IN THIS ISSUE

FEATURE

3 DID WE HAVE

A FIFTH FOUNDER? by Mark Placen ti

lF-IE lAUREL

FEATURE

FEBRUARY 1980

6 THE

MAXWELL AWARDS

by Mark Placenti A plaque in Harrison Hall commemorates the founding of the

Fraterni ty. Should there be one more name ?

Given to the three outstanding Phi Tau Chapters in the United States

DEPARTMENT

12 THE CHAPTERS REPORT

ALSO

Read about their progress during the Fall quarter

H. Rodney, Christian, Texas-EI Paso '63, is a sales represen­tative for the Eastman Kodak Company. The former naval of­ficer will supervise the Hoosier Domain which consists of Lamb­da (Purdue), Beta Lambda (In­diana colony), and Delta Beta (Evansvi lie).

As an undergraduate, Rod served his chapter as member­ship orientation officer, house manager and chaplain.

Christian resides in Carmel , Ind. and recently became the In­dianapolis City Handball Cham­pion.

Thomas D. Cross, Maryland '77, will serve as the Atlantic Seaboard Domain Director. The former chapter consultant is now a stockbroker for Johnston, Lemon and Co., Inc. in Washington, D.C.

Tom served his chapter as social chairman and house manager as well as being in­volved in Interfraternity Council. He was on the social committee.

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APPOINTMENTS marketing committee and ex­ecutive council for IFC as well as lettering in varsity track.

Cross will supervise opera­tions at Chi (North Carolina State), Alpha Theta (William and Mary), Beta Omicron (Maryland) and Gamma Eta (East Carolina).

Gerald B. Currington, Florida '73, was appointed Sunshine Do­main Director when former do­main director John Cosgrove, Florida, was elected to the Na­tional Council.

Jerry is the Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Legal Affairs for the state of Florida.

The Alpha Eta alumnus was treasurer, recruitment chairman and scholarship chairman as an undergraduate.

Currington lives in Talla­hassee, Fla. with his wife, Lane.

Glenn Marchant, Mississippi State '77, has been appointed assistant domain director of the

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TIME OUT 11

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Deep South domain. The Jackson, Miss. native is a

sales representative for Howard Wi I son Chrysler Plymouth and an Assets Manager for William Anderton and Associates.

Marchant was a member of the Phi Mu Alpha musical frater­nity as well as a member of the Mississ ippi State Symphonic Orchestra.

James G. Hutto, Auburn '70, has been appointed Deep South Domain Director. Jim is a pilot for Braniff Airlines flying out of the Memphis International Air­port.

The chapters Hutto will serve are Alpha Chi (Mississippi State), Beta Epsilon (Southern Mississippi), Gamma Upsilon (Springhill), Gamma Chi (Delta State colony) and Delta Gamma (Ole Miss).

Jim is vice-president of the Memphis Auburn Alumn i Club a

' Captain in the Tennessee Air Na-tional Guard and Lt. Governor of the Alabama Ci rcle K.

DID WE HAVE A

FEATURE

FIFTH FOUNDER? by Mark Placenti

A plaque in Harrison Hall commemorates the founding of the Fraternity. Should there be one more name?

Habits are hard to break, obsessions nearly impossible. Many times a person doesn 't even know he has them.

" Do you know you come in here and stare at that thing every day?" Jo Wisecup, the Fraterni­ty 's Executive Assistant pointed out.

Sure enough , there I was stud­ying a name engraved on the block that accompanies the Na­tional President's gavel. On this block all the names of the Fraternity's National Presidents have been etched, from Bor­radaile on down.

The third one, Harvey C. Brill, had been the one causing pro­blems.

The whole story began when office tours were given when I first joined the staff. Down in the basement is a fire vault which contains many of the dog-eared volumes of the Fraternity magazine. Old trophies, regalia and charters, stacked to the ceil­ing, pack the room.

During the slow hours I would often find myself in there brushing off the layers of dust and browsing through old con­vention minutes and staff cor­respondence.

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One day I saw a bound volume peeking out from behind a stack of old Miami yearbooks. The Nineteen Eighteen Yearbook of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity was its title.

This ought to be good. Thum­bing through the pages, laughing at the hairstyles and clothes, I came across a series of five pictures. Above them the caption read: THE FIVE FOUNDERS OF PHI KAPPA TAU!

Now wait a minute ... five founders? Uh-oh, if that's the case then I flunked the national test after all.

But sure enough, there it was in black and white; Dwight I. Douglas, Taylor A. Borradaile, William H. Shideler, Clinton D. Boyd and HARVEY C. BRILL.

Naturally this caused a bit of a furor. Although many of the peo­ple in the office had heard some sort of story about Harvey, no one really seemed to know ex­actly what role he played in the early days of the Fraternity.

Over the course of the next

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few weeks I must have driven the office staff crazy having them dig through membership records and other items that might contain some information about Harvey Brill. This is where the second mystery popped up.

No where on our records, not in the card file, not on the com­puter listing, not in the member­ship number list, does Harvey C. Brill's name appear.

According to the records kept by the Fraternity the man does not exist.

While travelling to different campuses, I would relate the story to the members of dif­ferent chapters, but it was not until I reached Lambda chapter at Purdue that I got any type of response besides "Gee, that's weird" or quizzical looks and raised eyebrows.

While relating the story to a group of guys one evening, just as I was .about to finish the tale and say the magical name that always elicits these responses, the Lambda athletic chairman said Harvey Brill's name for me.

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Founders Shideler (top right) and Boyd (bottom right) pose in the room where Phi Delta Theta was ;ounded. The other two men who appear in numerous other pictures with Shideler and Boyd (including the cover picture) are unidentified.

Shock. "How do you know about Harvey Brill?", I asked.

"When we're associates, we have to listen to a tape that tells about him," he replied.

A few minutes later we were in a room listening to a cassette tape where the membership orientation officer spins the yarn of Harvey C. Brill to the just­about-to-be initiated members.

However, in the Lambda ver­sion Harvey is a social misfit of questionable heritage who is asked to leave the Fraternity by the other founders because he "can't cut it."

Obviously more of a fable toil­lustrate a point than the truth.

Upon returning to Oxford the only logical move seemed to be to go to the University of Miami alumni office.

It turned out to be a dream come true.

" Do you have any old records of people who went here at the turn of the century?" I asked.

"Who are you interested in?" the voice at the other end of the phone asked.

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"Harvey C. Brill," I replied. " Certainly, I'm sure we have

Professor Brill's folder on file," she replied.

"Wait a minute, you say that like you knew the man personal­ly," I said dumbfounded.

"Well, Dr. Brill was the head of the chemistry department for a number of years and as a mat­ter of fact the chemistry library is named after him."

Surely this reputable citizen could not be the same seedy vagabond the Lambda people were telling me about.

At the alumni office I was greeted by a smiling face and a reasonably thick manilla folder containing Harvey Brill's life story.

It contained the typical forms and letters that offices keep, but there was one application that aroused some interest.

On Harvey's application for a teaching position at Miami, inked in his own handwriting under the heading "Fraternal Organizations," was Phi Sigma Kappa.

More confusion. This caused a barrage of phone calls, in­cluding one to Robert E. Saeig, the Phi Sigma Kappa Executive Director.

