This history exists in two typewritten versions, both found in the "Chapter History" Folder. The first is in two separate stapled enclosures, the first (A) entitled The History of Kappa Sigma Chapter: Origins 1960-61, the second (B) The History of Kappa Sigma Chapter: Organization 1961-1962. Both conclude with the signature: "Submitted by Alan Julseth, Historian." The second version comprises a single stapled enclosure (C) entitled The History of Kappa Sigma Chapter and is a revised and anonymous compilation of the first two histories. [Annotations written circa 1995 by Patrick Feaster, '93. For comparison, both versions are presented below.]
        [The "Appendix A" which is referred to was already missing by 1993 at the latest--due to the nature of its contents, it was probably separated at some point from the general chapter histories and lost in a previous information purge. --Joel Hahn]

The History of
Kappa Sigma Chapter

Origins 1960-61

        April 23, 1961, is the date which marks the formal beginning of Kappa Sigma Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. Howerver traditional this date may be for purposes of celebrating the anniversary of the fraternity, it can not be mistaken for the date which actually marks the beginning of the chapter's history. The history of Kappa Sigma should be traced through the months and even years previous to the charter date, to those earlier moments of speculation and inquiry concerning the vague possibility of establishing a music fraternity for men on the campus of Valparaiso University. Such historical tracing can only be done in a limited sense; we can only be objectively responsible for the definite facts available from official correspondence and from the secretarial records taken from planning meetings that occurred in the 1960-61 school year. Nothing else could be recorded in this history concerning that first year that would be more firmly substantiated than these recorded facts. There are some factors that must be raised, however, that remain unrecorded and therefore in a sense unverifiable; the history would indeed be incomplete if these intangibles did not accompany the stark details of official records. They are assimilated into this historical record from the experiential data of this writer, an eyewitness to the birth of the chapter.

        The women students of Valparaiso University having a professional interest in music had had available to them a chapter of SAI on the campus of Valparaiso University for quite some time before the men had aroused sufficient interest to organize a male counterpart to SAI. No one could explain why the men had never organized; after years of discussion concerning this possibility the fall of 1960 found Kinsey Hall a spawning ground for rumors to the effect that definite plans for organization were finally in the making. No one took the time to record the precise details of conversations, discussions, and arguments that took place in the practice rooms of Kinsey Hall or over coffee at the College Inn which was located at that time on the southeast corner of Union and College Streets a block away from the center of the university's west campus. No one recorded the disputes between male students concerning the nature and structure of an organization which was not yet established beyond the stages of hypothesis. No one took notes for posterity with reference to the petty power struggles and jealousies that immediately rose to the surface in a way almost too subtle to detect; yet all the above had a profound effect on the chapter.

        Before the chapter had received its charter it had already become apparent that the chapter in its natal stages could develop along any of several extreme lines of growth. To some it had already become evident that, if it was to flourish, the chapter would have to maintain a delicate balance in its membership between music majors and non-music majors; otherwise it was in danger of becoming one of two extremes: an esoteric branch of Kinsey Hall similar to the SAI of that time having little contact with the rest of the university community or just another social fraternity with little musical incentive. There were men who leaned toward one or the other extreme from the very outset. The seeds of tension and dissension were sown into the soil of the young chapter at its very beginnings--such a tension was to exist through the first critical years becoming taut even (and in some cases especially) among members of the executive boards that administrated the rapid development of the chapter.

        All the above are the intangibles that comprise real factors in consideration of the historical development of this chapter of Sinfonia on the Campus of Valparaiso University.

        It is obvious by now that this organization did not become a reality without a display of hard work, persuasion and negotiation on the part of a few persons. The key man in the enterprise of persuasion was Kenneth Lundberg, a sophomore enrolled in the B.M.E. program. Ken had taken the initiative to inquire into the nature of the national music fraternities concerning their objectives for organization and qualifications for membership; it was Ken who decided as early as October, 1960, that negotiations for membership would be most profitable with Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. This national music fraternity appeared to be the best of all alternatives for membership considering its reputation in the field and its high standards for membership. It was Ken who was the prominent person in the search for interested persons and who organized the first official planning meeting on February 9, 1961. It seemed only logical and fair that he be the head of the provisional administration of the charter group and first President of the Fraternity

        On March 21, 1961, the group of would-be charter members of Kappa Sigma Chapter elected Ken Lundberg as President, Roger Maier as Vice-President, James Found as Secretary, and Richard Kraemer as Treasurer of the provisional administration. All four had served prominently on a steering committee formed in the February 9 meeting, a committee formed for the purpose of outlining procedures and meeting requirements for the establishment of the Chapter. One of the qualifications for membership was that there be one person on the music faculty of the sheltering institution, Valparaiso University, who was also a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfornia Fraternity--at least one person. They found their man in the first Faculty Advisor of Kappa Sigma Chapter, Dr. Newman Wilson Powell, an alumnus of Alpha Kappa Chapter of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Step by step the other membership requirements were met, and it was apparent that the group would be initiated that spring as early as April.

        It was Sunday afternoon, April 23, 1961, that Kappa Sigma Chapter received its charter from Maurice F. Shadley of Indiana University, the Province Governor of Province 4. A closed concert in the Gloria Christi Chapel had begun the day's events at 2:00 pm. Participating in the concert were Dan Koch, tenor, Roger Maier, trumpet, an ensemble of recorders and violin, and the entire charter group as a Men's Chorus under the direction of Prof. Joseph McCall. The initiating team from Delta Iota Chapter, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, provided a tenor, baritone, and horn soloist to complete the concert.

        Following the concert the charter members were officially made pledges and remained pledges for the shortest pledge period in the history of Kappa Sigma Chapter, one hour. At four o'clock the pledges were led shoeless and blindfolded into rooms A and B of the Union; the group had been standing in the hall waiting for entrance, some laughing at Norm Hannewald's snide remarks from beneath his blindfold, others just remaining silent in suspense, seeming an odd-looking group to passers-by. The charter group was initiated by the Old Ritual [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .]. The whole spectacle was inspiring to a few, repulsive to more, and questionable to most; the festivities of the day were dampened by the exit of one of the would-be charter members, freshman Bill Erat, during the middle of the ceremony. Ken Lundberg and Rich Kraemer tracked him down after the initiation ceremonies had reached their end and tried to persuade him to return but were unsuccessful.

