ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
35 East Wacker Drive
Chicago I, Ill., U.S.A.

JULY PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS
FOR ROTARY CLUBS

What's Ahead? References

A club service program in which plans for
the coming year are announced and dis-
cussed.

Putting on the Program

(a) Statement by the new club president
setting forth the goals for the coming year;
pointing out the many avenues of service
open to the club; and,

(b) New committee chairmen are an-

nounced with a resume of each chairman’s
responsibilities for the year; and,

(c) Report on the year’s budget; and,

(d) Any anticipated or possible changes in
club routine to be announced — such as
change in meeting place, change in manner
of serving lunches, etc.

References

File 117—This is Your Year. (To the club
president.)

File 146—Getting Off to a Good Start.

File 200—List of Club Service Material.
From THE Rotarian:

“Clear Thinking — Persistent Energy.”
R.I. President Charles L. Wheeler. July,
1943.

“Get Yourself a System.” John T. Bart-
lett. July, 1943.

Personalizing Vocational Service

A practical application, by the individual
Rotarian, of Rotary’s second object — em-
phasizing the “Four-Way Test.”

Putting on the Program

Have club members relate actual experi-
ences they may have had, or have heard
about, during the course of business. There
will be added interest if the speakers:

(a) Can show how the essence of the Four-
Way Test may have been applied;

(b) Tell of any future plans whereby the
“Test” can be applied.

File 506—Are You Ready for the Question?
File 508—Your Job and the War Effort.

File 511—Actual Examples of Rotary Busi-
_ness Ethics.

File 552—The New Competition.

File 815— Golden Rule—Plated (Playlet).
From THE RoTaRIAn:
“Shoe Men Who Last.” Karl Burgstahler.
July, 1943.
“Not a Creed of Greed.” Fred De
Armond. June, 1943.
“Broke in 1933, On Top in 1941.” Her-

bert J. Taylor (author of the “Four-Way
Test.”) March, 1942.

Home Front Maneuvers

A community service program reviewing
the club’s wartime activities and suggestions
for future community activity.

_ Putting on the Program

Ask the chairman of the community service
committee to review the club’s activities for
the past year. This report might be divided
into two sections—one, wartime services
rendered by the club and individual mem-
bers; two, general community activities not
specifically connected with the war effort;
and,

Announcement, by the club president or

community service committee chairman, of

proposed activities for the coming year.

References

File 6154—What Can We Do in Community
Service?

Pamphlet—What Can We Do in National
Service?

From THE Rotarian:

“Soldier of the Soil.” July, 1943.
“Stage Door Canteen.” July, 1943.
“Don’t Travel Now.” Joseph B. Eastman.
June, 1943.