Black wallnut
As some of you may already know I am active in the Scouting Movement. Since my son joined Cub Scouts 4 years ago my interst has returned to what it was when I was a youth.
The Boy Scouts of America have an Honor Society named The Order of the Arrow (OA)of which I was inducted into as a youth. Many of my best memories of Scouting as a youth were because of the OA. The OA is entirely youth led with adults as advisers only. We use ceremonies as part of the program with the ceremony players dressed in American Indian Costumes. Lots of symbolic portrayals of the Order's Principals in each ceremony.
Where the pet peave comes into play is that these ceremonies are although not secret they are safeguarded. Lately (at least since I've been looking) there have been a number of the ceremony guides available for sale on Ebay. First my fellow Arrowmen have let the entire Order down by allowing these Safeguarded materials fall into the hands of those wishing to blindly profit by their sale. Lastly when I have politely emailed the listers with an alternate plan for them to make sure that the materials only fall into the hands of those willing to keep them safeguarded I get "you can bid on them yourself!"
If a Scout innocently read and/ or studied one of these scripts prior to his election into this Order his enjoyment and expierence would be severly lessed. Thus stealing memories from a young man. Soon, real soon, I shal post a Blog on my site in an effort to shame these individuals trying to blindly profit at the expense of our youth!
I've asked before and will ask again now: Are there any fellow Arrowmen amoung our fine forum?
The Boy Scouts of America have an Honor Society named The Order of the Arrow (OA)of which I was inducted into as a youth. Many of my best memories of Scouting as a youth were because of the OA. The OA is entirely youth led with adults as advisers only. We use ceremonies as part of the program with the ceremony players dressed in American Indian Costumes. Lots of symbolic portrayals of the Order's Principals in each ceremony.
Where the pet peave comes into play is that these ceremonies are although not secret they are safeguarded. Lately (at least since I've been looking) there have been a number of the ceremony guides available for sale on Ebay. First my fellow Arrowmen have let the entire Order down by allowing these Safeguarded materials fall into the hands of those wishing to blindly profit by their sale. Lastly when I have politely emailed the listers with an alternate plan for them to make sure that the materials only fall into the hands of those willing to keep them safeguarded I get "you can bid on them yourself!"
If a Scout innocently read and/ or studied one of these scripts prior to his election into this Order his enjoyment and expierence would be severly lessed. Thus stealing memories from a young man. Soon, real soon, I shal post a Blog on my site in an effort to shame these individuals trying to blindly profit at the expense of our youth!
I've asked before and will ask again now: Are there any fellow Arrowmen amoung our fine forum?
Mine is still nice and bright white, at least it was the last time I saw it, several months ago. It's in the same box as my merit badges, scout books, uniform patches, etc. 
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