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JUNE 22. I918 ..

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Rotary

Early Days By Dr. J

“s, in February was ﬁrth} g an interesting and historic - address by Dr. J. A. Cur-k, past District Governor.

pollowing are excerpts from Mr. Clark's address:

"u; us begin _at the beginning. “you all know, the beginning in Romy means our revered ~Pau1 y, llarris. whose picture you see more on iihe wall. our late Pre- sideni; Emeritus in 1905. Ill-BI? i011)’- mree yam-g ago today, CBlICd l0- getlier “bur lonesome men." in- plufiing himself, and suggested that they meet weekly (not for lunch), but in the office of one of [ham at night. Successive meet- mr were held alternately in mem- bm- piace of business, and from mi; fact arose the idea of rotation. [fid the name ‘Rotaaf.

"His motives were varied, but as he has told us. there were two chiaf ones; First: His own desire (or fellowship, or as he often de- rcribed it, heighborliness; and Bec- ond; His desire for more and bet- ter business contactsfrho unique gesture o! the group was that cach was selected from a different trade or profession. The first four: a lawyer. a tailor. a coal dealer and . mining operator, talked to one another about their own business- es, and such business talks are still a pleasing feature of Rotary. This simple but distinctive idea. proved later to have universal ap- peal. Three years later, a Rotar- ian told the story of the Chicago Rotary Club in San Francisco, and Rotary Club no. 2 was formed,

"The story yas told in Canada in 1910, and the Winnipeg Club, No, 35 was organized. 1n 1911 the story readied London. England,l and their club No. 50 was soon followed by the Dublin (Ireland) Club, N0. 65 and Belfast, No. 67. The canny Sco-tchtrnen evidently had their numbers reserved for them, 1n;- the Glasgow Rotary Club was No. 60. and Edinburgh No. 6'1, but the date of organiza- tion was 1912.

First ' '

‘The sixteen Rotary Clubs in the United States met in the first National Rotary Convention in Chicago in 1910 and elected Paul P. Harris as their President and Chesley R. Perry as their secre- taiy. The Rotary idea, spread rap- idly. leaping over boundary lines, arross oceans, and was eagerly and gratefully-received by men different in race, colour, religion. languace and social customs. The Convention at Duluth formed the Ititeniational Association of Rot- ary Clubs in 1912, and honored Paul P. Harris by electing him Pirsirlcnt loneritus. In a short time than in five continents, who previously assumed that they had little in common, were setting down together to lunch and reach- ing out for a new and bigger type oi friendship then they had known More’ and seeking to bring about social betterment by an associa- tion oi’ business and professional men dedicated to the principle of unselfish service to their fellows.

"Rotarian A. F. Sheldon suggest- ed tn the 191.1 Convention the motto: ‘He profits most who sen-es best.’ It was incorporated in the Rotary platform of that year. and has been used generally as our Rotary motto. The fcavn: ‘Ser- vice above Self‘ is also used. The Rotary Code o! Ethics for busi- ness men was adopted in 1916. At the Los Angeles Convention in i922, the name Rotary Interna- tional. the revised Constitution and Bylaw-s and the standard constitution for each Rotary Club

‘ Convention

thereafter organized were adopted. ‘

Standard by-laws. as recommend- ed for Rotary Clubs, were also prepared.

‘The service principle seems to

be the binding link that has held "

lhls vomplex organization, known Ii Rotary international, together.

Al first the aims and objects were l‘

fellowship and service; the ser- vice for others. The members l-elped each other in every way.

no that spirit of fellowship still f

Rotation. p, special

characterizes the true llotarians then made

avlnt of helping eacnother in a .

business way; even preparing lists of business favors that each mln- ter did for the other.

"There was also a period in the United states cd’ fun, back-slap- llllls and horsaplay; in some cl s "ll! was carried to extremes. Th e "HWBIY harassed business -men liked it, they forgot for the time. lhelr cares; they found they liked I° 81M. and those who could not "h: liked to try; lat an steam. ‘Ms was the pQtI of the "Little Pnrle mower" song. The late MI! George Inrnan gave darn- "lll-rations in our club when he "turned from the xanm City Convention in 1918. The calling of

"I-"lnns by their first name. lo_ ‘

‘Mlle-h in North American clubs. ‘l8 not 11y adopted by the ‘M! in Great Britain or else- Where. The Englishman took his Wily more serious than we did.

I no‘ may ma: '1

m"!!! Meade. was the one who ‘lldvat the Buffalo Convention in M11 Rotary can never attain its u llrfection so long u a vel- II reanglin; of the notlonbthat,

ll willf- primer for. m‘ "lllllllllt of buaioaaa among

members.’ The spirit otthe "all: ‘Sn-vice above Self’ found

"wanton irrmany different kinda

‘I Md work‘ among time were Wmllﬁity service and vocational ca. The original club (Ohi-

ﬁlie second President of 1mm.“ t

Recalled . A. Clark

' . cage), as sariyias 1900 undertook a community ae cs project. hav- ing discovered ~that fellowship alone would not suffice, and that fellowship. to reach its best, had to rise above the plane of mere personal helpfulness and derive, in part at least, its strength from a united eilfort or sacrifice for an altruistic cause.

“The ime this was discovered might be called the day -of Ro- tary's Second Birth,’ which led to its world-wide develop it and its service to mankind for Crip- pled Children's work, Boy's work, and others too numerous to men- tion. .

