THE K NO X F/J/ Volume XXIX GALESBURG, ILLINOIS - WINTER ISSUE, 1955 No. 4 THE PIG'S THE THING -- MAY 1 Gamma Deuteron's 44th annual Norris Pig Dinner will be held this year at one o'clock p. m. on Sunday, May 1 at the Galesburg Club. Your Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta presence at this affair will make it GAMMA DEUTERON CHAPTER the rousing success we hope it will be. 218 SOUTH CEDAR STREET GALESBURG ILLINOIS Frankly though we fail to see how this dinner can not help but be the best yet, and feel that anybody who misses it has rocks in his head. President's Message Granted, th's may sound exaggerated, but bear with us to the end of the With a successful rushing season completed, a runner- article and find out for yourself. up spot in the Cheny Cup competition, and Spring not far away In the first place, the speaker will be none other than Cecil J. our thoughts once more turn to our annual Norris Pig Dinner. Wilkinson, executive secretary of the This year's feast will be held on May 1 at the Galesburg Club, fraternity and editor of The Phi and promises to be an interesting affair. Gamma Delta. Getting such a wheel to travel all the way out to the wilds The speaker this year is Cecil J. (Scoop) Wilkinson, a of Galesburg is quite an accomplish- ment not to be passed over lightly. graduate of Ohio Wesleyan '17, Executive Secretary of our We feel sure that "Scoop's" shining National Fraternity for the past 33 years, and editor of the personality and great ability, which have made The Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta. The time and energy that this one man has one of the outstanding publications contributed to his fraternity is truly un-believable and he should of its kind, will contribute immensely have a message well worth your trip to Galesburg. This year's to making this Pig Dinner the most outstanding one you have yet at- Pig Dinner should be an occassion for the largest attendance tended. ever. Propaganda notices of this type generally omit one of the major at- You alums will receive the usual post-card later request- tractions of such affairs: the pleasure ing your attendance. We at Gamma Deuteron hope to see as of seeing, perhaps for the first time many as possible returned with "I will attend" enclosed. in years (or at least for the first time since Homecoming) one's old If you would care to stay at the house a day or two in friends. Never underestimate the gaiety inherent in such meetings. advance of the dinner drop us a line and it will be arranged. There is one final attraction which Or, if your family wants to come along we will gladly reserve should be the clincher: you can see a room for you at the hotel. us. The chapter has never been stronger than it is at the present, and We are looking forward to seeing you on the list. we honestly feel that this year's pledge class is about the best the Fraternally yours, campus has ever seen. We'd like to meet you and get to know you better, and we don't think you'd find us a JACK WEIDMAN total loss. President, Gamma Deuteron Chapter We'll be looking forward to see- Perge ! The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta ing you, then, at the Pig Dinner, Gamma Deuteron's shindig for you. Page Two THE G. D. FIJI Winter, 1955 Furniture, Paint Transform "Pic" Wins Zetterberg Post Pin To Be Annual Award House Into Veritable Castle Don Pickard, Phi Gam sopho- more, won the annual Arvid Pierre Gamma Deuteron is now in the Lincoln once said: "A house di- Zetterberg, Jr. Award last fall. This possession of the badge of one of its vided against itself cannot stand." award, $50, is given each year in finest alumni, the late Philip S. Post. And fortunately Luke Obradovich honor of Zetterberg, who was killed Mrs. Post offered her husband's and his crew realized this fact could in Germany during World War II. badge to the chapter as an award easily be applied to the southwest The award is given to the stu- to be given to that brother who corner of the Fiji house. Over the dent who, during his freshman year, best exemplifies some characteristic years the plaster on the inside had emplified the highest qualities of worthy of such an honor. The exact been separating from the outer wall character, scholarship, and interest in basis for the award has