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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for SEPTEMBER, 1964 59Nacogdoches, most of the work being done outside.Some of the other brothers helped in cleaning the OldStone Fort on the campus of S.F.A. The Stone Fort wasbuilt in 1779 and serves as one of the oldest land marksin East Texas. Finally, the brothers cleaned moniunentsin various parts of town.—^Robert A. Smith, Vice-President.VERMONT ALPHA: The entire chapter painted catwalks and cleaned the beach and parking area at theBurlington City Pier. Cooperation was obtained fromthe Mayor of Burlington. A total of 40 brothers andpledges participated in the job. Photographers from theBurlington Free Press and the local television stationobserved the work and took pictures of the activity.VIRGINIA BETA chose for the annual CSD projectthe beautification of one of the main approaches toCharlottesville. Over forty men took part all day April25. Armed with sickles, brooms, and rakes, the chapterworked to clear the sides of the U.S. 250 by-passwhich skirts the northern side of the community. Wesickled and mowed the grassy slopes for a stretch ofabout a half mile and trimmed around the beautifuldogfwood trees which line the by-pass. Fred Kanner waschairman of the project and capably handled all thepublicity. Prior to our work, articles appeared in theCharlottesville Daily Progress and in the RichmondTimes-Dispatch. In the Charlottesville paper, pictureswere featured after work had been completed. JimBowen, city manager of Charlottesville, wrote a letterof gratitude, thanking us for our much-needed workon the overgrown landscape. We also received a letterof commendation from the Dean of the University.—Kit Williams, Vice-President.VERGINIA GAMMA: Forty members of the chapter,nearly the entire membership, assisted in a spring cleaningand paint-up of the garage for the Ashland RescueSquad. The garage was completely painted inside, thefloor was scrubbed, lawn was cleaned, and the squadmeeting room refurbished. Since the building had neverbeen painted inside or properly cleaned, it was a veryworthwhile project that received wide approval fromlocal officials and good coverage in the news media.VIRGINIA BETA Phis spruced up one of the mainapproaches to Charlottesville, U.S. 250 by-pass, for ahalf mile on both sides of road.of volumes from a departmental library to the mainstacks. The entire procedure took less than three hoursas the brothers worked extremely well as a team. VirginiaZeta decided on the project when its appeal tothe civic leaders for community needs proved fruitless.It then heeded the call of the University Library whichserves the entire city of Lexington. The University librarian,expressed his appreciation in a letter whichsaid: "The project of shifting hundreds of volumes . . .was a backbreaking task accomplished efficientlyand cheerfully at a time when your classmates were enjoyinga variety of recreational pursuits out of doors inthe beautiful spring weather. The unselfish donation ofservice to the Library is greatly appreciated and I hopethat the unselfish contribution by you and your fraternitybrothers is duly recognized in official circles."—Louis Paterno, Vice-President.VIRGINIA DELTA Phis contributed a total of 225man-hotun to the Richmond Jay Cee sponsored StopPolio Campaign. On three Sundays, December 8, January19, and March 1, the brothers, working in shifts madeup over half of the working staff of the clinic held atWesthampton Junior high school in Richmond's westend. At the clinic. Phis working with PTA membersand Boy Scouts, directed traffic, checked minors' authorizationforms, stamped and issued immunization certificates,kept tally sheets, collected donations and attendedto other duties in and around the clinic. Thebrothers averaged over five hours per Phi. As a resultof the three Sundays, some 27,000 doses of the threetypes of Sabin Oral Polio vaccine were distributed at theclinic. This clinic combined with the other 79 clinicsin the Richmond area succeeded in distributing over1,000,000 doses to over 350,000 Richmonders.Brother W. Roland Galvin, principal of Westhamptonand one of the administrators of the clinic, was responsiblefor suggesting the project to the chapter.—Stran L.Trout, Chairman.VIRGINIA ZETA: President Ken Lane led 20 brothersto the University Library at the request of librarianHenry Coleman, Jr. The task was'to transfer hundredsUNIVERSITY LIBRARY benefited from Virginia Zetaproject as hundreds of volumes were transferred froma departmental section to the main stacks.