After g1v1ng him the background of the story he managed to locate Brill ' s membership card in between bursts of laughter, snickers and jokes about merger.

However, another odd cir­cumstance entered the picture.

Phi Sigma Kappa has no chapter at Miami and never has.

My how the plot thickens. Putting the pieces together

from different alumni and history buffs around the fraterni­ty, this story was put together.

Apparently Harvey Brill was a very instrumental person in the founding of the Fraterntiy. Ex­cerpts from these sources con­firm that.

In the same yearbook that Harvey's picture appears there is an article on the Fraternity"s history by Shideler . One paragraph reads as follows:

" At the beginning of the academic year 1905-6 two rather loose organizations,

wholly political in nature, were formed for the express purpose of taking a hand in the fall elec­tions. One was headed by Douglass and T. A. Borradaile '08 and the other by Boyd and W. H. Shideler '07. Realizing that nothing could be done separately, these two organiza­tions combined. Douglass and Borradaile engineered a political alliance with the Phi Delts and Delta Rhos, while Boyd, Shideler and Harvey Brill '08 lined up the non-fraternity men." Also in Jack Anson's History

of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, a letter from Dr. Shideler reads like this:

"As to naming the founders, Douglass was the prime mover with his roommate Borradaile second. Shideler rated third, Boyd fourth and Harvey Brill, subsequently lost to another fraternity, was fifth." Harvey graduated from the

University of Miami in 1908. From there he went to the University of Michigan to get his Ph.D. It was at Michigan he joined Phi Sigma Kappa.

It is important to note that Phi Tau, at that time, was only a loosely formed local and none of its members knew if it would ever amount to anything.

The National Interfraternity Conference was just getting started and rules forbidding membership in two different fraternities had not been established.

Any action removing Brill from the rolls could only have been a retroactive ruling, but did the N.I.C. remove him, was it an inside job on our part or did Harvey resign his membership himself?

It really can't be answered. So where does that leave Harvey Brill? Was he a founder, a traitor or what?

Jack Anson, executive direc­tor of the N.I.C., former ex­ecutive director of Phi Kappa Tau and author of our "History," feels this way.

" Some years ago when re­searching for the Golden Jubilee History, I came across the Sidelights Yearbook that in-

dicated Harvey Brill was a fifth founder of the Fraternity. I found only that one mention of five founders in all my reading and discussions, and at that time both Doc Shideler and Taylor Borradaile were alive.

"There were many persons (all of the Foundation members) who played a significant role in the beginning of the fraternity, including Harvey Brill. But there were four that were considered by the original group as the organizers-the Founders. My conclusion, based on all known factors, was that we had four founders and an enthusiastic editor of the Sidelights Year­book."

Most of the trails I was track­ing down were beginning to dead end and I had a tendency to agree with Jack. As a matter of fact it wasn't until the day before I began writing this story that the final shred of evidence popped up.

As I was rummaging through the photo files for a picture of the Maxwell Award, I came across another file . It was marked simply " Taylor A. Bor­radaile." Inside that file were transcripts of several interviews with him.

On page 10 of an interview with Bill Jenkins, former ex­ecutive director, the conversa­tion turned to Harvey Brill.

Jenkins: " For years, and not too many people know about it, but those who go back in the history have counted yourself, Shideler, Douglass and Boyd as the four founders. And its always been said that if there had been five, that a guy by the name of Harvey Brill would have been the fifth."

Borradaile: "I f you go back to some of the early publica­tions you'll find that there were five founders and that Brill was one of them.'

Jenkins: " Brill was acknowledged at that time?"

Borradaile: " Yes, at that time."

Jenkins: " I always felt Brill got a raw deal for having ... "

Borradaile: "I think he did. " Jenkins: " I've always been

concerned that we never gave

him any recognition. You ap­parently feel the same way."

Borradaile: "I do, I've always felt the same.''

So naturally a call to Bill Jenkins was in order. According to Bill things weren't very organized back then and not many records were kept because, "no one knew if this thing would amount to a hill of beans. "

Jenkins pointed out that many of the Fraternity's traditions and policies were started after things got going and people realized that Phi Kappa Tau might be around for a while .

" The first charter that was ever given out wasn't until Theta chapter (Transylvania) was in­stalled.

" That was started by Ralph Bowers (first executive director) and up until then there were no charters. If you look back at some of the older ones before Theta you'll notice that many of the signatures are the same.

" When it came time to track down all the people who were originally involved, many of them had disappeared so a lot of the names are forged for con­tinuity's sake.

"Then when it came time to decide which people should be considered the founders a deci­sion had to be made whether to consider all the foundation members or just recognize the principal movers. By this time Harvey Brill was already a member of another fraternity and that's probably when he got the boot," Jenkins said.

So no one will ever really know what the relationship be­tween Harvey and Phi Tau was in the early days. Probably H.C.B. himself only knows and as Bill Jenkins said, " I could kick myself for never talking to the man before he died; I never met him and he lived right here in Ox­ford ."

So Harvey C. Brill We think of you still

Cause the problem you 've caused is big.

For now that you 're gone it sure seems wrong

you 're the property of ole Phi Sig.

THE LAUREL of Phi Kappa Tau An Educational Journal

Volume 68. No. 2 December, 1979 Published quarlerly (Nov .. Feb., May, Aug.) by lhe Phi Kappa Tau Fralernily al 15 N Campus Avenue, Oxford, Oh10 45056 Second class postage paid at Oxford . Ohio. and at additional mailing offices.

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THE LAUREL is the exoteric publication ol the Phi Kappa Tau Fralernity Published prior lo 1919 as SIDELIGHTS. A quarterly magazine devoted to educa­tional materials concerning college and fraternity m­lerests published under direction and aulhority of the Nalional Council of The Ph• Kappa Tau Fralernily

National Officers NATIONAL PRESIDENT-Thoma s C. Cunningham.

Vought Aerospace Corp., Unit 1-97000, Box 225907. Dallas , TX 75265

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT-John M. Green, 414 Easl Cheyene. Wauneta . NE 69045.

EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR-Or. Willis L. Tompkins Rockhursl College, 5225 Troosl Ave .. Kansas City, MO 64110.

HOUSING AND FINANCIAL ADVISER-Thomas E. Hendricks, Wilson Foods Corporation. 4545 N. Lin ­coln Blvd., Oklahoma City. OK 73126.

DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT- Dr. C. Brent DeVore. c /o Hiram College, Hiram. OH 44234.

NATIONAL CHAPLAIN - Father Nicholas A. A. Rachford, 305 South Main Streel. Cenlerville. OH 45459.

• Founders Taylor A. Borradaile. Clinlon D. Boyd, Dwight I. Doug­

lass, William H. Shideler. Domain Directors

Allegheny - Stephen P. Crane. 29 E. Third St., Lans­dale, PA 19446. Chaplers : Ela , Xi , Omicron. Alpha Gamma.

Allanlic Seaboard-Thomas Cross, 13203 Twinbrook Parkway, Apt. 103, Rockville. MD 20851 . Chapters : Chi, Alpha Thela. Beta Omicron. Gamma Ela.

