[15243] in APO-L
Re: As an Eagle must fly, so must we.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deb Gallagher)
Tue Nov 5 02:52:52 1996
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 02:55:04 -0500
Reply-To: Deb Gallagher <dag900z@MAIL.ODU.EDU>
From: Deb Gallagher <dag900z@MAIL.ODU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199611050107.UAA17391@tahiti.cc.odu.edu>
> Look, my kid sister has been a girl scout for as long as I can
> remember, and even she says that it isn't nearly as good as the boy
> scouts.
So by her experience, the rest of us who were at one time Girl
Scouts have our experiences brushed off???
> With the exeption of Horton, all the founding members were
> scouts. All the founding members of Delta chapter were scouts too.
> Y'think there's a reason that both the national fraternity and Delta have
> lasted so long?
APO has lasted so long because of the incorporation of women in
1976. Don't even get me started with that because I think the provision
that still allows for all male chapters should be done away with. I a
time when most chapters are predominately female, I think the emphasis
needs to be changed from the male only attitude to a more tolerant
attitude that accepts anyone who believes in our ideals: Leadership,
Friendship, and Service.
> Its NOT JUST HISTORY!!! These are the principals that Frank Horton had
> searched for all his life.
Yes, but he found those ideals in Leadership, Friendship, and
Service.
> Alpha Phi Omega IS a boy scout organization.
Really??!!! If that's the case then how come so many women are
brothers???!!!! If that's true then APO would only be open to those who
were or are in the boy scouts, that means no women, and no men who aren't
in the boy scout society.
> We are based entirely on it. Our entire purpose is to continue the
> efforts of the scouts through our college years. To "tone down" the
> emphasis would be like pulling a flower out of the soil it was planted in.
>
True, the original basis for APO was the boy scouts;however, since
the world is evolving to be more tolerant toward women and homosexuals, so
too should APO.
Deb Gallagher
Life Member -- Alpha Phi Omega
"It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it."
-----Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh
