MIAMI UNIVERSITY 9(Ju1Ukd, 1809 . VISITORS · WELCOME

Summ er • 1956 A JUBILEE CHAPTER INVENTORY By TH E REVERE N D CHA RLES D. SPOTTS, National Chaplain

The approaching Jubilee Anniversary presents every chapter of Phi Kappa T au with an opportunity to take inventory ; to pause at the end of our first half century in order to take a look at what has come into being during these fifty years; to discover what are the acc umulated values of the inherit· ance which the chapter is going to pas on to the brothers of the next twelve student generations. There are at least four observations which mu t be in· eluded in such a stock taking: OBJECTIVE FACTS H ow many brothers in the chapter? I the chapter too mall or too large? There is no uniform answer to this question for it must be as ked in the context of the size of the universi ty, the number of fraternities on ca mpus, housing facilities. The an wer is not easy but thi question must be a keel from time to time. What is the value of real estate owned by the chapter? Is the mortgage manageable? Must more facilities be made availabl e in the nea r future? I a building fund being developed? I the furniture and the general appearance of the house such as to have parents and friend visi t without embarras ment? D o trophies on the mantle refl ect hea lthy participation in intramural ac tivities? STUDENT SHIP Is the chapter, as a whole, aware of the mai n reason for it ex i tence? No fraternity ca n afford to be an academic country-club. Members of a college fraternity are first of all students, fraternity affili ation mu t always con titute a secondary loyalty. The serious student, who is a good fraternity potential, is called by God to be a student. This is his voca tion, hi first re ponsibility. Unless this is so he will be a poor fraternity risk. This should be an important criterion at the time of rushing and pledging. A chapter of Phi Kappa T au is not a boiler-maker's union, nor a sportman's club, nor a benevolent lodge; it is, rather, a "brotherhood" of students. N ow is the time to measure your chapter by this yardstick. COMMUNITY Are the members of the chapter aware of bel ongin g to a community? Is the chapter only an aggregati on of individuals. er is there a sense of "fellowship," of community, of "belonging to," of real "fraternity"? In a sense this element is intangible, but you ca n know whether it is there or not. N o chapter has a right to continue to ex ist unless this very important sense of community is present. Community is not synonymous with uniformity. I am not certain that there is such a thing as a Phi Kappa T au type. Community can exist among men of very different background, capacity, talents, temperament, and interests. St. Paul, the Jew observed rightly, "In Christ there is neither Jew nor G reek, there is neither bond or free , there is neither male or female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." CORPORAT E INFLUENCE What influence does the corporate life of the chapter have upon indivi· dual ? Do individuals become mature men becau e they belong to the chapter? What opportunities for leadership growth does the corporate life of the chapter present? There are few other aspects of college life which ca n match the potential of a fraternity for character and lea dership growth. The corporate life of a chapter i loaded with opportunitie for assuming responsibilities, for taking initiative, for creativity, for haring talents, for " group dynamics," f r "loving your neighbor a y urself," f r ::: xcrci in g h r· givene , for ympathetic identification with th other "guy, " for mutm l as i tan e, for tran lating the i<.hd f the fraternity int a ·ti n. THE LAUREL of Phi Kappa Tau

JACK L. ANSON, Editor

VOLUME XLIV JUNE, 1956 NUMBER 4

THE PHI KAPPA TAU FRATERNITY

CENTRAL OP!'ICE

OXFORD, OHIO

COVER The exoteric publication of The Phi Kappa Tau Fra­ An official welcome to the campus at Miami Uni­ ternity. Published prior to versity awaits all members of Phi Kappa T au and 1919 as " Sidelights." Sched­ their families when the Golden Jubilee convenes in uled to appear quarterly un­ Oxford, Ohio, where Phi Kappa Tau was founded der direction and authority fifty years ago. The dates for the celebration to of the National Council. commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the fraternity are June 27 to June 30, 195 6.

CONTENTS Acceptance for mailing at Golden Jubilee Will Honor Founders 3 special rate of postage pro• vided for in Section 11 03, Golden Anniversary Founders' Banquets ...... 6 Act of October 3, 1917. Pub­ Jubilee Program ...... 10 lished quarterly by The Law­ head Press, Inc., 17 West Educational Endowment Fund's New Program. . 12 Washington Street, Athens, T aylor A. Borradaile ...... 13 Ohio, official printers for The The Fraternity Future ...... 14 Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. Entered as second class mat• David H . H arshaw, Stetson President ...... 17 ter at the Post Office at Kenneth H. Koch Named Judge ...... 1 Athens, Ohio. Additional entry at the Post Office at Chapter Eternal ...... 19 Oxford, Ohio. From the Chapters ...... _o Directory ...... 4 Married Couples at the Golden Jubilee will live in McBride Hall

The Pines is one ol the dormitories Phi Kappa Tau will use to house married couples during the Golden Jubilee. THE LAUREL

Dates Are June 27 to 30 in Oxford, Ohio!

Golden Jubilee Will Honor Our Founders, R~ iew •. Past Fifty Years and Make Plans for the Future

By J. OLIVER AMOS, Miami Golden Jubilee Publicity Chairman

You will be the most important person on the Miami University campus at Oxford, Ohio, on June 27, 28, 29 and 30 because you will then be attending the Golden Jubilee of your own college fraternity - Phi Kappa T au! The complete program, printed elsewhere in this i sue of The Laurel. ha been designed with you in mind . . . you and your family (if you have any and bring them along) . You will have the opportunity that comes once a lifetime - to join with fel­ low Phi Taus in the 50th anniversa ry of the founding of your fraternity. You will be mabng history and at the same time you will be paying tribute to N ow it is up to you! Complete your the living founders of Phi Kappa T au in plans now and make your train, plane or person. You will also be in on an extensive vacation arrangements with the Boss as oon and intensive program to honor other pro­ as you see him tomorrow! Get the good minent Phi T au as well as pay tribute to little wife in on the act too, for the Golden yourself for your wisdom in becoming a Jubilee program is planned for her and the member of such an outstanding college kids, too! In fact, you are the most im­ fraternity. portant Phi T au in the fraternity today! You will meet fellow members from 71 You are expected in Oxford . . . don't fai l chapters scattered coast to coast and cer­ your H onored Founders and Fraternal tainly there will be a good percentage of the Brothers! total membership of 22,000 smart men on Chairman Nichols had no trouble in get­ hand to personall y greet you and receive ting Grayson Kirk, his fellow tudent who your greetings of fellowship in return. today happens to hold down the top coll ege You have to be present! Without you, presidency in the country at Columbia the Golden Jubilee will be a failure! Just as University, to be present in Oxford to meet we have warned you in previous issues of you. Brother Kirk ha rendered excellent The Laurel, those four dates in June are service to the fraternity over the year in four of the most important dates in your many different capacities. You will want to life. Yes, this convention is part of your hear him speak on Friday night, June 29th. life! Fred L. H all , governor of Kan a , ha You were the one person Hugh Nichols, taken time out from hi bu y hedul to convention chairman, and his assistants in arrange to be in Oxford to meet you too, the Oxford area, have had in mind with even though you may not be able to vote the busy weeks they have spent in planning for him. Brother H all will deliver the key­ and arranging for some of the most out­ note address on Thursday mornincr, June standing men in the United States who 28th. wea r the same fraternity pin as you do to You just have to look at the bu y be in Oxford the last of June. schedule which the top bra have arrancrcd

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The John Shaw Billings Natatorium with its Olympic designed pool. for your entertainment, enjoyment and edi­ are included in the price quoted above . fication. All you have to do is to be all other meals will be the usual excellent present to enjoy it and the fellowship of the Miami menus. Golden Jubilee Convention. You will find the finest of Miami's dor­ Your pocketbook has also been given con­ mitories made available for you ... in the sideration in the planning of this great famous men's quadrangle. M arried couples event. A nominal $40 will cover the lodg­ with families will be given special arrange­ ing, food and registration fee .. . two special ments in a nearby men's living quarters. luncheons and the Golden Jubilee banquet You will want to bring all your athletic

The North. W ing of Richard Hall, a Miami Women's Residence Poqe lour TH E LAUREL O F PHI K A PP A TA U gear from swimming trunks (or they will chance to learn and be given a helping be furnished at the beautiful Billings Nata­ hand. torium with its pool of Olympic propor­ tions) to the familiar tennis racquet or golf You are urged, right now, to fill out clubs. Two courses, the M iami nine holes the registration bl ank on page 11 of this and the Oxford Community fairway , are issue of The Laurel since Miami Univer ity available to you, King Phi T au, for your will have to be advised of your intention pleasure and recreation. of coming to the Golden Jubilee Conven­ You and your scholastic ability will be tion. Your room and your meals will then recognized in the opportunity you have to be awaiting you when you reach Oxford. join with the Fraternity in organizing the You are the most important Phi T au "Phi Kappa T au Scholarship Fund" to be ever! You will want to be pre ent for the presented to Miami University so that most important event since the founding others who travel your route may have a of the Fraternity- its Golden Jubilee !

Miami's Elliott Hall, oldest dormitory, built in 1829

June 27 lo 30, 1956

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Max Sauer and Chapter President Warre n Harding Judge K. H. Koch, Jon LaFever, president, and look on a s Fr ed Lee Tom cuts the birthday cake Founder Shideler at the Muhlenberg Banquet at Beta chapter

Alumni, members and pledges of Alpha 17. Speakers were C arl Conway, Lowell B. Phi at Akron observed Founders' Day on Chehock and Dea n of Students Jame- W . Sunday, March 18, by attending church to­ Dean. gether and then convening for a banquet at the Firestone Country Club. Dr. H. 0 . Colgate held it Jubilee Banquet in the DeGraff , who has completed 25 years of chapter house. T he event was attended by service as faculty advisor was honored. approximately 100 persons.

Alpha Lambda at Auburn celebrated Psi at Colorado met at the Cosmopolitan Founders' Day on M arch 24 with services H otel in Denver on M arch 18. Hugh Fow­ at the grave of Professor Kirkley. The ban­ ler, representing the alumni, presented the quet mas hel d in the Auburn Union Build­ Outstanding Senior Award to Rod Sover­ ing where the Reverend Friedricks of the eign, the retiring resident council president. Auburn Lutheran church spoke. A house Parker Fowler discu ed the anticipated dance was held following the banquet and growth of the university. the chapter attended church Sunday morning. Alpha Sigma at Colorado A & M held its Founders' Day Banquet on April at Bowling G reen had the Founders' Day the chapter house. H . A . Durham, ebras ~ a Banquet for Beta T au chapter at the house. Wesleyan , a member of the national coun­ Later in the cvenin CY a dance wa held. ci l, was the fea tured speaker.

AI1 ha Delta at Ca e ervcd izzling char­ Alpha Gamma at D elaware met n coal broiled teak at the hou c fo r the M arch 2 1 at the ffi ce rs' Club in the ' W Founder' Day Banquet and hea r I Fac ulty a ti e A ir For Ba c. Paul Gantt, Fran~lin Advisor John ulver pea k. and Marshall, a f rmcr d mai n chief . n I recipient f the c te I P alm \V, rd, was Iota chapter held its olde n Annivcr- th speaker. ~a ry Founders' Day Ban JUet at the !win•: mh.t ssy luh in eda r Rapids on March thrcc-la cr hirth Ia ' e,,k' hi_..l1 li!--htl' I THE LAU RE L O F PHI K APPA TA U the procr ram for Founders' Day at Alpha Alpha Nu at Iowa State held its Foun ­ Eta at Florida. H eld in the banquet hall der ' Banquet on May 12 in the form of a atop the union building, the banquet was picnic at a park near Ames . attended by 140 person . Judge Percy B. Revels, a founder at Alpha Eta, presided Kansas State held the Founders' Day at the cake cutting. Clifford Beasley was the Banquet in the new Student Union on guest speaker. Charles Osterholt was pre­ March 18. Speakers were Leroy Atwell, sented the Be t Alumnus Award. George Montgomery, W . A. T albott and Robert Badgley, Kansas.

At Xi chapter, Franklin and Marshall Beta Mu chapter at Kent State observed College, the banquet was held M arch 24. Founders' D ay on M arch 17 with a upper Alumni President H enry Yeager wa in at the Robin H ood re taurant in Kent. charge of the program held at the Over­ look Country Club. Joseph W eiss gave the The traditional joint Founders' Day Founders' Tribute and Richard Bayard, re­ Banquet for the four Kentucky chapters­ tiring president, presented the "Founder's Centre, Transylvania, Kentucky and Loui - Day Poem." Speakers were Charle D. ville-was held at the Campbell H ou e in Spotts, national chaplain and a member of Lexington, with Kappa chapter at the Uni­ the national council, and Grant Hurst. versity of Kentucky serving as ho t. H eld on M arch 24 , the members hea rd Dr. Ro­ Beta Sigma at Idaho State held a dinner­ bert Mill , regi trar at Kentucky and for­ dance to observe Founders' Day. H eld at mer president of Kappa chapter, emphasize the Pocatello Country Club, 120 persons that the college fraternity is the be t builder heard H arley B. M arkham, Sr., who was of a well-rounded per anality on the Amer­ the principal speaker. ican Campus today.

James S. V oorhees, past president of the Alpha Omicron at Lafayette held a din­ chapter and Shideler Award winner, was ner-dance on Founders' Day at the Hotel the speaker at the banquet held by Zeta Ea ton. Spea kers were Re ident Counci l chapter at Illinois on M arch 17 in the chapter hou e. President Robert Rios, Pa t Pre ident Wil­ li am Parr, Dr. H erman Bea m, a member Indiana held the Golden Anniversary of the Board of Governors, and Dr. Steve Founders' Banquet in the chapter house in H okuf, assistant dea n of men and head foot­ Bloomington on M arch 17 . ball coach at Lafayette.

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Beta Omicron at M aryland heard H on­ N ebraska Wesleyan held its Founders' ored Founder Taylor A. Borradaile make Banquet at the Upsilon hou eon March 15 . his longest banquet speech on record- five Past N ational President Dr. H arry A. T ay­ minutes-on M arch 14 at Jimmy Comber's lor, a charter member of the chapter, gave Supper Club in Brentwood. The main an informal talk. speaker at the celebration was Fred De­ Marr, assistant dean of men at M aryland, N ew M exico A & M held it Founders' who drew on first hand knowledge to de­ Day festivities at La Po ta on March 11. scribe the German university system with Speakers were Lou Gerding, a member of particular emphasis on the German fra­ the national council and domai n chief; Jack tern1ties. L. Anson, assistant national secretary; Phil­ lip S. Ambrose, dean of students, and Dr. Alpha chapter met to celebrate its fiftieth Edgar Garrett, chapter advisor. John Lane, anniversary and the fiftieth anniversary of Dick Gilbert, Bill Beckham and T om Phi Kappa Tau in the hall of the M emorial Hughes, all member of the resident council, Presbyterian Church in Oxford. Honored described the history of Phi Kappa T au. Founder Shideler was the featured guest. C. Neale Bogner, Baldwin-Wallace, assistant to the President of Miami University, was N orth Carolina State's Founders' Day the speaker. Banquet was held at the Chi chapter house. Dressed in formal attire remini cent of the 1900's, the members were addressed by T au chapter at Michigan held its Foun­ Dean E. L. Cloyd, a charter member of ders' Day Banquet on M arch 17 at the new Chi chapter. Knights of Columbus H all in Ann Arbor. Four founders of T au- William P . W ag­ ner, W esley H. Preyer, Gordon McLarty Beta chapter at Ohio Univer ity held its and Ralph T aylor- described the early his­ Founders' Banquet on M arch 13 in the ball tory of the Michigan chapter. ]. Cullen room of the University Center. M ax Sauer Kennedy also was a speaker at the meeting. was the featured speaker and Fred Lee T om presided at the cutting of the birthday cake marking Phi Kappa T au's fifty years. Alpha Alpha at Michigan State set aside March 18 to observe Founders' Day. The chapter attended church together and held The chapter house was the site of the its banquet at the chapter house where Founders' Day Banquet for Omicron chap­ George Clute served as speaker. ter at Penn State. Dr. H erbert R. Glenn, a charter member and universi ty physician and director of the university health service Epsilon chapter at Mount Union met discussed the history of college fraternities with alumni on March 17 at the chapter and Phi Kappa Tau in particular. house. The main speaker was Paul 0 . Bix­ ler, past president of Epsilon and currently The Southern California Alumni A soci­ chief scout for the Cleveland Browns, pro­ ation, Pi chapter at Southern California and fessional football team. Other speakers were Beta Rho chapter at UCLA jointly held a Arthur Dundon, G . 0 . Putland, Linton Founders' Day Banquet at the Statler Hotel Honaker and C . L. Riley, a past national in Los Angeles on March 17 . At the Foun­ treasurer of Phi Kappa Tau. ders' Day Banquet, the installation of Beta · Psi chapter was conducted. M ore than 300 Muhlenberg held its banquet at the Le­ persons hea rd N ational Presid nt Roland high V alley Club where H onored Founder M axwell deliver the mai n talk f th hideler was pre ent and pre ented orn e of evening. the intere ting idelight of th ea rly years f Phi Kappa T au. Judge Kenn th H . Ko h Alpha Psi at T xa W e tern met , t th w, the t a tma tcr. Rob rt Butz., pre idcnt Mill R taurant in El Pa· n Mar·h 11 f th gradu, t counci l, pr iclccl at a m t­ 1 brat F und r ' Da ' · ing during whi h plan for , new h us nat r Fr. nk wen, \ h w. s f rcs'nt' l W ' r ' eli US d. with , pl. u f r bein,. ''The Pa g e eight THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU

