PHI CAMMA DELttA ROSE‐ HULMAN:NST:TJTE OF・ TECHNOLOGY FEBRUARY 1975 STATE DAY On Febru ary 8th the men of Rho i made their an n ual early morn ing trek to I nd ianapolis to participate in the 1975 State Day festivities. This year,,os in years past, the Beta Graduate Chapter planned a f ull day of events, which i ncl uded basketbal l, bridge, backgammon, discussion groups and the evening meal held at the I ndianapolis Athletic Club. Although the Rho Phi cagers were eliminated by Hanover in the Ph irst game of the basketball tourney, wh ich was won by the I . S. U . Chapter, ou r bridge and backgammon teams both placed fir.st in their respective competitions. Those who were able to stay that afternoon for the discussion groups came away with many new ideas for our own chapter and a better understanding for the other six Fiji chapters in the state. The day's events climaxed with the awards ceremony that evening, following dinner. The winner of the Song Fest, hetd at dinner was the "singing cabinet,' f rom f the Tau chapter at Hanover College. The Participation Award went to the Psi chapter at Wabash College. The Beta Trophy, "awarded each year to the chapter of Phi Gamma Delta in the state of I nd iana who has ach ieved the highest degree of excellence,,, was, for the first time in our six year history, given to the Rho phi house. Th is has served as an inspiration to the chapter to Brothers Porricipo?ing ot Stote Doy continue to strive for that excellence that the Beta Trophy is symbolic of. Today when all those who were able to attend State Day activities look back, we each remember one thing. That is the friendship and brotherhood d isplayed on that average February Saturday. A Special Note to All Graduates!! ! Pig Dinner will be March 15, 1975. The total cost for the evening's entertainment will be $1 0.00. Festivities start at 5:30 here at the house with a short Happy Hour!!! Following will be the dinner held at the oliday I n n on South Th ird. The dinner is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. Let us know if you will be able to attend for a good time will be had by all. H \r\nPACE TWO ROSE F:J! FEBRUARY, 1975 This is done for two reasons, the major one is to acquaint the pledges with the chapter and the second is to allow the chapter to a little lost sleep was well worth the experience gained by long talk sessions the each knew that night before. look at itself and see what we have done THE ROSE FIJI Published throughout the year by The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta at Rose-Hulman lnstitute Of Technology for the enjoyment of its alumni and friends. the Rho Phi Chapter of John Schlott., . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor Bruce Schmidt . . . . . . . Asst. Editor Contributors: David Steinbock Mark Alspaugh David Penner Robert McCarty Steven Farq u har M ichael Blessing James Krogstie RETREAT 1975 Traditions do not always take decades to become installed in a chapter. Here at Rho Phi, one of our dearest trad itions is our chapter retreat held shortly after we take our winter pledge class. in the past year and see where we are headed. This January 11th and 12th the men of Rho Phi invaded McCormicks Creek State Park. That afternoon, os is traditional, the actives defeated the pledges 81h to 8 in a hard fought football game. Following this, the actives not only won the tug-o-war, bUt also pulled down the tree that the pledges tied the rope to. That evening at dinner, ifl a morg ,serious atmosphere, pledge fathers were announceo _ and each pledge father officialiy welcomed his pledge son into the chapter. Following this, Graduate Brother Bruce Williams ( ) gave an address on the ideas and principles that the founders of our chapter wanted and found in the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. After dinner in discussion groups, Graduate Brothers Steve Goble and Bill Henry did much to inspire the chapter and cause it to ask little what it has done and where it is headed. Sunday morning saw between 65 and 70 sleepy eyed brothers crawl out of bed for breakfast, but BID DAY 1975 Once again the men of Rho Phi put together a very prosperous rush cam paig n th is past fall. Headed by rush chairman M ike Cherbak and his assistant John Schlott, the f if ty man chapter began rush with several new ideas and a spirit of unequalled magnitude. Along with the usual packed social calender, rush parties, and smokers, the chapter sponsored a charity Don key Basketball game which utilized the talents of many rushees. The chapter also took some forty rushees to an lndiana Pacers game early in December, where it could be guaranteed that a good time was had by all. The 12 weeks grind of rush did make itself apparent in the lagging spirits of some of the chapter, but this just gave other brothers the opportunity to bust their lagging spirits and show what it means to be a Brother in Phi Gamma Delta. B id Day arr ived in early December. Along with it came a sudden wave of cold weather, but the drop in temperature did not dampen the enthusiasm of the men of Rho Phi, for thirteen fine men had just been added to the house. That af ternoon af ter pledging had been carried out by assigned bid teams, the chapter and the pledges gathered in the campus snack bar for an impromptu smoker. Later that even ing d u ring and af ter the chapter meal, much celebrating and tradition was adhered to, with the tubbing of the rush committee and cabinet officers. Rush was made even a greater success with the pledging of five more outstand ing men bef ore the break for the Christmas holidays. The chapter of Rho Phi knows that this success is the reward for