The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-18
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ANNUAL CONVENTION
LOCATED ID SIX COUNTRIES
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Especial to The Richmond Nirginian,)
San Francisco, July 1.-Two thou
sand Rotarians. representing the near
ly 200 Rotary clubs in as many cities
in the United States, Canada, Hawaii,
England. Scotland and Ireland, are
gathered In San Francisco for sixth
annual convention 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. ana
the club membership which they reps
resent likewise are leaders In their
respective iinea All of the clubs are
affiliated in the International Associa-
ton except a few which have been
organized so recently that they have
not had time to receive their char
ters. The total membership of the
clubs In approximately II 1000.
The sixth convention will continue
from Sunday. July Is. TO Friday. July
Il 20, with one day (Thursday) across
| the bay at Oakland, II begins Sum
day morning with sermons by the
San Francisco and Oakland clergy
men on text, He profits most who
serves best" which liz the Rotary slo-
gan A number OF ciergymen who are
members of Rotary clubs and dele-
gates to the convention also will oc-
cupy pulpits and preach on the same
| text.
| Sunday afternoon the board of d.
rectors and the international Officers
will hold their preconvention meeting.
In the evening there will be an in
| formal reception at the st. Francis
Hotel. so that everybody can get ac-
ouainted before the opening Of the
first business session Monday morning.
The morning session will be largely
taken up with preliminary reports OF
! committees, presentation of officers.
addresses OF welcome and the presi-
dents address. The reports OF tina
| president. secretary and treasurer for
the year ending July / will be distrio-
uted In printed form. A talk on OPP
portunities presented by the meetings
Of the trade and professional sections
will conclude the morning session.
| Interesting Section Meetings.
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-
| ventions" at the stores, Offices, fac
tories etc. of the San Francisco Ro-
tarians A silver trophy will be pre-
scented to the section with the largest
attendance. to be held until the next
convention.
The morning and afternoon sessions
on Tuesday will be general business
sessions for the entire convention. at
/ which will be presented committee re-
ports and set addresses. all dealing
with the problems of making men
more civilized and business more hu-
name.
Wednesday there will be another
series of little conventions. called
Ground Tables' There will be FIVE
In the morning and Ave In the after
noon 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 entertainment and
program committees. the club mem
bership committees. the club fellow
ship committees and the club pub
llications. The afternoon round tables
will be club secretaries, on to conven-
ton committees. publicity committees.
public affairs committees. and The
Rotarian." the official publication OF
the association.
These round tables are the sources
of great good. The members of the
various CLUBS VINO are specially
charged with certain duties gather,
compare notes exchange Ideas and
are generally OF service to each other.
The annual banquet of the associa-
ton will be held Wednesday night.
at which time the nominations for
new officers will be made.
The Thursday session will be held
at Oakland. with the Rotary Club OF
that. city as hosts This election Of
new officers and their installation will
take place during these sessions. In