THE GOLDEN DELTA 1874 COLORADO GOLDEN, CC 1983 Volume I, Issue I Delta Colony of Phi Gamma Delta, Colorado School of Mines Spring Edition President's Report Since our September 1983 founding, the social service area. We sponsored the Colorado School of Mines' Delta the Denver Children's Diabetic Colony has developed into a closely Association's Halloween Party, and knit brotherhood. We have become a nearly 70 children from ages 5 to 14 unified group by emphasizing academic were able to enjoy an otherwise unhap- excellence, community service, and py evening. This party was SO suc- social activities. In our first semester on cessful that the Diabetic Association campus, the FIJI's attained the second has awarded the Delta Colony the an- highest Greek G.P.A. As our resources nual sponsorship for this highly visible continue to build and grow, we hope to affair. be the top academic organization by the Our second service project raised year's end. money for the CSM Alumni Associa- The Delta Colony also triumphed in tion's student loan fund. After working Kirk Lindahl (the Indian) holds a goodie box for one of the diabetic children at the Halloween Party spon- sored by the Fijis. one evening at a phone-a-thon, the Delta Colony was able to raise over $3200 for this worthy cause. Presently we are finalizing plans to help develop a local Golden recreation Jonathan Wade strug- park. This project aids the city by ac- gles up the final hill celerating the facility's completion, in the Run-For-Fun on while saving taxpayer's money. When the E-Day weekend. the Rocky Mountain snowstorms Many other brothers cease, the FIJI men will diligently work represented the Delta to complete this project. Colony in the multi- Since we have no house, our social tude of events on committee had problems organizing campus during the our first social activities. After a slow festivities. start, however, the FIJI's showed their true spirit. An all night Float-Building Party with Omega Delta Psi (a local sorority) was a memorable affair, even though the float never did turn out right. The FIJI's unleashed their party- ing spirits again at a recent Hawaiian Party with the Sigma Kappa sorority. Our upcoming Islander promises to be an exciting time, too. Other social ac- tivities, such as our weekly Friday (Continued on Page 2) President's Report (Continued from Page 1) Afternoon Club, generate a great deal of enthusiasm and participation. Look- ing ahead, the last few weeks of school will highlight a flurry of social activities. As a growing FIJI Delta Colony, we must continue to improve upon our weak points. Foremost among these problems is future housing for our members. Presently we are attempting to consolidate our members onto a dor- mitory floor. Although the school ad- ministration supported this idea initial- ly, we fear that a few officials may now have second thoughts. Overall, the Delta Colony at the Col- orado School of Mines has completed a James Williams and Tod LeFevre discuss politics over a friendly cup of coffee. period of dynamic growth. In our first eight months, we have successfully tackled a variety of challenging situa- Pledge President's Report tions. We now face the future with high expectations and hope to perpetuate the Although FIJI had only been at Mines fraternity's noble goals. for four months, it had one of the Fraternally, strongest winter rushes of all the Greek William J. Pretsch organizations on campus. After a week Perge! of rush activities, ten pledges were selected, myself included. Furthermore, help develop a nearby park. THE GOLDEN DELTA within two weeks we had undergone With only two days left of Delta The Fraternity the pledging ceremony and had begun Week, we are now looking forward to of our journey through the Purple Pilgrim initiation. However, before we end our Phi Gamma Delta and pledgeship. Even though we had pledge days, I would like to thank the many problems initially, we finally initiated brothers for all their support William Lebherz, became organized and planned a com- and help. Editor munity service project with the City of Mighty proud to be a FIJI to be, Published by the Golden Delta Golden Parks Commission. Although John F. Calkins Colony of the Phi Gamma Delta we were snowed out, we still plan to Pledge President Fraternity, at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. News and changes of address should be sent to William Lebherz, Twin Towers 24E, Golden, CO 80401. CHAPTER OFFICERS President Bill Pretsch Treasurer Kirk Lindahl Recording Secretary Jeff Epstein Corresponding Secretary Nick Ricotta Historian Jonathan Wade Purple Legionnaire Tom Johnson Section Chief Karl Weber Potential pledges get rushed at one of the spring "Smokers" to get acquainted with the fraternity. THE DELTA COLONY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA (From left to right, bottom to top) Samuel Chang, Steve Wilson, Rob Chapados, John Calkins, Tod LeFevre, Stuart Schill- inger, Bill Pretsch, Kirk Lindahl, Jeff Epstein, Kelly Jameson, Jonathan Wade, Tom Johnson, Eric Gribbin, Craig Shurig, Paul Campbell, Mike Freehling, Tom Wells, Gehrig Schultz, Nick Ricotta, George Conger, and John Parsons. Delta Colony Members Pledges Initiated The Delta Colony of Phi Gamma NAME MAJOR YEAR HOMETOWN Delta proudly announces the initiation Don C. Bush III Metallurgy Senior Golden, CO of its first spring pledge class. Rob Chapados CHE Freshman Green Bay, WI The nine pledges were initiated in Jeff Epstein MT Freshman Houston, TX two separate ceremonies in the excite- Craig Fulton MN Senior Wetherfield, CT ment of E-Week, the Mines festival of Rick Hurdle PH Senior Reseda, CA engineering activities. Said Pledge Kelly Jameson Mining Sophomore Houston, TX Class President John Calkins, "The tim- Tod J. LeFevre GE Freshman Gunnison, CO ing of the initiations came in lieu of Kirk Lindahl EG Sophomore Greeley, CO Mines' most spectacular holiday - ap- John W. Parsons BE Freshman