The Graduate IJewslettei' Rho Phi of Phi Gamma Delta 1121 South Sixth Street Terre Haute, ID. 47802 December 20, 1983 Hello Graduates! Season's Greetings from the frozen wasteland known as Terre Haute. It's a toasty -5 degrees P outside as this is put to paper, but the holiday spirit has not hit us yet at Rho Phi because we have classes clear thhough Friday the 23rd. Regardless of that dreary fact, we sincerely hope the holiday season is going well for all of our graduate brothers and their families. We would like to thank those of you who remembered us with Christmas cards and notes. Why hot make it a habit to drop us a note every thhee or four months and let us know how you are doing? This newsletter i« announce that our Chapter Retreat has been set for January 21 at Tiuckey Run State Park. We would like to invite all of our graduates'to ;)oiri us for the festivities. If you would like to attend Retreat, please let us know soon so that we may reserve a room for you. Applications for refereeing the annual Universe Bowl (once again featuring the annually undefeated actives team vs. the Ibwlife, scumbag pledges) are available. We hope to see a good number of graduates there. The focus of our Retreat activities will be the formal pledging of our new pledges. Twenty-three of the finest young men at Rose (19 frosh,4 sophs) ^oi^^ed ranks on December 12, Bid Monday. After dinner at the House, Rush Chairman Jon Pelland and his committee met our friend Jack with Brother Mike McKee making a special guest drinking appearance. The pledges then took over the activities by tubbing the actives in extremely cold water. An enjoyable time was had by all as the Chapter welcomed in another impressive pledge class. The pledges' names and hometowns follows Dennis Aldridge Beech Grove, IN. Craig Dargan St. Louis, MO. Pete Hippleheuser Terre Haute, IN. Andy Beerwart Hamlet, IN. Duane Eatherly Canyon County, CA. Dennis Ison Greg Bielefeld Merrillville, IN. Tom Fresher Speedway, IN. Andy Jansen Kokomo, IN. Keith Bloomer Kevin Graehing Paul Kirkeiner Danville, IN. Glendale Heights, IL. Centerville, OH. liillark Bower Warsaw, IN. Brent Hendrix Brent Lambert Clarksville, IN. Beliefontaine, OH Tl/ToH'^ VA iJU. W AA I TTJ UpAM • \r\nBill Landstaedt Dave Plantz Terre Haute, IN. LaPorte, IN. Iviick S my the Markleville, IN. Brian Mappes Georgetown, IN. Marc Ruhling Goshen, IN. Middletown, OH. Stan Pittman Clark Sackschewsky Emporia, KS. New Martinsville, V/V. Joe Weist We have not received much in the way of graduate news,lately. We are happy to report that Tom Pields (79) and wife Paula informed us of the birth of a son, Jerod Thomas, on October 27, 1983. Also, Chuck Huffman dropped us a note saying that he is now working in real estate in Austin, TX. Chuck' s wife, Shirley, is .being kept busy taking care of their one year old son, Aaron.. A good number of Pijis gathered in Port Wayne recently for the marriage of Graduate Brother Pete Watson (83) and Karen Crownover. Fourteen graduates and fourteen undergraduates witnessed Pete's and Karen's vows and had a really great time at the .refOeptiQn follbwihig:. Grad. Brothers Dave Letteri (83), Steve Npwak (83), and Kent Eaton (83) served as groomsmen fo-r Pete.. The- following graduateis were also in attendance: Gary Stephens (81) Alan Yarcusko (83) Art Schxiltz (81) Kevin Pagan (83) Royce Ramsay (82) Jeff Clanton (83) Bruce Fleck (82) Rob Wilson (83) Dave, Roth: ; Russ Hopkine (83) Greg Swinehart (83) The receptipn moved into G. Step.'s Holiday Inn room during the early morning-hours v/ith the hotel security even stopping by to try to calm the crowd. All in all, everyone truly enjoyed^sharing the evening with Pete and Karen. Good luck tc the Watsons and thanks again for asking us to be v/ith you! Moving to a couple final pieces of business, we would like to remind you of our need to pay off our computer loan from,-the House Corp. A few donations have been coming in, and we appreciate those, however, we still have a sizable debt left. We hope you will remember us and help us relieve this financial burden, r We are also asking for graduate input on another pro;ject taken up by Brother Sean 0'Shaughnessy and Pledge Jeff Wheeler. They are interested in gathering a book of Rho Phi trivia from through out the years. Any items of interest about the House or particular events of your college days are appropriate. Please Jot this in formation down in a note and send it to us. If enough trivia is contributed, Sean and Jeff hope to have this done by Pig Dinner. Speaking of Pig Dinner, an^exact date has not been set yet, but as soon as we finalize plans, we v/ill let everyone know. For \r\nnow, we hope you can make plans to join us at Turkey Run on January 21 for Retreat. A large number of graduates will only add to our fim and truly show the pledges that Phi Gamma Delta is "not for college days alone." Prom the men of Rho Phi, may all the joys of Christmas and a happy new year be bestowed on you and yours. Fraternally yours, Brent A. Mewhinney Graduate Relations Chairman