THE7V\IDWAY f=IJIGRAM Autumn Quarter October 12, 1975 vAvwvra^ PublishecJ,jointly by Chi UpsiBg^ Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta and by Chi Upsilon Graduate i(^-,^sociatiOfn 'SbliiSV—University Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637. s '' Pig Dinner, IF Sing Close Out Year Saturday,, June 7, 1975,, once again proved that Phi Gamma Delta "is not for college days alone," as the 73d Norris Pig Dinner and Inter-Fraternity Sing were held. The dinner was held at the Quadrangle Club, and the Sing at Hutchinson Court, and the good time was everywhere. It was a memorable day as a return to the traditional Sing format, mainly through the efforts of the Fijis, The Chapter supplied the wine for dinner, and the Alumni Association provided the beer for the festivities after the formal events, which included the University fireworks display, Archon James W. Vice, '54, performed admirably as the M,C, for the evening, William H, Jacobs, Purdue '21, was presented a bottle of wine for being the oldest Fiji in attendance. Likewise, son William H, Jacobs, '54, received his bottle of wine for travel ling the farthest to attend the pig Dinner, Bill the younger travelled thousands of miles from Anchorage, Alaska to edge out Peter Swenson, '69, from Olympia, Washington, After dinner, the annual business meeting was held; Ralph D, Davis, '71, and Alan K, Barlow, '31, were reelected President and Treasurer, respectively, of the Graduate Board, John McLees, '70, returned to the Board as Recording Secretary; Clyde Watkins, '67, becomes the Corresponding Secretary, The new Graduate Historian is Donald Heinrich, '74, Graduate Happenings Harry R, Swanson, '20, the Chapter's first Purple Legionnaire, died in August in the nursing home where he had lived for many years after a serious stroke. He had been a Pig Dinner M, C, on many occasions in the 50's and always kept us laughing with his humor, Harry had been research director for Harris Upham in Chicago, He was one of the not sufficiently recognized sources of Chi Upsilon's strength in the 20's, 30's, and 40's, Several years ago he touched all by endorsing his Social Security check over to the House Corporation for the benefit of the Chapter, Martin B, Bay, '28, recently went on an 8400 mile automobile trip with his wife. He stayed with three Chicago Fijis from the 30's and their wives: Bill Moore, '28, and his wife Eloise, Gordon Allen, '31, and his wife Marge, and Creigh Cunningham, '30, and his wife Lee, "MIT" reports that Bill has written a terrific book on gangland Chicago titled Dateline Chicago. Bill is retired at Singer Island, Florida, Gordon is enjoying retirement while living in a lovely home on 36 acres of wooded, lakeside property in Interlachen, Florida, Creigh is the semi-retired president of an insurance company. He commutes to New York to work one week per month from his lagoon-side home and boat at Englewood, Florida, \r\nErwin F. Beyer, '39, is recovering from his illness. He reports that he is now going to teach an environmental health course this semester. He has taken hang glider lessons this past summer and glides every chance he gets. He plans to make the '76 Sing and Pig Dinner, but not by glider. Richard L, Garcia, '54, now lives at 6235 W. Diversey, Chicago, Illinois 60639. Howard M. O'Ha^, '30, died of cancer on March 8, 1975. He was assistant to the U.S. Federal Comptroller for Guam. Ted A. Anderson, '29, enjoyed the last Pig Dinner and Sing including the post-Sing activities. Dr. Donald M. Creer, '58, is now at the University of Texas Hospital at San Antonio. He lives at 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284. Russell R. Dickerson, '75, is teaching and studying chemistry at the University of Michigan. His address is 507 Hill, Apt. 9, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Dr. C. Larkin Flanagan, '50, now lives at 505 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 606Tl James W. Vice, '54, Dean of Students at Illinois Institute of Technology, lives at 60 E. 32d Street, Apt. 901, Chicago, Illinois 60616. Douglas L. Carden, '74, moved to ll6l Harrison Street, Apt. 4, Santa Clara, California 95050. Edward Douglass Jones III, '66, has moved to 508 Seward Square S. E., Washington, D. C. 20003. John D. Hallstrom, '73, lives at 3203 East Lexington Way, Apt. 180, Mercer Island, Washington 98040. John is a trust officer at Mount Ranier National Park. John