Published by Chi lota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 1964 Vol. XXIV Stunt Show Act Cops 4th Honors No. 1 New Chapter House to Cost $250,000 By Bill Geist '57 Extraordinarily hard work earn ed Chi Iota a fourth place trophy in this year's Hamecoming Stunt Show. Preparations began last spring immediately following our pairing with a top sorority. Alpha {{'/ '/ Gamma Delta. Complying with Ihe general theme of Homecoming, wo chose "Happiness is Somewhere 4^ Over the Rainbow" as our title. ,- During the summer Lou Janovvpki '64 wrote an excellent script, Biased on a clever political satire depicting nations of the world a.s characters from the well PMI GAMMA DELTA PRATERNITY known movied, "The Wizard of Oz." Or iginal lyrics were adapted to a couple of particularly well-chosen The building tunes. Vic Kamber '65, who did an authorized the corporation Urbana firm has of excellent job as director of oui- Barber and DeAtley as contractor show, chose Jack Davis '67, Lou Janowski '64, Bill Geist '67, and for building our new chapter house (PUatc Turn to Pag* 3) Stuart Mamer '42, corporation president and Champaign attorney Hall Names Memorialize Staff estimates that the contract would A Chi Iota Charter Member was one of three one-time members of the faculty to be memorialized with the selection of their names for th e newly constructed, ultra modern residence halls which were at 401 ,E. John St. be set for a little over $250,000 af ter a few details are ironed out. The corporation has approved ar after the fire between the corpora tion and our insurance company as to whether the walls left stand ing were structurally sound. A corporation contractor found them unsafe and they will be torn down before construction on the new 64rpau canacitv hiniRp hooiptr neyt chitect's sketche.s along the gener New Rush Program Results in 28 Excellent Men opened in September on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The graduate student residence al lines of the original 50-year-old Colonial-style building. There was some disagreement Bj' Eric Bergstrom '66 30 annual fall pledge dance with the theme "High School Harry." The '68s, now 28 men strong, have halls on Green Street have been named Arthur Hill Daniels Hall, Chi Iota is especially proud of its honoring the late Graduate School new pledge class! Despite the loss made a good name on campus and dean and acting president. Dr. Daniels, who died in 1940, of the chapter house, Fiji has come are well on their way to future up with what we sincerely believe came here in 1893 as an instructor to be the best pledge class on brotherhood. New pledges added since the listing in the July issue of in philosophy and became an as•s'istant professor in 1895 and pro campus. THE ILLINOIS FIJI are; fessor in 1899, continuing in the Philosophy Department until his ^retirement in 1934. He headed the 'Graduate School from 1919 to 1933 and was acting president of the University for one year from July 1933. The Class of '68 is living with the brothers at the Orchard Downs apartments, and while the environ ment is somewhat altered from "401," they are currently being Steye Beich, Bloomington Richard L. Day, Skokie Frank J. Eiter, Geneva Carl F. Lind, Chicago orientated into the ways of fratern Dwight R. Ruthrauff, Lansing ity life. Already the Urbana Coun try Club has been used for an Oct. And we're still pledging! Richard G. Wilson. Dundee \r\nPage Two THE ILLINOIS FIJI Treasurer Tightens Reigns on Finances THE ILLINOIS FIJI Published quarterly by Phi Gam ma Delta Association of for its members and Graduate Relations Chairman contributions, news of graduates, and changes of address to the Publication Office, Box 213, Station A, Champaign, 111. Chapter House; 401 East John Street, Champaign, 111. ASSOCIATION OFFICERS President: Sfuart M. Mamer '42, Thomas, Mulliken & Mamer, 30 Main St., Champaign Vice President: Frederick E. Lee, Pr. '36, First Nat'l. Bank The full channeled to correct errors on last semester's records as well as man- responding loyally. Our accounts payable stand a' $8,500.00 currently to the local former treasurer and as the new treasurer, it has been my duty to find out just what the brothers do owe. Breese-Warner, our account ing service, has given me much valuable aid in this area. Also some of the brothers, who wer' directly affected, have volunteered their check records. In general progress is favorable in correcting last year's records. This vear at Orchard Downs, wo of Chicago, 38 S. Dearborn, Chicago 3. Secretary: John W. Duff '41, 320 E. Mulberry St., Watseka Treasurer: John R. Littler '44, Mathis, Sloan & Littler, 1007 Jefferson BIdg., Peoria 2. UNDERGRADUATE OFFICERS President: Eugene L. Tattlnl '65, Arlington, Va. Treasurer: Dennis Flynn '66, Danville Corresponding Secretary: Gordon E. Gray "66, La Grange Recording Secretary: Greg Prosen '65, Chicago Two Fijis Aid Space Race Many may not realize it, but at least two Chi Iotas are working on projects termed on the "Fron tiers of Space" by journalists in this country. F. Marshall Smith '37 serves as the resident architect at Cape Kennedy where a new vertical as sembly building will he erected to house the 360-foot tall space ve hicles for the moon shot. The new 40 Fathers Visit Dads' Day Event pay as a group to the university. After a somewhat disorganized predecessor, my efforts have been agin;.' this year's colleclions. Some of the pertinent records of last spring were not kept by our A1 Wilhelmi '67 Joliet Send By Dennis Flynn '66 Illinois and Chi Iota chapter of Phi Gam ma Delta friends. November 1964 building, over 500 feet tall, will cover over 10 acres. The structure will he used to mate and check out than payment is usual and due earlier the brothers arc- merchants. Against this we have a budget gain for this year 1964-1965 of $3,176.50. Also $1,813.16 in past debt due from 1963-1964. The house corporation voted on Homecoming that we could retain the $3,400.00 annual payment per budget norm ally turned over to the corporation for the building fund under three conditions. First that we adopt a contracl legally binding payment of all debt by all brothers. The preparation of this is in progress. Second that cor poration president Stuart Mamer '42 he consulted on all major ex penditures and third that he make general audits of our record.s monthly. Assuming collection of all past debt, a dubious assumption fulfillment of our budget which is progressing better than expected, and fulfillment of the poration's conditions, finish the year even. The corporation house cor we should also made known that financial arrangements for the new house were under the direction of the corporation and subject to an association vote. At Hcimecoming, the passage of a By Donald Larson '67 the rockets and spacecraft for Pro ject Apollo and the size of the building will permit the preparation Saturday, October 24. 1964, marked Dad's Day on our calen of four vehicles simultaneously. Brother Smith is working for association. Max O. Urbahn '34 and his archi Howard Clement Re-elected dar. On that morning over forty Fiji dads came to the campus. They all enjoyed watching Illinois defeat UCLA 26 to 7. Then, thai evening we assembled for a ban quet at the University YMCA. Chairman Don Larson '67 welcoimed the dads and introduced Chapter President Gene Tattini '65 who reported on the chapter's ac tivities. Stu Mamer '42, house cor poration president, reported that tectural-engineering group who de signed the moonport for the as sembly of the giant Saturn V. Marshall adds these comments: "I have been active in creating Ihe Cape Canaveral alumni chapter of Phi Gamma Delta and will serve next year as its vice president. Brother Max Urban gets down from New York every month and we join all other Illinois Fijis in griev ing over the loss of our old home the bids for the new house were out and the scheduled date of com at 401 with all its wonderful memo pletion would be September 1964. Immediately following the Dad's Day banquet the Father's Associ should call me at SU 3-4042." ries. Anyone near rocket-land An announcement has come from Swift '40 as president for the com ing year. On Sunday afternoon the Judie and Jerome C. Groniger '56 of the birth of their first addition '67's defeated the '68's 12 to 0 in annual football game. freshman-sophomore mortgage basis was okayed by the To U- of I. Trustees Board In the November Illinois general election two Chi Iotas were among those campaigning for the U. of Fs Board of 'Trustees. Howard to the family, a son, Derek Jerome. Jerry says he still sells starch and keeps everything stiff in Toledo. W. Clement '38, Law '42, of Des Plaines is an incum bent member, who earlier this year began his third one-year term as president of the Board of Trustees. As a Democratic representative to the Board, Brother Clement is a partner in the firm of Byron, Hune, Green & Clement of Des Plaines. The ation met and elected Arthur Dean the power to borrow $150,000.00 on a other Fiji candidate C. Ernest Lovejoy '20, was unsuccess ful as a Republican candidate. Bro ther Lovejoy is a vice president of Bill Brothers Publishing Corp. of Chicago and associate publisher of Sales Management magazine. \r\nPage Three THE ILLINOIS FIJI November 1964 Raps of Chi Iota Presidents Gavel By Eugene L. Tattini '65 The passing of six months williout a chapter house has broughl many very pressing problems lo the brothers of our chapter. Lac'of a house, which to many peoi)lc on the Illinois campus is the co hesive force of a fraternity, has caused every undergraduate mem ber of Chi Iota to sit down and evaluate the true worth of mem bership in this chapter of Phi Gam ma Delta. It would be naive of me to say, as the undergraduate chapter pres ident, that I was seriously worried as to what the answer to this ques tion would be in the "HAPPINESS IS SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW" and a psition in winners circle of Homecoming Stint Show. Above scene was finale of oxir act! Slunt Show Act Receives 4 th Honors brothers' minds. The question that they ask was simply—does Phi Gamma Del ta