t March 1961 \ PI |OTA of PHI GAMMA DELTA Worcester, Massachusetts PIG DINNER MAY 13! 2nd Annual Pig Dinner Weekend May 12-14 The first Pig Dinner held at Pi Iota was in 1908. Last year the first Pig Dinner Weekend was held. Due to its the chapter has decided to continue the idea of a weekend pro- gram. Mark down the dates of May 12, 13 and 14, and especially May 13, the date of the Dinner. success, ivities will get under way on Friday night with the annual meeting of the F. A. Morse association at 8:30. This will be followed by a social hour. Bright and early on Saturday morning May 13, the golfers will get under way. Tee-off time will be at 9:00 at Juniper Hill Golf Course in Northboro, Mass: For the non-athletic Fijis, we recom- mend a tour of the campus, overin- dulgence in coffee, and general good fellowship. Pig Dinner rly in the afternoon, if previous years can be our guide, Fiji Graduates will begin to congregate. Traditionally this is the most important part of the weekend. It is perhaps the best time to re-acquaint yourself with the college memories of the dim past. The Dinner starts at 6:00. The tra- ditional cry of “Bringing in the Pig,” and a of young gentlemen, will set our tone. A suck ng pig, held high, shall lead this file. A re-affirmation of our faith in PHI- GAMMA-DELTA then Fine food is a tradition at Pig Dinner. ‘This year will be no exception. Fol- lowing dinner, the chapter ar- ranged an excellent speaking program. The awarding of the annual Graduate fowl, theras arding of a golf trophy, and several surprises will comprise it. Our speaker, we promise to be a Fiji of note. procession rather will ensue. has Following dinner their chosen \ Fijis will wend The weekend will end on Sunday with a brunch at the chapter house. Phis year’s Pig Dinner Weekend promises to be the best yet. Last year over 50 graduates attended the festivi- ties, coming from as far Montreal and Cleveland. This ye expect an even greater turnout. as away as we Open Letter from “Prexy” As president uf Pi lota Chapter this year I am of the opinion that there is a sincere effort being made by both the undergraduates and the graduates to make strides forward for a better Chapter. Owing to the interest shown by our graduate brothers in the F.A. Morse association we are experiencing a new perspective in graduate support and guidance. Examing the tangible aspects of the chapter we feel that we have been moving forward. Under the farsighted policies of our treasurer and those of the F.A, Morse Finance Committee the chapter has experienced a much needed financial revitalization which holds great promise for the future. The chapter is fortunate to be at present in a good condition with re- spect to membership. Through the initiative of our brothers and the fine efforts of our past rushing chairmen we feel that we have continued to keep our standards of membership very high without suffering loss of chapter strength. My hope for the future rests in the area of continued alumni-undergradu- ate cooperation which will undoubtably give rise lu yreaicr potentialities for the chapter in the future. At present both undergraduate and F.A. Morse enthusiasm is extremely high. May this enthusiasm stay high for the future. Yours truly. Ward MacKenzie Pi Iota Pledges 21 Miter a very successful rushing sea- son, the Pi Lota chapter of Phi Gam Delta announces that it has pledged twenty-one Of the twenty-one pledges, twenty are freshmen and one is a junior. ‘The lone junior is Eric Sellevold, an excellent skier from Oslo, Norway. ric is also the treasurer of the pledge class. he freshmen pledged by Pi Iota are: Tony Bantly student (Continued on Page 2) men. an honor Pi Tota’s Alumni Support The past year has shown a definite increase in support. This in- crease i: sult of the realization that the alumni will play a more important part in the life of Pi Iota in the future. The F. Morse Association is now working in close harmony with the undergraduate chapter to build up alumni interest in an effort to insure the prosperity of Pi Iota. The alumni are now afforded an op- portunity to enjoy a full week-end at old “99,” and at the same time renew their vows at our annual Pig Dinner. Realizing that the alumni are a great bunch of sports, the undergraduates have shown that they are willing and able to put on an unforgetable tim ‘The financial status of the F Morse Association is also dependent on alumni support. A concentrated effort is now being made to collect debts that have carried over from undergraduate days. The collection of alumni dues is (Continued on Page 2) alumni ar Fijis Command 32 Varsity Posts Since, as you well know, this is the first edition of the Pi Ides to go to press in quite a while, there is a lot of sports. that you haven't heard about. There is good news in both varsity sports and the interfraternity leagues. Although by no means a house of athletes, Phi Gam has again come through with better than her share of the school’s outstanding athletes in the fall and winter sports and has ex- news celled in all of the interfraternity sports, All that one need say about the interfraternity season is that the house took the Interfraternity Sports Trophy last spring. Credit for this trophy should go not only to the brothers who took part in the contests them- selves but also to the brothers who didn’t play but were there anyway to root for old “99.” Switching to varsity sports we find almost half of the house either com: peting or in managerial positions in (Continued on Page 2) \r\nPledges Sports (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) from Glastonbury, Conn.; Dick Cox from Toledo, Ohio, a wrestler and also the fall and winter sports. The Soccer an honor student; Bill Elliot a hockey and lacrosse player from Shrewsbury, Mass,; Tom Ganley from Suffield, Conn, who is the stellar goalie on the and Cross Country teams especially received outstanding performances by too. Fijies. sented Perhaps the outstanding event of the Soccer season was the voting of Saturday nights. Juniors Harry Rapeljie, and Dave Luoma along with Soph Jim Magaldi are all fighting for start soccer team; Ralph Germann an avid brothers Mixer and Clark to the All- skier from Montclair, N.J.; John Greenlie from Weston, Mass, is the freshman class Tech Senate representa tive; Steve Harvey, an honor student and soccer player from New Provi dence, is also scholarship chairman of the pledge class; Paul Keating, a cross country star from Fitchburg, Mass.; Paul Krantz from Worcester, Mass., New England team. Co-captain Dave Goodman, Steve Osterling, John Rupprecht, Pete Williamson, Steve Har a member of the Nautical Club. Jerry McGee, an honor student and cross-country star from Needham, Mass. Other freshmen pledged by Pi Iota are: Dave Monks, a cross-country and relay team runner from here in Wor cester; Bob Rondano a football player from Stamford, Conn.; Bob Rudd from Hamden, Conn., a member of the rifle team and a tennis player; Jack Ryder a wrestler, trackman and honor student from Attleboro, Mass.; Gene Sweeney from Buzzards Bay, Mass., a football and baseball player; Don Tassone a swimmer from Garden City, N.Y.; Frank Twitty whose hobby is riflery and guns is from Brewster, N.Y.; Dave Wait an honor student, basketball and base ball player is from Rochester, N.Y. He is also the presi dent of the pledge class. Pete William son from Hopewell, N.J., an honor stu dent, soccer and baseball player is also social chairman of the pledge class; and Pete Dornemann a basketball and track star from Needham, Mass. These Pi Iota pledges participate in almost every activity on the hill. The top five scholastic averages of the freshman class belong to Pi Iota pledges. PHI GAMMA DELTA quite well on the two-mile-relay team which Dave Monks was part of, the fastest mile relay team in the school's history. They'll all be back next year, vey, Pete Borden, John McGuire, Bob Richmond, and Tom Ganley combined with Bros. Mixer and Clark to give the lodge eight of the eleven starting posi tions on the team. Only one of the Brothers will be lost by graduation, so it will be a Fiji soccer team for several years to come. Tech's Cross Country team also was loaded with Phi Gams. The team, coached by Dave Sullivan (Phi Gam 'S9) and Frankr Sailnella was led by two Fiji freshmen, Gerry McGee and Dave Monks who became the first freshman in 38 years at Tech to win a letter in Cross Country. Returning from last years squad, Roger Flood also made his presence felt. Freshmen Dick Cox, Jack Ryder and Paul Keat ing rounded off the house's contributation of six of the nine starting runners on the team. Fijies also managered the squad, with Joe Sullivan Manager and Dennis Snay and Jim Clark compets. The team was the strongest Tech has seen in two decades and the Fijies should help a lot in making the spring track team the strongest ever. Although the Swimming team has only one Phi Gam on its roster he is doing a bang-up job. Despite the fact he is only a Sophomore, Roger Carlson has already smashed several school records while turning in consistent winning performances. Several of the Cross-Country run ners also excelled on W.P.I.'s relay teams. Again under the direction of Dave Sullivan, two of the freshmen. Jack Ryder and Gerry McGee, did As usual, the lodge is well repre on the ing positions. Basketball Pete Floor Dornemann on and Dave Wait are seeing a lot of action with the Junior Varsity and we hope to see more of them next year on the varsity. Pledge Dornemann is also an outstanding low hurdler in spring track. Last, but not least, is the Hockey Club. This team, which started only a few years ago features three Fijies among its active players. Roger Flood and Bo Kuehn are both on the first line while pledge Bill Elliott is seeing a lot of action on the second defense squad. Brother Flood, a letterman last year, is among the top scorers in the league. Quite a feat for a soph who already has letters in Track and Cross Country, as well as Hockey. Jim Kel ly, also a sophomore, is aspiring to be come manager and did a good job this year as compet. Alumni Support (Continued from Page 1) also being stressed and has shown favorable results. In the past year ap proximately 1200 Dollars has been collected with an additional 200 dollars being given in free-will gifts. It is no longer possible to pay lifetime alumni dues of 100 dollars but the present lifetime memberships in the alumni as sociation will be honored. In the future those paying alumni dues will receive a membership card in the association. It might be noted that Brother John R. Whcclcr '17 has paid his alumni dues consecutively since he graduated. Support of this nature is what we are aiming for. Let's all work together in the future in an effort to approach this goal. S.B.O. Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE 99 Salisbury Street Worcester, Massachusetts PAID Permit No. 2282 Worcester, Mass.