THE WIJI FIJI NEWS OF ALPHA Vol. 44' No. 1 WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA Pig Dinner Chapter House To Get Repairs Ceiebrof'ed Th is Summer Annual Norris The next annual Norris Pig Din ner, for tlie Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta will be held on Sep tember 16, 1967 in the George Wash ington Hotel in Washington, Penn sylvania- Last year's dinner was also Work on Washington & Jeffer son's new 3 million dollar Commons- Residential Center is progressing about one and one-half months ahead of schedule according to Alumni Graduate Brother Richard Perrault ('56), assistant director of develop held in the hotel with Graduate Brother William Zerman of the na ment at W & J. tional headquarters as the gest speak er. Dr. Zerman spoke to tlie brother hood for approximately an hour and commented enthusiastically on the many alumni present. Graduate The two-story Commons Center is expected to open in January of 1968. Ten of the 11 fraternities on campus Brothers Alex Reed and U. Grant The fraternity housing units for those ten fraternities eating at the Com mons are scheduled to be ready for occupancy in September of 1968The Alpha Fijis will continue to occupy their present house that was will take all their meals in their own private dinning rooms at the Center. "Bunny" Miller of the class of '07 also highlighted the event, with short speeches concerning brotherhood and unity. The evening drew to a success ful conclusion when Graduate Broth er Miller, the oldest alumnus present, kissed the pig's nose, while newly initiated Warren Shakesjreare, the youngest of the initees, kissed the pig's posterior. Those initiated were William Hemphill of Apollo, Pennsyh ania; J. Thomas Lane of Charleston, West Virginia; Richard Kauffman of Roanoke, Virginia; Grant Hopkins of Memphis, Tennesse; David Faxon of Riverside, New Jersey; Richard Maney of Rumson, New .Jersey; Lloyd Fitzsimmons of Bogota, New Jersey, Curt Ellen berg and Paul Bechtold, both of Lancaster, Pennsyl vania; Ted Birkenhauer of Bel Air, Maryland; Mike Brillhart of York, Pennsylvania, Mike Aspinwall of Manhasset, New York; and last but not least Warren Shakespeare of Cin cinnati, Ohio- The undergraduate chapter would like to take this opportunity to cor dially invite all alumni to attend the fall pig dinner so that it can be as big a success as the ones in previous Jack W. Slabe 12 Alpha Seniors To Be Graduated Brother Jack W. Slabe, an economics major, was named Most Outstanding Senior of Alpha at the annual Founders Day Dinner in Pitts burgh on April 21. This will place him in national competition for the Wilkenson Cup award for outstand ing senior of Phi Gamma Delta. Jack, built in 1950 and not move into the Residential Center. The house will also maintain its kitchen and cook. However, the Chapter house will undergo minor repairs this summer reported Brother William M. Hemphill, chapter president- The House Corporation will finance the water proofing of the stone slabs of the porch over the kitchen and new bed who maintains a 2.5 scholastic aver matresses for the house's 24 beds. age (out of 3.00), has been on the Dean's List for 6 semesters. Next The Alpha Alumni Association will purchase a new refrigerator for the year he plans to do graduate work in kitchen. business administration at Harvard University. A member of the Associa tion of the United States Army (AUSA), Jack serves as the opera The Commons Building will pro vide seating accommodations for the entire student body. The first floor will contain the fraternity dinning tions officer on the Battalion Staff of rooms and the second floor will have W & J's Reserve Officer TrainingCorps- He is president of the econo mics honorary and vice-president of the Pre-Law Society. Jack acted as vice-president and treasurer of the house during his junior year. He has also represented the house in Student Go\ernment. He has worked on the (Cont'mued, Col. 2, Page 3) the main dinning room seating 450. In addition there will be a student lounge and a President's lounge and dinning room- A laundromat with coin operated washers and dryers will also be provided in the building. The College will finance a portion of the houses, while fraternity pays the rest. \r\nWiji Fiji 2 Chapter Achieves All-Men's Average Alpha's academic standing in the past semester was a significant im provement as the Chapter pulled above all-men's with a 1:648 grade average. Out of 11 fraternities and the independents, the Chapter stood in sixth place, differing only a hund redth of a point from fourth & fifth places- Jeff-Duo Party Held On February 25, 1967, the Alpha chapter of Phi Gamma Delta and the Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Psi cele brated the famous Jeff-Duo- A party was held in the Phi Psi house. Again the traditional rivalry between the Phi Psis and Fijis was put aside and the friendship which extends between us was brought to the forefront. This was the first Jeff-Duo since 1965. Contributing to this high standing were such excellent averages as; Dick Kauffman 2.9, Richard Hopkins 2.6, Steve Walker 2-6, Grant Hopkins 2.4, Mike Brillhart 2.4, and Jack Sla- be 2.4. This semester's pledge class should boost the grades even higher U. Grant Miller Perrault Retires As Legionaire Dick Perrault has been the purple legionaire for the Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta for a number of as most are well above all men's aver years. During this time he has proved age with Ken Steinweg and Bud Lindquist presently on Dean's List. to be a loyal Fiji and an invaluable Alumni Report ALPHA CHAPTER Graduate Brother Robert W.Dun- counselor to the undergraduates. However, due to a recent position which graduate brother Perrault ac cepted on the college administration lap ('03) is a retired medical misson- Box 253 ary and now resides at 125 Market he feels, that he will be unable to re WASHINGTON, PA. tain his position as purple legionaire St", Amsterdam, N.Y. Graduate Brother THE WIJI FIJI John C. Abrams ('16) has been an oil and gas mining consultant in California Published by the Alumni Relations and Publications Committee of Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. for the past 45 years. He married in 1920 and has three children. Brother Abrams has also been president of the Phi Delta Graduate Chapter in Los Angeles and president of the W & J Alumni Association of Southern California. Graduate Brother Marry B. Mc Dowell, Jr. ('16) is serving as pres ident and director of the McDowell National Bank and also as director for the Chamber of Commerce and United Fund of Shenango Valley. He may be reached at 1355 Yahres Road, Sharon, Pa. 16146- Graduate Brother Clj^de Chalfant ('28) owns a law firm in Steubenville, O. He is also active as a vicepresident and director of the Steubenville Building and Loan Association Co. and a director of the First Na tional Bank and Trust Co. in Steubenville. Graduate Brother Laird O. Miller ('37) is now a minister at the Noro- ton Presbyterian Church in Darien, Conn. He has about 1,000 pupils under his supervision in the Chris tian education program at his church. He has participated in many civic activities such as the Family Counsel ing Service, Interfaith Human Rights Council, and the Mental Health As sociation- Graduate Brother Thomas L. any longer. Replacing graduate brother Per rault as purple legionaire is graduate brother Robert Shoop a graduate of W & J and a loyal fiji. Brother Shupe attended W & J and then went on to Poque ('37) is an accounting execu tive for Hayden Store Inc. He is also a member of Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternity) and the Cincinnati Bar graduate from the University of Pitts burgh Law School. He now resides in Pittsburgh with his wife and son. Association. He is married and has We would like to wish brother Perrault the best of luck in his new three daughters. Brother Poque ex tends an open invitation to his home at Virginia Beach, Va- His mailing address is 3268 Hardisty Ave., Cin job and thank him from the bottom of our hearts for his dilegent labors here at Alpha. cinnati, O. 45208. Graduate Brother Steven R. De- Francesco ('54) a guidance counse lor, reports he and his wife just had their fourth daughter. His home is at 4025 Telhurst Rd., Cleveland, O. 44121. Graduate Brother Rawlin A- Fair- baugh ('54) is married and has three boys and two girls. He is manager of branch operations of Pitney-Bowes tv 'mm Inc. His address is 40 Spindrift Lane, Milford, Conn. Graduate Brother John N. Mc- Elravey ('54) was recently emploved as an architectural representative for the Armstrong Cork Corp. He resides at 414 Lenox Drive, Ballwin, Mo. 63011. Graduate Brother Andrew N. Far ley ('56), chairman of the Board of (Continued, Col. 3, Page 4) Richard Perrault \r\nWiji Fiji 3 1967 -68 Cabinet At a meeting on March 13, 1967, Alpha of Phi Gamma Delta elected officers for the year 1967-68. Elected to office were: William M. Hemphill, ('68); Curt P. Ellenberg ('68); Robert B- 111 ('68); Wifliam L. Gaunt ('68); Lloyd G. Fitzsimmons ('69); and John D. MacMillan ('68). Alpha's new president is William M. Hemphill, frim Apollo, Pa. Bill is biology major. At W & J, he has been a member of the Rifle Team, the Bus kin Club, the red and blacky and a photographer for the Pandora. Curt P. Ellenberg replaces S- Curtiss Roach