Chi Iota Chapter • Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity The Illinois Fiji University oh Illinois Champaign-Urbana, III. September 1997 From the Desk of the Chairman: New Graduate Relations Program Needs Your Support! Dear Brother. Recently, the brothers and House Corporation of Phi Gamma Delta at the UmverAtj? of Illinois have approved a new program of communication with our membership. With over 1000 living graduate brothers of Chi Iota, we realize the need to expand and improve our graduate relations program. In the past, communications among our graduates, and between the chapter and graduates, have been sporadic and often incomplete. We have lacked an organized program designed to maintain frequent contact with members after graduation. To rectify this, we made changes not only to our graduate rela•Vns program, but also to our existing support systems for the chapitself. This newsletter is basic to providing better news coverage of the chapter, graduate activities and all brothers of Chi Iota. Our plans to involve more graduate brothers with the chapter is realized with the creation of a Board of Chapter Advisers. This group of local brothers lends support and advice to the chapter on rush, scholarship and the day-to-day running of the house. We are here to provide guidance and ideas to help keep Chi Iota going strong as it enters its second century of existence. We hope these changes are appealing to you and that you will take an active part in helping us make it a success. How? Chi Iota Goes Substance-Free; In three ways. First, the success of the newsletter will depend on the graduate news it contains. We need your news and the news of your brothers. Enclosed you will find a news form that will provide us with this information. Take the time now to fill it out and return it in the enclosed envelope. The next issue will include this news. Second, let us have your full support for get-togethers that will be planned and promoted in the future. These will provide opportuni ties to meet with classmates and friends. Also, let us know if you are plannmg any special fraternity events that we may include m the newsletter to help you get the word out to other brothers. Finally, we hope you will give us a small amount of financial support to help assure the program's lasting existence. Contribu tions received will be used for the graduate relations program and will support other activities of the alumni association. Suggested amounts are included, but be assured any contribution you may care to give toward this program will be greatly appreciated. We sincerely hope that through the combined efforts of undergraduate and graduate brothers, this program will be a success by making the alumni association a more active and important organization for all Chi Iota brothers. John Cox XM '94, Chairman Board of Chapter Advisers Mark Your Calkm )aks! 100th Anniversary Celebration October 25, 1997 In April, the Phi Gamma Delta House Corporation, feeling that it was necessary to make a substantial change in the direction of the chapter, voted to make the Chi Iota chapter house substance-free effective August I, 1997. What does ^^^Ostance-free mean? Why did we vote to make the change? What is in store for the fall? chapter house or on its HOMECOMING ~ OCTOBER 25. Watch your mail for details! grounds. Social events can still be held at the house, but no alcohol will be served. The change was made because the chapter has just not been able to get over the hump. Most of you are aware that over the last 10 years, we have reorganized the membership, repaired the house and made Substance-free means that no alcohol is allowed in the Be sure to attend our lOOTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Contuiiiej on reveroe oide 1997 Home Football Sc iildi i.i; OCTOBER SEPTEMBER 6 ~ Southern Mississippi 4 20 ~ Washington State 25^ Purdue (Homecoming) ~ Penn State NOVEMBER 8 - Northwestern 22 ~ Michigan State Please stop by the house before all home football games, meet the undergraduates and see the house! \r\nAt the Beginning: Leigh Group's PETmoN Yields Iota Sigma Th'u Li the firet in a jerlej ofarticles on the hiotoryof Chi lota. Infonnation for theoe artieleo ^oao gatheredfrom Headquartero and paot uijiiej of the Phi Gamma Delta. If anyone hao any information or photoo to help withtheoe articleo, pleaoe oend them to the Alumni Aooociation in eare of John Co.x. Chi Iota had its earliest beginnings in April 1892, when the plan of having a chapter at the University of Illinois was discussed in the Alpha Deuteron (Illinois Wesleyan) chapter correspondence in the Phi Gamma Delta quarterly. OI Illinois it is said, "It has been newly opened to fraternities, and we would do well to make some effort to establish a chapter there." According to a chapter history written in 1935, the Iirst attempt to bring Phi Gamma Delta to Illinois was initiated by then-faculty member Dr. David Kinley (Johns Hopkins), who would later become the president of the University of Illinois. In 1895 the group of men began meeting. They called themselves the Leigh Club after Charles W. Leigh, one of the organizers. and were advised by Kinley and Dr. Arthur Daniels, who would also become a University of Illinois president. Despite the positive signs given in 1892, the group's petition for a charter was rejected by the fraternity's 1896 meeting. Noting that the university was not a satisfactoiy location for a chapter, the founders