THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA A Lambda Nu Today Fiji Spotlight Graduate rVews Sherman S. Welpton, Jr. Brothers, Sherman graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1930. Sherman is married to Dorothy Felber Welpton ^vho was a KKG. He has three children: Sherman HI, Since the good days at the Phi Gam house on south 19th Street as a member of the class of '31, lots of things have happened. I spent 20 years at the Nebraska 50; and Douglas, 48, both of whom are Fijis. State Journal and then went into the printing business Sherman also has a daughter, Virginia, 38, who was a from which I retired in '75. Retirement is quite an KKG. Sherman is an attorney with the Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher law firm in Los Angeles, California. On November 5, 1983, the College of Law at the University of Nebraska dedicated the Sherman S. Welpton, Jr. courtroom. The building is uniquely distinctive in that it wdll actually be used for courtroom proceedings. The uniqueness is enhanced by the so- phisicated audio and visual equipment to be incorporated with the building. By its use and presence the building represents the efforts, dreams, and ambitions of many minds. Mr. Sherman S. Welpton, Jr. through his concern for quality education and justice, his generous support, and his leadership in encouraging others to participate, adjustment, you go from deadlines to doldrums which you have to whip with hobbies and some mixed chores. If you don't, you "Rot on the vine." You have to experience the "do nothing" period. It's tmdescribable. What advice applies to one, won't fit another. Besides, it won't fit into a computer. I've been married 54 years, have one granddaughter, and my original wife who I met at an hour dance. Old-fashioned, yes? Fraternally Yours, Fred Arnold has obtained the fimds for the design and construction of the entire project. Longtime Fiji doctor dies We just received information concerning the death of longtime doctor and Phi Gam Brother Charles Schindel McCulloch, Charles was a member of the graduating class of 1939. Charles was bom April 8, 1918, and graduated from the University of Nebraska medical school in 1943. That same year, he was married to Maxine Lancaster of Omaha. Charles died February 17, 1983. We,at the Lambda Nu Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, would like to extend our warmest and deepest sympa thies to Maxine McCulloch and the entire McCulloch family. Fiji Personals Larry Bare of the class of '70 would like to say hi to ail members of Al's Pleasure Club. Witherby, Paul D., 1972, 1660 Otoe Street, Lincoln, Graduate Brothers attending the All-House Retreat Nebraska, 68502. Paul is Vice President of Selection Research, Incorporated. \r\nw Cabinet President Mike Cassling Treasurer John Schuele Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Historian Mike Finnerty Bob Parker Pat Duey PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Brothers, Board of Chapter Advisors Greg Swayers Neal Westphal Chuck Clifford Ken Hunter Ted Wentz Joe Grant House Corporation Walt Stephenson,Jr Tom Fitchett Lynn Lightner George Hancock Jeff Freed Dan Larson Jerry Soloman I would like to start off by thanking all the graduate brothers for their fantastic support. Thanks to all of you, Lambda Nu has all new carpeting in the second and third halls, on the old stairs, along with newly painted walls. We encourage all of you to stop by any time and see the new changes at Lambda Nu. We would also like to encourage you to attend our 1st annual Graduate/Undergraduate golf tournament on April 20. We have a lot of things planned including prizes, a banquet, and of course, a beer cart. We at Lambda Nu have been extremely busy since we returned from Christmas break. On February 16 we had our 5th annual all-house retreat. Thanks to the help of Brothers Greg Sawyers '73, Chuck Clifford '78, Joe Grant '78, Tim Wentz '75, Pat Ash '67, Neal Westphal '62, Scott Jackman '73, and our speaker Paul Witherby '72, we were able to set new goals which will help us move from 4th to 1st in the Cheney Cup. The next weekend we held the 2nd annual section Convention. The brothers from Iowa and Iowa State both attended Staff and we were able to dig up a lot of new ideas to help to Editor Asst. Editor Members Brad Finch JeffHoworth Mike Cook Joey Friedman Marty Hagge Doug Hunt have our annual Pole Sit as well as a bike race, and of Joe Petty course Fiji Islander. As