CAocoj^ m PHI THE GA MIDWAY FIJIGRAM vol. 75 no. 1 summer 1976 KICKOFF BARBECUE- SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25 The undergraduate Chapter will host its now traditional beer and barbecue at a nominal cost to graduates and rushees at 4:30 P.M. at the House on Saturday, September 25, after the Mon sters of the Midway dispose of their hapless gridiron foes from St. Ambrose College. This event will not only kick off the Chapter's 75th year but also Brother Metcalf's tenure as the University's Athletic Director. Come and ensure they both have a rousing start. CHAPTER WILL CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF BROTHERHOOD IN PHI GAMMA DELTA The chapter is beginning its 75th year and plans to join graduates in several events to celebrate the anniversary. The year will begin with a barbecue- at the house for graduates and rushees after the first football game on September 25. A year-long series of activities will culminate in a three-day celebration of the Chapter's Diamond Jubillee on June 3-5, 1977. The celebration in June promises to be a one-time opportunity to renew many of your old friend ships and to participate in a gathering of a large part of the brothers of Chi Upsilon. The celebration will get underway with the Diamond Jubilee banquet and party for brothers' wives and guests on the evening of Friday, June 3, and will continue on Saturday night with the traditional pig dinner and interfraternity sing and a special dinner and program for wives and guests in the library dining room of the Quadrangle Club. It will conclude with a picnic for everyone in the Indiana Dunes on Sunday, June 5. During the remainder of the weekend the accent will be on informal events and assistance to brothers in arranging their own off-campus activities to help everyone to get together and to enjoy the city and the campus. Full details along with reservation cards will follow early in 1977, brief description of the events planned: Thursday, June 2 — Early birds cocktail party. —Theater and sporting event parties for early arrivals. the; fp^^lwoing is a D. Friday, June 3 — A Diamond Jubilee Banquet and celebration for brothers' wives ani entertainment, conversation, the Diamond Jubilee Skit, dancing. Hattie Morris, and other notables. Location to be announced. Saturday, June 4 — Time to see the city and get together informally. — Choice of activities during the day such as the Hyde Park Art Fair, architectural tours, campus tours, assistance to brothers and their families in arranging trips to the Art Institute, Brookfield Zoo, etc. \r\nmore about the 75th anniversary gala celebration- - Saturday, June 4 (Continued) — Cocktails at the house. — Norris Pig Dinner in the ballroom of the Quad Club — George Watkins, Master of Ceremonies - with awards, introductions and perhaps more performances by Fiji personalities. — Special dinner and program for wives and guests in the library dining room of the Quad Club. — Interfratemity sing with Solon Cousins song leader. — Informal singing at the house and in the yard. Sunday, June 5 — Picnic in the Indiana Dunes. Other events considered are a barbecue or class era brunches on Saturday morning. After discussions during the spring and summer and suggestions from many brothers, it became apparent that this expanded three-day format was the best way to give everyone a chance to see the many people that are likely to be back for this unique occasion. The Board will be providing assistance to brothers and their families in reserving accommodations, obtaining transportation, and making reservations for those preferring an economical format. There will be professional baby-sitting during the Friday and Saturday night celebrations for those brothers who will be bringing small children. So put the weekend of June 3-5 on your calendar, include a long weekend in Chicago in your spring plans, and let us know your suggestions for events which you would like to see included in the weekend. John A. McLees '67 CHAPTER PLANS REUNIONS FOR 75th YEAR The Board and Chapter also have planned a program of activities during the school year to celebrate our Diamond Jubilee. As one part of the plan, the chapter will honor brothers from all of the periods of the Chapter's history by inviting them to cocktails, dinner and con versation at the House. We hope that many of you, particularly those in the Chicagoland area, will take this opportunity to meet the exceptional group of men now in the Chapter as well as renew friendships with the men from your own era. We hope to have approximately six of these mini reunions during the autumn and winter quarters. Oh yes, in case you have forgotten, cocktails begin at 5:30 P.M. and dinner at 6:30 P.M. price for Hattie's gourmet cooking is $3.50. The more than reasonable Also, as with any fine restaurant, reserva tions are definitely required at least 1 week in advance. During the autumn quarter we'll honor graduates from the following eras: Friday October 15 Graduates initiated prior to 1941 Friday October 22 Graduates