T H Volume LXXVI No.2 Galesburg,Illinois G.D. Fiji Awarded Chapter Loses Owen L. Coon Plaque Gamma Deuteron has been awarded the 1982-83 Coon Plaque for the G.D. Fiji. The Plaque is given to the chapter whose publications are judged to be Fall Edition 1983 Fratemity, was first dven to Phi Gamma Delta by Richard H. Crowder (DePauw,'31) to honor Riverda Harding Jordan (Yale, Oldest Brother Willis E. Terry, '04, died at his home in Vcro Beach, Fla. on Saturday, Oct. 8. He was bom in Galesburg on May 23,1882. Brother Terry was the chapter's oldest Graduate at the time of his most distinctive, newsworthy and '93)- death. He owned a lumber firm from journalistically superior. It was donated by the late Owen L. Coon (Northwestern, 15) and was first awarded for publications produced during the 1932-33 academic year. This is the first year Gamma Deuteron has won me Plaque. In 1979-80 the G.D. Fiib edited by Dave Brackman, 80, placed Fraternity's most prestigous award was bestowed upon Gamma Alexander Lumber Co. He was a third in the The Cheney Efficiency Cup-The Deuteron in 1959-60. The award is given to the chapter jud^d to be the most efficient in conducting its affairs. The judgement is based on scholarship, campus activities and Fratemity relations. The award was presented to the Fratemity by O.H. ~ Cheney (New Mwuniuni York, '97) in ■ " Chapter records do not include i 1913, I became before r^kings for any shortly he the Fratemity's pres- 1905-1955, when he sold it to the member of the board of First Galesburg National Bank & Trust Co. from 1915-1967 and had been elected an honorary board member annually every year since his retirement. Term was a Knox trustee from 1922-1929 and an honorary president of the College's 50-Year Club. He also was co-founder and first president of the Galesburg Rotary Club. Terry is survived by two sons, Willis E. Terry ID and Dr. John H. Terry, seven grand-children and three great grand-children. Words cannot adequately captyre a award pr^ented life as long and as variecl as Terry's was. The /5th anniversary issue of the G.D. Fiji contained a feature a Fratemity's other awards at the which started to reflect some of the richness of his life. We are fortunate Academy held in to have an interview with Terry, ■eflLeieH State University. The chapter was ConOTegational Summer Assembly at Frankfort, Mich., to help us the Academy by Although the entire interview is fascinating, we are only able to share excerpts from it. After Terry's reminiscences of his early life, the conversation tumed to his trip to Europe one summer with Noble Sproat Heaney, x'02,. Gamma won. The other f(^awards are: SEg g"' "" H Sp-dn i92oSi the chapter was awarded the Baker^ Cup, |KfAi«iyp.iiii> iiiM iffiim August at Ohio Scott Newton berger, D. Baker (Johns — Hopkins, '92, Washington and Lee, '94), U.S. ^cretary of War and former president of the Fraternity. The Condon Cup-Awarded to the chapter which achieves the weatest all-around improvement, the Condon Cup was fflven to the chapter in 1952-53. This Cup was presented in 1951 to Phi Gamma Delta by the Sigma Tau chapter in honor of Herbert T. Condon, Sr. (University of Washington '21). The Riverda H. Jordan BowlGamma Deuteron received the Jordan Bowl in 1958-59. This awcird, given to the chapter with the highest comparative scholarship in the — Janzow Hans- Pete and Larry Zurawski, (all '84). Peter Warn, '85 and Rick Kapsch and Todd Ryan (both '86) also attended the Academy. The Plaque is on display at the chapter house. All Graduates are invited to stop by and see it. We Undergraduates hopje that you will take this opportunity because you did help us win the Plaque. Thanks to you, Graduate Brothers! recorded in 1981 for the remember him in his own words. Brother Heaney, inventor of the Heaney forceps, was chief of staff at Chicago's Presbyterian Hospital. "We both borrowed a $100. He called me up-he was a senior at medical school-and he said 'I have borrowed a $100 and Fm going to take a trip to Euro^ on a bicycle. Do you want to go along? You can go with me if youlxarrow a $100.' "Well, I borrowed a $100 from one of my sisters who was teaching Continued on page 8 \r\nG.D. Fiji Fall Edition 1^83 Editor's Note Dear Brothers, Gamma Deuteron has won the Coon Plaque for the Fraternity's best chapter publication. On the surface this means simply that last year's G.D. Fiji were judged to be the best publications produced by an undergraduate chapter last yeeir. But there's a lot more that goes into making an award winning publication than many realize. Burren Offers Door for House Non>«d j Sports EdrtorolSti/donf First, there are the efforts of our Graduate Brothers. They write to us with news about their activities since college and information about their fellow Graduates. They also provide suggestions for features they would like to read in me G.D. Fiji. THE K N O X THE G.ft M f/J/ X'Diafnond Anniversary Fall'82 5. K N O 75th Anniversary G.ft ss f/ir ★ ** Rush Nets Seventeen After a week or two we