were sent back to Champaign. This was not satisfactory, however, to Kinley. Kinley was apparently so enraged by the rejection that he attended the 1897 fraternity meeting in Nashville. Having discussed the causes of both the Leigh Croup, as well as the university, the convention approved the petition that summer and the chapter was installed October 15 of the same year, originally as Iota Sigma. The original petition for a charter included 22 men; 16 were initiated in October 1897 at the Beardsley Hotel. Four others were later initiated from the original group. In thenextnewjletter: Living quartero and theFirjt Chapter Houoe Cm Iota. Goes Substance-Free with 100th Anniversary in Fall (Continuedfrom Page 1) several other significant more about this board and use all of our resources to changes. Each of these seemed to lead us in the right direc their ideas on Page I of this recruit quality men. tion, but we've been unable to We have also struggled with our identity. What makes Chi Iota an organization that quality men want to pledge, participate in, and contribute to during their college years and beyond? How can Chi Iota help them excel? These questions, we feel, are being addressed by the new local excel as we knew that we could. We had some quality brothers, but not enough of them. Something was missing. We felt that becoming a substance-free house would help provide a different atmosphere and better allow us lo address our deficiencies. In the recent past, we lacked a local graduate board to help with the day-to-day operations and to teach and help these young brothers. We now have such a board. This new Board of Chapter Advisers brings some familiar faces and some new ones. They have an exciting agenda of what they'd like to accomplish. You can read newsletter. We know that one advan tage we have is our chapter house. It is a great structure with an outstanding, visible location and we want it to stay celebrate these exciting new changes and the wonderful accomplishments of the last 100 years. We will be having a 100th anniversary celebra tion at the chapter house at Homecoming on October 25. at 401 East John. It is still in Save the date! More details pretty good overall shape, but will follow in a separate mail ing. Several large reunions will be present at this celebration and surely some of your contemporaries will attend. Why not write to our Graduate there is some deferred maintenance that we need to board, the continued efforts of take care of immediately. This needs to be done to prevent further extensive damage and the 15 quality brothers who to show the house in its best Records Office— the address will live in the house in the fall, light, particularly for the prospective pledges and their parents. We need to take care of these things and will be asking for your assistance in helping us with the money to fund these projects. Finally, we would like every brother to help us is at the bottom of this page — for a list of your classmates and give them a call to make jure they attend. and the move to substancefree status. The House Corporation, the Board of Chapter Advis ers and the undergraduate brothers have been working this summer toward the goal of an outstanding fall semes ter. Our main priority is to So come back, see the house, meet the new under graduates and help celebrate what you received from Phi Gamma Delta. The Illinois Fiji is published for the members and friends of Chi lota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at the University of Illinois. Address changes, news items, photographs and contributions are always welcome and should either be sent in the enclosed envelope or mailed to Graduate Records Office, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, P.O. Box 3244, Oak Brook, IL 60522-3244. \r\n'oa// 9-/^-97 — Saturday, October 25, 1997 — Pregame Barbecue ~ 11 a.m. Illinois vs. Purdue ~ 1 p.m. (tentative) Postgame Reception ~ 4 - 6 p.m. There will be special presentations at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. in recognition of the chapter's 100th Anniversary. \r\nSEP 161997 Graduate Records Office, Pm Gamma Delta Fraternity P.O. Box 3244, Oak Brook, IL 60522-3244 PARTICIPATION is important to the success ofour graduate relations program. Help support our efforts by O Providing your current address and occupation information @ Updating us with news about you and other members © Contributing to our 1997-98 graduate giving program Print or type clearly _ JEROME GRONIGER 1956 ^ Is your address label, Includinggrad year, correct? If not, please provide correct label Information here; PC BOX 656 Grad Year. BROOKFIELD WI53008-0656 If new: Nickname Date Filled Out — Occupation" Nature of Business Business Address (Please provide your 9-dlgit ZIP Code) Phone (E-mail) (Business) (Home) Tell us about your accomplishments, activities, news of other members, favorite memories, or what the fraternity means to you. Feel free to use other side. To ENSURE PROPER CREDIT AND IDENTIFICATION, PLEASE RETURN THIS ENTIRE FORM IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE Phi Gamma Delta Assn. of Illinois • University of Illinois I am pleased to support our 1997-98 graduate giving program. My check, payable to Phi Gamma Delta Association of Illinois, is enclosed as follows: $35 $50 $100 $250 Other $ Contributions to PhiGamma Delta Association of lliinois and/or PhiGamma Delta Fraternity are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Thank You!