[15210] in APO-L
BSA & our Purpose...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Dean)
Sun Nov 3 09:45:29 1996
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 08:43:53 -0600
Reply-To: Robert Dean <rdean@RS6000.CMP.ILSTU.EDU>
From: Robert Dean <rdean@RS6000.CMP.ILSTU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
To me, it makes sense not to use an organization's name in its purpose,
except in phrasing such as "The purpose of Alpha Phi Omega is..." This is
the entirety of the reason why I was troubled by the decision to change the
wording of the purpose to include "...fellowship of the principles of Alpha
Phi Omega". Not only does it sound silly, but it is bad form, too.
My thinking is that the minimum wording change is not sufficient here. The
Scout Oath and Law should remain where they were (as the "standard of
manhood" which Frank Reed Horton identifies in "The Story of Our Founding"),
but perhaps the wording around them should have been changed, to avoid both
the implication of official affiliation between BSA & APO (personally, I
don't see how that is), and the awkward phrasing we currently have.
In LFS,
Robert Dean
Section 48 Newsletter Editor/Webmaster (soon)
Theta Epsilon (Illinois State) Advisor
Omega Epsilon (Illinois Wesleyan University) '93
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