ALPHA PHI CHAPTER — PHI GAMMA DELTA 707 Oxford Ann Arbor, Michigan Pig Dinner Set For May lOth-llth Gathering of the Clan Mark/clo-\\ n the tvcekcnd of May /0th an|d 11th on your calendar, as the bis^hst and best Pig Dinner in Alpha Phi's long history. Plan to nake it a tveekend affair—come early intl stay late. I he house trill be ojjcn .or anv of the brethren that tvish to :,tay Friday and Saturday nights. I he Pig Dinner weekend trill start officially tr i t h a bn f f e t Lincheon Saturday noon at the Chajtter FIrtuse. Fntertaininent Saturday dteriKton trill include the annual Mai/e and Blue football game trhich brings spring football practice to a lose, a lb ot .M. Cdce Chdo concert ind/oi' the traditional afternoon ]3i(nic and baseball game. Or you might just trant to trander around looking tt the netr brick btdldings and co-eds. Altluuigh a succulent jiorker trill leccjiate the head table as usual, tre tre planning a steak dinner at the OLD-TIME.RS Old-timers from the class of '58 pose in the Alpha Phi trophy room. This class promises 100 per cent attendance. How about yours? Allenel Hotel, complete trith shrimp Spring Rush 'ocktail, baked jjotato and chcjccjlate Proves Successful ,undae. A\'aldo Stvect, .Amherst '.H4, ■.rill serte as our Symjoosiarch. .As a pi'olesstjr ol classical languages, he is the only one trho knotrs trhat it means. Our pifce de re.sislaurc trill i)e I talk on the state of the order by C.forge D. liailey, cjur .Archon 1 reasirer. \Visconsin '12. (See picture, ])g. 2) 'Fen top-notch inen tvcrc plcclgecl for this semester. Doing an outstand ing job tvas Rushing Clhainnan Patil New Cabinet Elected (See pitture, pg. 3) On .March 12 anntial 707 elections tvere iteld to select the leadeiship whidi uill attempt to keep Phi Gam ma Delta on top dining the coming- Fliniker. If tliese hcshnien maiiuain the grades they established first semes ter, Fiji scholarship will rise. .\et\ly elected President Cy Hop kins is a local jarochict. Pre-mod tvith that From Clhicago, Alex Bennett is a iieet .Michigan's age recpurement and first semester lieshmaii in I., s. fe .\., a itias toward medical research, the new President has served the House majoring in phys"''- In high school as rushing chairman, and has been I-fjllcjtring aie to do the sc>, dinner, can those remain (To pg. 3) at the (To pg- 2) (To pg. 3) \r\nPage 2 ALPHA PHI J I April, 1958 NEWS Don Cunningham comes from Lin coln High School in Ferndale, Mich. (From pg. 1) .At Michigan he is a freshman in pre.Alex was an honor student in math, med. Don belonged to a high school physics, biology and chemistry. He fraternity, playetl football, basketball was senior president and was active in and track, and scr\ed on the class student council, football, and stvim- congress. Don earned a 3.0 last semes ming. ter. Jim Burns from Cincinnati received 'Fhe only Hoosier, Jerry Holtrey, is honors with a 3.7 average last semes from Huntington, Indiana. Jerry is a ter in freshman Engineering. In high freshman in Engineering and is on school Jim was student council pres the freshman swimming team here at ident, belonged to the varsity chdj, .Michigan. In high school he played and received letters in football, base tennis and golf and was state cham ball, and basketball. He is playing pion in a number of swimming events, freshman basketball here at Alichigan. as well as .All-.American of the Hunt A freshman from Alarlctte, Mich., ington National Championshi]T long Dick Caister is in pre-business. Dick distance swimming team. Serving as a is on the Michigan track team. He class officer and student council mem served as captain of his high school ber rounded out his activities. PLEDGE STORY Purple Pilgrim "The Purple Pilgrim" will feature an outstanding Fiji in each issue of the Alpha Phiji News. track and football teams and also ])layed baseball and basketball. Fiirtherniore, he was active in the math and science clubs and served as class officer and student council A'eep. Dick pidled a ?