Spring Game
Date: April 17, 2010

Beta Mu Spring Stag Event
Date: April 10, 2010
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Chapter Update
By Michael Pfohl ‘11
mpfohl@purdue.edu

The Beta Mu chapter had another great fall semester. Thirty-four bids were given out with 31 accepted, making this pledge class the largest one in recent memory (click on the continued link to find out who they are!). Our annual charity, Theta Beta Grill Off, helped raise over $7,000 for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Junior Joshua Galloway and sophomore Joseph Kapusta have taken leadership roles on campus, as a recruitment chairman of IFC and the new CALIBER organization, respectively.

The Betas are once again atop the intramural sports standings at the midway point of the year, winning six championships in the first semester looking to win more in the spring with strong basketball and softball teams.

With an upcoming Habitat for Humanity philanthropy the chapter is confident that it will be rewarded with their first Sission award in five years. In addition to that, Beta Mu has taken the initiative to be very involved with Zeta Tau Alpha’s BMOC competition and looks to win the pageant supporting Breast Cancer awareness for the first time in the event’s short history. The chapter is also organizing a weekly tutoring group to go to the Lafayette chapter of Boys and Girls Club.

Spring semester rush had a great turnout. Eighteen bids were given out and 14 were accepted, with one freshman deferring to pledge in the fall. With 130 brothers on campus the chapter was able to be very selective during rush and are thrilled about our future as a chapter. We are also excited that the house will once again be at capacity during the 2010-11 school year. The chapter is now the third largest on campus and looks to grow in the future. The chapter has made great strides in the past decade and could not be more eager to see what the next ten years bring.
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The Great Beta Serenaders
Thanks to Jack Longstreth '51 for submitting the following.

He writes "Here's just one of the many memorable moments I have. I'm not out for the "biggest laugh," just for some fond and happy memories for the living Brothers of the '40's.

This picture is circa '48 or '49 (at 83 my memory is not good) of our winning 'song program' at the Purdue Music Hall during a Mothers day weekend.  Quite an exciting time for all of us to sing in front of a 5000+ audience!  And I must say we were  damn good !!

After that we had all kind of requests from sororities all over campus for serenades and we sang for many.  Not always at a full chorus because our Betas (many WWII vets) were serious about their grades, and if  I could get 30 or so rounded up for an hour or so I felt lucky. The gals all loved it! Hope you enjoy the pictures of over 60 years ago!"

(Click on the continued link to view a larger image).

Watch for another photo, submitted by Jack, of a "sing" at the house during a Mothers' Day celebration in the late '40s.

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