•' i>, ' ( ^ '• -j ( Zeta Deuteron OF PHI GAMMA DELTA **Friendship, the sweetest virtue/' \r\na," :• f • '^' f c f'Tj It ••:'•* aiii' 'i': AW The Sweetheart of Phi Gamma Delta Miss Beryl Brierly Powers "A lovelier flower on earth was never sown . . ." Worclswortli , \r\nW & • j*!*K - X- L nji TJCf*' A": >-•>!?:»..;,'T"t ••tj^* / • A Quarterly Magazine Summer, 1960 CHAPTER AFFAIRS Fancy Dress for 1961 The Fancy Dress Ball for 1961, known across the nation as the "South's Most Out standing Collegiate Social Event" will be directed by Zeta Deuteron of Phi Gamma ' " Delta. In the annual spring "Big Seven" elections held on campus, the newly-elected The new Baker Dormitory .situated on Lee Avenue Kreatent man Ih reNoliition.^ president of Phi Gamma Delta, Don Partington, was elected in a landslide victory by the student body as President of Fancy Dress for this coming school year. hv who Newton D. Baker Honored chooN«*M the riarht with liivinoihle Channing Further national recognition was ob tained during the Democratic National Con A nf A new upperclassmen's dormitory was vention in 1912. By supporting Woodrow Wilson and fighting to break the unit rule. Baker contributed greatly to Wilson's nom ination. So deep was the impression made on the President that on March 6, 1916, Plans are already In full swing for the opened in September, 1959 bearing the gala affair. The Brothers Four have been name of c Newton D. Baker. He is one of the most outstanding men ever to graduate contacted, and it Is hoped that they will from Washington and Lee or to be a mem come to Lexington to perform at the cock- ber of iZeta Deuteron of Phi Gamma Delta. tall party the afternoon of the Fancy Dress Wilson summoned him to take as Secretary of War. the office Baker's destiny to Born to a family of deep Southern roots. emerge as one of the most important fig Baker was nevertheless brought up on the ures in America at its most crucial point principles of "non - sectional, non - racial in history to that time was about to be has already signed one combo for the second patriotism." patrioti His father, a doctor in the realized. Ball Itself. Social chairman Dennis Brack Confederate Army, was a definite infiuence evening of the weekend, and plans to sign Confede on Baker's Bak choice as a young man of John another before long. "Pancho" Villa had just made a raid The Brothers Four, Hopkins Hopkini University for his undergraduate across the American border, and Baker's upon acceptance, would agree to sing at the Phi Gam house after the Ball. work. He entered the Baltimore school in first act was to order Brigadier-General g 1888, and concentrated on history, eco John J. Pershing to take pursuit. This, nomics. and poltitical science. In 1892 he however, was a small problem compared to nomics, In the meantime, Partington is making graduated^ and entered the law school at the one facing him next. With war raging Washington and Lee. He also became a in Europe, Baker found an unprepared armv Washin ready for what he hopes will be the best Washington washin; and Lee Fiji. and a Presidential policy favoring neutra'Fancy Dress Ball of the decade. In the xo th To this day the memory of Brother Baker itv, both of which greatly limited his action. tradition of the W & L Fijis, he plans to do this one up big. In the past few years the famed Ball has not been up to the par has perpetuated to the extent that the Within three years, however, he reorgan has pei chapter has tentative plans under way for ized the structure of the War Department a^ portri portrait which will most likely be hung and exp.anded the army from 95,000 to four In the In the inew Evans Dining Hall. After Baker received his law degree from reached in the late '30's when it was at its , . . . W & L in 1894, he returned to his birth million. During Wilson's administration he became as close an advisor to the President as anyone has ever been permitted to be. peak; Partington proposes to reach tnat place, pjace, R Martinsburg, West Virginia, only to level again this year, in decoration, band, be be called calle and festivity. The last time Zeta Deuteron managed to Washington two years later to In his later life Baker again developed serve s e r v e as ai Secretary to Postmaster-General connections with Washington and Lee, be William L. Wilson in Grover Cleveland"s coming a trustee in 1928 and serving until William cabinet. his death on Christmas Day, 1937. He was cabinet, When the Democratic Party left office. the Fancy Dress Ball was in 1950, when Baker dropped out of national politics and J. Arthur Wood, now a famed cartoonist became quite active in the attempts of Tom for a Pittsburgh paper, was the president. Loftin JJohnson, Cleveland mayor, to estab always faithful and influential while in his trusteeship, and when, two years before his death, he was told by his doctors to give up all positions on various conunittees and organizations, he retained but two, one lish a sound tax