EXI-IIBIT G ap-Ce^igcp I^JIJ SEPTEMBER.197*^ ALPHA GAMMA GHAPTER-GBNBRAL MOTORS INSTITUTE FIJI HAPPENINGS HOUSE MORTGAGE PAID!! The advent of the 1975~1976 school yesr has fovmd the FIJIs of Alpha Gamma Chapter keeping busy with a number of activities. But before we look at some of these, it is imp ortant to take note of two substantial happenings which occurred at the tail-end of the I97ZP.I975 school year. These were the election of officers for this year, and the retire ment of the two mortgages which were taken out upon the initial financing of our chapter house. Alpha Gamma Chapter's officers for 1975-6 ares Presiding Officer- Jim Putnam (A-Se ction), Mike Harting (B-Section); Treasurer- Dave Diedrich, Larry Machacek} Recording Secretary- Jan Piir.er, Pat Thompson; Corresponding Secretary- Chuck Champion, John Walk or; Pledgemaster- Chuck Champion, A1 Gheesebroueh; Historian- Paul Day, Bill Magers ; Rush Chairman- Steve Blood, Mike McCully. On J\ane 9, 1975 Alpha GaLmma Chapter retired the two mortgages we had been mak ing monthly payments on for 17 years. The bulk of the $700 monthly outlay which was being used to pay-off these two notes is being accumulated into a fund which will be "used for some major hoiise improvements in the near future. The completed purcha CHRISTMAS PARTY SET FOR DEC. 13 A long standing chapter tradition, dating back to 1933 (with it's local frat ernity stadus of Alpha Gamma Upsilon) is se of our chapter house is a milestone wh ich can only be attributed to the extensi ve efforts of all Alpha Gaims, past and pr esent. Congratulations to allII the annual Christmas party for underprivi The infant 1975-6 school year has al ready seen the FIJIs at GMI busv in many ways. Parties, held on first and fifth weekends, and a canoe trip held on third weekend were the major rush activities he to cartoons, cake and ice cream, and a ma gic show. The highlight of the afternoon Id by the chapter this section. On the community service front, FIJI participated in the Red Cross blood drive and solicited door-to-dcor contributions for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, gath ering some $113.^0 for the charity. An important internal change is that legod children. Last year, twenty boys and girls, be tween the ages of 6 and 10, were treated was a visit from a FIJI Santa Glaus, who distributed a vast assortment of gifts to the yoiingsters. After the children were returned to their homes, the evening cont inued as the brothers, grads, r,nd their dates partied in "Semi-formal" fashion, making for a time of "good cheer" for all. Last year's festivities were very su ccessful, due to the great response of graduate brothers. An excess of $600 was of having our chapter's accounting system donated by the grads, proving that Phi Ga computerized. Inputs are being sent to Management Information Control Systems, mma Delta is not for college days alone. With a similar response, this year's part y on Dec, 13, will be even more success (Gont, on page 3.) ful. \r\nP, LETTER FROM THE IRESIDENT The start of the 1975"76 school year brought many new challenges to our chapt- he Hllford Proving Grotmds causing quite a problem in distance. As yet, we haven't ter. found anyone to fill Doc's shoes, but if With the reduced enrollment of fres hmen, and a larger majority of the cIeiss being female, the results left very few rushable males for the picking. To make the point more dramatic, there are aboiM. 70 freshmen available for rush ajnoung oicr 13 fraternities on campus. That's assum ing that all go Greek, which to my under standing has never happened. Combined wi th this, there was a one third cutback in the rest of the student body cind faculty. These gloomy statistics have made this ru sh season a very intense and hard fought battle every man, with every fraternity fighting for their very existence. Not all is as bad as it seems, howev er, as our two mortgfiiges on the house we re paid off last June. The only debts re maining are a few bonds and their 'inter est which can hopefully be paid off with in a years time. Wo are now trying to set aside a little money for some long ne eded house improvements. We have establi shed a committee to investigate several different possible improvements; and we hope to come up with a good list of prior ities. One of the first on the list is to remodel our foyer in order to replace anyone is interested in donating some ti me to the house and would like to consid er this position, please feel free to con tact us at anytime. I would like at this time to make a personal invitation to everyone to attend our annual Christmas Party, It is set up for December 13, and is always one of our most worthwhile and enjoyable events the year contains. Tt is an experience that creates many of all those long remembered, "remember whens". It is also one opportu nity to see your old and new fraternitybrothers. you then. I will look forward to seeing Fraternally, R, James Putnam President FIJI TANKERS SWAMP SWIM MEET The Brothers of Alpha Gamma Chapter started off this year with their expected bad financial situation, barring any unfo