The success of a club does not only rely on the hard work of the committee members, but also on the active participation of its members. Therefore before any club activities commenced in the academic year, the first objective of a club was to recruit members. The Recruitment Week, aimed at providing students with details as well as the latest information on the clubs of St. Joseph's College and to provide a chance for all students to choose from the many clubs they like, began on October 7, 1996. The function was held in the New Hall, where over 30 clubs set up their stalls promoting their clubs and recruiting members.

           Being the second year in holding the Recruitment Week, all clubs gained experience from the previous year and decorated their stalls especially the display boards with all their efforts. Besides showing their excellent art-work in decorations, the club committees showed great talents in recruiting members by drawing the students' attention to their clubs' functions and the members' privileges. It was not difficult to feel that you would like to join all the clubs when you walked through the Hall. For the students, they were also filled with enthusiasm and the New Hall was crowded with zealots in every recess, lunch time and even after school. Although there were no general restrictions on the number of clubs students could join, our fellow Josephians chose the clubs sensibly and joined only those which suits their interests or needs.

           Under such an organised and centralised environment in recruiting members, many clubs claimed to have increased number of members which again proved the success of the function. Recruitment Week also once again showed us that Josephians are not just bookworms, they are all very active in participating all kinds of extra-curricular activities in school.