TO THE PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES:

 

Rotary is needed in these times more than ever. We must strengthen the fabric of

our clubs, get new members, prepare the way for new clubs. Rotary MUST march on!

Our magazine "The Rotarian" (in English) and "Revista Rotaria" (in Spanish) can
help you to help Rotary. Here-are a few suggestions:

1. THE MEN IN SERVICE. Army and Navy "huts", recreation rooms, induction and em-
barkation centers, all welcome "The Rotarian". So do boys and men from the
home town. Does your Club see to it that Rotarians, former Rotarians and
their sons in the service receive Rotary's magazine? They like to keep in
touch. If there is a camp nearby, you'll probably want to check to see if
"The Rotarian" is in the reading room there; if not, perhaps you will wish to
provide it for other military reading rooms to be assigned by the magazine staff.

2. SOUTH OF THE BORDER. Last year clubs in the United States and Canada made
it possible for "Revista Rotaria", Rotary's Spanish-language "ambassador",
to reach some 4,500 influential non-Rotarians and institutions in Latin
America--certainly a gesture of goodwill that has been highly appreciated by
our neighbors to the south, and one that has given greater impetus to the
growth of Rotary there. Here is International Service at work. October 1945
marks the Tenth Anniversary of "Revista Rotaria". Let's help to double its
effectiveness this year.

3. NEW MEMBERS. One way to help non-Rotarians understand what Rotary stands
for and is doing is to bring "The Rotarian" to their attention. Why not
have your club subscribe to "The Rotarian" for a few "key men" in your
community who are prospective Rotarians?

4. HONORARY MEMBERS AND FORMER ROTARIANS. Surely, these men should be kept
informed of what's doing in Rotary - through "The Rotarian". Honorary
members are men of influence and their goodwill counts. Former members,
if kept interested, may some day "come back".

5. TOMORROW'S ROTARIANS. High school and college students use "The Rotarian’.
"Revista Rotaria" is welcomed in schools where Spanish is taught. And a
good many Rotary Clubs are providing "The Rotarian" for schools in neighbor-
ing towns where there are no Rotary Clubs.

6. THE PUBLIC. Public libraries, hospitals, Y. M. C. A's, Y. W. C. A's, clubs,
and even jails, are glad to receive "The Rotarian" for their reading
tables - libraries especially, for articles in your magazine are indexed
in "Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature", thus making it uséful in
preparing talks and papers. And we shouldn't overlook the library in the
neighboring town where there is no Rotary Club. The result might well
be the establishment of another Rotary Club.

More than 3,000 Rotary Clubs in the United States and Canada are using some 19,000
copies of "The Rotarian" and "Revista Rotaria" in these and other ways. The cost
is only one dollar and a half ($1.50) per subscription per year.

If your Club does not have this on its present list of activities, may I suggest that
you take it up at the next meeting of your Board of Directors?

Check the attached list (figures as of July lst), and see where your Club stands.

Is your Club a subscriber? If so, you may care to add other libraries, schools, or-
ganizations, camps, or individuals. Also, attached is a form for your convenience

in sending subscriptions directly to "The Rotarian".
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Homer Governor