The Nu News

University of CaJifornia - Berkeley, California, June 1, 1950

c'For ' those who haven't yet cheard,the Berkeley,Tekes
moved into ,a .nu house last February (1949). We
,wer,ec,�fortunate ,.in obtaining ,a beautiful sorority
., hoqse{gla�eq-in showers and wot not) and we have
bee'n constantly improving on it. This February found
' chapter armed with paint'brushes and tlW result
the
" was thiltall:the rooms receiyed a coat of paint. To
add' to, the activity around the first ,of the year, we
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had the leaded windows. releaded. a�d the' panes re­
placed .. The Mothers Club purchased a new ca,rpet for
the front hall and stair'l through funds received from
efforts at raffies al!d teas·. A grourids 'committee was
appointed ,after we built the bar-b-q pit in order that
we may enjoy it in pleasant surroundings. We' 'have a
superior house, and its' fine condition reflects the. pride
we hold for it. "

NU IN A CXJVl TIES ALUMS-- We

In that majOr we all had in col­
lege" extra;'curricular activities, ,we
are fortunate·,in having many Tekes
enrolled, we have active actives and
active piedges who are' active in 1.23
activities each: Considered as a whole,1
N u chajJter is very active.
OL 'the Interfnitern'ity Honorary
4ssociations, we have six members on
, winge,d helmet, an organization· very
, and Sigma Epsilon Chi.
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, . , Teke, drop a line to one of the fol­
str,ong on campus. Bob Jamison, our
·last semester house manager was
chosen president of the House Man- '
ager�s Association; with some 40 fra­
terJ)ities on campus, we, consider it
quite an honor. And four Tekes are
on Ph'iPhi, an honorary fraternity
for honorable fraternity men. Griff
Marshall' is, a member of Ma�k and
Dagger, well known in the talent
circuit. Griff's main attribute is a
fine voice wh'ich lands him many ·a
roll in 'school productions,' and en­
abled ,him to travel UP', and down the
Need-Your Help['
state on a recent tour. In the political
As part of our always big ger and
field we have a member who is often
better rush'ing program, . . :we wou!d
seen sneaking out of -the house with
like you to help us secure the fi,ne
a bomb in one hand on his way to
attend the subvers'iVe Young Repub­ pledges which have always been the
lican Club, of which he is s'ecretary. mainstay. of our fraternity.
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Other honorary fratern,ities repre­
When you know .oia .y oung man
sented by Nu Tekes are: AlphaPhi
coming to Cal who you think has the
Omega, Alpha Zeta, Sigma Delta Chi,
character that WoUld make a good
Athletic. Tekes are on crew, foot-.,
lowing:
baU, basebaJI, and symphony forum.
Bill Schnack and Bruce Cowan are NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: John
on . crew .and show excellent pros­ Petrie, 1460 Havencourt Blvd.,' Oak�
pects: possibly someday they will be land.
part of another California Olympic
team, "Mighty Joe" Young keeps the SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Roy
CalifOrnia freshman football team Hoffman, 1629 Freemont, So.Pasa­
going, whilst we have no less than
dena,
four participating in baseball. And
so on it goes�to li§J all tr...e llctivi­ Needless to say, a "buyers market"
ties would mean listing all the Tekes, has arrived on fraternity row and hi'
for each , Teke r'epresents us on one our hunt to get the best, your help
'or more ' activities. is greatly needed,
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Hegemon, was' the general chairman.
Lambda Sigma fraternity, a local

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fPublished aCThe lTni'versity of California. Berkeley, California.
from San Diego. State College, was
the guest of honor.. They sent two
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... BILL GRAHAM CHUCK ZELLMAN bers9-ip. After approval'ot the c.!l.ap· \
JOHN PETRIC ters of the. fraternity; Lambda Sigma
CHAPTER OF:.FICERS·: was installed as a chapter of Tau
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an important lilJ.k in the fraternal

