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connected. with attendance}, Larry Akers,

director ef Rotary International in
1941-42,. says that. every worth-while
business or profession in every com-
munity. should be represented in RAPES
He would have every Rotary club, not a.
social club, but a true cross. seatten ;
of the community. He is saying, in..
other words, that if Rotary is good _
for you, it is good for your neighbor,
and we can all agree. I increased the
membership of our club over 20% during
my year, and I believe every man. we

then took in is still a. member. Rotary

is a service corganization,. and the more

members, it has,. the greater. service it.

can. render the community. . The. bigger .
the club, the better cross section of .
the community it PREP OME #

Welcoming New Members

First impressions are usually the’most™
lasting; it is. therefore desirable, so-
I have found, to.so: induct new members
that they.will at. once realize, that
there is. something to. Rotary. ESOP as

Rotary has no ritual, yet.if. ‘You : a j

present, with appropriate words, a
framed. copy. of the Objects of Rotary,
a copy. of pamphlet No.. 52, a late copy
of "The Rotarian," the Rotary button,

etc., to each new member when he is in-|
ducted, the effect will be — and the} —

impress ion lasting,

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| Assimilating | ew Members .

Another nuesidon,. what ‘shall be done ,
with new members? . When a new man is.
brought into a business enterprise, he
is usually “brought, up to date" on its

| activities. RI. has prepared more than
-| a dozen papers, as mentioned in File.-200,
| relating to this subject. You, no doubt,
| now have a plan that is being carried

out by your Rotary information committee
for the development of .new members; if _

not, one could be, worked out with the

aid of R.I. material.

. Bean dae the Secretariat

| Let us ‘complete our ‘oycle; by. cee
| information from your members, from. |
| your directors,. from . your district gov-

ernor, and. from Rotary International, .

| each of. us can help ourselves. In. the.

secretariat in Chicago, which I visited

{| on my. return from the Rotary. converition,

I was impressed, with. the. orderly manner
in which they carry on, and the vast °

| amount of information. they have that:
can be used: to advantage. by every club,
| its officers and committees, all of .

| which can. be had for the Behn

conus ion -

This,.feliéws, ig:your, year...What, 18/60"
. DE! to ‘be the. verdict of your club, of

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