Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1922, Page 5

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922. TARY RENEWS) _SERUCE PLEDGE ON ANNTERSIY Club Born 17 Years Ago MUAH €be Casper Daily Cridune 1905—1922 ROTAR “He Profits Most Who Serves Best” each business or profession, whormet in, rotation at their places of to discuss various questions that might arise from time to time, and to offer suggestions concerning the welfare ofthe community. In order to strengthen fellowship, it. was unanimously agreed that each member should call the other by his first name or by his nickname. Rotary Achievements ATEVER achievement marks the history of the past seventeen years of Rotary activity is due en- tirely to, and its ultimate worth is marked ‘by, the manner in which each individual club has lived up to the creed that “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST.” > - * The real achievement of Rotary lies ‘in the way this spirit of service is re- flected in the community in which a club has been established. Its activities are varied and numerous and are usually confined to those things which no other organization is formed to accomplish, although some of its greatest achieve- ments, and necessarily its least known activities, have been in promoting work for and with other organizations along the lines which these other organizations are given public recognition _ of accomplishment. Thus during the great war, Rotarians, nominated by International Headquarters or the local club, at the request of government departments or war work organizations like the Red Cross, Y. M.C. A., etc., formed the nucleus groups about which were built many most active and efficient local organizations. Taking the achievements of all Rotary Clubs in the eastern and western hemispheres, they touch every phase of community life. Twenty-five thousand boys and girls who had quit school were influ- enced to return last September through the activity of 114 Rotary Clubs in the “back-to-school” movement which began with the Blackwell, Okla- homa, Rotary Club three years ago. That is just one of the phases of what is termed Boys Work—one of the several special agencies through which practically every club in the international organization has been active. The principal branches of Boys Work, in addition to the Boy Scout Movement, are: Providing or organizing the community to provide boys’ camps, playgrounds and swimming pools; providing surgical treatment for crippled children; giving boys vocational counsel; big brothering under~ Privileged and delinquent boys; establishing dental clinics, etc. Literally millions of dollars have been expended in boys work activities initiated er pushed to a successful issue by Rotary Clubs and by Rotary Clubs in’ associa- tion with other organizations. For in- stance, in Buffalo, New York, the sum of $500,000 was raised for a high school Stadium; in Minneapolis a transportation line for crippled children was established so these children could go to school and the Minnesota legislature acknowledged Rotary as the author and vigorous pro- ponent of its legislation providing for adequate schools for such children. These are but two specific instances of thousands of actual undertakings. Even Governing Body of Rotary The International Association of Rotary Clubs, embracing more than one thou- sand individual Rotary Clubs, func- tions through a Board of Directors which is elected each year at the annual Convention. The Directors of the Association are a president, three vice- presidents, and a fifth member who is the outgoing president and who remains as one of the Directors for a yeer after the expiration of his term as president. The headquarters or central office of the International Association is located in Chicago, and departments are organ- ized here for rendering efficient and individual service to all Rotary Clubs. Constant contact is maintained with dis- trict governors and committees as well as with each individual Rotary Club through its officials. “The Rotarian,” a large magazine devoted to Rotary, is published every month. Verbatim proceedings of the International Convention are printed each year in book form. The fact that more than one million copies of reports, bulletins and publicetions are printed annually will suggest a fair idea of the enormous amount of work handled at the central office of the Association. Objects of Rotary To encourage and foster: High ethical standards in business and professions. The ideal of SERVICE as the basis of all worthy enterprise. The active interest of every Rotarian in the civic, commercial, social and moral welfare of his community. ‘The development of a broad acqiaint- anceship as an opportunity for service as well as an aid to success. The interchange of ideas and of busi- ness methods as a means of increasing the efficiency and usefulness of Rotarians, The recognition of the worthiness of all legitimate occupations and the dig- nifying of the occupation of cach Rota- rian as affording him an opportunity to serve society. an approximation of the amount of money involved wou!d be a wild guess, but the monetary value pales to insig- nificance in comparison with the community service rendered in the de- velopment of these activities. But Boys Work, as stated before, is only one of the many achievements. Second to none in Rotary activities comes community service. Rotary Clubs in many cities have been instrumental in arousing a civic pride and consciousness that has resulted in the preparation and adoption of city- beautiful plans; erection of club houses for soldiers and community settle- ment houses; the providing of night schools for aliens, and their instruction in the fundamentals of Americanism. Better public highways, “get-together” meetings of farmers and business men, community singing, employment of visiting nurses, safety-first campaigns; in fact, a complete list of the various activities of Rotary Clubs would include nearly every phase of man’s endeavor toward making his city, his state, and his country a better place in which to live. There are innumerable instances where Rotary Clubs have been called upon for service in times of great stress. Probably the most striking example was at the time of the influenza epidemic.in the United States and Canada, when many clubs were suddenly called upon to make surveys of hospital facilities, organize available local resources for fighting the epidemic, and securing nurses from less-afflicted communities. Published by the Members of the ROTARY CLUB of This City