President's Report The ultimate purpose of a newsletter is to inform the graduate brothers about the condition of the house. In There are other reasons why 1 feel the house is running so well. Of all Frater nities and Sororities on campus, the short, the Michigan Fijis are in ex University declared our kitchen, by far cellent shape. Brother Cal Souther, residing in to be the cleanest and most efficient. Milwaukee, Oregon generously donated 15,000 dollars (that's right, 15,000!) to We have just completed our winter rush, extending 15 bids to some pretty the house this winter. The money will exceptional people. The Cabinet recent ly drove down to Lexington, Kentucky pay for fire code renovations, and possibly a redecorated living room. All to visit our International Headquarters and also our brother Bill Zerman. After Cal asks for in return is a tour of the house—well Cal, you better be ready for being wined and dined by Bill, and being captivated by Headquarters it one heck of a house tour. self, we found it hard to drag ourselves home. B an,.! Lexington, I strongly suggest y Headquarters. Wildcat, you wdl be jadto^ ^ is getting a'o"g ^ "Old Christian second year here, Gentleman" (as he hkes to^^^^^ penings here at 70Ji^^use has not still adapts well to th Brothers,in cbs g. been as tightly km Ivisit sureinhope you can^'pig,^ the near future. iriB be in October.) Rob Smyth'79 Perge! Aipha PMJi News Pledge ^ — fTl Prank The pledge class of Fall '77 showed itself to be without question one of the most original pledge classes this house has seen in quite awhile. Keeping with tradition the 17 member class thought up a prank to pull on the actives—as was characteristic of this class in general they did an excellent job. About four in the morning one day late in Oc tober the boys threw open the double doors of the new house lobby and hoisted fellow pledge brother Bo Man ning's Datsun up the front porch stairs and planted it in the midst of the lobby (Reminiscent of their Pig Dinner Duty). Next they waxed its windows, "Pledge Prank 77," and left it there, horn blowing, doors and hood locked. Brother Gary Sulzer was the first to be awakened by the comotion and out his window he caught sight of the pledges running down the hill. Now Gary had trouble finding his way to By this many uf the brothers had been Needless to say, brother Sulzer, having recognized his mistake, had class at noon let alone recognizing a aroused and were quite perplexed by the irritating horn and impregnable bunch of pledges running down the car. It took the wrath of Herculean car in the lobby (horn blowing and all), front hill at four in the morning, so, brother Jeff McAllister to finally bend open the hood and silence the annoying was all in good fun. We can all sleep in figuring he caught a neighboring frat. up to no good, Gary called the police. blast. quite a time convincing the officers the peace now knowing that they are all no longer pledges. \r\nPig Dinner ^77 On October 15,1977 the Fijis of Alpha Phi held their annual Norris Pig Din ner. The festivities began with a pregame lunch at the house with a lot of the alums getting reacquainted after many years. Then the long exodus to Michigan Stadium. The weather was nice so the walk was enjoyed by all. The game proved to be a nice wann up for the rest of the evening as Michigan came out ahead of Wisconsin 40-34. Back at the house a happy hour was in the works and by the time we got back from the game the spirits were j President Carter's immediate family. Dinner was good (as usual), followed He told us about all the '^behind the flowing. , r 11 by the appropriate remarks by the chapter officers. Brother Don Smith gave a moving request and raised well over $400for the house. The speaker for the evening was Brother Rick Hutto. Brother Hutto is from our (Georgia