TEKE NEWSLETTER

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APRIL, �955
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ALUMNI NE'WS & NOTES

Heading the news is the eleotion of new officers during the March meeting
of the S.F. Graduate Chapter: President, George DOVE; Vice-President, Bill
RUS,;SecretCl-ry, Rod GOFF; Treasurer, Griff MARSHALL. Congratulations and best
wishes to the new administration and a hearty thanks to the outgoing officers'
who have done a fine job. '.; .Alumni not yet acquainted with Rod GOFF '1'411 be
interested to ·learn"that.he hails-from the' Misso1:lri Chapter 'a,nd, has 1D�en very
active, along·wi th Bill; DEADY in trying to estaQlish Teke_coloniE?s in the Bay
Area ••• � Tom 'SMITH;'the'a.ssistant Brovince Hegemon, was elected to'-coor9iriate
the Graduate Chapte:rJs votes on petitions' for new ohapters with tl).e Berkeley
tlndergraduate: chCl.pter. . • Of, -interest to some. of the, older· .a-ll;lms is the item that
Roger LUECK' was j:.ecently� made vice-president in ;charge':of;"re5earoh of the " ; ' .- t

American C an 'comPany; 'New Yo : rk • •• Bob TOBBY,j'.Nu Chapter -1926;; visited.; 'the'Bay,'

Area on a business trip and asked to be remembered to his, many Teke friends.
Bob is now manager of· the Gotham Hosiery Co.'; ·N.Y.,C .... The r�cent ,TV debut of
£ratersJOHN8TON, FRASER, HEYN·, and GOTH orr the /!Richfield Suecess Sto:ryl! of the
, Fraser-Jonnston- Co. was 'cl. real success. 'Reports; are that Hollywood offers have
heen flooding in for we eks -s'inee.' •••• Al and Willa HERZOG dropped,byBerkeley
on their way down to Southe:rm Calif. They .just. T,eturned from a three . week
business (?) trip to- Hawa'ii' for the Army. AI' will be getting out of ,the Service
. in late summer'.�.io Cal and Mag BLAND's latest. entry into Who_fa Whq in the baby
- wQrld appeared under' ,the name' GaTY, born F eb .. 21 •• • •• Bill DeMARTINI tried his
fhst, law case ,in Napa this month . -- .won -na turally. ••• The Bob HEATH,' s have moved
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. to Fr�sno 'to work in the Turkey Dept" of the: Grange Co. -- guess that, will, be
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' r Thanksgi'Ving.� .... Hawk S,. HYDE was a .welcomed'visitor at the
; Chapte:r" House 'the other night.. He was making. .a,quick trip from Oreg ' on and re­
. ported Gerda, arid 'family doing fine;, •••• Acap:u,.lca, 'Mexico was recently surveyed . "

by Bill GRAHAM under the guise 'of a'business trip .. Bill's�roornmate.;Ls Sid
HAMILL and they both'agre·e ,that thed.--r apartment is ideal for -parties ...... Hear
that Bob DICKE�ON will 's-oon be a:ltar-bound with the airline hostess he met
vyhil�:L.traveling:i:n the diplomat'io.-service."

SCHOLARSHIP' AT NU .
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This semester <scholarship committee has been quite active with eight meJ'llooo
,bers; headed by th�Hypophetes, the committee has accomplished much on the files •
.our gdq.l, is' to have�',t he fi;!..es completely brought up to date and cleaned by the
first of June. This. ,�einester another tradition is being instigated at Nu, in
that we are havmg 'a sneak and bean scholarship ba,nquet for the celebrat-ston of

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the universitY's.,dis.tribution of Cinch notices._ Th�se fraters and pledges I).ot
receiving a Cinch notice will eat·steak and those with Cinches will feast on
beans. Garff Wilson, assistant 'to, the Presiden;p'of the University, Wi;!..l speak
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at the dinner.;. ••• ·This - semester ·the c0rrim±t,tee .has' -also been aotiye in'provid­
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ing twb'new convenienc,es to members. First, an advisor list,. which is a file
of all PbPular 'courses in the· university, with:the fraters who have taken the
course,'the year in· which they took it:and t he grade.they rec�iv.ed. This file ·1

is intended' to' benefit the undergraduates' ancft p;!.edges,

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way to find help in their troublesome pourses. The second convenience is a
faculty file arranged alphabetically atcording to cours�s. The file contains
evaluations of the professors ·of most of the common courses and is especially
helpful when pre-enrolling for c�asses. These aqditions together with the old
policies are all designed with the final aim of improVing the scholarship of
all our members 'J time will tell as to the merits of our program.

