THE SPIRTII Flri •" Published by Epsilon Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Vol. 1 No. 1 PPCC MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY April 1977 questions concerning the Chapter,gi Chapter,gi ve PCN me a call at the house. The number is Brothers, let me begin by in troducing myself. My name is Jim Freeman, the new Chapter President here at 239. With my first article I would like to aquaint you with some of my thoughts concerning our Chapter. ' Since I became a Brother here in the fall of 1974 things have changed rather drastically. We have grown from numbers ranging in the teens to the present 31 in house Brothers(capasity) and 15 out of house Brothers. We also have a present pledge class of 9. Our service projects have ex panded from one per year, to two per term! Our graduate relations prog ram has been improving constantly and our Board of Chapter Advisors has a strong core of 8 Brothers that have contributed greatly to the grow th of the Chapter. In the three years that I have been here I have never experienced a closer unit of Brothers and friendship. Naturally, the work of the past presidents and Brothers have made all this a reality . Unfortunately, in our present position it is very easy to become complacent. There fore, it is my job to make sure that we are constantly striving for im provement in every aspect of the Fraternity. Here is a breef agenda of act ivities for Spring term. First, is the all house participation in helping the patients at the Ingham County Extended Care Facility,.for the aged and disabled. Second, we are spon soring a Bike-a-Thon for the Nation al Diabetes Association on May 15th. In addition we are sponsoring the all Sorority Tricycle Race held duringv„ Greek Week. Also, don't forget the Graduate Picnic on May 14th, with a BCA meeting to be held that morning, all Grads are invited. In closing let me say that if you have any (517) 3325053. I would enjoy hearing from you. Jim Freeman Chapter President "not for college days alone." As past history has proven Grad picnic on May 14th, will prove again to be one of the FIJI highlights of spring term. Softball, golf,card playing, and lunch will be part of the program which is run in an informal atomsphere. Needless to say beer and other refreshments will be on hand for those who wish to indulge. In the past few years, graduate relations at Epsilon Lambda have been picking up with the support of not only our graduates, but from the undergraduates at the chapter itself. Grad picnics in the past years at 239 Oakhill produced little support from both the graduate and undergraduate level, but this year we hope the event will take a different turn as we are putting our full efforts into the function. Because of its more informal nature grad picnic is our most spirited event of the year. Away from all the women, the men of Phi Gamma Delta both young and old are able to meet in a more relaxed atomsphere. So get ready for some down to earth serious and competitive golf, softball, cards or drinking. Take a break from the wife or girlfriend (or both) for an afternoon you'd regret missing. For many of those graduates that have not been back to Epsilon Lambda in awhile you will find our chapter a completely different one. Total chapter membership is 49 and we have once again become involved in the multiple campus activities and service projects. We hope our success on campus will be reflected in the success and revival of our graduate programs. \r\n239 SPORTS With all the boys well rested from a super Florida trip the FiJi "boors" head into Spring training. We expect great things from 239 this spring because of the many gifted athletes we have. Our golf team should be exceptional having three high school varsity golfers on it, Jim Freeman, Sean Hickey and Ted Stacy. Our once feared softball squad is off to a poor start losing to both Sigma Chi and the Delts. Tenis and track are looking very strong though, with many Brothers interested. The tenis team has already won five out of six matches and are improving. Just by partic ipating in track we are improving 100'% because the only time we ran before was when the bars opened. Maybe the music from "Rocky" will inspire the boys. Presently we are ninth out of twenty three Fraternities in the all sports race and with the full participation by the Brothers we will be asured to end up in the top seven or so, the best in years. nights of imbibing. Wednesday was our pre-rush party, Thursday was Broth er Gebarowski's '77 Stag party,Friday was the Rush paryy and Saturday was Brother G.'s wedding. Needless to say Sunday was I^nd R day (retching and recuperation). On May 7th we are all going to pile in a bus and head to Detroit for a Tiger Ball game. If you are there we will be in the center field bleachers, you woh't miss us. The day after is Parents Day so 1 hope we can all Stand. It is also Mothers Day and each of us will present our mother with a Fiji rose. Saturday, May 14th is Grad Picnic and we hope to see you all there as it; is a guar anteed good time. This also starts off Greek Week which looks like it will be bigger than ever. As al- * ways on Memorial Day weekend we have Fiji Island (l hope the Stags get dates) which is always an excellent time. I hope if you are in the area you will stop by, it is always good to have the Grads in town. EDITORIAL Mark Mitchel Brothers, at the annual new of CHAPTER ficers retreat we decided that our news letter needed a title more di NEWS So far this term the boys at 239 have been very active socially. After one of the best win ter terms in his tory and the annual trip to Florida you might think eveyone would be worn out. However, this is far from being the case. We started off with the customary all Greek TG at Coral Gables accompanied by"swilling"of FREE BEER! The next week really took its toll on the Brothers as we had four straight stinctive to our university. Thus, we hashed over several names and came back to the original name used when we first became a Phi Gamm Chap ter back in 1959. Many of you may re member that Chapter on 334 Michigan Avenue and hopefully this letter along with its new title will bring back fond thoughts of your college experiences. Eric Deal Epsilon Lambda 239 Oakhill East Lansing, Michigan NOM PROFIT ORfJ. 48823 S. POSTAGE PAID - PERMIT # 166 E. LANS., Ml 48823 AcseA