CHAPTER NEWS
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By ELIZABETH H. W. SMITH Managing Editor
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to each member of each chapter! We trust that ;J_pe New Year is treating you well. \'(lelc BA started its socia l program on a high note with its sen tne to School Party in the new chapter rooms at 52 GadParti treet, Charleston. This was one of the most successful ~Penes On the College of Charleston campus. The party was "as to the school, and a great percentage of the stude~t body nishe~rese.nt. ALPHA'S Historian, Brother Rona ld Gams, fu;this th1s and the other news we have from his chapter m i'h~o.1umn. 1 21 1 ~ P Holcolme and Vasco Pickett were initiated September B 57. Rush season ended October 11 with ten pledges. 1[y~lther Garris pointed out that at the Winter Conclave at helpf e J?each, S. C., ALPHA obtained many valuable ideas Everyul m rushing, pledging, and general fraternity pro~lems. A!Yrtlone 1n Alpha is looking forward to the Spring meetmg at e Beach Jli PHA is. hoping that some day this "Mother Chapter" of J\.tappa Phi will own a house. . .. in p BETA, many of the brothers are holdmg key positiOns Liv· resbyterian College campus activities. Brother Gordon 1\~ngston,. Spartanburg, S. C., has been tal?ped into. Blue serv' Be IS also president of the Inter-Fraternity Counol and l'oues as S-2 on the cadet military staff. Brother Lawrence dur·ng, <;tinton, S. C., who has held many campus positions as ~.ll h,s stay at P. C., serves as S-3 on the military s.taff, llrothell as being a very line archon during his spare time. and er Melvin Little, Atlanta, Ga., is a member of Scabbard lloa 8 d lade and is also a member of the SCA Freshman Control edit~ · Brother Roy Fowler of Spartanburg, S. C., is sp'?rts of the "Pac Sac," the coll ege annual. Also, he wn~es , for lfarn~e B!11e Stockinl(, the campus newspaper. Brother D1ck "ell Y, Simpsonville, S. C., is vice-president of the BSU as the as b~iog secretary of SCA. He is a constant ;nember. of lllan ~ean s List. Brother Toby Hunter, another Simpsonville J\.' Is captain of the college rifle team. into lllong the pledges, Bob Biggerstaff, Charleston, has moved Geo/ starting position on the fo'?tball team. He plays ,.tackle. sack .~e Banks, Spartanburg, is bus mess manager of the KnapJ.{· the student handbook. G Istorian Roy Fowler furnished all this news from BETA. rello~MMA'S Corresponding Secretary, Brother Richar~ B~s~er, g10 ted GAMMA combined efforts with the women s hv!ng in up next door, The Californian, in a house-front decoration ''lli recognition of the California-Stanford Game, ca ll ed the the~ Game:" The decoration theme was "Victory. at Se~," a.nd India ecorat10n featured a Pogo in his barge, lishmg w1th l1ve G n bait for a grey shark. I:I~MMA pledged live men last Fall. . SOn Other James H. Herlong, Historian of EPSILON at Davidin~: ;:allege, reported that Rush Week was a big success, brin~ is a fo the chapter 17 pledges, representing seven stat.es. Th1s llp eather in the cap of Rush Chairman George Sutcliffe. n00 SILON'S Open House for alumni brothers Saturday aftercha 0 of Homecoming Week End was so successfu l that the f~er h.opes to make it an annual affair. . "ith eE fl1ckerball squad posted its best season !n four years, I~ PSILON'S team moving into fourth place 1n the 12-team and~ue. The "Red Rascals" have been a threat all season long, "ithProspects for next year's competition appear. t? be excell.ent Ge such students as Gordon Swain, Paul Rudisill, D ee L1de, ~~;~~ Sutcliffe, Don Dublin, D ave Nash, and Stuart Nickles 'I'hn,ng for another season of play. ter e 45th anniversary of the founding of EPSILON ChapPled\Vas celebrated D ecember 7-excellent supper, sk.it by t~e st1· .lles, dancing, with masquerade costumes representing comiC characters-thanks to Social Chairman. George Urwick .. Spr' SiLON entertai ned the boys and g 1rls of the Banum 0 .1ls Orphanage with their annu al Christmas Party Decemlllo 12 Brother Herlong pointed out that "it is one of the st enjoyable services of the year."
