★ THETA DEUTERON STAR * Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware. Ohio Vol. 17. No. 2 March, 1966 Graduates Return In Force If you missed the 63rd an nual Norris Pig Dinner at The- ta Deuteron Gamma chapter Delta, you of Phi missed quite a bit. It was a weekend filled with the glow of a new optimism and the warmth of countless old friendships. Over 225 FIJI brothers were on hand to witness as 21 new initiates brought in the pig. The bouyant air of the festivities was mainly attributable to a fan tastic and wholly gratifying rise in the scholarship rank ing of the undergraduate chap Bringing In The Pig — Newly initiated brothers bring in the pig to the 225 jearing alumni returning for the annual Norris Pig Dinner. ter. The men of Theta Deuter on moved up from close to the bottom of the standing to fourth place among the fra 21 EARN DIAMOND At the outset of their period of freshman Phi Gams face Cleveland, and Doug Moore of The performance was One number of that class. an awesome responsibility, for cal order are as fololws: it is theirs to provide a great Dave Bartholomae, Akron; Tom Brownell, Akron; John Burris, Milford, Del.; Bob Chaney, Findlay; Walt Dunlap, Lancaster, Pa.; Art Gibbons, Dayton; Ed Haddock, Rich future for a fraternity which by tradition has a great past, and by action, a great present. The class of 1969 has demon strated its capacity to accept that responsibility in than adequate fashion. more The initiation on February 10 of 21 new brothers into the ranks of active Fijis capped a truly outstanding semester for our freshmen. It was a term in which, as a group, the frosh trounced the SAE's in football, 34-7, and, as individuals, placed first in scholarship on campus. Contributing success were to the Manuel latter Award winners Bill Manogg of Lakewood and Dan Biello of Shak erton, R.I.; Steve porker's The importance of individual effort in the fraternity's new status in scholarship was re cognized in the presentation of the Manuel Award and Wilson Award. goes to The Manuel the Award freshman who leads his pledge class in point average at the end of the first term. This year the race ended in a tie—both Dan Biello of Shaker Heights and Bill Man ogg of Lakewood earned a per fect 4.00 and wiU share the award. It was presented by Dr. Manuel and by Scot Chrisman, '67 scholarship chairman for 1965-66. Light" ritual at the pig's less personal end with an unprece dented degree of gusto while Brother John Martin '16 did The Wilson Award is a $50.00 merchandise gift to the mem ber of the undergraduate chap ter who has shown the most improvement in scholarship. Roger Peckinpaugh '67 gar nered this prize by earning a 3.75 last term. It was a big FIJI weekend for the Peckin- (Continued on page 2) Schaller, Rick Subel, Euclid; Fred Walk er, Columbus; and Dex Zaring, Cincinnati. All these men have outstand ing high school records and a great number of them partici pated in varsity athletics this fall. Included in this group was Walt Dunlap, Phi Gamma Del ta's first freshman letter-win ner in soccer. Having established such a List class of '69 look forward to the Scholarship were Jeff Schultz bright future which only they can provide. of East Cleveland, A1 Zakel of the Newark; Mike Smith, Newark; ing Dean's at mond, Va.; Charles Hedrick, Washington, D.C.; Fenn Pierce, Coshocton; Ken Robinson, Tiv- firm foundation, the men of the with Chuck Hedrick '69 of Washing ton, D.C., performed his "Red er Heights, both earning a 4.0 accum in their first term. Join them of the freshman class. East Lansing, Mich. Other initiates in alphabeti honors snout. ternities with a 2.66 house av erage. paced by the outstanding work of pledge training, any group the Charles 'Chid' Mills '19 (middle) received from the undergradu ate chapter a fifty year plaque for outstanding service to Theta Deuteron. Beside brother Mills are chapter president Bill Waddell '66 (left) and Dr. William Zerman '49 (right). \r\nMARCH, 1966 THETA DEUTERON STAR DISTINGUISHED FIJI SCIENTIST SALUTED Northwestern University and Western State College of Colo Building Committee of Wilkin son Lodge. Dr. Manuel also in rado. itiated Dr. Manuel, in addition to building a reputation as an outstanding teacher, is noted for his administrative ability in building, planning, and pro motion, and as a counselor of premedical and chemistry stu dents. Throughout his career, he has frequently been called upon as a consulting chemist and has authored many articles and technical studies. Listed in Who's Who in America and Dr. Manuel has been one of the corner stones of Theta Deute- ron's development. In this issue of the Theta Deuteron Star we would like to salute a former faculty ad viser of our chapter, Dr. Wil liam A. Manuel. A disting uished