Midway Fij igram Newsletter F«al l - Winter Edition January 7, 1974 Published jointly by Chi Upsilon Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta and Chi Upsilon Graduate Association, 5615 S, University Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637 Dear Brother Fiji; The health of a chapter is frequently indexed by its size, by the vitality of its activities, and by the outward merit of its members. Any effectively organized boardinghouse can have these advantages. Less obvious, and more important in demonstrating the unique role of a fraternity, are the ties of friendship and respect which come from sharing a common tradition. We, the undergraduate chapter, are a part of a larger whole, and that gives our experience at Chicago an added depth. The support and concern of graduate brothers has been generous, and has enriched our strong-chapter. Many thanks from the U.G.s. GRADUATE NEWS ITEMS: Kenneth D^ Nordin '57, former UC fencing star has gotten back in shape by jogging along the Huron River in Ann Arbor. He's lost 25 pounds. Always welcomes visitors....Donald E. Feist '69 is enjoying Stanford Business School, except for computer programming. He misses the Chicago snow Stanley Hutchings '66, living in San Bruno, Calif., doesn't miss the Chicago snow, but sends greetings to all ^ Craig Saunders '59 spent the holidays in Hawaii, avoiding the snow Richard J. Stone '67 and his wife Karen are now expecting a little pebble in May and have moved to 16760 Marquez Ave., Pacific Palisades, Cal., 90272..Their new phone is 213-459-3362.,.. ...^ Hardy Adasko '69 and wife Shelly are also expecting, and have moved around the corner from Douglas E. Ollila '72 to 366 1st street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215, phone: 212-9^-3882.....Steven J. Kiesling '67 and Maxine are expecting...DonaW ^ Allen '66 sends regards from Anchorage Alaska 99501. His address is 884O Jewel Lake Road. He is president of ETM information systems....Dr. Robert Brier '68 lives at apt. 22, 4978 Niagara Ave, San Diego, Cal. 92107. He writes that Christopher Murlas '68 was down looking at internships in southern Cal....William C Petryk '73 is now an ensign in the navy having con tinued his ways of excellence by being first in his class and company-,, commander....Dr. Terrence A. Block '68 now lives at 2658-30 Cannonpoint Ct., Columbus, Ohio 43209.....Nicholas J. Melas '45, Sanitary District Trustee was the guest of honor at a reception Dec. ^th at the Bism.ark in Chicago....Solon ^ Cousins '48, Chi Upsilon song leader for I8 years untill he went to Boston to head the YMCA there, returns to Chicago to head the Crusade of Mercy. Glad to have you back, Solon....Louis John Ackerman '62, Assistant V.P. of the Branch Banking and T^ust Company in Wilson, N. Carolina, was in Chicago in October and entertained new and old brothers with his vocal and piano talents....William J. Kennick Jr. '69 is teaching astrology at the Johannes Kepler Academy in Lakeline Ohio....Douglas L. Peterson '66 and Ann became parents in October of a baby girl....Dr. Donald M. Greer '57 lives at 2221 N.W. 25th street, Gainesville, Fla. 32607...Clyde P. Watkins '67 hosted many brothers at his annual oktoberfest at his new home in Kenwood. ....Bruce A. Mahon '53 lives at 230 Claremont St., Elmhurst, 111. He is now Vice President and Controller of CNA Financial Corp..... FIJIGRAM \r\nTHE MIDWAY FIJIGRAI4 PAGE 2 January 7, 197^ Michael J, McLean, '69, now lives at Apt, 32 600 Brandon Ave,, Gharlottesville, Va, 22905 and doesn't ever write..«,Gar.Y A. Kiken '66 now lives at 13150 Lincoln St, N.E, Minneapolis, Minn, 3543^ James Qaidwell '35 now lives at 163 Cherokee Rd,, Cherokee Village, Ark, 72542,,.,Robert H« Bork '48, U, of C, Law School Graduate and former Chapter President, has been the subject of considerable national publicity, having served as Solicitor General and then as Acting Attorney General of the USA, until the recent swearing in of Wm, Saxby, ,,,,Robert A. Oakes '30 died September 12th in his home in Del Mar, Calj f,,,,B.J. DelGiorno '55 joins Cay Watkins (Mrs, George H, '36) Russell M, Baird '38 and Michael A, Nemeroff '68 on the newly created visiting committee on student programs and facilities. The existence of the committee is a recognition by the trustees of the University that