        At 6:00 pm a banquet was held in the West Hall of the Student Union attended by the visiting team, Governors, alumni Sinfonians from the area, members of the music faculty, and the charter members. The following guests and dignitaries addressed the banquet gathering: Dean Allen Tuttle, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Newman Powell, Faculty Advisor of the new Chapter, alumnus Jonathan Huie of Alpha Chater, Ken Lundberg, President of Kappa Sigma, Gerald Timory, President of the initiating Chapter, Governor Frank Pearson of Michigan's Province 2, and Governor Maurice Shadley of Indiana's Province 4, who presented the Charter.

        The following men constituted the original Active Chapter:

As early as that first semester the Chapter was looking into the possibility of acquiring a Fraternity House. In the Meeting of April 27, 1961, it was suggested that the men of Kappa Sigma Chapter could live in a co-op house owned by the University: Stoner House, located across the street from Altruria Hall but this proposal was rejected because of the lack of interested members.

        The election of Officers for the 1961-62 school year was held during the April 27 meeting. The results of the election were as follows:

        Temporary committees appointed by the President in that spring were the Financial Budget Committee (Rich Kraemer, chairman, Bob Meyer, Roger Maier, Bill McFarland, Lloyd Gross, and Ken Lundberg ex officio); the Ritual Examination Committee (Jim Found, chairman, Bob Meyer, Rich Kraemer, Dave Eifert, Lloyd Fross [sic], and Chuck Kelemen); and the Music Committee (Dave Eifert, chairman, David Haas, Alan Julseth, Roger Maier, Joseph McCall, and Ken Lundberg ex officio). Radio Chairman was Rudy Hirschman.

        The only fine legislation conducted was concerning the fines for tardiness and unexcused absenses [sic]: 25¢ for unexcused tardiness beyond ten minutes, 50¢ for unexcused absences.

        The Chapter sang as a chapter at the Spring Greek Songfest for its first appearance before the campus. Norm Hannewald was master of ceremonies for the event and talked up the group so much that it alienated a few social frats. The men of Kappa Sigma Chapter filled the chapel with music of greater precision and bolume [sic] than had most of the Greek organizations--this added insult to injury, and Kappa Sigma was never asked to sing in Songfest again.

        During the last meeting of the year on May 25, 1961, the Chapter adopted the following budget for the 1961-1962 school year working on the basis of an 18-man organization:

The History of
Kappa Sigma Chapter

Organization 1961-1962
        As the gavel sounded on Thursday, September 14, 1961 at 7:00 pm in Recital Hall, Kappa Sigma Chapter began to proceed along the trial-tested path of an organization still in its natal stages of development.

RITUAL REVISION
        Fall of 1961 brought many problems for the newly organized Kappa Sigma Chapter. Foremost among these difficulties arising was the Ritual of the national organization.

        The Spring, 1961 walkout by a potential charter member remained a sore spot that marred the confidence and solidarity of the charter group. What to do with the Ritual in order to prevent a similar occurrence was the topic which preoccupied the Ritual Examination Committee as well as all other interested persons--in other words, the entire Fraternity. To change or not to change the Ritual--there were tenuous arguments on both sides. Some wanted to keep it because it was impressive and not at all offensive, some wanted to change it because it was meaningless and degrading. The Ritual was discussed during the first meeting of the year on September 14. Further discussion was tabled to the meeting of September 28, and on September 28 the problem of revision was thrown back into the committee. No further progress was made until the following Spring.

Radio Show
        Second among problems was the the radio show over WVUR. Dave Eifert was placed in charge of a committee to obtain a 9:30-11:00 pm radio program spot; he was unsuccessful in his negotiations with the station manager, Dick Klage, but was promised an irregular "special" spot every two or four weeks. Ken Lundberg, President of Kappa Sigma, thereby offered the fraternity his 1:00-3:00 spot on the radio calendar on Sunday afternoons, subject to the approval of the radio station. By the meeting of October 19, the Fraternity had received the permission of WVUR for the switch on Sunday afternoons, and Kappa Sigma finally had its radio show (actually two hours).

Committee Structure
        A number of revisions in the Fraternity's committee structure were made during the Fall. At first, committee functions were limited disjointed assortments of committees: the Ritual Examination Committee appointed in the previous Spring; a one-man Ushering Committee consisting of Dave Eifert; a social director, Roger Maier; a Radio Committee of one, Dave Eifert; and a Rush Committee consisting of Roger Maier, chairman, Alan Julseth, Robert Meyer, Bob Douglas, Dave Eifert, and Norm Hill. Norm Hannewald was the appointed Male Chorus director.

        The Rush Committee functioned to plan the first event of the Fall Rush program, a smoker on October 3 at 8:00 pm in the West Hall of the Student Union. Then midway in the rush program a major change in committee structure occurred. In the October 19 meeting a Program Committee was formed which encompassed the previous Radio, Ushering, Rush and Social Committees; Dave Eifert was appointed chairman of this Program Committee. Subcommittee chairmen appointed to the Program Committee were the following: social chairman, Bob Douglas; radio chairman, Alan Julseth; rush chairman, Bob Meyer; concert co-chairmen Dave Eifert and Norm Hannewald; and ushering chairman Dave Eifert. A permanent Pledge Committee was appointed with Roger Maier acting as chairman; others appointed to the committee were Bob Douglas and Ted Mesh. The name of the Ritual Examination Committee was changed to the Ritual Committee with James Found remaining as chairman and other committemen were Lloyd Gross, Bob Meyer and Richard Kraemer. Bob Meyer was appointed music librarian of the Fraternity.

        The organizational set-up remained approximately the same for the entire year. There was a single change in the Executive Board that took place in the Spring which will be discussed later. One final committee was appointed in the last meeting of the school year. Dave Haas was to head a Bylaws Committee to function during the summer of 1962.

Fall Rush Program
        The first smoker of the Fall rush program was held on October 3 as mentioned above. The second smoker took place on November 9 at 7:45 pm in Recital Hall more than one month after the first smoker. It was attended by Rolando Chilean, Art Griesel, John Friedman, Phil Seyer, and James Goff; William Kroeger was invited but could not attend because of an earlier commitment. With the exception of James Goff who was ineligible, all the above were invited to pledge by action of the Fraternity in its November 16 meeting. On November 30 the fall pledge class was inducted through the Pledge Ceremony: pledged to the Fraternity were Art Griesel, Phil Seyer, William Kroeger, and John Friedmann. Their initiation following the pledge period was to take place January 4. It was postponed to January 14 and again to March 1, the official date in which they finally became members of Kappa Sigma Chapter.

