History of Alpha Eta Chapter for Year 1950-1951 Page 1 RECEIVED MAY 28 1951 ALPHA ETA HISTORY FOR 1950-1951 pikappa ALPHA FRATERNITY NATIONAL OFFICE At 12:00 midnight, September 14, 1950, the gavel sounded once and 62 brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha who had promised "I shall return," rose sharply to their feet to begin making plans for a semester that was to offer more problems than Alpha Eta had ever faced since 1941. In the next few days, a small but eager group of hard working brothers made more constructive changes in the "Old Ivy Covered Hovel" than the University of Florida campus in Gainesville had seen in a long time. There was lawnmowing, scrub pruning, hedge clipping, painting in- side and out, and many other general face-lifting activities that made the northeast corner of 13th Street and University Avenue, at the focal point of the campus, look like an enlarged ant hill. During the course of the next week, every one in the Pike house was amazed at the everlasting ingenuity displayed by Dale Everett, our new I M C. Through his efforts the rush week scheduled by the local Greeks was something to behold. When at last the dust had settled, the brothers could sleep six hours a night and the weary eyes could at last be closed without fear that a rival fraternity would take a prospective pledge. Pi Kappa Alpha pledged 51 men, each of whom seemed by some brother to possess the qualities of a student body president or a Phi Beta Kappa. Alpha Eta elected a slate of officers for the fall semester which were destined before they were through to reorganize completely the chapter in such a way that every man was on at least one committee and felt that he was such an integral part of the chapter that it couldn't get along without him. This helped to promote interest among all parts of the or-