̲ ̲〆 ,「・‐ ROSE‐ HULMANINSTITUTE μ ̲ OF TECHNOLOGY SPRING 1980 1典 11:ヽ :・ も 漁￨ 三 ‐聯 ・ 彙、 Archon President Louis A.̀̀Bり d"Mange:s(:U'56),past Presidont Andy Gavri:os('80),Archon Secretary Don Mighe‖ (T● XaS'56),D『 .Frank Guthrie(HanOV● r'50),RItua‖ st B‖ l Mi‖ ● 『 (:U'62),and̀̀Dirty"Bob Harkor(:OWa St.'43)(:。 tO re)at this y● ar's Norris Pig Dinn● 『. NORRIS PIG DINNER Archon President Louis A. "Bud" Mangels (1.U. '56) honored Rho Phi as the keynote speaker at this year's Norris Pig Dinner, held March 1sth at the Mark lmperial House in Terre Haute. Also present were Archon Secretary Don Mighell and several graduate brothers. The evening began with the invocation, given by freshman Curt Knable, and the Doxology. Following was the ceremonial singing of "Bringing in the Pig" as the pledges presented the burnt offering. "Dirty" Bob Harker (lowa St. '43) kissed the pig's snout as the eldest Fiii present. After the pledges sealed their vows of allegianc€, Alan Yarcusko honored us by successfully retrieving the buried cherry, being the youngest pledge. After the meal, senior Andy Gavrilos introduced the evening's speakers: Chapter Treasurer Gary A. Stepheos, who gave the President's Report in place of absent Arthur C. Schultz, House Corporation \r\nTreasurer Mike Lee (Rose '141, who gave the corporation report, and Archon presiQent Mingets. After easing the mood with a couple of jokes, the Archon President told us of his first experience with Phi Gamma Delta. He stressed the importance of friendship and brotherhood, and encouraged us all to maintain a sense of determination in everything we do. Following Bud Mangels'speech, scholarship chairman Damon Ground presented the scholarship awards. Freshman Kent Eaton had the highest GpA among pledg€s, junior Tom Carlson hao the most improved GPA, and senior Bob Froetscher was tops of the actives. Also awarded were the phi Gamma Delta Education Foundation scholarships for outstanding scholastic achievement and dedicated service to the fraternity. These went to sophomore Brad Larrick and iunior Mike Laposa. Finally, graduate brother Allen Ruszkowski ('76) flawlessly recited "The Exiles Toast" and everyone returned to the house and an open bar. As the night lingered oo, stories from past and present were told and retold as old friendships were renewed and new friendshi ps were started. Each year the Norris pig Dinner is celebrated in honor of brother Frank Norris, but more importantly, with each Pig Dinner the brotherhood of phi Gamma Delta grows larger and stronger. JOT,',93 DEAR BROTHERS, The brothers here at Rho phi are looking toward the summer, as Commencement brings to an end a very busy spring quqrter and year. This quarter has brought with it the traditional "Changing of the Guard," as new chairmen and committee members took up where the last left off. This change brought with it a new wind for the chapter, and much success in our endeavors these past ten weeks. An example is our effort in this year's Greek weekend songfest competition. starting out with the possibility of not even competing, the brothers decided to participate, put in long hours of practice, and ended up with an unheard of first place finish. Even though we all enjoy having the trophy in our case, it is agreed that the true satisfaction came from working hard together toward a common goal and enjoying ourselves while doing so. we may have fell short in the other events of Greek weekend, but we again achieved our main goat of putting forth our best effort. Ask any member of the pyramid team if we " lost" in G reek Weekend. we must strive to keep this spirit with us must not participate in throughout the next year. we an activity simply for the sake of participation, but should continue to take pride in our work and accomplishments. Our efforts will be rewarded many times over; not necessari ly publicly, but always in our own satisfaction and enjoyment. Also with the spring comes the graduation of those who have spent their rast four years at Rho phi. This year, due to a large senior class, their absence will definitely be fett. These twenty-three brothers have pulled more than their share of the work over the years, and I must take this opportunity to give them a well-deserved "thanks,, for all they nave done. A large piece of them all witl remain her6 when they leave. Despite this loss, the chapter will continue on its path- with a good effort from all of us, including a strong and close group of seventeen newly-initiated actives, the void will