1967 Nov. Chi Zetagram - Chi Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha

THE CHI ZEmGRAM
University of Illinois Chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha
Vol. xxxin1
CHAJIRAIGN, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 1967
Harold Kenney '26
retires from UI
H. E. Kenney '26, professor of
Physical Education at the Univer
sity of Illinois, retired September
1, 1967. Prof. Kenney wrote CHI
ZETAGRAM to inform his friends
of his retirement:
"I have given 41 years of ser
vice to the University of Illinois.
I came in to Lambda Chi Alpha
through the Beta Lambda local
at the U.I. in 1922. Later we were
Theta Kappa Nu.
High Alpha reports to alumni
The graduation of some 20 seniors anjd the transfer of a few more
left Chi Zeta iWith the job of improving its manpower and financial situa
tion for the school year '67-68. After I became High Alpha, the Chapter
took steps to provide a High Zeta that would work toward the goals
before us. The officers elected are as fine a group as I have ever seen
anjd the enthusiasm and ability with which they carry out their jobs is a
tribute to this fraternity.
Focusing on an increase in memibership, we are pursuing an inten
sive 'but selective informal rush program. We iplan to add another ten
to fifteen pledges to the present nuimiber of ten. We are following this up
with an effective scholarship program incorporated into our pledge pro
gram aiming at activating at least 75% oif the pledges.
In working toward these goals, however, we have not forgotten the
other aspects of fraternity life. We have a full slate of exchanges with
"I enjoyed reading the publish
ed letter from D. ,C. Maddy '27. I
some of the best sororities on campus in addition to a "Surrealistic
remember when we
our traditional Winter fonrnal.
called him,
'Have a little on your meat, Mad
dy.' He can tell you the source
of
this
'short'
KENDRICK
nickname.
'24 gave
TED
him
this
name.
"I
coached
the
Illinois
wrest
ling team from 1928 through 1947,
served as a professor of Physical
Education from 1947 to 1961, and
since
1961
have
been
Assistant
Venus" pledge dance, a Halloween hay ride on Brother Jinks' farm, an;d
With the football team's early success, .our outcome dn intramurals
is anticipated as being highly favorable. All-I.M. quarterback Ken
Martinelli has hopes of leading the team to the championship.
The igoals are set be^fore us. I pledge myself, along with every
member of the administration and Chapter, that this Zeta ;will attain
the financial stability desired and an adequate level of membership
composed of strong, energetic Brothers; all within the bond of the
brotherhood we love.
Yours in Z.A.X., Paul Benjamin
Dean of the College of Physical
Bill Dahlquist '48
new Manager for
Education."
Chi Zeta participates
in installing colony
insurance company
at Central Missouri
was chosen by the National Fra
ternity as the official degree team
William G. Dahlquist '48 has
been appointed manager of a new
Equitable Life Assurance agency
in Youngstown, Ohio.
for the installation of Lambda-Pi
Zeta at Central Missouri State
A veteran of World War II,
Bill served with the U.S. Army
The
ritual
team
of
Chi
Zeta
University at Warrensburg.
Following the exemplification of
the Ritual, a formal banquet was
held in honor of the newly in-,
stalled Zeta. Later in the evening
a formal ball took place in the
university union.
The officer in charge of the ex
emplification was National Ser
vice Secretary George W. Spasyk.
Delivering the Banquet address
was William J. Hill, Grand High
Gamma.
in the European Theater and re
ceived a battlefield commission as
a second lieutenant. He was dec
orated for bravery in ac!ion dur
ing the seige of Bastogne and re
ceived the Purple Heart and
French
Bill Dahlquist '48, is a new man
ager for Equitable Life Assurance.
Bill's address is c/o Equitable,
Youngstown, Ohio.
Unit Citation.
Bill joined Equitable in 1958 af
ter serving as assistant sales
manager for a food processing
firm. He was appointed district
manager in 1960 and won the Na
tional Citation Award two times.
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THE CHI ZETAGRAM
Published regularly by the
Alumni
Association
of
Chi
Zeta
of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
at the University of Illinois for
the benefit
friends.
of
its
alumni
and
Alumni Relations Chairman
and Publications Officer for
The Chi Zetagram
Craig Hostetler '70
Herrin
Send news and address changes
to the Chi Zetagram publication
office, Box 213, Station A, ChamHouse,' 209 E.