system and to free the of which was his membership on the board city from state interference. Serving first of Washington and Lee. can be seen by the picture on the cover as gg assistant assis director of the city's law de Art Wood didn't spare any effort then, as a^^s partment, Baker next became City Solic of this issue, which is a floor shot of that itor, partrner during which time he handled success By serving on the committee that picked fully most of the fifty-five law suits brought Dr. Francis P. Gaines for the presidency of W & L, he once again aided his Alma Though much of the detailed information against the city by traction companies try- Mater. Through his continued service to nig to prevent rate reductions. school and country, Newton D. Baker about plans for the dance cannot be re occasion. leased at this time, it is certain that the In 1913, Cleveland elected Newton D. proved himself a most worthy member of TTaker as mayor, and within three years, his fraternity and chapter. Baker Dormi coming Fancy Dress weekend will be one through his policy of stating requisite ideals tory will remain as a constant reminder to attracting citizens to act upon them, Fijis, both undergraduates and alumni, of to be long remembered as one of the great and he came to be one of the most highly the outstanding achievements of Brother est in the history of Zeta Deuteron. respected city officials in the country. Baker. \r\nRobert "Hunter" Manson, III, from Lane Twenty-six New Initiates High School in Charlottesville, Virginia, was active in two varsity sports, the stu dent council, the school newspaper, and the In the banquet room of the Mayflower Hotel Phi Gamma Delta held its annual Norris Pig Dinner on February 16. Thrown in honor of the newly-initiated freshmen Key Club. At W & L he has become CoCopy Editor of the Ring-tum Phi, was on and the three upperclassmen whose initi ation had been delayed due to grades, the Country Team, and has served on the House Improvements Committee and the the dinner was a great success. Dr. Ollinger Crenshaw of the History Department was Cross George Jeff Mennen, from Caldwell, New Jersey, was pledged midway through the year and initiated after final exams in June. ceived this year is certainly one of the most outstanding assemblages of freshmen on David Reid Munroe, from North Muskegon, Michigan, attended prep school at campus. It definitely is the most versatUe class pledged by any fraternity this year. This statement has been proved by the ac tions of the class this year, and will con tinue to be underlined in future years by a great deal of still-unused potential. In the class of twenty-six are future editors arc also included in the list. the seer next year for the University. The freshmen class which Phi Gam re Initiated at the end of the year shortly after final grades were posted were three freshmen whose names are included with those below. Junior Bill Remington, and qophomores Jim Corbett and Ven Proctor Team, ter. He holds a Cary T. Grayson Scholar ship, and will be the Student Union Over acted as Master of Ceremonies. Twentyfour pledges were initiated in a ceremony at the house just before the dinner. f ^nmous publications, captains of athletic Track Public Relations Committee for the chap the speaker for the evening, and Tom Budd ?iam^ and student body officers. Freshman Dr. Crenshaw addresses Fijis at Pig Dinner '*T« live Is nvt t* Lawrenceville. He played football and track there, while participating in the Glee Club, Choir, and Band. Since he came to W & L Dave has played Varsity football. Varsity track, and has been a soloist for the Glee Club. In track, he came within one foot of breaking the school record for the shotput, and also threw the discus. (Continued on next por«) IWe for . . Menander James S. Corbett, from Washington, sophomore year was a member of the C., is a rising junior, who during his Rufus K. Barton, III, from St. Louis D. Washington Literary Society, played Var r-ountry Day School in St. Louis, Missouri, Lacrosse, was Co-captain of the W & L oiaved football, soccer, and track during sity Skiing Team, and was very active in intra His years there. He was also on the Cir- murals. o.ilation Staff of the newspaper. Here at John Duncan, from Toledo, Ohio, went W & L he sings in the Glee Club and is on Political Scene Shifts As the leading house in the Independent Party, Phi Gamma Delta placed three of its members in influential positions in campus politics during the year's elections. President Don Partington was elected as Fancy Dress President; Ray Robrecht was to Cranbrook School in Bloomfields Hills, elected to the Executive Committee as an House and Grounds Committee for the Michigan, where he participated athleti Intermediate Law Student; Steve Thomp ohaoter. Ruf is serving as the Section Chief cally in football, hockey, and tennis. In his son was elected as Vice-President of the for his area in this year's rush program. Charles R. "Dick" Brandt, froni Mechan.^churg, Pennsylvania, attended Mechanics- senior year he was elected chairman of Science Senior Class. the Disciplinary Committee and was an In that the party editor of the yearbook. He works on the slowly melting down, hurg High School for four years. He was radio show. Kaleidoscope, here at W & L. nrJfident of his class three years. Glee Henry A. "Sandy" Fenn, Jr., from r-iub President, Band President, and a Gainesville, Florida, attended Andover Member of the National Honor Society. School. While in prep school he was a member of the Varsity Swimming Team, He was also captain of the basketball co-captain of the baseball team.team At the Philips Society, and the Spanish Club. W & L Dick has joined the University He was also the terror of the underclass system seems to be especially after the many close elections during this past year, it is hoped that the contests in the future will not be so heavily over-balanced against Independent Party candidates. It is ob vious, however, that Phi Gam as the con trolling house in the minority party, has sufficient power to swing many Uni Christian Association, and plans next year men as a Senior Proctor. At W & L he is wielded versity Party votes. This pattern should S^play for the basketball team. He has active in the U.C.A. Boys' Club, and went continue in the following years. heen very active in intramurals, partic- out for freshman swimming. hfating in football, basketball, track, and Softball. He serves on the Cups and Social Committee for the house. Charles "Vance" Campbell, who attend Eduardo D. Gonzalez, from Havana, Don Partington, as President of the Cuba, went to Christchurch School, and house, of the Glee Club, and of the Student played football, and basketball there. He Servcle Societv, and next year's chairman also sang in the choir. At W & L "Ed" is of the Assimilation Committee, was the in the Glee Club, logical choice for Fancy Dress President. ed St Marks School in his native state or Omer Lee Jeter, from AltaVista, Virginia, Despite the wide margin of votes which Texas was a class officer for two years, on attended AltaVista High School there. Dur separates the two parties, at least 200 stu the Honor Roll, and was a reporter for the ing his four years in high school he was n^spaper. He was also quite active on president of his class for two years. Presi the football, basketball, and track teanw. dent of the Boys Club and Mixed Chorus, Vance is in the Glee Club here at W & L and Alumni Representative for the Class has played in intramurals, and is in the of 1959. Lee also participated in the Chris University Christian Association. He is tian Association there and in various music also infamous at several nearby girls schools. Robert "Meade" Christian, Jr., from Richmond, Virginia, was the Presictent of dents voted against their party, accounting for the landslide victory which Don won. Ray Robrecht was, again, a logical choice for Executive Committee, and as the for mer president of Phi Gamma Delta and a groups. He sings with the Glee Club here very distinguished law student, his selec tion for this post is accountable and under & L. Daniel McCarthy came to the south from standable in spite of his primary handicap at W Nichols School in Buffalo, New York. the Student Body at Thomas Jefferson While at prep school he was a class officer High School there. He was on the basket for two years, a member of the student man tennis, is a member of the U.C.A., a delegate for the Inaugural Convocation, member of the U.C.A. of votes. Steve Thompson, a member of A.E.D., the Library Hall Society, fraternity officer, ball and tennis teams, and was a senator council, on the staff of the yearbook. Chair dorm councilor. Dean's List student, and from both his sophomore and junior classes. man of the Orientation Committee, and a vice president of the Townie Club, was the He sings in the Glee Club and played fresh hockey manager. At W & L Dan is a logical choice also for vice president of the Peter G. MacMurtrle, also from Buffalo, Science Senior Class. and is in Phi Eta Sigma. is the only really short, fast, and tricky Campus politics are not as they should M.D. "Tony" Conklin, Jr., from San student at W & L, and has consequently be, but the quality of the candidate seems Antonio, Texas, attended Culver Military been a great boon to the basketball team. to be every year becoming more and more Academy where he played football and He has been very active in fraternity intra the number one consideration of the voter. baseball. Tony is a member of the Gaines murals also. At prep school Pete played It is quite possible that within the next Guard and the Graham-Lee Society here at football, basketball, and tennis, and was year or two, party lines will become quite W & L, and has been active in intramurals. active on the Charity Committee. insignificant. \r\nRush for 1960 New Cabinet Officers I hope this brief letter finds you enjoy ing a pleasant summer as