The Published by Chi lota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY, 1969 New Series, Vol. XXXII No. 1 Chapter and Social change and effect alnnini assn, on Chi Iota is extensive officers named At the annual election of officers and directors of the Phi Gamma Delta Association of Illinois, held at the chapter house during Home coming, Roy M. Hoppe '44 of Champaign was elected Chairman f the Board for the following ^Pyear. other officers named included: President—John W. Duff '41, Watseka. Vice-prosident—William C. leuter '57, Chicago. Treasurer—John R. Littler '44, Peoria. Secretary—Norris V. Lateer '42, Chosen as directors for a four- year term were Clifton Fulton '44, Sycamore; Tom Johnston '58, Downers Grove; and Dan Damon Chicago. Leading social revolution—that of the Ne gro vs. the White. U.I. is admittedly lowering its admission requirements in the case of several Negroes in an at tempt to triple the Negro fresh man enrollment. this, Whites In order to do several more-qualified are being denied admis the undergraduate chapter f-his year is President Tom Homer '69 of Canton, assisted by the following officers: Treasurer—John Devos '69, Moline. the problems which might arise their jurisdic'ion. A survey was taken to find where Negroes seemed to fit in under the pre sent system (Negroes previously and Nick Eastland Moline. m.i9,Pledge Trainer—Warren '69, Chatsworth. Shafer nomy in membership selection without regard to race, color, or creed and with regards to voting requirements for pledging and ini would rid the fraternities of "the bigot's ability to solely discrimi the student body, or around 300 students). It was found that they either resided in the three Negro fraternities or lived together in nate." our dormitories. with There is little doubt that Presi dent Henry, the Dean of Students, the Board of Trustees are quite concerned about the pro blems of segregation and the pos sible polarization of the two races. granted only to non-discriminat '0, Peoria resolutions, which required state ments from nationals granting their Illinois chapters local auto composed about one percent of rest. Meier alumni) It was proposed that each fra ternity do away with the "black ball" system and adopt a system requiring a 50- to 80-pereent af firmative vote in pledging and initiating. It was hoped that this about Chairman—Bill two tiating. '69, Lewistown. Corresponding Secretary—Phil Carlson '69. Mendota. Historian—Mick Smith '71, Foi'Co-rush and presented a set of radical resolu tions to the 57 fraternity presi dents. Most presidents seemed ready and willing to adopt the Aware of this, the university housing division has considered and Recording Secretary—Bill Estes board (five students, four faculty members sion. in Champaign- '58, Fraternity men at the Uni versity of Illinois, as at many campuses around the nation, are experiencing effects of a great They have also been concerned state and federal aid ing institutions. Excessive pres sure has been placed on the Board of Fraternity Affairs, since fraternities have been the prime target of segregation changes. This Many could of forsee the larger trouble. predicament our national houses We realized after talking secretaries, when we found that many na tional groups would most likely feel compelled to revoke local char ers if such legislation should be adopted by the Interfraternity Council at Illinois. Many of the smaller houses would also be affected, but could foresee little opposition from their nationals in obtaining local auto nomy. The larger houses, Chi lota of Phi Gamma Delta being one of the main proponents of . . . to Page 4 \r\nPage Two February, 1969 Pig Dinner set for April 19tli THE ILLINOIS FIJI Published quarterly by Phi Gam and Chi Iota chapter of Phi Gam Here it is, almost time for the Norris Pig Dinner again. Attendance at Pig Dinner has been improving each year and we want very much to ma continue this trend. ma Delta Association Delta for its of Illinois members and friends. This issue written by The Class of 1969 We welcome aU news from alumni. Send your news and ad dress changes to our Alumni Re lations Chairman, Box 2213, Sta. A, Champaign, Illinois 61820. Undergraduate efforts help C-JJ community Chi Iota is once again organiz ing the FIJI Calendar, which achieved instant popularity all over the U.I. campus when be Pig Dinner undergraduate chairman Mike Prosen '69 and alumnus chairman Phil Gore '36 have promised a full program of entertainment and are diligently pursueing an outstanding speaker. The day of Saturday, April 19, 1969 has been set aside for the occasion. In addition to the attraction of the Pig Dinner itself, the date will mark other events. At that time the new Krannert Center for the performing Arts will be opened on the U.I. campus. There