Bluegrass-William F. Brasch, 212 Bellemeade Rd., Louisville. KY 40222. Chapters: Della . Thela. Kappa. Bela Bela, Della Th ela.

Buckeye-Central-RobertS. Williams. 2364 Cheyenne Blvd .. Apt. 10. Toledo, OH 43614. Chapters: Beta, Gamma, Bela Tau.

Buckeye-East-Chapl ers : Epsilon . Phi , Della Lambda. Buckeye-North - Chapters : Alpha Phi . Gamma Pi .

Del ta Xi. Buckeye-South-l. William Knerr. Knerr Insurance

Agen cy , Suite 1208, One First National Plaza, Daylon. OH 45402. Chapters: Alpha, Gamma Bela. Della Nu.

Deep South-James G. Hutto. 3055 Darrow Street , Memphis. TN 38118, Asst. Glenn Marchant . 5840 Ridgewood Road, Apt. C2, Jackson. MS 392 11 . Chap­lers: Alpha Chi , Beta Epsilon . Gamma Upsilon. Gam­ma Chi , Della Gamma.

Empire-J. Palrick Greenwald , 68 Princelon Blvd .. Kenmore, NY 14217. Chapters: Rho. Alpha Tau. Beta Upsilon . Gamma Nu.

Erie-Gary F. Rybak, Coordinator of Greek Affairs. Ohio Wesleyan Univ .. Delaware, OH 43015. Chap­ters : Alpha Della. Alpha Omega, Bela Ph i.

Golden Bear-Norlh-Charles E. Cassani , 52 Taylor Way, Sacramento. CA 95819.

Golden Bear-Soulh - Wal ter G. Strange, Corporale Of­fices , Host lnlernalional Holels. Pico Blvd. al 34th St., Santa Monica. CA 90406.

Great Lakes - James Lahmann, 9392 Maple, New Lolhrop, Ml 48860. Chapters : Gamma Alpha , Gamma Della. Gamma Lambda.

Hawkeye- Kevin Boatright, 603 N. 5th Ave .. Marshall ­town . lA 50158. Chapters : Iota. Alpha Nu, Della Al ­pha.

Hoosier - H. Rodney Christian , 680 Carson Ct., Carmel , IN 46302. Chapters : Lambda, Bela Lambda. Della Bela.

Lincoln - Stephen Harrell. 129 Kenmore. Elmhursl. IL 60126. Chapters : Zeta. Bela Chi , Gamma Mu.

Lone Slar - Chaplers : Gamma Psi. Della Omicron. North Cenlral - David P. Sebranek. 880 Morning Glory

Ln ., Beloil, WI 53511 . Chaplers : Mu, Della Epsilon. O.K.-Joseph M. Farnan. 120 N. 2nd St., Box 770,

Puree! , OK 73080. Chaplers : Beta Kappa, Gamma Xi. Pacific Northwest-Chris A. Youtz, 3238 14th Avenue.

Wesl, Seallle. WA 98119. Chapters : Alpha Zeta. Al ­pha Kappa , Beta Gamma.

Prairie - Charles Severin . 1010 Coachman Drive, Lin­coln , NE 68510. Chapters : Upsilon. Alpha Epsilon . Gamma Rho. Della Zeta.

Rocky Mountain - David W. Kipp, 7799 W. Caley Dr., Littleton . CQ 80123.

Soulheasi - Chaplers : Alpha Lambda. Alpha Rho. Beta Xi . Della Kappa.

Soulhwesi-Jeffrey L. Rivard. 1605 Carlisle Blvd .. Albuquerque. NM 87106. Chapters : Alpha Psi . Beta Zela, Della Mu.

Sunshine - Gerald B. Currington , 614 E. 61h Avenue, Tallahassee. FL 32303. Chapters: Alpha Ela, Bela Iota.

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THE MAXWELL AWARDS by Mark Placenti

Given to the three outstanding Phi Tau Chapters in the United States

The winner of the Maxwell Trophy was Eta, Muhlenberg College.

The Best. How many times do people hear, say or scream that phrase during the course of a college career. "We're the best in football!" "He's the best stu­dent!"

We've got the best fraternity on campus!"

The best probably pops out of people's mouths at least a dozen times a day and most like­ly no one ever takes time to think about what it means.

However, the National Coun­cil has to think about what it

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means every two years when it awards three Maxwell Awards to our three outstanding chapters.

The award has three categories designated by the size of the fraternity system on the individual campuses.

They are: Small , best chapter in a system with one to 10 chapters; Medium, best chapter in a system with 10 to 25 chapters; and Large , best chapter in a system with more than 26 chapters.

After awarding the Maxwell to the three outstanding chapters, the Council then awards the Maxwell Trophy to the chapter it feels is the best representative of the three.

At the convention the Maxwell Award winners announced were: Small category, Muhlenberg Col­lege; Medium category, Rho, Rensselear Polytechnic In­stitute; and Large category, Lambda. Purdue.

The winner of the Maxwell Trophy was Eta, Muhlenberg College.

Here is a run down of their ac­complishments.

ETA CHAPTER

Muhlenberg College is a small academically competitive school in Allentown , Pa.

It only has five fraternities, and of those five, Phi Tau is clearly "king of the hill. "

Last year Eta chapter had brothers represented in student court, student government, resi­dent advisors, Cardinal Key honorary, the campus radio sta­tion, student lobby, class of­ficers, yearbook staff, pre-law society, pre-med society and two thirds of the chapter were lettermen in a varsity sport.

Individual member achievements included Eta

members being president of the Cardinal Key honorary, presi­dent of the student lobby, presi­dent of the senior class, presi­dent of the Muhlenberg College Fraternity Council , editor of the yearbook, manager of the cam­pus radio station, chairman of the academ ic policy committee, captains of the football , soccer, cross country , basketball , wrestling, golf, track and Iacross teams, an academic All American as well as members of the Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta and Who's Who in American Col­leges.

Another area in which Eta ex­cels is in publications. Yearly, the chapter produces a rush movie as well as the 'Phiboy", a rush brochure whose cover is a spin off from Playboy Magazine. Along with this is an excellent alumni newsletter.

Yet with all this activity the Muhlenberg Phi Taus manage to maintain an accumulative house average of more than a 3.0 (4.0 scale) in one of the country's most academically competitive schools.

RHO CHAPTER

Rho chapter is unique in many ways, but the one thing most Phi Taus would notice about the Phi Taus at R.P.I. is they own three houses.

However, Rho is not unique in terms that it , like many of our other chapters is highly involved in community service and philanthropy projects.

Last year the R.P.I. Phi Taus were involved in many programs that aided children and the members of the Troy, N.Y. com­munity.

More than 40 brothers were in­volved in a program at the local

high school which worked with handicapped children to teach them to swim, play basketball and participate in other sports they would not normally be able to compete in without the super­vision or coaching the Phi Taus provide.

Rho members also spend many of their weekends working for the city and then contribute the money they earn to the local boys' club. They also spend time teaching area children how to skate and play hockey along with doing odd jobs around senior citizens ' homes.

They are also involved in cam­pus activities. Last year, the stu­dent government president, IFC vice president and the radio broadcaster for the R.P.I. hockey games were Phi Taus.

