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Ri • Nk, a Tra, !Rvice Ri • nk, a tra, !rvice. ch tai of t' BLL I. PHI GAMMA DELTA (Registered U. S. Patent Office) A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1879 BY THE FRATERNITY OP PHI GAMMA DELTA FEBRUARY, 1943 No. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS er, Gear Fraternity to Crisis 751 War Story— Continued 255 Landlord's Bowl Team /75 Greek Meets Greek in Conference 284 786 Missionary Returns from China Snug Little Nook by the Fireside 293 :res Qui Fuerunt Sed Nunc Ad Astra 296 .ens of White Star Dust 300 - Here. There and Everywhere 304 • As Press Sees Them 311 Graduate Groups Are Doing 314 • Issue as the Editor Sees It 320 HESE days T are dark enough without muffling the mazda in every coastal city. But we're glad to do it when it means lives saved and cargoes delivered. And some places you'd not even no- tice the dimmer glimmer — September 22, The Fiji Club, for instance. Here .—eidera tsseconhesecond-class of matteratt73 18 a79.t the postoffice at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you'll find food, Act friends and frolic served up to your recipe. Act of tance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, geared down to your wallet. Rally 'round, men — there's no dim- - 3. 1917. authorized August 21, 1918. year, out at the Fiji -d by The Torch Press at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and issued seven times a Club because — we're on the beam. February, -n numbers in each volume appearing in October, November, December, cents. April, May. Subscription price, $2.00 per year in advance; single copies, 30 r.scription, $25.00. Athertising rates on application. hands of .:.ter intended for publication in THE PHI GAMMA DELTA should be in the THE PHI GAMMA DELTA CLUB .-.ditor at least one month preceding month of publication. CECIL J. WILKINSON 106 West 56th Street (Ohio Wesleyan '17) Editor and Manager NEW YORK CITY Rust Building. 1001 15th St., N.W., Washington, D. C. ilIIIIIllIlllllllllll1lt1mflh1h1t ililillit *"5." 254 THE PHI GAMMA DELTA * subjects discussed. The ever-present ters which permit unofficial jeweler to question was, however, how best to solicit their business. face the crisis which the war is bound FAVOR PAID ACCOUNTANTS —Continued to cause in the fraternity. As able a Story The Our War report on the current status of affairs chapter bookkeeping situal was covered and Win as could possibly have been given was professional account- Safety, Three Fiji Generals ing systems were :)isregarding Personal presented by Ritualist Mead. who, as pointed to as the means Bravery in Frontline Action president of Washington College in of preserving fiscal continuity in these D.S.C. Citations for Maryland, is one of our dark days — even Councilor Chambers, outstanding WILKissos (Ohio Wesleyan '17) educators. The Chiefs could not help who pointed out the great values to be By CECIL J. I GAM MA DELTA drawing certain conclusions from the had by the undergraduates in handling Editor of THE P ti their own books, assenting, with reser- discussions that followed. Simply of the vations. the few remaining members stated, they are that our fraternity, hero this issue is Briga- by Gamma And so on — far into the night. R Fiji chapter and initiated into Phi through the zealous devotion of its lier-General Clovis E. Byers Theta Deu- As hat sizes increased with accumu- Delta by a sister chapter, members and officers, is as well forti- State '21), who was shot in the on June 3, lated knowledge and chests teron at Ohio Wesleyan, fied to face the problems as it could Japanese sniper on De- \Vest Point. heaving with heartfelt loyalty, the .lit hand by a 1918. He then went on to possibly be and that our undergraduate while leading an American including thumping of Oliver Dibble's tern- liber 16 where he starred in football, chapters should he called upon to keep Village. 1919. He was (he wore rif, upon Buna Army-Navy game in working at the current tasks of chapter porarily-accuired cane tornmygun into the superintendent spats and derby this time) could be The general carried a graduated in 1920. The operations so that when normalcy re- trigger hand was Academy at the time heard as an ominous note in the back- e attack. When his of the Military turns they will have no regrets for lost weapon to a sol- MacArthur. ground. 