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ORDER OF THE ARROW
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«▲ Most Councils recognize their honor campers
through membership in a camper's society.
Because 385 Councils use the program of the Order
of the Arrow for camper recognition, we are pre-
senting this article as an aid to Unit leaders of
those Councils in understanding this brotherhood.
If you are a Unit leader in a Council where the
Order of the Arrow exists, then this article is for
you. Here are answers to questions about the work-
ings of the Order of the Arrow as related to the
Troop or Explorer Unit. Here are suggestions for
Unit Arrow activities and elections.
What is the Order of the Arrow? The Order
is a national organization completely integrated
into the camping program of the Boy Scouts of
America. Its members are Scouts and Scouters who
have proved their ability as campers and who
have shown they live up to the Scout Oath and
Law. Candidates for the Order are selected by the
members of their Unit, not on the basis of popu-
larity, but on the basis of proficiency in camping
and demonstrated evidence that they are guided
by the code of Scouting ideals in their daily lives.
Each Unit can hold such an election, but more
about that later.
What do Order members do? The Order is a
service society within Scouting, and its members
participate in many District and Council projects.
Order members often assist in organizing District
Camporees, Courts of Honor, and Green Bar Con-
ferences. They have always had a significant role
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SCOUTING MAGAZINE
flosinuz+t G. lAJoadt
National Secretary, Order of the Arrow
in the development of Council camps. Such projects
as road repair, camp construction, building repair,
and brush clearance are typical of service rendered
to the long-term camp.
Within the Unit, the Arrow member is often a
leader, and as such he can be more helpful to the
Unit because of his experiences in the Order with
Scouts and Scouters from other Units while attend-
ing Order meetings, and Council-wide functions.
But the Order is not only a service brotherhood.
It is an organization promoting fellowship, recrea-
tion, and camping fun. Social meetings and activi-
ties are year 'round in nature, and Order members
have an opportunity to gain new friends through
varied events: Each year Lodges have banquets
during the Christmas holiday season, winter car-
nivals, skating parties, summer ceremonials, and
other fellowship gatherings. In short, the Order
aims to serve the boy, the Unit, and the Council,
and in so doing, give the Scout a new vision of
Scouting, and a renewed desire to remain in the
Movement.
The following simple steps clearly outline the
election procedure found most satisfactory by the
majority of Councils:
An election may be held in a Unit if five or more
Scouts are campers. A camper according to 'Arrow"
regulations is a Scout who has camped out for at
least fifteen days and nights. If a Scout attended
Council camp for a week or more, he may count
seven of those days and nights toward his total. It
should be realized that a Scout is not required to go
to a long-term camp. The remaining eight or more
days and nights should be spent at Unit camps,
or overnights. The Troop leader has the job of re-
cording the camping experiences of his Scouts so
he may know when his boys are qualified campers.
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