 Although retired , Goodman remained active in Order of the Arrow affairs during the 1960s and 1970s . Acclaimed as an eloquent orator , his keynote addresses at the OA 's biennial National Order of the Arrow Conferences reportedly made an unforgettable impression upon his youthful audiences . Nelson Block writes in A Thing of the Spirit , that even in the 1970s the octogenarian founder " crisscrossed the country to attend lodge and section events ... surrounded by young Arrowmen ... witty and charming , keeping everyone enthralled with his stories . " Displaying his self @-@ deprecating humor , Goodman himself was more prosaic about all of the adulation he received at OA gatherings , writing that , " to many of the young men I was a museum piece . In fact I have been informed that there was considerable surprise because I didn 't hobble in on a cane and mumble in my dentures . " But , he added , " I looked upon them with deep emotion , for there was a spiritual bond " . 