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Anticipation! "Next year we wi ll be moving into a new fraternity house, for a new fraternity court is being built here at D avidson," Brother Herlong wrote. "The $400,000 project is due for completion in September. Each house will be larger than at present and will cost around 38,000. The Pi Kappa Phi house will contain dining facilities, a large Jiving room, chapter room in the basement, patio, and quarters for our housemother. A partition between the living and dining rooms is removable to allow the use of the entire floor area. The house will be one of the highest in the new court, thus addi ng to its eminence." ZETA at Wofford College has announced the pledging of the following nine men: Malcolm Clark, Union, S. c.; Donald Gray, Prioleau D ePass, and Robert Hurst, Spartanburg; Jerry Ham, Florence, S. C.; Frank Hodges, Charleston; Kenneth Large, Rock Hill, S. C., and Joseph Meeks, Laurens, S. C. ZETA'S officers for the second semester are: Archon, Brother Robert A. Warr, Timmonsville, S. C.; Treasurer, Brother Robert H. Buchanon, Columbia, S. C.; Secretary, Brother Kenneth Ball, Spartanburg; Historian, Brother D avid West, Salisbury, N. C.; Warden, Brother Robert VanLandingham, Florence, and Chaplain, Brother Robert Scruggs, Gaffney, S. C. NU at the U niversity of Nebraska is bragging about their new housemother, Mrs. Frances Clark. NU initiates first semester include Brother Lee Forbes, Neligh, Nebr.; Brother Gary Engel, Bode, Iowa; Brother Gary D eckert, Tilden, Nebr.; Brother Thomas Miller, Falls City, Nebr.; Brother William Krueger, Lincoln, Nebr., and Brother Gerald Kehn, Butte, Nebr. Social Chairman Lee Forbes spearheaded plans for a varied social program for NU during first semester as follows: Hour D ance with Kappa Delta, Izzak Walton Party, attendance at football game November 16 with Zeta Tau Alpha, church attendance the next day with Gamma Phi Beta, Hour D ance with Chi Omega, and a tea for NU's new housemother, Mrs. Clark. NU pledges took their sneak November 9 to Marysville, Kan. NU's Homecoming display won second place in its division. In Intramurals, NU has chalked up four wins and two losses in football and two wins in basketball this year. We are indebted to Historian Carl Friedrich for all this news from NU. Historian Bob Brown reports that XI pledged 20 men last Fall. Five men were initiated in the Fall: Richard L. Engel, 3228 Eng lewood Street, Philadelphia, Penna.; Waldemar E. Heinzel mann, 174 Lockwood Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.; Donald J. Kerr, 3503 Aldine Street, Philadelphia; James Elliott Moroch, 101 Colgate Ave., Yonkers, N. Y., and James Gerard Raleigh, 6 Peary Lane, King's Park, Long Island, N. Y. Miss Jan Andrusic, College Park, Md., was honored as the XI Sweetheart at the annual Rose Ball which was held November 2 at the Patrick Henry Hotel, Roanoke. This is the second year that Jan has been selected as XI's Sweetheart. Alabama's OMICRON has placed a new trophy in its colection-in the annua l "Turkey Trot," a cross-country race held every Thanksgiving, Omicron had the first ten fleet-footed freshmen come across the finish line. Miss Lida Elliot, Huntsville, Ala., is OMICRON's new Star. Here is a run-down on OMICRON's officers for this Spring: Archon James Phillips, senior from Gadsden, Ala., is in the School of Commerce. He previously held the office of Secretary and Treasurer. Treasurer Robert L. Shepherd, seni or from Gadsden, is in the School of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Radio and Television. He has held the offices of Warden and Secretary. Secretary Gary Huckaby, sophomore from Lanett, Ala., is in the School of Commerce. He is a Pre-Law major. Historian Curran Wade, Jr., senior from Birmingham, Ala .. is in the School of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Radio and Television. Warden Robert Wilson, sophomore from Haddonfield, N . .T.. is in the School of Engineering. Brother Wilson is presently house steward. Chaplain John Joyce, a senior from Columbia, Tenn., is majoring in Geology in the School of Arts and Sciences. 21