Phi T au of the Year"· Lou Gerdina a ' o> Faculty Advisor at Washington member of the national council and domain chief, and Jack L. Anson, assistant national State Excels m Many Fields secretary. At W as hington State College, H omer ]. At the University of W ashington, Alpha Dana, a charter member of Alpha Kappa Pi chapter held its Founder ' Banquet at chapter, which wa founded in 1927, excels the chapter hou e on M arch 10. in his many activities. A research engineer and professor of electrical engineering on W as hington State's program for Foun ­ the staff si nee 1919, Mr. Dana is also the ders' Day was held in the Alpha Kappa advi or to Alpha Kappa. Through his ad­ chapter house. The speaker following the visory work, the men in the chapter have banquet was Dr. Bernard Bobb. learned of the various inventions and in­ teresting events of his life. Alpha Theta observed Founders' Day on Dana has patented such thing as the March 18 with a banquet at Thieme's Din­ hydraulic stump puller, hydraulic wood ing Room in Williamsburg. The pea ker splitter, two way traffi c counter and peed was Dean Charl es F. M arsh, who served as recorder, facsimile paper and aviation warn­ faculty advisor from 19 32 until 1948. ing light for power lines, just to name a few. In his most recent works, he has patents pending on an animated sign and the Emotional Stress Meter. H e has been George Wilson Honored as A kron's working on this latter project for three years. This machine, similar to the poly­ Outstanding Young Man for 1955 graph or "lie detector," is much more sen­ sitive and not as uncomfortable to the sub­ George E. Wilson, A~ron, who was president of Alpha Phi chapter and later ject as the conventional polygraph. New a field secretary for Phi Kappa T au in types of detectors and apparatus have gone 1948, has been named the Outstanding into its making. Because of the increased Young M an of 1955 in Akron, Ohio. sensitivity of a machine of this nature, it will reduce the number of subjects who ca n T he executive director of the Area De­ "beat the machine" or who have not shown velopment Committee, he was honored for any responses to the conventional poly­ his outstanding job in heading activities of graph. The value of this machine will also the newly-formed committee. T he Distin­ find its place in fields such as psychi atry, guished Service Award was presented at aiding backward children, screening ca ndi­ the Sixteenth Annual Akron Junior dates for hazardous jobs, etc. Chamber of Commerce DSA - Bosses' Night Dinner February 21 , 1956. Mr. Dana has enjoyed a most interesting life. During W orld W ar II he worked a an operations analyst with the Second A ir Force on aids for the reduction of radio interference to radio naviga tion. W ith a B-17 assigned to him for his research work during storms, he acquired more than two thousa nd hours of flyi ng time. During thi time, he cras h landed one B-17 and had five other close calls. For hi outstanding work, he received a citation igned by General Spaatz and the Secretary of W ar. In his work with the chapter, Dana has done an excellent job far beyond the thinas that come under the respon ibilitie of an advisor. His conscientiou efforts and h lp have been greatl y respon ible for the u - H o mer Dana wi th Emotional Stress Meter cess that Alpha Kappa chapter i today.

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GOLDEN JUBILEE PROGRAM

The following is a complete listing of the events and honors which will transpire during the Golden Jubilee of Phi Kappa T au when it is held on the campus of Miami University, in scenic Oxford, Ohio, this summer. You will want to attend and be a part of this historic occasion :

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1956 AFTERNOON Registration EvEN ING Fraternal Fellowship H arold Nichols, Miami- Magic Show Russell Danburg, Lawrence- at the piano M ale Quartet Model Initiation- Alpha Chapter, Miami THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1956 MoRNING Opening Session Keynoter- The Honorable Fred L. H all , Southern California, Governor of Kan as John D. Millett, President of M iami University N ooN Luncheon Speaker- Gerald Klein, Miami Presiding- Don Ebright, Ohio State A FTERNOON Business Session Ladies' Tour of Historical H ouse . Mrs. Shideler in charge; tea at Mrs. Shideler's home EvENING N ational Achievement Contest Gerald Klein, Miami , presiding FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 19 56 MORNING Business Session NooN Founders' Luncheon Speaker- Dr. H arry A . Taylor, N ebraska W es­ leyan, Past National President Presiding- Ewing T. Boles, Centre, Past N ational President . Presentation of Golden Legion Certificates to Founders Shideler and Borradaile A FTERNOON Business Session Presentation of Awards: Cooperation, A chieve­ ment Contest, Shideler Award, Publications, Travel, Key Awards, Palm Award. Ladies' Fashion Program DI NNE R Golden Jubilee Banquet Toastmaster- Roland M axwell, N ational President Spea kers- Dr. Grayson Kirk, Miami, President, Columbia University, Main address - Lou Gerding, Colorado, retiring coun ilor - Frank Kei per, Cornell , r tiring ouncilor - Founder Shideler - Founder Borradaile Entertainment- Ru sell D anburg, Lawr n c Jubilee choru - John H ei ey, Miami dir cting ATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1956 M RNIN Clo ing es i n

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WHEN? HOW DO I GET TO OXFORD? Registration the afternoon of June 27, 195'6, By commercial plane- fly to Cincinnati or through noon, Saturday, June 30. Dayton, then take one of the frequent WHERE? busses to Oxford. By private plane- Oxford At Miami University, birthplace of Phi has an adequate airport. By train- to Cin­ Kappa T au, Oxford, Ohio. cinnati, H amilton, Middletown, Ohio, or WHAT WILL IT COST? Richmond, Indiana, then take one of the Forty dollars for each person- and that in­ busses to Oxford. Oxford is conveniently cludes everything- all meals, room, registra­ located on good highways for those who de­ tion fee, athletic facilities, banquet favor. sire to drive. HOW ABOUT THE BANQUET? WHO CAN COME? If you can't be in Oxford for the entire All members of Phi Kappa T au and their Jubilee, you can attend the banquet, Friday families; the program has been arranged night, June 29; the cost will be $7 .5'0 for to meet the needs of the ladies attending each person and will include a favor ; an the Golden Jubilee. Complete the following outstanding program has been arranged. form and make your reservations :

SEcRETARY RICH ARD]. YouNG Central Office PHI KAPPA T AU FRATERNITY Oxford, Ohio

I'll be in Oxford for the Golden Jubilee. Here's the information you will need.

(Name) (Chapter) (Class )

(Address ) The first meal I will eat at the Jubilee will be ...... on I plan to leave following ...... (which meal) on I will arrive by ...... (Auto, Bus, Train, Plane) The following persons will be with me ...... (List the names of all members of your family who

are corn ing and their ages. If fraternity members accompany you, li st their home addres es

and chapters)

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( PRE-REGISTRATION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR THE GOLDEN J u BILEE}

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Phi Kappa Tau Foundation to Augment Funds and Provide Assistance to Deserving Undergraduates and Chapter Loans for H ouse Construction

Enormous steps have recently been taken Dr. Brandon, for many years the dean by the Phi Kappa T au Educational Endow­ of Mia mi Univer ity, was the fir t Phi ment Fund, the fraternity' non-profit tax­ Kappa T au faculty advi or and has served free foundation, to increase and broaden its as a member of the national council, as services. national president and a scholar hip T he new provisions ca ll for investment commis ioner. of the principal of the foundation monies Dean Brandon, in his long lifetime, has in building loans to chapters with interest perhaps a isted more young men to gain returned from the investment used to a college education than any other person assist deserving undergraduates who other­ in Phi Kappa T au. It is only fitting that wise would be unable to complete their the first contributions in the drive to aug­ educa tion. ment endowment in the fund be set a ide W. A . H ammond, Miami, the president in honor of Edgar Ewing Brandon. of the Educational Endowment Fund, in The Educational Endowment Fund was announcing the new policy of the founda­ . founded in 1941 and was incorporated un­ tion, emphasized that there are many der the laws of the State of Ohio on alumni of the fraternity who are interested September 6, 1945 . in adding to the funds of the foundation By a ruling of the Internal Revenue knowing that their contributions can be Department, donations and bequests are ear-marked for and loaned to thei r own exempt from federal income and estate chapters and that interest from the in­ taxes when the checks are drawn in favor vestment ca n assist undergraduates in need of the Phi Kappa T au Educational En­ of fin ancial aid. dowment Fund. An appeal for contributions for the Edu­ T he fund has grown slowly during its cational Endowment Fund has been ap­ first fifteen years. There has never been a proved and a select group of alumni will general appeal for contributions and the be asked to aid in the work of the found­ monies have been accumulated by a small ation. group of highly interested alumni. In this, the Golden Jubilee year of Phi Feeling the need for expanded service Kappa T au, the fi rst allocation from the both to chapters in the form of a loan fund wi ll be to establish a scholarship in fund for fraternity house purchase and honor of Edgar Ewing Brandon, "The construction, and for aid to individual Grand Old M an of Phi Kappa T au," who undergraduates, the directors of the fund will celebrate his 91st birthday this sum­ are moving toward their goal with en­ mer. thusiasm and determination.

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:Ja';ffor A. /Jorradai/e fionol'eJ :JounJe,. Deep humility and personal charm a re reflected in these informal pictures of Honored Founder Taylor A. Borradaile taken during a visit to Beta Omicron chapter at the University of Ma ryland on April 3, 1956.

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The N at1:onal President L oo ~s Ahead THE FRATERNITY FUTURE

By ROLAND MAXW ELL, Southern C alifornia

Joseph W ood Krutch says, "The present bower's first meeting with the military generation is less sure of what is ahead rep

either by the member individually or by the chapter as a group. Certainly there could be n more genuine recognition of the value of fraternities than that which come from building them into the campu life by housing, which is a part of the col­ lege or university educational plant. 3. HEAL THY GROWTH. Each year many fin e new fraternity chapters are

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6. CONGENIAL INTERFRATER ­ cess in the academic field, in tudent activi­ NITY ENVIRONMENT. The present ties, in intercollegiate activities, or intra­ relationship between college fraternities is mural competition is effective in stimulating friendly and cooperative. They work to­ constructive effort on the part of fraternity gether in unusual harmony and mutual as­ members. sistance is so frequent as to be a traditional fraternity practice. This is a point of real 10. THE POTENCY OF FRATER­ strength for college fraternities. The lines NITY IDEALS. Human values are still the of demarcation between fraternities each least variable and most important influences year becomes less and less distinct. of life. The e values are determined by the ideals that motivate our living. The agen­ 7. THE DEPENDENCE OF COL­ cies which are founded on a frank ad­ LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UPON herance to the highest ideal are not very FRATERNITIES. It is quite usual for numerous on the college campu . The in­ college and university administrations, in conspicuous and intimate nature of the in­ the solution of any campus problem, to first fluence of these ideals ha not given fra­ enlist the support and participation of the ternities the credit to which their meaning fraternities. It has long been recognized that entitles them. The ties of fraternal brother­ the greatest tie of alumni to their alma hood, adherance to principle of loyalty, maters is provided through the medium of honor, learning and integrity atte ted by fraternity affiliation. The readiness of the olemn oath sworn to in the intimate circles institutions in which chapters are situated of one's closest associates are real forces in to recognize their dependence upon the e the lives which they touch. Their foun­ chapters is a recognition of the real im­ dation is the most permanent value con­ portance, permanence and stability in our ceivable. It is a foundation which all rav­ educational institutions of the coll ege fra­ ages of time can never impair. No where ternity. else in college life is the direct demand for true idealism made with such force. 8. THE FUNDAMENTAL EMO­ Fraternities have survived wars which TIONAL FORCE INVOLVED. Emotion have inactivated most of their chapters. At­ is probably the strongest force in the lives tacks have not dimmed thei r inherent merit of individuals and groups. Wholesome or prevented the recognition of this merit. sentiment is an important characteristic of Never have chapters been o strong or so almost every fraternity activity. The fra­ numerous. There has never been a worth­ ternity pin is the symbol of college romance. while institution which has not been Fraternity loyalties, friendships and associ­ strongly attacked. When inherent strength ations are among the most potent forces is present, these attacks are not only wi th­ affecting college students. Even in the world stood, but new strength comes from meet­ of the twentieth century, there is nothing ting them. If college fraternities under­ more certain than permanency of the effect stand their true worth and operate con­ of such strong emotional influences. structively on this basi , their future i bright indeed. 9. COMMUNITY. W orking together Some year ago Dr. Francis hephardson i the most constructive of experiences. Dr. addre sed a Phi Kappa T au convention. In Robert A. Millikan said the grea test of edu­ hi addre he aid : "Do you realize that ca tional influences i that which comes Phi Kappa T au has within it the e ence of from the a ociation of those engaged in immortality? Every year the r ~ i a fr h creative work. It may be a coincidence that influx of n w blood. Every four ) car" two Rhodes Scholar were elected from il there is a complete renewal of the p r" n­ single chapt r of Phi Kappa T au in ot ..:. ne! of every chapter, if th - chapter d yea r, but it could be that mutuall y inspired job in r ruiting n w m mbers. If achievement made the selection po ible. chapter perform thi fun ti n, ' ur Frat rnity a ociations produc r ult on ternity \: ill a on for r." Thi th g d id , a well a on th bad. It d rib th futur f cannot b d emed that in aim t any fra­ futur may b f. d ternity chapter the mutual d mand f r su - nfid n . Po sixt n THE LAUR E L OF PHI KAPPA T A U David H. Harshaw

