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

46 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for SEPTEMBER, 1964MENTALLY and HAND­ICAPPED CHILDREN—33 strong-^were eiitertainedby Phis of KansasGamma.City radio station KXIC. These men gave us a greatdeal I of help in achieving good publicity.—Steve League,Co-Chairman,IOWA GAMMA: All joined forces on Saturday, April11, at the Beloit Children's Home of Ames. With agroup 64 strong, we gave the Home a much-neededspring house cleaning. Work started at 9 A.M., but thewelcome sunshine gave us the opportunity to have apicnic at noon for the children, as well, as the hardworkingPhis. We completed painting eight rooms,cleaned the yard, and washed every window in the threebuildings. The finishing touches were completed by 6P.M., rounding out a full nine-hour day of work. ReidL. Seastrand, Director oif the Home, convinced us thatthe work was greatly appreciated because it couldn'thave been done without our help. Perhaps the mostgratifying part of the whole project was the joy in theeyes of the children as they joined in the fun of thespring house cleaning.—John R. Wolf and CharlesSperry, Co-Chairmen.IOWA DELTA: For this, our third annual CSD Project,the Phis at Drake planted more than five thousandtrees at Jester Cbunty Park. On Saturday, April 11, thechapter turned out for the event at 7 A.M. In spite ofrainy weather, the brothers worked diligently. It washard work, but also very interesting finding out howtrees are planted, grown, and transplanted. Also, someof the sheds were painted. After every tree was plantedand the buildings painted the brothers had a picniclunch prepared by pinmates.—Jim Forselt and Pete Reiland,Co-Chairmen.KANSAS ALPHA: Our project—a clean-up of roadsin the city of Lawrence on Saturday, May 2. The followingweek the city had a clean-up campaign for thewhole community, and our project served as a kick-offtor the city's program. The Phis spent Saturday morningpicking up trash along four and one>half miles ofroads. The unusual sight of students removing insteadof distributing litter brought notice from a numberof passers-by. The need for the project was evidencedby a dump truck full of trash collected in the morning'swork.—Jim Johnston, Chairman.KANSAS BETA: On May 2, forty members of KansasBeta assembled at the Topeka City garage. Waiting forthem were ten city trucks and over one hundred callsfrom people throughout the city who had junk to bepicked up. The brothers worked from 8 A.M. until 5P.M., collecting many tons of junk. The project was sosuccessful that residents of Topeka were calling the cityhall all the next week in an effort to have more junkremoved. News reels of the project were taken byWIBW-TV and shown on the news. We also receivedpublicity lit the Topeka paper.KANSAS GAMMA: The Phis entertained 33 mentallyand physically handicapped children from a special educationclass at one of Manhattan's grade schools. Threeweeks before the big day, April 25, the Phis beganvisiting the children on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridaymornings to get acquainted so the younger andhighly emotional children would not be afraid. Saturdaymoriiing the Phis, dressed in white collars and PhiDelt sweatshirts, picked up the 10 children of Lee SchoolAnnex (which included inongoloids, cerebral palsyvictims and children with extreme mental and physicalhandicaps) and drove them to Sunset Park and Zoo foran hour of entertainment. A pony with a two seatedcart and another with a saddle were furnished for thechildren. For many of these children, it was their firstexperience at the zoo and being able to enjoy ponyrides. Mrs. Lovell expressed the thought in a letter that"in .the six years she had taught the handicapped children'sclass, this was the highlight of her racperiencewith them."These children were then taken back to the schooland the older group, children in 1st through 6th gradesin the "slow learners class" were taken out for thesame entertainment. Publicity in the Manhattan Mercuryand the K-State Collegian was excellent.—Ronald K.Hull, Chairman.