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BULLETIN
of the

KANSAS HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

 

Wolume IX

October, 19359

Number I]

 

 

GEETINGS FOR 1939-40

KANSAS STATE. TEACHERS
CONVENTION

NOVEMBER 5S AND 4

 

 

 

 
Kansas Health and Physical Edtication Association
October, 1939

Volume IX

Bulletin No. 1

W. P. A. Recreation for Girls and Women in Kansas
Edgar Schmidt
ir. Schmidt is the Kansas State Director of W. P. A. Recroation and this is part
of a paper given by Mr. Schmidt at the Kansas Hoalth and Physical Education Conven-

tion hold at McPherson.

AIMS OF THE W.P.A. RECREATION PROGRAM

 

1. To provide worthwhile employment. for un-
cmployed needy persons who are qualified
by training or background to organize
and direct approved recreational activi-
tios.

2. To provide recreational opportunities,
under supervision, for all of the pcopic,
all ages, in a year-round program.

3. To supplement existing or proposed pro-
grams of recrcation in the community, |
especially by extending the program to
groups not boing served.

4, To serve as a domonstration program, to
show the usefulness of recreational work
and to stimulate communities to insti-
tute or expand it as a regular service
of the comunity itself on a permanent
basis.

5, To train persons to efficiently conduct
activities which conform to the commun-
ity desires and needs.

6, To use the program as an experinental
laboratory for the devising of now act-
ivities and new techniques for ieader-
ship in the program.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM

 

1. To provide opportunitics for the develop-=
ment and practice of new skills in lei-
sure time pursuits.

2. To promote social intercourse and foster
cooperative living in the community.

3, To provide opportunities for apprecia-
tive and creative expression,

4, To provide for and promote the exercis-
ing and innate human curivusity,

5. To increase the opportunities for part-
icipation in leisure time pursuits,

6. To assist in corrdination within the
community by the pooiing of resources
and efforts of all agenci3s.

7. To devolop a consciousness on the part
of the people for the need of guidance
in a recreation program for the building
of happy, well-balanced citizens.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM

 

The program operates on a Stato-
wide basis under the sponsorship of the
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion in cooperation with local co-spon-
sors located in the community in which
the project operates. These local co-
sponsors include public schools, welfare
agencies, park boards, city commissions,
civic clubs, and others who are intor-
ested in the program. We have oencoure -
aged the establishment of local advisory
or planning committees which we find to
be of assistance in:

1. Determining community recreation
deficiencics.-

2. Detormining community resources.

3. Reiating project activities to com-
munity needse

4, Plaming program content.

5. Doveloping leadership training.

6. Doveloping community participation.

7, Integrating project activity into

a long-time community recreation

plan.

Persons qualified for recreation
work may be assigned to communities up=
on their request within the employment
limitotions. They must first receive
the approval of the community through
the co-sponsors ani the Planning Com-
mittee. The Planning Committee consists
of porsons serving without pay and who
are interested in the leisure time pro-
blems, and aro willing to devote some of
their time to the planning and function-
ing of the program.

In cach county or city sponsoring
this work, the leaders work under the
supervision of a county or city super-
visor. Added to this we have a District
Training Staff in the State Office who
cencuct periodical training conferone3s
in the local and district-wide aroas,.
ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN

 

Games:

It is our desire to provide opportuni-
ties for participation in a broad and com-
prehensive program of activities for the
preschool child as well as the adult. We
offer highly organized games of the team
type, including court as well as field ..
games. We also provide games of the high
organized type which are played by indiv-
iduals or couples, Then we have the low
organized games commonly found in the com-
munity center program for all age groups.
These may be quict, semi-active or active
eames, We have followed the best accepted
standard for sports for women as advanced
by this Asscciation and others,

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Musics

 

Women are participating in orchestras,
bands, choirs, ensembles, community sing-
ing and other activities for the skill im-
provement as well as the great social
values that come from the expression or ap-=
preciation of music in its many forms in
social groups.

Drama:

There is participaticn in plays, skits
and other dramatic activities which pro-
vide opportunities for playing the part or
role, dramatizing one's self,'or portraying
life situations for creative and apprecia=
tive oxpression. Puppetry, marionette work,
community pageants, festivals and outdoor
theater work are stressed in every program
for women. ~

Crafts:

We have stressed the promotion of
crafts activities for the opportunity to
develop new skills of the hands which have
been lost due to the machine age. Women
senorally tend to make things which are
useful in the home,

Social Activities and Clubs;

 

Women like to come together in groups
for social comradeship, neighborliness,

good fellowship, which builds for community _

solidarity. We are stressing a girls' pro-
eran at the present time because of the

many nocds of our younger girls of the club
age, due to home and community conditions. |

Explorative Activities: ;

We want to provide opportunities
for participation in activities which
satisfy the innate curiosity on an in-
tellectual level through camping, nature
study, explorations in the field of
science and travel. This is done through
hiking, nature study and hobby groups.

000

Conference on Folk Dancing
Kensas University
Oct, 28,*° 19359

A Folk Festival will be held at Kan-
sas University on the 28th of October.
This conference will be lcad by Dr. Nancy
Duggan, Head of the Department of Physi-
cal Education, Texas State College for
Worren, Denton, Texas. She has conducted
dance classes at Columbia University and
at several professional camps. Dr. Duggan
is the President of the Southern District
Health and Physical Education Associa-
tion and also of the Texas State Health
and Physical Education Association,

Miss Duggan will give two hour ses-.
stions of teaching folk and square danc-
ing. The day sessions are at ten and at
two.o'clock. The evening poriod will be
a "Cornhusker's Bee," a "Demonstration"
party at which dances will be used and
methods for conducting such an evening
party will be denonstrated,

Registration before Oct. 28 will be
$1.00. To those who do not register un-
til Oct. 28 the fee will be $1.25. The
luncheon will be fifty cents. Mimeo-
graphed copies of dances and music used
will be available. Many new and unpub-
lished dances will be included in the
program.

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MORAL TRAITS THAT CAN BE SECURED
THROUGH ATHLETICS
-Warren Littrell, Coffeyville,Ks,Jr. Col.

1, It is necessary to recognize the fun-
amental theories of psychology in
order that moral education be made
more effective.
‘That is athletics and physical educa~
tion is a very vital spot to teach
moral education because of the natur-
al urge of athletics and of specific
instances that may be utilized.

 
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3. There is @ certain amount of transfer,
concomitant learnings, that results
from moral training. -_

4. Moral training in addition to providing

for some transfer also lays a base,

from which transfer can take place.

Thru situations, aspects of moral educa-

tion can be taught indirectly to the boy.

Moral Education can be effectively
taught thru physical education if it is
properly directed. Situations can arise
and by skillful direction on the part of
the coach, the boy unknown to himself has
developed habits of moral education that
mores deem essontial.

1. There are habits of moral behavior that

are acquircd in athletics that are es-

sontial for future life.

An individual who has received the right

kind of moral teaching thru athletics

becomes an economic and social asset to
the community.

He has acquired indispensable virtues

that distinguish between mediocro and

outstanding personalities,

The acquisition of such habits as fair

play, courage and cleanliness. |

Toachers on a faculty can do a great

deal in moral education if they would

cooperate, because moral habits overlap
into many ficlds of education.

A boy who has not the basic foundation

of moral training is like a ship with-

out a rudder, who cternally asks tho
question, “Whither am I going?"
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NEWS ITEMS

Dorothy Noll is toaching Physical Ed-
ucation at Arkansas City this ycar.

Virginia Ford, formerly from Arkansas
City, is teaching Physical Education at
Newton.

Mildred Burneap, who was in Bonner
Aprings last year, is teaching Physical Ed-
ucation at Coffeyville.

Jane Ladner who graduated’ from Emporia
State College last year, is teaching Phys-
ical Education at Abilone,

Dorothy Pulley who has been assisting
in the Physical Education Department of
Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, has
charge of Girls' Physical Education at Cen-
tral Junior, Kansas City, Kansas. Maxyne
Jo Woody from Kansas University, is taking
Miss Pulley's place at Wyandotte.

Lemar Smith is teaching Physical
Education in North East Junior at Kansa:
City, Kansas, in place of Kenneth Hill,
who is now at Sumner Senior High School,
Kansas City, Kansas.

The Coaching Staff at Wyandotte
High School, Kansas City, Kansas is now
composed of 16 men. - Faur new mombers
have been added this year. They are
Paul C. Starbuck, formerly of Coffeyville
will be head track coachy Richard E.
Armstrong from Arkansas City, will assist
with football, track, and wrestling;
Loren French will assist with football,
basketball, and track; Kemoth Senter
from Dodge City will assist with foot-
ball and basketball.