chapter and at the time was the appointmentsecretary for scenes" type work he did and everyone received his words very well. When Rick was finished, the formal part of the dinner was over, but the fun was yet to begin. It was decided that everyone go to the Pretzel Bell and put down a was too crowded so we all came back to the house. Back at the house the beer flowed, songs were sung, stories were told, and brotherhood was ever present as everyone had a time they shouldn't forget for quite a while. Part of the suc few beers while reminiscing good cess is attributed to the great class of 67-68 who were celebrating their 10th reunion. All are encouraged to come to times. It turned out that the Pretzel Bell next year's Pig Dinner for even a better time. Everyone Welcome To date we here at 707 Oxford have had the pleasure of entertaining quite a number of visiting Fijis. These visits have come from all over the States (N. Carolina, Wisconsin, California, Arizona, Georgia, Maine and Chicago), as well as from different houses here in Michigan (Michigan State, Western Michigan Univ. & G.M.I.). Our visits from N. Carolina, Arizona, and Maine were particularly interesting. The brothers from North Carolina timed their visit perfectly. Stopping in on their whirlwind tour of the U.S., they arrived exactly two minutes before supper the night of a Thursday night party with the ladies of Delta Gamma. Needless to say, by the time they left on Sunday, they had seen a good deal of the lighter side of Michigan student life. Perhaps our most fascinating visit came from brother Bobby Herbeck, graduate of Arizona State. On his way to New York from his native Beverly Hills to be in the Broadway Musical "Grease," Bob made a stop at Ohio State to visit the Fijis there and take in their big football game with Oklahoma. On a whim, brother Herbeck decided to drop in on our chapter and see the U. of M.-Texas A&M game. To make a long story short and a short visit long. Bob not only had a chance to take in the game, but the whole next week as well. Neither the brothers here or Bobby Herbeck would have wanted it any other way. At the very beginning of this term we Kidney Kandy Although our schoolwork, partying, and IM sports activities generally keep the FUrs at 707 quite busy, we usually find time to sponsor a few social service activiti^ throughout the year. This year's social service program has made a start with a candy sale for the Kidney Foundation of Michigan. Every year the Kidney Foundation has a "Kidney Kandy"sale to raise funds for a drug bank, patient services, and research for kidney disease. In ad seling, and in improving health and in surance legislation. For this year's candy sale the Kidney Foundation is selling "Tootsie Roll Bank Packs" for $1 each. had a visitor from Maine—brother Mike Wissenbach, a field secretary. Mike was a great addition to all house activities during his brief stay. His help and advice particularly on tradition as well as other important aspects of Phi Gamma Delta was very encouraging. This is only a brief account of a few of our many visits, and as you can see We have been selling the Kidney each visit was well worthwhile. We feel Kandy at most of the sororities on cam pus. The response has been tremen dous. We have already sold much more that everyone involved stands to gain from experiences like these. They bring a new cross country dimension as well as a gratifying past-present perspec candy than originally expected, and by the time the sale ends,the FIJI'S should collect a total of $480 for the Kidney dition, the Foundation sponsors Foundation of Michigan. In addition, programs in public information, professional education, patient coun this activity gives us more exposure with the sororities and helps to create a favorable image of Phi Gamma Delta. tive to the idea of a fraternity. So we here at 707 Oxford would like to extend an invitation to all Fijis, grad. or un- dergrad, in state and out, to drop in when passing our way. \r\nAipHn PHi Chapter of PHi Gawnma Pelta Expects to See YOU at The 1978 Annual Norris Pig Dinner October 7 Michigan vs. Arizona \r\noaas & Ends AJpha Phiji News, October,1949: Alpha Phi's wmiam S.