FIJI BEAVER Oregon State University PHI GAMMA DELTA Fall Term 1965 1965 Annual Norris Pig Dinner A Huge Success S 3'••i Fiji alumni and undergraduates at the 1965 Norris Pig Dinner. The annual Norris Pig Dinner, with over thirty graduate bro thers in attendance, was a con siderable success. A portion of the dinner was dedicated to the retirement of Earl Price as Presi dent of Kappa Omicron Associafion and Dean of the School of Agriculture at OSU. A Salute To Earl Price Kappa Omicron of Phi Gamma Delta extends a salute to Brother Frederick Earl Price, '22, former Dean and Director of Agriculture at Oregon State University. Brother Price retired Sept. 1, after 43 years of work and lead Featured speaker ot the an nual affair was Archon Counci lor, Harry Templeton, Stanford, '25. We are grateful to Brother Templeton for taking the time to help us enjoy this fine event. His interesting talk after dinner was enjoyed by all. Also in at tendance was Don Johnson, our Section Chief, Scram Graham. Purple Legionnaire, and 20 new initiates attending their first pig ership in Oregon agriculture, the last 15 years spent as Dean and Director of Agriculture at OSU. As head of agriculture he was Dean of the School of Agricul ture, Director of the OSU Agri culture Experiment Station, with 13 branches across Oregon, and Director of the OSU Cooperative Extension Service, including county agricultural branches, home economics and 4-H pro grams. dinner. Following the meal, there was a short association meeting where new officers were elected and the house remodeling plans were unveiled. This program got a big boost when "Hug" Huggins, '38, challenged the other classes by stating that his class would pay for the complete re modeling of one room. After the meeting most of the alums en joyed an afternoon of football at the OSU Varsity-Alum game. Incidently, all graduates will be receiving a letter in the near future explaining the costs and proposed your help. plan and soliciting He entered Oregon State Col lege as a freshman from Pomona, California, in 1917 and pledged the Beaver Club. He immediately became active in both the club and school. his wife for India. During his years at OSC he was active in the political round tables. Head He Dean Price at a special dinner for him just before he left with was Chancellor treasurer of and Forum, a His active part in the Beaver Club was highlighted when he and the other members peti member of the Student Affairs tioned Phi Gamma Delta for a Committee and his senior year was the student body's first vice president. He was advertising manager and business manager charter, and on December 30, 1921, the Beaver Club was grant ed its charter. Earl, with his on figure in getting the charter, de spite certain opposition to hav ing a Fiji chapter at a "cow col- the Beaver staff and was made a member of Alpha Zeta, an agricultural engineering honorarv. adept political ways was a main (Continued on Page 4) \r\nPage Two BEAVER FIJI published by Kappa Omicron activities Co-editors Photographers Mike Hoover, John Smith Steve Vrtiska, Jerry Schmidt Greg Mullen NEWLY DEDICATED EARL PRICE AWARD Soon to be sharing the mantel with the Lee Admiration Trophy and other house awards will be the Earl Price Award for the class each year. by the class of '67, the new award is in honor of Brother Earl Price, '22, past Dean of Agriculture at OSU. It was announced at a guest din ner Oct. 25, with Dean Price and Mrs. Price present. The award was presented in gratitude of his outstanding service to Kappa Omicron for over 45 years. He had an active part in helping Kappa Omicron get its char has been a constant member of the K.O. Assoc., since its start and has always been around to help the house with any problems which arose. The award will be based on campus activities, house activi ties and scholastic achievement. We hope this award helps show the alums do and also success in his new position. Remodeling At The House As most of you know, remodel ing is in store for K.O. Chapter house. This summer the second head was completely refinished and is a good insight as to what the house is going to look like in the years to come. Incidentaly, a personal news letter will be going out to you soon, explain ing the exact situation of the project Also the and building Mother's Club have given the house as a two year