outstanding performance in GMI's intramur al sports, GMTE. The FIJI Tankers highlighted sebtion sports swamping the rest of GMI in GMTE's rseen incidents, the brotherhood as a who le seems really "fired up" this section. annual swim meet. Brothers Don Barefoot, Bruce Rohn, Bob Simon, and Dave Rengel to We presently have 28 brothers and a house guest who is the begining of a good pledge class next section. There is a gr gether won two relays. Then Don, Bob and all that glass that lets out a lot of ex pensive heat. Besides being in a not too eat sense of enthusiasm and support the entire brotherhood as if arising of to the problems mentioned previously, accept ing them with full anticipation. Bruce went on to win two, two, and three events, respectively. The final result's tell the whole story: FIJI 57, lCa 22, 3G 21, BTP 19, DTD 3. The FIJI volleyba-11 team started off great. Led by super-spiker Bruce D. Rohn Bush has started out great with ever they obliterated PKA 15-4 and I5-O before yone taking part. We have haul a canoe tr ip and two great parties with many inter being nudged out frorti the double elimina tion tournament. They finished with two ested freshmen getting involved. I hope rush continues as it has and we wind up wins and two loses. with a good size class beating the odds t hat are so heavily stacked eigainst us all The brotherhood also participated in Rand Putnam made it all the way into the semi-finals before being downed in a very tough three match scH. by the eventual win a Cystic Fibrosis drive in the area that ners of the GMTE doubles tournament. netted several dollars to a worthy cause. Brothers Denis Diedrich and Paul Day continued their dominance of the GMTE do Oirr Chapter is ctcrrently in need of a new Purple Legionaire since "Doc" Genterwall has recently been transferred to t The tennis team of Steve Blood with ubles in horseshoes. Winning it for the second year in a row. \r\nRUSH REPORT (Cont. from page 1,) Thle year's rvish program, despite the cutback in class size, was very suc cessful. Approxiaately -Uiirty-five fresh ■en have participated in our various ac tivities this section. These activities Includedt the first and fifth weekend parties, the annual canoe trip, ftriday Inc, in Aubum, Alabama, A graduate broth er from Aubum University, John Crawford (Treasurer of Alpha Upsilon), is heading up the company. Although there hasn't be en enough time to evaluate the results of using M,I,C,S, for our chapter's account ing function, indications are that it will ni^t harheques, aM Monday Nl^t Foot- save us a considerable amount of time and hall. money, Something new tried channel 100 cable T.Y. this This year was Inimed out to be very favorable for us. Swe oi the movies that attiracted many freshmen weret THE STING, DEATH WISH, THE GREAT GATSBY, BLAZING SADDLES, and THE SLEEPER. Freshmen who have esqtressed interest FIJIFUN T S/R5.. ."fHis Much Cholesterol Can't Be That Good For Us!! in our house and in whom the Brothers are interested are listed below. The Brothers would greatly ate any encouragement you these young men, appreci might NAi-a give to GO-OP Bill Cornwall ;3Dfi, Sandxisky Inland, Dayton Fndry, Defiance DDAD-Indy Tech Center, Warren St, Catherines, Can, NDH, Bristol Mfg,&Dev,, Gen, Off, Delco Prod,, Dayton Delco Moraine, Dayton Eugene Slusiewicz Dsl, Equip „ Gd. Rpds, Ken Butts Gen, Fndry, Danville , Bristol Buick, Flint Fisher Body, Lansing Scarborough, Toronto Fisher Body, K'm'zoo Jerry Atkinson Ghris Stammsn Jeff Buschur A1 Woi Larry Lipka Paul Fisher I?att Sullivan ■luss Croose Jerry VJallace Dave Hussong Mark Haresko Scott LanJstra Brian Laan I like Kauffman Keith Fillmore Paul Hegwood Hick Goncharow Glen Laba Jeff Wilson Hike Hasler Cadillac Chevy-Livonia St, Catherines, Mike Shields Eric Pulst GHAD, Oshawa Doug Hagler Daron Giffcrd This newsletter would have been impossi "an, GHAD, Oshawa Delco, Anderson Delco, Kokomo Buick, Flint DDAD-Indy A,C,, Flint CHSDITSj FLASH!!! GRAD BROTHER JOHN SIMONiCH ('75) HAS INFORMED US THAT HE WILL TRAVERSE THE ATLANTIC FROM HIS STUDIES IN LON DON TO BE AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY I ble without the following people, CO-EDITOdSj Don Barefoot Glen Ginesi ARTICLES AjND ART WORK: Paul Day Bob Eyink Bob Hare Jim Putnam Gary Rhozids John Williams Gary W ooten \r\nGRADUATE QUESTIONNAIRE BROTHERS I As you know, the communication between Alpha Samma Chapter and the Grad Brothers has been far from adequate in recent yearst Therefore, we are inserting this questionnaire to better our relationship by learning more about each of you and what you are doing. Please assist us in our effort, by filling out this form and returning it to us. Hopefully the next Alpha Gam Fiji will include many of our graduate responses. NAPi'IE CLASS_ PRESENT LOCATION ' OCCUPATION & POSITION RECENT INFORIVIATION ABOUT YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILYi. IMPORTANT INFORMATION OF OTHER FIJIS IN YOUR AREA: NAiViE ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA 1?02 Flushing Road Flint, Michigan ,4850^^ Non-Profii US POSTAGE PAID fUNT. MICH. Ptrmit No. 53