scientist and esteemed teacher, Dr. Manuel retired in 1959 after 30 years as Profes sor of Chemistry and head of that department at O.W.U. Since that time he has served as Director of the Visiting Scientists Program of the Ohio Academy of Science. similar Who's Who listings in education, science, engineering and chemistry, he is a Fellow the which is freshman Manuel Award presented with the to the highest scholastic point average during his pledge semester. Dr. Manuel resides with his wife Lola at 50 Forest Avenue, Delaware, Ohio. Theta Deut eron chapter salutes a truly great FIJI. Dr. Zerman Highlights Pig Dinner of the American Association for the Advancement o f Science and also of the Ohio Academy of Science, and holds membership in other profes sional organizations. The Visiting Scientists Pro gram, which Mr. Manuel now directs, is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Utilizing the talents of some 500 scientists and engineers "loaned" by colleges, research institutions, and industry, to visit with students and teach Dr. Zerman challenges chapler fo strive. Pig Dinner was velopment of Phi Gamma Del ta in the South and Southwest. highlighted by a speech from Much of this demand, he said, Theta nual Deuteron's Norris 63rd. an Bill Zerman, Executive Secre was due to the great tradition tary of the Fraternity of Phi that surrounds our Fraternity. Gamma Delta. Brother Zer man, who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1949, was associated with Ohio Wes- leyan as the Dean of Men dur ing the years 1956 to 1959. Be fore this he was Field Secre tary for the Fraternity and As sistant Dean of Men at the University of Michigan. In August of 1959 he was ap pointed Executive Secretary of the Fraternity by the Archons. Brother Zerman went on to say that the environment and colleges where our chapters are was generally good and that this was as equally important as tradition to producing a good chapter. In addition, he said that because fraternities are so cial and economic institutions After graduating from DePauw with Phi Beta Kappa honors in chemistry and math ers in Ohio's secondary schools, the program is designed to up grade high school science in ematics, he went on to earn the master's degree at the Uni versity of Illinois and in 1928 struction and stimulate interest received the Doctor of Science While at O.W.U. Dr. Manuel degree from Colorado School of Mines. Prior to joining the O.W.U. staff, he had taught at the University of Illinois, served Theta Deuteron chapter in many capacities: faculty ad Delta a great Fraternity: tra dition, environment and grad ther viser, Purple Legionnaire for 20 years, and Chairman of uate support. Drawing from his graduate support, which could help guide a chapter in making in sciences among students. Graduates Return (Continued from page 1) paugh's as Roger's father, Ralph Peckinpaugh '42, was named president of the Theta Deuteron Association for this presentation of the traditional Gold and Silver Owl Awards. The evening was topped off by an inspiring talk by Broth In his speech Brother Zer man spoke of the three aspects that have own experience and from his tory, Brother Zerman talked about the for chapter, rather than having it come from the fraternity. Bro Zerman then tied this point in with the need for good these decisions. new In conclusion. Brother Zer chapters, the attempts at re vival of past chapters in the South that had gone inactive during the Civil War, and gen erally the great demand of de gan, who was Dean of Men at Fifty years of this kind of service to the men of Phi Gam ma Delta on the part of Charles "Chid" demand dom for establishing a criterion of membership among each man said Theta Deuteron has these three aspects, and he challenged us to use them and become a Cheney Cup Chapter. er William Zerman '49 Michi year. B. made Phi Gamma they must change accordingly with their environment. This means such things as more free Mills were recog nized at Pig Dinner as the un dergraduate chapter presented Brother Mills with a plaque in token of the appreciation of all the brothers of Theta Deuteron. Long years of service by sev eral other graduate brothers were also recognized in the Ihetn Deuteron Star O.W.U. from 1956-59. He sin gled out the type of scholar ship, service and tradition men tioned above as three prime factors in making an already good chapter a great fraternity chapter—a chapter that stands as a strong contender for the Cheny Cup this year. So there it is. Sorry you had to miss it—but there's always next year. See you then! Published during the school year by the Theta Deuteron chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. Ohio Wesleyan University, Dela ware, Ohio. EDITOR James W. Pry II