start getting response on the magazine from our Graduates. They send us news for the next issue and suggest features for future G.D. Fijis. MEniHIHJIS We start work on these suggestions and the cycle begins again. Last year the cycle had a unique step added to it. The G.D. Fiji won the Coon Plaque. It was the first time the chapter had won the Plaque but it doesn't have to be the last. With the continued help of our Graduates it won't be the last time. Your suggestions will help make it easier to win it again. But even if we don't win the Plaque, your input will heta to make the G.D. Fiji a worthwhile Phi Gamma Delta Spring '82 Rush '82 publication. The G.D. Fiji is your publication so please stay involved with it. We Undergraduates take these suggestions, research them and then write the articles. But once the features have been prepared, the publication comes back to our Involvement with Phi Gamma Delta is not for collec Graduates, we take the copy to the Galva News days alone. Involvement with the G.D. Fiji shouldn't E building, owned by John Pritchard, *79, where we type everything and design the issues ourselves. After either. we're done we turn the camera-ready copy into Brother Pritchard who has the magazine printed at his Galesburg Register Mail facilities. Fraternally, Peter Warn,'85 Editor Once the copies of the G.D. Fiji are printed, we Undergraduates sort them out according to their T H E Layout Editor Peter M.Janzow,'84 K N O\ G./X M fn/ PUBLISHED BY GAMMA DEUTERON OF PHI GAMMA DELTA KNOX COLLEGE GALESBURG,ILLINOIS Perge! President Scott Hansberger,'84 Staff Dave Carlson,'84 Treasurer Keith Nagel,'87 Mike Werner,'87 Larry Zurawski,'84 Recording Secretary Acknowledgements Mark Ackerman,'84 The Undergraduate Brothers of Gamma Deuteron would like to extend their sincere appreciation to Volume LXXVI Number 2 Chapter Officers John Pritchard,'79, for allowing us to use his facilities to produce this Corresponding Secretary Stuart Martin,'84 Historian Peter M.Janzow,'84 magazine. This issue would not Editor Peter Warn,'85 have been possible without his assistance. Purple Legionnaire Jim Wolfington,'82 \r\nfage i hree Jtdition 1983 a Board of Chapter Advisers and a fund-raising drive. President's LetTer Graduate Brothers Dave Brackman and Steve Malecha, both '81, have volunteered their services to get "the show on the road." Dave is in the Galesburg area and Steve is in the Chicago region* their addresses are included in a report on the meeting elsewhere in this issue. Please direct any questions to them or to me here at the chapter house. Dear Brothers, With the 1983-84 schcx)! year underway, all the Undermduate Brothers of Gamma Deuteron are very excited about this year, our Tear of Process." It began when six members returned from the 18m Fgi Academy, held this summer in Columbus, Ohio. Each brought back many stories and educational experiences to slwe with the entire chapter. As you can see, the chapter's progress is excellent thus fsir. We have accomplished a great deal already and hope to continue in the same manner. So please, let me know if any of you have ai^ ideas or suggestions. The ideas put forth by those Graduate Brothers who attended Homecoming have already been helpful and we hope to put all those ideas into practice. Rush went very well this ye^ir. The chapter accepted 17 very fine younq men as pled^. Todd Kyan,'86, did an excellent job as Rush chairman and the entire chapter FinalljA mark your calender on April 7, 1984 for the Norris Fig Dinner. William Zerman (Michigan, '49), Phi Gamma Delta's executive director and editor, is going to be the speaker and everything is pointing towards a very successful and fun weekend. Hope to see you there! contributed significantly to the Rush effort. A more complete summary of the Rush will be provided in the next G.D.Fiji. Along with Rush, the physical structure of the house has been a major concern. Added to the list of repairs last year are: new carpeting on the first floor, a new roof, complete tuckpointing of the roof, and some major Fraternally, renovation of the individual roonis. Scott J. Hansberger,'84 President As you can imagine, the repairs are costly. During Homecoming an organizational meeting was held to begin Perge! fund-raisinq drive to help cover the cost of the repairs Treasurer's Notes done on the house. Homecominq itself was a great success and I hope that all of you who were here enjoyed yourselves during the weekend. Dear Brothers, Financially, things are running very smoothly within the chapter. Our committee chairmen have been doing an The "Treasurer's Notes" in last fall's G.D. Fiji began with "As a new school year begins we find the chapter with several obstacles that we Undergraduates must chapter activities. Hence, we are able to increase the number and quality of chapter activities without going overboard on expenses. excellent job of keeping finances in mind when planning hurdle." Now, one year later, 1 am happy to say that we are well on the way