ximmmQ^ fOf PHI GAMMA DELTA XI DEUTERON 11317 BELLFLOWER RD. CLEVELAND, OHIO 44106 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Cleveland, Ohio Permit No. 2610 \r\nROBBINS TO LEAVE CASE CENTENNIAL BLOCKBUSTER COMING Case Institute of Technology is celebrating the centen nial of its founding in 1980, a year that will be distinguished by many special commemorative events on this spring, our social calendar included a Valentine's MEDICAL SCHOOL Dr. Fredrick Robbins (Missouri '36), Dean of the Case Western Reserve Medical School, is retiring from his position at the end of this academic calendar Dr. Robbins will be moving to the Washington, D.C., area in order to take a position with the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Robbins, when interviewed, said that he "hadn't been as close to the graduate fraternity association as [hel could have been," but small wonder. In addition to his Nobel Prize (shared with Dr. J. Enders and Dr. T. Weller) in 1954 for his work with poliomyelitis virus in tissue cultures, Dr. Robbins has had an extremely full and distinguished career in medicine. He is or has been a member of the American Pediatric Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Na tional Academy of Sciences, and many other societal organizations. In addition to the Nobel, Dr. Robbins has been awarded several honorary doctorates and fellowships and committee appointments far too numerous to name here. Dr. Robbins said that "things in general" seemed simpler in his undergraduate days at Missouri (where his father was a professor of botany)."The pressure to suc ceed was much less at that time, the late thirties, than it seems to be today...As to getting into medical school, a person only had to apply to be accepted." After his A.B. from Missouri in 1936, he went on to his B.S. in medicine at Missouri, received in 1938. Under advice from an aquaintance of his father's, Dr. Robbins then went for his M.D. at Harvard. "Dorm life at Har vard has probably changed since then. I had a single room with a fireplace, and a maid came in to clean periodically. As he moves on to pursue his appointment to the Ex ecutive Committee of the Council of Medicine in the National Academy of Sciences, we wish Dr. Robbins campus. The Centennial, not to be confused with the founding of Case Western Resrve University, is for Case Institute of Technology as separated from Western Besides the many spontaneous keggers we have had Day Formal, and up and coming is our first-ever Beliflower Fraternity Block Party "THE BLOCKBUSTER." We plan to wrap things up with this year's FIJI Island in May. Our Valentine's Day Reserve College. In 1816 Leonard Case, Sr. came to Cleveland as an February 16th at the house. John Denson provided the agent of the Connecticut Land Company, an authority dinner of prime rib, and dates were provided by the on its titles. It was his son, Leonard Case, Jr., who left a more adept brothers. Dinner-Dance was held large amount of his fortune to found a scientific school; Coming up on April 26th, the Phi Gams, along with an institution which came to be called the Case School of Applied Sciences. three other Beliflower Rd. fraternities, will be sponsor A parcel of land was purchased in 1881 by the con tributions of 56 Clevelanders, on which both the new Case School of Applied Sciences and Western Reserve College would reside. The trustees of the school felt it would be advantageous to the students to have access to ing "THE BLOCKBUSTER." With Beliflower Rd. blocked off from 6 pm to 1 am, three bands will deliver non-stop music. Beer, food and fun should be found in abundance. You're invited, too! both the sciences and the liberal arts. The sight of the We Phi Gams initiated this idea and are providing most of the timeand organizational effort for this party, continuing to uphold our reputation as the Best-Party original purchase is now the center of Case Western fraternity on campus. Reserve University campus and of University Circle. May 10 is the date set for FIJI Island. The party will start on Saturday and continue on until Sunday after In 1947 the school changed its name to Case Institute of Technology. The new name seemed to set off its growth in both physical facilities and in emphasis on research and graduate training. A new orientation also developed, broadening the traditional scientinc and engineering curricula to lend to new resources and noon. After this, many brotheis and their dates will be attending a concert in Richfield. Obviously, this is a busy semester for the social com mittee, but our job is to provide the best parties we can. We try to do this each and every time. needs. Case Institute of Technology federated with Western Reserve University in 1967. Robert W. Morse became the first president of Case Western Reserve University, to be followed by Louis Toepfer in 1970. On July first, 1980, we will welcome our new president, David Ragone. We hope our school will continue to grow to Perge! IFSC The Inter-Fraternity and Sorority Council began this the benefit of its students. semester with the election of new cabinet officers and committees. FIJI representatives brother Joe Harryhill and brother Pat Burkhart were appointed to the com munications and bylaw revisions committees. continued success in his