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- From: wayne@eng.umd.edu (Wayne C. McCullough)
- Subject: Re: Continuing Scouting in college
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.140354.17807@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 14:03:54 GMT
- Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <l78t5rINN6bo@levelland.cs.utexas.edu> <1475@tnc.UUCP> <1992Jul29.215737.9648@mercury.unt.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul29.215737.9648@mercury.unt.edu> danny@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Danny Faught) writes:
- >It's great to see Alpha Phi Omega propaganda on USENET. As I read your
- >article, I was mentally kicking myself - why didn't I think of this?
- >
- >One of my missions is educating the scouting movement about APO, and
- >vice-versa. Sadly, few Boy Scouts (or any other kind of scouts) have
- >heard of APO. That little paragraph in the Handbook just doesn't seem
- >to do it (though the article on APO in _Scouting_ some time ago was
- >wonderful). Just imagine the recruiting base, if every current or
- >former scout entering college knew to look for an APO chapter, we
- >wouldn't have to go to such lengths to recruit people. And as far
- >as benefitting scouting, APO has much to offer. For example, some
- >troops have a hard time organizing service projects, but APO chapters
- >typically do several in a week, and scouts could be invited along.
- >
- I did look at APO when I got into college, and It seemed to me that
- they have driffted quite far from the scouting I was used to. The
- local chapter (in college park) struck me as a social organizeation
- more than anything else. I am sure they did service, more than the
- minimum, but in bulk, they were more concerned about the soical
- aspects.
-
- They also seemed to be very political (as in internal chapter politics,
- not anyone elses), and I just can't stand that. They did not seem to
- be the least bit interested in outdoorsmanship.
-
- All that, and the $80 anual membership, I chose to stay away.
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