Boilermaker Fiji LAMBDA IOTA of PHI GAMMA DELTA PURDUE UNIVERSITY rAuKUTOlC April 22, 1972 West Lafayette, Indiana Volume XXXIV, Number 1 PIG DINNER HUGE SUCCESS The Norris Pig Dinner is one of the for one year, was officially started at the most well known traditions of the fratern dinner. ity. This year's version of the annual graduate gathering was especially deUght- Following these reports awards were made to graduate brothers. Sixteen awards were made, including three golden owls for fifty years of brotherhood and thirteen silver owls for twenty five. Also a special presentation was made to brother ful for a number of reasons. The program included numerous distinguished Fijis both speaking and receiving awards. A surprise visit by brother Eugene Cernan capped it all off; no one present could remember a more enjoyable Fiji Pig Dinner. The toasthiaster for the banquet was Dr. Richard (Doc) Crowder. Doc's quips and teasing chided the people he intro duced, but his good nature kept the brothers all laughing. After an invocation by Morgan Burke a roast pig (beautifully prepared by Ma Walker) was presented. Burr Swezey, the oldest brother present kissed the pig's snout, while Chuck Stew art the youngest kissed its opposite end. After a tasty dinner of steak and baked potatoe Doc Crowder went to work intro ducing Honored Guests, Dr. Arthur G. Hansen, Burr Swezey, Gene Cernan, Joe Rudolph, Richard Grace, Larry Lane,Bill Miller, and Mitch Vogel. After this task the 1972 pledge class was introduced, each member giving his name, major and home town. All twenty- seven of the junior actives were present, demonstrating the continued strength of the fraternity to the graduates. The next item on the program was the Chapter report, presented by James Pratt. Burr Swezey when he was awarded a plaque naming him a Distinguished Fiji as determined by the national chapter. Although the next name on the printed program was that of the scheduled speaker a small deviation was made. Eugene Cernan, astronaut and famous Fiji was able to attend the dinner and was asked to say a few words. Brother Cernan briefly spoke of his experiences in space flight, saying that they belonged to all of the brothers. He emphasized that brotherhood is not for college days alone and that all of those who share that common experi ates and undergraduates, and by the strong fraternity spirit demonstrated by the brothers who spoke. What may well have turned out to be another boring dinner ended up as an emotional experi ence for both the undergraduates, who saw the meaning of the fraternity and the grads, who saw the caliber and interest of the brothers in the house. When speaking of this year's Norris Pig Dinner there is no exageration in the word "unbelievable". DISTINGUISHED FIJI Burr S. Swezey (Purdue '13), director since 1947 and vice president from 195556 of the Indiana State Chamber of Com merce, is chairman of the executive com mittee of the Lafayette National Bank of Lafayette, Ind. He is also chairman of the ence should remain one in spirit. He explained that he is looking forward to his next trip to the moon as captain of a three man mission this December. Brother Cernan hopes to return again soon. The main speaker for the dinner was brother Arthur G. Hansen, the new presi dent of Purdue University. Dr. Hansen spoke of the fraternity experience in college life, stating that its value is para mount in the face of present social chang es. He too emphasized that fraternity is not for college days alone, and stressed excellence in all fields of pursuit. A review of the previous years activity At this point the dinner was officially was made, highlighting social service in concluded, but to end the account here board and a director of the Union Bank volvement and academic achievement. would be to miss the meaning of the and Trust Company in Delphi, Ind. He This was followed by a similar report dinner. The value could be seen in the from the Alpha Graduate chapter detail ing the fund drive for improvements on the chapter house. The drive, designed true fraternity demonstrated by all of the graduate brothers who returned to remi nisce, by the interactions between gradu has been a state vice president and mem ber of the executive committee of the American Bankers Association as well as president of the Indiana Bankers Associa- \r\nPage 2 tion. He is also active in numerous civic and charitable organizations. Brother Swezey was the Indiana state golf champion in 1911 and 1919 and runner-up for the same title in 1910 and 1913. As a result, he is a member of the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame. Always active in Purdue University alumni activities, he has been president of the Purdue Alumni Association, Inc. and treasurer of the Purdue Alumni Foun dation. His efforts were rewarded by the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Purdue University. Formerly a Section Chief for Phi Gamma Delta, he has served as both president and treasurer of the Lafayette Graduate Chapter. He handled the finan cing for the present Lambda lota chapter house and in tribute the chapter annually sponsors a Burr S. Swezey Day. ALPHA GRADUATE MEETING Previous to our wonderful Pig Dinner, the Graduate Brothers held their annual business meeting to order at 2:00 with seventeen officers and directors and ap proximately