THE OBJECTS OF ROTARY – HISTORICAL OUTLINE

OBJECTS

WELCOME TO ROTARY

ROTARY’S GOOD WORKS

OCTOBER 31, 1951.

THE ROUND TABLE (Cont’d.)

BOARD MEETING – JANUARY 1963

FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ROTARY

1. Rotary is concerned with the development, encouragement, and fostering of understanding, goodwill, and peaceful-relations among people throughout the world based upon the ideal of service.

2. Rotary is a world fellowship of business and professional men banded together in Rotary Clubs for the purpose of encouraging the practical application of the ideal of service both individually and collectively - with emphasis on the individual.

3. A Rotary Club selects its members on a basis of classification in accordance with the nature and place of the individual's business or professional activities.

4. Attendance at regular Club meetings is required at least on a stated minimum for the continuance of membership so that acquaintance may be developed as a first step toward lasting friendships.

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FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ROTARY(Cont'd)

5. Rotary Clubs provide members with opportunities to develop an appreciation of and a desire to practice and exemplify high ethical standards in their personal and business or professional activities.

6. The religious and political beliefs of a Rotarian are regarded as being his own concern. A Rotarian is expected to be faithful to his religion and loyal to his citizenship.

The Board also adopted the following statement of the basic policy of Rotary International:-

1. First in order of importance is the advancement of the Object of Rotary by the individual Rotarian.

2. The administration of Rotary International is important only in so far as it advances the Object of Rotary through the application of the ideal of service by member Clubs and individual Rotarians.

3. A fundamental principle underlying the administration of Rotary International is the substantial autonomy 0f the member Rotary Clubs.

4. The constitutional and procedural restrictions on administration are kept to the minimum necessary to preserve the fundamental and unique features of Rotary. Within that provision there is

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BASIC POLICY OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL (Cont'd)

4. the maximum flexibility in interpretation and implementation of Rotary International policy, especially at the local level.

5. The advancement of the ideal of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through Rotary requires general recognition of the vital importance of preserving and promoting the international fellowship of member Clubs throughout the world, based not upon the grouping of Clubs in national and regional areas, but upon the direct relationship and common responsibility of the member Clubs to Rotary International.

The Board recommended to Rotary Clubs:-

1. that the Club Rotary Information Committee be elevated to a position of major importance, with enlarged and greater coordinating responsibility and with a continuing responsibility and provide Rotary information to the entire Club membership, and that emphasis be placed upon the appointment to the Club Rotary Information Committee of the best qualified men available;

2.  that Clubs periodically throughout the year hold regular meetings devoted to a discussion of Club business and activity and club affairs.

The Board also decided that no member should serve on a committee for more than two consecutive years.

(COMMENT - In this action the Board no doubt had in mind the great number of small clubs, This plan could not work in the Toronto Club. J.A.C.)

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HOW TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE . . . .

1. Speak to people - there is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting.

2. Smile at people- it takes 72 muscles to frown; only 14 to smile.

3. Call people by name - the sweetest music to anyone's ear is the sound of their name.

4. Be friendly and helpful - if you would have friends, be friendly.

5. Be cordial - speak and act as if everything you do is a genuine pleasure.

6. Be genuinely interested in people - you can like everybody if you try.

7. Be generous, with praise - cautious with criticism.

8. Be considerate of the feelings of others - it will be appreciated.

9. Be thoughtful of the opinions of others - there are three sides to a controversy; yours, the other fellow’s, and the right one.

10. Be alert to give service - what counts most in life is what we do for ether.

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From: The Clipsheet – March, 1963.

If the human race is to survive, then we must in the course of events, look to understanding among men. Where else can so much be done except through Rotary?

We live today in an area of challenges, so full of diversity and complications that it makes each human being stop and ponder. Through the past centuries, the human race has shown great strides in all achievements of endeavor, yet we stand weakened by the progress of mankind. Today we are on the brink of complete destruction of man. Why does it all have to happen, when so much has been done to provide a better life for all, yet, within the flock of a finger, all could be lost.

Rotary provides the answer through fellowship and understanding and the brotherhood of man. We need the spirit of togetherness, not the opposite view.

We must, in this world of confusion and turmoil become a society of one, all working for the common good of brotherhood among men and nations. If we do not do this, we shall go down the path of complete chaos and total destruction. This starts in the individual and then (spreads) to all nations.

- The Jacksonian, the Rotary Club of Jackson, Missouri, U.S.A.

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From: The Clipsheet - March, 1963.

If a member resigns from our club, does it mean he tried us and found us wanting? I wonder if we older members have been too busy pursuing our own personal interests to pause and exchange a cheery word of greeting with some of the newer members, or some of the older ones who don't mix too readily. True fellowship is like marriage. Everyone concerned must meet the other follow more than half way to make it work. Let’s make sure no one resigns because he feels he's not wanted.

Make Rotary your hobby, read its literature, learn its philosophy and live it; lose yourself in unselfish service and you will find yourself enjoying greater happiness.

Rotary demands some sacrifice, some investment of self, but unlike many other investment, it has never stopped paying dividends.

Rotary is not just a state of mind, it is a field of action.

