National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC)
The first NOAC was held in 1948 after the merger of the Boy Scouts of America and the Order of the Arrow, coincidentally the same year that Sipp-O Lodge was founded. Sipp-O members first attended the NOAC in 1952 at Miami University. Since that time, Sipp-O delegations regularly participate in the semi-annual gathering of Arrowmen from all over the Nation. NOAC's are the largest gathering of Scouts excepting the national and world Jamborees. The gatherings are at a major University and consist of 5 days of training, fellowship, games and patch trading.
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1948 Souvenir (felt)
1950 - Indiana University
1952 - Miami University
1954 Laramie Wyoming
1958 Lawrence Kansas
1956 Indiana University
1998 Noac Iowa State University
2000 University of Tennessee
2002 Indiana University
1986 Central Michigan University
1988 Colorado State University
1990 Indiana University
1961 Indiana University
1963 University of Illinois
1965 Indiana University
1967 University of Nebraska
1969 Indiana University
1971 University of Illinois
1973 University of California
1975 Miami University
1977 Unversity of Tennessee
1979 Colorado State University
1981 University of Texas
1983 Rutgers University
1992 University of Tennessee
1994 Purdue University
1996 Indiana University
2006 Michigan State University
2004 Iowa State University
2009 Indiana University
2012 Michigan State University
Colleges generally welcome the 8,000 Arrowmen to their campus.
Each evening at NOAC there is a professionally produced show.
Patch trading with other lodges is a major free time activity.
Two Sipp-O chiefs talk with Ray Capp former National Chairman of the Order of the Arrow and a recipient of the Vigil Honor as a member of Sipp-O in 1970.
Each NOAC issues a patch to each attending delegate. The patches below are the patches a delegate from Sipp-O would have received for his NOAC attendance.
