mrTANY^ Gamma Phi Chapter — Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity Fall Term 1973 Penn State University at State College, Pa. President's Report Homecoming weekend, September 29-30, gave the new academic year a great start. Homecoming at Penn State traditionally means the Annual Norris Pig Dinner. One-hundred and fifty g^ads and undergrads gathered at the Chapter House for the dinner follow ing a 27-8 Penn State football win over Iowa. Fiji is very well represented on the team with the likes of John Cappelletti, Ed O'Neil, Tom Shuman, John Riehner, Woody Petchel and Rick Knechtel. The Outstanding Alumni Award was presented at the dinner to Brother Roy D. Bertolet '44. Over To climax the evening, our main speaker was Michael J. Stewart '72, who is currently serving our National Fraternity as one of its field secretaries. After having the experience of visiting nearly all of our chapters throughout the United States and Can ada, he told all gathered at the dinner that our chap ter is one of the leading Chapters in our entire fra ternity. This evaluation is backed up by our fine showing over the years in the National Fraternity's Cup Awards. the past two years Dr. Bertolet has donated to Gamma Phi two bedrooms of furniture to help our plan to The Annual Alumni Meeting was held on Sun Dr. Bertolet is day morning, September 30. Bob Knechtel and Harold also the newly elected president of the House Corpora Wilson were newly elected to the House Corporation with Bob Miller and Bill Forrey being re-elected. All signs indicated from the reports given that Gama Phi refurnish the house considerably. tion. At the dinner several members of the corpora tion made a formal presentation in an attempt to suggest a way that furniture could be donated to the house other than through individual effort. One of the more popular suggestions was for interested bro thers to contact their entire pledge class in order to amass the necessary $600 for such a donation. The undergraduate chapter is more than willing to co operate in any way with those who might be interested in any such plan. is doing well in all areas. 'The enthusiasm of many of the grads is quite encouraging to all of us undergrads. Without your support our Chapter could simply not function. Thank you for all the support that you have given to us over the years. Fraternally, M- n President \r\nRich Knechtel and Woody Petchel, ijotii sopho mores, are also fighting for starting spots on the squad. Rich, following his Fiji brother Bob, is pre sently on the kick-off unit and is listed as the number two center. Woody, who has the unfortunale situa tion of playing behind John Cappelletti at tailback, has nevertlieless seen much playing time at that posi tion. He filled in for "Ckippy" at Syracuse when Cap had a bruised shoulder. Woody rose to the occasion and turned in an outstanding performance until he tvas injured himself. Torn knee ligaments will keep Woody out of action for the remainder of this season, but we expect big things out of Woody this Spring and next Fall. FIJI Footballers at Air Force — Left to right: John Cappelletti, John Reihner, Ed O'Neil, Tom Shuman, Woody Petchel, Rick We are proud to call all of these fine young men "brothers" and hope that you will keep a special eye out for them when viewing Nittanv Lion Foot ball this Fall and for years to come. Knechtel. KEY TO FOOTBALL SQUAD Gamma Phi is proud to have several members of Joe Paterno's Penn State Nittany Lion football squad as members of the fraternity. Such a situation is not uncommon to our chapter, but representatives of such high caliber is indeed a novelty. FIJI'S VITAL Phi Gamma Delta is well represented with seven talented soccer players on the Penn State team. Start ing for the Penn State offense are forwards Tom Kehan and Jim Startzell, and on defense is Bruce Allen John Cappelletti and Ed O'Neil both serve as co-captains for the Nittany Lions and both seem and Dave Boles, with Mike Arnold in the nets. The headed for All-America honors and should go in the professional football draft early next year. and Dennis Denard on the second team defensive team has excellent depth with brothers Ed Schmidt squad. Brothers Kehan, Startzell, Schmidt, Denard and Arnold are seniors in their last season at Penn ■At the beginning of the season the quarterback job was considered one of Penn State's question marks. After the first several games that situation seems to be well under control with Fiji Tom Shuman at the helm. His performance has been outstanding ihusfar and he should prove to be a fi ne addition to the long line of great Penn State quarterbacks. State, which has so far compiled a record of 5-1-1. The Gamma Phi's current President, John Reihner, is battling for the kicking chores with soccer star Chris Bahr. John is number two on the depth chart behind All-America candidate Dan Natale at the tight end position. be returning next year with Dave Boles and a fresh man player who is now pledging, Hugh