mean more to me than just a place to live? I am proud to report that to a man, every brother in our chaplei- (Continued from Page I) Gordy Gray '66 for lead parts. Vie was later drafted for a lead too. Kamber and selves added the leads them some humorous touches to their parts to spark the Dan Dailey '67 was chosen as stun' show representative. show. Choreographed by Diane Reed, the first song and dance number was the highlight of our came to the same conclusion—tha' hi Iota means more to each of us to bind the brothers more closely show. In this number, Vic Kambei than just a place to exist. We all knew that in order to keep our chapter on top at Illinois, we would necessary. have together, this increased push is Still Many Campus Leaders Chi Iota has never been short (King of the Munchkins, Illini Union, etc.) sang, as latin dancers Steve Bravard "66, Ed Hackleman '66, Chuck Boycc '67, Steve Simon^-'67, and native dancers Hank Wurtzbacher '66, Don Motz '67, De(- with of the "big men" in almost every more vigor than ever before in our history. I can not put a label on the intangible quality that caused the brotherhood of this chapter to facet of campus activities and thi.s year is certainly no exception. Four varsity men cheerlead:u's, the raise above themselves and rededi- Council, cate their efforts to the chapter. All I can say is that whatever this quality is, the men of Chi Iota now "Block I", the junior manager of have more than their fair share of ing to increase the prestige of our fraternity dedication. Last s-pring when the house burned down, we had 64 brother.s fraternity through individual acti weekend. niger 'ti7 did a very fine job build living on John Street. This semes vity. At a time when college fratern ities are being challenged lo justi fy their existence on college cam to renew our efforts ter we have 61 brothers living al Orchard Downs, the university President of the Inlerfraternity the major chairman of the Intramural program, are ex cellent examples of brothers work puses throughout the nation, schol- Carey '67, and Jim Retzer '67 flung their partners* around to the tune of an old favorite written by Major Lance '29. Of the 24 acts participating in tryouts, we were selected as one of eight finalists to appear in the Assembly Hall on Homecomin* As the cast rehearsed. Rod Bond '6(i and Duff Schwen- ing the vast amount of scenerv necessary for our show. Judgin • wa.s* held both Friday and Saturda - owned and operated living quarters arshii) is one area where this jus nigiits and audience applause indi built originally tification may be proven. Indeed excellence in academic pursuits is the prime objective of all under ly following the final show on Sal- dents. for married stu The fact that 26 of these men are pledges is proof enough that a fraternity, such as ours has a great deal more to offer than just a bed to sleep in, or a desk foistudy. We proved to these new young men that Chi Iota will pro vide an atmosphere of close fel graduates. Chi Iota realizes thi.'and is making the effort to im prove on a rather low record over the past three semesters. Looking over the past ten years the brotherhood feels that it can be cated we had a winner. Immediatf* urday night, wo were presented with the trophy for third runnerup. It was not all work and no play however. We enjoyed several good exchanges with the Alpha Gam.'during those weeks and I'm siii'e the cast has many fond memori - lowship, a sense of belonging, and proud of its academic record, but a common goal for the best efforts at the same time realizes that no of practices, cast parlies, etc. Tbt mainly of sophomores and junior.(pledges were not allov/ed to par ticipate) gives us good reason ti in order to compensate somewha' looking back. We have not lost our perspective on the purpose of the University—"the pursuit of know ledge and the achievement of for the lack of a chapter bouse and scholarship . . ." of the members. This- semester we are carrviii" out a social program second to none on campus, for we feel that organization can reach the top by fact that our cast was composed believe that we'll be back in the stunt show finals next year. \r\nPage Four November 1964 THE ILLINOIS FIJI Charter Member Keeping Up with Alumni Around the World F.G. Fox '98 Dies One of the Charter Members of Chi Iota chapter, Fred G. "Fritz" Fox '98 died as a result of a rup tured artery on May 29, 1964, ac cording to information Robert B. Otis '07 received from Mrs. ALma Fox. We are saddened at this news and would like to pass along the sentiments of Brother Otis, who was in close touch through the years with this loyal Fiji. "This came as a most distinct shock because Fred was one of those tough, healthy guys who had never been sick or in a hospital in his life. We did know, however, that he had lost his vision several years ago. Currently as vice president and general manager of Canada Sou.h- in campus activities. You should all be proud of your achieve crn "Tex" Reasoner '33 has lived in ments," writes Bob Madix '60. "Cam, Brad and I left the