Rotary is not a four-wheeled vehicle, and as such cannot function smoothly if one wheel is missing. These four wheels are fellowship, service, high ethical standards and world mindedness.

Paul Kelly, Jr., Hughes, Okla. via "The Scandal Sheet"

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From - The Rotarian - Feb. 1963.

Sweden takes great pride in Gustav VI Adolf, a King most democratic. Recently two days after his 80th birthday, he dropped in on the Rotary Club of Stockholm, as he does every so often, for in Sweden, as in Malaya, Greece, Iran, and Thailand, the monarch of the country is also officially "Patron of Rotary." The remarks below are from a brief talk he gave at that time. As a living symbol of his nation, he spoke on behalf of all Swedes to all the 10,086 members of the 224 Rotary Clubs of Sweden, recognizing that Rotary's service ideal is not a secret possession of Rotarians, it is meant to be shared with all.

I am 100 percent with the Rotary movement in the efforts to put service above self.

I believe that if this principle were accepted and practiced generally, things would look quite different in our strife-torn world, particularly during the last half century. Rotary cannot do more than make a modest contribution in the matter, but this modest contribution should be made fully and completely, and I believe that the Swedish Rotary Clubs are setting a good example. One can never emphasize too strongly the fact that it is not enough to think of this principle of "Service above Self" only when we sit at our lunches and dinners, but we must practice it in our lives, and through our example and through our influence on others we must, in a suitable way, of course, get them also to follow this rule. In this way we can to a small degree contribute to a better world; we should be glad about this and should do it with all our strength.

GUSSTAV VI ADOLF

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A TRIBUTE TO DR. CRAWFORD C. McCULLOUGH,

PRES. OF R.I. 1921-22 BY HIS HOMETOWN

PAPER, THE FT. WILLIAM ONTARIO DAILY TIMES,

Dr. Crawford C. McCullough died yesterday in his 85th year. He was one of the men who had major roles in the dramatic transformation of N.W. Ontario from an isolated, neglected area into a vibrant and vital part of Canada. In this list none will have a more prominent place than Crawford McCullough. He was with the founders of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of N.W. Ontario. He assisted in the organization of the Thunder Bay Flying Club. Was chairman of the local squadron of Air Cadet Training. He was a Rotary Charter member of the Ft. William-Port Arthur club in 1916. Later, in 1921-1922 he was International President of that worldwide organization. He served as President of the Ft. William Chamber of Commerce. He made history in his medical field which was Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Born at Gananoque, Ont. April 30th, 1878, he graduated at Queens and interned at New York and Boston hospitals. He started practice in Fort William in 1906. He took post graduate work at London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Freiburg and Zurich. He served two, two year terms as President of Thunder Bay Medical Society. Was a member of both Ontario and Canadian Medical Associations. In 1920 he became a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons and in 1935 a Fellow of The Royal Canadian College of Surgeons. He served his local community and the world at large.

Note - Also see page R 16.

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R. L. Soni, Rotarian- Physician,

Mandalay, Burma.

Rotary has been a splendid influence in the world. It has been the cause of not a little happiness in the human family. Much though it has accomplished, it has yet to play a role of tremendous importance in a world given to atomic power and outer space. For while science and technology are the begetters of knowledge, Rotary is the promoter of practical wisdom in human dealings in personal, vocational, social, and international spheres. It is this wisdom which is the need of the hour, when the world is at one of the most difficult crossroads of history. We have much to look to and gain from Rotary at thin juncture. By endeavoring to wean man of his egoistic trends, Rotary raises him to his real stature. Only individuals with such ideals shall be able to make the world a safe place in which to live.

-- From a Rotary Club address.

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Thomas L. Clarke, Rotarian,

Justice of the Peace,

Brown City, Michigan.

While science is devoted to the war against germs and microbes, producing polio, cancer, and other diseases of the body, it is our job to be engaged in the service of eradicating the germs of selfishness and cruel hate from the minds of men.

While science is inventing new and strange vehicles, causing more traffic jams in the world and problems in space, it is your job and mine to help get the world out of the jam that it is in. Our job is not to reach the moon, but to reach the hearts and minds of hearts with the fact that Service Above Self will bring happiness to many and that the universal fellowship of all men will bring peace to the world.

-- From a Rotary Club address

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Jordan E. Dunaway, Rotarian,

Mortician,

Hawthorne, California.

Rotary is in a position to understand the needs of man, and to fill a niche in his life that no other organization or institution can fill. But Rotary can only do this if it keeps step. We recognize that God is first in the lives of men if we are to exist. Rotary has taken and will continue to take the next most important place in the lives of mankind. Why will Rotary continue to play such an important part? I believe it is because it stands for the right, coupled with ethics, standards, and service above self. It cannot fail if it does not, through adamant or indifferent attitude, take too much time of the modern man in a fast-moving world. Rotary must recognize that when it was organized 57 years ago, man was hungry for clubs, fellowship, business, any meeting that would bring him closer to his fellowman. Paul Harris, Founder of Rotary, whom it was my privilege to know, organized Rotary because he was seeking fellowship. He was lonesome in a big city. This is not true today. Think of the many clubs and organizations today. Think of the many clubs and organizations today. Think of the thousands of calls modern man receives asking for his time. We must consider that Rotary is at the crossroads in bidding for the man's time. Yes, we need to streamline Rotary, and we need to do it quickly.