Meetings
        Regular business meetings were held every Thursday at 7:00 pm, somewhere in the location of the Music Building, i.e., sometimes in the Band Room, other times in the Theory Room on second floor Kinsey Hall or in Recital Hall on the third floor. Meetings were marked by confusion, inconsistent motions placed on the floor at the same time, contradictory legislation and general parliamentary holocaust. Ken Lundberg did his best to organize and re-organize; he announced in the October 12 meeting that all prospective business was to be reported thereafter to the Executive Board at least by the day before each meeting. In the October 26 meeting the motion was carried to set an 8:30 time limit for all meetings; the agenda for the day was to include only important business first, and business not pending was to be left to the end with the possibility that it be tabled until the following meeting. No one was permitted to leave early unless excused previously by the legislative assembly. The fine system set up the previous year was still in effect.

Province Workshop

        Kappa Sigma Chapter made its first contact with the rest of Privince [sic] 4 on November 4, 1961, when Ken Lundberg, Roger Maier, James Found, Richard Kraemer, Bob Douglas, and Newman Powell drove to Indianapolis in Dr. Powell's station wagon for a Province Workshop. Hosted by Alpha Sigma Chapter of Butler University, the Workshop was actually held at the campus of Jordan College of Music. President Lundberg, Secretary Found, and Treasurer Kraemer all served on separate panels formed to discuss the problems and workings of chapters in the national organization of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Business sessions were separated by an intervening dinner hour at which time most of the members of the Workshop went to a German restaurant for a meal accompanied by martinis, Manhattans, and German brew. Kappa Sigma Chapter returned from Indianapolis in high spirits.

Fall Projects
        A number of projects were begun and dropped in the Fall of 1961. A composite photo of the charter members was to be taken either by a University photographer, Ed Schmidt, or by some other persons or businesses. The project was referred to the Executive Board and no further action was taken until the following Spring. Roger Maier inaugurated and continued a project to purchase Fraternity blazers; he received price quotas [sic] from four companies. As in the case of the composite photo the members were not willing to invest financially into the project.

        It was felt imperative to the Chapter that they perform at least two concerts during the 1961-62 school year: a Fall Musicale and a Spring American Musicale -- the first of these concerts constituted the third project to fail in the Fall of 1961. The Music Department had offered Kappa Sigma Chapter a concert date on the music calendar on November 9; this possibility never became an actuality due to the Chapter's inability to organize a program in time for the scheduled date. The next alternatives were January 4 and January 11; the January 4 alternative was rejected, but the Program Committee headed by Dave Eifert attempted to organize a program for the January 11 date. After Christmas vacation it was found again that a coherant [sic] program could not be formed in time and the project failed for the final time.

        The fourth project to fail was an informal Christmas party with SAI and the faculty members of the Music Department. This was first to be a party in which music majors and minors were to attend: this plan was dropped. Much of the confusion over the party was caused by a lack of communication between SAI and Kappa Sigma Chapter. Whenever communication was established it was still vague and indefinite due to indecision on the part of the SAI chapter. Three different dates for the party were set and finally it was cancelled until after Christmas. It finally took place at 8:00 pm on Saturday, January 13. From the Secretary's minutes of the January 11 Meeting:

"President's comments: Ritual has again been canceled; this Chapter's continual postponing must stop; it was suggested that the membership contribute a small amount toward Brother Powell's gift--this suggestion was not followed through. (The gift was to be given to Dr. Powell for his trip to Europe in the following Spring)"

Things were not going well for the new fraternity; a lack of spontaniety, participation, and active enthusiasm hampered the progress of the Chapter as it plodded along.

Music Functions
        There were bright spots, however. The group did manage to function musically on five brief occasions: the pinning of Roger Maier and Dorothy Steeb on October 5; in Chapel before Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 23; and in Matins on Wednesday, December 15; at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Sunday, December 10, and for Christmas caroling on campus and at the homes of members of the music Faculty.

Membership.
Three charter members were transferred to alumni status in the Fall of 1961: Daniel Koch, Donald Chandler, and Rudy Hirschmann. Dan Koch was attending graduate school at Indiana University, Don Chandler transferred to another school, and Rudy Hirschmann was studying abroad at Göttingen, in Germany.

Spring Semester, 1962
The first order of business for the Spring Semester was the appointment of a new Treasurer. Richard Kraemer sent a letter to the Legislative assembly and the Executive Board on February 8, 1962, requesting that he be relieved of his responsibility as Treasurer of the Chapter and that he be given partial inactive status. He stated that he had been able to meet his responsibilities during the fall semester without much difficulty, but that he regretted that he could not continue to do so due to a heavy classload, increasing commitments, and other conflicts. The Executive Board announced they had accepted his resignation from office and had appointed Dave Haas as interim Treasurer until new officers would be elected for the coming year. Kraemer continued to attend many meetings and served on the Ritual Team for the two Spring initiation ceremonies; he also paid his dues for the semester.

Meetings
        Meetings continued in the Spring Semester along similar lines to those held in the Fall. In the meeting of March 29, the motion was carried to revoke the fine system; those members present were of the opinion that the system was not achieving what it was intended to accomplish--the elimination of absences from the roll. The motion was ruled invalid, however, since there was a question of the quorum. There was not a quorum present.

The Problem of Attendance
        Lack of enthusiasm and responsibility continued to evidence itself in the membership. Ken Lundberg was angry, and an exasperated vice-president, Roger Maier, was moved to send a letter dated February 9 to the general membership calling for a re-evaluation and renewal of fraternal spirit. The text of the duplicated letter is available at the end of this section of the chapter history. The problem continued without significant progress throughout the Semester; there appeared to be one hope, however, with the new "blood" that would be transfused into the fraternity's arteries by the new Pledge Class.

        The question of repeal of the fine system was again placed on the floor of the Fraternity at the May 10 meeting more than a month later; the discussion was tabled to the meeting of May 17 when the fine system was finally rescinded. It was replaced by the ruling that three unexcused absences in a row would lead to an automatic suspension for the offender; the Active membership thought this measure could lead to better attendance at meetings.

        Meetings were held somewhere in the viscinity [sic] of the Music Building until the meeting of May 10 at which time the membership met for lunch in room C of the Union at 12:30 pm. It was resolved then that that meeting time would remain the same in the coming school year; the resolution was passed unanimously by all the Actives present. An additional hour was to be set aside each week for purposes of rehearsals for concerts and other musical events. This measure was added as an amendment to the previous resolution concerning attendance and was passed.

