I MIDWAY >! FIJIGRAM VOLUME 84 CHI UPSILON PHI GAMMA THE of DELTA UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 1987 OF at CHICAGO ISSUE 2 Upcoming Events: Casino Night and Fig Dinner Chi Upsilon is holding its annual Casino Night and Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday February 28.Gamblers can look forward to blackjack, roulette, and craps, along with drinks at the downstairs bar. We hope to see plenty of graduate brothers pre sent. Please call the chapter house at (312) 753-4070 to let us know you are co ming. The 85th Norris Pig Dinner, followed by the 77th Interfraternity Sing, will be held Saturday, June 6. The complete schedule of events will be listed in the spring Fi.iigram. Be prepared to sing for the Quality Cup. The Nasal 19 will be present to help us sing with the excellence that Chi Upsilon has been known for since they formed over 40 years ago. Social Service: The Tradition Grows Stronger As you may or may not know, Chi Upsilon has won the Dean's Award for Community Service since its inception three years ago. Social Service Chairman John Stein berg 88, however, saw that more could be done. He has made a significant effort to add to the programs we already have and maintain those currently in existence. Social service has two focuses - manpower and fundraising. This year, the chap ter is contributing more manpower, yet also increasing fundraising efforts. Four brothers are currently donating a couple of hours of their time a week to the Chi cago Child Care Society. Other brothers, also, will soon make weekly visits to La Rabida Children's Hospital. Both places are staffed mostly by women, so the pre sence of brothers is especially beneficial to the boys. Doug McNelis '87, Jon Rapping '88, and Brian Ward '88, along with John, have found that interacting with these boys and girls is not just a good release from the tensions of school but, more importantly, a special way of giving to these kids. That, of course, is what social service is all about. As far as specific events are concerned, the chapter held its annual Christmas party on December 5 for approximately 40 underprivileged children. The event went well as the children had a tour of the house, enjoyed food and drink,and even had a visit from Santa (a.k.a. John Boland '88), who brought plenty of presents. In fact John remarked that seeing the brothers and children interact has been the high light of his job thus far. "1 learned that giving batteries is a good idea," he said, "because the kids went to the brothers for help. My next goal is to teach Dan Lerner ('87) the meaning of giving." In addition, John organized an IFC fundraiser and party earlier this quarter which raised $905 for the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club Gymnasium Fund. A blood drive is also coming soon which will start a new program of a blood drive every eight weeks. Spring, of course, brings our two major fundraising events. Air Band and the 6th Annual Fiji Pole Sit for La Rabida. Air Band will be held in late April, while the Pole Sit will be in mid-May. \r\nA Message from the President Brothers, As February begins, so does the term of a brand new cabinet.The newly elected offi cers include Brian Braithwaite *88, Treasurer; Jamie Verhane *88, Recording Secretary;! Bill Flevares *88, Corresponding Secretary; Steve Lyle *88, Historian; and myself, 'I John Boland *88, President. Chi Upsilon is riding very high right now, excelling in academics, athletics, and campus leadership. The chapter has never been stronger, and the new cabinet is definitely up for the challenge to serve for the next year. Many thanks to the departing cabinet. Their hard work and dedication has left the new ca binet with a fairly painless transition. Winter Quarter propels Chi Upsilon into its five busiest months of the year. Thanks to John Steinberg *88,social service leads all others on campus. Events include ser vices for La Rabida Children*s Hospital and the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. Once again, the Dean*s Cup for Community Service will be ours. Interfraternally, all is going smoothly as John Burrill *87 is currently the Interfraternity Council Secretary.! We also have an outstanding list of future events that will keep us all busy. Ca sino Night,a favorite of many, will be on February 28. As Spring Quarter begins, so cial service takes the reigns with our 5th Annual Air Band Party to benefit the local community center. Later in spring, the old 25 foot pole will be erected in front of the house