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The real strength of Rotary International is not in its physical organization, necessary though that is to insure collective cohesion and purposeful effort of all Rotarians in whatever part of the world.

Rotary could not have captured the imagination and maintained the loyalty of business and professional men in their thousands the world around unless her ideals were founded on eternal truth. Rotary has taken a few age-old but attainable ideals, a sound philosophy of the purpose of life and the great truth that man's happiness is only won as he gives of himself. Upon this base she has built a structure not so much material as of the spirit. Therein is the real strength of Rotary.

The force which puts and keeps Rotary in action is the manpower within the unit clubs which together comprise and are Rotary International.

Rotary then is exactly what you and I make it. Rotary will endure and go on to new heights of fellowship and service so long as the individual club member lives and honours Rotary’s ideals and objectives.

Dr. Crawford C. Mc Cullough,

Past. Pres. of Rotary International

Note – Also page R. 12

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Pleas of "I didn't know" by juvenile offenders are headed for a decrease in many California cities, thanks to the efforts of two Rotary Clubs to inform young people and their parents about the law as its affects minors and juveniles. Two booklets -- A Guide for Parents and Youth, published by the Rotary Club of Berkeley, and A Guide for Youth, financed and distributed by the Rotary Club of Pacific Grove -- are aimed at keeping children out of trouble by giving them a clear idea of what constitutes trouble in the eyes of the law. Besides spelling out the law for youngsters, the book deals with the duties of parents in helping their children stay clear of trouble. Written with the assistance of local law enforcement agencies, the booklets stress the idea that co-operation between children, parents, and police officers is an important step toward reducing juvenile offenses.

The Rotarian - December 1962.

"Habit is a shirt made of iron," goes an old proverb, and the Rotary Club of Thomson, Ga., has a scheme to make sure this is one kind of its members do not wear. Until recently the Club had a problem in common with many other Clubs - - members sat at the same tables week after week. Club officer felt that this was more out of habit than choice, and that perhaps breaking the habit would inject a good deal more fellowship into weekly meetings. Now they have an old-time clock rack at the door of their meeting place. Each card bears a table number hidden from view in the rack. As a member enters the room, he takes a card and sits at the table indicated by the number. Numbers are shuffled weekly and the men are kept moving around the room. If a table is filled owing to a visitor or two (visitors receive no number), a member having a number but no chair sits at an overflow table. The plan has been in operation for more than a year and the club has yet to catch a member wearing that "iron shirt."

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By: Roe Remington- Estes Park, Colorado

In: "The Spoke"

Vocational service is YOU.

In YOUR office or store,

Serving your fellow men

To the best of your ability.

It is YOUR pride in YOUR job.

From: Cleveland "Rotary Reminder"

Many times the query is heard from new Rotarians and non-Rotarians of why Rotary stipulates that membership in a club must be limited to one man from each classification, with, of course, one additional active member.

One of the principal reasons for this limitation is that it enables the club to be a true cross-section of the industrial and professional life of the city or community, thereby preventing the club from being dominated by any one business group or industry, or from becoming too unwieldy.

In addition, acquaintanceships that ripen into friendships are based on a diversity of interest instead of similarity, thereby broadening the scope of the members.

Singleness of classification allows the member more freedom in presenting a vocat-

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WHY ONE CLASSIFICATION IN ROTARY (Cont'd.)

ional program than would be possible were a competitor present who is a member of the club.

This all tends to make membership in the club more valuable and particularly so when the member realizes that he is representing his particular industry or profession in the club. He is reminded that he carries the responsibility of bringing to the club the unusual or special aspects of his business; as a Rotarian he is expected to do so.

In return, each club member should understand that he is the public relations man from his Rotary Club to his industry or profession. Sometimes we hear a Rotarian ask, "What can I do, as au individual, for my club?" The answer to that question is that each member should consider himself a committee of one to constantly help in any way possible to bring his business and the members of his Rotary Club into the very best understanding of each other.

That is why a Rotary Club should have in its membership one representative or every recognized business or profession in the community in conformity with the principles laid down in our Club Constitution.

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From: "Rotarygram" – Schenectady

Large numbers of Rotarians who are of some prominence in their fields of endeavour have long-standing records of perfect attendance at their clubs. How do they do it? By regarding the Rotary meeting as a personal engagement with men they want to know better. Why do they do it? Because there is no such thing as absent treatment in such personal things as fellowship and inspiration. They realize that absence is negative and attendance is positive. The only way to secure the benefits of a Rotary meeting is to be there

By: Percy Turner, Past Dist. Gov.,

Charlottetown, P.E.I. – Canada

When we hear a Rotarian say he is too busy to attend meetings or attend to some work he has been called upon to do, we cannot but wonder if he thinks Rotarians are a bunch of loafers. If you are thinking along these lines, let us remind you your "think engine" is not working right. You were elected to membership because you are a busy man, perhaps the busiest man in your line of business. If you are too busy to lunch once a week with other busy men, - if you do not feel it is an honour and a privilege and a pleasure to be associated with the representative business men of your city, - if you do not consider it a pleasure and a privilege to do your part in the splendid work Rotarians are doing – brother you are wrong. The question for each Rotarian to

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ON ATTENDANCE (Cont’d.)

answer is not "What can Rotary do for me?" not, "What am I doing for Rotary"? There is an "L" of a difference between an idea and an ideal – get the Rotary ideal.

