AUSWERED JUI- - 9 f99D FRATERNITY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA ZETAnil BBsrns Spring, 1990 Phi Gamma Delta Pursues Excellence Dear Brothers, Greetings from 155 South Leonard! As you will discover when reading this newsletter, there is a lot of activity here around the House. As you will read in the following pages, the Chapter won not only the Stocksdale Homecoming Trophy this year but also the first ever presented Ray Barr-Lowell Ditzon Memorial Trophy. You will also read about our highly successful Rush and how our men dominate William Jewell in the area of campus participation. This fall the House received a major facelift to the first floor due in large part to our House Corpora tion President A. Major Hull and our Mary McCarty Mothers' Club. Any and all support we can receive from you our Graduate Brothers as we enter a time of fund raising to continue maintaining the House will be greatly appreciated. Matt Garrison '91 Chapter President \r\nFijis Dominate Toon Town Taller" By Chris Spicer'90 some hilarious tongue-twisting alliteration. Ray Barr and Lowell Ditzon would have been especially proud to be Fijis this past January as the men Sean Evans '92, also Chap ter Treasurer, was named Best Mrs. Rice praised the Chap ter for the keeping the tradi tional Fiji Chorus Line alive all these years and declared that,"The choreography is outstanding!" This year the Fiji of Zeta Pbi roared to a 1990 Tatler Revue, Chorus Line was per formed to the Cole Porter "Toon Town Tatler." show-stopper"Anything In addition to winning the Best Skit Award, the Goes." Pbi Gams became the Gams fare well on the first organization to be presented with the new Ray Barr-Lowell Ditzon Memorial Tatler Trophy Tatler Stage but they were also leaders in the first place finish in the Not only did the Phi behind the scenes ac tivities. Tatler is, simply,run which is currently on dis by the students. Each year a student committee play in the Chapter House. Based on the theme of is formed to plan the cartoons and paired with show. This year no other the women of Zeta Tau fratemity but Phi Gamma Alpha, the skit, titled "Groovy Garbed Gang Gradually Goes Delta was represented on Gruesome" Or "Allitera tion Is Not Dead,Too Bad Scooby Is," lampooned the old Saturday morning "Scooby Doo"show. This time around, Scooby had been murdered and the gang was forced to discover his killer. Adding to the fun was a different murderer and, thus, a different ending to the skit each evening. Myron Neth '91 and Zeta Julie Englehardt, Tatler Co- this committee. Marty Teat '91 was Still Kicking After All These Years! Actor for his portrayal of Shag gy and Zeta Knstin Dormeyer was named Best Supporting Actress for her role as Daphne. Rounding out the cast were Alex Lepper '92 as Fred, Doug Sumey '92 as Prince Charming and Zetas Amy Adams and Emily McKay as Velma and Snow White, respectively. Saturday night's show's fes tivities were multiplied by Vir Skit Chairmen, should be com ginia D. Rice,former Profes mended for writing the excel sor at William Jewell, who lent script which provided presented the Best Skit Award. the overall Tatler Com mittee Chairman and Bert Stouffer '91 served as Tatler's Business Manager. Mark Daniels '90 was Co- Chairman of the Judges Com mittee and Kevin Groom '92 was the Tatler Stage Manager. \r\nPhi Gams Hold Responsibility On The Hill By Chris Spicer '90 According to the Purple Pilgrim's Twelve Pledge Promises, each probationer, and later ac tive Brother, is "To participate in worthy campus activities. This promise has been exemplified by the Chapter; Zeta Phi is expecting to take home the national Zerman Trophy for campus involvement at this summer's Ekklisia in Chicago. In short, when William Jewell College needs leaders, it turns to the men of Phi Gamma Delta. Seven campus organizations have Phi Gams as president. Take,for example. Cardinal Blazers. The Blazers work in William Jewell's Admission Of fice recruiting high school seniors to the college. This spring, all the men selected as Cardinal Blazers were Phi Gams—not another single men's organization on campus had members selected to serve in this capacity. Moore '91 is the percussionist for both the Jazz and Symphonic Bands. This year's spring play production,"Jabberwock" by James Thurber, also featured