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Ask the Chairman - National Order of the Arrow Committee

Q. Mr. Chairman, How do you become part of a national committee? Samuel A. Hello Samuel, Thank you for your question. The appointment to the...

Ask the Chairman - Lodge Assistance Program

Q. Ray, The 2012 National Officers reports suggest that the Lodge Assistance Program has been discontinued, and I have heard rumors...

Ask the Chairman - NOAC 2015

Q. How did the national committee decide on Michigan State University as the site of the 2015 National Order of...

Thoughts on Camping and the Outdoor Experience

Some of my fondest memories in Scouting and as a young man have been directly related to the times I...

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 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 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 Cheerfulness

When Chingachgook, Chief of the Delaware people, created a brotherhood that would memorialize the efforts of his son, Uncas, and...

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...