you make In the annual spring elections this year, Don Partington was elected by a vote total ling almost twice that of his nearest op posing candidate for President of the house. ready for your first few weeks of college Monty Tucker was elected Treaurer, Don life. They are heetie, but enlightening Rhinesmith as Recording Secretary, Tom ones. Almost your first taste of life here in Lexington will be Rush Week. Rush Week at Washington and Lee is pre cisely what the term denotes — Rush! Yet it is an enjoyable time and one to be long remembered. Budd as Corresponding Secretary, Steve Thompson as Historian. Partington, who as the President and of Fancy Dress for 1961 will be carrying a big responsibility in the forthcoming year, is an active participant in almost every phase of life at Washington and Lee. Don will be heading up the Assimilation Com mittee for next year, as well as the Glee Club and the Student Service Society. You will meet many people and shake many hands before the last Rush date. The purpose of sending you this news paper is to help you become somewhat better acquainted with the Washington Tucker takes over the job which Don handled all last year—that of taking eare of the flnanees of the house. This year they will be considerably more Important than they have been for a decade, In that and Lee "Fijis" before we meet in the the large sums of money anticipated for fall. You will find the entire past year summarized on these pages, along with the parties at Fancy Dress will have to be properly manipulated. Monty sung vidth the Glee Club during the ilrst semester of the past year. Sigma Delta Psi Robi.son many of the anticipated events sched uled for the next year. As you will no Sports tice, there is never a dull moment — Recording Secretary Don Rhinesmith is a member of the Cotillion Club, is Vice President of the Student Service Society, On the Washington and Lee sport scene, Zeta Deuteron is one of the most active fraternities. Robby Robison was initiated into the honorary athletic fraternity, Sigma Delta Psi, after completing the necessary requirements for admission. Not too many people are aware of the talent which ad mission into this fraternity demands. Re quirements for admission are as follows; One mile run, to be completed in six minutes, 100 yard dash in 11.5 seconds, 120 yard low hurdles in 15 seconds, rope climb in 11 seconds, a hand stand for 10 seconds, a high jump of 5 feet, a broad jump of 17% feet, a shot put of 30 feet (16 pound shot), a baseball throw of 250 feet, a football kick of 120 feet, and a hand spring. Rising sophomore Pete MacMurtrle is well on his way to making the necessary requirements, and may well be the next Fiji initiated into Sigma Delta Psi. The rising sophomore class has many athletes— among them are Dave Munroe, who will be helping anchor the varsity line this tall for the football team, and who also throws the shot and discus in the spring. Bill Noriega played freshman football and track, and Rush Chairman Walton Dennis Younge was on the wrestling team. President Don Partington Dick Elliott played soccer. Herb Tinley was alternate goalie for the Varsity La whether it be a date at Hollins, two has been elected as a Dorm Councilor for crosse Team. Bill Spencer-strong did some points in an intra-mural bask Aball game, next year, and is a member of White Friars. wrestling, and Buck Rose played baseball. Pete Posey was helping the sprinters on or an "all-nighter" for tliat history hour Tom Budd, who has temporarily with the spring track squad. In the sophomore drawn from school and has been replaced class for next year there are talented boys quiz. I hope you enjoy glancing over in his cabinet post by Sandy Walton until his return, was an outstanding lineman on In all flelds of athletics. the various phases of life here at the the Varsity Football Team his freshman Tony Brennen was co-captain of this Phi Gam house and find this paper in year. Fog is expected back next year, year's wrestling team, and is in the Varsity some way beneficial to you. after a short stint on the cash register. Club. Chip Day played Varsity football, Wishing you a continued prosperous track, and swimming, and was on the j.v. Steve Thompson, as Vice President of lacrosse team. Steve Rutledge, in addition summer, the brothers and myself here at the Townie Club and President of the Bull to being a Phi Eta Sigma, consistent Dean's Phi Gamma Delta look forward to meet Shooters Club, was the logical choice for List student, IFC representative, IFC Rush Historian. Steve also has been re-elected Booklet Editor, Dorm Councilor, Freshman ing you in the fall. for the job of Dorm Councilor, and as has Camp Councilor, a member of the Cotillion been mentioned, was elected as an officer in his class. Steve, for all his bull, is a Dean's List student, and as a co-pledge trainer was largely responsible for what the rising sophomore class has shown. Club and the Commerce Fraternity, the