Delta Kappa Epsilon - University of Alabama

6 Delta Kappa Epsilon ALUMNI NEWS DKE: Did DKE play a role in all your accomplishments? BW: Well, newboy year was about discipline, delayed gratification, and doing what you were told (immediately). It included holding everyone accountable for an error that may not have been your fault. Through that, trust and bonds were developed that last a lifetime. Also, we would listen to some of the best story tellers in the world. Dudley Dawson '76 and Ladd Brown '76 could entertain us all with tales that were not only hilarious, but taught the value of thinking and planning before acting. Even to this day, DKEs are excellent planners, whether it involves themed parties (Suppressed Desires, Undertakers, etc.) or just a midnight run to the Krystal to Guerrilla walk on the countertop just like "Troll." I like that the three hour per night weekday study hall is still in effect. This encourages newboys to use that time to study and helps improve grades. I also appreciated the camaraderie and physical fitness rewards gained by playing DKE intramural sports, and at one time or another I participated in touch (later flag) football, basketball, softball, tennis, racquetball, swimming, handball (doubles with Bill "Troll" Miller '77), and the sons of mercury track and field team—where my specialty was the combined sprint, jump, duck, dodge, and hide event. DKE: There is a rumor that you put a cast on the house manager's leg one night after he "fell asleep." Is this true? BW: You know, that false rumor has been circulating for years. So thank you for the opportunity to clear that up. All I know is that I was awakened early one morning when my roommate in the lower bunk let out a blood curdling scream. I looked down to see him trying to walk but repeatedly falling to the floor. His knee was locked in a bent position by a full length cast extending to his hip and his foot was pointing down like a dancing ballerina. The cast must have been on his leg for several days because it was signed with different colored ink and had about 20 signatures including Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker and Ben Grim. Even the Wooley Goat signed. DKE: Anything left out? BW: Nothing that I'd be willing to commit to print! Bobby lives in Mobile with his family. Reach out to him via e-mail at weinackr@gmail.com. Spiderman (Bobby Weinacker '77) with "Wonder Lust" (a.k.a. Mark Collinsworth '76) at a Suppressed Desires party. Q&A with Bobby Weinacker '77 (Continued from page 5) FROM THE HISTORIAN T his issue of Sighs of Psi coincides with the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War in May 1865. In the past six issues of this newsletter, we have dedicated this column to commemorating the 150th anniversary of this great struggle by bringing to light and honoring the 54 men of the antebellum Psi Chapter who fought for their homes and their beliefs. We've also had an opportunity to look more closely into the lives and military service of a few of these nearly forgotten men. We've learned of some of their exploits, sometimes in their own words, from before, during, and after the war. It is only fitting, then, that we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of that conflict by recognizing and honoring another one of our own, a Psi brother who was with Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the surrender of the legendary Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Contrary to popular belief, Lee's surrender did not mark the end of the war, but it was certainly the beginning of the end, and made final Confederate defeat inevitable, with the last major Confederate army surrendering some six weeks after Lee. Major Nicholas Stallworth (1837-1909), who surrendered with Lee at Appomattox, was a Psi DKE, Class of 1858. 1 He entered Confederate service on May 14, 1862, and was subsequently elected Captain of Company F, 1st Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion. Hilliard's Legion was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, on June 25, 1862, with one artillery, one cavalry, and three infantry battalions, consisting of about 3,000 men. It served at the siege of Cumberland Gap in September Psi at Appomattox, April 1865 - The 150th Anniversary of the End of the Civil War And The True Story Behind "Brothers in DKE" PART III 1 1890 DKE Catalogue, page 351.

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