Also in intramural sports the chapter was impressive. They

Eta members (/. to r.) John Sules, John McKeon, Jack Unger, Jim Mathias and Art Scavone "show off" the Maxwell Trophy.

won two of the four possible hockey championships last year and have won the "Barber Trophy" the last two years which is given to the fraternity with the best overall intramural sports record .

LAMBDA CHAPTER

One of Lambda's most impor­tant contributions to the West Lafayette and Purdue campus community was the "Curb Cuts" program.

This program is designed to rid the community of obstacles, such as curbs and steps, for handicapped people.

"Curb Cuts" was devised by Lambda chapter members when one member, Greg Poorman, became paralyzed from the waist down in an accident and was confined to a wheelchair.

This is not the only philan­thropy that keeps the chapter busy. The Phi Taus are also in­volved in programs that aid in raising money for the American

Cancer Society and the Heart Association.

Lambda is also well represented in campus leader­ship with members being involv­ed in the scholastic honoraries such as the junior board and mortar board. They also had the past yearbook editor and many members in Omicron Delta Kap­pa , the greek leadership honorary on their chapter rolls.

One criteria that is considered for the Maxwell Award cannot be measured by statistics or put in a won-lost column.

On each application the chapter must answer, "What is your chapter's concept of frater­nalism?"

Most chapters answer with the theory behind what they feel their existence is. Lambda put in an incident which spoke for itself.

Last year before recoloniza­tion efforts were made at In­diana University, the Beta Lamb­da chapter was floundering. Membership was low and the men were having trouble meeting financial obligations. It was not until the Maxwell Award application came in some months later that anyone besides the two chapters knew that Lambda was helping Beta Lambda pay their rent.

Though the Maxwell trophy is ,E given to one chapter, the ac-~ complishments of the other two .. should not be overlooked. ~ Because of the difference in ~ o schools and Greek systems, ~ Rho and Lambda should not be .. :: considered "runners up." e ~ Because of their different en-:: vironments comparing the 0 !! chapters is like comparing ap-~ pies and oranges. There is not ~ one winner, but three. 8 Congratulations to all THREE

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FACES AND FACTS This section is provided so alumni can let us know what's happening

John L. Matthews, Ohio '65, (pictured above) was named president of the Silver Heels Development Company.

The company is involved in in­dustrial and commercial land and property development and construction management.

The Beta alumnus received a B.A. in business, then continued his education in management at Ohio State, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan.

He is also an advisor, lecturer and author in the areas of human resources, planning and development.

Roger Counsil, Southern II· linois '58, is the coach of the In­diana State national champion­ship gymnastics team.

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His accomplishments include being named NCAA " Mideast Coach of the Year" five times, NCAA " Coach of the Year" in 1977, World Games coach in 1979 and the 1980 Olympic coach for the games in Moscow.

The Beta Chi graduate has served as the chairman of the NCAA Gymnastic Rules Com­mittee and also serves on the Executive Council of the United States Gymnastics Federation.

Counsil is the coach of All America and Olympic hopeful gymnast, Kurt Thomas.

Richard M. Columbia, Oklahoma State '72, is an airline pilot for Delta Airlines.

Richard began his job in February '79 after spending six years as a navy pilot.

During his navy years, Colum­bia was a multi-engine instruc­tor pilot, executive pilot in Washington, D.C. and, most recently, a P-3 Patrol Plane Air­craft Commander and Mission Commander based in Brunswick, Maine.

The Beta Kappa Alumnus resides in Stone Mountain, Ga. with his wife and two children.

Dave Amesbury, Berkeley '77, graduated with a degree in ac­counting and decided on a career overseas. He is now an accountant working in Saudi Arabia.

Dave's comment on his living situation in the Middle East, " It's the pits, but you can 't beat the money! "

Paul Weber, Colgate '42, represents the Columbia Oil Pro­ducing Company, a Tennessee driller that produced three gushers which were reported on the CBS national news and in the New York Times.

Robert Firis, Ohio '61, (pic­tured above) President-Elect of the American Society for Hospital Public Relations (ASHPR).

ASHPR is a professional society representing the 1,300 hospital public relations per­sons throughout the United States.

The Beta Alumnus works for the Orlando Regional Medical Center which is Florida's largest non-profit medical facility.

Jeff Korb, Evansville '77, has been named the University of Evansvill e cross-country coach.

R. L. Hume, Auburn, has been retired for 11 years and spends a majority of his time operating an amateur radio station, WB4KOZ.

He would like to welcome any other Phi Tau amateur broad­casters to contact him and set up a schedule.

Dennis Johnson, Southern California '71, is the midday news anchorman and medical reporter for KOOL-TV in Phoenix, Ariz.

During his undergraduate years, Dennis served as editor, secretary, chaplain and vice­president of his chapter.

Sherwood Hall, M.D., F .C.C.P ., Mount Union '19, served as a medical missionary in Korea and India for 49 years.

Retired in 1963, Dr. Hall lives in Vancouver, British Columbia where he is currently writing the story of his years in India to be titled: With Stethoscope in Asia: India.

This book is a sequel to his first book, published in 1978, With Stethoscope in Asia: Korea ..

Dr. Hall was the founder of the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Korea in 1928. He is also the founder of the Christmas Seals program in both Korea and India.

The original collection of these seals are on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , D.C.

His son , William J., is also a Mount Union Phi Tau.

Joseph H. Mitchell, Delta State '64, (pictured at right) has served as Executive Director of the Palmer House for Children and " Housefather" to some seventy­five children for what he describes as " the most fulfilling four years" of his life.

Joe oversees the general operations of the Home as well as promoting public and private interest in the work that goes on there.

" I find it all most exciting," he said. "There's never a dull minute."

Palmer Home has been located in Columbus, Miss. since 1895. The reward of it all, Mitchell said, is his personal in­teraction with the children.

He not only takes the applica­tions for admission, but keeps his relationship with children alive by acting as a father figure for them. He will occasionally in­spect rooms and chore areas. He drives the sixty seat school bus as well as doing the less "dignified" odd jobs that arise.

One aspect of the job that really keeps Mitchell entertain­ed is playing the piano for the "Palmer Chorus," which con­sists of six boys and six girls.

Joe has found himself in some unenviable places and situations such as trying to load a seven hundred pound wild boar. into a trailer and poke a prowler out from under a bed with a broom handle.

Jeffrey S. Stagg, University of the Pacific, recently finished the Sacramento Half Marathon (13.2 miles) in 99 minutes and 52 seconds.

He has also entered to com­pete in the 20 mile Pepsi Run in Clarksburg, California.

William J. Barmore, Illinois, was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.

"Shorty Bill Barmore" as the papers referred to the 115 pound forward , was inducted because of " heroic performances" on the basketball court in the early '20's.

Jeffrey Howard, Florida '64, is an architect specializing in hotels, condominiums, restaurants and offices. I I .

In the past, he has been in­volved as project designer for the Marriot Corporation, Sheraton International Hotel Corporation of America, and Hilton Hotel Corporation.

In 1971 he establi shed his own firm, Jeffrey Howard and Associates. He is an active member of the Institute of Business Designers and the American Society of Interior Designers.

Jeffrey W. Brame, East Carolina '74, was recently pro­moted to chief exploration geologist of the New Mexico region for Superior Oil.

