Vol. CXXVII, No. 1 Phi Gamma Delta, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana Lambda Lands Great Pledge Class Fall 1984 Major House Improvements Recently several significant improvements have been made to the Lambda Chapter House. Carpeting and paneling have been installed in the halls on second and third floors which has greatly improved the looks of the halls as well as making them much quieter. In addition, our house corporation provided the funds to restore our troubled heating and plumbing systems to proper working conditions. And finally, the problems which have caused flooding in our basement the past three years have been solved once and for all. Lambda 1984-85 pledge class. The mighty purple thunder boomed with excellence during rush again this year and was rewarded with 22 new pledges to go with our three spring pledges. The 1984-85 pledge class of Lambda is: Donald Adams '88 William Davis '88 Eric Doolittle '88 Brian Elson '88 Steve Franz '88 Tom Hausmann '87 Dave Holub '87 Doug Hovland '88 Doug Ingersoll '88 Michael Jeffries '88 Mark Johnson '88 Devin Koch '88 Russel Lamore '88 John Malloy '87 Gary Martin '88 Byron Morton '88 Brooks Murphy '88 Will Shier '88 Joe Short '87 Jim Silkworth '88 Phil Stannish '87 Mike Stockus '88 Mike Stratton '88 Kurt Ward '88 Robert Wunderlich '88 Once again Lambda is pleased with its diverse pledge class which includes a varsity wrestler, a varsity baseball player, a football player, three varsity swimmers, a cross-country runner as well as a prominent member of the DePauw Sailing Club. The pledges have moved in and become a vital element in the house. We wish them our best during their probationary period. · This shows the "new look" of the halls at Lambda chapter. The new carpeting was installed this summer and the paneling was installed by the brothers this fall. \r\nTiger Fiji Page 2 Fall 1984 The Tiger Fiji is p ublished triannually by the Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, 916 S. College, Greencastle, Indiana 46135. Lamb da Corporation Joseph B. Carney ('59) ..... President 650 Braeside Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46260 Alex Rogers ('65) . .. . ..... Treasurer 4720 E. 77th Street Indianapolis, IN 46250 Board of Chapter Advisers Jeffery Millard ('80) ....... President Eric Vale ('81) David Bergland ('82) David B. Wright ('83) Jay Moore ('74) Joe Atna {'81) Joe Carney ('59) Steve Vickery ('73) Steve Foster ('80) Chapter Officers David Schmitz ('85) ..... . . President Doug Nemecek ('85) ...... Treasurer Sean Major ('86) .. . ...... Recording Secretary Tom Kenny ('85) ..... Corresponding Secretary Duke Writer ('85) ......... Historian Tiger Fiji Darren R. Wells ('87) ......... Editor IMPORTANT DATES Nov. 10 ........ . . . . Monon Bell Feb. 16 .. . .. .. ...... Pig Dinner Hope to see you there! "Ben" leads the cheers for the Lambda Phi Garns immediately following last spring's Little 500 victory. President's Report The end of the 1983-84 academic year and the beginning of 1984-85 has been a very eventful time for Lambda chapter. It has provided much success in areas such as scholastics, extracurricular activities, social life, and "Little 500", as well as presented Severa cnallenges for the coming semester. Last spring, Phi Gamma Delta maintained its academic standing in fourth place among the twelve DePauw fraternities for the second semester in a row. This was an important accomplishment since we had been in eleventh place only a year ago. Our improvement was recognized at the 126th Ekklesia where Lambda chapter received fourth place in the Owen Cup competition for scholastic improvement. We do feel, however, that further academic improvement can and will occur, and this is a major chapter goal for the semester. In addition, more and more brothers are becoming actively involved and taking leadership roles on many of the various campus organizations. Fijis participate on almost all campus groups and several brothers, such as Sean Major, President of Junior Board, are becoming campus leaders. The biggest excitement of last semester undoubtedly centered around "Little 500" week when, for the first time ever, the "Rolling Purple Thunder" reigned victorious in the annual bike racing event. The Fiji riders, consisting of Tom Bayer '84, P.J. Stanish '85, Garn Huggins '86, and Ned Sizer '87, came back from an accident which left them over a lap behind to blow by the leaders and win in a very exciting race. The spirit of the chapter was at a peak after this victory and the party that f011owedthe race will nOt soon be forgotten by the DePauw community. Our Little 500 success set the stage for the traditional "Fiji Isle" event two weeks later which continues to be the most popular campus housedance. Although having the opportunity to host the two best