University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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Alpha Gamma Rho OFFICERS President -- - Vice President - Secretary - Treasurer - - - Faculty Advisor DoNALD L. sroNE Q 1. LEoNARD coNE - 1oHN M. BAILEY - ANGUS FRANKLIN MR. air siMMs ALPHA GAMMA RHO Was founded in l908, when two local fraternities from Chio State University and the University of Illinois combined to form the national agricultural fraternity. Today it is the foremost social fraternity of the profession, although in late years many of the chapters have accepted a small percentage of non-agricultural students. At present the fraternity consists of Sl chapters located in 31 states. The Alpha Gamma chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho at the University of Florida was installed in l925 with a charter membership of twenty-six. Alpha Gamma Rho has many prominent alumni throughout the State and a large number of the professors of agriculture at the University are former members. Alpha Gamma Rho again became active at the beginning of the fall semester of l945-46, with only four active members on the campus. Many of the old members have been discharged from the armed services, and by next year the fraternity Will, in all probability be larger than before the War. Those engaged in campus activities are Donald L. Stone, member of the Student Senate, Leonard Cone, lnter-Fraternity Conference Representa- tive, Robert Perry, President of the Block and Bridle Club, and Vernon Pugh, Secretary of the Agricultural Club.

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Aipim Tau Umega GPPICERS President - - MAX BREWER Vice President - - WILLIAM LANIER Secretary - - . HENRY HERPEL Treasurer ------ WILLIAM HALL Faculty Advisor - DR. A. P. BLACK THE shrill whine of exploding one-pounders burst forth above the chatter of rifle fire one winter night in 1864 in Virginia. A grey-clad soldier wiped mud from his face and sighted down his hot rifle barrel. Lying next to him, another soldier scowled at him thoughtfully. Ulf I ever get out of this, Otis, I'll always do my part to see that this nation will never again be split asunder, he said. There is something we can do, the first added as he bent low to reload. There was something they could do, and they did it. These two men, aided by a well-known lawyer, founded the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity after the war on September ll, 1865. To create the feeling of brotherhood between the North and the South and to foster a Christian brotherhood dedicated to the task of achieving and cherishing permanent peace, was the announced purpose of their order. And the fraternity grew. The principles it embodies were accepted over the entire North and South. It spread with the migrating peoples to the shores of the Pacific, and today there are chapters of Alpha Tau Omega in ninety-six American colleges, dedicated to the same end of which its founders dreamed. Alpha Taus continue to attain campus fame as G-Man Butt receives one of Florida's most outstanding honors, President of Blue Key. Assisting him as wheels are Blank as secretary, and Gibbons, M. and Ioca as members of the University's leading honorary society. Sam Gibbons becomes the Fleets third Commander of Gator Veterans since inception in 1944. Iohnny Ioca is president of the F Club. Hog Weeks is vice president of L'Apache. Brewer and the two Gibbons are active in debate. Heald, Fields, Holton, and Davis in dramatics. Political scene finds the Brothers Gibbons, Brewer, and Farnell as our men of destiny. Reawaking interest in publications finds Taus Holton, T Lanier, Martin, Holcomb, Williams, and Lewis active. Blackfoot Lodgemen Mooney, Hamilton, and Carte letter in football for second year, with Mighty Mouse Hendricks still football manager. Little Pete Hartsaw leaves intramural ranks and becomes high scorer for the Gator basketeers and second high scorer in the SEC. Wilcox, Ennis, Hartsaw, Butner, and Adams strengthen the Gator Trackmen. Head official Sammon and office manager Balmond active in the intramural department. Still socially supreme, the Taus bring back to mind the week-ends of old with functions to dream about . . . Frolics, complete with Brawls and Coffee Dance, the Seventh Annual Valentine Ball, Comic Capers, picnics, beer parties, Founders' Day Banquet, all under the direction of Weeks and Company. Hatton leading ATO's large pledge class, Lanier as rush chairman . . All this and Mother Armie is back again ....