THE PINE TREE FIJI Phi Gamma Delta, University of Maine, Orono, Maine Vol. LXI No. 2 -#~r It ^ -A I January, 1967 \r\nTHE PINE TREE FIJI Page 2 HATS OFF TO BOB HASKELL a tremely loyal Phi Gamma Delta, and days until John Reed filled Clauson's series of articles ahout outstanding Fijis who have been affiliated with Omega Mu Chap became President of the East Branch vacancy. Editor's Note: This is the second in ter. One of the most successful Phi Gamma Improvement Company in which Pro fessor Hamlin had considerable inter Deltas and one of Bangor, Maine's leading citizens is Robert N. Haskell. Ed Smith '68 talked with him in his office early this vinced the brothers to confer on Bob month. Haskell an honorary membership into est. A few years later Hamlin con In 1957 after 33 years with the com pany, Mr. Haskell was promoted to President of Bangor Hydro. In addi tion to his above mentioned activities in business, Mr. Haskell is Chairman of the Board of Merchants National Bob Plaskell tvas born in Bangor, Bank of Bangor, and is on the Board Maine, on August 24, 1903. Bob went of Directors of the Kennebec River to Bangor public schools and at the age of 18 enrolled in the College of Technology at the University of Pul|t and Paper Company, the IMC Chlor Alkali Inc., and the Maine Maine. His family's income was less than $1200 a year and Bob spent a Yankee Atomic Plant. great deal of his undergraduate years supporting his family and working his way through school. Bob had several opportunities to pledge fraternities in ness activities, Bob Haskell has been In addition to his ]tolitical and busi very active in civic affairs. He is pres ently chairman of the Bangor Recrea tion Center and the Economic, Devel opment Advisory Committee, President cluding Phi Gamma Delta, but his busy day of commuting from Bangor, work ing, and studying did not provide him of the Bangor Humane Society and the the time. Maine (ieneral Hos])ital. He is also on Immediately after graduation from the University of Maine in 1924, Mr. sity of Maine Foundation and on the Board of Trustees of the Eastern the Board of Directors of the Univer Board of Trustees of the University. Haskell went to work for the Bangor Hydro Electric Com]tany as a drafts Mr. Haskell has given time and ef man. Soon he became a design engi fort to his fraternity and has contrib neer and went to work on construction. uted more than his share financially to the cha])tcr house. On this job he built the first automatic hydro-electric generator in New Eng land. Bob Haskell in the Governor's Chair in 1959. After three years with the company, he became vice-president in 1928 and ran the business end of Bangor Hydro until 1935 when he assumed the posi the Fraternity, and in December of tion of General Manager. ated into Phi Gamma Delta. In 1945 and 1946 Bob was a mem 1948, Mr. Haskell was officially initi Hob returned to the Maine Legisla ber of the State Legislature and ran for the Maine Senate in 1947, where he ture in 1955 and was elected President of the Maine Senate. On New Year's remained until 1953. In the late 1940"s Day in 1959 Governor Clauson sud denly jtassed away, and Bob Haskell Mr. Haskell became very good friends with Professor George Hamlin, an ex- sat in the Governor's chair for seven On weekends Mr. Haskell tries to get away from it all and flies up to the Allagash for hunting. He also enjoys gardening in the spring and summer and has elaborate woodworking facili ties in which he spends a great deal of his time in the winter. Mr. Haskell, a bachelor, lives at his home on Ham mond Street in Bangor. 1 he undergraduates of Omega Mu salute Bob Haskell; he has been a lead ing citizen of his community, his state, and his Fraternity. \r\nTHE PINE TREE FIJI Progress Report Of Building Fund Drive Page Three EDITORIAL Frank Hagan '33 $ 50.00 Elwood Clapp '44 $250.00 When I was a freshman, the assets of Omega Mu were damn nebulous. David Rand '58 $ 15.00 The brothers of the house rushed fresh C. J. Cutts '25 $ 25.00 Norman Curtis '48 $ 50.00 raise funds from Alumni and make the Clark Sundin, Jr. '56 $ 10.00 necessary renovations. Merrill R. Brad Charles Stickney '10 $ 25.00 issue of the PINE TREE FIJI display Donald Brackett '41 $ 25.00 Stuart MacLaggan '57 $ 10.00 Ralph C. Keef '55 $ 34.00 Joe Cuccaro '59 $ 20.00 ing our numerous campus leaders that the assets of Omega Mu are now very real. We are the indisputable leader of campus activities and have representa tion on every significant committee and organization on campus. Recognizing the long overdue needs for major repairs on the chapter house, Edson Smith '68 approached members of Omega Mu's Building Association in December of 1966. It was the general consensus of the Building Association that a committee should be formed to ford '39 and Danforth West '44 were selected as