Vol. CXV, No. 2 Phi Gamma Delta, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana April, 1970 Lambda Fijis Fill DPU Board The Board of Trustees of DePauw contains eight Fijis of Lambda Chapter. These men were active while at DePauw and have made many contributions to their community. Phi Gamma Delta is proud to provide the leadership within the University and salute the following . Edwin C. Boswell '31 has been instrumental in developing the athletic facilities of DePauw University which include tennis courts, the track, and intramu ral fields. His many contributions were repayed in part when Boswell Field, a new soccer facility, was dedicated in his honor on Old Gold D ay, 1969. H e is the President of McMahan Construction Company of Rochester, Indiana , and has been a trustee of DePauw since 1956. Boswell was honored by being named De Pauw Universi ty's "Alumnus-of-theYear" in 1966. Edwin C. Boswell William Cooling '36 is President of the Indiana Insurance Company, the Consolidated Insurance Company, and the Cooling-Grumme Mumford Company, Incorporated. He also serves as Vice-President and Director of the Inco-Finance Incm:porated and the Aero M ayflow~.r Transit Company. His other varied activities include the Central Indiana Council, the Boy Scouts, the United Fund of Greater Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Hospi .. tal Developmen t A ssociat ion , and the D irector of the Indianapolis Goodwill. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Fletcher National Bank and Tru st Company . Dr. Merrill McFall '27 is considered one of the most popular and stimulating speakers ·to youth in colleges and universities throughout America. H e graduated from the Garrett Biblical Institute in 1935 and has held a variety of offices which include VicePresident of the Indiana Council of Churches, President of the Board of Education of the Indiana Conference Methodist Church , the Goodwill Am- Reverend Robert W. Fribley '35 was president of his senior class at DePau w in 1934-35. He was a member of Blue K ey, Kappa T au Kappa, and received the Walker Cup in 1935. His athletic activities included membership on the undefeated, conference champion football team in 1933 and the track team. Rev . Fribley was an All-State Back in 1934. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees and Visitors and the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association and was Presid ent of the Alu mni Association for four years. After attending DePauw he was graduated from the Boston University School of Theology. His naval earner included bein g the Naval Reserve Chaplain in the Pacific in World War II and attaining the rank of Commander in the United States Naval Reserve. Brother Fribley's diverse clerical activities include holding many positions in the North Indiana C o n f e r e n c e of the Methodist Church including Missionary Secretary, D istrict D irector of Youth Work, and Conference Youth Director. He waS' dean of the Epworth Forest Institute and Director o.f the Wesley Foundation at Purdue University. H e has been Chairman of the Commission on World Service and Finance of the North Indiana Conference since 1956, and is honored by being listed in Who's Who in Me·t hodism. D r. F ribley is the minister of the First Methodist Church of Anderson, Indiana. J. Stanford Smith bassador of Methodist Churches in Indiana to Methodist Churches in Germany, membership on the Commission on Structure of Methodism Overseas, and President of the Bloomington Church Federation. H e has been pastor of the First Methodist Church of Bloomington, India na since 1941. While at DePauw he was an economics major and a member of Phi Beta K appa. He was named a trustee of DePau w in 1947 and received an honorary D.D . Degree from DePauw in 1943. J. Kurt Mahrdt '28 has served as cashier and auditor for the Indiana National Bank. In 1963 he was named (Continued on Page 3) \r\nTwo April. 1970 THE TIGER FIJI Grad Help Needed Now We are anticipating great success in rush for the upcoming year. However, t h is is partly dependent on your own efforts. Past years have been fill ed with alumni guidance. Your help is needed again this year to locate q u alified individuals for D ePauw University and Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta . We need your interest and recommendations! Please note that rush will end by the first week in September. Please submit your advice before that date. Sincerely, Mike Bleck. Rush Chairman Ferge! AS I SAW IT The George Lortz family posed in Greencastle last year on Alumni Day. Left to right are Jeff Kit and his son. Rear. Becky Lortz. and Mr. and Mrs. Lortz. Above are Eric and Linda Lortz. LORTZ LAUDED AS ATHLETICS BOOSTER 1933 Gridder Makes Century All Fiji Pick Lortz is listed in Who's Who in the Southeast. On October 26th of last year, DePau w University President W . E. Kerstetter presented Alumnus (Class of '34) George E. Lortz with a special plaque recogmzmg his outstanding contributions to DePauw athletics. Lortz, a member o.f Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, was starting center and co-captain of Coach "Gaumy" Neal's famous 1933 football team which finished the season undefeated, untied and unscored upon. During that same year, Lortz broke a longstanding National Colleg'iate Record by returning a blocked Ball State field goal attempt for ninety-nine yards (breaking the old record of 95 yards set by Sanford White of Princeton). In addition to his own accomplishments on and off the p laying field, Mr. Lortz and his w ife, Christine, (an Honorary Alumna of DPU) have contributed three sons to DePauw Athletics, the eldest George "Kit" Lortz was an All ICC tackle on the 1959-61 teams. "Kit" is now married and has one son . Following "Kit" is brother Jeff. a running back on the 1963-1964 squad. Third son of the Lortz clan is Eric. who is norw married and living in Fowler, Indiana. Like his two brothers and father, Eric was an outstanding ath lete - quarterback on D ePauw's '65, '66 and '67 teams. E ric was elected All ICC and set a D ePauw total offense record of 1101 yards in the 1967 season. Since his footba ll years, George Lortz has become a successful bu siness man serving several years as Executive Vice-Preident and General Manager of Walker Martin, Inc., an apiplia n ce distributing subsidiary of G.E. Also a member of the Raleigh , N.C. City Planning Commission. Mr. Without doubt, these extremely significant contributions by Mr. George Lortz and his three sons rank highly in the annals of D ePauw University a nd establish a precedent of participation and su ccess for which all persons conn ected with DePauw University cannot help b ut respect and admire. Reviewing my years as Lambda President, I'm sorry I did not do more . I am quite su re that I learned more about myself as a p erson than I returned to Lambda in leadership and organization. The most valuable lesson I learned is about myself as a l ~a der. If a group of people elects someon e to head their organization, they expect a rath er active leader. 'I1his was my biggest failure; what leadership I did offer was too passive. Lambda's biggest weakness is still poor internal organization. I recognized this problem when I took office, but I was never able to correct this fault. My leadership was not forceful enough. However, I do feel we made gains in other areas. For example, our "n o fines" system is a success as was our new Pig Dinner format. Lambda's new cabinet will be a good one. President Jim Sanford is quite capable of rectifying our organizational problems. In addition, he has extensive plans formulated and designed to further involve the undergradu ates in the buildin g fund drive and social service projects. I would like to thank every alum for the cooperation I r eceived durin g the past year. When talking with you at variou s times, all of you made an honest and sincere effort to understand L ambda of 1969-70. Thank you all for your understanding and for letting me be your president. Fraternally, Larry R. Downs P erg