THE O X G.D. F/J/ Volume XXVII GALESBURG, ILLINOIS - WINTER ISSUE, 1953 No. 1 PIG DINNER PLANS COMPLETE Chapter Honors Hammond; Leverone To Be Speaker Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta GAMMA DEUTERON CHAPTER Sunday, April 26, will mark Gam- 218 SOUTH CEDAR STREET ma Deuteron's 42nd annual Norris GALESBURG, ILLINOIS Pig Dinner, to be held, as usual, at the Galesburg Club, with eating time scheduled for 1:00 o'clock. The thing we need to make this BROTHERS: year's Pig Dinner the most memor- able in the Chapter's history is your This year the active chapter is determined that it will attendance. See if you don't agree as you read the program we have honor "Doc" Hammond at the Pig Dinner which is to planned for you. be held April 26th. All of us "alums" know what In addition to the usual function Brother Jay has meant to Gamma Deuteron for many, of the Norris Pig Dinner, this year's dinner is in honor of Dr. J. Jay Ham- many years. You will receive an invitation (goodness mond, '97. It is not necessary to knows you won't need one) to be present. I know that tell any Gamma Deuteron Fiji what Jay will want to see you, and that you will not want to "Doc" Hammond has meant to Our miss this event if it is at all possible for you to attend and chapter and all of Phi Gamma Delta for more than half a century. do Jay honor. I'll be looking for you. To our knowledge "Doc" Ham- mond knows nothing about our plans, Fraternally, and we hope that his first knowledge of them will be when he enters the dining room filled with young and old Fijis there to honor him. During the dinners a presentation will be made to him in behalf of All G. D. Fijis of every vintage. The success IRA E. NEIFERT of these plans depends upon your Perge ! participation. Leverone to Speak And for such an important dinner we have been very fortunate in se- on's own "Doc" Neifert will serve this occasion one that you will en- curing Brother Louis E. Leverone, as toastmaster. You alums have joy and remember, but to make it Dartmouth, '04, as our speaker. asked to hear from "Neif" many the "greatest" is up to you. Brother Leverone is a nationally many times, so after no small amount See you on the 26th. known figure and a renown Phi Gam- ma Delta. He is President of Nation- of persuasion he has agreed to come wide Foods, Inc. Mr. Leverone will to the front at this Pig Dinner. sail from New York City a few days After the dinner there will be a Sunday, April 26 after the dinner to serve as delegate Refreshment Hour in the Viking from the United States to the F. A. Room of the Galesburg Club where GALESBURG I. convention to be held at the Hague you can get together with the broth- CLUB on May 14. ers in that informal atmosphere so "Doc" Neifert, Toastmaster well known to all fraternity men. 1:00 p. m. None other than Gamma Deuter- We have done our best to make Page Two THE G. FIJI April, 1953 BRIEFS From the Ex-President The active chapter has striven for In March of 1952 Gamma Deu- versity. He is now an executive with and reached the goal of being a well teron sent out "WHO'S WHO" ques- Rockefeller Center, Inc., of New rounded chapter. Our scholarship tionnaires to all of our alumni in an York City. He is living at 36 Beek- is at a new high, being the highest effort to compile a college career and man Terrace, Summit, New Jersey. on the campus with a 2.36 average. business achievement biography file (1.00 being A, 2.00 being B, etc.) on the alumni. For this issue of the Our twenty-one man pledge class has M. Mead Messick, Class of 1928, G. D. Fiji we have selected some of a scholastic average of 2.08, which and nicknamed "Mess," is now work- these questionnaires at random and ing with the merchandise control de- gives us a total average, chapter are printing excerpts from the Who's and pledges, of 2.29. partment of Montgomery Ward & Who biographies so that Knox Fijis In athletics we are well repre- Company in Chicago. While at Knox who were in school with them may sented with twenty-three lettermen he was a member of the varsity ten- remember what they did at Knox, who comprise the major portions of nis team, and played intramural bas- what they are now doing in the busi- the College's teams. Many of these ketball, tennis and softball for the ness world, and where they are now men are two sport athletes. Fijis. Mr. Messick's address is 1201 residing. Also, we have many men in the Maple