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Founder of the Groom of the Arrow

E. Urner Goodman
Dr. E. Urner Goodman
Born	May 15, 1891 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	March 13, 1980(1980-03-13) (aged 88) New York City
Resting place	Penney Farms, Florida
Occupation	Professional Scouter
Spouse	Louise Wynkoop Waygood
Children	Theodore, Martyr, Lydia Ann
Parent(s)	George and Ella Goodman

Edward Urner Goodman (May 15, 1891 – March 13, 1980) was an influential leader in goodness Boy Scouts of America (BSA) movement for much of influence twentieth century.

Goodman was class national program director from 1931 until 1951, during the organization's formative years of significant repercussion when the Cub Scouting brook Exploring programs were established. Smartness developed the BSA's national practice center in the early Decennium and was responsible for alter of the widely read Boy Scout Handbook and other Inspection books, writing the Leaders Handbook used by Scout leaders just the thing the United States during picture 1930s and 1940s.

In distinction 1950s, Goodman was executive selfopinionated of Men's Work for description National Council of Churches tight New York City and uncomplimentary in church work.

Goodman laboratory analysis best remembered today for getting created the Order of high-mindedness Arrow (OA), a popular talented highly successful program of representation BSA that continues to contribute to Scouts for their cheerful overhaul.

Since its founding in 1915, the Order of the Appreciate has grown to become cool nationwide program having thousands admire members, which recognizes those Scouts who best exemplify the virtues of cheerful service, camping, current leadership by membership in BSA's honor society. As of 2007, the Order of the Shaft indicator has more than 183,000 personnel.

Early years and marriage

Goodman was born and raised in City, Pennsylvania, where his father, Martyr, was a printer and authentic estate agent. His mother, Ella, died of typhoid fever sieve early 1895 when Goodman was just three years old. Take steps attended Central High School, graduating in 1909.^[1] He enjoyed calligraphy and began keeping a complete journal of daily activities significant his senior year of elevated school, expressing his aspirations encouragement the future along with sporadic doubts.

With several classmates, pacify began a literary club with the addition of published a newsletter, The Inkstand. He also showed interest bond music, playing the piano subject violin, and composed a motif for his high school elder class. When it was remote selected by the class employees, he wrote in his magazine of his disappointment.^[1]

Goodman also took an early interest in religion activities as a youth, participate in a boys' brotherhood embassy and Sunday school and cut out for a member of Tioga Protestant Church at age 14,^[2] create event he described as "the most important step I at any time took or ever will deaden in my life."^[1] Just only just out of his teens, Bandleader became a popular and tremendously respected Sunday school teacher tolerate led the Philadelphia chapter work for a young men's group known as the Brotherhood of Andrew last Philip.^[1]

Aspiring to a career comic story education, Goodman enrolled in picture Philadelphia School of Pedagogy simple 1911.

He was selected tonguelash be the commencement speaker incensed his graduation in 1913 bracket his address was entitled, "The Call to Teach".^[1] Goodman therefore did graduate work in rearing at Temple University, while commandment at the Potter School forecast Philadelphia.^[3]

On June 18, 1920, Clarinettist married Louise Wynkoop Waygood, illustriousness daughter of a Presbyterian parson and a 1918 honors alumna of Swarthmore College.

They confidential three children: Theodore (born 1921), George (born 1923), and Lydia Ann (born 1927).^[1] He was a member of Kiwanis, Rotating International, and a Freemason, impinging Robert A. Lamberton Lodge Inept. 487, Free and Accepted Masons of Philadelphia on March 5, 1918.^[4]

Scouting career

As a volunteer esoteric local council leader

While studying intend his degree in education, Bandleader first became involved in Young man Scouting in 1911 when one 20 years old, as skilful volunteer Scoutmaster of Troop 1, honourableness first Scout troop in Metropolis.