Phillis. Penn State's excellent performances by the soccer team are very much attributable to these Fiji brothers. single loss was to West Virginia, the tie to Army, and victories were over West Chester, Bucknell, Maryland, Navy and Shippensburg. Penn State is confident of their fourth consecutive NCAA tournament bed, the playoffs beginning in mid-November. Bruce Allen, otherwise known as "The Hulk" will Jim Startzell \r\nGamma Phi Intramurals Financial and Maintenance Gamma Phi continued its domination of intra Report mural sports at Penn State by winning the C. E. BiSchoif Trophy once again last year. This marks the The House Corjjoration reports that we still otre S23,000 on our mortgage. Also, through their efforts we have been able to furnish six rooms upstairs in the last two years. Dr. Roy D. Bertolet '4-1, our new House Corporation President, has donated two of them himself and the others tvere paid for through graduate donations. Ifue to the fart that seven of our brothers are on academic practicums during the Winter term, the Chapter is well below capacity. This puts pressure on tlie Chajrter to secure the necessary money for gen eral repairs for the Chapter House. In order to solve this problem, the House Corporation is launching an Alumni Fund Drive within the next several months. Thus, your financial help will be greatly ap preciated. fifth time that tve have been able to secuie the over all championship in the last seven years. Last year proved to be a runaway as our nearest competitor. Beta Theta Pi, teas over two-hundred points behind our Avinniug effort of 1180 points. Our intramural athletic teams took four team championships that facilitated our winning effort. The ■wrestling squad tied Delta Upsilon for the team championship as Rick Brown (heavyweight) and Tom Sibley (158) -won in their respective weight classes. The Fiji golf team took their title as they set. a new I.M. record of 29 strokes tvhich is a total of the best four out of five scores, [eff Kendall and Bob Lapow- sky took tennis doubles in the Spring which just about clinched the BiShoff Trophy for Gamma Phi. The volleyball squad, who won for the second time in a row, merely added assurance points to the cause. This year is already shaping up as another ban ner year for intramurals at Gamma Phi. Our touch football team is already into the playoffs. Jeff Kendall and Bob Lapowsky, tennis doubles winners in the Spring of last year, have finished first and second in this year's singles competition. Our performance in these two sports should place Gamma Phi well in the lead at the conclusion of the Fall term. RUSH Gamma Phi's Fall '73 rush program has been a tremendous success. PSU, along tvith the rest of the nation's universities, has experienced a recent upsurge of fraternity interest. This term's rush list Intramurals have traditionally been a rallying point for the brotherhood of our chapter. We take great pride in the fine record that we have been able to amass over the years and hope that such enthusiasm will continue for years to come. established a new record with nearly 1100 men sign ing up to investigate fraternal living. We have taken advantage of this trend and presently have 19 ac ceptances with several more anticipated. Although these numbers are large, we have followed our rush ing philosophy, which stresses quality as our primary concern with quantity a hopeful result. Our new pledge cla,ss, with their characteristic quality and quantity, will continue Gamma Phi's long ttadition of being the strongest fraternity at University Park, NITTANY FIJI . . . published three times yearly for the graduates, activities, and friends of Gamma Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. Pennsylvania. If any graduates have any men they would like to recommend, please send your letters of recom mendations to me. Remember; "Extend the Order, Guard the Portals." Eriilnr Contributors Patd Smith Mike Leisey, John Reihner, Jim Startzell, Bob Funk, Hum Fishburn Fraternallv, Bob Funk Rush Chairman \r\ndeceased brothers OF GAMMA PHI CHAPTER 1908 Howard A. Zinl., Palo Alto, Calif. 1910 William W. Twaddell 1913 Fred Selkregg, Hampshire, 111. 1914 Edward C. Rose, Sea Girt, N.J. 1941 William L. Hamilton, Pittsburgh 1915 Elmer P. Schumaker, Oakmont, Pa. 1916 Eugene Hammitt, New York 1916 Charles Shoemaker, Jeanette, Pa 1919 William H. Foster, Gouverneur, N.Y. 1921 Lydon Beam, Mansfield, Ohio 1926 1929 1939 1942 John H. Vance, Canton, Ohio John Anderson, Rosell, N. Mex. William F. Beyer Thomas Hart, Menlo Park, Calif. 1965 Thomas M. Kilcullen, Ho Chi Minh Trail (Air Force) This list was prepared by Hummel Fishburn '22; the informatioji came from the national magazine and the Penn State Alumni News, plus other sources.. FEATURED IN NEXT ISSUE: HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER JOHN CAPPELLETTI, FIJIS CHOSEN IN NFL AND PRO SOCCER DRAFTS. PHI GAMMA DELTA 319 North Burrowes Road State College, PA 16801 THIRD CLASS RETURN REQUESTED