initiated between 1941 and 1950 Friday November 19 Graduates initiated between 1950 and 1960 Graduates in the Chicago area will be contacted individually to inform them of their respective events, but all graduates from these eras are encouraged to attend. So get your reservations in now. \r\nFRflNDSHIP^THE SWEETEST INFLUENCE SOME REFLECTIONS ON CHI UPSILON Since I have now served as an Archon Councilor and have visited during that time some twenty-seven chapters in addition to Chi Upsilon, your editor has seen fit to invite me to make some comments on the position of our chapter within the General Fraternity. Most fraternities during the late Sixities and early Seventies experienced a decline— in interest, membership, and graduate support—as a result of the challenge to traditional ways which rocked college campuses during those years. Chi Upsilon was unusual and in my view fortunate that our chapter has existed "under conditions of adversity" for a number of decades, and therefore our regular way has been to question and discuss our traditions and purposes. Without such questioning, conducted in the spirit of "not for college days alone", Chi Upsilon would have long since disappeared. It is interesting to me and impres sive that our chapter has consistently over the past two decades been a chapter with a strong concern for the ritual and the guiding principles of Phi Gamma Delta—a concern not with memorization but with debate, reflection, understanding, and application. A concern with values has been our predominate quality. That quality has received some recognition over this troubled past decade within the International Fraternity: the Condon Cup in 1968, Honorable Mention(one of the top seven chapters) for the Cheney Cup in 1974, the selection of one of our Brothers for the Wilkinson and the Durrance Awards in 1974, and numerous other runner-up awards and honorable mentions. Our Chapter compares favorably with other chapters I have visited in size, social activities, finances, condition of the house, and hospitality. We are far exceeded in some of these areas by some chapters, and we exceed others. No chapter I have visited, however, excells Chi Upsilon in the dialog carried on about the meaning of our Fraternity. The fraternity world is relaxing once again into what seems a more compatible collegiate environment. But history will continue its spiral, and the season will again grow cold and inhospitable. We shall serve ourselves individually, Chi Upsilon, and Phi Gamma Delta best by sustaining our tradition of vigorous, brotherly debate about the general meaning and the concrete applications of the principles of Phi Gamma Delta. James W Vice '54 DISCUSSIONS ON FRATERNITY LIFE As Jim Vice has noted in his observations on Chi Upsilon, the Chapter has had a history of thoughtfulness about the fraternity and its institutions. To honor and carry forward one of our most important and distinctive traditions, the Board and the Chapter will organize a series of discussions on topics of fraternity life as part of the 75th celebration. These discussions, to be held at the Chapter House throughout the coming year, will feature the thoughts of several notable speakers. The five topics to be discussed are: The Significance of History and Lore in the Fraternity The Ritual - Can We Afford to Forget It? Why Have a National Fraternity System? Should the Fraternity Coeducate? The Role of the Fraternity in the University Environment The first three discussions will examine the relevance or significance of three different aspects of the fraternity. Attention will be focused on determining whether our history, ritual, or national fraternity system is a source of strength or merely a source of irrita tion. The last two discussions attempt to assess the relevance of the fraternity within its environment. The controversey over coeducation raises the issue of whether a fraternity "for men only" is becoming an anachronism. The first discussion will be held on Friday, November 5, 1976 at 7:30 P.M. \r\nA COMMENT ON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Editor's Note; On July 1,1976 the Departments of Physical Education for Men and Women were merged into a single Department of Physical Education and Athletics. Harold R. "Jeff" Metcalf MA '53, who previously distinguished himself as the Dean of Students of the Business School from 1954 to 1975, was named the 4th Director of Athletics in the University's history suc ceeding W.L. Hass who retired in June. Jeff will also serve as the chief executive officer of the Department while Mary Jean Mulvaney, formerly Chairman of the Women's Department, will serve as the Chairman. The following is a brief comment by Jeff on the state of athletics at the University. Prior to the annual Ordet of the "C" dinner on June 3,1976, there was a ground-breaking ceremony in the Field House which signalled the beginning of the long-awaited redevelopment of the University's athletic facilities. The Field House ceremony marked the beginning of Phase I of the redevelopment