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Mark your calendars now......

FOUNDER'S DAY
BANQUET
Wednesday
March 9, 1977 '
TKE House 7:0Q pm RSVP

Tau Kappa Epsilon - Nu Chapter will host the traditional

FOUNDERS DAY BANQUET on Wednesday, March 9th, starting with cock­
z tails at 7:00 pm. A roast beef dinner will be served at 8:00 pm.
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:J: person. Alumni, wives, and parents are cordially invited to attend.
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questions concerning the evening, contact George Dove: office 692-

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Adding another year will make this the 78th anniversary of the
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fraternity and the 58th anniversary of Nu Chapter. Prytanis Craig
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o Snider '77 will present a summary of Nu Chapter activities. Frater
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Perry �100thart, former Prytanis of Alpha Sigma Chapter, North Dako­
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A REPORT FROM THE PRYTANIS _ Craig B. Snider )77

Volume 77
Number 1
Our Chapter is passing through the winter quarter with a strong
undergraduate membership of'42. Thirty-six are living i.n the house,
_ February, 1977 and six outside.
Our strength, unitYs and spirit continue to grow as-we succeed
Berkeley,
at each new ehdeavor. Mu�h of our success is due �o our strong
California leadership - each of the following named officers has Clemonstrated
responsibility and initiative:
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A REPORT FROM TH� PRYTANIS ********CASINO NITE******** SPORTS SCENE

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,Grab your rabbit I s foot, With scores 1ike 20;-8,
EPtPRYTANIS----
horse shoe_s, and ·other good 12-0, 14-6, and 18-6, the,
Miles Raphael '79 1uck charms, and try your mighty TKE footba] 1 squad '
GRAMMATEUS--- rolled up victory aft�r vic ..
luck at the fourth annual.
Bob DeNike '77
Casino Nite. Yes, this tory this season, in route
CRYSOPHYLQS--- year �e are holding this to their best year ever.
Dan Di'etderiqh ' 78
great event on no less than Led by scrambling Wes Feucht

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HISTOR--- Friday the Thirteenth of May. at QB, sure-:ha_nded Merri11

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KeviiJ Clark 79
After l ast year IS eventfu' Miller at wide receiver, and
HY:POPH�TES--- evening, we are looking for- strong line play by Dan Pit-
Kaoru Sakai '79 cock and Tim Worley, the TKE
ward to an even livelier
PYLORTES--- seven cruised easily into,
night this spring.
Bandy Buford '78 • the playoffs. Thanks to the
So �ll al�mni, wives,
HEGEMON---
parents; and friends, throw Feucht to Miller combination
Jon Kahn '78 that had worked so well all
your superstitions to the

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JOCKAMITES--- season ,-we made it' to the
wind and blow on over to
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Wes Feucht
. _�Tek� �HOI,l��t1�y_Jl!Q:_,
-SOCIAL-- CHAIRMAN--:":-- .
Martin Reidy
HOUSE MANAGER---
Terry MC:Donough
We have continu'e d oUr re-'
Ten1:ess efforts to improve
and maintain the house. In
addition to repainting much
of the doWnstairs/area" the'
first floor bathroom was
completed; some new-tile wa�
laid in the kHdien, and por··
tions of the living room
floof �ere refinished.
All in all, the ,house is
i in gr' eat shape and we hope,
I youlll get a chance to see
'aoij appre�iate i� Marth 9th.
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INITIATION REPORT......
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(Alex M.F. Zwissler,
Hegemon, ,Fall
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I am most happy to report
that the associate, (pledges)
members of Fall 176 have been
duly initiated into TaL! Kappa
,Epsilon. Having recently cbm-
pletea their hO!Jse project,
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party, ana dinner for the -,
active members, the new mem-
bers are looking forward to
a constructive and success�
fu] future here at the house.
The new members are: ,
Peter'Barry 178
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quarter finals.
-- In ' soccer-, -after a sha - Ry �:,'
start, we are 'currently 2-1,
with two overtime-penalty
kick victories. Exhibiting
excellent ball cdntpol and
mid-field dominance, the TKE
team appears to be headed
for the playoffs again. The
members, led by Alex Zwissler,
a,re: Henry Saunders, Chuck
' Mason, Wes Feucht, Merrill
.M'iller, oDan Pitcock, -Bill
Logan, and Dan Dietderich.
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The TKE basketb�11 team
is stronger than ever. Re�
bounding and a rekindled
sense of teamwork have put
us in contention for the
playoffs this year. 'This

I ' Stan Corriea 180

Martin Cotter Esq. 179
yearls stars �nclude Big Dan
Pitcock, Merrill Mill er, Bill

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L d=S mmer Jon Nirenstein 180

, jobs ,to stay - in school. If Mark Parrish 179 Jock-o-mighties

1 you - or your company are

,hiring summer employees we
Brent Rasmussen 180
Frank Schultz 180
Wes Feucht

1 have the best and most Timothy Worley 179 ;

eaget app:licants f' Please NEW PLEDGE
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contact Terry McDonough
or Dan Dietderich at the
A BIG BOU,QUET OF TEKE RED No sooner had-we initi­
CARNATIONS to Mrs. Alfred ated our falJ-�ledge'class,
i' TKE H0use (415) 845-9084
ClariCwho recently sent a than we pledged a new mem­
or a45�92g7.
1 check to the TEKE Educat-' ber. He is Michael Wray,
. Our' Warm thanks to Frater
' ional Fund in 'Memory of .
il_ Stansf�ield 151 for hjs son of Andrea and Charles
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Frater Alfred C]ar'k 123 "Chip " Wray. We .hope' to
effc}rts in this matter.�
I More A'-umni l:1e'l pc, is ,urgently
neeQed�
who died in May of 1976.
,We appreciate this generous
see Andrea and Chip at the
Founders Day Banquet on
I and worthwhile gift March 9th.