*President of the John B. Stetson Company is Philadelphia Phi Tau

*Heads Hat Company Founded in 1865 And Since 1890, the Largest And Most Unusual Firm of Its Kind In the W orld. * The president of the John B. Stetson Company, manufacturers of hats, is a mem­ ber of Phi Kappa T au. David H are H ar­ shaw, who has headed the firm ince 1947, is a member of Alpha Iota chapter, Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania. Da vid H. Harshaw H arshaw, who started as an accountant with the company in 193 5, directs an un­ H e started with the John B. Stet on usual company that was started in 1865 Company in 1935 and was succes ively by the man whose name the organiz,ation assistant treasurer from July, 1939, to bears. John B. Stetson was a craftsman, a January, 1942 ; assistant secretary, M arch, businessman and a humanitarian. H e was 1940, to January, 1942 ; secretary and profoundly interested in America's youth treasurer, January, 1942, to July, 1945 ; which was culminated when he and H enry vice president and treasurer, July, 1945, to A. DeLand founded Stetson University in March, 1947. H e was elected president DeLand, Fla. of the company in M arch, 1947. The Stetson company was started in A businessman of recogniz.ed ability, he 1865 when John B. Stetson returned from serves as a director of numerous corpora­ the W est where he had operated a retail tions, including: The John B. Stetson Com­ store at Pike's Pea k, Colo. , in the gold rush pany, The Pennsylvania Company for Bank­ while he regained his health, impaired by ing and Trusts, Pennsylvania State Cham­ poor working conditions. In five years it ber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce was successful and in 25 it was the largest of Philadelphia, John B. Stetson Buildin company of its kind in the world and still and Loan As ociation, Stetson H ospital of holds that distinction. Philadelphia, John B. Stet on Company President H arshaw was educated in the (Canada) Ltd., The H at Institute, Inc. , public schools of Philadelphia and gradu­ and the Greater Philadelphia Movement. ated from the University of Pennsylvania In addition to membership in Phi Kappa in 1926 with a bachelor of science degree T au, into which he was initiated on N o­ in economics. On N ovember 15, 1930, he vember 18, 1926, he also is a member of married Frances Darlington Drewe , and the Controller ' Institute of Ameri a, the they have two children, David H . and Pennsylvania Society of N ew York, the Adele Drewes. Sunday Breakfast Association, the N ational H e was with the UGI Contracting Com­ Republican Club of N ew York, the Phila ­ pany from 1926 to 1929, and with United delphia Country Club, the Union Leaauc Engineers and Constructors, Inc., of Phila­ of Philadelphia and the Plymouth Brethren delphia, from 1929 to 19'35 . Meeting. Page seventeen THE LA U RE L O F PHI K A PP A T A U Kenneth Koch Is Named Judge of Common Pleas Attorney Kenneth H . Koch, M uhlenberg, was inaugurated as judge in the Courts of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, on January 2, 1956. A practicing attorney in Allentown, Pa., for twenty years, Judge Koch has served on the Allentown school board, and held the appointive offi ce of assistant district attor­ ney of Lehigh County from 1940 to 19"44. In 1948 he was elected to a four year term as district attorney. Judge Koch was initiated into Phi Kappa T au while he was an undergraduate at Muhlenberg College, where he was gradu­ ated cum laude in 1932. While in college he gained recognition in Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Alpha Theta. In his senior year, he was president of the Student Council and president of Eta chapter. After graduation he attended Dickinson School Judge Kenneth H. Koch of Law, where he gained an LL.B. degree. Since his graduation from Muhlenberg, Koch has been active on the Phi T au Graduate Council, serving as treasurer of Leslie Madison Heads Department that organization in 1939. He has also been Of Mathematics at Colorado A E? M a member of the board of governors, and is presently serving on the building com­ M . Leslie M adison, Colorado A G' M, mittee of Eta Chapter's H ome Association. was appointed chairman of the department of mathematics at Colorado A & M in During W orld W ar II, Koch was an March of this year to fill a vacancy created American Red Cross field director attached to the Fifth Air Force in the Pacific by the death of H arris T. Guard, Colorado A G' M , last summer. Theater. After 194 5 he was an instructor in government and political science under A 193 1 graduate, M adison was a charter the N avy V -12 program at Muhlenberg. member of Alpha Sigma chapter and presi­ dent of the chapter in 193 0. H e recently The judge is a member of the American completed a history of his chapter fo r the Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar As­ Golden Jubilee H istory of Phi Kappa T au. sociation, the Lehigh County Bar Associa­ The new chai rman of mathemati joined tion, Exchange Club, Loyal Order of the college staff in 193 5 and ha the degree Moose, Elks, Oddfellows, the Home Mission of master of science from the Univer ity Board of the United Lutheran Church of Colorado. H e has done additional gradu­ and various M asonic orders. ate study at the U niversity of California at Los Angeles. M adison served for 7 month in the T exas Company Promotes W oodruff fi eld artillery during W orld W ar II and H omer 0 . W oodruff, outhern Cali­ holds the rank of lieut nant ol nel in the for nia, has been promoted from assistant Army reserve. H e is a m mber f Pi Mu division manager of the T exas Company' Epsilon and Kappa Mu Epsilon, h n r, r · Pacific Coast Division to assistant general mathemati o ieti th M th mati al manager of the Company' Producing De­ ociation of Am ri and th mcri·, n pa rtment in Houston. o i ty f r En ·n ring Edu- ti n. Page eig hteen THE L AURE L O F PH I K A PPA TA U

Chapter Eternal • • • •

EDWARD W . CLACK, Nebasl{a \VP. leyan. LLOYD ., ·. ::,HARP, 111iami , died at St. who was initiated at Upsil on chapter on F · ru a ~ y Eli ~a b e th H o. pital in Dayton, Ohio, on March 20, 1929, died on July 22, 195 5. 18, 19 56. Initiated at Alpha chapter on Feb· ruary 11 , 19::2, he was one of the foun cers J. V ERN O N CLEMA S, N ebrasl(a \'/ dean . of the Campus O wls, the uni versity orchestra. H e died of cancer of the bra;n on January iS, 1956, later se rved a music director in Camden and in Pasadena, Californ ia. while wo rking on a Niles, Ohio, high schools. At the time of death law case there. The Seattle, Washin gton, attor­ he was an investment broker with the :!:>ayton ney was president of Upsil on chapter in 1932. Bond Corporati on. The newly completed wi ng of the V eterans' H ospital in Seattle. which was dedicated on A LVIN SKOW, California, a charter mem• A pril 25. 195 6, to be used for recreational pur­ ber of Nu chapter, has bee n reported as decea ed. poses and as a theater, has been named in his honor and is known as the J. Vern on Clemans W ILLIAM H . TAYLOR, JR., M iami, has M emori al Theater. been reported as deceased .

JAMES DRAPER CRAIG, D elaware, died on CARL M ULFORD T AU SIG, Franl(_ lin and January 26 in the Buffa lo, New York, Genera l Mars hall . a charter member of Xi chapter and a H ospital after a long illness. H e was initia ted on past national treasurer of Phi Kappa T au, died M ay 24, 1926, and was assistant sec retary of on September 2 1, 1955, in Chicago, Ill inois. At Spencer Kell ogg & Sons, I nc ., at the time of his the time of his death, h ~ '"a" the owner of death. Pe"t Industries, a mail order firm in Chicago. H e was the pres id ent of the Chi-::ac: o Alum ni W . SHIRLEY CRAIG, M iami, died of a heart A ssociation of Franklin and Mardull Cnlknc ailment at his home in Allston, M assachusetts, and a member of the Advertising Men's Post of on January 30, 19 56. H e was initiated at Al pha the American Legion and the Ill inois Athletic chapter on February 5, 192 7. A t the time of his Cluh. death he was servin g as a hotel mana ge r in Boston. W ILLIAM T U RN EY, C olorado A and M , died on August 20, 195 2, as a resul t of Rocky MARIO N P . HOBGO OD, A uburn, who w a ~ Mountain spotted fever. in itiated at Alpha Lam bda chapter on July 1, 194 7, was killed in an airplane crash in 19 55. DR. JOH N P AUL VINCE T , C oe, died suddenl y of a heart attack on February 29, 1956, J. DAVID LOQUER, Ohio , died January 2.'i. in his offi ce in Columbus, O hio. H e was initiated 1956, at the Veterans' H ospital in Erie, P enn ~y l ­ at Iota chapter on D ecember 18, 192 5. and ' as vania, followin g a long illness. H e was initi;•t 2r' the fifth ge neration of P resbyte rian ministers in by Beta chapter on March 12, 19 3 9. his family. D r. V incent graduated from Coe College in 1926 and attended M cCormick Theo­ WILLIAM CALV IN MARQUIS, M t:nt logical Seminary. He served churches in Mason Union, has been reported as deceased . City and H arrisburg, Illinois, and Ponca City, Okl;l homa, and Sio ux City, Io\n. H e left Sioux CARL HERMAN Mc DAN IEL, Ohto State. City to become president of the Coll ef(e of the has bee n reported as deceased. o~a rk s in Clarksv ill e, A rkan as, from which he was call ed to be Syno ical Exccuti,·e of the MELV IN BOLLI OGDE , C aliforn ia. has Synod of Ohio. been reported as deceased . STE\ / ART LEE YEAG ER, T exa W wem, GEORGE W ILLIAM PART S, Michigan S tate. died on January 26, 1956, of inj uries recei,•ed died of cancer. H e was initiated on April 17, in an automobile acci ent. H e was in itiated on 1955, and was a junior and a member of the February 27, 195 5 at Alpha P i chapter and resident council of Alpha A lpha chapter. was a junior in coll ege at the time of hi death.

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From the Chapters • • •

Akron By DEAN W . DICKERHOOF

T he yea r 1955-1956 is a good year fo r Alpha Phi chapter at the University of Akron. Due to a low number of brothers graduating, mem· bership is increasing rapidly. Scholarship was maintained as we were third am ong the frater· nities on campus with a 2.5 47 average. T he chapter has reall y stepped to the front in the intramural sports this season ..'\l pha Phi captured the Christmas T ournament ttophy by defea ting both fraternity and independent bas­ ketball teams. The reg ul ar intram ural b a s ke~ba ll season is just closin g now and we are in the playoffs and stand a good chance of winning. \Ve fin ished second in intramural bowling this year and we were fi rst among the fraternities. T he social year was highlighted a always by the Dream Girl form al. It was held in the Ohio Room of the Sheraton Mayfl ower H otel in Akron. Yvonne Mairs, Phi Mu, was chosen Dream Girl. Other social activitie included M iss Carol Cherry, Auburn Dream Girl our Spring and Winter formals, Founders' D ay, school sponsored dances, after-the-ga me David Peacher and Frank N ev ille. By shining and after-theater parties, our Christmas party shoes around the campus before the home­ and this year we held a very unusual " H orrors coming game, our members and pledges aided Party" on H all owee n. the A ll -Campus Fund Drive. All proceeds were Phi Kappa T au's Golden Anniversary year donated to the fund drive. The climax of the has been an outstanding yea r here at Alpha Phi. weekend was a house dance. T he annual member-pledge touch football game, Wassail Water Party, and Christmas Party closed the fall quarter's activities. Every· one had fun exchanging childish gifts with Auburn verses attached about the recipient. The toys were collected later and given to need y children. By DON THOR BU RGH Alpha Lambda's dream girl of 1956 is M iss Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Kappa T au Carol Cherry, a junior in education from has had a very succe ful yea r under the leader· Opelik a, Alabama. She was presented at ship of President Willard Varnado of Gulfport, the fi r t annual Dream Girl D ance, January 14. Mis is ippi. Other officers are Jack H ager, vice­ Mis Cherry has been selected to be featured presid ent; Phil H yatt, secretary; M ax Po,ve ll , in the beauty section of the A .P .I. chool pledge master; Eugene Jones, rush chairma n ; yearbook and is now a candidate fo r the title and George P arkman, social chairman. of Miss Auburn. The highlight of our fa ll ru h was a house Our chapter pia ed , ixth ch last icall y out dance with a group of girls from H uningdo n f twenty-two fraternitie on the campus. !any Coll ege. Everyone had a fine time. W e were of the brother have been elected t h noraric .. very successfu l with our fall rush and pl ed ged Th y arc : T au B ta Pi- Gordon ri!Tith , nd twenty-e ight good men. Jo M cley; P i T au igma- D n W e el brated horne rn ing this fall with a and Jo M sclc : cabbard , nd we k end fu ll of activities. ur d orati ns w r v ry succ ss ful under the direction of

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Frank Neville, David Peacher, and Fred Lang· Marble, vice president; Richard Draper, secre• worthy have received award in architecture tary; Richard Pickering, treasurer. and interior design competition . Carlton Whit· Phil Gish, our new athletic directo r, worked man has been elected president of Phi Mu very hard and led our voll eyball team to Alpha. victory, with the help o f our sister sorority, We arc arranging for a portrait of o ur the Alpha Xi D eltas. housemother, Mrs. S. F. Teague, to be painted by P rofessor Roy H. Staples of the A.P.I. art department, one of our faculty advisor . Bethany By JOHN L. ROYTOS

Baldwin-W allace In fall intramurals the Phi's still mainta ined their position by winning the football cham pion· By AL ROBEJSEK ship and went on with great spirit to take The Alpha Omega chapter started the school the basketball championship. With the remain· year on the right foot by obtaining the largest ing intramural programs the Phi' have a good pledge class on the B-W campus. Eighteen chance to win the voll eyball and so ftball members of the class were initiated in February. championship, thus taking all four intramural Scholarship for the school year has been sports. The Phi's are in competition with four consistent. During the fall quarter Alpha other fraternities and independent teams. Omega ranked third on the campus. Congratulations are in order to M ax H omer, In March our new officers were elected and Rudy Yaksich and Jerry Frederi ckso n. M ax took office: Louis Ceasaratto, president: Don was second in the country N. A . I. A . in total

These gentlemen are the basketball champs a t Bethany College

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offense and defense in varsity football. Max Case piayed the position of quarterback. Rudy broke the school's individual basketball scoring record By BILL MALONEY by scoring 609 points to the previous record of 454. The old record was set by Coach Alpha Delta met the fall of 1955 with a Edgar Martin, who is a Phi Tau. Jerry, a "big push," rounding up a pledge class of 34 tackle on the football team was elected to the men, one of the largest classes Case has seen All Tri-State team. in several years. The Phi's hold numerous offices on campus. In December the brothers threw open the Bill Ramsey, social chairman, Phil Wagner, house for a Christmas party for underprivileged president of Junior class, Jerry Frederickson, children. Dr. John Culver, faculty adviser, president of Economics Club and Dick Lash, served in the extra-curricular capacity of Santa captain of the varsity basketball team. Claus, much to the delight of all present. Our scholarship is still improving, and con• A week later the annual Christmas formal gratulations again go to Phil Wagner and was held in the chapter's spacious, third floor Jerry Frederickson who have been elected to ball room. The strains of the "Phi Tau Dream membership in scholarship and leadership hon­ Girl" echoed through the halls as five new orary societies. Phil was elected to Gamma pin plants were presented with bouquets of Sigma Kappa and Kalon, and Jerry was elected roses. to Kalon. The new semester got off to a good start The Christmas dance which is one of our as the Case Phi Taus took a second place biggest social functions was held December 10, trophy in the annual Interfraternity Sing. This 1955, and was a big success. April 21 , we was followed by another second place in swim­ held our annual novelty dance with a "Guys ming intramurals. At the same time, some of & Dolls" theme. the less athletic brothers brought home a first place trophy from the Red Cross blood drive as Case again overfulfilled its quota. Several of the brothers were elected to Bowling Green State national honorary societies: Don Hersch, Theta Tau; Dick Mikula and Norm Laubenheimer, By RALPHS. FORTNEY Alpha Chi Sigma; Bill Maloney, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. The Spring semester started out with a bang Alpha Delta also prides herself on having in here at Beta Tau. During the weekend between her ranks two clas presidents; Don Hersch, semesters, we moved into a new house on Junior and Jerry Stein, Sophomore. campus. Formerly a housing unit for women students, this house is located in the best spot All in all 19 55-56 was a banner year for on campus. The academic buildings are within Alpha Delta. a couple minutes walk and the library is right out our back door. A new dormitory is under construction next door which will house 800 women students in the fall. Centre Academically we slipped a little this year but we still maintained a res pectable avera ge By ROBERT E. WHEELER above that of the all-campus men . We've man• aged to keep in all campu acttvtttes too. Delta has added four more men to the active Jim Elliot came within a quarter of a point membership. They are Pete Janicki, Springfiel d. of winning the conference diving champion hip Massachusetts; Alan Schweitz.er, Bridgeton, ew and Larry M orrison is a member of the baseball Jersey; Marion Minniard, Cormet ille, Ken­ team . Tom Edie won a part in the campu tucky; and Wade Morgan, Hyden, Kentu ky. production of Brigadoon and Ralph Fortney Wade was el ected king of the alentin D ance was elected to Phi Eta Sigma. held on February 10. When March 24 roll ed around, the fin e job ur mantel is nox gra ed b a larg sil\'er perform ed by our co-rush chairmen, Dick Fligor cup, the Yerke Trophy ' hich " e \ n f r and Don Lewis, really paid off. W e pi dged being t p on the ampu m ch tar hip last sixteen of the be t men on oampus. year. have al o dd d th Bl d up f r