you can tell the ball is really James Schuele Keith Sullivan Brian Thorell rolling here at Lambda Nu. The Lambda Nu Today is published three times during everywhere. Please send any news, information or com ments to: We are planning a lot of big upcoming events for the next two months. Probably our biggest event is an All-Greek non-alcoholic party sponsored by us along with Pepsi. We are planning to block off R Street as well as getting two live bands. We are also going to Kevin O'Farrell the school year by the Lambda Nu chapter of Phi Gamma Delta for its graduate brothers, friends, and Fijis Editor, Lambda Nu Today become the top section in the country. Finally, Brothers Hanson, Kumke and Kjerstad have already begun organizing what looks to be our best summer rush program ever. We would like to encour age you to give us a hand and let us know of any young men that show Fiji characteristics. Please just fill out the rush recommendation on the back and we will be paore than happy to take a look at them. In closing, I would once again like to thank you for your continued support, and remind you that Phi Gam ma Delta is not for college days along. Perge! Fraternally, Mike Cassling 1425 R St. Lincoln, NE 68508 Grad Golf - April SO Ashland Country Club \r\nIntramurals Brothers, Our intramurals are going very well this year. We are From a BIRD'S-EYE view— FINCH'S TSote Editor only eighty points behind the ATO's for All-U and we are out-distancing everyone else by at least one- hundred points. We are leading in the Team Sports and Brothers, Esprit De Corps awards. First off, I would like to thank our graduate brothers for their fantastic support. Without you, our house would not be as efficient and would not rim as smoothly Some of the highlights of the semester were John Schuele winning tennis singles and our Co-Rec soccer team winning All-University. We also won All-Greek in as it does today. I would also like to thank all the One-On-One basketball zmd did very well in softball and flag football. graduate brothers that attended the all-house retreat. We are very strong in intramurals this year and we are looking forward to bringing home at least two of the three University awards. Perge! Fraternally, John Dewhurst Pledge Ed newsletter, and some of my own, I hope to make the newsletter more enjoyable to read. In order to make the newsletter the best it can be, we need a lot of srraduate news. If you have any informa tion PLEASE SEND IT TO US. It can be about you and your family, a' 'remember when,'' or even a personal to one of the brothers reminding them about some of the wild and crazy times you had at Lambda Nu. It would really help and would be greatly appreciated if you Dear Brothers, The second semester is well underway here at Lamb da Nu and off to a terrific start. We have signed five new pledges to be part of our fraternity. They are from left to right; Marty Juarez (Mitchell), James "Jiglet" Schuele (Millard), Jon Duracinski (Ralston), Kevin O'Farrell (Millard) and Bob "Lumpy" Archibald (Denver).This is a fine group of young men. My committee and 1 have some big "shoes" to fill as new Pledge Educators, but everyone is willing to help would send us something. The newsletter is for you, so any news will help. On a sadder note, I think I speak in behalf of everyone at Lambda Nu that our Purple Legionnaire, Scott Jackman, will be greatly missed. He has contri buted so much to our chapter that his shoes wiU definitely be hard to fill. I am sure that our new Purple Legionnaire, Pat Ash, will do an excellent job, and we will be ready to help and support him in every way possible. As you can see from all the other reports. Lambda Nu us at our new position. I hope that all of you will send us some names of is definitely on an upswing. We are continually coming up with great ideas that we hope and feel vdll eventual ly lead us to winning the Cheney Cup. quality rushees for this summer's rush. Fraternally, Perge! Any support is always greatly appreciated. Our Field Secretary, Marshall Gould, gave us a few tips to help improve what he already considers an excellent house. Along with some of hds ideas on the Jeff Howorth Perge! Fraternally, Brad Finch Pledge Educator PIG DINNER October 25, 1985 V Cornhusker Hotel \r\nGraduate Relations Brothers, Thanks to several recent events, Graduate Relations is going strong and we hope to make it even better. A Christmas brunch was sponsored by the Omaha Graduate Chapter