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Volume 97 Number 3 Winter/Spring 2001

Inside the Quarterly

14 Keeping in Touch15 Farewell & Parting16 Directory

ADDRESS CHANGES: Send all notices of addresschanges to Delta Chi International Headquarters, P.O.Box 1817, Iowa City, IA 52244-1817. Phone: (319) 337-4811; FAX: (319) 337-5529; e-mail: HQ@deltachi.comEditor: Raymond D. Galbreth, MO ’69. Please visit ourwebsite at www.deltachi.com!

Sir Edward was born in 1552 and diedin 1634. Coke was a Reader of the InnerTemple, one of two members elected eachyear to conduct lectures for the law stu-dents. He served as Speaker of the Parlia-ment and Attorney General for Queen Eliza-beth I and as Chief Justice of the King’sBench, traditionally known as the LordChief Justice of England, for King James I,and later as a Member of Parliament. Aswe read about Sir Edward, we note that hewas a member and Reader of the InnerTemple, but our understanding of thatphrase is limited or non-existent.

To understand the traditions and heritageof Delta Chi, we must first comprehend theheritage and life of Sir Edward. In order todo that, we must look at the beginnings andevolution of the English legal system, espe-cially the Temple and Inns of Law. Thosetraditions start not in London, or even En-gland. To truly understand their heritage,and ours, we must journey to Palestine dur-ing the early twelfth century, shortly afterthe First Crusade and the establishment ofthe Latin Kingdom in the “Holy Land”.

In 1118 A. D., a group of nine French and

Flemish Knights formed the RegulaPauperum Commilitnrum Christi, the Orderof the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ. Theorder had as its avowed purpose the protec-tion of persons making pilgrimages fromEurope to theHoly Landwhile journey-ing in Pales-tine, thus be-c o m i n gamong thefirst organizedgroups of Knights Errant, knights with a mis-sion. Their quest was not to find the Grailor rescue damsels in distress, but to becomethe standing army of Christendom and toprotect the Holy Land from the infidel.

Hugh de Payens, the first Master of theOrder, and his eight comrades were poor in-deed, landless and penniless. They pre-sented themselves to Baldwin II, King ofJerusalem who admired their purpose inuniting. King Baldwin entertained such ahigh opinion of the nine knights that he be-came their patron, giving them certain build-ings in Jerusalem for their quarters. The

quarters chosen for the Knights were in apalace formed partly of a building erectedby the Emperor Justinian and partly of amosque built by the Calyph Omar out of orupon the site of Solomon’s Temple. In rec-ognition of this, the Order added “…etTempli Salamonis”, …and of Solomon’sTemple, to their name, the basis for theirmore common appellation, Knights Templar.

One historian has said, “The name andreputation of the Knights Templars speedilyspread throughout Europe.” The History ofThe Knights Templar, Charles G. Addison,Adventures Unlimited Press (1842). (Em-phasis in the original, p.11) One person whoheard of the Templars was Bernard, the Ab-bot of Clairvaux, friend and confidante ofPope Innocent II and his successor to thethrone of Peter, Eugenius III. The King ofJerusalem dispatched a letter to Abbot Ber-nard, advising him that the Templars were de-sirous of obtaining recognition of their Orderfrom the Church as well as a rule for their gov-ernment. In 1128 A. D. their desires weregranted as Pope Honorious II and the ecclesi-astical council of Troyes confirmed them as aholy order subservient to the Pope alone andAbbott Bernard wrote the rule of the order.

In his work, Addison quotes the historianAlbertus Miraeus who in his writing,Chronicle of the Cistercians (1641), describesthe Templars’ rule as “… principally of a re-ligious character, and of an austere andgloomy cast.” The Knights were to partici-pate in “severe devotional exercises, self-mortification, fasting, and prayer, and a con-stant attendance at matins, vespers, and onall the services of the church.”

In his book, The Three Edwards, the third offour volumes chronicling the Plantagenet mon-archs of England, Thomas B. Costain succinctlydescribes the severe life of the Templars:

The uniform was white, in tokenof chastity. The good knights existed ontwo meals a day and had meat only threetimes a week. They spoke rarely andused signs at table to indicate theirwants. They went to bed immediatelyafter compline and slept in their shirtsand breeches, and with lights beside thebeds, to be ready in case of emergency.They seldom bathed. They foresworecommunication with the rest of theworld. No letters could be received andnone sent except by the express permis-sion of the Master. … [T]hey respectedthe orders of the Grand Master as theywould the commands of heaven. (p. 158)

The Knights Templarand Their Worthy Successors

Brothers in Delta Chi claim Sir Edward Coke as our SpiritualFounder and Exemplar. Our Fraternity was initially createdas a law fraternity and we claim as our heritage a love

of and respect for the law. We carry on the traditions of SirEdward’s background, calling certain Brothers “Knight of theInner Temple”, and creating the Order of Pegasus. For toomany of our Brethren the significance and symbolism of theseand other traditions of Delta Chi remain a mystery.

“. . . thus becoming among the firstorganized groups of Knights Errant,knights with a mission.”

By Christopher W. Johnson, Kentucky ’77 & OWC

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thousand manor houses and estates scat-tered across Europe. They paid no taxesand became the bankers of civilization, al-ways charging fees and interest for theirservices and loans to kings, nobles andgreat merchants.

Historians assert a variety of reasons forthe downfall of the Templars. The Crusadesended as the Mongols and Muslims regainedpossession of the entire Holy Land, thuserasing the Templars very raison d’etre. Thepopulace of Europe no longer believed thatthe Templars abided by their Rule, thinkingthat they had become fat and lazy. The great-est threat to their existence, however, wastheir own wealth, which was envied bymany monarchs, especially Phillip le Bel,King of France.

For the purposes of this article the detailsof the betrayal of the Order are unnecessary.Suffice it to say that Phillip the Fair and hiscohort in crime, Pope Clement V, conceivedone of the most dastardly plots ever recorded

in the annals of infamy. At the direction ofPhillip, and with the acquiescence of Clement,on Friday, October 13, 1307, every Templar inFrance was arrested and their property con-fiscated. In castles throughout France,Templars were barbarously tortured into con-fessing heresy and impiety. They were ex-ecuted in the many bloody fashions popularat the time, with Jacques DeMolay, the GrandMaster, burned at the stake on an island nearNotre Dame on March 19, 1314, after almostseven years of incarceration and torture.

In England, King Edward II initially with-stood pressure from Phillip and Clement totreat English Templars in the same manner.However, after receiving numerous lettersfrom Clement, in 1310 Edward finally or-dered Templars arrested and tortured. In1311, the Order of the Temple was dissolvedand all its property confiscated to the Crown,although the Pope had decreed it be trans-ferred to the rival order, the Hospitallers. Un-like their brethren in France, the English

In Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The KnightsTemplar in the Crusades, (John J. Robinson1991), we are told the extent to which theTemplars’ vow of chastity was taken: “ATemplar could not embrace or kiss his ownmother or sister. He was not allowed to bealone in the company of any woman of anyage. He was not permitted to be in a housewhere a woman was giving birth.” (p. 40).Robinson suggests that the very fact theTemplars, as secular knights, were willingto take on the three-fold vow of poverty,chastity, and obedience set them apart fromtheir contemporaries, whom, according toRobinson, were avaricious, sexually insa-tiable, and resistant to most authority.

After receiving the Church’s imprimaturat Troyes, the Templars received gifts of landand money from the Count of Champagne.They used these gifts for establishing their first“preceptory”, a provincial supply base to sup-port their operations in the Holy Land. TheTemplars recruited new members, instructedthem in the Rule, and even provided rudimen-tary instruction on group military tactics, anew concept. This proved to be the patternfor Templar expansion throughout Europe.

The Templars had three provinces, laterknown as “preceptories” or “priories”, in theEast: Palestine, Antioch, and Tripoli. Europewas divided into nine, England being one.The Order was divided into three classes ofmembers: knights, priests, and serving breth-ren. None could become a Knight Templarwho had not previously received the honorof knighthood. At the head of the Order wasthe Grand Master, elected by the GrandChapter. Each province had at its head aGrand Preceptor or a Grand Prior.

Although the date of the establishmentof the Order in London is unknown, it isknown that Richard de Hastings was thehead of the Order in England at the timeHenry II ascended the throne in 1153. TheTemplars constructed a round church in con-junction with their London headquarters atabout this time. About the year 1160 theTemplars moved to new quarters near theThames River, known as “The New Temple”.Amid the other buildings of the NewTemple, the Templars constructed theirChapel, known as the Round. Wherever theTemplars built, they constructed a roundchapel, modeled after the one built in Jerusa-lem over the site of the Holy Sepulcher. TheRound at the New Temple in London wasconstructed in 1185.

It was apparent shortly after the estab-lishment of the Order that the vow of pov-erty applied only to the individual knights,not the Order as a whole. More and morelands, money, and gifts were directed to theTemplars. Wealthy members of the nobilityrushed to join the Order, surrendering alltheir riches to the control of the Grand Mas-ter. Toward the end of their existence,Costain estimates the Templars owned ten

Templars were not executed, but permitted toreturn to private life or join the Hospitallers.

In 1272 Edward I succeeded his father,Henry III, to the throne of England. Edwardwas destined to be one of the greatest mon-archs ever to ascend that throne. Among hisfirst tasks as king, Edward set forth to com-pletely reorganize and codify the laws of hisrealm and the judicial system. This processlasted for many years and earned Edwardthe sobriquet of “The English Justinian.”

At this time in England, indeed through-out the Western World for the entire MiddleAges, there was an ongoing battle for tem-poral power between the Church and secu-lar rulers. After the Norman conquest in1066, England’s legal system was controlledby the educated men in the country and theywere universally clerics, trained by and loyalto the Church. During the reign of KingStephen, 1135 - 1154 A.D., foreign clergy, whoarrived in great numbers, attempted to in-troduce the ancient civil law of Rome to En-gland. The King and Barons resisted andclung to the old common law practices andcustoms. This led to the establishment of twodistinct legal systems, that of the Church andthat of the monarchs.

Throughout the years an intense rivalrywas to develop between the King’s courtsand those of the Church. Some of the mostbitter disputes between Monarchs and Popeshad jurisdiction and sanctuary at their cen-ter. During the reign of Edward’s father,Henry III, 1216-1273 A.D., the Church wentso far as to forbid clerics to practice in com-mon law courts, permitting them to appearonly in the separate ecclesiastical courts. Thepractical effect of this prohibition was toleave those courts empty and unused.

When Edward I instigated his reform ofthe judicial system it was his intent to reviveand strengthen the ancient common lawcourts. He knew that he would need a groupof secularly trained attorneys and judges toman his own courts, which were located atthe Royal Court in Westminster. Accord-ingly, he summoned over eighty men fromall parts of the realm to study law in Lon-don and gave the responsibility for theirtraining to John de Metingham, Chief Jus-tice of the Court of Common Pleas.

In the later years of his reign, Edward Iconducted almost continuous warfare withFrance, Wales, and Scotland. In most histo-ries these wars overshadow his legacy as theEnglish Justinian. Indeed, along with his an-cestor William the Conqueror and his grand-son, Edward III, he was one of the greatestmilitary geniuses of the Middle Ages. Butthe continual warfare took a toll on the hu-man and material resources of the kingdom.

On July 7, 1307, the great Edward I diedat the age of sixty-eight. If Edward I wasone of the greatest of English monarchs, theyoung son who succeeded him, Edward II,

One source claims that the Seal of theKnights Templar, depicting two knights ona single horse, was a reflection of theimproverished start of the order.