will be time for a round of golf before the 5:30 p.m. banquet, and time for a little brotherhood following the dinner. At the banquet, David Kinley Scholarship Awards will be presented to undergraduates achieving superior grades during the fall 1968 semester. Silver Owl awards (25 years of fraternity member ship) and Golden Owls (50 years) will be presented to alumni. If you are eligible, and will be attending, please notify the chapter as soon as possible. Formal invitations to the Pig Dinner will be mailed out later, but begin making plans now to attend. This year—1969—will feature Fiji reunions for the classes of '29, '39, '49, '59, and '44. If you are a member of one of these classes, you are especially urged to attend and to solicit classmates to do the same. Brush up on old fraternity songs and get your stories straight. See you on April 19th! gun by Frank Acuff '68 two years ago. Oivl aivards given during Homecoming This year's calendar committee, headed by Bill Tebussek '69, is to one Gold, seven Silver members doing an excellent job of organiz ing the layout and acquiring the advertising necessary to finance the calendar. Twelve lovely co eds have been lined up to pose for the 1969-70 calendar, which is set up on a September to Sep tember basis. The calendar is sold for 25c, with all proceeds donated to Vo lunteer lllini Projects activities. Despite the football loss, the indominatable Fiji Homecoming spi rits were not affected on week-end of October 26th. ton. at the chapter house on John Street. It was unique, because this duates were spared a long afterdinner session of speeches. raised to buy food and medical Gold supplies for the villagers. (which were to have been given at the Pig Dinner in spring 1968) were presented at the Homecom- sponsored with the project and took 40 children to Zayre's Department Store, where the kids were given Howard W. Clement '38, Des Plaines. Philip E. Gore '36, Lawrence- ville. The post-dinner feature was the and Silver Own awards Christmas shopping spree for a number of underprivileged Ne gro children. The Fijis and mem bers of the She Gams helped out paign. year both alumni and undergra Owing to the flood of paperwork at the National Fraternity, the Jaycees Stuart M. Mamer '42, Urbana. Norris V. Lateer '42, Cham a unique banquet after the game which had been overrun by the Viet Cong. More than $1,000 was paign-Urbana Silver Highlight of the weekend was presentation of several awards, directed by MC Bill leuter '57. a Gold Eugene D. Funk '22, Blooming- the Last spring, the Phi Gamms co-sponsored a collection drive among fraternities and sororities to raise money for a pro-Ameri can village in South Vietnam This past December, the Cham- ing banquet. Recipients included: a liberal allowance to purchase Roy M. Hoppe '44, Champaign. William J. Carmichael '42, Chi cago. Gail R. Fisher '28, Champaign. For the undergraduates, Bill Carmichael presented the David Kinley Foundation Scholarship Awards to those who qualified during the 1967-68 scholastic year. After a short ceremony, the en tire company adjourned to the Sheraton Motor Inn for an even almost anything they desired. Planned for later in the spring ing of conviviality while listening of 1969 is the annual picnic for and retarded ground Springhouse Jug Band. children. to the strains Tilly of Rick Huchenson's Bach '69 Under \r\nFebruary, 1969 Page Three THE ILLINOIS FIJI Chi Iota members pose for chapter picture Seventeen ^68 Fiji fall pledges Pledge class of 1972 told Chi Iota is proud to announce its pledge class of 1972. We feel these men are composed of all the virtues which have made Chi Iota of Phi Gamma Delta so outstand ing in the past. Among numerous other activities, the pledge class is especially well represented on the freshmen football team. The members Michael E. of .Ernst, the team Des Robert T. Herget, Aurora; rence McKeon, M. are Plaines; J'oliet; Law and James A. Plack, Peoria. University to act promptly against student abuse, says President Henry The University of Illinois will act completely with student disorders. promptly and vigorously, as has already been demonstrated, against hit higher education, but he feels He notes that a social storm has abuse of the university by dissi that schools need not become sites dent students and allied groups. This intention is voiced by presi dent David D. Henry, who said for mob action or centers of in tellectual dissent carried out pri marily with propaganda and picket the administration will not tolerate lines. disruption, violence, threats of These statements came in par coercion, and damage to univer tial answer to indications that the sity property. public is losing confidence in a university's ability to manage its Dr. Henry adds, however, that a university is not