CA-TH Pledge Breakfast

& visit to the SAE Lions

For five years running Mark Mays, CA-TH '69, and his wife Karen, have hosted a breakfast for the executive committee of the CA-TH pledge class.

For several years Mark has been the Chapter's Alumni representative for Rushing and Pledging. He takes this responsibility to heart. He hosts this breakfast and a visit to the Lions to instill some of the history of the chapter and the idea that SAE is for life. This pledge class will be initiated the weekend of December 12th.

At the breakfast he features two or three alumni who share some of their undergraduate experiences. This year's alums were Ron Anderson CA-TH '88 and Mike Matson CA-TH '70. After a wonderful breakfast and a serenade to Karen, the young men returned to the chapter house to rendezvous with the remaining members of their 50 man pledge class, in front of the Lions.

At the Lions Mike "Mad Dog" Matson described how, as a 19 year old active, he conceived and built the two Lions that have guarded the Chapter House for 41 years. He had a very committed audience, that concluded his presentation with each of them shaking Mad Dog's hand.

Some time ago Mark had realized that the undergraduate SAEs had no knowledge of the creation of the Lions and he felt that needed to be remedied. Who better to tell the story than the builder himself, Mad Dog?

To maintain the telling of this story for future CA-TH SAEs, this year Mark hired a videographer to record the breakfast and the Lions story. You all may see and hear Mad Dog's 14 minute Lions presentation by viewing it on YouTube (it's split in two parts).

Visit YouTube.com and search "SAE Michael Matson". You should see two clips with Mad Dog and the gold Lion. Part 1 is the bottom clip...

You will also find still images of the events on this website Go to Images/2009/2009 12-05 SAE

In the Bonds, John