a Missourian A Pig Dinner Celebration Jeff Wagner ‘86 Chairman of Pig Dinner planned long and hard for the Pig Dinner weekend, March 8. The weekend began with a golf tournament Saturday afternoon at A.L. AuGustin golf course. Tom Crowley ‘89 helped to organize it. Starting at 5:30 a cocktail party was held at the House with hors d’oeuvres provided by Mom Fortney. Graduates were asked to fill out questionaires to help the Fiji Missourian with graduate information. Pig Dinner featured speaker, Bob Albin, Archon President XM ‘62. University of Missouri-Columbia Brothers took a bus to the Campus Inn for a lovely dinner with 174 graduate and undergraduate brothers in attendance. Toastmaster for the evening was John Arnold ‘59 pledge dad of Bob Albin ‘62 Archon President, who was our featured speaker. Pig Master was Bill Wells ‘59. State of the chapter was given by Richard Hendrich ‘55 President of Chi Mu House Corporation, Mike Berry ‘81 Purple Legionnaire also spoke. Awards were given by Staff Swearingen “86. Rich Hendrich ‘55 was presented a plaque for Outstanding Service as House Corporation President. Sean Walsh ‘86 received the Max Carey Award for outstanding intramural participation. David Gerardi ‘87 received the Outstanding Junior Award. Dean Ellis ‘88 received the Outstanding Sophomore Award and #1 Pledge was given to Paul Vogel ‘89. Mike Miller ‘86 and Mike Philipsen ‘86 won the Best Pledge Father and Pledge Son Grades Award. Thirty Fiji's received a 3.0 or better G.P.A. and were given scholarship checks. Donations totaled $1,246 compared with $745 of last years dinner. Bob Albin ‘62 made this remark during his speech, ‘I have been to a lot of Pig Dinners, but not as large as the one we have here tonight.”" Editor “‘T have been to a lot of Pig Dinners but not as large as the one we have here tonight. "’ Bob Albin, Archon President XM ‘62. March 1986 Editor's Report Graduate brothers of XM, welcome to a whole new era of Fiji Missourian en- joyment. Along with the usual fraternity reports, each issue will include letters directed especially to you from our chapter’s officers, a graduate spotlight along with a full page of graduate infor- mation. Also, it will feature a mystery photo such as the one in this issue. We hope you will like these new additions. We invite you to write with any sugges- tion you have for the Fiji Missourian. Jon F, Sansone ‘89 Editor, Fiji Missourian St. Joseph Special mention to: Jim Millan *89 Photography Charles T. Shepherd ‘89 Computer assistance DATES TO REMEMBER April 5 Mothers Club Auction April 12 Rush Party April 16 Columbia Area Graduate Relations Dinner Fiji Island Week! Rush Party April 21-26 \r\nFIJI MISSOURIAN MARCH 1986 Leff to right: Jeff Zidel ‘88 Treasurer, Alan Hase ‘87 Recording Secretary, Chris Barron ‘86 President, Curt Saw) New Chi Mu Leaders The spring semester is well under way with a great deal of enthusiasm throughout XM. Among some of the things that we are extremely proud of is the newly selected Executive Board. The new leaders are senior President, Chris Barron, sophomore Treasurer, Jeff Zidel, junior Recording Secretary, Alan Hase, sophomore Corresponding Secretary, Curt Sawyer, and junior Historian Jim Fitts. As President, Chris Barron would like to see scholarship improve a great deal. Also, he wants to see a better budget so that we will not encounter anymore assessments. Barron wants full participation from everybody such as committee involvement to improve efficiency. Treasurer Jeff Zidel has a very busy job ahead of him. He does feel confident that progress can be made with action. Jeff wants to see reduced accounts receivable in the House and to organize a more efficient accounting system. Getting the house on the right track as far as finances is not his only goal. He feels chapter tone and more support for all the brothers toward each other will create an even better atmosphere at Chi Mu. Alan Hase, who took over as House Manager midway through last semester, feels that House Manager and Recording Secretary are two completely different jobs, but being House Manager made him appreciate and take more pride in the house’s appearance. He says this pride has carried over to his new position. His goals are for a successful rush and to keep good order throughout Chi Mu. Curt Sawyer, Corresponding Secretary, is very excited about