as Vice-President, Trea surer. Curt is from Lancaster, Pa., and is an economics major. Curt's activities include football, track, the Letterman's Club, and the Pre-Legal SocietyRecording Secretary Robert B. Ill, from Short Hills, N. J. Rob is an economics major, and his activities at Jay include wrestling, the Pre- Legal Society, the Buskin Club, and president of Alpha Psi Omega. The new corresponding secretary is William L. Gaunt. Bill is a psj'chology major from Haverford, Pa. Bill's activities are the Psychology Club, the College Choir, and the PreLegal Society. Alpha's historian is Lloyd G. Fitz simmons. Fitz hails from Bogota, N. J-, and is an economics major. He is a member of the Pre-Legal Society. Completing the cabinet as steward is John MacMillian from Pittsford, N- Y.; also a psychology major. His activities include the Buskin (jlub, the Faculty Play, the W. & .J. Literary Journal. GraduaMng Fiji's President's Message staffs of the College yearbook and pape. Brother Clifford C. Evans is a biology major and is one of three active brothers who plan to enter the University of Pittsburgh Dental School next fall. As immediate past president of the house. Cliff is the personnel officer of the ROTC Bat talion Staff. He is also in the biologw honorary as its secretary and in the german honorary- Cliff was a proctor in one of the freshmen dormitories and was on the College Choir for three years. He was also a Kappa Scholar his freshman year. Brother Larry W. Fifer, a Spanish major, is undecided about what he will do next fall. Larry is vice-president of the Spanish honor ary and was a member of the PreMedical Society. He has been social chairman of the house and vice-pre sident of his sophomore class. Larry was on the Dean's List for two semesters. Brother David P. Griffith, a biology major, plans to study at the University of Pittsburgh Dental School next year- Dave has been active in the College Choir, Pre-Medical Society, and tennis. Also a biology major. Broth Clifford C. Evans One of the problems that every chapter has to face each year is the question of campus standing. Now that the 1966-1967 academic year is with us, it is time to consider the continuing task of exercising an effective working relationship with the College faculty and Administra tion. We have found that the place to er Richard W. Hopkins expects to begin dental studies at Pitt next year. begin is within the Chapter itself. One of the best methods for insuring Rich is a member of the Pre-Medical success in this area is to create an Society, the biology, and German efficient set of standing committees. This leads to a well-organized, smooth-running fraternity. With the Chapter house now working efficiently, attention may now be turned to the College- It has been proved effective that formal dinners honoraries. Brother S. Curtiss Roach plans to enter the army next fall as a second lieutenant in artillary. Curtiss, an English-economics major, is the immediate past vice-president and treasurer of the house. He is an actingcompany commander for the W & J ROTC. He is president of the Buskin Club, the College dramatics group and the dramatics honorary- During with faculty guests is an excellent way to improve faculty-relationships. Another, less formal manner in which to entertain would be the Faculty- his junior year, Curtis was the editor of the College year book. He has been on the journalism honorary and has Administration Tea which has become served on the staff of the college Unfortunately, however, the task is much greater and goes much newspaper. a tradition at Alpha Chapter each year. Brother David L. Ream, an further than teas and dinners. We economics major, plans to study master business administration at Pitt next fall. Dave was house steward feel that it is up to each brother to sell himself to the Deans and profes sors as they will see him as a repre this past year and is a member of the sentative of PHI GAMMA DELTA. economics honorary. He earned a var Fraternally yours. sity letter in westling his freshman and sophomore years. He is also a Cliford C. Evans member of the Lettermen's Club. • v.. (Co7Uinned, Col. 2, Page 4) (President) Perge! \r\n12 Freshmen Seniors (Confinued) Alumni (Continued) Pledge Phi Gam Active Brother David T. Sargent will start infantry training school at Governors of Alpha Chapter's Alumni Association, was nominated as a fi Fort Benning, Georgia next fall as a nalist in the White House FellowsHe is a member of the American Bar Rush week proved very success ful for the Fiji's as they accepted the largest pledge class on campus, twelve to be exact. Most of the new pledges were very active in high school, participating