ALUMNI 'PLAf;EMENT bond between alumn� and chapter,

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Bob Bebb is now work'ing 1'or a re-
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frigera1:<ir:company iri San Jose. ?e
is married arq:
i hls \.vife·' Sue ;�ec�ntlY
had a t ina' one .half bci� of choc�
er no, 'baby named
(Bebb) on " February 28th. Father IS
doing Well. His address is 1540 shasta
Avenue, San Jose, 11.
. Catif. .
Our favorIte fireman, Tom Clarke,
'now works.forWebster Asbestos in
San Francisco, and' plays' nightly at
173 Fulton, Redwood City.
Ed Dermott is now a road agent.
We hope that he will rob the rich and
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give to , the poor· '(Tekes). He IS
Pi�chman
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R'ight of 'Way . :Qivision of the State'
of California. His address is Highway-
man Ed Dermott, ZOO1" Van Ness,San
Francisco. (This is not to be con-
fused, with Horsetrader Ed).
Herb Turnbull.'is taking the G. E.
Tra'ining program in Erie, Pa. This
is 'not to'b'e confused with the G.' 1.
TrainingProgram. G. 1.'s have a dif-
ferent kind of_ lights ou,!;: His Eric
night�lif� �Is witg_his wife, Betty, at
. 676 Smithson A v e n u e, Lawrence '
P
c ark, Pa. .r;
Bill Colburn was married to Bar-
. Qara Wo rthen, in' Los Angeles. We
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trust that she will be worth the nice
girl Bin deserves. He is no;"''in North
Dakota, working for the U. S. Gov-
ernment.
Gii Haak, who was· an original
member oE the Nu chapter colony
and pledged back �ast,is· graduating
from' Harvard Law. School in June.
According' to.' h'is most.gracious, moth-
o er, who exte,nds a wekome to Tekes
in Me. xica, City,. Gi.l intends to return
to Berkeley in June to take the Cali-
''''f<ifnia"''Bar jExa�min:atioIC' "TIlts 'has.
;nothing to' do with drinking.
. Jim Olmstead lives with his. Wife
Barbara at 2842 Pacheco Street,Con-
. cord,. California.
Bill "Original Oskie" Rockwell is
now doing government research. He'
and his wife Betty live at 2725. Haste
Street, Berkeley. " .
Tommy Johnson ('49) is Ij.ow learn-
ing everything there is to kiww about.
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Radar for the an;ny.. He and Dorothy am using this vehicle to addre ss pri, - .
marily the alumni.
are living at 7837 Highway 80 East,
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EIPaso, Texas. The fraternty with its college
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Bill Heath '48 married Cal Coed years is almost transitory 'In its flil lc­
Robert Walter Jackie Clements on March 18th. He
. tion.. It provides a living 'place on
has a mighty sweet job with C &·H
campus; it provides activities that
Sugar as a chemical engineer. 'He'
lives at 1673 Santa Clara, Richmond, fraters may recall nostalgiclly .in fu-
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ture years; and it creates an endur-
Harry Smith marded B a r b a_r·a ing character'in the man. These last-
Helbush·.. He was married in March ing products become the' ·alumni and
"f '49 and now works for the State
in The Fraternity For Life, it is es-
Employment ·Department. He dwells
. sential for; them that they remain in
at' 773 9th St., Oakland'.
contact with their fraternity. And
Bill Russ is working for the J. H.
, herein we are most fortunate,for the
. Construction Company. His
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me and agali'l to be act'ively inter-
. complete her degree.
ested in tneit chapter. They have r e-
sIlOndBd at time with aid, and, they
have shown continual interest. Our
u N Attends Parent's and Alumni Days have been
. well attended and a source of great
PTO'Vince S h
c 00 I pride. The Mothers' Club andWives'
.Th e second animal. province school Club has done marvelous work and
of instruction was held on April 21st, their energy is greatly , appre ciated by
all. '
22nd and 23rd in Los Angeles. The
The interest of the alumni can
hosts were Alpha Omega and Beta
show itself in many ways ,other than
Sigma chapters. The first and third
tne proverbial fiscal touch; graduat- �
days o-f meeting took place at the
Beta Sigma chapter house at 631 W. irig seniors can . be placed 'In jobs when .
28th Street. The seco.nd day, which available, personal Visits are good for
'included a banquet, was held at .the the active chapter as well; and of
Mayfair Hotel in Los Angeles.( course, alumni can aid in' obtaining
Nu chapter sent ten representatives rushees. This year especially our
southward in an atteinpt to take ad- rushing program must be a dynamic
leaving th'is
vantage 'of the instruction offered. . one. We have 22 seniors
Five of their delegates participated in
' year and needless to.say.the vacuum
a panel discussion of social ilfe and must be. filled. The alumni can help
campus activities. by sending us the" n a m e s of, men
Whom they think will mak� �ood
Other partcipating chapters were
' Tekes. We have obtained excellent .
Alpha Omega of. the University of .
men through this system in the past
California al Los Angeles, Beta Sig-
and hope"to see good men coming to
rna of the' UniverS'ity of Southern
California, and Beta Xi from Arizona
us 'in the futur'e, through the alumni.
State College. Alpha Omega discussed Thus the break in meaning between,
scholarship, Beta S i g m a covered the word active and alumni g r o w s
rushing, and Beta Xi outlined good further apart, for the' alumiri are,
pledge tra:ining. and should be, "actives." We're here
Fraters ;Clarence A. ly.[ayer of Al- .at 2725 ChanningWay· and constant-
ly interested in your welfare and .in­
pha chapter, one .of the founders l'f
''''I:t d Sophus Goth o f terest. Ma'intain interest in: your fra­
our fra1ernitT, n
ternity and you will find it will aid
Nu chapter, Grand Epi-Ptytahi3, were
hono'rary cha'irmen. Frater F. C. you in many ways.
Thomas of Nu chapter, Province George' Dove�

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 M�j¥i,BEI?S Q,P THE CHAPtER m. SECOND SEMESTER

,-Acti,vesvs. Pledges Iterns of No Interest ' for the house. On , both occasions
when it moved, the axle broke and
Tr.e first pledge-active football l In order to, fill space with' interest� the rear end fell o.ut.
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gam.; was played recently December 'ing items, of news' about activities
Frater Hawk Hyde of Life maga-
12th; It, was un-fortunate that all ,the and happenings of those of Nu, we ,
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zine fame (three pages last yea<t·) re· ,
mighty actives- were able to mu:;;ter have listed the below items in the in­
cently sold another photograph 'to"
up in the way of a score w as 0, terest that the alumni and otllers
Prominent active player� were ·unfor- ' Time for $150.00. He has t�turnt:!d
will know tha,t we don't sleep all day
tunately -iiJ and unable �o play�Those . from a Northern Califorriia bull
long· and are' really a very interest-
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first half notliing . was accomplished 'inglot,
a novel on that subject while nurs.. �'
aRd'the,score' stayed' atO-Q, but' in Our pledge president, Dick Gause '
the ' secohd' half active referee .,Paul ing wounds received. Hawk, who, is
of San Francisco, recently ran for
Eri�ler: Ipst h!s glasse,s an,d ' !�om ,then six feet, six, recently motored 'to .\
H�presentative-at-larg�; ,,' an import­
on the . pJedges . scoted, With George Mexico City in an Austin with. aI1�
Jensen' and M ' ighty . J0 as their' main ant ,post in campus' �olitics., :r:he
- other friend who is an inch tauh.
off ering", the' pledge team .chalked 20 whole' idea occurred. ohe evening
The sight was most' impressive.
points,. whi:lst the actives cough6!d up while walking by, 'a sorority house.
a negatl�e ,sco;re., A 15 fOot high pape� mache mask
Siezed with public spirit, and , in the
As' a gran,d cljmax to the days ,

nterest of'better student government Used in a Teke CircuS Dance �as

wOrk, -a banqm�t wa§ held, in the Teke " '