>.?) bis first semester here. Our Californian is Gary Crawford from .San Francisco, a freshman in GEORGE D. BAILEY ITiis issue's Purple Pilgrim is Fijiland's Archon Treasurer George D. Bailey, Wisconsin '12. During his senior year at Wisconsin he was chap ter treasurer. Brother Bailey is the senior partner of Touche, Niven, Bailey & Smart, in Detroit. He has been in the practice of public account ing since 1912, and formed his present firm in 19T7. Brother Bailey is a former president of the American pre-med. Gary was a basketball letter man in high school and also found time for honor society, archery club, Frem h club, junif)r antl senior senate, and a high scholastic average. He made a good start at Michigan with a 'or the first semester. From Downers Grove, Illinois, comes Jim Kay, a freshman majoring in physics and math. Jim's sc holarship average for the fall semester tvas 3.0. He is on Michigan's track team. .Ac tive in high school, Jim was a track letter man, year book editor, senior president, and member of the orches tra. He graduated valedictorian of his class. Pledge class president Kerry Kiljjatrick is from Detroit. He received honor rating last semester as a fresh man in Engineering with a 3.8 schol(To pg. 3) Institute of .Accountants, and former ]nesident of the United Community Services in Detroit. Alpha Phi and its alumni are eagerly anticipating bis talk as main speaker at Pig Dinner. ALPHA PHIJI NEWS PUBtlSHED BY THE AtPHA PHI CHAPTER PHI GAMMA DELTA University of Michigan EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHER STAFF Perry Cohen David Cornw " Gregg Stover, Bill Ransu i Art Webster, James Burtis Chuck Steiner ALUMNI CONSULTANT William F. "Buck" Dawson, Ml Front Row (left to right); Dick Caister, Jim Kay, Kerry Kilpatrick, Alex Bennett, Jerry Holtrey. Back Row; Jim Burns, Don Cunningham, Howard Mueller, Tom Owen, Gary Crawford. \r\nApril, 1958 ALPHA PHIJi Page 3 NEWS President Reports Ralph Frederick Perry Cohen Chuck Proudfit Frank Tranzoxv Cy Hopkins Alpha Phi has recently elected new officers, and Brother Cy Hopkins is the nexv president, so I guess this is my last president's report. I am cer tain that Cy xvill do a fine job this next year: he is backed by an enthus iastic cabinet and seventy-five very capable fraternity brothers. This com bination is hard to beat. NEW CABINET (Ironi page 1) •ictive on tainpiis in Gilbert S; Snlli\an, Phi Eta Sigma, scholastic honor ary, varsity stvimming, and presidency of Sphinx, jiinior men's honorary. Ralph Fretlerick, onr incoming 'Ereasnrcr, is majoring in English and plans eventually to get his Ph.D. in that field. Ralph was a central com mittee chairman for the Campus Chest drive, and has served the House as social chairman. Mom's Weekend chairman, and assistant treasurer. Theology studies will claim Re cording Secretary Chuck Proudfit, tvho hails from Mishawaka, Illinois, and is presently an English major. Chuck was last semester's pledge PLEDGE STORY (from page 2) trtiiner, and xvill soon be traveling cloxvn to Quantico, A''a., as a hurdler on the University track team. Corresponding Secretary Perry Cohen is an economics major from Detroit. Oir campus Perry lias been on Union, SCC and Spring AVeekend me such an experience. 1 think also that xve have laid the groundxvork for a fexv of the necessary improvements that the house needs in its planning for the future. The biulding fund drive must be a success to keep our committees, and he has been in Soph Shoxv and Phi Eta Sigma. Serving the physical plant in a competing posi tion. Idiis takes A'OUR support as House as assistant treasurer and well as the support of the actives here Alpha Pliiji Neu's editor, his future on campus. AVe must keep our stand plans include an M.B.A. in account- ards high and impress prospective ing. pledges xvith the intangibles that a Frank Tranzoxv, the nexv Historian, fraternity can offer — xx'e are doing is an Engineer aiming at an M.B.A. this, 1 think, as xve are currently 7th in industrial relations or production in scholarship and 7th in intramural mtinagement. Frank is out of Port athletics among the 43 fraternities. Huron, Michigan, and just completed No fraternity can boast a better rec his term on the Union Executive ord nor can compare xvith our repreCouncil. Frank is president of Tri senation in campus activities. AA^e angles, Engineering honorary, and is reached the finals of the Intrafratern- PIG DINNER (from page 1) ity Council .Annual Sing also. Our Michigras booth xvill be one of the best this year. AA'e are selling the astic average. .Among Kerry's higit .Allenel to do a little fraternal social scliool activities were the T-sqnare izing, complete with ribald yarns of club, pre-engineering club, student better clays at the old hotel. Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m., our council, and RO'J C in which he was a I.t. Col. He is in the NRC'EC here The past year has been a very rexvarcling one for me and 1 oxve a great deal to the fraternity for having given iieloved old author Buck Daxvson xvill house here on campus. But, xve also must offer a man a comfortable, pleasant room for his stay at Mich igan. This is a responsibility of all the men of our chapter xvho enjoy at .Michigan and is active on the rifle preside as toastmaster, comjilete xvith having a strong group at Ann Arbor— team. burnt toast, at our second annual a chapter that they can be proud to Howtird .Mueller, a freshman Engi neer majoring in iMetallurgy is from Rocky River, Ohio. Howard had a i. 1 scholastic average for the fall semester. His high school actixitics included bowling, booster club, and the senior newspaper. brunch affair. It xvilf be a com pletely informal affair xvith scrambled eggs and bacon. A'ou xvill get a com plete re]K)rt oh the operation of the cha])tei and you xvill have your ojjportunrty" to offer any suggesticjns xisit on football xveekends. You and I can help kec]) the Phi Cam house on to]j at Michigan by contributing xvhen the fund drive gets under way. If xve all help it xvill be a success. 1 xvould like to offer a note of spe- (ji comments that you might haxe. Rememijer, May 10th and 11th arc ciaf thanks to Brother Ken Shaw, Section Chief of Section A/III, who h;ts matle my tasks of the past year semester. .Along with a high grade axerage he rounded out his high the dates. Write off some letters to vour classmates, make some phone calls to local cronies, and we will look forxvard to seeing you all at the best school activities xvith tennis, Hi-Y dub, junior Rotary club, science club, Pit) Dinner ever. KENNEDY SHAW ,\ freshman in Engineering from B;ittle Creek, Michigan, Tom Oxvcn attained a '5.7 average for his first and student council presidency. Syracuse '.50 much easier through his good counsel. I also xvant to thank the active broth ers for their cooperation. Please feel free to stop in at 707 xvhencver you are in .Ann .Arbor—you are alxvavs xvclcome. PHIL Bl^RT \r\nPage 4 ALPHA ALPHA MacKay Hope of PHIJI April, 1958 NEWS PHIJI SPORTS Hopkins Leads Fijis Maintain Athletic Standing U. S. In Tennis Swimmers To Title Tall, gangling Barry MacKay, '57, Fiji athletic teams have taken the the man Jack Kramer says can bring U.S. tennis back to the top with his "big game", stepped onto the center since Christmas vacation. Our water court at Melisourne and showed the world that .\merica did not intend to roll over and play dead in last De cember's Davis Cup matches. Losing a very tight first match to Australia's Mai Anderson, Barr\- sna]3ped back in the second round to stunningly upset rugged Ashley Coop er and send U.S. tennis piestige and future hopes soaring. rh.e Big Ten and XC.\.\ singles cliamjrion had stepped from the .Michigan campus and .\lpha Phiji- intramural fields with varied residts polo team maintained their four year .\ ]3ower-laden .^fichigan team clinched its second straight NC.\.\ swimming championship Saturday, March ,30, at the new Varsity Ex mark of not having won a match. hibition Pool. Sjsarking Michigan's victory was This teanr submerged, only after forc ing their opponents into an overtime, .