Niiup KAPPA DEUTERON CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA Vol. 6, No. 3 SPRING, 1973 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FIJI ISLAND Once again the Fiji's celebrated and observed the Spring rituals of Fiji Is land. The long awaited weekend was greeted with the usual gaity and fri volity. The observance of Fiji Island was be gun with the annual Mammon cere mony, which as usual came off with many hitches. The ceremony was staged at twelve o'clock on Thursday evening the 17th of May. Beginning the next day a pilgrimage was made by a ma jority of the brotherhood to the sunny isles, which in this case, was the Sand Dollar Apartments on Jekyll Island. The accommodations proved to be beyond expectations. Many of the islanders took advantage of the sauna, steam rooms and other facilities of the apart ments. The weather was perfect through out the entire stay which made the drive Greek Week Greek Week was held at the Uni Mike Turbyfield, and Steve Schuette, took second place, and the Mile Relay team of John Parker, Phil Reddick, Billy McCally, and George Henderson placed and expense well worth it. Saturday morning was spent in prep aration for the days activities with many of the brothers working to construct a marriage hut. The bamboo was lashed together to form walls, and then the versity of Georgia April 30—May 4. third. Fiji's displayed their leadership and ath letic abilities throughout the week. Wednesday was the day for the work shops, the whopper eating contest, and hut was constructed on the beach. The hut and the other activities drew much attention from the other guests at the the hotel. The week began with a banquet for all IFC officers and Greek Week chair man; also dinner swaps with fraternities and sororities were held. A foosball tour nament at the Game Room in Memorial Hall and voting on Miss Greek Week highlighted the day's activities. On Tuesday the Greek Olympics and a barbecue for all Greeks was beld at Poss' Lakeview. In the Greek Olympics, Fiji's won first place by placing in three events. The best looking chariot was awarded to Phi Gam; the tug-o-war team, which onsisted of Chuck Van chess tournament. At the Greek workshops, Fiji's were represented in all of the sessions. Wayne High was Phi The ceremonies on Saturday began after noon with the marriage ceremony Gams representative at the whopper conducted by the guru Tommy Melo. eating contest, and Tom Fitzgerald par ticipated in the chess tournament, win This ritual set the tone for the remain ning third place. On Thursday, the time came for awarding trophies at another Greek Week banquet for fraternity officers only. Fiji's came home with the Greek Week trophy. Scholarship trophy, and the Best Pledge Class of the Year trophy. tone was also helped by the contribu tion to each brother of a ration of spiritu The week was highlighted for Phi Gamma Delta at the AOPi Trophy Dance Saturday night at Charlie Wil Horn, Jack Rives, Mike Nellis, Stu Mc- liams. For the third straight year, Fiji's were awarded the Be.st Fraternity of the Garity, Tommy Rogers. Wayne High, Year trophy. ing portion of the island activities. The ous liquids which was appreciated by one and all. A band party was held Saturday evening. As evidenced by many participants the next morning the party was judged to be a great success. After grabbing a few rays on Sunday morning and possibly a dip in the ocean, the brothers started on the long trip back to Athens, Georgia. The general concensus of opinion was that the week end was a great success. \r\nPAGE TWO SPRING, 1973 F I J I U G A Spring Quarter Pledges iif.. mi The Phi Gams continued their rush program Spring quarter by pledging four new men. Spring quarter pledges consists of Casey Cochran from Smyrna, Sammy Smith from Gainesville, David Quinn from Atlanta, and Stanley Harrell from Macon. On May 11 eight men were initiated into the chapter. They are: Robbie Grif fith, Mike Turbyfield, Bobby Melo, Steve TeMay, Scott Piorrick, Don Tay lor, Bill Bass, and Les Bridges. Easter Egg Hunt 1055 Prince Ave. was the site of one livening the evening's festivities. Tom of Athen's strangest Easter egg hunts. On April 26, thirty-six underpriviledged Lay, director of the Recreation Depart ment, stated that the children were de children lighted with their evening's gleanings. There were also reports of smiles from from the Athens Recreation Department visited the Fiji house and were each treated to a full Easter basket, those Phi Gams who discovered a few compliments of Alpha Omicron Pi so rority, who served as official "bunnies," surprises from the bunny at the EijiAOPi social which followed. Parents Day i:!i!i]i!i!i!i!ir Parents' Day, a highlight of every year, was held at the Fiji house on April 15. A great program planned by Tommy Fitzgerald explained the plans of the chapter for the next year. This year's sweetheart, Cindy Mercer, was intro duced to the families, and an in depth housing report was presented by Mr. Hardell, our Purple Legionnaire, and Randy Blackwood. An explanation of the chapter's pres ent condition was given by President and Treasurer, Tommy Melo and Billy McCalley. Much to the surprise of par f ents and friends alike, all porno and alcohol had been removed from the rooms giving the house an air of purity. Sam Richwine remarked how pleasant it was for the house to meet his stan dards. The crowning touch was added by the Little Sisters presence who helped to make the day the huge success it was. They assisted Mrs. Wingate in the prep aration of the refreshments, and there willingness to serve was greatly ap preciated by the chapter and parents. \r\nSPRING, 1973 PAGE THREE F I J I U G A PIG DINNER The Kappa Dcutcron chapter held its annual Norris Pig dinner on April 28 sided as symposiarch for the third con secutive year. The guest speaker this Stone year was Robert P. Radcliffe (Kansas Mountain, Ga. Several Kappa Deuteron graduates attended as well as graduates '60), Phi Gamma Delta's youngest Archon ever. Brother Radcliffe spoke briefly about future plans for Kappa Deuteron's new housing facility and concluded by making a personal dona tion to the new house. The closing note at the Stone Mountain Inn at from various chapters throughout the southeast. The dinner hegan with the customary salute to the pig; brothers Doug Connah and Mike Mitcham doing the honors. Past chapter president, Tommy Rogers, gave the Fiji year in review which saw the Gams gather in all the gold. Tommy Melo, the chapter's this year was somewhat different than in the past. Clay Stoddard (Georgia '69) talked about the role of the grad several awards. Brother Tommy Rogers received the Ronald M. Hudson award uate brother and reflected upon the early days of the Kappa Deuteron chapter. A special thanks should go out to broth er Bill McKenzie who organized the dinner and helped make it a tremendous as the most outstanding senior. Phil success. current president, introduced the new cabinet and made the presentation ot Reddick was honored as the year's best pledge. Billy Rowe received tbe scholar ship award for accumulating an overall The Fijiuga would like to publish the where-abouts and activities of all grad average of 4.0 for the past three quar ters. 197.3 was the first year for the presentation of the Randolph E. Mozley uates of Kappa Deuteron. Please send us your name, address, class, occupa award honoring the most outstanding graduate brother. The recipient this year tion, and a short summary of your ac tivities since college so that your former classmates will know what you are doing. was Dr. .Tames Anderson, who also pre F 1 J 1 U G A Seniors Here and There Greg Ainsworth will be attending Graduate School in business at North Carolina. James Altenbach will be attending Law School at Georgia. Mark "Grits" Bodenheim will be go ing to Dental School at Ohio State. David Capallo hopes to attend Medi cal School at Augusta. Tom Fitzgerald will be going to Medi cal School at Emory. Rob Geer will be working in some area of business systems. at Georgia. Htjf Bubba Watters will be teaching in Clarke County and attending Graduate School at Georgia. Steve Williams is going to Graduate School at Georgia. Jim Bumgartner is going to Medical School at Augusta. David "Chicken" Little will be work ing for Camron Brown, a morgage bank. Sam Richwine will be attending Medi Editor cal School at Augu.sta. Contributors _ Larry Jordan is going into some field of business. Ted Lawrence will be working for the Seminary School or working on the Campus Crusade for Christ staff. Mike Nellis will work for General Motors and then take Air Force Pilot training in Valdosta, Georgia. Ray Paris is going to Medical School at Augusta. John Parker will be attending Grad uate School in history at Georgia. Jim Purcell is going to Law School at Georgia. Tommy Rogers will be attending the University of Georgia Law School. Billy Rowe will also be in Law School Chris Cornweli Tommy Melo News Notes Bobby Melo Rick Hutto C & S Bank in Athens. Stu McGarity will either be attending Don Taylor Jan McGlanahan of Zeta Tau Alpha was the sweetheart of the Tau pledge class from Winter and Spring quarters. Steve Schuette Photographers Glenn Williams Steve Tmay Senior Recognition Day was held at the Phi Gam house on May 24. Jack Rives plans to marry Laura Sul livan in December. Ted Lawrence is marrying Margaret Spence this summer. UNDERGRADUATE OFFICERS President Tommy Melo Treasurer Billy McCalley Recording Secretary Randy Blackwood Corresponding Mike Nellis plans to marry Kathy Shamley this summer. O Secretary Historian Matt Mitchum Bobby Evans \r\nPAGE FOUR SPRING, 1973 F I J I U G A Intramurals Contrary to popular belief, the Fiji's did come out winners this year in ath letics. Although the intramural trophy slipped through our fingers by a mere 20 points, sportsmanship was shown throughout the year. The Phi Gams proved their superiority by being grac ious losers as well as humble winners. Spring quarter was a big challenge in intramurals for the Fiji's. We came into the quarter way behind the AEPi's in points, but by the end of the quarter the race for the trophy depended on the final event of the year. The Phi Gams had a fine season in Softball losing only to the TKE's in the finals. Among the standouts for the team were seniors John Parker, Ted Lawrence, Steve Williams, Dickey Youmans, Mike Nellis and Chris Cornwell. ■'V ■& The junior stars were Butch Costa, King Purnell, Phil Reddick, and George Hen derson. The lone star sophomore was Chuck VanHorn. Matt Mitchum was the coach of the team. Graduate John Hudgins supplied much needed experi ence and speed. Phi Gams' golf team, featuring the "Flaming Red" Bridges, John Parker, Ben Jones, and Billy Rowe, were right up to par. Their superior putting and sometimes clubing allowed them to shoot unbelievable average scores of about 50. The only drawback was that this was on the front nine. Although the golf team failed to place very high, every effort was made to do their best. Horseshoes and badminton were also held during Spring quarter. Although the Fiji's failed to win either of these two sports, more points were accumu lated toward the intramural trophy. On the final event of the season, the cake race, Phi Gam placed second ahead of the AEPi's. Scott Piorrick lead the Fiji team placing 5th out of around 200 people. Congratulations to those brothers who managed to finish the race. As the season comes to an end, thanks is given to those brothers who partici pated and tried desperately to win in all of the events. A special thanks goes to George Henderson and John Parker for being in charge of the sports pro gram. Next year a great challenge and effort will have to be made to bring the intramural trophy back to the Phi Gam house. Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Chapter Mailing Service 1757 N. Street, N.W. 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