class of '63, wrote to the DePaw Chapter that Epsilon encouraged the pub lishing of a Fiji periodical and offered any assistance that at the University of Nashville, that directly effected the found might be needed to bring it into existence. ing of Epsilon. In the summer of 1850 Felix G. McGavock, '51, left the Gamma Chater, in existence for only a brief five month period, and came to the University of North Carolina. Mc Gavock found Chapel Hill to be the perfect atmosphere for Phi Gamma Delta's fifth installment. The University had by that time accumulated students from aU sections of the South, Many graduates from that ten-year period went on to achieve fame in later life. Among them were twelve lawyers, which was truly remarkable during those days of limited transportation. Furhtermore, admissions regulations were be coming more relaxed, letting students with varied back grounds and differing personalities pass through the gates of the University. McGavock found six distinguished students at Chapel Hill in less than a year's time and on March 14, 1851, Thomas Burke Burton, 1852; Thomas Howell Gilliam, 1852; William Armistead Moore, 1851; Leonidas Fidelio Siler, 1852; Alexander Robeson Smith, 1852, and Basil Manly Thompson, 1852 were initiated as the first charter members of Epsilon. Those six men were greatly influential during their college days at Chapel Hill, and their amtitious desire to increase their numbers soon became noticeable. Within ten years the ranks of Epsilon grew to a brotherhood of twenty men and their contributions to the political and educational programs at the University were truly outstanding. Dr. Kemp P. Battle, a professor of History at that time, wrote to the late T. Bailey Lee, '94, who was to become a Federal judge in Idaho, that the Phi Gamma Deltas at North Carolina "were the best in including William A. Moore, '51 speaker of the state's general assembly and superior court judge; William D. Barnes '52 lieutenant governor of Florida; William L. Scott, '54, a re nowned statesman; a physician, a famous chancellor, and others including ministers and educators. Also Felix McGavock, founder of our chapter, later became successful as a doctor and founded the town of McGavock in Arkansas. Thus, with a firm foothold, having been made, the Fijis at Chapel Hill looked toward the future with hopeful and am bitious eyes. Chapter Disbanded During War But their visions were shortlived. The storm that had been gathering over the North-South conflict was finally unleashed in April 1861. North Carolina was caught up in the middle of a Civil War. The University was quickly drained of many stu dents, including most of Epsilon's men. Also fighting for the cause of the South were nearly all of the alumni. Due to the sudden depletion of the brothers from Epsilon, the chapter was unable to function properly, and soon after it became in active. In addition to Epsilon, eleven other Phi Gamma Delta chapters in the South were forced to close down and the entire fraternity system south of the Mason-Dixon Line all but dis appeared. the land." Moreover, they inspired the formation of the Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon and are recognized as the Epsilon furnished the Southern troops with a colonel, a predecessors of every fraternity now in existence at UNC. lieutenant colonel, a major, a captain, several lieutenants, and The prestige attached to being Carolina's first fraternity has a number of privates. Of all those men, one stood out from often been claimed by the Dekes at Chapel Hill and a century all the others. His name was Zebulon Baird Vance, an Epsilon long dispute has resulted. But the official headquarters' records graduate in the year 1854. of Phi Gamma Delta have Epsilon's founding date recorded as March 14,1851, while the national membership catalogue of the Dekes dates its Carolina chapter as April 15,1851. Pre-Civil War Days The Pre-Civil War days were days of confusion and hard ship for the newly born chapter. Customs and rituals had to be adopted as well as goals toward which to strive. Incidentally, it was at that time that Epsilon created its insignia, a shield EPSILON OWL Published by Epsilon of Phi Gamma Delta Chapel Hill, N. C. Bayard Clark George Wirth - Editor News Editor Contributors: David BickeL Bill Bowman, Jack Pattisall \r\nJune, 1966 Page Five EPSILON 'OWL cent Purple Legionnaire, Vance Hall received a much need ed face - lifting job during the 1964 summer session. The house is now in fine shape as is our financial situation. The 1963-64 period was one of many improvements and