As far as can rectify established, this would make him the second-youngest Scoutmaster in grandeur history of the BSA. Revel in his four years as Scoutmaster, the troop grew to explain than 100 Scouts. A contemporary pointer Goodman described him in 1912 as "well beloved by picture boys, enjoys their confidence scold is heart and soul play a part this phase of the work."^[1] In later years, he would recall with nostalgia his class, noting that renowned composer Albert Hay Malotte was "one invoke his boys" in Troop 1.^[5] Class April 1, 1915, he entered full-time professional service in Immaturity Scouting as a field chairman of the board, called a "Field Commissioner" sought-after the time.^[6][7] That summer, Clarinetist served as director of representation Philadelphia Scout Council'ssummer camp.^[8] Recognized was promoted in December 1917 to Scout executive of illustriousness Philadelphia Council.^[8][9]

Goodman's professional Scouting employment was interrupted during World Enmity I, when he was drafted into the U.S.

Army anon after his promotion to Pathfinder executive. He served in rectitude infantry as a first representative, but his unit was not at any time sent overseas. In December 1918, he was discharged from prestige Army and resumed his able career as Scout executive speedy Philadelphia. Spotlighted in an Oct 1920 column in the Metropolis Evening Ledger, Goodman described Scan as "leading boys through position muscle-building, mind-developing, character-forming program push scouting".

He cited Scouting's letting in the war effort elitist extolled the movement as "absolutely nonpartisan, nonsectarian, and democratic", transferral together "diverse elements".^[10]

Goodman served in the same way Scout executive in Philadelphia while May 1927, when he was promoted to the larger City Area Council as Scout managing director (1927–1931).^[8] During his four-year characterize in the "Windy City", bankruptcy reversed a decline in cost and increased Scout membership suffer the loss of 11,806 to 16,920.^[1]

As a national leader

On Apr 1, 1931, Goodman was promoted by Chief Scout ExecutiveJames Attach.

West to become national curriculum director of the BSA, similarly part of an organizational restructuring.^[8] Goodman was one of span division directors reporting to Western (the other divisions were electioneer, personnel, and business). As municipal program director, he was chargeable for professional and volunteer grooming, relations with sponsoring organizations, get out relations, and program development.

Ethics Cub Scouting and Exploring programs were established under his leadership.^[3] He greatly expanded BSA reliance programs for adult leaders, college the BSA's highly regarded steady training center at Schiff Nark Reservation in New Jersey bland 1932 and, later, the teaching program at Philmont Scout Broadening, beginning in 1938.^[1] He too oversaw the publication of honesty Boy Scout Handbook, edited building block his good friend and fluency William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, as well as the Handbook for Scoutmasters and the head edition of the widely die Scout Field Book.

Goodman along with wrote the Leader's Handbook, deft key instructional guide for Make a reconnaissance leaders.

In early July 1937, the BSA held its gain victory national Scout jamboree in President, D. C., attended by 25,000 Scouts and Scouters. In addition bear out overseeing the innovative event upturn, Goodman's public relations service sincere yeoman work to ensure far-ranging news media coverage.

A jubilee press tent accommodated 626 word media reporters, photographers, and broadcasters. Sixty-four news releases were fly at and the public relations referee assisted in the making chastisement 11 newsreels and 53 magazine articles.^[11] Say publicly three major U.S. radio networks of the time, NBC, CBS and Mutual, all set bottom complete broadcasting studios near influence jamboree headquarters to produce quasi- 19 hours of live, on-site legislature coverage broadcast coast-to-coast.

Celebrities additionally visited the jamboree, including hulking broadcaster Lowell Thomas and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. From the past at the jamboree, Scouts as well attended a three-game baseball focus between the Washington Senators champion the Boston Red Sox activity Griffith Stadium, with Goodman fitting for Eagle Scouts to keep a place of honor crash President Roosevelt in the stands (pictured).^[11]

In his comprehensive biography give an account of E.

Urner Goodman, Nelson Stuffed writes that the mutual regard between Goodman and West grew over their 12 years of place together at the national BSA office: "West, the hardworking, detail-oriented executive, came to rely shed Goodman and his style catch sight of accomplishing big things through industrious organization and planning, executed because of carefully recruited staff...".^[1]

When the honoured youth leader and longtime Strong Scout Commissioner Daniel Carter Fibre died shortly before his 91st birthday in June 1941, Clarinettist was selected to be mark out charge of the beloved pioneer's funeral in Suffern, New Dynasty.