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From: - Bowmanville "Blue & Gold News"

When the average man becomes thoroughly acquainted with himself, he ceases to wonder why he has not more friends. He will know this is dangerous because success in any field of endeavour is assured by the goodwill that comes from a large circle of cultivated friendships. How, then, would he make his business safe?

When he can shale hands with his competitor, and mean it.

When he can work hard in his business, and love it.

When he can advertise service and want to give it.

When he can agree upon a standard and stick to it.

When he can sense competition and not knock it.

When he can fight competition and still boost it.

When he can build a reputation and keep it.

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From- Schenectady "Rotarygram"

You have noticed the statement on the coupon of railroad tickets – "Not good if detached". The value of the coupon is determined by its relationship to the whole ticket. How well this applies to the individual Rotarian. If you become detached from actual relationship with your Club, you of course, lose all touch with the work of the Club, and miss entirely, the true purpose and mission of Rotary. If you feel you are a detached Rotarian, why not ask yourself these questions:

1. What have I done within the last six months that has been of benefit to Rotary?

2. What would become of Rotary if every member had done exactly as I have done?

3. How many times have I been absent that I could have been present or made up my attendance, had I made an effort to do so?

4. Am I in partnership with the rest of the members in running the business of the Club?

5. Is it right for someone else to do all the work and I expect equal share of the benefit and satisfaction?

It’s not too late to redeem your detached feeling - get a new whole ticket, and strive sincerely to become a live wide-awake, active Rotarian. This is the only way that Rotary ideals can be developed in the individual and his opportunity for service thereby widened and increased.

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Author - Unknown.

"What is Rotary"? is a common question of the street.

Rotary is a mode of associated living of business and professional men bound together by fundamental, ethical principles for the enrichment of life. Rotary is a philosophy of life interpreting reality in terms of human relationships built upon those ethical principles which improve social and economic conditions.

Rotary is a fellowship of kindred souls united for the purpose of enlarging the social bonds of fraternalism and brotherhood so as to create a finer social order of equality and peace.

Rotary is an attitude of mind which abhors narrowness or intolerance, rises above any superiority complex of national and racial bigotry, and shares graciously the mind of others.

Rotary is an enlargement of the heart, the outreach of which is capable of enfolding all peoples of the earth in its breadth of sympathy and understanding.

Rotary is a dynamic force in the reconstruction period of world life, the object of which is international goodwill and world friendship.

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From- The Independence, Missouri

Rotator- 1950.

He stayed at his work on Rotary Day

And thought, in the end that it would pay.

He sharpened his pencil, and answered the phone

He scolded a clerk, and felt quite alone,

Because in his secret thoughts, he knew

Nothing was gained in that hour or two, -

The day that he lost was Monday.

He ate his lunch, but he ate alone;

He lost a thought that would have grown

To high resolves and noble deeds,

That would help to meet the wide world’s needs,

And a visitor whom, to life's long end,

He would have been glad to have called his friend,

On the day that he lost Monday.

When you're absent on Rotary Day,

There are two losses, forever and aye;

You lose the time with friendly men,

A Loss you can never retrieve again!

And they lose you and your friendly smile.

Now think and see if that's worthwhile,

Before you lose a Monday.

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By: the late Canon Allan P. Shatford,

G. B. & I.

The spirit of Rotary is in the very essence of its soul. It is invisible, intangible, indefinable; but it is the most real thing about Rotary. It changes casual contacts into glowing friendships; transforms dull duties into inspiring privileges. The spirit of Rotary is like the gentle rain from Heaven. It cleans away selfishness, melts down barriers that separate men, dissolves discords into harmonies, changes competition into co-operation, reveals the beauty of life and the inherent nobilities of every man.

If you were not in the Rotary Club now, would your name pass the classification and membership committees and the Board of Directors, as well as the membership at large? In other words, after the membership knows you, do they believe that you are a good Rotarian? It’s quite a thought, and it should inspire us to do our best to be real members of Rotary.

From – "Rotary Humble" -Waverly, New York.

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This is, or was, a project about which very little is known by the present active Rotarian.

These Pacific Regional Conferences were held in order that leading Rotarians the world over could study conditions in the Pacific.

We give below the location of each Conference, the date, and the number of persons in attendance, as follows:-

These were very important Conferences and attended by leading Rotarians the world over. In most cases those in attendance paid all of their own expenses.

I am not prepared to express an opinion on what value came out of these Conferences. It would be difficult to do so considering what happened in the Pacific only 4 l/2 years after this lest Conference was held.

It may be, however, that seeds were sown in the minds of honest, great thinking Rotarians in Japan and other far Eastern countries, and that these seeds may still bear worthwhile fruit.

NOTE-The above was written on Dec. 18, 1951.

More to follow. (J.A.C.)

Sydney, Australia Nov. 1956

Havana - Cuba Mar. 1937

Penang - Straits Settlement Apr.1938

Delhi- India Nov. 1958

In 1964 the name of these Conferences was changed to "International Conferences".