much happiness. Yet, our Phi Gam life was interrupted by two tragic moments during those two years, one in the fall of 1963 that concerned the entire world and the other in the spring of 1964 that brought great sorrow to Epsilon in particular. On November 22, 1963, the President of the United States was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. John F. Kennedy's courage and vigor were an example to all of us, and his death will be recorded in history as one of our country's saddest and most unfortunate moments. On April 6, 1964, a second tragedy occurred. Arthur Rauchfuss. III was shot and killed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Art had been initiated just two weeks prior to this date, and had been awarded "The Best Pledge Award" by the Broth ers. His pleasing personality, together with his kindness and wonderful spirit, made him close to all of us. He will not be forgotten by any of us who knew him, though death claimed him early. He was our Brother. Deferred rush, instituted in the fall of 1964, has aieded the Epsilon has recognized this truth and has done something constructive in the way of preserving the all - important ties with those who have passed from our midst. Recently The past two semesters of 1965-66 have been eventful ones at the University. Much of the apathy toward the war in Vietnam has changed into great concern due to recent draft policies. Epsilon has one of its beloved Brothers, Barry Westfall, station'-d presently at DaNang. Brother Westfall was a member of the 1964 Carolina football team that defeated the Air Force Academy in the Gator Bowl. Our sincere prayers and faith are extended to Barry Westfall during this crucial time in the Far East. The University has been in turmoil for many months over the Speaker Ban Law, and it seems that the issues are gra dually being settled. Another campus issue, concerning the discrimination in the choice of pledges by fraternities, has flared up. The University has ruled that discrimination on the basis of race, creed, or national origin is forbidden. This ruling is in direct abuse to the pride of the Fraternal system here at Carolina, and could lead to future legislation. Over on Cameron Street the Phi Gams have recently made further steps toward beautifying their home. Within recent months the first floor, as well as the dining room and the adjoining basement, have been painted, and the living room house scholastically in that no freshman is allowed to pledge until the spring semester, and only then if he has made a C average or better during the fall. The scholarship of Epsilon showed a marked improvement from 1963-65 as the fraternity rose from twelfth out of twenty - three fraternities to a solid eighth place. Deferred rush has also given both the frater furniture has been reupholstered. nity and the rushee a chance to become better acquainted casion. Speaker of the House, H. Pat Taylor, addressed those than before, alleviating many mistakes that have been made attending the dinner. in the past due to the confusion of rush. Graduate Chapter Formed One of the main aspects of any fraternity is the fact that fraternities are "not for college days alone," and Epsilon chapter is no exception to this fact. Graduate members of our chapter are in the process of recieving two graduate chap ters. Rocky Mount is the sight of the chapter primarily for eastern North Carolina, while the central chapter will be lo cated in the Chapel Hill - Durham - Raleigh area. The recently elected officers include Devan Barbour, Jr. ('46) president; Robert B. Broughton ('46), vice - president; Alex S. Watkins, Jr., ('51), secretary; and C. Bickett Idol ('42), treasurer. Gra duate relations are necessary to the life of a fraternity, and In April the annual Norris Pig Dinner was held, and a great number of alumni were present for this auspicious oc The chapter accepted seven new initiates this past fall, and eleven during the spring semester, bring the total number of active members to 52. Today, Epsilon chapter stands on the brink of a promis ing future while looking backward at the progress she has made during the past one hundred and fifteen years. The road has not been an easy one to travel, nor will it be in years to come. Epsilon's strong foundation has supported the building upon it down through many decades, and it duty to preserve what has already been accomplished, add through our utmost devotion to her, those high sturdy is our and to ideals and achievements which will never crumble or fall below her dignity. \r\nPage Three EPSILON 'OWL June, 1966 Zeb Vance