1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
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THE SCROLL of <strong>Phi</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Theta</strong> for <strong>No</strong>vember, 1953 H9<br />
INDIANA ALPHA'S NEW CLASS OF PHIKEIAS<br />
BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Bruce Hopkins, John Williams, Bob Kaiser, William Snapp, Ronald Woods, Bunny<br />
Rowland. SECOND ROW: Charles Hatfield, James Goetcheus, Robert Goeke, Don Torres, James Payne, William Rech,<br />
Fred Andrews, BACK ROW: Clayton Eshleman, Jerry Burgdoerfer, John Whitaker, Michael Bailey, William Marston,<br />
John Courier (president), Charles Warneke, James Rake, and Richard Snyder.<br />
annual convention. Indiana Alpha also plays an important<br />
role in the campus Republican Club. The club has<br />
over five hundred members and 4> A 9 boasts three officers.<br />
They are Al Strong, president, Dick Pendergast, vice<br />
president, and Jim Etter, treasurer. We are now busy<br />
completing our project for the LU. FaU carnival and<br />
drafting plans for Homecoming. <strong>Phi</strong>keia John Courier is<br />
the organized party's candidate for vice president of the<br />
Freshman class. Our football team is currently in first<br />
place in the intramural league.—ALLEN V. STRONG,<br />
Reporter.<br />
INDIANA BETA, Wabash College.—.\t the close ot the<br />
Fall rush reason, Indiana Beta counted 24 <strong>Phi</strong>keias—<br />
the largest class on campus and one ot the largest in<br />
the chapter's history. They are: Robert Allen, Newcastle;<br />
Allen Conner and David Orr, Muncie; Ronald Cudek,<br />
Whiting; David Deardourff, GreenviUe, Ohio; Richard<br />
Duncan and Kenneth Kimmell, Sullivan; Stephen EUis<br />
and Anthony Ingrassia, Rockford, lU.; Jack Hooton and<br />
John Yanko, NaperviUe, lU.; Robert Hurt, Indianapolis;<br />
Richard Huston, Washington; James Kerlin, Tulsa, Okla.;<br />
Joseph Kiley, Kokomo; Victor Lodovisi and Louis Zervos,<br />
Gary; Eugene Lyman, Chicago, 111.; James Morgan, Cincinnati,<br />
Ohio; John Nash, Carlisle; David Parry, Chesterton;<br />
Haddon Ridgway, Albany; Joseph Rizzo, Pitcairn,<br />
Pa., and Alan Schuster, Westfield, N.J. A semi-formal<br />
pledge dance was held October 17, and a Dixieland band<br />
will provide the music for the Christmas dance, December<br />
12. The chapter is well represented on the varsity<br />
football squad by Sun Huntsman, Ron Seibert, Vaino<br />
Grayam and Captain Bob Johnson. <strong>Phi</strong>keias Morgan,<br />
Cudek, Ridgway, Lodovisi, Zervos, Parry and Rizzo are<br />
members of the Freshman team and several have seen<br />
action in varsity games. Lynn Ault is footbaU manager<br />
with Ed Hargitt and <strong>Phi</strong>keias Jim Kerlin and Al Connor<br />
assisting him. Jim Adams is president of Blue Key; Stan<br />
Huntsman is president of the Sphinx Club, and Don<br />
Gibson is business manager for the college humor magazine.<br />
House improvements are continuing with the addition<br />
of a pool table, television set, living room carpet.<br />
and a new shower room. We are hoping to get new living<br />
room furniture in the not too distant future.—JOHN<br />
STEWART, Reporter.<br />
INDIANA GAMMA, Butler University.—October 18,<br />
six new brothers signed the Bond of *A9. They are:<br />
<strong>Phi</strong>l Mitchell, Kokomo; <strong>No</strong>lan Masters, ConnersviUe;<br />
Harold Dickason, Vevay; Glenn Rager, Chicago; Forrest<br />
Von Foerster and Jack Laughner, IndianapoUs. The list<br />
ot new <strong>Phi</strong>keias for the Fall semester now totals 29.<br />
They are: Joe Balson, Scranton, Pa.; Bud Erickson, Chuck<br />
Erickson, Joe Walters, Logansport; J. B. McKamey, FUlmore;<br />
Earl McKinley, Flora; Tom Patterson, Brooklyn,<br />
N.Y.; Gary Reece, Columbus; BiU Stites, Shelbyville;<br />
Guy Tillett, Kokomo; Don White, Lake Pladd, N.Y.;<br />
Dick Abbett, Ted Botkin, Bill Birsfield, Ron Campbell,<br />
Jim Chapman, Dave French, John Hauer, Dick Kugelman,<br />
Tom Liebrich, Paul Niemann, Bill <strong>No</strong>rris, Dave<br />
Sawyer, Bill Seimhauser, Ed Sliearer, Don Smith, Bill<br />
Wheeler, Dave Whitt and BiU Wurster, Indianapolis.<br />
This year as in the past * A 9 placed several members in<br />
each of the Butler scholastic honoraries. President Bob<br />
Riddell and Treasurer John Mercer have been named to<br />
Blue Key. Tony Hopkins and Loren Comstock are members<br />
of Sphinx, Junior men's honorary. Named to the<br />
Utes, Sophomore men's honorary, are Dick Sink, Dick<br />
Doles, Bill Davis and Dan Baker. In the sports field we<br />
just missed winning the Butler All-Sports intramural<br />
trophy again this year. We finished in second place, only<br />
a tew points behind the wiimer. Our back-lot improvement<br />
project is no longer on paper, but is now shaping<br />
into reality. The major part ot the landscaping is complete,<br />
including the shrubbery. A new stone fireplace has<br />
just been completed, and surfacing the driveway and<br />
parking lot is now underway. The combination teimis<br />
court and basketbaU court wiU probably be completed<br />
next Spring. <strong>No</strong>t only are the chapter house and grounds<br />
undergoing a face-Ufting, so is the campus. A new men's<br />
residence haU tor 275 men is nearing completion and a<br />
new observatory is also under construction.—TONY HOP<br />
KINS, Reporter.