Sincerely, Honor Roll and the Asimilation Committee SANDY WALTON and next year's Pledge Trainer, also played Varsity Basketball and Tennis. Rushing Chairman \r\nfinally emerges, it has been converted into About Our Sweetheart the wall board around the breakfast nook, the slats on the baby crib, and the news At the 1959 Champagne Party last No vember, Miss Berry Powers was chosen by paper that lines the garbage can. It seems rather symbolic and ominous the brothers as the Sweetheart of Phi Gamma Delta. A rising senior from Hollins. Berry—whose real name is Beryl, lives to note where this disastrous decline all started for the mighty oak tree—in the woods, that is. They have taken a heavy toll among the Fijis of 1960 here at W & L. in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, but is spend ing this summer working in Washington, D. C. „ Listed below are the names of those broth . a As is noted m another article. Berry is ers whc have joined all the logs floating down the river by surrendering that black china pin to some beguiling senorita. pinned to Robby Robison, whose real name is Horace. Berry and Robby have become so much a part of the house that they will be truly missed next year, for though Berry has another year of school left, Robby Jordan Smith, senior law student, gave up h'S pin to Martha Walters, who has graduated from Southern Seminary. Not only is Jordan floating down the river, he is halfway through the mill: he and Marty plan to be married sometime in October. graduated as a member of the Class of i960 It is expected that they will come back Buck Aiken, by the time these words are next year on various occasions, and especi ally for planned party-to-end-all-parties at Fancy Dress. The forthcoming years in print, will be drying dishes for his wife, the for Phi Gam will undoubtedly be some of the best years in the history of the chapter. Berry graduated from Holton Arms in Washington with the Class of 1957 there. former Miss Sherrlll Hammond, of Richmond, Virginia. Condolences have been sent to Brother Aiken. Bob Hinkel may not have gotten that Partington in moment of repose flashy convertible to go with his dynamic personality, but he landed Sally Beeves one executive committee, as officers In their day when she was coming in from Mary She has spent the last three years at Hoilins, majoring in sociology with a great deal pjass, and in positions of ieadershlp of many Baldwin—or perhaps it was the other way around. Fearful warnings have been sent of emphasis on psychology. Her natural Qther worthwhile campus organizations, charm, grace, and poise won for her the ^he incoming freshman, I would add to Northwestern, where Bob plans to re hearts of the W & L Fijis and resulted in Qjjg word of advice. Follow your head and ceive his PhD. vipr her election as Sweetheart last winter. Letter from the President Dear Brothers and Friends, Tom Kern, heretofore the power behind use your head during Rush Week. Don't „se let the emotions of the hot box or the the throne, is now being governed himself hearty hand shake pull you into four years by pretty Naomi Dixon from Hollins. Bobby Bobison couldn't help but suc of regret. All houses will look good to you cumb to Berry Powers, Sweetheart of Phi the first time you see them. Don't choose Gamma Delta for 1959-60. In his case, it This past year at Washington and Lee any house until you have seen it at least might be understandable. nresented many new and threatening prob- three times. fems to our fraternity system. Many frater- To our graduate members I ^ant Don Partington had to go all the way to Longwood to find Cherry Gorham, but nities were plagued by a heavy financial again extend the always open invitation since "Crip" thinks it s okay, one has to burden; others suffered because of a small for you to drop by and see us J. along with him. « „ nledge class. Next fall these same prob- are m Lexington. This is the first time in goDon Bhinesmith and Mary Ann Pondram 1 will increase in their tragic way until many years that we have made a direct ;iY definitely u Hrmbt some of the fraternities at Wash- appeal to our alumni for financial assistance Will dehnixeiy be frequent sights around no doubt some of the iraxermues ington and Lee will be fo.cea m doors. We at Zeta-Det^eron o that these problems project we have undertaken. I IVxo Kovlso tee\ xirKe yow to oorxavderation to threat to our project. But, if you cannot help us, ^®^fn%"heTiesSSuture Vrni ; 1-' I , I .I1.1 lYjjll possibility that you might assist US in ting dangerously close to the oIq mm. at least let us hear from you. Remember, Steve Thompson, believe it or not, hap pens to be pined to Nora Aranco from Mary Baldwin. Fearful warnings have been sent to Hollins, Sweet Briar, Macon, and Lexington High School. Sfffand unFty aj'eTndlFatlFeTFhe fiSire Strength of this house. Our financial con- done through sugglstiXadS;! and most important, attendance at our an- precarious position. We have talked a