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CAMPUS SCENEALABAMA

We are pleased to praise theoverwhelming support of ourover 1200 alumni. This summerthey came together once again toremodel the entire upstairs, bed-rooms, and kitchen of our house.In appreciation to our distin-guished alumni, an alumni roomwas created with a special Wallof Honor, in memory ofJefferson Coleman, ”AA”Emeritus , dedicated to those in-dividuals whose contributions ofall kinds are worthy of merit.Also included will be a plaquehonoring those benefactors ofthe new remodeling phases inthe house. This summer, thealumni also enjoyed the ThirdAnnual Bill Mace ’56 MemorialGolf Tournament and dinner inBirmingham with its strongestturnout ever.

Our annual Founders’ DayFormal Dinner was wonderful.Homecoming at the Capstoneinvolved our pairing with theSigma Delta Tau Sorority as weworked tirelessly on our lawndecorations throughout theweek. We capped off our week ofhard work with a much deservedand enjoyed band party on Fri-day. Game day against CentralFlorida began at the house withan alumni cookout and gather-ing, followed by the AnnualErnie Kennamer ’80 Band Party.The weekend highlighted thecoming together of brothers frommany generations as they visitedtheir home at Alabama.

Currently, we are heavily in-volved in the Student Govern-ment Association, holding threecommittee chairs, and nearly allbrothers are committee members.

We also hold positions in IFC,Commerce Associates, LambdaSigma, and Phi Eta Sigma.

ALBERTAIn April 2000, Chris Samuel

ran in the student union elec-tions for the position of VP Aca-demic. With the help of thewhole chapter, as well as friends,he emerged victorious.

Our reunion on October 14thwas a chance for all of us to cel-ebrate a belated Founders’ Day.The occasion also offered thealumni, actives, and new associ-ate members a chance to meetand talk in a casual atmosphere.AMERICAN

On Alumni Weekend, the tra-ditional alumni vs. brotherhoodflag football game ended in a 32-32 tie. Regent Jim Marascioscored the game-tying touch-down for the alumni late in thefourth quarter. A formal ball atthe Ronald Reagan InternationalTrade Center celebrating the10th anniversary of our found-ing followed the game. Theevent was a great success withmore than 170 attendees includ-ing 45 alumni covering nearlyevery class. The evening washighlighted by a keynote ad-dress from “AA” Bill Williams.

More than 30 brothers ven-tured into Virginia’s ShenandoahValley for our 3rd annual broth-erhood paintball trip. Our out-door soccer team finished its sea-son undefeated but lost in thesemifinal round of the play-offs.

AUBURNWe began the semester with

our first ever pancake breakfastto benefit the Children’s Miracle

Network and are currentlyworking on the annual Ala-bama/Auburn food drive andan angel tree for the Boys’ andGirls’ Club. Our new entertain-ment basement and chapterroom is almost completed, andshould be ready for our May50th Anniversary Banquet andannual Alumni Golf Tournament.This banquet is celebrating our 50years on campus and should bean exciting time for our alumnifrom the early 50’s to the presentto reminisce on old times.

Other points of interest areour quest to win our thirdstraight All-Sports Champion-ship, which is well on its way tobecoming a reality, we are work-ing towards the top for the SpiritChampionship, and we cur-rently rank 5th in GPA.

BEHRENDThe year started with our

Third Annual Soccer Tourna-ment. Not long after, we put onour Fourth Annual Pig Roast.Despite the torrential down-pours of Erie, PA weather, westuck together and built a 40’x16’rain tarp and continued theevent with a better turn out thanif it had been a sunny day.

We participated in The Juve-nile Diabetes Foundation’s Walkto Cure Diabetes. Twelve broth-ers helped out with set up, reg-istration, food services, andclean up. Some of them, alongwith seven other brothers, par-ticipated in the walk.

In October we held our TenthAnnual Semi-formal. Everybrother and associate was in at-tendance, as well as severalalumni including “AA” Bill

Williams. When asked, our “A”,Bill Zink said, “This has been,by far, the best semi we haveever organized and I’m lookingforward to next year.”Despite everything that we havebeen doing, we still have, andplan to hold on to, the highestfraternity GPA.

BOWLING GREENCOLONY

Following an intensive appli-cation and interview process, wewere awarded a house on OldFraternity Row. It is great to havea common area we can call ourown, where we can hold chap-ter meetings and brotherhoods.Our new “house” is definitely be-coming the “home” of Delta Chi.

CAL POLYCal Poly has established de-

ferred rush for the Greek system.In addition, Rush Week haschanged to a system where allGreeks participate in mostly prescheduled rush events as a largewhole group rather than the in-dividual chapters planning andrunning their own events. RushWeek for this fall was a hard-work-filled but successful week.We came out with three pledgesfor our Alpha Alpha class, andquite a few more with less thantwelve completed units waitingto rush in the winter.

It has been almost a year anda half since we moved in at 416Hathway Street. Some of themajor improvements we havemade so far are a front deck, newgrass and plants to improve thefront yard appearance, and aperimeter fence. With help fromour ABT and some of ouralumni, we are hoping to pur-chase the house.

IFC has established new rulesfor all parties, it is required tosubmit by e-mail a guest list ofall guests who are going to be atthe party and there has to behired security on duty as long asthe party is going on.

CALIFORNIA UNIV-PAComing off a spring in which

we won the local President’sAward, we took first place in theHomecoming float competitionand the Chamber ’s Choiceaward. This spring will holdboth our annual alumni golf out-Bowling Green Colony’s “new” house on Old Fraternity Row.

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Denison Colony Founding Fathers with “BB” Monte Johnson, Ohio St. ’69; Retiring “AA” PaulBohlman, Ohio St. ’70; “AA” Bill Williams, Gannon ’83 and Chris Johnson, Kentucky ’77 & OWC.

ing and a new Punt, Pass andKick competition for the localhigh schools.

CENTRAL MISSOURIRecruitment started the se-

mester off strong and, as a result,21 were initiated as brothers.House renovations included newcarpet, paint, and furniture for thetelevision lounge and halls.Landscaping improvementsadded a new look to the exterior.

We welcomed 45 alumni dur-ing Homecoming Weekend andcelebrated a second place finishin the float competition and athird place in the cheer competi-tion with Alpha Sigma Alpha.Karl Grindel was honoredamong the top eight finalists forHomecoming King. Plans to re-capture the Greek Week Cham-pionship are underway as wellas the White Carnation Formalat the Lake of the Ozarks.

CORNELLIn October, we utilized our

annual “Roll on the Knoll” partyto raise money for charity. We de-signed T-shirts and went aroundcampus selling them to students.We also set up a booth at the partyin an attempt to raise more moneyfor “Loaves and Fishes of Ithaca”,a non-profit organization thatfeeds the homeless.

This year’s live-ins are resur-recting an old tradition of“House Jobs”. Now, in additionto the Sunday clean-ups and din-ner duty, each live-in will have aresponsibility to take care of dur-ing the week. Members of thehousing corporation and theABT have commented on thecleanliness of the house this year,and these new responsibilitiespromise to make it even better.In intramurals, “A”, Tim Sharpand Andy Chang reached thesemifinals in doubles tennis, andour soccer team entered thepostseason seeded first, but wereupset by a one-goal margin.

DENISON COLONYOn September 18, 2000 Delta

Chi returned to the Denisoncampus. With the recruitmentefforts of three consultants westarted to form our new colonywith members in several differ-ent athletic organizations, stu-dent government, and othercampus activities. We started toform our unity within the firstweek at our first colony retreat,where we collaborated to decideupon our goals. In the weeks

that followed more memberswere added to our group, mem-bership education was presentedto us, leaders were appointed,and we gradually began to runthe colony meetings ourselves,all within a month’s time. It hasbeen a fast paced process for allof us with the expansion processcoming to an end with the initia-tion of our 26 Founding Fatherson October 15, 2000 at Ohio State.

Participating in the Ritualwere “AA” Bill Williams, Retir-ing “AA” Paul Bohlman, Orderof the White Carnation memberChris Johnson, and the Frater-nity Ritualist, our “BB”, MonteJohnson; as well as LeadershipConsultant Eric Kerstetter, whohas been very helpful to us inbuilding our colony. Brothersfrom the Windsor, Miami, KentState, Gannon and Ohio StateChapters were present as well.We believe that the men thatwere initiated into the Bond onthat day will help build a chap-ter that will bring honor to allmembers of Delta Chi.

There are several aspects ofour colony that we take pride in.We have the second-highest GPAon campus, and we all believethat with a few improvementswe can easily take over the topspot. We are just under the cam-pus membership average of 35,and with Denison’s current de-ferred recruitment we are hop-ing that our spring recruitmentwill push us above the average aswell as generate more honorablemembers to assist us as we worktoward obtaining our charter.

We have already involvedourselves in several philan-thropic undertakings. We have

several members who work withthe Big Brothers program in thearea, and have contributed toOperation Smile. We also visitedpublic schools in nearby Heathand Newark during the holidayseason. We all agree that commu-nity service and philanthropyshould be one of the most impor-tant components of our frater-nity, and we hope that a strongtradition of giving and servicewill be established in our colonyand eventually our chapter.

We believe that with the lead-ership of our executive commit-tee and the contribution of all ofour members, we can become oneof the most successful chapters inDelta Chi and set a standard forother campus fraternities.

EASTERN ILLINOISWe began the year by wel-

coming 32 associates, creatingthe second largest class on cam-pus. Two weeks later, during theHomecoming festivities, therewere many accomplishments forthe brothers including varioussuperior rankings in “FunGames” as well as a second placehonor in the Float Competition.

The weekend was toppedoff with what was one of thelargest formal dinner anddance in years with about 150brothers from various genera-tions. We were honored by thepresence of our original house-mother, Martha Gannaway.

In spite of the great start weconfronted tragedy with thedeath of our “BB” of 19 years,James Price. It is times like thesewhere true brotherhood shows.Despite this immense misfor-tune, we remain excited and

motivated for the completion ofanother year of excellence. Wededicate all of our efforts to thememory of our beloved brother.

FULLERTON COLONYWe have finally taken a firm

grip on campus. Not only havewe shown ourselves to be apower in intramurals by win-ning our division in flag football,but also in IFC where EdgarZazueta has been elected Presi-dent, and in the whole Greeksystem where Edgar was chosenGreek Man of the Year. Wewould also like to thank JohnFilipoff, Craig Cessna, and JeffChong for facilitating our retreatand helping us better ourselves.

GANNONWe added to being the larg-

est on campus by pledging threeassociates. In Homecoming wewere paired with Phi SigmaSigma and our theme was WestSide Story. Through diligent ef-fort Delta Chi captured the 1stPlace trophy which has eludedus over the past two years. Ourflag football team placed secondand the water basketball teamtook first place that catapulted usinto the overall lead inintramurals. Contact us atdeltachi_gu@hotmail.com.

GEORGIA TECHPlans are going forward to

have a large banquet in earlyApril to commemorate our 10th.The chapter is excelling after win-ning its 6th President’s Cup in itsshort 10-year history. On top ofthis, we had a successful rush,raising our membership above 90.

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The chapter was again en-couraged by a well-planned andexecuted retreat for the letteredofficers and chairmen as well asa brotherhood retreat in southGeorgia. The chapter learned alot about itself, and the bond ofbrotherhood was strengthened.This year’s Homecoming par-ticipation was also successful, aswe came out at or near the topin several events. In the overallcompetition, the chapter alsomade its mark, continuing its im-provement in rankings over theyears. On another note, threebrothers were selected among 10semi-finalists for the Mr. Geor-gia Tech competition.

HAYWARDAfter hosting the Region II

Leadership Conference, wewere on an emotional high go-ing into Greek Week. Missingfirst place by only a few points,we displayed our physicaldominance by sweeping all ofthe athletic events. The surgewas led by the tug-o’-warteam, featuring Michael Solis,Tim Brown, Michael Gandara,Patrick Hall, and anchored byStephen Parini. They oblit-erated the competition, andwon the contest for the firsttime in five years.

The year was topped off withour formal at Lake Tahoe. We tookover the Tahoe Seasons for theseventh year in a row. Followingformal we hosted our annual

Luau party, the campus’ biggestparty of the year that attracted500 people, and over 50 alumni.