Jeff's duties involve detailed geologic research projects resulting in land leasing and selection of sites for wildcat drilling.

Brame received his M.S. degree in geology from the University of South Florida in 1976.

He also presented a geological paper at the 1978 American Association of Petroleum Geologists' conven­tion in Oklahoma City.

E. Michael Rosser, Colorado State '64, received the " Everett C. Spelman" Award from the Colorado Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) at their an­nual meeting in Vail , Colo.

This award recognizes Rosser's outstanding contribu­tions to the mortgage lending in­dustry in recent years.

The Alpha Sigma alumnus is a regional manager for PMI Mort-

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gage Insurance Company in Denver.

He has served the CMBA as president of thei r Young Mort­gage Bankers Association and as the chairman of the Educa­tion Committee and Speakers Bureau.

Bruce Newell, Texas EI-Paso '71, is the manag ing director and chief operating officer of Brown and Root Egyptian CIJnstruc­tors.

Bruce heads up the Egyptian operations of the Houston based engineering and con­struction firm.

After graduating in 1971, Newell went to law school at the University of Texas and prac­ticed in Houston for two years.

Since 1976 he has concen­trated on organizing interna­tional projects at Brown and Root. After being stationed in Cairo, Egypt, Newell has been transferred back to Houston.

Edward W. Killam, Cornell '71, is a private detective with his own security and investigation agency which specializes in criminal defense and accident liability investigations.

Prior to starti ng his own business, Ed was a detective with the Aspen, Colo. police department.

William K. Gaskill , East Carolina '65, is Executive Direc­tor of the Cumberland Unit, Association For Retarded Citizens. The assoc iation pro­vides social services, recreation, social programs, and vocat ional training to more than 6,000 hand­icapped people in southern New Jersey.

He resides in Bridgton, N.J. with his wife and son.

William E. Willey, Illinois '32, has recently retired after 46 years of service with the Arizona Highway Department.

The Zeta Alumnus was responsible for initiating shoulder stripes on highways to reduce accidents and passing bays on mountain grades for slow moving traffic .

The Phoenix native plans to play a lot of golf, do some con­sulting work and operate a fami­ly ranch in Dugas, Ariz.

Your Gift Isn't Important . It's Everything

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Somewhere on a back road of your mind stands a fraternity house. From the distance it seems to be an imposing struc­ture, but as you move closer you can see the trim needs a couple coats of paint and the grass has been worn away by an infinite number of front yard football games and water fights.

For some, this is part fraterni­ty house, part shrine. Unfor­tunately, for others it's only a house where they spent a cou­ple of years of their life.

Now, most people don't like to admit sentimentality. Sup­posedly it's a sign of weakness. And if you're the type that secretly gets a lump in your throat when you look at old fraternity scrapbooks, most like­ly you're not who we want to talk to anyway. You've probably

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already made your contribu­tions.

The people we're trying to reach are the ones who had a good fraternity experience, but somewhere along the way, let Phi Kappa Tau slip away.

We realize that life moves on, things get hectic, and somehow things like the fraternity get left behind. But did you ever stop to think there are more than 3,000 brothers who actively live Phi Kappa Tau daily? Some of these brothers depend on the Founda­tion for scholarships and loans so they can complete the ir education.

For these people the Fraterni­ty is one of the most important parts of their life.

In the past, we've approached this from a business point of

L. R. Hughs, Florida '58, (pic­tured above) a member of the Air Force reserve, was awarded the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal.

Hughs, is the dean of Univer­sity Relations at Lincoln Univer­sity in Jefferson City, Mo.

He earned the decoration for his contributions to his division ' s newspaper, the Mohawk, and his ac­compl ishments as the com­mander of the 936 C ivil Engineering flight.

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Give because you care, not because it 's a tax shelter. Help because you remember the fraternity gave something to you and you feel you have the obliga­tion to give something back.

Give today to help insure Phi Tau 's success tomorrow.

Contribute now, so you can give someone else the oppor­tunity to make your fraternity theirs.

Make all checks payable to the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation and mail to 15 North Campus Ave., Oxford, Ohio 45056.

A QUESTION AND AN OPINION by John Meyerhoff

We have a responsibility to insure that certain standards are upheld

In every action an ind ividual or group takes, there must be a per­sonal or group understanding regarding what responsibilities are involved and a decision made as to what the level of commitment will be.

Perhaps this is the root of our membersh ip reporting problem. It 's hard to believe that young people who are in the process of obtaining a college education don 't understand simple instruc­ti ons, so I'm incl ined to look beyond, toward motivation and commitment.

It 's simple. There is no such thing as a free ride. We 're a fraternity , not a charity. Sometimes we act in charitable causes, but in order to do so successfully, we have to take care of the business of being a fraternity first. In my short tenure as Executive Director, I've come across some appalling cases of mismanagement or misappropriation of chapter funds, failure to report member­ships according to the current established guidelines and

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failure to meet established chapter standards.

I'm rapidly coming to the con­clusion that a great deal more of the Fraternity's supervisory ef­forts must go toward finances, treasurers ' performance , membership reporting and chapter standards.

The bottom line is this: If you want to be a fraternity man, you pay a certain price to enjoy the benefits of brotherhood. If you want to be a chapter of Phi Kappa Tau, you accept and con­form to certain standards and commitment to the Fraternity. In short , you file your reports, you pay your bil ls and you operate according to the Fraternity's guidelines.

Perhaps we gloss this over in the recruiting effort too much. I've learned through experience that hiding facts in recruiting comes back to haunt you. We need to lay the cards on the table a little more clearly.

As Executive Director, I pro­mised at the Convention to make every effort to upgrade performance in these areas and, along with expansion, it is up­permost in my list of priorities. Team effort is something I understand, and team members who can ' t fulfill minimum responsibilities only detract

from the united effort of the Fraternity at large.

I apply this reasoning both to the individual in relation to his chapter and the chapter in rela­tion to the National Fraternity.

We have a responsibility to the entire Fraternity to insure that certain standards are upheld, in order to maintain the integrity of the whole. There are a great many dedicated Phi Tau's across the country whose time and involvement demands that these standards be upheld. We do no one a favor when we fail to lay out the respon­sibilities clearly and enforce our standards firmly.

In the future, look for a harder line from the Central Office staff on membership reporting pro­cedures, loan repayments and Chapter Standards. Look also for some innovative new ideas from the undergradute Commit­tees on membership reporting and fee structure.

Finally, a question and an opinion. Can any organization be successful if its own guidelines, policies and rules are not adhered to and enforced? I don't think so·, and I will expend con­siderable effort to see we're operating the Fraternity by the rule book, which is your con­stitution.

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BERKELEY - Nu chapter takes pride in paying off their debt to the National Fraternity.

The fall of 1966 saw seven members returning to campus to start rush. Sup­ported by Gamma Iota chapter members from nearby Sacramento State College, Nu doubled the size of their chapter.

Even with solid alumni backing, the membership living in the chapter house could not support the operations.

Nu Alumni Association President Steve Brothers presents domain director Charles Cassani with the chapter's final payment on a National loan.

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The National Fraternity provided ad­vice, field representatives, and most im­portantly, cash in the form of an interest bearing loan to keep the doors open.

