I8fc0 FIJIS HAVE KEPT UP WITH THE CHANGING TIMES CENTENNIAL EDITION Meadville, Pa., March 1960 Published by Pi Chapter, Phi Gamma Delta m-rm t«s%i ' \ -"TjSP ,'l \ ■,;/!> 1860: Buildings on Diamond where first meetings were held, left arrow: 1960: Present Chapter house showing the addition of the new windows first chapter room; right arrow: room where chapter was installed. on the third floor. '60 TO '60 100 YEARS OF PHI GAMMA DELTA AT ALLEGHENY COLLEGE Kajjpa by Dennis Ehrenberger i'his June I'i Cliaptor of I'si, being the first frater itiation of l-"re sort of repetition than of progress. Colle.ge Director of Public Infor problems and sharing in successes, mation. has. at the request of the though they may be the same re Chapter and the national office, curring iiroblems and successes from to a jiarty whose name is withheld to ' protect the innocent. tresses (with beds yet to come — | seventh) in scholarship", outbreaks ainmni, Kirk Platt. '62. to Sally Hopkins. Other liro- the less loudly heralded "sixth (or can do your part in two ways; fi rst, of internal dissension in the house, be thinking how much you can give raids against the Kappas. Phi Psis. to this worthy cause; second, be or .Sig.s. and conflicts with the col ' ready to help solocit alumni in your lege (especially the Dean) over var i area when the committee requests ious decisions and policies, no doubt 1 'b Perge! present an amusing retrospect to Warren Karl .Smith. '62. to Betty Grove. on various .A.SC, and special coinpn . , . Meanwhile you '62 committees. r Rev. Bugbee, '33. thers have been taking active part Ki the .Andrews. '61 President of the Inter-fraternity Council; Bob Williams has held this post, with Persh Bugbee serving as Rush Chairmau. Other Fiji presidents have been Duane Silencer, heading up the .Arnold .Air .Society, and John Hankins of Bill's is ters in due course. Denny Fhrenberger. '62. to Sande can I'niversity. l-'or the second year a You will hear more of these mat Tersh's (as Lucius is better known) father is Dr. Lucius H. Bugbee. Jr.. was Chairman of the .ASG Human Relations Committee fi rst semes varsity sports", outstanding pledge class taken", and "Pi (lams lead in man.v campus activities . along witb a moment skirmish seemed inevi into each other's faces . . . there was no apparent sign of recognition, but to the surprise of two | the soldiers, an unexpected 'Right Centennial Convivium at the David .Mead Inn. June 4tli. about face, march' was heard on iioth sides . . . That was how James M. Wells and James .Asbury Craw(Continued on Page 5) \r\nMarch, 1960 THE PI Page 3 CRUST L ENTENNIAI roNViviuri 100th Convivium At Dunn Has Outstanding Undergraduate Career PICTURES OF CONVIVIUM SPEAKERS David Mead Inn, (Taken from their Senior Kaldrons) June 4, 1960 TIk' luiiulredth Richard J. Dunn, '60, out-going chapter president, has had a college career which brings distinction both to himself and to his fraternity. On Comnu'iu'i'iiK'n: Ciinviviuni Baiii|iiet of I'i Cliapter j I'lii (iains will he held Saturday, I Dean's List (average above 85) for every semester he has been at Alle .lune 4th, ill the Allettheiiy Room of tin- Daviil Metid Inn. gheny, Dick has received the John In the, j Scott Craig Prize for the junior eentnry sinee the first eonviviiini matt voted by the faculty highest in was held in June of 1861 this iiniuial i affair has provided a Kvt-top:ther for C. Mulfinger, 15 R. Demmler, 25 general excellence, the Rush How R, Byers ard White Prize in economics, and I'ijis of all aKes, This year we hoiie the designation .Aldeii Scholar. to have a record return of aluinni and an outstandiiii; i-veiit to celehrate Pi's Centennial. In varsity sports Dick has played first string center on the football team for the past three years, heing co-captain this year on the .All- The main pro.yram will he a "Liv- iiiK History of Pi Chapter" — a Methodist team for the last two seasons, and has wrestled (in the series of s h o r t impressionistic speeches presented hy five leadiii.u Phi Gams of the past several dec ades. Those speakiiiK will he: Carl 167 and 177 pound classes) for the last four years, winning the Presii dent's I.. MulliiiKer, 'l,s, I.„s .AiiKoles phy sician: Ralph H. Heiiiiiiler, '25, J. McFarland, 38 E. Mclndoe, 53 Athletic Conference cham pionship Inrth this year and last. R. Dunn, 60 PittshurKh attorney; Rohert J. By- .\iiiong IPs other outstanding ers, '.17, a dcKtor in F.rie: Fuueiie ; .1 cine \ eiVieii Ls Mclndoe, 5,1, Pittshurfili htisiness- liresident of Pi Gamma Mil (hon iieie nave neeii v On "•A AT -wv A.v -V. #- ■ s.