Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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PHI PHI ALPHA Top Row: left to right: Ed Owen, Frank Closson, Keith Carey, and Bruce Kane. Third Row: Frank Hempy, Don Gillard, Fred Hartt, Graham Markes, Claude Maxwell, Bill Carr, and Charles Purves. Second Row: Bill LaPaugh, .lack Lea, Robert Hubler, Victor Fox, John Hicks, and Jack King. Bottom Row: Dane Smith, Richard Fishbeck, Andy Horne, Bruce Mellinger, and Francis Sherman. Top Row: Grant Dean, Steve Nisbet, Robert Milham, Harold Mayhew, Don Converse, and Robert Baker. Third Row: Harold Hartt, Robert Smith, Robert Dewar, Paul French, Preston Nixon, Jack Mundell, and Robert Lint. Second Row: Jack Hensel, William Hawkins, Bill Crimmins, Duane Waters, Walter Mattison, and Richard Read. Bottom Row: Kenneth Swanson, Herbert Dahl, Alan Goodrich, Gilbert Koch, Tom Fitch, and Rex Wood. 95

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PHI PHI HLPHE1 Organized in 1898 as a literary society, Phi Phi Alpha continued as such until T926 when it was reorganized as a fraternity. ln its forty-four years as a leader on the Alma College campus, Phi Phi Alpha has grown rich in traditions and high standards and has earnestly endeavored to live up to its name which, translated, means Affec- tionate Brothers of Learning. For the last eight years the fraternity has been located in its own house at 313 Philadelphia Avenue. Phi Phi Alpha men were active in almost every phase of campus life this year, playing a leading role in student government, sports, scholastic activities, music, speech, dra- matics, and social life. Seven members of the Student Council were Phis, including Council President Bruce Mellinger, Student Marshall Victor Fox, and Social Chairman .lack Heimforth. Twelve members of Alma's MIAA championship football squad were members of Phi Phi Alpha, Keith Carey and Jimmy Hicks being selected as members of the All-MIAA team, while Rex Holmes received honorable mention on the Little All-American team. In basketball, Alma's highly successful team, which won the league title for the second successive year without a defeat, was paced by the great work of Keith Carey, con- sidered by many to be the best basketball player ever to compete for Alma. He was named to the All-MIAA basketball team for the third straight year. The number of members participating in track, tennis, ancl golf was also large and Phi Phil Alpha, as in other years, was well represented. Scholastically, Phi Phi Alpha ranked among the leaders. The Valedictorian of the 1941 graduating class was a Phi, and this year the only all-A record achieved outside of the senior class was earned by Bob Milham. ln speech, the members of Phi Phi Alpha again excelled, with Jack Gilchrist and Bruce Mellinger as outstanding mem- bers of Alma's crack debate squad. Campus officers who were Phi included the president of the A Club, the president of Phi Sigma Pi Chonorary scholastic societyj, the business managers of the Almanian and Scotsman, the president of Tau Kappa Alpha fnational honorary forensic fraternityi, the editor of the Scotsman, the presi- dent of the sophomore class, the student chairman of the Co-operative Council, and the MIAA sports representative. Victor Fox, Andrew Horne, and Fred Hartt served as presidents of the fraternity for the three electoral terms of this highly successful year. Phi Phi Alpha has also done its share in contributing to the war effort. In addition to the members who have already gone into some branch of the service, many more are soon to go. 94

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DELTH GHMMH THU With its charter members of the class of T942 putting the finishing touches on their four years of college life at Alma, Delta Gamma Tau fraternity passed a highly suc- cessful third year in their house on West Center Street. Under the leadership of Presidents Albert Wilson and Ed Baklarz, the Delts continued as an important cog in the campus machine, following their code of promoting the highest moral, social, and intellectual ideals, and of furthering a friendly spirit between all fraternity men of Alma College. The influence of the Delts was felt in every phase of campus life. Its members were among the leaders in all activities, including scholastic pursuits in which they achieved a high ranking as a group. Activities in which members of Delta Gamma Tau par- ticipated and co-operated included football, basketball, tennis, track, golf, softball, bowling, fencing, publication work on both The Almanian and the Scotsman, choir, band , A club, International Relations Club, debate, oratory and extemporary speak- ing contests, Religious Life Committees, waiters' force, Student Council, cheerleader, and public relations. One of the maior projects of the Delts during the year was the remodeling of the House in order to provide a greater degree of -facility and beauty. Parties sponsored by the Delts proved popular on the campus. The Delt Smoker was a great success and did much in helping the fraternity pledge a fine group of new members. One of the unique features of the campus social program was the Delt Mass Date Night which provided fun and kisses for all concerned and brought together some ex- tremely humorous Mutt and Jeff combinations. Topping off the social season was the Delt formal on April 25 at the Hotel Olds in Lansing. With this year's graduation porviding its first large group of alumni, Delta Gamma Tau nevertheless has made and will continue to make its contributions to the nation's war effort. Seven Delts were already in the armed forces at publication time, namely, George Gillert, Sid Kane, and Bob Brown in the army air corps, Louis Ohliger in the navy submarine service, Bob Jackson in the marines, Bob Rentz in the medical corps, and Jack Brown in the army. Many have shown their willingness by volunteering for summer service and for special fields. Of the latter group, Jerry Duvendeck heads the list as the first Alma College man accepted for the navy's V-7 program. All in all, the Delts closed their first four-year term with ample proof that there was iustification in organizing a new fraternity in the fall of 1938. 96