SPRING SING

On March 25th a group of hoarse sounding Tekesslowly headed for the Menls
Gym to participate in this year's Spring Sing. After the atmosphere h�d c'leared
they had walked off With two second place awards and comments such as: "Sounded
like Fred Warmg's group,lI IIgreat spirit,'" and "too bad about Jud." We
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had been entered into twodtvisions:, first, novelty, in which we sang IIPore
Jud is Daid,tt and, second, ments groups, in which we presented IlOklahQma" and
II Surrey with the Fringe on Top.1I With the enthusias,m shown for this Sing, we
hope to come home with two first places next year_ •••.• The Sing was ably directed
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by Robin IIWaringll HARRIS.

PLEDGE DANCE

This semester's pledge dance carried a gangster mood, with deoorations' �em­
iniscent of the Prohibition era. Highlight of the festive evening was a large
maze that one had to encounter in order to enter the living room • . At last count
four couples were lost and seven searoh parties had been launched. The 'living
room was filled with sawdust; consequently more dancing was' done on the floor
than the conventional way . The only complaint h eard was that Al NELSON would
have made it' home all right� if some darn fool hadn't stepped on his �ingers com­
ing around the last corner • • • •• Hoodlums at the dance had a happy time at the
oocktail party given at Al N�lso
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TEKES TAKEN

,Fraters eternal that fell to the grasping arms of campus maidens were many
this semester. Under the influenoe a nd techniques of fellow frat�rs and through
the lectures g'iven in the second and third ,floor barns on the merits of women,
many members were able to go ou t and win the girl o f their choosing. From now
on, the fraters who have fulfilled the ultimate aim (of their girls) will be put
on the TKE Advisory Committee for the benefit of the iovelorn • . The following
men (?)h ave been placed on the committ�e1 Dick SCHUETTGE, married; Gay VIRDEN,
engaged; John RICHARDSON, e ngaged; Tom SMITH, pinned; Jaok GRAUSS, pinned; Bob
COLLINS, pinned; Bob SHARP, pinned; Fred SCHOTT, pinned; Bob KEASBEY, pinned,
and Don McINTOSH, pinned.

SOCIAL SCENERY

Nu Chapter Spring social season started off with the Spring Initiation Dane,e.
Spirits were high from the Initiation banquet and were higher after the cocktail
party, which was held at Terry WOLLTER S T home. A four piece band provided dance....
able music throughout the evening. A Cal basketball game on TV at the cocktail
party made averyone a little late to the dance, but no one was worried -- except
the band leader • • • • • At every opportunity we roll up the rugs and have record
dances. These small, informal gatherings are highlighted by the music of big
name orchestras � • ••• .• Otlier highlightsof our social scene are the many ex­
changes we have had with different sororities. Also an exchange was arranged
with the nurses from Provl'd€mce -Hospital. Many fraters found the nurses congen­
ial, as well as interesting.

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Basketball: This season foun� the Tekes losing the ¢hampionship of the
w:i.nners' bracket by one point, and finally ending the, league in third place.
Mariy of the house players were haJ:J:q?ered by injuries . during the end of league
play; this may sound like a rationalization, which it is �'

Softball s 'Behind the able pi tc h ing o f Fred SCHOTT we have managed to. win
two game s out Qf three ball games. Frater SCHOTT pitch ed a no run, no hit game
against the Delta Sigs. High hopes prevail for the remainder of the league.

Volle'y'qall: The Volleyball team has an impressive record of five wins ou.t
of seven gameS:. The team has shown an excellent playing abi�ity. a,nd.a keen
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Nu. Ohapter t:s� active'Mptnerst
' houS��" TvvO hew lamps , along with va:riQ}ls.,pottedplants and<' othei su6hi���¢oo;l
be seen.d�cQr.ating'r;m!'-living ro6m�).'l1eTe1.ces are;very .pr.oud and -gratef'\il
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EASTER GREETING

, The- who:t�:house would like to' wiSh the alumni a belated Happy Easter and
would liketq thank the alumni for their tremendous interest in 'th e ho us e .
Your' assistance and participation in activities of the house have helped to
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make the.m a suc c ess . , , <