1paign, Hl^ Chapter
'
Armory, Chaanpaign, 111. 61820.
Jay Hengelmann '65
Returns from Vietnam
The
CHI
November, 1967
THE CHI ZETAGRAM
ZETAGRAM received
this letter from JAY R. HENGELMANN '65, VF-96, Fleet Post Of
fice, San Francisco.
"I'I am
am delighted to
to receive my
my
'71 Pledge Class at Chi Zeta
The Chi Zetagram presents a resume of our fall pledges;
Brian Barch — Freshman from Rockford in ipre-oned. While in high
school he lettered in football and edited the school paper. Special
interests include water skiing add karate (has iblue belt).
Ron Budde — Freshman from Elmhurst jnajoring in Architectural Engi
neering. Ron was active in student governonent and lettered in
gymnastics .while in high school, and is presently a member of
the Illinois gymnastics team and the I.F.C. Research Committee.
Don Fike — Junior from Tonica enrolled in pre-law; a transfer from
Illinois Valley Junior College; lettered dn baseiball and traok.
Major interests are hunting and auto oustomiziing.
Ohuck Giragosian —A junior from Chicago majoring in commerce.
Chuck transferred from Purdue University where 'he lettered in
two sports. He is especially interested in surfing and golf.
Steve Klingel — Freshman from O'Fallon, majoring in medianical engi
neering. Steve plays the trumpet; while in high school he parti
cipated
in the marching_ band at^d
.
. dance iband.
I^on Lemen — A freshman from O'Fallon, also majoring in (mechanical
engineering. While in high school ihe lettered in 1>aseball, basket
ball and football, was active in student government, and ,was
class .president.
copies of the Chi Zetagram. It's Dan Page — A sophomore from Urbana cmajoring in math. In high
great to hear about how the chap
ter is doing and of the activities
of the brothers I went to school
with.
school he lettered in golf and was a basketball starter on the
"Sweet Sixteen" Unbana Basketball team.
Larry Sexton — A freshman from Elgin enrolled in pre-med. At Elgin
High he lettered in swimming and was a representative to Boy's
"Since leaving Illinois in 1964
State.
I've done quite a bit of travel- Dick Wilderimuth — Sophomore from Portage, Indiana, majoring in
ing. I
in the
ceived
I then
received my commission
U.S. Navy in 1965 and re
my Navy wings in 1966.
reported to San Diego, Cal
architecture. W'hile in high school he lettered in swimming and
track, was active in student government, and was a 'Class officer.
if.. where I joined the ^-4 Phan- NeW OfficCrS elcCted at CM Zcta
tom Jet Fighter Training Squad
ron. After six months of training
I reported to Fighter Squadron
96.
"In November 1966, we deployed aboard the USS Enterprise for
a combat tour of Vietnam. After
an unbelievably long eight months
and 100 combat missions over
North Vietnam I returned to San
Diego along with the seven Air
Medals I was fortunate enough to
•
earn.
"Three weeks after my return
home in July I married my fiancee. I think that might have been
Officers elected for 1967-68 are:
High Alpha — Paul Benjamin, Barrington, Political Science, Senior
High Beta — Jim Bodoh, Prospect Hts., Industrial Design, Junior
Higli 'Gamma — Steve Lehmann, Bloomington, Math, Soph,
High Tau — Rick Nunemaker, Elmhurst, Accounting, Sqph.
High Delta — Martin Pluth, Danville, Marketing, Junior
High Kappa — Larry Hamuth, Dundee, Urban Planning, Soph.
High Phi — Dan Mitchell, Peoria, Engineering and Political Science,
Soph.
High Epsilon — Mark Elstner, Bloomington, Urban Planning, Soph.
High Rho — Oraig Hostetler, Herrin, Pre-Dentistry, Soph.
High Sigma — Ken -Martinelli, Chicago, Economics, Senior
New landscaping
"As for the future, the squadron will be deploying aboard the
Enterprise for another Vietnam
further flight training.