the U, of C, is not as good as it might be in the extracurricular area, ,,.»Dr, Christopher R. Flory, presently Chief Resident in Medicine at Rochester General Hospital, will enter practice of Internal Medicine next July in Western Mass-Connect, adjacent to New York,.....Gideon R. Wells '34 enjoys the Fijigram. Thank you Gideon Kenneth E. Lawton '22 writes that his mother is a healthy 100 years old and is, if not the oldest, certainly the most loyal Fiji mom....Dr. Joseph D. Abatie '57 lives at 434 Nicholas Lane in Santa Barbara, Ca. 93108.... ...Joe Taylor Ford, '64 continues his writing from Butternut Farm in East Ryegate, Vermont 05042...Louis D. Walters, Jr. '54, with his wife and countless children, live on 3 acres of fine land at 21 Oak Crest, Rt, 3, in House Springs, Mo. 63051 with a horse, tv/o ponies, a reg istered Alaskan Malamut, two dozen chickens, and two cats. His duties at FAlstaff have been expanded to include pollution control, fuel con servation and safety engineering. The new government regulations in that field make for lengthy and dense reading material Michael A. Nemeroff, '68 has joined the Washington office of Sidley and Austin, the firm in which Russel M. Baird '38 has been a partner for many years. ,.,.Douglas E. Ollila '72 enjoyed a summer of sailing on the Atlantic, and writes that Paul Luskin '72 will be returning shortly from Europe. ..o.Jjs, Wilmar Jensen '45 sends his regards to the brothers in the Chapter from his home at 830 Carolyn, Modesto, California 95354*• ,,.Gordon A, Groebe Jr, '71 has a nev; address: 2341 Franklin #2, San Ffancisco, Ga, 94IO9. He has heard a rnmor that Bob Briar is in San Diego, and that Bill Ellet Chi '69 is in the graduate department of philosophy at U. of Cal. at Berkeley,«....Philip S. Shaw '62 lives at Apt, 5H 350 Beecher St,, New York City IOOI4, and is wit}) IBM,,,, ,,.William Shew '64 lives in East Village in New York City,,,.David P, Midland '66 is director of operations of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, at 30 Lafayette Ave,, Brooklyn, N,Y, 11217 Edward Ghikofski '65, passed the New York Bar and is a Law Clerk to a Federal District Judge in Manhattan, UNDERGRADUATE NEWS: Rush Chairman Steven Smith '75 led a very successful program this fall, ending with the pledging of seven upperclassmen. These are: Denny Christen '76, the leading ground gainer this year the the U, of C. football team, Craig Floyd '76, and the first pledge from Texas in years, Chria Gordon, who is a reporter for City News in his spare time, Mark Lipinski '76, a member of the baseball team, Carl Ling '76, a wrestler. Dennis \r\n^THE r^IDWAY FIJI6RAM PAGE 3 January 7, 197Af Navarra. '75, Chief Justice of the Student Faculty Administrative Court, an Editor of the Rap, Chairman of the University of Chicago Debating Club, and frequent ham in Blackfriar shows, and Bob Smartt *76,a current Southeastern A,A«U, champion who broke, during his freshman year, records for the best varsity time in seven swimming events, and scored the most points for the Chicago team during that year. Plainly, the quality and diversity of our pledge class is a good sign for the future chapter Fall quarter waning, our efforts turned to the freshmen. The Annual Spaghetti dinner, attended by many rushees, was a thoroughly enjoyable affair, generously catered by Bernard DelGiorno, Weekend dinner expeditions and a lunch around the tube at super bowl time will"also be good times to introduce freshman students to our house. Many freshman rushees have enjoyed our friday night dinners this fall, as well as the cocktails proceeding them Many brothers and pledges were on the Hyde Park streetcorners a few weeks ago, collecting for a Diabetes fund, and raised a substantial amount of money for the cause After a regrettable lull of-several years, Fiji athletics is back in the running. At present, the chapter is in firstplace amon^'th'e fraTernities in intramural competitibn. Especially noteworthy wae the performances of Jim Kaplan '76, John Hallstrom '73, a^nd Bob Smartt '76 in the Turkey Trot, a mile run in which the Fiji's came in on top, and of Clay Wiley '76, Don Heinrich '74, Rick Rayfield. '74 and Jim Kaplan. '76. in wrestling. All this has occurred under the astute leadership of Clay,,,,,,,,We have found time for some other sports as