The fire - May 16-17, 1967

The evening of May 16 - about 10 days before final exams - the Phi Gam house at 1540 Louisiana caught fire and was essentially totaled. The cause remains a mystery, although apparently the brothers who attended the recent Golden Owl reunion fingered a prime (though somewhat unlikely) suspect. Fijis completed the spring semester at Templin Hall, and moved en masse to the Fireside apartment complex for the fall semester.

Phi Gam Firefighters - May 16-17, 1967   Water pressure was so low that we could not get a decent car wash going. Wobs swears that the Sigma Chi house down the hill on Tennessee St. was infested by vermin fleeing the fire. Curt did heroic work to find us accomodations in Templin Hall for the rest of the semester.