prepared to cope affairs. The other members of the class are: Peter 0. Bower, Bloomington; Donald P. Braun, Park Ridge; Barry H. Christensen, Mt. Pros pect; Charles P. Gore, Lawrenceville; Terry G. Hampton, Peoria; Craig R. Louer, Pocahontas; Tho mas J. McDonald, Arlington Heights; Douglas J. McGardy, Gillespie; Charles D. Miller, Pe oria; Steven R. Nelson, Glenview; Mark S. Theilken, Springfield; Robert E. Vespa Jr., Peoria; and David M. Wheeler, Elk Grove. \r\nPage Four February, 1939 THE ILLINOIS FIJI Illini to Bowl game You'll have a chance to see Illini in action when four university stu dents appear on NBC's General Electric College Bowl from 6 to 6:30 p.m. March 30. The announcement was made by Chancellor J.W. Peltason who stated that the university had ac cepted the invitation to appear on the television network program. Steve Kiiiss, SpringHeld '69 participated in the 1968 Big Ten Fencing meet, placing third in the sabre class. Phi Gamms IM Miss Fetherston team $500, plus a matching grant record good has retired As every alum knows. Phi Gamms have always been tough Chi Iota announces the addition of a new housemother and cook. Lois Fetherston became house competitors in the university's in tramural program. Last year Fiji finished a very close third out of the fifty-seven fraternities on campus. Fijis are carrying on the same tradition once again this year. This year started oft with one of the most exciting football seasons in intra mural history. Phi Gamms were rated first throughout the whole season, but in one game we were knocked out of the race much to the dismay of the odd makers. from Seventeen Magazine. mother at the beginning of the school year when Elsie Heath an nounced her retirement. She worked as a licensed archi of English as coach of the team. He will travel to New York City with the team for the program. Scholars who will represent the university are Randy Lee Diehl, Freeport, sophomore in LAS; Paul to T. Munch, North Riverside, sopho remodel the front lawn and driveway in order to facilitate parking and add recreation facili ties. She proved invaluable in her kitchen management and became our mother away from home. more in LAS; Michael G. Rosen berg, Chicago, senior in LAS; and Robert Bruce Waide, Crete, senior in LAS. We are also very fortunate to have solicited the services of our new cook Unis Patterson. She is an excellent cook and loves to Recognition noted bake. William (Bill) Carmichael '42 re ceived the "Loyal Illini" award Visitation at on Jan. 24, 1969, at a Chicago Chi Iota Room visitation was made legal by the university recently and Chi In all the sports, football, volley ball, basketball, and waterpolo Fijis have won their leagues, al Iota voted by secret ballot to initi most untouched. This well-rounded, from noon week and Saturday. chapter of tough competition in every sport has kept Fiji's on top and is ex pected to bring the title home to the Phi Gam Trophy case. Chancellor Peltason has appoint ed Lloyd Berry of the department tect for 40 years and displayed her talents when she drew up a plan Water polo was a repeat of foot ball. Once again Fijis finished in the top four, but failed to pull off the big win for the championship trophy. College Bowl is an intercollegiate game in which a team of four scholars competes with a team from another college or university. The winning team continues to play a maximum of five games. The winning team receives a $1,500 scholarship grant and the losing ate the program in the chapter. Females are allowed in rooms to midnight during the to 1 a.m. Friday and The decision by the 69-0 extended the privi lege to Chi Iota. Illini Club meeting. The award is given annually to the Illinois graduate belonging to the club who has shown outstand ing service to the university. Car michael is presently chairman of Chi lota's David Kinley Founda tion and is a member of the Board of Chapter Advisors. \r\n. THE ILLINOIS FIJI Page Five Plant '02, Brown '04 recall nearly 70 years since joining Clii Iota Senior living Fijis listed Saying that it is "a sad bit of news" As one of only eight social fra ternities established at the Uni that the nearest he had been to Champaign-Urbana since his graduation was two brief visits to Danville, S. Dewey versity of Illinois prior to 1900 (out of 57 now on campus), Chi Brown '04 of 200 Damascus Road, Iota of Phi Gamma Delta can be Branford, Conn, enclosed a brief proud of its still-living members who joined the fraternity system about the turn of the century. These senior Fijis include: Seymour D. Brown '04, 200 Da mascus Road, Branford, Conn. Frank W. Hilliard '04, 13 York Hills, Brentwood, St. Louis, Mo. Francis B. Plant '02, 1055 Vista Del Mar, San Jose, Calif. Ralph D. Stevenson '04, 72 W. Adams, Chicago. Joseph W. Wilson '03, 9006 Fauntleroy Ave., Seattle, Wash. The Illinois Fiji plans to re-es tablish its ties with these men. On this page of this edition are .etters from Brown and Plant. In A'coming editions, it is hoped hat the other alumni on the above list will send in letters to be published to acquaint newer mem bers with the senior Fijis. RAY FISHER '30 DIES IN FT. WORTH Funeral services were held last June in Ft. Worth, Tex. for Ray mond E. Fisher '30, who following a series of strokes. died Mr. Fisher was graduated from Champaign high school and cap tained the basketball team his senior year. In later years, he was past president of the Ft. Worth Rotary Club. In Ft. Worth, he was with an automobile firm. Survivors include his widow, a sister, two sons and five grand children. Mx. Fisher was a mem ber of a Phi Gamma Delta family, which included his brother. Gail R. Fisher, Chi Iota '28 of Cham paign; brother Morris L. Fisher, Chi Iota '34 of Champaign; broth-in-law W. Phillips Talbot '36, mFousin . ambassador to Greece; and Gilbert F. Campbell, Chi Iota '38, of Rockville, Md. outline of his life and career. "Immediately after graduation engineer's office, Hoboken, N.J. In October, 1906, I sailed for England to help prepare plans and contracts for two large public works in Brazil. One of these was a harbor works, the port of Para at the mouth of the Amazon Ri The other project was covered by a concession from the Brazilian government calling for the construction of jetties to open a navigable channel through the entrance to the Lagoa dos Patos and the construction and operalion of port works at the city of Rio Grande. "I then went to Paris, with the ultimate destination of Para to "engineer" that job. However, a permanent office of the company was just then opened in Paris to be headquarters for the Brazilian public works and other projects. 1 remained in Paris as manager of the new office, taking time off only to return to the U.S. and marry Ethel Louise Whiting and bring her back to France. By the time World War I broke out, the Paris office headed up a flock of public works projects in Brazil. "In 1916, I resigned and joined American International Corpora tion as manager of its newlyopened Paris office. In 1920, I re signed and returned to the U.S. because of the continued ill health of my infant daughter. After working for various concerns in America, I retired January 1, 1968 and am now living quietly in Connecticut." Mr. who became members of Phi Gamma Delta at the turn of the century is Francis B. Plant '02, of 1055 Vista Del Mar, San Jose, Calif. In a letter to the Illiuois Fiji, Mr. Plant said it came as a sur I went to the D.L. and W. rail road as draftsman in the chief ver. One of the five living Chi Iota alumni Brown's wife died in 1965 prise to him to learn that he was the sole survivor of the class of 1902. He continued by saying; "While I had known members of the chapter founders as early as 1897, the earlier history of the chapter has been told so well that I can add no pertinent details. "At the time of my initiation the chapter had meeting rooms in Champaign over the bicycle shop of Art Nicolette. There was a large water tank, used by a laundry, next door with the top flush with the window sills of the club room. As an initiate, I was tied hand and foot with a rope knotted around my under arms and was lowered into the water tank. Fortunately the rope held, but I can still remember the rough edge of the tank. As far as I know, the tank was never used again for the same purpose. "The story of my 60 years of practice as an engineer might be interesting if there were space to print it. Item: being in a con struction camp on a morning of 1906 where and when an earth quake hit California. Item: assist ing in the reconstruction of San Francisco municipal buildings at a later date. Item: two years in Dairen, designing a hospital for the Japanese South Manchurian Railway. Item: investigations for banks and insurance companies. "As for Phi Gamma Delta, I have enjoyed past contacts with the California and Stanford chap ters. George Arps (a founder of Chi Iota) and I assisted in the installation of the original chapter at Stanford. Arps was studying and their own child died in 1966, leaving one daughter who is a at Stanford and I senior at New York University. class was at Cal. "Regards to Chi Iota from the of '02." \r\nFebruary, 1969 Page Six ... from Page 1 Meiiibers receive Social change the opposition, began meeting and organizing strength in an attempt to block the BFA proposal. The end result of all this con fusion was a watered-down com last-minute appeals to either the university and/or the Archons. monetary awards Brothers, if Chi Iota is to sur vive, we must remain flexible in for scholarship promise, a resolution that did