twenty-five additional alumni present. The major topic of discussion was what was to be done with the remodel ing of the house. During the period from May to October, 1971, the Architectural firm of Walter Scholer and Associates was retained by the Lambda lota Graduate Corporation to suggestimprovements with several levels of priority and to provide cost estimates for remodeling the Chapter House at 640 Russell Street. A compre hensive report was received at Home coming, 1971 and has been studied by the Board. On the basis of this study the following resolutions were unanimously passed: 1) To iniate a capital gifts campaign to raise SI 75,000 for improvement of the property at 640 Russell St. The cam paign will be announced at Pig Dinner, TELL THE GANG THAT... FIJISON CAMPUS The traditional Graduate Appreciation Night was held on Thursday, April 13, Dinner was at 6:00 PM followed by the kegger at 7:30. The turnout was very good The residents of 640 Russell have pro vided quite a varied contribution to Pur due's athletic program. The gridiron holds contributions from four seniors, a junior and a sophomore. Three year letterman Tim Huxhold and Mike Cota both had good seasons with and the beer flowed freely. It was an en joyable time for both the Grads and the Actives. The meal before the kegger is the result of a new policy. We have designated dinner (5:30) on the second Thursday and lunch (11:30) on the fourth Tuesday for the Grads. If you happen to be in the the Boilers. "Hux" was moved from his area we would especially like to see you recipient of the Red Mackey Award for the senior who exemplified determination, dedication, and loyalty. Mike Cota has been a regular starter this year for Purdue. on these dates. Bill Smith (ME '39) is currently the President of the Rochester Graduate Chap ter. In fulfilling his role he will be attend ing this year's EKKLESIA in San Francis co. He has recently been spending his vacation in Europe. Bill's youngest son, Tom, is a junior at Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. He is studying for a year abroad in Rennes, last years guard position to tackle. Twice this season Tim was elected by his team mates to captain and hopes to find a future on a pro roster next year. Tim was also a This results from some hard work which allowed him to beat out the highly pub licized Ashley Bell,an accomplishment at one time thought impossible by many. Two year letterman Steve Murphy and Jack Spellman have seen action at defen sive safety and offensive running back France. David is a senior at Worcester respectfully. Steve received the Kizer Polytechnic in Massachusetts. Bill's only daughter, Sharon, is married and working Award for the senior letterman with the for her masters at Michigan. The eldest son. Bill Jr. (Yale '65) is back from the army and is currently practicing law. Steve De Grandmaison (IM '71), now an insurance agent in Santa Monica, Cali fornia, lives with his wife. Sue, and their daughter of 6 months, Tracy. Bob Clack (61') is a special agent of the FBI in Scaramento, California. Bob and Maria have two boys, Scott, 7, and Michael, 6. Bill Brock (IM '64) and his wife, Bar bara, have three youngsters - Melinda, Martha, and Elizabeth. Brother Brock is working in Bronxville, New York, as the Vice President of A.G. Becher & Co., Inc. Ed Ogden (Chem E. '62) is Vice Presi dent of sales for Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. He lives with his wife, Jeanne, and sons Ed, 18, Bill, 16, and daughter Susan, 12, in Peterborough, New Hampshire. highest academic average. Greg Miller has earned his letter by filling out the tight end spot. Sophomore Steve Burke from Dearborn, Mich., has been called upon twice to fill the starting quarterback slot for an injured Gary Danielson. Burke lead Purdue to a thrilling 21 to 20 victory over Northwestern and dispite a fine effort suffered a disheartening defeat at the hands of Wisconsin (14 to 10). Both occasions he demonstrated the poise and potential of a fine Big Ten quarterback. Along with Burke and Spellman who are returning next year, the Phi Gams football tradition stands in the good hands of four very promising freshmen who have joined the 71'pledge class: Bill Mathews(Indiana polis), Dale Walker (Indianapolis), Rick Oliver (Chicago),andPete Gross(Chicago). The European originated sports of Rugby, Soccer, and Lacrosse have become popular at Purdue through their respective clubs. Bob Durfee (72' Evansville) has 1972 and will extend to Pig Dinner, 1973; construction will begin as soon thereafter as possible. April 22, 1972 BOILERMAKER FIJI 3) To retain post-time secretorial help for printing and mailing such promotional worked his way from the 'B' to 'A' Rugby team and played an integral part in giving the Purdue "Ruggers" claim to second Committee into two new committees: Finance Committee and Construction and informational materials which the place in the Mid-West. Two Phi Gams are also represented in Soccer at Purdue. Finance and Construction Committees John Langerak (73' St. Louis) is first Committee. deem appropriate. string defense man; Tom Ponder (72' 2) To activate the Long-Range Planning \r\nApril 22, 1972 Pittsburg, Pa.) was named the teams most valuable player. Scott Sumner (73' Evansville) can often be found in Room 10 mending his stick for the next day's La crosse practice. The