(for Sheridan) Zerman, '49, is right in his element in his new job as the Fraternity's 22nd Field Secretary,for dealing with people in his forte. Generous and goodnatured,"Bull" Zerman will always be remembered at 707 and on the Univer sity's vast campus as a man who was never too busy to sit down and thrash out a knotty problem or proffer some Raymond C. Smith Library was added in 1973. Improvements are a continual process at 707 Oxford, keeping the House in good shape and making it a pleasant place to live has been the con cern of generations of Michigan Phi Gams. Certainly, a house such as 707, with all its charm and history makes a magnificent home for a great chapter in Phi Gamma Delta. friendly advice. Spring, 1937: DIVERSITY? Diversity has always been one of our most prized endowments here at the Alpha Phi Chapter, it is stressed at Rush and after Rush; "There is no one type of person that makes the best Fiji.", "Strong character in the house does not necessitate tedious unifor mity." With this idea in mind the house took in probably the most diverse member ever—Fred. Needless to say Fred was controversial, his behavior borders on the bizarre. To begin with Fred does not like the idea of having just one room—so he wonders the halls and now and again he drops into a room and visits awhile. Then there's his table manners (they're non-existent). Fred prefers the third floor new hall to the Board Room for his dining room and in sists on slurpping from bowls rather than using plates and knives and forks. His night life is a bit out of the ordinary as well, Fred is nocternal to say the least. He naps a bit in the afternoon and spends his evenings walking about the neighborhood until the wee hours of the morning. The neighbors dont The Honorable Wilber M. Brucker, former governor of this fair state, was the guest of Phi Gamma Delta at its an nual Pig Dinner Saturday. FOOSBALL TOURNEY ENDS IN THRASHING The first official Fiji Foosball Tour nament ended as the number one seeded "We Won," humbled the num ber three seeded "Sadists," in the finals. The cockey, powerful "We Won," composed of seniors Lamb and Thieme, drubbed the "Sadists" keying on the inexperience of junior goalie Chuck Joseph. Junior Joseph, head constantly beaded with sweat, fell vic tim to an incredible barrage of precision, bullet-like shots from Thieme and Lamb. Starting with 24 teams, the tour nament quickly lost the weaker entries to other mediocre teams. After the FIJI CHRISTMAS DINNER The Christmas season brings to each of us at the house, a sense of harmony, and a hope for the coming year. This past holiday season, the brothers decided to extend this feeling to an un fortunate family in Ann Arbor. Caught up in the rush of buying gifts for our own families and friends, and also amidst the frenzy of finals, the idea at first seemed a little hard to fulfill. Recognizing how fortunate each one of us are at this time of year and how we might have the opportunity to make someone s Christmas special, plans were made for December 18,1977. The children of the Wilson family, blessed with loving parents, were not going to be able to enjoy the season's traditional pleasures because of an un timely illness of their father. Two weeks before Christmas, Mr. Wilson was told by a doctor that he would not amateurs were weeded out, the class players matched shots. The number two seeded "Youngsters" proved to be the biggest disappointment of the tour ney. After