San Calgary, Canada for the past 13 years and is a Canadian citizen. After a short visit in Champa ;;n- Petroleum Ltd., Melton A. He has an outstanding school-mind ed family of which he says; "My oldest son, David, is in graduate engineering work at Rice Univer sity after being graduated from there last year with all honors in electrical engineering. David is one of two students chosen to work on five space capsules that Rice is commissioned to build. "My second son, Stephen, is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas, also an honor student, enrolled in pre-law. The third boy, from a second mar riage, is nine and in the accelerat "Fred was one of the Charter Members of Chi Iota and his name ed group in school. It seeims my is the second appearing in the order and style as subscribed on the official roster of the chapter. Fred is shown standing in the world. So far no liberal traits have official group picture of the Char ter members taken in 1897. "After receiving his B.A. de gree from the U. of I., Fred spent the next few years teaching in various public schools. In 1905 he received his M.A. degree from Columbia University and in 1928 his Ph.D. degree from Marquette University. During this period he was also honored with member ship in Phi Beta Kappa. "Fred specialized in the teach ing of English and as such headed the .English department of West Division High School in Milwaukee for vTnany years. He authored three English text books and wrote nu merous articles for educational magazines and bulletins. He was later promoted to Bayview High School where he served as vice role is to produce some brains to help straighten out this topsy lurvy cropped out in any of them. "My hearty congratulations to Charles R. Gibbs '43 on his letter in the November, 1963 issue!" During the summer, Cosby Ber nard '40 spent a day on campus with Grandville Keith, Chairman was remarried last in 1958. He is interested in hearing and and the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta has suffered a great loss in his passing." Miller (65) will be dies this fall at New York Uni versity at Buffalo, "My thanks and congratulations for the mosl interesting, enjoyable, and well edited issue of The Illinois Fiji (July, 1964) since I've been re ceiving them. I would also like to congratulate the members on the newly acquired campus positions, honorary memberships and the Class of '68. I was glad to see that the men survived the fire so well." well." Dennis, alias "Chico," will be living at 28 Creek Heights Dr., tration and sales, has been named partment of Operations and Mar advancement. He can be contacted of John Blair & Company, New at Hammond, York City. Brother Mehlig comes "My wife, Pat, and I were cer tainly saddened by the news of the to the national sales representa tive organization with a diverse background. He recently completed a three-month special markets pro 7241 Forest Ave., Ind. at the Fiji house," writes John B. Jenkins '58, "and we particularly sympathize with the undergraduate members whose personal belongings were lost in man, and Kesler in Danville, 111. "Congratulations to Chi Iota on devoted P. tects in the Chicago area who are looking for a good opportunity for California faithful brother Chi Iota never had Dennis continuing his undergraduate stu director of the newly created De Brother Jenkins is now associated with the law firm of Gunn, Hick- Western University. "A more loyal, Urbana with our respective par ents, we began our travel toward Gottingen, Germany. I will spend the next year there on a postdoc toral fellowship doing research al The Max Planck Institute for physi cal chemistry. Visitors can find us living at Nonnensteig 70, Gottingen, Germany." from any young Phi Gam archi by the local school interests and in became August. Leo P. Mehlig Joins Blair Radio Lee P. Mehlig '51, an expert in broadcast management, adminis that he October, after being alone five years since his first wife's death the fire." later in us partment. Brother Bernard informs He soon found himself in demand which area Williamsville, N.Y. tragic fire Liberal Arts of Balboa University Bay of the University's Architecture De principal for a number of years. "Having reached retirement age in 1946, Fred moved his family, consisting of his wife, two daugh ters and a son, to San Diego, Calif. 1949 became Dean of the School of Francisco a fine May pledge class. The rush ing success of you 'homeless Fijis' shows fine chapter spirit and ef ficiency. This spirit is also reflected in the interest many brothers show keting for Blair Radio, a division ject for Booz, Allen & Hamilton, leading marketing consultants. Be fore that he was chief executive officer of Broadcast Clearing House, a vital link in the process ing of $800 millinon in advertising billing. He also headed and managed two Denver radio stations, was a pro gramming executive and an an nouncer at an independent radio station in Chicago and was a radio and television performer. Mehlig, his wife and four children live at 9 Wakeman Rd. in Darien. Conn.