An unusual situation exists at
Wyandotte High School in that one half
of the faculty of 86 members, are mens

The Junior and Senior High Schools
of Kansas City, are using their revised
course of study this year. -It was re-
vamped last year under the direction of
the Supervisor, Merle Henre. Committees
have been appointed this year among the
instructors, for the purpose of studyi15
different phases of the course of stucy,
and proposing changes for its improveront

Mr. A. R. Edwards formerly physica’
cirector and coach at Wellington is now
teaching physical education and coaching
at Wichita High School North.

Oren Stoner after several years ci
coaching at Eureka has movod to Coffcy-
ville where he is teaching and coaching
in the senior high school,

Leo Ayers succeeds Harold Hunt, who
resigned this summer, as director cf phy»
ical education and athletics at Newton
High School. Mr. Ayers was formerly
located at Sabetha.

John Crawley, after one ycar at Es-
kridge high school, is now ccach and
teacher of al Training at Eureka.

WORTH READING

"The Mechanics of Health" by Halford Hal-
lock, M.D.. in Hygea, August, 1959.
Excellent illustrations and an un-
usually interesting Cciscussion of
posture and the mechanical use of
the body.
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"iow Hobbies Educate" i Helen K. Maclcin-
tosh in Schocl Life, June, 1959, This
article deals with the use and value
of hobbies for children from the view-
point of using them as co-curricular
rather than as extra-curricular.

Should Public Schcols teach the "Facts
of Life," found in the Forum magazine for
October, 1939. This article is in the
form of a debate on the desirability of
teaching sex education in the public
schcols. It is affirmed by Hllsworth B.
Buck and denied by G J. Lent and F. S.
Moseley. It is an unusually good discus=
sion of the subject.

"Scholastic Requirements for Athletic Com-
petition", by C. E. Forsythe in the Oct-
ober Journal of Health and Physical

Education. This article is worth

reading in view of the publicity given

to the reasons for eliminating scho-
lastic eligibility requirements in

New York State and Portland, Oregon,

This article states the case in de-

fense of having scholastic require-

ments.
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RADIO PROGRAMS AT STATION K.S.A.C.

The Physical Education Department at
Nansas State College, Manhattan, puts on a
nrogram daily over station K.S.A.C., the
broadcasting station of the college. Their
broadcast is a fifteen minute period com=
ing at 9:30 each morning. The Health Per-=
iod put on the first five days cf cach
week by L. P. Washburn has been on the air
for thirteen years. The Saturday program
which was begun this fall is arranged by
iiss Katherine Geyer. It consists of talks
on health, physical education and athletic
topics by various members of the department
staff and college physicians.

Programs for November are as follows;

Nov. 4 Intramural Activitics
--Katherine Goyer.

Nove 11 Holiday = no broadcast

Nov. 18 Social Dancing in the Physical

Education Program

--Marion Bozcnhard

Nov. 25 The Coach Speaks ~- Jac Gardner

Several mornings during the year will
be cevotec to answering questions sent in
by listeners.

Officers of the K.H.& PeE.A. for 1959-40;

President, Oran Shearer, Wichita
Presicent-Eloect, Edna McCullough, K.S.T7.C.
Emporia... ..
Vice-President, Sue Unruh, Northwest Jr.
High, Kansas City.
Scerctary-Treasurer, Eva Lyman, Wichita
Bulletin Editor, L. P. Washburn, K.S.C..,
Monhattan,.
District Council Members:
Helen G. Saum, Manhattan
C. S. Moll, Manhattan
Oran Shearer, Wichita
National Council Members:
Ardis Hill, Kansas City
Ruth Hoover, Lawrence

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The Bulletin Editor is desirous
that all members shall receive their
copy regularly. However, we have no
certain means of knowing of changes of
accross unless you inform us of then.
We ask that you co this giving both the
old address and the new one. Please do
this promptly!

000

he ecitors wish to thank those whe
contributed to this number of the Bul-
letin. The appreciation of the Kansas
Health and Physical Education Association
is duc to both the contributors of news
items and of longer articles. Won't you
join the ranks of contributors to the
next issue?

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Editorial Board:=

L. P. Washburn, Manhattan, Editorein-
Chief.

Ardis Hill, Kansas City

Oran Shearer, Wichita
 

 

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September 30, 1939

Dr. Forrest C. Allen, Director
Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doctor Allen:

I am very reluctant to cancel your subscription to the
Kiplinger Washington Letters because of non-payment. You have
been a client since June 15th, 1936 and your subscription expired
on June 15th, 1939. Although I have had no reply to my inquiries
as to whether you wished to cancel or renew, I have continued to
send the Letters to you because I felt that in these critical
times I should not interrupt them until you definitely advised me
to do so.

The fact that I have had no reply to my letters leads
me to believe that probably they have not reached your desk for
any one of a half-dozen reasons. Therefore, I am sending this
letter by registered mail, so that you personally may have the
opportunity of deciding whether you wish to honor the enclosed
invoice.

Naturally, I don't want to continue to send the Letters
to you if you don't want them - and I can't send more than the
next two issues if we're not to be paid for them. Ordinarily your
subscription would be cancelled without further notice. However,
I know so definitely that your business is vitally affected by
Washington policies already in operation, and by those which will
come later, that I hesitate to do so in this instance.

Won't you attach your check to this letter and return
it to me in the enclosed stamped envelope, so that you may con-
tinue to receive these timely advices without interruption? Or
jot a note at the bottom of this letter telling me definitely
that you don't want the Washington Letters, and why -- so we can
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KIOWA HIGH SCHOOL

D. E. LICHLYTER, PriNciPAL

KIOWA, KANSAS

Nov. 7, 19359

F.C.Allen
Kansas University
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear "Doc":-

If you have some leisure time when you visit Kiowa
this Thursday, my wife and I would be most happy to
have you and party come and relax at our home. We

live just across the street North of the High School.

Should you desire to rest and refresh yourself,
or to stay all night before returning, we would also
be very gald to have you do that.

Bo
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DISTRICT SECRETARY-TREASURER
RAY EARLYWINE, 212 S. MAIN STREET
PRATT, KANSAS

DISTRICT GOVERNOR
FOREST E. LINK, 122 E. THIRD STREET
PRATT, KANSAS

ZONE CHAIRMAN NO. 5
DR. J.C. ULREY
ST. JOHN, KANSAS

DEPUTY DISTRICT GOVERNOR, REGION 3
PAUL WUNSCH, P. O. BOX 157 DISTRICT SEVENTEEN-K KANSAS
KINGMAN, KANSAS FISCAL. YEAR 1939-40

HORACE L, RICH
ZONE CHAIRMAN NO, 6

COLDWATER, KANSAS

November lst.e, 1939

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,
Director of Physical Education & Recreation,
University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear "Phog":

This will acknowledge your letter of
October 27th., accepting my invitation to speak at our
Zone Meeting of Lions in Miowa the evening of November 9th.
Needless to say I am very h@ppy to receive your acceptance.

You have asked for some data concerning
Lionism. I am enclosing copy of Our Constitution and By-Laws.
This is a 1936 edition but nevertheless contains the same
foundation material that we now stand one On Page 2 you will
find the History of Lionism; On Page 9 you will find "our
Name and what it stands for."; also Our Slogan. On Page 10
you will find the "Lions Code of Ethics". And on page 11 you
will find the "Purpose of Lions Clubs". This will give you
an idea of what we are and what we are trying to do. Lionism
was started by Melvin Jones of Chicago, Illinois who is still
Secretary-General of Lions International.

= I am throwing in some additional lit
a may or may not be of any value. I do not want to a: om
= speak about because I feel sure you have some ideas you
hs : _ However I have attended a lot of this meetings
- all e audience appreciates a peppy, snappy talk, full
g jokes and fun, but driving home some points to be remembered,

d of course brin
ft enough —. — ne ane oe Lionism.

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: Looking forward t fy
thanking you for © seeing you in Kiowa and
I beg ts vomaic, VO" acceptance and letter of October 27th.,

Very sincerely yours,

Wor CLL IY ed...

Horace H. Rich
COUNTY ATTORNEY

COMANCHE COUNTY
Regular Terms of District Court:

Third Monday in May
First Monday in December COLDWATER, KANSAS

Motion Day in each month

Officers of District Court
Karl Miller, Judge
Jessie Chamness, Clerk
D. Jay Overocker. Sheriff

Horace H. Rich, County Attorney

October 26th., 1959

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,
Coach of “asketball,
Kansas University,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear "Phog":

I happen to be the Zone
Chairman for the Lions International, said Zone consisting
of Clubs in Caldwell, Anthony, Harper, Medicine Lodge, Kiowa,
and Coldwater. We will haye a Zone meeting the night of
November 9th., at Kiowa, ansas. This is a banquet followed
by @ program and a mixed audience. We like to have good,
snappy programs that will inspire good attendance.