as the 6th Annual Pole Sit for La Rabida Children*s Hospital will be in pro gress. By the spring, house improvements should also be evident as the stairway project closes with the installation of new carpeting. To keep that carpeting clean, a new pledge class aspiring to become Fijis will be in session. As of this writing, the fall pledge class is still working hard, giving it their all in their quest for brother hood. We have already benefitted greatly from their devotion. Before closing, I would like to remind everyone of our two biggest events, Fiji Is-I land and the Nprri^ Pig Dinner, As usual^ Island will fall at the end of the- Pole Si L J The once-a-year tropical paradise will offer plenty of food, refreshments, and enter-] tainment for all. Pig Dinner will be on Saturday, June6 and is followed by the IF Sing, where Chi Upsilon will undoubtedly capture the Quality Cup this year. Fraternally,I John Boland *88 Perg/! Chapter President Chapter Changes (a graduate editorial) Brothers of the *30*s,*A0*s, *50*s, and *60*s might be interested in some of the changes which have occurred over the years which have caused a modification in chapter [louse usage. One major transformation seems to be the one brought about by the construction of Regenstein Library 500 feet west of the chapter. Enforced study hours do not exist low in the house. While some undergrade do still study there, after dinner most of those who have studying in mind are part of the mass exodus to **The Reg.** The house :onsequently tends to be a lot noisier than we might recall in decades past. Yes, fines were actually assessed during study hours- not for studying, but for disturbing those iho were trying to study. President DAVID L. ROSENBERG *50or JOSEPH D. ABATIE *57 night step out into the hall with the quiet reminder to lower the radio volume or move the hallway conference into a room, fines being appropriately noted. Brothers of the mid *50*s can remember when JAMES K. FISK *56 got the first **hi fi** set in the house.| Now almost all the brothers have stereos, and, due to chronic hearing defects or a feeling of obligation to entertain the neighborhood, these are usually played at high sound levels, assuring that the library offers better study opportunities. Besides the elimination of formal study hours has been a recent shift in chapter attitude towards its campus wide or University image. This has been evolutionary yet substantial contrast exists between now and eji earlier time when the chapter feelir \r\n^ > 3 ^was that its primary obligation was to its members rather than to the entire student>v body. More simply putt the chapter house frequently takes on the role of a"student union" type of facility rather than the more intimate»more private home-away-fromhome that we appreciated for so many decades. Because our own chapter has been larger in recent years (between 40 and 60 members and pledges for almost all of the *80's), the members do not get to know each other as well as iJr.the past. With more open par ties and fewer "members only" get togethers the fraternity chapter plays, in some re spects at least,a different role than it did. Please understand: many things have not changed and those who have observed human organizations, like fraternities, have ob served cycles and trend reversals like the width of ties and lapels and the lengths of women's skirts. This may possibly occur in Chi Upsilon also. The Recent Evolution of Hyde Park It may or may not be easier to get through the University of Chicago than it was 20 years ago, but it does take longer to drive through Hyde Park than it used to due to more stop signs and one way streets. As an example, there are now on 57th Street 8 stop signs or stop lights between Jackson Park and Washington Park. Stop signs are now at Drexel, Ellis, Hull Gate-Regenstein Library crosswalk, University, Blackstone, Dorchester, and Stony Island, and, of course, the stop light on Woodlawn. A stop sign has also been added at Woodlawn and 58th, slowing down the north-south traffic. Besides traffic control devises, 57th Street is seeing several other changes. Ol der grads will remember the Steinway drugstore that existed for years on the north west corner of Kenwood; brothers of the last 15 years will remember that as the lo cation of the Agora restaurant. Now after a $400,000 complete internal-external re novation of the site we see the striking white facade of the Prairie City Diner, which will open later this month. One block east, on the southeast corner, the vege table gardens which thrived for over 10 years are gone and six $300,000+ town homes are rising, adding to Hyde Park's tax base. Qn the northwest /norr»er ef 57th and Sto-- ny Island a modern steel and glass two story structure with attractive landscaping is open and housing the national headquarters of a sorority In addition to the commercial amenities appearing on 57th Street, 53rd Street has undergone even greater changes. A new Benetton clothing store has added a high fa shion note to the neighborhood.