contM - Page Col. 2 ALUMNI TURN OUT FOR ANNUAL PIG DINNER shook my head as if to say well, year, as Florida State, who had big awards at the luncheon on seemed to be a sure pick for the A good deal of applause followed ous announcement and then Brother began his final The annual Norris Pig Dinner, held on May 6th, was a great success again this maybe next won three Thursday, first slot. the previ presentation year. " giving the freshmen a few tense the beginning. Pi Iota. BITING THE DUST Our thanks to "Gerry" McGee and A1 Buckley and all who made it back this year. like to Debbie Dutkiewicz, Dave and Bonnie CumRodriguez, and Dick their marriages this Harry Taylor Hugo Norige Ron Gordon summer. Bill Balutis wishes to Joey Kalinowski and Nick Barone Eric Nickerson Patty Recko, who became engaged during the summer, and Bobby Wood and Kathy Wicks, who became engaged at the beginning of school this year. Brothers who moments in Speakers this year were Tom Bums '74, eCPhos Best on hand to bring in and present treasurer of the house, and A1 "Buck" Buckley, Brown '49. A1 has been both a section cheif and a purple legion naire in the past and is a good friend of IB.u 1) The brothers of Pi Iota would were "Gerry" McGee did the honors this year as toastmaster and filled the role well, don^t You know the restj congratulate Tom and Mike and Janet Merkle, mings, Larry and Nancy and Julie Perreault on alumni Johnson I know how many of you have ever felt your blood freeze up inside. It is truly a hard feeling to describe even as I feel it while writing this note to you Brothers,"The win ner of the O.H. Cheney Cup for the year 1971-1972 is Over forty witness twenty-eight freshmen get acquainted with the pig. lost their pins recently Karl Penney Paul Alasso '65 George Hill '53 '31 '56 Roger Stoughton '28 '70 '71 '71 '69 '67 '69 '67 '14 '52 '36 '71 '64 '70 '68 '23 '71 '64 Steve Watson Jim Aceto, Editor Don Tanana Doug Morash Contributors; John Fiore Terry Kinter Mike Noga Bob Loring Bill Delphos Chet Inman Bob Ferrari George Whittle L. Brewster Howard John Read Steve Harvey Jack Keenan Fred Eckert bers and friends. Ed Coghlin Please send news and changes of address to the Editor at: 99 Salisbury Street Worcester, Ma. 01609 '28 '54 Phil Giantris John Pelli Polytechnic Institute for its Graduate Mem '69 Hans Koche PI IDES Published at odd intervals by Pi Iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Worcester '45 '67 '66 '65 Leland Atwood are John Woodhull and Mike Irwin. Dave Salomaki '67 Bill Delis Jerry McGee Howie Whittle Sherman Gates '54 a class by himself Please Excuse Any Ommissions Page 2 \r\nA YEAR IN REVIEW HOMECOMING SCHEDULE 1972 The first sign of the fantastic year we had ahead of us was the pledging of 29 Friday, October 13 of the hills best Freshmen. Homecoming, with many alumni returning was a great success. A wine and 6:00 cheese tasting party, a hypnotist, a banjo band, and a party were the highlights, but it was ball Coaches 8:00 the good friends that made the event. Those receiving honors in the fall Rosser (Pi 11:00 Tau Sigma), and Rick Turner (Epsilon Upsilon Pi). This year's pledge project was remodel ing the party room. No sooner were the finishing touches put on when the pledges threw a "Hillbilly Party" for the brother hood. A snow storm the night before at tempted to sabotage the party by stranding a few couples at Bobby Wood's summer house in East Douglas, but Garry Balboni, dis playing the attitude that was to make Sha Na Na in concert in Harrington Auditorium were; Bill Delphos ( Skull Trophy), Dave Hubbell (Tau Beta Pi), Mike Merkle (Chi Ep- silon), Bruce Social Hour & Dinner - Higgins House - Guest Speakers - Foot Party at the House Collegiate-Greaser Type Saturday, October 14 10:00-12:00 Homecoming Registration and Coffee Hour-Baseball Field 11:30 Rope Pull-Institute Pond 11:30-1:30 Tailgate Picnic & Barbeque him Baseball Field the deserving recipient of the Coughlin Cup, and others saved the day, 12:00 Cocktail Party at Old '99 itiation, a banquet at the Castle Restau rant and a party that night for the new in 2:00 Soccer - WPI at Clark itiates . 