Religious student organizations make plans for Reading Day activities
Many religious student organization members will take a break from studying to gather for picnics and other activities on Reading Day.
Christian Campus House will have a picnic noon to 4 p.m Thursday at Albert-Oakland Park, Director of Women’s Ministry Becky Doran said.
The Reformed University Fellowship will also gather for a picnic Thursday, according to its website. Its will meet at Rock Quarry Park from noon to 3 p.m.
The Episcopal Campus Ministry will have a Reading Day Retreat at the Calvary Episcopal Church for those who want to study and spend time together, according to its website. The retreat starts at 11 a.m.
Students in the Mizzou Baptist Student Union will make tiles Thursday night featuring their favorite memories from this year, according to the organization's website.
The Lutheran Student Fellowship and Chi Alpha will share finals food next week. LSF will meet at the Campus Lutheran Church for “Green Eggs and Cram” on Sunday night, according to its list serv. Chi Alpha will have a pancake dinner Monday night, according to its website.
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David Eastis said:
SEVEN SOCIETIES (excerpts from “7” the seven book by David Eastis) The Mystical Seven is a society first founded at Wesleyan University in 1837. The Seven Society was started at the University of Virginia in 1905 and at the University of Missouri in 1907. The University of Virginia’s Seven Society boasts several university presidents and Admiral William Halsey as former members. Members make donations to their alma mater with 7s, including one gift for $777,777.77. Subsequent Mystical Seven organizations have been in existence for years at the College of William and Mary, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at East Carolina University. Ravid Chowdhury served as the 177th Wesleyan senior class president and as an officer of the Mystical Seven—also known as the M7. He mentioned that his cell phone number ends with 77, his mother was one of 7 children and several friends of his in M7 have ties to the powerful number 7. Ravid is proud that M7 has a rich history of service and was the first fraternal organization to admit women in the 1840’s. M7 once brought Ralph Waldo Emerson to campus. Famous M7 alumni include U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Brewer. Frankie Minor is the faculty advisor for and honorary member of Mystical Seven at the University of Missouri. Quiet servant leadership is a vital foundation of the group which was originally formed to recognize the top 7 students every year. Famous Mystical Seven alumni include former U.S. Senator John Danforth and athletes Phil Bradley, Mel Gray, Dan Devine and Don Faurot (who won 7 conference championships). “Seven has always been my favorite number because of Mickey Mantle and I graduated from high school in 1977,” says Minor. Check out the 7 book by David Eastis: http://www.the7book.com/ Seven Society photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevenbook/sets/72157623890797237/ Join the 7 fan page on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/the.seven.book?ref=ts