being whitewashed in the winners bracket by "We Won," they received another quick beating by the "Sadists" to end their tournament hopes. All of the entry fees plus the prize money donated from those generous senior tournament winners will be ad ded to the Grass Skirt '78 fund. Dateline Fall 1936: THE CHI PHI-PHI GAM FEUD over a stolen Christmas tree threatened to develop into a serious controversy late Tuesday when Phi Gam's had not as yet returned to redecorate the purloined spruce as per agreement. At 7 p.m. the belligerants did put in an appearance, however, and proceeded to carry out mind—So? Fred is unbelievable with Th?h of time. The brothersindefinite felt there period was something their contract. cool and they all come to him we could do for this family. however, the Chi Phi freshmen had not been idle. They accumulated a con siderable number of buckets of water on the roof and almost drowned the departing Phi Gams. Battle was im mediately joined on the lawn and bitter the ladies, he just sits back and acts run they're fingers through his jet black We decided to bring a dinner, a pus or even crack a book, but even so lu decorations over the Wilson's home. Wildcat cooked uptoa there's no doubting his intelligence. A1 things considered, bizarre behavior and brothers. Another group of brothers brought the dinner, tree and trimmings hair. No one has ever seen him on cam all, Fred is one of the most popular in dividuals in the house—a definite asset. But then again; pet cats are always popular. The House at 707 Oxford Our house at 707 was purchased in the spring of 1905 for occupancy that fall. "The Spooner Addition was built in 1912, it was further rebuilt and refur nished in 1928. There has been much renovation in the House over the years. In 1967, the Walter B. Rea Addition was completed, more than doubling the capacity of the House. Finally, the turkey feast with the help of some of the over to the Wilson's home. The latter group was to enjoy the finer part of the occasion. As the Wilson's ate, we set up the tree in the living room and covered it with decorations and lights. After Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their four young children finished the meal, we sat and talked with them for a while. The kids seemed to start paying more attention to the candy decorations so we decided that it was time to leave. The family While the renovation was in progress, raged the conflict with a spouting fire hose the objective of both sides. Exhausted, the Phi Gams bitterly withdrew after some minutes and little attempt was made to shield the resen tment felt by both sets of combatants. Wiser heads in the Phi Gam house disliking to see a feud thus arise which might be perpetuated for years to come, ordered up a couple of kegs of beer and invited the whole Chi Phi house over. Latest reports from the battlefront indicated that all forces had was appreciative and our small gift seemed to add to their holiday as well thrown down their arms and that a as ours. announced at any time. merger, or Chi Gam House, might be \r\n77-78 Donations as of 2-14 RAY W.REPLOGLE '10 WILLIAM HART '14 C. A. CROWE '14 J.B. BRILL 18 FRANK N.GAETHKE'21 W.R. HARRISON '21 A. K. KRAUSE '22 H. WILLIS HEIDBREDER '23 WILLIAM D.ROESSER '25 S. H. HULSE '25 MARTIN D.GARBER '27 F.L. MUELLER '27 ROBERT L. HALL'27 P.J.PFAFFMANN '27 CALVIN N.SOUTHER '27 JOHN W.BLANCHARD '28 RAYMOND C.SMITH '28 THOMAS E.SUNDERLAND '28 HARLEY B.KLINE'28 FREEMAN CRAMPTON '28 DONALDS.SMITH '29 E.THURSTON THIEME '29 ALEXK.SCHERER '30 JOHN G.STAUDT'31 T. HOLLISTER MABLEY '31 JAMES F.TEMPLE'33 W.C.CARRIER '34 G. MENNON WILLIAMS'36 JERRY BAKER '37 BURTON L.COFFEY '37 GEORGE H.BORNEMAN '37 JOHN C.THOM '38 GEORGE D.SEYMOUR M.D.'39 JOHN RINEK'39 HARVEY W.CLARKE '39 JOHNR.HULBERT'40 NORMAN KEWLEY '40 JAMES McCRACKEN *40 