at the Regency West on December 27. Many undergraduates from Lambda Nu and Alpha Iota of Iowa State attended. Thanks to the Omaha graduates, everyone enjoyed some good food and good conversation. We held a Graduate Casino Night on March 2. There was a good turn-out and many graduates contributed to the house improvement fund. The oldest graduate was Paul Mastin '38. The wildest were Jeff (King) Welsh '82, and Gary (Downtown) Brown '83, who kept the dealers up rmtil 4 a.m. Tharnks to everyone for coming. We all had a great time and I know the next Casino Night will be an even greater success. Upcoming is the Fiji Open. It is a Graduate/ Undergraduate Golf Day to be held at the Ashland Country Club on April 20. We will be sending out flyers with more information soon, but start talking to other graduates now so that everyone will get interested. If you have any questions, call or write to me at the Fiji house. Islander is April 27. If you are interested in coming, I Seen here are some of the Brothers enjoying themselves at Casino Night. contact me. Pig Dinner is October 25. It's sure to be the best ever. It will be held at the Comhusker in Lincoln again. More information on this is coming also. 'Through our Graduate Relations program, we are trying to strengthen the common bond between the Purple Legionnaire graduates and undergraduates so that we can both Brothers, benefit. Remember, Phi Gamma Delta is not for college days alone. Perge! Fraternally, Dave McCabe This is my farewell as Lambda Nu's Purple Legion naire. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to work along side such outstanding young men the last three years. Their hard work and constant striving toward the ideals of Phi Gamma Delta have been a tremendous source of inspiration and pride for me. I will always Remember liVhen remember this time as one of learning; and sharing the Fred Kauffman and Dick''Trigger'' Thompson took off for a roarin' week at Boulder. Fred saw his pinmate I want to encourage each of my graduate brothers to continue to support Lambda Nu and be involved as the opportunities are presented. You will receive fjir more in rewards than you will ever spend in time and money. Jan Schales, but Trigger went fortune-hunting and came up with half the state of Texas—a blonde. "Cat" has reached the state of frustration. It is time most important aspect of fraternity—friendship. Phi Gamma Delta continues to offer one of the best and He has also made a hit with the girls on campus. most exciting learning experiences a collegiate can have today. Your commitment to contribute to the present and future of Lambda Nu will help to continue Everyone loves him. Two Tri-Delts even stopped by to this proud tradition of educational excellence at the play with him this afternoon. Several of the brothers participated in "Snowball University of Nebraska. that a mate is procured as he has reached "puberty." Rebellion II." Snow was piled up in front of the doors of sorority houses. Fortunately, nobody was expelled. Big party last weekend. One-half of us got drunk, the other half kept an eye on us. Lahn passed out, "Birdie took over because his date passed out also. I found Binds date passed out behind a bale of hay. My date caught me, I suffered like a bad kid. When she caught me with this sleazy date of Binds, I almost lost out on a good deal. However, I was merely trying to wake her up. (Tee-Hee). Nulls date pissed her pants. I congratulate our undergraduate brothers of Lambda Nu on their many recent awards. They eu-e well- deserved. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of those successes. You will always be number one with me. To all of my Lambda Nu brothers, past and present, my wish for you is good health, prosperity, and fond memories of our truly outstanding fraternity. I am mighty proud to be a Fiji. Perge! Fraternally, S. Scott Jackman \r\nSocial Public Relations Brothers, We have had a very busy semester socially here at Brothers, After a first semester full of Public Relations events, we are ready to start the second semester in the same way. This semester will be very busy with most of our events in the second half of the semester. We have already begun our busy schedule by starting up Foun ders Day again. This involves delivering a cake and congratulations to sororities on their Founders Day. We also participated in the National Food Distribution again on February 6 and 7. This involved unloading, sacking, and