which includes the construction of an upper deck in the Field House, 18 feet above the present ground floor, featuring a 200 meter oval track, a varsity basketball court, new stands, and many new squash/handball courts. A proposed Phase II will remodel the ground floor thereby transforming the whole Field House into, in effect, a brand new facility for the enhancement of varsity athletics as well as intramural and recreational sports. In addition, John T. Wilson, the President, and Robert W. Reneker '34, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University, have announced a goal of more than $13 million to be solicited in a mini-campaign for athletic facilities within the University's overall capital campaign to raise $280 million. Under the able leadership of Jay Berwanger '36 the mini-campaign is searching for funds to construct a natatorium containing a 50 meter swim ming pool and a diving well(to be located between and connected with Bartlett Gym and the Field House), a new permanent structure on Stagg Field, and the refurbishing of Bartlett Gym and the athletic areas of Ida Noyes Hall. This year the varsity athletics program will pit the efforts of three new head coaches-Bob Lombardi(Football), Barry DeSilva(Soccer), and Bob Ostrowski(Fencing)-against the University's new opponents. The University has joined a conference-the Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference-for the first time since it resigned from the Big Ten in 1946. The other members of the Midwest Athletic Conference are: Carleton in Minnesota; Lawrence, Ripon, and Beloit in Wisconsin; Lake Forest, Knox, and Monmouth in Illinois; Coe, Cornell, and Grinnel in Iowa. The first home football game against a conference opponent will be the Lake Forest game on October 16, when both the Order of the "C" and the Graduate School of Business are planning reunions. It will be our first opportunity to see if Lombardi's magical touch will do for Chicago what it did for Homewood-Flossmoor High School turning a perennial loser into a perennial winner. Come on out and watch Lombardi-style football, home and away! Support the team! Send money! No, there still won't be any athletic scholarships, but the University is thoroughly commited to a new day in sports on the Midway. Amateurism still prevails, but every effort will be made to provide exciting competition, top-quality coaching, and firstclass facilities for all the athletes, both men and women, for the varsity teams, the intra mural teams, the clubs, and the individual recreational sports enthusiast. Please help us in every way you can. Jeff R. Metcalf 1976 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 25 Sept. St. Ambrose Home 1:30 p.m. 2 Oct. Marquette Home 1:30 p.m. 9 Oct. Beloit 1:30 p.m. 16 Oct. Lake Forest Away Homecoming 23 Oct. Lawrence Home 2:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 30 Oct. Ripon Away 1:30 p.m. 6 Nov. Loras Home 1:30 p.m. 13 Nov. Conference West Division Playoff Away 1:30 p.m. All home games are played at Stagg Field on 56th Street just east of Cottage Grove, 4 \r\nV «NOT FOR COLLEGE DAYS ALONE)^ GRADUATE NEWS Recent visitors to Hyde Park were CRAIG A. COOK '72 who is a law clerk in the 6th Judicial District in Minnesota near Duluth, PAUL LUSKIN '71 who is with the Compliance Division of the American Stock Exchange, RICK MATHERS '72 who is in graduate school in Washington CLAYTON WILEY '76 who enters Medical School in San Diego in the fall, and BRUCE CASWELL '69 who is working on his PhD and teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, GEORGE H. WATklNS '36 moved to Mexico and within 5 days the Peso was devalued 40 percent. Draw your own conclusions! VINCENT P. RILEY '60 has joined Petersen, Ross, Rail, Barber, and Seidel—lawyers at 135 South LaSalle Street. He is a partner. RICK RAYFIELD '74 hiked most of the way across America this summer. RICHARD C. ATKINSON '48 received a Distinguished Alumni Citation from the University in June. He is Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation and a distinguished exper imental psychologist. His theoretical model of short term memory and its relationship to long term memory has become a classic formulation guiding memory research for the past decade, EDWARD C. ANDERSON '48 continues to receive recognition in financial publications for the oustanding success of Tweedy Brown's TBK Partners. CHARLES A. WRIGHT '57 has a 2 year appointment as Assistant Professor at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana where he will be teaching German. GEORGE H. PARKER '27 sold his lumber yard and is retired. He was appointed to the McLean County Board of Review and can be found at the courthouse in Bloomington, Illinois. He wonders what has become of GEORGE HOFFMAN, RUSS TAYLOR, GEORGE McCONNEL, TOBY CAMPBELL, JOHN SMITH, JOHN BARTLETT, JACK KINSEY, FRED LAW, and FRED von AMMON(BILL MOORE and HUGH RIDDLE have passed away). GREGORY NELSON '74 returned from 2 years in France with his Parisian fiance. They will be living in Lincoln, Nebraska where