RUSSELL STREET REVIEW SPRING 1985 PURDUE UNIVERSITY FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Dear Brothers: 1would like to first thank our graduates for their tremen dous support this year. Thanks to all of you, this chapter remains at the top both campus-wide and nation-wide. Special thanks are long overdue to our Purple Legionaire, Dave Alexander, who has shown continuous support to the chapter for over eight years. Also special W. LAFAYETTE In closing, I would like to once again thank you for your continued support, and remind you that Phi Gamma Delta is not for college days alone. Fraternally, Perge! John Schommer President thanks are in order to Doc Crowder, Jack Coffin, Jeff Cooke, and Bill Miller for their constant contact with the chapter. The 1985 Norris Pig Dinner was nothing short of sensa tional. I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who attended. Special thanks goes to Lambda lota's Tim Foley, who shared his NFL Superbowl experiences and how Phi Gamma Delta has helped him to his many suc cesses. His dynamic speech inspired all who attended, especially the undergraduates. Thanks also goes to brother David Mortell and his committee for their organization of the dinner. Thanks Brothers! Summer Rush has already begun at Lambda Iota. With Jeff Hoogenboom and Mark Folta leading a fired-up house for rush, we are sure to continue our top hold on campus. I would like to encourage our Graduate Brothers to give us a hand if they know of any. young men that show Phi Gam characteristics. Please let us know, we PIG DINNER 1985 would be more than happy to consider them for membership. This spring we started the first annual Dad's Day Golf Outing. An incredible time was had by all. About 15 father and son pairs hit the links, and over thirty fathers attended the weekend festivities. After the golf outing, we returned to the house for a night of interesting ac tivities. A royal Phi Gam breakfast was prepared by 9:00, but unfortunately no one was awake to attend. For Mother's Day/U-Sing '85 Weekend the Phi Gams were paired with the women of Alpha Gamma Delta. We FIJIs and AGDs sang our way into the hearts of our Mothers and the judges as we advanced to the Evening Sing competition. The party with the Moms that followed the competition was the highlight of the year. Herb Albert, Fats Domino, Glenn Miller, The Freshmen, . . . FIJI Moms were dan cing until dawn!!! On February 23, 1985 we held our annual Norris Pig Dinner at the Trails in West Lafayette. It turned out to be a fantastic day despite the inclement weather. Over 40 graduates came back to see and be with their Lamb da Iota brothers. We were very fortunate to have as our guest speaker brother Tim Foley from the class of 1970. He was a pleasure to meet and listen to as he gave a very enter taining speech to close out the dinner. A day after Pig Dinner we were inconvenienced by a slight case of food poisoning which made brotherhood really special, as unity illness was the main agenda for several days. Next year's dinner is scheduled for February 15th, with the site to be announced. I would like to say thanks to all the graduates who attended and made the dinner a great success. Lambda Iota is nearing a goal which few chapters in the country can boast. The mortgage at 640 Russell is only one year away from being paid off! Join us in our celebra Pig Dinner Chairman tion of the goal that will soon be a reality. David Mortell \r\nDAD'S WEEKEND 1985 This year on the weekend of March 30, 640 Russell Street started a new tradition by having a Dad's weekend golf outing. Despite the cold and damp weather, fourteen dads and their sons played a nine hole scramble on the Purdue North Course. The foursome of the Hoogenbooms and the Reeds captured the title with a fine score of two under par 34. Following the outing, everyone was invited back to the house for an ex cellently catered meal by Sarge Biltz. There were thirty dads who came to be with their sons for the weekend. All the brothers are hoping to continue this weekend for years to come. Dad's Weekend Chairman ALPHA GRADUATE CORPORATION President Vice President David Alexander John Soronson Treasurer Secretary. Kent Upton Jeff Cooke David Mortell HOUSE MANAGER/GARDEN Many improvements have been made to the house this spring, being mostly outside. The lawn has been thatched, fertilized, and aerated which improved the lawn a great deal. In the front of the house the garden committee has put in an attractive flower box with decorative rock around one of BOARD OF CHAPTER ADVISORS President Vice President Treasurer Jack Coffin John Miller Kent Upton Secretary Joff Cooke the trees. Eventually the other two trees will be completed in a similar manner. Much thanks goes out to brother Eric Roebuck and all the others who helped on the lawn. A new porch was proposed for the north side of the house, and estimates are currently being taken. This project would include extending the current porch around the north side and possibly having gas grills installed. House Manager/Garden Chairman Dan VanBuskirk Jr. CHAPTER OFFICERS INTRAMURALS In intramurals this semester, the Lambda Iota brothers did President Treasurer John Schommer Stewart Klipsch Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Historian Allan Mailloux Joe Broadner Tim McGraw PUBLICATION