5/£1 Vol. CXII No. IV Phi Gamma Delta, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana May 19. 1967 Olson Dinner Highlights Alumni Day and then became a professor, and later assistant chancellor at Syracuse University, leaving in 1964 to take over at Oklahoma City . He has also served as delegate to the Methodist World Conferen ce four times and has also written on e book and con tributed to two others. "The active brothers feel very honored that Brother Olson has been chosen to speak, and that is why we have organized this dinner," commented Dick Marvin, graduate relations chairman, "but we will need graduate support to make it a success. I hope all our graduate brothers will plan to be here May 27." A banquet in honor of baccalaureate speaker John F. Olson will highlight Alumni Day, to be held this year on Saturday, May 27. The dinner will be held at the Countryside Inn, after a reception for all the graduate brothers at the new house. Alumni Day is held by the University every year on the Saturday before commencement, and this year there is a full schedule of activities during the day. At 4 p.m., our activities will begin with a reception for all our returning alumni in the new house, giving many a chance to see the house for the first time . At about 5:30 p.m., we will adjourn to the Inn for the banquet. Lambda indeed feels very honored to have one of its graduate brothers chosen to be baccalaureate speaker. Olson, a member of the class of 1941, is now President of Oklahoma City University. After graduating from DePauw, Dr. Olson obtained his doctorate from Boston University in 1944, Treasurers Follow Diverse Careers John Olson Col. McKee Retires As Faculty Advisor Lt. Col. Knox B. McKee served as our faculty adviser for the past two years. Although he is not a Fiji, his devotion to Lambda's well-being and advancement would place him in the ranks of any loyal m ember of Fijiland. Many thought that since Col. McKee had not b een an actual member of the frat ernity he would be handicapped in his advisory position . This was not the case. On the contrary, he easily brushed aside this isolation and quickly b ecame an additive force in forming the guidelines for our chapter's progn:ss. Col. McKee used pressure when pressure was needed . His efforts were visually expressed in many practical improvements to our physical plant. More importantly, his efforts were reflected in the officers' attitude toward the problems that needed solving. We at Lambda are privileged to have known the counsel of Col. McKee. We b est expressed our thanks in the presentation of a plaque comm emorating him for "outstanding service and devotion to Lambda of Phi Gamma Delta." Although the past treasurers all worked with money, they have followed the Fiji tradition by becoming quite diversified in their occupations. 1916 graduate Bob Coleman has retired after serving as Director of Broadcasting at Michigan State University. However, he has branched out as Executive Secretary of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. John Olson, class of '41, is now President of Oklahoma City University. He is the author of "Our Religious Heritage." This spring he will be the baccalaureate speaker here at DePauw. J . Stanford Smith, Phi Garn Treasurer in 1936, is now Vice President of General Electric Co. Uncle Sam has called two Fiji's to the U.S. Navy Supply Corps in Athens, duty. Tom Boswell, a '66 grad, is in Georgia until June of this year. Dave (Continued on Page 2) \r\nTHE TIGER FIJI PAGE TWO David Jensen Elected Student Body President - PAST TREASURERS Dirks, Treasurer in 1963, is stationed in Denver, Colorado in the Air Force Accounting and Finance Center there. Four of our past Fiji treasurers still have the education "bug." Dick Weigel, Treasurer in 1958-59, is now the Acting Director of the Oregon State University Counseling Center. 1932 Grad Rupert K i 1 g o re directs and teaches art at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. Another Fiji turned professor is George Haimbaugh, Jr. He teaches law at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Money seems to have appealed to five Lambda Fiji's. John W. Hatcher, '6 1, is an accounting professor ~t Purdue, and he also is a CPA there in Lafayette, Indiana. Richard McGinnis, 1922 treasurer, is a retired banker and lawyer in Indianapolis, Indiana. 1930 grad "A-Ball" Johnston (Archibald for short) is now handling money as the Internal Auditor of Scully-Jones Co. in Chicago. Richard Jones is an Independent Insurance agent for the Mattoon, Illinois area. He was Treasurer in 1939 here at Lambda Chapter. Thomas Paxton, class of 1943, remains in control of the purse strings as Secretary-Treasurer and salesman for Payton's, Inc. Management appeals to three of our past treasurers. Dr. Paul "Pablo" Julien, class of '51, is manager of Advance Technology and Testing at Jim Walter Research Corporation in St. Petersburg, Florida. David Thor, the 1955 Treasurer at Lambda is now Market Research Manager of the Container Corporation of America. Joe ~opta has control of his own service station in Vincennes Indiana. Wilbur Clippinge;i s an - attorney for Shrode and Clippinger in Evansville, Indiana . Gordon Chanstain, class of '59, is now an Episcopal Priest at St. Andrew's Church here in Greencastle. I guess none of the Methodist background rubbed off! Newspape,r publisher Claude Ogle