] A April 15. 1973 Vol.11 No,VI Sigma Mu Chapter Phi Gamma Delta Miss. State PIG DINNER Sigma Mu's 4th annual Norris Pig Dinner, which was held on March 31st at the Holiday Inn in Columbus, turned out to be a great success. About 58 people attended, including actives, graduates, and special guests. The final issue of the Bulldog Fi.ii. which will be published in a couple of weeks, will contain a feature article on the highlights of the Pig Dinner along with pictures taken. COAST PARTY During the weekend of April 6-8, about fifteen brothers and their dates en.ioyed a fantastic time on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, staying at the Rovmtowner. Although the weather was rainy most of the time, everyone still found a chance to go to the amusement park, where it v/as reported everybody got sick, and to play football on the beach. Saturday night the Fijis and Lambda Chis went in on a party and dance. David Gaddis, chair man of the social committee, should be commended for arranging the plans for the weekend, which was a great time for all. BROTHERS TO MARRY Several brothers have announced plans to be married this summer. Steve Edwards is marrying Miss Kathryn Minard on June 2nd. Ronnie Rutland will wed Miss Tanya Rayborn also on June 2nd. Thomas Wiley will wed Miss Mary Coburn on May 20th. And Jan Clark will marry Miss Judy Mangrum on June 23rd. SERVICE PROJECTS SUCCESSFUL Sigma Mu's latest community service projects turned out to be highly successful. Burke Fisher, chairman of the campus and community service committee, coordinated the projects and with the help.of the brothers did a great job. On Friday, March 23rd, the Fijis replanted about twenty plants in the containers along the main business district of downtown Starkville. The Starkville Daily News gave us a real good write-up and also published a picture of the plantings. In the past several weokr., the People's Bank and several local merchants have been kind enough to write us and commend us for our work. On March pFth, we all left the house about 8:30 to start on our annual cleanup of Old West Point Road, which runs about 10 miles. Although it was windy that morning and eventually started raining that after noon, there were about 200 trash bags of garbag© collected. Since service projects have always oeen a major aspect of Sigma Mu, we were pleased to have been highly s\jccessful nn i.t-o worthwhile projects. SCHOLARSHIP The scholarship committee, headed by Bob Stimson, has also been hard at work this semester. This is one of our new committees, and it has been involved in arranging files of each brother's grades and also collecting old tests and notes. Their latest endeavor to encourage scholarship among the brothers has been to have a beautiful plaque built to recognize those brothers who graduate with a 3"5 better qualj.^y point average ^Several other plans are in the making which wilJ hopefully he" ;.. C 1\/a1 15rr."^^o 1-^ 3 5 "T* *3"'3? ""l lV1.1 l —ui;v:: . \r\nPUBLICITY One committee that is often times overlooked, hut one that has contributed greatly to the grow."!) semester is the publicity committee. chairman, the publicity committee has attention campus-wide. Several signs of Sigma Mu this past With Porter Robinson as gained Sigma Mu much have been painted inclu ding one welcoming TVS television network who came to State to televise the State-Vanderbilt basketball game. During the weekend of the Pig Dinner, the committee painted a sign welcoming Fijis and this weekend painted a sign welcoming former P.O.W.'s to State for the annual Maroon-White game. Another highlight of this committee is that of sending information about each of the new initiates to their local county and city papers to be published. With the work of this committee, the Fijis are indeed well-known. SUMMER'PLANS Sigma. Mu's work will not end when this sem.ester comes to a close bxit will continue into tne aummer months. There are plans for several rush parties, including one in Jackson on the reservoir and also in various other areas of the state where the brothers live. The committee has recently sent out letters to various high schools and junior colleges inquiring about outstanding students. We would like to ask any of you graduates to please be thinking of any outstanding students in your area who might be be recommended and send their names in. This summer about four delegates will attend the Fiji Academy in Kentucky and hopefully will bring home many awards for the chapter. BROTHER EXCELS AS ACTOR Of the various fields of each of the brothers, Ray Jordan has established himself as an experienced actor. Recently Ray held one of the leading roles in Thorton Wilder's play "The Matchmaker", v/hich was presented by the Union Program Council and Blackfriars of M.S.U. as a Smorgasbord dinner theater, There were packed attendences for each performance, and we congratulate' Ray on a fine job. FIJI KEVv'SLETTER ! The Fiji Newsletter is sent out to all graduates of Sigma Mu chapter once a month. It is a supplement to our regular publi cation, THE BULLDOG FIJI. -CKAI^RMAN. . itvasVtaaati *«••••*•••••DRSW MCDOV/SXjXj SIGMA MU CHAPTER PHI GAMMA DELTA 207 WEST LAMPKIN ST. STAPJCYILLE, MISSISSIPPI 39759 EISENH f