1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

12 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for SEPTEMBER, 1964rjK> ^««.x^««i .-*•. •acUksDR. RUSK TALKS WITH PATIENTS IN HYDROTHERAPY AND PHYSICAL THERAPY.Ithaca College. He has also received citations,awards, and other honors from scores of medical,civic, and welfare societies.Among his numerous other responsibilities,Dr. Rusk is associate editor and columnist ofthe New York Times. President Truman recognizedDr. Rusk's leadership in his field bynaming him to a committee of three to reviewthe medical problems of veterans.Dr. Rusk is the author of several books in thefield of rehabilitation medicine.Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health,Education, and Welfare, in writing of the Instituteof Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,summarizes its origin, development, and significancein these words:"Created out of the turmoil of a world war,the Institute has been developed throughcourage, insight, and skill into a strong forcefor human progress and world peace. Peoplefrom many lands, people of all faiths andraces, come to the Institute to be healed, orto study its advanced methods in its practice ofthe healing :arts."We can look backward with pride to thosebeginning days during World War II, when ayoung physician envisioned this Institute as agreat contribution to human well-being as heministered to and restored the young men ofthe Air Force who were disabled in combat."The vision grew. Dr. Howard A. Rusk,founder and director of the Institute, endedhis military career with the conviction thatthe techniques he had developed and used inbringing disabled young flyers back -to actioncould be Used—and were needed—by the disabledcivilian population, and on a vastly enlargedscale."He found backers. Then he assembled ateam of highly skilled practitioners of physicalmedicine and other trained personnel."The rest is history—a triumphant record ofthe salvage of human lives."But the triumph is not only for the peoplewho have been helped, it is a triumph for ourwhole society. The thousands and thousands ofdisabled men and women who have achievedproductive, satisfying lives are now valuable^contributing members of our family of men.,"Today, thanks in no small measure to theknowledge—and inspiration—flowing from thisgreat center of research and training, the conceptof rehabilitation of the disabled has becomefirmly established as a significant force inour national life."These words from the cabinet. member areshared by other government, medical, and socialleaders. They pay tribute to a man—"TheMan With A Mission"—of whom every Phi maywell be proud.A MOTHER PAYS TRIBUTE TO FRATERNITIESIt is unfortunate that critics of the college fraternity cannot have access to the many unsolicited testimonialsto the values of fraternity membership written to 4* A 0 Headquarters by mothers of Phis. Such a letter wasreceived recently from Mrs. Fred W. Peel of Paris, Tennessee, the mother of two Tennessee Beta Phis, Robert'61, and Dudley '59, both Air Force oflficers. Mrs. Peel wrote:"The longer I live, and the more I see of the teiidency to lower standards and attempt to equalize all studentslike cars on an assembly line, the more important the role of Fraternities becomes. They have a great roleto play in encouraging young men to hold to high ideals, to mold character, and to dare to excel in academicwork, in morals, and emphasis on duty, honor and courage. I hope and pray that Phis will hold fast to thes^principles, no matter how great the pressure."