Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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DELTA GAMMA TAU Top Row: left to right: Don McKeith, Cliff Leestma, Bruce Lindley, Don Mottison, David Kinney, and Silvio Fortino. Third Row: Robert Phillips, Walter Howe, Deane Fink, Lynn Wilson, and Paul Hurrell. Second Row: Ralph Brown, Wilbur McCrum, Kenneth Peterson, Paul Guider, George Peterson, and Jack Crittenden. Bottom Row: Sutherland Hayden, Marvin Fenner, Ed Baklarz, Albert Wilson, Jerry Duvendeck, and Bill Galinet. Top Row: left to right: Bill Bennett, Bill Hunter, Andy Edgerton, Robert Ruehl, Murray Hanna, William Newton, and James Towne. Third Row: Albert Arklie, Bill Lemon, Robert Howe, Walter Boylan, Robert Bowman, and Charles Parrott. Second Row: Donald Eaton, Harry Dittmar, Arthur Sercombe, Bruce Butler, Durell Emling, and Warren Hogenbuch. Bottom Row: David Miller, James Brinlcerhott, Kenneth Plaxton, Wayne Dorsett, and Homer Fulton. 97

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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

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HLMHNIHN Rack Row: left to right: Helen Lindsay, Wilbur McCrum, Dorothy Champ, Sutherland Hayden, and Helen Dehnke, Front Row: James Cotter, Jean Beckwith, .lack Crittenden, Elizabeth Miller, and Carney Smith. The task of handling the weekly campus newspaper was accomplished capably by editor-in-chief Elizabeth Miller and the associate editor, Sutherland Hayden. Elizabeth is the second girl to occupy the editor's chair in the history of the Almanian. Faculty support was given by Carney Smith, while .lim Cotter, assisted by Maryhelen Con- nolly, managed the business and circulation. For the third consecutive year Jack Crittenden was sports editor, aided by Marian Spalsbury as girl's sports editor. Jean Beckwith, Helen Lindsay, and Dorothy Champ were in charge of the features which added much of the personal touch to the Almanian, especially Alma Matter and Knowsey Knews, the author ot which remained shrouded in mystery. A weekly in- formative article The World ln Review was written by George DeHority on the out- standing events ot the war. Wilbur McCrum, Helen Dehnke, Bruce Mellinger, Dorothy Walton, Guile Graham, and Robert Henney played an important part in their con- tribution ot news. 98