quickly be filled. Be assured that a visit to the house will find the chapter as strong as ever. Very Proud to be a Rho phi Fiji, Art Schultz, '91 GREEK WEEKEND This year's Greek Games were held on sunday, April 271h. Although the day was chilly and rainy, a large number of fans turned out to cheer on their favorite fraternity. Despite a strong performance by Rho Phi, Lambda chi Alpha was able to win the Games for the second year in a row. The day started out on a bad note for the Fijis. our strong cart team became entangled in heavy traffic at the first exchange point and ended up finishing in fourth place. An underdog LXA team pushed hard to take f irst. The canoe race was held in two heats this year. LXA won the first heat with a time of ten minutes flat. A hard-working Fiii team paddled .to victory in the second heat, but recorded a time of 10 minuies, f ive seconds, and had to setile for second place. The Fifteen-man pyramid was the third event of the day.Rho Phi finally broke into the winner,s columh as the Fiji team devastated their opponents with five straight perfect pyramids. Their best effort was in the first heat, where they clammered together in an amazing G.GS seconds. The next event was the Tug-of-war, one in which the Fiii team has traditionally done poorly. This year was no exception, and despite a gallant eff ort against ATo, our tug team had to setile for fourth. The final event of the day, the Bike Race, was held in a light but steady rain. Fiji and Sigma Nu battled for the lead ove r gth miles while steadily outpacing the rest of the field. with half a lap to go, and sigma Nu in the lead, the sN bike and LXA bike collided, allowing the Fiji bike to cross the f inish line f irst. The final scores for the day were: LxA- 4a; Fiji-33; sigma Nu-31; ATo- 21; Triangte-g; Theta Xi-5. Although the Rho phi brothers had hoped to put together a winning effort, none were disappointed with the day's results. The excitement of watching the brothers put forth their best efforts left'everyone with a good feeling. Greek weekend was brought to a close sunday \r\nevening with the Songfest competition. Thanks to the hard work of John Foley ('80) and Bill Jolrnson ('82), a beautiful rgedley of songs f rom"'Paint Your Wagon" was prepared. The many practice sessions paid off in a big way as both the audLence and the judges were delighted with Rho Phi's performance. The result was First Place. The evening ended with an informal get-together at the house. The brothers, dlong with some Sigma Nu's and ATO's, enjoyed each other's company as they recapped the day's events and looked forward to the end of school RCF ,go ROAD RALLYE SUCCESS The annual Pledge Class Road Rallye began at the RHIT f ieldhouse on a cold but beautif ul March 29 morning. Starting things off with a bang, the Disciples-of-Ed Destruction Team began the fun and frolic with repeated firings of their "firecracker turret," mounted on the top df their car. After the rallye was off icially started, o number of interesting things happened. At the f irst checkpoint, it seems as though th.e actives just couldn't get enough chances at the pledge class' raff le. With only a couple of exceptions, every car bought at least two raffle tickets in order to offset the penalty points they had accumulated in the f irst leg. Before getting out of sig ht of the f irst checkpoint, a number of cars made wrong turns, most of which never made it back on course. At the end of the day, after an hour of checking and rechecking the scores, Rallye Master Paul Jenkins declared the team of John Foley ('80), Mark Nickolas ('81), Brian Michel ('82) and Art Schultz ('81) winner of After the rallye, the barbecue pit behind the house was the sight of the post-rallye cookout. Hotdogs, potato chips, and pop were bogarted by all. That evening, the pledges sponsored the Road Rallye Party, complete with open bar, awards for some of the rallye contestants, and presentation of the raffle prizes. lilr. Harry Watson, father of pledge Pete Watson ('83), won the $100 grand prize. Everyone involved with this year's rallye seemed to have an enjoyable time, ircluding Field Secretary Steve Welch, who was visiting Rho Phi at the time. Special thanks goes to Bob Blankenship ('83), who helped plan the actual course, Curt Knable ('83), who organized the picnic, and Ed Sowell ('82), who put together the Party' BEB ,g3 SOCIAL EVENTS "Friday Night at the Movies" took on a completely different meaning March 14th. This was when the brothers celebrated a