Old Projects
        Both the blazer and composite projects were re- opened for discussion, but again dropped for lack of support by the Chapter. Blazer crests were ordered fom Balfour by those persons interested.

Radio
        The Radio sub-committee of the Program Committee continued its work of scheduling programs on a volunteer basis. One program a month was given to SAI by motion of the legislative assembly of the fraternity. These arrangements had their difficulties; the chairman found himself taking over the show on several occasions because neither the brothers nor SAI would volunteer to take the responsibility of that particular program. Programs remained fair in quality. . .some better, some worse. Different ideas in programming were tested: all-jazz shows; shows in which one long complete work was played, a symphony, opera or oratorio; shows revolving about one period in the history of music of the musical heritage of one country, e.g., Germany, Russia, or Spain.

        It was hard to detect reaction to programming: WVUR was still young, closed circuits were faulty, and most students did not evidence enough interest to tune-in to the station.

Ushering
        Under the Sub-committee Chairman Dave Eifert, ushering duties were delegated purely on a volunteer basis; consequently Brother Dave had some difficulty gaining the necessary number of ushers for each event on the ushering schedule. Much time was spent in meetings with Dave trying to persuade and coerce the membership in to volunteering for an usher date; as a result many members served more than others. Few did not usher at all; the same persons were among those who refused to volunteer for a radio show.

        The Fraternity agreed to usher for the Andre Marchal organ concert on October 22, the January 14 band concert, the Marriage of Figaro on February 26-28, Passion Sunday vespers, the University Choir Concert, the SAI Musicale on April 3, and the Wittenberg Choir Concert.

Rushing and Pledging

        The Fall Pledge Class of Griesel, Seyer, Friedmann, and Kroeger were initiated on March 1, 1962 by a Ritual revised by Kappa Sigma Chapter. Pledge Projects for the pledges were a bulletin board and the Pledge Recital which they performed on March 1 in Recital Hall. All four passed their National Examination although it is noted that Professor Kroeger barely squeaked through with a 75% on the test. The four were initiated by the following team:

Ken Lundberg [..... ..... ....]
Roger Maier [..... ....]
Richard Kraemer [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .]
Dave Haas [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .]
Robert Douglas [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .]
Dave Eifert [..... ..... .]

        Dr. Theodore Hoelty-Nickel, attended the initiation and became the chapter's first honorary member.

The Spring Pledge Class
        The first smoker in the Spring rush program was held on Tuesday, March 20, over dinner in the Student Union Cafeteria. Those rushed who were in attendance were Jim Kasdorf, Jim Goff, Wayne Leupold, Gene Pagel, Dan Bergen, and John Surrecht. The second smoker took place in the Union's Great Hall on March 26 at 5:30; refreshments were served, and the smoker was predominantly high-lited by cardplaying activities. The last smoker was held on April 3 at the Union after the SAI Musicale. The entire rush program was conducted under the leadership of Bob Meyer who replaced Dave Eifert as Program Committee Chairman on March 8; Eifert resigned due to the time he had to spend in rehearsals for the Spring Weekend University production, South Pacific. Brother Meyer retained his position as rush subcommittee chairman.

        By April 5, pledge invitations were in; six had pledged the Fraternity and were inducted as pledges on that date: John Tews, Gerry Tietje, John Surrecht, Jim Goff, Ron Franklin, and Jim Kasdorf. The group had a four-week pledge period which culminated in a Pledge Recital in recital hall on May 6, 1962. Following the recital was the presentation of the same revised Ritual that was used in the initiation of the Fall class on March 1; the same Ritual team was used.

The American Musicale
        The American Musicale took place on March 6, 1962, at 8:15 pm in Gloria Christi Chapel. Not a copy of the program is to be found anywhere in the Chapter Archives; the writer of this history also cannot recall the numbers that constituted the program for this, the only formal concert of the 1961-62 year performed by Kappa Sigma Chapter. This blank spot in the history may yet be filled with the acquisition of a program or knowledge of its content from one of the other Brothers who were active in Chapter affairs that semester.

Pinnings
        There was a double pinning ceremony on April 5 in Recital Hall. The pinning had been set to take place in the Bullpen on West Campus, not Pinning Pond where Roger Maier had had his pinning; but inclement weather conditions caused the Chapter to move the pinning ceremony inside. Pinned in the ceremony were Lloyd Gross to Christine Walther, and William McFarland to a girl of whose name we have no record.

Membership
        On March 8, Joseph McCall was requested to submit a letter stating his desire to be transferred to alumni status. No letter was received. Newman Powell took a leave of absence to journey to Europe-- (the Chapter presented a brief case to him for a departing gift). A letter of thanks written by him in Paris is included in this history following this section. William McFarland was suspended due to nine unexcused absences. The suspension took place after his pinning. Otherwise, the membership remained the same as listed in the Fall with the exception, of course, of the addition of ten members from the two pledge classes of the year.

        The following members graduated at the end of that Spring semester: Art Griesel, Norm Hill, Bob Meyer, and John Vogel.

Election of Officers
        The election of Officers for the 1962-63 school year took place in late April. The results of the election indicated a reversal in the two top positions in the Executive Board and election of one person who had not yet been in the Fraternity for one year:

Summary
        The year 1961-1962, taken in retrospect, was perhaps the most crucial year for the Chapter. The lustre of the initial enthusiasm evidenced by the charter group the year before had now been worn to a dull tarnish. The complexities involved in running an organization of this type had not been perceived by the founding fathers, and no one had prognosticated the conflicts both internal and external to the organization that Kappa Sigma Chapter would encounter. There were unspoken animosities existing between Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha Iota; these were to flower into more devastating but subtle enmities in the following year. SAI wanted to play the patronizing role to the young men's fraternity; Kappa Sigma Chapter resented SAI's arrogant mothering and strove for superiority over them.

        The Chapter's first full year could be compared to the first year of a marriage. If you can get through it without divorce when the honeymoon is over, the successful years become a little easier and chances for growth become more probable. The charter group's honeymoon was indeed over, and members were strung tight striving to gain organizational finesse. . . a finesse which would not be easily earned.

