the Gamma Tauk GAMMA TAU CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA SPRING 1977 GRADUATE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY This year on May 20, as you should already know, Gamma Tau Is sponsoring a graduate cookout In preparation for our traditional Island Party which follows the next day. The plans are to have a big barbeque with plenty of refreshments starting at six o'clock. Then, around nine a band will begin to liven up BARBEQUE the evening. Being somewhat disappointed with the graduate participa tion In the past, the chapter hopes that this special barbeque will get the graduates more Interested In attending our social functions such as Island Party, Pig Dinner or just plain or dinary band parties. We like to think that Phi Gamma Delta Is not just centered around present chapter activity. We feel that graduate Involvement Is Instrumental to this organization's exIstance. For this reason we have always kept our social func tions wide open for graduate Involvement and suggestion,and this spring Is no exception.Once again we strongly urge you to make plans to attend the festivities of this year's, the biggest and best yet. Island Party! NEW CABINET winter 1977 brought us another election of officers, who were Installed February 23. Bill Hogan Is our new president, replacing recently graduated Jeff Korth. Other new officers are Jule Kelley(T reasurer), Aaron RIckles(Recording Secretary), Charles Smith (Corresponding Secretary), and J. Frank McEachron (historian). We at Gamma Tau feel that these men are most qualified to lead us to greater accomplishments. In view of our recent success In winning the Cheney Cup and IFC trophy as best fraternity on campus. President Hogan hopes to emphasize horizontal expansion rather than vertical Improvement, because "there are not very many more awards to win." The cabinet plans to Improve the committee structure, and to turn our attention Inwards towards activities like rush and athletics. They plan to start new traditions (as well as revitalize old ones) Including IP barbeques and a photo bulletin board, and with continuation J of the excellent cooperation received so far from the house corporation they Gamma Tau's new cabinet. Pictured here from left to right, Charles Smith, JuleKelley, Bill Hogan, Jim McEachron, and hope to continue our house Improvement program. Aaron Pickles. \r\nGAMMA TAUK SPRING 1977 A message from the President 1^- We had afine year atGeorgiaTech.Lastsummer we brought the Cheney Cup to Atlanta from the 128th Ekklesia. In addition we have won the IFC trophy for the best fraternity on campus for three years in a row, as well as the scholarship trophy for the best scholastic average on the Tech campus. We are however, not without some problems. Last fall, after two weeks of Rush, we found ourselves with a good, strong nucleus for a pledge class. Unfortunately It was only a nucleus. We initiated only eleven new members this year. As a result, Rush is of high importance now, and will be our main concern when we come back to school in September. To help lighten the financial burden of Rush on the Brothers and to help graduate relations in the Atlanta area, we are opening our Island Party to all graduates. On Friday night. May 20there will be a family barbeque and all money from that will be used to help Fiji Rush next fall. In addition to Rush, we are also redirecting our energy in other ways. I would like to see less emphasis on the winning of trophies and have a "looking inward" attitude among the brothers. I believe that if we strengthen ourselves from the in side, for example committee structure and chapter tone, we will have a better chapter and the awards, both locally and nationally, will come naturally. I am optimistic about the coming year. We are a strong chapter and I am sure that we can overcome any problems that ISLAND PARTY may arise. William R. Hogan President, Gamma Tau Tradition and Spring bring back that great Fiji Festive spirit, and this year s Island Party promises to be one of the best.On May 20& 21,841 Fowler St. will turn into a tropical island on the Tech campus. the Gamma Tauk Brothers and pledges alike have been working hard since the first week of the quarter preparing for the event Even a few SPRING 1977 HOWARD LIVERANCE EDITOR hearty grads have stopped by to lend a hand occasionally. Dudley Williamson was especially helpful in aquiring a truck from Six Flags to get bamboo and trees. The hrst item on this year's agenda was obtaining trees for the main supports of the huts. It was decided this year that the trees should be placed before the pool depth had progressed extensively. The reason for this is that last year there was some concern about the stability of trees that were set up in the pool banks at a time when the pool was already half finished. CONTRIBUTORS MIKE HASSELL BILL WELLS After the trees were placed, work began in the six main areas of concern for this year. The first concern, of course, is the pool. This task is headed by Mike Briggs and Steve Ward who have been assigned digging teams, each consisting of half of the active chapter, and