★ THETA DEUTERON STAR ★ Oliio Wcslcyan University, Delaware, Ohio Vol. 8 No. 1 DECEMBER 1956 Ebeling, Mills Honored By Trustees, Fijis 108th Ekklesia Chooses Ebeling Phi Gamma Delta's Archon Prexy OWU Board Of Trustees Elects Mills At Commeiicement Weekend Meeting By Frank Sargent, '59 B)' Fred Fiilmer, '59 Pliilip C. Eheling, '28, was eleetecl president of the archons Cliarles B. "Chid" Mills, '20 was elected chairman of the of Phi Gainnia Delta at the lOTtli Ekklesia in Miimea2)olis last Ohio Wesleyan Board of Trustees at their meeting during 1956 August. Eheling had previotisly served as arehon secretary, eommcncement weekend. Recognized as an outstanding alumnus. Having won acclaim for his aecomplishments in many fields, Ebe- fraternity man and civic leader. Mills will seiwe as chairman foi ling lias proven himself worthy for such a position. a two-year term. While at Ohio Wesleyan, Phil was prasidar.t of the chapter, a Ch-id Las been vice-president ol the Board of Trustees for the past member of Omicron Delta Kappa, four years Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho and president of his senior member of tlie Board for 20 years. He graduated from the Ohio accomplishments in Chid Mills' life. He graduated from Ohio Wes leyan in 1920 after serving one .year in the Army. While an under ped for Order of the Coif, the lawyer's Phi Beta Kappa. graduate, Phil began to practice law in Dayton in 1931 and is now a sen ior member of the Pickerel, Schaeffer and Ebeling law firm Chamber of Commerce, nresidont of :he Ohio Bar Associa tion, Ohio chairman for the In __ 1943 and fantile Paralysis Drive_ in member of the Official Board of intendent of the Marysville Sun day schools. He has since become a 33rd de gree Mason, a member of the Uni PHIL EBELING CHID versity, MILLS Faculty and Columbus Clubs of Columbus and is listed Rush Week Nets 29 Pledges in Who's Who is the Midwest. He is president of the Board of Trus tees of the First Methodist Church of Marysville and director of Kusli week 1956 nroduccd the second largest pledge class s First National Bank. 1 , Chid IS a nationally known on eanums, willi 29 men' wearing the white star. r Ifnder the lead' authority on direct mail advertis ership of Husli Chairman Pete Fronizer. '58. Tlieta Deuteron ing and is a director oi the Naiiledsed a divoi siflod gioUj|> ivith ouisiaii.lliiH hif;!. sihool rot-u.. do linnal Counr-d and Bnsiroac M-n and Ijigli scliolaslic OJiio, IHinois, JVcw Y^ork; and Senior Russ Huston has ity, with their partial high school and president of the Third cSljT'fs Mail Users' Association. Seed been .young men in America in 1938, given the job of shaping the and he was recently elected presi- pledges into good Fijis. dent of the national Chamber of The pledges, in order of seniorCommerce. of Omicron the Methodist Church and super chairman of Aid for the Aged. He Pennsylvania are represented in the Fiji jjlcdge class. was chosen one of the outstanding member and Civic Leader On the local level, he has served as director of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, trustee of the YMCA, director of the Dayton Goodwill Industries, director of tlio Community Chest, president of the Dayton Bar Association, di rector of Leland Electric and St. John's Transportation Co., and as Junior was Within seven years after gradu ation, Chid was president of the Marysville Kiwanis Club, Past Master of the Masonic Lodge, a there. national Chid Pi Delta Epsilon Delta Kappa. Dayton Lawyer he was nresldent of the Conference His most recent appointment is but one of a series of honors and .ioined the Fi.ii-founded Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and was tap National Figure On the stale and national scene, Ohio He has been elected trustee-atlarge for a term ending in 1961. State Law School in 1931, where he received a J. D. degree. He a member of the official board of Grace Methodist Church and the Red Cross. He is a 33rd degree Mason, a Lion and a Shriner. and President He is a member of the executive committee of the Republican Party of Union County. Chid is perhaps Homecoming Approximate ly 100 oest Known as president of the O graduate M. Scott and Sons Seed Company Phil has received the Ohio Wes- records, are: brothers and their families re- of Marysville, and he was recently le.yan alumni award, and he ha.s Joseph Snouffer, Marion, Ohio; turned to Wilkinson Lodge and elected president of the American served as president of the Alumni highest tenth, football, basketball, Ohio Wesleyan for the 1956 Home- Seed Association, Association. Since 1944, he has tennis, choir, dramatics, NHS. coming weekend Oct. 27-28. main reasons for been a member of the Board of John Guy, Beliefontaine, Ohio; An informal buffet luncheon Wilkinson Lodge, Cliid is also Trustees. ° upper quarter, basketball, track, was held at the lodge before the well known for his incomparable Waoasn-Battling Bishop game. The 'Chid Chats'- j]^ each issue of the Hi-Y vice-president, Thespians, Bishops, with six Fijis on the Birch Rice, Wilmington, Ohio; squad, were unable to stop the A new tradition was started this highest tenth, football, baseball, Little Giants, and the final score SAE, Fiji Pledges Vie NHS year between the Phi Gams and golf, band, choir, the SAE's, when the pledge classes Gerald Dickey, was 27-19. Over 160 people were served 'Star." Meek Eleetecl Prexy Phil Meek. '59, was elected Wihnington, of Phi Society, sopho of the two fraternities met on an Ohio; upper third, junior class dinner at the lodge Saiurdav even- President more scholastic honorary, at its anOctober Sunda.y afternoon in a president, senior class vice-presi- mg. nual induction held Nov. 11 in the football game. 