to conquering these obstacles. All in all, thinqs are looking up this year in all asjDects of the chapter. Please feel free to call or write if you have The new carpet was laid on the first floor several weeks ago and the new roof also has been completed. These are any questions or suggestions. the most recent of a long list of major repairs that have Fratemally, been made on the house since last fall. During Homecoming weekend, a meeting was held to make plans to reorganize our House Corporation and Board of Chapter Advisors and to discuss plans for a Contents Lawrence W.Zurawski,'84 Treasurer Perge! Page Four James T.Stewart,'37 Page Eight J. Phillip Morrow,'63 Graduate News Cover Story Coon Plaque Page Nine Cover Feature Page Five Morton W.Weir,'55 Willis Terry,'04 Graduate News Page Two Editor's Note Page Six Homecoming Scrapbook Page Three Fresi^nt's Letter Page Seven Homecoming Treasurer's Notes Graduate News Board of Chapter Advisors Alcohol Speaker Page Ten Lincoln-Douglas Debate Graduate News Pages Eleven and Twelve News from the Chapter \r\nG.U. l^ iji i^ all h^dition 19S3 An Officer and a Gentleman James T. Stewart,*37, was known as the "Iron Man of Knox" while he was a student at the College. The name was given him by a sports writer for the Peoria Star because he played all but two minutes of the entire m- . Siwash 1936 football schedule. He also was a member of the College's basketball and track teams. Brother Stewart came back after being seriously injured in the Knox-Monmouth game his junior year to help Knox win the match during his senior year. He was awarded the football used in that game for his efforts. In 1942, when Stewart was promoted to captain in the U.S. Army, he still held the record in Henry County for the javelin and discus throw. Besides being a Phi Gam, Brother Stewart was a member of RCTTC while at Knox and was awarded the silver scabbard for outstanding ROTC work. He s^nt 1938 as a second lieutenant of the second infantry at Fort Sheridan near Chicago. In 1939 he was transferred to Montana where he established three U.S. Army camps. He married Dorothea Peck on Oct. 7, 1939. ' She graduated from Montana State University and had been teaching school in Missouli, Mont, for four years. She resigned from teaching after her marriage. In Sept. 1939, Stewart was transferred to Michigan where he commanded an existing Army camp and created a new one. August, 1941 marked Stewarfs promotion to camp inspector of the 3rd area in Michigan. the Merit Service Unit Citation and the Purple Heart. He later won an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Army Commendation Ribbon for his service as commander of He inspected 14 camps in the Lake Huron region until his the Army Quartermasters Center in Japan from 1955 to promotion to captain in 1942. With that promotion he 1958. was transferred to Great Britain where he commanded a company in a truck regiment. Stewart was a full colonel in 1962 when he was ordered Stewart was reported to be in a "fighting zone, somewhere in North Africa" in 1943 when he was promoted to major. He was "somewhere in the Mediterranean area" when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Stewart was awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon, the Army's highest peace-time decoration, for his superior performance as commanding officer for his unit from June to September, 1946. He had already earned the European Theatre Operation Ribbon with seven stars. to Korea as the senior advisor to the Republic of Korea Army of Occupation. He retired from the Army as a colonel on Sept. 1, 1963 after 24 years as an Army officer. Stewarfs address is 508 Shine,Belton, TX 76513. This feature on Brother Stewart suggested by Harry R. Stevens,'35. News from Our Graduates 1920s Commencement in June I spent Joseph R. Burton, '31, has a month in Galesburg and made been married to his wife Jean contact with Brothers John for 45 years. They have four children and six grandchildren. He writes "After 35 years in advertising I retired in 1967. Sat around one year and began climbing walls. I got into the Calvin "Car' Hammond,'28, Pritchard, Dave Brackman and was back for Homecoming with a number of helpful sug gestions, including this issue's Jim W olfington. Congratu lations on winning the Coon Plaque. It was well-deserved." feature on J. Phillip Morrow, Cal's address is the Hunt- '63. He writes "I have visited ington, 226 Fourth Avenue,N., St. Petersburg, FL 33701. the log cabin at Cannonsburg, Pa. where Phi Gamma Delta was founded. (My visit) was travel business and am still in it. I'm still active and happy to be doing something. Still going places. I've tried to serve my courtesy of John Sheppard (former Archon President) and his wife. Following Knox 1930s Continued on page 5 was \r\nG.p*. Fiji Fall Edition 1983 Weir Excels In Education In 1979 Weir became the director of the Boys Town Center for the Study of Youth Development in Omaha, Neb. The center, which has branches at Catholic