Street, Western Springs, Ill. activities phase of the campus life. Eugene Alfred "Freda" Robertson, This includes men working on Knox class of 1915, was chapter "E" his Willis Gale Pennington, 1934, is a publications, in the Theatre, and the senior year at Knox, in addition to Sales Engineer with the Dale Valve various organizations, societies, and being president of the Student Company of Chicago and his busi- intramurals. Council, the Senior Class, and a mem- ness address is 1933 West Carroll It is this combination of scholar- ber of the Interfraternity Council. Ave. Will attended Knox for three ship, athletics, and activities which He played basketball for Siwash for years and received a B. degree. make us the strong chapter we are three years and was captain for the While in college he was a member and hope to continue to be. '14-15 season. Freda has been em- of the tennis and rifle teams, foot- We owe a great deal of thanks to ployed the past seven years by the ball manager, and Social Chairman both our Galesburg and Chicago State of Illinois Department of Labor of Phi Gamma Delta. Mothers' Clubs. Both these organi- with the Division of Unemployment zations have contributed immensely Compensation office in Galesburg. His residence address is 1120 North Horace A. "Bun" Bowman, 1936, in fixing up the house and in giving Seminary street, Galesburg graduated from Knox with a B.S us many of the "little" things the degree in Physics and is now a physi- house needs. cist with the National Bureau of Fraternally, Richard D. Pearsall, 1919, had as Standards in Washington, D. C. He NELSON O. HANKS, his main Knox activities the presi- has authored several technical pa- President. dency of the Midwest Inter-Collegiate pers in engineering journals and is Oratorical Association and the office a member of the Institute of Radio P. S.-This is the year for a big Engineers and the Horological Insti- turnout at the Pig Dinner. Every- of Treasurer of Phi Gamma Delta. tute of America. Bun's address is body will be there. Dick is now president of the Founda- tion Films Corporation of Pasadena, 2619 Newton St., Silver Spring, California, which was one of the Maryland. THE KNOX earliest pioneers in the religious film field, now catering very strongly to Jesse E. Lehman, Sr., Fiji in the G.D. the demand for religious films in class of 1947, participated in the F/J/ churches, schools, and television. Mr. Knox Student Council, Theatre, In- Pearsall's home address is 255 Ros- terfraternity Council, Siwasher, and PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY well Ave., Long Beach, California. the Knox Student. Mr. Lehman was GAMMA DEUTERON CHAPTER OF a copywriter for Walgreen Drug PHI GAMMA DELTA Stores from 1947 to 1951, and is now KNOX COLLEGE Arthur Edgar "Artie" Lyon, Knox GALESBURG, ILLINOIS the Director of Advertising for the 1921, graduated from Northwestern Mystik Adhesive Products Company WINTER QUARTER EDITION. 1953 University Dental School in 1931 and of Chicago. He is living at 8430 is now practicing in San Diego, Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. G. D. FIJI STAFF California. At Knox "Artie" parti- EDITOR JIM JOHNSON, '54 cipated in basketball, football, and REPORTERS ENGAGED track and was president of Gamma J. ALBRECHT, 54, ROD BOYNTON, 53, DICK Deuteron in 1920. His address is Don Calkins, '54, to Shirley Tors- CROMWELL. 55, RAY DISCHER. 56, DICK JOHNSON, 53, DAN KIMBLE. 56. DICK Route 1, Box 1100, La Mesa, Calif. berg, Phi Mu, '54. NEUMILLER, 53, RON PEARSON, 54, JACK Jack Sterne, '56, to Catherine STERNE, 56, DON STOFFEL, 54. JACK Rader, Keokuk, Iowa. WEIDMAN, 55, MORT WEIR, 55, AND BOB William T. Snyder, class of 1927, WINDISH, '54. Rod Boynton, '53, to Sara Haney, kept himself busy at Knox as basket- Rushville, Illinois. PRESIDENT OF ACTIVE CHAPTER ball manager, Student Council presi- Tom Zemek, '54, to Beth Tipton, DON HARRIS, '54 dent, a staff member of the Knox Phi Mu, '55. PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PHILLIP GENTRY, '27 Student, and as a participator in in- Bob Mack, '55, to Katherine Kle- FACULTY ADVISOR tramural sports for the fraternity. mit, Delta Zeta, '53. IRA NEIFERT, '11 In 1946, Bill furthered his education Al Deahl, '53, to Barbara Prit- PURPLE LEGIONNAIRE by receiving a Master of Business chard, Kappa Alpha Theta, Mexico JAY FUCILLA, '51 Administration from New York Uni- City College, '52. 2