his new seat. He now sees the House from a much more business associated angle than ever. ‘It is a busy job” commented Sawyer, but he is now organized and hopes to keep in touch with National Headquarters, as well as bordering state chapters, such as Nebraska, to make comparisons and improve on things. r 8 Corresponding Secretary and Jim Fitts ‘87 Historian Historian, Jim Fitts feels that being last Pledge Trainer exposed him to s of the Executive Board by working with people and making out pledge tests. He plans on keeping comprehensive records by gathering diaries and scrapbooks of all sorts. The Executive Board, as a unit, is putting stress on the committee system so that everybody will be relied on to make Chi Mua smoother running organization that we can all be even more proud of. CONGRATULATIONS! Executive members, on positive attitudes and uplifting enthusiasm. Andy Sidwell ‘88 St. Louis Rush Report Jeff Baker and Chris Hurt, the new Rush Chairmen at Chi Mu, are putting forth their best efforts for the 1986 Rush program. We recently had a very successful Rush Weekend at the House. Being one of the earliest Rush Weekends on campus, we expected only 18 -20 guys. The Saturday evening produced approximately 39 guys! Jeff and Chris felt it was a productive weekend as they signed three pledges for the fall ‘86 pledge class: Carl Arnold, from Chesterfield, Darren Wagner from St. Louis, and Jim Kinnard, from Lawson, MO. They are expecting a pledge class of 35 for the fall semester. The next Rush Weekend is scheduled for April 11 - 13. Fiji Island weekend, April 25 -27, will also be used as a Rush Weekend. Jeff and Chris would also like to remind you that if you have any names of prospective young Fijis please submit them so that we can have a successful Rush this next semester. Jeff Kennedy '89 Poplar Bluff The Savitar Frolics of Today Each member of XM who strolls into our library and gazes at the Savitar Frolics trophy, bearing the victory of 1959, dreams of winning The Greek Week competition this year. Greek Week, or Savitar Frolics as it was known years ago is an annual gathering of fraternities and sororities who pair off for games, picnics and many forms of entertainment. The theme of Greek Week this year is ‘tA. Celebration of Friends,’’ and Chi Mu is doing Greek Week with the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Fiji's hold many high-ranking offices on the Greek Week committee. Greek Week Chairman Dave Gerardi ‘87, stated, ‘‘we are looking for a lot more involvement from the House this year and we are trying to upgrade the activities.’’ These activities include Greek Night on the town, in which stores stay open late and give discounts to the Greeks. Also included are 3 nights of Fling competition in which there are skits and dancing. There are also a banquet and games planned. Along with Gerardi, Sean Walsh ‘86 is in charge of publicity and Jeff Zidel ‘88 is treasurer. With the fun involved in Greek Week, there are also fund raisers for needy causes. This year Greek Week sponsored a Rock Alike concert for Multiple Sclerosis, in which each house puts up a candidate for lipsynching. Our candidate, John Klaus ‘88 advanced to the finals. We raised about $850 from our support of him. Kevin Fritz ‘89 Fulton Scholarship Committee Among the newly-appointed committee heads is Scholarship Chairman - Dean Ellis ‘88. Brother Ellis, sophomore, with a 3.9 G.P.A. definitely has the credentials for his new office, Dean's plans involve continuing some old programs and developing a few new ideas. Organizing and compiling the scholarship Rush Book will be one of the committee’s first priorities. Our greatly expanded text files have been aiding in class preparation. Dean plans to reorganize the existing files along with increasing the size and quality of the system. There will be an increase with the addition of individual's personal files. Other plans include the establishment of a “Study Buddy’’ program for the pledges. The program would assign an active brother who would be responsible for academic assistance and counseling on a regular basis. “The implementation of these and other’ programs will improve the general scholarship tone around the House.’’ Chairman Dean Ellis. Jon Kimerle ‘89 St. Louis o oO \r\nMARCH 1986 There is growing concern about the consumption of alcohol nation wide and the effects are evident here at U.M.C. The Greek system is becoming more conscious of alcohol and the liabilities involved. Recent events have precipitated this concern. Lambda Chi Alpha was sued this past fall for $1.5 million in wrongful death suit. A rushee was killed driving back to St. Louis after he had been drinking at their Rush party. Alpha Tau Omega was placed on probation by their national fraternity, after hosting a party at a Holiday Inn in St. Louis New Year's Eve. Damages from the party were estimated at $40,000. FIJI MISSOURIAN President's Message In a state where the drinking age is 21, it seems that U.M.C. and the Interfraternity Council are behind the times. A task force has been formed by I.F.C. consisting of several fraternity presidents. Nothing has come from this, but a greater awareness of the problem is being raised. Chi Mu is trying to reduce its liability at Rush parties. Alternate beverages and food are offered. Each brother in the House is assigned a rushee to host. He is ultimately responsible for making sure that the rushee does not drive. Chris Barron ‘86 President Message From the Purple Legionnaire I'd like for us all to reflect for a few moments on something we from Chi Mu consider to be an institution, namely, ‘‘hell week.’’ The focus of my comments will be upon the purpose behind it and some recent changes which have helped make the week conform more closely to that pur- pose. With the leadership of Tim Burke ‘88, as Pledge Trainer, the brothers of Chi Mu provided their pledge class with the best week of preparation for membership that I have yet seen at our Chapter. As many of us will remember, hell week was once a time of numerous purposes. Em- phasis was previously on testing the unity and devotion for the pledge class, getting the House cleaned thoroughly one last time, entertainment for the actives and sometimes lastly, the role of the pledge class in the future of the Chapter. While we all have good memories of hell weeks past, the week of 1986 had one theme only, improving XM. To begin with, the name has been officially changed from ‘‘hell week’’ to ‘‘Delta week.’” Why? Because the only justification for hell week at all is for the good of ‘‘Delta’’ and the name of the week itself should allow for no mistake about that fact. Secondly, Delta week now requires that every activity must meet the strict test of being com- pletely for the good of the fraternity. You may ask, is the week still challenging? Are meaningful rituals still used? Do we teach respect? Is it fun? The answer in each case is yes, and in most respects the themes of the old ‘hell week”’ are stronger than ever. The reason I can say that is because all planning for Delta week centers around the single purpose of bettering the Chapter as a whole. Before completing Delta week, this year’s pledge class underwent traiing in leadership, house finances, the committee system and yes, the usual strong dose of fraternity history. The only things missing are probably the least important of all. If all a brother remembers of “shell week’’ revolves around hazing, that week was a true waste of everybody’s time. Is the new Delta week any better than its predecessor? Some brothers will probably never think so. However, if anybody took a close and objective look around their Chapter House, I think the answer would become clearly yes. Graduates attending the 1986 Pig Dinner noticed the change in Chi Mu. Those who attend Chapter and see a room filled to capacity notice the change. Those people from outside who come into contact with the Chapter notice the change. When I go to chapter meetings and hear the brothers talk of pride, achievement, unity and the “‘electricity”” felt by the whole House, I notice the change. Along with the old hell week, so went many of the feelings of division and animosity which weakened our Chapter. I can’t help but feel that the change has left Chi Mu stronger, more unified and more proud of itself. Brothers, come by and share in the greatest asset we have, the chapter tone at Chi Mu. Fraternally, Michael Bery Purple Legionnaire Board of Chapter Advisors Forming at XM We are organizing to give the under- graduates the sage advice that Old Salts should have. John Shwartz, Tom Grey, Rick Halderman, and Tom Tunnicliffe have signed on and we hope more of you will join