point average among fraternities. This has been one of our goals for years, and we are proud of this honor. In intramurals we are currently ranked second among fraternities for the IFC cup and have a very good chance of bringing it home. Last semester we came in second place in soccer and basketball and fourth place in roller hockey. This has continued into this semester with our current standing in soccer, football, and hockey being second, first, and second respectively. We also celebrated our five year anniversary on November 6, 1999 with a banquet for brothers and alumni. A great time was had by all with 120 brothers and dates attending.
WESTERN CAROLINA Our chapter has been doing great and we recently had a large turnout for our alumni weekend. As far as the campus activities go, we are participating in all of
them. We had a strong showing to all the events, and we are really getting to be known on campus. We also have been trying to improve our relations with other fraternities and sororities on campus. We have also been extending ourselves to help organizations on campus.
WESTERN MICHIGAN After meeting with the ABT and Housing Corp. in August, our brothers started the new year with reborn enthusiasm and many fresh ideas. Fall rush was the most successful in the last five years with fourteen associates. After five busy and exciting weeks of pledging, all fourteen of them were initiated, doubling the size of our chapter for the second year in a row. James English ’89, Jim Sanford ’92 and David Oberdzinski ’99 were present at the ceremony to welcome our new brothers. We then hosted our ninth annual Powder Puff tourna-
ment where ten sorority teams battled for the most prestigious non-intramural sports trophy on campus. Our sports participation is a source of pride again this year. Not only did we successfully compete in all intramural sports, but we also participated and placed high in sporting events organized by the University and other organizations. Our involvement on campus and in the community was recognized by the IFC with a Chapter of the Month award. On October 23rd we welcomed over 50 of our alumni to the annual homecoming celebration. In conjunction with the ABT and Housing Corp., we kicked off the festivities with a formal meeting at a local restaurant where exciting new plans for building a brand new fraternity house were presented by Jeff Jones ’92 and Charlie Carter ’91. With continuous chapter growth and development we are looking at moving into
the new house within the next three years. ABT and Housing Corp. presidents Matt Spaulding ’92 and Jim Sanford ’92 presented reports on continuous chapter standing with Delta Chi and lead a fund-raising campaign to pay off our fast shrinking debt of over four thousand dollars. We were excited to share our fraternal experience with Jim Wright ’64, Jerry Spade ’61 and Jim Moore ’60. We appreciate their involvement with the chapter. We also would like to extend our gratitude to Bob Peterson ’58 who presented the chapter with some important memorabilia that he had saved and preserved for many years. It was a day filled with many shared memories for all involved and a day we will never forget. Credit for helping us finance this year ’s Homecoming should be given to the ABT and Housing Corp. and also all the alumni who have given donations.
Wayne State Delta Chi Alumni Reunion Front row: Ed Stell ’62 and Tom Kelly ’66, back row: Jack Vincent ’65, Bob Cain ’64, Don Kleckner, Jerry Patera ’64, Andy Jackson ’64, Don Beesley ’63 and Rick Rehn ’66. On October 16, 1999, 97 brothers and their wives met at the Nova Hilton outside Detroit, Michigan for a reunion. The group spanned pledge years from 1961 to 1973. The class of ’64 had 12 members in attendance. John Zoulas ’64 came the greatest distance from Seattle, WA. Some of the brothers toured some of the “old” favorite night spots and visited the house (now an apartment building). Dennis Stillwagon had old 16 ∆X Quarterly Winter/Spring 2000
films converted to video and 100’s of old still pictures. Watching these great videotapes brought back many fond memories. Dancing and lots of reminiscing followed a great dinner. Some brothers had not seen each other in over 30 years. After a few minutes it was like old times. Everyone vowed to meet again in 2004. The goal will be to have even a larger turn out including brothers from the 50’s and late 70’s.
Efforts are underway to organize a formal alumni group. To learn more about what’s going on and to catch up on what your old friends are up to, check the Wayne State Delta Chi web site at http:// www.delatchiwsu.org. See you in 2004 if not sooner. - Ed Stell ’62