inclusive gift, draperies for the reception hall, living room, dining room and den. The men of Phi Gamma Delta appreciate of the Fiji house. Last year, be cause of the strong nucleus of freshmen and sophomores, was more of a building year. This year the good freshman your status (marital or other wise) so that we can get a good start on replenishing our rec ords. If this newsletter doesn't reach you, but does reach a rela tive, please let us know where we might reach him. We are considered one of the have a and track. The track team was the house and we will be able to locate him for you. We can not do this without your cooperation. We would like to request a few minutes of your time to sit down and write us, giving us your ad dress, what you are doing, and Fiji's chance of winning the "AllYear" trophy. Each team has ex perience and should be able to win most of their games. We are particularly strong in basketball second among the fraternities last year and should improve this year. Added strength from basketball players should make the Fiji team the one to beat this winter. Our vol leyball teams are on their way to winning the University title, having already won the A and B league championships. The house spirit is behind our teams and should add incentive for a winning year. With this spirit and our strength, let's us look for a very successful intramural season for the Fiji's. top houses on campus and by some school officials as the best. With an even stronger bond be tween the chapter and graduate brothers, we can maintain this position. This is a graduate newsletter, but we can't give news on the graduate if we haven't heard from them. So please write us a line and let us know what you are doing these days. Let's keep Phi Gamma Delta tops. House Visit By Bill Miller Bill Miller (Indiana '62) Field Secretary, visited and examined Kappa Omicron during the week of Oct. 4. Bill is visiting chapters in the northwest, southwest, south, and parts of the midwest. He will meet with the Archons at the Headquarters in Washing ton, D.C., after his "tour." Talking with Bill allowed us to get a better picture of Phi Fraternally, Gamma Delta on other campuses. Mike Hoover Jerry Helms We extend our best wishes to this "A-1 Fiji" as we know all the rise as is all other features anytime you want to contact a fellow brother, you can notify devotion to the house, which we feel has been beyond measure. building of you are doing. We would like to get our files up to date so that our appreciation of Earl Price's fund. brothers brothers are interested in what » and alum chapter. The undergraduates, as well as your fellow graduate Contirbutors ter of K.O. have been a little spotty. It is our hope that this can be rectified through closer commu nications between you, the alumni, and the undergraduate Jerry Helms, Mike Hoover Inaugurated The intramural program is on In years past, records of the of Phi Gamma Delta outstanding FIJI INTRAMURALS ATTENTION! Graduate Brothers THE BEAVER FIJI most Fall Term 1965 He seemed impressed that our chapter is going ahead with our remodeling. Bill also was happy Co-eritors Perge! ". . . not for college days alone" to see that we have a great deal Our New Pledge Class the potential of being a Cheney Cup chapter. In talking with the Phi Gamma Delta began an other successful year by pledg ing 29 new men. We have now informally rushed and pledged three more men bringing the total to 32. The house is full to capacity. Our pledge class has an accumulative high school average of 3.19, which may help the Fijis set record high grades on campus. Our new pledge class is diversified, being from all corners of the state, California, Idaho, and even Illinois. They are: Terry Allen, Bill Bader, Doug Brazil, Dale Campbell, Warren the gift from the Mother's Club. Covington, Steve Elle, Pat Galla gher, John Groupe, Mike Gordon, Thanks! Richard Hibberd, Chuck of pride in our house and Phi Gamma Delta and that we have Hood, Dean of Men at OSU, Bill re ceived the comment that Fiji is certainly one of the top houses at OSU. Bill, however, was disappointed in that our Portland alumni chapter is no longer active. With a great pledge class we are looking for a good year and toward the Cheney Cup. John Hubbach, Alan Hutchinson, Bruce Kannenberg, Jay Lamb. Jerry Lofstedt, Bill Main, Doug Matson, Bill More, Don