great ^ '1'^ indmectly connected Chuck Bowie seems completely at home with Louise Harris, and why not ? The thing that has us worried is that Chuck dition is stable. We have Incurred no out- "'^al festivities, standing debts which might place us in a tn this letter, I have tried to reach all isn't the kind of guy to go throwing away deal about the question of plans for the with the Zeta Deuteron Chapter. The ininterior improvement of our house. We terest and support of all those connected that are floating down the river right now. Chuck Day had a blind date not too long his pin unless he really means it. He may be a few yards ahead of all the other logs hope some of the weight of this burden necessary if we are to cont'nue ago, and now seems determined to settle can be alleviated by our graduate mem- ^o function as one of the finest fraternities down with Douglas Laugham from Baldwin. hers. Financially, however, I can report a Washington and Lee and maintain our Fearful warnings have been sent to Calgary gain, not a loss, for the past school year, prestige as a number of the National Fra- and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The financial condition, I believe, indicates ternity of Phi Gamma Delta. Monty Tucker and Joan Hickson have Sincerely, also our stability and potential growth here on the Washington and Lee campus. We Don Partington, President. been inseparable all this year, and there is every indication that proceedings shall continue next year. Before long Joan will have him completely reformed. Fearful Pinned Fijis warnings have been sent to the Budweiser Brewing Company in Milwaukee. have successfully surmounted the possible threats of the new freshman dining hall. Next year's problems should not affect us here at Zeta Deuteron. Looking forward to next year, I can prediet a year of progress and achievement for Zeta Deuteron. We have twenty-four boys living in the house. This means the house Is filled to capacity—in fact, over capacity, We also now have the largest house on the Washington and Lee campus — sixty-five men. This, I believe, indicates the possible intramural strength of our chapter next year. At present we have almost twentyfive percent of the brothers on the Dean's At one time in his life, every man can be compared with a giant oak, standing tall and independent over all the other little trees in the forest. He is his own master, and decides for himself what course to follow. Then someone come along — blonde, blue eyes, 37-24-36, and chops down the tall, independent oak tree. Soon it is floating down the river along with a lot of other once-tall-and-independent trees, After a while it reaches a mill, and goes Sandy Fenn had hardly been initiated before he was pinned to Holly Garrison of Greenwich, Connecticut. For you stupid clods who can't pronounce the name of that town, it rhymes with "Fenn" and "itch." Bill Spencer-strong, better known to his flock of admirers as Stretch Strong-spencer, also surrendered his pin shortly after initi ation. In fact, he and Sandy had a race to see who could get pinned first. Results of that race are unknown, hut there is a List, and several on the honor roll. Finally, through a long process of endoctrination mighty happy girl hack in Baltimore named I must note that we have boys serving on and change. When that once-mighty tree Vera Gamble. \r\nALUMNI NEWS-PLEASE Alumni Mailbox Robert C. Smith, '53, and wife Barbara longer actively associated, but at the same were blessed with the arrival of a daughter, time there are many who are capable. We are asking, this summer, and in the coining William Latane Flannagan, M.D., '40, was Sarah Adams, bom September 1, 1959. year, for support in this program to im murdered at Christiansburg on October 12, With .sons Kevin, Bret, jand Dod, they now prove our house and insure its beauty. This 1959. He is survived by his daughter, Helen are complete nervous wrecks. They live program is one which has been developing Kathleen Flanagan. At the time of his at Enderley Heights, Buena Vista, where death, he was engaged in. the private prac Brother Smith practices law and holds the tice of medicine in Christiansburg, Va. position of Municipal Judge. Gordon R. Floyd, '42, Decatur, Illinois, re Russell W. Jordan, Jr., '28, Richmond Vir ports seventeen years of happy marriage ginia, died February 12, 1959, and is sur for several years now, and it had been hoped that it could be completed this year. With the added weight of new financial de mands, however, the members will be un able to meet the obligations with which we will have to cope. and now has two daughters, aged nine and vived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Jordan. In legislation passed this year, the Uvlng room and dining room are being redec thirteen. He is in the dairy business, and Brother Gordon had been a professor of would like to see the Class of 1940 organize law at the University of Richmond. a twentieth-year reunion