COMMITTEE not fair so well as we placed seventh in fraternity competi tion. Participation was not the problem, but quality of play and bad breaks were. In slow pitch softball, we had two undefeated teams in season play, but both were beaten ear ly in playoff competition. Our returning basketball champs were defeated in the quarterfinals of the playoff tournament. We did have good participation in multitathlon, golf, and ten nis doubles. Intramurals Chairman Jim Neff Chairman Jim Neff David Mortell Allan Mailloux UPCOMING EVENTS July 26-28 Sept. 19 Summer Rush Weekend Gene Cernan to speak at Purdue Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 12 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 Feb. 15 Purdue vs. Ball State Purdue vs. Notre Dame Purdue vs. Illinois RUN FOR THE MONEY Our annual run for leukemia with the Zeta chapter at Indiana this past fall was a great success. As you may or may not know, every year the visiting team for the annual Oaken Bucket game runs the football to the home team's campus. This past fall Indiana ran the football to Purdue. We were very fortunate this year to have with us the ladies of Pi Beta Phi sorority to help us fight the battle against leukemia. This will now be annual event for the Pi Phis and us. Purdue vs. Northwestern We raised about $2,500 for the Leukemia Society which was greatly appreciated. Several of our brothers also participated in the Leukemia society's telethon which was also a great suc cess. Next year, we will run the football down to Indiana, hopefully having a bus take the whole house so everyone will Purdue vs. Iowa be able to attend. Purdue vs. Michigan State Pig Dinner Run for the Money Chairman Jeff Petry \r\nUNIVERSITY SING University Sing was a great time again this year as we and Alpha Gamma Delta sorority sang our way into nightsing. Even though we didn't place in nightsing competition, the reward of singing in Elliot Hall of Music makes all the hard work worth its while. Thanks to brothers Richard Lynch and Michael Zachman for their extra time and efforts in starting this new tradition at Phi Gamma Delta. To complement our exciting weekend of singing, 35 of our •^1*1 • - • r^ ^ mothers joined us in the weekend festivities including a din ner catered by Apple Annies, nightsing, and our wildest and most enjoyable party of the year. Thanks to brothers Mark Malven and Eric Roebuck for a job well done in preparing for the mothers. Once again the marvelous mothers club graciously and unselfishly gave money for house im provements. This year's improvements include two new house vacuum sweepers and a new tape player for the house stereo. Also they donated $400 towards a computer system with hookup to the University. Thanks Mom's!! Chairmen Richard Lynch Mark Malven YOUR CLASSMATES WANT NEWS ABOUT YOU! Please use this slip to pass along personal news about yourself, your family, or other chapter members you have seen or heard from. Feel free to include a photograph if you wish. WHAT'S NEWS? Engagements, Weddings, Births, Deaths, New Jobs, New Home, Promotions, Change of Address, Community or Professional Awards, Fraternity functions. Name Address What's New Return to; Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, 640 Russell, W. Lafayette, IN 47906 \r\nSUMMER RUSH 1985 This year we are instituting a new idea for our rush program. We are having a summer rush weekend to invite several freshmen that willbe attending Purdue next fall to the house, mark Folta and I will be putting everything together, but we are depending on our graduates and the undergraduates for our needed rush recommendations. We are hoping that this weekend will give us a head start on a fantastic fall rush pro gram. The goal of this program is not to replace fall rush but to enhance it. Hopefully this will enable us to eliminate our present spring rush. The weekend we have picked is July 26-28. We feel that this is close enough to the start of school that we will not forget the rushee's faces. We have several activities planned including a Softball toumey, a pig roast, and a small party on Saturday night. A recommendation form is included in the publication. If you could please fill out the form and send it back to Mark before the middle of June it would be greatly appreciated. We will decide on which rushees to pick up for the weekend and who we will save for the fall. If everything goes as planned we will be headed for a pledge class of 40 for the class of 1989. Summer Rush Chairmen Jeff Hoogenboom Mark Folta Deeur Graduate Brothers: It is never too early to start thinking about our rush program. We are Ipoking forward to a successful one this fall. Rush will start on August 29th and ends on October 18th. If you have any ideas, contributions, and especially names of possible Fiji material, please feel free to contact me. There is a rush form below for your convenience. RUSH RECOMMENDATION Please mail to: Mark Folta, Rush Chairman 128 Thombush W. Lafayette, In 47906 Name of Rushee Home Address _ College Address Home Phone — College Phone High School Attended and G.P.A,. Activities and Honors Fraternal Affiliation Remeurks Recommended by. ALUMNI RELATIONS P.O. Box 5631 Lafayette, In 47902 Address Correction Requested Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID NON PROFIT ORG. PERMIT NO. 229 LAFAYETTE, IN