DePauw social events of the year, all within two weeks of each other, was a much cherished luxury, we abused the privilege and this lead to social probation for the semester. This disciplinary action was taken by the university because of the noise complaints received from several of our neighbors. The probation has brought about many constructive changes to Lambda chapter operations this semester. We've had to become a much more public relations oriented chapter by improving our image with neighbors, the administration, the faculty, and the Greencastle community. We've had successful cook-outs inviting neighborhood families, more faculty and administrative dinners, and several community service projects are being planned. The chapter will be sponsoring Thanksgiving and Christmas (continued on page 6) \r\n"Tiger Fiji Fall 1984 OUR OWN WHO'S WHO To Give Us Alumni Updates For Our Files And For The Tiger Fiji Kindly Fill Out and Return Immediately To: PHI GAMMA DELTA GREENCASTLE, INDIANA 46135 D a t e - - - - - - - - - - - - 19_ __ Name in Full _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Nickname _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Clas _ _ _ __ O c c u p a t i o n - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Firm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Residence A d d r e s s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Business Address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ check preferred mailing address Years in school _____ M a j o r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Degree _ _ __ Graduate School _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Degree _ _ _ __ What fraternity offices did you h o l d ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Married? _____ Wife's N a m e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Years----Names and ages of children, if any _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Children's Colleges and Greek a f f i l i a t i o n s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Recent activities or accomplishments: (civic or elective offices, awards, personal achievements, etc.) What suggestions could you make to improve the Tiger F i j i ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Special interests _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Would you be interested in speaking to the chapter on careers, value of the fraternity or anything else? DO YOU HA VE AN INTERESTING OR HUMOUROUS STORY TO RELATE FROM YOUR COLLEGE DAYS? Give us details on the back side of this sheet. Page 3 \r\nThe Tiger Fiji Phi Gamma Delta Greencastle, IN 46135 A STORY FROM MY DEPAUW DAYS: \r\nrr 'till' SOON ltE -r"l ME"' FOft Tt4E' ••. '(CS NORR\S P\6 ~ FE13~UAR.\' 1'1 i I Cf8S [[ - 'LS yr- ±-"·,41~ ( ~~ - SO yr :t=.n~~ 1 G,s ====:J I ;1 t: l t: J C :l C::-::1 ( - - =i lc-:==:"l t ·=:::J C------ -==:=1 -r- : J t::=- =:J t:=.::::::l 1 -- •~~l:T offO~fitS ~, '(~ HA\/E MADE- fV\'i f>fo-Y • T :+= l-\AE?..fL'f wA-rr roe_ fEB lb, lt?SS Wl1Etv :i: WlLL VV.JY ~t/Jt B~-CY1ttB£-~~ AW R£)l) • \'L~b Mb \\c.__t.et.s ~AY! ~ - ----- \r\nPage 5 Tiger Fiji Fall 1984 News from Our Graduate Brothers '26 John Howard Greist, 4343 Washington Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46205 is an Indianapolis psychiatrist whose three sons John, Thomas and Timothy are all married doctors. '30 John R. Barnes, 1831 Spruce St., So. Pasadena, CA, is enjoying retirement with his wife of 48 years, Margaret and has recently completed a successful term on the So. Pasadena School Board. '30 Ted Callis, 14043 Cameo Drive, Sun City, AZ 85351, is enjoying his retirement after retiring from Dow Jones & Co., Inc. in 1969. '31 Richard "Dick" Crowder, 1525 Sheridan Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906, is a retired Emeritus professor of English at Purdue University. He has served on the BCA of the Purdue Chapter as well as the International Historian of the Fraternity. He enjoys traveling abroad and made a trip to Scandinavia this summer. '36 John "Jack" Gibson, P.O. Box 486, Flat Rock, NC 28731, is retired from a position with General Electric. John is a past secretary of Lambda. '40 James "Hoot" Honan, 20 S. Shirley Ave., Moorestown, NJ 08057, is enjoying retirment with his wife of 37 years. '43 Bob Thompson, 7422 N. Sananna Dr., Tucson, AZ 85704, is the retired Business Manager for the University of Arizona. His son Thomas carried on the family tradition by becoming a Fiji at SMU. '51 Russ Olson, 325 Morewood Parkway, Rocky Road, OH, is the Director of Law in Rocky River and has been active for many years in that city's government. He and his wife Phoebe have two sons, Eric and Craig. '51 Richard Katten, 6506 Blickling Dr., Dublin, OH 43017, is enjoying bachelor life and is a Mortgage Banker in Lancaster. '57 Jon