this year, to which orated at our own expense. Several parts of the remainder of the house, and some Mack Faris, '49, his wife Hellen, and two of the furniture will need to be repidied In he would come as a chaperone. this next year If we are to maintain our children Ann and Douglas are still living Charles Mlxon, M.D., '54, Birmingham, Ala in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mack present standard as the most inviting house on the Washington and Lee campus. We bama, is engaged in successful practice at is an Associate Professor of Law at the feel that any of our alumni who possibly Santa Cruz County Hospital in Santa Cruz, Wake Forest Law School. can will be glad to help us out on this mat California. ter. A small contribution from a large seg Dorsey Stcmons Flagg, '22, Martinsburg, West Virginia, owns and operates a motel ment of the alumni would aid us consid with his wife. He has five sons and two daughters, along with nineteen grandchil- ^©n. His sons have gone into teaching, An Urgent Request erably. If those who are willing to help out in During the summer there will be some extensive decoration done on the interior this program of ours to keep the Phi Gam of the house which will cost each member house looking nice would send contributions of the chapter a considerable amount of in care of Monty Tucker at the house here fhe army, and some are attending the Uni money. These improvements are not being in Lexington, they would be greatly ap done as a part of a flair of lavishness or preciated. versity of Virginia. The progress of this program will be noted in this magazine during the Glck Budd, '55, has escaped from the Army anything of that sort — they are sorely forthcoming year. needed. Zeta Deuteron has become a lead (December, 1958). He now lives in Pitts ing house on the Washington and Lee Cam burgh and is about to go into the steel pus in many ways, and not the least of business. Brother Budd lives at 5728 Baum these is its social life. In a year which Boulevard. Apartment 7-R, in Pittsburgh. saw many big parties and an over-crowded John J. Popular, II., '56, has had another living room in more than one case, the first Solute to Ted Schultz After heading the Labor Relations floor of the house became quite torn up. Branch of the Division of Personnel of TVA visit from the stork—the second one—her since midway through 1946, E.B. "Ted" Our house is considered by many. Includ name: Donna Lee, born August 4, 1959. Shultz has finally retired. He reached the ing ourselves, to be the most attractive Samuel Augustus Syme, Jr., '56, has fallen house In the town of Lexington, both Inside normal retirement age of sixty-five last December, but his employment was ex from the ever-diminishing ranks of bach and out. This statement could surely have tended because of his value to the TVA and elorhood. The happy conqueror: formerly been made at the beginning of the past his vital interest in his work. He finally year, but as we left. It had fallen down Miss Margaret Janet Stennis. They were quite a few notches. Action had been taken, married at the Presbyterian Church in and we are confident of returning to a DeKalb, Mississippi, on November 21, 1959. nicely rejuvenated house. Walter T. Kunau, '51, reports a change of This, however, will not be the end of address. He has migrated to 1201 Booth our problems. Don Partington has said in Avenue, Owensboro, Kentucky. Walter C. Aberg, Jr., '42, is happily married gave up the job on the first of November, 1959. Since November 1939, Brother Shultz, who graduated from Washington and Lee in 1916, has been secretary of the TVA Retirement System, and has been quite In his open letter that our financial condition volved In the complexities which have de is stable, but one must consider that we veloped In that field during recent years. will also be shouldering a heavy burden in and the father of one daughter, Karen Lee. the forthcoming year by running the festivi Ted served as co-director of a study in He is Vice President of the T. J. Bettes ties at the Fancy Dress Ball. This is some retirement policies and practices as mani thing which should make one and all who fested in our economy during recent years. were ever a part of Zeta Deuteron proud. Made possible by a grant from the Ford ing firm. At that same time, it should bring to mind Foundation, this study was taking place Robert O. Glasler, '54, is inspecting the the vast responsibilities that the chapter and is continuing at Cornell University. possibilities of life in gay Paris. He is now will be weighted with. Zeta Deuteron offers a tip of the Fiji with the Parker overseas organization do We realize that it is impossible for many hat to Brother Shultz, who over the years Company of California, a mortgage bank ing research on technical and commercial to make an actual contribution of money has shown himself to be a truly dedicated to a fraternity with which they are no and ambitious personality. markets. \r\nW & L Fijis Hit Top of Festivities in progress at the Phi Gom house during Fiji Islands In the past year the Washington and Lee Fijis havebecome rather renowned for the parties, and very justly so. Through tlie eflForts of Social Chairman Joe Inabnett, the Fijis had a bigj^er year from the standpoint of parties than any other house on campus. This is somewhat grudgingly admitted bv other houses. The facts stand before us on this page. House parties during football weekends are always the ones in which the freshman class is broken in to the W & L party life. Almost before the first hour quiz comes the Openings Dance Set, and the Fiji house was swinging then. When Homecomings came almost immediately after that, there was no let up in the mad festivities. Everybody loves a party, and though the matter of learn ing is always first and foremost, it is always very hard to look at a book from after classes on Saturday until late Sundav night. It is during these hours that the prowess of each house is tested to see which one can throw the most out standing party. A long string of successful weekends at the Phi Gam house, all of which with the exception of those reserved for Fijis alone were liberally attended by the entire campus, now rests in our minds. There is nothing quite like taking your date out to the Maury River—the middle of it in fact, and sitting on a rock sipping a few beers. Andy and Margie had the right idea when they headed out to Jack's place on the day the picture on this page was taken. Balmy weather in both the spring and fall make this excursion a great necessity. Andy ond Morgi* at Jack's place \r\nSocial Sphere in 1960 Th« Phi Gam hcoia on Pr»»ton Street. A more resolute tone came over the house at tlw a Champagne Party, with everyone looking forma an champagne for the first half of the evening. The sectm is not remembered by too many—but Champagi^® ^ j-' ^ reputation among the Fijis as one of the most outstan ing parties of the year. It was the parties at Fancy Dress which make the rest of the campus step back in awe and watch for a moment then join in with the fun. The Fijis had a combo going amost constantly—and the combos were the three most outs^n ing ones on campus. A typical comment made by mem ers o other houses was, "What are you guys trying to do anyway and people went back home from Fancy Dress te ing everyone they saw about the Phi Gam house at W& . An early spring house party welcomed in the Spring Dance Set, and three weeks later the big party of t e came—Fiji Islands. The Gladiolas played from three Saturday afternoon to seven that night, and the Tarns came in and Borry, Rich, and K«n ot the Dude Ronch The next day—Sunday, was spent out at the Dude Ranch drinking beer and listening to the Tams play from 1 till 6. Sunday at the Dude Ranch deserves mentioning in some de tail. The incoming freshman will learn soon enough that combos on Sunday have been outlawed by the University. Many houses have succumbed to this and do their partying on Saturdays only. Rather than let this happen, the Phi Gams have obtained rights to a Dude Ranch thirty miles from Lexington, completely outfitted with livery stable, river, and a screened in porch for the combo. There is nothing quite like relaxing by the river with your date on a Sunday afternoon with the combo playing in the background, eating a picnic lunch of fried chicken and potato salad. The Fiji Islands weekend ended social activity at the Fiji house for I960. The forthcoming year will undoubtedly be twice as big and therefore twice as much fun. With the privilege of throwing the biggest party in the country—the Fancy Dress Ball, we certainly intend to be in good shape. New Social Chairman Dennis Brack has already seen to it, played from 9 till 2. A foot of sawdust on the floor and a by the signing of several combos, that the year will begin ceiling of leaves plus proper fighting and Chip Day s murals with a loud bang. gave the effect well enough. The grain punch also helped in its own little way to make the party successful. ¥ T.K., Naomi, and H«rb at Fiji Itlands Roloxing up at Charlie's oportmont \r\nIJ" I Mt, Top Row: Rufus King Barton, III, Charles Richard Brandt, II; Charles Vance Campbell; Robert Meade Christian, Jr., Second Row: Matthias Dayton Conklin, Jr., James Sloane Corbett; John Duncan, Richard Gibbons Elliot, Henry Anderson Fenn, Jr, Eduardo Damaso Gonzalez, Third Row: Omer Lee Jeter, Peter George MacMurtrie; Robert Hunter Manson, III, Daniel McCarthy; George Jeff Menen; David Reid Munroe; Fourth Row: George Andrew Neo, Jr.; Roger Poine, III; Warren Maury Posey, Venable Bland Proctor, William Carl Remington; Thomas Pierce Rideout, Fifth Row: Meade Franklin Rose; William Henry Spencer-strong, II, Sidney Herbert Tinley, III, Hugh Henry Trout \r\nPIG DINNER George "Andy" Nea, Jr., from Christchurch School is the current Production Manager of the Ring-turn Phi. 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