The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-26
1t Is No Longer Social, but t,
Serve
Declares DIR. LOveland in Ad.
dress to the ROtarianS.
HE IS A GUEST OF HONOR
At MONDAY Luncheon of the
Topeka Organization.
Two Visiting Members Deliver
Short Addresses.

Inc Topeka Rotary club if care
fully and wisely directed can become
a great moulding factor in the capital
CITY, according to DR.. F. l.. Loveland
who was a guest of honor at the club
Iuncheon in the .. c. T. hall today.
some years ago club life was sup
posed to be purely social" said Dr.
Loveland. The club partook of the
features OF the clubs among women.
Ioday L find in the cities which I
have visited that a real desire to serve
dominates club life
The Rotary club at Portland last
fall took up the proposition of peace
went into the churches schools and
Chamber of Commerce sending ont
speakers interested in the propaganda
of world peace. There was nothing at
that time that tended more to steady
the minds of the people
What Topeka needs is more papers
like that given at this luncheon by
Fred Cole Of the Topeka Bridge and
iron company. When we built the
Sunday school temple of the Metho-
d1st church here someone found fault
because we didn't buy our art glass
in Topeka. We didn't know there was
such an institution here. One of the
pest things that belongs to the club
life is advertising these concerns"
Keeping Up With the Times.
DR.. Loveland spoke of the need of
keeping abreast with the times
Ihere isn't anything under Gods
shining canopy of stars he said.
that is in more need of having grave
cloths removed than the preachers
Frank P. MacLennan presided at
the meeting. The business paper was
read by J. Alfred Cole, secretary
treasurer of the Topeka Bridge e. IRON
company. w. H. Davis read a short
geographical sketch of the life af Ro-
tartan Cole and H. B. Wilson, superin-
tendent of city schools. gave talk on
n init
DR.. E. L. Burner of Sabetha and
DR.. Martin Dewey, a Rotarian of Kan
sas City, were guests of the club. They
were called upon for brief talks.
THE Topeka Bridge & Iron COM
pany, reorganization of the Topeka
Bridge & Iron Manufacturing com
pany," said Rotarian Cole, was issued
charter to do business under the
laws of the state of Kansas, January
Z, 1906, taking over assets of said
Bridge & Iron Manufacturing
company.
1T was our intention al that time
to continue in the building of steel
bridges, but we soon concluded that
the field for the steel bridges alone
was such that it would be impossible
to work up satisfactory business, and
as it looked to us as though it were
only question of time until concrete
would supersede steel to great ex-
tent, we decided to try to educate the
county commissioners in the state of
Kansas up to the idea of building con-
crete bridges in place of steel.
Concrete Supersedes Steel.
"Since the beginning of our business
concrete bridge building has increased
rapidly until today we have 295
bridges consisting of 375 concrete
arch spans that range from 1 s feet to
1875 feet in length, one bridge over
Canyon Padre, Arizona, having
height of sixty feet. Our largest sin
Ola with
City, Clay County & st. Joseph inter-
urban line. Our total contract price
was approximately $4,000.
"Out of our April pay roll of APP
21o men there was not a
man working on steel bridge
The nominating committee consist
ing of w. c. Carswell S. E. Lux and
Scott Hopkins. made its report. OF
ness meeting. George Godfrey Moore
was again named as president. Other
n nominations: Vice president, Charles
Dillon; secretary, J. M. Brunt; treas
urer, Herbert West, and sergeant-at-
arms, E. l.. Overton. Directors:
Scott Hopkins. Frank P. MacLennan,
G. P. Adams, Robert Stone, and David
Bowie.
Announcement was made that the
banquet planned by the ladies will be
held Thursday evening, June 8, at the
Mills Tea room.
E. w. Rankin scored better than
go per cent in a contest for five dol
lars worth of photographs offered by
L. c. Hodge, thus winning the prize.
The members were asked to name the
members of President Wilson's cabi-
net, giving correct initials. A ma or-
ity of the members present failed to
name half of the individuals in the
family of the chief executive.
Plan Automobile Track.
The chairman made the announce
nent that Rotarian Fred Voi1and Sug-
geSted that the Rotary club inaugurate
a movement to secure two asphaltum
strips of twelve inches or more in
width and as far apart as the wheels
of an automobile along either side Of
the Kansas avenue block between
Third and Fourth avenues, now wholly
paved with rough granite blocks.
The luncheon was concluded by the
by Mr.. Voiland of a new
garment in place of one torn by DR..
Loveland in a successful contest at
golf which the latter won, one handed,
with the little assistance of E. l..
Copeland against the crack golfers, ].
NJ. Conwell and J. R. koontz. The
tale of the shirt was a fitting finale
L.