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<DIV>I'm betting quite a few. It was a different way of life and lots of farming and rural areas.<BR> </DIV><FONT size=2>Katarzyna<BR></FONT><FONT size=2><BR></FONT>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "loreleielkins@aol.com" <loreleielkins@aol.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> morgul@sc.rr.com; archers@atlantia.sca.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, March 31, 2011 9:46:42 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Archers] Some interesting OT trivia<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=black size=2 face=arial>WOW!! I wonder how many Scouts of 100 years ago had their Archery Merit Badges.
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Craig <morgul@sc.rr.com><BR>To: archers <archers@atlantia.sca.org><BR>Sent: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 3:11 pm<BR>Subject: [Archers] Some interesting OT trivia<BR><BR>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_3989b957-befb-46e8-8d54-d9f87b34bd2d><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Just thought I would pass this interesting bit of information on. As
many of you know, I am heavily involved in the Boy Scouts of America.
Last year, the BSA celebrated it's 100th anniversary. One of the things
I got last year was a reproduction of the very first "Handbook for Boys"
put out in 1911. Among the items in there, are the merit badge
requirements, and I want to share the requirements for the Archery Merit
Badge as of 100 years ago.
1) Make a bow and arrow, which will shoot a distance of 100 feet with
fair precision.
2) Make a total score of 350 with 60 shots in one oe two meets, using a
standard four-foot target at 40 yards or three-foot target at thirty yards.
3) Make a total score of 300 with 72 arrows, using standard target at a
distance of fifty yards
4) Shoot so far and fast as to have six arrows in the air at once.
Let's just say I'm glad those weren't the requirements when I was a Boy
scout 30 years ago earning my Archery merit badge. Those are pretty
intimidating requirements, especially that last one!
-Cian
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