As Zone Chairman it is my duty
to secure the Speaker of the evening and being a K. U.
Alumnus I have turned my eyes toward Mount Oread. I am
convinced that you are the man I would like to have address
us and extend to you an invitation to be present in Kiowa
on Thursday Night November 9th for such purpose.

Lionism inspires a man to render
service to his community and it's citizenship without any
hope of financial gain personally. We believe in good
citizenship and the making of a better community in which to
livee You as a Coach have had a lot to do in building
Character and good citizenship in the young men that come
under your instruction. I am sincerely hoping you will
accept my invitation to be our speaker of the evening and
if you will I'll furnish you'with some Lion Data. From
past experience I know that the audiences appreciate a
good humorous talk which bring out some good points to

make them think. "Phog" Allen and hig championship basket-

Hopin ,
of acceptance, I remain, ping to recéive a prompt reply

Yours for K.U.

A AV Gped
 

 

 

 

, my |
should give it-upe I heve a brother who is a menber of the
Cowop Club in Kansas City, and I em well acquainted with the

Th wit tek ealbetiniee fer se Oi noel pan ee
group in Kiowa, as well as your roaring Lions fran Caldwell,
Anthony, Harper, Medicine Lodge and Coldwater. I will endeavor
to respond to the Lions’ doctor's orders if you will.

 

FOAsAH

 

 
 

Club Presidéa

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VOL. XV

OCTOBER, 1939 No. 4

 

 

OUR CONSTITUTIONAL PURPOSES

Dear Lion President and Secretary:

“The Purposes of this association are: (a)
To organize, charter and supervise service
clubs to be known as Lions Clubs. (6) To co-
ordinate and standardize the activities of Lions

Clubs.”

In these words the highest authority of ‘Hs Inter-
national Association of Lions Clubs, the annual con-
ventions of accredited delegates from the clubs
comprising the Association, has directed what the
Association shall do. That quotation is Article II,
Section 1, of the International constitution.

For more than two decades these have been the
“marching orders” of the Association, and the wis-
dom of these orders has been proved. At the time
this constitutional provision was made there were
approximately 150 communities in the United States
being served by Lions Clubs of diverse character
and interests. Today more than 3,500 communities
in eight countries are being served by Lions Clubs.

Notice that the purposes of the International As-
sociation of Lions Clubs, as established by accred-
ited delegates at early conventions and concurred in
by delegates in all succeeding conventions, is not to
collect money to subsidize a certain type of boys’
work, a health camp, eye conservation work or any
other type of general welfare work.

The founders of this Association, as far back as
1917, were faced with the problem of whether or
not Lions International would be organized to carry
along a certain activity or many kinds of activities,
whether or not the Association would collect money
from member clubs to establish and maintain these
activities or whether it would simply collect dues
from member clubs for PURELY ADMINISTRA-
TIVE PURPOSES.

The founders believed that it was best to have
the individual clubs manage their own activities,
and that Lions International should make its chief
activity that of organizing, chartering and super-
vising Lions Clubs, and standardizing the activities
of member clubs.

From 1917 to 1922 there was a continual pres-
sure from certain groups to force on the Association

their favored form of activity; in other words, to
make of Lions International a collecting agency for
some other association which would administer the
funds and conduct this one activity. The constitu-
tional provision stopped this, and in 1922 the Ac-
tivities Committee recommended fourteen major
activities to be conducted by Lions Clubs. Later
these fourteen major activities were reduced to the
present eight fields of activity which form the basis
of Lions Club community service today.

No change, however, has ever been made in the
constitution which would empower Lions Interna-
tional to take the per capita tax collected for ad-
ministrative purposes and give it to clubs for activ-
ity purposes or give it to any association that
promotes a form of activity in which Lions Clubs
might be interested.

Had another policy been outlined for the Asso-
ciation, there would undoubtedly be nearly the same
number of clubs now in Lions International as there
were in 1917. It is of undeniably greater value to
mankind that 3,500 active Lions Clubs should zeal-
ously engage in all aspects of community work each
year, than that 150 Lions Clubs, as an associa-
tion, should raise funds to be spent by another
organization.

Therefore, the Association is financed to take
care of its own clubs which comprise the Associa-
tion, and the budget for each year is approved by
the Board of Directors and the retiring District
Governors.

Lion President and Secretary, your Lions Club
should be set up on an administrative basis similar
to that of Lions International.

Through its administrative budget, based 100%
on dues from members, your club provides for its
existence as a strong community institution, pre-
pared to undertake needed community activities,
whether charitable or patriotic.

TARY GENERAL

(This page copyrighted by the International Association of Lions Clubs, October, 1939. Lions Clubs
are permitted to use this material without securing permission provided cobyrignt notice is shown.)
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CLUB PROGRAMS FOR DECEMBER

I. Community Welfare

II. Committee Meeting —SAFETY
Ill. Aviation Program
VI. Christmas

CALENDAR EVENTS:

December 14-—King George’s Birthday (Canada)
17—Development of Flying Machine (anniversary)
25—Christmas Day
31—New Year’s Eve

I. Community Welfare

Christmas is observed and celebrated in every community
where there is a Lions Club, and this first meeting in De-
cember can be set aside for development of the plan to be
followed by the club for Christmas celebrations. in the
community.

Lions clubs throughout the Association take the lead in
developing community-wide activities, which may include
decorating the streets, conducting a home decorating con-
test, arranging for a community Christmas tree—or four of
them—on the most prominent corner in the community, pro-
viding a program of Christmas carols for the whole com-
munity, including the shut-ins, the underprivileged and the
blind, and a talkie for the boys and girls of the grade
schools on Saturday morning before Christmas Day, and
arranging special services in many of the churches.

Many clubs from year to year carry on a series of Christ-
mas activities involving the whole community.

For the benefit of new clubs, or those which have not in
the past participated in this type of activity, suggestions
for a complete program are available from the International
Office. .

At the first meeting in the month committees should be
appointed to handle the details of Christmas activities.
Where the Lions Club has selected a welfare organization
to assist with its program, a representative from that group
should be invited to attend the committee’s meetings.

II. Committee Meeting—Safety

No letdown in the work of the Safety Committee can be
expected at any season of the year. During the winter
months there are slippery pavements and sidewalks in many
sections of the country. These create a condition requiring
additional attention. In all sections there are still the prob-
lems of traffic safety.

One object of this meeting should be to bring to the atten-
tion of the club members the diversified work of the Safety
Committee.

Invite as your guest speaker either the chief of police, the
fire chief or the safety expert who is in close touch with
all phases of safety in and about the community.

Clubs not carrying Safety on their program as one of the
eight major fields of activity recommended for Lions Clubs
may wish to obtain suggestions as to what a Safety Com-
mittee can recommend to its club. The International Office
will supply this material.

Christmas time, when boys and girls as well as adults will
be handling electric lighting equipment, special candle ef-
fects, et cetera, presents a good opportunity for bringing to
the attention of the community the idea of “playing safe.”

In cities where fireworks are customary during the holi-
days, the thought of Safety should be uppermost in the
minds of those using them. The handling of fireworks is
always dangerous.

As the work of the National Safety Council has shown
us that a city can be much safer where fireworks are pro-
hibited, it would be a good idea to remember that fact dur-
ing the holidays.

It is suggested that if fireworks are to be included in
Lions Club celebrations, they be sponsored by the city offi-
cials, or a responsible sub-contractor be employed who is a
specialist in such things. In the event a sub-contractor is
employed, a waiver of liability should be secured through
him, and the club should insist on his producing liability in-

surance coverage for the event—$20,000 on individual claims
and $50,000 on group claims.

Lions cannot exercise too much care in such matters. A
little forethought may avoid considerable trouble.

III. Aviation Program

The week of October 17 is the anniversary of the invention
of the airplane.

Most Lions Clubs are located in close proximity to air-
ports, landing fields or general offices of air transportation
companies. These companies have considerable data which is
usable for a meeting based on aviation.

Motion pictures on air travel and transportation are also
available. Arrangements for their use may be made through
local representative of the airline companies or by getting
in touch directly with the main offices.

If it is desired to use moving pictures for the program,
it is suggested that you make your plans far enough in ad-
vance to be assured of films for showing on the date des‘red.