endeavors. Two important motions were recently passed which are expected to greatly strengthen the Greek systemon SENIOR DIRECTIONS Pergel Ray Rozman has been accepted to medical school here at Case Western Reserve University. Pat Carney will be working with the accounting firm campus. First, an expansion committee was formed to promote the development of new sororities at CWRU. Second, the council voted to mandate two bid dates for the incoming freshman class, one in the fall and the se cond in the spring. The latter of these acts, long sup of Ronald Cohen. Dave Dodds has accepted a position with Intel Corp. portedby Phi Gamma Delta, waspassed in response to a campus-wide decline in pledged Greeks this past in California. Stan Altizer was accepted to both OSU and CWRU dental schools. It now appears that Case will be Stan's February. choice. Pergel Manseok Han is going to continue managing his gar ment retail chain. Mike Hewko has received an offer from one of the "Big Eight" accounting firms here in Cleveland. Editor: Philip E. Smith Assistant Editors: Manseok Han & John Arnold Articles by the brothers \r\nTHE CHAPTER PRESIDENT'S QUALITY RUSH FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK LETTER This year's rush produced six enthusiastic freshman who are now progressing smoothly through their pledge Dear Brothers, The new cabinet, elected in December, decided that this would be a good semester to experiment with new ideas. Our primaryreason is that the knowledge of the seniors is still readily available. Our first concern was to reevaluate all the committee chairmen, so that maximum output can be obtained from each individual. With the few changes implemented, I feel that the committee systemhas been greatlyimproved. Chairmen are required to attend cabinet meetings on a rdtating schedule. When present, the chairman presents to the cabinet his proposals for the coming months. Each cabinet member is in direct control of two com mittees, as assigned by myself. This system has kept brotherson their toes, and thingsare gettingdone. For example, social committee chairman Matt Black, with the helpof senior brother Craig Vinkovich, has organiz ed what is to be the biggest party ever to hit CWRU, THE BLOCKBUSTER, April 26th. At the present moment the cabinet is designing a for mal fundraising committee which will be effective in the fall. Our aim is to aid the House Corporation to repair the wear and tear on Xi Deuteron. It's a plain fact that the success of this willdepend on the graduate brothers; remember, Phi Gam is not foi college days alone. Another obstacle which we have yet to overcome is keeping the number of brothers living in the house above thirty. This year, CWRU was plagued by a decline in the number of freshmen pledged to the Greek system. Recently, an old rush law was revised by the InterFraternity and Sorority Council. Fall rush will once program. Their interest in becoming Phi Gams has shown Itself in quiz scores consistently higher than in past years. The class pulled their walkout the weekend before spring break, somehow managing to kidnap their pledge trainers and take them along to the University of Toronto. Currently the pledges are planning their house project for anupcoming weekend. They have chosen to tackle the job of painting the window trim. The pledge class president, Mike Ciancone, is a solar engineering major from Bellaire, Ohio. Mike worked his way to a 3.53 grade point average his first semester, while lettering on the CWRU varsity wrestling squad. Steve Barrett, a management major from Torrance, California, is on the varsity track and cross countr^ teams. Arvind Subramanian is a pre-med from Austin- town, Ohio. Arvind has a 3.6 grade point average while participating on the interscholastic tennis team John Henry is a physics major with a3.7 grade point average coming out of the first semester. John is a farm boy from Perrysburg, Ohio, with varied extracurricular in terests. Phil Nigh is acomputer engineering major from Findlay, Ohio. Phil played quarterback for Cory- and they can be proud of their devotion to Phi Gamma Delta. John Arnold and Stan Altizer were past presidents of our chapter. Both brothers managed to devote more than their fair share to the fraternity while pursing their demanding studies, one a pre-med and the other a pre- dent, respectively. Mark Ashba, Dave Dodds, and Mike Hewko, the first two football players and Mike a soccer player found time to hold cabinet positions also. Ray Rozman, a senior pre-med, kept an amazing 4.0 grade point averagethroughout his eightsemesters, and served as our corresponding secretary last year. Pat Carney, a member of Beta Alpha Psi, an accounting honorary, helped keep our house in good repair with his fix-it know-how. Matt Wallo is a polymer major who never seemed to be able to do enough for our chapter. Manseok Han has been a very devoted brother and did an outstanding job as head of our publication commit tee last year. These brothers, although each very different, have managed to blend together to work for a strong chapter. Rawson High School. Here atCase Western he runs for Though the house will never seem quite the same, we is a physics major from Cleveland. Micky plays for the star of Phi Delta Gamma. We thank the seniors for CWRU soccer