T. Bailey Lee wrote an article for the Phi Gamma Delta Magazine in 1926, depicting Vance as arriving at UNC "in a but ternut shirt and high water pants, spouting Shakespeare and the King James Version, upsetting the professors with his in souciant drolleries and, later on, at the head of his regiment in the whirlwind of war, to win a governorship, a U. S. Senatorship, and the love of his people who have enshrined him in bronze in the nation's capitol." Vance was born in 1830, and became a student at UNC during the early eighteen-fifties. He went on to become one of the key southern military leaders in the War Between the States, holding the rank of colonel. Later, he was appointed governor of North Carolina and served three highly successful terms. He then became a member of the House of Representa tives, and soon after was elected to the Senate where he served four terms. In all of his political years, Vance never lost an election or failed to receive a nomination for any office he sought. Zeb Vance's courage, honesty, and sincere desire to help his fellow man, endeared him to everyone he came in contact with, and today we are reminded of this man's great ness by such tributes as his bronze figure in Statuary Hall of the United States and monuments to him standing in Asheville and Raleigh. After the War The Civil War left the South in ruins. Fortunately, the Uni versity at Chapel Hill remained untouched when the fighting had ceased. But many students had given their lives for the South, and the task of returning to begin work again was doubtlessly a very difficult one for each person. The task of rebuilding the Southern fraternity system was of equal difficulty to say the least. Fraternities had lost many brothers on the battlefield, and general morale was at a low ebb. Epsilon was fortunate in that it had retained a small nucleus at Chapel Hill who fought to keep the chapter alive, and when the brothers who had survived the war returned, the Fijis undertook a new rebuilding program. Epsilon Back in '87 Finally, in 1887, Epsilon emerged for the second time at the University. Seven new members were initiated: Eugene M. Armfield, '88; Robert L. Smith, '88; Daniel J. Currie, '87; Walter M. Hammond, '88; William T. ^^itsett, '90; Paul Chatham, '91; and Henry J. Darnall, '90. Section Chief James A. B. Scherer (Roanoke '90) was the Legate at the installation. With a new courage and vitality, they set high standards and goals to attain. State Ousts Epsilon But Epsilon was doomed to dormancy once more. In 1898 the state legi.lated against all fraternities in North Carolina. Epsilon was confronted with this new dilemma and was unfortunrte in that many of her stalwart members were graduat ing in that same year. Despite all efforts, the opposition proved to be too great, and in 1898, Epsilon again was forced into dormancy. The attempts to reestablish the chapter were numerous. Beta Phi, established in 1915, and interested in reviving Ep silon, disappeared during World War I. Kappa Pi was organized in 1920 with the primary intention of petitioning for Epsilon's restoration. read a letter requesting the return of the Phi Gamm Delta Charter to Chapel Hill. The Ekklesia warranted a committee to be set up with the job of passing candidates for member ship in Epsilon once it had been renewed. The committee was comprised of seven members: Dr. Bert Cunningham (Illinois Wesleyan '08), a professor at Trinity (now Duke University); Dr. James B. Bullit (Washington and Lee '91, Virginia '97), famed professor of pathology at North Carolina and for many years Epsilon's beloved Purple Legionnaire; Dr. Thomas W. Lingle (Davidson Fac.), a professor at Davidson, and a rep resentative of each of the undergraduate chapters at Virginia, Washington and Lee, Richmond and Davidson. In their report to the Ekklesia which met the following year at Colorado Springs in June, they advocated that Phi Gamma Delta should once more bring Epsilon back to life. Rechartered in 1926 Finally, on October 12, 1926, Epsilon was reinstalled, and Legpte Penfield Mower (Dartmouth '04) presented the original charter which had been preserved since 1898 by Warren Kluttz, class of 1900, to the new group. Many other men besides Whitlock were influential in the long struggle to reinstate Epsilon. T. Bailey Lee wrote in his article of 1926, already mentioned here, the praises in ad miration of the many graduates of the '90's who worked toward that glorious day in October, 1926. Quoting from that article: How those faces crowd the vista of nearly 40 years! *Gene Armfield .. . forceful banker and