THE BOILERMAKER El Lambda Iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity W«eA,1965 West Lafayette, Indiana Vol. XXXIII, No. 3 Coveted Cheney"^^i^bli^ National Fraternity Adds New Award By Purdue Fijis In 1949 by Robert Manifold The coveted awards presented an nually by the national fraternity have recently been joined by another, the Horace I. Brightman Award. This award will recognize the undergraduate and graduate chapters "which have done the most to evidence that Phi Gamma Delta is 'not for college days alone. This award was made possible by C. Edward Miller (Columbia '24) of Los Angeles. Horace I. Brightman (Columbia '92) served as president of Omega chap ter. He received his LL. B. degree from New York Law School in 1893. A native of New York City, he practiced there, specializing in corporate law. Starting after more than fifty years of faithful ser vice to the Fraternity. There are two awards, one for a graduate association and the other for an undergraduate chapter. The graduate competion is divided between chapters larger and smaller than seventy-five. The criteria upon which judging will be based is alumni interest in the graduate chapter, types and effectiveness of functions, and service to undergraduate chapters. Dif ferentiation on the last point wiil be given to the closeness of graduate chapters to undergraduate chapters. An award for the 1964-65 year will be made at the Fiji Academy at Indiana University this sum shortly after his graduation, he held many offices in the Fraternity. He was Historian mer. of the Grand Chapter, executive. Lay judged bychapter publication, graduates' Archon, and was active in the founding records, of The Phi Gamma Delta Club of New mendations, correspondence with gradu York City. From 1917-21 he served as National Secretary. In 1923, he was elected President of the Fraternity, and reelected in 1929. His length of service as President (11 years) is the longest in our Fraternity's history. He died in 1941, ates, The undergraduate chapters will be action on alumni rush recom and means and effectiveness of encouraging alumni support. The trav by Chuck Carson In early 1949, Lambda Iota received a telegram from Cecil Wilkinson an nouncing that the Purdue Chapter had won the Cheney Cup for excellence in scholar ship, chapter relations, and extra curricular activities. This award climaxed what has been one of Lambda lota's most successful years. During that year, the Purdue Fijis were strong both internally and externally. In 1949 the internal organization of our house was changed by president Bill Currise, who patterned our stmcture after the plan laid down by the National Frater nity. Also that year, the chapter house received a complete face-lifting. When the brothers came back in thefall of 1948, nearly the whole house had been repainted, and the kitchen rebuilt, and then in the spring of 1949, the Alpha Graduate Chap ter set aside funds for much needed re pairs on the upstairs restrooms. 1949 was also the year that Dr. Richard Crowder presented the house with the Crowder eling trophy for the undergraduates will be on display at the Fiji Academy, but Scholarship Award that is given each year will not beawarded forthe 1904-05 school year. to the brother with the highest grade in dex. The rush program that year brought us 24 pledges that were tmlyof Fiji cali ber. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) They'll Be There . . This photo shows two of Purdue's (and Lambda lota's) best in action during last year's football season. Randy Minniear, number 42 leading the blocking, and Gordon Teter, number 27 carrying the ball, will both be back for the action of next fall's home games. ..but what about you? Last year's Boilermaker eleven came within a whisper of making the trip to Pasadena on New Year's Day, and with the returning talent that the Boiler makers have, they need only one asset to boost them to the top, and that's you, the loyal Purdue alumni and fans. So we urge you to make the trip to West Lafay ette on every football weekend and rootthe Boilermakers on to victory. PURDUE HOME FOOTBALL GAMES-1965 Sqjtember 18 September 25 October 23 Miami (Ohio) Notre Dame Michigan State November 6 Wisconsin November 13 Minnesota You?'i \r\nPage Two THE