Loyola Phoenix: Dig Out!
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Title
Loyola Phoenix: Dig Out!
Description
Item 1:
This article by Ray Sanders covers the Student Services effort to shovel the streets around the Loyola campus in the winter of 1977-78.
"Because of the recent pile up of snow, Student Services has masterminded a reclamation of the streets surrounding the Loyola campus called 'Operation Dig Out.'
Mr. Keith Patrick, director of activities, enthusiastically took the job of coordinator and quickly got everything started, and almost finished, during the week of Feb. 6.
Monday night this idea came into being with the help of many people and organizations by 2:30 the next day. 'Operation Dig Out' had begun. To get all the material needed for the job, Mr. Patrick talked to Neil Hartigan, committeeman for the 49th ward. Mr. Hartigan conferred with the city who swiftly agreed to supply all the equipment needed.
The process of removing the snow was fairly easy once everything got started. At 2:30, three tow trucks, two earth movers, and at least thirty shovel carrying students made their presence known on Loyola Avenue.
First they blocked off both sides of the street and the tow trucks began towing a few cars into the Mertz parking lot. (If your car has disappeared look in the Mertz parking lot.) But most people as soon as they saw the tow trucks moved their cars with a little help from the ever present students. Then the earth movers came along and cleared the snow from the streets.
What did the residents who live around the Loyola campus have to say? Mr. Patrick was told by many people, "This was one of the most positive things Loyola has ever done for us."
In all there have been three dig outs put on during the past week. The first one was worked on by the students, the second one was sponsored by Alpha Delta Gamma, and the third by the TKE's and Gonzaga.
Everyone concerned with the project was very pleased. As Mr. Patrick said, "This is an example of what the students and the university can do with a little bit of cooperation." When asked how everything went, Mr. Patrick put it this way:
'An absolute success.'"
Item 2:
Detail of the top three photos and title of the article, showing students outside with shovels, digging out cars.
Item 3:
Detail from the bottom photo in the article, showing students shoveling along a sidewalk in front of a row of houses.
This article by Ray Sanders covers the Student Services effort to shovel the streets around the Loyola campus in the winter of 1977-78.
"Because of the recent pile up of snow, Student Services has masterminded a reclamation of the streets surrounding the Loyola campus called 'Operation Dig Out.'
Mr. Keith Patrick, director of activities, enthusiastically took the job of coordinator and quickly got everything started, and almost finished, during the week of Feb. 6.
Monday night this idea came into being with the help of many people and organizations by 2:30 the next day. 'Operation Dig Out' had begun. To get all the material needed for the job, Mr. Patrick talked to Neil Hartigan, committeeman for the 49th ward. Mr. Hartigan conferred with the city who swiftly agreed to supply all the equipment needed.
The process of removing the snow was fairly easy once everything got started. At 2:30, three tow trucks, two earth movers, and at least thirty shovel carrying students made their presence known on Loyola Avenue.
First they blocked off both sides of the street and the tow trucks began towing a few cars into the Mertz parking lot. (If your car has disappeared look in the Mertz parking lot.) But most people as soon as they saw the tow trucks moved their cars with a little help from the ever present students. Then the earth movers came along and cleared the snow from the streets.
What did the residents who live around the Loyola campus have to say? Mr. Patrick was told by many people, "This was one of the most positive things Loyola has ever done for us."
In all there have been three dig outs put on during the past week. The first one was worked on by the students, the second one was sponsored by Alpha Delta Gamma, and the third by the TKE's and Gonzaga.
Everyone concerned with the project was very pleased. As Mr. Patrick said, "This is an example of what the students and the university can do with a little bit of cooperation." When asked how everything went, Mr. Patrick put it this way:
'An absolute success.'"
Item 2:
Detail of the top three photos and title of the article, showing students outside with shovels, digging out cars.
Item 3:
Detail from the bottom photo in the article, showing students shoveling along a sidewalk in front of a row of houses.
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
1978-02-10
File name
Loyola Phoenix, 1978-02-10, page 24, "Dig Out!"
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Source
University Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Phoenix, 1978-02-10, page 24, "Dig Out!"
Subject
Loyola University Chicago
Student life activities
Rights
Contact the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, archive@luc.edu, for permission to copy or publish.
