THE NEWS LETTER OF EPSILON LAMBDA volume 4, No, 2 Michigan State University, 239 Oakhill Feb. 1977 PRES. PEN For the second year in a row, elections at Epsilon Lambda were hotly contested0 It was a pleas help and the persistance of my Cab inet we at MSU have improved the relm of all Phi Gamma Deltas. Eric Deal ant problem to have to select from so many qualified and enthusiastic Brothers vying for each office. The , newly elected officers are: Jim Freeman, Pres. Steve Page, Ires. CP Pig Sean Hickey, Rec. Sec. Stan Sikorski, Cor. Sec. Dave Gerrie, Historian The outgoing cabinet has set momen tum and new programs that will assuradly be continued. Some of the major accomplishments of the cabinet and the chapter were initiating a Board of Chapter Advisors and major house improvements. Wii also have bettered our scholarship and ath letics along with rearranging our accounting system, reducing the debt to National to 0 and most im= portantly, almost perfecting our The Epsilon Lambda Chapter will be holding the 18th Annual Norris Pig Dinner this term. The dinner that will be held in memory of Frank Norris (Calfornia '94), will be held at Alex's Restaurant on Michigan Ave just east of the Capitol Building. The date of the Re-union of young and old Fiji's will be Saturday, March 5 from 12:30 till 4:00 FM. The Chapter is more than proud to have William R. Doerner as our most precious inheritance, the guest speaker at this festive ocas- Ritual. The Chapter also sky rocketed our public relations campus wide by winning the Home coming Float competition, spon sion. soring the second annual Greek ski weekend, throwing numerous all Greek TG's, donating our time and money to organizations such as Brother Doerner is a graduate of Michigan State and was initiated into Phi Gamma Delta at the Epsilon Lambda for thcise who passed since. At this point in time. Brother Doerner is currently residing in New York city. Since he has depart ed from the house he has climbed to ALSAC, Red Cross, UNICEF.and MS. We also have two Brothers,Jim Rayis &. the position of Associate Editor of Mark Mitchel on the IFC Board. will feature Brother Doerner. Time International. The Fiji Profile All these factors have made EL one of the top two Eraternities at MSU...and we're not second place. Our great improvement should put Epsilon Lambda in the running for the Chenney/Condoi^ Cup editor: Dan Deane Awards at the Academy this summer. staff : Eric Deal Mike Stenback Jim Ereeman Mark Mitchell Stan Sikorski I would especially like to thank Bill Zerman, Jim Hickey, Bill Martin and the Archons for all the faith and assistance they have given us in the past two years,. Wtih their \r\nBECOMES FRATERNITYWIDE IN1902 MG After the untimely death of Frank Norris in 1902, cutting short a promising literary career, it was most fitting that this annual feast Dinner should be dedicated to him and that the custom should bear the name of the distinguished author. Fred L. Dixon (Colorado®44) Most colorful of all Phi Gamma Delta traditions is the pig dinnera non-esoteric custom that has pro vided pleasantry for succeeding gen 239 SPORTS erations of cannibals for more than a half century. Any well trained neophyte can tell you the story of the origin of the fete so widely observed in Phi Gamma Delta, but for those who are rusty in fraternity lore, let us re-" peat it: At the class day exercises at the University of Calfornia in 1893, the dispensator, Ralph Hathorn (Cal ifornia '93), took occasion to rap the Dekes and the Betas who had mon opolized the glee club for the past I year. The stunt consisted of bringing on the platform a barrel labeled "U of C. Glee Club," tied with a cord symbolic of the strangle hold estab lished by the two rival societies. To complete the figure , out of the barrel tumbled a squealing pig-- a vivid musical criticismI The porker escaped and was captured by fleet Fijis 0 On May 18,1893, the tribesmen gathered in the lower regions of the Fiji stronghold on Dana St. in Berk ley and the animal was prepared for the feast by Delta Xi Chapter's Chinese cook. Hathorn, as master of cere monies , called upon every member present to renew his bond of alleg Winter term sports the Boor's of 239 came into the scene with great optimism. We trail first place by just 79.5 points in the all Sports Trophy race. Winter term sports features Basketball and Volleyball as major sports with tab le tennis, hand ball, and swimming falling under minor sports heading. Basket ball started off pro mising as the Fiji squad slaughtered Fsi Upsilon 49 to 22, featuring the awesome starting five of Mike Romanowski at center, Jim Freeman and Randy Strand at forwards, and Marty Metzger and Dan Deane at the guards. In the second game of the season Jim and Randy fell to knee and ankle in juries as the squad lost to Theta Chic, The only thing to look foirward to is the playoffs and that our starters get healthy for the big games. In volleyball our record is 1 and 3 loosing the first match to Lambda Chi and two more before de feating Alpha Kappa Fsi. Ted Stacy, Dave Dubois and Dan Deane team up to make a pretty tough line on an independent hockey team which will be competing for the I.M. Championship. iance and to seal his vow on bended knee by the solemn ordeal of kissing ithe pig's snout0 At the break of dawn, Frank INorris (California'94) was inspired to propose that the occasion be re newed annually. As Historian William F. Chamberlain (Dension'93) says in Tomas Beta of The History of Phi Gamma Delta, "His was the prophetic vision of feasts to come 'round Delta boards from coast to coast, when > young and old brothers should gather in informal good fellowship." Fiji Flight to Florida The stags of 239 will be setting up the 2nd annual migrating Fiji house in Ft. Lauderdale this spring break. The Boor's will be lead by outgoing Fresident, Eric Deal and the Master who is formally known as Tim Kinney. The brothers will be more than ready for the week vacation in the sunshine and suprisingly enough the motel which housed the brothers last year haven't had enough and are allowing us back again.