1 Vol. 33, Issue 3 May 22, 1981 Gamma Tau Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Fiji Island Party Set For May 22-23 By Bill Grip As springtime rolls around again, one thinks of love and April showers that br ing May flowers. But as you all know, springtime at 841 Fowler Street means bigger and better things; namely Island Party. This year's edition of Gamma Tau's biggest social event will, as usual, try to be the best one ever. Construction of the huts and the digging of the pool began about three weeks ago, and steady progress is being made to the completion date of Friday, May 22. The cochairmen, Mark White and Bill Grip, along with the social chairman. Woody Mercer, have managed to cotitract two ot Atlanta's best rock 'n' roll bands to per form for the event. In addition, this year's design features two pools that will be separated by a large sand, dancing area. The dates for this year's event are May 22 and May 23. Everything starts around 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22, with din ner, cooked by last year's chef, Mike Bruce, and plenty of cold beer. The even ing's music will be provided by "Traveler," a band relatively unknown at Tech, but sure to be a winner. Saturday's activities start off at 11:00 a.m. with the traditional wedding With only a few days to go, construction is nearing completion. The Gamma Tau chapter of Phi Gamma Delta wishes for all grads to mark their calendars for this event. If you will be able to attend, please let us know ceremony. One of Atlanta's premiere show bands, "Ruckus," will start their show at 12:00 noon. Of course, the ahead of time so that we will be able to famous Island Party Punch will flow un plan things better, especially for Friday til the well runs drv. night's dinner. The two chairmen have assured the chapter that not only will everyone have a good time, but that good weather will be here that weekend. \r\nPage2 May 22, 1981 Gamma Tauk New Pig Dinner a Success President By Rick St John On Saturday, April 4, the brothers and graduates of Gamma Tau celebrated our fifty-fifth annual Norris Pig Dinner. Festrivities began with a cocktail party at the chapter house. During this time old friends were reacquainted and the un dergraduate brothers got a chance to meet and talk with some of the forebrothers who helped to make this chapter as strong and active as it is to day. At 7:00, the activities to the nearby Ladha Continental Hotel, where a special buffet had been prepared in one of the larger meeting rooms. As is traditional, we all joined hands in a large circle for the "bringing in the pig." Brother Charlie Brown ('25), attending his fifty-fifth consecutive pig dinner, was the first one to place a kiss on the highly While the meal was drawing to a close, our symposiarch, Brother Locke Trigg ('4.3), began the program by recognizing the various brothers visiting Gamma Tau and the legacies who were attending. Special talks were given by our retiring President, Tom Blake ('82); current President, Dan Home ('82); House Cor poration President, Brian Wright ('69); President of the Board of Chapter Ad visors, Dave Vogel ('79); and Purple Legionnaire, Charlie Smith, III ('78). All of these speeches projected optimistic outlooks for a strong future here at Gamma Tau. Silver Owl Awards were presented to Alexander Gordon, III ('52), Hugh Pear son ('53), Thomas Gunter ('54), Samuel Boor ('56), and Charles Sudduth ('56). The Educational Foundation Un revered snout. A short time later. Brother dergraduate Achievement Award was John Wells ('84) had the honor, amid pic tures and applause, of biting off the tail. After returning to the tables, all ninety-six Fijis in attendance joined in the singing of the doxology. The invoca tion was given by Brother Wayne Boor ('82), then a special tribute to late Brother Frank Nottingham (Georgia Tech Faculty) was given by Brother evenly split between Brothers Bill Grip Harry Wadsworth ('50). After the reading of"An Exile's Toast" by Brother David Vogel ('79), everyone lined up once again by seniority to partake of the heartv buffet. ('82) and Tom Greiser ('82). Brother Brian Wright ('69) received the award for the outstanding graduate brother of the year; Brother Dan Home ('82) was named the outstanding senior; Brother •Jim Hamil, II ('81) was tonted the best athlete; our current treasurer. Brother Mark Thompson ('83) received the T. Optimistic about Future Dear Brothers, Spring quarter got under way on a big note with the commencement of our an nual Norris Pig Dinner. Pig Dinner featured its usual good food and an in spiring speech given by famed Olympic miler, Glenn Cunningham. A good time was had by all, which was accented by an attendance of ninety-six graduate and undergraduate Fijis. Many thanks go to Brother Tilton for his hard work in organizing the dinner. Gamma Tau is once again involved in another community service project. After having met with great success in the Fall with the Leukemia drive, we are now working with the Red Cross in sponsoring a blood drive at Georgia Tech. A team of fourty Fijis will be working over a period for maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA for four consecutive quarters; and Brother of three days with a group of Red Cross nurses in order to collect 600 pints of blood. We are all hoping to have a suc Randy Scott ('84) received an award for cessful drive. Thomas Armeneki Scholarship Award being the outstanding pledge of 1980-81. continued on page 7 Gamma Tauk Mark Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Mark T. Kehne, Associate Editor That time of year that stirs up memories in all Fijis is upon us again. Gamma Tau's Island Party is set for May 22nd and 23rd. We are looking forward to a great time and hope that you can join us. The chapter is in fine shape, and we are looking forward to a great rush. We initiated fourteen young men last quarter and have five more pledges this quarter. If you have any recommendations, please send them to us so that we can contact Bill Grip, Mark Garten, Robert Hooker, Bob Lally, Mark T. Kehne, these men in the Fall. If you can t make Island Party we look Steue Ramsey, Dan Nelsen, Michele Saire, Randy S