Nathman. Norm Pfaff, Steve Preece, Jim Root, Kent Scott, Dennis Stef- ani, Doug Taylor, Les Thurman, Bryon Whalen and Jeff Whissler. I \r\nPage Three BEAVER FIJI Fall Term 1965 Homecoming 1965 FIJI ACADEMY FOR 1965 This year's Homecoming was for the concert during Homecom- CALLED INSPIRATIONAL a wonderful success with over ing are Fiji brothers from the 200 alums present. While there University of Washington. was disappointment in our loss were fortunate in having them We Without a doubt, the ninth Fi,ii academy had to be called to Washington State, many other here at the house after the con- inspirational. As usual, the acad emy was held at the Indiana University Memorial Union, the things, such as the dinner, base- cert. Known as "the quartet on 12 million dollar facilities pro- ment times, the Brothers Four the move." they are one of the vided the delegates with meals, concert, and all the fun that longest established quartets in housing^ convocations, and cla^- took place made it a highly enjoyable weekend. Much credit should be given to Gary Ganz, the nation. Within their 200 concerts a year it has included such things as the inauguration of President Lyndon Johnson. Without a doubt this year's Home- rooms for the delegates. The 1965 academy conferred 244 dele gates with diplomas, three of coming was terrific. Vrtiska '65. Homecoming chairman. The Brothers Four who sang these being members of Kappa Omicron chapter: Ron Lucas '67, Jerry Schmidt '67, and Steve The five-day event centered around the theme, "Fulfillment Through Brotherhood," while the ^ Four brothers of ours are the famous Brothers Four of the Uni- versify of Washington. They were at the house after the concert to"back" his statement by pre senting a series of statistical data from various universities, during Homecoming, and Phi Gamma Delta could not ask for better ambassadors. They are (left to right) John Paine, Bob Flick, Mike Included graduate Kirkland, and Dick Foley. among brothers the many were John Parker (Tenn. '38), editor of The Purple Pilgrim who tried to em phasize the value of a superior education for creating and main taining brotherhood. Fred Dixon fColo. '24) ended the convention which seemed evi- ^ dent throughout the convention, kr IB S "Phi Delta is not for collegeGamma days alone." Last Spring Term Initiation Last spring term, there was another first for Kappa Omicron as 20 men were initiated into the folds of Phi Gamma Delta. This was the largest group to be initiated in our history. The new brothers are: Wayne Barichello, Steve Borge, Terry Brown, Don Carlson, Dave Cassidy, Steve Enna, Gary Ganz, Mike Goger, Jer ry Helms, Mike Hoover, Ron Lu- These five beautiful girls were the finalists for Homecoming for 1965. They are (bottom left to right) Diane Davies, the Fiji nomination; Queen Sue Wiesner, Lynda Ellis; (top) Robin Holmes and Jan Dalton. Steve Vrtiska was chairman of queen selection for cas, Bruce Mackin, Hal Mackin, Hollis McDonald, Greg Mullen, Jim Patterson, Tom Sanders, John Smith, Kermit Smith, and Homecoming. A1 Yost. \r\nBEAVER FIJI Page Four FIJI'S IN THE SPOTLIGHT These are a few of the activi ties that some of our brothers are participating in with good Fiji spirit. SPORTS: Bill Stellmacher, var sity football; rook football, Steve Preece, Kent Scott, Chuck Hood, Rich Hibberd, Warren Covington, Bruce Kannenberg, Doug Matson, and Bill Main. Bill More is play ing rook basketball. Terry Brown and Ron Lucas are playing var sity baseball. Don Carlson, cross country, and Steve Adams, Jerry Helms, Steve Vrtiska, and Bill Bader are playing golf. ACTIVITIES: Homecoming Steve Queen Vrtiska, Selection chairman, and John Hubbach, Homecoming Mascot chairman. Greg Mullen, car tour for IFC Rush committee. Jim Griffith, IFC Rush chairman. Bill Sims, IFC Scholastic chairman and Homecoming Button chairman. Mike Miller is Sophomore class Sergeant-of-Arms and Steve Ad ams was Alumni chairman for Other Activities: Mike Gallo way, Rally Squad and committee, Jim Daulley, member of student faculty for recreational sports and IFC Rush committee, Terry Brown, Thane, and Dave Dahlstrom and Steve Enna, decora tions for Sophomore Cotillion and Steve was the designer of the Homecoming button. HONORARIES: Jim Griffith, Phi Kappa Phi, and Bill Sims, Phi Kappa Phi, Scabbard and Blade, Arnold Air Society, Phi Eta Sigma, and