mmrr of phi w.. VOL,XI, No. I MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY SEPTEMBER,I979 ^THE FIRST HOMEcams^ ^ ERHDUftTE PRDF/LE ♦ All graduate brothers are urged to make their plans to come back for Home coming on October 27. It will be the first to be celebrated on Fraternity Hill for us. After the Bulldogs take on the Golden Eagles from Southern the fun will begin. That night from 9 till 1 Fraternity Hill will be ringing to the sounds of The Drifters from the back patio'of the house. The Drifters were a popular black band in the early 60's and will prove to be on of the best bands to play at a Phi Gam party. Also our social chairman (David Ball) has a dance scheduled for the weekend of the Marshall game,October 20. Flicker will be providing the dancing music that night from 9"till 1. Graduate brothers be making plans to be at the house for both of these weekends where A Good Time Will Be Had By All. Beating the Sigma Chit^ in softball is considered by Duke Loden as one of his greatest accomplishments during his college career. Duke, who finished his masters degree this summer, says his fondish memories of Phi Gamma Delta is the move from 207 to Fraternity Hill.and seeing the frater nity grow and develop. Duke has recently purchased a house in New Albany where he just began his job as Executive Director of the Union County Development Center. Dukej s werm fraternial spirit linse_rs in the halls of the Phi Gam house. ♦ caMim rttract/dns♦ ZTA Swap Canoe Trip October 3 October 12-14 Marshall Game (Dance 9-) October 20 Southern (Homecoming) October 27 Gar Raffle and Dinner November I7 > CHAPTER BRIEFS ♦ UZ/EflE KEN LIGHTSEY is in Officer Training School at Lackland, Air Force Base,Tx. BILLY MARTIN is the Director of Chapter Services at the Phi Gam Inter national Headquarters in Lexington, KY. STEVE MATTOX has recently moved to Greenville, South Carolina. He is a managerial engineer with General Elec tric. LEE MILLER married Mary Hunt this summer and they are residing in Birmingham. SPORTS—Under the leadership of Ed Hippchen, Flag Football is underway with Sigma Mu manning four teams. Pillo Polo, Bowling, Tennis, Ping Pong, and Swimming will be starting soon. INITATION—The week of August 20-23 brought five men into the fraternal bond of this chapter through initation. They are: Max Bowman,Pelahathie; John Fike, Caruthersville, MO; Slater Barr, Collins; R.J. Prescott, Magnolia; Bill Cranston, Ft. Lauderdale,FL. ♦RU5H # Once again Sigma Mu has pledged the finest men who came through rush. Thanks goes to our rush chairman (Gordon Stewart) and to the brothers for their hard work. A special thanks goes to all the graduate brothers for the rush recks and to brothers Robert Siedell and Dick McRee. Their time and advice at rush retreat was very helpful during rush. Open rush is over and we have a total of 17 pledges. They are: 1. Mike Anderson—'"West Helena, Ark. 7. Tommy Graves—Jackson 8. Tom Keller—Annandale, Va. 9- David Mattox--Tupelo (legacy) 10. Mark McDonald—Quitman 11. Ben Pace—Coffeeville 12'. Gene Robertson—Midnight 13. Tod Siedell—Richardson, Tx.(legacy) 14. Robert Sledge—Sunflower 15. David Stevens—Summit 16. John Thomas--Hattiesburg (legacy) 17. Mike Waddell—West Helena Ark. 2. Steve Ball—Jackson 3. Curtis Bivens--West Helena, Ark. 4. Brian Blair—Hattiesburg (legacy) 5. Terry Carver—Southaven 6. Bowen Flowers—Tunica EDITOR: Gary Blair STAFF: Jim Lloyd, Tom Ewing, Rich Mills, Slater Barr, Steve Ball, Terry Carver