XI DEUTERON POT POURRI ritfuvT PHI GAMMA DELTA • EV SMITH TO The sixty-fourth annual Norris Pig Dinner of the Xi Deuteron Chapter will be held in conjunction with the Cleveland (Eta) CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY Graduate Chapter on Thursday, April 24, at the Cleveland Athletic Club. SPEAK AT parking is available across the street at the Statler Hilton. Dr. (CWRU Counsel will opportunity also to be '15), and William R. an excellent meet the new Xi Deuteron Cabinet and freshmen, one of whom was heard recently to have remarked, "Kiss the pig's what?" Reservations, which are necessary, can be made by contacting Gary Fox, Featured as speaker this year will c/o Ernst & Ernst, 1300 Union be Commerce Building, Cleveland, Trustee of the Fraternity and Chair Ohio, TO 1—5000. man of the Board of Union Commerce anxious to have him relate to us dinner is $6.00. Checks, made out to the Cleveland Graduate Chapter, can be mailed in with your reserva tion, or if you prefer, you may pay his feelings regarding our Fraternity. at the door. with cocktails at 1969. This Cogswell General Club Dr. Charles Lee Shafer ('20), family doctor to hundreds of Mansfield, Ohio, residents before becoming on obstetrician and pediatrician, passed ad astro on Februnry 13, Von Aken (Lafayette '34). R. Athletic PASSES AD ASTRA The chapter was notified of his death by Archon President Hank Brainard ('22) who noted, "This was one of our most able and loyal Fijis!" '56), Curator of the Archives Dewitt 5:45 p.m. (cash bar, of course!) Dinner will follow at about 7:00 p.m. DINNER DR. CHARLES SHAFER The Norris Pig Dinner is the best Busse (Chicago '31), Ritualist Louis A. "Bud" Mangels (Indiona Activities will get underway at the PIG located at 1118 Euclid Avenue, and President Henry S. Brainord (CWRU '22), Archon Councilor Ellis E. Bank in Cleveland. Ev has long been a loyal Fiji, and we are all APRIL 1969 in the seventh floor Persian Room. The Cleveland Athletic Club is opportunity of the year to get to see old friends, undergrads and grads alike. We are also hoping to have OS guests, if their busy schedules permit, Cleve landers such as Archon Everett W. Smith (Yale '36), a • Shafer had been semi-retired for several years after numerous bouts with illness. During his semiretirement, he was resident phys ician at Mansfield General Hospital where he had long been a staff member. In November, 1964, he became fully retired professionally, but continued to be active in numerous civic organizations. The cost of the He was a member of First Lutheran Church, Rotary Club, Westbrook Country Club, Optimist Club, and an honorary member of Our Club and an informal group known as "GritIron Club." We are looking forward again to another excellent turnout and hope that you will be there to be a port Dr. Shafer was acting health com of it! County in 1927 and 1928. missioner for Mansfield and Richland He had \r\ntake a few minutes to fill out the graduates, we hope to better estab lish the links with our graduate questionnaire members. served as president of both Mans field General Hospital Medical Staff and the Richland County Medical We hope that each one of you will Society. He had been chairman of the pediatric section of the Ohio the Pot Pourri or to write us a letter in the last issue of president of the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics telling us what you are doing now. Response thus far has been barely adequate for the purpose of includ ing a goodly quantity of graduate in which he was a fellow. news State Medical Association and He was a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and a member of the American, Ohio, and Richland County Medical Associations. Dr. Shafer had been medical director of the Crippled Children's Treat ment Center, having served as chairman of its $100,000 building campaign. He was on the board of Mansfield Memorial Homes, as well in the Pot Pourri, and has been totally inadequate for the pub lication of a directory. If you, our graduate members, sincerely desire to see these graduate relations projects of the chapter succeed, Fraternal ly, Barry J. Lehto ('70) Perge! NEW CABINET TAKES OFFICE On the evening of January 20, the brothers of Xi Deuteron gathered for the annual chapter elections. please take a few minutes each year Barry J. Lehto ('70) was elected to succeed Grant S. Conzaman ('69) as (or president of the chapter. oftener) to let us know what you are doing, so that we may pass it along to the total Xi Deuteron Brother Lehto is a fine and con membership. scientious Fiji with a commendable He Take the time to let us know that Mansfield General Hospital's building com mittee when the new wing was added. you are still a loyal Fiji. Remember, the Fraternity is judged by the men it keeps. record to his credit. In the past he has served as IFC Representative, He was on the boards of the