K THE N O X f/j/ VolumeLXXVNo.2 Galesburg, Illinois Fall Edition 1982 Burren Offers Door for House Barry Michael Burren, '69, has opened the door this year on improvments to the chapter house. Brother Burren Burren's offer of the door is only a part of his extensive service to the chapter. He was the chapter's house manager has offered to replace the house's old front door. Carpenters have been consulted about the door, which has clearly been used a great deal. The varnish is almost completely gone from it and the wood has suffered from his sophmore and junior years. The experience taught him how important and difficult maintaining the house is. In 1969, as the treasurer, he helped to steer the chapter through its split over the policies of International. Because exposure to the elements and to the entrances and exits of countless Phi Gams and their friends. Burren and his classmates worked hard to keep the chapter together, many other men have become Gamma Deuteron Fijis. Burren further promoted the chapter's interests m his Belzer Named service, for two years, on the Inter-Fraternity Council. He Sports Editor of Student Keith Belzer, '85, is this year's sports editor for the Knox Student. Keith's influence has made a substantial improvement in the Student's sports department in the three issues which have been published this year. In fact, Keith has virtually created the department which last year relied solely on articles written by the writers in the College's Public Relations Office. Keith is a theatre major and was one of the leads in last year's production of Edward Albee's "Seascape" in Harbach Theatre. This term he is one of the lead s was also a member of the College's Board of Public Relations and its Young Republicans. At Knox, Burren participated in I.M. sports. He has continued his involvement in athletic activity by jogging five mornings a week. He is also on a championship bowling team and has a .526 batting average on his softball team. Burren graduated from Knox in 1969 and attended North western University. He received his degree from Northwestern's Dental School and has been a general dentist since. He has a private practice in Elgin, IL. Burren is on the Board of Directors of Elgin's Kiwanis and its dental council. He is also a director of his local YMCA. While Burren is uncertain whether he'll be back for in "I Never Sang for My Father," also a College production Homecoming, all our Brothers are urged to attend and see in Harbach. the new door. Wolfington New Legionnaire Jim Wolfington, '82, has been selected Gamma Deuteron's new Purple Legionnaire. Jim replaced Brian Cox, '79, this fall term. Making structural improvements in the house is Jim's major goal for this year. His intended efforts will focus, as will those of the undergraduates, on repairs to the roof. Jim further hopes to improve the chapter's scholastic performance and its relations with our Graduate Brothers. Jim brings to the position of Purple Legionnaire a great deal of experience in dealing through the appropriate channels to achieve specific goals. As a member of Knox's Honor Board, he helped to maximize the system's potential for academic integrity. As the secretary, he made great improvements in the system used to correspond with the chapter's Graduates. Jim is working for the Bank of Galesburg as a trainee in its bank services marketing division. Jim Wolfington, Purple Legionnaire for Gamma Deuteron, with the honor that symbolizes his qualifications for his new position. \r\ng.d. £iji— A Letter from the President Dear Brothers: It was with great expectations that the Gamma Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta opened her doors to the returning underclassmen. A new shower on the third floor suprised everyone! Now the house has two new showers, and no more leaks. We hope and expect to have no more leaks for years to come. Another area that excited many of the underclassmen was the new change in the rush system at Knox. The rush period is now six weeks instead of the regular 10. We hope this will be beneficial to our rushing tactics. Being 26 strong, we hope to have another outstanding rush this year. Homecoming, as you all know, is Oct. 23-24. We hope to see you all here at the house. We hope that you will be proud to see how the house looks. We have started to put much Treasurer's Notes Dear Brothers: As a new school year begins we find the chapter with several obstacles that we undergraduates must hurdle. One hurdle has already been conquered. That is the one pertaining to the leaking showers. Both the second and the third floor showers have been replaced with strong, wellworking fiberglass showers. As of this date both the chapter and the house corporation are anxiously awaiting a report that has been prepared bya local contracting company. This report should deal with what will have to be done to meet the demanding fire codes. From the records that are avaiable to me, it seems that no fire code updating has been done in the last ten years. As of now, our fire prevention system is quite archaic. This surely is not safe for the members who now live at 218 S. Cedar. more effort into trying to keep the house in good shape; however, with the house being as old as it is this effort seems like a never-ending battle. In fact, the largest part of the 1982-1983 budget is designated for house repairs and replacements. Another date that we hope you will reserve is April 2, 1983. This is the tenitive date for our NORRIS PIG DINNER. We hope that this pig dinner will be the best one you have attended; however, to make this pig dinner a success we need your attendance.Please let us know if you can attend. It is very important that we hear from you as soon as possible so that the proper arrangements can be made. Finally, we hope to establish a better rapport between the chapter and graduate brothers. Any input you have on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Perge! we are 26 strong, and almost all of the 26 work very hard for the chapter. We hope that we will be able to plan a few help weekends during the Fall term to do some serious work on the house. The financial situation of the house is sound. With the excellent budgetary policies of my predecessor, the house is able to function without any severe handicaps. However, in the next few years I expect that some sort of large scale fundraising drive will need to be conducted. I forsee this for two reasons — the upgrading of fire codes is going to be very expensive and the amount of structural work that will have to be done is quite large. I have, unfortunately, not yet prepared the budget for the 1982-83 academic year. If I had, I would be able to share some of it with you now. I have, however, planned to spend a great deal of money on the major areas that I think we Another section of the report should deal with how we will need to concentrate on this year. One area is graduate prevent further inward sagging of the house. It seems that relations and the other area is house improvements. I hope there are three rafters that are cracking in the livingroom ceiling. But enough of that somewhat bad news. The good news is Bradley Colony that at the end of my term of office I can look back and say that this money was spent wisely and effectively. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to write. I will answer you. Thank you. to Become Chapter One of the high points of the 134th Maple Leaf Ekklesia was the announcement that Bradley University's colony Perge! had been approved for initiation as a chapter of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. After the vote was announced to our Bradley Brothers the entire floor of the Ekklesia burst into a round of cheers and applause which were represented only by Dave McCallum, '82, and Cal Hammond, '28. The noisy reaction of the Ekklesia announcement will probably be repeated when the Bradley colony will be minutes. formally initiated on the weekend of Nov. 12. All Gamma Unfortunately, only Ken Cornell, '83, Steve Sutker, '83, Deuteron Phi Gams are urged to attend the event in Peoria T.J. Ingersoll, '85, and Peter Warn, '85, were able to so that our new Brothers at Bradley may be welcomed to shook the floor of Toronto's Royal York Hotel for a full five partake in the celebration as representatives of the under the Fraternity with a greeting similar to the one they graduate chapter of Gamma Deuteron. The Graduates received at Ekklesia \r\nTHE FRATERNITY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA GAMMA DEUTERON AT KNOX COLLEGE 218 South Cedar Galesburg, Illinois 61401 (309) 343-9535 1982 KIMOX COLLEGE HOMECOMING Friday, Saturday, and Sunday October 22, 23, and 24 i3^aAJUA 'tfe- (U«A -Itr 4tAC. cuaiUjuiJL FoJlfi\A(WQ^(L^5VAtu^ JU^jyJ^ 0-tuQ. uyy -4^ . Cu. a. 54-U#t.r-V a. AAa.j4.tuv Cn.\r