Continued on 28A

San Juan, Puerto Rico - Nov. 9-12, 1966

Montevideo, Uruguay - Dec. 4-9, 1969

Rome, Italy- Nov. 12-15, 1970

Also see Book 2, Page 06

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The Code of Ethics was originally adopted at the 1915 Convention held at San Francisco.

There was some criticism of this Code of Ethics and the 1927-28 Board agreed with the Aims and Objects Committee that the wording of the Code of Ethics could be improved and appointed a Committee on Revision.

The 1928-29 Board agreed that it would be best to give emphasis to the four Objects of Rotary rather than to the Code of Ethics.

The 1931-32 Board agreed to continue publishing the Code of Ethics in the Manual of Procedure but to give the Code no special circulation or general publicity, and since that time not much has been done or said about Rotary’s Code of Ethics.

Certain religious denominations felt that the teaching of ethics should be left to the church, and as different words and phrase carry different meanings in different countries, it was felt that no good could be done by continuing to stress Rotary’s Code. (J.A.C.)

FOOTNOTE: The 1951-52 Board of Rotary International decided to cease publishing the Rotary Code of Ethics. See page 167 of the 1962 Manual of Procedure. (J.A.C.)

Also see Book 1 – Pages 67-70

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Each board member of R.I. has specific responsibilities. When I served on the Board in 1927-29 I had the dubious pleasure of looking after all the weak clubs in the U.S., Canada and Newfoundland. I received a copy of a letter sent by a southern Governor to R.I. and one sentence read, "There is a strained situation in the club now as one of the members shot the President’s father." I never heard the real story, but a few months later I attended that District Conference as the Board's representative. Margaret and I met a very attractive couple and later I learned he was the fellow who fired the shot. He was still in the Club.
(J.A.C.)

This one was in Kentucky. One evening we were changing trains enroute to the

District Conference and I called the President’s home. He was in the hospital but I talked with his wife, She had not heard of the District Conference.

I asked her if her husband was President of the local Rotary club and she told me she did not know. A problem club and perhaps a problem wife!!

(J.A.C.)

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From- "Rotary Oiler" - Cushing, Okla.

In every forest there are three groups of trees: the useful, fruitful and growing ones, the sucker-shoots and weaklings that will not be able to stand the rigours of nature and make an effort to grow up to the sun; and the deadwood, dead either from having exhausted the span of life or dead from top blight.

In every Rotary Club there are the same groups: those members who take an active part in the machinery of the Club, who strive to keep the ball rolling, who carry out their assignments on committees and projects; those who are riding along on the efforts of their fellow-members, and who will not carry their share of the burdens, but who will condescend to occasionally come to lunch; those whose interest in the spirit of Rotary has died.

Nature will care for the weeding out of the trees that no longer fit into her category; the weaklings will shrivel and die; and the devitalized trees will crash from termites, decay or storm. But what of so-called Rotarians: Attendance will finally weed out the weakling who rides on the other fellow's efforts, while the deadwood’s conscience will ultimately get him and cause him to either resign or rejuvenate himself with the real spirit of Rotary.

Past District Gov. Ira E. Woods -

"Two things are certain: your club cannot be much better than its attendance record for

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long; and the interest of the individual Rotarian cannot be much better than his own attendance record.

From: - Toronto Voice – 1950

Some members attend regularly because they are interested in Rotary; some members attend because they are interested in some particular program; some members attend because they have got to eat somewhere. The first object of Rotary stresses attendance as a means of acquaintance and an avenue to friendship and fellowship. Attendance for the sake of 100% is not a true measure of Rotary interest.

You are a member of a Club because of your classification, and you hold that classification only so long as you maintain an apparent interest in the club by attending 60% or more of the regular meetings. You are allowed 40% absences from the total number of meetings in any half-year, but, if you take these absences merely because you are allowed to, our Rotary programme must be too weak to keep you interested. Your own business succeeds or fails because of many factors and one of these factors is your interest in your business. The failure or the success of Rotary is pretty much the same. Every classification granted by the Club ought to be represented every meeting if Rotary is to be a success.

By: John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

I believe in the dignity of labour, whether head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.

From- Graham, Texas- "Scandal Sheet"

The most precious thing anyone can have is the good will of others. It is something as fragile as an orchid, and as beautiful. It is more precious than a gold nugget, and as hard to find. It is as powerful as a great turbine, and as hard to build. It is as wonderful as youth, and as hard to keep. It is an intangible something, this goodwill of others, yet more to be desired than much gold. It is the measure of a man's success and determines his usefulness in this life.

Progress always involves risk. You cannot steal second and keep one foot on first.

You can't leave footprints on the sands of time by sitting down.

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From: Miami, Florida "Rote"

In these days of higher costs on every material article, it might be wel1 if some of us listed all those things which have not gone up in price. What value do you place upon your wife's love or your children's affections? Now much would you charge for a warm friendly handclasp from a lifelong friend? Would you care to write a price tag on a beautiful spring day or the aroma of a well-browned Thanksgiving turkey reposing on your festive table, or on the twinkle in your youngest child's eye as he stands open-mouthed before his first Christmas tree? The esteem in which your neighbours hold you - is there any monetary consideration there? The goodwill which your company has built up over a period of years - what do you carry as its value on your balance sheet? That grand feeling of elation, the sense of pride and security that full home ownership gives - inflation can never touch that. The mercenary world attempts to set a price on everything. Thank God that they haven't completely succeeded.