us. One of our important goals is to raise chapter scholarship. The one thing that all who come to Mizzou and Chi Mu have in common is that they are here for an education. We hope to bring an environment for study accompanied by whatever help we can provide. Another hope is to temper the use of alcohol. The Missouri campus has a major alcohol problem. We cannot solve it ourselves, but we can be part of the solution. IFC has made the first move toward a dry tush. We hope to move the University along, too. The Chi Mu Fijis as well as the Greek community needs to learn that they have a lot more to offer people than a good party. This chapter has a lot to offer, it is made up of a lot of really great guys. What the BCA needs to do is see that they have the guidance to become the best chapter, not on the campus, but in Fijiland. Join us. Guy Tunnicliffe Board of Chapter Advisors Chairman Letter to Graduates Dear Graduates, This letter is to inform you of a few things the Graduate Relations Committee has planned for next year. First of all, we are planning pledge class reunions for each of MIZZOU’s home football games next season. We will be contacting pledge classes in groups of four from the mid-1950's to last year’s graduates. Over the summer, you will be contacted by me and by someone in your own pledge class who is ac- ting as your class representative. Secondly, invitations for your Norris Pig Dinner will be mailed out in November to make planning schedules easier. A secondary invitation will be sent in February as a reminder. If you have any thoughts or sugges- tions of ideas for next year’s Pig Dinner, please contact me. I would like to hear what you want done. Sincerely, Paul Vogel ’89 Graduate Relations Chairman Bolling Green \r\nFIJI MISSOURIAN MARCH 1986 Graduate Information Page Dan Patterson °75 Hometown of Columbia. MO is currently living at 801 Green Wood Ct. Columbia, MO 65203. Dan is a business engineer. Dan and his wife Debbi have one son Damien 7. Dan saw the house at Pig Dinner this year and thinks it looks sid. “all my memories are fond, regu! Island, complications with trucks, sheriffs and neighbors."” He wants to tell Jay John) Carey “75 to come home. James Anderson °35 Hometown of Kansas City. MO is currently living at 9516 Wyandotie. Kansas City, MO 64114. James is an attorney. He and his wife Theo have two children James, 48 and Canace. 40. His fond memories of XM are friendship, parties and romanee. Gregory Gill °79 Hometown of St. Louis is currently living at 826 Killeney Dr., Manchester, MO 63021. Gregory is a partner of Louis C.P.A, firm, He and his wife. Debbie have two daughters, Betsy and Michele. Brent Mendenhall ‘71 fall Hometown of Nevada, MO. He is currently living at Rt. 1 Nevada, MO 64772. Brent is a building contractor. John St. Clair *80 fall Hometown of Kansas City, MO. John is presently living at 9110 Conser., Overland Park, KS 66212. John is working on his Masters of Business Administration U.M.K.C. and will graduate in Dec. ‘87. Frank Dawson (Bob) ‘42 fall Hometown of Evanston, IL currently living at 76 Ivy Way, Port Washington, NY 11050, (516) 767-2982. He claims his present occupation to be a peddler. His wife Marry (Riggs) and himself have 7 children: Susan, 33; Frank Jr.; 30 XM ‘75; Charles, 30; Mary Anne, 28; William, 26; Sam, 24 (Fiji) and Ed 20. One of Frank's fond memories of XM is being selected on Don Faurot’s all-time team, as place kicker. Wilber Spalding, Jr., M.D. ‘50 was a second semester pledge. Hometown of Plattsburg, MO. He is currently living at 2928 Main, Kansas City, MO 64108, Wilber is an Ophthalmologist. He and his wife, None, have two daughters age 12 and 13, Wilber’s fondest memories are all the friends he made over the years. Mystery Photo If you can name any one or all of these people and/or the date of winning the Championship plaque, please write me, Jon Sansone, 704 College, Columbia, MO 65201. Your name and the photo along with the information you provided will be in the next Missourian. Thank you. Bill Mcliroy ‘63 fall Hometown of Bolling Green, MO. He is currently living at #1 Oakhurst, Bolling Green, MO 63334, (314) 324-3678. Bill is an attorney. He and his wife, Nada (Brown), have two children, Milissa is a senior at the University of Missouri, and Daniel will be a Freshman at the University of Colorado. One of Bill’s