iEpfiilon 0uil PUBLISHED BY EPSILON CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA AT NORTH CAROLINA FALL 108 W. Cameron Avenue 1979 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. 27514 Twelve Pledge Epsilon Fall '19 Pledges: Kneeling: L to R, Bill Clark; Johnny Lyon; Tom Prewitt; Byron Kirkland; Jim MacGill; Chip Williamson Standing: L to R, Richard Davis; LarnarJones;John Hogan; Byrd Rawlmgs; Page Gravely; Kenneth Maddox With the loss of 18 seniors due to graduation, rush was the Raleigh. Byrd plans on majoring in business or political major concern here at Epsilon. But, with the superb par ticipation and enthusiasm of brothers and alumni, we science. Being the tallest pledge, we hope that Byrd will help pledged 12 of UNC's finest men to uphold the strong tradi This semester we have two pledges from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Thomas Rogers Prewitt is a freshman with high ambitions of attending dental school. Tom's older tion of our chapter. Much of this year's successful rush was contributed to the Alumni rush letter which was sent out this summer inquiring about prospective Phi Gams. The response from this letter was overwhelming, building our summer rush list to over 100 names. The President of this semester's pledge class is Richard Eaton Davis from Wake Forest. Richard is a sophomore and he is pursuing a career in medicine. Lamar Jones, Jr. from Kinston is a sophomore transfer from E.C.U. Lamar is double majoring in Economics and Political Science witb outside interests in football, basketball and canoeing. , Rounding out the sophomore pledges is Kenneth Pitts Maddox III from Greensboro, N.C. Kenneth is a transfer from Lees-McCrae and is currently majoring in business. Byron Barnes Kirkland is a freshman from Goldsboro, North Carolina. He is majoring in business with hopes of at tending law school. By pledging Epsilon, Byron follows his older brother s footsteps in becoming a Fiji. William Lewis Clark, a freshman from Wilmington, North Carolina, is also a business major with a brother at Epsilon. Bill enjoys surfing and soccer. ^ ^ . John Francis Hogan. Jr. hails from Raleigh, North Carolina. John is a freshman majoring in business and is playing tennis on tbe varsity team here at U. ■ ■ William Byrd Rawlings, HI is also a freshman from out in intramural basketball. brother, Rob, was a brother at Epsilon also. Harrison Hicks Williamson, Jr.(Chip) is the second of the Fayetteville duo. Chip is also a freshman majoring in business. Soccer and lacrosse are his sporting interests. Page Keen Gravely, II is a freshman from Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Page is another legacy, his brother Steve was a Phi Gam at Epsilon in 1976. Page is majoring in business and enjoys football and basketball. James Fulton MacGill, Jr. is a freshman from Clinton, North Carolina. Jim is planning on majoring in Economics. He enjoys hunting and fishing. John Daly Lyon, Jr. rounds out this strong pledge class. Wake Forest is his hometown and he is also a freshman. He is planning on majoring in Accounting. John enjoys fourwheeling in his Renegade jeep. We feel that this this has been one of the strongest pledge classes in several years. Also, we are anticipating a strong spring rush. We hope that the brother/alumni effort will continue to grow stronger and that Epsilon will continue to pledge outstanding men and uphold the tradition of Ep silon. Richard Battle John Owens Rush Chairmen \r\nThe President's Treasurer's Message Report This fall semester at Epsilon has been both productive and rewarding for the brothers. The spirit of the brothers, rush, and the condition of the house have all contributed to this wonderful fall. As many of you may know we came back to Vance Hall a year ago (August, 1978) with renovation in its middle stage. Chaos existed for weeks, but finally the job was finished. This year we were able to move in right away. The recent renovations continue making the house look terrific, however, a few minor repairs still remain to be done. The ability of the brothers to move in and get started right away also led to an excellent rush. Twelve young men —three sophomores and nine freshmen —from various parts of the state pledged and are currently fulfilling their pledging obligations. And though rush for the spring has yet to officially begin, the outlook is promising. Spring will not bring a large pledge class; nevertheless the quality will be superior. Brothers, The undergraduate chapter here at Epsilon occupies perhaps its best financial position in recent years because of last spring's blanket assessment, which enabled the chapter to begin this fall with a zero balance. In addition to the undergraduate assessment, the chapter recognized the ever present problem of inflation and raised board, local dues, social, rush and house improvements to prevent undergraduate finances from falling behind once again. The result, as stated above, is a financially sound undergraduate chapter. We are proud of the effort put forth by the undergraduates and would appreciate any addi tional support possible from the graduate brothers. Although the house is running smoothly from day to day, we still do not have the resources to properly furnish the house as well as other house improvement necessities. Finan cially speaking, things