Arizona republican., 1915-07-19
Business and Professional Men to the Number of 2,000 Gather at EXposi- ton for Convention
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Remarkable Growth of Or ganization Made in Ten Years by Unique Organi- zation-W olking for
 Golden Rule in Business
Special to The Republican,


 SAN FRANCISCO. July 1S.-Two thousand Rotarians representing the nearly 200 Rotary clubs in as many cities in the United States, Canada. Hawaii, England. Scotland and Ire land, are gathered in san Francisco for the sixth annual contention of the international Association of Rotary Clubs. The delegates and visitors are the leading business and professional men in their lines in their respective cities, and the club membership which they represent likewise are leaders in their respective lines. All of the clubs are affiliated in the Internation- al Association, except few which have been organized so recently that they have not had time to receive their charters. The total membership of the clubs is approximately 21.0O0. ! The sixth convention will continue to Friday. July 23. with one day CThursday) across the bay at Oakland It began this morning with sermons by the San Francisco and Oakland clergymen on the text He Profits Most Who Serves Best" which is the Rotary slogan. A number of clergy men who are members of Rotary clubs and delegates to the convention also. occupied pulpits and preached on the same text
 This afternoon the board of direc- tors and the international officers held their pre-convention meeting. Tonight there is being held an infor- mal reception at the St Francis ho- tel so that everybody can get ac- quainted before the opening of the iref hrt.
 ming
 The morning session will be large ly taken up with preliminary reports of committees. presentation of of ficers, addresses of welcome. and the presidents address The reports of the president. secretary and treasur- CT for the year ending July 1. will be distributed in printed form. talk on Opportunities presented by the meetings of the trade and profession al sections will conclude the morning session.
 These section meetings at the an nual Rotary convention constitute lit tie convention in themselves. The Rotarians belonging to each business or professional classification gather to discuss the problems of their respec- tive lines. Monday afternoon there will be about 200 Of these little con Nentions' at the stores offices. fac tories. etc, of the san Francisco Ro- tarians. A silver trophy will be pre- sented to the section with the largest attendance, to be held until the next ! invention
 The morning and afternoon sessions on Tuesday will be general business sessions for the entire convention at which will be presented committee reports and set addresses all dealing with the problems of making men more civilized and business more humane
 ! Wednesday there will be another series of little conventions. called
 Round Tables" There will be five in the morning and five in the af- ternoon, for the purpose of discussing at length the problems of certain phases of the Rotary work In the morning there will be round tables of the club presidents. the club enter tainment and program committees. the clubs membership committees, the club fellowship committees. and the club publications. The afternoon round tables will be club secretaries. on-to- convention committees. publicity com N. The Rotarian." the official publica- ton of the association
 1 These round tables are sources of great good. The members of the var ious clubs who are specially charged with certain duties gather. compare notes, exchange ideas. and are gen orally of service to each other ! The annual banquet of the associa- tion will be held Wednesday night at which time the nominations for new officers will be made
 l The Thursday sessions will, be held at Oakland, with the Rotary club of that city as hosts. The election of new officers and their installation will take place during these sessions In the evening the newly elected of ficers will hold their first meeting. ! Friday, hack at San Francisco, the morning will be devoted to meetings of divisional vice presidents Cor dis trict governors if the proposed re- Ivised constitution is adpoted) with divisions.
 ] The keynote of this convention will be the definition of Rotary and an ef- for more clearly to outline the objects and scope of the association and of the local clubs
 The Rotary club is an organization of business and professional men, the members consisting of only one man from each line, whose banner is Ser vice-Not Self whose slogan is He Profits Most Who Serves Best" and