        April 23, 1961, is the date which marks the formal beginning of Kappa Sigma Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. Howerver traditional this date may be for purposes of celebrating the anniversary of the fraternity, it can not be mistaken for the date which actually marks the beginning of the chapter's history. The history of Kappa Sigma should be traced through the months and even years previous to the charter date, to those earlier moments of speculation and inquiry concerning the vague possibility of establishing a music fraternity for men on the campus of Valparaiso University. Such historical tracing can only be done in a limited sense; we can only be objectively responsible for the definite facts available from official correspondence and from the secretarial records taken from planning meetings that occurred in the 1960-61 school year. Nothing else could be recorded in this history concerning that first year that would be more firmly substantiated than these recorded facts. There are some factors that must be raised, however, that remain unrecorded and therefore in a sense unverifiable; the history would indeed be incomplete if these intangibles did not accompany the stark details of official records. They are assimilated into this historical record from the experiential data of this writer, an eyewitness to the birth of the chapter.

        The women students of Valparaiso University having a professional interest in music had had available to them a chapter of SAI on the campus of Valparaiso University for quite some time before the men had aroused sufficient interest to organize a male counterpart to SAI. No one could explain why the men had never organized; after years of discussion concerning this possibility the fall of 1960 found Kinsey Hall a spawning ground for rumors to the effect that definite plans for organization were finally in the making. No one took the time to record the precise details of conversations and arguments that took place between interested persons in the practice rooms of Kinsey Hall or over coffee at the College Inn which was located at that time on the southeast corner of Union and College Streets a block away from the center of the university's west campus. No one recorded the disputes between male students concerning the nature and structure of an organization which was not yet formed. No one took notes for posterity in reference to the petty power struggles and jealousies that immediately rose to the surface in a way too subtle to detect; yet all the above factors had a profound effect on the chapter's historical development.

        Before the chapter had received its charter, it had already become apparent that the chapter in its natal stages could develop along any of several extreme lines of growth. To some it had already become evident that, if it was to flourish, the chapter would have to maintain a delicate balance in its membership between music majors and non-music majors; otherwise it was in danger of becoming one of two extremes: an esoteric branch of Kinsey Hall similar to the SAI of that time having little contact with the rest of the university community or just another social fraternity with little musical incentive. There were men who leaned toward one or the other extreme from the very outset. The seeds of tension and dissension were sown into the soil of the young chapter at its very beginnings--such a tension was to exist through the first critical years becoming taut even (and in some cases especially) among members of the executive boards that administrated the chapter in its first years of rapid development.

Ken Lundberg
        This organization did not become a reality without a display of hard work, persuasion and negotiation on the part of a few persons. The key man in the enterprise of persuasion was Kenneth Lundberg, a sophomore enrolled in the B.M.E. program. Ken had taken the initiative to inquire into the nature of the national music fraternities concerning their objectives for organization and qualifications for membership; it was Ken who decided as early as October, 1960, that negotiations for membership would be most profitable with Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. This national music fraternity appeared to be the best of all alternatives for membership considering its reputation in the field and its high standards for membership. It was Ken who was the prominent person in the search for interested persons and who organized the first official planning meeting on February 9, 1961. It seemed only logical and fair that he be the head of the provisional administration of the charter group and first president of the fraternity.

Provisional Administration
        On March 21, 1961, the group of would-be charter members of Kappa Sigma Chapter elected Ken Lundberg - president, Roger Maier - vice-president, James Found - secretary, and Richard Kraemer - treasurer. All four had served prominently on a steering committee formed in the February 9 meeting, a committee established for the purpose of outlining procedures necessary to meet the requirments [sic] for the acquision [sic] of a charter from the national organization. They needed to find one person on the music faculty of Valparaiso University who was a Sinfonian before the charter group could be considered for membership by the national organization of Phi Mu Alpha. They found this person in the person of their first Faculty Advisor, Dr. Newman Wilson Powell, an alumnus of Alpha Kappa Chapter of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Step by step the other membership requirements were met, and it was apparent that the group would be initiated as early as that spring in April.

Chapter Day
        It was Sunday afternoon, April 23, 1961, that Kappa Sigma Chapter received its Charter from Maurice F. Shadley of Indiana University, the province governor of province IV . A closed concert in the Gloria Christi Chapel had begun the day's events at 2:00 in the afternoon. Participating in the concert were Dan Koch, tenor, Roger Maier, trumpet, an ensemble of recorders and violin, and the entire charter group as a men's chorus under the direction of Prof. Joseph McCall. The initiating team from Delta Iota Chapter, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, provided a tenor, baritone, and horn soloist to complete the afternoon concert.

        Following the concert the charter members were officially inducted as pledges and remained pledges for the shortest pledge period in the history of Kappa Sigma Chapter; one hour. At four o'clock the pledges were led shoeless and blindfolded into rooms A and B of the Union; The group had been standing in the hall waiting for entrance, some laughing at Norm Hannewald's quips and Joseph McCall's retorts that spontaneously emanated from beneath their respective blindfolds, others just remaining silent in casual suspense. The charter group finally entered into the mystic world of [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .] Sinfonia's old ritual form. The whole spectacle [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..] was inspiring to a few, repulsive to more, and questionable to most; the festivities of the day were dampened by the exit of one of the would- be charter members, freshman William Erat, during the third section of the ritual presentation. Ken Lundberg and Rich Kraemer tracked him down after the initiation ceremonies had reached their end and tried to persuade him to return but were unsuccessful. Mr. Erat's reason of his sudden exit: he was offended by the ritual for religious reasons and would not be a part of the organization because of it.

        At 6:00 P.M. a banquet was held in the West Hall of the Student Union attended by the visiting team, province governors , alumni members of Sinfonia from the area, members of the Valparaiso University music faculty, and the charter members. The following guests and dignitaries addressed the banquet gathering: Dr. Allen E. Tuttle, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Newman Powell, Faculty Advisor of the new chapter; alumnus Jonathan Huie, past president of Alpha Chapter; Ken Lundberg, president of Kappa Sigma Chapter; Gerald Timory, president of the initiating chapter ; Governor Frank Pearson of Michigan's province II; and Governor Maurice Shadley of Indiana's province IV, who presented the charter to Mr. Lundberg.

        The names of the following men are inscribed on the charter of Kappa Sigma Chapter as the first men to become Sinfonians on the campus of Valparaiso University:

First Chapter Activities
        In that first semester of organization the chapter was already looking into the possibility of acquiring a fraternity house. In the meeting Meeting of April 27, 1961, it was suggested that the men of Kappa Sigma Chapter live in a co-op house owned by the university, specifically Stoner House, located across the street from Altruria Hall at 351 College Street; This proposal was rejected due to a lack of interested persons.

