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Joseph Altman, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives of
New Jersey, Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Benjamin R. Epstein, Director of the Anti-Defamation League of
B’nai B’rith.
I. F. Freiberger, Cleveland banker and civic leader.
Marshall “Biggie” Goldberg, famous former Pitt All-American
football player, presently with the professional Chicago Cardinals.
Richard E. Gustadt, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Anti-Defa
mation League of B’nai B’rith.
Maurice Jacobs, Past President, National Interfraternity Confer
ence; executive Vice-President, The Jewish Publication Society of
America.
Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, ex-Supreme Court Justice of New
York, personal advisor to the late President Roosevelt and President
Truman.
At the last Phi Ep Convention in Atlanta, which was held in
1929, the Fraternity endowed a $10,000 scholarship at the National
Farm School, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. This scholarship provides
for the annual expenses of an agricultural student.
At the annual Grand Convention, many awards are made to the
active chapters. A Scholarship Plaque is awarded to each chapter
which led the local chapters of national fraternities on its campus in
scholarship. Activity Cups are awarded to the two chapters which
excelled in extra-curricular activities. A Plaque is awarded to that
chapter which gave outstanding cooperation to existing Jewish agen
cies on the campus, known as the Sachar Award, in honor of Abram
Sachar, a Phi Ep, the former National Director of the Hillel Founda
tions.
The Phi Epsilon Pi Convention is being sponsored jointly by the
Mu Chapter at the University of Georgia, the Xi Chapter at Georgia
Tech and the Atlanta Alumni Association.
Although the Convention opens officially on the morning of Sep
tember 8, fraternity members arriving on the seventh will be enter
tained at an open house.
Business meetings will begin on the morning of September 8 and
continue through September 10. The Atlanta Biltmore Hotel is Con
vention headquarters.
The Date Committee, headed by Mrs. Simon Selig, Jr., and assisted
by Miss Gail Oberdorfer and Miss Rhalda Bressler, will maintain a
bureau in the lobby to provide all members with dates for the
Convention.
Delegates from each of the 36 active chapters and 12 alumni asso
ciations are expected.
After the business meeting Thursday, September 8, an old-fash
ioned Southern barbecue, followed by a square dance, will be held at
the Standard Club.
NORMAN CERF MAURICE JACOBS
Among the notables expected in Atlanta are
Maurice Jacobs, of Philadelphia, executive director
of the Jewish Publication Society, and Norman
Cerf, national Grand Superior. Mr. Jacobs will
keynote the stag banquet.
FOR LADIES ONLY — Mrs. A. A. Lipshutz, at left, and Mrs.
Julian Bodenheimer head the Ladies Entertainment Committee for
visiting wives. A tea, luncheon, fashion show and of course a tour
of points of interest are among the special events being planned.
Also on Thursday night, the Phi Ep’s Dream Girl com
petition will be held. All but five of the entrants will be
eliminated in this judgement. Final judging will be held at
the formal ball on Saturday night.
A special Phi Ep Temple Service will be held on Friday
night prior to the Annual Stag Banquet. The services will be
conducted by Rabbi Jack M. Rothschild, Grand Chaplain of
Phi Ep and Rabbi of the Temple. Herman Heyman, Alex Ditt-
ler and David Marx, President, First and Second Vice-Presi
dents, respectively, of the Congregation of the Temple, are
Phi Eps and will assist. Maurice Jacobs will be keynote
speaker at the Stag Banquet, and at this meeting Phi Epsilon
Pi will present its National Service Award to the person who
has made the richest contribution to essential Jewish life in
the preceding year. In the past, such men as Albert Einstein,
Bernard Baruch, Governor Herbert H. Lehman, Felix Frank
furter and Henry Monsky have won this award. The ban
quet will be at the Biltmore. Graham Jackson will entertain
at the banquet, which will be attended by civic and state
dignitaries.
Saturday night spotlights a mint julep party, to be fol
lowed by the formal dance (Please turn to Page 15)
NEW HOME FOR TECH — This drawing of the proposed $50,000
new home for the Georgia Tech chapter was prepared by the archi
tectural firm of Moscowitz, Willner and Millkey. Mr. Moscowitz, him
self a graduate of Tech, is a course of Phi Ep. The plan calls for
spacious living rooms, large dining room and eating nooks, all-modern
kitchen, playrooms, study rooms and to be sure ample dorm space
where Phi Ep undergrads for many future years can park themselves
between study and play periods.
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