\ljrha Phi's leader Cy Hopkins, whf.i however. On the brighter side of the contributed a thiicl-place finish in the ledger were the basketball, paddle ball 100 yd. breast stroke, second-place in and ping pong results. The basketball the 200 yd. breast stroke and sccond"A" team won their league but lost jdace in the 200 yd. medley. His four in the playoffs to Phi Delta Theta. teen points put "Hop]n" in a tie for The "B" team also won their league the meet's high point man rvith team but lost in the first round of the mate 'Pony Tashnick and three other pla\(jffs. The paddle ball team went to the (juarter finals before losing and the ping pong team went as far as the semi-finals. Phi Camma Delta is currently in sesenth place in the .-Mi-Fraternity standings. .\s we go to press the Fijis I> K3; .a' are engaging in the track meet and the foul shcjoting match. With reason able success in the coming springsports there is an excellent opportunit\ of inqncjving the present standing. Hickory Dickory Dock! \Vhat Brother Ran Off with the Works to Our Grandfather's Clrjck? CI.A.S.S OF '53: Does anyone know where the clock mechanism is for our Grandfather's Clock? It has been missing for many years. Perhaps it was taken to an .-Vnn .\rbor BARRY MACKAY land only six months previously with a B.A. degree in economics. And with jeweler for repair and never claimed. Please contact ^Valt Scherer, Jr., at NO 2-.3256. Walter Scherer, Sr., '24 demand definitely outstripping the required quality of supply in the U.S. CY HOPKINS swimmers. Cy's jsoints were the differ ence between first and third place. Three weeks earlier, swimimng Cy had helped pace Michigan to a Big Ten victory at Iowa with his victories in the 100 yd. breast stroke and in the 200 yd. breast stroke, and a second to teammate Tashnick in the 200 yd. butterfly. market for Davis Cup players, Barry's intense desire and spectacularly im merely a beginning, for the good natured Fiji from Dayton is currently full page color photo of "Floppy", holder of the NCA.-\ 200 yd. hreast proving ability won him a place on on a Middle East tour for the State stroke record, was featured in a recent the plane for Down-Under. Dcqst. Barry has added the U.S. in issue of Sports Illustrated. That ath However, it took an unexpected illness of one of his teammates to put the suprising and talented Fiji in door doubles crown and international letic abilities are not all that may be said for the modest junior is evidenced position for his climactic finish. To all indications it was not a fi nish, but tournament victories in Cairo and Alexandria to his growing list of ten nis trophies since returning from .-\us- by his 3.4 grade-point average in Pre.Vfed studies and his leadership of Sjjhinx, junior men's honorary. \r\nApril, 1958 ALPHA PHIJI Page 5 NEWS GRADUATE CHAPTER Detroit Chapter New officers of the Detroit Phi Ann Arbor environment to take a position with the Public Relations Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Eric Vetter, '54, on the other hand, has just returned from NEWS Alpha Phi Board Planning is under way on an addi tion to the Chapter House to provide space for about 35 more men. Sketches Cianinia Delta Graduate Chapter in clude John 1\ O'Shoughnessey, *47, President; Robert Spiegel, '47, Vice- 2y2 years with the Army in Japan, of the proposed addition and a plan President; Donald H. Lescohier, Un and is now a married Bus Ad Grad to raise the money for it will be ion '10, Treasurer; and Harry O. school student. Bob Carr, '52, who presented at the annual meeting of the Alpha Phi Association before the Pig Dinner. Lang, Jr., Colgate '43, Secretary. O'Shaughnessey succeeds Donald S. married Barb Mattison in Nov. 1957, Activities include a luncheon meet is now teaching in Dearborn, Mich igan, but living in Ann Arbor. Parker Pennington, '54, Dean Barnard, and ing the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Savoyard Club atop the Buhl Bldg. 4 he chapter were recently guests of a local brewery for their annual stag.''^ rhe annual meeting last Octoi)er at the University Club was at tended by the Alpha Phi undergrad uate chaj)ter. all in the teaching game — Parker in elementary school in AA, Dean at Eastern Michigan in Ypsi, and Bake is an .Asst. Prof, at Michigan. 