bulldog ...1.;^^.-... .-'...J,. --A, ,fi VOLUME III—NO. 3 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Letter From The President The spring semester is rapidly drawing to a close. It is only a few short days until final examinations and then the long awaited summer. It's often said at the end of a semester SPRING SEMESTER, 1973 Wilkinson Award Nominee Keith Koenig, Aerospace Engineering major that the from Xenia, Ohio, has been nominated as Sigma semester seemed to fly by and this seemed to be especially true of this spring. It seems only a few weeks ago we were standing in line to complete reeristration and pay our fees. Mu's representative in competing for the Wilkinson Award. Each year since its first presentation in 1961, the Cecil J. "Scoop" Wilkinson Award has been presented, in honor of that former Executive Secretary, to the brother considered to be the out standing senior in Phi Gamma Delta. Yes, the semester seemed so short and yet when the history is written for the spring of 1973, it will show that Sigma Mu chapter was extremely •active in every area of fraternity life. The history I include many social service projects like superng a recreation center, planting flower boxes, and cleaning up West Point Road. It will describe the Fourth Norris Pig Dinner and the Second Keith has distinguished himself as an outstand ing student and leader here at Mississippi State and in the chapter. He has recently been awarded the Donald W. Douglas Fellowship Scholarship for advanced study at California Institute of Technology, Annual Parents Day. It will describe a full social calendar of several house parties, our first Black aeronautics. He chose this award over other out Diamond Formal and our first house party on the standing offers from Princeton and MIT. where he will be working on his Ph. D. in coast. It will include a successful intramural season as the FIJI teams finished high in all sports and re ceived the Sportsmanship Award. It will show that FIJIs continued to be active in campus activities as FIJIs were elected to many campus positions and honoraries. The spring of 1973 has been a good semester for Phi Gamma Delta of Mississippi State. But time doesn't allow us to sit still. We have plans to make for next semester and the bright future of Sigma Mu Chapter. Come and share in these plans to make Sigma Mu chapter a chapter for all Phi Gamma Deltas to be proud of. Perge! Fraternally, Keith has received eight honors and scholarships and is a member of nine honor societies and organizations. He was awarded the Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Engineer Award, ROTC Superior Cadet Award, and MSU's Outstanding Engineering Scholarship Award. He has served as vice president of Phi Kappa Phi and president of Tau Beta Pi. He is in Who's Who in American Colleges and Univer sities and is a President's Scholar, graduating with a 3.97 quality point average. Keith also did an out standing job as treasurer for Sigma Mu for two years. We wish him much success and are proud James Davis that such an outstanding student as Keith is a Phi President Gamm. \r\nPAGE TWO BULLDOG FIJI SPRING SEMESTER, 1973 PIG DINNER fflOHLIGHTS Sigpma Mu's Fourth Norris Pig Dinner was held on March 31 at the Holiday Inn in Columbus and was termed by many brothers as the most successful Pig Dinner ever. About 58 people attended, includ ing actives, pledges, graduates, and special guests. Bud Mangels, Ritualist for the National Fraternity, was our guest speaker, while Don Fuson, our new section chief, also gave a few remarks. Both these men in their speeches stressed the importance of brotherhood, full participation in chapter functions, and working together as a whole and not only a few m order to keep an outstanding chapter. Bud Man gels also did an outstanding job of presenting the Exiles Toast. A very special guest at the dinner was Ellis T. Woolfolk, who has been instrumental in Bryan Graham served as master of ceremof telling several jokes, presenting special guests, and giving a review of the chapter for the past year. Graduate brothers attending were Phil Abernethy, Marty Allison, Bill Caver, Mike Farrow, Terry Hollowell, Dick Kilby, Mac Wall, and Jerry Welch. Awards presented at the dinner included Out standing Graduate—Mac Wall; Outstanding BrotherRobert Siedell; Outstanding Pledge for Fall 1972— Thomas Wiley; Outstanding Pledge for Spring 1973Bob Stimson; Best Impersonation—Thomas (Sally) Cottom; Worst Impersonation—Bill (W.C.) Mattox; Worst Joke Teller—Thomas Wiley; and Graduate Who Traveled the Furthest—Terry Hollowell. the organization and development of the chapter. Pledge brothers Wilson, Handwerker, Horn, and WiUiams put the pig in his place. Bud Mangels receives a standing ovation after senting an excellent speech. Mac wan receives the Uutstanding Graduate Award from Master of Ceremonies Bryan Graham. Section chief Don Fuson, Legate Ellis T. Woolfolk, along with Brother Burke Fisher. "Not For College Days Alone" \r\nSPRING SEMESTER, 1973 SA President ^^The Phi Gamms at Mississippi State continue to be well-represented in student politics with the recent election of Franklin Myers as student associ ation president for the 1973-1974 school year. He, along with other new SA officers, were installed into office at an installation banquet on April 25th in the Union Ballroom. Franklin is a junior industrial engineering major from Petal. He served as IFC president for the 1972-1973 school term. Among the numerous honors Franklin has received PAGE THREE BULLDOG FIJI here at State include: Who*s Who in American