are looking up at Epsilon and we ap preciate your concern and support. Financially Epsilon remains above ground. Having over come a large deficit in the last year we are now striving to keep our costs down while keeping up with double-digit in flation. Housebills have been raised recently to maintain an even keel with persistent rising costs. Fraternally, Ronnie Batchelor Treasurer Perge! On November fourteenth we held elections for officers for the 1980 calendar year. Ronnie Batchelor was elected as President; Rob Holmes as Treasurer; Johnny Kirkland as Recording Secretary; Bobby Woronoff as Corresponding Secretary; Billy Williams as Historian; and Richard Battle as assistant social chairman. The brothers look forward to serving under these fine young men and are happy of the wise decisions they have made. At the present time there are 49 undergraduate brothers here. However, there will not be many lost to graduation this year. Three will graduate in December and six will graduate in May. The house is at full capacity with 34 boarders. So all in all we look forward to a strong spring and an especially strong fall. Also to help us in our everyday affairs and our future plans we have a fine group of advisors. Jerome C. "Pop" Cashion continues to be our Purple Legionnaire. With his constant contact and aid, Pop has helped us to avoid a cou ple of crises in the past year. We are quite grateful for his services. Our faculty advisor is Dr. W. J. McCoy. He is con stantly available to lend assistance in any academic matters, and in this manner provides a great service to Epsilon. Final House Corporation On Saturday, November 10, our House Corporation ^ will be ambitious and effective in handling cabinet the affairs of Epsilon, The results are as follows: Jim Lanier ly, Marvin Carver is our new section chief. Because of his ex perience with national and his proximity to the house, he will prove to be a great asset to us. In addition to these men, we have constant help around Sam Thompson Bill Stanley the house. B. T. Harrington continues to cook and Steve Jimmy Royall Craig is the houseboy. We are pleased with the way things are going here and hope that you will have time to drop in to see us or to offer any suggestions you might have. Sincerely, David S. Kennett Marvin Carver Chuck Holderness Chairman of the Board President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Fund Raiser \r\nDave Whichard to m Speak at Pig Dinner hB This year the annual Frank Norris Pig Dinner will be held on Saturday, February 9. Once again, we will hold Pig Din ner at the Carolina Inn, right across the street from our house. All graduate brothers are invited to come by Vance Hall about'5:30 P.M. for cocktails before dinner. We will proceed to the Carolina Inn about 6:30. The price for the meal, which has not been determined yet, will be collected at the Inn. Dinner will be followed by the presentation o awards and the honorary speaker. We are pleased to an nounce that this year's speaker will be David J. Whichard, II, Epsilon '48. Brother Whichard is from Greenville, North Carolina where he serves as President and Editor of The Daily Reflector. DavidJ. Whichard, II He is also affiliated with the publication of several other Eastern North Carolina newspapers. Mr. Whichard is active Two Earn Honors Two brothers of Epsilon were recently inducted into na tional collegiate honorary fraternities. Dave Kennett was tapped by Phi Beta Kappa and Johnny Kirkland joined Brothers Ronnie Batchelor and Rob Holmes in membership in Phi Eta Sigma. Both Dave and Johnny are well rounded young men who, in addition to maintaining excellent scholastic averages, have been able to contribute their time and abilities to Epsilon. Dave, a Business major who is also Phi Eta Sigma, is currently serving as President of Epsilon, and Johnny, while pursuing an Honors degree in Chemistry, has served as rush chairman and is about to take office as Recording Secretary. We are proud of their achievements, for it is efforts such as this which maintain Epsilon's reputa tion as the best house on campus. Graduate Brothers about to partake of the Ritual at 19 Pig Dinner. in many civic and social organizations and prominent in field of newspaper publications. He is also serving the higher education system by being a member on the Boar o Governors of the University of North Garolina sinc« 19 We are very proud to have Brother Whichard as our spea er this year. Also we want to personally ask you to make a special at tempt to attend Pig Dinner. We feel that Pig Dinner is one of the few times that the new get a chance to meet the o and good attendance is necessary for this to happen. We ap preciate all of the help we have received from the graduate brotherhood and hope to see everyone on February 9. Rob Holmes Bobby Woronoff Graduate Brother Relations \r\nHouse Improvements After the brothers had moved in, unpacked, and settled down, Vance Hall finally began to look like a home. Yard work, replaced windows, freshly painted rooms, and other general improvements have made the top three floors look great. For the past two years the House has enjoyed the benefit of a major improvement each year. The first year the top three floors were almost completely renovated and in the second year, drapes were purchased for the first floor. In order to complete our job we must improve the condition of the basement. Portions need repaneling, relighting, and some other structural repairs. Also, the chapter is looking into purchasing some new furniture for the first floor. Several brother's parents have already donated furniture to Epsilon. With the fulfilling of our anticipated goals, and our ex isting accomplishments, we hope to make Vance Hall the most attractive house on campus. --■'j^ ..'