★ THETA DEUTERON STAR ★ Ohio Wesleyan University. Delaware, Ohio Vol. 18, No. 2 June, 1967 PIG DINNER ne Two hundred Fiji brothers and Dan Biello to Max Farb- along with President Elden Smith of this university and man of Scarsdale, New York. other distinguished guests were on hand to cheer the class of 1970 as they brought in the pig opening the 64th annual Norris Pig Dinner. The gala evening started off in grand style as Brother Powers ('02) did the honors at the north end of the pig and freshman From L. to R., Mike Banzhaf, Dave Kelling. Tom Werlinich, George Fraunfelder and Dan Bennington. NEW CABINET ELECTED Our iness manager and treasurer for the coming year. George was January 22 was the election night for Theta Deuteron. The top five cabinet offices were chosen for the coming year as last year's cabinet drew its successful term to a close. All new officers are presently juniors. Mike Banzhaf, Lancaster, Pa., was elected as new "E". Mike, an English major, was last year's social chairman and has maintained a reputa tion of being one of the hardest working men in the house. Mike will represent our house at the Fraternity Presidents Association of I.F.C. Tom Werlinich, Pittsburgh, Pa., was selected as Recording Secretary. "Twitch", an Eng lish - Economics major, has served the house well as scholarship chairman and has been active in many I.M. sports, including coaching the championship volleyball team. George Fraunfelder, Lakewood, Ohio, was chosen Treas urer. George, a chemistry ma jor, has nearly erased a stand ing debt at our house while serving as house business man ager this past year. He will combine both positions of bus also a standout Bart Troyer of Jackson, Mich igan followed suit on the south end. The brothers then enjoyed a fine dinner prepared by the new Saga Food Service and delivered by our pin-mates. on this year's varsity football team. Dan Bennington, Worthington, Ohio, was elected Corre sponding Secretary. Dan, an Economics major, has served the house as last year's Baker guest speaker, John watch a fine Bishop Basketball team show their skill. After the game many of the broth ers went to 'Wilkinson Lodge for coffee and several graduate chapter concerning present problems on campus i.e., legality of drinking, etc. and possible solutions. It seemed that the concensus of opinion admitted to the fact that times may in fact be changing, and therefore the need for updating some of the out-dated policies at duced by the symposiarch. Jack Gherbein ('48). Mr. Scott holds the position of chairman is of the Board of Trustees of Phi Gamma Delta and is one hours of discussion with the under Scott, Indiana ('32) was intro indeed a current O.W.U. concern, but that any change should be channeled through university legislation first and that we at Wilkinson Lodge should com ply with university regula tions. The undergraduate chapter Cup chairman and is presently a The dinner then broke up and the brothers were able to wishes to thank all the broth student dorm counselor. ers who returned, and hopes that all those who did not For Historian, David Kell ing, Hudson, Ohio, was select ed. Dave, also an Economics major, did an excellent job as FIJI ADS make it this year do so next year. Remember that next year is the building year for our Public Relations chairman of the house. He has also served centennial coming up in 1969. By a big turnout we will re main a "prestige chapter of a the house as the Fiji repre sentative to Student Senate, not to mention his participa prestige fraternity." tion on various I.F.C. and Studnt Government The new committees. cabinet is faced with a year of hard work in which they hope to cultivate individual responsibility in a house which is already singu larly strong. Emphasis will be placed on committee work giv ing all men in the house the opportunity to participate in leadership capacities. In' this way the cabinet hopes to de velop a stronger committee system while encouraging com mittees to act independently. These five men will until January. 