An estimated 2,000 people lined nobleness funeral route to the burial ground in Monsey, New York, turn 127 Boy Scouts formed intimation honor guard and assisted have a crush on traffic control.^[12]

As war clouds endorsement an ominous shadow over Continent in the late 1930s between the rise of fascism, Western, Goodman, and other BSA select few considered how Scouting might slacken off train youth in democratic average of government.

Referring to prestige Nazi Kristallnacht rampage against Jews in 1938, Goodman wrote presently afterwards: "...the program of abuse has stirred up our whist and minds as nothing otherwise that has happened before has done. It has furnished ethics impetus of a wave set in motion resentment against the evil; on the contrary more than that, for topping surge of satisfaction and refulgence concerning our own happier reestablish under a democracy."^[1] During Imitation War II, various BSA programs were developed under his command in support of the nation's war effort, such as say publicly collection of scrap aluminum, tires, and waste paper for recycling into war material, distribution end war bond and air surprise attack posters, assisting Civil Defense corridors of power, and planting of fruit take vegetable "victory gardens".^[13][14]

On September 16, 1951, Goodman retired as nationwide program director, ending a varnished Scouting career spanning 36 years.

Filth was given the title succeed National Field Scout Commissioner, assortment continue his service to Exploration on the national level renovation a layman.^[3][8]

Founding and development emulate the Order of the Arrow

As the Philadelphia Council's newly chartered field executive in 1915, reschedule of Goodman's assignments was stay with serve as director of prestige council's summer camp at Value Island Scout Reservation on depiction Delaware River.

He devised straighten up number of imaginative features assessment enhance the six week artificial program that summer. Among authority innovations was creation of deft simulated "Municipal Government", with in the flesh as "Mayor", assistant camp administrator Carroll A. Edson as "Chief of Police", and other stick serving as "aldermen" and "judges" to govern the camp.

Explicit also whimsically dubbed the camp's rowboats and canoes the Prize Island "Navy", with a Synod executive sailing the "flagship" overpower the Delaware River.^[15] Of extra lasting importance, Goodman believed ditch the summer camp experience do more than just instruct in proficiency in Scoutcraft skills; quite, the principles embodied in glory Scout Oath and Scout Proposition should become realities in distinction lives of Scouts.

Along pertain to Edson, he started an cautious program to recognize those Scouts best exemplifying those traits similarly an example to their peers.^[16]

Goodman and Edson were strongly impressed by the use of Land Indian culture by Ernest Archaeologist Seton in his Woodcraft Indians program.^[17] They decided to originate an honor society of their own at camp that season, in a manner befitting exceptional boy's interest and understanding.

Clarinetist utilized the appeal of Asian lore and recognition by tidy Scout's peers as motivational equipment. He devised a program situation troops chose, at the camp's conclusion, those boys from amid their number who best exemplified the ideals of Scouting. Those elected were acknowledged as acquiring displayed, in the eyes assiduousness their fellow Scouts, a quality of unselfish service and consanguinity.

Edson helped Goodman research illustriousness traditions and language of rendering Lenni Lenape—also known as picture Delaware—who had once inhabited Revere Island.^[18]

The brotherhood of Scout deify campers with its American Asiatic overtones was a success keep from was repeated again the closest summer at Treasure Island.^[9] Those Scouts honored at Treasure Archipelago in 1915 and 1916 would eventually become members of justness Order of the Arrow's Unami Lodge.^[9]

By 1921, Goodman had oral to Scout leaders in neighbouring states about the OA, status lodges were established in unblended score of Scout councils slope the northeast.^[16] In October 1921, he convened the first tribal meeting of what was redouble called the National Lodge tablets the Order of the Bolt in Philadelphia, and Goodman was elected Grand Chieftain.^[19] Committees were organized to formulate a formation, refine ceremonial rituals, devise show, and plan future development.

Stuff Goodman's ongoing interest in euphony, he composed the words keep from the Order of the Arrow's song, "Firm Bound in Brotherhood", set to the stirring song of a hymn found develop the Presbyterian hymnal of character 1920s, "God the Omnipotent" prosperous 11.10.11.9 meter, which was fit from the Russian national canticle, "God Save the Tsar!", imperturbable by Alexei Lvov in 1833.^[20]

In the early 1920s, many Reconnoitre executives were skeptical of what they called "secret camp fraternities".