T. Benn, 1501 Korea Centre, Hong Kong, has lived in Hong Kong for 14 years and travels extensively promoting the products of that city. He would welcome any Fiji and would love to introduce them to that part of the world. '59 Dale A. Chandler, 2236 Berrycreek Dr., Dayton, OH 45440, is a real estate consultant in Dayton and is in his 15th year on the Kettering School Board. '60 Michael J. Good, 2200 Bow Ln., Safety Habor, FL 33572, is a banker and he and his wife, Cathleen, have three children, Lori, Michael, and Jon. '61 John "Jack" Hatcher, 3739 Capiland Dr., W. Lafayette, IN 47906, is a CPA and lectures at Purdue in accounting. He is a past recording secretary and treasurer and he and his wife have two children, Mark and Elisabeth. Phi Gamma Delta not for college days alone '62 George Lortz, 1802 Clayburn Circle, Cincinnati, OH 45240, is the Senior Systems Engineer for IBM Corporation. He is married with two children and was once pledge trainer at The Garn. '65 Louis Terry Chappell, 144 S. Lawn Ave., Bluffton, OH 45817, is a practicing physician. He and his wife, Bobbie, are kept busy by their children, Wendy, Ben, Jenny and Katie. '66 Stephen W. Hayes, 2636 N. 89th St., Wauwatosa, WI is a lawyer with the firm of von Briesen and Redmond. He is married with four children and is president of- the Milwaukee Bar Association. '69 Warren R. Onken, Jr., 13507 Kingscross Ct., Midlothigh, VA 23113, is the Preventive Maintenance Supervisor for Philip Morris, U.S.A. He is married to Mary and has two children, Kim and Chad. '70 Frank "Bulldog" Lowery, 3417 Woodview Pl., Columbus, OH 43220, is a general contractor for Franklin Construction Co. He enjoys skiing, running and Taekwondo. '71 Wayne David Martin, 1413 Dietrich Oaks Dr., Manchester, MO 63011, is National Sales Manager for BIH Foodservice, Inc. in St. Louis. He and his wife Diane have two children, Michelle and Jennifer. '73 Dr. Thomas English Wood, 1503 Morrison Road, Centralia, IL, is an Orthopedic Surgeon and is married to Suzanne. '76 Timothy Philip Sheridan, 102 Hichory Drive, Elkins, WV 26241, is an administrator and tennis coach at Davis and Elkins College. He and his wife, Gina, had a baby last year, Corey. '77 Kim W. Suchy, 6293 Trinity Drive, Lisle, IL, is an economist for Argonne National Laboratory and married "the most terrific girl around" this June. '78 David S. Goltermann, 3215 Mesquite Dr., Sugar Land, TX 77479, is general manager for Xytel Corp. and has been married to Betsy for three years. '79 Dave Bostick, 1030 N. State St., Apt. 31-d, Chicago, IL 60610, is a Systems Analyst for Baxter Travenol Laboratories. He recently finished his MBA and got married to Mindy. He is a past treasurer at Fiji. '82 Bill Tipton is a Surface Warfare Officer for the U.S. Navy stationed in Miami, FL. He enjoys swimming, biking and sailing. '83 Stu Steele, 580 Phillips Ave., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, is a Systems Analyst for Health Technologies Information Systems. He was cocaptain of the division champions in Illinois League Hockey. (continued on page 7) \r\nFall 1984 Tiger Fiji Page 6 President's Report Aerial view of DePauw in 1984. Intellect Abounds at Lambda Goes Hi-Tech A special thank you from the underPhi Garn! Greetings Alums! The 1984-85 academic year finds us in the unfamiliar spot of defending a campus leading G.P.A. The challenge of ~ain­ taining a G.P.A. that placed us m the top third of all fraternities, is welcomed by all Phi Garns. Our successful Rush, which resulted in our pledging 26 erudite young lads has raised our expectations for the upcoming semester! Our road to academic achievement has been recently paved with the addition of a new house computer. Our chapter library is currently in renovation to improve the study atmosphere through new carpeting and lighting. These physical improvements accompanied with the pride and schol~rly attitude of all the brothers promises to make this semester a success. Mark J. Sifferlen Scholarship Chairman graduate members and pledges of Lambda to the graduate brothers who put time and money into obtaining a computer terminal for the chapter house. This terminal will be linked by telephone to the university DIGIT AL VAX system. This will allow brothers and pledges to use their accounts and do computer work from the Fiji library rather than the Math and Science Center. Special thanks to Phillip Smith, '59, for all his hard work and thank you all for your continued support. (con 't. from page 2) programs for local underprivileged children, a campus and citywide Alcohol Awareness program, several community service work projects as well as our traditional philanthropies. We feel that these efforts will soon restore Phi Gamma Delta's reputation in the DePauw community. In fact, these efforts have already been