McLees, '70, claims to work for the highest law firm in the world. They are on the 83d floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago, which is the world's tallest building. He is a few feet above C. Harker Rhodes, '50, who is an attorney in the same building, Michael Dotsey, '74, is pursuing his PhD. at the University of Rochester and lives at 1001 Goler House, Rochester, New York 1462CI. We extend deepest sympathy to A. Gene Ferrari, '54, on the death of his wife. David Spindle, '71, lives at 613 Harbor Square, Rochester, New York 14620. Dave works for Xerox. Michael R. Koch-Weser, '68, has moved crosstown to 30 South Spring Street, LaGrange, Illinois 60525. He is teaching and coaching and says that his swimmers can whup Dave Rider's, '68, swimmers. Carl C. Hoffman, '69, and his new wife live at Box 333, Route 2, Mebane, North Carolina 27302. Donald J. Allan, '68, lives at 401 8th Street, Apt. 105, Juneau, Alaska. Don, who works in sales for Southeast Alaska Empire, welcomes all Chi Upsilon Fijis who visit Alaska,,^ The only other Chicago Fiji in Alaska is Bill Jacobs--who you know, Don. James J. Monge, M. D. , '49, his second child and second son, Matthew Frederick, was born on July 21, 1975. His clinic of 65 men moved into an all new clinic building last spring. Jim was elected President of the Minnesota Surgical Society and was also elected to membership in the Western Surgical Association. Peter Swenson, '69, and his brother A1 led a party including Jeff Hollander, '70, John Hallstrom, John McLees, John McLees' brothers Mike and Doug, and several friends on a climb of Mt. Ranier in August. The party climbed from 4000 feet to 13, 000 feet up the Emmous Glacier route before a snowstorm and fog came up and robbed them of the summit. The climb was still a memorable adventure, especially for the flatlanders in the group. William J. Bradford, '21, died on April 12, 1975. Clarence E, Hoiles, '34, was mentioned in Marquis' "Who's Who in Finance and Industry' Page 2 \r\nPhTlij^S. Shaw, '62, liver Jt 1788 Oak Creek Drive, Apt. Joseph L. Miller, '31, Palo Alto, California 94304. to 52815 E. Marmot Road, SSndy, Oregon 97055. Hascal T. Lyon, *48, died on April 23, 1975. _ , Armand S. Donian, '42, lives at 1945 N. Latrobe Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60639. Dr. Gerald N. Krost, '11, died this June. He had been head of pediatrics at Wesley Memorial Hospital for 32 years. Paul W. Stivers, '64, lives with his wife and two sons at 4570 Hearthstone Court, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083, and works for Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy in Atlanta. He sends his compliments to the Chapter and Graduate Board for their efforts which have made Chi Upsilon continue at the high levels of excellence we have all come to expect. Paul gives us the new address of John Armstrong, '64 : 7 Gove Lane, Salisbury Massachusetts 01950. Arthur D. Clark, '71, was married this summer. Joseph Markusich, '39, has returned to work at Standard Oil after an extended illness. Also working at Standard Oil are Gerald Bialka, '69, and Donald M. Heinrich, '74. Once again we owe our deep appreciation to the many brothers, spanning seven decades, who have contributed dues during the past year. Among other important summer improve ments made possible by your dues are a new TV room rug, a new TV room couch that is in order, new stair carpeting to the second floor, and a complete rehabilitation and painting of the back exterior stairs-firescape, Fiji Summer School August 7th saw Chi Upsilon*s undergraduate delegation to the 14th Fiji Academy leave Chicago. Dan Wilson, *77, Bud Wendt, *76, and Rick Rayfield, '74, (Purple legionnaire) crowded intC the back seat as Dennis Thatcher, *78, and John Schuster, '77, shared the spacious front seat for the seven hour drive to Lexington, Kentucky and the University of Kentucky campus. Shortly after registering and a quick meal, the training began. This year's Academy featured the Leadership Training Program conducted by Robert T. "Sonny" Davis (Texas, *52). The Training Program consisted of various group and leadership activities with a group of Fijis who did not know each other. Through these groups various aspects of leadership and cooperation were demonstrated. After the Thursday night meeting jjharles A. Wright, '57, had the Chicago and other delegations to his room for a little relaxation, merriment, and liquid