Count your assets. If you have a clear conscience, and a good liver, if you have three good friends and a happy home, if your heart has kept its youth and your soul its honesty - then you are one of life’s millionaires. (author unknown)

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Community Service is defined by Resolution No. 34 adopted in 1923, the principal recommendations of which are:-

1. A Rotary Club should not engage in any general Community Service activity that requires for its success the support of the entire community. Rotarians should act through their Chamber of Commerce in activities of this character.

2. A Rotary Club should not endorse a project unless it is prepared to carry it through to completion.

3.  A Rotary Club should not engage in any activity or project that is already being well handled by some other agency.

4.  Activities that enlist the individual activities of all Rotarians are most in accord with the genius of Rotary.

Frost "Rotary Reminder" - Cleveland.

Author Unknown.

God wove a Web of loveliness

Of clouds and stars and birds,

But made nothing at all,

So beautiful as Mother's words.

They are as fair as bloom or air

They shine like every star,

And they are rich who learned from her

How beautiful they are.

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By: T. J. Cloutier, Regina.

I have to live with myself, and so

I want to be fit for myself to know;

I want to be able, as days go by,

Always to lock myself straight in the eye!

I don’t want to stand with the setting sun

And hate myself for the things I've done.

I don’t want to keep on a closet shelf

A lot of secrets about myself;

And fool myself, as I come and go

Into thinking that nobody else can know;

The kind of a man I really am;

I don’t want to dress myself in sham.

I want to go out with my head erect,

I want to deserve all men’s respect;

And hear in the struggle for fame and pelf

I want to be able to like myself.

I don’t want to look at myself and know

That I’m bluster and bluff and empty show.

I never can hide myself from me

I see what others may never see,

I know what others may never know;

I never can fool myself, and so,

Whatever happens, I want to be

Self-respecting and Conscience-free.

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By: Abraham Lincoln

"I can see how a man can look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and may there is no God".

The Board of R.I. has instructed the Secretary to issue annually the following statement:-

"It is assumed that the activities of a Rotary Club will always be such as to promote the highest regard for the organization on the part of both Rotarians and non-Rotarians. Therefore, it is expected that no Rotary Club will raise money by lotteries or raffles in a country where such activity is not looked upon with complete favour."

Author unknown.

Strangely enough the folks most apt to lend a hand to you are those who are really rushed with countless things to do. And should bad luck befall you and fortune smack you prone, the ones who'll always help you most have troubles of their own.

Folks whose sunny slant on life helps heal its smarts and stings, are those who know first-hand the rugged side of things; and he was right, it seems, who said, "Life is

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what you make it". Its not so much what happens as the way in which you take it.

By: Edgar A. Guest.

When you let to know a fellow,

Know his every mood and whim,

You begin to find the texture of the splendid side of him;

You begin to understand him,

And cease to scoff and sneer,

For with understanding always prejudices disappear.

You begin to find his virtues,

And his faults you cease to tell,

For you seldom hate a fellow when you know him very well.

By: Preston Bradley in "Courage for Today".

Too many people believe life is a crib from which they are privileged to feed. Out of it they demand clothing and food and money and power. That isn't living at all. Life is an altar, and the things that go on altars are sacrifices.

By: Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

"I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve".

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From: Windsor "Wheel"

Take time to work, it is the price of success,

Take time to think, it is the source of power.

Take time to read, it is the foundation of Wisdom.

Take time to pray and worship, it is the road to happiness.

Take time to play, it is the secret of perpetual youth.

Take time to dream, it is the hitching your wagon to a star.

Take time to look around life is too short to be selfish.

Take time to laugh, it is the music of the soul.

Take time to attend Rotary, it will be an inspiration to you and to the Club.

From: Hudson Rotary

Science has made the world a neighbourhood; only man can make it a brotherhood.

From Bushnell, Ill, "Bee"

The real measure of our wealth is how much we would be worth if we lost our money.

From: Graham, Texas "Scandal Sheet",

The measure of a man is the size of the thing it takes to get his goat

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By: Herbert Hoover,

"I have had. every honour to which any man could aspire. There is no place in the whole earth except here in America where all the sons of man could have this chance in life. I have worked in governments of free men, with tyrannies, with Socialists and with Communists. I have met with princes, kings, despots and desperadoes. I have seen the squalor of Asia, the frozen class barriers of Europe; and outstanding everywhere to these great masses of people there was a hallowed words: "America".

To them it was the hope of the world. Here alone are the open windows through which. pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity, not a dream but an accomplishment".

From: Sioux City - "Punch".

Sooner or later, a man, if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give and take.

He learns that it doesn't pay to be a sensitive soul that he should let some things go over his head like water off a duck’s back.

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He learns that he who loses his temper, usually loses;

He learns that all men have burnt toast for breakfast, now and then, and that he shouldn't take the other fellow's grouch too seriously.