co-chairmen of the drive and John Ballou '49 was designated treasurer of the drive. The Association engaged Crowell, Ray Davis $ 20.00 Wayne Bennet $ 5.00 almost Boutelle Savage (Friend) $100.00 $40,000. This amount was state law. In addition there is a $14,000 mortgage on the house, and the broth ers have been able to pay only the in terest on this each year. In order to get the chapter in good physical and fi Other FIJIS have pledged amounts of money over a three year period, and they will be mentioned in the next edition. The brothers are sincerely grateful to those who have contributed and ho])e that more pledges and checks will be coming in soon. Not only is the Phi Gamma Delta House a haven for campus leaders, but also there are athletes on every major Varsity athletic team with six Fiji's on Walt Abbot's gridiron. We have also directed our efforts into other areas such as community service. The House placed third among fraternities in the Muscular Distrophy Drive and first in the Goodwill Chest Drive. Most im portant, our scholarship is on the rise! nancial condition, the Building Asso ciation ^vould have to raise as much as my pledge class looked ahead to that future. I think that it is obvious from this Lancaster, Higgins, & Webster, the or iginal architects of the house, to make the appraisal. Their estimates totaled needed chiefly to restore the house to good operating condition so that it would meet all the requirements of men with hopes for the future. And OMEGA MU $55,000. Last May the first letter of the cam paign was mailed to the chapter alum ni, and the results of this first mailing are listed below. Danforth West has in- Last semester the house was above the All-Men's Average. Our chapter is ex panding rapidly into every aspect of Fraternity ... A far cry from a house three years ago which was last in schol arship, on the rocks financially, and had no athletes or leaders. indicated that the committee will now have to select area chairmen for the drive and solicit money with telephone calls. The undergraduate brothers have ]3ledged ajjproximately $3,000 to the drive. Cash donations received to date: Frederick Marston '22 $ 25.00 Robert D. Parks '29 $200.00 Patrick Daigle '58 $ 10.00 Harold Powell '29 $ 50.00 Charles Cleaves '12 $ 25.00 Howard Stagg III '37 $ 5.00 Walter Rule '54 $ 5.00 Elmore '36 $ 35.00 Wood Co-Edito rs: Ed Smith '68 Jim Turner '69 The Fiji Castle is no longer what it sometimes seemed during the lean years, a dormitory. The Fiji Castle houses men of Phi Gamma Delta. Pid)lishcd through the school year by Omega Mu of Phi Gamma Delta for its brothers and friends. Ed Keith President Bill Oliver T reasurer Danforth West Robert Haskell John Ballou Freshmen like Bob Duetsch, newly elected class president, have accepted bids already; our pledge class will un doubtedly be the most dynamic of the decade both for Omega Mu and for the fraternity system at "Maine". So we no longer have to work for numbers. We no longer have to hope for the future. Omega Mu is here. Merrill Bradford Ed Smith '68 \r\nFIJIS DOMIN Jim Turner Holds Senate Gavel In landslide fashion, Jim Turner captured the Senate Presidency by getting 69% of the vote in a three-way race last spring. Jim's election to the top spot capped many Fiji successes in the annual spring elections. Jim became acti\e on the Maine campus when lie was tapped a Sophomore Owl in the Spring of 1965. During his Sophomore year Jim was Phi Carnma Delta's Student Senator and served on several Senate committees. In May of that year he ran for Senate \'ice-President and t\as defeated. Returning to school his junior year Jim began to work as co-chairman of the Student Senate's Course Evaluation program. The job of directing the evaluation was an enormous one with over 500 students working for the committee in distributing 20,000 cjuestionnaires. In November of that year Jim was elected to fill the \acancy in the VicePresident's office. Also during his junior year Jim served on the Brainstorming Committee for Long Range Planning and numerous other committees. Sophomore Owl President Hayes Gahagan. Student Body President J President Mike Mclnnis (rigl This year Jim is handling the reins of student government with expertise and has been a real FIJIS ACTIVE ( work horse. His notable achievements in the .Sen Hayes Gahagan Is Owl President President of the Sophomore Owls this year and an extremely active Fiji is so]thomore Ilayes Ca- hagan. Coming to us from Caribou, Maine, Playes has been a tremendous asset to the University and to the Fraternity. As a freshman, Hayes served as chairman of the Student-Faculty Relatitms Committee. He also was on the executive board of the Student Senate, ate have been a much im]3roved Political Lyceum Program and expansion of the .Senate into aca demic and social matters