Vocational Service
or Club Service?

Many Rotarians consider a clas-
Sification talk given by a Rotarian
before his club as falling under the
vocational service phase of the Ro-
tary program, but Governor Albert
Schmidt of the 180th district thinks
that, in most cases, such talks fall
under “club service.” In a skit put
on at his district assembly, the
statement is made that a classifica-
tion talk is “vocational service’ only
when the talk deals with a Rotar-
ian’s relationship with his custom-
ers, his craft association, his em-
ployees, his competitors, his govern-

ment, etc. Whenever a man talks 4

only about the history, the back-
ground of his business or his pro-
fession and tells his fellow Rotarians
about his product, it’s a classifica-
tion talk (which falls under “club
service” in the aims and objects set-
up) and should be arranged by the
classification committee.

All Rotarians may not be agreed
on the differentiation which Gov-
ernor Schmidt makes between these
two types of classification talks but
on the face of it, it would seem that
he has a good basis for his conten-
tion.

Business Advice Committee

The Rotary Club of Albury, N.S.W.,
Australia, has set up an “advice bu-
reau” to which members of the club
are invited to refer their business
or private problems. The purpose is
to make available to Rotarians a
service within the club so that they
can be given the practical assistance
of their fellows if the need arises.

A member seeking advice may
nominate the Rotarians to whom he
would like to refer his problem, and
on his application to the secretary,
the Rotarians named will be formed
into a committee to deal with the
matter.

District International
Relationship Committee

The 89th district of RI. (part of
India) has organized an Interna-
tional Relationship Committee of
ten members to study the question
of propagating knowledge about In-
dia in other lands and about other
lands in India. As the first step the
committee will arrange for speakers
on international subjects to address
clubs, colleges, schools, and the
general public. Advantage is being
taken of the presence of a consider-
able number of nationals of the
United Nations now in India.

War Orphans

The members of the Rotary Club
of Vaasa-Vasa, Finland, have be-
come the “godfathers” of two chil-
dren whose fathers were killed in
the war.

Courtesies to Speakers

Is your club considerate of each
speaker, whether he is a Rotarian
from your own club, or from some
other club, or a non-Rotarian? If
from out of town is he met at the
station? Is he greeted at the meet-
ing place by someone, and intro-
duced to many of the club members
in advance of the meeting? Is he
told where he is to sit and is that
place made available for him? Is his
introduction brief and yet interest-
ing, as helpful background for the
talk he is to make? Is the agreed-
upon time for his talk rigidly ob-
served? That is, if he is allotted 25
minutes, is that 25 minutes prior to
the regular closing time made avail-
able to him? And after the speaker
has concluded, does the president or
the chairman of the program com-
mittee or someone else thank the
speaker for his talk, and take care
of the agreed-upon expenses? After
the meeting, does someone write
him a letter to thank him for the
time he took to prepare for the
meeting and for his talk?

Even though a speaker may live
only 40 miles away, it may take four
or five hours out of his day to de-
liver a 25 minute talk at a Rotary
club at noon. This he may be glad to
do without personal compensation,
and perhaps even without reim-
bursement of expenses, but complete
understanding about all of these
points, and the extension of courte-
sies to the speaker before, during,
and after the meeting will be a sat-
isfying recompense to him.

A Friendly Atmosphere

Rotary brings together in an atmosphere
of personal friendship men of many races
and of various religious faiths and politi-
cal beliefs.

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In Memoriam

We pay silent tribute to the fol-
lowing past international officers of
Rotary International who have
passed away recently:

Vernon H. Hodges, New Haven, Conn.,
U.S.A. who served as Governor, old
30th district, 1929-30.

A. E. Hutchings, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.
who served as Member, Official Publi-
cations Committee, 1913-14, Governor,
old 11th district, 1915-16, Chairman, Cre-
dentials Committee and Member, Con-
vention Executive Committee, 1917-18.

Leoncio E. Maldonado, Cuzco, Peru, who
served as Governor, 36th district, 1939-
40, and Member, South American Com-
mittee of Collaboration Among Rotary
Clubs, 1942-43.

Rag GN I IO II IR Ogg

Foreign Government
Service—Diplomatic and
Consular

Rotary clubs in capital and sea-
port cities sometimes inquire as to
whether or not the classification of
diplomatic or consular representa-
tives in Rotary can be amplified to
permit a fuller representation of
consular and diplomatic service in
the club. The board of R.I. suggests
that in those localities where the
business of foreign government rep-
resentation is relatively important,
a fuller representation of those
classifications might be obtained
through the admission of such rep-
resentatives as honorary members
of the clubs.

Occupational Guidance
in Finland

Each year the Rotary Club of
Pori-Bjorneborg, Finland, arranges
for a series of lectures on occupa-
tional guidance for the students of
the local high schools. These talks
are given by representatives of dif-
ferent businesses and_ professions,
who provide the students with de-
tailed information with regard to
the training that is required and the
possibilities that are offered in their
particular vocation.

Newly Admitted Clubs

For use in extending greetings, we give
you the names and addresses of the offi-
cers of the clubs recently admitted to
membership in Rotary International. Com-
munications received at the Secretariat
from newly admitted clubs indicate that
they greatly appreciate the letters of
greetings from the older clubs, even
though it may be practically impossible
to make direct acknowledgment of the
letters.

Oeiras, Piaui, Brasil 5650 (D-26) 1943
Friday, 19:00, Pensao Portela. Pres. Miguel Pereira
Dias de Oliveira (groceries retailing) Rua Presi-
dente Vargas. Secy. Dr. Raimundo da Costa
Machado (odontology) Rua Presidente Vargas.

Livingston, Cal., U.S.A. 5651 (D-106) 1943
Friday, 12:15 p.m., Aeilon Hall. Pres. R. B. Mc-
Nutt (bkg.). Secy. G. H. Winton (ins.—life).

Corral, Valdivia, Chile 5652 (D-33) 1943
Wednesday, 12:30 p.m., Club Social Corral. Pres.
Enrique Carrasco Acufia (civil engineering) Casilla
19. Seey. Francisco Holuigue Guzman (iron and
steel mfg.) Casilla 19.

Toluca, México, México 5653 (D-23) 1943
Thursday, 21:00, Restaurant San Carlos. Pres.
Gonzalo Manén (deposit banking) Constitucién
No. 5. Secy. Lic. Gabriel L. Ezeta (notary pub-
lic) Villada 19.

Smithfield, Pa., U.S.A. 5654 (D-176) 1943
Monday, 6:10 p.m., Methodist Church. Pres. Dr.
Jesse L. McCracken (med.—gen. prac.). Secy.
James B. Vance (funeral dir.).

Waipukurau, New Zealand 5655 (D-53) 1943
Thursday, 5:45 p.m., Ruahine Rooms. Pres. R. W.
Carpenter (boots and shoes retailing) Box 109.

Secy. H. B. Roach (drapery retailing) Box 108.

Greymouth, New Zealand 5656 (D-53). 1943
Wednesday, 12:45 p.m., Harker’s Tea Rooms. Pres.
W. E. J. Steer (motors retailing) 125 Shake-
speare St. Seey. F. W. Baillie (farm implements)
Box 190.

Feilding, New Zealand 5657 (D-53) 1943
Thursday, 12:15 p.m., ‘Beresford.’ Pres. Albert J.
Kellow (general merchandising) 18 Manchester St.
Secy. Samuel McDowall (accounting service) P.O.
Box 121.