Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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I. F. C. John Whitman Menibcr-at-Large William I ' oynter Treasurer Alilton Bevinfiton Memher-at-Large V lid reus Laii Chairman (asper Jacoby Secretary Social highlighl of the spring term, the Inter- fraternity Conference Dance provides fraternity men with a fitting occasion to invite THE GIRL to a rousing weekend of social conviviality ini- hued with interfraternity sp irit and goodwill. The formal dance Friday night at the Hotel Stat- ler with one of the name bands of the nation sets the pace for a bang-up weekend. Following this on Saturday are parties and festivities galore to bring the fraternity men of Tech together on a less formal plane. Anything from cocktail parties to a barn dance may serve to entertain the hundreds of happy couples who revel in the IFC weekend. But the fraternities are busy working together throughout the s -hool year on all the different phases of fraleniily living. Blessed with a faculty administration who are cognizant of the vital place of fraternities in the over-all scholastic picture, the IFC acts as a totally self-governing body completely in charge of the fraternity world at IM.I.T. Through monthly meetings of representatives from each House, strengthened by numerous meetings of subordinate commit- tees, the IFC fulfills its responsibility of continu- ally uniting and strengthening the position of fraternities at Tech. On an internal organizational level, the IFC has just completed a major portion of the job of over-all introspection into the policies which KllinI Lawrence — Friday Ni«ht ;iiiixhan Mmiroe S;itiirday Nifiht

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PHI GAMBIA HELTA Cornea ti. yi. yippi. i|»| i. ay. yippi yay (.oiiK- a li. yi. yippi. yippi. yay. Verse 2 When ihe Fiji moon is shining In lli« ' heavens up above, Thai ' s the time lo go astrolling With the Fiji girl yon hive. Twice this year I lie Fenway Lodge spruced up and the Fijis donned their formal habertlashery for the annual Pledge Dance an«l the Halloween Formal (Salty Punch Party) where a more staid atmosphere failed to prevent festivity. Much of the pleasure, however, conies from bridge, intramural athletics, and bull sessions which are a part of fraternity life. Work is often the thought of the moment — but life at Tech becomes a well-rounded existence of work, pleas- ure, and purpose??? A snug little nook by the fireside, an easy chair An hour spent with brothers Fiji, in the smoke wreathed air. Standing: Kiiipnicver. M r loii. Vyrc, i,iiiili|iii.st Sealed: Savior, Winder, Steiii, Ferguson. l(ol i-rt.son ' 19: Donald II. Hergis, Lee E. Davies, Frank L. Dickson, L. (!orbin Eddison. Robert . Evans. James P. Gordon, Robert E. Hughes, Jr., Edward H. Kelly, Jr.. William C. Mitchell, Robert C. Peterson, Richard ( ' .. Singleton, (icorge (j. ilt. Jr., John E. Whitman. ' 50: Kenneth A. Benjamin, Thomas R. Eggert, Henry B. Ferguson. John R. Flynn. W. St. John Garwood, .Jr., W illiani K. Geist, W illiam (). Kin- cannon, Donabl B. Robertson, Joseph W . Saylor, Jr., Dan R. Test. W . Birch Winder. 51 : Charles F. Cordes, Bradford W. Edgerton, Hubert E. Knipmeyer, Robert A. Lind |uist. Rob- ert L. MacCalluni. Robert Nock, Jr.. Albert H. Rooks, David M. Rowe, Glenn A. Shaltuck. Jr., Theodore W. Stein. Robert R. Sl« ' plienson, J. Richard Vyce, Burton T. Woodward. ' 52: Ronald P. Bell. Robcrl B. Brown, (iraham C. Driscoll. Joseph W . Marcello. Charles W . Richard. Charles (». Vick« ' rs, John R. W alsh. CauMfC4 Paniif

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;;ui l« ' fralt-rnily livinj; at Tccli. X ■ now hiiw v - |ili ' il inlcrprelatioii of l f a| pr «-(l tValrrnilN sUiikI II iiv iiialttTs as soi-ial respoiisihilily. riisliin practices, etc.. which hy scrNitif: lo guide the indivithial fralcniitv iiiiil siinullaiieoiisly help lo cTcatc a more iinilcd roiip and help l« iiiaiiilain a lii :hcr loci of fraternily living at M.I.T. OiK ' important innovalioii which contributes directly towards raising fralcriiity standards is the newly established Scholarship Award. These awards were presente l by the IFC for the first lime this fall to those houses which had made outstanding achievements in the previous school year. Here, again, by using these outstanding houses as a guide to good fraternity practices we are efficacious in creating over-all good fraternity practices. Expansion of fraternities is being carried on in two directions. First of all. the number of fraternities at Tech is on the upgrade. A new- policy has been set up governing the admission of new houses to the IFC which is so formulated as to insure the maintenance of high level fra- t«Tiiities while at the same lime giving help to those groups desirous of emerging as a fraternity. At present, only one group i ' jroing through its -Miirfzalro il. (loloiiel Stoopiia U . ami ;nif4liaii Miiiiroc ltrna lrastiii »or A Ml ' ! ' Dean Baker Present iiif: the IFC Scholarship Awards probation period, but several more are working towards this goal. A second aspect of fraternity expansion is pro- vided by the project wherein the fraternities are actively working towards the future years when it may be possible and desirable to establish a Fraternity Row near the school, thus providing a greater measure of fraternity integration into the over-all school scene. The cumulative effort and achievement of the M.I.T. IFC were awarded outstanding recognition this year at the annual meeting of the National Interfraternity Conference. At this meeting, held in October in ' «-w York City, our IFC was named as the I nilcrgraduatc Interfraternity CouiK ' il which during the past year has nuulc the niosi nolablc con t ribiit ion to the social and cdiicatiiiiKil program of its institution. by the commillcc of judges s ' t up by the National Inlcrfralcrnil Conference. A large trophy, which remains al ' I ' cch for one full y« ' ar. now rcsls ill the l( lil of Ituililiiii: 10. This is onl ihc second lime llial ihc award has bcj-ii gi eii since its iiiilialion in l ll.al which time Mitlii- j;an Slal ' t ollc c won llic a% ard. No auanl was made in iiiler cniiii: «-ars. Ai ' KII, 2.{