We then turned our focus tofundraising, bringing in $4,000 inthe span of two months. Ourevents ranged from a bachelorauction and car wash, to workingconcession stands at Oakland A’sand Raiders games.

HOBARTWe currently have the largest

pledge class on campus with 21men. Similar to the brothers, thepledges are a diverse, yet unifiedgroup. Presently, the class is in-volved in some house beautify-ing projects, such as the comple-tion of our new front porch steps.

Thanks to the dedication ofservice chair Adam Inglis, wehave participated in an 18 hour“rock-a-thon” to benefit Habitatfor Humanity, joined other volun-teers at the neighborhood soupkitchen and involved ourselves inGeneva’s Day of Service.

ILLINOISOn Founders’ Day, after a

steak dinner at the house, wegave Keith Freuhling ’90, andMarty Lockmiller ’87 each anaward for their commitment andhard work on our behalf. Theyare exceptional role models, andembody a true Delta Chi.

Currently, we have 28 associ-ates. They built a giant paddlefor Homecoming. It was so mas-

sive that it stretched across thefour columns of the house,thereby drawing the attention ofthe local five-o’clock news.

This year’s Golf Outing, Sept.22nd, was at Brookhill GolfCourse, and it was the best ever.Special thanks go out to RogerMurray for his help in organiz-ing this event. We had a longestdrive, closest to the pin, and alongest putt competition both onthe front, and back nine.

Special thanks to Robin Cookfor his work as philanthropychair. He organized a fundraisingevent with the Shoe Carnival Cor-poration where we raised over$500 for the “Make a Wish Foun-dation.” Our other philanthro-pies have included volunteeringover 20 hours a week at local el-ementary schools, donating foodto the Salvation Army, and donat-ing $100 to the Alano Club. Ourlatest project included raising$500 for the Leukemia and Lym-phoma Research Foundation.

Robin also organized the firstInterfraternity Orientation, withthe help of many brothers fromthe house, which was held forevery new associate of every fra-ternity on campus. This eventhad such speakers as the ViceChancellor for Student Affairs,the Dean of Student Affairs, theStudent Body President, IFCPresident, IFC VP of Service, andRobin Cook. This program wel-comed the new members to theGreek system, and covered a

wide range of topics such as vol-unteering, the importance of theGreek System, and anti-hazing.

INDIANAThanks to “B” Klynt

Brummett, and our Rush chair-man, we took 30 new associates,second among fraternities.

The annual Haunted Housewas one of the best ever. Philan-thropy chairman Kurt Caldwell,along with several other broth-ers, organized it and put in hoursof time towards making it sucha large event. We raised over$3,000 for the Boys’ and Girls’Club of Bloomington.

We also had house renova-tions take place over the summerand fall months. New furniturehas been added to the cafeteriaalong with new items for thekitchen. The hallways have hadnew carpet installed and a newpool table has been added to therecently renovated alumni room.We hope to continue this successand positive development as wecelebrate our 75th year.

IOWAOne year later, the rebuilding

of the Iowa Chapter continues.A strong recruitment effortthroughout the fall resulted in 16new members being initiated.This more than doubled the sizeof the chapter and was a solidmorale boost for the brotherswho are striving to return thechapter to its former size.

We hosted a Drive-In MovieNight with seven other chaptersin which 150 people gathered onthe lawn to watch an outdoormovie that was projected ontothe front of the house. The an-nual Mud Volleyball Tourna-ment in September raised aware-ness for the local Big Brothersand Big Sisters with sororitiesbattling in the mud for the cham-pionship. Brothers biked for 25straight hours in mid-Novemberto raise funds for the LanceArmstrong Foundation. MarkStephany will represent thechapter in the annual Ride forthe Roses in April in Austin.

Delta Chi’s involvement incampus leadership continuedwith Matthew Peasley servingon the University HomecomingCommittee as Parade Directorand Chris Niro being electedIFC President.

The spring is off to a strongstart with spring recruitmentand the White Carnation Formal.

The Hayward Brothers and friends gather at their Fall Rush Table.

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We will be having our annualmeeting and alumni golf outingon April 28th. Please visit ourwebsite for additional informa-tion: www.uiowa.edu/~deltachi.

JACKSONVILLE STATEWe started off this fall with

the largest associate class.We are also on our way to win-

ning the IFC All-Sports Trophy.We finished first in the first eventof the year, golf, defeating the 2ndplace fraternity by 42 strokes.

This year we are having ourannual Haunted Forest again. Inthe past, it has been a greatfundraiser. It takes a lot of workand time but it’s a great functionwhere the brothers can spend alot of quality time together.

We also had our annualWhite Carnation Formal. Withall the brothers’ beautiful datesthe night went great.

We participated in Home-coming with Phi Mu, placingfirst in “banner display” andthird in the ”best house display.”

KANSASIn addition to our newly

renovated house, the past yearhas seen many exciting begin-nings and accomplishments. Inintramurals, spring 2000 was amonster semester that saw aturnaround of nearly 800 pointsin four events: softball, basket-ball, tennis and sand volleyball.We went on to win the Hill.

Last semester saw the begin-ning of the Doug Miller Commu-nity Service Scholarship. DougMiller ’66 began the scholarshipwith contributions to theChapter’s Kimball EducationalFoundation, and a challenge toother alumni to donate. Theaward’s first two recipients wereNathan Paulson ’00 and JohnAudlehelm ’01.

Last spring, we also began anew philanthropy, Who Wants tobe a Hundredaire? to raise moneyto help fight diabetes. JayGoettelmann ’00 played the partof Regis Philben, asking triviaquestions to contestants, whocould win up to $100.

KANSAS STATEThanks to the hard work of

our Recruitment Chairmen weonce again had a strong AMclass. In the days leading up tothe start of classes many broth-ers arrived early to work onhouse improvements. Usingmoney donated by parents andalumni we were able to com-

pletely refurbish the TV/Recroom. Work on many individualrooms has started as well.

Hoping to improve on ourtop 10 finish in last year ’sintramurals, our football teamfinished strong and two of ourbrothers became All UniversityChampions in wrestling.

For Homecoming this yearwe paired with Delta Delta Deltaand Lambda Chi Alpha, andtook home a second place over-all finish, our highest placing ineight years.

Our Dad’s Day attracted alarge turnout and resulted in agreat afternoon spent getting toknow the fathers of everyone inthe house. At Founders’ Day wewere able to get together as achapter with alumni and cel-ebrate our achievements of thepast year, including our first everPresident’s Cup.

Socially we have kept busywith three date parties and twofunctions held with Gamma PhiBeta and Alpha Delta Pi. OurWhite Carnation Formal is alsojust around the corner. In Octo-ber we also presented our 5th So-rority Woman of the Year Award.

KETTERING-BWe have another group of

brothers studying in Reutlingen,Germany. It has become a tradi-tion of our chapter to have threemanagement brothers go to Ger-many in the fall term.

A few improvements to ourchapter room were made overthe summer. The biggest was thedemolition of a dividing wall toexpand the room. We now haveadditional space for our pooltable, dinners and rush events.

Another addition to our ex-panded chapter room is the cre-ation of a large filing/shelvingstructure. A section is dedicatedto used course textbooks, donatedby brothers for other members touse, which helps to offset the costof textbooks each term.

These great additions to thechapter would not have beenpossible without the hard workand dedication of select brothersover the spring and summer.

LINDENWOOD COLONYThe Founding Fathers’ of

Lindenwood University havedwindled down to only nine.With those nine and strongalumni support, we were able tocome together and double in sizewith the Alpha class while re-cruiting the leaders on campus.

We are currently working ongetting a house with the help ofthe administration.

Earlier this year we threw aBack to School Party where wehad over 500 students support-ing us. We are also continuingto help out the surroundingcommunity with a dance-a-athon, raising money for a fire-man and policeman who werekilled in the line of duty. Wewere all in the Christmas spiritwith wrapping presents for thehomeless for a second year in arow. All of us are looking for-ward to the White Carnation Ballwith the other Missouri Chap-ters at the Lake of the Ozarks.

LONG BEACHRecent events included Fall

rush, IFC football, and GreekWeek. In rush, we’ve pledged 13associates to make one of thelargest pledge classes in recenthistory. In IFC sports, we held a12 game winning streak in soc-cer and softball and two springchampionships. After losing ourfirst game, we’ve gone on to win4 straight games by a total scoreof 59-0 and ended up receivingthird place for football.

In Greek Week we won theGreek Sing for the third straightyear. With Sigma Kappa as ourpartner, we pulled off our ownrendition of the 50’s theme mu-sical “Grease”. Nat Buck starredas Danny and helped us sing ourway to win the event. We heldour Founders’ Day dinner atTaix’s restaurant in Los Angeles.Please visit our website:www.csulb.edu/~deltachi.

LOUISIANA TECHIn rush we added nine asso-

ciates. We hope to have anothergood associate class for the win-

ter and maybe one for the spring. The following awards weregiven out at our Founders’ DayBanquet: Brotherhood of theYear Phillip Berry, ScholasticsAward John Ziegler, Alumnusof the Year Keith Snook, andSweetheart Renita Smiley.

We have worked hard thesepast few months on communityservice projects. Along with allour hard work we have also hada blast this year with parties, ex-changes, and road trips.

MANKATOWe are proud to say that we

have just bought a new house!It is a block away from campusand we are the closest fraternityto campus now. Our alumnihave been very active in gettingthis new house and we want tothank them for everything theyhave done. Fall rush went welland we initiated seven members.We now have 25 members.

We had an exchange with Al-pha Chi Omega and did Home-coming with them. We placedsecond during Homecomingand were very excited. We hadour annual alumni banquet onNovember 4th. We have done anumber of fundraisers to helpremodel our house. Our univer-sity has imposed a rule that willkeep us from recruiting fresh-men until the second semester.

MASSACHUSETTSWe are still in a re-building

process but have had great helpfrom our alumni. Homecomingwas an enormous success. Manyalumni participated; having agreat time, reminiscing about thepast and even going through thealumni ceremony.

We hope to increase our effortsin the areas of philanthropy and

Lindenwood asssociates (seated) with members and alumni inbackground following the formal pinning ceremony.

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Montevallo Alumni and Undergraduates at their Alumni Association Summer Picnic.

fundraising in an attempt for ourtown to be more accepting to-ward Greeks. We plan to haveanother associate class and hopeto keep alumni relations growing.

MIAMIThe renovations to the

kitchen and dining area, alongwith the addition of a new sit-ting room at the front of thehouse, have brought a new lookand feel to the chapter. Also,many brothers have investedtheir time and money into paint-ing the hallways, improving thealumni room and rehabbingsome of the rooms. With all thismomentum built, “BB” JimAdams ’69 has begun work on acapital improvements campaign,which will raise nearly $500,000for additional renovations andimprovements. Some of thesewill include the expansion of thefront sitting room into what willbecome a large communal areafor the brothers, as well as a sys-tematic rehabilitation of each ex-isting room. For information onhow to help the chapter, pleasecontact Jim or John Boyer “E”,at boyerjl@muohio.edu.

During Homecoming, wewelcomed back alumni from sixdifferent decades. Eric Ellis’band played, and memories ofyears past were exchanged. Wewould like to thank all thealumni who came back to see thegreat changes and improve-ments that have taken place, andwe hope to see them all again.

In sports, we have advancedto Division II. Fall’s philanthropybrought us the 2nd annual Bom-bardment tournament. This is thelargest cooperative philanthropyon campus, as it brings us to-gether with another fraternity

and two sororities. Last year’stournament was the largest rev-enue generating philanthropyon campus, at over $4,000.

