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Ove r 4.+ y ea r s ago our illu s triou s found e r s r eap ed t he r eward of th e ir labors, w he n Gamma Xi c ha pte r of Si g ma The K appa Sigma H ouse l u frat ernit y wa s officially in s tall ed on Jan. 8, 1903. That T he pas t y ear ha s brou g h t many o ld fac es ba ck to t he dat e mark s t he e ntranc e of th e fir s t socia l fra te rnity on th e Kappa Si g hou se . D urin g th e war th e memb e r s hi p fell to as MSM camplls. low as fo ur m e n a t o ne tim e, and ofte n it see m ed a s if th e Sin ce tho se fir s t da ys, a total of 430 active m e mb e r s have hou se wo uld have to b e clo sed, but th e bo ys w e r e d et e rbee n r eco g ni ze d and hail ed a s "B roth e r s." At th e tim e of o ur min ed and ma na ge d to k ee p it runn in g. foundin g th e re was a n ac ti ve c hapt e r o f 12 m ell; now th e re Amon g t ho se who r e turn ed marri ed, ar e " Duke" Blair a r e 5i ac tiv es and 13 pledges . Of course th ese ar e a bnormal with on e yo un gs t e r; Je sse Bi ll Wil son, w ho ha s a lit t le g irl; tim es a nd our e nrollm e nt is hi g h, but w ith normal tim es Elm e r Be le w, Gl e nn Do ss , Be rn ie Sexa ue r , and A rt T ap pe ra pproac hin g w e ca n ex pec t a n or ga ni za tion of a t leas t son , who a lso m a rri ed durin g th eir a b se nc e fr o m t he ca m.+0 s trong . pu s. B es id es th ese th er e a r e man y o ld fa ces see n around I hay e bee n in s truct ed in preparin g thi s articl e that o nce a g ain, a s w e ll a s man y n ew fa ces . Q ui te a few of th e I s hould s tick to th e " Po s t-war Era" ; so wi t hout f1lrth e r now s in g le fell ows wi ll r e turn next fa ll with a " be tt e r ha lf." a do , I will jump abruptl y from th e pas t a nd prediction s o f T h e s it uatio n a round h e re is quit e diffe r e nt no w as mos t th e fut ur e to g ive y ou th e lo w-down on our ac t iv it ies s in ce of th e m e n in s t ead of g r aduatin g at th e a ge o f t we nt y- two th e e nd o f our country's ho s tiliti es . :1.re r e turni n g at that a ge a s sophomo r es and juniors. It wa s O n Se pt. 2, 1945, our armi s tice with J a pan w a s offici a ll y th e ge ne ral beli ef throu g h out th e country that t h e y oun ge r s ig n ed-on t ha t sa m e da y a n e rvou s g roup of fr es hm e n, m e n ju s t out of hi g h sc hool and t h e r e tu r nin g ve te r a n s s uc h a s m yse lf, w e r e eage rl y a nti cip a tin g a bi g se m es t e r at would no t get alon g w ell. O n th e contra ry, I have n ever M S :v!. ee in g as how it w as my second se m es t e r, I had m y see n an y m emb e r s o f th ese tw o g roup s a n y thin g but th e b es t " bag of tri ck s" a nd a S ig ma N u pin t o di s pla y to a fe w OTee n of fri end s and thin gs see m to b e goin g a s smoothl y a s eve r. fi r s t-tim e r s. A t that tim e t he ho use ra nk s nu mb e r s albound Durin g th e wa r tho se re ma inin g o n th e campu s ca rri ed in 35 in a ll (ac ti ves a nd p led ges) . Th e sc hool w a s s mall th e n a nd yo u co uldn ' t help but kno w a lm os t eve ry Min e r in tow n . va riou s s ports to add to th e a lr ea dy la r ge coll ec ti o n. A mon g t hese a r c t wo Int ra mural c ha mpion s hi p c up s; th e firs t t w o S ig ma N u fa r ed w e ll for a co upi e o f mo n th s- t he n it ha pe ve r to b e won by a ny frat e rnity. Th e Kapp a S igs a re n ow pe n ed-o n th e day a ft e r Th a nk sgiv in g cam e t he bi o' fi r e busy fi g htin g for a not he r