team. pointing us in that direction. both the track and cross country teams. Miklos Kupay What we lack inquantity, we definitely feel we have more than made up for inquality. The great white star willcontinue to promote the idealsof the great shiining Perge! willcontinue to shine at Xi Deuteron. Perge! DIAMOND again be implemented next year, along with present spr ing rush date. Rush chairman Rob Welikson ('82) is already planning activities for fall '80. The object will be COMMEMORATIVE to get plenty of news to the frosh over the summer about NORRIS PIG DINNER what Phi Gamma [>elta has to offer, in addition to "hit ting" the campus with a massive FIJI party in the fall. HEART RELAY At the moment I'm enjoying my role as president, and aspire to improve with every day. FIVE Thanks to all the brothers who made the 75th annual Norris Pig Dinner a success. The dinner was held at Cleveland's Holiday Inn downtown. After the tradi tional bringing in of the pig by the pledges(saluted front and tail by brother "Dibby" Williams, attending his 68th consecutive Norris Pig Dig Dinner! and pledge Arvind Subramanian, respectively), all enjoyed a hearty meal. Guest speaker for the dinner was local television newscaster Doug Adalr, a Phi Gam graduate from the chapter at Northwestern University. During the course of the evening, severalawards were presented by Archon President Louis A. (Bud) Mangels I hope all is going well and luok forward to meeting you at the EKKLESIA. Fraternally yours, Pcrgc! As we say good-bye to the senior class this year, we realize we are losing an outstanding group of in dividuals. Their class was a strong force in our chapter, Ramon Pla Jr. Chapter President (Indiana University '56). The Phi Gamma Delta THE METROPARKS Eduacational Foundation Awards went to brothers Harryhill ('82) and Pla ('81). For the graduates,several commemorative owls were awarded. Brother Carl N. Osborne (WR '06) receives his Diamond Owl. in absen tia. Golden Owlcertificates wentto (please excuse omis INTRAMURALS sions) Brothers Frank Cubberly (Gettysburg '28), FIJIs have been very active in intramurals this past year. With many brothers interested in playing basket ball, we managed to put together both an "A" and a "B" team. Each put forth a solid effort and made it to Joseph Mayner (Dennison '31), John Eldridgc (Ohio State '18), H. Craig Seasholes (Dennison '22), Paul S. Sessions (Worcester Poly Technic Institute '21) and Emmet Pedlcy (Western Reserve '32). Receiving Silver Owl recognition were Henry P. Evans (Purdue '42), Coleman A. Foster (WR '53). Randolph K. Fusselmar (WR'48), JamesN. Sutherin(Dennison '46)and Joseph On March 29th,Xi Deuteron held its fifthannual Heart Run. A relay race participated inbyallthebrothers, the the playoff games in their respective divisions. run is our way to raise money for the American Heart Association. This year we chose an 85 mile course In other sports, Dave Dodds and Matt Black survived all the way to the semifinals of the doubles raquetball through the Metroparks here in Cleveland. By getting people to pledge a fixed amount per mile, the chapter tournament. In wrestling, FIJIs were strong in numbers, raised $800 for the American Heart Association. Brother BretFereechairedthe run, and all the brothers but short on points. Wrestlers advanced to semifinals in five of nine weight divisions—with Ted Thoma emerg worked together to make the run a success. ing as the 138lb classchampion. To finish off winter in tramurals, the Phi Gams participated in CWRU's an nual Snow Bowl. We just recently received our second The passing of the heart baton wascompleted in ten hours by thirty-two brothers.Weenjoythe run and look at it as an example of what our joint efforts can ac place trophy for that effort. Just around the corner on the sports schedule are in tramural Softball and golf, and the Phi Gams are complish to establish the name of Phi Gamma Delta in feverishly getting their games in shape for the up and coming season. Pergel our community. Perge! A. Thiel (WR '41). Plans are already well underway for next year's din ner. Send your suggestions to the chapter house in care of the Graduate Relations Committee Chairman. See you there! -rui \r\nBROTHER BILL VAN AKEN Brother Phil Smith had the opportunity to interview Brother Bill Van Aken at last fall's smoker. The follow ing is a condensation of the discussion. An active graduate brother of Phi Gamma Delta, Bill Van Aken attends most of the events sponsored by the Xi Deuteron chapter here at Case Western Reserve University. Brother Van Aken (whose father was mayor of Shaker Heights for many years) has been in touch with our chapter for many years. Brother Van Aken came to Western Reserve's law II school in the fall of 1934, after going away for his undergraduate work, contrary to his father's advice. Although he was not a member of the Xi Deuteron chapter as an undergraduate, he knew quite a few men who were seniors in the fraternity. Apparently, at that time, many seniors in W.R.C. were allowed to spend their last year as freshmen in the Law School. Western Reserve had a much stronger football team back in the '30's. By convincing students that they would play more with less competition here at W.R., than say at Ohio State, the football coach managed to build up quite a