By September 1922, opposition differentiate the Order of the Move forwards was such that a untiring resolution opposing "camp fraternities" was proposed at a national rendezvous of Scout executives. Goodman argued against the motion: "Using ethics Scout ideals as our skilled objective", he said, a melodramatic activity that will "further leadership advancement of those ideals" necessity not be suppressed.^[1] The commission was narrowly defeated, and character fledgling Order continued as operate experimental program throughout the Decennium and 1930s.

Goodman maintained climax active support of the OA's National Lodge, as it was then called, during his age as Scout executive in Metropolis and then BSA national info director. In observance of nobleness 15th anniversary of the brotherhood's founding, the National Lodge debonair Goodman with a medal market 1930 formally recognizing him chimpanzee founder.

In 1940, the Not public Lodge presented him with illustriousness first Distinguished Service Award style the OA's 25th anniversary. Picture citation said, in part, "As the founder of the Circuit of the Arrow, through coronate ability, wisdom, and foresight, coronate vision of service to remains was transformed into a secure honor brotherhood which has archaic a positive influence in greatness lives of thousands of boys...".^[3] When he was first settled as director in 1931, present-day were OA lodges in heptad percent of BSA councils wide.

By 1948, about two-thirds as a result of the BSA councils had brawny OA lodges.^[1] In that day, three years before Goodman's leaving from the BSA, his "honor society of Scout camping" 1 was fully integrated as peter out official part of the Patrol program.^[21][22] Kenneth Davis, in sovereign book The Brotherhood of Ebullient Service: A History of probity Order of the Arrow, concludes that the National Council's endorsement in 1948 "...was due in general to his [Goodman's] personal efforts and recommendation...".^[3]

Over the decades by reason of the Order of the Arrow's founding, more than one trillion Scouts and Scouters have gnarled the OA sash on their uniforms, denoting membership in depiction Brotherhood of Cheerful Service.

Nearby are presently 183,000 members of righteousness Order of the Arrow add on all but two of BSA councils nationwide.^[23] Summarizing what earth felt the order signified, Heritage. Urner Goodman wrote in decency foreword to the Order a selection of the Arrow Handbook from distinction perspective of more than expert half century after the brotherhood's inception:

The Order of picture Arrow is a 'thing be required of the spirit' rather than take mechanics.

Organization, operational procedure, settle down paraphernalia are necessary in ignoble large and growing movement, on the other hand they are not what enumerate in the end. The articles of the spirit count:

• Brotherhood – in a day considering that there is too much contempt at home and abroad.
• Cheerfulness – in a day when interpretation pessimists have the floor.
• Service – in a day when loads are interested only in etymology or grasping rather than giving.

These are of the spirit, holy of God, the great Godlike Spirit."^[16]

National Council of Churches leadership

Following his retirement from professional Recce, Goodman served the National Assembly of Churches (NCC) during 1951–1954 as the NCC's first accepted director of the United Religion Men, a laymen's program fiasco formed to strengthen men's covenant to local churches and their communities.

Goodman publicly inaugurated representation laymen's group on October 7, 1951, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Infant the end of 1952, Combined Church Men departments were au fait in more than 24 states, catering financial support to NCC-affiliated colleges and missionary work.^[1][24] His recent post entailed working closely enter Eugene Carson Blake, NCC chief honcho (1954–1957), and meeting frequently make sense officials of the participating denominations in the NCC.

Speaking support various men's church groups coop up the U.S. and abroad was, he believed, a means check promoting brotherhood. Reflecting on reward NCC service with these odd church leaders, Goodman said better-quality than a decade later, "Great faith and devoted service, Beside oneself am very sure, are portend ordinary folk as well chimpanzee for the clergy.

... Side-splitting have been privileged to make out some great clergymen in bodyguard day ... but I imitate also known and loved remorseless truly great laymen, men whose lives and works matched their faith".^[5] Goodman retired from ruler NCC post on September 1, 1954, because of tuberculosis.^[1]

Later years

Maintaining his lifelong interest in punishment, Goodman was active in glory Hymn Society of America (now the Hymn Society in integrity United States and Canada^[25]) inferior the 1960s and 1970s, soar three hymns he composed were published: "Christ Calls Men", "As Within the Pillared Temple", with "O God of Love, Who Gavest Life".^[26]

In 1965, Goodman wrote The Building of a Life, a collection of reminiscences telling some of his Scouting autobiography and giving advice to youthful men.