CHAPTER OFFICERS BILL WADDELL, President JACK VAN CAMDEN, Rec'd. Sec. BILL BEYER, Historian TODD CORYELL, Treasurer GEOFF HIRT, Corresponding Secretary \r\nMARCH, 1966 THETA DEUTERON STAR FIJI ATHLETICS Varsity Sports last year, Intramurals senior guard Bill Beyer has done an outstanding job as the Bishop's playmaker. Sophomore brother Art Beck has been swimming the 200-yd. freestyle and has been improv ing his times with every meet. Winter track is being led this year by senior brothers Frank Montgomery in the discus and Jack Van Campen in the high jump. Sophomore Dave Barton, after a year's layoff, is throw ing the shot put, and he placed fourth in the first meet. With spring just around the corner, many of the brothers have already begun to oil their baseball gloves and shellack Guard Bill Breyer scores on a 20 foot jumper. Again this winter as they have done in the past, Fijis are Bennington, has a 7-3 overall record. Steve Geiger, wrest ling at 190 pounds, has com piled a 9-1 record with his only loss coming at the hands of last year's conference champ. that Theta Deuteron was well back and compiled a 2-1-1 re cord at 167 pounds. Sophomore We are proud to announce above the all-campus average. Our pledge class was first out of fourteen pledge classes with a 2.60 point average which was well above the second place pledge class which had a point average of 2.48. As a fraternity. Phi Gamma Delta ranked fourth, an im provement of nine places, com piling a point average of 2.66. Since the difference between first and fourth place was only .041, we feel that with our pre sent momentum. Phi Gamma Delta has a chance to be on top by spring term. television will be at 159 elected to both the All-Intra- some fine team efforts in vol mural Volleyball and Football Teams while senior Bill Beyer leyball. Next week they will made the All-Intramural Vol leyball Team; brothers Bill Byrne '68 and Art Gibbons '69 be playing off for the Fresh man League championship. They are also dong well in freshman basketball and have were elected to the All-Intramural Football Team. won their league championship. Anxious to avenge the sec ond place finishes, the "A" League basketball team has been undefeated so far in gain ing the League I championship. The school championship will to win the All-Year Freshman be decided when Phi Gamma meets the winner of points. The bowling teams, however. They have an excellent chance Intramural Trophy. With the intramural wrest ling touranment only a week away, many of the brothers will be stepping up their train ing programs for this match. Following the wrestling tourn ament, the Fijis will be defend ing their intramural swimming championship. Although Phi Gamma Delta had a slow start this fall, our strength in the winter and spring sports should put us back on top. Van Campen Tapped Jack Van Campen, a senior pre-med major from Ravenna, Ohio, was tapped for Omicron Delta Kappa, the O.W.U. men's honorary. Jack, who boasts a 3.58 scholastic average in one of O.W.U.'s roughest curricula, was tapped for his athletic ability. Jack ranks second in conference in high jumping and has won three varsity let ters. Jack's highest jump was 6'5V4" last spring. Besides be ing one of Wesleyan's out standing athletes, he is Record ing Secretary for Theta Deut eron, a University Scholar, and a member of Phi Society. the fall issue of the Star. Quiet Pat Jones has come on strong experience of the basketball teams; but they are well up in the standings. The freshmen have displayed Our scholarship program will and has compiled a 2-2 record at 160 pounds while Freshman Bill Manogg has been gaining pounds with a record of 0-3-1. some fine team efforts. Senior brother Jack Dawson was have not been enjoying quite the success remain the same as stated in hours will be enforced, and the valuable volleyball this fall in spite of League II. This supreme ef fort has been led by seniors Jack Dawson and Dave Neeley with sophomore Bill Howell contributing his share of the 0 Increases Kine Places After a year's layoff to strengthen a badly injured knee. Perry Griffith has come and coming season. led by brothers Steve Geiger, Dan Crum, Perry Griffith, Pat Jenes, Bill Manogg, and Dan month. football Delta FIJI Scholarship pounds, also is 9-1 with his only loss coming as a result of a forfeit due to a knee injury incurred during his last match. Although the injury was ser ious enough to cause him to forfeit, it appears that he will be ready for the conference championship tournament next intramural their lacross sticks for the up playing prominent roles in var sity sports. The wrestling team, Dan Crum, wrestling at 177 The Fijis finished second in both turned off during the first few hours after dinner. Our main goal is