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

CSD PROJECT chosen by Pennsylvania Eta at Lehigh aided Girl Scouts as their Camp Helena was readied forMay opening. Forty members dismantled and erected tent platforms, after which a total of 30 tents were pitched.(See page 54.)• By the ChairmanLofhar A. Vasholz, Colorado '52AS a newcomer to the inner workings of theFraternity's Community Service Day program,I must admit that I approached it merelyas a job that had to be done. My predecessors,Howard Young (Southwestern '46) and StanBrown (Nebraska-UCLA '36) both commentedon the terrific amount of satisfaction in workingon the project. To me, however, as I began toorganize the dates and mailings to encourageparticipation of all chapters, I must admit thatI did so without these feelings.To say that my attitude has now changed isvery much of an understatenient, It is remarkableto learn of the amount of time, effort,organization, ideas and energy extended by theundergraduate members of our Fraternity forthe wide variety of projects. The review of the[40]scrapbooks for judging, alone, exhibit to me anoutstanding capacity for work on the part ofour undergraduate members and a real devotedattitude toward their commtinity.It is my hope that for the use of all chaptersthere will be prepared a review of some of thebetter ideas, not only for projects, but of betterideas for obtaining publicity and cooperation ofother civic-minded groups.It is also of interest to me to note the yeararound attitude of Community Service, and themany other projects in which our chapters participatethroughout the year. Of additional interestwould be the number of campuses thatnow provide a trophy for year around CommunityService work. I am confident that thesecampus trophies are the result of * A e's pioneeringthe Community Service Day idea someten years ago.We have heard officially and received reportsfor 92 chapters. We are confident that otherchapters participated in Community Service