soliciting of the La crosse schedule will begin in the spring. Case Ellis (72' Willmette, 111.) was elected co-captain of the 1972 track team. Case earned a scholarship from Purdue as a high jumper this year because of a great showing last year. He not only beat out Recently Thomas Reynolds Gamble (IM '73) has been elected Vice President of Financial Affairs for the Interfraternity Council. Currently, he is investigating cooperative buying. Timothy Morris Smith (IE '74) was elected to the Junior Board of the Student Union. He will be responsible for projects Purdue's scholarship high jumpers but set an indoor record for Purdue with a 6' 8" and Cresent. Give 'em Hell Brother De jump. wenter. Morgan Burke (73' Indianapolis) is co-captain of the Purdue swim team. He has lettered two years in the sprint free style and is looking forward to another outstanding year. Bill Stephens (73' Brownsburg) lettered in the butterfly last Gerald Ellsperman (IE '74) was ap pointed to membership on the Junior Board. He is working with Tom Gamble in investigating cooperative buying. team is represented by Joe Dewenter (74' church into a building for the Boy's Club of America of Tippecanoe County. Paint ing, finishing, and other labor necessary for the conversion was performed by the brothers. The local newspaper came to photograph Phi at work. JUNIOR ACTIVE CLASS OF 1975 Lambda Iota handed out 26 white stars to its prospective members towards the middle of the fall semester. The class has already distinguished itself in its high school performances. In the purely aca demic area of achievement the class boasts ten National Honor Society members, six class Presidents, numerous scholarships year and is counted on for the same kind second letter as Purdue's diver. The crew On Saturday, March 11, Phi Gamma Delta helped convert an old Lafayette such as dances, feature films, and Gala Week, etc. Joseph Rene Dewenter (IE '74) has been appointed pledge trainer of Skull of performance in '72. For his second year on the swim team, Lee Schweir (74' S. Winsor, Conn.) is expected to give solid support to the freestyle. Dave Morgan (74' Indianapolis) will be working for his Page 3 BOILERMAKER FIJI RAISE MONEY FOR UNITED FUND WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. - Thanks to the Purdue Fijis, a much needed Christ mas gift of $1750.00 was given to the Lafayette United Fund. The money was raised by a 105-mile football run from Lafayette to Bloomington, Indiana for the traditional Purdue-Indiana gridiron clash. The run was initiated by J. Michael Cota, '72, starting tiglit end for the and civic awards. The junior actives are currently studying in many diverse fields: from aviation technology to personel management, agriculture, engineering, science and industrial management. In addition to the above-mentioned spring break. At this point Jamie Pratt is old record of 10 hours and 34 minutes academic work, the class has many high school sports awards. A majority of the class have earned letters in the following sports: football (9), baseball (6), basket ball (6), tennis (3), wrestling (3), golf (2), cross country and track (2), and one swim ming letter. The class promises to improve the already excellent FIJI intramural batting .412 as center fielder. Tom Christ- was bettered by 57 minutes. teams. enberry is holding down the first base position. But what has caused a great deal Co-Chairman Michael D. McTague, '73, and A. Jeffrey Reinking, '72' organized the soliciting of donations at a rate of S9.00 per mile. The Fijis invited support from other Greek houses, cooperative houses, university resident halls, parents of Lambda Iota brothers, Fiji graduates Lafayette). Joe isan oarsman on the eightman heavyweight shell of the juniorvarsity. There are three Fijis playing varsity baseball this spring and all of them have made the starting lineup. They have just returned from their southern trip during of excitement is Mike Christenberry break ing into the starting lineup for the first time. He is playing third base and batting .350. Two Fijis were recently nationally honored for there achievements in ath letics. Morgan Burke and Jamie Pratt were distinguished as "Outstanding College Athletes of America." Robert Armean Wright (IM '73) has just been elected President of he Student Union. This is a service organization for Boilers. And so, on November 20 at 3:00 p.m. the 40 runners were off. This year the and interested citizens. These people have helped make the "run for the money" the most productive social service venture of the house in the past two years. Other projects undertaken on a smaller scale this fall have included the annual Also, Armean will be a representative at Fiji-Theta leaf rake. Both chapters com bined to rake leaves from lawns of neiglibors and then invited the neighbors to the Fiji house for dinner. Earlier in the fall, the Ross-Ade Foundation, Student Senate, several brothers donated their time to and the Pop Stars Committee, Congratula tions to Brother Wright. paint and stripe the parking lot of a near by church. the students. We will be on the advisory board for the Purdue Memorial Union. As with every class, the class of'75 has its share of interesting and hilarious char acters. Rumor has it that Dale Walker of Indianapolis combines a football scholar ship from Purdue with