Elizabeth will be teaching French. DR. ROBERT H. BRIER '67, doctor of internal medicine, is associated with Smith Hanna Medical Clinic in San Diego, California. BOARD BRIEFS New officers elected at the annual meeting of the Graduate Association on June 5 were: JOHN A. McLEES '67 as president, ALAN K. BARLOW '31 and DONALD M. HEINRICH '74 for another term as treasurer and historian respectively, HAROLD R. METCALF (Fac) as corresponding secretary, and RICK RAYFIELD'74 as Corresponding Secretary. Newly elected directors of the House Corporation are: FREDERICK H. MILLER '76, RICHARD E. WENDT III '76, TAKI OKAMOTO '69, EUGENE CRUZ-URIBE '75, and NORVAL I. BROWN '76. Under the inspiring and dedicated leadership of the Board's new president, John McLees, the Board has recently been concerned with the condition of the Chapter House and the preparations for the upcoming 75th anniversary. With the repairs to the House, the up coming anniversary activities, and substantial increases in our property taxes and insurance, our finances have once again become a major concern. We do, however, face the prospect of a much fuller Chapter House which should provide a timely boost to our finances as well as our fraternal spirit. \r\n128th BICENTENNIAL EKKLESIA HIGHLIGHTS- •The weather in Washington, D.C. was unseasonably pleasant as more than 600 Fijis from across the United States and Canada gathered on August 17-21 for the 128th Bicentennial Ekklesia. Chi Upsilon won a certificate for turning out the largest delegation in the entire Fraternity with 18 graduates joining 7 undergraduates in tours, committee meetings, and other festivities. The Brothers in attendance were: WINFIELD LOWE '31 CHALMERS H. MARQUIS '48 THEODORE B. TERPSTRA 'T7~ LAWRENCE SLIFMAN '67 JAMES A. KAPLAN '76 FREDERICK H. MILLER '76 JAMES W. VICE '54 PETER 0. CLAUSS '55 BERNARD J. DELGIORNO '55 CHARLES A. WRIGHT '57 WILLIAM H. SECKINGER '59 EDWARD D. JONES III '66 CLIVE HARDING '69 JOHN A. McLEES '69 MICHAEL DOTSEY '74 FREDERICK R. RAYFIELD '74 STEVEN R. SMITH '75 RALPH CARPENTER '77 EDWARD R. BEE JR. '77 THOMAS DESTAFANO '77 STEVEN WOODBURY '77 ROGER TWEED '77 JAMES CHAPMAN '78 MARVIN H. WATKINS '75 R. KIMBERLY JOHNSON '79 One of the highlights of the Ekklesia was the rechartering of the Phi Gamma Delta Chapter at the University of Colorado. Also noteworthy was the election of new Archons. John Sheppard is the new President, and we all hope that Brother John will attend our 75th anniversary celebration in June, 1977. Our very own Jim Vice lost in his bid to become Archon Vice-President, but remains on the Archonate for another two years. While Ekklesia business took up most of the daylight hours, the serious ways. Trips to Georgetown and an evening at the Kennedy diversions . However, singing parties in all parts of the hotel distraction. Chi Upsilon took the lead in crooning the favorite and we actually performed for the entire Ekklesia at the Awards Banquet doing the IF-Sihg numbers as arranged by Solon Cousins. nightime was used in less Center provided needed were the most prevalent songs of the Fraternity, Breakfast and the Grand Fijis traveling to and from the Ekklesia enjoyed the hospitality of Brothers Mike Dotsey, Ed Anderson, Ted Terpstra, Rick Miller, and Clive Harding. Our undergraduates in Washington were given a foot tour of the city by Suzie Burk(MIT '75), who became a close friend(in more ways than one!) of Jim Kaplan. All in all, Chi Upsilon Fijis enjoyed themselves thoroughly and returned home exhausted after a tremendous week. Bernard J. Delgiorno '55 Steven R. Smith '75 THE GREAT 1976 PIG DINNER AND IF-SING The June 5, 1976 74th Norris Pig Dinner and 65th Interfratemity Sing Celebration lived up to expectations as a fun-filled event. With a beautiful day setting the background over ICQ Fijis and family members enjoyed a 2 hour cocktail hour reception at the Chapter House which was followed by the Pig Dinner at the Quad Club for the Brothers and a dinner at 5615 for the family members. Following dinner, the IF-Sing, featuring a return to cup comp etition after several years, saw the best total singing effort in perhaps a decade. Under the new and perhaps controversial rules, no fraternity can win 2 cups in one year and the fraternity with the largest number of singers automatically wins the Quantity Cup regardless of how good the singing was. Since Chi Upsilon's contingent was undoubtedly the largest singing group, the Chapter was presented with the silver Quantity Cup. Seasoned observers of great ability, however, noted that the SOLON COUSINS '48 led production of "Like Rare Old Wine" and "She Has Those Dreamy Eyes of Blue" was clearly the masterpiece of the evening. The good news is that during our Diamond Jubilee Pig Dinner we will be eligible for the Quality Cup. Come and help us win that one! After the Alma Mater the spirited crowd all seemed eventually to call on the Fiji House where beautiful singing continued until 2 A.M. It was a fine time for all. A fitting prelude to our upcoming Diamond Jubilee next year. PERGE! 6