REVIEW the ST. ANTHONY HALL | FALL 2013 FROM THE EDITOR Celebrating Service When I was 23, I was given a remarkable opportunity to spend a summer volunteering in Kenya. I worked for a sewing project for refugee women, I assisted in a medical research project to address the mental health needs of the people of Kibera, the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa, and I volunteered at a school and at an orphanage. The summer was rich with new experiences, absolutely formative. And I could not have done it without a grant from the St. Anthony Educational Foundation (SAEF), to which I am forever indebted. Joining the G.C. this year, I have been thrilled to remember that service is a shared passion in this fraternity. As you will read in the chapter reports, the undergraduate chapters are uniquely committed to community service, from Upsilon’s annual Billy Hill 5k to Tau’s important work at Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for homeless women in Boston. SAEF grants continue to support essential projects, as Sis. Coco Wilder Ξ’12 describes in her article about empowering young women in rural Uganda. Our alumni brothers and sisters remain dedicated to service after graduation, whether domestic or international. Bro. Maryam Mujica E’98 tells of life on the President’s national security team at the White House. Sis. Elizabeth Peacock Ξ’05 will inspire you with her reflections on the importance of global outreach. With all of our differences, service is a common thread. As the theme of this newsletter, then, I invite you to take this opportunity to celebrate the value of service. Share in the unique experiences of your brothers and sisters as you read their stories. I hope you will feel as inspired and humbled as I do to be part of this brotherhood of individuals so eager and able to improve the world. Maybe we can all find a way to give back, whether in as grand a fashion as embarking on a career in global health or as modest as an evening washing dishes in a soup kitchen, an afternoon clearing trash in a local park, or picking up your pen to write a check to SAEF. Respectfully submitted, YITB, Laura Zuckerwise Ξ’13 2 A LOOK INSIDE THE REVIEW | FALL 2013 FROM THE EDITOR PROSPECT H.D. shares thoughts of the future 5 of St. Anthony Hall GLOBAL VIEW 13 Bro. Maryam Mujica E’98 TOAST TO TONY Worldwide celebrations as we 15 Toast our dear old Uncle Tony INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Fostering support and 16 financial health CHAPTER REPORTS The latest news from 19 around the Hall MACNELLY AWARD p.12 HALL NEWS Updates from the Hall St. Anthony Hall 25 The Fraternity of Delta Psi Active Chapters ALPHA – Columbia University A DELTA – University of Pennsylvania D COVER IMAGE: Aida and Ashiraf practicing drawing jugs in EpsILON – Trinity College E a classroom. Photo by Sis. Coco Wilder Ξ’12. THETA – Princeton University Q IOTA – University of Rochester I Kappa – Brown University K ST. ANTHONY Hall NaTIONAL HEADQUARTERS XI – University of North Carolina X PHONE: 919-294-9387 OR 888-580-9349 SIGMA – Yale University S FAX: 919-381-6059 TAU – Massachusetts Institute of Technology T EMAIL: [email protected] UpsILON – University of Virginia U OR [email protected] PHI – University of Mississippi F The Review is funded by the St. Anthony Educational Foundation and St. Anthony Hall. 3 RETROSPECT A REPORT FROM OUR FORMER H.D. E.Bro. T.A.D. Tharp A’75 It was the highest of honors to serve as the 147th H.D. of the fraternity of Delta Psi and the 25th from the Alpha chapter. The last three years on the G.C. have been truly unforgettable. My fellow G.C. officers were top-notch and totally committed to strengthening our Order. There are not adequate superlatives in the English language to describe the qualities of the 2012 G.C. Officers. Our M.H.E. Sis. Karen Caswelch T’80 showed all of us her strong mettle and deep, abiding devotion to the Hall. She is a natural born leader and has great plans for the future betterment of our fraternity. I was incredibly fortunate to serve two full years on the G.C. with three fellow officers: Bro. Lila Claghorn E’06, Bro. Gary Stahlberg Φ’04 and Bro. Roun McNeal Ξ’04. Lila was a pistol and was always ahead of the game. She edited four first-rate newsletters, which you all most certainly have enjoyed immensely, and she was very talented at choosing fraternity trophy winners (being a future Broadway star helped her in this regard!). Gary served as