Chiefly Thoughts

Ninety years ago, at a summer camp on an island in the Delaware River, E. Urner Goodman inducted a group...

Feb 23, 2005

The vast forests, fields, oceans, and mountains of the United States have become our most vital resources in the Boy...

Oct 29, 2004

In 1915, Dr. E. Urner Goodman founded an organization that would have a great impact on the Scouting movement. Our...

Jul 06, 2004

The nature of the Order of the Arrow can be ascribed in many ways to the ideals that Lord Baden-Powell...

Apr 12, 2004

When we think of a brother, we generally think of a sibling, both younger and older. Someone who shared childhood...

Dec 21, 2003

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

Mar 05, 2003

Regardless of who we are, where we're from, and when we became members, each of us inducted as youth have...

Jul 20, 2002

The founders of both the Scouting Movement and the Order of the Arrow valued camping as a way to teach...

May 16, 2002

When Dr. Goodman founded our great and honored Order, he glimpsed a vision. This vision was his dream of unity...

Nov 20, 2001

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

Nov 20, 2001

Leadership has been studied for years, dating back to the writings of Attila the Hun. Philosophers, business managers, psychologists, and...

Nov 20, 2001