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of mixing with their friends, men:like .
to be comfortable; they like a good
meal. Hence your dining service com- °*
mittee might be in constant touch with
your members regarding your meals, and
strive to satisfy them in so far as’
possible, Don't let your fellows
‘grumble about their meals; satisfy them.

Good Brograns * sd

And, I will say, most capone of all,
they like to be interested, they like
a good program, In the meeting I
attended at the convention, programs
were emphasized ‘above any other phase -
of a successful year, So, what are
good programs? Rel. has sent you sug-
gestions for each week, but they have
to be interpreted. ‘Men like vocational
discussions; they are interested in
what their fellow members do. “They
like to hear their well-educated members»
discuss current questions. They are
happy to honor their ranking high school
students, some of whom are usually the
children of Rotarians. Many historical
days, local, state and national, may pe
made the occasions of excellent. pro- °
grams. Your club is perhaps the best
sounding poard in your community; hence,
people of prominence are glad to.put on
a program occasionally. And your fellows
like to play now and then, so let's not ©
forget the outings, the intercity meet-
| ings, and ladies’ nights, “And, best’ of.
all, get some outside Rotarian who is”
well informed on Rotary as your guest
speaker now and. then.

I repeat, if you make the fellows com-
fortable, feed them well, and interest
them, you will have a good year.

Presiding at the Meeting

The technique and mechanics of running
Rotary club meetings are simple. I
have observed that by starting on time,
presiding with dignity, and closing on
time, you please your members. Let the
other fellows do the work in so far as
possible; let your secretary make the
reports, and, if desirable, add a word

on his feet as frequently as practical.

 

 

of emphasis. Try to get every member ™
Paul Harris, with whom IT have had the
pleasure of spending some time, has re-
ferred to a Rotary club as offering a
post-graduate course in citizenship ---
it gives your fellow citizens who are
your members an opportunity of de- —
veloping through Rotary. In our club,
I had every member on his fcet one or
more times during the year, To do this
I had‘ to ask’a few of them as many as
ten times’ to do as simple a thing as to
make a report or say Grace. Sometimes
I had to remind them of the unwritten ©
rule of Rotary, that no one is to be-
asked to do anything beyond reason, and
no one will decline to do what is asked
of him, Let the other fellows do most
of the talking.

POEL) oe

Sick ampere

When a fellow is laid up with sickness,
attention and remembrances mean more
to him than any well man can understand,
We are all flattered by attention, but
the fellow who is up against it is both
flattered and helped. You have a com-
mittee to visit and send flowers to ~
your sick; but the fellows. in distress
like a: visit ‘from ‘the president of ee
club.

Attendance *

Attendance is one feature that bothers
every president. The greatest incentive
to good attendance is to have. such good
programs that your members will strive
to participate in each one, and will
hear such good reports about those

they miss that they will strive all

the harder not to miss the next one and
the next one. And when you get the
attendance habit well developed in your
members, they will take so much pride
in their attendance records that they
will make the necessary effort to keep
them up.

Membership Growth

In a way, the addition of new members is

 

 

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