BOILERMAKER FIJI June, 1965 Melvin Dale Corley — A Fiji On The Go BOILERMAKER FIJI a professional Civil Engineer and a li by Tom Allison Melvin Dale Corley is a busy young Fiji. In his college days at Lambda Iota, Mel majored in Civil Engineering, re ceiving his degree in January of '59. As an undergraduate Mel was historian of the house, and upon graduation he was com missioned as a Second Lieutenant in the censed land surveyor. Mel married Sarah Parr Myers Corley (Kappa Alpha Theta '58) and they are raising a fine family with Ann already five and young Dave a mighty four. The newest addition to the Corley family is "Ox" their seven week old St. Bernard To accomodate the expanding pup. family the Corleys are building a new home. Army Corps of Engineers and was then stationed at Ft. Knox. He still holds the rank of First Lieutenant in the Army ac Published regularly throughout the school year by the Lambda-Iota chapter of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta for its members and friends. Alumni Pubiicafions Officof: Steve Furste '67 Fort Wayne News items, photographs and changes of address should be sent to Phi Gamma Delta, P. 0. Box 426, West Lafayette. ALPHA GRADUATE CORPORATION OF THE FRATERNITY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY President: Melvin D. Corley '58 Indianapolis Vice-president David P. Jones 59 Secretary Indianapolis Richard E. Grace '51 West Lafayette Treasurer R. Joseph Rudolph '48 William R. Davis '59 ...Lafayette Vice-president Philip M. Putterbaugh '50 E. Grace '51 Lafayette West Lafayette Treasurer Rudolph '48 West Lafayette Board Members (Term Expiring 1966) William F. Binkley '48 Indianapolis Frederick A. Loop '28 Hugh M. Mattix '16 C. Robert Sergeant '54 West Lafayette Fronkfort Connersville Richard J. Sorenson design engineer. About a year ago he and Dave Jones, (Lambda Iota '59) pur chased a concrete sewer pipe company from Martin-Marietta and established their own corporation. The company is currently engaged in updating the facili ties by installing new high rate production equipment making it one of the produc '49 Munster Board Members (Term Expiring 1967) David 3. Brandt *60 William R. Davis '59 Thomas M. Gould '62 David P. Jones '59 Philip M. Puterbaugh '50 Indianapolis Lafoyette Lafayette West Lafayette .Lafayette Board Members (term expiring 1968) Jock P. Mollenkopf '57 Melvin D. Corley '58 West Lafayette Lafayette Mitchell J. Vogel '51 Ploinfield Lawrence C. Lane '50 West Lafayette UNDERGRADUATE this way: "I am a firm believer of that diana. old quote that Phi Gamma Delta is not Mel is presently an active member of the Lafayette Junior Chamber of Com for college days alone. " For Mel, fra ternity has not been for college days alone. He is presently the President of the Alpha Graduate Corporation and a member of merce and Chamber of Commerce. He is secretary of the Indiana Concrete Pipe Association, and belongs to the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers. He is President John C. Dewenter '66 Lafayette Treasurer Jeffery W. Covert '66 Corresponding Secretary Larry E. Swick '66 Glenview, III. Indianapolis Recording Secretary James W. Hales '66 Gary Historian Thomas T. Reiley PURPLE Jack P. Mollenkopf '57 Cincinnati, Ohio LEGIONAIRE West Lafayette the board of directors of Lambda Iota house corporation. As far as graduate relations with the undergraduate chapter Mel states the grads position this way: "We are trying to find TheFijis were as strong on campus in 1949 as they were internally. Larry Lane, out the status of the fraternity on the '50, was selected president of Student Union, perhaps the highest position on campus. Bud Carter, '50, was elected with an expanding University around an treasurer of his class, while Cam Johston, '50, assumed the position of advertising manager of the Exponent. Others of the class of 1950 furthering the Fiji image on campus were Jerre Allen, senior baseball manager, and Norm Shortridge, editor of both The Scrivener and The Agriculturist. The underclassmen, though, were not to be outdone. In the spring of 1949, the sophomores brought in three junior jobs at Student Union, two at Interfraternity Council, two at Exponent, and two athletic man agers. Sports, too, had their share of Fijis. campus and what