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

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Phi elm Theta OPPlOERS President - - - PORD L. THOMPSON Vice President - - - IOSEPH L. PRlCE secretary - - WM. c. EDMisroN, in Treasurer - V ROBERT O. BROOKS GN December 28, 1848, six outstanding men met at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and united themselves in the bonds of Phi Delta Theta. Prom 1848 to 1948 the membership roll has grown to approximately 80,000 men in 108 chapters. ln the year 1925 the Florida Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta was chartered at the University and has since been a leader in social activities, scholarship, and athletics. Over the strains of Phi Delta Theta for Aye , with the huge success of rush week, Florida Alpha is once again upholding its reputation for frolicking fun .... Football week-ends and frolics pack the house with glamor gals galore. . . Looking good in the intramurals as usual .... Politics and student government keep our BlVlOC's busy .... Once good wholesome bachelors but now hen-pecked hubbies are Goss, Reynolds, Gaines, and Wynne. By the time this is published Edminston may've joined the long line of lovers .... Goathead and the Big lnjun are still in the running .... Powell Schell has seen and dated almost everything now .... 17ord's going to shock Drk TeSelle by going to class prepared some day .... l-lank and Brother Price mix nicely. . . . The portly Senator from Mayo is cute .... Bishop and Pratt are fighting Gatormen .... Nants and Cargo lead Peachead about by the fuzz on his cranium .... Sheehan made S298 on his Bottle .... Two-gun has joined the Bow ties and bent pipe boys over in Law School. The jacksonville boys applied for flying licenses to use for week-end journeys .... Honest loe and Bee Bee fight more than married couples do ..,. The Croy and Schell brothers sleep with golf clubs under their pillows .... Time is near for the remaining veterans to come back to Gatorland, and Florida Alpha will continue to keep Phi Delta Theta, as ever, superexcellent.

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Phi Gamma Delta OFFICERS President - - H. D. RICHARDSON Secretary - GEORGE WOLEE Treasurer - - WILLIAM A. LEMASTER PHI GAMMA DELTA was founded May l, l848, at Washington and Ieffer- son College. It is the l3th oldest and sixth largest Greek Letter Society in America, with a membership of over 30,000 Eijis today. Counted among prominent alumni are Calvin Coolidgeg Rockwell Kent, noted artist, and Lloyd Douglas, prominent author. The national fraternity maintains the finest fra- ternity clubhouse in America, a nine-story structure located in New York City, which has ll0 bedrooms, dining room and recreational facilities. Upsilon Phi Chapter was installed at the University of Florida in May of l94l with installation ceremonies carried out by national officers. The V-2 initiation ceremony brought thirty-three men into the Eiji ranks. The chapter house was kept open during the war despite the acute manpower shortage and the handicap of its recent installation. The Eijis are now undergoing a reactivation with the return of many of their former members and the presence of an outstanding pledge class. The chapter has made itself felt in recent political matters with Ierry Bassett as Chancellor of the Honor Court and Bill LeMaster as Honor Court member from the College of Engineering. H. D. Richardson is president of the Lyceum Council for the l946-47 school year. The calendar is well rounded out socially with men such as Brooks, Sanders and Austin. Midnight oilers Warner and McVay help maintain the average, and Bacchus has his worshipers in Wolff and Barcus. Lenahan furnishes the food and transportation and Richardson the finances and brains. The Eijis functioned on the two big week-ends of the year, Spring Erolics especially had the old house creaking at all its seams. With a new paint job and repairs inside and out, the chapter is looking forward confidently to the new year and expects to find its place in the fra- ternity sun at the University.