Phi Gams. The play was directed by Dick Brown '64 and the cast included Scott Anderson '91, Brother Heaton, Brother Martin, Brother McCoy and Brother Sumey, who was featured in the play's leading roll. Many other Fijis were presidents of their or ganizations. Mark Daniels '90 was president of the chemistry honorary. Brother Williams presi dent of the psychology honorary Doug Day '91 president of Campus Hosts and Randy Shepard '90 was president of Christian Student Ministries. Phi Gams also answered the call as Residence Assistants, once again the only Greek men selected to do so. Dave Everly '91, Marty Teat '91, Brother Powell, Brother Walls and Brother Williams were among Browning Hall's RA Staff. The Cardinal Blazers are: Dan Belcher '92, Sean Evans '92, Robb Heaton '92, Mike Hughes '93, Glen Martin '92, Scott McCoy '92, Greg Pearman '92, Brent Powell '92, Chris Spicer '90, Zeta Fiji Bert Stouffer '91, Doug Sumey '92 and Mark Williams '91. Brother Stouffer is currently the president of Cardinal Blazers. Interviews were recently held to select next Spring 1990Issue year's College Union Activities Council. Of the 12 selected, four were Phi Gams: Brother Heaton, Brother Pearman, Brother Sumey and Mike Walls '92. Last year's CUA Council included Brother Pearman, Myron Neth '91 and Kevin Groom '92. Fijis are also active in Fine Arts at Jewell. Editor: Staff Writers: Chris Spicer '90 Doug Bullerdick '91 Craig Woodsmall'91 The Chapter currently has four Brothers, Brother Mike Walls'92 Belcher, Brother Evans, Brother Neth and Brad Sweet '90, in the Concert Choir. Brother Sweet is president of the Concert Choir. Andrew Myron Neth '91 Marty Teat '91 Geln Martin '92 \r\nPhi Gam Involvement Makes For Successful Homecoming By Doug Bullerdick '91 And Craig Woodsmall'91 Once again, the Zeta Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta showed campus involvement and spirit by participating in Berets and camouflage House involvement in the Stocksdale Competition was pants served as uniforms and led by Homecoming Chairman "Lawnmaster" Robb Heaton Kevin Groom '92. '92 served as a very funny This year we were paired with the women of Alpha band director. For the second year in a row,the Stocksdale Trophy Graduate and Undergraduate Delta Pi, led by Marisa Smith. Under the leadership of these two Chairpersons, the Fiji/ADPi team won every event, except for Campus Sing Chapters, we made Homecom in which we scored 99 out of This year campus involve ing a complete success. Five undergraduate mem bers were selected as repre sentatives of the Homecoming 100 possible points. Myron Neth '91 and Katheryn Williams had much ment and the strive for excel this year's Homecoming com petition. Through the com bined efforts of both the Committee and were the only Greek members to be chosen. The members included to do with our success in Cam pus Sing. The parade was also won by Marty Teat'91 and Mark Wil excellent"Lawn Mower" routine, which was a playful recreation of a marching band '91 and Scott McCoy '92 who organized the Homecoming All in all. Homecoming 1989 was a wonderful success. lence of both the Graduate and Undergraduate Brothers have proven that the Phi Gams are Number One on the Hill! the Fiji/ADPi team due to an liams '91 who served as or ganizers of the Stocksdale Competition, Matt Garrison has been at the Phi Gam House. in which the lawn mowers served as instruments. Parade and Sean Evans '92 who served as the Business Manager for the Homecoming Committee. Graduate Brothers Larry Jones '66, Mike Igoe '67 and Frank Hester '67 also were in volved in Homecoming as Graduate advisors to the Homecom ing Committee. The "Lawn Mower Brigade"In Action. \r\nThe Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Zeta Phi Chapter Dear Zeta Phi Brothers, I Hope your summer is going well. I know that it is still early yet but I thought it would be a good idea to let my brothers know what is going on at the house. The House Corp had a meeting on June 12 and many things were discussed and I'm pleased to say that the future for 21eta Phi is bright. The Board approved $50,000 in spending for improvements and to meet necessary financial obligations.