alTecting the University. In November, the campus newspaper praised Jim in an editorial and cited him as being the long needed change in sttident government. Jim, who spends about four hours a day directing the af fairs of student government from his office in the Calendar Committee. This year Ilayes is continuing his active career as chairman of the Political Lyceum Committee and President of the Sojthomore Owls. The Owls exist primarily to orientate freshmen and this year the Owls have been getting the job done. Freshmen were greeted with a unique book which introduced the Owls and Eagles. The Owls expanded into new areas by playing a significant role in Homecoming Activities and co-ordinating the Student Senate's Higher Education for Maine Youth Program. The consensus is that Hayes has been an excellent ])resident of the Sophomore Owls. Fu//v Fvrbuitr. who just jtledged Phi Gamma Delta, is a Soplioniore Owl hailing frmn Iirswich. .Mass. Fu//\' is I xpccted to contribute a great deal to the fraternity. '69 Mike Mclnnis '68 Ray O'Kecfe '69 Tom Fisher '68 Bob Deutsch '71 Peter Skovron '69 Hayes Gahagan '70 Ed Smith '68 Hayes Gahagan Fuz/y Fyrberg Jim Dunn '70 Union, also finds time to be on seteral coinmittees in the House. co-ordinator of the ASC, chairman of the Aca demic Affairs Committee, and a member of the Jim 'I'tirner .\nother .So])homore Owl is Jimmy Dunn from .\ugusta, Maine. Jimmy is on the executive itoard of the Sojjhouiore Class, serves as co-chairman of the social committee for the So])homorc Owls and also is on the Student Senate's Higher Education for Maine Youth Program. .\s an all-fraternity football player, Jim has jn'oved valuable in our intramural program. .\ gift from the heavens is John Collins from CTappaqua. New York. Besides being a Sopho more Owl, John was a bright spot on the Maine Wolle '70 '70 football team as he made 59 tackles and 9 assists ••Red" wbile playing in only 5 games. [ohn Collins '70 Doug Baston '69 '70 Red Wolfe from Woburn, Massachusetts is an other of our Soithomore Owls. Red serves as the house's Student Senator and as co-chairman of the social committee for the Owls. Red will be a member of the Maine Day Committee this spring. Many Othei' Fijis Scrv Comm \r\nATE CAMPUS Michael Mclnnis Directs Interfraternity Council Another one of our outstanding leaders is Michael Alclnnis of Bangor, Maine. At John Bapst High School, Mike was extremely active where he captained the 1964 Baseball team and won the Most Improved Athlete Award. Mike has continued to lead during his years at Maine. An officer in the house since his sophomore year, Michael has been the house's recording sec retary and historian. Chairman of the Rush Council in the Spring of last year, Michael Mclnnis was elected president of the IFC. Running against four other candi dates, Mike received a majority vote on the first ballot. Since assuming office, Mike has expanded the IFC's committee system and initiated many ]rrograms into the Greek System. This work of re\'italization has made "Maine's" IFC stronger than e\-cr before. Mike's goal has been stronger Greek unity and a better Greek image. Flelping Mike in the IFC this year are John Collins, Tom Rand, Paul Lausier, and Emerson Gorham. John Collins is in charge of the High School relations committee in the IFC while Tom im Turner (left) and IFC n). DN CAMPUS Senate I'residcnt Inter ITaternity Rand is on the scholarship council and Emerson Gorham serves on the rush council, Paul Lausier serves on the social council in the IFC. Mike has been and is achieving his goals. The consensus is that Mike Mclnnis has been doing an outstanding job. Ciouncil President President of Junior Cilass. \'ice-Prcsident of the Senate \'iee-President of Senior Class President of tiie Freshman Class Senior Justice IFC Judicial Hoard I'resident of Sopho more Owls. Chairman of Political Lecture .Series Committee Chairman of Student Faculty Relations C Committee Sophomore Owl Sophomore Owl Sophomore Owl jSophomore Owl JSophomore Owl f^lommittee Co ordinator of Student CloN'ernment on \'arious C;am|jus ttces. 4 President of Junior Class Ray O'Keefe. Ray O'Keefe President Of The Junior Class Jim Turner's successor as student body presi dent wall probably be the present vice-president of the Student Seriate, Ray O'Keefe. Ray has had a tremendous record of activities since coming to the University two years ago. In his sophomore year he tvas elected to serve as President of his class, and he participated in many committees of stu dent government. Last spring Ray run unopposed for the Class Presidency and was elected the vicepresident of the Student Senate this fall. During his Sophomore year Ray was also a Sophomore Owl and did much work to improve the constiution of that organization. Besides his duties as an Owl, Ray still devoted much time