rewarded. Recently, the probation was reduced to end on October 15, 1984, instead of February 1, 1985, largely because of the progress we have made with these efforts. Obviously the shortened probation was great news to us and the chapter is greatly indebted for the Graduate Brother input which made the rewards possible. Our Board of Chapter Advisors, presided over by Jeff Millard '81, which met twice over the summer months provided the ideas which made up our successful "Noise Program." This is yet another example of how our growing graduate support and involvement has benefitted the undergraduate chap!e_r, __ This is an exciting time for the brothers at Lambda chapter. We have a great pledge class, have made many physical house improvements, have become more involved on campus and in the community, and have everincreasing graduate support. We also have begun to achieve that important balance between strong academics and our traditionally impressive social calendar. We're extremely proud of our growth but we want you, our graduate brothers, to share our pride. Please take a look at the dates listed in this Tiger Fiji and make plans to visit the chapter at least once this year. This is very important to us because when we meet and share experiences with our Graduate Brothers of all ages we gain an appreciation for the continuity of tradition that makes this fraternity so great, and makes us even more " proud to be a Fiji!" Fraternally, Dave Schmitz '85 \r\nPage 7 Tiger Fiji Fall 1984 Artist's representation of Fiji's "Wall of Fame" Lambda Plans "Wall of Fame" In our continuing efforts to keep Phi Gamma Delta ahead of all on campus, we have decided to improve some of the structure of our chapter. We are trying to erect a "Wall of Fame" in honor of outstanding Phi Garns here at Lambda. The wall will include all awards and honors won by Lambda from International Headquarters, photographs of our various chapter houses, and of prominent Lambda Fijis as well as All-American status for athletes. We would also like to have a copy of a small composite from every year possible. We have copies from 1976 to the present as well as a few scattered years, so we need some help here. If you have any old composites it would be appreciated. Also, copies can be made if you wish to have the original returned. The cost of the project is quite steep since we are trying to pay for this ourselves (without House Corporation) and it would be welcomed if you could donate a few dollars in care of the "Wall of Fame" to help offset the cost of mounting, framing, and finishing of these awards and honors. We hope to have much of this work completed by Pig Dinner 1985 and extend an invitation to all to return and reminisce over photographs of brothers in your class. We thank you for any contributions. M. Nader Sharifi Photography Chairman Graduate News (con't. from page 5) '83 Joseph "Crazy Joe" Peterka is a graduate student at Old Dominion University. He suggested that to improve the Tiger Fiji we refrain from putting pictures of Uhlick, Jughead, and Boda on the front page. His hobbies are beer drinking and photography. '84 Thomas Conrad "T-Bear" Bayer, cl o corps de la Paix Americain, Peace Corps Mali, West Africa, has delayed his conquest of the corporate world so he can party in the third world for two years with the Peace Corps. Feel free to send him cash and/ or food, because, for two years, he gets none. 1984-85 DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Nov. 24 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 Dec. 11 Dec. 21 & Dec. 22 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 23 Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 19 Feb. 23 At Huntington ILLINOIS WESLEYAN At Butler University At Taylor University MILLIKIN MANCHESTER DEPAUW Invitational Marian, Knox & Wooster Wittenberg Classic At Wittenberg, Ohio At Manchester At Wabash FRANKLIN COLLEGE At Marian College At Washington U. At Lindenwood (At Wash. U.) I.U.P.U.l. At Hanover At Rose-Hulman At Franklin College TAYLOR UNIVERSITY MARIAN COLLEGE LINDENWOOD WASHINGTON U. ROSE-HULMAN WABASH COLLEGE 3:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 3:00 7:30 3:00 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 3:00 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. \r\nTiger Fiji Page 8 Fall 1984 REMEMBER: NORRIS PIG DINNER FEBRUARY 16 It promises to be a great weekend. We have contacted Norman Vincent Peale on being our Pig Dinner Speaker. PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR GRADUATE QUESTIONNAIRE. The Tiger Fij i Lambda of Phi Gamma Delta 916 South College Avenue Greencastle, Indiana 46135 l510737 B 33 MICH 1949 WILLIA M S ZERP'AN 3325 LANSDOWNE DRIVE LEXINGTON KY 40502 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Greencastle, IN 46135 Permit No. 152