4 he automobile industry is well rejjresentecl by Dick McCarthy, Illi nois '53 and John Carlson, DePauw Smith, '20, as President. HARRY LANG, JR. (Colgate '43) ^'SJiades of Brothers Rupper and jKiHdhauser ^Rupperts R: Ballentines)! Pwnr^A'ork and Cornell groups have met in breweries for years. Ann Arbor Chapter 1 he Ann Arbor Graduate Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, like the legend ary Phoenix, has once more raised it self from the dust of obscurity and is an operating concern. Under the guidance and prodding of Section (ihief Kennedy Shaw, Syracuse '50, a group of the local graduate brothers Sheridan Baker, California '39, are '52, who are now with the Labor Re lations Staff of the Detroit 4 ransmis- addition of rooms for 35 men. This sion Division of GM. Ford Fijis in would also require changes in dining clude Chuck Norwood, '51, Bob and Bill Bristor, '51, and V.P. Robert Mc- airangements. Namara, California '37, while John Linclcjuist, '50, is carrying the purple the Board found, and soon it will and white banner at Chrysler Cor poration. Lebal Beagles and sawbones are numerous among the gracls here abouts. John Baity, '55, father of twins, is practicing law in the windy city (which seems to be an appropri Present officers of the organization Wilson, '49, has returned to Ann Ar are: Piesident, Dean Barnard, '50; bor to finish off his residency: still in V4ce President, Ross Cowan (Yale) ; Treasurer, Howard Walters (Ohio State '23) ; and Secretary, Dave Grey, brothers, including Doug Murray, '56, Reucli Gingrass, '54, Jim Hodgman, '57. and oti.ers. mecl school here are a number of 44ie annex has definite limitations recpiire a considerable expense to keep it within the city building code. Several j)lans have been considered by the board and it has been decided that we must proceed with planning an addition to the Chapter House. An architect, familiar with fraternity housing, is preparing sketches and cost estimates. 4 hese will be ready by Pig Dinner time. .Members of the .Alpha Phi Board are David Pollock, '44, President; C. James Pilcher, '42, Lreasurer: Ken nedy Shaw, Syracuse '50, Secretary: Waldo E. Sweet, .Amherst '31: Donald S. Smith, '29: \\4Iliam G. Layhe, '39; Raymond Smith,'20; Hollister Mably, '31, and Ken Patterson, '25. DAVE POLLACK,'44 Fdhor's Noil'.: The news we have concerns not Maury DeCostei, '51, Ron Port- only local graduate brothers, but wood, '57, and Steve Kale, '57, have some information concerning various and sundry Alpha Phi Fijis scattered here and there about the country. put off their entry into the cold cruel Davis, Bucknell '51, (recently a father for the third time) has just left the tions and discuss the future needs of the chapter. 4 he chapter cabinet particijjatecl in all of the discussions and presented an estimate of what are the actual space needs. The Cabinet and the Board decided that space for a total of 60 men living in is reason able. 4 his includes the present rooms for 25 men and would require an ate place for barristers), while Gene Hartwig, '55, (married), Frank Zinn, '56, (single), and Ciap Grathwohl,'57, reactivated the local charter, and (single), are still secjuestered in the have been holding monthly meetings at the chapter house and weekly law school library. "Schna])s" Schultz, luncheon meetings at the Michigan '50, is meclicoing it uj) at (iook Coun Union (Wednesdays at twelve noon). ty Hospital in (^ucago, and Webb For instance, (>)uncilman-Brother A1 44ie Alpha Phi Board started last fall to study the present accommoda world for another year of grad work, but Dave (hey, '57, is earning his keep as a reporter on the Ann Arbor News. Howaicl Walters ( To pg. 6) and Bob Beginning with this issue, the editors of the AlfyJia Pliiji Xews are inaugurating a new policy of graduate chapter news in each issue, the Detroit and Ann Arbor graduate chapters being pre dominately Michigan Fijis. \r\nALPHA PHIJ 1 Page 6 April, 1958 NEWS In Memoriam . . . NEWS FROM FIJIS EVERYWHERE William Homer "Hap" Flattendorf, Rex Wilcox, '57, is in medical Dale Coenan, '51, stopped oil at Michigan with his wile during a re school here and wiis mairied over cent trip. Dale is still in advertising Christmas. Robert Knii'son, 56, tvile, and puppy stopped house and has moved to Philadelphia. Forest I. Yeakey, '2-1, is working during Christmas. BoD is i" New York for the S. H. Camp Co. in Jackson, working for J. P. IMoig''" Co. -Michigan. He spent some time in England on business preparatory to going around the world. Forest vis ited in .