MICHIGAN STATEWith several philanthropy

events such as our annual SafeHalloween and an upcomingHabitat for Humanity project,our goal is to maintain our ex-cellent reputation with our com-munity and to expand participa-tion within our house and ouralumni. With events scheduledsuch as a house paintball trip,white water rafting in West Vir-ginia, formal in Windsor,Canada, and involvement in sev-eral local athletic events we areheaded in the right direction.

Our annual Alumni Home-coming Tailgate received a spec-tacular turnout with the highestattendance ever. Many alumnienjoyed seeing our renovations,meeting the current brothers,and also enjoying a Spartan foot-ball game. All had a great timeand we are already planning foran even bigger turnout for ourspring Alumni Golf Outing. Weencourage all alumni and fellowbrothers to look us up atwww.msu.edu/user/deltachi tosee what is new at our chapterand discover what we have to of-fer. If you would like to be in-cluded on our Alumni Internetdatabase please send your e-mailaddress to: eberha18@msu.edu.

MINNESOTAWith our pairing, Kappa

Kappa Gamma and Sigma Al-pha Epsilon, we competed in aweek of Homecoming events,ranging from Lip Sync to con-structing a house front. We alsoenjoyed a brunch and watched

the parade with a group ofalumni. We ended up takinghome a few trophies, and as apairing did very well. Other in-volvements included imple-menting a mentoring program,the KEY program, and makingthe playoffs in flag football. Wewill initiate 5 men in this class,and are excited to be closing inon initiating 1000 members.

MISSISSIPPI STATEAfter the Homecoming foot-

ball game; alumni, actives, asso-ciates and families came back tothe house for our alumni dinner.It was a great time of fellowshipand just hanging out with ourbrothers and their families.

Due to the timing of Home-coming, we were unable to puttogether our annual philan-thropy event, the haunted house.So, we have decided to do apowder puff flag football gamebetween two sororities to raisemoney for the MississippiSheriff’s Girls and Boys ranch.

During Greek Week we spenttwo days working to build ahouse for Habitat for Humanityfor a low-income family whocannot afford a home of theirown. It was great to help out aless fortunate family while hang-ing out with our brothers.

MISSOURIWe placed in the top five in

the Zeta Tau Alpha All-Ameri-can Man Philanthropy. In addi-tion, we competed in the AlphaChi Omega Greek Superbowl.On the playing field, we finishedthird in intramural softball afterwe suffered a one run loss to AgRho in the semifinals. Nick Hurtwon the ping pong tournamentfor the entire Greek system.

The chapter has been adjust-ing to the “Dry 2000” policyimplemented by the university.While adjusting to the policy westill managed to have a busy fallwith a date party at the Winery,semi-formal and annual hayride.

Thanks to our retreat with thehelp of Executive Director RayGalbreth ’69, we launched a newprogram called “Building theDelta Chi Way.” This programis designed to allow the mem-bers to mold the chapter into aninnovative leader at Missouri.

We have been honored to beworking with Jim Sharrock,NEMO ’84 who is serving as oneof our faculty advisors. He hashelped us improve the chapter,especially with alumni relations.

We will be holding our an-nual Parent/Alumni Weekendon April 27-29, please contact thechapter website: students.missouri.edu/~dchi or you maycontact Eddie Burns “E”, by e-mailing him at edncc18@aol.comfor more information.. We hopethat the advance notice will allowmany of our alumni to return forthis weekend. This year we hopeto have a golf tournament.

NEW HAVENWe have a 22 man strong

brotherhood, the largest in threeyears. The associate class haseleven members.

The community service com-mittee is racking up points leftand right among other organiza-tions on campus. From beachclean-ups, security at schoolevents, or volunteering for thecity’s Halloween Haunted Hay-ride the brothers are giving muchback to not only the school, butthe New Haven community.

Alumni events have been oc-curring on a regular basis thisfall. The brothers put together afun-filled Founder’s Day Cel-ebration and Homecoming onback-to-back days and meetmonthly for social gatherings.

NEW MEXICO STATEA summer of hard work im-

proving our house motivated usfor signing 17 during rush. Theexceptional Founders’ Day din-ner they put together on October13 showed their pride. Becausethis year’s Founders’ Day coin-cided with our university’sHomecoming celebrations, manyof our alumni were able to wit-ness our brotherhood first hand.

During Homecoming we re-ceived third place recognition in

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Northeast Missouri Brothers in front of their Homecoming float.

In 1907 a small selec-tive honorary namedSPHINX was founded atThe Ohio State University.It took as its membersonly 16 of the mostoutstanding seniors in theuniversity community.SPHINX was establishedto recognize not onlycampus excellence, butalso personal qualities,such as dedication,perseverance and integ-

rity, which make for successin life after graduation. Thehonorary is the oldest oncampus, and has come to berecognized as one of thehighest honors a senior canreceive. SPHINX member-ship has always gone tothose with the character andpotential for accomplish-ment. While inevitablysome names, such as JesseOwens, Milton Caniff, JohnHavlicek and Woody Hayeshave become better knownthan others, it is difficult tofind a link that has notproven worthy.

The purpose of theorganization is still accu-rately represented by thewords conceived in 1907:

Something to establish anhonorable precedent forever tobe perpetuated. Something tomake more genuine thefriendship between collegestudents. Something to makemore cherished the memories ofour years at Ohio State.

Something for the Univer-sity, the Alma Mater we shalllove the more as years go by.

Something which, whenestablished now, will – let it behoped – in future years provean incentive to underclassmento strive to make higher theirown standards as well as thoseof their University. May wealways remember … how firmthy friendship, O-HI-O…

The fact that the credo ofSPHINX sounds somewhatfamiliar, “. . . appreciatingthat close association maypromote friendship, developcharacter, advance justice,and assist in the acquisitionof a sound education. . . .”should not go withoutnotice. Only two years afterits founding, Aaron B.Cohn, ’11 was recognized asone of these phenomenalmembers of his senior class.Since that time, numerousother brothers of Delta Chihave been honored withacceptance into SPHINX.

Last spring, MichaelFox, ’01 became the 25th

member of the Ohio StateChapter to be inducted. Inthe past seven years, eightmembers of Delta Chi havebeen selected as topseniors among one of thelargest undergraduatepopulations in the country.

Delta Chi has served asa backbone for theseimpressive students. Partof the reason they havebeen recognized as seniorsis because Delta Chiinstilled certain values inthem as freshmen. TheOhio State Chapter ofDelta Chi has provided asolid base that has enabledits members to excel in allareas of the universitycommunity. The chapter’samazing representation inSPHINX is only oneindication of the qualityand caliber inherent in thebrothers of Delta Chi.

the house decoration competi-tion and had a great homecom-ing float with the help of theNMSU Softball team. Also, ourown Jeff McAdoo was the Greeknominee for Homecoming King.

Our community service hasincluded participation in theNew Mexico River Clean-up, or-ganizing a Halloween party forthe children at the La Casa Shel-ter and contributing a decoratedChristmas tree for an auctionsupporting the Children’sMiracle Network.

Our social functions have in-cluded our Cops and Robbersdate party, a pre-game BBQ withChi Omega and a Devils andAngeles social with Pi Beta Phi.We made a large improvementin our intramural sports successwith our 2nd place finish in foot-ball and a 1st place in volleyball.

NORTHEAST MISSOURIRush brought us an associate

class of eight men. We have beenactively participating inintramurals and are currentlysixth overall with some wins insoftball and volleyball. We also

had a good showing in thisyear’s Homecoming week. Withthe theme being “The Big Pic-ture,” we spent countless hoursworking on our version of the“Deathmobile” which made itsappearance in the October 21st

parade and was received well bythe crowd. We participated inalmost all of the other events.The best highlight of Homecom-ing this year included our sec-ond place finish in flag footballtournament. Major contributorswere Justin Plassmeyer, PaulWade and Kevin Shipp, and ourmaking the final four of the Ul-timate Frisbee tournament, plac-ing us in fourth place in Home-coming points among the smallfraternity division.

NORTHERN ARIZONAWe put a lot of time and ef-

fort into our rush and it has paidoff with 30 associates. Thesepledges helped to organize the2nd Annual Homecoming Tail-gating which was held on the28th of October. There werearound 25 alumni and 40 activesparticipating, which was more

than expected due to the coldand rainy weather. This dedica-tion to events is the new path ouralumni have chosen to take.They have taken the chapter tonew levels by such things as up-dating our website and by set-ting up a Housing CorporationFund, which has been a majorcontribution. This corporationhas set a goal for itself to put adown payment on the house on318 S. Humphreys by June of2001. Thanks to support of bothtime and money by many of our

alumni, we as a chapter are wellon the way to achieving thisgoal. As a chapter we wouldagain like to say thank you to allof our alumni who have faith inus and support us.

NORTHERN ILLINOISWe began the fall paired off

with the lovely ladies of DeltaZeta for Homecoming. We didnot place overall, but we had agreat time! Special thanks to theover 50 alumni who showed upover the weekend. Consisting of

Delta Chi Has Its 25th Member Inducted Into The SPHINX Honorary At Ohio State

Michael Fox, Ohio State ’01

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coverage through television, ra-dio, and campus flyers. To con-clude our philanthropy bonanza,we spent a crisp Sunday morn’with half our chapter signed onfor a rollickin’ Special Olympicsbowlin’ extravaganza.

We returned to tradition aswe marched into battle againstanother fraternity in the DeltaBowl football championship.We fought like warrior poets,we fought like Delta Chis, andwe won our trophy.

PENN STATEWe spent the week of Home-

coming with Kappa Alpha Thetaand had a blast. It was great tosee all the alumni back. We alsobegan our fourth year of involve-ment in the Penn State DanceMarathon and, combined withSigma Delta Tau, we managed toraise a significant amount ofmoney to help children with can-cer. Our Dance Marathon chairs,Milan Hemrajani, Jon Chan,and Rob Vadala have been do-ing a great job organizing tripsthroughout the tri-state area andfinding corporate sponsors.

As for other news, we havethe largest class on campus forthe second year in a row, with 26associates. We also are very closeto having the entire house wiredfor high speed Internet connec-tion. Once the house is fullywired we will be the first off-campus fraternity house at PennState to offer 24 hour high speedInternet access in every room.

RADFORDRadford held its Homecom-

ing in October along with itsAlumni Weekend. Many of ourlong missed alumni came backto reunite with some older broth-ers and meet many new broth-ers. We held a cookout, whichwas a good time to meet olderbrothers. Many of our foundingfathers came back to see theirchapter and exchanged manyideas of how to do even better.

We have done two big com-munity service events. We hadan event at the local Radford FireDepartment and another at aWomen’s Resource Center.These were lead by communityservice chair, George Kite.

Along with community ser-vice, we have already put a greateffort into fundraising. Fund-raising chair, T.J. Young put to-gether an event where we sold or-anges. We were sent paperworkby the vendor and sold on and off

Tri-State Brothers in front of their school’s new sign.

60 actives and 18 associates,we’ve participated in severalcommunity service events. Weheld a food drive for a homelessshelter, played bingo with seniorcitizens, and worked funfairs forlocal elementary schools.

This year we raised over$5000 in our first annual DeltaChi raffle. The raffle proved tobe a success and we plan on do-ing it again. We will use thismoney to renovate our kitchenand give a portion of the moneyto our ABT. We also donated aportion of the money to help asorority member who has beendiagnosed with leukemia.

We are also very proud to berecognized by the universitywith two certificates. One wasfor excellence in leadership,management, and advisementwithin the Greek community.The other certificate for excel-lence was for new member re-cruitment, selection, education,and retention within the GreekCommunity. Next semester weare looking forward to our for-mal, alumni golf outing, andmany other social events.