not yet been of bricks and so Luke and the boys manly sports. determined. The badge will, how- tuck-pointed the wall where the Pickard achieved an excellent rec- ever, be re-awarded every year. mortar was needed. ord during his first year at Knox. Mr. Post was born in Vienna, Also on the major improvement He was not only a honor student but Austria, in 1869 of American par- list last fall was the redecoration of he received straight A's. Don also ents. He returned to America and the living room which in the process served on the Honor Board govern- settled in Galesburg, where he grad- left many Fijis with painted bodies ing student violations of the Honor uated from Knox Phi Beta Kappa in and in some cases hair. But their Code and wrote for the Student's 1887. After law school in the East, fate contained much reward as the sports staff, of which he is editor Mr. Post returned to Galesburg to living room coupled with Mrs. Clar- this year. Don was first-string catch- practice, and was elected County ence Williams taste in furniture, er on the freshman baseball team Probate Judge for a term of four lamps and curtains turned the room and received his numerals. This years. He married Mrs. Post in into a plush palace. award without a doubt is given to 1902. From 1907 till his death in In the library, the first thing that the outstanding Freshman in the eyes 1920 he was vice-president of Inter- might catch the eye is the extremely of the faculty and we Fijis are national Harvester Co. From 1901 flat wall above the fireplace which proud that one of us has been chosen to 1920 he served as a trustee of the in years past had been subject to as that man. We are doubly proud college. distortion from leaking steam pipes. as this is the second year in a row Mrs. Post (the former Janet Down in the basement, the new we have won this award, Al Ander- Grieg) is widely known for her spon- pledges added their bit of artistry to son walking off with the honor last sership of Knox's "Adventure in the the inner castle walls by surrounding year. Arts" series, which yearly brings John Ruzecki's appetite-arousing Fiji famous musicians, writers, and lec- men with white paint. This in addi- turers to the college. She is a Knox tion to a new soundproof ceiling graduate of 1894 and served as dean outfitted with flourescent lights PINNED of women for a period of five years. makes the dining room possibly the Carlie Farwell, Tri Delt, to Jim Mrs. Post has beena member of the most well-lighted room in the house. Nethery, '55. board of trustees since 1925. She P. S. Some of the roomers at the Debby Nelson, Phi Mu, to Alan is a member of the National Board house have really fixed their rooms Anderson '56. of the Y. W. C. A., and a member into plush luxury. Julia Santas, to John Ruzecki, '56. of the Board of the Elizabeth Mc- Cecelia Rumber, Canton, to Mort Cormick Memorial She now resides Weir '55. in Chicago. Three Guesses as to the status of the unfortunate pictured be- ENGAGED THE low. This year there will be Beverly Barr, Tri Delt, to Bill Van KNOX twenty-seven greasy noses and Meter, '55. we hope you'll be there to shake Sandy Boyer, Pi Phi, to Chauncey G.D. F/J/ each one by the hand as the Charlson, '55. new initiates participate in Dorothy Thomas, Tri Delt, to Bud PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY their first Norris Pig Dinner. Wharton, '55. GAMMA DEUTERON CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA MARRIED KNOX COLLEGE Martha Sue Grout, Tri Delt, to Don GALESBURG, ILLINOIS Harris, '54. WINTER EDITION, 1955 Mary Jo Grammer, Pi Phi to Jerry Witte, '56. G. D. FIJI STAFF Connie Sterns, Tri Delt, to Don EDITOR DAN KIMBLE, '56 Gunderson, '55. STAFF MEMBERS Kate Rader, Keokuk, Ia., to Jack SAM PLUMMER, 56, MORT WIER, '55. DAVE Sterne, '56. YOUNT, 56, DICK BRANDT. '57, RICK Shirley Torsberg, Phi Mu, to Don HENKE. 56, COURT NEWTON, 57, JACK STERNE. 56. BOB BORZELLO, 58. Calkins, '54. Jane Peterson, Monmouth, to Bill PRESIDENT OF ACTIVE CHAPTER JACK WEIDMAN, '55 Ives, '55. PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Janet Willis, Dunlop, to Ace Black- DREWRY BABCOCK burn, '56. FACULTY ADVISOR Joyce McGrew, Pi Phi to Jack Fisher, IRA NEIFERT, '11 '54. PURPLE LEGIONNAIRE JAY FUCILLA, '51 Arlene Searl, Phi Mu, to Ron Pear- son, '54. 2