Roosevelt Outing Club records

The Roosevelt Outing Club was an organization active at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, for students and faculty from 1924 to 1930. Although the group had already existed for several years, the Roosevelt Outing Club was formally organized in 1924 with Fritiof Fryxell, professor of geology, as the faculty advisor. Its purpose was to promote and “provide wholesome outdoor recreation for its members,” to promote the beautification of the Augustana campus, and to “do all in its power everywhere to further the preservation of places of natural and historic interest.”

The club’s primary activity was organizing day trip hikes at nearby natural parks such as Vandruff’s Island in Rock Island County, the Maquoketa, Iowa caves, and others. In its attempt to help beautify the Augustana campus, the club also installed a sun dial on the pedestal between Old Main and Denkmann Memorial Hall and made plans to plant elm trees on campus and install name plates on the campus's existing trees.

Because the collection dates to 1930 and the Augustana College Catalog and Rockety-I yearbook contain no further mention of the club after 1929, the club is presumed to have disbanded sometime around 1930.