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Now famous Teke percussion

section jams in the bar.
Left to right: Brent, Tom,
Frank, Alex, Bob and Chuck

SACRAMENTO STATE TEKE

REUNION ---- Soph Goth ' 18

Theta Upsilon Chapter at

Sacramento State celebrated
its 15th anniversa- ry satur­
day, January 15th. I at­
tended, the guest of George
Moe and his wife.
This was the largest and
one of the most enjoyable Randy, Bob, and
Teke alumni parties live Van mal<.e Mme
attended. There were 450 -6 c.en.eJLY 06 :thw
Tekes and their wives and own. a:t De.a:th Valley
girlfriends at the party. OVeJL :the ChJr.MtmM
Except for a few other Teke bJz.eal<..
Chapter alumni and several
guest, all in attendance
were members of Theta Upsi­
lon Chapter.
Dr. Bert Thomas and Roy Hig­
gins and their wives were
there. Bert and Roy attended
UC when I was there. Seeing
them again added to my en­
joyment of the occasion.
All in attendance were
- -i-n v- ited -t--o -v-i--s-i-t. the -ch a-pte t"--

house Sunday morn; ng. I was

much impressed with the ac­
tive members of the chapter.

MARCH 9 ...................

Founders Day

MAVI3 ................... .

Casino Night
SiUdeJL' -6 c.ab'[n. a:t DonneJL Lal<.e WM :the -6,{.:te 06
V'ALL COME :the Cha.p:teJL Rwe.a:t he1.d Vec.e.mbeJL II:th a.n.d 1 Z:th.

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-�FOCg$t ALUMNI
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LOREN L. RYDER 124 sent a letter to Soph Goth'iast October saying, "Through the years,
life has been good to me and I hope it has been good to you. Now that I am 76, I guess
Hics -time to 'Y'et4re, 'at ,lea'st a little bit.- In any case, people in Hollywood came
along and wanted to buy Ryder Sound Service, Inc.; they made a liberal offer and I sold.
The Swiss people wanted to buy my New York activity so again I sold. Now I feel like a
retired man with only two active �ompanies. I have been able to keep track of some of
your activities through publications of Nu Chapter. Congratulations to you 4nd thanks
for all you have done in behalf of our "fellow members. II Loren is president of Ryder
Magnetic SalE;,s Corp. and of Ryder & Associates, both of 1 147 N. Vine St., Hollywood,
CA 90038.

JACK SWING 165 dropped us a , note a year ago that he and Sally had returned to Berkeley
after 10 years in Michigan (where. Jack worked with Ford Motor Co. while stlJdying for a
MS from_the .university of Michigan) and in Manhattan Beach (where he was a consultant
in acoustics) . Jack took the position of Sen.lor ,Acoustician when the Calif. Legislature
'created the Office of Nois�'Control in 1975., He now walks to work and teaches at Cal
occasiona lly. Sa lly and his daughter, Carrie Ann, 6, enj oy modern dancing at the "Tem­
ple of the Wings ", an old Isadora Ouncan haunt in the Berkeley hills. They all spend

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their spare time remodeling their old house in the North Campus area, and invite all
Fr,aj:ers
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in the- area to drop by 2530 Hilg,ard, Berkel�y, 94709.
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\'JAlTER OLIVER 129 of 4255 Clubhouse Dr., Lakewood, CA 90712, retired in 1972 after
spending' 30 years managing hospitals. He now spends much of his time fishing: 1973
in.N�w Zealand; 1974 in Scotland; Nicaragua in 1975; and in 1976 Argentina, Chile,
aRg'S.cotland. As of last November Walter had, no> fi,rm f·jshing plans for 1977, although
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a:"t�; rr�to the8rient is' s-chedur � ancr'1r
� e-cl·tfar-�April"';�--He ' haS"" two'grandda'ugnters- (aged '5' ,
Hvfng in nearby Glendale who talked him, out of his plan to return to the, Bay Area af­
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A,?· JAMES McCOLLUM 134 was electe'd,Vice President-Publj,c Relations for PG&E a year ago.
He' �ad been manager ,of tt;,e Pub 1ic Information'Oept. Jim is a veteran newsman who has
served as a reporter, cbllege journalism instructor, advertising man, and newspaper ed­
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itor., He joined PG&E in 1946, established its news bureau, and became manager of ad­
vertls-ing and publicitY'in 1955. ' He can be reached through PG&E, 245 Mar!<et St., San
�rariciscQ, �94106. '
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FRANCIS SILLIMAN DR. PHIL�P A. , SEELEY '27

November, 1975 HillSborough, CA
watsonville, CA

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