memories of XM is when John Blakemore ‘63 told him to mouth the words at a serenade because he sang so poorly. Graduate Spotlight Leo Eichoff ‘54 fall Hometown of Sedalia, MO. He is currently living at 1236 N. Ballas Rd., St. Louis, MO 63131, (314) 247-3353. Leo is an attorney. He and his wife Rosalie (Ziercher) have two sons, Leo III and John XM ‘87. Leo funded our study room and the lights in both the study room and the basement. ‘‘When we did the lights for the study room we just decided to do the whole basement,”’ he told us. He reminded us that Bill Springer ‘84 had the idea for creating the study room. Leo made the study desks out of old doors. He commented that our House is 36 years old. He understands the need of the replacement of the House’s showers and windows. Leo also believes the upstairs social section needs more lighting. He has an idea to extend copper from the fireplace to the ceiling and form a light in the shape of our badge. When asked about any changes he noticed, he told us all the booths that lined the basement were gone. He also told us that we need house boys, because he felt when he was at XM they were an asset. He recalled a story about a house boy named Gerard. ‘Gerard was employed with us for 25 years. He was knifed to death after a disagreeing card game one night.”” When asked what he would like to say to the graduate brothers he responded with ‘‘I just want to tell them to keep coming back to Pig Dinner and the House and make reacquaintances. This will strengthen the relationship between the active chapter and the graduate brothers."* Editor \r\nMARCH 1986 FiJl MISSOURIAN Fiji brothers are attentive as Bill Martin speaks at the 1986 Tri-Section Convention. XM Hosts 1986 Convention The weekend of January 31 -February 2 proved to be a busy one at Chi Mu as we hosted the 1986 Midwest Regional Tri-Section Convention. With over 100 Phi Gams in attendance from schools such as the Universities of Kansas Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, William Jewell and Westminster, the convention was a big success, according to Andy Slusher, ‘86 organizer of the weekend. The main convention was held at the Alumni Center and included such things as presentations on our Chapter’s model pledge education, scholarship, and rush programs, which other chapters can adopt for use at their chapters. A special presentation on alcohol awareness was presented by Mike Berry ‘81 and focused on liability laws concerning alcohol serving and consumption in each of the states represented at the convention. A special guest for the weekend was Bill Martin, (Mississippi St., *75) the newly appointed Executive Director of the International Fraternity. According to Martin, this section convention was one of the largest he had ever attended. The weekend also included a social function Friday night, and formal dinner for all delegates to the convention on Saturday evening. It’s still undetermined where next year's convention will be, but, we are proud to say, it will take a lot to rival the quality of the one held at Chi Mu this year. Doug Rediger ‘88 Cape Gerardo Spring Pledges The new spring semester pledges at Chi Mu look promising. All of these young men were very active in their high schools. Mike Ceglenski is a freshman from St. Joseph, Missouri. He graduated from high school with 3.1 G.P.A. In all four years of high school he played both football and basketball. Mike made all conference in football his senior year. Jim Diekroger is a freshman from Creve Coeur, Missouri. He played varsity tennis all four years of high school, and graduated with a2.9G.P.A. Jon Kimerle is also a freshman from St. Louis, Missouri. Jon played basketball all four years of high school and graduated with a 2.9 G.P.A. Kevin Fritz is a freshman from Fulton, Missouri. He graduated with a 3.4 G.P.A. Kevin went to Boy's State his senior year along with running track throughout high school. Jeff Davis is a freshman from Houston, Missouri. He was President of his senior class, a member of National Honor Society, and the Letterman's Club. Jeff graduated with a 3.6 G.P.A. and made all-conference football. He also lettered in football throughout high school. Jon Kimerle ‘89 St. Louis Left to right: Jon Kimerle, Mike Ceglenski, Jim Diekroger, Kevin Fritz, Jeff Davis \r\nFIJI MISSOURIAN MARCH 1986 pa Front row: Jay