Nu Beta in the 1970's

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The wonderful wealth of detail found on previous decades is largely due to the Chronicle of Nu Beta, second edition, which ends in 1965. This author does not know whether a subsequent edition ever came out, but if so, he does not have it. This should be conceived as a very broad hint to Contact Us and furnish any text, newletters, composites, etc. that would help to flesh out that decade.  Thanks in advance. Click here for 1974 Raritan Fiji with columns by (in alphabetical order): Bob Behot, Floyd Bienstock, Mike Canonico, Ken Caruso, Arnie Gerst, Allen Kaplan, Skip Roach, and Ivan White. Click here for Pledge Handout and List of Responsibilities. Recent news about Lee Schneider, who has remained involved with Rutgers in a very significant way. Mark Siet, tanned and terrific, is ensconced on the Left Coast and has a web site, (several, actually). We have some detail of the 70's from a copy of the Raritan Fiji circa 1974, found here. Here are some contributions, fragments of memories, recollections, reflections: "The 'Mucker', and the characteristic call said critter had to make when moving around. (Did we have to hold our hands up too while moving about?  I wouldn't be surprised, considering our garb at the time, but don't remember. )" "John Spencer Terhune, future Sheriff, in his "Spencermobile", cruising the streets of New Brunswick, in search of the Nifty Nine." "The time M_____ B____ ground his greasy work boot sole into my brand new suede leather boots at a party downstairs. He looked me up and down, and grunted/laughed as he did his dirty work. Guess that kind of effete outfit did not fit." "The time during pledging, when we were kibitzing and cursing while a fellow pledge was calling home, only to have him come out in the corridor and say something like 'Dang it fellers, that was mah Maw', right Bobby?" "Paul Langan's Kama Sutra-inspired nickname" "Going into the City to see 'Hair'" "The way that out of state prospects like football players thought Rutgers was the Ivy League." "The famous 'Crack of Dawn' remark by Al Darwin about Mike Yancheff. If you were there, you know the reference." "That creaky dance floor." "The time that Ed (D) Zito got 'pimped' by a bunch of all-nighters who decided to pretend that a mass murderer had visited his wrath on The House." "The Snack, uh, Fella." "The offer by Nifty Nine member Richie Green to take on all the brothers that night we got caught in the cellar." "Spaghetti and meatballs, and beer, on Friday nights. Yeah." "Study guides." "The major Mass. contingent." "The hippie pledge, and the 'greening' of the brotherhood." "Buddy Goldman's Karmann Ghia" "Hockey fights." "Brooskie" "The 'Annex' and Hairy Buffalo parties. I was present at the point in the party where the Ovaltine got thrown in. Yuck." Here are some pictures that have been contributed: 1970 Composite - click on picture below for very large 300-dpi quality view Click here to read Joseph P. Egan's report on the 1990 fire. Fiji Day Reunion on George Street (2004) - click on picture below for very large view Fiji Day 2004 photo.  Seated, left to right: Dave DiPiero, the ubiquitous Leo Egan, Richie Green, Charlie Connelly, Pledge Trainer extraordinaire Dale (Whale) Gregorin, and Gerry Dameon, coming all the way back to the Banks from Arizona. Standing, Bill Nigh, George Preble, Alan Kaplan, Bob Tannhauser, Kevin Brady, Tom Donatacchi, Fred Billock and Joe Pinto. Inquring Purple Minds want to know: Is the personage to the right DiPiero or Churchill? I know newborns are supposed to look like the Brit statesman, but here's one that seems reversed; there is a strong resemblance of Churchill to Dave, to those of us who remember him from 'back in the day' (I know, I know, we didn't use that phrase back in the day). The great, entertaining photos below of a cadre of four brothers on the loose in England and in the Dominican Republic prove the adage that the fellowship of our fraternity is 'not for college days alone'. Thanks loads to Charlie Connelly for the pictures and the droll captions; would we expect any less from the esteemed gentleman? (Answer hint: No we wouldn't). Same deal as elsewhere on the site: click on the pix for bigger version. Charlie Connelly, Randy Pease, Carl Cucchiara and Leo Egan crossing Abbey Road, London April 2002.  Carl Cucchiara, Leo Egan and Randy Pease dreaming of a Hairy Buffalo and lounging in Green Park, London April 2002. The Cucchiara, Pease, Egan and Connelly Families, Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, July 2004.