^-~- --.IT" Doug Chesson House Manager ■ .. «5 Social Once again Epsilon kicked off its social season with the ! now famous Summer Rush Party which was held at Bogue t* iJ Banks Country Club this July. Rush chairmen, Richard Battle and John Owens, directed this successful affair. We Trust me John, Chrysler's a sure thing right now. began this semester with our annual Tuesday night party with the Vandells. Throughout rush, we had mixers with the A D Pi s, Tri Delt's, Chi O's, and K D's. Other events includ ed football games, tape shows, and early morning mixers. The highlights of the semester came during Rush Cocktail Sports and Clemson Cocktail. At these two parties the graduate ^ith the loss of 18 seniors last spring, Epsilon faced a ■"^building season this fall. After getting off to a sluggish both football teams made it into the playoffs. The blue brother support was tremendous. We hope that this kind of participation will continue. We are looking forward to a successful spring social program and would like to invite all graduates to attend some of these social functions. team, led by "Chic" Ellis and Rob Kelly, made it to the sec- round of the playoffs where they bowed out to the eta s. More success is expected next year for the young blue team which loses only two seniors. In other sports, Don Freeman finished fifth in the mile John Coffman - Social Chairman tttn this year in track. The soccer team, led by senior Dave b-ennett and freshman Chip Williamson, earned a berth to Post season play. We should continue to field a strong soccer team due to an increased interest in this sport. Volleyball (Bije iEpBilon (©lul This newsletter is published by Epsilon chapter of Phi Gamma ® ®o had a respectable season this fall. Blue tennis was the 'Shhght of our intramural program this fall. The blue Delta for the alumni and brotherhood. Co-Editors: Rob Holmes and Bobby Woronoff Noting, and Henry Kidd, advanced all the way to the finals sustain it and are sincerely appreciated. For this reason, Epsilon ^^tn, consisting of Dave Kennett. David Bock, Beau ^ ere they lost to the Phi Delts, 2-1. The spring shows a lot of promise for IM this year with ^^ketball, raquethall, howling, and Softball still to come. Billy Williams Intramural Manager Graduate brother contributions and dues are necessary to urijes its graduate brothers to aid the finances of their fraternity. At this time, graduate brother news for this letter is also needed. Anv such items are encouraged to be submitted to the editors. This includes graduate brother news, rush recommendations, address changes, and anything else of interest to the Eijis. \r\nCan You Help Us Find These Lost Brothers? We do not have the current address of these brothers. If you happen to know the present address of these brothers would you be so kind as to send it to us so that we may change our mailing list accordingly. Bill Kimball Reed Kernodle David H. Pharr Steven C. Buchanan Richard W. Heathcote Donald D. Gordon Deane F. Bell Carl D. Farmer Stuart Frantz Kenny Randolph Mark Carter Frank Jolley Lee Holder Jordy Whichard Wes Minton Peter DuBose Donald R. Galloway Wayne Hardee Mark Bardill Bill Winn Hayes Holderness Robert Williamson Boh Bennett William H. Tinsleyjr. John Gates Under the Hut As a result of an increased interest games of ^^ance at Fnsilon Georffe "Read 'em and Weep Clark had discove;ed that George Allen's football philosophy is also ap- pHcable to late n.ght card games. Says George. Yes, it s cer tainly a game of inches. It's extremely painful to accept needless loss of yardage." Henry (Tel! 'em I'm not here!) Kidd has started an inhouse laundry service specializing in dirty socks. Henry is purported to be pioneering a method of sock starching that Ppi revolutionize the industry^ One of H-rys mam Tustomers, Greedy Reid Jones, led a short lived but effective tffort to replace old worn out windows on the bottom floor. Reidy, a man of action, rationalizes that "a man s gotta do what a man's gotta do. Tohn Coffman. feisty leader of the PGGA (Phi Gam Golf Association), was recently reprimanded for attacking Blair "Sound Effect" Shwedo with a seven iron. John, who became excited and inflamed after losing ball after ball on the "backside." refused to apologize and said that golf would no longer be one of his nighttime activities. Finally, brothers Charles Ellis and Dave Kennett are firm ing up their plans for the future. Charles speculates that his chances for marriage within the year rate "Best Bet" while Brother Kennett's only rank a "Recommended Play." But Charles cautiously adds. "I pick favorites not wives." Benjamin T. Harrington at your service. \r\nThe Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta 108 W. Cameron Avenue < 'k Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 Address Correction Requested ^s;/oaJ CUtKprea. 3//. ZeKMfilJ 5^3 Ui^UeK l^veioue Soiri^ 301 ^Y- ^OS'Of