to ROTC; at the end of that year he was selected the most outstanding cadet of his class. In addition to his designs on the Senate Presi dency, Ray will probably be re-elected President of his class and will be chairman of the prestigious Inter Class Co-ordinating Council, Campus activi ties haven't consumed all of Ray's time, as he also has been very active in the house. Frosh President Bob Duetsch Wants The Piii's To continue the tradition of leadership now established in Phi Gamma Delta, the Fiji's have just pledged Freshman Class President, Bob Duetsch. Bob is jjart of the solid nucleus of a ]3ledge class which promises to be the most out standing in the University. More about our pledge class will a]r]rear in the February issue of the "Pine "Free Fiji". At Kein il High School in Ken\ il, New Jersey, Bob \vas President of the So]rhomore Class, Junior Prom Chairman, and Committee Co-ordinator for the Student Council. Bob was on the Council for four years and a member of the Council's Execu tive Board. In addition to those acti\ities, Bob also found time for athletics. He ])layed varsity track four years and varsity football three: his senior year he ca])tained both teams. Freshman Class elections were held in eaily No vember and Bob finished far ahead in the field of five candidates. Now he has begun work in or ganizing his executive board and class council. With all awards and merits. Bob smiles and says sincerely, "My ]jroudest accomidishment is being a Phi Gamma Delta pledge." House President Ed Smith '68 (left) greets newly pledged Frosh President Bob Duetsch '71 (right). \r\nPage Six THE PINE TREE FIJI LOOKING BACK THE GOLDEN FIJI Pouring over many old clippings we find stories about one of Maine's great grid-iron stars, Tommy Golden. Tommy was a Fiji and graduated from the University of Maine in 1955. Thir teen years ago in the fall of 1954, Tommy hung up his suit for the last time and ended a guard for Hal stellar career as a Westerman's Black Bears. In his second year of Varsity Ball the "Golden Boy" of the Bears' line made 1953 a season to remember. In that year Tom Golden won a position on the All-Yankee Conference Team, the All-New England Small College Team, and the Little All-America Fijis on this year's Football. Squad are, left to right: John Kimball '70, Mike O'Leary '70, Paul Pooler '70, John Collins '70, Paul Dulac '70 and Grant VVatkins '69. Team. 1954 was an anti-climactic one for Tommy. In the opening kickoff of the first game of the season against Rhode Island, he injured his ankle. This in jury was to prevent Tommy from reaching even greater heights than the FIJI FOOTBALLERS Though the University of Maine Black Bears did not win any football games this year, coach Walt Abbott 1953 season. When Tom played, the looks forward to a winning season next Black Bears faired well; and when he year. was missing they seemed to do poorly. At least this was the trend for the first half of the 1954 season when fans were saying: "As Golden goes, so goes Maine." Tom's brilliant career came to a ]3er- manent end when ho reinjured his ankle in the Bates game. However, in spite of that injury-ridden 1954 season, Golden managed on three different oc casions to block punts—each came in The Fiji's, however, were winning in representation with six men on the team. Except for junior Grant Watkins, all the men were soi^homores. An outstanding defensive tackle was G. Paul Dulac from Augusta, Maine. Paul played in seven of Maine's games this year. As the rest of the Fiji's watched in the grandstand, they cheered as Paul made twenty-four un assisted tackles and nine assists. Doing a tremendous job containing the left end was defensive end Mike "lennisball" O'Leary. Mike overcame a tremendous handica]3 as he recovered from an injured knee which he in curred during last year's season. Mike made 13 unassisted tackles with 17 as sists. John Gollins of Ghappacjua, New \ ork came on strong during the late ]jart of the season. John played defen sive half-back for five games and made 34 tackles and 12 assists. Gollins also a different game and each led eventu ally to a clutch touchdown. The 5 ft. 9 inch 189 pound guard made many a robust opposing lineman bite the dust in three years of Varsity Ball at the University of Maine. Tom my Golden's rock-'em-sock-'em play, his lightning smashes through the line, and his ]junt-blocking heroics are well remembered by many Maine grid-iron fans. Only John Huard, now defensive captain for the Denver Broncos, could be given a higher niche in Maine's gridiron hall of fame. made two pass interceptions. Grant Watkins who lettered in his sophomore year as an offensive half back switched to defensive half this season and had a difficult time adjust ing to his new position. Plagued with centering problems all sea.son, coach Abbott found Paul