Po twenty two THE LAUREL OF PHI KA PP A TAU Coe By ROBERT HERCULSON Iota is currently enjoyin g a number one rating on campus with its latest triumph bein g the acquisition of the scholarship trophy. We were well represented in the all -school variety show. A fine act won the best fraternity act trophy and the overall best act trophy. Richard McCollister and yours truly were masters-of-ce remonies which gave Iota a cl ean sweep. Preceding the variety show the interfraternity sing trophy was added to Iota's trophy case. Delta Chapter President Dave Hines receives the Song leader Dan DeYoung led the chapter m Yerkes Scholarship Trophy from Dean Heck at sin ging " Blue Moon" and "Dear Land of Centre College Honor's Convocation. Home." The intramural program ts in top shape and Iota recently won both the swimming and the fraternity or women's dorm which donated wrestling trophies. the most blood on the annual Centre Blood In intercollegiate athletics we were again well Day. We beat the Betas, our cl osest competi· represented with five first team men as members tors by 17 % . of Coe's wrestling team . The grapplers are Jim Bl and and Bob Fields were selected for Richard Hughes, H arold Rector, Robert H ercul· ODK and were also chosen to represent Centre son, Ben Schneider, and James Leger. in Who's Who in American Colleges and Uni· Iota is well represented in the ROTC de· versities. D elta was the onl y fraternity on partment with Laverne Knock as cadet colonel the campus to have more than one selected and Robert H erculson as commander of the for this honor. Bill Crawford is pre id ent of Arnold Air Society. Laverne Knock, Robert Deutche Gesellshaft, the German Society. Pete H erculson, and Leslie Edmonds were recipients Janicki is photographer for the Cento, the of awards presented at the annual fed eral in· college newspaper, and Old Centre, the coll ege spection. yearbook. Allen Schweitzer and Hugh Bishop Thomas Ciha and Andy Roge rs were selected are members of the cast of Our T own, the as members of Pi Delta Epsilon, national honor• Centre College Players' spring production, and ary journalism fraternity. Gordon Wilshire is lighting director. We al so have men in the Centre Singers, Junior and Laverne Knock and Wilbur Delp were named 3enior Pitkin, Ye Rounde Table, the honorary to Who's Who on the Coe Campus. society, Phi Beta Chi, the scientifi c fraternity, Centre Choir, and Club Otero, the Spanish Club. J. R . Postlethweight and David Widmer will sin g solos at the National Art Gallery Colgate and the National Presbyterian Church in Wa h· By LOWELL S. CITRO ington D . C. in April. Improvements are under way in the base· During the 1955· 56 academic year, many ment. When they are completed we will have brothers are and have been members and leaders the best accommodations for parties on the of many campus activities: whole campus. These will include wall to wall Raeburn Hathaway, president of the Student seating, new tables, new indirect lightin g, a new Senate, Robert Bleiwei s and Bruce Holran, edi· high fidelity sound system for dance music, tor-in-chief and managing editor of Colgate's and a new false ceiling. Other improvements newspaper, The Maroon, have been named to already completed are a snack bar with a Who's Who in America's Coll eges and U ni· complete set of padded tools, a new refri ger• versities. ation system and a new flu orescent Phi Kappa Penfield Sinclair will replace Bleiwei as Tau sign . manager of the swimming team for next eason.

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Thornton B. Penfield III is editor of the literary decorations during Homecoming last fall. In maga:z;ine, and member of the honorary dramatic fall scholarship, Phi Tau ranked eighth of society, Alpha Psi Omega, of which George twenty-four fraternities. Economou is president. Six other Phi Taus are Varsity Swimmer Jerry Loar has broken members of this honorary. the Big Seven record for the 200 yard breast The Colgate Marching Band will be managed stroke and many other pool and meet records next year by Lloyd Chanin who is replacing too numerous to mention. Intramural have Donald K. Green. The drum major was Peter not been too encouraging this year but we are B. Kane. Howard Lee and Raphael Motolla are looking forward to more wins with our softball two of Colgate's famed singing group, The team. Track and golf should also give u more Thirteen. Phi Taus are active in every campus chances to redeem our standing. musical organization and are among the members The coming C. U. Days holiday i already of Mu Pi Delta, national music honorary. Past occupying our minds. The float will again president of the honorary was Green, and the be built with the Delta Gammas. A chorus for new president is Chanin. Chanin is al so presi· Songfe st is practicing and hopes to continue the dent of Alpha Phi Omega, the national service winning tradition of past year . honorary. The president of the movie division Individually, Phi Taus have gained many of the dramatic club for many years has been honors. Bob Mammano, our ASUC candidate, a Phi Tau, as have many of the movie division's was recently elected to Sumalia, junior men's members. Also, the campus radio station, honorary; Jim Pott was elected to Tau Beta WRCU, is headed by a Phi Tau, and many of Pi; and Dick Schumann to Delta Sigma Pi. the brothers are active in this organization. Rod Sovereign and Ed Altman are o n the The twelve Phi Taus that made the Dean's C. U. Days General Committee. Art Murton Li st helped to place the house fir st out of is president of Beta Alpha P i busines frater• fourteen fraternities in scholarship. Two brothers nity. were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Initiated in Twenty-seven men have been initiated during March were Arthur Chagares and George the past year and we have fifteen pledges. Economou. Chapter strength is now close to ninety and Intramurally, Phi T au placed ninth out of it appears that Psi is to have another good year. sixteen living groups. Peter B. Steve ns won the 157 pound wrestling championship, and in box· ing, John C. London took second place in the 15 5 pound class. Phi T au is represented on the varsity football Colorado A & M team by Richard Kenniso n, and on the varsity By BRIAN NAPIER wimming team by Everett Smethurst . Alpha Sigma's chapter house acquired several improvements last fall including a new ceiling, and a lot of paint and varnish. Almo t every Colorado room in the house was redecorated. This spring we reseeded our lawn. M ost of the work was By TOM CRONIN done by the chapter members. ocially, it has been a busy year. H eading the Scholarship was greatly improved this year­ li st was the annual fall B. C. Party. The house fall quarter we were third out of fifteen frater• was decorated in a prehistoric theme and cos· nities on campus. tumes were of the same period. The pledge Sportswise Alpha Sigma improved over las"t dance with a French theme was another great yea r in intramural competition. After taking succes . Recent Greek W eek activities found third in touch football , basketball, and bowling, P i a host for o ne of the Leap D ances. we placed first in our ca eball league. ur umerous get-together with so rorities provided pring port are nO\ getting under wa with ther good times, and at present attention is entries in tennis badmint n. hor csh es, and being turned to the Spring F rm al wh ich will golf. Bud eis and Bob B arc c • h, irmcn he a week end a ffair . of our athletic pr gram. P ~ i' s tr phy as ntinues to be fill ed with lpha igma 's s cia! activities h. \'c be n th addition of a first pia award for h us h. ra · tcri ~ d b c. chang dinn r. , . nc. ks nd

Pog tw nty.four THE LAU RE L OF PHI KAPPA TAU dance . Our main social event of April wa wood Brigg has been ch sen to be a councilor the annual spring formal dinner dance held at the 1956 Cornell freshm an camp. And Robert on the 21 t. Our ocial chairman is Bud W ei s. H endri ck i a member of the concert band Alpha Sigma helped in thi year's H eart Fund and the debatin g team. In addition, Ri chard by collecting contributions in the Fort Collins Bernhard, Ri chard Brandenburg, and James area. Rae have been placed on the Dean's List. Bing Johnson was recently elected to Beta Our intram ural sports program i moving a· Beta Beta, bi ological honorary. H oward Rhodes long in high g ar, with ou r voll eyball team and Bud Romberg were elected to the Scabbard currentl y undefeated , our bowlin g team second and Blade, national Military H onorary Society . in the league, and our ba ketball team finishing Howard has been appointed R. 0. T . C. bat· nea r the top. W e hope to round out the year talion commander. Bud Romberg was also elect· with the best so ftball team in many year . ed to membership in Alpha Zeta, agronomy On the social side, we celebrated Founders' honorary. Day with a banquet on M arch 17, held at the H arry Taylor, presid ent of the Colorado chapter house. It was foll owed by a party and Conservation Council, has been named 1n Who's a dance. Both brothers and pledges had a Who in American Colleges. great time at the an nual Pledge Formal, held Leslie M adison, charter member of Alpha on April 7·8. On April 28 the pa rent of our Sigma, was recently appointed head of the pledges were invited to the house for Parents' mathematics department at Colorado A&'M. W eek End. Lawrence O sborne is a member of Lan ce r ~ , sophomore honorary. Delaware By EDWARD KIMMEL Cornell Last semester the members of Alpha Gamma By STAN HUTCHISON compiled a sc holastic index of 2.3 7 (on a 4·point The most effe ctive rushing program in recent basis) . This ranked sixth out of the nine fra· years highlighted the Spring term activities ternities and was slightly above the average of of the brothers of the Alpha Tau chapter. all the men on ca mpus. T wenty·one new mem bers pledged the house, Varsity letters were earned this year by H . climaxing the chapter's efforts under Cornell's W all ace Cook, Jr., in cross country and by Bruce recently adopted deferred rushing system. Our Stewart, Edward Kimmel, and Richard H owell success was due in main to the excell ent work (manager) in swimming. The chapter has fared of Roger W olff, the rushing chairman. The quite we ll in intramural competition so fa r. At house looked its best for the occasion, with present we stand third out of nine in total a newly painted exterior and a recently redecor· points. This resulted from winning the hand· ated interior. ball troph y, due to the effo rts of John Hooper, Two weeks after the end of rushing, house and the ping pong trophy, wi th T erry Schall the elections were held. Our new officers o f the intramural champ. The Phi Tau \Varriors al < ~ Executive Council are: H arry E . Boyd, p res i· gained third places in sw imming and basketball. dent; Richard G. Brandenburg, vice·president: W e have many brothers in honorary fra· Richard Kirtland, treasurer; Gilbert H err, rush· ternities. They are Richard H owell , Charle Pat· ing chairm an; James Rae, social chairman ; Lee terson, and Robert Ferguson of Alpha Zeta: Swartz, steward, and Robert Gallinger, hou e and H oward Anderson, Donald Rau, Richard manager. Garrett, and Robert Ferguson of Omicron Delta There are now many Phi T aus engaged in Kappa. H oward Anderson was elected to Tau ~ampu s activities. Richard Brandenburg has been Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi. elected managin g ed itor of T he C ornel! En gineer; An extensive ru hing program headed by in addition, Dick has recentl y been in itiated Chairman H olmes Russell, the best in recent into Sigma Delta C hi and Pi D elta Epsil on, years, was success fu ll y accomplished this ' inter. both journalism honorarie . Two Alpha T aus The choice group of men which was pledged are on Cornell's 150 pound crew: John Lobo, included several member of fre hman athletic who i Commodore, and John Schuerger. Sher• teams.

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Our various house parties of the past year president of the business fraternity, Delta Sigma were highlighted by playing Santa Claus for a Pi. The Spanish fraternity, Sigma Delta Pi, group of orphans, a rushing function with the elected Dan Gilliard as its president. Finally, in theme of a gambling casi no, and the presenta· the way of campus activities, Jim Stinebiser is tion of a well -known jazz combo. With these president of the German Club. achievements Alpha Gamma is one of the best fraternities on campus. Franklin & Marshall Florida By }ERRY MOORE Xi chapter started this semester pledging By BOB Z UMBADO by thirteen new men. Our new pledges represent Alpha Eta's ever-growing popularity and the five states which is quite a switch from previous work of Jan Van Heiningen produced twenty-six years when most of our pledges were resid ents of fine new pledges during the second semester Lancaster. This group is one of the most active rush program. A grand finale for an unforgett· pledge classes that we have had in the past fe w able H elp Week was the formal initiation of years. twelve excell ent young men into the brotherhood. Greek Week, concluding with the Interfra· Although we have dropped scholastically to ternity Ball and IF sports competition, was one thirteenth out of 26 fraternities, this has been of the biggest highlights of the season. Our one of our best all-around years. For the third queen this year was Nancy Joline who was es· consecutive year we have won the Annual Christ· corted by Joe W eiss, our new president. Phi mas Sing. In the spectacular Gator Growl our Tau also tied for top honors in the bridge skit, a take-o ff on some of Stan Freeburg's mad· tournament in the IF competition. ness, was awarded the second place trophy. Dr. Shideler made a timely visit to our chap· On the athletic fi eld we have become the ter just a few days preceding our Founders' D ay most feared team in the Blue League in any banquet which gave a more personal touch to the sport. Our me n have gone on a trophy winning celebration. The banquet was enj oyed by every· spree. T he basketball championship game was a one in spite of the fa ct that it was a stag affair. hard-fought co ntest from which we emerged vic· Elections were held and the new offic ers were torious by two points over a fa vored SPE installed this semester. Joe Weiss was elected quintet. T. A. Shell showed us the way as we president of Xi chapter. John Standish as vice walked away with the ping-pong title. The win· president, James Evans as secretary, and Fred ner of three out of five games was to determine Albright as treasurer. the voll eyball championship in which once again Several of the brothers and pledges are en· we squared o ff with the Sig Eps. It was any· gaged in extra-cu rricular activities again this body's trophy when we fo und ourselves behind semester. Two of our new pledges are on the nine to six in the fifth and deciding game. We college newspaper staff. soon se ttled down to business and won 15 to 12. Dick and Bert Jones were the masters of the court as they throttled all opposition in leading us to the tennis championship. Besides these fou r first places we have placed second Georgia Tech in track, swimming, and bowli ng. Placin g second By W . ROBERT BOROM in track was a heart-breaking blow as our thin· clads took si x out of ten po sible first places. Since a good many of our member , both. H owe er, the winners had at least two and some· actives and pledges, are on the co-operative plan tim es all of the next four pla-:es in every event. and we re working during the winter. the \ inter Tn campus politics we were represented by q uarter was a little on the slack side insofar as Rodney Ander, on who erved as secretary ·trea • fraternity functions go. T his spring sh uld be a urer of the student body. Bill Breid enbach ' as good one for the Alpha Rho hapter. \\ e haYe busin ess manager of the Lyceum Council. A lpha planned several ocial functi ns f ur wn as Eta's co ntributi n to the H o nor ourt wa .J us· well as , me in conjuncti n with thcr fr, • tices A I Ventrilla and Arlie MacRae. ur ve r a• ternities and th ' hole campus. In M a all the tile Rod Anderson was pre ident of The o iety fraterniti al ng F urth str t n th campu. for the Advanc m nt of M anagement and also h ld their annu. I Ma H p. This i the sec nd

Po twenty-si x THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU annual street dance which our chapter founded. Seven new members were initiated in the win· The latter part of this month is a time of ter quarter. Those members belonging to honor· great significance to all Techsters as well as to aries included Dale Thornborough, John P . Alpha Rho. It is the time of our Interfraternity Curtis, George Rozell e and Reggie H aseldon Council Weekend. Each year a big name band as members of the Bulldog Club. Senior Peter plays for a semi-formal dance Friday night, a Keenan is member of the co•op honor society, formal on Saturday night, and a concert on Sun• the Briarierian Society. day afternoon. The dates for this year's affair are April 27-29. Several other social functions, such as hay· rides, swimming parties, and barbecues, along with the traditional house party round out our Idaho State social calendar for the spring quarter. By LEANDER HARRAL Scholarship at Alpha Rho has been a rather touchy situation for the past few quarters. Our The Beta Sigma chapter of Phi Kappa Tau relative standing at Tech has been very low, but has been enjoying a very good year at Idaho we are on the rise. With such encouragements as State College in Pocatell o, Idaho. The accumu· our quarterly "Bean and Steak Supper," where lation of trophies upon our mantel only par· those who make grades below the chool average tially represents the very active participation eat beans and water and those above eat a by this chapter in college activities and within hearty meal of steak and all the trimmings, we the chapter itself. The chapter got o ff to a good hope that our scholastic standing will rise to the start at the college homecom in g by placing first top of the li st very soon. and second in the men's float and sign division ,