He learns that carrying a chip on his shoulder is the easiest way to get into a fight.

He learns that the quickest way to become unpopular is to carry tales and gossip about others.

He learns that even the janitor is human, and that it doesn't do any harm to smile and say, "Good morning", even if it is raining.

He learns that most of the other fellows are as ambitious as he is, that they have brains that are as good or better, and that hard work and not cleverness is the secret of abiding success.

He learns that it doesn't matter so much who gets the credit so long as the deed is done right.

He comes to realize that the world would run along perfectly well without him.

He learns to sympathize with the young people because he remembers how bewildered he was when he first started out "on his own"

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He learns not to worry when he loses because experience has shown that if he gives his best, his average will break pretty well.

He learns that no man ever got to first base alone, and that it is only through co-operation that we move on to better things.

He learns that bosses are not monsters trying to get the last ounce of work out of him for the least amount of pay, but that they are usually fine men who have succeeded through hard work, and who want to do the right thing.

He learns that folks are not any harder to get along with in one place than another, and that "getting along" depends about 98 per cent on his own behaviour.

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It is always a pleasure to talk to New Members because they are eager to know something of Rotary.

Assuming our Membership and Classification Committee, and the Board, each carried out its obligation, you men were chosen from your business or profession because your classification was open and because, after looking carefully over the available material, it was decided you had within you the makings of a good Rotarian.

You are a member of the Rotary Club of Toronto now but perhaps it will be some time before you are a real Rotarian.

The late Dr. Crawford C. McCullough, one of our great International Presidents, over 40 years ago, in an address at one of our conventions, said, "If we can ever make 25% of our members real Rotarians we will have the most powerful organization in the world outside the Christian church". That may sound like as amazing statement but ponder it carefully.

As you, I hope, proudly wear the Rotary emblem in your lapel, always keep in mind that we are judged by what we do more than by what by what say.

When you were being chosen, not only your financial worth or your position in the business or professional life of the city was considered, but do you in your business and personal life try to live up to Rotary standards. Are you interested in and active in Church and Board of Trade and community

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service in one or more of its many fields?

Are you anxious to finally leave the world a little better than you found it? Are you interested in world and local problems which about everywhere in 1960?

In your own vocation will you now stop once in a while and ask yourself "Am I living Rotary at home and in my business?"

You are the only representative from your field and that carries a real responsibility. You will now be expected to carry back to your business or profession the ideals of Rotary.

Remember our two mottos - "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" and "Service Above Self". Both these fine phrases were first said by Rotary speakers at the National Association of Rotary Clubs Convention in Portland, Oregon in 1911.

The great men who founded Rotary and started it on its way, Paul P. Harris; Silvester Schiele; Harry Ruggles; Charlie Newton; Chesley Perry and Arthur Frederick Sheldon, were very wise men. No secret oaths or promises. A man had to be 21 and an owner or partner in a business or profession, and a descent citizen. Later the 21 year age limit was removed.

One from each business or profession was chosen in order to get a membership that would be a cross-section of the community.

Attendance was mandatory and a member's

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absence from four consecutive meetings may cost him his membership.

Fellowship was a foundation plank in Rotary from its early days.

Exchange of business was also featured but soon the men above mentioned all agreed that Community Service and not securing business from each other would allow a solid foundation to build on,

As you grow in Rotary and if you will study its origin and growth, you will be amazed and delighted at what has been done in our four avenues of service.

In your own business contacts daily you will have a fine opportunity to practice Vocational Service.

Rotary never was supposed to take the place of your church or lodge or Chamber of Commerce or your own business associations.

When you were interviewed by one or more senior members of this club you agreed to attend every meeting unless it was almost impossible, and to pay your dues promptly and take part in the club’s activities so far as your time and means would permit. You did not promise to support in a financial way every project this club may engage in. Rotary does not want you to unduly rob your family of your time or to cause you to lessen your aid to other worthy organizations.

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this club does not ask you to go out and preach Rotary to your friends but to conduct yourself in all your activities so that you will, by example, he strengthening Rotary in this city,

You, in your dues, are paying for The Rotarian. It is a fine monthly publication and you should read it carefully.

We ask you to wear the Rotary emblem in your lapel. The official emblem is the wheel with 24 cogs, six spokes and the Keeway. Any addition to this ceases to be the official emblem.

You were told you would be expected to be active on at least one of the club’s committees. Be careful to choose the one you will be most interested in.

As you progress in the club you will be asked to attend the club and perhaps the district assemblies. It is to be hoped you will attend your District Conference each year and also International Rotary Convention when time and means allow you to do so. Such attendance will broaden your knowledge of Rotary and widen your friendships.

Remember also, your wife was considered when you were processed for membership. She will enjoy attending the Inner Wheel which, since 1920, has been a very active part of our club. There will be several functions each year she will enjoy attending.

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On July 1st, 1960 (only a few days away) Rotary will have 269 Districts in 123 countries. Over 10,900 clubs and over 500,000 members.

All this from four men meeting in a very small office in Chicago on February 23rd, 1905. And all this without paid organizers.

Canada bas produced four Presidents for Rotary International.

After 15 years of active membership you can, at your own option, become a Senior Active member and then so long as you maintain 60% attendance and pay your dues, you are a life member no matter where you reside. When you become a Senior Active member, you no longer have any classification in Rotary.

