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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
And it is through service that the standard of manhood is realized and mobilized.
I won't comment on the loaded notion of a "standard of manhood."
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Actually, it was worse at the beginning. Gotta love the phrase "Manly strength"
As of the 1926 Yearbook at Lafayette College
The purpose of the fraternity shall be to assemble those who have had experience and training under the Scout Oath and Laws, to revive the spirit of that Oath and Law, to develop friendship, to encourage encourage service, and to enable its members to become leaders of America's youth, through character-building, citizenship, college spirit and manly strength.
See
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~library/sp.../APOPhoto.html
Today (2007)
The purpose of this Fraternity shall be to assemble college students in a National Service Fraternity inthe fellowship of principles derived from the Scout Oath and Law of the Boy Scouts of America; to developLeadership, to promote Friendship, and to provide Service to humanity; and to further the freedom that is ournational, educational, and intellectual heritage
Randy