1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

California Gamma
Breaks Ground for
Addition to House
NEW TWO-STORY WING TO COST
135,000, HOUSE SIXTEEN MEN
GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONIES
for a new $35,000 two-story addition
to the California Gamma chapter house at
U.C.L.A. were held Friday aftemoon, January
8. Stanley Brown, Nebraska-U.C.L.A.
'36, president of Omicron Province (South),
and James Devers, uridergraduate chapter
president, presided at the ceremonies, while
a number of prominent Phi alumni took
part. Included were Edward A. Dickson,
U.C.L.A. '01, chairman of the University of
California Regents, Judge Fred Houser and
Judge Victor R. Hansen, both U.C.L.A. '26.
A gold-handled spade was used by
Brother Dickson to turn the first shovel of
earth. He also performed a similar task in
1941 when the original structure was built.
Other prominent Phi alumni who were
invited to participate in the ceremonies include
movie director Francis D. Lyon,
U.C.L.A. '27, of the Fraternity's Survey
Commission; actor Van Hefliii, Oklahoma
'32; attorney Maynard Givens, U.C.L.A.
'24; businessman and former U.C.L.A. foot-
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CEREMONIES UNDERWAY
TOP: Brother Joseph Estep, architect for the new
wing, points out features of plans tO Stan Brown,
Edward A. Dickson, and Victor R. Hansen, BELOW:
Brother Dickson, who is chairman of the University
of California Regents, turns the first shovel of
earth as Judge Hansen, Brown, Chapter President
Jim Devers, and other interested alumni and actives
(background) look on.
THEY WERE THERE
Many prominent and interested alumni in the Los Angeles area joined the undergraduates of
California Gamma for the ground-breaking ceremonies.
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