        The election of officers for the 1961-62 school year was held during that April 27 meeting. Results indicated that the provisional administration was to be retained with an addition of the three other officers called for in the National By-laws; the following are the election results:

        Temporary committees appointed by the president in that spring that continued to function until the end of the year were as follows:

        The charter group sang at the Spring Greek Songfest for its first public appearance before the campus. Norm Hannewald was master of ceremonies for the event. He commended the chapter so much that it alienated a few social frats. The men of Kappa Sigma Chapter filled the chapel with music of greater volume and precision than that produced by most of the Greek organizations--this added insult to injury, and Kappa Sigma was never asked to sing in Songfest again. Kappa Sigma did not particularly care to sing in songfest again.

Budget and Legislation
        The only legislation conducted in the spring of 1961 consisted of a budget for the coming year and the legislation of fines applicable to absence and tardiness. The fine for unexcused tardiness beyond ten minutes was set at twenty-five cents; the fine for unexcused absence was set at fifty cents.

        The chapter adopted the following budget for the 1961-62 school year in its last meeting held on May 25; it was worked out the basis of an eighteen man organization:

Fall Semester
        As the gavel sounded on Thursday, September 14, 1961, at 7:00 P.M., Kappa Sigma Chapter was beginning to proceed along the trial-tested path of an organization very much in its natal stages of development.

        Fall, 1961, brought many problems for the newly organized chapter. Foremost among these difficulties was the ritual of the national organization.

Ritual Revision
        The spring walkout by a potential charter member remained a sore spot to the charter group; it done [sic] much to weaken the self-confidence and solidity of the new chapter. What could be done with the ritual in order to prevent a similar occurrence? This was the question which preoccupied the ritual examination committee as well as all other interested persons--in other words, the entire fraternity.

        To change or not to change the ritual--there were tenuous arguments on both sides. Some wanted to keep it because it had been impressive and not at all offensive to them, others wanted to change it because it was meaningless and degrading to them. (A more detailed and concise account of the development of the ritual controversy can be found in Appendix A of this chapter history.) The ritual was discussed during the first meeting of the year on September 14; further discussion was tabled until the September 28 meeting, and on September 28 the problem was thrown back into the committee. By October 2 the committee had received the approval of the province governor, Herbert Mueller, to make minor revisions of the ritual as outlined in Appendix A.

Radio Show
        Second among problems for the fall semester was the establishment of a radio show with WVUR whereby the chapter might find a means for communicating good music to the university community and at the same time find a sounding board for publicity for the chapter. Dave Eifert was placed in charge of a committee to obtain a program spot on Sunday evenings from 9:30- 11:00; he was unsuccessful in his attempt through negotiations with the station manager, Dick Klage, but was promised an irregular "special" spot every two to four weeks. Ken Lundberg, president of Kappa Sigma Chapter, thereby offered the fraternity his 1:00-3:00 spot on the radio calendar subject to the approval of the radio station. By the meeting of October 19, the fraternity had been granted permission from WVUR to make the switch, and it finally had a radio show every Sunday afternoon from 1:00-3:00.

Committee Structure
        A number of revisions in the fraternity's committee structure were made during the fall. At first, committee functions were limited to a disjointed assortment of committees: the ritual examination committee appointed in the previous spring; a oneman usher committee consisting of Dave Eifert; a social director, Roger Maier; a radio committee of one, Dave Eifert; and a rush committee consisting of Roger Maier, chairman, Alan Julseth, Robert Meyer, Bob Douglas, Dave Eifert, and Norm Hill. Norm Hannewald was the appointed male chorus director.

        The rush committee of the above structure functioned to plan only one event: the first smoker held on October 3 at 8:00 P.M. in West Hall of the Student Union. Then midway in the rush program a major revision in committee structure occurred. In the October 19 meeting a program committee was formed which encompassed the previous radio, ushering, rush, and social committees; Dave Eifert was appointed chairman of this committee . Subcommittee chairmen appointed to the program committee were the following: Bob Douglas - social chairman, Alan Julseth - radio chairman, Bob Meyer - rush chairman, Dave Eifert and Norm Hannewald - concert co-chairmen, and Dave Eifert - usher chairman. A permanent pledge committee was appointed with Roger Maier acting as chairman and pledgemaster; others appointed to the committee were Ted Mesh and Bob Douglas. The name of the ritual examination committee was changed to the ritual committee with James Found remaining as chairman; other committemen were Lloyd Gross, Richard Kraemer, and Bob Meyer. Bob Meyer was also appointed music librarian of the fraternity. The committee structure as revised appeared to be a pyramid offset by two single columns on either side:

        Much of the revision was due to the persuasion and insistance [sic] of Dave Eifert. The organizational set-up remained approximately the same for the entire year; there was a single change in the whole fraternity set-up in the spring which will be discussed later. One final committee was appointed in the last meeting of the school year; Dave Haas was appointed head of a by-laws committee to function during the summer of 1962 and report on its proceedings at the first meeting of the next school year.

Fall Rush
        The first smoker of the fall rush program was held on October 3 under the auspices of the old rush committee. The program committee took over the rush program and set the second smoker for November 9 at 7:45 P.M. in Recital Hall more than one month after the first smoker. It was attended by Rolando Chilean, Art Griesel, John Friedman, Phil Seyer, and James Goff; William Kroeger was invited but could not attend because of an earlier commitment. With the exception of James Goff who was ineligible because it was his first semester at Valparaiso University, all the above were invited to pledge by action of the fraternity in its November 16 meeting.

        On November 30 the fall pledge class was inducted; pledged to the fraternity were Art Griesel, Phil Seyer, William Kroeger, and John Friedmann. Their initiation into active membership was set for January 4. It was postponed to January 14 and again to March 1, 1962, the date when the fall pledge class was finally initiated.

Meetings

        Regular business meetings were held every Thursday at 7:00 P.M., somewhere in the vicinity of the Music Building, i.e., sometimes in the band room, other times in the theory room on second floor Kinsey Hall or in Recital Hall on the third floor. The meetings were marked by confusion, contradictory legislation, contrary motions sometimes on the floor at the same time, and general parliamentary holocaust.