writer of delight ful letters salted with Homeric originals; Henry Darnall, founder of Kappa Tau (at Tennessee) and professor emeritus of romance languages at Tennesee; Bob Smith, lawyer and legislator; Will Whitsett, author of Saber and Song; Paul Chatham, elegantly courteous, manu facturer of woolen textiles known the country over; Volney Lewis, class of '91, co-founder of Nu Beta (at Rutgers and head of geology at Rutgers) Guy lee ('94), once of the Hopkins faculty, author and now prominent in constructive education at Carlisle; Frank Robbins ('93), Sawyer ('94) and Turlington ('96) and Love ('95), physicians—the former still wearing his Phi Beta Kappa key; Dan Currie, our brainy valedictorian and sky pilot . . .; Jule Foust ('90), president of the State College for Women; his brother Tom ('92, the veterans superin tendent of Greensboro schools; Vic Whitlock ('93), trusted counselor of great corporations; Leslie WeU ('95), suc cessful merchant, trustee of the university; Jim Adderton ('97), banker; Frank Pinnix (99), the debonaire, editor and publisher; Sumpter ('92), judge at Arkansas' Hot Springs; Wood^^on ('96), lawyer and statesman; Charley Home ('95), banker and industrialist; John Cheek ('93), philosophrr and educator; Charlie Tomlinson ('95), taking away the furniture business from Grand Rapids with his High Point factories . . . Brother Lee himself is more than worthy of praise. His life serves is a story of true manliness and fortitude, and as judge of the Eleventh Judicial District and, finally, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho, he became renovmed throughout the Northwest. His burning desire, to see Epsilon once again active at the University was rewarded, as were the desires of all his contemporaries when the royal purple banner was again unfurled at Chapel Hill. FROM 1926 TO WWII The era following 1926 and extending to the Second World The Ekklesia of 1924-25 met at Richmond, Virginia, and it War was by far the most prosperous in the history of Ep silon. One of her greatest advances was found in the con was there that Victor Whitlock, representing Epsilon's alumni, struction of Vance Hall, rightly named after Zebulon Baird \r\nPage Four EPSILON 'OWL Vance. The Brothers were tired of moving from meeting place to meeting place and moreover recognized the import ance of having a home that would make a good impression during t rush, the backbone of every fraternity. With these June, 1966 Post War Era Due to the returning of numerous different wartime pledge classes, Epsilon's membership rose to a peak of one hundred two factors in mind, they purchased Weedon Lot on Cameron and fifteen men. This large number soon raised the chapter Street in 1928. Judge L. James Phipps, class of '22, and cur to the position of number one fraternity at the University of rently residing in Chapel Hill, deserves much recognition in Noth Carolina. During the next ten years, our chapter claimed that he was chairman of the building committee, and a do- three student body presidents, a senior class president, two nator of vital assistance needed for the building of Vance junior class presidents, a student council president, and a presi Hall. The necessity of having adequate funds to build such a dent of the Dialectic Senate. In 1954, the Fiji pledge class home was supplied by the enthusiastic Eklesia of 1928 along with tremendous donations from the alumni, and in the spring Fraternity Council's Greek Week. The Brothers also financed of 1929, ground was broken. The new structure was finished by the fall of that same year, and it was truly the last word in fraternity houses. The Brothers presently living in Vance Hall are proud of their Georgian - styled home and rarely does a visitor pass through its doors without com menting about the beautiful appearance both inside and out side. A dual tradition was established the following year in ac quiring the services of Albert "Phi" Reeves, waiter and later houseboy, on January 5, and Paul Minor, cook, on the 12th of that same month. This year marks the 36th year that Paul Minor has served Epsilon faithfully, and both Albert and Paul are old favorites with the returning alumni, providing an invaluable link with the past. Epsilon established itself as one of Chapel Hill's top fra ternities during those pre - World War II years. Traditions such as the sponsoring of an old clothes drive to raise money for the Christmas fund for the needy, and the contributing to the Andy Bershak Scholarship Fund (given to two deserv ing UNC students each year) were bom. The Phi Gams also produced many campus