Mental Bob Niebaum ('69) as its former medical advisor. had served also on Guidance Center, the Richland County Board of Mental Health and Retardation and the Mid-Ohio Prac tical Nurses Program. He had served on boards of Family Service of North Central Ohio and the Richland County Board of Health. Dr. Shafer was born in Mansfield on February 12, 1898, where his father had served as president of Mansfield City Council and Mans field Board of Education. After graduating from Mansfield Senior High School, Dr. Shafer earned both bachelor of arts and doctor of medi cine degrees from Western Reserve University. In addition to being a loyal Fiji, he was affiliated with Nu Sigma Nu fraternity. EDITORIAL Xi Deuteron hopes this spring to publish a graduate directory as well as another issue of the Pot Pourri. This is entirely dependent, how ever, upon the response and coop eration we get from our graduate members in the next month. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE "Phi Gamma Delta is not for college days alone." The strong Graduate Chapter in Cleveland, with whom we work closely, attests to this, as well as a successful Homecoming Smoker, a Dale Bruce Graduate Luncheon, and a Norris Pig Dinner. We have been working at Xi Deuteron to improve and strengthen graduateundergraduate relations. The ques tionnaire sent issue of the out with the The rest of the cabinet are equally well qualified for their new posi tions. The new executive committee is looking forward to a prosperous and stimulating year here at Xi Deuteron. Michael P. Kopostosy ('70) was re- elected to the treasurer's post. Brother Kopostosy had been com pleting the unexpired term of John A. Conway ('70) who resigned in October to transfer to the Univers ity of Michigan. fall Pot Pourri met with reasonable success and promises to be of value in future publications. Also we have been working on home town visits to Xi Deuteron grads during vacations. A graduate d irectory will be published in the near future. pledge trainer, and interim Historian. Barry is taking hold of his present duties with much facility and is learning the ropies of his job rapid ly. We are continuing our pro Harvey P. Kessler ('70) was elected to succeed Robert W. Niebaum ('69) as Recording Secretary. Brother Kessler had served as Historian of the chapter in the previous adminis tration. Daniel A. Platano ('70) was elected gram of having graduates visit the to the position of Corresponding Secretary, a post formerly held by chapter house and extend to you an John A. Mokri ('69). invitation to stop by any time, especially for lunch or dinner. Elected With a little more effort on our part, and a little more response from the to assume the duties of Historian was John D. Lubohn ('70), the only sophomore in this year's cabinet. \r\nDO YOU REMEMBER If you recognize this picture, and especially if you can identify the people in it and what they are doing now, write and tell us! Any infor mation you can provide will be pub lished in a future issue of the Pot Pourri. issues. They are issue number 4 from volume 60 (1937-38), issue number 3 from volume 63 (1940—41), and issue numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 from volume 85 (1962- 63). DELTA is so continuous, but we would like to complete our library. We would appreciate any of these issues or any previous to volume 29 A recent survey of the post issues of THE PHI GAMMA DELTA in the Xi Deuteron Library proved to be to round out our collection. We ore The only exceptions in this phenom asking you, our graduate members, to help in our search. If you hove any of these issues which you con donate to complete our collection please mail them to Robert W Niebaum, Phi Gamma Delta, 11317 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, Ohio enal 44106. quite rewarding, as it was found that the chapter has a complete set of bound volumes of the magazine from Volume 29 (1906-7) to present. collection are six missing E. Burns ('70.5) following the occasion of their pledge prank on We are happy and proud to find that our collection of THE PHI GAMMA HELP WANTED The pledge class hides out in style at the home of "Commander" Peter November 2. \r\nPIG DINNER FACTS Field Secretary Cor! R. Sahlberg (Iowa State '67), caught napping during his fail visit to Xi Deuteron, was revived by the pledge class, who conveyed him to the lagoon of What: Annual Pig Dinner When: Thurs., ApriI 24, 6:45 p.m. Cocktails at - 5:45 p.m. Where: Cleveland Athletic Club Who: Ail Loyal Fijis refreshed by the chilly waters. Note Why: To masticate the pig the Speaker: the Cleveland Museum of Art to be appreciative Carl's face. expression on Everett W. Smith (Yale '36) Toastmaster: John M. Saada (Chicago '57) .r ••ativs-.:- The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Chapter Mailing Service 1757 N Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036