NORTHWESTERNThis year began with a new

house and the big move-in dur-ing Labor Day weekend. Al-though it seems as if the contrac-tors will never go away, we hadquite a week during Homecom-ing and Founder’s Day showingit off to alumni. JD Bartelmehelped to make it extra specialby putting together a massiveeffort of all the actives to buildthe winning float for the annualHomecoming Parade. The cam-pus theme was “Celebrate, WeWill,” and together with the la-dies of Delta Sigma Theta, we

celebrated the Chinese New Yearon our winning float. Ouralumni support has also showngreat community involvementand an emphasis on planning forthe future. We were fortunate tohave a member of the IllinoisSupreme Court, Justice Louis J.Rathje, visit our house for a fire-side that attracted many Chicagoarea alumni. There is also a lotof interest in efforts to organizean Alumni Chapter for theChicagoland area.

It has also been a big year forour campus philanthropy ef-forts. We successfully put on thethird annual Earthball Tourna-ment. This year’s effort raisedalmost $2,000 for the FosterReading Center in Evanston. Wehave also been quite noticeablein other campus philanthropy aswell, raising over $5,000 forNorthwestern Dance Marathonwith Alpha Delta Pi, and send-ing five couples to dance forthirty hours. We have also ac-tively participated in many cam-pus Greek philanthropies ben-efiting a wide variety of localcommunity needs.

OHIO STATEThis year began with a retreat

held on September 16th led by“B” Matt Stachler. The retreatwas successful in terms of goal-setting for the year and review-ing our past year’s progress. Themajor goal of a 25-man classarose. With two competent rushchairmen in Dan Beach and PatFarragher, we felt confident.After three weeks of rush, wesigned 23 men.

Homecoming quickly ap-proached and hopes were highfor a 11th straight Homecomingvictory. Paired with the women

of Kappa Kappa Gamma, thetwo chapters fell short, comingin 2nd place overall. The chapterstayed busy with intramurals,both in flag football and volley-ball. Capturing their first winsof the season, the flag footballteam won 19-0 over Phi KappaPsi, while the volleyball teambeat Sigma Alpha Mu in twogames, 15-2 and 15-5. Hopes arehigh for the intramural teams,led by Chairman Josh Farley. Inthe midst of all our activities, wetook time out to recognize MikeFox, who became the 25th recipi-ent of our chapter to receive theSphinx Senior Honorary. Alsorecognized for his outstandingefforts was ABT member JeffRoberts, who was proclaimed“Alumnus of the Year.” Jeff hasdone an outstanding job as ouradvisor, and we look forward tomany more successful interac-tions with alumni in the future.

Our Sweetheart of the Year isJennifer Schnauber, KappaDelta. We thank LeadershipConsultant Marc Povell for hisassistance during the fall. Fi-nally, the men of the newly re-colonized Denison Colony vis-ited us for their initiation.

Plans for an alumni reunionfor the classes 1940-1954 forspring quarter and an alumniversus undergraduate flag foot-ball game are in the works. Forany information about theseevents, please contact “E” RyanFrazee at (614) 299-7255 orfrazee.28@osu.edu.

OSHKOSHWe flexed our rush muscle

this semester, turning out a classof 14. This is the largest on cam-pus and the record for our finefraternity since rechartering in1986. We continued showingour strength on campus, taking2nd place in Homecoming, arecord breaker for us.

The brothers rallied in a mas-sive philanthropy blitz. Throughour efforts, we managed to raiseover $1,100 for the Children’sLearning and Care Center byselling raffle tickets. The rafflereceived praise from the campusnewspaper in massive mediacoverage. We immediatelytopped our efforts with our co-sponsorship of the Youth-GoHaunted House. Through ourefforts in the field of security tac-tics and construction, the Youth-Go Foundation raised a recordbreaking $25,000 for charity.Once again, we received media

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campus. Profits were donated tothe Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

RENOWe are fortunate to have three

associate members. Thanks to theefforts of Ron Maxwell, ’99,alumni relations are the best inyears; and, in effect, many of ouralumni have been informed on acontinual basis of weekly eventsand activities. We have held anactive vs. alumni softball gamethis semester. The morale of thechapter is at an all time high asour numbers continue to grow.

Finally, Delta Chi is startingto be noticed and, therefore, rec-ognized as being one of the pre-mier fraternities on campus. Wehave set up a payment plan toreduce the debt that we had in-curred. Special thanks to “CC”Mike Woolbright for his effortsto help us improve the chapterover the past years.

ROWANWe teamed up with the sisters

of Delta Zeta to build a solid floatfor the Homecoming parade.Many of our alumni came backto the ‘Boro to show their sup-port. Dave Tuscano representedDelta Chi as a finalist in theHomecoming pageant. We con-tinued to show our involvementon and off campus with “MakeA Difference Day”. Once again,we were represented stronglywith a massive turnout to helpclean up the town of Glassboro.

Our house now has internetaccess and is looking as good asit ever has. This semester alsosaw one of our best Alumni/Active events in recent times.Thanks to alumnus JasonHrscko, we managed to get freetickets to a Villanova footballgame. More than 25 actives andalumni showed up to make it aday we will not soon forget.

RUTGERSAs we celebrate the first an-

niversary of our chartering, fallwas one of transition. Whilemost of our Founding Fathersare moving into the roles of in-volved alumni, our most recentinitiates have not hesitated totake significant roles in our chap-ter. Our newest contributors in-clude Brotherhood Chair PaulAlvare, responsible for organiz-ing and preparing a memorableFounders’ Day Brotherhood din-ner with an excellent alumniturnout; Co-Fundraising ChairDomenico Rotoli, combining

his enthusiasm with the experi-ence of senior Matthew Youssef;Rush Chair Nicholas Annucci,and Scholarship chair VincentJay Villegas. We also hope tobe a force in the Keller Cup huntthis year, spearheaded by thespirit and dedication of Intramu-ral Chair Ashhad Toor. As wemaintain one of the highest fra-ternity GPA averages, a numberof brothers have received vari-ous noteworthy academic ac-claims. “A” Vincenzo Rotoliand “B” Elliot Kathreptis wereinducted into Gamma SigmaAlpha, Shehab Abbassi waselected to the National Society ofCollegiate Scholars, and “E”Daryl Kipnix was elected tomembership in the NSCS a wellas Golden Key National HonorSociety. Finally, we are proud ofthe involvement that our ABThas in our chapter, as they workdiligently on establishing ourHousing Corporation. We appre-ciate the support of any alumnuswho holds our Bond dear, and ifyou would like to make an im-pact on our chapter, please visitus at www.eden.rutgers.edu/~mikeparm to find out how.

SACRAMENTOFall began with a new execu-

tive board and a weekend retreatat Dillon’s Beach, California. Weplanned out the semester, set ourgoals for rush and had a greattime in the process. The term waspacked with mixers, sports, phi-lanthropy and plenty of brother-hood. Our bi-annual alumni golftournament was held in Septem-ber. A big thanks to all our alumnifor their continued support.

We kicked off October withan exciting Founders’ Day for-mal. A riverboat cruise with 45brothers was the setting to cel-ebrate our fraternity’s birthday.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIThe end of the spring semes-

ter brought new hope to thechapter when we found out thatone of our alumni was helpingwith the purchase of an off cam-pus house. We worked on thehouse all summer with the helpof all active members and the sixnew initiates from the Beta Al-pha Class of spring 2000. Fallstarted with a rush that nettedus 12 associates. We captured theall-Greek softball championship.We had a formal dinner in ournew house for Founders’ Day inwhich we had alumni speak tothe associates about chapter his-

tory. We also had excellent sup-port and turn out from ouralumni for Homecoming.

TEXASIt was on October 21, at our

annual Fall Alumni Weekend,that we unveiled the plan for ournew house. The weekend beganwith an open house on Fridaywhere alumni gathered and metwith old friends and actives in acasual environment. On Satur-day, the festivities began with abarbecue and the usual speechesand presentations. Then at 12:15p.m., we unveiled the vision ofa permanent Delta Chi house atthe University of Texas at Aus-tin. After the unveiling, we hada toast to a new beginning ofTexas Delta Chi. After the cer-emonies, the alumni enjoyed aTexas Football Game, followedby an alumni mixer in theevening. On Sunday, while thewives/girlfriends were having aLadies Luncheon at a local res-taurant, the alumni met andelected new officers for the ABT,as well as formally starting theHousing Corporation. TheHousing Corporation will notonly oversee the affairs of ourcurrent house, but they will alsolead us along the correct path toturn our dream into a reality.

The chapter has been doingwell with consistent rush num-bers and financial stability.Within the last 8 months we haveraised over $13,000 towards anew house with the help of ouralumni. The chapter is deter-mined to make Delta Chi a forceto be reckoned with at the Uni-versity, and we have been sacri-ficing a lot to get there. We havebeen doing fundraisers, as wellas cutting back on our budget inorder to allocate a certain per-

centage to the HousingCorporation’s house account. Inthe near future, we will be hav-ing a 50’s reunion, our annualSpring Alumni Weekend, andwe will also be hosting RegionIII’s Regional Conference.

TEXAS A&MWe participated in the Alpha

Delta Pi Playday, where we com-peted against other fraternitiesin various sports and contests.We are putting on our EleventhAnnual Powder Puff Classic, inwhich the best seven sororitiesare competing this year.

In intramurals, we flourishedin the regular season and aremaking great strides in the postseason to improve our chancesof winning the Twelfth Man Cupfor the eighth time in the last 13years. The planning process hasbeen started in regards to thebuilding of our new house. Weare working hard with severalkey alumni to ensure prompt-ness in the rebuilding process.

TRI-STATEWe had the highest fraternity

average and have continues tohave leaders in many campus or-ganizations. We have done a lotof the same PR projects that wehave done in the past, althoughone different thing we did wascollect canned foods at one of ourWing Nights and donated themto the local homeless shelter.

UNLVWe placed first in the summer

intramural 3 on 3-basketballtournament. Our team memberswere Robert Ackah, KennethBrowder, Luke Bowland andJeff Long. Bill Becker, our phi-lanthropy chairman fund-raisedover $17,000 during the summer

UNLV’s Gamma Class display its pride on top of Red Rock.

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with the Boys’ and Girls’ Cluband other organizations.

We were represented atConvention in Arizona with anunbelievable Step Show pre-sentation. Our members con-sisted of Bishop Jackson ,Jaloone Childs , ChesterCorpuz and K. J. Alexander.

VIRGINIACOMMONWEALTH

Focusing on philanthropiesthis semester, we havepartnered up with the Rich-mond Clean City Commissionto adopt the street in front ofour house. The sign thankingus will be up soon. We havealso held a joint fundraiserwith the sisters of Alpha SigmaAlpha, as well as a cannedfood drive for the “DailyPlanet”, the local homelessshelter near campus. AdamBarnett is on the executiveplanning board for a Pan-Hel-lenic benefit for the St. Jude’sChildren’s Hospital. Wewould like to thank GregLawrence , Adam Barnett ,Matt Braydich and HamoonHadavand for their hard workwith our philanthropies.

VIRGINIA TECHOn September 9th, we had the

privilege of holding our AnnualTri-Chi, an all day band partyput on with Theta Chi and SigmaChi, at our house, accommodat-ing nearly 2,000 people, and fea-turing the Pie Tasters. We wouldlike to thank Brian Cade, TomGrosso, and Tommy Fuqua fortheir hard work and dedicationand their major roles in planningand overseeing Tri-Chi. Pairedup with Alpha Chi Omega forHomecoming, we had an excit-ing week with socials includingan 80s Theme Rock-n-GlowBowling, a bonfire and hayride,a scavenger hunt, and the high-light, a Wedding Social.

In athletics, we won theHokie Grail in recognition ofaccumulating the most athleticpoints in Intramurals. Also,our Soccer Team recently wonthe 2000 IFC Tournament, giv-ing us points towards the IFCAthletics Championship.

WASHINGTON STATEWith about 2 men short of a

full house, and the largesthouse numbers since the lateeighties, we are excited for thefuture of the house!

