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

42 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for SEPTEMBER, 1964cub scouts, and boy scouts, and by the Church as aSunday SchooLIn addition, the chapter contributed $25 for trees,which was matched by Valley Beautiful Citizens Councilthrough Match-A-Tree, to be planted around the buildingand to be maintained by the Church.MEN of Arizona Alpha pause in their campaignto clean up "A" Mountain near Tucson.foreign students. Other projects include collections forthe Salvation Army, Hope Sunday, Dorothy Forbes OxygenFoundation, and the American Cancer Society.—Robert Davis, Chairman.ARIZONA BETA: Painted a house owned by SouthministerChurch in Phoenix. The house is utilized as atutoring center for some 96 underprivileged high schoolstudents from the area, and was very badly in need ofpaint and other minor repairs to make it more conduciveto study. Other uses of the building include aweekly baby clinic; a center for men working towardstheir high school diploma twice a week; youth clubs'meetings; a recreation center for neighborhood children.ARKANSAS ALPHA: Boy Land of Arkansas was thesite of the 1964 project. Boy Land is a benevolent, nonprofitorganization, chartered in the state of Arkansasto help provide a home, education, and guidance withtraining to boys who are wards of the Court, or needassistance in developing useful and honest lives. In itsfirst year of operation, the men of Arkansas Alpha becameaware of the tremendous amount of work neededat the institution. During Easter vacation. Phis soliciteddonations of paint all over the state. With the 200 gallonsof paint received from the people of Arkansas, thePhis were able to complete the project. Eighty-five membersand pledges, working from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.on Saturday, April 11, painted barns, kennels, fences,houses; cleared land and built fences. We painted overa mile of fence, built an additional 150 yards, andcleared a thickly weeded two acres of land. ArkansasAlpha has adopted Boys' Land as the site of futureCommunity Service Day efforts.—Roy A. Murtishaw,Chairman.BRITISH COLUMBIA ALPHA: Undertook the taskof providing an afternoon's entertainment for twogroups from two Vancouver branches of the Boys' Clubsof America. Boys from six to fifteen from the Kivan andGibbs Clubs were provided with activities from hot dogeating to hockey games. Basketball games and exhibitsat the University's triennial Open House were also available, and a rousing football game saw an older andmore experienced Phi squad overcome by numbers andyouthful enthusiasm in a game in which no one everdid determine the final outcome.—Dave Bexsted, Chairman.BOY LAND of Arkansas was helped by 85 members of Arkansas Alpha to the extentof nearly 600 man-hours of labor.