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was "a 32nd degree Mason." Familiar terms such as "lodge" and "obligation," were borrowed from
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Council also had several other OA lodges in the early days of the OA (an early bylaw allowed each Scout camp within a "first class council" to have its own OA lodge). A second Philadelphia Lodge (Unalachtigo, 8) based on the Turkey Clan of the Delawares is soon established at
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who had been local to the area. The induction ceremonies developed for the lodge, would go on to be the foundation of all the ceremonies of the "Order of the Arrow."
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in 1933 voted to recommend that the BSA adopt it as part of its official program, which the
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Goodman wanted to develop methods to teach the scouts that proficiency in
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