A c H Urmnw3y p'I III fl msjm PIG DINNER APRn FALL PLEDGES CABINET It Broadway is the pleasure of the TT-i Fiji to introduce the 196^-1965 Omega Cabinet. This hardworking all-senior group typi fies the Chapter's characteristic diversity in personality and in terest, Their tenure so far has seen a continuing improvement and stabilization of Chapter finances an iiaproveraent in the physical facilities of the House, and a stimulation of p anticipation at work and meetings, parties. as well as at President Derek Marshall an English major from is P.edding Conn, and is a member of the Blue Key Society. He has exp ended a great deal of effort in concientiously maintaining the Vjest relations with the Proctor. and and the His hobbies are sailing skiing. married Dean this Derek June Continues page 5 plans to be and will be Omega Chapter initiated ten men as Brothers this fall. Seven ty per cent of these new Brothers are outside the afty mile radious of New -York and continue Omega's tradition of diversity in geogra phical distribution as well as personality. The new members hav ing proved to be very active in the Fraternity and in extra-cur ricular activities, are sure to be a credit to the Chapter and the Fraternity as a whole The nevrly initiated Brothers are; Edward,De Sear '68C hails from Eradenton, Fla. A member of the Freshman Lightweight Crew, Ed is a Pre-Law student. John Fuchs '68E comes to Omega from Arlington Mass, and is a graduate of Andover. He is a member team of the Freshman and uhe Glee Club. Soccer John's major is Chemical Engineering and he is a Deans List student. Cont. p.5 \r\n\vTNT5R BROAE'JAY 196^4-1965 PAGI FIJI BROAIMAJ FIJI tainly do our best to win recog- Pxiblisheci ration of CIJEGA PHI DELTA Ho. 1 Derek Marshall Edxiund Lyon Treasurer Rec. Secretarj"" Corr. Secretary Thosias Gualtieri Anthony Leitner Historian Their effectiveness depends ly not onlj'' on the efforts undergrad.uates but also interests of the graduate ers. large of the on the broth /s/ Derek Marshall President Frank Baracca Editor fact viithin the fraternities. The future of fra ternities at Columbia is uncertain. OFFICERS President this college. We tdLll, however, need the support of our graduates to strengthen our stand supporting OF G./\IO!A Vol. n b/ Michael Ladd FINANCI.AL REPORT PRESIDENT'S >SSSAGE With the beginning of the Spring Semester, Omega is once again engaged in rush activities. Of all the functions in which a fraterniti'' may engage, we feel that rush is clearly the most im portant. Obviously, vdth a poor rush a frateiaiity can jeopardize its existence. inish that It is the tone of sets the tone of the house, not only for that semester but at least for the four years that those brothers are undergrad uates. It is obvious, then, that This year Omega Chapter has reached two important decisions regarding her finances. The first decision was to buy equipment for the house that could be transfer red to a future new house. As a result of this decison with the cooperation of the Omega Associa tion, the Chapter purchased a new Hoover Upright Vacuum Cleaner, a ITorge refrigerator anda meat sli cer, to facilitate our new meal plan. The second decision made by the Chaptex" was a recognition that one bad rush can lead to another. the VJhen a fraternity starts to decline fraterrdty must be tightened and reexamined in light of the rising costs of mainteinihg the house. The lack of expansion cf our income becomes obvious when one compares the 1952 annual budget with the present. In 1952, the expected in popularity, it is very hard pressed to regain its prestige. Rush at Colrmibi is all the more important not just to ensure the good reputation of Omega, but to ensure the succes of the fra ternity system as awhoh. With an admird.stration which seems p^aps a little indifferent to our prob lems and a student newspaper which is entirely antagonistic we find, little support for otr cause except incur ovm Interfraternity Council. As undergraduates there is a def inite limit to what we can do to strengthen oiir position. We can attract those students in the col lege who will be a credit to the fraternity system and t-e can main tain ourselves in good standing, both academically and extra-curricularly within the college. We here in Omega are convinc financial structure of the income was approxiaraately$10,iJ'00; in 1963 it was$ll,^00 irjith a lar ger number of brothers in the house. With the need for money to meet rising costs and the Centen nial Celebration next year plus putting aside a little for a new house, we have been discusing raising the room rent and enforc ing financial obligations of our brothers more xlgidlj''. As this discussion has led to many changes in our by-laws we have decided to revise our by-laws completely. Two measures passed within the last month regarding the finances are an increase in room rent from ed of the importance of fraterni $280 a year to $300 and requiring ties at Columbia,and we will cer the President