During summer and winter vacations, thousands of students join the "Self-Reliance Activities" sponsored by the Chinese Youth Corps--programs such as mountaineering, long-distance hiking, camping, horse-riding, shooting, parachuting, paper-cutting, newsgathering, photo-taking and so on.
這個活動，每年寒暑假由救國團、東海大學、省政府民政廳及教育廳聯合舉辦，並由東海大學哲學系師生負責主要籌辦工作，屬自強活動之一。也許有人要問：「中國文化」的研討，為什麼要由一般人眼中既玄虛又不切實際的哲學系來辦？