IV. Christmas

For the meeting held during Christmas week a club might
well follow the plan reported by the Middletown, Ohio, Lions
Club last December. The report reads:

“Each member purchased a gift that could be used by a
boy 14 to 18 years of age. These were exchanged at the
Club’s Christmas: Party held several days before Christmas.
At the close of the party the gifts were collected for the
boys at the detention home and given to them on Christmas
morning.” é

The Central Lions Club of Chicago at their Christmas
meeting exchange gifts with each other (not to exceed 50c
value and distributed to the members by Santa Claus).
Later these gifts are collected and taken to the Montefiore
School where they are given to the boys who get little else
in the way of gifts at Christmas time. The club also puts on
a special banquet and program for the school.

Many clubs plan to make this meeting a Ladies’ Night
party, each Lion and Lioness being host to one or more
underprivileged child of the community. Such a party usu-
ally includes a Christmas tree with its bright lights and
sparkling ornaments, and a Santa Claus who distributes
fruit, candy, nuts, popcorn, etc., and useful gifts. Christmas
carols are sung and the old legends and stories are told.

Christmas morning the baskets are distributed to the poor
families of the community; so that those who remained at
home during the Lions club meeting may be remembered
in the name of the club.

Have You a Key Member You Don’t Know
About?

A Lion is anxious to become a Key Member, and even
has brought two fine Lions into his club; but the achieve-
ment went unnoticed. He didn’t receive his Key.

Such things can happen.

They can be prevented, of course, and many good Lion
Secretaries have taken steps to insure that they do not hap-
pen, or should such a thing happen once, it is not repeated.

Naturally everyone wishes to see that hard working mem-
bers are rewarded—and none is more worthy of reward than
the Lion who qualifies for a Key, Master Key or Grand Mas-
ter Key award.

A few precautions on the part of the secretary can insure
that proper recognition is given each member as soon as he
qualifies for it.

Facts the secretary should have on tap are:

The number of new members each Lion has sponsored.

How many more are needed for each Lion to qualify for
Key or Master Key Membership.

Rules and regulations governing issuance of Key awards
—to explain clearly when a member inquires.

Periodic check of Key Membership credits, to insure the
members who have qualified, receive their awards.

A supply of the proper forms prevents delay in securing
the award.

Try a check-up, Lion Secretary, and see if some of your
members have not qualified for a Key—or whether several
members are only a single new member from qualifying.
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Regular Board of Directors Meetings, and
Separation of Administrative and Activi-
ties Budgets Would Have Prevented This

A recent report by a Zone Chairman stated: “. . . City
down to 16 members. They are in debt pretty heavily on
some of their projects, and are discouraged on that account.”

This condition was preventable had certain fundamental
administrative precautions been taken by the club. Now it
has to fight back along a hard road, and were it a local
club without an Association affiliation it would fall by the
wayside. The zone, district and international organization,
however, will help it back on its feet, although at the cost of
considerable worry and extra work on the part of District
and International officers.

A club “down to 16 members” has an inherent weakness
that can only be remedied by increasing the size of the
club. Conditions that worry a club of 16 men, would not be
so burdensome to a club of twice or three times that number.
A continuous program of membership development would
have prevented this club’s membership from “fading.”

This club, instead of meeting regularly in one place, and
that the best meeting place available in the city, met instead
“at various places.”

Again, its board of directors did not function as recom-
mended. Meetings of the board of directors should be held
regularly, once each month. In this way a constant check
on the progress of the club is made.

The financial trouble—bugbear of a club of 16 members—
was caused because of the absence of an administrative
budget, separate from an activities budget, financed solely by
the dues of club members.

And finally, no club can get into debt over its activities, if
the money is raised before it is spent, the only practice
recommended by officers and experienced clubs of the
Association.

Think what a consistent membership development plan,
regular board of directors meeting, a good permanent meet-
ing place, an administrative budget, a separate budget for
activities, and adherence to the practice of raising money
before spending it, would have done for this club.

Welcome, Friend, Be of Good Cheer; for Thee
Will Find the Same Good People Here

The Lions Newsette, Fort Collins, Colorado

There is an old adage that says: “We get out of life just
what we put.into it.”

That we are not only the victims or the beneficiaries of
our environment, but often the actual makers of it, at least
to a large extent, is the thought that is gradually finding
its: way into human consciousness. Here is an old story that
illustrates the point.

A man who had just moved into a small Pennsylvania
town fell into conversation with an old Quaker who was ac-
customed to sit on a bench in the quiet square in the center
of the village.

“What kind of people live here?” asked the newcomer.

“What manner of people didst thee live amongst before?”
inquired the Quaker.

“Oh, they were mean, narrow, suspicious and very unfair,”
answered the man.

“Then,” said the Quaker, “I am sorry, friend, but thee will
find the same manner of people here.”

Not long afterward the old Quaker was accosted by another
man who had come to live in the town.

“What sort of people are they here?” the stranger asked.

“What manner of people didst thee live amongst before?”
asked the old man.

“Friend,” he answered, “they were the finest folk in the
world. They were so friendly, kind and lovable, I hated to
leave them.”

The old Quaker beamed.

“Welcome, neighbor,” he said. “Be of good cheer, for thee
will find the same good people here!”

The same may be said of Lionism: “We get out of the
Lions Club just what we put into it.”

Many Clubs Get Off to 100 Per Cent Start in
Fall Attendance Contest

With one month gone, the 1939-40 Attendance Contest
displays a formidable array of contesting clubs with perfect
records of attendance, and there may even be more, as only
preliminary reports have been received.

Beginning September 18, the Fall contest continues for
ten weeks, closing November 25, to be followed by the
Spring contest which begins in February.

Divisional standings, based on early reports, are:

KARL M. SORRICK DIVISION
Pomona, California Riverside, California

GEORGE R. JORDAN DIVISION
Oakland (Elmhurst), CaliforniaPonca City, Oklahoma

EDWARD H. PAINE DIVISION

Corona, California Mitchell, Ontario, Canada
Gardena Valley, California Upland, California
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Walnut Creek, California

CARL L. KENNEDY DIVISION

Bastrop, Texas La Verne, California

Belton, Texas Roachdale, Indiana
Blackwell, Oklahoma Seymour, Indiana

Galena, Illinois Thomasville, North Carolina

MELVIN JONES DIVISION

Belleville, New Jersey Eutaw, Alabama
Cape Charles, Virginia Forgan, Oklahoma
Dawson, Georgia Panhandle, Texas
Emmitsburg, Maryland

Another 36 Clubs Received Sponsoring
Awards During September

Still bettering the rate of one-a-day, new Lions Clubs
are being admitted to the Association under the sponsorship
of clubs already established. Forty-two highway sign awards
were made during September to Lions Clubs for completing
the sponsorship of a new Lions Club in a neighboring
community.

The sponsors which received their awards in September are:

No. of Signs
Awarded
AGiBeAOerO, C ANION 25 oo obs ok ek ee eo 1
Barrineton; Alinois (ic coeds sc ae ae pe es oe 1
Bedford. Iidianas cic. iicts oat ee eth ae Go eties eae s i
BublemeAlabamas hoy eae ee oats. tee ec eto ste s 1
Cape: Cnemes.” Vineinia We oe ea ee ate ees ik
Chicacos (Beverly) < Wilinois 2228 soe ee es i
Columbus; ONl02+..525.s es ee oe ee ae rf
Hdcouchetylsay- VOXAS 2S 0 os, oe re et es Swe es bee 2
Pilon WNNWOrse ia, eee es ke sere ee ne cP eicl se os 1
Rutaw Alabama sas oe coins ees coe cus eee ie 1
Hanover; bennsylvania® Soi cities oe tee ene ccs 1
Jasper, Alapamac vere ss eo ats Ses tice ae Ue 3
Knoxville, Nowa oo 3. i rs cn See ee i
exinebony Kentucky: oe occ ccs saucer ee ie a f
McCombs: MISSISSIPPI: (eo was ce eo ea eee es 1
MeConnellsbure, Pennsylvania 222-2222. 225 es eke cL
Meridian, sMASSISSIPDI: 2 05 os tease oles 28 als Soe wrk oe nss 6 ee x
Mexico Missouri fei aca 5 ee hoes sic es te eS I
Montromery, Alabama yi 'os isa oie Sa ON Sea arlene 9 il
North Adams. Massachusetts 4g: esses. 5. sees 1
Ooaliala NebrASKaA sin oo i eee ee ee ee Lee
‘PeekskillNew-Y OPK Se One a aon wo we oo ae 1
Pittsburgh (East Liberty), Pennsylvania............ ]
Pombiae: Tim 01s oe yess aac ce Sas wee OE SO ae gees iL
Puehblo= Colorado: ia sete a Wee cies ee a acts lot els iL
Red: evely “Alabamdn ie cis cet cee Scie atece Gees Ge i
maneusiky, Michigan i he a, wikis eels ee Salles C6 2
Scranton; Pennsylvanias o.5c vsce5 setae gas wae eee 5 es 1
Statesville, North: Carolinacs:: 3.062 e ne 1
Tulsa Oklahoma cee es wee ee 1
Charlotte: “North: Carolinaw.c0 os) cee. ce ve as we le a
MW aiPtrelds sMlOWaA See oad i ee Gales alg iia Nee iss ot aas 1
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Somerset, Pennsylvania .............. apogee eral! «lay rt
Upper Agams  Connty, Pac ci asa cs Vee s ote es 1
Wiainehester<: Varpinia: sass 2 ese oe Se oer eet 1

THEY MADE A LION OUT OF ME
(Monthly Letter, April, 1939)

It is one thing to bring a friend into your house. It is
another to make him feel at home, to make him “one of the
family.”