        Ken Lundberg did his best to organize and re- organize; he announced in the October 12 meeting that all prospective business was to be reported thereafter to the executive board on the day prior to each meeting. In the October 26 meeting the motion was carried to set an 8:30 time limit for all meetings The agenda for the day was to include only important business first; business not immediately pending was to be left to the end of the meeting with the possibility that it be tabled until the following meeting. No one was permitted to leave early unless excused previously by the legislative assembly. Any attempt to do so would result in the warden's barring of the door; the warden, Bob Douglas, was quite capable of this task (nicknamed "Yogi Bear," Bob was a growing boy weighing some 225 pounds.) The system of fines established in the previous year was still in effect.

Province Workshop
        Kappa Sigma Chapter made its first contact with the rest of its province on November 4, 1961; Ken Lundberg, Roger Maier, James Found, Richard Kraemer, Bob Douglas, and Newman Powell drove to Indianapolis in Dr. Powell's stationwagon for a province workshop held at Jordan College of Music and sponsored by Alpha Sigma Chapter from Indiana's Butler University. During the course of the workshop President Lundberg, Secretary Found, and Treasurer Kraemer all served on separate panels formed to discuss the problems of chapters. The morning and afternoon sessions were separated by an intervening dinner hour at which time most of the members of the conference went to a German restaurant for a meal accompanied by martinis, manhattans, and German brew. The group returned from Indianapolis in high spirits; they had gathered from passing conversation during the workshop that, though they were weak, they were in much better condition than most of the province. That wasn't saying very much for the other chapters in province IV.

Fall Projects
        A number of projects were begun and dropped during the fall of 1961. It was proposed that a composite photo of the charter members be taken either by the university photographer, Ed Schmidt, or by some other person or business establishment. The project was referred to the executive board, and no further action was taken until the following spring. Roger Maier inaugurated and continued a project to purchase fraternity blazers; he obtained price quotes from four companies. As in the case of the composite photo the members were not willing to invest financially into this project.

        It was considered imperative to the chapter that they perform at least two concerts during the 1961-62 school year: a Fall Musicale and a Spring American Musicale. The first of these concerts constituted the third project to fail that fall. The Music Department had offered Kappa Sigma Chapter a concert date on the music calendar on November 9; this possibility never became actualized due to the chapter's inability to organize a program in time. The next alternatives were January 4 and January 11; the January 4 alternative was rejected, but the program committee headed by Dave Eifert endeavored to organize a program for the January 11 date. After Christmas vacation it was found that it could not form a coherent program in time--the Fall Musicale never materialized.

        The fourth project to fail that fall was an informal Christmas party with SAI and the faculty members from the Music Department. This was first to be a party in which music majors and minors were to attend: this plan was dropped. Much of the confusion over the party was caused by a lack of communication between SAI and Phi Mu Alpha; whenever communication finally did take place it was still vague and indefinite due to indecision on the part of SAI. Three different dates for the party were set; it was finally cancelled until after Christmas when it finally took place on Saturday, January 13, at 8:00 P.M.
The following is taken from the secretary's minutes of the January 11 meeting:

"President's comments: ritual has again been canceled; this chapter's continual postponing must stop; it was suggested that the membership contribute a small amount toward brother Powell's gift in order to conserve the treasury--this suggestion was not followed through."

Music Functions

        There were bright spots in an otherwise bleak semester. The chapter did manage to function musically on five brief occasions: the pinning of Roger Maier and Dorothy Steeb on October 5; chapel services both on November 23 and December 15; morning services at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Sunday, December 10; and Christmas caroling in the second week of December on campus and at the homes of members of music faculty members.

Membership.

        Three charter members were transferred to alumni status in the Fall of 1961: Daniel Koch, Donald Chandler, and Rudy Hirschmann. Dan Koch was attending graduate school at Indiana University, Don Chandler transferred to another school, and Rudy Hirschmann was studying abroad at Göttingen, in Germany.

Spring Semester, 1962
New Treasurer
        The first order of business for the spring semester was the appointment of a new treasurer. Richard Kraemer sent a letter to the legislative assembly through the executive board on February 8, 1962, requesting that he be relieved of his responsibilities as treasurer of the chapter and that he be given a blanket excuse for consequent meetings that he might miss that semester. In his letter he stated that he had been able to meet his responsibilities during the fall semester without too much difficulty but that he regreted (sic) that he could no longer continue to do so due to a heavy classload, increasing commitments, and other conflicts. The executive board announced that they had accepted his resignation and had appointed David Haas the interim treasurer until new officers could be elected for the coming year.

        Kraemer was asked to submit an excuse for each meeting he should miss. He continued to attend over half the meetings and rehearsals, was excused from those meetings he missed, and served on the ritual team for the two spring initiation ceremonies for the pledges of both fall and spring. He paid his dues for the semester and remained an active member.

Meetings
        Meetings continued along similar lines in the spring semester to those established in the fall. In the meeting of March 29 the motion was carried to revoke the fine system; it was felt by the members present that the system was not achieving the objective for which it was intended: the elimination of absences from the roll. The motion was annulled later in the meeting when the quorum was questioned--a quorum of the active membership was not present.

        Lack of participation was felt quite heavily, especially by the two top members of the executive board. Ken Lundberg was becoming increasingly irritated, and an angry, exasperated vice-president, Roger Maier, was moved to send a letter dated February 9 to the general membership calling for a re-evaluation and renewal of fraternal spirit. The text of the duplicated letter is available at the end of this section of the chapter history. The problem continued without significant progress for the remainder of the semester; there appeared to be some hope, however, in the new blood that would be inevitably transfused into the fraternity's arteries with each incoming pledge class.

        The question of repeal of the fine system was again placed on the floor at the May 10 business meeting of Kappa Sigma Chapter, more than a month after it was originally discussed. Discussion was tabled until the meeting of May 17 when the fine system was finally rescinded. It was replaced by a chapter by-law stating that three unexcused absences in a row constituted to an automatic suspension for the offender; the deliberative assembly was of the opinion that such a measure would lead to better attendance.

        The meeting time and location was changed near the end of the semester to room C of the Union at 12:30 P.M. These new arrangements for lunch meetings were acceptable to the active members, in fact, more acceptable than the previous arrangements; a motion was carried during the first lunch meeting held on May 10 that the meeting time remain the same for the remainder of the year and for the coming year. An additional hour was to be set aside each week for purposes of rehearsals; this was added as an amendment to the previous motion concerning attendance.