'The Sig Alphs were dent, choir president, victorious 14-0. After the game. Gerald Gherlein, Warren, Ohio; members of both houses met for upper quarter, basketball, swim- a buffet supper between the two ming, French Club president, NHS. houses. (Cent, on Page 4> I'ho Fiji homecoming display, a iant octopus gracing the :front MUB. Siv Fiji sophomores were porch and pillars of Wilkinson in'^iated at that time. Lodge, received a third place award in fraternity competition. The last Fiji to be president of the group was Jim Mueller. '56. \r\nTHETA DEUTERON STAR DECEMBER 1956 THETA DEUTERON STAR Published three times a year by the Theta Deuteroii chap ter of Phi Gamma Delta, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. CONTRIBUTORS Dave Cromer, Bill Darrow, Pete Fronizer, Fred Fuhner, Chid Mills, Ralph Peckinpaugh, Mik Rose. Frank Sargent, Boh Strashurg, Bill Zerman. Editor Phil Meek CHID CHATS By Chid Mills, '20 Tiicrc is no special consolation •wlicn one reaches an aye wiien he can't expect to look any fartlier forward than he can see backward. In fact, some of iis iniglit even he relying too much on wonder drugs in that contemplation. Anyway, for the sake of argument make it 60-40 — tliere's still a lot of White Stars to he seen, a whole firmament of them and a refreshing thought, with 29 such glittering ones now shining forth at Wilkinson Lodge. On Ohio Wesleyan By Bill Zerman, Michigan '49 It is not very often that a freshman has been invited to put into print the impressions he has of Ohio Wesleyan, especial ly when he has had the privilege of being here only 10 weeks. Now there are as many pledges as the total clrapter in our day. But, as my 16 year old usually responds after one of our scholarly discourses, so what! The Board, Room and Chapter fees totalled $28.60 per month, too, but incomes were in proportion. Let's not dwell Eight Fijis Report In By Ralph Peckinpaugh, '42 unduly long. Graduate Brothers, Bob Titgemeyer, '42, and his on the oast. We can say it was Ohio Wesleyan is not new to me because 1 had experienced its very kind hospitality on many occasions during the time I was wife, the former Ginn Weaver, good a field secretary for the fraternity. It is not unknown to edu live in Arcadia, Cal., with their that cators anywliere, if they are interested in an institution wliicli two children, where Bob is as- only - we can say it's the past built Wilkinson Lodge, but because we all believe in admits hoys with gentlemanly qualities and graduates men who sistant branch manager of the Theta Deuteron's future. It appears Carpenter Steel Co. warehouse in again to be in strong hands and have supplemented those qualities with that talent which makes Los we should all be thankful. Per Angeles. for a happy, successful alumnus. Dr. Jay Anheny, '42, is a heart haps our pets were not pledged. We freshman have made note of some of our more out standing impressions and perhaps you would like to read a few. If some of the impressions are disagreeable to you, I sincerely hope that as I become an "upperclassman," I will learn that your disagreement is valid. and chest surgeon with offices in We were sorry about two who got Cleveland's Umversity Hospital. away - but the pain is gone and our loyalt.y and enthusiasm una He is also the father of three I have lived at each of the 81 undergraduate chapters of bated. children. Dale Anhen.y, Congralulalions, Phil Brother Phil Ebling, '28, as Metal .you'll read elsewhere, is the new '42, is living in Detroit where he is district sales manager for the Flex-on Archon President - Hose Co. Don Herron, '42, moved to Denour fraternity which were installed prior to 1952. At none of them with the possible exception of Tau Deuteron at the Uni- ver in June to become director which means to the unschooled he's the head man in the national fraternity. We congratulate Phil and the fraternity on this tremendous /\n\os Yoder, '42, is in Thailand honor. Busy as he is. Brother Ebeling will get the job done, and well. with the State Department. To the Ekklesia, seeing that Mai Talbott, '42, is a professor was done properly, in the University of New Jersey everything went Brother Billy Byers, '00, of Law School in Newark. versity of Kansas, hav^I noted amore frhmdly atmos]^un-e which °^om^any's'"'GuidTd ^Mislu^e pervades both Theta Deuteron and the University. The mellow relaxed personalities of Ohio Wesleyan students should i)ay great dividends for them in happiness and in general success through out their lives. At Ohio W