Charles Cassani, Golden Bear North Domain Director, accepted the final pay­ment on behalf of the National Fraternity at the annual Founder's Day banquet.

Nu made a clean sweep of all their debts at the celebration . Don Loorz, representing Solte Construction Com­pany, received their final payment on another past due debt from AI Airoldi '60.

The Solte Company most generously forgave the accrued interest and Don made a substantial personal contribu­tion to the fraternity in the memory of his father, George Loorz '23, founder of the Solte Company.

The mortgage was also burned as a result of active alumni support and con­tributions.

Nu is leading the return of interest and participation in fraternities on the California campus. 1979 finds more than 50 members. Among our membership we have two men who graduated Phi Beta Kappa and a prospective Olympic crew member.

Steven Brothers '68 President Nu Alumni Association

BETHANY - Phi chapter held its first Alumni Weekend last spring in the Millsop Leadership Center on the Bethany College campus. The weekend included amall group discussions on the functioning of resident council , ex· ecutive council and graduate council.

This was followed by an Awards Ban­quet.

In intramural softball , Phi enjoyed its best season in years , tying for second place under the leadership of Coach Harry L. Mainzer.

We also won the annual Greek Sing Contest for the seventh time in eight years. To top it off Ph i won Bethany's Scholast ic Award for the third con­secutive year and fifth out of the last six.

The fall began five days early as brothers returned for the " Pre-semester Planning Seminar. "

Sessions were held on rush , fund rais­ing, finances, social activites, alumni relations , little sisters and house maintenance.

As a result we gained a 10 day head start on all other fraternities in planning, goal setting and implementation of pro­grams.

We are looking forward to a suc-cessful year in every aspect , and hope next year will be even better.

-Tim Bartlett

BOWLING GREEN - It is a pleasure to report to alumni the progress we made during the past several quarters. Certain­ly it is the type of forward momentum which encourages the brothers to con­tinue to improve.

During the past year we have enjoyed a large membership growth, substantial improvement in our financial posture and recognition in the community for netting a sizable contribution for the Wood County Nursing Home through our Annual Basketball Marathon.

Not to be overlooked, good scholar­ship was emphasized as the chapter earned a ranking of fifth out of the system's 23 fraternities.

All of the chapter's officers attended the National Convention last summer and returned inspired and encouraged by the proceedings.

Additionally, our president, Chris Herb, was elected one of the three undergraduate representatives to the National Counci l.

We would like to welcome alumni and encourage them to visit us at any time. We apprec iate your interest and concern and are doing our best to maintain the chapter you left us in the best possible manner.

- Chris Herb

CENTRAL MICHIGAN - Gamma Lambda would like to invite everyone to celebrate our 15th Anniversary this year. We extend a special invitation to all charter members and the members of Gamma Alpha who installed the chapter in the spring of 1965.

We remodeled our Rec Room at the house on Edgewood, complete with " Phi Kappa Tau " t i le on the floor.

Our alumni turned out in force for the second annual Alumni Party held during fall rush . Alumnus, John Geobel was the guest speaker .

- Ross Tisron

CHICO STATE - Things are not slow around Beta Omega! Right now we are in the middle of rush week and things are going great . We expect a strong Associate Member turnout from the in· dications we are getting.

Rush week was not the first big activi­ty of the year. During the Labor Day Weekend we participated in the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.

Last spring we began a program to pay off our loan from National on our house.

Our chapter is very strong and our outlook is high. Within the next few weeks we will be making the first pay­ment on this loan since it was taken out some years ago.

With things going so well we hope to have it paid off with in a few years.

Last semester was a good one for Beta Omega and we have nothing but the highest hopes for the upcoming ones.

- Stephen E. Roebuck

COLORADO - The brothers of Psi chapter proudly report that last year was the largest growth period in nearly ten years. Our membership rose to 45 as fourteen new members joined our ranks.

We accomplished many things such as a Daquiri Party which raised $500 for the University's Library and we were awarded most original Greek photo by Colorado's yearbook.

Fall events included Homecoming and open house after the game. The annual Viking party was in November with plen­ty of entertainment to keep the brothers busy.

Our intramural teams represented us well , doing well in volleyball , football , broomball and soccer.

In closing we would like to extend a warm greeting to our alumni and extend an open invitation to all our Phi Tau brothers to visit us anytime.

- Rick Vargo

EVANSVILLE - Delta Beta chapter has been a busy group, having many outstanding achievements.

Highlighting last semester we won the Musical Madness competit ion as a com­bined effort with the Phi Mu sorority. We also finished third in overall intramural competition.

Individually, Will iam Abercrombie was elected Student Association President , Steven Hipfew was named Outstanding

Director of Field Operations Greg Hollen presents a Phi Award to Rick Hamilton at the Beta Omicron. Un ivers ity of Maryland Homecoming.

Senior and John Braun was voted In­tramural Athlete of the Year.

Jeff Korb, '77 was named the Universi­ty 's new cross country coach.

We are looking to continue our cam­pus leadership and high academics. Alumni Rick Campbell and Maike Anoskey are hoping to lead us to an in­tramural football championship . And, of course, our recruitment program ex­pects a large number of new associate members.

- Mark Kopinski

FLORIDA - The Alpha Eta chapter nas recently completed a successful fall rush and 25 associate members were welcomed into the brotherhood. Ac­tivities for recruitment included band parties, a casino night and tubing on a nearby river.

We also won a battle with Gainesville City Commission over utility rates. The controversy, which lasted more than 13 years, concerned fraternities ' (with off­campus housing) classification in rela­tion to utility billing.

The commission said we should be rated commercial and we contested we should have a residential classification.

We won and are now saving almost $2,400 per school year in utility payments.

Any other chapter having similar prob­lems are encouraged to write us and we will help if we can.

- Greg Fields

FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL - This last semester presented many challenges to Xi chapter's newly elected leadership and brotherhood.

Our fraternal strength greatly helped us overcome all of the problems we faced . We added 23 new brothers, as 12 prepared to graduate, leaving us with 63 actives for the beginning of the school year.

We are, by far, the largest and strongest house of Franklin and Mar­shall 's 11 fraternities.

The City of Lancaster put us to the test this summer as it threatened to close all fraternities at F&M with closing if they did not complete considerable amounts of structural improvements.

By the beginning of the school year we were one of only three houses to com­plete the work and allowed to open.

The number of brothers who sacrific­ed their time to make this possible is too large to list , but we would like to give a special thanks to Mike Evans for coor­dinating the effort.

We attained the second highest grade point average of all fraternities and are becoming increasingly involved in in­tramural athletics.

In addition, our brothers are active in the college itself, with people actively participating in the student Senate, dorm counselor positions, and the school radio station .

We are indeed an integral part of the college atmosphere at F&M and invite all our brothers across the nation to stop by and see what makes us run!

- Buddy Spada

(/. to r.) Dr. Thomas A Farmer, univers ity representative and Dr. Donavan Auble, 1979 United Way general cha irman receive a check from Alpha 's Tony Arn and Jim Magruder.

GEORGETOWN - The men of Delta Theta are proud to announce they will be celebrating their tenth anniversary at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, Kentucky on April 25, 1980.

We encourage our alumni and all Phi Taus to attend if possible.

Our Board of Governors will be meeting to discuss upcoming house im­provements with the men in the chapter.

- Jack Tucker HOBART - The Beta Upsilon chapter

is coming along well. Early in the fall we received a visit from the new Executive Director. The Coach got us believing we can be a great chapter!

On Dec. 7, with the help of the brothers from Gamma Nu (R.I.T.) we in­itiated nine members.

We also have three fund raisers in pro­gress; a candy sale, a light bulb sale and an alumni solicitation letter which have been very successful.

Our biggest problem seems to be con­tacting our alumni brothers who have moved and left no forwarding address.

Our associate member program is just beginning and we can boast a class of 21 new associate members!

We also have seven new " sisters" (Most of you refer to them as Little Sisters, but we don 't like to intimidate them with the word " little" ). They are an important and welcome addition to our chapter.

- John W. Tenney LONG BEACH STATE - Beta Psi is

flyin ' high after initating 16 new members. Our sincere appreciation goes to Ron Wagner, our rush coordinator, as well as to all of the brothers and little sisters here at Long Beach who helped recruit them.

A special thanks to alumni George Banks, Larry Simpson, Jon Stocker, Mel Ladd, Jeff Riggs, Brad Martin, Jay Kemsley and Tim Turner for your much needed support .

The 44th convention in Knoxville proved to be a unique experience for our officers. Hang in there Ray and Ed from Delta Chapter in Kentucky, that special care package is on the way!

- J. Luke Strockis

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LOUISVILLE - For the fourth con· secutive year at Beta Beta we were vic· torious in the Fraternity Fryburger sing. Out of our small graduating class of '79, Shideler Award runner-up, Eric Farris has gone to the University of Kentucky Law School.

At our annual Rush Week Spaghetti Dinner the Honorable County Judge Mitch McConnell, Louisville '64, spoke to the brothers, little sisters and rushees.

Congratulations to 1976 Shideler Award winner Ed Lowry for graduating first in his class from the University of Louisville Law School.

Also, for the first time in years, chapter founder, Morton Walker, was unable to attend any rush events due to ilness. The chapter wishes Brother Walker a swift recovery.

- David Mour

MARYLAND - The Beta Omicron chapter celebrated Homecoming recent· ly and received an overwhelming response from alumni.

Following a thrilling 17-14 victory over the ranked University of North Carolina, members, alumni and guests spent an evening reminiscing and celebrat ing at the Villa Rosa in Silver Spring.

Attending the Homecoming banquet were Greg Hollen, former chapter presi· dent and Director of Field Operations for the National Fraternity, Tom Cross, Atlantic Seaboard Domain Director and founding brothers, Littleton C. McDor· man along with Gordon and Nick Nicknisuti.

Two Phi Awards were presented at the banquet to Tom Gutman and Rick Hamilton. Paul Koneingsmark accepted the Administrative Excellence Award on behalf of the Executive Council.

MIAMI - The United Way of Oxford, Ohio received a boost when Alpha chapter presented them with a check for $550, the result of the proceeds of the annual Phi Tau Pumpkin Sale at Hallo· ween and a September car wash project.

This marks the eighth consecutive year the Phi Taus have successfully held the sale.

In all, the members of the Alpha chapter sold approximately eight tons of pumpkins in the Oxford area.

MICHIGAN TECH - This fall found Gamma Alpha overrun with returning members and good spirits! After a long summer of work, school and general playing around, everyone was excited to get back together up here in beautiful copper country.

We started the fall term with an ex· cellent retreat at a remote hunting camp. The turnout, discussion and renewing of the fellowship that comes from the fraternity helped to prepare us for the up· coming Greek Week and the rest of the school year's activities.

The house is shaping up continually. After carpeting the downstairs, reshin· gling the roof and adding new windows and a door, we might be able to keep the winter we are so famous for from coming inside!

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During the last summer and spring Gamma Alpha experienced a baby boom! We now have five reported new additions to our family. Steve and Karen Oberst had a baby girl , Rebecca; Lee and Susie Haddix had a boy, Christopher; Jay and Gretchen Kristorla had a boy, Alec ; Jeff and Sally Tyson had a girl , Julia; and Frank and Lee Ann Pochyla had a boy, Angus. So, as you can see our member· ship is continually growing.

- Greg Struble

MUSKINGUM - The Delta Lambda chapter at Muskingum remains busy. The group has recently provided funds for a bone marrow patient in nearby Zanesville.

A chili and hot dog dinner was opened to the entire campus and all proceeds went to the patient.

The social highlight of the fall was the formal in Columbus in October.

The chapter was pleased to pick up two associate members in the fall, but is looking forward to the spring rush , which is always the largest recruitment period here.

Phi Tau has traditionally been the smallest group on campus, but last year we finished first in rush , and numbers have increased to the point where another large assoc iate member class would put us on an even keel with the other fraternities.

- Marty Olsen

NORTHERN MICHIGAN - Rush this semester for Gamma Delta is going to be excellent. We have had rush functions so far and are expecting a good round number of 15 prospective members.

Social activities included a calm, quiet semi -formal Christmas party and a

Homecoming Dance whose theme was the "50's".

In the summer of 1980 we will be tak· ing on an extensive project , painting the house.

Wish us luck! - Joe Jender

OHIO STATE - Gamma chapter con· tinues on a successful note. After last year, with strong finishes in Greek Week, the Greek Sing, and the Homecoming Float Contest, we began summer rush by associating 18 men, bringing the chapter total to the mid 80's.

Spec ial thanks are in order to transplanted Vice President of Rush, Bill Cox (Alpha Gamma graduate enrolled in graduate school here), and his Rush committee.

Our pumpkin sale was a huge success again this year with the brothers selling more than 2cr tons of pumpkins and net­ting $4,300 for Pilot Dogs Inc., which was founded by Gamma alumnus Charles Medick.

Two of our alumni received awards they can be proud of. Mike Olinger, cur· rently working for Goodyear Aerospace in Akron , was given the Ross Gainer Award which recognizes the outstanding graduating sen ior in the Greek system.

This was the third time in seven years a Gamma graduating senior has won the award .

Lee Botkin, former board of Governors president, was awarded the Phi Award from the National Fraternity for out· standing contributions to a chapter by an alumnus.

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David Ha rdin, Beta Kappa, is the Inter­fraternity Council representative in charge of helping the Oklahoma State Development Founda tion conduct a "Phono thon " to collect money for scholarships.

OKLAHOMA STATE - Beta Kappa saw great progress th is past year and this was noted at the Nat ional Conven­tion where we received the Harold E. (Hap) Angelo Award for be ing one of the f ive most improved chapters.

Th i s past summer, recru i tment chairmen, David Rankin and Chris Ward, signed 19 new men and we init iated 11 spring associates in the fall. Our house is full and an annex has been purchased to house our expand ing membership wh ich now totals 70.

Service projects and campus activities include a clean up at a publ ic lake and tearing down a build ing for a local mer­chant. Future act ivities include host ing a haunted house for underprivileged

Gamma Upsilon brothers begin the long process of "c leaning up " after hurricane Frederic.

ch ildren, " Freshman Follies" w ith Delta Delta Delta sorority, and part ic ipat ion in a Jog-a-Thon with proceeds going to the Oklahoma State Un iversity Athleti c Department.