Every president and secretary of a Lions Club is faced
with the responsibility of making every new member “one
of the family.’”’ The new member must be assimilated into his
Lions Club—and it is not his fault if he is not.

Briefly here are the six main points involved in making an
honest-to-goodness Lion out of the new member.

1. Impress on him that he is a full-fledged member of the
club—not an “outsider” who has to wait until the clique
decide to take him in.

2. Introduce him personally to every member of the club—
this done preferably by his sponsor, or by someone spe-
cially delegated for the job.

3. Induct him properly with appropriate ceremony.

4. Inform him of the structure and purpose of his club and
his Association, the Standard Organization Plan, the ad-
ministrative and‘ activities committees, and_ similar
matters.

5. Appoint him without delay to the committee for which,
after giving some study to the structure of the club, he
expresses a preference.

6. See that he has every opportunity to serve his fellow
Lion, his club, his Association, and his community through
his club.

Said a “young” Lion to me the other day: “Melvin, what
they did to me was plenty. When I became a Lion they lost
no time in impressing on me that I was an important unit
in our outfit. I have been introduced to every member of
our club—and there are a lot of them. I was inducted right
after I became a member. Then I was more or less hog-tied
and fed with facts and data on our club and the Association,
and they pulled out the standard organization chart to show
me clearly that we had an organized plan and a good one.

“T have thoroughly absorbed the aims and work of our
committees, and they put me on the community betterment
committee—at my request—where we have a program going
that is a knockout.

“Yes sir, since I first came in I have been absorbed into
all the goodfellowship and good-natured banter, I have been
‘educated’ up to the hilt on what we stand for and what are
our aims and the system we have to achieve them. I have
been run ragged on that committee of ours, and I have been
run over by that person, the Tail Twister, so many times we
“square off” now at sight.

“T have been the guest of so many members at this and
that function that I feel as though I have made a thousand
new friends.

“T should be all worn out—but I’m all pepped up instead.
After six months, Melvin, they have made a Lion out of me—
and how [I like ‘it’.”

Chandler Cautions Other Arizona Lions Clubs
Against Endorsing Actions of D. A. Russell

The Lions Club of Chandler, Arizona, has asked that other
Lions Clubs be warned against D. A. Russell who recently
presented himself in Holbrook, Arizona, claiming member-
ship in the Chandler club.

A check was cashed for Russell by the local bank in
Holbrook.

Russell was at one time a member of the Chandler club,
but is not a member now, and therefore cannot present an
up to date membership card. His description is: 5’ 4”; weight,
about 140 lbs.; sandy hair, partially bald; brown eyes; teeth
in bad condition.

Waynesville, N. C. to Honor Membership
Builders with Trophy Presented by Secretary

“The more good members we have, the more success the
club will attain,” wrote Secretary W. L. Hardin, Jr., Waynes-
ville, N. C., to his president, Julian Hopkins, and to back his
convictions he has presented a trophy to his club.

“I am so elated over the wonderful strides the club is
making in membership and attendance,” he said in his letter
to President Hopkins, “that it gives me very great pleasure
to state that I am going to offer a trophy cup to be desig-
nated as the Secretary’s Trophy.

“This trophy is to be awarded to the club, but will each
year be engraved with the name of the member sponsoring
successfully the greatest number of new members during the
Club Year.”

Secretary Hardin puts no copyright on the idea; so there
it is, just waiting for the officers of another go-ahead club
to pick it up.

Exceptional service in building his Lions Club entitles a
Lion to unusual recognition. In Waynesville, that Lion’s
work is not to go unnoticed.

Secretary Can Perform Real Service When a
Member Removes to Another City

Another indication of the gratefulness of a Lion for the
service which his club secretary can give him on the occa-
sion of his transfer to another city comes from Lion Gordon
Garrision of Pratt, Kansas, formerly of Guymon, Oklahoma.

Before he left Guymon, Lion Garrision notified Secretary
Yorke of the Guymon Lions Club of his removal. Secretary
Yorke wrote to Secretary Trout, of the Pratt Lions Club,
and supplied him with information enabling Lion Trout to
contact the newcomer and extend to him the hand of Lion
Fellowship.

Surprised but grateful, Lion Garrision wrote his former
club secretary: “Thursday I went out to the Lions Club
dinner at the Country club. They had received your letter,
and also one from Lions International, in regard to my
transfer.

“Thanks a lot for your kindness in this matter, and you
may be sure that I am really very grateful to you, as the
Lions welcomed me to Pratt most cordially. You can appre-
ciate what this meant to a newcomer like myself.”

No secretary would consciously prevent such a reception
for a fellow Lion in a strange city. Some secretaries, how-
ever, do occasionally overlook until too late the importance
of sending information about each transfer to the Lions
Club in the city to which the Lion is removing, and to the
International office.

This information is used—and how much it is appreciated
is attested by Lion Garrision’s letter to Secretary Yorke.

North Side (Pittsburgh) Bulletin Publishes
Meeting Schedule

North Side (Pittsburgh) believes in running its weekly
meetings on schedule, and believes also in informing each
Lion about the schedule—and also each speaker. Each Lion,
and the speaker, receives a copy of the weekly publication
Lions Tales, and therein is included the following very sensi-
ble order of business:

Meeting called to order by President
National Anthem

Flag Salute

Invocation

Song—‘“Don’t You Hear Those Lions Roar’
Oral roll call and Introductions

Talk on Lionism (Lions Education Committee)
Announcements

Singing

Speaker or Entertainment

Final business and committee reports
Closing song

Adjournment
   

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VOL. XV

SEPTEMBER, 1939

No. 3

 

 

STRENGTH AND UNITY NEEDED

Many presidents and secretaries of Lions Clubs
are wondering what to do in the present situation,
with a war in progress in Europe.

War between one nation and another would be
much simpler for everyone; but when two such
ideologies as those of Hitler and Stalin join ranks,
both having aspirations to world power and domi-
nation based on a program of land grabbing, the
matter becomes more complicated. No wonder that
the rulers of the world, even those in neutral coun-
tries are thrown into a quandary, and that they are
calling together their ablest advisers for an answer
to that question, “What shall we do?”

As a well informed writer recently expressed it,
“The world is confronted by the probability of a
merger of these two gigantic revolutions against the
political constitution, the social order, and the
moral, cultural and religious tradition of Europe.”

These two forces have repeatedly shown, by
declaration and by action, that they will not recog-
nize any individual rights of religion or educa-
tion, nor will they permit within their boundaries
such units as the service club or fraternal
organizations.

The board of directors of a Lions Club is faced
with much the same problem, in respect to its posi-
tion that the rulers of the world are. Lions have
a slogan. It is Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation’s
Safety. Lions believe and practice freedom of
speech, freedom of religious views, the rights of
the individual in education and government, and
his right to organize into groups for civic purposes.
Lions further believe in the merits of a system of
private ownership.

Lions still stand for such rights as these, summed
splendidly in the phrase, “Life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness.”

The struggle in Europe has the aspect of a fight
to eliminate the rights of the individual, and to
eliminate capitalism, or private ownership.

This is the condition whose repercussions in all
countries of Lionism have caused club officers to
wonder “What to do?” Let us remember that Lions
Clubs are formed to unite the members in the bonds
of friendship, goodfeliowship and mutual under-
standing, and this aim applies not only to indi-
vidual Lions, but to the relationships between clubs,
communities and nations as well. It is on this basis
that Lions Clubs have prospered in the past. It is
on this basis that they must prosper in the future.

Considering their prominence, it is understand-
able that Lions Clubs these days are being pressed,
both by outside groups and even sometimes by over-
zealous members, to endorse an action or to advo-
cate an action in regard to present world conditions.

What must be the answer to these groups and
these individuals?

In Canada the duly elected representatives of the’
people have set a definite course. It is the duty of
Lions and Lions Clubs in Canada to uphold their
government.