Colleges and Universities, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honarary, Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honarary, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership, and President's Scholar. Last year Franklin served as corresponding secretary of Sigma Mu. We wish Franklin the best of luck and much success in his new office during the upcoming year. Pledge Program This semester Phi Gamma Delta had one of the Parents Day Sigma Mu's second Parents Day was held on Saturday, April 28th and proved to be as outstand ing and successful as last year's event. Around one hundred people attended, including brothers, their families, and other special guests. Winston Earnheart, chairman of the special events committee, did an outstanding job in making all of the arrangements for the day, and we commend him for his hard work. The day began with a luncheon at the Holiday Inn in Starkville, highlighted with a speech by Dr. Donovan D. Horn, Associate Professor of Physical Education at Mississippi State. President James Davis welcomed everyone and made several intro ductions of guests. Greg Mann gave a brief history of the chapter and told of some of the numerous ideals for which Phi Gamma Delta stands. After the luncheon, many parents attended an open house at the Fiji house, where many brothers got to know others' parents and families. While at the house, there was an organizational meeting of a Mary McCarty Club, composed of mothers, sisters, and wives, which was organized to help the chapter best pledge classes ever. The pledges were Mike in planning special events and in buying new items Conner, Lucedale, freshman, Pre-Dent.; Buzzy for the house. Handwerker, Pleasant Grove, junior, Ag Economics; Steve Horn, Grenada, sophomore. Banking and Finance; Steve Mattox, Tupelo, sophomore. Electri cal Engineering; Thomas Mize, Amory, sophomore. Since both Parents Days have been such suc cesses, we hope to continue this event in the years to follow. We are proud of our parents and thank them for their attendance and all the support they render in helping the chapter. A special thanks goes Accounting; Mike Spragins, Guilford, Conn., ^^komore. Management; Fred Williams, Como, jWor, Pre-Vet.; Lee Wilson, Liberty, junior, AETB; to Dr. and Mrs. Horn for their attendance and for taking an interest in our chapter. David Wesley, Canton, junior. Business. The pledge class initiated several very fine projects. A semester's tuition was raffled, toys were BULLDOG FIJI STAFF collected for children at University Village, and yard improvement was a major undertaking. We hope to see these pledges continue their activeness after they become full-fledged brothers. Sigma M.u Officers President Treasurer Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Historian Purple Legionnaire James Davis Jan Clark Robert Siedell Leigh Hummer Billy Martin Larry Blankenship Editor Contributors: .. . Drew McDowell Kyle Steward Thomas Wiley James Davis Photographer . .. \r\nPAGE FOUR SPRING SEMESTER, 1973 BULLDOG FIJI 1972-73 A Good Year For Sports This past year has proved to be the best sports season ever for Phi Gamma Delta. Our softball team has just completed its first undefeated season in history. It is unfortunate that the playoffs were cancelled due to rain because most everyone was picking our Phi Gamms to go all the way. The most exciting game was played against Kappa Sigma, then the league leading team. The "Snappers" jumped to a quick 5-0 lead in the first inning. Our Fijis fought back and chipped away at the lead and then, with two out in the last of the seventh, first baseman Fred Williams doubled in the go-ahead runs and FIJI went on to win 9-6. This win was very big and knocked Kappa Sigma out of first place. The football team reached the playoffs this year and at one time was ranked 3rd on campus in the polls. We eventually lost in the double-elimination tournament. The basketball team also made the playoffs with a 6-2 record before losing to Pi Kappa Alpha. Probably our most prized possession of the sports season was the sportsmanship trophy award ed to us by the Intramural Department. We are very proud of this award. Don't let down now as next year promises to be even better. Sigma Mu Chapter Phi Gamma Delta Drawer FN Mississippi State, Ms. 39762 Graduating Seniors Sigma Mu chapter has about twelve brotj^k graduating from MSU either this spring or sumHr. We would like to congratulate them on their achievements in college as well as their hard and devoted work for the fraternity. Our chapter will certainly miss these brothers, but we wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors and would like to remind them that Phi Gamma Delta is "Not for College Days Alone." The following is a list of the graduating seniors and their plans for next fall: Tommy Boyd plans to work in Columbus; Steve Edwards hopes to attend graduate school at LSU; Keith Koenig will be in graduate school at California Institute of Technology; Mike Gentry will be training at the Air Force Base in Columbus; Bryan Graham will be working with his landscape architecture firm in Canton; Chuck Lemay will be training with the Marines in Quantico, Va.; Greg Mann plans to attend graduate school at MSU; David Morrison will be attending graduate school at Kansas State; Sidney Prosser plans to attend graduate school at MSU; Ronnie Rutland will be training with the Air Force in Columbus; James Wedgeworth will be doing marketing research in Europe; and Tomas Wiley will be attending med school at the University Medical Center in Jackson.