Tim Brennan, Burt Brookbank ond Ed Brennan, all Ph i Tau st ude nt a ssocia tion past presid ents, congrat­ ulate Miss Virn James, Sweetheart of t he Idaho Sta te C hapter. Page twenty-seven T HE L A UREL O F PHI K APPA TA U

respectively. The Red Cross bl ood drive received Tau's and their dates danced to the music of our support 100% for the third straight year for the H arry Beratis band, the Dream Girl was which we were duly recogni zed. Virn James of crowned by President Mark Engledow. Denver, Colorado, was chosen to reign over the One of the big events at Indiana is the first ann ual Sweetheart Dinner-D ance and to be fa mous " Little 500" bicycle race which is pat· Beta Sigma's sweetheart for the yea r. The Christ· terned after the big 500 Memorial Day race in mas seaso n saw us receive first place in the all · Indianapolis. Representing Phi Kappa Tau in campus house decorations. Participation in the the race was Frank Edmundson, D ea n Jenkins, Winter Carnival brought first place of the men's Bob Zipser, D oyle Bottom and Jack Kratt. organizations as our ca ndidate for Snow Queen, Our softball team faced stiff competition in Ann Eames of M eridian, Idaho, was chosen at· the Redleg League but came through with fly· tendant, and first and second places, respectively, ing colors. Phi T au's Art Coyne and D yke Eg· were received in skiing and snow sc ulpturing. natz are editors of the cam pus humor magazine, The fiftieth anniversary was celebrated with our the Crimson Bull. annual Founders' D ay Dinner-D ance. W e spon· Attempting to win a position in Bernie Crim· so red a successful Intermountain Senior Cham· mons' backfield is Gene Lieber. Other athletes pionship A.A.U. swimming meet this year with include H arry Beratis on the fencing team and the cooperation of the local busin essmen and H erb Sisson on the wrestling squad . the coll ege athletic department. W e will host the Included in the select group eli gible for Phi domain conference this year. In intramural and Eta Sigma, the freshman honorary for outstand· scholastic standings we are doin g com paratively in g scholarship, is Jack Kratt. well . Pledgin g and initiations are bringin g more good men into the chapter. The house is con· tinuall y bein g improved. Paul V . Donahue and D onald \V . Carlton, re· Illinois spectively, were voted outsta nding active a nd pledge. Donald Sussman is the coll ege cheer king. By THOMAS J. RO WLEY Raymond D . Bohart a nd D a niel R. Anderso n, With plans fo r the landscaping of the front respectively, are the president and vice pres ident of the house swinging into full gear. Z eta chap· of the A ssociated Men Students. D av id F. M ar· ter is anxiously lookin g fo rward to its fa ll rush· tin is on the debate team. ing program. By September the front lawn, Concerning athletics, Richard G . Bartl ett par· which had lost its former beauty d ue to con· ticipates in football , basketball , sw im ming and struction work, will be transfo rmed into one golf. Celestino M . Manzanares, Leroy T . Phil· of the most beauti fu l sites on the Unive rsity lippi, John E. Luckovich and Ralph A. eal of Illinois campus. pa rticipate in boxing. Jack A . Logan partici· O ne of Z eta's greatest improvements in the pates in football. Ll oyd H . Baisc h, Robert M. past year took place in scholarship. After all the Davis and Gerald N. D av idson participate in first semester grades were tabulated, the pledges skiing. at nineteenth place and the actives in the twenty- fifth spot pushed the house twelve notches over its p revious semester's showing. A s a whole the house was 2 1st among the 58 fraternities on campus. Indiana T he start of the second semester saw a new By BO B ALTHER group of energetic officers installed. The old officers turned the job of leading the house over Beta Lambda has had a ve ry disappointing to the new officers, knowing that the chapter year in sc holarship . We finished in last place out was in good hands. of the t hirty fratern ities on the H oosier campu "Wh il e the office rs handle the job of making th is pa t erne ter. Zeta fu nction internall y, other P hi T aus help ur social calendar ha been high·li!! hted hy carry on activities on campus. B th major and exchange desserts with Kappa Kappa Gamma, ntinor activities have older Phi Taus in ke p si· Alpha Chi mega, Kappa Delta, Zeta Tau A l· tion with younger members to foll w thr ugh in pha, A lpha Gamma Delta, and Delta Zeta. their f tsteps. Fr. nk A . Laraia and Le n, rd D . Th annual sprin{( formal was h ld M ay 4 at \Valbe rg held se nior man. gcrs tn IIlia and t. r the Bl oom in!(ton co untry club. While th Phi ursc rcsp tivel . Allen R. Bra :lie}'. rctirin

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James S. Voorhees, last year's Shideler Award winn er, V. M. Henry, past national council or, and Lawrence D. Thomson, president, all of Zeta at Illinois, discuss the Domain Conference program. president, acted as Union treasurer and held the Iowa State lead position in Spring Musical two years running. By ARNOLD R. BEATH Zeta athletes were also very active during the year. Harold F. Rosenwinkel received the a· Alpha Nu placed second among 31 fraternities ward as the house's top I·M athlete. James R. fall quarter with a 2.75 ave rage. W e chalked up Williamson earned his numerals a a member of a 2.66 during winter quarter but standin gs are Illinois' 1956 NCAA championship fencing not yet listed . Several men deserve recognition team. for achieving a 3.00 or better but William Two of the highlights of the year were the Waters is especiall y dese rvin g for maintaining a basketball teams. The "A" team closed a vi c· 4.00 average for the entire year. H e carried torious season with a smashing 63· 37 win over eighteen and 22 credit hours during fall and Alpha Chi Rho. The "B" team, after finishing winter quarters, respective ly. league play, hosted Lambda Chapter's "B" team Many actives and pledges are participating in a post-season tussle. The men from Purdue in campus activities . The actives in clude: Michael won by two points in one of the year's most M erriman, business manager of Paul Bunyan fierce battles. The Zeta "B's" also visited Beta Days; James Reese, chairm an of the annual Chi chapter at Southern Illinois University in an· Spring Style Show; H oward Gilman, Agricul· other inter-chapter rivalry. With the great a· ture Open H ouse publicity chairman; William mount of spirit and interest shown in these Waters, Engineering Open H ouse publicity games, plans are being envisioned whereby more chairman; Gilbert Brook, concert band ; Merritt of the midwestern chapters may participate in a H arpole, V eishea Parade Route co-ordinator and possible annual tournament in which the "A" Larry Lewer, Veishea Vodvil decoration chair· teams would also play. man. During the year, Zeta alumni were pleased to Pledges working on Vei hea, the annual cam· receive a copy of the Z eta chapter directory. pus celebration, include: Jerry Lorimor, Entrance Containing the names and addresses of al l Zeta Committee chairman for the ei hea H orse alumni, the book was formulated through the Show; Gordon Barne , odvil program chairman P.fforts of Tames R. Kennedy, former Zeta editor. and Larry Travi , Land cape Architecture pen

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H ouse co-ordinator. John Lind is a member of sored by the Manhattan Sertoma Club as a ser­ the Iowa State Singers and Jack Sylvester of vice to mankind with the proceeds going to the Campus 4-H. improvement of Sunset Park. The year has been a great success sociall y with We have partaken in all intramurals this year. several dinner and dance exchanges. The H al­ Our softball season open the middle of April lowee n Party utilized the entire house fo r spooky with the prospects looking good. At the present adventures and the Kl ondike Ike party during time, we are leadin g all league teams in the the winter brought out the beast in every man. bowling intramurals. Richard H ersom and William Waters have The primary project of the pledge cia s was been elected to Gamma Sigma Delta, agricul· a mail box constructed in the shape of a pledge ture honorary. Kermit Wagner was awarded the button and presented to the fraternity. The fra­ Bull Slinger's Trophy. ternity's main project has been the remodeling Several senior will be commi ioned in the of our house. Some recent improvements include armed forces in June. They are Clifford M ed ­ tearing out two partitions to enlarge the house­ bury, Richard H ersom, James Reese and Gerald mother's bedroom and the living room, painting Crew in the Air Force and Michael Merriman the livi ng room, hallway, and stairway, and in the Army. reseeding the law n. In their spare time, the Kermit W ag ner has bee n offered a valu able boys have been painting and redecoratin g their fellowship to Columbia Unive rsity, New York. rooms at their own expense. Fl oyd Griggs and Marion Mansfield were initiated into the Alpha Kappa Psi honorary fraternity. John Gruber was initiated into Alpha Zeta. Francis A. Grillot, ChE junior from Par• Kansas State sons, received recognition for outstanding achievement in the field of A griculture at the By JERRY V. SCHUETZ Kansas State Board of Agriculture at Topeka The Alpha Epsilon chapter of Phi Ka ppa Tau January 11. Francis received the American Far­ at Kansas State has been very active during the me r Award in 1955, the highest recognition pa t school term . Some of the activities included given in FFA work . the pl edge Christm as carolling pa rty with thei r dates given for the patients in St. Mary's and Riley County H ospitals after the basketball game on December 17 . December 20 brought another Kent State Christmas party in which the Phi T aus played By JOHN R. HOLL Santa Claus to six of the less fortunate children in Manhattan who would otherwise probably Phi Kappa T au, " the campus brains" of Kent have been without a Christmas. State, did it again! Repeating last spring's On Friday the thirteenth of January we had a achievement, we took the fall quarter scholastic "Superstition Ball." T o show thei r appreciation honors, finishing with a 2.601 average, com­ for what their pledge rna ter had done for pared with the all-men's average of 2.332. Last them during the past semester, the pledges gave year we finished first in scholarship in Domain H owie Falick a party. February II was the date V, first among all Ohio chapters, and fifth a­ of our annual "Buckineer' Ball." mong all Phi Kappa Tau chapters. The averages The "Red Carnation Ball ," our annual spring are not yet out for winter quarter, but we're forma l, was held March 17 in the Terrace Room looking for another first place. at the Wareham H otel. Our gue t speaker in ­ Last fall , Phi Kappa Tau, embroiled in Kent cluded Dean H . J. Wunderlich, Dean of stu­ campus activities, upset the political applecart by · dents, Dean Helen Moore, Dean of Women, witching our allegiance from the clique-ridden and Captain Smith, fa culty advi or. During u-K political party to the Blue- Gold party. The intermiss ion Barbara Kethcart, Alph a Delta Pi original founders of u-K, we a\ the part fre hman from Beloit, was crowned "Sweetheart desert responsible leader hip and waste it. elf on of Phi Kappa Tau for 1956." petty bickering. W e felt the ne\ mo ' uld March 18, we held our Founder ' Day ban­ give us a clea n tart after a year' bsen fr m quet in the banquet room at the new Student the political seen . nion. The Phi Taus upplied the chorus at the ith the political wit h, D n Mel hin ur annual Minstrel Show M arch 19 nd 20, span- pa t president, wa el cted vi pre· ident f the Page th irty THE LAUREL OF PHI K A PPA TAU senior cia . Andy Klembarsky wa appointed such as Frank H amilton, James Collin , and junior cia s representative to Student Council. William Troll Younj:( JOined the honored group. Among KSU athlete is Phi T au Lyle Schnitt• T om Brown and Gene Thornhill were initiated ler, letterman in ba ketball who returned from into Sigma Gamma D elta, geology honorary, the armed ervices Ia t fall. Army veteran Frank wh il e J. B. J hnson and Tom Roberts became Hicks, al o a letterman, will again aid the KSU members of A lma M agna Mater. T om Pre!'ton, tennis team this spring. sport ed itor of the Kernal and Ray H ornback, John H oll , newly elected secretary, was initi· Managing Editor of the Kernal were initiated ated into Sigma D elta Chi, profess ional jou r­ into Sigma D elta Chi along with Marny Beard . nalism fraternity, last fall. H e has been appointed T om wa elected secretary for the newly formed editor of the 1956 K-Boo~ . campus handbook for group. Doug G rant wa chosen for the spot of new students. vice-pre ident of Trouper . H. T. Jaggers became a new member of Eta Kappa Nu, electrical engi­ neering hono rary. j ack Young took hi s place in front of the Marching I 00 as baton twirler. Bill Bubenzer and William elson were also mem­ Kentucky bers of the well -known band. Be id es producing leader Phi Tau made it By JIM HORNER name in the intrarnurals as it did the previous The school year of '55-56 was a great one for year when Kappa chapter captured the second the Kappa chapter of Phi Kappa Tau. The year place trophy in all -a round participation, taking produced many leaders on the campus from the fourteen trophie . For the third year in a row Kappa chapter. Bill Bubenzer was elected presi­ the Phi T au' won the basketball champion. hip, dent of Keys whil e other high scholastic men holding a record of three losses in four year .

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Joe Bondurant, Wes Johnson and Gene Neff Omicron enjoyed everal fine partie and ban­ were nom inated for the All-Star Fraternity team quets. Highlighting the social functions a ide and led the attack when the Fraternity All­ from our Autumn and Spring Social Holiday , Stars downed the Independent All-Stars. Ray were the Founder · D ay Banquet and the Faculty H ornback captured the singles in horseshoes Wassail. while Gene Neff took second place in the mixed Surveying campus activities, we find our mem· golf doubles. In voll eyball a brave Phi Tau team bers in a variety of activities. John Venner, Han was edged out in the semi-finals while an equall y Oehring, and Donald Ross are our representa· brave wrestling team made a valiant stand . At tives on the college newspaper, while Phillip the beginning of sp rin g the Phi Tau's were in Paris, James Vorosmarti, and Robert Merrell are second place in the all -a round participation race. on the staff of the college radio station. We are We had our share of social events durin g al so well represented on Lafayette teams with ' 55-' 56 as we led off with many "victory" parties Leslie Franklin. Donald Thew, and Marlin foll owing the seven home football games. Earl y Strohecker playing baseball: Robert Rio , our in December we held our annual Christ mas new president, playing tennis: \Villiam Parr Dance party at the house with our Joe Bon· shooting golf: and Stuart Nevin running track. durant and his band providing the music. This It seems worthy to mention here also that a ide year we started something new with a Parents' from being elected to the J unior·Senior H onor Banquet on December 12. Following the banquet Society, both William Parr and Robert Rios have we treated our parents to the T emple basketball been selected to Who's Who in American Col­ game. On M arch 24 we played host to the four leges and Universities. chapters in Kentucky to celebrate the 50th anni· versary of Phi Tau. On May 12 we board ed buses for Cincinnati for our Dream Girl Form al on an excursion boat which carried us down the Ohio River. Lawrence In January graduating seniors were Wes John· By RICHARD F. SCHWARZE son and Dorsey Kin g. Also leaving in January was Gene Neff who departed for spring training Though Mu ranked second in scholarship on and a contract with the D etroit Tigers Baseball the campus, the chapter still found time for Club. activities. AI Waldren became editor of the Lawrentian, the campus paper. Bill Swanstrom, and P. C. H olmes reached high positions in the yearbook, and Holmes attained a position on Lafayette the board of the Contributor, Lawrence's literary magazine. Neil Lien, Dick Schwarze, Bob Wil· By DANIEL D . WEINBERGER son, and several other members of the house worked in the production of several of the dra· In closing another success ful sc hool year, AI· matic productions on the campus, and in the field pha Omicron retrospects in ord er to assess and of athletics, Hal Holmann once again wa a evaluate the events and activities in which our starting player on the varsity basketball team. members have participated. Our chapter was well The social calendar of the chapter was not represe nted on the campus, with many brothers lacking during the first semes~er, The pledge and pledges holding important positions on both formal , in October, proved a great' success, and intell ectual and athletic levels. the homecoming fe stivities in November, estab· On the whole, our chapter ha shown sc holas· lished the name of Phi T au in the hearts of tic improvement, athletic prowess, and social many of the girls on the campus. The house. pro perity. Academically, our fraternity can be followed up the advantage and staged a \'Cr proud of its .22 ri e in term average, as well as effective Christmas party, folio\ ed by the tra· the six men who made the D ean's List. Athletic· ditional Chri tma erenade. The sec nd , em s· ally, we have done quite well in bowling and ter, beside several parties, br U"ht with it the ba k tball, with our softball prospect I oking Apache Brawl, which the highlight the q uite bright. W ith veteran Jed Daniel, Donald campus social life. Th w, orbert Cox, and Thoma reunebaum A gr at in pirati n to th h us ' , s the returning next y ar, we feel co nficl nt ab ut win· domain on fer n ' hi h thi 'Car \Vl S , t ning the intramural f otball tit! . o ia ll y, Alpha Lawr nc , and t ' hi h Mu was h st.