our esteemed treasurer and missed nary a decimal point or red cent—that’s the kind of steel-trap mind he has. His treasurer’s reports were perfection. Gary has never missed a G.C. in almost a quarter-century—that must be some sort of a fraternity record. Bro. McNeal was always spot on and knows his fraternity ritual like the back of his hand. I took to calling him “The Senator,” because he has a senatorial quality about him—I predict that one day he will be tapped as H.D. Bro. Peter Barlow E’86 was the most “hail-brother-well-met” on our visits and always made the rest of us see the cup full to brimming. He was perfectly suited to organize the enjoyable Toasts to Tony. I would like to thank each of my fellow officers for making our 2012 G.C. Officer team so outstanding and accomplished. This past year had its most definite high points during chapter visits. Among them were the time we visited the grave of the only H.D. from Iota, E.Bro. William Wallace Gilbert I1869, in a beautiful 19th-century cemetery in Rochester. Sis. Dana Belles I’11 and the Iota undergrads performed the age-old Delta Psi funeral ritual. The time we were present at the Alpha chapter for its renowned black tie Christmas photograph, as Bro. Cristian Lopez-Balboa A’09 gave us cues. The time we attended a baseball game at Ole Miss and experienced the very finest of Phi’s hospitality under the tutelage of Bro. Adam Stanford Φ’10. The incredible L.D.s and MacNellys we heard during most all of the chapter visits. The fraternity standards we heard sung at Xi and Kappa with immense verve and spirit. The atmosphere of international fraternity and togetherness at Tau. The genuine bonhomie we experienced at Epsilon. The can-do spirit at Upsilon. The warm, family feeling when dining at Kappa. The intellectual curiosity we discovered at Theta. The aura of being in a Merchant and Ivory film at Delta. The hoary traditions we enjoyed at Sigma. Our chapter visits were memorable in so many ways—most of all for displaying the adamantine bonds that hold us all together. As we on the G.C. visited the chapters this year, we took them special gifts to mark the occasions. We gave several chapters framed photos of former eminent H.D.s from their own chapters. We gave Kappa a framed photo for their C.R. of their first H.D., E.Bro. Liam Murphy K’83. We gave Delta a 19th-century leather-bound Bible to replace their own very worn out one. We gave Alpha antique chairs for their C.R. and fine art for their public rooms. We presented several chapters with silver candelabra for their C.R. altars. We donated to Sigma some Yale rarities for their secret side. By giving these things, we hope the chapters will not soon forget the friendly traveling band of G.C. officers from last year! The 1-2-3 Conference, once again held at the bucolic Fellowship Farm in Pennsylvania, further cemented our bonds and brought us closer to our ideals. Adam Stanford from Phi led a fine secret meeting. Bro. McNeil won the newly established 4 continued on page six PROSPECT A REPORT FROM OUR CURRENT H.D. M.H.E. Sis. Karen Caswelch T’80 I fell in love for the first time at the tender age of 18. It was January of 1981. As it happens with first loves, I really didn’t nurture that love as much as I should have, and I moved on. I fell in love the second time when I was 27, and this time it lasted. I married Tom and learned a lot of things about love during our more than 21 years together. First of all, love is about trust. It is very hard to nurture love when you aren’t able to trust each other. The second element is respect. A relationship requires that you respect your partner and show that respect visibly. The other major element is “the little things.” It’s very easy to get upset about how you fold the towels and how you load the dishwasher—especially when you both have different opinions on this—but finding agreement on these little things helps prepare you to deal with the inevitable big things that come up. After 20 years, my first love called, and I answered the phone. Luckily, my first love was Delta Psi and it was the second call to service. During the last 18 months, I have fallen back in love with our fraternity. My path was assisted by the 2012 G.C. Officers, E.Bro. Tad Tharp A’75, Bro. McNeal, Bro. Stahlberg, Bro. Claghorn and Bro. Barlow. I have relearned that one of the gifts of this fraternity is the incredible membership on both an individual level as well as on a group level.