in a variety of activities. Bud Lindquist was a graduate of Jamestown High School, in James town, New York. Bud was an active member of Student Council, a mem ber of the dramatics honorary and president of the band during his sen ior year. Geoff Davis was graduated from New Hampton School in New Hamp shire where he was a m.ember of the ski team and editor of the school paper- second lieutenant in the army- Sarge has won four varsity letters playing baseball and was captain of the team for the past two seasons. He was chosen as Most Valuable Player dur ing his junior year. He was immedi ate past corresponding secretary of the house and also was house man ager. He has been a member of the Buskin Club and acted as business manager for the college literary jour nal. David, an English major, plans to enter the resort business in Maine after he completes his military ser vice. Brother Charles R. Stauffer is a political science major plan ning to enter the University of Den ver Law School next fall. Chuck has Keck Jackson attended Perkiomen School where he was a member of the varsity club and an active participant in wrestling and soccer. Keck also participated in dramatics and was secretary of his Sophomore class. won four varsity football letters as defensive end and two varsity base ball letters as first basemen. A mem ber of the AUSA, he is a company commander for the W & J ROTCChuck is also a member of the Pre- Andy Packard attended Avon- Association, Society for International Development, and secretary on the Board of Governors of the University of Pittsburgh Law Anumni Associa tion. He has written "A Layman's Viewpoint: Crisis in the Church" which appeared in W & J's Topic 10 in 1965. He may be reached at B-9, 4403 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213. Graduate Brother James Sharer Bentley ('60) spent a year in Viet nam and then was transferred to San Francisco from where he hopes to go to Cario, Egypt to work at the Amer ican Naval Attache Office. Graduate Brother Adolph Falso ('65) reports he is manager for Thor Metal Products Co., Inc. and is also a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He resides at 12 Candy Lane, Manlius, N.Y. 13104 Legal Society and the Lettermen's worth High School in Pittsburgh. Andy was quite the athelete in high school lettering in football, basketball and baseball, while also finding time Club. Brother Timothy W. Thomp son, an economics major expects to enter the artillery branch of the army for student congress. as a second lieutenant at Fort Sill, Okla. In W & J ROTC this year Richmond Hosley was graduated Timmy instructed the juniors who plan to attend ROTC summer camp this summer. He is president of the Pre-Legal SocietyBrother Stephen C. Walker, an economics major, plans to study at from Winchendon School where he worked on the school paper and par ticipated in La Crosse and Football. Henry French also attended Win chendon where he played football, tennis and basketball. Henry was also the editor of the school newspaper. Southern Methodist University's Law Houston Marshall was graduated from Mercersburg Academy where he worked on the yearbook and par ticipated in soccer, rugby, and skiing- School next fall. Steve is vice-presi dent of the Pre-Legal Society and secretary of the economics honorary. He has been corresponding secretary and pledge trainer for the house- He has been on the Dean's List for two Dave Gilmore was graduated from Oakwood High School. While in high school Dave was the co-editor of his school yearbook, a member of the yearbook honorary and a member of the tennis team. Dart Messick is also a graduate of Oakwood High School in Dayton Fijis in ROTC from I. fo r.: Slabe, Thomp son, Red Baron, Evans, Sargent, Roach, Stauffer. of his high school. Jack Healy, Tom Steacy & Ken Steinweg are also great assests to Alpha. Ken is a Dean's List student and Jack and Tom are very active in semesters. Brother Paul C. Yates ex pects to enter the General Seminary in New York City next year in pre paration for entrance into the Epis copal ministery. Chris was immediate past recording secretary of the house and is pledge trainer for the new pledge class. A biology major, he has extracurricular activities on campus. been a member of the dramatic hon Tom is the head of the Young Repub orary, Buskin Club, a Pre-Medical council. In his senior year Dart was licans Association and Jack is an active member in the Buskin Club at the treasurer of the Student Council the College. Society. He was also past editor of the Wiji Fiji and a member of the Young Republican Club at W- & J. Ohio. Dart was the co-editor of the yearbook and president of the youth