-,. -1,, , laying corner stone for present Chapter House in 1913. facts of financial problems and a feeling that the Chapter was not yet ready to accept the responsibili ty, the offer was turned -'.own. W'e were again approach i in 1889 and chapters of Phi Gamma Delta be came numerous, a new means ot communications had to be found in order to hold and increase the in terest between chapters. For this reason, the chapter paper slowly evolved. The formation of a chap ter paper for Pi was fi rst mentioned in 1906 but didn't materialize until 1908. The fi rst paper published was called The Pi (later changed this time it was felt that we could i i Ro-Ho-C'ho Motel. Conneant in and aia)iind McadvilU- to which Bake Rd . R.D. 4, ph. 41219. John or Grimes, is ahinini niiyht wish to write or i-all ti» make reservations tiw Comnience- was a two year lettennan, while at interested in all siiorts and was pres the same time hein.g Vice I'resident ol his class. He is an honor roll stiuknt who raises tropical lish and is interested in progressive jazz. .\s to the question of "Why I'hi Gam?", his aiiswer is: "1 am an animal at heart." ident of the Athletic Association in Meaile Inn. 62.3 Park .Avenue, ph. ,36288. niciit weeki-nd. Star Light Motel. Conneant Bake Rd., R.D. 4, ph. 61117. Advance arraiiK"-'" .Star Motel. Meadville Rd.. R.D high school along with hein.g X'ice nients are recommended: however, 1'resident of his class. Grimes does there are generally more than 2. Tiin. l.k.. ph. (ton. Bk.) 468.sB not have a .girl at home, but from enough accomodations available in | W:i,gon Wheel Motel, Conneant the way things look, he is going to the area. Those w i»inng to -^tay at j Bake Road. R.D. 4. ph. 428.3.3, have one ri.ght here on campus. the David Meaii Inn should write j Woodward Motel. Btildwin St. lohn Ha.gstrom. or "Swede' as them at once. In addition to the l-'.xt., R.D. ,3. ph. 4740,3. \r\nTHE Page 10 Fiji Follies, Casino, PI and luck. 'J'his year for the third time, since the previously held bur And Flag-Pole Sitter lesque show was discontinued, the Phi Gamblers took over the college Serve Fund Drive grill for our Wild West gambling Kach year the Allegheny Student casino. There the clientele was of Body conducts a fund drive to raise fered various attractive vices, such money for local emergency scholar as black jack, chtick-a-luck, craps, ships and to hring foreign students and a wheel of fortune. .All gamb to campus. Several years ago we ling was for chips which were not March, 1960 CRUST Annual Children's Christmas Party Combines Fun and Service Probably one of the longest es tablished Pi Chapter service activi ties is the anntial Christinas Party for the children from the adjoining Odd I'cllows' Home. It is not started, or rather revived, the nohle redeemable for cash: thus the definitely known when this tradi practice of flag-pole sitting as a winning and losing was all in good tional party was first helil, hut it is fund-raising project. The idea is fun, with no careers or fortunes at that one of the brothers (Jim New stake. .Additional interest was pro ton in '56 and Paul Morrison in '58) vided by provocative cigarette girls mounts a platform on a telephone "hired" from the irledge class and pole high above the Phi Gam lawn a heer-barrel style piano. .As usual the casino brought in the top money and stays aloft at the rate of hr./dollar contributed to the fund of the affair, while providing a good drive. Paul last year stayed up for time for its college patrons as well 52 hours, just heating Jim's record. as for the pledges and brothers of This year, so as not to wear out the fraternity. Jim Newton on "Flag Pole" Mrs. P. B. younger or older set has the happier time. This year, just as ip years past, the party was a success with a brightly decorated tree, and gifts for a good idea, we staked the "Fiji each young visitor. The task of impersonating St. Nick was given to Paul "Curly" Morrison, whose Follies" in the field house. Featur ing a wrestling "match" between ill-matched Fijis and members of the -Air Force ROTC detachment, a basketball game between Phi Gams in boxing gloves and repre sentatives from the various soror Phi Gams, dates and guests turn Chapter dining room into artillary range at X-mas party. ities (playing girls' rules and reffed by the dean), and some of the sex iest (or most scxily padded) bro 1927 by a specittl service committee thers as cheer-leaders. .u ^ believed to have been started in The entire createil then. .Since theti both the Physi