September 2006
Boring day? These hilarious memories will put a smile on your face and take you back to your days as an undergrad. Relive your wild days and share your memories with us at here.
What is the memory that makes you laugh hardest today?
“Ty Robin asleep in the KA living room fireplace.” -Ben E. Lilly, ’61
“Laugh? The “Motown” parties are something that I will carry with me to the end… as well as the experience of booming Atlanta, pro-sports coming to town… and even James Bond movies at the Rialto… & big “friendly” downtown.” -Dirk (Kendrick D.) Tucker, ’70
“When my “blind date” to a Kappa Party won the “ugliest date award” because she looked like George Washington.” – Chip Brown, ’74
“Nightly jacking up the rental cars used for rush week (1941) in order to back off the mileage accumulated during the previous 24 hours (in those days rental fees were based on mileage alone).” -William Brown Reeves,lll
“My favorite memory that makes me laugh to this day is when John “Suds” Moreland wandered into the Wits End bar after classes one day in 1957 to get a cold beer. The Wits End bar/cabaret was about one block from the GA Tech KA house and was owned by the ex show biz partner of actor Dick Vandyke. At the Wits End, the
cabaret side of the club was straight and the bar side was gay. Suds Moreland had just arrived in Atlanta from South Georgia and was not aware of this very unique setup. Well that afternoon Suds was seated at the bar next to a very attractive young lady and he started buying her drinks. After a few drinks the young lady informs Suds that it was only fair to tell him that she was a lesbian. To which Suds replied, Hell that’s all right I’m Presbyterian. You can just imagine us rolling on the floor laughing after Suds retold this at the KA house that
afternoon.” – Fred B. Fournier,’61
“The night when Frank Fitzgerald, Paul Colella and I drank prodigous quantities of beer at J.R. Crickets on Spring Street and Paul carried an old tire back to his dorm room.”-Brad Greene, ’84
“Mike Morris standing up in Chapter with his pants on backwards.”-Peter Anderson, ’85
Describe the best party
“Old South Ball at the Biltmore Hotel with all the roses in their glorious beauty preceded by the parade down Peachtree St atop our horses with secession ceremonies upon the steps of the capitol.” -Ben E. Lilly, ’61
“The annual Toga Party when we toll all of the mattresses downstairs to the living room and had our dates feed us grapes and wine…most of the Kappa’s wore no underwear!!” – Chip Brown, ’74
“Each one was better than previous! “-William Brown Reeves,lll
“The party after upsetting Alabama 7-6 in 1962; Sunday afternoons in any Spring quarter; the Fifth Street golf driving range across I-75/85 into the Wit’s End parking lot.”-Craig Hayes, ’62
Describe your favorite/best road trip
“Spring break 1960 to Sarasota, Miami and Nassau for scuba diving with four other brothers.” -Ben E. Lilly, ’61
“Road tripped to the KA House in Athens at the University of Georgia and steal the chapter charter….We got a call the next day from the KA Knight Commander asking if we knew anything.” – Chip Brown, ’74
“My favorite road trip was the chartered bus trip to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill for the Friday night of Germans Weekend and at Duke University on Saturday afternoon for the GA Tech vs. Duke football game. At that game Duke allowed us to bring full beer coolers into the stadium and after quite
a few beers one of the GA Tech KA brothers ran out on the football field during the game and tackled the Duke Blue Devil mascot. I think I remember that he even got the Duke Blue Devil’s pitchfork as a souvenir.” – Fred B. Fournier,’61
What is the one memory you have shared or will share?
“My picture as a “Confederate general atop horse and under cloud of cigar smoke” as published in the Atlanta Journal circa 1958.” -Ben E. Lilly, ’61
“The night in 1974 when all of the Kappa’s “streaked” to the girls dorm, Techwood Drive and by Grant Field…I wore a ski mask so no one would recognize my face…they recognized me by my “privates” however.” – Chip Brown, ’74
“My most memorable moment was following my pledge in spring of my freshman year, initiation took place late that year. The KA house, a modest two story brick bungalow, was located directly across from what was then the Naval Armory on the north-east corner of the stadium block.As I waited for my initiation ritual to commence on this memorable occasion, I was alone in a bedroom on the second floor as the last of our pledge group of thirteen (as I recall). I happened to turn on the radio and heard the initial reports of the attack on Pearl Harbor. While my memory on the details of my initiation which followed is unclear, I certainly recall better than most–even 65 years later– the date of my initiation.” – Tom Nixon, ’41
“Besides Old South, Marching on the Hill, Zero Corner, Dixie and Scarlet…..was the help and assistance that each of my brothers provided as I worked my way through school, or should I say my 5 years at school. AS the poem on my wall says…” you will never grow taller than when you stoop to help a brother and you cannot desert him when others do..” Excerpt from poem ‘YOU ARE A KA’ “-Barry Cox, 78