- Brad Camerer

PENN STATE Trad itiion is keeping a strong foothold in ou r house at Penn State, even though many of us are tu rn­ing the wheels of thought in an effort to add sorTle spark to our usual festiv ities and projects.

We have, as always, a diversified range of majors represented in ou r full house of brothers and associates.

We had our first entry in the Homecoming Parade and hopefully this will be the beginning of a winning trad i­t ion.

Parents Weekend was just a short seven days after Homecoming and we all had a great t ime showing our parents ou r stomping grounds.

- Marty Campfield

SPRINGHILL - On Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1979, hu rricane Frederic, claimed by many to be the worst hurricane in a cen­tury, passed through Mobile, Ala. wreak­ing havoc in its path.

Few people were spared the damage and Springh ill College and Gamma Up­silon chapter were no exception.

During the following days, as people straggled back to campus, they were met w ith an awesome sight. Frederic had left beh ind one million dollars worth of damage and destruction on the Spring­hill campus alone.

Roofs were damaged, windows blown in and century old trees were thrown around like matchsticks.

As the brothers returned to campus to view the destruction and begin the recovery, all headed first for the chapter house. There she was ! The Phi Tau house had stood defiantly against the 140 mile per hour winds and sustained little damage.

However, the yard was a different story. The majority of the huge trees lay twisted and snapped on the ground.

The cleanup, which took more than a month on campus, soon began. Brothers appeared at the house with axes and chain saws to begin the process of re­turning things to normal.

Due to the strong effort the cleanup was performed in less time than ex­pected and chapter members went on to clear the dean 's yard , neighbors ' yards and other areas on campus .

Even when full power was restored and classes resumed, things were not the same. Indeed, Frederic had changed the face of the region, leaving behind destruct ion like no one had ever seen before. However, it also left behind a sense of un ity that will hopefully endure in Mobile, the Springhill campus and most of all in Gamma Upsilon.

- William Anderson

TRANSYLVANIA - Theta entered the school year fresh from a series of suc­cesses during the previous Spring semester. Brother Steven Dalton was recognized as the outstanding freshman

student and Faculty Member of the year we nt t o ou r advisor, Dr. Monroe Moosnick.

The award we were most proud of was the Will iam C. Hedrick Memorial Cup which is given to the fraternity or sorori­ty with the highest grade point average for the school year.

We won the award with a cumulat ive house average of more than 3.0!

We are also proud to say that Theta had six brothers in attendance at the Na­tional Convention and Steve Dalton was elected as an undergraduate National Councilor.

This is a special year for Transylvania and Phi Kappa Tau . The school is celebrat ing its bicentennial and we are celebrat ing ou r sixtieth birthday.

Plans are currently being finalized for a formal celebration with our alumni dur­ing Transylvan ia's Bicentennial Week in May. We are looking forward to a great celebration and a big year!

- Tim W. Collins

WRIGHT STATE - Four years ago, 36 men of the Wright State Un iversi ty Col­ony signed charter 109 to become the founding brothers of Delta Nu chapter.

Thi~ year, 66 people gathered to celebrate this founding w ith a banquet at the Yankee Tavern in Centerville, Ohio. Along with the brothers were former Na­tional President Mac McKinley, Chapter Advisor Rev. Nicholas Rachford , Chapter Auditor Norman Dohner and Delta Nu alumni from various cities in Oh io.

Delta Nu is the second chartered chapter at the Wright State campus. We are well known for our University and Community service projects and are a formidable competitor in intramural sports.

Plans are being made for various alum­ni events and graduate council president Ken Jordan is currently working on plans for a Dayton area alumni association.

Delta Nu members celebrate their Founders Day.

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CHAPTER ETERNAL

AKRON PAUL JOSEPH DeCora, '41

AUBURN Oscar W. Threadgill

BALDWIN WALLACE Ray Washelesky, '43

BOWLING GREEN Gary C. STeiger, '60

CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY Wayne Arthur Fox, '29 Jeryl A. Fry

CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Daniel Curtis Calvin

CASE WESTERN RESERVE Marcus Frederick Mauntler

CENTRE James Hilary Harding Robert F. Ogden Gray Savage Gordon Thwing Smith William Parker Wesley

COE Glenn Theodore Rosdail , '26

COLGATE Kenneth Allen Kemmerer

COLORADO Leaford Franklin Cushenberry

CORNELL Philo Davis Clark, '23 Walter Benedict Lukens

DELAWARE Gordon L. E. Linn

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL Arthur Daniel Knowbel , '30 Thomas Shertz Rogers, '37 John LeRoy Schuber

ILLINOIS James Byers Winston, '22

IOWA STATE George H. Liljedahl , '26 Herbert B. Osland

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The following brothers have been reported deceased to the Executive Offices between September 2, 1979, and December 6, 1979. Their years of graduation are listed when known.

KANSAS STATE Sidney G. Bromell , Jr. Preston Olderog

KEARNEY STATE Patrick Raymond Hunt

KENTUCKY Paul B. Cooper

LOUISVILLE Alvin Earl Keuser, Jr.

MIAMI Fred V. Annis Dwight M. Britton, '08 James Andrew Profant, '59 William A. Stewart , '54

MICHIGAN STATE Morris F. Amon, '39 Louis J. Asmus John W. Rooks, '27

MOUNT UNION Ray Lambert Charles Lloyd Riley, '19

MUHLENBERG Melville J. Boyer, '16 A. William Day, '29

NEW YORK Herman V. Hefty, '27 Alan Taylor Hudson Henry Eckford Wells, '26

NORTH CAROLINA STATE Thomas Charles Hoose

OHIO STATE Lawrence E. Clark, '28 G. Allen Geyer A. A. Medler Robert Pittman Moore, '28 T. A. Shively

OHIO Bruce Otis Bower, '37 Baxter Henry Case, '50 Spencer Wood Charlton, '38 Richard V. Clippinger, '51 Arthur Wayne Covert, '27 Arthur Hodges Dumares, '19 Charles Thornton Eakin, '15

Roland Andrew Fuller Harry De LaRue, '13 Peter Burnell McKinley, '29 Paul Edward Wood, '55

OHIO WESLEYAN Donn Barber, '55 Robert M. Taylor

PENN STATE Wilbur Samuel Hell , '27

PURDUE Robert Jacob Boltz Rex E. Murray

RENSSELAER John Walter Burg, '28 Dennis Edward Klock, '67

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Sam Albert Yocum Thomas M. Willis, '33

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS John W. Patterson

ST. JOHN'S Charles J. Kiernan , '28

SYRACUSE Vernon C. Greene Frank Allan Norman Arthur M. Reed, '26 Durwood W. Venton TEXAS.EL PASO James Revert Fisher TRANSYLVANIA Arthur A. Ford George Massie Gividen, '26 WASHINGTON Erling D. Solberg

WASHINGTON STATE Emil Olson, '28 Robert P. Coluccio WILLIAM & MARY Eugene M. Castle George Dewey Grove, '27 Markely V. King Lunwood Henry Wilson, '33 WISCONSIN·MADISON Melbourne J. Maeitz

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