Lawrence University - Ariel Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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Back Row: Weiss, Gustman, Mengarelli, Montemayor, P. Clark, Thatcher, Van Dyke, Wooster, Glass Parrott Third Row: Bergmann, Lundy, Socha, Timmer, Messer, Reichardt, Nimmer, Orinin, Backes, Pontius Second Row: Merwin, Krcjci, Krueger, Mitchell, Wesolek, Knoechel, Nielsen, Wilson, Bogs First Row: Hermann. Huber, L Clark, Crafwallner, Glaser, Kueng, Bartholomew, Rodriguez, Foulkcrson Delta Tau Delta Delts of the winter-spring semester are as proud, if not more so, of the fraternity than their alum brothers . . . much of the credit for this feeling goes to the officers . . . these men have led us to splendid heights, and they deserve warm praise . . . for presidents, we have had Paul 'lZoot Reichardt and Bob Quickie Wilson . . . in the vice-presidency, we have seen jim HBaldyl' Gust- man and George ilLover Bogs . . . our corresponding secretaries were HQuickie and George iiThwarted Montemayor . . . as recording secretaries, Bill uRomeo Lundy and Larry uHic Clark did a fine job . . . our treasurer for both semesters was that genial gentleman, Don Carlos Alfonso Rodriguez . . . youlre okay, fellows, and we hope youlve enjoyed working with us . . . in any fraternity, one of the most important factors is the social calendar, and we have certainly had our fill of good times here at Lawrence . . . hay rides, record parties, toboggan parties, and bar parties kept our spirits high . . . Louie lithe louse Nielsen and HZoot were our social chairmen, and they were anything but slackers when it came to promoting fun . . . we have done quite well in sports, too, placing men on the swimming, golf, track, and tennis teams . . . many more of us played on the Terns, Polywogs, Timmer's Pick- ups, and on our own bowling team . . . incidentally, we didn't miss indoor sports either; many campus coeds can be seen sporting Delt pins . . . our men have participated in campus activities as much as possible . . . we boast social committee men, Sunset players, Phi Mus, many club officers, a pep chairman, cheerleaders, and an imposing list of two pointers . . we of the Navy unit bid our chapter and Lawrence good- bye with many regrets . . . we owe much to Delta Tau Delta and this school, more than we can ever hope to repay . . . long will we remember the pleasant sort of life we have led here . . . and many thanks to 'lleom Alt for keeping us in line and for being the grand Mother to us that she is . . . they don't come any better, Mom, believe us . . . to our civilian Delt brothers, we can only leave an order, knowing that it will be obeyed, Carry On!

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Buck Raw: Riggins, Wallmann, Gilchrist. Dear, Ruck First Row: Brown, Torgcrsnn, Marcsh, Smith, McDermand, Hodgson, Ebling Beta Theta Pi Good Lawrentians, true Betas, and memories galore . . . gala affair of the year, annual Cay Nineties Party . . . Beta Casette editors, Bill Doll and Jim Platt, with their tattle-tale-grey minds . . movies and a memorable stag gathering at jenkis . , . Jim Maresh and Wotta gag . . . a real orchestra, fourteen spotlights, and the HCollege Inn was the product-authentic night club at- mosphere . . . Phil Ruck, his pin, and a couch . . . cake and coke dances for Fill-in weekends t . 4 Jim Wallmann, the perennial treasurer . . . pool, poker, and bratwurst . . . another stag party at Doc Kloehn's famed Rathskeller . . . Beta's contribution to future politicians, Bill Riggins . . . a night of rolling 'round and iround on the rink at the Armory . . . prexy Paul Date and flashing bulbs . . . the rough-and-tumble spirit at all the hay rides . . . Gus Leicht and Shirley Fores- man monopolizing the basement . . . three bales of hay, and the Beta basement was trans- formed into a barn . . . Ralph Gilchrist and his corset costume . . . Dave McDermand, the Lawrentian editor's hubby . . . a picnic with true Beta girls . . . Larry MacDonald, the religious athlete, starring in track and basketball . . . Kloehnis again, for a reunion with the alums . . . Dave Smith and Rosie Fulton on the other couch . . . visitors in the persons of Dick Galloway, Johnny Forde, and Walt Webber . . . Platoon Leader Paul Ebling leading scholarship with a 2.95 . . . the Interfrat Ball . . . Bob Brown with his southern drawl, from New Berlin, Illinois . . . the Betas take the lead in interfrat scholarship for the second consecutive time i . . Doug Torgerson, who would be a Beta any- where . . . an inter-Greek bowling tourney . . .' Bob Dear is still around, and Muriel is still in the chapter . . . the second colorful night club party, but new ideas and arrangements . . . Norm Hodgson maintains a love-'em-and-leave-iem policy . . . the bowling stag and those ten elusive pins . . . Bob Hlavacek, our fifacultyi' representative . . . an interesting afternoon at Dr. Kepler's home . . . Mr. Troyer, and a new book . . . and thanks to the Rowieys for chaperoning . . . this is a year of Beta Theta Pi . . may Wooglin keep smiling!

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Back Row: Polasky, Strohm, Dickinson, Landcck, Boom, Gunderson, Arens, Remen Third Row: Nelson, De Young, Stowell, Bartosic, Cole, Flom, Dermody Second Row: Moore, Smythe, Fall, Schuller, Frederickson First Row: Lucdeman, Miesbauer, Spencer, Harbert, Harris, Sandow Phi Delta Theta With school life at Lawrence drawing to a close, its time to reminisce . . . back in November, things began rolling when Dean Bartosic took over the presidency . . . the numerous parties seemed to blend into one mass of fun . . . outstanding were sleigh rides on Sunday nights, with hot cocoa afterwards to warm the frozen Phi Delts and their dates . . . the Christmas party, and Ski in his Santa Claus suit . . . the tri-frat formal . . . the rushee dinner at Stroebe's, and all the chicken we could eat . . A the annual Founder's Day banquet, with Ensign jimmy Fieweger recounting D-Day experiences, notably augmented by sea stories by Dick Dermody, Dan Baer, and Hal Luedeman, topped off by the master of them all; ilCive-me-some-chow-and-l'll-talk-all-night Polasky . . . the Saturday night blackout parties . . . then came president Phil Cole and his new regime, with Jerry Schuller as vice-prexy, secretary Dan Baer taking all notes in his illegible hand . . . treasurer Don lVliesbauer; co-social chairmen, Dave Harbert and Dick Flom . . . Wally Velte, chorister and chaplain; Leroy Stevenson, warden . . . George Greisch, historian, and jim Spencer, corresponding secretary . . . the new initiates, Gerry Hall, Johnny Harris, jim Knister, and Roy Vande Berg should remember their activating for some time, thanks to y makeJem-squirmn Dermody and his cohorts . . . another pleasant stream of memories . . . the Usurprisel' party which was something new in surprise parties . . . that overnight stag affair out at the lake . . . the Greek formal . . . and those swell backto-nature picnics . . . and the girls who helped make them all full of fun . . . running throughout all the if any, of this sort of life for some time, but we have benefitted greatly from it in social advantages and fraternal spirit i various activities on campus, Phi Delts played an important role . . . football, basketball, track, and swimming had a strong representation . . . the V-IZ roster of company and I platoon leaders sounded like a Phi Delt roll call . . . topping it off was Hal Polasky as student body president . . . in say- ing goodbye to Lawrence, the Navy fellows feel especially ap- preciative 0f the wonderful opportunities afforded by college and fraternity life . . . many of us will undoubtedly see little, ? Cg Page 19