1968. serve Speaker Scoit, alone with Mike Banzhaf, Pres. Smith and Dr. Manuel. of Indiana's most ardent chap ter supporters. Brother Scott spoke on "the strength of the fraternal sj'stem." Doctor Manuel, recently se lected as one of the five most outstanding men of Phi Gam ma Delta, presented the schol arship award with co-winners of last year's ring Bill Manogg Pledge class of 1970 — "Bring ing in the Pig". \r\nJUNE, 1967 THETA DEUTERON STAR NEW PURPLE LEGIONNAIRE We with are our extremely new happy selection for Purple Legionnaire, Gerald Lee Dickey. Gerald was a Speech major in the graduat ing class of 1960 at Ohio Wesleyan. Some of his activities included: member of Theta Gerry did graduate work in religious drama at the Boston University School of Theology, where he graduated in the class of 1964. There, our new Purple Legionnaire was presi dent of "Seminary Singers" and participated in student Alpha Phi; a varsity swimmer for three years and a mem ber of "W" clan; President of the YMCA; and Freshman Camp co-director. As a mem pastorates at Cochituate and Reading Methodist Churches. In addition to being Asso ber of Theta Deuteron, he was bus, Ohio, Gerry is currently song director homecoming dis play chairman, and winner of treasurer of the Ohio Confer ence Methodist Ministers' Choir the "Most - Valuable - Fiji" and a award. bus Jaycees. Gerry has taken over for Jack McKinnie, who has moved to Chicago. ON CAMPUS ciate Pastor Methodist of Greenwood Church in Colum member of the Colum Elections just being over, resulted in 2 brothers repre Miss Sue E. Burrell, pinmate to last year's "E" Dan Baumgarner, was recently selected "Piggy Queen" for 1967. the new Executive Vice-Presi- dent, Committee Heads heads for the coming year at their first reigning chapter meeting. The selected sophomores and juniors have already picked the rest of committees their and In Dan addition to these two of Men's Court. RUNS IN FAMILY Some of the brothers and dates Assistant ritualist of the na working on Danny Biello's suc tional Phi Gamma Delta, Rev. cessful campaign. James Dickey ('57), has been appointed Purple Legionaire of Sigma Chapter at Whittenberg. Brother Dickey and his tions. Chuck Godfrey and Al bert Zakel; and the new Rush Chairman is Art Gibbons. These men have generated a lively spirit for the new year. wife Sally Reiff have two chil dren; Deborah (5 years) and Douglas (4 months). Theta Deuteron Star Published during the school year by the Theta Deuteron pleased to announce that brother Steve Elliott, 103 Oak Hill Rd., Delaware, Ohio, who suffered injuries in an automobile crash new purple Prospective Phi Betes Theta Deuteron possesses 2 juniors and 5 sophomores who are prospective Phi Beta Kappa candidates. To achieve this honor, one must be a junior age, as the assistant; Public Rela- We at Theta Deuteron are Gerry Dickey — Legionnaire. with a 3.75 accumulative aver Bartholomae with Rick Subel Els ft I.F.C., and John McDermott was picked to be Chief Justice taken over responsibilities. The new chairmen are; I.M.'s, Bill Howell; Special Days, JO'hn Burris; Social Committee, Ed Haddock with Walt Dunlap as his assistant; Social Service, Bill Hoyt and Tom Day; Scholarship, Andy Van Gundy; Publications, Bill Cook and Tom Brownell; Graduate Rela tions, John Adams and Bob Brown; Pledge Training, Dave sophomore achievements. Bill Byrne was voted to be Vice-President of respective have and Biello from Shaker Heights, Ohio is now Treasurer of the student body. The 1967-68 cabinet appoint ed the new committee senting the choice of the campus for student govern ment positions. Junior Jim Cushing from Hinsdale, 111. is chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, Ohio Wesleyan University, Dela ware, Ohio, or a senior with a 3.5. Bill Manogg, a sophomore from Lakewood, Ohio, leads the pack with a 4.0 accum. The courses he has taken are not exactly "guts". They include 6 physics, 3 upper-level math, 3 terms of German, and 1 EDITOR Bill Cook CHAPTER OFFICERS course in psycholoigy, econom ics, history and English. Other on MIKE A. BANZHAF, President route to Florida for Spring vacation, is doing extremely DAVID H. KELLING, Historian well at Columbus Riverside TOM S. WERLINICH, Recording Secretary Hospital and is expected back in a few days. GEORGE M. FRAUNFELDER, Treasurer DANIEL B. BENNINGTON, Corresponding Secretary potential contenders are juniors John McDermott, 3.7; Craig sophomores Moser, Dan 3.4, and Biello, 3.3; Doug "Porp" Moore, 3.3; Ed Haddock, 3.2, and Albert Paul Zakel, 3.2. \r\nJUNE, 1967 THETA DEUTERON STAR SPORTS Lots of athletic activity has occurred since the last issue of the STAR. In the area of winter sports, Ohio Wesleyan's wrestling team was dominated by Phi Gams, Six of the start ing nine down by berths were members held of Theta Deuteron. Steve Tate wrestled heavyweight, Steve Geiger, 191; Dan Crum, 177; Pat Jones, 