(The IRS can be a real pain.) I was very pleased to see that Mr.Pence received the contract once again and that our projected date of completion is set for late July. That means that this year (if all goes well) the house will open on schedule without being in the middle of construction. The work being done this year is part of a multi-phase plan being prepared by the Board for revitalizing old Zeta Phi.Thissummers work will include sidewalks,steps, painting emd finish trimming to the exterior ofthe house as well as a considerable amount of work being done to the inside to bring the house up to and exceeding both Fire Code and The City of Liberty Housing standards.This is to include dry-walling and painting and insulating the areas under the roof on the third floor, major repair work to the back stairway, proper lighting of the basement stairway new keyless entry to the house and much more.Although the work being done this summer is not ofthe cosmetic nature that last years undertaking was it is considerably more than mere bandaid repair work as has been done in the past. It has been great to see the work in the garden and the general lawn work kept up so well. This says allot for the men of Zeta Phi. Keep up the good work. The members of House Corp. are also enthusiastic about what is going on at our fraternity. I think we are experiencing a great time in the life of our chapter and it is great to be a part of these changes. Every coin has two sides and now is the time to look at the other side of this coin. With all of the these changes there is a need to insure that the improvements made are not damaged so that they must be done again. In view of that the Board has established some new guidelines that will need to be adhered to. They are as follows. 1. Window air conditioners willnot be allowed. With the installation of all new windows throughout the house with screens it will not be acceptable to remove these screens and risk losing them or damaging the windows themselves. 2.Portablespaceheaters willnotbenecessaryorallowed. Ifit is to cold in any one room contact the House Corp through John Davis and the situation will be remedied immediately. 3. In rooms were work is done this summer there is to be no structuralchanges m those rooms, and any plans for room work to be done this year will need to take into consideration that with next years work it will all be changed or destroyed. 4. Cableforcable T. V. willberemovedfrom theindividualrooms.The current trend ofsplicing cable into every room is not only illegal it is unsightly and unnecessary. Cable will be left in the house for the chapters use. In our efforts to create an efficient and secure house it is illogical to have screens and windowsleft partialy open to allow for CTV. As I said earlier the future is bright. Plans include room renovations with real furniture,central air conditioning, second and third floor renovations to match the quality of the first floor and maybe some day we will even see a paved parking lot. Another change that is going to happen is the reinstating of a"House Person". This may be a man or woman,but it will be someone back at the house.In order for this to happen the need for a"House Persons Room" \r\nwill be necessary.To do this it will mean that the fu"st floor bedroom will be returned to it's previous use. By no later than second semester thatroom will need to be vacated,and if,at the return ofschool two positions open in the house, it will be necessary to make that move as soon as logically possible.I am aware ofthe inconvenience this presents and the Board was made aware ofit as well,but it was agreed upon that it would be necessary and beneficial to the overall interest of the fraternity. The time for Ekklesia is fast approaching and a past Purple Legionnaire has volunteered to attend it to represent the graduate chapter.For those of you attending I think it would be great for you to meet him while you are there. His name is Mike Fligg, and he is coming in from Georgia to attend. I hope that your summer is great and that everyone returns to Zeta Phi safely and ready to take on the challenges that await us all at WJC and our great chapter ofPhi Gamma Delta. Respectfully, Kirk A.Jones Secretary, Board of Directors Purple Legionnaire 'iv. . \r\n55 Rush 155 Gets A "Major Facelift Report By Marty Teat'91 By Myron Neth '91 Under the leadership of Rush Chairman Chris Spicer '90,Zeta Phi enjoyed another successful Rush. Of