and Treasurer "top ay Cont. p.4 \r\nWINTER 196^-1965 BROAEWAT GRADUATE time let us know what's nex^? From Slmira,N.Y, Richard E. Kins man '11 reports that his son Frank is head of the science dep artment cf Monroe County Community College. Brother Kinsman has three grandchildi-en in college. Harrison H.Johnson '30 is Sales Manager of Union Carbide InterAmerica in Panama, but Central not lack Fijis. Brother jbhnson tells us of a jxinior Pig Dinner xd.th Art Smith '31 and Hugh H. Gardiner '29 at the Canal Omega Zone Officers William 0. Flick has a new home in Valley Forge, Pa. active in the Chapter. where he is Franklin Graduate Brother Flick and his xd.fe Joan have one child. Intemation Fijis in the armed forces are Carl E. Schubert '62C and Tom Bailey *63C both are Naval Officers. nuclear Brother power Shubert is a plant supervisor abord the USS Seadragon. On the last page is a forai for this purpose, but a letter is just as good. Please send us some news. By the way. Brother Anas '53 sug gests a house party for alumni and vd.ves here at 533. 1#iat do you think about it? does PAGE NOTES Following are some notes on former Omegas, This is the most in^ortant section of the Broadway Fiji, but its success depends on your cooperation and response. If you have not kept in touch in the past, now is a particularlj'' opportTuie time. Next year marks Omega's Centennial. It is never too early to begin making plan to put in an appeatance at 538. VThjmot do so now, and atthe same America FIJI Club. can be proud of her inter national set. Mr. McCabe tells us that his so®, former Broadway Fiji editor Peter McCabe '6l, a graduate of Harvard Law School, is presently clerking in VJashington. Pursuing further studies at Cdbmbia aire Thomas C. Mark '6lC who has just earned his masters in French and plans to earn a PhD in Pliilosophy; Rudy Qulrini '6lC, who has just graduated from Bus iness School; Malcolm Sargent and A. Daxrid Johnson '64's who are attending Business School; and Kenneth Ostberg '63c is getting a Masters at Teachers College. Jex-ry L. Mclntyre '63C is at Fordham Law School but is also work ing for Chase Robert Mai. Manhattan Bank. has been invited to train for the Peace Corps in June. Bob expects to go to Niger ia to teach. Working for IBM are Richard H. Kessler Jr. '52 and Ted Dahl. Brother Kessler is in the Ac counting department. Bjrother Dahl is in management commxmications. Brother Kessler set up in new quarters in Mamoroneck K.Y. while Brother Dahl, x^fho now has three children, lives in Darien, Conn. 'Pancho' Malakoff '63C is in Med ical School in Monterey, Mexico. Roger Goldliammer '63C is lixring in fashionable Hyde Park, Chicago xifhere he is a public relations accoiont executive. Peter A. Highberg •64S is at North western Buaness School and writes Brother Vincent. R. Anas '53 is working in sales - communications for Motorola, Inc. and has four boys. Brother Anas is another area Omega, making his home in Franklin Park, N.Y. that he misses "533". Brother Gene Mver '64C is viorking loi' the Herald Tribune Washington Burreau attending Georgetown Law School, and has just gotten mar ried. -1 \r\nWINTEgl 1964-1965 HOUSE II'ffROVEriENTS Omega has seen many internal improvements this year. This is due to the diligence of our trea surer,* the effectiveness of our House Improvement Committee, and the invaluable but us in a better position to meet the most difficult problem of o\ir survival at Columbia- financing a nevr house, fsf Edmund Lj'^on Treasurer assistence - both monetarily and conciliary- of the Omega Association. Not only is the chapter house improved J2age_ BROAUz/AY FIJI by new rugs and drapes, have even installed carpet FIJI SPORTS CORI^ER The past year in interfraternity athletics competition was one of mixed results. After an aver ing up the stairsI Rearrangements include the moving of the T. V. downstairs so that our chapter- age showing fn football, the house placed high in "he volleyball com petition, A fair basketball season room can also be a study and lib was followed by very strong show ings in track-second-and tennis- rary, Our front stoop has been fied and shoTild nox-i last the life of the house. Because of lack of space, an evening eating plan is difficult, but a lunch plan has been set up, To faciLitate this a new re frigerator and meat slicer was purchased. Add these improvements to ovir annual paint job and an industrious house manager, and when you come to our pre-Pig Din ner cocktail party you will find Omega never looked better, FINANCIAL REPORT (cont»d) one-half oftheir room rentinstead of getting their rooms free as they do now. Besides these revenue measures a procedural amendment has been raised calling for the eviction of brothers who pay their I'oora rent by fail to specified deadlines. The fraternity's need to have increased revenue doiibled wi-ftithe desire to have all brothers meet their obligations equally, have spprred these actions, TMs year promises to be a good year finan cially