refreshment. Friday dawned much earlier than was wanted. The Opening Convocation st^Fted the long day of meetings, with the Leadership Training Program taking at least nine hours with lunch, dinner^ and the model initiation squeezed into the day. Fraternity revelry con tinued well into Saturday. Never giving much spare time, the Academy had Saturday*s first meeting starting at 8:30. Each delegate went through four 1-1/2 hour classes covering graduate relations, public relations, rush, and pledge education. Charles Wright handled some of the pledge education classes. The Saturday Awards Luncheon saw Chi Upsilon receive Honorable Mention for the Archon*s Trophy for excellence in involvement in campus affairs, Chi Upsilon took second place in the Owen L, Coon Plaque competition for the best chapter publication. The Model Norris Pig Dinner capped the day*s official activities. Following the Dinner, Chicago shared a few bottles of champagne with Southern Methodist University for their winning of the Cheney Cup fort he best undergraduate chapter. The friendship with SMU was begun at last year*s Ekklesia and continued at this year*s Academy, Sunday had more meetings in store, one in chapter administration, one in finances, and one in food purchasing and kitchen management. After lunch the group visited Phi Gamma Delta's General Headquaters in Lexington, Ideas flowed, minds relaxed, and bodies recovered on the return to Chicago while still trying to absorb everything the Academy had to offer. page 3 \r\nWie President's Letter Dear Brothers, Chi Upsilon begins the 1975-76 school year with a spirit of rational enthusiasm. Our awards at the Fiji Academy demonstrate that we are a strong chapter. New brothers are eager to occupy the niches vacated through the graduation of older brothers. Even adversity has contributed to the vigorous state of the chapter. After the Pig Dinner the finances of the chapter developed problems due to large end of the year bills which we could not cover due to unusually large accounts which brothers had not paid. The situation is now firmly in control with the assistance of the House Corporation with both loans and advice, and the chapter will be solvent again by November 1, This problem has caused many more undergraduates to take an active interest in the administration of the chapter and has considerably strengthened the chapter. It seems likely that the finance committee will be very strong this year. We have a very strong rush committee this year, headed by Ed Bee, '77. He has at least a dozen good prospects already. With half of the chapter members of the Class of '76, rushing is one of the major endeavors. We plan to revise and strengthen the pledge program too. Among the social service projects planned is another blood drive. Upcoming social events include a Halloween Party and the Spaghetti Dinner. We hope to publish a periodic bulletin of social activities, pledge functions, and other last minute information. Please write the chapter if you wish to receive a copy. A number of graduates have been quite helpful to the chapter. Jerry Moberg, '40, drew up plans for a possible conversion of the dorm room into bedrooms and gave the house some needed bathroom fixtures. Bernie Del Giorno, '54, Steve Smith, '75, Don Heinrich, '74, Charlie Wright, '57, and Jim Vice, '54, have been extraordinarily generous with their time and wisdom in counselling the chapter on its operations. year. The undergraduate chapter has the enthusiasm and potential to make it a good We expect nothing less. Fi^ernally, Bud Wendt, '76 PERGE! Chapter President If you would like to see something in the Fijigram which interests you, please let us know. For those who expressed an interest in knowing about the Fraternity system at UC, there will be an article by the President of the Interfraternity Council in the next issue. In closing, the following are Graduate new items that came in after that section was completed: Mercier, '33, well known TV sports broadcaster died of a heart attack on September 8, 1975, the day he was to have lunch with the Kappa Graduate Chapter in downtown Chicago. C. Taylor Whittier, '34, has moved to 12610 Chateau Forest, San Antonio, Texas 78230. He is now a member of the Graduate faculty in Educational Management at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Please let us hear from you. Fraternally, PERGE! rbhn F. Schuster '77 Chapter Historian Page 4