Respect, pride and merithave been brought back intoour chapter. Joe Salvaggi ourRush Chairman, has put to-gether a large and strong fresh-man class. Brandon Stevens,our Prater Chairman has puttogether six undefeated teamsalready this year. A specialthanks to Founding Father AlWeinstein, Greg Nicoll andJohn Hentges for their gener-ous donations to the houseduring homecoming. Ouralumni support and relationsis at a great height right now,and we would like to thank allof our alumni for their involve-ment and support!

WEST CHESTEROn September 21st we

pinned 19 associate members,and the following week we hadour annual Alumni Picnic whichwas attended by all. We recentlywere in charge of security for the“Roots” concert that was heldhere, having more than 40 menparticipating. Our winter formalin the Poconos was attended byactives and associates alike. OnMarch 30, 2001 we will be hold-ing the Region IX conference forthe second time in four years.

We recently acquired a newhouse, and have spent manyhours making renovations.Our intramural teams are cur-rently in first place for theI.F.C. cup, doing so with thehelp of our undefeated Foot-ball and Soccer teams.

WESTERN CAROLINAAfter talking with the Hous-

ing Department we have ac-quired a Delta Chi hall. Want-ing to set our area apart from anyother part of the residence hall,the brothers had the coat-of-arms painted from floor to ceil-ing. Our contract for the hall alsoallots us a study and a ritualroom. By having a hall on cam-pus it allows brothers, associatesand guests a meeting place nearthe center of campus to hang out.To live on the hall, brothers donot have to pay high rent in or-der to live near each other andthe hall does not create a finacialdrain on the chapter.

WESTERN ILLINOISFall semester kicked off with

a successful rush where wesigned 24 men. In September, weparticipated in Homecomingwith Sigma Chi and Chi Omega.

The theme for the year wasH2K: A Tropical Getaway.Brothers participated in suchactivities as Spirit Night, Vari-ety Show, and Yell Like Hell.We placed third overall in thefraternity and sorority divi-sion. In the Alpha Sigma TauChallenge of the Fraternities,we also placed third overall.

Of the 85 participants in theWestern Illinois All-CampusService Day, we accounted for31. We also had 31 at the WalkFor Life Campus Relay forCancer, which made us thelargest group that partici-pated. We also volunteeredtime at the local hospital help-ing set up for various activitiesincluding blood drives.

In addition to these projects,we completed 127 hours of com-munity service in the month ofSeptember alone. We wereawarded with a certificate of ap-preciation for our contributionsto community quality of life inthe city of Macomb andMcDonough County.

We have been working hardon various house projects. Workon our volleyball court was com-pleted, and a sidewalk in ourback lot was put in as well. Workhas also begun on creating anoffice in our house. We hope topurchase computers and otheroffice supplies to help completethis project.

WESTERN MICHIGANOn October 8th, we held our

10th Annual Powder Puff Tour-nament, the largest and oldestphilanthropic event on campus.Each year we outdo ourselves,making this the most successfulever. One key to that success wasthe participation of all the sorori-ties on campus. The girls playedwith a competitive spirit, withnumerous spectators. The fansand players enjoyed the gamesand were made aware of all theevents the American CancerSociety has implemented in thefight against cancer - events likethe Strides for Breast Cancerwalk that we took part in thisyear on October 14th atPlainwell Celery Flats. We havebeen active in other Greek orga-nized philanthropic events.

Alumni throughout the coun-try returned during Homecom-ing to celebrate the importanceof Delta Chi in their lives. Broth-ers from the early 60’s stoppedin to give amazing stories abouttheir undergraduate years.

Brothers from the FerrisState and Northern IllinoisChapters also visited. The daystarted out with an AlumniReunion and the ABT welcom-ing our chapter ’s new “BB”,Steven Weitzmann. We fin-ished up the evening grillingat the house, exchanging sto-ries and sharing in ourchapter ’s heritage. We havebegun restructuring our Schol-arship Program. Even in itsstage of reorganization, wehave received recognitionfrom IFC for most improvedGPA and have the second high-est GPA on campus. Our in-tramural football and soccerteams have us off to a greatstart this year as we are cur-rently in third place.

WHITEWATERThrough the hard work of

chapter “F” Doug Krueger, wewere able to secure a vendingstation at Alpine Valley MusicTheater. In total we raised over$10,000 for our chapter duringthe summer and got to see somegreat acts. Money earned fromthe Alpine fundraiser will be puttowards house improvementssuch as: a basement game room,washers and dryers, and newfurniture for the common areas.

The fall started well for uswith the induction of 15 associ-ate members. For Homecoming,chairman Nik Varani organizeda pig roast. The event was agreat success as over 40 alumnireturned; including a handful ofour Founding Fathers.

WYOMINGOur intramural teams are

consistently climbing to the topof the ranks. We have had ourbest new member recruitment infour years and this fresh bloodhas put fire into the brotherhood.

Philanthropy remains astrong point of the brother-hood with weekly outings tothe Ivinson House for aged la-dies, and our new drive to ob-tain gifts for less fortunatechildren in Laramie. Many by-law changes have been put inplace to increase academicachievement and participationin all fraternity events. EvenHomecoming was a first; wetook first place in the float com-petition, and are looking for-ward to gaining first place in theother two events in the future.It has been a time of change,firsts and improvements.

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was unquestionably one of the worst. In theongoing struggles with France and Scotland,Edward II proved to be ineffectual, losingall the territorial gains of his father. The bar-ons and other nobles rose up against theyoung king and his short reign was markedby conflict with them until, in 1327, he wasforcibly dethroned in favor of his fifteen yearold son, Edward III.

Looking back over the centuries, I amapt to indulge myself in speculation. DidPhillip the Fair of France wait to begin hispersecution of the Templars until after thedeath of his great rival, Edward I? Ed-ward was a strong supporter of the Orderand most assuredly would have opposedPhillip’s persecution of the Templars. Infact, when Edward’s son and heir was

knighted, part of the ceremony was con-ducted in Temple Church. As an aside,Edward II upon the occasion of his knight-ing, received the charge to “[b]e thou abrave and gentle knight, faithful to thyGod, thy liege lord, and thy lady fair.”This predated what was to become thecustomary pronouncement in later years,the brief “I dub thee knight” so oftenquoted in movies and novels.

I further speculate that Edward II did notjoin in the persecution of the Templars dueto personal conviction, but rather a preoc-cupation with the Scottish wars and a simplelack of power with his own barons. Whileengaging in speculation, I wonder if theFounders of Delta Chi chose October 13th

as the founding date of the Fraternity tocommemorate Black Friday, October 13,1307, the day of arrest of the FrenchTemplars and the beginning of the perse-cution and ultimate dissolution of thatnoble Order? After all, our Founders wereenthralled with the knightly lives of thesemen and considered attorneys to be their“worthy successors”.

During the period of the dissolution ofthe Order of the Temple, the Court of Com-mon Pleas had been fixed at Westminster.Also about this period, a society appears tohave been in the process of formation for theeducation of lawyers to appear in that court.The deserted convent of the Knights Templarseated in the suburb of London, away fromthe hustle and bustle of Westminster, but

with easy access to the court by boat on theThames, was a desirable retreat for the law-yers. While the Temple itself came into thepossession of the attorneys as lessees of theEarl of Lancaster, the ownership of it and otherproperty of the Order passed to the King andwas the subject of legal battles, the fortunesof war, and the whims of monarchs for manyyears. Title to the Temple complex did notactually pass to the attorneys until 1673 A.D.

While the Knights Templar were piningin captivity in the dungeons of London andYork, Edward II continued to pay their ser-vants on the condition that they continue toperform their duties. Many of the rules, cus-toms and usages of the Knights Templars arestill observed in the Temple, leading to theconclusion that the domestics and retainers

of that ancient brotherhood became connectedto the legal society formed therein, transfer-ring their services to that learned body.

When the lawyers came into the Temple,they found engraved upon the ancient build-ings the armorial bearings of the KnightsTemplar - a shield argent, a plain cross gules,and (brochant sur le tout) the holy lamb,known as the Angus Dei, bearing the bannerof the Order, surmounted by a red cross. Dur-ing the fifth year of the reign of Elizabeth I,1563 A.D., the society of the Inner Templeabandoned that device and assumed in itsplace a galloping winged horse called Pegasus.

The Knights Templar had used a deviceconsisting of two persons riding a singlehorse. This is said to be a depiction of aKnight bearing a pilgrim to safety in tokenof the Order’s original purpose. It is the mis-interpretation and poor rendering of thisdevice over the years which resulted in itsevolution into Pegasus. The ancient draw-ings showing this evolution are in theTemple library still.

The new inhabitants of the Temple tookupon themselves many of the character-istics of the Knights Templar, includingsimilar ceremonies of induction. The an-cient Order of the Temple admitted newmembers by the Master of the Templeplacing a coif upon their heads and thewhite mantle over their shoulders. Thenew initiates then sat upon the groundwhile the Master lectured them concern-ing the duties of their new profession.

Similarly, the knights and serjeants of thecommon law have always constituted a fra-ternity, and always address one another asBrother. The ceremony of admission into thelegal fraternity is very similar to that of theTemplars. In his charge to newly admittedbrethren, the Chief Justice of England stillspeaks of the moral and religious duties oftheir profession, using as a portion of his dis-course the scriptural references used in the Pa-pal Bull which established the ancient Order.

Even today, the Chief Justice tells the newlyinitiated brethren that the coif they wear is anemblem of purity and virtue. He cautionsthem to “place a watch on their mouths” andto dine together with sober countenance, justas the ancient Templars were ordered to dine.The attorneys of the Temple even today arerequired to dine together in the Temple Halla set number of times each term of Court.

In 1333 A.D., the sixth year of the reign ofEdward III, the judges of the Court of Com-mon Pleas were made Knights. That is theearliest known grant of the honor of knight-hood for purely civil services. The professors oflaw who had the exclusive privilege of appear-ing in that court, assumed the title of FreresSerjens or Fratres Servientes, so that knights andserving brethren similar to those of the ancientOrder of the Temple were revived and intro-duced into the legal profession.

To this day this “new kind of Templars”retains possession of the Temple complex. Themodern Templars have been termed militesjustitiae, or “soldiers of justice”. John ofSalisbury, a writer of the twelfth century, said:

They alone do not fight for thestate who, panoplied in helmets andbreastplates, wield the sword and thedart against the enemy, for the plead-ers of causes, who redress wrongs, whoraise up the oppressed, do protect andprovide for the human race as muchas if they were to defend the lives, for-tunes, and families of industrious citi-zens with the sword.

What is oft forgotten about the Templarsis that they were a religious order, warriormonks. Historians have written an untoldnumber of books about the Templars’ rolein the battles and military campaigns collec-tively referred to as the Crusades, but verylittle attention has been given to the Templarsas monks. Later practices of the Order andof the attorneys who were to succeed themmake sense only when this is remembered.Thus it is that the legal societies annuallychoose two of their most esteemed membersto be “Readers”, lecturers on the law, just asthe Knights Templar had chosen Readers aslecturers on religion and scripture. It is thereligious and moral duties of the professionthat the Chief Justice dwells upon in hischarge to new initiates, charging them to“protect the weak, succor the needy, rever-ence old men, and do good to the poor.”

continued from page 3Knights Templar

Similarly, the knights andserjeants of the common law havealways constituted a fraternity,and always address oneanother as Brother.

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KEEPING IN TOUCHCLEMSON

Born to Brother and Mrs.Brian Perch ’93, a son, LukeTyler, on October 22, 2000.

CORNELLMichael

Huyghue’84, SeniorVicePresidentof FootballOperationsfor the

Jacksonville Jaquars visited hischapter and talked to themembers about the collegedraft, contract negotiationsand other business issues.

CREIGHTONJohn W. Hess ’75 was named

Grand Orator of the Grand Lodgeof Missouri A.F. & A.M. and is inhis third year as a member of theBoard of Directors of the MasonicHome of Missouri.

EMBRY-RIDDLEBorn to Brother and Mrs.

