I was all ready for battle when I read the title of the post, but got a real kick out of the letter. I'll have to send it to the rest of the camping committee of our Troop. If you've got Scouts in the family, try to encourage them to earn the Eagle rank by age 16. After the boys turn 16 we lose many to the "fumes" (gas fumes and perfumes). Its a hard task to earn the rank, so few do. The saddest thing is to talk to men I meet that were close to Eagle as a kid, but never finished. To a man, they regret it. That is a hard thing to explain that to a 17 year old Life Scout who is caught up with all thats going on in his senior year in high school and losing interest in the BSA program.