In the United States and other countries, where
the present situation has caused repercussions, it is
similarly the duty of Lions and Lions Clubs to
uphold the decisions of their governments.

This is a time of grave national decisions. It is
a time for cool thinking by the officers of Lions
Clubs. Individual Lions will have varying opinions
on the manner in which the affairs of the world
should be conducted; but let us preserve the unity
of our Lions Club and not expose it, by hasty action,
to internal dissension or to a clouded future.

Now, more than ever, does a Lions Club need
strength and unity. Let that be our first considera-
tion. Let us strengthen the membership of our Lions
Club and its spirit of unity.

ARY GENERAL

(This page copyrighted by the International Association of Lions Clubs, September, 1939. Lions Clubs
are permitted to use this material without securing permission provided copyright notice is shown.)
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CLUB PROGRAMS FOR NOVEMBER

I. Rights and Privileges of Citizenship
II. Armistice Day
Hil.
IV.

Red Cross Program
Thanksgiving

CALENDAR EVENTS

November 3—Independence Day (Panama)
4__Flag Day (Panama)
7—General Election Day

_10—Saints’ Day (Panama)
5-11—American Education Week
11—Armistice Day

19—Anniversary of Discovery of Island of Puerto
Rico by Columbus

11-30—Red Cross Roll Call
23—Christmas Seal Sale Begins
28—Independence from Spain (Panama)
23—Thanksgiving Day

I. Rights and Privileges of Citizenship

The first meeting in November, when local elections will
take place in most communities, gives the Citizenship and
Patriotism Committee an excellent opportunity to further its
program for the year.

In addition to taking the responsibility for getting out the
voters in local elections, this committee is in a fine position
to arrange a very interesting and instructive meeting center-
ing around the Lions codified activities program of Citizen-
ship and Patriotism, adopted as one of the eight major fields
of endeavor.

The Lions Code of Citizenship and Patriotism, in litho-
graphed form, was included in the February, 1939 issue of
The Lion, and many Lion members at that time detached this
from the magazine and had it framed for their offices or homes.

The suggestion is made that at this meeting the committee
arrange for an address on citizenship and patriotism, stressing
a rededication on the part of the individual member, to the
Lions Code of Citizenship and Patriotism.

Many clubs will wish to obtain additional copies of the Code
as mentioned above, and present one to each member on this
occasion. The Code of Citizenship and Patriotism is listed in
the catalogue of Lions Club supplies.

It is suggested that a member of the committee read this
Code to the club during the meeting, following which each new

member should be presented with a copy suitable for framing.

If sufficient time is available, the club might like to have one
copy of the Code framed for each member, and have these
presented at this meeting.

II. Armistice Day

For the Armistice Day meeting an appropriate speaker would
be one able to present “news of the day” and up-to-the-minute
information on the international situation.

A good song leader will have ready a group of songs, suit-
able for Armistice Day, including the old favorites which
were popular during the World War.

Through the co-operation of patriotic organizations in the
community, clubs will be able to include presentation of colors
with color guard and probably a special musical presentation
to suit the occasion.

III.

Clubs everywhere are familiar with the work of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, and the plan followed by that humanitarian
organization in staging its annual Roll Call in November of
each year. :

Red Cross Program

This year the National Headquarters in Washington, D. C.,
has a new service to offer Lions Clubs in the form of several
16 mm. films picturing the work of the Red Cross throughout
the world. The pictures may be obtained in either silent or
sound, without charge, except for actual shipping expense.
If it is desired to give a showing of one or more of these films
at a meeting in November, get in touch with The American
Red Cross, National Headquarters, Washington, D. C., advis-
ing whether you desire silent or sound films, and indicating
your choice of titles and choice of dates.

The following titles are available in 16 mm. sound or silent
and in 35 mm. sound:

FOOTSTEPS (a film dramatizing the training and varied
experiences of the Red Cross nurse).

BEHIND THE FLOOD HEADLINES.

THE GREATEST MOTHER.

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO THE RESCUE.
WHY NOT LIVE?

IV. Thanksgiving

Club interest in the harvest season, and in the welfare of
the underprivileged, particularly the boys and girls of the poor
families, offers a Lions club fine opportunity to carry on
very worthwhile activities during Thanksgiving.

The program for Thanksgiving week is usually a night
meeting, with a banquet and a lively program of special inter-
est to the boys and girls who are honored guests.

At such a meeting each Lion is responsible for one or more
of the underprivileged children of the community, and sees
to it that the guests are returned to their homes safely after
the meeting.

Plenty of community singing will get the meeting off toa
good start, and the program also should include some special
music and a stunt program of interest to boys and girls. If
pictures are to be a feature of the program, these should cen-

ter around friendships, home ties, and other related themes.

~

AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK

“Education for the American Way of Life” is the theme
for the nineteenth annual observance of American Education
Week, November 5-11.

This week is an opportune time for the parents and citizens
of the country to learn what the schools are doing to prepare
citizens for democracy, and to evaluate these activities.

Clubs may participate by urging local participation in put-
ting on an “Open House” in the Schools, through the co-opera-
tion of the parent-teacher organizations, school boards and
faculty members.

COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP

Hallowe’en will soon be along with interest for everybody,
and some communities have decided that if there is any clean-
ing up to do in connection with Hallowe’en, the youngsters can

_help do it; so they subtly combine clean-up campaigns with

city-wide celebrations, which usually begin with a general
parade for everyone. Carefully tended bonfires are built, and
different groups compete to see who can burn the most rubbish.

CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE CAMPAIGN

The National Tuberculosis Association has, since 1907
through the annual sale of Christmas Seals, helped to eradicate
tuberculosis in the countries where it operates. During these
years of concentrated effort the death rate from tuberculosis
has been cut seventy-five per cent. The good work must, obvi-
ously, continue to keep the dread disease as much under con-
trol as possible.

Lions International recommends participation in the pur-
chase of these seals.
‘for SEPTEMBER, 1939

 

 

Membership Development Plans Under Way.
Don’t Watch Other Clubs Pass You By!

Reports, letters and bulletins from hundreds of clubs reveal
that membership development machinery for 1939-40 is pow-
ered by real enthusiasm, and that the wheels of progress have
already started to roll.

Notations such as these appear on many reports received in
the International office:

“Planning a membership development program to start
immediately.”

“Membership Committee outlining plan which will insure
substantial increase for the club.”

“Fach Lion pledges to bring a new member into the club
before January 1.”

“Have set a goal of 10 new members by October 15, and four
of these have already been obtained.”

Numerous club bulletins are carrying articles urging all
members to support their club’s membership development pro-
gram, and many requests have been received by the Inter-
national office for plans and suggestions that will be helpful
in outlining a progressive program.

It is well at this time of the year for every club that has not
already done so, to give attention to membership development.

Four simple steps usually bring results. First, determine
the objective; second, outline a systematic and practical plan
of development; third; place, the responsibility for success in
capable hands; and then, Action!

Don’t watch the other clubs go by.

35 Lions Clubs Win Awards During August
For Sponsorship of New Clubs

Reported high temperatures during August did not pre-
vent thirty-five clubs from winning welcome signs for the
sponsorship of new Lions Clubs during that month. As a
result of their efforts the “club-a-day” record of the Associa-
tion was maintained. Thirty-eight was the total of new clubs

accepted into the Association during that thirty-one day period. .

The clubs which received the highway sign awards during
August are:

No. of Signs
CLUB Awarded
AIDA OWa oe ie ee as ee ge 1
Beaver Falis,- Pennsylvania <2. 5 oe oe ine Se 1
Blount County, Tennessee. 2.3.5 os. se hs Sek 3
Camdenn Alabama cess). os ee a ee ce dee 1
Canton, Georoie. o iis ee io. ya aie ete hs wks if
Clinton; North Canolina:taciesis.3 ee ee hs ee 1
Dauphin -Manitoban: oc 5 oe Se ies se ek 1
Deming New MexiC0 43 oe et iE
Deés* Mommies. 1OWae os ees ps i ek ea a ha eS 1
Edenton, North: Carolinas 200, sch a to he it
Fayetteville, North Carolina 3.5 ces eae ke eo es 1
Grane Rapids, Winnesotac: Fes sr ea co oes Fe 1
Greenup, PEAGIS co. ee ee BO ssa as z
Greenville. Afanana ci 805. eos ss Bin cies eos se 1
JeHerSOns MOWa te hey a eae ee ee nal cars a ee 2,
Doliets WN OMe ec ce ira ee ea oa ate a tet, 1
Korks ville; ViISSOME 3 00.260 ene aves pe ee ae 1
Laguna: besen, CalmOrmig.. 65. 65. . direc ie 3c be Skok os 1
a Porte, Inland sac ei es ee et ga et aca te 2
hittle Walls: Wainnesotaces = os. ee 1
PONE VIEW, WanmineON iss. cme essa cues vasa ok
Manchester, New Hampshire. ............0s000c8 Poseee dL
NEAPION SOUIO 2. ek aie oo ee ei ye easy ce hes I
Montcomery, AiapaMme oo hoes eo abi iawn L
MG KASCO; ING We OTK ee ee ee re a ee 1
Mount Vernon Ono. s254 oo eee a ts ee 1
Marva, Owain ek) ees Sa, of
New. Holland, Penansylyania.......... seeds ce Qual
Gil City, Penmevivanin. fos Sa ose Secon Pees Sa es 1
Providence -hnode, Island... ee 5 a i 1
Hatnertord. New slersey <cs5 6s Soils ck oe eek esas 1
Sprincueld, MiUnois a, ca a ee oS Melee lie aks 1
WVALESIOO THUAN cic sere ee as Soe ee crei boc Me 1
Walken, “North; Carona sy 6205 fas oki kbs Ge kk cheeks 1

The Lions Clubs of Oil City, Erie, Warren and Meadville
sponsored the Lions Club of Union City, Ohio, and waived the
highway sign to the new club.