leaders, espe cially in athletics. In 1934, Senior George Barclay became UNC's first All - American athlete. He was voted captain of the football team, and to this day, he is remembered for his fighting drive and spirit. The next year Epsilon was proud to send track star Harry Williamson to the Olympic Games. In 1939-40, Brother Paul Severson received the distinction of be ing Carolina's first two - time All - American as a football player. Jack Milne brought UNC its first national athletic cham pionship, leading the cross - country team to the National Collegiate Cross - Counrty title in 1947. In addition, Epsilon became the first fraternity to retire the intramural champ ionship trophy by winning it consecutively for three years. Only one other fraternity has been able to achieve this goal since then. The sudden disaster at Pearl Harbor brought many chan ges to Epsilon. In June of 1943, the Navy V-5 and V-12 pro won the Outstanding Pledge Class Award during the Intra- a needy student through North Carolina College at Durham, and became the first fraternity in Chapel to back the North Carolina Symphony one hundred per cent. In 1951 Epsilon's century - long existence was observed. Lieutenant - General Leroy P. Hunt was the principal speak er while National President Hubert Wilson Smith was guest of honor. The James B. Bullit Award, purchased by the alumni, was presented to Epsilon, and Alex Watkins, class of '51, was the first Fiji to have his name inscribed on it as "Man-of-the- Year." In that year the chapter stood fifth in scholarship and was first in intramural athletics among the other fra ternities. Another important addition to Epsilon came in 1956 when Mrs. Martha M. Mengel became the chapter's first housemother, and she has lived in Vance Hall for the past ten years. Her years of service have been admirable ones, and she has become an essential part of our fraternity. Near Disaster Three years of financial stumbling and scholastic laxity culminated in 1960 when Epsilon found itself approximately four thousand dollars in debt, and due to poor scholar ship, the chapter was placed on rushing probation. The house was immediately remortgaged to obtain enough money to clear all debts. But this attempt to break even was unsuccessful, and further negligence led to an astounding debt of eight thousand dollars by 1963. The Brothers decided upon an all out crash program to avoid the impending financial disaster. A budget was carefully worked out and closely followed. Sa crifices to cut corners were made in the dining hall and the social program was toned down considerably. Important also in this upward drive was the extremely serious attitude toward studying that each Brother was forced to adopt. The alumni owed six thousand dollars due to the care lessness of a few past treasurers. Bill Stanley, class of '65, became treasurer in 1963, and did a remarkable job of turn ing the tide from deep red to near black. In 1962 two thousand dollars was removed from the total eight thousand, and another two thousand was paid the following year. Alumni - giving grams took over all the houses in Chapel Hill, and Vance Hall was used as headquarters. The Brothers leased a small home at 213 McCaulay Street where they resided and car increased remarkably, and all of Epsilon's Brothers combin ed their energies toward this new struggle. Vance Hall was ried on excpetionally well during the remaining years of the the large debt. war. opened during summer school, also helping to chip away at The result was an apprxoimate six - thousand dollar increase made over a two - year span. New pledge classes accepted WWII Claim 7 Brothers In the fall of 1945, the chapter moved back into Vance Hall, but seven Epsilon men were not present for the oc casion: Cyril Oscare Barlow, '43; Edward Ray Dickerson, '40; Rodert Edward Lee Graham, '30; Graham Herr Hobbs, '44; Robert Craig Mclnnes, '38; Carl David Pfieffer, '38; and Hen ry Charles Rancke, '35 — all gave their lives to insure freedom to the world, and their memory is kept vivid on a bronze plaque in Vance Hall. during the past two years, along with continued alumni dona tions and sacrificing by every Brother, has brought Epsilon slightly out of debt, and we are now beginning to collect ex cess funds over and above what is needed for the normal bills and living costs. A New Future Thanks to additional alumni - giving, and largely on ac count of the expert supervision of Dr. S. Y. Tyree, our re- \r\nThe Fralernity of Phi Gamma Delta Chapter Mailing Service* Third Class 1757 N. SL* N.W. Washington* D. C. 20036 Vance Hall