Poqo thirty two T H E L A U RE L O F PH I KAPPA T AU from many mid-we t chapters made their quar­ W e began servin g meals in February and it ters at the chapter hou e, and while all dele­ has worked out success fully so far. gates had an enjoyable time, much effective work Also new this year is the award for the man was accomplished, and valuabl e inform ation was most representative of Fratern ity Ideals on Cam• exchanged by the attending chapter . pu . T he white bucks of thi yea r win ner, The weekends at Lawrence are always hectic, Paul Duray of Al pha Tau Omega, were requi­ and many members of the house co ntributed to sitioned and have been bronzed and mounted. make them so. Skiing at Iron Mountain , Mich­ igan, took up many winter week-ends, while the sid es of Lake Winnibago prom ise to take up many spring day . The second semester brought the installation Miami (Ohio) of the new radio station on the campus, and By DICK MANCUSO several members of the house wasted no time in affiliating themselves with the station. N eil Fifty yea rs of Phi Kappa T au have pa sed and Lien joined the announcing sta ff , and several preparations have been made for our Gold en other members are working in connectio n with Jubilee. The hou e at Alpha i conditionin g it- the station. elf for the huge invasion of Phi T aus who will crowd its foundation. N ew doors fo r all of the rooms, interior decorating on the first fl oor, imp rovements in the kitchen, redecoration of the guest room, and painting of the ex terio r of the Maryland house have all been com pl eted . By DAVE HUFF Rushing started late in February and we pledged ninetee n men who will wear the N orm an A s the sixth year of Beta Omicron slips by, Shield with pride. T hese pl edges are under the youthful exuberance is now slowly being re­ guidance of H arl ey H arris our new pledge master placed by an emphasis on solidarity and confi­ who already has show n us the fin e job we ex­ dence. We have won a place on our campus and pected from him. Dick Q uealy, our new rush we are striving to achieve an important func­ chairman, is undertaking plans for next yea r so tion in its affairs. Last year's Student Govern­ ment A ssociation president, Reyburn Browning, imparted his political knowled ge well to William Kennerl ey, who is the newl y elected president of the M aryland Interfraternity Council. Russel D enni , an outstanding end , has received a con­ tract to play with the Gree n Bay Packers Pro­ fes ional Football team . Dr. Charl e P hillips of the Coll ege of Busin ess and Public Adm inistra­ tion was initiated in October and is now our chapter adviser. Last Fall we spent $800.00 in interior and exterior improvements of the house. The annual H armony Hall was held in D ecember. The tro­ phies were won again by Sigma Al pha Epsil on a nd Alpha Gam ma Delta. One of the feature parties of the fall was the "Bug Ball. " The hou e was made to look li ke a beehi ve and things really buzzed in ide. Even an extermin ­ ator was present. Our football and basketba ll teams both ended the season mid-way in the standings. Bob Plante and Mike McCordic have done a good job of organizing the teams and keeping interest high. Beta Omicron has held desserts with Delta Gamma, Alpha D elta Pi, James Jones, Alpha President Kappa Delta, and Kappa Alpha Theta. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Pag e th irty-three THE LAURE L O F PHI K APPA TAU that we will get another fine group of men. working on a Michigras float and booth with the Before rushing started four men were initiated. Pi Beta Phi Sorority. It is hard to keep our They are Roy Anderson, Jack Sayre, Ken May minds on construction, however, with so many and Dick Mancuso. pretty helpers. Our social program, from the minds of Gor• Bill Moloney has been elected to a newly don Shea rer and Bill Landfair, is filled with created office of Public Relations Officer and va rious activities. We already had our Mountain as a result of his efforts just about everybody is D ew Party, the Buccaneer Ball in honor of the in a campus activity of some sort. He has also new pledge class, and the Winter Formal. Those arranged several sorority exchange dinners. Bill to come include the Phi T au Lost Weekend, Powell, our new social chairman, started his M others' Day, and the Spring Form al. tenure of office with two terrific parties so Representatives of Phi Tau on the Miami var· far this semester with many more planned, in· sity teams include : Bill Mallory and Glen Swi· eluding the traditional Apache Brawl. D ale gart, MAC football champions: Joe M owbray, Baker, in his second term as athletic chairman, Jim Miller, Jim Jones and Dick Barcus, base· is leading us into the charmed circle of the top ball ; Joe Glass, golf, Guy Helgeson, Burt Rob· ten on campus in intramural sports. Just re· ins, and Co-Captain Lee Hidy, swimming. As of cently, we went to the semi-finals in "A" basket· this writing we are in first place in the IF ball where we lost by a hea rt-b reaking two points League by virtue of winning the football cham· and we also went to the bowling championship pionship and by taking a second in pit voll ey· finals. ball. Again we kept the honor of being the On the varsity athletics level Jim Thurlow has only team to play in the Ox Bowl which pits been a mainstay of the swimming team and the IF victor against a all-star team composed Glenn Girardin, by all indications, will be the of the various players from the remaining fra· number one pitcher for the baseball team this ternity teams. spring. One of the busiest men was Jim Jones whose activities included Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsil on, Sigma Pi Sigma, president of the Arnold Air Society, and com· mande~ of the Air Force Program at Miami. Michigan State Other Phi T aus are T om Swepston, Pi Mu Epsi· Ion; Bill Landfair, Les Politique , vice president By KEITH A. MILLER of D elta Phi Alpha, and is a member of the M en's Disciplinary Board and T ed Earl who was As another school year nears its conclusion , we chairman of the H omecomin g program. at Alpha Alpha can look back upon the past nine months as times of satisfaction and gain for this branch of Phi Kappa T au. Satisfaction is gained from the fact that our long-awaited new house should become a reality next fall Michigan barring any unforseen difficulties. Our old an· nex on the corner of Michigan and D elta will By HOWARD J. BUCHANAN soon be moved and in its place will ri e an impressive three·story structure, which will be W e at T au chapter are having a very busy and the largest house o n campus with space for 60 very succe sfu l year. The newly acquired spring men. The hou e will co t approxim ately $ 140,000 pledge class of fi ve will help bring the chapter and should be ready for occupancy by mid-fall. member hip to a p redicted new high point this Elaborate house-warming plans are already in the fall. formative stage. The I nterfraternity Council pre ented us with a tr phy for the mo t improved cholarship (it's On the cholarship ide of the pi ture, we arc a gigantic thing). Thi , plu a lot of new fur• happy to report that we have t\ icc earned the niture, some remodeli ng and redeco rating on the sc holar hip trophy in the past three terms with insid , and repainting of the woodwork on the pirited fraternity c mpctiti n pushing u n. outsid has changed our physical environm ent During th ' inter months, the br th rs j ur• consid rably. neyed d wn to J ni on Ficldhous t ' arch th ptnts ar high th c days - and ' hy h u c ba kctball t am p rf rm in rcJir• h uld n 't th y h ? pring i · h r and w arc abl fa hi n ' inding up in , c nd pin c in ur

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block with four wins in six outings. Center John P eter on and g uard Chuck Bachelder were the pearheads of the o rganizati n. Sociall y speaking, our parties have been the talk o f the campu what with uch fine fell ow· ship, tremendous orchestras, and o rigin al party themes. We were all shocked at the death o f G eorge Paris, an active member from D earborn, due to cancer. T he entire chapter attended the funeral services. At the time of death, Geo rge was twenty years old and a junio r in the university.

Middlebury

By PETE ASKEW

With the advent o f Spring, Beta Pi i running smoothly under the direction of new o ffi cer . President Jo hn H all recently handed over the Gerald Breen, Michigan State, who participated in NCAA Fencing Finals gavel to Zing R ausa, a teammate of his o n last year varsity football squad. Replacing Brad Tripp as treasurer is Charlie Rice, brother of Randy Rice, '53, a Beta Pi alumnus. T aking over fo r Rice as secretary is fre, hma n H ank M ood y, w ho was also president of this year'8 pledge class. ew vice president is Charter M ember Jim Haviland. This year has w itnes ed the return o f everal brothers who had left o ur house to fi ght with o ur country's armed fo rces. Among those return· ing were Ken Milto n , Dudley Livingsto n, T oby Bidell and Jim Havil and . These mature and m · dustrious students are exerting a steadying m· fluence o n the younger members. With baseball season alma t here, the house w ill again place three men o n Coach Bobo hee· han's 1956 squad. They are Catcher Roger Ti· ro ne, veteran of two year behind the plate, Out· fielder Zing R ausa a nd Infielder Bob D ean. All o f these boys are junio rs and are expected to :1ave a p retty fair eason with the P anther . I n track, Senior Brad Tripp will again be de· pended upo n to carry the mile run. enior Char· lie Peterman and Fresh man Roddie mith will be trying fo r posts o n the !aero e team. J unior Ed R egan wa recently elected p re i· dent of the Interfraternity Council. ophG>mo re Bob MacGowan i our other repre entative. Walt Kowalczyk, Michigan State, first string right J unior Jim H avil and i the ho u e repre, entative halfback, named the most valuable player in the Rose Bowl Gome. to the M en' Under raduate A sembly. Page thir -five THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU

These three lovely ladies are Miss Ann Tee, Miss Loretta Lee Beths and Miss Mary Jane Rush. Miss Beths is the sweetheart of Beta Epsilon at Mississippi Southe rn while Miss Lee and Miss Rush are the chapter's little sisters.

Mississippi Southern The presentation of Beta Ep il on 's new offi· cers was another feature of the Red Carnation The newly elected sweetheart of Beta Epsilon , Ball. T hey are W arren Trest, Loui ville, Missis· at Missis ippi Southern College, Miss Loretta Lee sippi, president; Floyd William , Jack on, Missis· Beth , and the two "little sisters" were prese nted sippi, vice pre ident; Leonard Browning, Louis· at the chapter's annual Red Carnation Ball. Mary ville, Mi sissippi, treasurer; Paul K. Lewey, Hat· Jane Rush and Ann Tee of H attiesburg, Missis· tie burg, Missi sippi, pledge master; Glen Dick· ippi, are the new sisters. er on, Waynesboro, Mis is ippi, and James Bod· Miss Beths, a Biloxi, Mi is ippi, so phomore, man, H attiesburg, Mis i ippi, ec retari es, and is a member of Kappa D elta sorority and a mem· Harry H orn, M obile, Alabama, rush chairman. her of Southern's fam ed Dixie Darling group. In 0 . L. Ellis, Jr., of Mobile, elected as out· high school, he was a me mber of the D ebutee n standing pledge of the year, wa pre, ented the. Club. At present, , he holds the title of Miss Richard Gleim Memorial Award. Yac ht Club of 1955·5 6 at Biloxi . She al o was fir t alternate in Biloxi' Mi s H ospitality Con· te t and annual Shrimp Fe tival. An Engli h major at outhern, Mis Beth is versatile in all Mi 1 ippi State cam pus activitie . By KELLY I\ Mis Rush, a opho rn ore at Hattiesburg, is a member o f the Dusty lu b. Mi T ee, a junior is held a m mb r f the D b lub. Th tw little sisters in th I· ar v ry a tiv in th ir r spe tive high sc h ols. le g r r

Page th irty-six THE L AUREL OF PHI K A PPA TAU which the room was appropriately styled a a Breit, William E. Burdick, Fredrick J. Dim it, gambling casino. A dice table, roulette wheel, D aniel G . Hood, Charles E. Johnston, David A . a nd blackjack tables were very much in ev idence. Katonak, Kenneth F. Kushner, Roy J. Ray, Prank The dice table was an elaborate imitation de· A . Robinson, Ronald H. Stell wag, Wayne L. signed by Claud H opkins. The roulette wheel Starkey, Jack E. Kuntze, and James B. Wah· was meticulously constructed by Danny Brown burn. For their pledge project the class purchased a nd T. I. W ood. Stan McCall and D o n Conkle two new toves and a refrigerator for the kit· were in charge of the blackjack tables. chen. They painted the kitchen ; thus completing Imitation confederate money was used in all the redecoration of the first floor of the house. games. A p ri ze was given to the couple who A new late of officers have been installed. won the most money during the evening. The They are pre ident, Richard H oover; vice pre i· couple who lo. t all of their money first was also dent, D ougla Carner; recording secretary, Jo· given a prize. seph H oliday; corresponding ecretary, James Since the party was also an informal record Smith; Chaplain, John McLachlan; and Sgt. at dance, one of the rooms was set asid e for arms, Kenneth Kushner. dancing. The outgoing presid ent, Glenn E. Black, was Alpha Chi chapter of Phi Kappa T au has re· elected to Pi Gamma Mu. H e i in Co mian, newed its efforts to acquire a house on the se nior men's honorary and ha received a full campus of Mississippi State Coll ege. There is scholarship to the Theological Seminary at Bos· only one vacant house on the campus this year ton University. which would be suitable for our purposes, and Epsilon chapter has four men represented o n because of its location, it is scheduled to be torn the 1956 M ount Union College baseball squad. down. The Alpha T au Omega Fraternity how· They are Jack Jones, Edwin Aluza , Delbert ever plan to vacate their house in October of the Breit and James Washburn. 56· 57 school year. We hope to secure the house Rounding out the spring's activities, Epsil on as soon as possible. chapter held their Annual Dream Girl Formal Alpha Chi is now in the process of planning with M artha W eir being crowned as Dream Girl its annual house party. This event, which has for 1956. become perhaps the high point of our social calendar during the past few years, is tentatively set for the weekend of April 28. Since we are not having a formal dance this year, we intend Muhlenberg to make the house party even more of an occa· sion than. usual. The location we se lected is By PHILIP G. KLI E Tombigbee State Park in Tupelo, Miss issippi. Passersby are beginnin g to look with curiosity Newly elected officers are: Claud H. H opkins at the Muhlenberg campu , because over a hun· of Tupelo, presid ent; James E. Smith of Clarks· dred fraternity men have thrown away their dale, vice president; James E . Minks of Liberty, razors and let nature take its course. The rea on secretary; and D anny Brown of Oceans Springs, for this is the beard-g rowin g contest which will treasurer. end at the IFC Ball on April 20. T he fraternity Claud H opkins, who succeeds Edward Haley man with the best beard wi ll win a prize of of Brookhaven, Miss., as chapter presid ent has thirty-five dollars. Other events coming up are recently returned to Mississippi State College the Pledge-Brother Party on April 7, Phi T au after serving four years in the United States Air Parents' Day on May 5, our Spring Formal on Force. Claud is a junior in Electrical Engin eering May 11 , the Phi Eta Banquet for Seniors o n and also a member of the Interfraternity Council. May 18, and the All-Student Banquet on April 26. Some of the campus organizatio ns have al· ready organiz.ed for next year. Phi T au who will Mount Union lead some of these groups are Cal Calarusso, who w ill be editor-in-chief of the M uhlenberg Weekly, By JOHN G. M c LACHLAN AND Leon Skwier, station manager of WM H, and WILLIAM E. BURDICK Jon LaFaver and Bill Keeney, who were elected The econd emester was highli ghted by the to Student Council. initiation of fifteen of twenty· five pledges. They William Quay, Richard Miller, and D a,·e are Edwin D . Aluzas, Paul Beattie, D elbert L. Richards have made the Dean's Li, t. n the