many hours of hard work and self ice f or the growth of the f ratern ity. sacrif \r\nFEBRUARY′ 1975 ROSE F:J: PACE THREE Day, Clarence Daugherty and his Men of Melody, and five cases of Cold Duck make at Rho Phi? They make a great Purple Garter! . This year's dance was held on Febru ary 14, in the H u lman. U n ion Building on cannpus. A Iarge number of the brothers attended with their dates. Graduate brothers Den n is Pausten bach, '74; James Tribble, '14; and William "Orv'n Henry, 'lg; and faculty guests Major Hansen, Dr. Eifert, and Dr. Brophy were also present. The trad itional gartering ceremony went off with ' great success as Brother Ed Doerflein, '75, acted as emcee, relating the tale of the first Purple. Garter on King Bohunkus' Fiji 'lsle. Ed's instructions to "raise your sights to the higher glory" were stricily followed. The few unfortunate dateless brothers and pledges becarne waiters for the evenin-g and served the Cold Duck graciously. Clarence and his band provided excellent music again this year and were greaily appreciated. ln the words of Brother Paustenbach, "a good time was had by all," and in the words of B rother Steve Thomas , , T 4, "Purple Garter is only 52 weeks away, so get your dates now.,, GRADUATE RELAT:ONS Rob Entrekin(73)iS WOrking tO f:n:sh up his Mose thesis at Ra!eigh, NeC. P:ans to return tO indiana:ate this summer Or in the fal:. Mike Go:er(75)wil: marry Annette vv00dard May lo at st. Mary's. Jim Graham (72)is keeping busy as a product engineer at Delco Remyo on the side he :s working on a MBA at Ba‖ State University. Gary Groff(70)and his wife Nancy recently added a daughter, Lori Den:Sし , tO their family ‐ 10′ 8ノ 74. Mixing oI the Possion ot lnsiottotion Billy Henry (73) has been an active advisor to the chapter since he has been stationed up at Newport. He is presenily awaiting orders to attend Exptosive Ordnance Disposal School at lndian Head, Md. Tom Jackson (l1l has found a new job as a Metrology Engineer at Lockheed M issles and Space Co. in Sunnyvale, Ca., after being laid off in September. He ia shooting for his Masters in four years, meanwhile keeping busy as a SCCA off icial. perhaps the pledge class will hire him for their rally. Marc Skeet (75) is finishing up his senior year at l.U.He will then start on a Masters in library science, €specially automatedcomputerized applications. On the side he is Asst. Superintendent of Briscoe Dining Hail. Ted Smith (70) is finishing his Ph.D. in statistics at O.S.u. He and his wife are expecting a second ch i Id i n Apri l. On graduation he will either rry his hand as a professor in the academic world or as an applied statistician in industry. Al Smock (23) is concentrating on stress and vibration problems as a design analyst Remy. for Delco- Steve Thomas (73) is finishing u p at Ft. Ben n ing, Ga. , th is will be his next month. Europe destination and then back for Ford Motor Co. in Detroit. Steve Whiteselt (70) is stiil with Bell Labs in lndy. He and his wife, Don na, are expect ing ch ild number one in May. Don Nolan (74\ wiil be in till the end of May Memphis working on a nuclear reactor. Then he will be in Virginia putting in his twelve weeks for Uncle Sam. Towards September, CBI will send him to Birmingham, Ala. (Hey Garbo!) Miki Joy (T2l is now completing his third year of med school. He plans to go into family practice. His wife, Patty, is also working. Tip Lowery (73) is working fult time in a machine shop nights, while attending classes at l.Ll. for his Masters in Math-Education. He hopes to teach math and psychology in h igh school in southern I nd iana. Mark Marinko (79) is stiil at Goodyear. He will start on his MS in Polymer Science at Akron U. this spring. \r\nPACE FOUR ROSE FIJI Roger Mart indel I (71 ) received his MBA from Oklahoma U. in Dec. '74. He has been transferred to the Communications/Automatic Data Processing Lab of the lJ.S. Army Electronics Command at Ft. Monmouth, N.J. He is working in digital telephone switching and communications. He is in a resort area with f ine beaches and extends a welcome to all Fijis. Greg Reising (73) is f inishing up h is M . Ed . deg ree in Student Person nel Ad m in istration and is to graduate schools in counseling psychology. He applying recently spent a day skiing with John Temple (73) and Bill Privratsky (71). Bill is now working out there in Colorado. Joel Sanders (72) is still with Bell Labs working on Underwater sound. On the side he is studying German and organ. Dennis and Kathy Bailey (74') are making their home in Clarksville, lnd. Dennis is now working for American Air Filter in Lou isville. ln h is own words, ' ' I do not own AAF as of yet I merely have a major hand in running it. " Dr. Mike Breitmeyer has a position as a eq u iprnent specialist new biomed ical f or Gentec Hospital Supply in Houstoo, Texas. Mike Callahan (74) is stiil o Phi Chapter l121 South Sixth Street Terre lHaute,Indiana 47802 藝巻奨ALD R. 羅IC群 覆LL 4951 DIX三 菱 轟蛭≡ 汽摯. T tt R菫 菱 類AuT彗 , IN 47802 ADDRESS CORRECT10N REQUESTED be sent af ter the Mike will train be ing period. marrying Marilyn Farmer in Terre Haute on March 1 . Keith Corban (741 has only about eight months lef t under Uncle Sam's employ. After that he plans to rest a while and then f inish his degree in CHE. Loren Doyle (71 ) has been transferred to Scout Platoon Leader and is expecting to get promoted to captain in June. ln order to cover more area in Germany, in training for: Eastman Kodak. Just now, h€ is not sure where he will FRATERWY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA 助 FEBRU ARY′ 1975 he is buying a new Mercedes-Benz 300D. So that's where ou r American dollars are going !