Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-24
Frank L. Mulho|Iand Delivers
Address at Dinner of WASH
ington Organization.
OBJECT Is BEST SERVICE
IN LINES OF ENDEAVOR
Glenn C. Meade of Philadelphia and
Others Also in List of Speakers.
Guests Present.

What the Rotary clubs which have
sprung up all. over the world the last
few years mean to their members and
TO the communities in which they live
was explained last night at the quar-
terly dinner OF the Rotary Club Of
Washington at the New Willard Hotel
in an address by Frank l.. Mulhoiland
of Toledo. Ohio. president of the Inter-
national Association of Rotary Clubs.
THE world requires something more
of US in the age in which we live than
merely making good" Mr.. Mulholland
said. The requirement is not merely
that we shall be good or that we shall
make good 1t is that we shall be
good for something Every line of hu-
man activity today is looking for the
, man who is good for. something. In
which class are you" Do you lift or
lean" Do you let others bear your por-
ton of labor and care. or do you lift it
and lean on yourself. ] tell you the
idea of rotary is service and I quote
to you in all solemnity our motto: He
profits most who serves best
Mir. Mulhollands speech, epigram-
matte and characterized as full of
fire. was received in a dramatic si-
lence that showed the intense interest
of his auditors.
He was the principal speaker of, the
Guided Glenn c. Meade of Philadelphia,
past president of the International AS
ISOLATION, and other out-of-town mem
bers of Rotary clubs, including three
presidents of other organizations,
among them Joseph McNamee, presi-
dent of the Atlantic City organization;
W. s. Essick president of the Harris
burg organization. and Thomas B. Nc
Adams, president of the Richmond or
ganization.'
Commends Geographic Society.
One of the principal events of the
evening was the adoption OF resolu-
tions commencing the National Geo
graphic Society for the recent issue OF
a magazine printed in colors which
presents Washington, the National
Capital. in a most handsome and at
tractive manner, and which was Cir
culated among 100000 subscribers to
the magazine. A vaudeville program
was carried out at the end of the bust
ness session, in connection with the
dinner, this entertainment being. fur
nished under the direction of r. S
Robbins Of keith's Theater. AS part
of the business transacted, the election
to membership in the Washington Club
of Clarence p King and John c. Let's
was. announced. Ralph Lee was tc
have presented report from the board
of directors announcing it's recon-
mendations for delegates from the
Washington club to the coming Inter.
! national PAary convention at Sar
Francisco in July. but Mr.. Lee. who is
humorously known in the club as the
nemesis" of George w. Harris, the
president of the club. played a joke
on his fellow members and Mr.. Harris
and called for nominations for dele
gates to the convention, as result
Of which it was decided to postpone
their selection until the next meeting
| President Harris served as toastmas-
ter
! Some striking facts were presented
+, at the dinner as to the growth Of the
| Rotary organizations. Clubs are now
established in 1856 cities. The member
, ship is a little more than 10000. These
! clubs are established in the United
! States, Canada, Ireland. England, Scot
| land. and three are being organized ir
Australia. One is being organized il
| Honolulu, one in Bermuda and the or
ganization of clubs has just been taker
/ up in South American countries.
i Mr.. Mulholland's Address.
Mr.. Mulholland quoted Ebert Hub.