heads up, the Times-News Printing Co. , Inc. in Hendersonville, North Carolina. GRAD RELATIONS Of the seven hundred graduate questionnaires sent out in January, two hundred have been returned. We would like to increase this 29 % return to 100 % . Please fill out your selfmailing questionnaire and send it to Lambda. This information will be used for future Tiger Fiji features and for more accurate files. May 19, 1967 Lambda Fiji Dave Jensen has been elected student body president for the 1967-68 school year. Dave won the highest student government position in a closely contested race during the wee k of March 18. At the present time, Dave is a junior and a history major. In addition to winning the student body presidency, Dave has also been tapped as a member of Gold~ and was awarded the Wo~rial Award as DePauw's most outstanding junior. Dave_ is als.o a memher_of Ehl _Eta Sigma, a Rector scholar, and vice president of student court. Within Lambda" chapt~r Dave has been president of his pledge class and corresponding secretary of the house. AS I SEE Dear Brothers, During the last month, a new addition has been made to our new house library. A new trophy case, donated by Robert Gibson, class of '42, has been completed and is now being filled with the various trophies that the house now holds. The case has plenty of room, so we hope to add more trophies in the near future, including the IM trophy. This support is typical of the response ~e ~e~e1ve :from our graduateS. Several mdividuals have asked recently on the procedure for giving to Lambda through DePauw's Design for a Decade. On the pledge card, under item 3, just state that you wish your donation to go to _the Phi Gamrr_ia Delta ~und. In this way, you will be helpmg both DePauw and Lambda. The year is rapidly drawing to a close. On May 6, Fiji Isle was held. Unfortunately, Greencastle had one of its spring monsoons, but everyone had a very good time. As we now prepare for finals, we are looking forward to Alumni Day May 27, and our dinner for John Olson. We surely hope to see you there. Fraternally, Charles Jenkins President F erge! Phi Ga,m Strong In Spring Sports Coming from indoors to the cinders, the Fiji's are still holding down important positions on the track team. Steve Norris, the best trackster at DePauw for several years, will clo·s e out his varsity career as a middle distance and relay runner. We have a fitting replacement for him in the form of Dan Spear. Dan is only a sophomore, yet threatens to follow right in Steve's footsteps. Doug Smith is still the team's best pole-vaulter as a junior. Our freshmen look very promising, with Scott Norris in the sprints, Bob Kleinops throwing the shot, and Dave Norris who has thrown the discus 155' in practice. In tennis we are represented by Jim Dietz, from Lacrosse, Wisconsin. He has been practicing hard, and looks like he will help the Tigers. We are especially proud of our baseball players. The leading hitter on the freshman team last year, Barry Krause, is starting at 3rd base . He is playing errorless ball, and hit well for extra bases, including a home run. Playing 1st base, and right field is Don Lovelace. To no one's surprise, Don leads the team in hitting with a .348 batting average, which gives him a shot at the league batting title. On (Continued on Page 4) \r\nTHE TIGER FIJi May 19. 1967 en as on e of the candidates for the seven DePauw alu mni director's positions available for 1967-68. '56 Robert E. Grimes is now a system analyst with Citizens Gas and Coke Utility and he and his wife are living in Indianapolis. '63 Lawrence Ratcliffe is working for the Grief Bros. Cooperage Corp. as assistant to the director of lahnr .-n lations. ,- ·· A REMINDER TO ALL ALUMNI '96 Rev. Lester Clarence Poor, age 94, a retired Methodist minister, died in January, 1967. He served churches in Oregon from 1907 until his retirement in 1938. '1 9 Contributions to Lambda can be made through.... the offices of DePauw •,.; under the Ford Foundation's "Design for the Decade" program. These donations can be sent to the University with the specification that they are to be used by Phi Gamma Delta. Such a donation remains tax deductable and still applies to the University's part of the Ford Foundation Fund. PAGE THREE Intramural Lead Taken by Fiiis Fijis have finally taken over the top position in intramurals due to excellent performances in volleyball, badminton and softball. Lead by coach Steve Norris, the volleyball team gained first place league honors ·by winning every match and losing only one game during the season. However, Fiji was defeated in the semi-finals but still managed a third place finish which clinched the overall IM lead for the first time. In badminton, Phi Garn was the runaway winner, with Greg Keller, Dan Swift, and Mike Hickman taking the three singles titles. The team of Hickman and Mike Dixson took second place in the doubles competition. Fiji's softball team has already clinched a first place tie in their league as well as a playoff berth, having lost only one game. The team has been led by the hitting of freshman Larry Downs as well as the outstanding play of Mike Hickman and Craig Johnson and the pitching of Mike Dixson. Lois S t u c k y Brinkley has been named as one of the two new Archon councilors. He has attended 14 Ekklesiai since his first in 1916 and has served on several Ekklesiai committees as well as