s uch trop h y, but it' s a ny bod y's whi c h ruin ed th e fir s t floor of th e hou se ; t he sec ond a nd ra ce as th e r e ar e t h ree orga ni za tion s se parate d by o n ly a few third fl oo rs we re s mok e a nd wa t e r dama ge d t o th e ext e n t of poin ts . Yes, it see m s that t he o ld bl ood is s till goo d. co mp le t e r edecora tio n . S o we pa c ked u p our w ell bl ac ke:l ed If a ny of you boys s h o uld ha p pe n to drop in so m et ime belon g in gs and room ed ou t in pri va te ho m es in a nd arou nd y ou ,viii be confro n t ed wit h a ve ry mod e rni ze d int e rior, as Ro lla . H e r e th e c ri s is had com e and s ma c ked us squar e in th e Moth e r s' Club, Kap pa ig m a A lumni Assoc ia tion , a nd t he fa ce. vVith th e sp le ndid help o f our Board of Trus t ees th e c ha pt e r have all pitc h ed in a nd pu t in new a dditi o ns . B u t o ur ve ry a bl e offi ce rs, a nd a g ra nd bun c h o f alumni w e k ep t on an eve n kee l a nd o r ga ni ze d a kit c h e n in th e base m e n t o f y ou w ill find it to be th e sam e old Be ta C hi in sp iri t st ill holding its m a ny m emori es o f yea r s g on e by . Amo n g other th e pari s h hou se o f t he Epi scopal Chur c h. O ur ha t s 'I r e off thin gs w hi ch have r emain ed un c han ge d a r e th e t wo fa ces in to t h e R ev. Mr. J ac kson for offe rin g us thi s pl ace to m ee t t h e kit c he n. Yes, Bla nc h a nd " I nk" a re s till w ith us; B la nc h a nd of co ur se ea t som e of " Gra ndma 's" go od coo kin g. w ith h e r ex cell e nt food a nd fri e ndl y smile, a nd "Ink" w it h The nex t se m es te r found us li v in g in a r e nt ed hou se o n hi s we ll kno '""n t ali s tori es . 12th a nd Pin e. Th e hou se w as s mall for our nee ds-to say Th e office r s for th e pa s t se m es t e r we re : Harold T elthor s t, th e leas t, for th e n t hey cam e, all of t h e o ld tim e rs back from se rv ic e, and our numb e r s in c r eased by at lea s t fi ft ee n a c tiy p.s . G.M . ; Pe t e Bolanov ic h , G. P .; How a rd Ca sse lm a n, G.1v!. c.; C har les Ec klund, G.T. ; L oui s Fra nk , G. S.; Jim Mi ll e r, I. G.; a nc! pl ed ges. Thin gs began lookin g up all a lo ng th e " 'ay; a nd \,yilli a m Sc hirm e r , O .G. Those ta kin g offi ce for th e s umw e w e r e m ee tIn g th e Influ x o f m e mb e rs cl ea r-mind edl y a nd m e r ar e : A rthur Sc hol z, O.1'v!.; " Duke" Blair, G.P. ; B e rni e w e w ere e njo y In g It. Sexa ue r, G.M. C. ; \ Vi ll iam H elm, G.T.; Ri c hard Martin o', Durin g th e s umm e r a fe w "ea ge r " fellow s hun g around G. S.; Ri c ha rd Thomps on , I.G.; a nd Do na ld Ruff, O .G. a nd ca ug ht up on som e ex tra g rad e points. \ V e have initi a t ed nin e m e n int o th e r ea lm o f K a pp a igSe pt e mb e r 19.+6 fou nd us bac k a t 100i Main on ce aga in, in ma broth e rhood , a nd no w have fi ve p led ges r ema inin g . In?ur r e ju ve na t ed hou se. (" Hom e, sw ee t hom e" ; it 's funn y sofar as cla sses ar e con ce rn ed th e re is a g reat in equalit y how y ou ge l a ttach ed to a place.) Th e c hapt e r rea ll y "'r e w du e to th e fact that mo s t of th e m e n le ft at va riou s tim es , that se m es t e r ; we we r e in th e sixti es th e n, and th e houbsi n g but all cam e b ac k a s soph o mor es . As a r es ult, th e r e a re 25 s horta ge becam e a r ea lit y to eve ryon e in th e frat e rnity. Vie (Co nt in ued on N ext P age) me n in th e sam e g radu at ion class .
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