I must warn you that the classification you now hold in this club is only loaned to you by the Board and may be recalled at any time for non attendance or non-payment of dues, or for conduct unbecoming a Rotarian.

Your business (when you hold active membership) must be within the territorial limits of this club.

If your Company pays your dues, that in no way gives the Company any claim whatever on the classification you now hold in this club.

No club in the Rotary world has a better plan of getting new members to know the other men in the club, but it is not a

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one-way street. You must do your part. In Rotary we say, "If you want to make friends you must be friendly".

Move around the room each Friday from table to table. Do not become part of a small group or clique no matter how much you may like to sit with and chat with a few special cronies.

Do not be a scooter! There are times when we all must leave early, but do not make it a habit.

When Toronto club is host to a District Conference or an International Convention or whenever there is a gathering of Rotarians with or without our Rotary ladies; you should not make up tables of close friends but reserve half your table for Rotarians from other clubs. This is Rotary. In many districts no table reservations are allowed so that fellowship and friendship may be developed.

You must not join any other strictly Service Club because no man can do justice to more than one.

No matter how much you enjoy Rotary or how keen you may be to get a friend into the Club, you may be to get a friends into the Club, you must never suggest to anyone that he should join Rotary. When you know someone who you are sure would make a good member just drop a note to our club Secretary, or call him on the

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‘phone and tell him about this fine fellow. Then just forget all about it until you hear from the Secretary. There is a correct way and a wrong way to handle these matters and improper handling can do much harm.

Rotary developed as no organization of its kind in all history did, and because "it was different". Let us remember that a proposed member’s business or profession must be not only recognized but also worthy.

If you are going on a trip, whether it be lent or short, be sure you get a copy of the official Rotary Directory from the Rotary office (50 cents) and make a club visit whenever and wherever you can. You will almost always receive a warm welcome and you may make a friendship you will treasure all your life.

If you miss a meeting of your own club you have 6 days before or 6 days after to make up. The responsibility to notify your own club secretary is yours even though the club you visit may assure you your attendance card will be sent in. The best of intentions sometimes fail. The club you visit has no responsibility to report your attendance.

The use of first names in Rotary is a custom of long standing but there is no written obligation, law or rule on this. It is just a friendly custom.

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Rotary is like everything else in that you will get out of it exactly in accordance with what you put in.

I feel sure you will never regret the decision to accept a loaned membership in this club.

JOE CAULDER.

THIS FOLLOWS PAGE W-8, BOOK III AND IS ADDED TO THE REMARKS ON - INFORMATION FOR NEW MEMBERS - J.A.C. - PAGES W-1 to W-8

Following are a few more items which should be told new members -

At the 1960 convention some changes were made in membership rules. More changes since 1960 and more are contemplated in '68. Effective July 1, 1964, when a member reaches the age of 65 and has been a club member for 5 years he automatically becomes a Senior Active Member. Also when a member reaches 60 and has been a member of one or more clubs for 10 years he may request to become a Senior Active Member and his request will be granted. When he has been a member 15 years he will automatically become a Senior Active Member.

Early in Rotary's history Harry Ruggles jumped up and said "Fellows, let's sing". He knew the story the speaker had started to tell was not the kind for a Rotary Club audience. The speaker was very angry but Ruggles had made it clear that shady stories were not for Rotary. The Club at Vincennes, Ind. had a by-law which said "no speaker may tell a story that could not be heard if all our wives were here." The Secretary stood up and read this by-law before the speaker was introduced.

A Rotary member is supposed to pay his dues when they are due.

You do not belong to Rotary International, you belong to your club and your club is a member of R.I.

You do not belong to the Toronto Rotary Club but to The Rotary Club of Toronto.

You are told that a membership in your club allows you to visit any other club. This is not exactly correct as in times of stress such as during World War I and II, there were many clubs that would not welcome a member from an enemy nation.

If you are a member of the Rotary Club of Toronto and you are moved to Montreal your membership lapses as soon as your car, train or plane leaves the city limits of Toronto.

Toronto has had the R. I. convention 3 times. In 1924, 1942 and 1964. In 1964 there were 14,661 attended. This was beaten by only a dozen or so at the two conventions held in N.Y. but badly beaten in Tokyo in I961 and Los Angeles in 1962.

In the early days following the Huston convention in 1914 the Rotary ladies were referred to as Rotary Anns. This was because two prominent ladies, Ann Brunier of San Francisco and Ann Gundaker of Philadelphia were there. In 1920 the Layette Committee was organized in Toronto and in 1923 the Inner Wheel was organized in Britain. Toronto changed its name Layette Com. to The Inner Wheel

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in 1941. The Chicago Club organized their ladies in 1923. The Toronto Inner Wheel is today the oldest in the world.

Rotary International says "Lotteries should not be held in any country unless the laws of that country have legalized them".

The man chosen as Director from Canada each year is not the Canadian Director but the Director from Canada.

A man may be taken into any Rotary club if he is worthy. A business may be well known but not worthy. This is very important.

The standing of your club in your community is the combined standing of the individual members. Let us make sure that when we take in a new member the standing improves a little.