Clifford L. Hornsby III ‘90, adaughter, Carolyn Leigh, onDecember 5, 2000.

Bill Tallman ’95, married toJennifer Ator on November25, 2000.

FLORIDARyan Murphy ’99, married to

Monica Elizabeth Mott onNovember 11, 2000.

GORHAM STATEDavid Carrier ’83, married

to Michelle Lintereur onSeptember 2, 2000.

HOBARTDavid W. Gipner ’95,

married to Michelle Odmarkon September 30, 2000.

KANSAS STATEBorn to Brother and Mrs.

Jim Demaree ’95, a daugh-ter, Grace Elizabeth, on May25, 2000.

Born to Brother and Mrs. JeffHarlow ’95, a daughter, VanessaMalee on April 15, 2000.

Born to Brother and Mrs.Jon Zwetzig ’95, a daughter,Alexandra Patricia onFebruary 6, 2000.

Robert Cox ’96 married toSara Shepherd on June 24, 2000.

Born to Brother and Mrs.Brent Miller ’96, a daughter,Maggie, on January 3, 2000.

Todd Stover ’96, marriedto Lauren Healy on Septem-ber 23, 2000.

Steven L. Silva ’97,married to Traci Troutmanon July 22, 2000.

Steven Whetherman ’97,married to Renee Loriaux onFebruary 26, 2000.

Jake Arnett ’98, married toCarrie McDaniels on June10, 2000.

Born to Brother and Mrs.Kevin Birdsell ’98, a son, KyleDaniel, on March 21, 2000.

MISSISSIPPI STATEPhilip D. Parrish ’89 is the

Executive Director of theFraternity of Alpha Zeta, anational agricultural honoraryand professional society basedin St. Louis, MO.

Edward Coke was called to the Bar on April 20, 1578. (The “sir”was added in 1603, when he was knighted by King James I.) Althougha servant of the monarch throughout his career, when called, Coketook the charge he received to heart. Upon his elevation to the officeof Serjeant-at-Law, Sir Edward adopted as his motto: “Lex est tutissimacassius” - Law is the safest shield. He would later write, “the Law isthe surest sanctuary that a man can take, and the strongest fortress toprotect the weakest of all; lex est tutissima cassius. During his tenureas Chief Justice, Sir Edward acted as a buffer between the commonsubjects and a king obsessed with his Divine right to rule.

During his second service as a Member of Parliament, in the Houseof Commons, Sir Edward was an outspoken critic of a corrupt gov-ernment and a champion of the rights of the people. He so incensedKing James that he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for ninemonths and forced to defend himself against many empty chargesbefore his eventual release. In the Parliament of 1628, during the reignof Charles I, son of James I, Sir Edward penned legislation “for thebetter securing of every free man touching property of his goods andliberty of his person.” This Act of Parliament, known as the “Petitionof Rights”, became the model and basis for many of the provisionscontained in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States.

The Founders of our Fraternity were all students of the law. TheEnglish Common Law is the foundation for our North Americanlegal systems, in both the United States and Canada. With the ex-ception of vestiges of the Roman Civil Law practiced in ContinentalEurope that survive in Louisiana, the English Common Law is stillthe basis for American law.

In 1890, law students were much more familiar with English Com-mon Law than is true today. We now have developed our own bodyof decisions as precedents for Courts. But in 1890, the study of SirEdward Coke was still prevalent. Our Founders decided that SirEdward Coke was the personification of the principles the infantfraternity would herald as its own.

The fledgling society of lawyers of the Temple established in theearly fourteenth century grew in numbers until, in the reign of HenryVI, they split into two societies, that of the Inner Temple and that ofthe Middle Temple. Those names seem to derive from the locationof the two societies within the Temple complex.

Sir Edward was a member of the Inner Temple and rose to the highestranks of that order. Thus it is that the long tradition and heritage of theancient Knights Templar and their worthy successors are carried on byThe Delta Chi Fraternity, modern “Knights of the Inner Temple”, mem-bers of the “Order of Pegasus”and soldiers of Justice.

Editor’s Note: For more on the Knights Templar, you should visit:www.templarhistory.com._________________________________________________________________________

Source Information__________________________________________________________________________

1. The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke,Catherine Drinker Bowen, Little, Brown and Company (1956).

2. Temple: Of the Inner Temple; Hugh H. Bellot, KessingerPublishing, LLC (1914).

3. Knights of the Cloister: Templars and Hospitallers in Central-Southern Occitania, Dominic Selwood, Boydell Press (1999).

4. The History of The Knights Templar, Charles G. Addison,Adventures Unlimited Press (1842).

5. The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, Popular Library (1958).

6. Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades,John J. Robinson, M. Evans and Company, Inc. (1991).

7. Basic Heraldry, Stephen Friar and John Ferguson, The HerbertPress (1993).

8. Black’s Law Dictionary, Revised Fourth Edition, HenryCampbell Black, West Publishing Company (1968).

WANTEDUp to 10 Alumni and 5 Undergraduates Interested

In Serving on Standing CommitteesTo Be Appointed at the Summer Board Meeting

Three alumni and two undergraduate positions on the Law CommitteeThis committee reviews Delta Chi Law and puts all proposed amendmentsin proper form.

One alumnus and one undergraduate position on the Housing CommitteeThis committee makes loans to our chapters/colonies based on need,security of the loan and available resources.

One alumnus position on the Investment Advisory CommitteeThis committee directs and oversees the Fraternity’s investments.

Five alumni and two undergraduate positions on the Ritual CommitteeThis committee reviews proposed changes to the Fraternity’s ceremonies.

Please send letter of application and resume’ to:The Delta Chi Headquarters

P. O. Box 1817Iowa City, IA 52244

Note: Some of the current committee members are eligible to be reappointed.

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FAREWELL & PARTINGThese men have lived amongst us for a time, and we have beenhonored to call them Brothers. Now they are gone and we bid

them a fond farewell at this parting.ABRACADABRA

Garry B. Dakin, ASC

ALABAMACol. Francis J. Mizell, Jr. ’26,

April 19, 2000Jefferson Coleman, Jr. ’59,

October 30, 2000

ARIZONADrew R. Lance ’53, December

18, 1999

ARIZONA STATEJack W. Little ’51

BALL STATEJohn Kulavik ’64, August 5, 2000

CALIFORNIA UNIV-PAThomas J. Shriver ’80Douglas C. Flood ’81

CORNELLHoward Wolff ’22

DEPAUWSylvester E. Amster ’31, July

26, 2000Leland C. Dirting ’41, February

20, 2000Carl Edwin Hein ’44,

September 6, 2000Joseph Barber ’50, April 5, 2000

FLORIDAArthur C. Boggs ’44, October

21, 2000Robert B. Benson, Jr. ’50

IDAHOWillis E. James ’43

Delos Servoss ’61, July 1, 2000

ILLINOISEric M. Larson, Jr. ’35

Raymond P. McCroskey ’36,February 24, 2000

Melvin J. Beagle ’50

INDIANARalph W. Duckwall ’42,

September 18, 2000Henry S. Strand ’68

IOWAWilliam C. Robinson ’46

Fleming C. Franker, Jr. ’48,August 1996

Henry S. Strand ’68

IOWA STATEAlbert M. Sherick ’52, 1996

KANSASHarold J. Lind, Jr. ’42,

November 27, 2000

William J. Brady, Jr. ’48,September 24, 2000

LAKE FORESTEugene E. Ploger ’52

Tom Mazur ’55, March 12, 1998

LEHIGHHans Leni Althouse ’56

MIAMIFoster Armstrong ’58, April

16, 2000

MICHIGANGabriel Machynia, Jr. ’74,

February 17, 1996

MICHIGAN STATEOliver J. Ofield ’34, 1997

MINNESOTAEgmont O. Widman ’43

John Lundin ’49, October 12, 2000John R. Vanderwall ’71,

August 10, 2000

OKLAHOMA STATERobert Collins ’66, April 9, 1998

OSGOODE HALLDean C. Kitts, Esq.Q. ’63,

January 22, 2000

PENN STATEWilliam Dale Meals ’44,

September 11, 2000William A. Hild, Jr. ’51,

September 22, 1999

PURDUEWarren C. Conover ’33,

October 27, 2000Charles L. Seely ’47, October

30, 2000

S.M.U.Dr. James W. Childers ’27,

May 6, 2000Thomas W. Bray ’28, June 1998Andre’ Haywood ’86, May 5, 1999

STANFORDAlbert M. Bly ’28, 1992

Frederick Baily ’34, 1995Carroll Collins ’43, September

27, 1999Clarence A. Rossi ’46

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIADon Peterson ’48, July 9, 2000

SOUTHERN ILLINOISWilliam G. Westberg ’66,

October 22, 2000

WISCONSINBob Dibble ’42, October 23, 1996

NEW HAVENKent MacGregor ’98,

married to Summer Watsonon October 28, 2000.

NORTHERN IOWAClint Patrick Royston ’93,

married to Christy B. Haugenon September 30, 2000.

Born to Brother and Mrs. TedConnell ’99, a son, JosephWilliam, on July 24, 2000.

NORTHERN MICHIGANDevon Moss ’97, married

to Tinessa Saunders onAugust 14, 1999. Born toBrother and Mrs. Moss, ason, Duncan Thomas, onSeptember 21, 2000.

OHIO STATERussell C. Golowin ’99,

married to Jennifer Wright onAugust 5, 2000.

OKLAHOMABorn to Brother Cliff

Ruemmler and Dr. SharonHirsch, a daughter, Mary Ellen,on December 16, 2000.

OKLAHOMA STATEBorn to Brother and Mrs.

Mike Brion ’92, a son, ShaneDavis, on October 4, 1999.

PURDUEPatrick Michael Cooney ’81,

is a Benedictine monk at SaintMeinrad Archabbey and hasbeen named Director ofAcademic and AdministrativeComputing at Saint MeinradSchool of Theology.

Born to Brother and Mrs.Todd E. Reel ’83, a son, GabrielCharles, on December 17, 1999.

Born to Brother and Mrs.Andrew Crawford ’88, adaughter, Katherine Noel, onSeptember 17, 1999.

RENOBorn to Brother and Mrs. Gerry

Furlong ’92, a son, William James,on November 9, 2000.

ROWANChris Blake ’98, married

to Jodie Dilks on September16, 2000.

RUTGERSEric Lavin ’98, married to

Michelle Callahan on June 3, 2000.

SAN DIEGO STATEScott W. East ’86 is a regis-

tered nurse and certifiedteacher. He wrote a halfmillion dollar CA state grant

to turn a LAUSD school insouth central LA into a clinicfor the 900 public and 300private school students andtheir families. The HealthyStart Grant has involved overthirty organizations.

TEXAS A&MBorn to Brother and Mrs.

Daryl Weyand ’86, a daughter,Laurel Victoria Maschel, onSeptember 6, 2000.

TRI-STATEThad Greiner ’01, married

to Angela Jensen on Septem-ber 23, 2000.

VIRGINIACOMMONWEALTH

Dr. Keith R Lee ’89 is theFounder and Senior Pastor ofDestiny Church in HoffmanEstates, IL. The church hasgrown from 6 to over 800people in five years.

VIRGINIA TECHChris DeSantis ’93,

married to Melissa Bowenon May 13, 2000.

Born to Brother and Mrs.Steve Grosman ’94, a son,Brandon, on April 13, 2000.

George Guzman ’94,married to Suzi Hayes onOctober 7, 2000.

Born to Brother and Mrs.Erick Poole ’95, a son, Jacob,on February 14, 2000.

Mark Guiliani ’96, married toKristi Sabina on June 3, 2000.

Born to Brother and Mrs.Kirk Dolson,’97, a son,Zachary on September 6, 2000.

E. Lars Olson ’98, marriedto Andrea Pawlowski, onMay 20, 2000.

Chris Woodling ’99,married to Melissa Isner onSeptember 9, 2000.