"Vocational Service was first called businesssmlethods. The first convention adopted as one of its five objects: ‘To promote progres- sive and honourable business me- thods.’ Rotarians, assisting in their trade and professional organiza-

tions, influenced the drawing-up t

and helped to put into eflfect sev- eral hundred codes of fair prac- tice throughout the countries of the world.

“Some think that this has been perhaps, Rotary's most outstand- ing contribution to social progress. It still offers unsurpassed oppor tunities everywhere. As you know.

"the objects of Rotary numbered

six when the revised constitution o1 the Charlottetown Club war adopted in 1929. There had been seven, but these have been cou- densed to the four, with which you are all familiar.

"The third stage in the dervelop~ l merit of Rotary could be named-

‘Rotary World Wide.’ we mention- ed that very early in its history it spread to the British Common- wealth of Nations. It also reach- ed several of the United States dependencies. Following the close of world War I in 19118, with the formation of the League o! Na- tions, the spirit of Rotary that in- splred fellowship and friendship, was contagious,

"Rotary spread to South Am- erica, Europe, Africa, Asia and the l islands of the Pacific. 'I‘h1s brings i us quite naturally to our fourth’ object: "Ilhe advancement od in- ternational understanding, good, will and peace to a world fellow-I ship of business and professional men united in the Ideal o! service,‘ It was Rotarlan Donald A. Mac- Rae, a Charlottetown boy, then a member of the Halifax Rotary Club and Governor of this district, who wrote this object for Rotary,‘ and for others of good will.

District Qrguniution

“Prom this very brief outline of Rotary International, let us turn to review Rotary in District No. 192. Thefirst club. No 8i. was formed in Halifax in 1913. 1t was followed by Saint John, No. 128 in 1914. and Charlottetown, No. 393. in 1917. ’1lhe area assigned to our Rotary District No. 1 was the Maritime Provinces, Newfound- land and that part of Quebec east or the 69th Meridian Rotarian. John Gass was the first Governor (1915-1016). There were at that time only twenty-five Rotary dis- tricts. At the Los Angeles Con- vention, lbﬂ, the Rotary districts were re-arranged, and the above area was numbered District No. 32. At that this there was s. tots! o1 only 39 Rotary districts. A fur- ther rs-distributlon of world-Iwide notary clubs into zoo districts in 1:999, gave us our present Rotary International District No. 19B; by. adding to the area the counties oil Washington and

’ . AA _ GUARDIAN.

CHARLOTTETCWN .. .. .. . _

.. .. . fKGE SEVENTEEN

trlcta. with cluba in both the on- ited States and Olnads; but oura also includes the neient colony of Nﬂvfwlldllﬂﬂ. and their club No. 1047 (1991) has made s number of outstanding contributions in the development of Rota! ,

-"I'Y0r instance. the 8t. John's Club formed groups that meet “Wkly within their club, instead of dividing the city into compon. Bllﬁ DIM. each with a Rotary Club of its own. These group] u; known as: ‘Originals,’ ‘Bulldosers,’ ‘Lion Tamers,’ ‘Killkare Kemp’ and the ‘Husky Boys,‘ Than‘ no“?! were formed to study Rotary ideals, and eventually each under. ‘Wk Certain definite couzirnunlty PPOIBRI-i- Th9)’ have made an out- Bl-ﬂhdlns success or their group meetlnxs in different part5 or his; tivty. but all meet together at the Lewfmindland Hate] on "ch

Thursday at 1.10 pan. for their ‘

club eating. This group system might not work in large cities, but will probably be adopted by some cities with a population about the slant as ﬁt. John's. Many original contributions have been made by othq clubs in our district, these have been publish- ed in ‘The Rntarian.‘

Mall Organisation

"What of our own Rotary Club? 1t: organization and development were so well reviewed by Rotarian Reg. Rogers before this club on November 10. 1M2, and the ul- dress published in the ‘Guardian’ of that date, that I shall only re- fer to s few limos. Like the or- iginal club in Chicago, there were ‘four lonuome men,’ Harry Tid-

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To The

iitii District Conference ~

llotary International

GREETINGS

Visiting

Iflisloiy Told Qn ll3rd Anniversary

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yvsmcous visrrmo RDTARIANS

May your deliberations add further bright pages to‘ the already bright story of Rotary. May your visit be an en- joyable one and the new friendships you make prove ' ever. lasting.

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WELCOME

Rotarian T- B. “ROGERS '

W. Ii. ROGERS AGENGIES

LIMITED

l RGTARIANS

‘A Real Prince Edward island

is extended to each‘ and every one of you. May you long remember with pleasure your visit to the Capital of the “Garden of the Gulf."

And may you be so favorably impressed

will

Iiotarlan Ii. II. MeLEAii

visit us often

so make yourself at home while here.

In the future;

that you

RITE-WAY GLEANERS

A Hearty WELCOME

Aroostook in Maine. There are ten Rotary dis-

IFELLOW .

ROTARIANS

l ﬂay Your Brief you

to the

Garden Oif The Gulf

be a most memorable one and may

you visit us again soon. -

Entertaining ‘You ls Our Pleasure

ROTARIAN G. M. AVARD

ATLANTIC WIIULESALERS (Eastern) m.

VISITING RGTARIANS

May your Conference meet with the Success it so richly deserves

l and may you take back with you many pleasant memories of your A stay in the Garden of_ the Gulf. .

It is a Pleasure and a Privilege to add our words of welcome to the represent- atives of a Service Club whose work has been so outstanding in the years since it came into existence.

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