Old name...
 

I won the December 1934 Scouting Magazine (For Scout leaders; Boy's Life is for Scouts).

In it there is an announcement that Alpha Phi Omega is to hold a National Convention. It begins

"Alpha Phi Omega, the National Honorary College Society for Scouts, will hold its Fifth Biennial Convention at the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri, December 28th and 29th, 1934"

I don't know if we were ever according to our own by-laws "the National Honorary College Society for Scouts", but it shows how much some things have changed. I'm just trying to imagine extension working under that name today. (BYU, Liberty and Notre Dame are about all I can imagine working)

Randy

I'd love to get a scan of that notice.

I have several scans from Scouting magazine regarding APO. I have a notice from a 1946 issue about our upcoming NatConv (there we are called a college service organization).

Also, about ever decade they would run a decent article about APO in Scouting magazine. I have some nice articles from 1949 (by Ray O Wyland), 1961, 1963 (which focused on the chapter at Yale and their work with inner city scouts, and a short film made about their work), 1968 (by Joe Scanlon), 1975, 1985, 1990, and 1997. A couple of years ago they did one focusing on UT's MBU (which you can read on-line).

As to the term "National Honorary College Society for Scouts". While I can't comment on what was in our National Constitution & Bylaws (at that time, 2 seperate documents), I DO know that in the early days we didn't call our selves a "National Service Fraternity". The letterhead of the early "Lightbearer" during the Bartle years called us a "National Honorary College Fraternity". It had been decided at a an informal conference held shortly after Bartle became Supreme Grand Master that our designation would be "National Honorary Scouting Fraternity". I don't know if I've been able to figure out at what point we formally started to call ourselves a "National Service Fraternity". But this is some of the things that those of us on the National History & Archive Committee are trying to learn and share with others.

(on a related note, I have put together a series of 3 PPT presentations on APO History, and have offered to do a LOOONG (2-3 hours) presentation on APO History at the National Convention. I have no idea if its been accepted. The problem is that those on the planning committee may turn it down, because they may think few are interested in that.)

All-

In reviewing some items I've posted to the Nat History & Archive YG, I found my post regarding the terms we have used to describe us over the years.

Here is what I wrote. In light of this, its not surprising the term used about us in an article in Scouting magazine from 1934...

At the 1934 National Convention, it was decided that we would refer
to ourselves as a National Service Fraternity. So that is the start
of that term. What about before?

In the Lightbearers from 1931 to 1934, we used the term "A National
Honorary College Fraternity". (this was part of the letterhead of the magazine)

Earlier issues used slightly different terms:

In 1927, we were refered to as a National College Fraternity, with
the words Honorary & Professional being used. In the second issue of
1927, Education and Social Service were added.

In 1928, we called ourselves an International College Fraternity.
Honorary, Professional, Education, and Social Service continued to be
used thru 1930.

In 1929, we were back to being a National College Fraternity, but
with the caveat that we were "International in Scope".

In 1930, we were just a National College Fraternity.