Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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' n f ° x M ' ke Dou9las ' Harvey Glick, Mike Walsh, Ralph Gates, Doug Brandow Steve McGrath. Row 2, Rollpt .• aVe r .° p Dave Barbian, Mario Tufano, Tim McAvoy, Tom Gawne. Row 3, I to r, Larry O ' Brien, Skip r c ' r, m , J arc Bna, Tom Guzzo Jim Anderson. Row 4, I to r, Eric Finley, Jim Murphy, Chuck Meyers, Jim ' -asey, Paul Wechet. BIG BROTHERS Big Brothers is a service organization made up of Lorasmen who share their Saturday afternoons with the children ol St. Marys Home. These men seek to give these kids at least a taste of typical family life which they would not otherwise receive. The fundamental idea of the program is to give the children the opportunity to establish a healthy typical relationship with his Big Brother and to give him an idea of how to function in society. For many of these children the high point of the week is Saturday when they can go out for the afternoon with their Big Brothers. Big Brothers functions through the Sociology Club in an effort to rouse ' more interest in the club and to give members a worthw hile humanitarian concern. 89

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Because of large attendance, APO holds one of their meetings in the lounge. ALPHA PHI OMEGA Alpha Phi Omega, the only national fraternity on tlu Loras campus, began this year bv pledging nineteen Lorasmen. These new pledges began im¬ mediately to assist in the service programs APO sponsors for the Loras Community. They assisted the actives in registering parents on Parents Day and high school seniors on Senior Day. Alpha Phi Omega, pledged to serve the student body, the community and the nation, took part in many service projects throughout the year. They took an active part in Operation We Care, collecting gifts for American Servicemen in Viet Nam and assisted the Loras Veterans Club in their blood Drive for Viet Nam. As a community project the men of APO sponsored the first annual Ugly Man on Campus contest, with proceeds going to the United Fund. In addition they took up a collection in each dorm for the United Fund. This year, the APO men voted to begin an annual scholarship, the APO Trefoil Award, to be awarded on the basis of scholarship, need and participation in campus activities. Wfek cPO officers: Row 1, I to r, Anthony Ba ' ik, ohn Zwicky, Sergeant at Arms; John K e,n ' 2 I to ecretary; Dennis Curtin, Executive Advisor. Sa ; ther , Paul Wechet, Corresponding Secretary, L a Von fice-president; Robert Murphy, Presi en , p p tueden. Treasurer. The faculty advisors are K • : riedl and Rev. W. G. Most. 88

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Buddy Club: Row 1, I to r, Pat Drinan, Vice-president; Frank Kastantin, Richard Lamm, President; Pat Rogers, Secretary. Row 2, I to r, John Carroll, Mike Runde, Ed Kuhn. Faculty advisor to the group is Rev. James Barta. BUDDY CLUB The Loras Buddy Club works in conjunction with a similar group at Clarke to bring about the societal orientation of retarded children. Their work consists ol working with, playing with and just plain being with these children so that the children can learn how to get along in society with others in spite of their handicaps. The club meets with these children twice a week on Friday nights and Saturday after¬ noons. The group works with “children” from 6-21 years of age and as part of its work has sponsored parties, hootenanies, dances, sports, etc. The dub, which has 30 members this year spon¬ sored a campus car wash and a mixer to obtain tunds for its operation. In May, the club, together with the Clarke group split into ' teams and contacted all the families in Dubuque who have retarded children, to explain the purpose of their group and to seek help in furthering their efforts. In March, the group held their Spring Banquet at the Chateau. 90