1939-40 Membership and Attendance
Contests Well Started, with
Fine List of Prizes

What clubs are the “best attenders?”” What ones have the
strongest growth?

It would be interesting to know now, because the leading
clubs in membership development and in attendance for 1939-40
can look forward to receiving some very nice prizes.

Among those prizes are included several trips to the 1940
International convention, possession of the coveted Interna-
tional President’s banners, numerous cash prizes, and emblem
plaques.

Some energetic Lions Club, identity at present unknown,
will register the largest net gain in membership for the year,
and one of its members, presumably an officer (maybe the
membership chairman), will enjoy an interesting trip to the
1940 convention next July, his transportation furnished.

' Another club, the one that takes second place in the mem-
bership development contest, will receive $50 and a specially
lettered banner. The third place club will win $25.

Awards for membership development during the year will
also be made to the leaders in ten divisions, and clubs leading
in the records for their district will also receive awards.

Everything is settled, except what clubs will receive the
awards. That is a matter of being left for the decision of club
presidents, secretaries and membership committee chairmen.

Attendance chairmen, too, will have their say in the contest
results for the year. In the competition for 100% attendance
two as yet unidentified clubs will receive round trip transporta-
tion to the 1940 convention city. These are part of the prizes
for first and second places. Third and fourth place clubs in
this contest will receive an award of $60 each, and the next
two positions mean $50 in prizes to the clubs winning them.
There are also many division awards for attendance, and spe-
cial lapel buttons will be designed for individual Lions main-
taining 100% rules.

The full details of how these prizes can be secured are in
the folder “1939-40 International Contests’? which has been
sent all club secretaries.

Do you really want to know what clubs are going to win
all those prizes ?

Ask your Membership Committee Chairman about his con-
test, and your Attendance Committee chairman about his.

And don’t take no for an answer.

A TIP TO PRESIDING OFFICERS

Has your club been embarrassed at a meeting when the
speaker, under the mistaken impression that a Lions Club is
a fit place for “off-color” stories, illustrates his speech with
such material ?

Has a speaker caused trouble for the club by indulging in
partisan-political comments while addressing a meeting ?

Do your speakers habitually consume more than their al-
lotted time, causing the meeting to adjourn late, and thus
reflecting on the ability of the chairman.

A number of methods have been practiced to overcome such
difficulties, and among the best of these is a small, framed
notice, headed “Notice to Speakers,” which is placed at the
speaker’s place each meeting.

Such a placard can be worded as follows:

NOTICE TO SPEAKERS
Our Policy Is:
Clean Stories
_ Non-Partisan and
Non-Sectarian Speech
Adherence to Time Schedule

 

Please be guided,

Respectfully,
Longview ‘Lions Club.
MONTHLY LETTER '

 

 

Why They Are Proud to Be Lions in
Cuyahoga Falls

(From The Lions Meat, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)

A question which is asked by many people you meet is ‘Why
Are You a Lion?” The reply you can give is something you
ought to be proud to relate.

The first point is: because you come in personal contact and
have made intimate friends with Lions who are affiliated with
different groups, Catholics, Jews, Gentiles; and-you are all
working for the same common cause. Lionism has grown to
own a bigger place in their lives, almost without éxception.

The smile of friendship predominates whenever you meet.
It is as if the souls of men have blended themselves together
to do the things that should be uppermost in their hearts, help-
ing some unfortunate, extending the long arm of friendship
with a hearty greeting apart from the material help that you
give to them.

The second point is: because we hear from week to week,
programs that are both educational and entertaining, pre-
sented to us by people who excel in their different vocations.

These people are willing to do this. Why? Because a Lions
Club in any town or city is respected and admired for its high
social and philanthropic work, and because of this fact it has
grown to be the largest service organization in the country.
Its work has been recognized as one of the outstanding fea-
tures of the present time.

Public opinion all over this country and Canada has grown
to admire and respect you and I, as members of a Lions Club.
These are only two reasons why we belong to a Lions Club.

What better story can you relate?

District Governor to Be Honored
Third Week in October

As announced in the Club Programs for October, published
in the August Monthly Letter, the third week in October has
been designated as District Governor Week.

An outline for a special District Governor Day meeting was
included in the Club Program suggestions, and further details
concerning plans for special observance of this week will be
sent to club officers the first part of October.

The District Governor, chief officer of his district, and head
of the widespread District Governor’s Organization, fills a
position requiring many sacrifices of time and interests during
his term. His aim is to strengthen every Lions Club within
his jurisdiction, and to increase the value and effectiveness of
Lionism in his district. He will visit each of his Lions Clubs
during his term of office, and in addition will meet heavy
demands on his time required by correspondence, special meet-
ings, and conferences.

It is fitting that he should be honored during the early part
of his term of office, and that each club should pledge its
whole-hearted support to his program of development.

The third week in October has been designated for this pur-
pose, and every Lions Club is urged to observe this occasion
by a special meeting.

Who Should Pay the $10.00—President,
Secretary, or the Lion Who
Cashed the Check?

A Lion is short the amount of $10.00, represented by a check
which bounced.

The Lion would like to have all Lions Clubs warned against
the individual who thus imposed on him.

In the August issue of the Monthly Letter, received by all
Lions Club presidents and secretaries during August, a com-
plete warning against the activities of this individual was
published. The man’s name was given, and the name of the
club in which he claimed membership. It was also announced
that the man was not a member of that club, nor ever had been.

The president of a mid-western Lions Club received this
Monthly Letter. So did the secretary.

On September 5, however, a member of their club was ap-
proached by the same man, using the same name and claiming

membership in the same club as reported in the August Monthly
Letter. The member, having received no warning, cashed a
$10.00 check. He still has the check.

The officers of this club had been informed regarding the
individual who cashed the check. It is assumed that in all
such cases information of this type is passed on to the club
members, either at a meeting, or through the club publication.

In this case, neither method was used. The club membership
was not informed.

It did not cost the club officers anything; but it cost a
member $10.00.

Several such instances have occurred within the past few
months. To protect their members—who elected them to ex-
ecutive offices—club officers are urged to take the following
steps.

First, advise all members against cashing checks for strang-
ers, claiming Lions Club membership, until identity has been
established. Lion literature does not constitute identification.
A Lions Club membership card should be produced, and_ it
should be up to date. Confirmation of the membership of any
Lion can be secured quickly by wiring Lions International, 332
South Michigan Avenue, Chicago.

Second, club officers should see that when warnings are
published concerning individuals posing as members of Lions
Clubs, this information is made available to every member of
the ciub.

THE LARGER CLUB

When the Lions who drafted the model form constitution
for Lions Clubs chose as the first of the club objects, “To form
a body of men thoroughly representative of the business and
professional interests of the city .. .” they gave the formula
for the permanently successful and influential Lions Club. A
thoroughly representative membership is the foundation of a
good Lions Club.

Faithful adherence to this object provides a club with a
membership that is comparable to the population of the city,
one which does not suffer by comparison with the size of
other service clubs in the community. This means a great
deal to both your club and its individual members. To the
club that has a large membership of high standing come
great prestige and influence, which attract the best men in
the city to it while greatly enhancing its importance in the
eyes of the citizens.

To the member of such a club come the benefits which he
has the right to expect. When you go to your Lions luncheon
meeting you should expect to meet there the architect, the
banker, the doctor, the minister, the engineer, the lawyer, the
railroad executive, the newspaper editor, the professor, the
insurance man—at least one man from every important busi-
ness and profession.