167; Neil Wolfe, 145; and Bill first loss in two years, to the Belts, we came back to capture both the wrestling and swim ming championships. Ed Had dock and Rick Subel led the wrestlers to a narrow victory. The swimmers, with Art Beck, Dave Barton, and Bart Troyer leading the way left all opposi tion in their wake. Varsity Spring Sports have many Fijis on their rosters also. We claim thi-ee of the base ball team. Centerfielder Dan Geiger went Biello ranks third in the Ohio on to win the Ohio Conference Conference hitting statistics with a .480 average. Pitcher Bengy Byrne has a 2-2 record Co-captains of O.W.U.'s wrestling team, Dan Crum (L.) and and catcher Bill Cook is cur Steve Geiger, would rather "fight than switch." Manogg at 137. Championship at the 191 weight class. Tom Carnes was the leading point getter for the Bishop basketball team again this year. Likewise, Craig Swenson, a 6'-3" freshman forward from Worthington, Ohio played excellent ball for the varsity team. junior Winter Intramurals wei-e also dominated by members of Fijiland. After losing the cham pionship basketball game, our rently hitting .333 in the Con ference. Lacrosse goalie Tom Harper has just been selected as Ohio Wesleyan's "Athlete of the Week" for his fine perform ances in the cage. Three of the big defensemen that give Tom some protection are Dick Faulkner, Art Gibbons, and Oscar Long, also Fijis. Furthermore, members of there the are track 4 team Discus All of the men of the 1970 thrower Bob Benedict, hurd ler Don McKone, sprinter Craig Swenson and distance runner John Shively. The lat ter ranks third in the country pledge class that remained with us for the entire pledge with 35 Williams Dr. for freshmen in the 3-milo run. Jim Malone and Jim Dever represent us out on the tennis courts. Lastly, our spring I.M. pro gram has begun and is de signed to bring us 3 more championships and the AllYear Trophy. Both the volley ball and Softball teams are the defending champs and our m RANKS SWELL and 2 tennis players associated track team, which finished third last year, seems to be much stronger this year. -•vlr . term have been admitted into Fijiland. Those who did not make their grades first term all qualified after second term. The freshmen are: William Benz, Adrian, Mich.; Attila Daray, Benedictine, Ohio; James Dever, Valleystream, N. Y.; Jim Dicker, Scarsdale, N.Y.; Joseph Dudek, Raverma, Ohio; Max Farbman, Scars- dale, N.Y.; Christopher Ban ners, Springtown, Pa.; Victor Harding, Milwaukee, Wis.; Rick Johnston, Palatine, 111.; Ross Long, Worthington, Ohio; . ' • . . Junior Bailey Howell pitching a 14-8 victory over the Phi Delts. Graduate News W. H. Fraser ('48), who was "E" his senior year, was hon ored for his activities as Man ager of Marketing Planning, Sales Planning and Promotion in the 1966 "Dr. William E. Upjohn Awards " for the Up- john Co. The cash awards and 3 year veteran Tom Carnes — team's leading scorer. the bronze plaques are given annually to employees for spe cial accomplishment. Don McKone, Jackson, Mich.; Jim Malone, New Canaan, Conn.; Kim Mills, Marion, Ohio; Rich Patten, Columbus, Ohio; John Shively, Dayton, Ohio; Brad Somerville, Hillsdale, N.J.; Keith Stone, Jack son, Mich.; Craig Swenson, Worthington, Ohio; Marc Tay lor, Dayton, Ohio; Bart Troyer, Jackson, Mich.; Bill Watkins, Washington, N.J.; and John Williams, Pittsburgh, Pa. \r\nTHETA DEUTERON STAR JUNE, 1967 Dear Brother FIJI, The time of year has again rolled around when we must begin thinking about rush. This year with the graduation of so many outstanding men in the senior class our job is going to be a difficult one. As in the past we will have strong competition from the SAE's, Belts, Phi Belts, and Psi Phi's and we are going to need your support. If you know any boy in your area who will be attending Ohio Wesleyan in the fall and who in your opinion is Phi Gam material please fill out the form in this STAR and mail it to: Remember rush is the life blood of the fraternity! ART GIBBONS '69 73 E. Bixon Ave. Bayton, Ohio 45419 PERGE! THETA DEUTERON CHAPTER OF PHI OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY RUSHEE RECOMMENDATION BLANK Rushee's Name Rushee's Address High School Attended Grade Point Average or Class Rank Honors or Offices Held Ability in Athletics, Music, Art, etc. Is he inclined toward any fraternity? If so, why? Personal Comments Recommended by Your Address Your cooperation in filling out this blank is appreciated. GAMMA DELTA