well. The Reno Party was well attended by graduate and undergraduate brothers, pledges, and their respective dates. As the name suggests, a casino atmosphere was established, and gambling and drinking continued deep into the morning, A high point of sorts was reached when Rick Rayfield, a lightly drinking dealer, managed to break the bank he was guarding three times within fifteen minutes. Tightfisted treasurer Mike Dotsey '74, declared him incompetent as dealer and stumbled around looking for a replacement,,,,.Four fiji's a.r0 student government representatives this yesir, Russ Dickerson '75, Jeff Smith '76, Rick Rayfield '74, and Doug Garden '74*«*»»4s Blackfriars, Jeff Smith wrote and directed a play entitled 'V/hat You See is What You Get' v/hich was performed dt the end of orientation week, with Rick Rayfield starring, and Preston Ehmann '76, also, winning a role. Later, Rick wrote and directed "Harper's Folly", a play given for the rededication of the college, Dennis Navarra played William Rainey himself Stephen Baum '75, and Rick Miller "'76, sang in the University Choir's performance of C, P, E, Bach's Magnificat,,,,,,.Bud V/endt '76, has begun a recycling program within the fraternity, and can be seen crushing steel cans on weekends around the house,,,,FiJi's anchored the Soccer team this year in its best performance yet, Paul Schuster '74, with the second highest scoring record in the team's history, was co-captain, and recipient of the unfortunate "Johnson and Johnson's award" for most injuries. He, along with Mike Dotsey '74, JiiT^ Kaplan '76 and A1 Herre '76, recieved their letters this year, and injured Rick Miller '76, served as team manager. The soccer team won seven games, lost four, and tied two. One of their victories was against Wheaton College, winners of the mideast college regional competition seven out of the last nine years. Also, the team played at Lexington, Kentucky, tieing the University of Kentucky, The Fijis on the team took some time to visit the Fiji house \r\nJanuary 7, 19?^ THE MIDWAY FIJIGRAM at Lexington, Steve Smith '75 v/a^ trainer of the varsity athletic department. All of the soccer'teSim's exploits were dutifully renorted by Jim Kaplan, writer for the Maroon Gene Cruz-uribe ''75 gave his pin to Anna Lam, They plan to be married next Lecember, PRESIDENT'S LETTER: The last quarter was interesting and occaelonally unorganized as a large sophomore class started becoming involved in Fraternity affairs. Some of our latest successes in areas such as intramural athletics were due in large part to the concerted effort of sophomore members. Older m.embers have accepted the responsibility of effectively channeling this new enthusiasm into rewarding action, 1 am very pleased to say that the fraternity keeps renewing itself as new interests and ideas become incorporated into the organization. Our rush and pledge efforts have progressed satisfactorily, although at a slower pace than last year, 1 am sure that our work this quarter will be sufficient to maintain an active and substantial under graduate membership. Finally, let me express my gratitude for all the support we have received from graduate brothers during the proceeding year, , ,_ ^. CIRCLE JUNE 7 and 8 (FRIDAY AND SATURDAY) ON YOUR CALENDAR, Alumni Reunion events including Pig Dinner and the Sing will be the usual exciting high points in early June Activities, The Chapter has changed with the times. We are no longer the social hot-spot we were in the fifties, nor are we the beleaguered bastion of anachronists we seemed in the sixties. But you v;ill find here, if you can visit, much that is familiar, no matter what year you left Chicago, We are still Chi Upsilon of Phi Gamma Delta, We are still Fijii, and college students, and fraternity men, A tradition binds and enriches in both directions, youthful and mature. The House Corporation Directors wish to thank every Graduate Brother for his support and financial contributions during a difficult 1973» Your interest and help has been instrumental in making 1973 one of the best years ever in the seventy-one year history of Chi Upsilon, We are grateful to you, even if we don't always thank you personally. We wish you all a healthy, peaceful, happy new year. Fraternally, the Undergraduate Chapter and Graduate association. PERGE!