011ie has won for himself a: mashed, he gave the was Douglas opportunities. direct the assault. returned to \Vest the Ekklesiai the dubious honor of be- 'er and continued to In 1926. Clovis On looking back on the agenda, it staff for member of the fac- ing the most adept "adjourner" in the General Byers is chief of Point to serve as a must have been the magnum opus of Lieutenant-General assistant coach of fraternity and he wanted to preserve his .s chapter-mate, ulty and to serve as all of our Wilkinson's literary efforts. (Ohio State distinction. ol)ert L. Eichelberger the gridiron sport. And how it was ever covered in fifteen brothers to general of the New York Sun It had been good for '7 commanding A sports writer in the hours is still a mystery! Every phase serious in the south Pa- gallant Fiji officer: dwell together in unity for the i.nerican land forces recently said of the of chapter operation Point and organization deliberations. luster of a \Vest State Once again the was discussed. These were made as cur- So long as Phi Gamma Delta ca. General Byers' wife, an Ohio reflected in the serious Columbus, football heritage is battle. rent as possible by the presence of for- members answer its call over is now in conflict on the field of have its Beta Phi, who business of . will take DELTA on Clovis E. Byers. mer Field Secretary Calvin C. Stod- thousands of intervening miles to 'rote to THE PHI GAMMA Brigadier-General Weigh- hospital dashing play. ... dard (Oregon State '38, so long Clovis was in a be recalled for his gentle- Iowa '38). part in its sober councils ailtiary 2 that pounds, quiet, poised, a His hand about 160 his who visited every chapter in the fra- the path lead forward. T, the Australian mainland. ing well as by breeding, by instinct as ternity last healing nicely and man flared, yet burned ever academic year. reported to be in action never as first flame This characteristically Scholarship Chairman will not lose any fingers. steady intensity. Riverda H. re- with mood in leading an ad- Jordan •-d. "After three weeks he will would have been his Clovis (Yale '93) reported that Phi Wardall Is Trustee New Guinea. added proudly. vance recently in memory Gamma Delta had moved ahead to the front," she in this writer's slightly boy. He Byers has lingered man- in ILLIAM J. Wardall Byers is a Buckeye for his ingratiating its standing amongst all fraternities Clovis through the years never '07), the "business doctor" (1, Columbus on November for comradeship, last academic year. W born in ners, his instinct serene appeared with but always cerning whom an article 1899. He entered Ohio State boisterous, never loud, The question of an official jeweler of this magazii: wagon the December issue class of 1921 and hitched his and sincere. was discussed and the Chiefs were the fr Deu- for the has been elected a Trustee of the white star. When Omicron Clovis was selected strongly in favor of maintaining Sick suspended In 1936. schools at our ternity, succeeding John S. Chapter virtually and staff officer long-established policy of buying 'ron World command spring of only (City College '08, Columbia '11), wi .oerations during the First Leavenworth and in the from the recognized manufacturer pressu Delaware Fort and had resigned because of the War, he was taken to nearby as equally strong in condemning chap- of professional matters. 256 THE PHI GAMMA DELTA THE PHI GAMMA DELTA 257 1939 spent several months inspecting General -General Charles Emerging from "boot-camp" as a pri- Eichelberger assumed com- tralia, and Brigadier cavalry schools in Germany, France mand the I '14). vate first-class, he was sent to the Army Corps at 1 Willoughby Gettysburg and England, leaving those countries lumbia. S. C.. scout-and-sniper school and subse- he became his Fiji 1)1 Brother Willoughby, who had pre- just before the war began. ther's chief quently to the tactical school. He sailed of staff. They went to A been awarded the Silver Star Upon his return to America, he was ii;tisly tralia together. the Philippines before last June for the Pacific area. graduated from the Army or heroism in War Col- And now comes word MacArthur, His outfit was included in the inva- lege and that G ‘e came out with General in June. 1940, was assigned Byers has been sion force which landed on the Solo- awarded a THE Pitt (ANT M DELTA on to the general staff at Washington. .vrote to He guished Service Cross for "ex' following note: mon Islands on August 7 and 8. He often visited the )ecentber 10 the headquarters of Phi nary heroism" in the Buna participated in the hot engagement on Gamma Delta engagt:. and was most gracious The citation enclose check for cumulative graduate the Island of Gavutu until early in Sep- in read: I endeavoring to find the answers to :ues, etc. There has also been an inquiry for tember when he was transferred to Immediately prior to service questions propounded by launching an attack ay address, which I include in the body of Fijis on enemy positions, Guadalcanal where he remained until all over Byers, without regard ''ae letter, viz., A.P.O.
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