the 31 bids given,28 And Mike Walls'92 This year has seen many improvements at the Phi Gam house, not the least of which are the renovations which have been com pleted upon the house itself. These improvements have been made possible through the hard work of our Graduate Brothers in the House Corporation, our Mary new pledges were signed for a McCarty Mothers' Club and especially through the generosity of bid retention of 90%,the highest on campus for the one Graduate Brother in particular, A. Major Hull. Brother Hull was the benefactor of approximately a $31,000 con seventh consecutive year. tribution to the Phi Gams this summer. Phi Gamma Delta was the He has been unanimously voted not only the president of House only fraternity to take over Corporation but also the dubious honor of Outstanding Graduate half of the men it extended Brother. bids. This year's success can be attributed to a very aggressive Summer Rush consisting of . . Our Mary McCarty Mothers' Club played the major role in managing and actually participating in the refinishing of the chap ter house. Thanks to Mrs. Janette Bunch, who acted as the general contrac City, St. Louis and tor, and Mrs. Jan Newland, who assisted Mrs. Bunch as well as perfoiming the needed secretarial duties, the Zeta Phi Chapter was Springfield. able to refurbish the entire first floor. three Rush Parties in Kansas Over 70 rushees attended These improvements include: these productive events, BradNewland '91 was named Outstanding Rusher for the second year in a row. Pledge Education duties were performed by Bryan Stark '91 who did an outstand ing job. Of the 28 original pledges, *$600 in new plumbing. *$17,000 in new windows. *$3,000 for kitchen repairs. *$700 in repairs to the boiler heating system. *$14,000 in new furniture, drapes and blinds. *$1,000 worth of solid oak exterior doors. *New carpeting on the first floor. 25 were initiated on Feb. 22, *A11 new walls on the first floor. *New fire escapes. 1990. *A11 new light fixtures. Mike Walls'92 and Alan Kuykendall '91 have been *New upstairs bannister. *Smoke alarms in every room. elected Co-Rush Chairmen for *Asbestos removal. next year and Marty Teat'91 *Bathroom showers were repaired. will be the new Pledge Educator. Rush parties are being Along with the concern of the active members and the dedication of the afore mentioned individuals, the Phi Gam house is easily the planned this summer for Kan prototype for what a fraternity represent in both its physical ap sas City, St. Louis and Denver, pearance and especially the proud members. Colorado. \r\nZeta Phi Sports Report baseball team,four out for Brother Hook (cross country track, indoor track and spring spring track and five on the tennis squad. Phi Gam athletes deserving track) and Travis Whitacre '93 (soccer and tennis). Brother Walls competes in special recognition include football, indoor track and Bob Pecoraro '91, who spring track. Finally Brothers Hodges and West both compete in cross country track, indoor There are four Fijis on the By Glen Martin '92 One of the things the Zeta Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta prizes and strives for is campus involvement. An essential element of cam pus involvement is participa tion in varsity sports. qualified for NAIA Nationals in wrestling and Mike Walls The members of the Zeta '92 who did the same in in door track as a hurdler. Phi Chapter are well repre track and spring track. Bob Hook '93,iy^e sented in the area of athletics. Of the 78 active members of Hodges '91 and RicM West '91 Ten different varsity sports also competed in the NAIA Nationals in cross country include Phi Gams on their squads. There are ten Fijis on the football team, seven out for soccer, three out for cross country track and one for golf. the Zeta Phi Chapter, 32 are varsity athletes. * 'This,is only one of many track. areas of campus involvement Those exceptional athletes who compete in more than one in which Phi Gamma Delta is varsity sport include Shane leader. not jyst a contributor, but a Davolt '93 (football, indoor track and baseball), Kurt Hill One Phi Gam is on the bas ketball team, three wrestle and six compete in.indoor track. '93(indoor track and tennis). 75^ PM OOOOWlLL HELP THE HAtlDlCaPPEO Phi Gamma Delta 155 S. Leonard Liberty, MO 64068 (aj "PVx. Or, CkW\V\A