Fall07Shield 11/26/07 4:15 PM Page 1 fall 2007 Miller Hall – A Phi Psi Treasure Restored Inside this Issue of the Shield… Does God Matter to Phi Psi page 13 WWLS Wrap-Up page 17 Fall07Shield 11/26/07 4:15 PM Page 1 features: Volume 128 Number 3 Fall 2007 reader’s guide: How to change your address Miller Hall: A Phi Psi 2007 WWLS Head to www.phikappapsi.com or e-mail your old and new address to [email protected]. Treasure Restored Wrap-Up You may also call 1-800-486-1852, or send a letter page 3 page 17 to the HQ at 5395 Emerson Way, Indianapolis, IN 46226. If your update does not occur immediately we ask your patience during this time Does God Matter to Phi Phi Psi Welcomes as we make a change that will allow us to better Kappa Psi? 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E-mail the Editor at [email protected] or send mail to Shawn Collinsworth, 5395 Emerson Way, Indianapolis, IN 46226. The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi 1 Fall 2007 Fall07Shield 11/26/07 4:15 PM Page 2 readers’ guide The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi (ISSN 0199–1280) was established in 1879 and is published quarterly under the authority and direction of the Executive Council of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. Shawn Collinsworth, 5395 Emerson Way, Indianapolis, IN 46226, (317) 632–1852 is Editor to whom all material should be submitted. Graphic design by Trish Acton. Subscription price is $3 per year. Periodicals postage paid at Indianapolis, IN and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, 5395 Emerson Way, Indianapolis, IN 46226. Printed in USA. Copyright © 2007 Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. All rights reserved. Member staff directory Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity is governed by elected and appointed officers who serve as volunteers. The Fraternity’s daily affairs are administered by its professional staff. The Endowment Fund of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and The Permanent Fund of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity are each administered by a board of volunteer trustees. The Fraternity Headquarters is located at 5395 Emerson Way, Indianapolis, Indiana 46226 and may be reached by telephone at (317) 632–1852, by fax at (317) 637–1898.The Fraternity’s web site is http://www.PhiKappaPsi.com. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ENDOWMENT FUND President Stephen R. O’Rourke John F. Buck (2012), Donald V. Fites (2012) Vice President Paul R.Wineman James E. Hagler (2010), Frederick A. Hegele (2010) Treasurer J.Tryon Hubbard Bruce A. Jackson (2012), John D. Klinedinst (2012) Secretary James L. Miller Henry B. Marvin (2010), D. Bruce McMahan (2010) District I Archon Sean Devlin Matthew C. Michelsen (2010), Jerry Nelson (2008) District II Archon David Voll Kent P.Newmark (2008), Richard E. Ong (2012) District III Archon Charles Albert Dennis J. Schwartz (2008), Wayne W.Wilson (2008) District IV Archon John Shumaker Executive Director S.Wade Garard District V Archon Barrett Anderson Managing Director Ben S. Nicol District VI Archon Scott Wood Programs and Events Coordinator Stephanie L. Miller Bookkeeper Wendy K.Truitt HEADQUARTERS STAFF Controller Jake L. Koenig Executive Director Shawn M. Collinsworth Assistant Executive Director Claude M.Warren III PERMANENT FUND Director of Chapter Services Chad M. Stegemiller Fred H. Clay Jr. (2012) Director of Alumni Services William L. Haskett John R. Donnell Jr. (2010) Director of Leadership Development Robert S. Nagel Thomas P.Rogers (2008) Director of Communications RJ Proie Director of Expansion Ronald K. Ransom APPOINTED OFFICERS Bookkeeper Michelle D. Payne Attorney General Lee C. Reid Administrative Assistant Christina A. Silas Deputy Attorney General John M. Mead Educational Leadership Consultants Eric M. Jezewski Mystagogue Kent C. Owen Erik B. Rechenbach Chaplain Rev. 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Rhodes The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi 2 Summer 2007 Fall07Shield 11/26/07 4:15 PM Page 3 chapter servic Miller Hall – A Phi Psi Treasure Restored By: Robert C. Crawford, ’50, Edward B. Penry, ’51, and Rev. Frederick S.Weiser, ’54 Miller Hall, the oldest fraternity house still in use in America, is the pride of Pennsylvania Epsilon at Gettysburg College. However, over 125 years of use and exposure to the elements took their toll. Pennsylvania Epsilon’s alumni took charge of the situation and, as detailed in the summer 2006 issue of The Shield, began raising funds to restore this Phi Psi treasure. The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi 3 Fall 2007 Fall07Shield 11/26/07 4:15 PM Page 4 apter services Editor’s Note: All initiation years listed are for Pennsylvania Epsilon unless otherwise noted. CELEBRATING THE 125TH Fred Weiser (’54) then gave an account of the history ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILLER of Miller Hall.The celebration closed with the singing HALL CORNERSTONE-LAYING of “Amici” and the Benediction by the current In early 2007, 125 years after Miller Hall’s chapter Chaplain, Brother Thomas Scilipoti. At the cornerstone was laid on June 28, 1882, planning for ceremony, the contents of the cornerstone, chapter two celebrations got underway for a historical event historical documents, photographs and other artifacts to celebrate the opening of the cornerstone since so were displayed and reviewed by attendees. In many years had passed since its installation. In order advance of the celebration, Brother Edward Penry to ensure that the undergraduates of Pennsylvania (’51) had prepared an impressive brochure for the Epsilon could participate in this historic occasion, the celebration with a compilation of Miller Hall historical first celebration was set for May 4, 2007, while information, photographs of the Hall and Phi Psi Gettysburg College was still in session and the memorabilia, including the architect’s floor plan for undergraduates were thus still on the campus and the structure, listings of officials and chapter able to attend along with a representative group of members, and a listing of those brothers who had chapter alumni.The celebration was held in front of contributed to the restoration fund. This brochure Miller Hall. At this event, the incumbent chapter GP, was made available to all attendees and has also been Dan Keefer, made introductions and a welcoming distributed to the two hundred or so Pennsylvania statement that was followed by the singing of “Noble Epsilon brothers who have contributed to the Miller Fraternity” by the assembled brothers. Brother Rev. Hall Restoration Fund. The restored cornerstone of Miller Hall The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi 4 Fall 2007 Fall07Shield 11/26/07 4:15 PM Page 5 chapter servic The contents of the original Miller Hall cornerstone, placed in 1882 Prior to the May celebration, the original song by the chapter – “In the mystic bonds we’re cornerstone had been pulled and its contents bound, by a cord that’s very dear…”; 5).The Laying removed. This was done before the first of the Cornerstone; 6). A song by the chapter – celebration so the Gettysburg College Archivist “Our order, old Phi Kappa Psi, We love thy mystic could be in attendance upon the opening of the Trinity, We’ve loved thee dearly e’er before, we’ll stone to ensure that the contents of the love and praise thee evermore”; and 7).