for we have almost assured the chance of ending our fourth year out of debt with a surplus of a few hundred in our bank ac count, This nar prosperity presents us with a new set of problems and renewed hope of long-needed im provements, 0\ir prosperity puts first in the doubles, a second in the singles. These last two, com bined wi"fti good results in Softball helped the Fiji contingent to place third out of the sixteen houses participating intheHawkes* Cup Competition, This year, hopes are high for bettering our standing. In foot ball, helped byour thousand pound line consisting of Brothers Cbninsky, Sargent, Bierenbaum, Chattraan, and Ladd, we rolled over some strong teams. Cur ends. Brothers Auld and Basilevsky were improved this year, making some spectacular catcher The strongest part of the team was the defensive secondary. Brothers Baracca, Minno and Gordon, which allowed only an average of one touchdown per game, an which played beautifully in our final game which we last by one point. The volleyball team despite a lack of height, ended with an even I'ecord, The showing in vol leyball, helped by Brothers Glover and Marshall, was not as good as last year's, but still left the H^s in fifth place in the Hawkes' cup standings. This is a consid erable iraprovemert over last year, B sketball looms as our vreak- est sport this year. Crew has clfioned three of ourfive starters, as well as many reserves. We have had two losses so far, but with the efforts of Brothers Baracca, Basilevsky, Gordon, Loomis, and Cont'd p,6 \r\niq6^-iq6'; BROAIWAr FIJI PAGE CABINET (cont»d) coramisioned in the Navy. Treasurer Edmxmd lyon devotes a considerable portion of his time to keeping the books in order and preparing detailed monthly reports on income andexpenditure. Ed has done a superlative job in making sure all the brothers meet their financial obligations. He also finds time to help Dean of Admissions Henry Coleman select new students for Columbia by ser ving on the Secondary'' Schools Committee, Ed is from Cincinnat- ti, Ohio, and plans to go on to graduate work in history. From Brooklyn, Thomas Gualtieri, has ably kept the minutes and records of Omega's weekly meetings, Tom is an active member Revision Committee. The task of this group has been to collect and make suggestions and amend ments to the Bi'' Laws to eliminate inconsistancies and bring them up to date. Frank resides in Manhat tan but lives at 538. !3EVf BROTHERS (cont'd) William Glover '68C lives in Omaha, Neb. and is a graduate of the Pimahou School in Honolulu. Bill's father is an Army colonel and Bill is a member of NR.O T. C and the Freshman Heavyw^ht Crew. Martin Kindren '68C lives in Tai'S'ytoX'jn, New York. The son of the Chief of Police, Marty is a member of the Varsity Heavyweight Crew and an Economics major, of Paraphratria where he is Presi dent cf the Junior Interfratemity Council, He is also in charge of to us from DesMoines, Iowa, where a conference Interfratemity his father is a minister. Northeast. a Pre-Law student vdth a probable Govemment major and is a member Councils of of the On campusj Tom has earned the Varsity •C* in lightweight Crew. He has also taken an active role in the formation of a Teatro D'Italia for the edification of the Col lege, Tom is running this year's Pamphratria Ball. His future plan, based on his academic suc cess at Columbia, include Med School at Columbia P&S. Recordin^r Secretary Anthony Leitner is a forTior editor of the Thomas Lenhart '68C comes Ton is of the Freshman Basketball Team. Lloyd Loomis '6SC hails from San Mateo, California and swims the individual medley for the Columbia Freshman Swiaiming Team. Robert Malzberger '67E is from Allentoxm, Pa. and is an Ap plied Physics major, A member of the Archiraides Society, Bob is also a member of the Varsity Lightweight Crew. Broadway Fiji. Besides his talent for legislating at meetings, Tony has been active on campus on the Earl Mkoloski '68C comes from Auburn Mass. Earl has been Soccer and Team X'Jhere he earned a Varsity 'C this year, Tony is a government major from Perth Amboy M.J. who is interested in a care er in law. He plans to spend next year atTrinitj'" College, Cambridge. Frank Baracca. Chapter His torian is a Chemistrj!' Concentrate but is going to Columbia's Grad uate School of Business, A con active in is fraternity intramurals a valued member of the Freshman Heavj^weight Crew. Julio Montero '67C lives Norht Tarrytown, N.Y. and is member of the Wrestling Team. is a Pre-Law student majoring in a He in Government. Gregorx' Winn '68C is from Oradell New Jersey. Son of a Columbia graduate, he is a Pre'Law stant participator in interfrat emity atheleltics, Frank has also spent two years on the Crew Team. He has chaired manj'" important com mittees during his term not the student and a member of Colmbiab least of x-diich Brothers. vras the By Laws Marching Band and Orchestra. We are proud of our new pled ges who, at press time, are good -L \r\nWINTER 196^-196^ PAGE d'P'Qmm FIJI FIJI SPORTS (cont'd) Nossal record. we hope JIARRIED to Improve this Vfe also thank our "sixth nan", Brother Obninsky for his fine assistance. Tlie outlook for the i-est of the year is good. The track team has returning shotputter Sargent, quarter-iniler Underbill and three -quarters of the victorious mile relay team. The other places on the team should Malcolm B. Sarj^ent *6^!