was outstanding Business and Technology student for his freshman and sophomore years. first We are proud to say we have several Fiji graduates working in some capacity on the OSU campus. Among them is I. S. Allison who is a professor of geology, and as assistant pro fessor of landscape architecture there is Richard Blakely. Doc Gilfillan is still around as Dean Emeritus of the School of Sci ence and professor of German and chemistry. C. M. Gilmour is a professor of soil microbiology and Berlan Lemon is Head Coun- celor for the School of Education and an assistant professor of ed ucation. As associate professor of political science is W. A. Mc- Clenaghan and John Mingle as associate professor of mechani cal engineering. John Pfanner Jr. is a business administration pro fessor. weekend of school returning to the OSU staff as ex tension specialist in soils and agricultural engineering. He lat er became acting head of the Department of Agricultural Engi neering, then Assistant Dean of Agriculture and in 1959 he be came dean. He started work in sprinkler irrigation early in his career. In 1952 he was a consultant to the Brazilian government on sprink ler irrigation to the state of Sao Paula. He became the first re cipient of a national award pre sented by the Association of Sprinkler irrigation Man., for "outstanding contributions to the field of sprinkler irrigation." In 1958 he went to Thailand for six months to be advisor in chharge of organizing an agri cultural experiment station at Kasetsait University in Bangkok. Brother Price has served on the national executive council of the Earl Price was, until a few weeks ago before retirement. Dean of the School of Agricul ture and professor, also Director of Agricultural Experiment Sta Engineers, the governor's com mission on air pollutiion, was chairman of the Oregon Farm tions Safety Council, and a member of and Director of Federal Cooperative Extension. Sandine is an asso ciate professor of dairy microbi ology and Chuck Smith is asso ciate professor of mechanical en gineering. George Stevens is now Director of the Memorial Union and Bob Mooney is a consultant engineer for CH2M and working on his masters. Last but not least is our Purple Legionnaire, Scram Graham, who is director of Alumni Relations and an assist ant professor. A SALUTE TO EARL PRICE — (Continued lege." On May dimond was Price, making from Page 1) 6, 1922, the bl.?.ck pinned on Earl him one of the founders and charter members out of fourteen. Since that date he has been Fall Initiation The GRADUATES ON CAMPUS William Homecoming. Fall Term 1965 came as a surprise to the new pledge class as initiation was active in the workings of the chapter and its relations with the university. He has been announced. It was also the turn Chairman of the Kappa Omicron American Society of Agricultural several committees of the Ameri can Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities. He is also a member of Gamma Sigma Delta, agriculture honorary and Sigma Xi, national science hon orary. On Oct. 19, Earl left Corvallis for New Delhi, Indian, to serve as Chief-Of-Party on a technical advisory staff which will develop an agricultural experiment sta tion and the campus teaching program at Uttar Pradesh Agri cultural University. It is an en tirely new campus, organized five years ago following the pat tern of land grant universities in the U.S. The program originates at the University of Illinois under a contract with the U.S. State De partment. The program will sup ply science and technology to ag ricultural production, processing and marketing. We would like to wish Bro ther Price the best of luck in this ing point of four new members. Association Ken that group since its beginning. In 1922 he graduated from OSU with majors in soils and agricul sentative of Phi Gamma Delta. tural engineering. He worked at Montana State University before Earl Price! Miller, Mike Miller, Jim Daulley and Bing Lantis, when they finally were given their black diamonds which they wear proudly. Congratulations! The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Chapter Mailing Service 1757 N Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Third Class Return Requested and active within new position and we know that wherever he ventures, he will always be an outstanding repre Our hats are off to you, Brother