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athletic fields this spring, Bob Fritch wi ll again Witt, Dave Bacon, and Kerry Anderson hold· hold down second base on the baseball team; ing lead parts in another. Jerry Miller al o held Pole Vaulter Herm Zieger and Runner John a lead role in the school opera. Keyser will bolster the track squad, and Don Recently selected to attend Wa hington Mackerel will lend his services to the golf team. Semester were Phi Tau Gary H ayden and Bruce Star Quarterback Bill Keeney, is also getting into Merchant. shape with the revival of spring training this yea r. Of the four freshman class officers, three are Phi Taus: David Richards is president, James North Carolina State Eden is vice president, and Richard Kennedy is By C. M. ASBILL, III secretary. Kennedy will also be a member of the Freshman Tribunal next year. This is indicative Chi chapter of Phi Kappa T au has had a of the caliber of men Phi Tau attracts at lot of fun this year, both in work and in play. Muhlenberg. The brothers have enjoyed several dances and banquets, of which the most success ful were the Interfraternity Pledge Dance, the Founders' Day Dance and Banquet, and the Interfraternity Council Banquet. The brothers and pledges have Nebraska Wesleyan also enjoyed two parties held at the Mohawk Club, a rented log cabin outside of Raleigh. By LYNN ANSPAUGH The fall pledge clas did a fine job of re­ The 1955-56 school year has been an excellent painting the basement of the house, and the year both for Nebraska Wesleyan and Phi Kappa present pledge class is planning to build a patio Tau. Initiation this year saw 36 men joining the on the side of the house a a project. Several ranks of Upsilon chapter. Initiation was held on members have been working in the yard this February 6, with teams from Alpha Epsilon spring, especially Bob Wilder and Harry eely, and Beta Theta assisting. Following initiation, the who have really taken an intere t in improving annual Fraternity Father and Son breakfast was the appearance of the yard and lawn by plant· held at the Cornhusker Hotel, where Ray Uhl· ing grass and flowers. horn was presence? the Ideal Pledge Award. Of the seventeen fraternities at N . C. State, Scholastically, the Phi Taus retained their lead Chi chapter of Phi Kappa T au ts in eighth on campus. The McKibben Scholarship Trophy place in scholarship. was presented to Upsilon for the eighth con· Chi chapter has performed two charitable secutive year. activities this year. A Christmas party was given At the beginning of the second semester for a group of children at an orphanage, and Upsilon received seven pledges and a new set of the chapter participated in a food collecting pro· officers. Under the capable guidance of the new gram for needy families. president, John Irelan, Upsilon looks forward to Outstanding athletes this year have been Bill another banner year. Hawkins, Chris Kametches, Bob Rhodes, Randy Once again, the Phi Tau have distinguished Constantine, and Bobby Ellis. They have starred themselves by winning many campus elections in basketball, tennis, football, and are forming a and honors. In an election held this March, fine softball team. which won its first game. Clyde Sachtleben won the presidency of the Student Senate. Clyde is al so president of the Academy of Science and Sigma Pi Sigma, phy· ic honorary. Hess Dyas has been the fre shman Ohio cia s pre ident during the past year. Winning the By BILL LOFTUS honor of selection to Who's Who in American Coll ege were Bill Bowma ter and Bill Hill. Hill When the . tattsttc for the first sem c tcr al o won the coveted title of Old Grouch at the grades were released we discovered that we ~ ere Int rfraternity Ball. Darrell Senf! is the as· ranked third am ng all the fraternities n am• siRtant editor of the campus newspaper. pu . Under a new university p !icy , n frat r- The Phi Taus almost seem t have a monopoly nity falling below a - .3 aver, g r bel w th on recent play I ads with Gary amphell starring all -men's average. ' hichever is the highest, is in on produ tion and lrv Dcshaycs, Dennis ubj t to s cia! probnti n . H wever. our ~ ...1 4 Poq th irty ig ht THE LAUR EL O F PHI K A PPA TAU

was considerably above the all -men's average of 2.285, and was only .108 below the top fra· ternity. In addition to this we exceeded the all­ campus average of 2.3 87. Four honoraries have Phi Taus represented in them. W arren H arding belongs to Psi Chi, na­ tional psychology honorary. James Harting and Joe Smith are members of Kappa Alpha M u, photographic honorary, and Bill Loftus is a mem­ ber of T au Kappa Alpha, a national forensic honorary. The task of governing over 2,000 men fell into the hands of George Voinovich when he was elected president of East Green, a group of men's dorms. D ean H onsberger is the junior cia vice president. Jim Ratcliffe is a member of the Men's Disciplinary Board. Roger Pendell is vice presid ent of J- Club, an organization which honors outstandin g junior men . On the social scene we have John Clifford who is heading the social activi ties of the junior class, Roger Pendell and D ean H onsberger who are in charge of the all -campus Greek W eek dance, and Richard Gourl ey who was elected to the Coed Prom Court, an all -ca mpus turn-about dance. A sparkplug on the Bobcat Mid-America n Conference championship wrestling team was AI Philby, Ohio State, receives the Ohio Sta te Jim H ertel who wrestled at 130 pounds. Jim had award as outstanding fraternity advisor from J erry W is h, Gamma Chapter president and IFC Presi- a season record of 10 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie. dent's Council president during Greek W eek. Dave Warren was Ohio U's number one div er thi year, and he will be back again next yea r leritti and Ray Boyd were nam ed as sophomore to continue in this sport. H elping O .U. to wi n editor of the yearbook and ass istant bu-ines its sixth straight conference golf championship manager of the SUNDIAL, res pectively . M ike will be Jack Algeo. In speech the state cham­ Brown, president of the pledge class, is now pionship in extemporaneous speaking was won freshman secretary of the Fraternity Affairs by Bill Loftus. We also have a number of men Office. Initiated into honoraries were Jerry \Vish, out for spring football practice, and many of last year's yearbook editor, and D av is in to our pledges were on the freshman football team. SPHINX, Jerry Sutterfield into TEXIKOI, and Dick Potts and Larry H ipp into Alpha Epsilon Delta. Dale Pflaumer was appointed enior manager Ohio State for the Buckeye fo otball team ; Bud W arren and George Kops played for the O .S. U. occer team By RICHARD FOX and Skip !ge l swam for the famed O .S.U. w1m · This year has been a full one for Gamma ming team. This yea r in intramurals, our own chapter. Fall quarter started the school year basketball squad went all the way to the quarter and saw the Phi Taus getting more than their finals and our tennis teams, which copped first share of positions in the M arching Band and on and second pl aces in Ia t year's doubles are an­ the cheerleading squad. Later on in the quarter, ticipating another good eason this spring. we changed political parties, moving from Ohio During Greek Week this winter, our faculty State Political A ssociation to Buckeye P olitical adviser, AI Philby, received the award a the Party. outstanding advi or of the year. \ e made it to Gene Davis, busin ess manager of the year­ the final s in the Greek W eek Stunt 1 ight, and book (MAKIO), was approved as editor of were giv en honorable mention in the Greek this year's "Fraternity Life" booklet . Dick P el- W eek Rally, in which we sported a huge Trojan

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Horse. At the formal, Marianne Seth, pin-mate special activities as Religious Emphasis Week of Jerry Wish, was announced as our Dream and U. N. Day. Girl. In her court were Joyce Keller, pinned to Under the direction of George McCormick, Dave Huff and Bev Laihr, pinned to Bob Smith. house manager, we continued to make many The end of this quarter found us, scholastically, house improvements, which include repairing above the all-men's average. the back porch, renovating the kitchen and Dick Stalter, B.P.P. convention chairman, painting much of the upstairs. Plans are in mo• engineered a complete sell-out of tickets for an informal concert by The Dukes Men, singing tion to undertake repairs on the exterior of the group from Yale, whom we sponsored at the house which will put it in top shape. beginning of Spring quarter. Andy Rabe just At our Steak and Bean dinner, steak-eaters, returned from Mexico where he spent the winter those whose grades have improved, predomin­ season. Dick Shelt, our bass fiddle player, re­ ated, illustrating that our scholarship is still on turned to school from the service only to find the upgrade. Further evidence of this is that all out that cap and gown time took our piano but two of our seniors plan to attend and have man, Bob Creter, from the combo last June. been accepted at graduate schools, three of them receiving scholarships or grants.

Ohio Wesleyan By ERNS'T BENJAMIN Oregon State This year Alpha Mu was host to the confer­ By DIOK WUOPIO ence of the fifth domain. We are proud that the An old tradition was revived this year at individual conferences and the general get­ Alpha Zeta. For the first time in quite a few togethers appear to have made a worthwhile years, a pledge dinner was held. The pledges contribution to the chapters in the domain. brought dates to the chapter house on December Also, we are appreciative that we had oppor­ 4 for a fine dinner and some expert table-waiting tunity to work together to plan and carry out and entertainment by the active membership. this undertaking; for it strengthened us as in­ Our intramural volleyball team, following the dividuals and as a group. tradition of good Phi Tau teams, swept into the A revival of our traditional Saints and Sin­ fraternity finals before being defeated in a ners party in March high-lighted our active so­ close match. The Alpha Zeta basketball team also cial program, which has also included a pledge had a limited degree of success, going to the and a Fall Formal, with a Spring Formal in the semifinals. offing, numerous lesser parties and date nights Recent pledges include Bob Bennett, Salem; · and several dinners for the girls with whom we Dick Claus, Salem; and Glen Bell, Portland. have been working on a special project. This A highly successful homecoming was observed project consists in entertaining the girls at a October 22. The outstanding event of the day, nearby industrial school, and it has given the of course, was the victory of Coach Tommy brothers a chance to perform a socially useful Prothro's Beavers over the Washington State function and enjoy themselves in a group activity. Cougars. A good number of alumni found their On campus we have participated in intra­ way to Corvallis for the event. murals and in the annual songfest, in which our Our pledge class put on an out ~ tan.ding dance song group re gistered an above average score. February 4 at the Corvallis Hotel. "Serenade in Our individual members take part in practically Blue" was considered by one and all to be one · every campus musical activity; in which activities of the best Phi Tau dances in recent years. Carl Kandel as the concert master of the orches­ The recently elected officers include Dick tra, and Jack Hammitt as pianist for "Annie Get Wuopio, president; Morris Baker, secretary: Your Gun" are particularly outstanding. In de­ Dave Lantz, manager: Craig Davis, sergeant-at­ bate we are represented by Ford Noble and arms, and Brent Atherton, assistant manager. Ernst Ben jam in who have both been members New .initiates include David Lantz. and Gary of winnin ~ tournament squad this year. Alpha Thomson from fall term. Those initiated durin~ Mu's members have al so taken part in dra­ winter term were Brent Atherton, Morris Bak r. mati cs, irclc "K," various clubs and such Gary Deadmond and Page Go! an.

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Pennsylvania State Ca arell a. Philip Steven is regimental com• ma nder of the 5th Regiment of Pershing Rifles, By HOWARD WATTS and i captain in Scabba rd and Bl ade. Joseph Bor i c mpany commander of Company B-5, We had a special interest in fo otball this past P ershing Rifles. Rece ntl y elected to honoraries year- Walter Mazur, de pite a hand injury, saw were David Brom ley, )arne Griffiths, and Albert a lot of action as a varsity tackle. We a! o wo n Okarm a, Al pha Kappa Psi; James Kaleka and the Alumni A ssociation's lawn display troph y William M ertz, P i T au Sigma, and W ill iam during homecoming week end, for the second Shell y, Sigma T au. Robert Clau en wa pro• year in a row. We entered men in every intra· moted to fir t ma nager of the ba ketball team, mural sport, and our basketball team was run· and Gerald Schumann was elected pre, ident of ner·up for the fraternity championship, no mall the local chapter of AFCEA. feat on a campus of fifty·two fraternitie . Our bowling team is presently leading its league of ten houses. Our varsity representative in Spring sports is Donald Sanders, in lacrosse. We have had two jam sessions and several Purdue costume parties this yea r. At our annual pledge By DONALD R. KO OLD AND dance, Miss Pat Kelly was chosen our Phi T au ROBERT E. LO GEST Sweetheart and was serenaded by the chapter. Phi Taus at Penn State are in many varied The pl edge worked industriously this chool activities. H oward Thompson was se lected editor year in order to prepare the house fo r one of of Toga Tales, the Interfraternity Council's the best form al dance the upperclas men have newsletter, of which Harry Davis is managing attend ed. The theme of the winter event wa editor. Froth, the campus humor magazine, has constructed around an old German hunting lodge. as its co•art editors William Shell y and Ronal d Those attending were greeted at the fron t door

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with a large, well lighted wooden sign which Rensselaer spelled out Ramin Gingwief which translated means "Fireside Melody." The interior of the By ROBERT R. RYDER house was decorated accordingly and a moose Expanding vastly its undertakings in extra head was borrowed from the Elks Club. Hand curricular activities, Rho brothers include Tri· painted beer steins were given as favors. State First Team Hockey Goalee John Stopen; After a very busy week end of planning and Head Cheerleader Martin Hapeman; President of running about for materials, a booth was com· Engineering Honorary, Tau Beta Pi, John Mc­ pleted for Purdue's first penny carnival. The Cullough, and Musical Organizations President booth consisted of a rocket ship and side show and Who's Who Electee John Cunningham. with members of the fraternity dressed as men Over half of the men of Rho hold executive from the planet Mars. The booth was awarded pos1t10ns in campus affairs while greater than a a second place trophy for construction, origin· third of them are members of honorary fra• ality, audience appeal and ge neral appearance. ternities. The chapter sponsored a Christmas party for In sports the chapter is within grasping dis· part of the underprivileged children of the tance of the Barker Trophy (annual award for Lafayette area. the best overall intramural record) . The usual Along with the trade parties and dinners, standbys, handball, basketball, and softball con· the annual French waterfront party was enjoyed tinued to pace fraternity competition while the by both guests and members. At the prese nt newly added table tennis squad ran off with time, free time is being spent on getting ready league honors. for the University Sing and the forthcoming Socially speaking the first annual house for· Mock Political Convention. mal was held at the local country club and met Several members of Lambda chapter have with overwhelming success . Sporting a rising received campus recognition for their excellence reputation for fine big week-end bands, Rho is in scholarship, leadership, and service in the past a "must" for R.P.I. party goers. year. The list of those honored include the fol­ A new acquisition is an excellent building site lowing: Donald A. Bryson, Elmhurst, Illinois, in a favorabl.e residential area about a block and Charles F. Smith, Whiting, Indiana, were from the campus. Renderings of a future house chosen for Phi Eta Sigma, national academic are being discussed by local architects. honorary for freshman; Donald R. Longwith, Among those taking the reins to guide our Kokomo, Indiana, Ronald L. Marcotte, Hobart, climb next year are President William Wal· Indiana, Jack R. O'Bierne, Flossmore, Illinois, stead, Vice President William Marsh, Treasurer and Ralph A. Johansen, Pasadena, California, Henry Semmelhack, Rushing Chairman William have pledged the Catalyst Club, honorary for Delaney and Pledge Master Fred Ormsby. chemical e,ngineering; D. Scott Grieling of Hills­ dale, Michigan, was elected to the Quarter-deck Society, honorary for N .R.O.T.C. students; Ro­ bert Lambert and Richard D . Phillips of Fort Wayne, Indiana, were selected for Purdue Play• Syracuse ers and Theta Alpha Phi respectively, both of By STEVE PASCO which are dramatic groups; Ronald E. Cheg­ widden and Robert E. Lindsey of Chatham, New The past year at Sigma was marked with Jersey, and Glenview, Illinois, respectively, were many outstanding events. Our social chairmen pledged to Skull and Crescent, national activity went all-out in giving us parties that were by honorary: Robert E. Longest, Van Buren, Ind., far the best on the Syracuse campus. The big- . and Donald Dowty, Fort Wayne, Indiana, be­ gest was our Founders' Day Banquet, which was came active in Alpha Phi Omega, national ser­ held jointly with our spring formal at the Corin· vice fraternity: Robert 0. Martin of Fort Wayne, thian Club. Various alumni, headed by Thomas Indiana, was selected for the Purdue Order of Christoff, alumni advisor; and Francis Keiper, a Military Merit, a local honorary for advanced Syracuse Attorney and member of the national Army R.O.T .C. students: Ronald L. Marcotte council, spoke to the many Phi Taus that at· wa chose n by the Arnold Air Socie~y, a national tended. Air Force honorary, and Stuart E. Cummin of We were delighted by a visit from Ja k An· Elkhart, Indiana, became a member of Eta Kappa son. A discussion was held in which future plan ~ N u, a national honorary for electrical e n~:in ee r s. were made f r a m re efficient ru~hing pr gram.