- to Miss Susan Dean of Plainfield, New Jersey fill out Artnin Buchter '63 to Mss Elisabeth Kibberd of Rye, New York Congratulations to Brother Jeffries and iJife on their new baby girl. TO OUR ALuinn: for a high place iai the meet. In tennis, only Brother gent returns. As half of champion doubles team oflast he can be ejqjected to lead a teara to championship. Sar the year Fiji Softball sees the return of starters Baracca, Chattman, Equi, -Gordon, Nossal, Obninsky, and Thomae. VJith essentiallj'" the same team as last year, an outstanding season is expected. The outlook for this year is expecially gratifying to the Atheletic Committee, because of its policy of having everj^one partic Next year is going to be a big one for Omega, forwe will cel ebrate our one hundreth sary. It wiLl be an occassion which should be remembered torian here at 53^. Occupation and position;^ What's new? Have anything for the Centennial? Remarks for the good of the chapter: Help make this cenntenial successful. FIJI" QUESTIONNAIRE ADRESS: for a long time. But we need help. To put out our centennial history we need informatior^ and the most in teresting copy around in sitting with you, our alumni. Do you have anjA souvenire,historical inform ation, or just plain anecdotes? If so send them along to our His ipate, Winning, although desired, is placed second to participation and enjojTtient. That is, in our opinion, the true aim of interfratemity competition. Although we are not fielding the strongest possible teams at all times, we are \-jinning more than our share of games. NAl® anniver CLASS: DATE: \r\nVttWTER 1964-196^ BROAD^rAy FIJI PAGE PLEDGING Ehe whole system of pledging at Omega was reversed this past The results of the program are not yet clearly defined, but autumn. The pledge trainer visit ed National headquarters in Octo the prospects are encouraging. ber to pick up valuable pointers from the General Secretary Brother Zerraan, He suggested stronger December are all extremly active both in the college and the frat emphasis on traditions the study of local as well as the use of the standard text, The Purple Pilgrim. Mr, Zerraan was Yery helpful and gave the pledge com mittee a great deal of uaefullmaterial from the National files. The aim of the pledge program basicall^'^ to produce good brothers by treating the pledges as mature college students, not was as "mutts" that had to be led The ten ernity, brothers initiated in The new brothers are a- ware of Omega's problems and seem eager to correct them. The examination of the pledge program should not stop. The structure of pledge training should be adopted to fulfill the needs of each individual pledge class and to satisfy the desires of the bretherhood. The possibil ity of a longer pledge period should be investigated if this would help each pledge to adjust better to both college and frat ernity life. The pledge conmiittee does not impose this program on futxire committees, but hopes ra around by the nose. To implement this goal several aspects of for mer pledge programs were examined and, if the need arose, altered. Hopefully the pledges would find a more meaningful relationship ful guide subject with the brotherhood iinder a more vision. sophisticated program. Pledge duties maintained the standard expected from previous classesii.e., daily cleanup, bar tending, weekend work sessions, and weekly group meetings. Sever The pledge trainer wishes to thank Brothers Minno, Hoyt, and Thomae for their loyal efforts and to greatfully acknowledge the co-operation of the fraternity as al innovations ther that it will serve as a use a whole, /s/ Victor Obninsky were also intro duced. The meetings were conduct ed vrith a newly-devised ritual in an atmosphere designed to evoke constructive criticisms of to further re Pledge Trainer EDITOR'S NOTE house conditions from the pledges them selves. More emphasis vras placed I would like to point out that, because of a late printing on date, Onega history as well as on Fiji and Columbia songs. The "big brother" program was expand ed. Among his other duties, the big brother now wites a letter to the pledgees family and takes the pledge to dinner. Pledges were encoui'aged to participate in chapter activities to the fallest possible extent. In other words, they were treated as "almost bro thers," vjith the understanding that the relationship x\'ould not become permanent until after for mal initiation. a new cabinet has been el ected, and we have a fine Spring Pledge class of eleven which can not be written up here, Hope to see you all at the Pig Dinner, M.H,L, \r\n196^