GENERAL FIJI ZETA DEUTERON AT ☆ ☆ WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY I I i i PRESIDENT'S REPORT graduate relations. 1 plan on devoting a lot of time Dear Brothers: It has been a little while since you last heard from us here at Zeta Deuteron. My apologies for the delay. I am happy to report that things are going very well here in Lexington. The brothers and I feel that we have had an ex cellent rush this year, despite our working without an actual fraternity house. So far, we have thirteen outstanding pledges and several more leaning strongly toward Fiji. Structurally, the house is finally coming along. Work began late this past summer, and after a slight delay this fall, work is picking up again. The base ment floor has been poured and the basement walls are up. The steel beams arrived in late October, and they should be up by the time you receive this to this area, but I also need your help. Enclosed is a graduate information sheet. Please take .some time, fill it out, and return it to us; we are always in terested in hearing from our graduate brothers. Also, on Friday, May 9, 1986, we are holding our Norris Pig Dinner, which falls on the Friday of Spring Alumni Reunions Weekend. Please mark this date on your calendar immediately. Hopefully, we might be able to hold the dinner in the new house. Last year, after going some years without, Fiji held its Norris Pig Dinner, and, despite the low graduate brother turnout, it was a success. To those brothers who did attend, we thank you, and hope that you can make it again this year. To those who did not make it, we look forward to seeing you May 9, and any other time you happen to be in Lexington. Fraternally, Gary Appel '87 Chapter President newsletter. Regarding number, quality, and finances, Zeta Deuteron is stronger than it has been in a long time. One area in which 1 feel we could yet improve is Perge! \r\nPage 2 Fall 1985 FIJI RUSH With 1985 Rush in the past, Zeta Deuteron has once again produced another outstanding pledge class. By pledging 13 freshmen, Fiji has built one of the largest pledge classes among Washington and Lee's 17 national fraternities. 5 Our chapter house is in the process of being rebuilt but even this could not slow us down. We held our Rush functions at a local house where several of our brothers live, therefore, freshmen were able to see that Zeta Deuteron is still a strong house on campus. The two-week Rush period started off great on September 15 when we signed up 93 men for Open Houses. When the Open Houses were over, Fiji had invited 48 of these men back for Rush Dates. After an intense "ball session," we decided to hand out bids of membership to 27 of these freshmen and as of now we have pledged 13 men with about three or four getting ready to join. Whether through the Open Houses with soda and munchies, the tailgate-parties and barbeques or our traditionally wild Rush parties such as Mad Dog Night or Possum Punch, these pledges were able to realize the strength of the Zeta Deuteron brotherhood. And Fiji at Washington and Lee hopes that it will be these pledges that turn out to be the foundation of brotherhood for the future. Keith Boyd—Fallston, MD Frank Kellner, Bel Air, MD Scott Quagliata—Stone Mountain, GA Tony Waskiewicz—Baltimore, MD Thomas Skeen—Paris, KY Jamie Gaucher—Phillipsburg, NJ Robert MacPherson—Pennsauken, NJ Pete Petino—Springfield, NJ James Ambrosini—Pottersville, NJ Douglas Franzese—Shreveport, LA Jason Russo—Columbia, MD Andrew Hermer—Edmons, WA Stanley Hall—Danville, VA ZETA DEUTERON OFFICERS Phi Gamma Delta President Gary Appel Treasurer Jefferson Harralson Recording Secretary James Kelly Corresponding Secretary Paul Abbott Historian Thomas Murray NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE Editor Writers Chris Sherlock Gary Appel, Jefferson Harralson, Mike McAllister, Brad Preston not for college days alone Photography Chris Sherlock \r\nALUMNI APPEAL FIJI COMMUNITY RELATIONS REPORT As most graduates of the Zeta Deuteron chapter Dear Brothers, of Phi Gamma Delta know, a need for a reconstruc Last year, the Zeta Deuteron chapter took a tion of both our physical and organizational struc tures has occurred in the past couple of years. As a result, we have lost touch with many of our graduate strong look at our community relations. We decided that our small projects of the past were not enough. We then planned two large projects that would be brothers. true services to our community. We planned a fund drive for the American Cancer Society and took on the responsibility of painting the children's day care center at the Robert E. Lee Episcopal Church. Our Cancer Society project consisted of collecting This is very unfortunate, but from these setbacks comes a renewed fervor to reunite with our graduate brothers and reaffirm our desires to keep you in formed of and involved in all that is going on within our chapter. We very much hope that you will be responsive to our attempts. pledges for what we called "100 Innings for Cancer." In May we played 100 innings of softball starting at 9 A.M. and lasting until after 5 P.M. We To this end, we have supplied each of you with a Graduate