ROBERT D. ULRICH '41 WM.OWN MAYSZ'42 MAURITZ G. ANDERSON '42 ROBERT W.TITUS'42 HARRY S. ANDERSON '43 W.O.SCHOEDINGER '43 JEROME S. MILLER '43 ROBERT J. NORWICK'43 C. M.DOTTERRER '44 ROBERT COLE'45 HERBERT A.BEYER JR.'45 HARVEY L.SPAUNBURG '45 GEORGE H.SHAFFER '46 CHARLES G. HELMICK JR.'46 ANDREW F. OLIS'46 GLENN C. NEFF'46 ROBERT M.GRANDY '47 HAROLD H. WALTERS'47 WILLIAM McDAVID '47 L. R. ALBERTIJR.'48 P.K. MOONEY '48 ROBERT ORTH '48 ROBERT J. FOUKAL'48 HOWARD R.DeMALLIE'48 ORIN C.ROGERS'4^ JAMES F.HADLEY'61 LEOM.CALHOUN '49 ROBERT M.BRISTOR '49 CARLETON C.PATTERSON '49 JOHNR.SHREVES'63 JERRY W.GERICH'63 ERVIN HURST'50 DALES.COENEN '50 JAMES A.EBERSOLE'50 DE WOLF M.STANLEY'50 DON LATHRUP'50 JAMES O.KISTLER '50 DOUGLAS R.HOTCH'64 CHARLES A. MURRAY'51 W.M.BRISTOR '51 JOHN LINDQUIST JR.'51 NICHOLAS RADELL'52 THOMAS EMERSON '52 NEALET.TRAVES'52 MICHAEL L.HINNEN '64 WILLIAM VANDENBELT '65 WILLIAM A.IRWIN '65 RICHARD L. VUKIN '65 JAMES K.POSTHER'65 CHARLES E.THOMAS'65 ROBERT F.SPALY '65 JAMES E. MILLER '67 THOMAS C.EVANS,'67 WILLIAM E.SHUTT '67 CHARLES W.O'DELL'67 JOSEPH L. MIDDLETON JR.'53 DONALD L.SANDERSON '68 ROBERT E.VOLLMARII'68 ROBERT C. AIKEN '68 DUANEJ.RIEGE'68 CHRIS PARKER'68 JAMES M.MILLER JR.'53 RICHARD A.HERRINGTON '68 ROBERT K.ERF'53 JACK S.PUTNAM'53 ROBERT EVANS'53 DON LEOPOLD'69 GEORGE F.QUA '52 RODNEY 0.SMITH'52 CHARLES C. WHITEAKER '53 JOSEPH C. HEINLEIN,M.D.'53 FRED M.SCHERER '54 CHARLES R.ZIMONT'54 STEPHEN M.QUA '55 THOMAS E.SHANNON '55 JOHN C.BAITY '55 RICHARD L.PINKERTON '55 PAULK.GEIGER'55 DAVID L.FLEISHER '56 EDWARD CROUSE'56 ROBERT B.KNUTSON '56 DOUGLAS R.MURRAY'56 KAYEL.MERCER'56 DAVID M.SMITH'56 HARRISON WEHNER'57 CLINT WAGNER'58 GORDON K.EMERY '58 CHARLES L.STEINER'58 JOHN J. McFATRIDGE'58 STEPHEN H.KALE'58 RALPH L.FREDERICK '59 DAVID E.WOOD'60 JOHN DENISTON '60 DONALD W.HANNAH'61 MICHAEL QUINN '69 DOUGLASSTEVENS'69 JOHNS.WENDT'71 GARYARNOND '71 LAWRENCE A.KUHNKE'72 WILLIAM YOUNGER JR '72 STEVE CHAPMAN '72 JOHN R.BEVINGTON '72 KEN NEMEROVSKI'72 PHILIP DOMBROWSKI'72 DAVID L.FREEDMAN '73 LT.GLENN P.GABEL'73 RANDY TALLERICO '74 MARK E.LOHELA '74 JOHN S.ROBISON '74 THOMAS DOBLES'76 JACK B.WALKER '76 JIM GRAVELYN '76 JEFFREY N.LUTZ'77 RICK C. NELSON '77 JOSEPH A.BILICH'77 DONALD R.GILLIS'77 JOHN PODRIZNIK '77 MARKPERSITZ'77 ROBERT E. McGUIRE'? w. Webb wilson '? \r\n688 Calvin N. Squther 12DO STANDARD PLAZA PDRTLANDf ore. 97204 24-11 February 9 jq 78 15000and00cts 1230 Dollars $ 15,000.00 Alpha Phi Association Phi Gairana Delta MAIN OFFICE, p. O. BOX 4412 y^lUNmSP STATES NATIONAL BANK "OP ORSaON PORTLAND B720a FEEDBACK Brothers, the main objective of this newsletter is to keep you current on events in the house and give you infor mation about other graduate bros. The first is easy to handle but the second necessitates your participation. We ® ■: L Bi0"'00 i n: L7a fl a&ii' When yc-u do write, add addresses, class year, legacies, etc. Send to: Perge! Alpha Phi Corresponding Secretary 707 Oxford Ann Arbor, MI 48104 can't print what you'd like to read unless you write in with something your classmates would like to read. Let us know what you're doing with yourself. Tradition is also something we're concerned about. We realize that over the years that some tradition has slip ped away. Alpha Phi-Phi Gamma Delta is very different than most other Phi Gam chapters and tradition is the reason for that. What we'd like to know are the traditions that you are aware of when you lived in. (Stories are just as good.) Be explicit and relive a few great memories! Thanksgoto: Art Albin Chris Cartwright Rick Di Pasquale Karl Schweikart Dave Sichel Rob Smyth Kevin Thieme JimTobin Dan Weimer Jeff Whitacre CAUKutttlii University of Michigan ALPHA PHI CHAPTER 707 Oxford Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 I 'J \ U.S. iCSTAGE PAID AliiJ A.1BGU, .JUH. EilHIlIT i:G. 40?