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The Studentenstam De Delftsche Zwervers (Delft Rovers Student Crew) is a student society in Delft, Netherlands. Dating from 1915, it is the world's oldest student Scouting group, first as a club for former Scouts, from 1920 as a Rover crew. They are housed in the Scout Centre "Kruithuis", the monumental gunpowder ammunition dump of the Dutch Republic, designed in 1660 by Pieter Post. The members are students at the Delft University of Technology and other higher education institutions. ==History== On 1920-10-11 the ''Delftsche Zwervers'' were founded as a Rover crew for students. The society succeeded the ''(Delftsche) Studentenclub voor Oud-Padvinders'', ((オランダ語:Delft Student club for former Scouts)) which had been formed on 1915-11-08. Until the end of the 1960s, the society was deeply rooted in Scouting, but always critical of the national Scouting organisation. Later the group developed to a student society, albeit still a member of Scouting Nederland. Taking the founding date as that of ''(Delftsche) Studentenclub voor Oud-Padvinders'' in 1915, the ''Delftsche Zwervers'' is the oldest student Scouting Group in the world. This title has also been claimed by the Oxford University Scout and Guide Group, which was founded in 1919 and is certainly the oldest student Scouting Group in the United Kingdom. The crew was founded as the third Rover crew in the Netherlands. A large influence on the work of the first Rover crews were the books of John Hargrave (White Fox). On 11 and 12 June 1921 he was the instructor in a Rover camp in Ommen attended by the ''Delftsche Zwervers''. Despite the "higher" layers thought ''Service'' was more important, ''Woodcraft'' remained in the first years the main part of the program of the Rover crews.〔Handboek voor voortrekkers, De Nederlandse Padvinders", 1958〕 Delftsche Zwervers were important in the organisation of many national and international events, for example the 5th World Scout Jamboree and the first ''Agoon'', an international camp for handicapped Scouts, at the "Goudsberg", Lunteren, Netherlands in 1949.〔AGOON, Report of the international camp for handicapped Scouts, De Nationale Padvindersraad", 1949〕 ''Zwervers'' is the literal translation of Rovers, because of its negative associations, hobo, tramps, the age group was later officially named Voortrekkers, but the ''Delftsche Zwervers'' kept their original name. The logo is a campfire, for Scouting, on a cog, for engineering. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delftsche Zwervers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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