On Attendance

“A punctual and large attend-
ance is the sigti of a good club,’
says District Governor Modes-
to Martinez of San Jose, Costa
Rica. “Clubs with small attend-
ance vegetate. I cannot say
that they live, because life is
everything that improves and
advances. Clubs with a large
attendance are energetic and ac-

tive. They are the ones which .

best. serve the community and
Rotary.”

Let’s Fill the Gaps .

It seems that almost every

Rotary. club is losing a few
members because of the war.
Some are called into military
service. Others are taking posi-
tions in essential industries and
are required to leave town or
change classifications. Perhaps
it can’t be avoided, but we can
do something about it. wE cAN
FILL THE GAPS.
- The Rotary Club of Charles-
ton, S. 'C. had such a problem.
The membership of that club
dropped from 87 to 81 in a
month. Then the club officers
decided. to do something about
it. They published a list of un-
filled classifications, and in “no
time” there were 8 new mem-
bers and 3 good prospects. And
the club expects to pass the 100
mark before long.

Can’t we do something like
that? If each member of our
club would propose one new
member, just think! We would
have something to brag about.

Down Under

In Australia (Devonport, Tas-
mania) there is a Rotarian
(Arthur White) who cycles 14
miles from his home to attend
Rotary meetings. Do YOU like
Rotary that well?

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Rotery Wortd in Wartime
FIGURES AND WHAT THEY REVEAL
F.D.R. Churchill Stalin Mussolini Hitler
Date of birth........ 1882 | 1873 1879 1883 1889
Year came into power .1933 1940 1924 1922 1933
No. years in power... 9 2 18 20 9
Fe semen ciety ge Ee te 69 63 59 53
eee. Soh aes che Bg Bea
DIVGed Oy 2.25. 5. - 1942 1942 1942 EQ42.. 4. -1942
The Year of Victory Or Defeat!
How to Save Petrol :
Rotarians in Hobart, Tas- Gues
‘mania, who find it-necessary to Ediforial

travel any considerable, dis-
tance, notify the Rotary: .club
office as to time of: departure

and expected return. The office

tabulates the information re-
ceived and thus is able to help
any members who are traveling
to join up with others who may
be going to the same place. This
plan saves not only petrol (gas

to you), but tires and automo-

biles. Maybe some of the Rotary
clubs in this country, especially
in larger cities, ought to try it.

A TIMELY THOUGHT

It is not the guns or armament —
Or the money they can pay,
It’s the close cooperation
That makes them win the day.
It is not the individual
Or the army as a whole
But the everlastin’ teamwork
Of every bloomin’ soul
—J, Mason Knox _

 

33rd Annual Convention
Rotary International

 

TORONTO, ONTARIO
CANADA
June 21-25, 1942

 

 

 

 

Normal Living

There has been much said of late
in criticism of “business as usual.”
This criticism is quite just if the
“business as usual” idea insists upon
profits and so-called social gains even
at the cost of national safety. There
is something, however, to say on the
other side of the case. We very des-
perately need to keep as many as
possible of our normal ways of life
in these trying times. Of course many
of our normal activities will have to
be curtailed. We will ‘have to do
without many things. There are many
things we cannot do. At the same
time, it will be well for us to remain
sane enough to continue many of the
ordinary activities with which we
have filled our lives.

- To assume that we have to change
everything in order to be patriotic is
foolish. In that direction lies hysteria
and nervous collapse. We will have
to release the tension by forgetting
the load sometimes.

It will not be a sign of indifference
to the national crisis if now and
then one follows some form of recre-
ation or even spends a little money
for pleasure. Someone will be sure to
say that you had better have spent
that on defense bonds, but you will
do well by the defense program if
sometimes you insist that your life
must retain some of the normal
things of former days.—The Roteo-
graph, Ve Ohio.

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