problems are involved established fraternity such as Phi Gamma Delta which has been here many years. Naturally we are looking to the future needs and desires of the undergraduate chapter in the area of longrange planning." What effect did the fraternity have on Mel? "I'm always running into fra ternity brothers and pledge brothers. In fact 1 see some ot them every day. You never have closer friends in your life than you meet and live with during your col lege days. I've had some very wise and fraternal counciling from a very fine and wonderful father-in-law, 'Radio' Meyers." To the graduating senior Mel directs this bit of experience. "You are all look track, three; ing for a company to give you a good Showing the Fiji training program, etc., but as I look back, Football had four; and swimming, three. OFFICERS Melvin D. Corley Mel sums up his belief in Fijiland tion leaders of concrete sewer pipe in In CHENEY CUP (CONTINUED) President R. Joseph After completing his two years in the Army, Mel worked as a construction and West Lafayette THE LAMBDA IOTA GRADUATE CORPORATION Secretary Richard tive reserve. strength in activities is the fact that in 1949, Gimlet, the activities honorary for senior men, pledged eight Phi Gams. Judging from this display of internal I feel that the fraternity is as an impor tant training program as a person can go thru. " and external strength, we can see that the year 1949 was truly a great one in To the entire undergraduate chapter Mel gives this hope: "The things you do here at the fraternity leave a lasting mark." the story of Lambda Iota, and in 1949, Lambda Iota truly deserved the Cheney family man, and brother in the Fraternity Cup. of Phi Gamma Delta. This then is Mel Corley, businessman, \r\nM June, 1965 Page Three THE BOILERMAKER FIJI Purdue Fijis Capture Big Ten Net Crown May 1 proved atrue May-day, hay-day for Lambda lota's basketball team as a squad of five sophomores and one fresh man journied to Northwestern for the annual Fiji Big Ten bas ketball tournament. Mike Gwyn,. Bruce Williamson, Bob Manifold, Bill Clore, Tom Allison, and Tom Little opened up the day's action by a resounding 43 point victory over Minne sota. The opening game proved an omen of the future as all five starters scored in double figures, with Lambda Iota con trolling both backboards. Picking up momentum from the first game. Lambda lota next met a tall and rugged Ohio State team. Getting off to a slow start, Purdue found itself on the short end of a 13 to 2 score. After calling time out to talk the situation over, the Purdue Fijis caught fire following the hot hand of Bill Clore, and by half-time had built up an 11 point lead. The second half proved a continuation of the last of the first with Bruce Williamson finding the range and Allison, Gwyn, and Manifold savagly taking control of the backboards. The final tally found >W Lambda Iota on the long side of a 23 point lead. The final game pitted Purdue against the host Northwestern. Tired from a hard mornings action. Lambda Iota found it hard to get up a head of steam. Never up to peak performance, Purdue fought to hold its slim margin throughout the game. Making extensive use of substitution to allow for short rests. Lambda Iota finally opened up a 13 point buldge which proved to be the needed margin of victory. Tired, but over-joyed at the victory, Lambda Iota proudly stepped into the winner's circle as the new Fiji Big Ten Champs. FIJI BIG TEN CAGE CHAMPS —Team members are; Standii^ - Tom Allison, Bob Manifold, and Mike Gwyn, Seated in front-Tom Little and Bill Clore. Bruce Williamson, the sixth member, was absent when picture was taken. Services Lambda Iota Participates In Community Commur •'y Linda Weaver Kappa Alpha e a One of the many projects that the extra-cm were added to tthe Saturday afternoon fun were added to brothers of Lambda Iota have undertaken r families ofr the neighborhood climaxed the day's activities. carrying c In carrying out these community projects this spring, the men of Lambda Iota Iota hope hope that that thei their efforts will not only help the public relations of the Fijis, but this past year is to try to promote the over- all image of fraternities in the community, by participating in several community service programs. ,