2:00 Football - WPI vs. Bates "Help" week came and went bringing in The Wilkinson Award nominee from Pi I- ota this year was Bruce Szypot, being rec ognized not only for his involvement on the hill but more importantly for the outstand ing job he did as the "Big E". Bruce went on to be nominated by Section I for the a- After the Game - Happy Hour for Alumni and Friends - Higgins House 5 :30 Buffet Dinner at Fraternity House ward. Ray Cherenzia took over for Ed Clukey as Student Activities Board Chairman, Ray :00 Nightclub at WPI-Harrington Auditorium and Greg Stamper were initiated into Skull, FEATURING: David Bromberg, Folk Guitarist Albert Brooks, Comedian The Proposition, Political and and Ed Clukey, Doug Harrington, and Bruce Szypot were selected for Who's Who. Dick Filippetti and Ray were elected co-captains of cross-country and wrestling, respective Humorous Satirists ly- Pig Dinner saw another good turnout, as A1 graduate Buckley, Brown '46 was 11:00 the guest speaker. Partial proof of what a great year it was will sit in our trophy case for at least a year. The Sports Trophy was ours even before the fabulous FIJI nine complet ed its second consecutive Munchies available.' undefeated soft- ball season. The best was yet to come, for at the 124th Ekklesia, in San Francisco, Pi Iota received Honorable Mention for the Newton D. Baker Social Service Cup and won the H. Cheney Cup. Party at the House Mirkwood Band (Dave Cumraings and Paul Clark and others) 0. Page \r\nPi Iota Wins Sports Trophy One of the high points for Pi Iota last year was the winning of the sports trophy. Competition throughout the year was tough in all the sports but we managed several outstanding performances and did well in almost all the activities. With the coming outdoors to defend we moved our baseball and of spring track titles. Again Fiji reigned supreme. The two day track meet saw super great perfor mances by everyone. Terry Lee whipped the field in the shot-put and discus, ably The campaign got off well with our volleyball squad led by Paulo Clark making it to the playoffs. The boys played tough all the way and captured third place, los ing only because of a schedule mix-up that backed up by Jim Jardine. It was in the running events though where "The Gam"real ly sparkled. Freshman Dave Eves and Henry Fitzgerald combined in the dashes and hur caused many round game. in the starters to miss and stellar mile, Alex Vogt placed third won the two mile, and fourth in the half mile. The action then moved onto courts dles for 23 points. our first again season. the B-ball the Pi lota team The backcourt had a tandem of Fish Fillipetti and Bill Delphos combined with big Mike Merkle and Mike Irwin fired the team to another third place finish. With the entire team back, there are high hopes for victory again this year. In the lesser known sports bowling and ping pong, Fiji's held their own and main tained our position. All around athlete Tom Bums competed well in both events. Bruce Injured took veteran, player-coach Bob Ferrari took second in the 440 dash and we closed out the competition with Jim Aceto winning the high jump. Every day on the diamond produced a new hero. Bruce (Hap) Szypot, Greg Stamper, Choo Choo Charak, Fish and Mike Merkle were the big bats while Bill Delphos maintained his perfect mound record with another un beaten season. As we entered the playoffs the cup race came down to the Kap and us. With smashing playoff victories over TKE and Sig Ep, we clinched it all. . Rosser was another bowling standout and several brothers competed in ping pong. The first of our three championships was in the swim meet. Freshmen Dave Solomaki and Rick Aseltine combined to outscore FHl GAMMA DELTA IS NOT FOR COLLEGE DAYS ALONE all the other houses. Both men competed in three events and showed their versatility by placing in the top four in each event. IS IT TOO EARLY TO BE THINKING ABOUT PIG DINNER? NOT AT ALL. WE ARE.'.'.' Tentatively May 5, 1973 ZLZ 'ON JTUiJOd ' ' jaqsaojo/^i 01 Vd agBqsoa *s*n •gjO ITJoaj-uoN Page 4 60910 sqqasnqoBssBw 'jaqsaojoM qaajqS KunqsTiBg 66 Bqqaa Biuuieg Tq,3 jo Bqcq