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New blood has been added to the inner Southern Illinois circle of Phi Kappa Tau at Sigma with the initiation of Peter Schlie, Fredric Preston, David By JACK L. THATCHER Acker, and Richard Nemetz a new memb ers. The brother of Beta Chi are hav ing a uc­ Everett Murch has been appointed sports cess ful year. W e started off by winning the editor of the Daily Orange, the university news­ attendance trophy at the Interfraternity Council paper. Two of our men have bee n very active workshop for the econd traight year. T he in varsity sports, D avid A cker in crew, and award has been offered only two yea r . Richard Lorenz in tennis. D ana Rodgers, a The Phi T aus won another nice trophy by member of the Young Republican's Club, has placin g second in the All-School T heta Xi been doi!) & some outstanding work as a leader V ariety Show. The Beta Chis wo n on their in the Mock Political Convention held here prese ntation o f " Snow White and T he Seven." every major election year.· W e are proud of Jack Barban ( who, incidently played the Robert Ainslie, who has taken on the duties of lead in "Snow White") has been elec ted presi­ both chap,ter president and treasurer very suc· dent of Beta Chi for the com in g yea r. cess fully. In preparing to capture the tenth successive Practically everyone in the house participates trophy in Gree k Sing, D on Boehme r ha been in bowling intramurals. This year we took the chosen to lead us this year. fourth bowling crown in a row by a smashing On campus Jack Thatcher is the new ma nag­ victory. With teams al so entered in football, in g editor of " The Egyptian," SIU tudent swimming, basketball, soccer and softball , we newspaper. Clyde Rey nolds is the retirin g presi­ had a very busy year. dent of the SIU Student Council. Jerry Lucas has been chosen as chairman of the Southern Spirit Council. Gene T abacchi is captain of the 19 56 Southern Saluki baseball team and "Babe" Phelps has been ch osen as emcee of the Hospitality W ee k End va riety Southern California show for high school eniors. D on Boehm er was chairman of Parents' Day during the fall By CHESTER J. FREMLING term. The Phi Taus have Gene Tabacchi and John The school year of 1955-56 brought a full Skeels as members of the Sphinx Club, honor· calendar of events to Pi chapter. An extremely ary organ ization for extra-cu rricular activitie . alert and active pledge class initiated the year's The Phi T aus have been well represented in activity. In collaboration with Chi Omega Sor­ intramural sports with several seconds and ority, we were able to place second in the All­ thirds but we go into Spring term still looking University Co-Ree Softball League. Furthering for our fir st sports trophy of the year. Joe the house in athletics was James Boyle, who Barry has been chosen captain of next year's won a third and a fourth place in the IFC SIU swimming team and Roger Counsil i a swim tourney. Two men, Richard B. Clark and three-sport letterman. Donald W. Proul, are on the freshman crew squad. Pi chapter also entered teams in IFC basketball and voll eyball , and we are hoping to duplicate our winning of the bowling tourna­ me nt and retain the trophy. Pi chapter placed second among all fratet· Texas nities and sororitie at U .S .C. in the Red Cross By H . ROGER PHILLIPS blood drive in percentage of members donating. Active in the Squires, freshman and sophomore Looking back over the past few mo nth, , it i ervice organization, are Robert Phipps, Jesse evid ent that this yea r has bee n another step Ander on, and Richard B. Cl ark. El ected to forward for the Phi T au's at T exas. membership in Tau Beta Pi i Hugh Davis. In N ovember a Mothers' Club wa formed. These events and activities, combined with They meet every three month, at the house a liberal social calendar of dinner exchanges, where they discuss plans for rush partie , look house parties, and dances, have made this an to the house' needs in the kitchen department, active and enj oyable year. make uggestion for impro ements, and most

Pag e forty-three THE LAUREL OF PHI K APPA TAU important of all promote better relations between the parents and the fraternity. Christmas at Beta Alpha was as gay as the season could be. We had three parties, each of which was a huge succe s. W e led off with a party for the parents and alumni at which the chapter was a most thankful receiver of a new kitchen stove and refrigerator. Second on the list was a "crazy gift" party among the members which produced laughs for all. Last, but most important in the eyes of the chapter, was a party for 20 blind and deaf Negro children. At mid-semester a scholastic committee was • organi2;ed to raise the scholastic standing of the chapter among the 29 active fraternities on campus. The committee requires all grades be· low middle C be turned in and disciplinary action is taken if it is felt that it is needed. Study halls are held three night each week, and a system of tutors has been set up. At the present time Beta Alpha is negotiating for the purchase of a larger and more adequate house. The alumni chapter is in charge of the negotiations, and we are looking forward to J im Kaster, Texas Western, president of Alpha results in the near future. Psi and the Student Associati on.

drive, the only fund raising drive fo r charity Texas Western at TWC, and more money wa raised than ever before. By CH UCK PORTH In addition to Kaster, Alpha Psi also has the following leaders at T exa W estern: Ben Alpha Psi started the new year by initiating Pinnell is head cheerleader for the second year nine pledges into the active chapter on Feb· in a row, besides being president of the P sy­ ruary 18 . R ush was al so held at this time and chology Club, a D.M.S. in R.O.T.C., and social Alpha Psi took in eighteen new pledges. chairman for Alpha Psi. Rogers Berggren was The fraternity sponsored an Easter egg hunt also elected a cheerleader (which means both for Southwestern Children's Orphanage on male cheerleaders are Phi T aus) in addition March 30. Prizes were awarded to the children to being president of the Junior Class and being finding the most eggs, a silver egg and a gold elected to Sardonyx . John \Vestrope was elected egg. Refreshments were served after the egg to be engineering representative to the Student hunt at the lodge. A ssociation. He will replace H enry Bartell, thi Jim Kaster was elected president of the year' engineering representative and also a Phi Student Association, after having been the Tau. Carl Bradley is president of the ophomore treasurer of the association this past year. The Class, and ha Bob Hirsch as hi vice president. thing that was unusual about his election was that he was unopposed- the first time in the The Phi Kappa T au Spring Formal and Din­ history of the Student A ssociation a man has ner was held at the El Paso Country Club on been unopposed for the presidency. Saturday, A pril 7, from 7 P . . to 1 .M. Kaster, a junior busin ess major with a 4.00 pon or Rip Reynolds, hi wife, and apt. R d averag , wa recently elected (by acclamation) hade! , who ha helped the fraternit ' with to th pr idency of Alpha Psi chapter. H e is many activitie., were given gifts in appre iati n als a 111 mber f ardony , an ho norary or· of their work. ga niza ti n at T a W tern composed f fifteen The n \ S\ eetheart, Ellen J, nc 1 {. ris, w, . eni ors and t n juni rs. Thi year h ~ as al pre nt d at th dan Th f rmcr . wccthcart, in harge of T as W st rn' , m1us h , t J , n M elt n Berggr n, • v Ellen J, n~ , b u•

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quet of 25 red ro es whil e the mem ber ang My Phi T au Sweetheart. UCLA This spring we donated blood to the South­ By D AVIS DUTTON west Blood Bank to raise funds to build a patio beside the barbecue pit in the back of the lodge. This year has undoubtedly been Beta Rho's biggest and best . A fter initiating ten men and pledgin g seven (a fi gure we ll above this semester's UCLA fratern ity average) , we can really say that we're on the way to the top. Scholasti ca ll y, Beta Rho improved greatl y over Transylvania last year, making an overall B-minus average. Beta Rho's social calendar has been filled with By ROBERT L. HAYES one event after another. O n N ew Year' Eve we entertain ed twenty A lpha Al pha members A s our yea r here at Theta begins to draw and their dates, who had traveled to Los Ange• to an end, we feel we have had another good les to root for their team in the UCLA -Michigan year. Our chapter started o ff the year by getting State Rose Bowl Game. Exchanges, parties, the ten out of fifteen pledges who were rushed. Red Carnation Ball held with Pi chapter, and This put our total membership to 41 memb ers, our initiation dinner-dance all proved success ful. the biggest chapter we have ever had. Our annual " U nder eas Party" was one of the Theta won the national Phi Kappa Tau biggest social events on the UCLA camp us. I n scholarship award last year and we are hoping conjunction with the "Underseas Party" we to repeat. Last quarter we were again first on held a "Miss Mermaid" contest, with a girl campus sc holastically as well as in many other entered from each of the twenty-three ororities ways. on campus. From this article so far, you may think we Founders' Day Banquet was a big succes and are a bunch of book worms, but this is not the Beta Rho helped to initiate our newly install ed case. We pl aced second in both football and Beta Psi chapter into the fraternity. basketball and now are in full swing of a soft· Prominent in campus athletics are Past Presi­ ball and bowling season . We have two members, dent Roger Bell, returning to varsity crew, Gene Gann and Dick Payne, playing on the and Ron Ulrich, a freshm an provin g to be varsity. an asset to the UCLA track team. Gerry Anywhere one looks on the campus, he will Hibbs was recently el ec ted to Phi Mu Alpha see Phi T aus in places of importance. Three Sinfonia, national music honorary, while George of the four cl ass presidents are Phi Taus, these Moss becam e a member of Alpha Mu Gamma, being Cl yde Roper, Dick Honey, and Tom national foreign language society, and D ave Miller in the freshman, so phomore, and senior Dutton joined the D ail y Bruin sta ff . I n intra­ classes respectively. Phil Points is the presid ent mural Beta Rho has its ups and downs. I n of Lam pus (men's honorary orga ni za tion) , basketball , although not capturing the league, M orton M cA nnaly is the presid ent of the we did defeat the previously unbea ten league I.F.C., and Willis Frey is the retiring presid ent champions. of the student body. Spring came to our campus and we we re ready for it. O ur formal was A pril the 13 at Boiling Springs Country Club where we an­ Washington nounced our dream girl. W e had a picnic for all By CHARLES D . FAY the brothers and their dates on M ay 26. T his was an annual a ffair and we presented our With six men newly initiated and new offi ­ dates with favors. cers elected, Alpha Pi chapter i eager to A ga in we come to our pride and joy - plunge into the activities of spri ng quarter. campus sing. T heta has won the cup three Initiated on January 15 were Rod Chisholm, years in a row and we are not planning to Chai'les Fay, Loren Gilb ertson, John La ill ette, stop this yea r. T he songs we are enteri ng are Jim Lowry, and Leo White. T his pledge cia, "Get H appy," " The N avy H ymn ," and has left its mark on the house in the fo rm of "Brothers." We owe great appreciatio n to Fred new bookshelve and a revised fil e of te t . Allen our song leader, who has worked hard Soon foll owing initiation, everal of the junior to get us in shape to win. actives were given their opportunity to guide

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the chapter as elected offi cers. New officers in· clude Mike Chadwick, president; Leo White, vice-president; Jim Lowry, secretary ; Bob Berg, house manager; Bob Aldridge, trea urer: Loren Gilbertson, se rgeant-a t-arms, and John LaVillette, chaplain. Using the theme " A T oast to Washington", we constructed two giant gold and sil ver cock­ tail glasses for the annual homecomin g cele· bration. Sending out a stream of "champaign" bubbles, the large glasses drew ma ny fa vorable comments. Highlighting the winter quarter social calen· dar, in addition to a Fireside and several ex· changes, was the highly talked-of Shipwreck Ball. Phi T au teams have participated in intra· mu ral sports. Our basketball team was narrowly edged out of the first place position in a well fought contest. Duane Keranen, a Washington State freshman, who The alumni association led by Reid Morga n recently took five first places in a sing le t rod has become increasingly active. Recently the meet. alumni joined with the ' resident council in a fa ther-son banquet. vice president of the chapter and the YMCA. Wes Stock, who has signed for professional base ball, will also be missing from our ranks during the sp ring semesters. Washington State In social activities, the house had four very By GARY N ELSON outstanding events. For the Fall, the chapter will always remember the pledge dance, " H ouse From all indications, A lpha Kappa chapter of Blue Lights," and the Chri tmas Party. In has definitely improved its scholastic rankings the spring, the annual "Rose Formal" and the this year. The " Dumbo Cup," which is the second semester pledge class dan ~ e with the competitive trophy with the Pi Kappa Alphas, H awaiian theme "Aloha Malahini" (Welcome has been exchanged twice, and the chapter wa Stra nger) , had top recognition. fourth on campus fo r the least number of de· A new face at the Phi Tau house this spring linquent members. has been that of D uane Keranen. Duane, a Intram urals throughout the year found the freshman in civil enginee ring, has been an out· chapter represented by thirds in voll eyball and standing trackman for the W . S. C. Coubabes. basketball and a second in bowling. Beta Gamma In a n early ea, on meet, Duane stole top honors chapter of Idaho saw defeat again in the annual by placing five fi rst, in five entered events. footba ll game by a score of 18-6. Mike Archer, the chapters top scholar majoring A number of members participated in fresh· in mechanical engineering has also won recog­ man and va rsity athletics. Our freshman team nition by being elected president of the engi· member were Mike M cCull ough a nd George neering honorary, T au Beta Pi. Kavanlinko, football ; Ron Brady, swimming: An added feature that the house proudly Paul H echard a nd Bill Geist , gymnastics; W ayne boasts of is a remodeled chapter room of Fleish, rifle team ; Duane Keranen, track : and knotty pine, birch, and blue a. phalt tile. Del Bareither, baseball. V arsity athletes were Gail trait and D ave Anacker, football ; W ally Presto, kiing; Ga ry elson, swi mming and tennis; Don Bah! , wrestling and track; Gene W estminster Gribbon, track and H enry Legge, Larry Fisher, Dwayn Lebow and Bob Gee, baseball. By WALLACE IF FE A miss in f.( part of the house's a tivcs next At cstminsrer, the men f B t. Phi haw y ar due to graduatio ns arc Bill odenough, been quite active during the pa. t a cad mic ' l'.lr. pa t hapter president, and Di k Fannin{.(, past H ouse im pr vemcnrs includ c rcrior p. mtmg.

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new ceiling on the first floor, a compo ition til e Cromwell Cleveland Wins Freedom floor in the front hall, an automatic ga heating unit, and a 2l·inch television et. Foundation Award for Third Time Bruce Thielemann has been awarded a $2,500 The Rev. Cromwell C . Cleveland, Rotary Foundation Fellowship for advanced Bethany, has been cited by the Freedom study abroad during the 1956·1957 academi c Foundation at V all ey Forge, Penn ylvania, year. Bruce, now a junior in Pittsburgh-Xenia for the third consecutive yea r for his con­ Theological Seminary plans to enter St. An· tributions to a better under tanding of the drews University, near Edinburgh, Scotland, this American W ay of Life. fall. David Livingston is on the debate tea m. On February 22, 195 6, it was announced Donald Hud on starred in the Little Theater that the Rev. Cleveland, the only Di ciple production of Shaw's " Candida." Frank Wil· Minister of Virgi nia, won a second place gocki is the new president of Delta Phi Alpha, award for his ermon, "Freedom for All. " national German language honorary. John He is one of twenty minister in the United Stewart has been elected to Who's Who in States to receive this second place award. American Colleges and Universities. John Walk· er and William Seidner are members of the A native of Pari , Kentucky, he ha track squad. Robert Pierson is captain of the served Christi an Churches of the Di ciples tennis team, and Robert Veon was chairman of Christ Brotherhood in Kentucky, Ohio, of the World University Service campaign. Illinois and Virginia during his 2 5 year ministry. At present he is living in New· Scholastically, the fraternity had one of its port News, Virginia and is the mini ter at best semesters. The unofficial average of the the First Christian Church. first semester is 1.54 (on a three point system) . The five top men in cholarship in the fraternity are Robert Pierson, Wallace Giffen , David Livingston, Jack Hecker! and Tom Parlette. Beta Phi is proud to add to its list of faculty Van Buskirk Named Director advisors the name of Dr. John G. Albright. Dr. Albright, a visiting professor of physics, is Robert D . Van Buskirk, Southern Cali · a charter member of Ohio University's Beta fornia, a past field secretary for the frater· chapter. nity, has been elected a director of the The fraternity recently had Lucille Cummings Security Title Insurance Company in San as a luncheon guest. Miss Cummings, a con· M arino, California, a well as secretary tralto, is often heard on the "Telephone H our." and trust officer. Another guest was Dr. Amah) Bhatty, third Formerly associate counsel in the com· secretary to the Pakistan em bassy. Raphael pany's Los Angele legal department, V an M endez, internationally famous trumpet virtuoso, Buskirk joined the company in February, was also entertained at a luncheon. 195 5. Prior to that he served a general counsel for savinas and loan associations in Los Angeles. H e has served a pre·ident of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce and is a past director of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Colwell is Alum ni Day Chairman Bundy Colwell , Southern C ahfornia, served as Alumni Day Chai rman for the W. A. Matson Receives Book A ward University of Southern California Alumni Association's activities on M ay 5, 19"5 6. The Reverend W . Ar hie M atson. Colwell, a member of Pi chapter and a Southern California, a charter member of past domain chief of Phi Kappa Tau, is Pi chapter, pastor of the Broa dway Church, president of The Colwell Company, which Glendale, California, ha won an H oner· today represents 27 eastern savings banks able Mention award in Pageant Pres Best and insurance companies in making home Book conte t for 19" 5 for hi book, "Fr m loans in the Los Angeles area. Mystery to M ea ning."

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