distributing food to need families. Around 25 Brothers participated in this federally funded pro gram. We are also beginning to put a greater emphasis on Brothers Against Drunk Drivers (BADD). This is designed to keep Brothers who have had too much to drink at parties off the road. The second half of this semester will be loaded with fun and interesting projects and philanthropies. Once again this year we will be doing the Fiji Pole Sit. This will be held April 1 through the 4, the week after Spring Break. This promises to be a great philanthropy and a Lambda Nu. The first party of second semester annually has been the 'Coming off Probation" party. This is to celebrate to coming off probation nine years ago. We had it with the Chi O s. Phi Psi', and Alpha Phi's, and although it went very well, I do not think the Alpha Phi's will be invited to help host it next year. The weekend was just as action-packed as the week was around the house. Friday night we had an FNC with the Beta's, PiPhi's and the Tri-Delt's at the Clayton House, and then right away on Saturday we had our MTV party with the AZD's, Kappa Sig's, and Gamma Phi's at the Southwest Civic Center. Two weeks later we had the Pajama party in the house. This was the usual blow-out and a good time was had by all who managed to stay awake. We have some great parties coming up such as "I Love My Harley" and Shot-A-Minutes. Thursday nights around the house have been interesting to say the least. Do not forget Brothers that Islander is coming up April 22. Perge! Fraternally, John Dewhurst great time. Looking further into the future, the Phi Gam Jam and the first Fiji Pro-Am Bike Race will make next fall something to really look forward to. I will keep you RUSH informed on all upcoming events. A special thanks goes to Neal Westphal, I know the past P.R. chairmen have appreciated his help and advice and I am looking Dear Brothers. Forward to working with him. Perge! Lambda Nu was very successful. Five quality men Fraternally, Jeff Blumel I'm happy to report that second semester rush at pledged the fraternity of excellence. Jim Schuele, a freshman mechanical engineering major, and Kevin O'FarreU, a freshman life-sciences major, are both from Millard North High School. John Duracinskiis a sophomore from Ralston, Ne., majoring in electrical engineering. Marty Juarez is a freshman pre-physical therapy major from Mitchell, Ne., and from Littleton, Colorado, comes Bob Archib^d, a fresh man marketing major. Even though spring Rush was just recently complet ed, planning has already begun for this summer. This summer's rush parties should prove to be bigger and better than ever. A number of parties have been planned in the different areas around the state and any graduate who would like information sent to them concerning the date and location of these parties is a » > encouraged to send in their name and address on the card on the back of the newsletter. Also if any graduate would be interested in hosting a party this summer please let us know. This newsletter also contains a Rush recommenda tion form. If you know of a high school senior planning to attend UNL this fall that you feel would make a good Phi Gam,fill out the form and return it to us at Lambda Nu. Remember RUSH is the lifeblood of the fraternity. Fraternally, Dale Kumke, Blumel, Jeff Howorth, Mike Finnerty and Mike iling attending Section Convention. Jeff Hanson (Rush Chairmen) \r\nGRADUATE NEWS Send all news items to; PHI GAMMA DELTA GRADUATE NEWS 1425 R Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 Date Class Year_ Full Name Nickname. -Zip. Current Address Occupation Wife's Name(college & sorority). Children(names & ages) Clubs and special interests What's new with you? Mom's Notes Rush Candidates Name. Hello to aU our Lambda Nu Brothers, It seems to me this school year is going by very Address (zip). rapidly. The stairs and hallways are taking on a new look. The stairs are being reparied and carpeted. It sure does look nice and certainly was badly needed. We have five new pledges this semester. Welcome guys, nice to have you. We will have a nmnber of our Seniors leaving the house in May. Guys we will miss you all, and do come Phone. Comments. and see us. Guess that's aU for this time but I want to wish aU *We encourage comments; athletics, grades etc. good health, happiness and do stop in and have coffee, lunch or dinner with us, here in Lincoln. 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