University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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PHI KAPPA SIGMA Hfe. I, 7 op ?;. Derwood Neal Banister, Joe Tom Bouchier, Fred Lewis Brown III, Nelson Allen Byman, Stephen Earl Cloud, Jerry Alan DeVault, Travis Vaughn Doughty. Second Row: Donald H. Eller, Kenneth Charles Emery, Charles Leigh Eppright, James Milton Fechtel, John H. Garner, Delbert Ivan Hawkins, William Glyn Hearn Jr. Third Row: Donald Edward Herr- mann, Lowell Thomas Higgins, Michael Andrew Jordan, Benzel Christopher MacMaster, Larry Bry- ant Mallow, Ronald William Mas- sey, Claud Edmond Matney. Fourth Row: William Donald Max- well, John Ames Mead, Carroll David Mosley, Kenneth Clarke Oli- vier, Charles Allen Poer, Adolphus Taylor Pohlman, Daniel Anton Po- korney. Fifth Row: Richard Earl Ponder, James Benjamin Potter, Ulon Willis Rankin Jr., Elmer William Reichert III, Albert Rodman Searcy, Rodney Errol Senterfitt, Alan R. Stahlman. Sixth Row: Thomas Michael Ton- kin, Luther Milam Watson, Chester Lee Wheless Jr., Kim Dee Wheless, David Michael Williams, George Freese Wroten, William Crawford Young, Charles Joseph Zubarik. Phi Kappa Sigma won third place in the 1966 Sing-Song mixed division with Delta Zeta sorority. Page 275

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711 West 22%. Below: Decorated with balloons and streamers, the Phi Kappa Sigma recreation room vibrated with the sounds of the band and dancing feet. The most important activity of the year for Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity was the dedication of its new house on Oct. 15, 1966, in conjunction with the fraternity ' s national Founders ' Day celebration. The approximately 85 people attending the function heard the national president of Phi Kappa Sigma give the keynote address. Campus activities brought the fraternity two awards: first place in the men ' s division of the Aggie Sign Contest for their Orange Baron entry, and a third-place award in the mixed division of Sing-Song for their presentation with Delta Zeta sorority. Founded nationally in 1850 at the University of Penn- sylvania, the local Sigma chapter was given its charter Feb. 15, 1941. Local officers included Charles Joseph Zubarik, alpha; John H. Garner, beta; Kim Dee Wheless, pi; Ronald Wil- liam Massey, iota; and Chester Lee Wheless, tau. Fraternity housemother was Mrs. Maurine Rue. Page 274

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OKT Active in many phases of campus life, Phi Kappa Tau won first place in the fraternity division at Sing-Song with its medley of fraternity songs. The Executioner, spon- sored by Phi Taus. terrorized campus in the Dimes Day Monster Man Contest. The spontaneously organized mariachi band, The Marijuana Brass, played on campus during elections and at the chapter house for match parties. Parties varied from the sublime to the ridiculous, built around themes of the Jolly Green Giant, A Grave Affair, and a railroad party. Phi Kappa Tau intramural teams brought the fraternity high in cumulative points with victories in football, baseball and tennis. The chapter also won the divisional title in basketball and placed Dick Ewing in A tennis semi- finals and Jim Damron in B tennis finals. Brothers and pledges of Phi Kappa Tau were active in many honoraries: five members were admitted to Phi Eta Sigma and four to Alpha Epsilon Delta and Phi Lambda Upsilon. Phi Taus also participated in the Longhorn Band and Kappa Kappa Psi. Founded locally in 1943, the Beta Alpha chapter was led in the fall by Joseph Sidney Fletcher, president; George Wheeler Richards, vice-president; Charles Edwin Blank, secretary; Lawrence Sullivan Ross V, treasurer; and Terry Lee Belt, ECMAL. The spring executive committee was directed by Raymond John Martin, president; Richard Edward Ewing, vice-president; David Traeger Griffin, sec- retary: John Cavett McDuff, treasurer; and Charles Edwin Blank, ECMAL. The fraternity sweetheart was Jane Gil- breath, a member of the newly organized auxiliary. Mrs. Ruth Halligan was housemother. Top: 2804 Rio Grande. Right: Phi Kappa Tau captured the first place award in fraternity division of the 1966 Sing-Song. Top Row: Robert Joseph Abresch II, Horace Glen Anderson Jr., Paul Thomas Barr, William Edwin Becker, Terry Lee Belt, Ronald Wayne Blake. Second Row: Charles Edwin Blank, Charles Howard Boone, Stephen Alan Bux, Robert M. Clark Jr., Steven Cyril Cox ' , Roger Bruce Cramer. Third Row: James Stewart Dam- ron, Antonio Manuel Diaz Jr., Ronald Dale Eads, Richard Ed- ward Ewing, James Michael File, Travis Dean Froehlich, Joseph Henry Gallagher. t st Page 276