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Originally posted by Quala67
However, I know that at least one chapter in the 60's had a requirement for someone to be an Eagle. My father-in-law was not APO in school, b/c he only made it to First Class - b/c he couldn't pass Morse Code to get that badge to begin the process toward Eagle.
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Yes, that is true and happened many times throught our history. Several chapters were started when groups of Eagle Scouts got together to form an "eagle scout fraternity", contacted the BSA National Office and were told about APO. (Delta is a good example of this)
In reading thru my collection of T&T, several times the National org had to emphasis that NO restrictions be placed on the scouting level of potential members. Several chapters wanted to restrict membership to just Eagle Scouts or the like and the BOD didn't want that. I guess some chapters got away with it.