"Once again let me say how
much 1 appreciate my CHI ZETAGRAM. I hope to get back to the
Champaign area soon so that I
might visit Chi Zeta. It looks as
not be with them, though, as I
well and I hope that it continues
WANDELL, a '64 graduate, we of
to do so.
fer our sincere thanks.
even
more nerve-wracking than
Vietnam.
cruise in January, 1968. I may
might be returning to Florida for
if the house is doing extremely
The area surrounding the north
end of the front sidewalk is re
ceiving a. face lifting compliments
Wandell s Nursery. To JEFF
1
November, 1967
THE CHI ZETAGRAM
Loss is Mourned
M
iii
George W. Brandt *30, senior
appraiser of the city onortgage
department of Equitable Life As
surance Society of the United
States, died January 12. George
had been in the Chicago office of
Equitable for 35 years. He was a
past president and lifetime direc
tor of the Illinois Association of
Certified Real Estate Appraisers,
and a former member and past
president of the Society of Resi
dential Appraisers.
We have received notice of the
death of John H. Custer '20, 108
Graceland Dr., Laporte, Ind. John
was a special representative for
Sinclair Refining Co. He is sur
vived by his wife, Irene, and sons
Thomas and John.
We regret to report the death,
January 11, of R. E. Blackburn 13,
Madelia, Minn.
Chi Zeta plans
fall social events
This semester the social pro
gram includes five formal Wed
nesday night exchanges. The so
rorities include Chi Omega, Alpha
Gamma Delta, Phi Mu, Tri-Delt,
and Iota Alpha Pi. Tony Britsky's
band, The Secret Syde, will be
playing at two of these exchanges.
The Pledges set the date of
their dance for Noevember 11 with
the Secret Syde performing. The
theme was '^Surrealistic Venus",
centering around a "hippie" style
of dress and decoration while con
tinuing the newly-traditionalized
Venus Beauty Contest.
Other
hayride
social events included a
October
27
at
ILLINOIS' PHI KAPPA FSI HOUSE is a study in contrast to its new
giant neighbors, Illini Towers (left) and Bromley Hall (right rear).
New Neighbors
New Look
Illini Towers and Bromley Hall,
pictured above, are typical of the
privately owned and operated re
sidence halls which are opening
at U. of I. They are located in the
In addition to basic housing,
these halls offer many features
such as swimming pools, gym
fraternity-sorority area and dt is
tnaid service, etc. One has a
language laboratory with the lat
certain that we will be joined by
more and more of these gigantic
neighbors in the next few years.
On the average, these buildiings
house 650 to 750 students in ac-
coonmodations ranging from single
rooms to elaborate suites for four
with full kitchens. Cost, including
food in a central dining room,
varies from $1250 to $1500 per
school year. They are thoroughly
modern, attractive to the point of
"plush" and planned with student
needs in mind.
nasia, music rooms, reference li
braries, laundries, free telephones,
est electroniic equipment. All are
generously supplied with lounges
and social rooms.
This is attractive housing for
U. of I. students and its price, con
sidering "extras", is fairly com
petitive. It is not yet possible to
estimate the effect it will have on
fraternity and sorority housing but
as more and more of these com-
meroial dormitories are built, they
will have a definite impact.
Claude
Jinks' farm, and the Winter For
mal which is being handled by
the Junior Class. We would like to
think Brother Jinks for his unfail
ing cooperation in arranging social
events at his farm.
Social events for next semester
are already on the planning board,
and the High Epsilon is already
embarked on a busy year.
Chi Zeta's fall initiates
New initiates for the fall semester are:
Claud Jinks, Homer, sophomore in physical education, X890.
Doug Day, Peoria, sophomore in theater, X891.
Steve Lehflnann, Bloomington, sophomore in math, X892.
Tony Britsky, Ursbana, sophoimore in political science, X893.
Craig Hostetier, Herrin, sophomore in pre-dentistry, X894.
Marty Pluth, Danville, junior an marketing, X895.
John Deckard, Belleville, sophomore dn chemical engineering, X896.
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News of Lambda Chi Alumni
JIM ROSE '66, 1908 Stratford
Lane, Rockford, writes:
"I have passed the CPA exam,
have finished law school, and have
Born to TONY SCHNARSKY '65
for nine weeks of Finance School.
and his wife Lavetta, a baby girl
of eight pounds, nine ounces on
August 11. Name: Rebecca Ann.