Pool er, a sophomore from Waterville, to be the answer to his Saturday afternoon nightmares, Paul pledged Omega Mu in the early fall after being president of the Kappa Sigma pledge class dur ing the spring semester. Tom, originally from Augusta, now resides in Portland. We haven't heard John Kimball of Winchester, Mass., from him recently and would like to played offensive guard for Maine this year. Though John saw little action, he hopes and we hope that he will be smashing many skulls next year. hear from him in the near future so John Collins '70 makes a tackle in the U. Conn. game. that we may tell our readers what he is doing. \r\nTHE PINE TREE FIJI JIMMY DOW - As the crimson fall colors befell the Maine Campus, this year, Fiji Jim Turner, President of the Student Sen ate and member of the AN INSPIRATION know Jim Dow but feel that he must have stood for all those things we ad mire in men. "South Campus" will be University Long Range Planning Committee, heard plans for educational reuse of a SAC base in Bangor. The project has been named "Dow Reuse", and in 1969, 600 Maine students will make their home there at the newly-created "South Campus." Much to Jim's surprise, he later learned that just thirty years ago in 1937 a great Fiji was blazing trails on the gridiron and winning the hearts Page Seven TO ALL FIJIS Reprinted with special permission is an excerpt from an article written about Jim Dow shortly after his death. "A friend of mine fell out of the sky to flaming death yesterday. He was Lieut. James Dow of Houlton. . . And when those t\\'o huge bombers collided over New York City and fell flaming to the ground, they carried with them one of the University of Maine's greatest football players—a fellow admired and respected by his coaches and fellow- students for his fixity of purpose, his determination and loyalty. . . Many hours of practice made up for what Jim lacked in natural ability. . . His of many Maine fans. That Fiji was Jim Dow, and the SAC base now being biggest moment came in the Bowdoin game his Senior year when he and deactivated was named in his honor. Franie Smith, the Maine quarterback, pulled the old Statue of Liberty play and Jim raced to within five yards of Who was Jim Dow and why did they give an Air Force Base his name? Jim, a native of Houlton, Maine, graduated from the University in 1939. In addi tion to his outsatnding performance as starting halfback in '35, '36, and '37, Jimmy Dow was President of Scabbard the Bowdoin end zone. . . But all of it was possible because of Dow's deter mination—his willingness to practice and practice some more until the exe cution of the play was a delicate bit of and Blade and a member of the Var sity Track and Baseball Teams. Those timing that was beautiful to behold. who knew him remarked of his friend That was like Jim Dow . . . And now he is dead. . . Fate plays cruel tricks. . . But if that good looking Houlton youngster could have his say today his liness and personal qualities, but said that his willingness to work hard to achieve results, whether on the football field or in the classroom, was his most outstanding attribute. In his short time in the Air Force, he had risen rapidly and shown great promise as an officer. On June 17, 1940, Jim Dow was killed in an airplane crash. We didn't message would be to the thousands of young men who stand on the threshold the new name; Dow AFB will eventu of their careers. . . PERGE! . . . That ally be forgotten. However, the name Jimmy Dow will live on in the hearts is a Greek expression of his University of Maine fraternity. Phi Gamma Delta, which in substance means: Carry on!" and minds of those who knew him. A Fiji Island party probably in the late forties or the early fifties. If you are in one of these pictures, would you write us identifying yourself and others if possible ? Also we would appreciate hearing more about the partyI ! \r\nTHE PINE TREE FIJI Page Eight The Brothers of Phi Gamma Delta in the Fall of 1939 Let's hear from YOU! ¥: Back Row (left to right): Hanson '41; Williams '41; Clark '41; Shaw '41; Anderson '41; Dearborn '41; Utterback '41; Osgood '41; Clement '41; Warren '41; Howard '40; Mallet '39; Cullinan '39; Hamilton '40. Second Row: Dexter '41; Howe '41; Cotton '41; Brownell '41; Frost '41; Irvine '41; Demant '41; Boulos '43; Hamm '41; Brackett '41; Fallon '42; Carlisle '41; Thomas '40. First Row: Johnston '40; Jones '40; Richardson '40; Grinner '40; West '40; Mrs. Margaret 'Vickers; Carlisle '40; Labarge '40; Cogs well '40; Digby '40; Teall '42; Irvine '42. Not Pictured: Jewett '41; Howard '40; Willins '40; Mitchell '40; Sheedy'40; Robertson '42 (Pledge); Thibeadau '40. The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta College Avenue Orono, Maine 04473 THIRD CLASS Return Requested ( l^lcasf Forwaid If I\>,ssible ,