El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-14
ROTARY To HAVE
PRESIDENT HERE
Head of international Clubs
to Visit Ell Paso Soon;
Initiation Exemplified.

Extending an invitation TO Allen D.
Albert, international president OF the
Rotarians was one OF the principal
acts of the Rotary luncheon in the din
ing room Of the Sheldon Hotel at noon
Thursday. The invitation was unani-
nous and the matter Of entertainment
and mode in which Mr. Albert Will be
presented TO the FL Paso public was
left to the Rotarian directorate and
the chamber Of commerce
AR Albert is a distinguished speaker
upon economic and sociological sub
jects and for twenty years has been
prominent in American journalism haV-
ing been editor at one time Of the
in town and city problems and has
devoted himself to studying the forces
that control community development
In visiting Fl PasO il is the wish OF
the Rotarians TO have as large a NUM-
Der Of people hear him as possible and
the public lecture may, in all proha-
bility be seconded by a large banquet
Adau,s's Week Next.
Due 10 the illness Of A. Z. Ryan,
who was scheduled TO put on the every
other week stunt. the honOrs fell 10
Claiborne Adams, OF the Globe Mills.
who VIII also have charge Of the
Round Up Magazine" for the next
luncheon Mr.. Adams promises an in
terestinE event and one in which bis
cults will play a distinguished part
Special talks were made at the lunch
con Thursday by Sig Schwabe, OF
the Rio Grande Mortgage company, who
spoke upon The Unitarian Function
of Mortgages in Relation to Business"
T. H Hudspeth. of the John F WOrley
company. upon the building Of a city
directory and W. H Schultz. OF the
Fl Paso Piano company. who revealed
the fact that pianos successful in low
attitudes frequently are failures in
high and how much skill is needed
in order to select the right instru-
ment
Ideal OF Rotarianism.
In the midst of the program, unique
incident was injected by president A.
Z Rowlauds in which. BY the use of a
number of blocks and Rotarian wheel.
he explained by example what the
function Of ROtarianism really is The
first block was that OF friendship
the partner block. happiness" Upon
friendship and happiness he placed
blocks bearing the legends Of Unrest
ment" and dividend" and capped the
pyramid with the ROtarian wheel upon
which was the emblem He serves most.
who serves best" The spokes bore
legends corresponding to those on the
block and as the wheel revolved all
were merged into each other. That
is the ideal of ROtarianism." explained
the speaker.
The device. which hereafter viii be
used in initiating new members, was
prepared by Robert krallauer and was
made by the FL PasO Milling company,
and finished by the McClintock Adver-
Using company. Both the milling com
pany and the advertising ccSpany were
voted thanks for their donation Of ma
terial and talent.
Navy Officer Guest.
The guests for the day were Lieut.
n. b. Gilbert, Of the United States navy
recruiting station in FL Paso. who
stated that FL PasO gave more recruits
in two weeks than either San Francisco
or New York; and that the state Of
navy or enough men to arm two dread
A second guest was :. l.
formerly of Denver. and
now in the auto tire business in FL
Paso; another was George Schmidt dis /
-rict representative OF the REQ Motor
car company, of Lansing, Mich.
More Space Needed.
DR.. Z. r. Carpenter, chairman of the :
committee on meeting places, stated b
that he had conferred with r. 3. Orn- /.
iOrn and Louis Zeiger relative to I
permanent luncheon place large enough /
10 care FOR the Increasing ranks Of 7
3otarians and stated that Mr.. Orndorff
stated that for such events he would 4
screen eff part Of the large dining .
Dom in the basement Of the Sheldon b
while Mr. Zeiger stated that he would b
urn over his complete dining room to
he Rotarians for their luncheons at 75 !
'ents plate. No action was taken on
he report.
Copies of an address on sPrepared-
less by admiral Robert L. Peary were
eceived from the Portland, Ne. Rotary
hub and distributed among the mem
'ers.