Tony also has a new address:
2372 Teviot St., Los Angeles, Ca
lif, 90039. Tony writes:
"I'm now teaching at the Uni
versity of Southern California, in
Los Angeles. Have spent a few
just received word on passing the
bar exam. I received a direct com
mission in the U.S. Army Finance
Corps and reported to Fort
Benjamin Harrison (Indianapolis)
November, 1967
THE CHI ZETAGRAM
UI Stadium Seems
Bigger Each Year
On September 30, the University
of Illinois again opened the gates
of Zuppke Stadium as fans from
around
the
Midwest
come
to
cheer the Fighting Illini on to vic
tory. 71,000 seats surround the
playing field.
At the first of the year I am
weekends with JIM CARBERRY
So what?, you say. You've heard
scheduled to be stationed at the
'65 and his wife, Sue, and we've
Army Materials .Command in
Washington D.C. and would be an
xious to hear from any of the
of bigger stadiums. But have you
Disneyland, Farmer's Market, and
the Coconut Grove together. We
brothers in the D.C. area.
are all official native Californians.
hit such entertainment centers as
ever looked at the .stadium from
this angle.
If 71,000 people stood in line,
single file, and one person was
let into the stadium each second,
tive chapter. I anticipate great
Love the weather, mountains,
beach and crowded freeways.
When any of the brethern get out
this way (everyone must come at
least once) please drop in on us.
things for the future of Chi Zeta.
Keep up the excellent work!"
We live on one of the cliffs in
the Silverlake district of L.A."
they let one person in every min
ute it would take well over 46 days.
"I've been on campus for the
last three years and have had the
opportunity to know a number of
the members of the present ac
Alumni come back at Homecoming
This year a large number of returning alumni were greeted at the
chapter house during Homecoming. Despite the ill fate of our football
team at the hands of Minnesota, the day was profitable as a time for
brothers renewing old acquaintances and making new ones.
Those present included:
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sawyers '65, 311 W. Harrison, Oak Park
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pershing '64, 1926 Harrison, Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Young '67, 1165 E. Cleveland, Decatur
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swanson '64, 1335 Main St., Lake Geneva, Wise.
James Scheeler '50, 992 W. Armory, Champaign
Joel Bachorz '66, 6612 S. Kedvale, (iiicago
Steve Johnson 'fi7, Lenox Road, Glen Ellyn.
it would take 19 hours and 43 min^
utes to get everybody in. Or if
If all 71,000 people drove to the
game in. a car that was 18 ft. long
and 6 ft. wide, parked bumper to
bumper in the same parking lot, it
would take a lot 255 miles long and
80 miles wide to accommodate the
cars.
Receipts from six of these hypo
thetical games at season ticket
rates would be enough to pay the
salary of the President of United
States for 20 years. Or it would be
enough to pay the tuition (at the
present rates) of a student who
lived in Illinois and went to the
Ws Been ^'Moving Day" For These LXA Alumni
Edwin Baker '66: 3020 Muimford Ave., Urbana 61801
Robert B. Burns '50; Box 13234, University Station, Gainesville, Fla.
Russell S. DeLong '57: 1844 Elm Dr., Santa Rosa, Calif. 95405
William S. Gibson '54: 25 Bergman Ct. Apt. 10, Forrest Park 60130
Marvin D. Hefifington '60: Apt. 311, 1100 Alvarado S.E., Albuquerque
iN.M. 87108
U. of I. for 1252 years.
71,000 people standing single file
would make a line from the sta
dium to the Illini Union and back
to the stadium again 8^4, times.
The entire population of Peru,
Paul C. Jones '50: 721 LaVita N.E., Albuquerque, N.M. 87110
Urbana, Tuscola, and Paris, 111.,
David A. Klingel '61: 22 Windsor Dr., Belleville 62223
could get into the stadium at the
same time with enough seats left
over for the entire student body
and faculty of Millikin University
Richard F. Kosobud '46: 105 CJolIege Dr., Claremont, Calif. 91711
Lt. Wayne A. Moehling '56: 2015 Comm. Sqd., Randolph AFB Texas
78148
Gordon H. McCandlish '61: 15034 Inbrook Lane, Plymouth, Mich. 48170
Charles R. Pickrel '66: 3050 81st Place S.E., Mercer Island Wash
98040
N. Jack Rowe '66: 8643 S. 87th Ave., Justice 60458
James A. Scheeler '50: 922 W. Armory, Champaign 61820
Stephen M. Schoff '66: 4746 S. 83rd St., Ralston. Neb. 68051
and then some.
However, we must keep this
imaginary crowd in proper pro
portions. The attendance repre
sents only .000027 of the world's
population—27 parts in a million.