Executive board members decided to plan a hike during the middle of the retreat roughly a two hour hike to the top of Mt. Mansfield and an hour hike back to the bottom. The hike was ideal because it allowed chapter members, who all have different physical fitness levels, to participate in a sound body activity together. It helped create a good atmosphere for the chapter to discuss tangible sound body ideas for the year. Chapter members even kept track of calories burnt during the hike an average of 1,526 calories per man. Members of California Theta at California State University, Sacramento have donated weight equipment for the chapter's new house to promote the development of a sound body.
Equipment includes barbells, a bench press, weights, an ab roller, etc.
This will give the members free access to health equipment. The men of Montana Alpha at the University of Montana finished their balanced man scholarship weekend and nine of the applicants joined the chapter. John Schuyler reports that the men of Florida Theta at Jacksonville University started the school year with 14 brothers. Eric was a member of the Ohio Theta chapter at the University of Cincinnati. He was an Electrical Engineer employed with Bell Oaks Company for one year and was previously employed with EMS Technologies for three years.