a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission to study nuclear physics. His ability in this field is kept well hidden in the interests of national security. Joining Dale in the football squad is Pete "Silverthroat" Gross of Parkridge, 111. attending Purdue on special invitation from the Purdue Musical Organizations. Several recording companies have sup posedly given Pete recording contract offers, but, as a loyal PB, he has turned down fame and wealth. Bill Matthews of Indianapolis recentl> parted company with most of his hair due to a confrontation with the local ROTC \r\nPage 4 commander. It seems his draft number with the Chi Os' are among the other was seven. functions in the near future. Talented Larry Kitto of Evansville thrilled the theater-going public of West Lafayette with a spectacular performance in the play Celebration. A month earlier, junior active Chuck Stewart of West Lafayette, here on an Air Force ROTC scholarship, had the pleasure and honor, as youngest member of the class of '75, to kiss the hind end of the pig at the classe's first Norris Pig Dinner. The class hopefully will wind up the spring semester with as good or better grades and looks forward to a restful and profitable summer, and with a lot of hard work, possible initiation by next Christ Fellow at the Russian Institute at Colum bia University. Currently a member of the faculty of Columbia University of the Russian Institute, he has just returned from a trip to the Soviet Union. DR. PATRICIA GRAHAM a native of serving in the Navy Dr. Graham received West Lafayette, attended the University of Wisconsin for one year and transferred to Purdue as an English and education major, completing her degree in two cal endar years. After graduation, she accom panied her husband to Norfolk, Virginia, where she taught in public and private schools. Having already received her mas ter's degree from Purdue, Dr. Graham took graduate courses and received her Ph.D. in history under the provisions of her hus bands' Danforth Fellowship. Returning to Indiana, she worked at the Inter-University both Danforth and Woodrow Wilson fel Committee on Travel Grants and was lowships and entered a graduate program at Columbia University. Working in Rus sian studies and history, he received a Cer appointed to the School of Education at PHI GAMMA DELTA WAS REPRE SENTED IN THE OLD MASTERS OF 1971. Dr. Loren Graham and his wife were distinguished as Old Masters. The couple have had brilliant careers in ed good friends in high school. Cam beat Ron ucation. for the senior class presidency by one vote! (Ron as of this writing continues to demand a recount) DR. LOREN GRAHAM intending to be an engineer, entered Purdue on an NROTC Gross will help them out. in the history department of Indian University. Later he became a Senior mas. A big inter-class power struggle con tinues between Ron Wigginton and Cam Willis, both of Louisville, Ky. Originally Ready to challenge the Purdue Glee Club are roomates Rick Ellsperman and Frank Will. Both sang with their high school singing group "the Singing Wild cats" in Evansville. Maybe Silverthroat April 22, 1972 BOILERMAKER FIJI scholarship and was an honor student as well as editor of the Exponent. After Indiana University. Another move found the Graham's in New York City with Dr. The class kicks off a series of five trade tificate from the Russian Institute as well Patricia Graham accepting the directorship functions for the sorority pledge classes with the Pi Phis' this coming Sunday. A canoe trip down the Wabash is planned, led by Dave Keim of West Lafayette and Jeff Brown of Stanford, Conn., both Pur due Crew members. Rollerskating with the Thetas' and a picnic to a state park as an M. A. m hisotyr. He then stuhied ai bia to receive his Ph.D. in history in 1964. ot me bducation Program at Barnard College. At Barnard she teaches in the history department, and is also a member of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences at Teachers College, where she teaches graduate courses in the history Soon after, his first teaching position was of American education. FOUNDERS DAY LUNCHEON 640 Russell Street West Lafayette, Indiana 47906 the Moscow State University as one of the early participants in the cultural exchange program between the U. S. and the U.S.S.R. Dr. Graham returned to Colum 11:30 A.M., Friday, May 5,1972 640 Russell Gala Week-end Non-Profit Org. U. S. Postage PAID Lafayette, Ind. Permit No. 64 \r\nGRADUATE QUESTIONNAIRE BROTHERS: As you know, the communication between 640 Russell and the alumni has been far from adequate in recent years. Therefore, we are inserting this questionnaire to better our relationship by learning more about each of you and what you are now doing. Please assist us in our effort, by filling out this form and returningit to us. Hopefully the next "Boilermaker Fiji" can include everyone. NAME CLASS PRESENT LOCATION OCCUPATION & POSITION RECENT INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY (married, engaged, children, service, jobs, etc.) IMPORTANT INFORMATION OF OTHER FIJIS IN YOUR AREA: NAME The second part of the questionnaire concerns rush and we hope each of you will support us by recommendinganyone in your area who you feel will make an outstanding Phi Gam. Again, we would appreciate your assistance. RUSHEE'S NAME HOMETOWN CLASS LEGACY (?) INFORMATION