Rotary News and Views

 

*°A Different Way’’

We recently heard about “an
old scheme handled in a differ-
ent way” to promote better at-
tendance in the Rotary Club of
Lake Mahopac, Carmel, N. Y.
On the reverse side of The Sev-
enth Spoke (the club’s publica-
tion) is a list of club members.
When a member is absent from

a club meeting, he receives his...
copy of The S eventh Spoke with .

the names of all absentees
checked. Then attached: is a
meeting schedule of nearby Ro-

tary- clubs. ‘with: the following :
remark: “Here's your Séventh «
Spoke. We missed you last meet-»

ing. How about calling up one

of ‘your fellow absentees (see

mames checked) and make a
date for a makeup at one of the
nearby clubs?”

It is that little touch of indi-
viduality that makes a member

feel that he was really missed.’

Boost the boy. That’s Rotary—and
it’s a darn sight better business than
offering a reward for the capture of
an outlaw.—Savannah Rotary.

The Rotary Club of Catletts-
burg, Kentucky, has established
a Rotary book shelf for occupa-

tional guidance at the high. .

school. Each club member gave
a new book relating to his occu-
pation.

«

For a more successful observ-'

ance of “trade day” the Rotary

Club of Campbell, Missouri, ss
formed a Merchants’ Associa-_

tion, which is now carrying on
successfully with various acti-
vities.

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How To. Use a Pitchfork
The Gossip Sheet of the Ro-

., tary Club of St. Catherines, On-
-tario, reports that the pitchfork
. “ allegedly:used in the capture of. .

one Herr Hess is being exhib-

‘ited'for the purpose of raising

money for the Queen’s Cana-

dian Fund for Air Raid Victims,
and has ‘already yielded a net
profit of $4,250.

One Thoughiless Word

A handful of emery dust will
disable a battleship; a drop of
ink will discolor a glass of
water. One discordant note may
spoil an entire song; one
thoughtless word may wreck a
friendship.

It behooves us, at all times,
to be on our guard as to the
things we say’and do. If: we
would create that atmosphere in
which progress thrives, we must

be tolerant and tactful. “All for

one and one for all” means help-

3 fulness,’ loyalty, cooperation—
ut rst of ‘Bul there must be

harmony. “St. Louis (Mo.) Pep-

 

 

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The Way Rotary. Works”

 

( The cpt ve @ series: he iiss =)

describing the organization and ad-

ministration of Rotary International. ye

_ The Board. of Directors.

“The board of directors of Ro-
tary International is composed
of 14 members, 13. of whom are

elected annually by the conven--: ~

tion—namely, the president,

five directors nominated by the
clubs in the United States (one

nominee being selected by the
delegates from the clubs in each

of the five zones in the United.
States), one nominated by the
clubs in Great Britain and Ire- :
land, one nominated by the.

clubs in Canada-and Newfound-

land, and five from-other parts .—
of the world nominated: by the.

board of directors of the preced-

ing year? These 13 men, with’
the immediate past president :
as the 14th’ member, Mave ‘been * ’:

given by the clubs the control
and management of the affairs
and funds of Rotary Interna-
tional, and the clubs have told
the board that its action as the

central administrative body
shall be final, subject only to
appeal to a convention of Ro-

- tary International.
; The board has been charged

by the clubs with the duty of
doing whatever may be neces-
sary for the furtherance of the

» purposes’ of Rotary Interna-

tional, the attainment of the ob-
jects of Rotary, the study and

teaching of its fundamentals,

the preservation of its ideals, its

‘ethics, and its unique features

of organization, and its world

_ extension.
..'The board meets usually

-three times a year, in July,
. January, and June. There is an

executive committee of the

’ board ‘to which’ the:clubs have
authorized the board to dele-

gate some of its powers. The
meetings of the executive com-
mittee are usually midway be-
tween the meetings of the

board.
(To Be Continued.)