weekend without the women of ISU and SMWC with the annual Neal Garbo Party. lt was followed with the next weekend's Spring Break Relapse Party, where all the party goers were urged to come dressed in their vacation clothing. Several relived their trips to Colorado, Florida, and the like. The pledges put together an excellent party for Preparing lor the boning ceremony lor Fiji lsle are to r.) Gary Stephens ('81), Danny Hodges ('83), and Dana Cralg ('82). (1. Road Rallye March 29th. The next weekend was Easter, so no party was planned. But the brothers did return from their extended weekend to a trade party Pledge Ed Sowell ('82) listens as Rallye Master Paul Jenklns ('83) gives last-minute instructions to brother John Foley ('80) at the annual Pledge Class Road Rallye. this year's road rallye. Second place was taken by the Happy Hooters: Don Patton ('82), John Burkett ('82) and their girlf riends. with the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. The theme of the party was Role Reversal, and the coeds were asked to start things off by courting the guys. Then at midnight, things returned to normal, and the brothers were once again forced to "snake" for themselves. \r\nFiji Disco happened On Apri: 19。 丁he social commlttee worked hard transforming the living r。 。m into a dance・ floo/r,and as always,brothers and coeds had a supertime dancing into the bar:y hours ofthe morningo Special thanК S tO graduaじ brother Steve Snlith('74)for putting togetherthe:ight shOw. Pledge Danny Hodges ('83) boogies in his Cool-Rays at Spring Disco. Dave Parker (CE '80) and his band "Kidstuff" had the natives restless at Riley Conservation Club, site of this year's Fiji lsle. After rockin'-an-rollin' into the morning, several Fijis and dates retired to huts, ES the weather cooperated for the first time in recent years. Everyone enjoyed Saturday's sunshine by playing softball and throwing frisbees. Another beautiful night next to the lake capped off an excellent quarter of socializing. JCM'83 FIJIS IN SPORTS Rho Phi was represented well in sports throughout the spring quarter. Several participated in varsity track and baseball, and the chapter maintained teams in all the intramural events. ln varsity track, both Howard Menser ('82) and Mike Shipper ('82) did well in their respective events. Mike ran the 400 meter lntermediate Hurdles in several early meets, until an injury forced him out for the season. ln the College Ath Ietic Conference Meet, Howard took 3rd in the 1 10 meter H igh Hurdles, and ran the last leg on the 2nd place 400 meter relay team. Tom Redford ('83) worked hard on the 800 meter run, but was never able to make the starting line in a meet. Jack Wickham ('80) helped out from the coaching side, working with the high iumpers. The Rose baseball team saw freshman Fiji Steve Nowak starting at both pitcher and shortstop. Steve topped off an excellent season by smashing a home run against Butler University. Perry Stephens ('82) started the season in right field, but had to drop out due to a back injury. lntramural sports aren't as good to Rho phi as varsity, however. The bright spots were in open league basketball. Two independent teams tied for 1st in the major league, with Brian Batu ('91) and steve Reust ('81) playing, on one, and Jeff Moore ('83) playing on the other. Kevin Fagan ('83) was player-coach on the champion team of minor B leagu€, which f inished the season at B-1. ln softball, the chapter put a team out in all three leagues. However, they were limited to three wins-one by each team. The major team got their win in the last game of the season against a rather tipsy Sigma Nu squad. The minor A team's victory also came at the end of the season, and the minor B "Meatsquad" won on a forfeit. Despite the rather dismal win -loss record, all the brothers seemed to have a good time playing. TCR'93 NEW GRADUATES Twenty-one of this year's seniors will be graduating at the end of the quarter, and all have accepted employment. A list of the brothers and where they will be working is: Paul curtin- Dow chemical-columbus, ohio Brad Durcholtz-Brown and Root-Houston, TX Roe East-Caterpi I lar- Peoria, I L Ray Farmer-ALCOA- Cleveland, O H John Foley- Motorola-schaumburg, I L (chicago) Bob Froetscher- Caterpillar- Peoria, lL Andy Gavrilos- lnland Steel-Gary, lN Blair Hughes-uoP-chicago, lL (for a whire...) Jackel-westinghouse- ldaho Falls, rD Mark Longrie-Al len-Bradley- M ilwaukee, Wl Tim McGrath- Brown and Root- Houston, TX Jim Newlin-Western Electric-lndy, lN