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Originally Posted by emb021
"Alpha Phi Omega is not in any way affiliated with the national boy scout movement."
Incorrect. We had the affiliation of requiring, at the time, past membership in scouting to join. And chapters had scouting advisors. And we viewed council, regional, and national level professionals as almost automatic scouting advisors.
In a few years, we would receive formal approval from the BSA.
But the mistake some people make is assume that having a partnership with them means they run us. It doesn't and never did.
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I'm actually more willing to believe the newspaper here. They wouldn't make such a point of explaining that the general belief was wrong unless they were sure of themselves. There is a great deal about the Fraternity that changed between the original founding and the significant changes that came with HRB's assumption of presidency and the official recognition by BSA. I'm not sure *any* of us would recognize the Initiation ceremony prior to the 1932 re-write.