Wilkerson, Chris Brand, Tim Gauer, Scott Marsh, Terry Bro, Jeff Ijames Back row: Jeff Kennedy, Rob Babcock, Jon Sansone, Jim Millan, Lance Frala, Tom Crowley, Tim Swafford Not Pictured: Gerry Goldner, David Silverstri, Brad Tucker, Jason Pottenger and Paul Vogel. New Brothers at Chi Mu The Chi Mu chapter in Columbia has added to its strength with the initiation of 18 new members. The new initiates are extremely excited about being official members of the House. Their thoughts on improvement are vast. The most important element to all the new members is improvement in the House G.P.A. They all think that XM has great potential, and that settling for average grades just won’t do. Everyone is working hard for themselves and the House. The new Fijis are also striving for more participation in intramurals. Chi Mu has many outstanding athletes, and if there is full participation, we can win. Another goal of the brothers is a successful Rush. They are looking for well-rounded individuals with good attitudes towards scholastic achievement. Many of the new brothers have already taken House improvement in their own hands by taking on committee-head positions. Paul Vogel, (Bolling Green), who was the fall semester’s number one pledge by receiving a 3.6, has assumed the duty of seeing to it that cups and awards requirements are given to the committee chairmen. Paul is also active as the head of the Graduate Relations committee. Jason Pottenger, (Joplin), who’s 3.4 earned him the position of pledge number two, is in charge of special events, such as inviting guest speakers to Wednesday night formal dinners. The number three pledge, with a 3.3, Jeff Kennedy, (Poplar Bluff), is heavily involved as a Missouri Student Association Senator. Jon Sansone, (St. Joseph), who was the number four pledge, with a 3.2, is whole heartedly in charge of your FIJI Missourian, and as you can see, is handling the job quite well. Jim Millan, (Bolling Green), was the number five pledge with a 3.0. Millan, who is a legacy to Phi Gamma Delta, (his father, James Millan ‘53) is managing the job of House Photographer. Other committee heads are Terry Bro, (St. Louis), as Intramurals Chairman, Jay Wilkerson, (Lee’s Summit), is Co-Chairman of FIJI Island, Chris Brand, (Red Bud, IL), is Assistant Social Chairman, Brad Tucker, (Rolla), is Philanthropy Chairman, and Tim Swafford, (St. Joseph), is in charge of the Little Sister committee. Congratulations to all the new brothers. The FIJI Missourian wishes you all the best in achieving your goals! Andy Sidwell St. Louis 88 Intramural Update Phi Gamma Delta showed some real talent in Intramural Basketball for the ‘86 season. The team got off to a great start with 3 impressive wins over Sigma Pi, Pi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Gamma Sigma, which came by way of a 31-0 shutout. In the first round of the playoffs, the team faced Delta Upsilon. The iji's played a tough and exciting game, carrying the lead throughout the first half of play, but the DU’s fought back and took a last second 34-33 victory. Some of the upcoming intramural events are soccer, wrestling, and track, which will be in later issues. Mike Ceglenski ‘89 St. Joseph The Beautiful New Basement The basement which was last remodeled in 1970 was looking a little shabby after 15 years. Many graduate brothers and families saw our deteriorating basement on football weekends. Now Chi Mu, with the help of our House Corporation, has taken on a new and even more impressive look by remodeling the basement. The remodeling actually began two summers ago when Leo Eickoff *54 donated a new ceiling and ceiling lights. He also furnished our Study Room which serves our brothers well. Recently, we removed the old paneling and replaced it with lighter cedar paneling. Our tile floor, which was cracked in many areas was replaced with a lustrous new tile. These two improvements totaled over $3,500. Now, once again we can hold our social exchanges in the basement. This will save the wear and tear on our dining room. Our Mothers Club is considering new additions to our basement such as a television, blinds, and new furniture. Our basement should be completely remodeled within the next two years. We are willing to wait a little longer in order to get a quality basement that will last another 15 years. Jim Diekroger ‘89 St. Louis