Dave Parke r-Republ ic Steel-Chicago, I L George Pelton-Detroit Diesel Allison-rndy, lN Tom Roetker- Caterpillar-- Peoria, lL Paul Rupprecht-Pf izer-Terre Haute, lN Randy shinkle-G.E., Jet Engines-cincinnati, oH Bob walker- union carbide-cartersvi t le, GA Jack Wickham- Bee Chemical-Chicago, I L Steve Wilson- Republic Steel-Canton, OH Steve Wirtz-Western Electric- lndy, I N Good luck, ffien; and be sure to come back and visitl Dave WHIL'80 \r\nFIJI TALK Rho Phi toolt a pledge class of one this spring. John Phillip O'Dopnell pledged Phi Gamma Delta on March 23rd. The chapter also activated seventeen of the winter pledges on May sth. Sophomore Ed Sowell, and freshmen' Bob Blankenship, Jim Boo, Kent Eaton, Kevin Fagan, Russ Hopkihs, Paul Jenkitrs, Tim Kaminski, Jeff Moore, Steve Nowak, Tom Redford, Dave Seidl, Kirk Shafer, Greg Swinehart, Pete Watson, John Welp, and Al Yarcusko all became active mgmbers in the chapter. Caught irere downing a little of the red stutf is newly-activated brother Russ Hopkins ('83). The chapter was well represented at the annual Rose-Hulman Athletic Awards banquet held May 1sth. Seniors Ray Farmer and Bob Froetscher were named co-MVPs in varsity soccer. Both have played four years, having helped start the club their freshman year. Their efforts were aided by senior Blair Hughes, who was cited for scoring the most goals. Dana Craig ('82) was named MVP in wrestling. He posted a 18-5 mark wrestling at 158 lbs., won the Mideast Regional, and represented Rose at the NCAA lll Championships. Sixteen other brothers also lettered in varsity sports. They included: Tim Brown ('82)-Cross CountrVl M ike LaPosa ('81), Buddy McGrew ('81), John O'Donnell ('83), Steve Reust ('81), Steve Wirtz ('80), Paul Curtin ('80), Kevin Thompson ('80), and Tom Roetker ('80)-Soccer; Don Patton ('82)-Basketball; Brian Fowler ('81)-Wrestling; Steve Nowak ('83)-Baseball; Bob Walker ('80)Tennis; Howard Menser ('821, Mike Shipper ('82), and Jack Wickham ('80)-Track. BJ L '82 Mike Lee,'74 Dave Myers,'74 Dave Steinbock, '75 Mike Cherback,'76 Ed Fain,'76 Mark Ress,'76 Al Ruszkowski,'76 Bob Carter,'76 Tom Frank,'76 Curt Crai g,'77 Steve Farquhar, '.77 Jim Krogstie,'77 Mike Man n,'77 Dave Penner,'77 Clark Fortu0e,'78 Bill Potte r,'78 Jay Schoonover,'78 Kevin Rollings,'78 Bob Cultice, '78 Larry Beal ,'78 Nate Edwards,'78 Paul Sechrist, '79 Darrell Sparks, '78 Jeff Wells, '79 Mike Jacobs,'78 Tom Burtzlaff ('79) is working for Diamond Shamrock in Deer Park, TX. He has decided it's time for a break, though, and will be going to Germany to visit John Burky later this year. Mike Mann ('77) is still working in Mechanical Maintenance Supervision at lnland Steel. The big news in Mike's life is his engagement to Theresa Kolodziej. Bob Cultice ('78) writes that he's doing f ine working in Chicago for Commonwealth Edison. As a project group engineer, Bob claims he is working on "post-Three Mile lsland modif ications." Rick Dorsey ('78) is currently living in Spencer, lN. Attending graduate school at lndiana University, he is also working in the Maintenance Department at lu. Paul Georgas ('771 and his wife Elaine have moved to St. Albans, WV, where he is working for Monsanto Chemical, making additives for chicken feed. DP'80 CALENDAR May 24.. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vl/hil Hentzgn'sWedding ......,,....... r.. Ray Farmer'sWedding Jun e14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stgvg WilSOn's Wgdding Augustl2-16. . . . . . . . . . .. Gerry Dail's Wedding . 132nd EKKLESIA ....... 16................. ..... WorkSgssion Mike LaPosa's Wedding 11 ..... ........ .. r... BCA Mggting Sept .2. .. . . . . . . . . . Committee Chairman Meeting 4.,............ r.... 1st Quarter Begins THE ROSE FIJI The Rose Fiji is published three times throughout the school year by the Rho Phi chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Rose-Hulman lnstitute of Technology for the enjoyment of alumni, parents and f riends. Editor-Brad Larrick Photography- Bob GRADUATE GRAFFITI Rho Phi hosted a total of twenty-nine graduates at this yearis Norris Pig Dinner. They included: Don Picken s,'77 Mike Callahar,'74 Randy Ridgw?y,'77 Rob Christensen, '78 Bla n Contributors Bob Froetscher Hentzen Jef f Moore Wall kensh i p Dave Parker Tom Redford Art Schultz Jeff Tarvin \r\nFRATERNITY OF PH:GAMMA DELTA Rho Phi Chapter l121 South Sixth Street 丁erre Haute,:ndiana 47802 ‐ U.So Postage PAID TERRE HAUttE,:N Non‐ Profit org. 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