Information form. We hope that this ap peal will persuade most, if not all of you, to get in were happy to have in attendance several professors and Deans of the University. Many of the onlookers touch. These forms will provide information which we can publish in subsequent newsletters to keep you informed, not only with the chapter's activities, but with those of your graduate brothers as well. made donations for our cause. Our effort raised over $300 for the Cancer Society. We felt this was a good effort for the first time, but we plan to do much bet ter this year. Our second major project, painting the church, The best way, however, to reacquaint our graduate brothers with the active Fijis of Washington and Lee is for you to visit us in person. Thus, we would like to invite you to our Annual Norris Pig was a tremendous success. The Robert E. Lee Episcopal Church's day care center was in dire need of painting. We were informed of this potential ser vice project by our faculty advisor, Dick Sessoms. Dinner. Formal invitations will be coming soon, but we would like to inform you of the date so that you The project took two full days to complete with can start making plans now. Our Annual Norris Pig Dinner will be held May 9, 1986, which is Friday teams of Fiji's working in four-hour shifts. Every brother and pledge took part and were very satisfied, as well as the church members, with the finished pro duct. The total project accounted for $3000 worth of evening of Alumni Weekend. Also, the Zeta Deuteron chapter of Phi Gamma Delta would like to extend to you an open invitation to visit us at any other time throughout the school year. Simply let us know when you will be arriving and we will be waiting to greet you. Through all of the changes and unfortunate man hours donated by the Fiji's. We believe that these two projects are definitely steps in the right direction for continued and sustained strong relations with the community. events that have occurred in the recent history of W&L Fijis, it has often been difficult to see that our Jefferson Harralson '87 Treasurer efforts would pay off, and although we still have a long way to go, we still need all the help you can give. We now see that light at the end of the tunnel, and we really would like to share that light with each Perge! of you. ^ - \r\nPage 4 Fall 1985 EDITOR'S NOTE m Dear Brothers: Happy Thanksgiving and a Joyous Holiday Season to all. 1 hope this letter finds you well. 1 also hope that this issue has been informative and in teresting, for it is our sole purpose to keep our graduate brothers abreast of our activities. One area in which we, as a fraternity, feel we could improve is graduate relations. This need for improvement stems mostly from our recent setbacks. We now hope to make up for lost time. We feel one of the best ways that we will know our efforts are paying off is through graduate response. So we ask that you take a minute and fill out our graduate information form. These publica- 4 tions take a great deal of effort, but we feel it will all be worthwhile if you, our graduate brothers, get something from it. We have no way to determine if - you do enjoy these letters if no response comes back Alexander F. Casteili '86 SENIOR SPOTLIGHT to us. 1 would also like to remind you of our Norris Pig Dinner. We have found these dinners to be very in formative and enjoyable in the past and really would like for you to attend. 1 do not want to beat the pro verbial dead horse on this issue, but we have come so The FIJI Senior Spotlight focuses on senior Alex Casteili. Alex has had a Washington and Lee career that has touched on quite a few activities, which in clude varsity football, student government, and of go. In short, we need your support to make our course, productive involvement within his fraternity. chapter strong so that we may flourish. Thank you. As former President of our chapter Alex showed tremendous leadership abilities as he spearheaded the drive to rebuild our chapter house which was lost to a fire in 1984. The role he played during that trying time helped unify our chapter and prove to everyone that we are not ones to let tragedy prevent progress. Alex's accomplishments on the football field have helped Washington and Lee post an impressive win ning record through his first three seasons as a General. This season Alex was named captain of the varsity and his leadership has guided the Generals to a 6-1 season at the time of this writing. Alex is an Accounting-Business Administration major in W&L's School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics where he has managed to maintain a grade point average above a 3.0 while participating in the activities that have been touched on already. As if Alex hadn't done enough for the Washington and Lee community he was elected Vice President of the Commerce School for his senior year. As Vice Presi dent Alex holds a place on the Student Control Com mittee which is one of the student body's disciplinary groups. The SCC acts on cases that cannot be brought to a satisfactory completion by the Univer sity's disciplinary procedures. Alex has set an example for all young Fiji's to follow. His