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DISCUSSION TOPICS

CLUB SERVICE

|. Why is high morale in the club especially im-
portant at this time? What can the president
and the secretary do to maintain it?

2. Why a club assembly? How often should it be
held?

3. How often should a club program on Rotary
information be conducted?

4. What constitutes a good club program? Can
every club program be made a Rotary pro-
gram? How often should each member be re-
sponsible for a club program? What are the
a ae sources available for program mate-
rial?

5. Why is it important to keep the club member-
ship at maximum strength these days? How
can the club get new members?

6. What can the club do to maintain a good at-
tendance record in spite of wartime difficul-
ties? Why is it important to enforce attend-
ance rules?

7. When should local newspaper reporters be in-
vited to club meetings? What other methods
are used to keep the public informed about
club activities?

ORGANIZING ROTARY CLUBS

|. What is Rotary's policy on extension? Why
should Rotary be extended further?

2. Why should new clubs be established during
the war period? What are the present possi-
bilities for further extension?

3. Who is responsible for the organization of new
clubs in the district? How can and should a
Rotary club be organized?

4. What are the chief obstacles to the formation
of Rotary clubs?

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

The new and difficult problems of a wartime econ-
omy require greater efforts on the part of indi-
vidual Rotarians in the practice of vocational
service. Each Rotaryclub should intensify its pro-
gram so as to inspire its members to greater
service.

1. In January, 1943, the R.I. board of directors
adopted a statement, "Vocational Service, A
Wartime Challenge." How can the various
points in this statement be made most ef-
fective?

2. How can club members best be persuaded to
try the ''Four-Way Test"' in their businesses and
professions? How might Rotary clubs. illus-
trate the "Four-Way Test" at a regular club
meeting?

3. How can a club impress upon its members the
value of becoming active members of trade or
professional associations?

4. What are the advantages of having club mem-
bers make reports on how they have overcome

wartime problems between employer and em- |

ployes, between buyers and sellers, between
competitors?

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COMMUNITY SERVICE

"National Service,"' that is, strengthening na-
tional welfare through cooperation with civilian
defense boards and other community organiza-
tions, is community service with a new incentive
due to the war effort. The following questions
should be considered in that light:

|. Why is it important that a community survey
should be made at least once in two or three
years?

2. How can a community council be established?
If one is already in operation, how can the
Rotary club cooperate with it?

3. Since gasoline and tire rationing have made
transportation difficult, discuss how Rotary
clubs can maintain mutually helpful relations
with their rural neighbors.

4. What are some new community service oppor-
tunities arising out of the present crisis? How
can the club help to solve problems caused by
the war?

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

The war high-lights as never before the need for
international understanding and good will. Help-
ing to meet that need, so that a better world
may come after the war, is indeed one of Ro-
tary's greatest opportunities.

|. Creating international-mindedness—even now:
Institutes of international understanding, inter-
national guest programs, cooperation with na-
tional groups in the club's community.

2. What are the advantages of having our clubs
discuss post-war matters now?

3. How can the lessons of international coopera-
tion in war be applied to post-war problems
needing united action?

4. The war has demonstrated international inter-
dependence. What economic and political
commitments are necessary to prevent another
war?

YOUTH SERVICE

|: What new technique or approach to boys
work-youth service by Rotary clubs has been
made necessary by the war?

2. How best can Rotary clubs assist youth in
meeting. wartime problems concerning—edu-
cation, occupational guidance, war jobs, and
military service?’

3. How can the rise in delinquency be checked?

4. How can we strengthen boys work-youth serv-
ice work so that Rotary clubs will be prepared
to assist young people to make the necessary

social and economic adjustments in the post-
war world? ?

5. How can we assure a better and safer world
in the future through the training of boys and
youth in world affairs?

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