house liono'ring both the winning
team _and , our beautiful home-coming
Queen candidate, Joanne Schneider,
It was decided in all fa'irn�ss that �
firs,t prize cup should be awarded to . tom for candidates to visit different
the 'loser, so Miss Schneider awarded
the cup along with a suitable con­
gratulation, to the . pledge preSident,
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_ George Jensen.
�he rushed nside and in the campus
manner ,outlined his program while
the girls ate dinner. (It is the cus­
houses and speak at dnner). Run­
ning' on a "More student apathYJpro­
gram" Dick came ih 13th out of 12
and was leading write-in contender
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"stolen" SOme days ago .and hung on,
Sathe� Gate. Those who saw the piC­
ture in the Berkeley . Gazette will be
interested in knowing that �he mask
came from Channing Way, and we
have it hunch who hung it on Sather
Gate.
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Fratel's Paul Engler, Len Corsin­

with 40 votes. tino, Bill Hexner, John ,Reaney, Wil­

Scholarship
\ The San Francisco, graduate chap­
ter has recently been concerned over
Teke scholarship. In order to .en­
courage Teke scholarship, the Grad­
uate Chapter recently held their
first scholarship dinner. Those' Tekes
with the highest grade point average
cind ' those wlfo had shown the most
improvement were invited to the San
Francisco Yacht Club where a ban­
quet 'was held in their honor. A few
brief speeches were made, and two
copies of the Golden Book were
awarded to Don Lawrie and Duncan
Carter in 'recognition of their excel­
lent improvement record.
Nu's histor, John Heaney, has re­
ceived notification of award of
Honor Histor Key for work in re­
porting The Teke.
Help is needed from an alumnus
pOsses'sing a 1929 Durant. We have
- the Durant, all we need is a new
rear end for it. A truly ,fine vintage
. car,this model has been sold hack
. and forth several times and may
be seen any day fn f r o n t of the
house, It .l:J.as mo't'ed on s€veral ac­
e a S i o n s ,omitting a distinguished
whistle and much smoke-all very
spectacular· and remarkable publicity
lie Moore and Glen Strahl Will' all
the be commissioned as Second Lieuten­
ants on the 16th of June before, they
graduate . •This will be by way of a
climax to a faithful fqur years of
R.O.T.C. duty. Commissions will .be
. in the reserve and several of the
above plan to see troop' duty this
summer. This class will probably be
our last big R.O.T.C. class, as at the
present time we have only tWo in
the house who plan to go on lor:. a
commission in the army) We have
several, however, who intend to be,
commissioned in the , navy.
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The' fraternity w()uldappre<tfate'it if'1()u ali1'mni would fill '
so�ething to posterity,bought a dog.
out thehelowbl'ank in crrder tbat w�'rria.yhave in:formatl0n for
The new house mascot is a·"St. Ber­
our records;. '
nard and weighs some 150" Jncfs ph
(saris brandy) andis on�yhalf g�own.
Let tis . AF,. present the seniors are contem­
plating' floating ,a, $50,000 bond issue
in ordef to set up 'a frust fund to
feed'the animaL Due haggl'ing OCUCI'­
red on what to name it, and Brutus
was finally chof:len ov er Wallace and
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Brutus is well mannered and .. slightly
lethargic. His Only fault is that he
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is : well qn hiS::way to being �p()'iled
and th�t(when not watched) he is
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Frater May.narc1" ShTpley ('52 ) was
recently notmed by ongressman C .Ce­
cil F. White tha·t l,le hadimssed the
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trance. to .AnnapoUs;;,;He has� COm�
plet�d two years at the Uniyersity of
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nard has co�stimtly :rriaintainea' a
high grade pOiJ:lt.i:i;verage ' . Htrr " aid�to i l.

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on the:(reshman, baseqalI.,Jeai,: ri· aria
andoillaJbback to>theHistoi... We'r�j�j;i�ested in you�n<!" �h�; is moreieceritiy 'he has' b.e�Jl.; pitclj,ing ,
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