WESTERN ILLINOISChristopher Brogan ’93,

married to Hilda Cabral onSeptember 5, 1999. Born toBrother and Mrs. Brogan, a son,Ryan Daniel, on October 2, 2000.

Joel Knoblock ’99, married toJocelyn Buck on June 3, 2000.

WESTERN MICHIGANChristopher W. Harnack ’84,

has been promoted to NetworkTechnologies Officer with FirstUnion National Bank.

WINDSORBorn to Brother and Mrs.

John D. Rozich ’88, a daughter,Jordan Ellise, on May 5, 2000.

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FREDONIA — SUNY-Fredonia — SA Office Stu Ctr -SUNY, Fredonia, NY 14063

FROSTBURG — Frostburg St. Univ.— Box 213 LaneCtr., FSU, Frostburg, MD 21532

GANNON – Gannon U. – 510 Myrtle St., Erie, PA 16501GEORGIA — Univ. of Georgia — 677 S Milledge Ave.,

Athens, GA 30605GEORGIA TECH — Georgia Institute of Tech.— 170

Fifth Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30313-2512GORHAM STATE — Univ. of Southern Maine — 23

Preble St., Gorham, ME 04038HAYWARD — California St. Univ.-Hayward — PO

Box 55032, Hayward, CA 94545HOBART — Hobart Col. — 574 S Main, Geneva, NY

14456HUNTSVILLE — Univ. of AL-Huntsville — 606 C S

Loop Rd., Huntsville, AL 35805IDAHO — Univ. of Idaho — PO Box 3076, Moscow, ID

83843-1904ILLINOIS — Univ. of IL — 1111 S First St., Champaign,

IL 61820ILLINOIS STATE — Illinois State Univ.INDIANA — Indiana Univ. — 1100 N Jordan, Bloomington,

IN 47406IOWA — Univ. of Iowa — 309 N Riverside Dr., Iowa

City, IA 52246IOWA STATE — Iowa State Univ. of Science and Tech.

— 405 Hayward Ave., Ames, IA 50010JACKSONVILLE STATE — Jacksonville State Univ.

— PO Box 3062 JSU, Jacksonville, AL 36265JOHNSTOWN — Univ. of Pittsburgh -Johnstown —

Box 0288, UPJ, Johnstown, PA 15907KANSAS — Univ. of Kansas — 1245 W Campus Rd.,

Lawrence, KS 66044KANSAS CITY — Univ. of Missouri at Kansas City —

5405 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, MO 64110KANSAS STATE — Kansas St. Univ. — 508 Sunset,

Manhattan, KS 66502

KENT STATE — Kent St. U. — 302 University Dr., Kent,OH 44240

KETTERING A— Kettering Univ.— 1700 W 3rd Ave.,Flint, Mi 48504

KETTERING B — Kettering Univ. — 1700 W. 3rd Ave.,Flint, MI 48504

L.S.U. — LA State Univ. — PO Box 25178, BatonRouge, LA 70894-5178

LAKE FOREST — Lake Forest College — 555 N SheridanRd., Box D1, Lake Forest, IL 60045

LIVINGSTON — Univ. of West Alabama — Drawer CC,Livingston, AL 35470

LONG BEACH — CSU-Long Beach — 1067 Grand Ave.#1, Long Beach, CA 90804

LOUISIANA TECH — LA Tech Univ. — 201 Everett St.,Ruston, LA 71270

MANKATO — Minnesota State Univ. — Mankato —1300 Warren St., Mankato, MN 56001

MARQUETTE — Marquette Univ. — 1615 W KilbournAve., Milwaukee, WI 53233

MARYLAND — Univ. of Maryland —7205A RossburgDr., College Park, MD 20740

MASSACHUSETTS — Univ. of Massachusetts — 118Sunset Ave., Amherst, MA 01002

MIAMI — Miami U. — 131 E Withrow, Oxford, OH45056

MICHIGAN — Univ. of Michigan — 1705 Hill St., AnnArbor, MI 48104-2697

MICHIGAN STATE — Michigan St. Univ. — 101Woodmere Ave., East Lansing, MI 48823

MINNESOTA — Univ. of Minnesota — 1601 UniversityAve. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414

MISSISSIPPI STATE — Mississippi State Univ. —Drawer GK, Mississippi State, MS 39762

MISSOURI — Univ. of Missouri — 111 E Stewart Rd.,Columbia, MO 65203

MONTCLAIR — Montclair State Univ. — Stu Ctr Box103 SGA Off, Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043

MONTEVALLO — Univ. of Montevallo — Drawer AC,Montevallo, Al 35115

NEW HAVEN — Univ. of New Haven — PO Box 8937,West Haven, CT 06532

NEW MEXICO STATE— New Mexico St. Univ.—POBox 3893, Las Cruces, NM 88003

NORTH CAROLINA STATE — North Carolina St. Univ.— 3414 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27607

NORTHEAST MISSOURI — Truman State Univ. —904 S First St., Kirksville, MO 63501

NORTHERN ARIZONA— Northern Arizona Univ. —318 S Humphreys, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

NORTHERN COLORADO — Univ. of No. Colorado —1803 10th Ave., Greeley, CO 80631

NORTHERN ILLINOIS — Northern Illinois Univ. —908 Greenbriar, De Kalb, IL 60115

NORTHERN IOWA — Univ. of Northern Iowa — 2516College St., Cedar Falls, IA 50613

NORTHWEST MISSOURI — Northwest MissouriState Univ.— 219 W Second St., Maryville, MO 64468

NORTHWESTERN—Northwestern Univ.—619 ColfaxAve., Evanston, IL 60201

OHIO STATE — Ohio State Univ. — 191 E 15th Ave.,Columbus, OH 43201

OLD DOMINION — Old Dominion Univ. — 2122 WebbCtr., Norfolk, VA 23529-0519

OKLAHOMA STATE — Oklahoma State Univ.OREGON STATE— Oregon State Univ.OSHKOSH —Univ. of WI at Oshkosh — 911 Wisconsin

St., Oshkosh, WI 54901PENN STATE — Penn State Univ. — 424 E Fairmount

Ave., State College, PA 16801-5714PURDUE — Purdue Univ. — 501 Russell St., West

Lafayette, IN 47906RADFORD— Radford University— Box 6898 Radford

Univ., Radford, VA 24142RENO – U. of NV -Reno –PO Box 8118., Reno, NV

89507ROWAN — Rowan University — 5 Eben St., Glassboro,

NJ 08028RUTGERS— Rutgers University—OFSA 15 Bartlett St.,

New Brunswick, NJ 08903SACRAMENTO — Calif. St. Univ.-Sacramento —6000 J

St., Student Act. #116,Sacramento, CA 95819-6009SOUTH FLORIDA— South Florida University— CTR

2432, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620SOUTHEAST MISSOURI —Southeast Missouri State

Univ.—PO Box 1564, Cape Girardeau, MO 63702SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Univ. of Southern Cali-

fornia — 920 W 28th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007SOUTHWEST TEXAS — Southwest Texas State Univ. —

P O Box 1844, San Marcos, TX 78667-1844

TARLETON — Tarleton State Univ. — Box T-1557,Tarleton Station, TX 76402

TEXAS — U. of Texas — 711 W 26th St., Austin,TX78705

TEXAS A&M — Texas A&M Univ. — PO Box 9864,College Station, TX 77842

TRI-STATE – Tri-State U. – 112 S Darling, Angola, IN46703

TROY STATE — Troy State Univ. — PO Box 820633TSU, Troy, AL 36082

UNLV—Univ. Las Vegas—Box 452008, 4505 MarylandPkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89154-2008

VALDOSTA — Valdosta State Col. — PO Box 1142,Valdosta, GA 31603-1142

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH — VA CommonwealthUniv.— 16 S. Harrison St. Apt A, Richmond, VA23220-4813

VIRGINIA TECH — Virginia Polytech. Inst. and St.Univ. —351 National Rd., Christiansburg, VA 20473

WASHINGTON — Univ. of WA — 1819 NE 47th St., Seattle, WA 98105

WASHINGTON STATE — Washington St Univ. — 800NE Monroe St., Pullman, WA 99163

WEST CHESTER— West Chester Univ.— 202 SykesUnion Bldg., West Chester, PA 19383

WEST VIRGINIA TECH — West Virginia Inst. of Technology — 621 First Ave., Montgomery, WV 25136

WESTERN CAROLINA — Western Carolina Univ.—PO Box 1215, Cullowhee, NC 28723

WESTERN ILLINOIS — Western Illinois Univ — 721Wigwam Hollow Rd., Macomb, IL 61455-1029

WESTERN MICHIGAN — Western Michigan Univ. —1711 Fraternity Village Dr #3., Kalamazoo, MI 49006

WESTERN ONTARIO — Univ. of Western Ontario —600 Grenfell Rd Apt 902, London, ON N5X 2R8

WHITEWATER — Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater —P. O. Box 115 , Whitewater, WI 53190

WINDSOR — Univ. of Windsor — 408 Indian Rd.,Windsor, ON, Canada N9C 2M4

WYOMING — Univ. of Wyoming — 1615 FraternityRow, Laramie, WY 82070

COLONIESBOWLING GREEN—Bowling Green St. Univ.—440 Stu.

Serv. BGSU, Bowling Green, OH 43403DENISON — Denison Univ. — P.O. Box 0594,

Granville, OH 43023FULLERTON — California State Univ.- Fullerton —

2100 Associated Rd., Fullerton, CA 92631JAMES MADISON—James Madison Univ.—MSC 3501,

Harrisonburg, VA 22807LINDENWOOD —Lindenwood Univ. — P. O. Box

955, St Charles, MO 63302STEPHEN F. AUSTIN—Stephen F Austin Univ.—Stu.

Act. Box 13021 SGA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3021

STONY BROOK —SUNY at Stony Brook—% GeorgeLau, 18 Hermart Ln, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779

WEST VIRGINIA—West Virginia Univ. — PO Box 6444,SOW Wing, Mountainlair, Morgantown, WV 26506

ALUMNI CHAPTERSBAY AREA — Pres. Bryon McDougall, Chico ’89, 510

Front Ln., Mountain View, CA 94041BLUEGRASS — Pres. Stephen Meyer, Jr., Louisville

’92, 3314 Audubon Ridge Dr., Louisville, KY 40213CAPITAL AREA — Pres. Aaron Otto, KS St ’98, 4703

Caddo Rd., College Park, MD 20740COLUMBUS — Pres. Hylas A. Hilliard, Ohio State ’40,

2544 Farleigh Rd, Columbus, OH 43221HAMPTON ROADS AREA— Pres. Clifton C. Hicks,

OD ’93, 8133 Walters Dr., Norfolk, VA 23518-2345ILLINOIS — Pres. Scott Christensen, Illinois ’84, 300

Commerce Dr., Ste. A, Crystal Lake, IL 60014LOS ANGELES — Pres. John Filipoff, Fullerton ’77,

25422 Spindlewood, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY—Pres. Walter H. Effinger,

SEMO ’94, 3633 Western, Alton, IL 62002NORTHERN TEXAS — Pres. John Gioffredi, Iowa

State ’78 6500 Greenville Ave #700, Dallas, TX 75206PITTSBURGH-GOLDEN TRIANGLE — Pres. Robert

Cook, Johnstown ’91, 123 McMonagel Ave.,Pittsburgh, PA 15220

PORTLAND-GORHAM — Pres. Thomas V Hugill, GorSt ’81, 19 Summerfield Ln., Scarborough, ME 04074

SOUTH FLORIDA — Pres. Michael Agnello, Mich. St.’81, P. O. Box 827, Palm Beach, FL 33480-0827

TORONTO-Pres. John G. Richardson, OsgH., %Mills& Mills, 145 Kent St. W Ste. 2500, Toronto, ON M5H3T6, Canada