You, in common with every other Lion, want to meet once
each week with the leading men of your city. The prestige of
a club of such men, and the honor that comes from being a
member of it, are of considerable worth to any business or
professional man; and the acquaintanceships and contacts
made there have real value to most of the members, far over-
shadowing anything the small club has to offer. It is also
true that with more men in the club, and a greater variety,

.

_the fellowship between them means more.

To the president and secretary, also, come greater rewards
from the greater membership, for who would not rather be
president or secretary of the largest club in the city than the
third place club?

The large, representative club has other advantages. In
this club there is no operating on a “shoestring’’; no trouble
in getting good speakers and entertainment features, or in
paying for them; no recurring petty worries about keeping a
small group of men interested in struggling along against
odds; no difficulty in finding support for club projects; no
doubt in the minds of members about the value of their mem-
bership or the prestige of their club.

A test of the undoubted value of a large, high quality mem-
bership in service clubs can be made in any city where there
is more than one club. Pick out the major service organiza-
tions, not the comparative sizes of their memberships, and
then ask a few business men which of those clubs they would
prefer to join. The answers of the majority will show that a
large, representative membership counts with them. They will
pick the large club. Do you see any danger of them choosing
some club other than yours?
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{Reprint from Monthly Letter to Presidents and Secretaries. April, 1933. Vol. VII—No. 9}

GOODFELLOWSHIP

“No priest, nor king, nor counsel made its laws, or ever shall, for it is free.”

Good Fellowship is one of the elemental things—rooted in
man with good and evil, love and hate. Its temples are wher-
ever good men get together—its shrines and sanctuaries the
hearts of men. More than the impetuous comradeship of
youth, it is the settled faith of men in men. Passing all
boundaries of nation, creed or calling, it asks only the open
heart, the honest purpose, the cheerful countenance. Jits
password is the kindling eye, its pledge the hearty hand—
its finest messages are unspoken. It is the golden age made
manifest. Rites, religions, men and measures pass—good
fellowship remains; for it is eternal love of life, eternal
faith, eternal charity and cheer.—Kehler.

Lion Presidents and Secretaries, are you promot-
ing Good Fellowship in your club? The fundamental
basis of Lionism, the rock on which it stands, is the
Good Fellowship of the members in it. Out of this

comes all that is good.

Some sociable individual has said: “Get ac-
quainted with your neighbor—you may like him.”
Perhaps he had reference to the Lions Club, the
chief ,end of which is to accomplish those things
_ which warm the hearts of men and bring them into
closer harmony.

Is there a saner or a safer method of creating
Good Fellowship than getting together with your
fellow men once a week, putting your feet under the
same table that real, red-blooded human beings
systematically sit down to every week, and looking
them squarely in the eye? There are times in the
life of every man when he needs to forget his
own troubles and think about the other fellow’s.
Attendance at club meetings provides just that sur-
cease which busy business men require to keep them
physically fit and mentally alert.

The moral of “common clay” is Good Fellowship
—the thing that leavens the loaf of life. Without it,
life is little better than mere existence, a wearisome
grind at which red-blooded men rebel. The secret
which the Lions Club is earnestly trying to disclose
for the benefit of its members is the method through
which every man may develop that natural desire
for companionship, acquaintance and mutual esteem
which, after all, are as the flowers by the wayside.

That is why the members of your Lions Club try
to instill into your daily association the spirit of
Good Fellowship that they may always keep before
you the end to be achieved. That is why they believe
it is for your own interest that you meet with them
once each week, giving visible expression to your
purpose, that all the world may see, and, seeing,
believe in the sincerity and beauty of your associa-
tions and fellowship. Soret

Truly, there is nothing more desirable than fel-
lowship—friendship. To the man with many friends
the stream of life murmurs happiness, contentment,
success. It broadens and deepens with the passage
of time. Its ripples, glistening in the sunlight, are
emblematic of those responsive souls, who, giving
of their best, receive it back a thousandfold.

Good Fellowship! That is the Lions ideal. No
matter what may come nor how sorely business
may press and try you, no matter if your personal

inclination is to crawl into a corner and grouch about ©

your troubles, make it a habit as fixed as the day to
go to the weekly meetings and help make them what
they should be. This done, the burden of life’s grind
will lighten in the joy of service, and you will return
to your task with mind attuned to success, in rhythm
with the great human family of which you are, in-
dividually, but a link in the chain from Alpha to
Omega.

Good Fellowship! That is the one and only way
of life. Live it, for in it you will always find the rift
in the clouds, and through it you will find courage
so that your feet will never falter in the pathway
to that pinnacle which all desire but so few attain—
success.

 

(This page Copyrighted, April, 1933. Lions Clubs are permitted to use this material without securing permission.)

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{Reprint ‘The Builder,” from The Lion of November, 1936}

THE BUILDER

There were three stonecutters at work in a stoneyard, all
busy fashioning the rough chunks of rock into smoothly
symmetrical building blocks. A passerby, so the story goes,
stopped to watch the workmen, even as you and I would do;
and after observing the three for a time asked each of them
the same question.

“What are you doing there?”

The first workman answered, “I am cutting stone.”

The second said, “I am making $7.50 a day.”

But the third replied, “We are building a cathedral, don’t
you see?”

Which of these men do you think would make the best Lion?
Judging from his answer I think we should be safe in
assuming that the first workman would be just a member
of the club, filling in his time at meetings, going through all
the motions, as it were. It is even possible that he would be
critically inclined, yet unable to offer constructive criticism.

Looking at the second man’s answer, “I am making $7.50 a
day,” it is rather obvious that he would join the club for
what he got out of it.

We can pass over these two workmen without much
consideration.

But the third workman replied, “We are building a cathe-
dral, don’t you see?”

It is this third fellow who interests me. He interests me
no matter where he may be found, whether he be a stone-
cutter, a manufacturer, a merchant, a teacher, or a clerk;
for he is a true builder.

There is enthusiasm in his reply. It is in his words, in his
surprise that anyone should not know and feel the glory of
building a cathedral.

Here is a workman whose compensation was in his accom-
plishment. It is not in his mind that he is merely cutting
_ stone, nor that he is earning $7.50 a day. He is a partner
in a glorious enterprise. HE is helping to build a cathedral.
To him this salient fact overshadows all others. He has a
vision, an ideal, toward the fulfillment of which all his atten-
tion is directed. He is doing the greatest work in the world,
and it ‘doesn’t make any difference if the hours are many or
the pay is small. His mind is focussed on an objective. Stand
aside, laggards! This man knows where he is going!

As I repeat in my mind the answer of the third workman
a great number of other significant features stand out. This
man is thorough in his work. He is one of those who bend
all their attention to the job in hand, for he was concentrating
so steadily on trimming a rough stone that he was not

conscious of the presence of his questioner. So intent was
he upon his work, and so thoroughly “sold” on the sublimity
of it, that he could not refrain from adding to his answer a
surprised, “Don’t you see?” It is the answer of a busy man
suddenly interrupted.

There is the spirit of genuine cooperation in his words, too.
He did not say, “I am building a cathedral,” or “They are
building a cathedral.” No. “WE are building a cathedral.”
Clearly he implied, “Tom, and Bill, and Henry, the foreman,
the superintendent—we are all working together in the con-
struction.”

The two other stonecutters may have been forgetful of him
and of each other, but he is mindful of their part in the
building, too. He is cooperating with them, and in his eyes
they are cooperating with him.

“Don’t you see?” As far as he is concerned the whole
world’s wrapped up in what he is doing, and he is surprised
to find even a passerby not knowing what the work is all
about, not having a vision of the completed temple.

We can assume with certainty that this third man would
belong to the best club and the best association; that he would
give it all he had, and would be surprised to find anyone who
did not think as he did. As a member of a Lions Club he
would not be a member of a lot of other clubs. He would
concentrate on his Lion membership.

I like to think of him as a Lion stonecutter. I like to think
of him as building a Lions Club, for he certainly would fill
his niche as a member. Lions like him are building a cathedral,
don’t you see? A Lions Club! We are members of it. We are
partners in it. We have a large vision of it. We are enthusiastic
about it. We are proud of it. It is OUR club. Yes, OUR
CATHEDRAL.

To these “third men” of the world the simple task of cutting
stones is not just stonecutting. It is cathedral building; for the
stone which is cut today with great care and concentration
is tomorrow a part of the mighty cathedral. =

Build today, then, strong and sure,
With a firm and ample base;

And ascending and secure
Shall tomorrow find its place.

Thus alone can we attain
To those turrets, where the eye
Sees the world as one vast plain,
And one boundless reach of sky.

(This page Copyrighted, August, 1938. Lions Clubs are permitted to use this material without securing permission.)