1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

276 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for MARCH, 1965SCENE AT INDIANA THETA'S PRISON PARTYform of open houses, a hobo partywith ASA, swimming with KKT, abeach party with II B$, pumpkinand pledge class serenades, blanketparties, the winter formal and prisonparty (dates were prisoners). Rush iscurrently in full swing and somethings to come are the intramur^championship battle, A X and A Ttrade parties, a faculty open house,the. Triad. Greek Week, UniversitySing, Mother's Day and, not to beforgotten, scholarship.—Ronald E.Berg, V.P.INDIANA IOTA, Valparaiso University.—Theintramural teams havewon fraternity football, golf, tennis,and cross country and have placedsecond in fall volIeybaU while thefraternity basketball team is currentlyleading the league with a 6-0 record.In athletics, the Phis have long beenthe mainstay of both the varsity basketballand wrestling teams. SteveCook, Rich Enyon, Vern Curtis, KenRakow, Steve Piatt, John Hinkey,Tom Workman, Jim Schmidt, GlenKeel, and Paul Schultz represent tenof the twelve men on the basketbaUteam. Cook, Enyon, Curtis, and Rakoware starters with Cook, Enyonand Curtis the number one, two, andthree scorers of the team. Bill Hildreth,Mike Hron, Dave Granzin, BobEwald, and Hank Von Schlicten arethe nucleus of the wrestling team.During semester break, the chapterwent on a ski trip to Carousel Mountainnear Holland, Mich. We arrivedthe night before and spent the entireevening hours eating, dancing, andcavorting about the Macatwa Inn.Then with hardly any sleep, we allattempted to master the slopes atCarousel the following day. The excursionwas such a success that manyfaculty members have commentedon the fact that if the organizationand conduct are similar in futureyears, the ski weekend should becomean annual affair.—David A. Ferg, V.P.IOWA ALPHA, Iowa Wesleyan College.—Themen of Iowa Alpha wouldlike to take this opportunity to honorone of the brothers, Fred Ekstrand,who is retiring as Director of Athleticsat Iowa Wesleyan College.Brother Ekstrand has been teachingand coaching for the last" forty years.As a coach of football he won Wesleyan'slast Iowa Conference Championship.He has also coached trackand wrestling. This past semesterwas successful for us as we took secondplace in both the Homecomingskit and display and at Boom Nightreceived first place scholarship trophyfor fraternities. The brothers werehappy to see Roger "Bake-Bean"Mann replaced in the kitchen byMrs. Arnold and our new housemotherMrs. Miller. We are proudof our pledges with seventeen oftwenty making their grades. Theyare: Walt Bauer, Fred Brown, JoeCannon, Ron Capone, John Davies,Terry Enfiejian, Dennis Harmon,Tom Harmon, Bill Lapsey, CraigLindmark, Chris McCurdy, JamesPaar, Lennie Pelletiere, James Sloan,Phil Ulm, Steve Wehrle, Bob Wilcox.The brothers would like to congratulateGeorge Bull for Little AU-Phiand Ed Snyder, Rick Czubati, JackKaminski, and Garry Devinger forAU chapters sponsoring FoundersDay dinners should send reports andpictures to Ray E. BlackweU at GeneralHeadquarters in Oxford.special mention honors in football.This year's basketball team findsthree brothers and one Phikeia onthe squad. They are John Cavanah,Bruce Christmann, Clint Conway,and Phikeia Craig Lindniark.—RickCzubati, V.P.IOWA BETA, University of Iowa.—It has been an outstanding year insports for the athletes of Iowa Beta.Big John Niland, 250-pound tacklefrom Amityville, N.Y., was heraldedby sportswriters aroimd the Big Tenas a top pro draft choice in 1965.Ed Bastian, Cedar Rapids, saw muchaction at the post position of thesurprising Iowa basketbaU team, as-the cagers continue to upset toprankedteams around the nation. AndJim Koehuk, serving as captain ofthe basketball team, is top hitter forthe Hawks, as well as a starting secondbaseman. At Christmas this yearIowa Beta held its traditional S^taClaus party for underprivileged chUdren.Twenty-seven Uttle ones fromaround the Iowa City area attended.There were gifts under the tree forall, a "real" Santa, a pinata, and hotchocolate and gingerbread men.No doubt the area of most intenseeffort at Iowa Beta has been scholarship.The men in the chapter haveenthusiastically followed a new studyprogram which promises to provide^pme very gratifying results in thisvital area.—David G. Hovigan, V.P.IOWA GAMMA, Iowa State University.—TheHomecoming lawn displayagain captured first place, equalinglast year's performance. MikeCox was honored as the first I.S.U.cyclone to have his jersey numberretired. President Dave Mcintosh hasbeen elected vice-president of theI.F.C. Dick Green is running forpresident pf the Student Body. JerryBierbaum is a candidate for ScienceCoUege Senator. Jim Maland andCarl Lippenberger were initiatedinto * M A, national singing honorary.Many other brothers have beenwelcomed to local and nationalhonoraries complementing our participationin campus activities whichis at an all-time high. The pledgeclass has been augmented by theaddition of Bob Bonnewell, Ottumwa;Jeff Downing, Marshalltown; JayEaton, Waukon; Don Timmerman,Davenport. Initiated this winter wereBob Frazer and Alec Wilder andJohn Putney affiliated. Once againIowa Gamma was above the aU fraternityand aU men's scholastic average.We were especially happy tohost the Tri-Province ConventionFebruary 6, which was of benefit toall. Twelve chapters from four stateswere represented. With A X J2, we en-