Third Degree (Choose a Different Test)

In 1975, the National OA Committee expressed an opinion strongly discouraging the use of "restrictions". What were restrictions?

A. The limit of no more than five active OA members in any one Scout troop

B. Limits placed on the number of patches, typically the lodge's flap, which a member may purchase

C. The limit on the number of terms an Arrowman can serve as lodge chief

D. Age restrictions that prevented Arrowmen between 18-21 to hold lodge and section offices
Why did E. Urner Goodman miss the 1923 Grand Lodge Meeting?

A. He was not invited.

B. He was active serving the military in World War I.

C. His duties as Scout Executive in Philadelphia precluded his involvement.

D. He was recovering from tuberculosis.
What do we know for certain about the first OA sash?

A. That it had an arrow on it

B. That it had a bar on it

C. That the band of the sash was black

D. That the sash was made of silk
Which National OA Committee Chairman also served simultaneously as a member of congress in the United States House of Representatives?

A. Brad Haddock

B. Ray Capp

C. Ed Pease

D. Carl Marchetti
What was the first Order of the Arrow item that could officially be worn on the uniform?

A. An OA flap.

B. The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) square knot.

C. The 1948 NOAC patch.

D. The Universal Arrow Ribbon.
On the night of November 12, 1932, fifteen Arrowmen, selected by their lodge or chapter for initiation into the Second Degree (Brotherhood), were introduced to the Grand Lodge Chieftain Robroy Price and then went through the Second Degree ceremony. Among those fifteen were three members of Owasippe Lodge's Takodah Chapter. Those three men were Dr. William H. Benson, Emerson James and Horatio W. Isbell. What made this particular ceremony special?

A. Grand Lodge Chieftain Robroy Price took the role of Allowat Sakima.

B. They were the first members of Owasippe Lodge to be Second Degree members.

C. The three men were from the segregated chapter of Chicago. They are the first known African Americans to seal their membership into the Order of the Arrow.

D. All three men were Distinguished Service Award (DSA) recipients.
Who are the Arrowmen of Takodah Chapter?

A. They are a 5-time national champion dance team from the 1960s-1970s.

B. They were the first known segregated African American chapter from Owasippe Lodge, formed around 1930.

C. A chapter out of Shawnee Lodge that has had every member (except one) attend every NOAC since 1986.

D. They were the first chapter to form in Unami Lodge.
Where was the 1915 organizational meeting held, that established that Wimachtendienk would be continued and not just a single summer event?

A. The first meeting of the Grand Lodge

B. The Camp Morrell Organizational Meeting

C. The Devil's Tea Table Conclave

D. The Goodman "Stockade" at Treasure Island
Who is the only Arrowman to serve both as a youth National Chief and as the National OA Committee Chairman?

A. Del Loder

B. Carroll A. Edson

C. Ed Pease

D. Brad Haddock
As legend has it, why was the name of our Order not used at the first induction on July 16, 1915?

A. Goodman felt that a youth should select the name of the new society and until the first induction was held there were no youths.

B. Goodman and Edson had not had time to research a name for the society and had to wait until the fall when they had access to a library.

C. There was an attempt to send the name of the new society via telegram to camp, but Western Union refused to send three unpronounceable, unknown words that appeared of Germanic origin while Europe was at war.

D. The reason is not known.