University, Washin^on,D.C. and Stanford, concentrates on the oridns of such youth problems as timg addiction, drinking. Teaming difficulties, peer pressure and child abuse, Weir chose to accept the position rather than Morton W. Weir,'55, was a psychology teaching and research assistant at the University of Texas after he "do more for chilcfren." graduated from Knox. Duiinq the time he was a psycholcw assistant, 1956-59, he also was a National I. Weir returned to the University of Illinois on Aug. 21, Science Foundation predpctoral fellow and,~ in the summer of 1957, was an assistant at the University's for the University. He serves as an advisor to the return to teachinq or research because he felt he could 1982. He'became the vice president for academic affairs - University's'president on matters of education policy and Hogg Foundation. programs. Brother Weir was an assistant professor and research associate in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development in 1959 for one term prior to six months active duty in the U.S. Anhy. After the Army, Weir joined the psycholc^ faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor from 1960-64, an associate professor from 1964-68 and a full professor from 1968-/9. He was the acting head of the University's psychology department in 1968-69 and its head from 1969-/1. In 1971 hel^ame the University's vice chancellor for academic affairs. He held that post until 1979. He was the Universi^s acting chancellor from August,1977 to January, 1978. Knox honored Weir jiin H973 with an Alumni Achievement Award recognizing his "distinguished service to education as scholar, teacher, and ; administrator." In 1977 fte College presented him with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Weir and his wife Cecilila have three children; Deborah, . Kevin and Mark. The Weirs live at 2209 Galen, Champaign,IL61820. This feature on Brother Weir was suggested ^ by Don L. Calkins,'54. - and his wife Lois live at 12831 Graduate News Stardell, Whittier, CA 90601. - Continued from page 4 Harry R. Stevens, '35 is a retired state's attorney. He community in several ways; hospital and zoning boards, city development commission, ad vertising and public relations assistance on many local and civic projects. I am currently a director of the Chicago Knox Alumni Club." Joe's address is Hellmuth,'34. He would like to feature on James Stewart, '37. He and his wife Ruth (Knox Pi Beta Phi, '37) celebrated,their 42nd wedding anniversary in September. They live at 2025 Craig "Calk" Calkins, '34, their 43rd anniversary Royal Insurance Company in 1973 and is still playing golf( with an 11 handicap). Rewrites "Brother Bud Miller stopped in Naples while on vacation for a golf game and discussions of old times and friends. Enjoyed seeing him!" Craig's address Naples,FL 33942. Robert S. "Little Joe'/ Thompson, '40, owns a motel and apartment complex in Missoula, Montana. He enjoys downhill skiing, golfing, fishing E. Lincoln St., Bloomington, IL . and hunting. Robert, chapter president 1939-40, lives at 1033 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT 61701. 59801. in December. He retired from the is 100 Forest Lake 1940s get in touch with other brothers,"-" so feel free to drop him a line. Harry suggested this issue's. 405 S. River lane, Geneva, IL and his wife Ruth will celebrate the president-elect of the Sun City Rotary Club. Bob and his wife Betty live at 16226 111th Avenue, Sun City, AZ 85351. plays a lot of golf and has established contact with Steve 60134. •• ■ r Road, , Bernard W. "Barney" Crandell, '36 retired from General Motors in 1980. He hunts, fishes, and boats on the Grand Traverse Bay. He writes that he is "working on a "book on duck decoy collecting as I have one of the larger collections of duck and goose decoys, 1300 of them, in the country." He and his wife Martha live at 1015 : Pleasant Avenue, Birmingham, Donald G."Don" Larson, '35 writes "Life as a 'retiree' provides lots of opportunities for me including travel, involve ment in a Polish refugee program, and some golf. MY golf game has deteriorated with age but I never was able to play as well as Fiji Brothers Craig Calkins and Bud Miller." Don Charles R. Hayes, '42 writes "Boh Parkinson, our wives, and I have started a small pub lishing company (for retirement) publishing geography college texts. W e have pub lished four and have several in the works. I am currently a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Harvester Club of Arizona and but will retire in the next year. Bob is already retired. During my career in business, govern ment, and academics I have written or co-authored twenty plus journal articles and four books. I have taught full time here since 1968. My wife and I the Sun City Knox Alumni Club. He is the president of the Arizona Scoutabouts, Inc. and Continued on page 7 MI 48009. Robert F. Graham,'38 writes "Retirement, at least out here, is a time to stay active." He is a past president of both the .- \r\nEE^yj*