[16390] in APO-L
Re: History of Scouting and APO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Begin)
Sat Mar 8 22:43:46 1997
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 22:43:00 EST
Reply-To: Scott Begin <0005555440@MCIMAIL.COM>
From: Scott Begin <0005555440@MCIMAIL.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Richard Edward Vehlow <vehlor@RPI.EDU> wrote:
>4. How many brothers/pledges online here have been members of GSA or
>continue
>to be involved with the organization? If you are, is that an APO
>service activity or is it totally separate from fraternity service?
>
>5. Likewise for boy scouts. See 4.
1977-1980 Cub Scout, P-551, Galien, MI (SW Mich. Council), Highest
Award: Webelos Badge
1980-1987 Boy Scout, T-551, Galien, MI (SW Mich. Council), Highest Rank:
Life Scout
1985 Attended National Scout Jamboree
1986-1987 Camp Staff, Camp Rota-Kiwan, Kalamazoo, MI (SW Mich. Council)
1987-1992 Assistant Scoutmaster, T-551, Galien, MI (SW Mich. Council /
LaSalle Council)
1988-1990 Staff, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, NM (National Council,
BSA)
1991 Assistant Den Leader, P-3972, Mt. Pleasant, MI (Lake Huron Area
Council) This was through the Epsilon Beta Chapter, Central Michigan
University.
1992-present, Assistant Scoutmaster, T-348, Oak Forest, IL (Calumet
Council)
1993-present, Calumet Council Camping Committe (Camp Betz Committee)
I found out about APO from Berkley P. Duncan, who was camp director
where our troop went to summer camp, and made a point of recognizing the
brothers on his staff. Dunc was a very good friend of my first
scoutmaster. For those who don't recognize the name, Dunc was National
VP back in the mid 1980's, was awarded the National DSK, and passed on
in 1991.
If I hadn't known about the scouting connection with APO, I probably
either wouldn't have joined at all or wouldn't have even looked at
fraternities as a freshman. My first exposure to greek life in college,
at a information meeting on greek organizations, turned me off on the
social greek system (with no mention of the other type of greek letter
organizations). It took 2-3 years of being around social greek people
(most of whom were APO brothers as well) for me to understand what the
greek system was really about, to the point I might have even joined a
social frat, except I was too heavily involved in APO to have time for
another ogranization.
YiLFS,
Scott A. Begin 5555440@mcimail.com
Epsilon Beta Alumni, Central Michigan University
Section 48 Staff / Region 6 National Scouting Committee Representative
Scouting Advisor to the soon to be Gamma Sigma Chapter, University of Chicago
