Groups:Delftsche Zwervers: Difference between revisions

[[Image:DelftscheZwervers.jpg|thumb|De Delftsche Zwervers on their pier after diner]] [[Image:Kinderkamp.JPG|thumb|The campsite in Ommen]]

The '''Studentenstam De Delftsche Zwervers''' (Studentcrew Delft Rovers) is a small student society in [[Delft]], The Netherlands, that meets weekly on Thursday evening in the hindmost tower of the monumental Kruithuis (1660 [[Pieter Post]]). The members are from [[Delft University of Technology]] and other institutions of higher education.

On 11 October 1920 the Delftsche Zwervers was founded as a [[Rover Scouts|rovercrew]] for students. The society succeeded the (Delftsche) Studentenclub voor Oud-Padvinders, (Delft Studentclub for former Scouts) which had been formed on 8 November 1915. Until the end of the sixties the society had been deeply rooted in [[scouting]], but was always critical to the national scouting organisation. Later the group changed more and more in a student society, but the society is still a member of [[Scouting Nederland]]. De Delftsche Zwervers or the [[Oxford University Scout and Guide Group]] is the oldest Scouting Group for students on the world.

Every member organises from time to time an evening programme. A permanently returning activity is the organisation of the annual camps for children on the Scouting campsite Gilwell Ada's hoeve in [[Ommen]], The Netherlands. Since their establishment the Delftsche Zwervers have tried to do something for society by organising activities for children in difficult situations. Presently these are school camps for schools for [[Special education]] from [[The Hague]].