Old Projects
        Both the blazer and composite photo projects begun and dropped in the fall were again reconsidered that spring. Once again discussion of the two projects ended in a stalemate and the topics were dismissed from any further consideration. Those who still desired to wear a fraternity blazer furnished their own blazer and ordered crests from Balfour.

The Radio Show
        The radio subcommittee of the program committee had been scheduling programs for the regular Sunday afternoon radio show throughout the entire year by delegating the responsibility for each show to individual members on a volunteer basis. One program a month was given to SAI by vote of the deliberative assembly. Unfortunately this system did not work to the advantage of the radio chairman; the chairman found himself taking over the show on several occasions due to the fact that neither the brothers nor SAI would volunteer their services.

        Programs were usually high in quality in comparison with the other programs broadcasted on the wires of WVUR. There were several types of formats used; they were generally five in kind: all jazz shows; programs consisting of one long work--a symphony, opera, or oratorio; shows incorporating music from one period in the history of music; or programs assimilating the music heritage of one country, e.g., Russia, Germany, or Spain.

        It was difficult to detect reaction to the radio program. WVUR was still very young, transformers were faulty, and very few students were interested enough to tune in to their campus radio station.

Ushering
        Under subcommittee chairman Dave Eifert ushering duties were delegated on a volunteer basis. As was true in the case of the radio show, volunteers were not easy to find; consequently as a result many members served more than others. In fact there were some that did not usher at all.

        The fraternity agreed to usher for the Andre Marchal organ concert on October 22, the opera, Marriage of Figaro, from February 26 to 28, Passion Sunday Vespers, the University Choir Concert, the SAI Musicale on April 3, and the Wittenberg Choir Concert.

Initiation of Fall Pledge Class
        The Fall Pledge Class consisting of Griesel, Seyer, Friedmann, and Kroeger was initiated by a revised ritual (see Appendix A); the initiation took place on March 1 following the pledge recital in Recital Hall. (A program of this pledge recital is not available.) All four pledges had passed their national examinations with little difficulty with the exception of Professor Kroeger who barely squeaked through with a 75% average on the test. The ritual team consisted of the following members:

Ken Lundberg [..... ..... ....]
Roger Maier [..... ....]
Richard Kraemer [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...]
Dave Haas [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..]
Robert Douglas [..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .]
Dave Eifert [..... ..... .]

        Dr. Theodore Hoelty-Nickel, head of the Music Department, attended the ceremony and became the chapter's first honorary member.

Spring Pledge Class
        The first smoker in the spring rush program was held on Tuesday, March 20, over dinner in the Student Union Cafeteria; the meals of prospective pledges were paid for by the fraternity. The second smoker took place in the Great Hall on March 26; refreshments were served, cigarettes were distributed compliments of the fraternity, and card-playing dominated the evening's activities. The last smoker was held after the SAI Musicale on April 3; at this smoker the fraternity's objectives were outlined and the prospective pledges were urged to consider membership in Phi Mu Alpha.

        The entire rush program was conducted under the leadership of Bob Meyer who had replaced Dave Eifert as Program Committe Chairman on March 8; Eifert had resigned because of the time demanded of him in his leading role in the university's spring weekend production, South Pacific. Brother Meyer also retained his position as rush subcommittee chairman.

        By April 5 pledge invitations were in; the fraternity had acquired six new pledges: John Tews, Gerry Tietje, John Surrecht, Jim Goff, Ron Franklin, and Jim Kasdorf. A four week pledge period culminated in a pledge recital presented in Recital Hall on May 6, 1962. Following the recital was the initiation ceremony which followed the same format as that used in the March 1 initiation; the same cast was used.

The American Musicale
        The only formal concert of the 1961-62 school year took place on March 6, 1962, at 8:15 in the Gloria Christi Chapel. Not a single copy of the program from this American Musicale can be found anywhere in the chapter archives. This writer has no recollection of what constituted the program. This blank spot in the chapter's history may yet be filled with the acquisition of a program or knowledge of its contents from one of the other members who were active in chapter affairs that semester.

Pinnings
        A double pinning ceremony was held on April 5 in Recital Hall. The pinnings were originally set to take place in the bull pen on West Campus, not pinning Lake where Roger Maier had had his pinning in the previous fall. Inclement weather conditions moved the pinning ceremony inside. The two couples pinned were Lloyd Gross and Christine Walther, William McFarland and a girl of whose name we have no record.

Membership
        On March 8 Joseph McCall was requested to submit a letter stating his desire to be transferred to alumni status; brother McCall had not attended one of the fraternity's functions that year. No letter was received. Newman Powell took a leave of absence to journey to Europe--the chapter presented a brief case to him for a departing gift. A letter of thanks written by him in Paris is included in this history following this section. William McFarland was suspended from the fraternity at his own request. The suspension took effect the day following his pinning. The fraternity added ten new members during the year and lost four members at graduation: Art Griesel, Norm Hill, Bob Meyer, and John Vogel.

Election of Officers
        The election of officers for the 1962-63 school year took place in late April. The results of the election indicated a reversal in the two top positions on the executive board and the election of one person who had not yet been in the fraternity officially for one semester:

Budget
        A committe [sic] consisting of Dave Haas, Lloyd Gross, Ken Lundberg, and Roger Maier set a budget of $396 for the following school year @$18 per member on the basis of a twenty-two member organization. The constituency of this committee that set the budget is not certain. Furthermore, there are no details available to indicate how the committee arrived at the figure of $396.

Manpower Award
        Kappa Sigma Chapter received the Manpower Award for province IV at the national convention held in the summer of 1962. No one from the chapter served as a delegate to the convention; consequently the award was sent in the mail to the faculty advisor. The award was based on the number of men initiated by the chapter over a two year period between 1960 and 1962.

Summary
        The year taken in retrospect was perhaps the most crucial year in the history of Kappa Sigma Chapter. The brilliance of the initial enthusiasm emanating from the charter group had been worn to a dull tarnish. The complexities involved in running an organization of this type had not been clearly perceived by the founding fathers, and no one had prognosticated the conflicts both internal and external that the chapter would be encountering. There were unspoken animosities existing between Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha Iota; these were to flower into more devastating but subtle enmities in the following year. SAI sought to play the patronizing role to the young fraternity; Kappa Sigma resented SAI's presumptuous mothering and strove to become her superior.

        The first full year can be compared to the first year of marriage. If you can get through it without divorce when the honeymoon is over, the succeeding years become a little easier. The charter group's honeymoon was over; everyone sat tight striving to gain organizational finesse, a finesse that would not be easily gained.