team. Bill cannot recall Reserve losing a single game between 1934 and 1936, besides one game at Ohio State (75-01). The papers had no Browns to build up, so college football got good coverage. The Xi Deuteron chapter was well represented on the team with people such as Jack Clark, Bob Wellison, and B.J. Robertson. The biggest event for the chapter at that time also centered around football, the Thanksgiving Eve Smoker. Brother Van Aken remembered attending these 1930 PLEDGE CLASS yearly events and mapped out the evening. First the graduate brothers went out to dinner and drew up the slate for the graduate chapter. After coming back to the The editors are extremely grateful to Brother Paulsen (*33) for the fantastic picture and kind letter. Perhaps house and electing the officers, things got down to business with an intense game of cards. The next day, all went to the intensely fought game between Case and you know the unnamed pledge? Feb. 5, 1980 Again my compliments to the fine work you are all Reserve. It was in the early 40's that Bill recalls our chapter's doing for the Pot Pourri and for Xi Deuteron. The issue received yesterday is not only interesting and infor mative, it brings back memories. The need for "House Repairs" being one. Tying the memories together, and realizing that this is the fiftieth anniversary of the enclosed picture (about Jan. 1930), I checked my directory of the members move from Cornell Rd. to Bellfiower. The house on Cornell, aged and in need of repair, was on its way out. Concurrently, our house on Bellfiowercame up for sale, and the graduate members decided it was the house we needed. After many meetings downtown, the zoning was finally altered and the necessary funds were raised. -1979- and find that of the 18 members of this Pledge The FIJI'S became the first of the fraternities to locate Class (believe Emmett Pedley missed being in this pic ' *• ture), thirteen are known to be living, only three are not in the directory; Mase Kirkland and Bob Winch having on the North side of campus, and others soon followed. Brother Van Aken recalled many prominent Phi Gams whom he met while in Cleveland, the most memorable of those being Newton D. Baker. When Baker moved to Cleveland, he was always at the disposal of the students. Van Aken remembers seeing him at the passed ad astra. I have been able to name all but one in the picture and don't believe he is in the directory. Hope you may find some way to use the picture to recall fond memories for, not just this pledge class, but NEW PRESIDENT AT CWRU for all pledge classes. It surely makes me wish our class had all kept in touch. On July 1, 1980 David Ragone will replace Louis Toepfer as the President of Case Western Reserve Cleveland. Perge! University. Ragone, who is currently the Dean of the minent FlJls hailing from the Xi Deuteron chapter, those being Henry Grainard, Law Director of Carl Paulsen ('33) 1936 Ekklesia held at Headquarters Hotel here in College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, Back row (L to R) Lincoln Dickey Norman Waldbeger Wm. Deal Harold Rogers Robert Winch John Johnson Carl Paulsen Second row (seated) Front row (on floor) was chosen by a six member Presidential Search Com Cleveland; Charles Carr, Common Pleas Judge and li mittee. After ten months, Ragone was picked asthe top choice of over 240 other candidates. Dr. Ragone quidator of the Guardian Bank when it failed; and Bob believes he can unite the separatist administrations at orado. CWRU. As to the Xi Deuteron chapter itself. Van Aken remembers that it had 40-50 members. It was during the David Ragone is a graduate of MIT where he received depression, so many worked to manage to get the tuition ($360 a yearl). Also, quite a few brothers were com muters. Intramurals were big and the membership of Xi Deuteron was well represented. The undergraduates had Tom Whelan in the early 1950's. After a year's sabbatical at the University of London, heworked for General Dynamics Corporation in La Jolla, California. Dr. Ragone then Mason Kirkland became a metallurgy professor and Associate Dean at Carnegie Mellon University. From there it was on to Vladimar Messer DartmouthCollege and Deanof theirThayerCollege of Engineering. In 1972 he moved to hispresent position at Robert Crawford Michigan as Dean of their College of Engineering. Colby Mills Jay Dickinson Shepard Burroughs Emmett Pedley missed being in picture. Wellison, a footbali player who became a judge in Col his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering. FromMIThe went to teach in AnnArborfor nineyears Gardner Ranney Wm. Leckie Brother Van Aken remembers some of the more pro President Toepfer will become head of the Columbus office for Jones, Day, Reavisand Pogue, a national law an impressive basketball team which kept in tune by practicingon Saturday nights. We werealso represented in track and swimming. For entertainment, the men went to University sponsored dances, hung out at "Mabel's Grill" or went to one of the "Speak-Easy's" in Little Italy. Brother Van Aken has watched the changes of our chapter over many years. He provided us with many in firm based in Cleveland. sights into our history. We, the undergraduates of Xi Deuteron, would like to thank him for the interest he Perge! shows in our chapter.