-\tistralia, the Philippines and Hatvaii, before returning late last fall. He is chairman of the University of Michigan Detelojmient Council for [ackson County. E. Richard Hurst, '50, is the re Hauptman-Todd Assotuates, geologi cal consultants. Don'^ (no relation to Paiii Geigci, 55) is ticking madly these cm' r stick he uses to love is still the tcillo'^^' 1955, and became assistant to the atlvertising manager O O ivas elected to Michiguania. He was an alumni member of the school's Board in Control of Intercollegiate .Athletics from 1914 to 1950. James W. Parker, Cornell '08, for mer president of the Detroit Edison • , 1 • - 11 i,eOod City, Caliis teaching in Co., tlied December 30, 1957, in De troit. Parker served during A\'orld devine new oil tccllJ' west fornia. In Tiernan, '52, workiiic , , Hurst teas president of .Vlpha Phi i-luring his senior year here and is carrying his enthusiasm and knowl edge of Phi Gamma Delta over into gratluate chapter tvork. Employed by Carbide Co. in Reel the IS Tom nctit for the Union . . , oak, Iowa. War II on the War Production Board ami the War Manpower Commission, ami was a past president of the .Amer ican Societv of Mechanical Engineers a line to let Please drop tis> ,. I , us know what yo . 'tic doing . ^ , , ^ inlormation Proctor and Gamble, Dick and his these days, or IiDY •.vile and four children live at 7100 about Brother FiJ'^' Xo. Mingo Dr., Madiera, Ohio. Charles R. Livingston '25, director )1 the Ford Motor Company adver to Fram in 1941, he had been tvith ,,, Ranger", "Green Hornet" and "Chal introduced to Jatli^'^ (From ,,, Weaver, Minuesofi uicsoia mer) are (tvho will be i i ■ .pood this sum- ■ of a sort ,, ^tmipatri'^'' Howard, sells housc.'^' ,k1 yveav tries y lor people to to dig up tp^^, iii^'i^ ^,li I'lc buy them. i . gra]jevinc •' , C'ws. hot loin Leopold, pIves us oiir i ■ ,U' elected treasurer of the Quincy, Illi ■uial itfU the army and nois, graduate chapter. George M. oil'- piland .Steel in Irwin, '-1.S, rvas elected secretary of is now Wo) iiiR 'uJ '55, married the same group. George also conducts Chicago; p and the latp .d'''' ''t'' I'o"""! the Quincy Symphony Orchestra. Jay Strickler, '51, is working in the grey (|., "ic banking game ami ings and I '*1 ".corking for Dow Cliemical. and of the Engineering Society of De troit. He tvas .-Vlpha Phi's 1956 Pig Dinner sjjeaker. Malcolm McCorniick, '15, vice-pres ident in charge of market research for Frain Corjj., died January 28 at Bairington, Rhode Island. Before coming G'od tising filming section. For many years lie directed the radio programs "Lone Clutago lor Inland Steel Cor[)oration. fack Stumplig, '511, is in Necv York ment division in Bob Orth, '48, cently elected .Secretary of the Cin ducing tvestern movies for television. Harvey H. Sjnick, '16, has been in Chicago. Flattendorf joined the Chicago Tribune in 1924, was ap pointed manager of the sales develop Don Todd, '50, is out in Billings, in 1957. He teas captain of the .Mich Montana, in the pt"t»t-rship of igan varsity track team in 1924 and cinnati Graduate Chapter. Brother lenge ol the 5'ukon", and he spent the past ttvo years in California pro '24, dietl .March 9 of a heart ailment, 'or (^j'oil. 'ail in i^ean i-'cderal Say ^RXARD, '50 Walker Manulacturing Co. of Racine, Wis., and was vice-president in charge ol sales there. McCormick tvas a mem ber of the Committee on .Marketing of the Xational .-Vssociation of Manu facturers. Frederick l^iebel III, '32, supervisor of the motion jjicture bureau of the .Aeina Life .Vffiliated Companies, died Xo\ember 18, 1957, at VN'est Hartford, Conn. He teas the of the late former .Archon, and had been active in t':e Ilartiord, Conn., graduate c hapter. Form 3745 Requested w- EXECUTIVE I7S7 N ST WASHINGTON PIG DINNER MAY lOfh son Frederick Riebel, Jr. (Purdue '04) , a secretary N 0 W C