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The DELTA PSI SIG Delta Psi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity at RPI Fall 2015 Delta Psi Celebrates Homecoming and 65th Anniversary Join Us at Pomeroy Chapter House October 2-4 I t's that time—our 65th Anniversary Party to celebrate Delta Psi's founding in 1950. We are celebrating our anniversary during RPI's Homecoming in October because of the better weather than during December. We will begin with refreshments on Friday, October 2, at the Pomeroy Chapter House (PCH) at 58 Pine- woods from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Dinner is on your own Friday. On Saturday, October 3, Delta Psi will be host- ing a tailgate party on campus prior to the RPI football game at 11 a.m. Last year the chapter got a prime spot next to the entrance and had a hot dog/hamburger stand set up and raised $500 for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation. The RPI football game is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. While the football game is being played, we will be film- ing alumni for two videos; one on the history of Delta Psi and a second video for recruitment. The videos will highlight alumni involvement in Delta Psi, life at Delta Psi during the 1950s through 2010s, and Sigma Chi alumni responsi- bilities after graduation. Filming will take place in the Robert "Justa" Eckart Study Room just off the dining room. Post-game/pre-dinner refresh- ments will be served at the Pomeroy Chapter House from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. At 5 p.m. there will be the unveiling of seven Delta Psi Sigma Chi plaques, one for each Delta Psi alumnus who has been selected for the Order of Constantine. An abbreviated White Rose Ceremony will follow for those Delta Psi alumni who have recently entered Chapter Eternal, including Les Cole '62 and George R. "Earth" Wurm '71. Dinner at the PCH will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Refreshments will resume at 7 p.m. and continue to 11 p.m. Oedipus and the Mothers, our Sigma Chi house band from the mid-'60s, will perform in the chapter room from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. It is being billed as their last hurrah. I also encourage you to return to the PCH on Sunday, October 4, for the formal ritual house meeting in the chapter room at 2 p.m. Please consider coming to Homecoming '15 and encourage your classmates and friends to do the same. As I have personally learned this year from the sudden death of Brother Earth, life is short so we need to seize the day—Carpe diem. Cost for the weekend is $50 per person, which covers refreshments on Friday and Saturday, and dinner at the PCH on Saturday night. I hope you can make it and that you urge your fellow brothers and friends to do the same. Information: www.sigmachi-rpi.org/homecoming2015 Registration: alumni.rpi.edu/s/1225/alumni/start.aspx In Hoc Signo Vinces, Bob "Ruff" Hutnick '71 bobhutnick@gmail.com 1966 Parents Weekend, from left: Gary Simundza '67, Woody High '67, Rod Blumenau '65, Jim Straw '68 (hidden by Rod), Dean Norton '69, and Lou Chiappetta '65. Homecoming 2013, from left: Woody High '67, Dean Norton '69, Kurt Blumenau, Jim Straw '68, Rod Blumenau '65, Lou Chiappetta '65, and Gary Simundza '67. Celebrate Camaraderie as We Care for Our House Sigma Chi Work Party August 21 through 23 I t's hard to believe that another year has passed, but it's true! The 10th annual celebration of our alumni/active pre-semester work party weekend is fast approaching. Work Party 2015 from August 21 through 23 will soon be here, and all alumni brothers are invited back to Troy to participate in this fun-filled event. The lady at 58 Pinewoods Avenue, aka the Bill Pomeroy Chapter House of the Delta Psi Chapter of Sigma Chi, is beckoning, and we must answer the call to assist the active Alumni gather on the porch after the 2014 work party. (Continued on page 3)

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