(Paul Song '87 has appeared as a model in their Maroon ads.) The old 53rd Street YMCA, which was razed several years ago, has been replaced by a mini shopping plaza featuring a Pizza Hut, Perry Drug Store, Payless Shoe Store, and Baskin Robbins. The old Baskin Robbins store in Harper Court, just down the street from the Hyde Park Theater, has been replaced by a Fruzen Glade ice cream parlor. Numerous smaller shops have been remodelled and more changes are planned. Pledge Education The pledge period will soon end for the current seven pledges. Bob Grimm, Mero Guirguis, Frank Held, John Pandolfino, Brian Seykora, Rob Williams, and Werner Ziegler, all members of the class of '89, have worked hard this winter and are pre paring for Delta Week. The pledges have renovated the basement bar area and helped varnish the main stairway as their house project. They threw a "Bachelor Party" for the brothers, went on a retreat to the University of Wisconsin, and had a pledge fa ther- pledge son bowling night. Soon they will work at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club auction as their social service project. Delta Week features song practice with JIM VICE '54, Alcohol Awareness Night, and Silence Night. The chapter looks forward to initiating these seven hard working and dedicated men. The chapter is also expecting to have approximately'twelve pledges for the spring pledge class. Brothers Alvin Marr '87, Paul Song '87, and Mitch Kapetan '89 will be their pledge educators. Fraternally Yours, ^erge! Stephen Lyle, Chapter Historiaq^ \r\nVarsity Athletics Five brothers were honored for their play on this past fall's varsity footbali i team. Brother Jim Kapotas '87, earned District 5 Academic All- American honors, while brothers Edward Voorhees '87, and John Joyce '87 earned Honorable Mention Academic Ail-American honors in the same district. Kapotas was also named MCAC AllConference for his outstanding play at guard. He was joined on the All-Conference team by fullback Tony Lee '87 and four time All MCAC performer Ted Repass '87, a M middle linebacker. Brothers are also competing in varsity athletics this winter. Dave Witt '87 and pledge Frank Held '89 are helping the conference leading Maroon basketball team. Brother Larry Lee '89 swims and Mark Cawi '88, Alex Sun '88, and Brian Ward '88, along with pledges Seykora and Ziegler.participate on varsity track. Baseball practice has already started for Doug McNelis '87, Eric Smith '87, Pete Leeds '88,John Boland '88, Steve Chmelik '89, and pledge Grimm. Spring club sports feature brothers playing both lacrosse and rugby. S i t 5. (i Graduate News ARTHUR D. CLARK '71 informs us that his second daughter was born on the eve of her sister's birthday. Paula Catherine was born February 7, 1986. Her sister Amy Josephine arrived February 8, 1983. Arthur is still working on his college goal of 20 chin ups. He still can do 17, the same as in 1970. LANSING R. FELKER '55 and RALPH J. HENKLE '55 were present at the January 31, 1987 wedding of MICHAEL J. F. ROGERS '56 at the UN Chapel in New York. JAY ALLEY '79, who played in the alumnivarsi tv basketh Tl vamp on Tpnnarv '7 'lad ^is fience vdth him. They werp to *^0 married the following week. Jay works for a department of the state of Indiana. MICHAEL A. NEMEROFF '68 had a third son on December 29. STANLEY A. HUTCHINGS '64 now lives at 285 Riconada Ave., Palo Alto, CA, 94301 and has a wife, a son, ant! a daugh ter. A. GENE FERRARI '53 will retire from AT & T in March after 31 years with the firm. MICHAEL E. JOYCE '54 recently retired from Dun and Bradstreeet, where he has worked since graduation. FREDRICK A. RAYFIELD '74 has settled down to life in Ver mont and can be contacted at P.O. Box 819, Waitsfield.VT,05673. EDWARD D. JONES '66 has been doing marketing consulting and lives at 34428 Via Gomez, Capistrano Beach, k^A,92624. ROBERT S. ALVEREZ '34 lives at 719 San Miguel Ln., Foster City,CA,94404^. MIDWAY FIJIGRAM Chapter Historian FIRST CLASS 5615 Chicago, IL 60637 ; (It (iiiiiinu 7>/n Ddbi 1^01/?ej P.o, 6i»{