to create favorable study condi tions and to improve academic Brother Tom Games, who last year as a freshman was one of the basketball team's leading scorers, is red hot again this year. He is second on the team in scoring with his best effort of 32 points coming last week against Centre Col lege. After not playing much attitudes. Not only was the new pro gram instrumental in raising the house point average, but the cooperation and attitudes of the brothers contributed to our fourth-place ranking. Jack Van Campen clears 6' SVfi" to place second in last spring's Ohio Conference Track Meet. \r\nMARCH, 1966 THETA DEUTERON STAR Robert H. Gilford has just Marsha IIs Greet returned from Princess Margaret the banquet in which only a limited number of invitations D. Eisenhower is chairman. He were sent for the intimate af was a fair. The reception and banquet Columbus was ganization and is presently on held Suite in the Louis XVI of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. This is the fourth time that Professor and Mrs. Marshall dressed to attend the Royal Ball in New York City. Professor Robert K. Marshall of the O.W.U. English Depart ment, loyal and faithful friend of Theta Deuteron chapter, flew to New York City in late November to the Royal Ball in honor of Princess Margaret the Marshalls have been pre sented to royalty. They were presented to the Queen's moth er Elizabeth in 1964, honored guests at a dinner in 1957 giv en for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, and three years later they were presented to Prince Philip a second time when they attended a dinner and small reception. Brother Marshall is a 15-year and husband Earl of Snowden. member of the National Board Professor and Mrs. Marshall received an invitation to at tend a small reception before derstanding, of which Dwight of Directors of English Speak ing Union, an organization to promote Anglo-American un- branch of the or its board of directors. Brother Marshall, wearing a white tie and tails, and Mrs. Marshall, wearing a floor length pink aleneon lace gown and an 18th century French necklace, were dressed for the Zone. Max placed first in the Florida Open Scrambles (Mot orcycle) Race. He was a GoGo Boy at Club Continental in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He occasion. flies with Ken Tibado's water ski kite fliers in Cypress Gar Alumni News ington, D.C., and will soon be being sent to the University of Minnesota to study for a mas ter's degree in hospital admin Our graduates ranked second Number of Con istration. tributed over $33,000 in gradu ate dues and gifts. This repre rank second, but they set the 1965. pace for the Highest in Dollar ton, Ohio. assigned to an Indian reserva tion. Not only did they A son 'Ricky' was born to Richard E. Hulse in October, Dick resides in Hamil Lost Fijis For the following graduates we have no address. We would appreciate any brothers know ing the address of these men to please advise us as soon as possible: Joseph W. Wallace '47, Mar Volume category. Theta Deut eron chapter was the only pri 1954 vin Lee Wallace '48, William vate college even mentioned in William R. 'Shep' Shepler, Ski School Director at Boyne Highland, Michigan, displayed fine FIJI hospitality when the Donald Webb '57, Paul C. Wen- these Following in our fine tradi of Ohio State Medical School, is presently working with the with the U.S.A.F. Brother My in the total 10% of an graduates made vol 1959 David Nardin, 1965 graduate Public Health Service in Wash 1953 year, 4,617 graduate Fiji's con untary contributions. stationed in the Panama Canal dens and jumps with Florida Playground Water Ski Show. ers has been with the U.S.A.F. PLACE FIRST the previous year; yet, only 1956 Captain Donald J. Maxwell is flying B-26's with the USAF for twelve years and is now sents a signiflcant increase over versity Medical School. A daughter Jennifer was born December, 1965. tour in the Panama Canal Zone GRADUA TES tributors. ternal medicine at Yale Uni past president of the Captain Charles G. Myers has just completed a four-year During the 1964-65 fraternity work with the Peace Corps in Bogota, Colom bia. Bob is returning to assume the position of residency in in two categories. These statistics speak extremely well nermark '63, Jack Eugene tion, Theta Deuteron graduates compiled an amazing record in of which the undergraduate chap EDITOR and brother Nik Pry, O.W.U. FIJI '63, were skiing Wing '47„ Ralph H Woodmansee, Jesse Lee Worley '18, Amos Yoer '42, Walter Evan two out ter is justly proud. over Christmas Vacation. Zavitz '52. of three categories. THETA DEUTERON STAR Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity 35 Williams Drive Delaware, Ohio Form 3547 Requested our graduate brothers of