each assigned to a designated half of the pool. This system adds a little competitive enjoyment to the digging and according to Island Party chairmen Joe Harrison and Bill Wells "is working quite well." \r\nGAMMA TAUK SPRING 1977 BAND HIGH RISE DANCING nw SERVIC PORCH BACK PATIO HOUSE 51S1S15151S151SIS1SB15151SIS151SIS151SIS15151S1515151515151515MSISMS1515M5M51S1S151S1SISMSM51SIS1S151S151SIS151515151SIS1S1SIS151S1SISISB151S151S151S151SI(5\ Charlie Smith is in charge of construction of the Highrise form. Deciding to no longer let the presumption of locating the again. This unique design consists of a series of huts topped band on the service porch restrict our design alternatives, he has moved the band to the far back corner of the yard on a rather simple but sturdy platform. This deck was built in pieces and erected on top of twenty-two 55 galllon chemical drums which were borrowed from Puritan. This way, the entire sur face can be dissembled and stored for use next year. With the finishing touches being added this last week before the party, the chapter anticipates a very large graduate and un dergraduate turnout. Remember, Friday night will bring the off with a twenty-five foot high-dive platform. The lower plat forms, which get most of the abuse, have been double reinforeced with bamboo and connect to the second row of huts designed by Sam Venable. This complex includes the ceremonial hut where the tribal marriage rites will be held. Also, running through this hut is a cascading waterfall system designed by Jim Bayer and his fluid flow specialists. No Island Party is complete without a bridge of some kind. This year's innovation is the product of Scott Davidson's thoughtful labors. The bridge, which spans the pool's shallow end, stretchesfrom the upper level of Sam's hut and terminates on the 'beach.' Adjacent to this is Mike Heneghan's band plat barbeque and a band party featuring Soul Invaders. Saturday is the party all day with music by Tucson and a movie that night. We are all looking forward to seeing you there! Island Party is not for college days alone. lSl5lSlSMSMSl5lSM5lSlS1S1£ilSlSlSlSlSl51SlSlSlSl&lSlSl9l5lSl5l5BU9lSlSMSMSMEMSl5lSlSlSlSlSlS\SMSlSlSlS1SlSl5l5l5lSlSlSlSlBlS1B1finfilSl5lSl5lSlSlSn^^ \r\nGAMMA TAUK SPRING 1977 Graduate Each year, Gamma Tau, as does any chapter, aquires new men and loses old ones. Often, the graduating seniors move out barely noticed by the chapter whose main concern seems to be with those men whom it doesn't even know yet. In a way, this is good, since it reflects the chapter's enthusiasm for its own continuance. However, sometimes in our 'rush' we forget to acknowledge those people who made Gamma Tau what it is today. Without them, we would not have much to show off to Freshmen when they walk through the door. The purpose of Gamma Tauk is to aquaint the graduates more closely with what's going on in the chapter as well as who's going on from the chapter. In the past year,GammaTau added thirteen names to its already impressive graduate mail ing list Steve Adams is now working for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville. Ward Hill is still attending Georgia Tech,studying for his masters in architecture. Mac King is tak ing a few graduate course and is teaching at the prison in news Milledgeville, Georgia. Jim Quina is working for an engineer ing firm in Atlanta. Tommy Rainey has a job with Puritan Chemical in Atlanta and plans to attend graduate school at Stanford in the fall. Tom Rasmussen married Lisa Gillespie and moved to Flint, Michigan where he works for Dow Corning. Jim Winters is attending AirForce flight training school inTexas. Sid Burns now works for Southern Company Services in Dothan doing technical utility work. Joe Anderson has a job with Southern Athletic Company in Knoxville. Jim Giuliani works in Charlottesville, Virginia for General Electric and is now engaged to Patty Reich. Mark and Ann Henley live in Decatur and visit us often — Mark works for the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta. Jeff Korth married Liz Piskorowski in March and now works for Proctor and Gamble in Cincinatti. John Bosky is in Brunswick, Georgia working for Hercules. Anyone wishing to get in touch with these fortunate young men can obtain mailing addresses by writing or calling the house. Mooeeeooeeeeoeeeooeeeeeoeoeeeeoeeoooeeoeec The Gamma Tauk is published three times a year hy the Gamma Tau Chapter ofPhi Gamma Delta for the alumni,parents and friends of the chapter. The goals of the Gamma Tauk are to promote graduate attendance at reunions. Homecoming,and Pig Dinner and to keep graduates in formed of each other and chapter activities. Also,it is hoped a greater closeness will develop between graduate and active members. The Gamma Tauk and all other graduate activities and mailings are financed solely by voluntary graduate dues. All inquiries, dues and address changes should be sent to: Phi Gamma Delta 841 Fowler St. N.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30313 Phi Gamma Delta 841 Fowler St. Atlanta, Georgia 30313 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1226 Atlanta, Ga.