Initiates
History
Spring Pledges
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Chapter History Report
Filed by Terence Cox
On September 6, 1959, Beta Sigma of IIKA at Carnegie Tech began its
second year in its new and permanent house. Before rush week
started, the 41 brothers and one super-pledge worked hard to make
the house even more inviting to all new visitors. We added new
chandeliers in the basement, new furniture and in two days, we had
paved our patio by ourselves. It took much work by many brothers to
get the patio in shape, and although it was not a professional job,
even to this day there are no cracks on the surface. We owe much of
our thanks to Brother Russell
for his expert supervision of the job.
After quite a successful rush period, we pledged 19 men, five of
whom depledged because of various reasons. On February 20, 1960, we
initiated Rick Boroto, Jim Jubinski, Ed Lustig, Bucky Mills, Bob
Moore, Tom Murphy, Barry Shane, Chuck Sioberg, Dan Spindler, Bob
Stocking, Bruce Thaeler, Joe Volpe and Bill Walthour. John Glasscook
was initiated the following May. These 14 men had as their pledge
project the laying of a mosaic tile IIKA crest on the entrance way
floor. They claim that this contains 1,327,582 tiles. The pledges
also installed oak treads on the front stairs.
We started the year under the leadership of S.M.C.
Don Beaman, I.M.C.
Ray Fessler, Th.C.
Dave Morris and S.C.
Joe Grable. Our social year was
well organized under the direction of our Social Chairman
Larry Reehling. It was an
outstanding year, highlighted by the traditional "American in Paris
Party", "Pizza and Beer Party", the spook-filled Halloween party and
the "Spaghetti and Wine Party". Homecoming was the big event of the
Fall Semester, providing fun for all the members and returning
alumni. Our display had as its theme "The Cold War". We thought it
was good, but it did not win any trophy. The Fall semester
concluded, technically, with the annual Christmas Banquet. Champagne
and punch flowed freely and all had a great time. Just about four
weeks later finals began.
The Spring Semester got underway under the leadership of S.M.C.
Gerry Ryder, I.M.C.
Dave Morris, Th.C.
Ray Gindroz and S.C.
Bill Hall. After a short rush
period we obtained 7 fine men. Of these, one depledged and on May
30, 1960, we initiated Chuck Chriss, Ed Deveka, Joe Drake, Joe Fell,
Ken Hanover and Bob Meyn into the IIKA brotherhood. Ron Flach and
John Glasscock were also initiated on this date. With this
initiation, the membership of the house came up to 63 brothers. The
pledge project of the second semester pledges
was the decoration of the Girls' powder room to continue the general
motif of the rest of the house.
Our Spring Social calendar was as successful as our Fall
Schedule. We saw the Gamma Sigs from nearby Pitt come to our house
for a Joint Party. This was soon followed by the annual swimming
party in the Tech pool. Greek Sing was one of the high points of the
Spring semester. Under the splendid direction of
Jim Willard, we came from the
bottom to place fifth in the singing competition. We did not win,
but everyone feels we are improving greatly. This years Dream Girl
of Beta Sigma was held at the Baldoc Hills Country Club in early
April. At that time, the brothers saw Mickey Coburn chosen the 1960
IIKA Dream Girl of Beta Sigma. She was accompanied by the runners up
Elaine Frank and Caroline Nevins.
Perhaps the greatest event of the Spring semester or even the
year was Spring Carnival. The Theme of the Carnival this year was
"Miss, Misses or Mrs." - love affairs with a leap year twist. IIKA's
theme was "Guinivere and Lancelot". Our booth consisted of a gaily
colored Medieval tent centering around moving tracks showing
Guinivere chasing Lancelot and eventually getting him. We felt quite
confident of receiving a trophy for the booth, but we failed to get
one. Nevertheless, we were not entirely disappointed for in the
unusual Buggy Races. IIKA's number one Buggy, "The Shark", placed
third in the race, and second in buggy design. So, after an
uncountable number of man-hours of work, "The Shark" made off with
two well earned trophies. Our Plank Jousting team also did quite
well, by winning the second place trophy. The net result of the
Carnival was three trophies for IIKA. The Carnival was highlighted
by the appearance of the Four Freshmen for the Friday Night Jazz
Concert. and the Tommy Dorsey Band for the Saturday night formal. We
could say it was quite a prosperous and fun-filled Carnival for IIKA.
Just prior to the start of the Carnival, the house finally received
its much needed BRASS BAR RAIL. We owe much of our thanks to
Alan Walmer and the "Murphy-Sioberg
Committee". In the line of sports, Pi Kappa Alpha placed high on
the lists of many of the major intramural sports. Touch football
found us in the semi-finals, but we were beaten out of the finals.
In Soccer we won two of our three games which also brought us close
to the finals. In Basketball however, the breaks were on our side,
and after much hustling we placed second in our league. Softball
season also saw us place high on the list. After the 1959-1960
sports season, we finally established ourselves as an athletic power
at Tech.
Participation in school activities and honoraries was widespread
among the brothers and pledges. Dan Spindler
and Bob Stocking entered the Scimitars
(Sophomore men's honorary),
Fred Gottemoeller and Jim
Sharkey entered Delta Skull (Junior men's honorary), and
Ray Fessler entered ODK. (Senior
men's honorary) and became president thereof. Brother Fessler is
also president or PiDE (National Journalism Honorary) .
Track |
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Jim Sharkey, Rick Boroto |
Rifle |
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Bill Houck |
Swimming |
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Mac Kabler |
Cameron Choir |
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Jim Willard, Joe Drake, Ed
Deveka |
Scotch and Soda |
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Joe Fell, Ray Gindroz, Larry
Reehling, Dan Spindler, Bob Stocking, Bruce Thaeler, Bob
Wallace |
Kiltie Band |
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Rick Boroto, Terry Cox |
Our net worth at this time is just about $180,000 for the house
and furnishings. The financial report for 1959-1960 is as follows:
Balance at the beginning
of Fall term |
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$ 3,496.16 |
Income during year |
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41,830.92 |
Expenditures |
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41,627.75 |
Balance May 1, 1960 |
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3,700.51 |
Net profit up to May 1,
1960 |
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204.62 |
The year 1959-1960 has been a very successful year in the opinion
of the brotherhood, and we are looking forward t an even more
successful year in 1960-1961 to carry on the ideals of φφκα.
Fraternally yours,
Terence Cox, Historian
Beta Sigma Chapter Spring Pledge Class On May
30, 1960 the following men were initiated into the bonds of Pi Kappa
Alpha: Joseph Volpe,
William Walthour, Chuck Chriss,
Edward Devecka, Joseph
Drake, Joseph Fell,
Ronald Flach, John Glasscock,
Kenneth Hanover and
Robert Meyn. As a pledge class their project consisted of the
cantilevered shelving system for the women's bathroom in the
basement. The task was difficult to install due to the concrete
walls. After that, the theory was, the chapter attracted a higher
class of women to parties.
Sweepstakes
Results |
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2 |
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ATO |
DORMS |
PiKA |
Results:
3rd Place
Course Record: ATO 2:25.0 (established in 1956, 4 years ago)
A-Team Buggy: Shark |