not even mention any unanimous vot ing requirement. It still demanded that each fraternity chapter at U.I. be granted local autonomy by its national on the right to pledge whomever it pleased. Phi our views. The days of the con servative fraternity attitude are waning. It is a sad thing that a fraternity such as ours, in which we have all seen cocky high school graduates mature into re fined Christian gentlemen, should be placed in such jeopardy. Just Gam has, of course, had this dis last year our chapter sponsored pensation since 1965. The resolu tion also required that each chap ter be granted the right to set its own voting requirements, with a picnic for orphans, added to our by-laws an anti-narcotic re solution, and took about 40 under privileged Negro children Christ deciding mas shopping. We do these things whether a membership or pledge- while derelects with long hair and the individual chapters ship vote be unanimous. Fortunately for chapters at Illi nois, Cornell, Colgate and Union, the 120th Ekklesia proved fruitful. Our plea was answered, in that provisions were made to give Due to the University of Illi nois' long absence from the G.E. College Bowl, David Kinley and his Foundation have intervened to aid the financial status of intelli gent young Fijis. As of the spring semester 1968, 825 is being given from the Foun dation funds to every undergra duate achieving between a 3.6 and a 4.0 (on a 5.00-all "A" basis). A sum of $30 is given to those who receive a 4.0 to 4.5 grade average, and $35 is awarded to beards run loose on the campus, any member earning a 4.5 aver burning draft cards and condem ning fraternities for discrimina tion. This appears a bit ironical. age or higher. Even if we do survive this crises, These monetary scholarships are awarded on a semester basis. In the addition, other grants are awarded by class on an annual basis. The man receiving the highest yearly grade average in autonomy. We must report com we haven't solved our problems. The questions become: Is it worth succumbing to all this external pressure to maintain the name of Phi Gamma Delta? Will integra tion hurt the fraternity? How do pliance to the BFA at Illinois by you as alumni feel about this? showing the most improvement over one year. The monetary awards are not mutually exclu sive, so a tidy sum can be chapters the right to appeal to the Archons in situations like that at U.I. Chi Iota has since peti tioned to March the Archons 19, 1969. for local The issue was Now is the time to decide whe each class is awarded $50, and $50 is also awarded to the man originally considered by the Board ther we are of mid-November. Holding out for status quo means They informed Chi Iota and the dying a slow death. Let's not be guilty of winning a batlle at the realized by a man who follows a cost of losing a war. I would very much appreciate thoughts you might have on the subject. sive Archons in U.I. Board of Fraternity Affairs that they would not vote on the matter at that time, but needed more study on the issue. has now stated, without BFA reluc ready to change. Fraternally, tance, that if the Archons do not Tom sign the necessary statements by President Homer '69 March 19th, Chi Iota will not be allowed to participate in the 1969 Formal Rush this spring. We recently received notice that Phi Gam's Colgate chapter has lost its charter, and things don't look A much rosier meeting January for Chi was scheduled 24, 1969, with Iota. for John Duff, Bill Carmichael and Tom Homer representing the interests of the Board of Directors, David Kinley Foundation, and the under graduate chapter respectively. The purpose (which, of the unfortunately, meeting occurred just at press time for the Illinois Fiji) was to formulate plans for ALAN L. METZ '63 ASSISTS CHAPTER Serving Chi Iota this year as Purple Legionnaire is Alan L. Metz '63 of 701 S. Busey, Urbana, a graduate in political science. Before returning to graduate school at Illinois, where he is currently in his second year at the college of law, A1 served for three years in the U.S. Navy. He expects to receive his Ll.B. in the spring of 1970. A1 is a mem ber of an elite group, the Law F'orum, which is composed of the top 20 students in each class. slack year with a year of inten effort. Need reports from alumni During the past several months, issues of the Illinois Fiji have been rather infrequent. This has resulted in an outdated file of alumni news. Our intention, how ever, is to resume regular publi cation in which the Fiji will con tain about 60 percent alumni news. Help us make the paper YOUR paper. "Who's Fill out Who" the form enclosed and re turn it to The Illinois Fiji, Box — 2213, Station A, Champaign, Illinois 61820 as soon as possible. Remember, Phi Gamma Delta is not for college days alone.