several per manent committees. '29 Bernard Kilgore is continuing as a member of the board of trustees of Phi Gamma Delta. He is also chairman of the board of Dow Jones' & Co. '30 William G. Jones has been chosen as an area Chairman for DePauw's Design for a Decade program. In addition, Brothers Robert W. Fribley ('35), Charles M. Beardsley ('42) Richard H . Crowder ('31), and James li' Thornburg ('33) have also been Sf>lected as area chairmen. '36 J . Stanford Smith has been named vice president and general manager of the Information Systems division of General ElectricCo., which develops, manufactures, and markets GE's computers and information-handling systems. Prior to assuming his new position, he was GE's vice president for marketing and public relations. '41 Albert C. Rosencranz has been chos- Fiji hurler Mike Dixson bears down to pitch Phi Garn into the softball finals. \r\n:PAGE FOUR THE TIGER FIJI Humorous Incidents Recalled On Graduate Questionnaires May 19. 1967 TIGER FIJI Editors ___ Dick Marvin, Bruce Menk Contributors ________ Chuck Jenkins, Doug Mitchell, Dan Winters, Bill Scaife Photographer ________ Doug Mitchell Published four times yearly by Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at DePauw University for its Graduate Members and Friends. Please send suggestions, news, or change of address to: Tiger Fiji Editor; Phi Gamma D elta; Greencastle, Indiana 46135. The information blanks sent out balloons. In the chaos that followed, during January have harvested not shoes flew and fellows screamed from only much factual information, but fear that the "skull" was about to also many brothers have related very get them. The classes of the early 1960's rehumorous incidents from their college days. We thought that you might turned a wealth of stories. Richard Weigel says he was duped (along with be inter1?sted in a few of them. Bob Sielken ('66) recalls Jim Gould others) into going down to the Putand Carol Farmer walking out of the nam County Jail to bail out Don "Castle" at about 10:45 p.m. and pass- Goodwillie - while all the time Don ing Dean Wright in the foyer. Dean was in the kitchen. Also, Bill MorriWright recovered from shock enough son relates when,.some. of. the brothers -SPRING SPORTS to ask who it was, and received the released pigeons in the dining room the freshman level, we have Mike reply from one of the brothers "Would during date night or when they blew Scalzo as the starting center fielder, - UP a weather bal~---Hl -he liv·i·n you believe his mother?" Pat Grady as-a --pitcher, second- base-From the class of 1935, Bill Brittain room, completely filling the room. man Tom Bowman, and a surprise at Another favorite joke was letting a relates a dorm prank on J. Stanford 3rd base, Steve Pop~. Steve leads Smith, who ran screaming, according pig loose in the.Theta "parlor, which the team in fielding, and carries a to Brother Brittain, all the way from caused quite a mess, both on the rugs .428 B.A. the Phi Garn dorm to the Theta house and Mrs. Perkin's disposition. "Hell Week" also provided many in his pajamas when he thought a and were guided by the confident memories for the graduates. In 1933 rope in his bed was a snake. direc,t ions of "Limey" Limestall, whose The dorms have always been a pop- Bill Coffin was given five minutes to father was a railroad man, so he knew ular place for jokes. Tom Burgum write his own epitaphs. His follows: the roadbed. Needless to say, they "Here lies Will, they called him ('64) remembers when he and Denny went the wrong way. Marek as pledges captured pidgeons "Legs", God gave him stilts instead With Fiji Isle just concluded here ,i n East Colle.g e and at midnight re- of pegs. One day a hound mistook leased them in the dorm where some him for a tree, and poor Will died of at the house, one of the pranks wa's sophomores and seniors were sleeping. water on the knee." Brother Coffin applicable. In 1955, the resourceful He doesn't tell what happened after recalls this won the prize - 10 swats. decorations committee found a new In 1926, , the freshmen had another plant for use at Fiji Isle - poison that. job for "Hell Week." At midnight, iVY. Bob Koss ('38) tells about the time Many could not choose one incident. he and a few others haunted the dorm. they were sent out in the country to The local movie had a spook show photograph certain parts of a cow. Bob Wells ('66) said in answer to the question if he remembered any humstarting at 1 a.m. on Saturday morn- While they were finding a model, a ing. After the show, the management harrassed lady called the police and orous episodes replied, "That's like gave each person a balloon that had a several of their number were guests asking Webster's Dictionary how many words it can spell." But perhaps many skull painted on it in luminous paint. of Putnam County in the jail. Ralph Riecker ('54) relates an inci- of us will be like Dick Kranstover After dipping their hand in the Coke ('46), and remember our grades as cooler, they went up to the dorm and dent that happened on a pledge class rubbed their cold hands upon the hike on some railroad tracks. They the most humorous incidents in our "sleeping beauties" and __released the were trying__Jo _return to_ Greencastle,-CO.llege days Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Chapter Mailing Service 1757 N Street N.W. Washington. D.C. 20036 THIRD CLASS Return Requested