Chiefly Thoughts
Thoughts on Commitment to the Order of the Arrow
Ninety years ago, at a summer camp on an island in the Delaware River, E. Urner Goodman inducted a group...
Thoughts on Servant Leaders and The Great Outdoors
The vast forests, fields, oceans, and mountains of the United States have become our most vital resources in the Boy...
Thoughts on A Thing of the Spirit
In 1915, Dr. E. Urner Goodman founded an organization that would have a great impact on the Scouting movement. Our...
Thoughts on Tradition
The nature of the Order of the Arrow can be ascribed in many ways to the ideals that Lord Baden-Powell...
Thoughts On Brotherhood Around the Country
When we think of a brother, we generally think of a sibling, both younger and older. Someone who shared childhood...
Thoughts On Cheerfulness
When Chingachgook, Chief of the Delaware people, created a brotherhood that would memorialize the efforts of his son, Uncas, and...
Thoughts on An Arrowman's Primary Duty
Regardless of who we are, where we're from, and when we became members, each of us inducted as youth have...
Thoughts on The Nature of Camping
The founders of both the Scouting Movement and the Order of the Arrow valued camping as a way to teach...
Thoughts on Brotherhood and Fellowship
When Dr. Goodman founded our great and honored Order, he glimpsed a vision. This vision was his dream of unity...
Thoughts on Leadership
Leadership has been studied for years, dating back to the writings of Attila the Hun. Philosophers, business managers, psychologists, and...