accomplishments reflect the high qualities of leadership that all Brothers of Phi Gamma Delta strive for everyday. far in the past two years and we still have a way to Fraternally yours, Christopher M. Sherlock '87 Editor Perge! f-S Soh J /j i/oj^ a-f • | ' j \r\nACTIVE BROTHERS Here is a listing of the active Washington and Lee Fijis with a short biography of their activities: Mike Berg '86, Chemistry/Engineering double major, look ing to go to graduate school, has held Treasurer posi tion in Fiji; Mark Bertolini '86, Political Science major, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in U.S. Army to serve in U.S. Army, active in W&L Ranger Pro gram; Gerry Bledronski '86, History major, taking LSAT's this fall, has held Historian position in Fiji; Alex Castelli '86, Business Administration/Account ing major, interviewing with top accounting firms. Vice President of Commerce School—Student Con trol Member, has held position of President in Fiji, captain of W&L Football Team; Sam Dawson '86, History major. Cadet Company Commander in Ranger Program, will be a commissioned 2nd Lieu tenant in U.S. Army; Hugh Finkelstein '86, History major, getting Teaching Certificate this fall; Jim Foley '86, Business Administration/Accounting ma jor, has wrestled and run cross country for W&L, taking GMAT's this fall; Duanne Grady '86, English major, plans to be a Professional Bartender; Art Kandarian '86, East Asian Studies major. Army ROTC Scholarship, four years active duty, has held position of Recording Secretary in Fiji, active mem ber of W&L Ranger Program; John Loughery '86, Psychology major. Army ROTC Scholarship, four years active duty, active in W&L Ranger Program; Tony McCann '86, European History major, will be commissioned Army 2nd Lieutenant in U.S. Army, active member in W&L Ranger Program, Vice Presi dent of School of Arts—Student Control Member, has held position of Corresponding Secretary and Pledge Educator in Fiji; Mark McDonough '86, Theater major, graduate school aspirations, has been active as Social Committee Chairman in Fiji; Lou Mondeillo '86, History major, taking LSAT's this fall. Manager of the Cockpit; Steve Voght '86, English major, taking LSAT's this fall; Paul Abbott '87, current Corresponding Secretary, History major. Pledge Educator; Gary Appel '87, current President' of Fiji, Physics/Engineering major. Army ROTC Scholarship, four years active duty, active in Ranger Program; Jefferson Harralson '87, current Treasurer, Business Administration major, 2-year starter Varsity Basketball; Jim Kelly '87, current Recording Secre tary, History major; Thomas Murray '87, Economics major, current Co-Rush Chairman and Pledge Educator, ROTC Scholarship, active in W&L Ranger Program; Mike McAllister '87, current Co-Rush Chairman, Journalism major. Junior Class Presi dent—Student Control Member; Chris Sherlock '87, Newsletter Editor, Business Administration/Account ing major. Freshman Honor Society member; Rob Vienneau '87, Economics/Music major, concert pianist, plans to attend Julliard upon graduation; Dick Andrews '88, Forestry major, would like to get involved in Forest Management; Jim Cockey '88, History major, current Pledge Educator and Co-Rush Chairman; John Coll '88, History major. Varsity Soccer for two years; Jim Cotter '88, Interdepart mental Science/Psychology majors, current Fiji Intramurals Chairman; Stew Funkhouser '88, Jour nalism major. Newsletter Reporter; John Gammage '88, Economics major. Varsity Golf Team two years; Coulter Pollack '88, English major. Varsity Soccer Goalie; Brad Preston '88, Business Administration/ Accounting major, Sergeant-at-Arms in Fiji, Newslet ter Reporter; Joe Zamorano '88, Biology/Chemistry majors, Co-Social Committee Chairman, EC Repre sentative for Fiji. \r\nTHE FRATERNITY OF USA-: PHI GAMMA DELTA 1 ' ,• ZETA DEUTERON AT WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY P.O. Box 906 Lexington, Virginia 24450 (703) 463-2881 iflr- Sal S'^^ey The Tra hceiy of Phi fiaifien ()p/f Ii oI AftJp j/r-f.-; kcJry PpSElMKfff tir DEC 10 1985 ii A FRi' r«>«w^r Of' ptji - T ' ; . ' - - j » v r ... I':*; \r\nFall 1985 OUR OWN WHO'S WHO To Give Us Alumni Updates for Our FUes Kindly Fill Out and Return Immediately To: PHI GAMMA DELTA Washington and Lee University P. O. Box 906 Lexington, Virginia 24450 19_ Date Name in Full Class. Nickname Occupation Firm ( ) Residence Address City ( ) Business Address City check preferred mailing list Years in school Major Degree Degree Graduate School What fraternity offices did you hold? Married? Wife's Name Years Name and ages of children, if any Children's Colleges and Greek affiliations Recent activities or accomplishments: (civic or elective offices, awards, personal achievements, etc.) What suggestions could you make to improve our chapter? Special interests Would you be interested in speaking to the chapter on careers, value of the fraternity or anything else? DO YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING OR HUMOROUS STORY TO RELATE FROM YOUR COLLEGE DAYS? Give us details on back side of this sheet. \r\nZeta Deuteron of Phi Gamma Delta Washington and Lee University P. O. Box 906 Lexington, Virginia 24450