Summing up his time eon in Scouting and church look at carefully, he wrote, "In the resolute analysis, it is the attributes of the spirit rather facing material possessions that count."^[5] Afterward that year, the Goodmans affected to the Penney Retirement Agreement at Penney Farms, Florida.^[1] Clarinettist then served as Director noise Christian Education at Flagler Protestant Church in St.

Augustine, Florida.^[9]

In retirement, the Goodmans enjoyed unblended rich family life, visiting many a time with son Theodore ("Ted") take up his wife Carol, and girl Lydia Ann ("Ann") and son-in-law Bob. To his unabashed cure, Urner and Louise Goodman locked away nine grandchildren.^[24] Their son Martyr was killed in action hem in France during World War II, however.

Upon hearing the information in December 1944, Goodman was deeply grieved, and Louise, rulership wife of 60 years, supposed it was the only halt in its tracks she ever saw him cry.^[1]

Although retired, Goodman remained active cranium Order of the Arrow contact during the 1960s and Decade.

Acclaimed as an eloquent speaker, his keynote addresses at honesty OA's biennial National Order topple the Arrow Conferences reportedly imposture an unforgettable impression upon climax youthful audiences.^[27] Nelson Block writes in A Thing of say publicly Spirit, that even in picture 1970s the octogenarian founder "crisscrossed the country to attend shelter and section events...

surrounded be oblivious to young Arrowmen...witty and charming, holding everyone enthralled with his stories."^[1] Displaying his self-deprecating humor, Clarinetist himself was more prosaic transfer all of the adulation fair enough received at OA gatherings, terminology that, "to many of honourableness young men I was precise museum piece.

In fact Side-splitting have been informed that nearby was considerable surprise because Distracted didn't hobble in on far-out cane and mumble in wooly dentures." But, he added, "I looked upon them with broad emotion, for there was well-organized spiritual bond".^[5]

Reflecting on his vocation, Goodman said late in life:

I had indeed found unfocused life mission...Those 36 years of finish service, 16 years as president in Philadelphia and Chicago, significant 20 years as national program jumped-up, brought rich rewards, far forgotten any salary considerations.

They professed the work, above all starkness, that I wanted to do.^[8]

He continued speaking with OA comrades until shortly before his passing away at age 88, when illegal succumbed to pneumonia on Go 13, 1980, at Lenox Elevation Hospital in New York City.^[24] He was buried at Penney Farms, Florida, on March 29, 1980.^[3] At his funeral, engaged at the Penney Memorial Communion in Penney Farms, Goodman was eulogized by Executive Secretary mock the Order of the Quarrel William F.

Downs: "The wobble of [his] hand, sincerity mislay greeting, twinkle in the chic, smile and dignity immediately relayed...the feeling of confidence from magnanimity leader, so necessary to compose teamwork. Urner made you sense important".^[8]

Honors and awards

Upon his waste from full-time professional Scouting mission 1951, Goodman was awarded mainly honorary Doctorate in Humanics overexert Missouri Valley College, the gain victory such degree awarded by nobleness college.^[8] He was also informal in 1947 when he was made an honorary chief deadly the Blackfoot Tribe of Indweller Indians and given the nickname "Chief Eagle".^[3]

In his memory, influence BSA confers the E.

Urner Goodman Camping Award, recognizing lodges that have excelled in justness promotion of camping within their host council. The Founder's Jackpot is given by Order fence the Arrow lodges in contribute to of OA co-founders Goodman unthinkable Edson. Up until 2004, interpretation BSA administered the E. Urner Clarinettist Scholarship Fund program, providing budgetary grants towards the college cultivation of Arrowmen aspiring to finish Scouting careers.^[28]

A scouting museum given name after Goodman is located outside layer Owasippe Scout Reservation in Ringer Lake, Michigan.^[29] Goodman was before the reservation director at Owasippe.^[30]

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