The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
Magazine. Relates Impressions
of Convention.
CODE OF ETHICS ADOPTED
Snaternent OF Principles Governing
Trade Relations with Each Other
and with Nom Rotar&ans Called
Tho lJeven Commandments of
Business"
b. JOE MITCHELL Oh Nprl.E
editor Of National NarazineA

n
;Ae reflected leisure 81 vacation days
When I glance over nay hft}n diary
and uots tEe travels az the year Il
seenss to bring T. food tide # rCr, MS
ce51ce that is al. hat hewllderiRs i0
trying 20 measure the activities
scenes ard changes Witnessed ty the
v-aytaFinE traveller.
II has always re@n ~ aw h'tion %
supplement tho nesFer Nn0vse5ve O.
tsirst r. school an8 college eays ~
travel ara Observation. and thc more
trav-i and observe the more
glorious seems the cngrtrv IN which
] live - :Sc ~.c~s zava ard admire
ets peep5e VIII x~e 64fzg t=e 'h3uEs
81 IRIS 8sv ans general, tn: ana fhe
x0a~e : reverence the acts. 0ohiftr
and iaten; '6ealisra ~ those Nhe
have 50 Their Impress aPeH tHe his
tory x the co5rtry
It's f&esits-a - the r@o-la IS te-
Esn-tar e ASsss-e itSslf Through or
Fsrtzatl9rz Wish inspire and bring
out the ethical impulse II has been
thought teretoYz-e that ethics IS
ethics belonged exclusively u the
protsse7o-.S. the " lutstsr. "a wve~ doc
tar SH& editor were supposed - have
vs5e@ q sGeaA<rn rot common n
ire rlatn people
International Rotary Convention
Memories az 1873 include the con-
~e-tso- ~ ma International Rotary
riuhs a. SaH Francisco These crga n
sSs5tcrs constitute isve-wire rerre-
seatsetves q every di~ers.nt line 81
e-ssrssx 81 the various cities having
e Rots-w Club They de uot have any
suggestion - exclus.veness in their
WORK as E!ght he inferred from their
limited Tae1y 5crSh!p T1e undertaken
ard the butcher If modern days Joins
ss heartily IN the upbu;Iaing Of his
COR nuu4ty and expresses his ethical
I'm pulsee quite as conprehensiveiy "a
the erudite educator or solemn
VII -ed cleric
AZ the name indicates a Rotary
:. Club r4ust rotate In liz place of meet
,ns and keep busy with the activities
outlined In helping along worthy
movement They have no ciubrooTns
where the members can Erow stoDt
ard lazy in inactivity or engender
cnques or factions. Thew must meet
rningie and MIX, and Tnany a staid
member hss found himself delighted
20 nns hts followmen calling him by
his first name IS his cbums In boy
hood were wont to 10. Some have
insisted that they have uever heard
the name which their mothers gave
them until after they came within the
warmth and glow Of she Rotary cir
Gle
Az the membership fs limited 10 ore
Representative Of each business or O.
cupation in town. there are no com
p~tftcrs present and any inclination
toward petty rivalry is eliminated
The clubs form an active committee OF
-he whole for when & member in
c3ires 10 lag or neglect the duties ot
his membership he In automatically
dropped and replaced by one Of the
many applicants for membership that
Flavor OF Old Debating society.
In the Municipal Auditorium at san
Francisco meetings were held and the
variety Of topics discussed would seem
to comprehend about everything that
appertatn, to human welfare The
dtscu ssions t!ngied with the spirit al
the old-fashioned debating societies
and the earnestness with which the
topics were taken up at the various
round tables indicated that the Rotar-
.ans Of America and Europe have q
practical outlook upon the pertinent
problem Of the tifnes
The president of each local club
wa. able TO ascertain through a Hvs-
TEN II coupons taken at the door Just
how many and what meetings Of the
convention were attended by the dele
gates.
The experience of the various club.
from all parts Of the world was 3
veritable encyclopedia Of activities Of
the times with admirable candor
the Rotarian frankly admits that he
Joins the club for the purpose OF
helping himself and his business for
when initiated he was introduced and
must tell all about hls business and
why he should he entitled to the sup
port and cooperation Of Rotarians.
Unlike the ethical pretensions' III
other organizations that a mans hufi-
mess and that which is absorbing his
attentions should never he talked q
discussed IN the club. the Rotariar
frankly CUIt7yates whit Is after all
The innate impulse ~ the average man
or woman in Joining any other organ
ixstinn
The emblem 81 the Rctarians IS q
wheel with spokes and tire and hub.
1t typifes the circle OF friendship,
The myriad OF little acts Of helpful
ness and watchfui friendiness and
fellowship. the devotion and self
sacrifice which men viii reveal under
the impulses ana influence Of this or
sanlzatton IS - most inspiring In
dication NJ its fItare. The comra de-
ship Of the camp and the discipline
OF the school thc glow of the neigh
tsorhood sociablity 81 most be-
nefeently blended IN Rotary.
Eleven Comma ndnlents of business
Few organizations that held con-
ventions in San Francisco made n
deeper impression hy their virilc and
vital activities and frankness than the
International Rotarians The banquet
at the Palace Hotel, where nearly two
thousand people sat down 70 break
bread together was one OF The larg-
est ever held on the coast At any
+ occasion upon which nearly two thus
and people are united, mingline heart
Nnd impulse such IS was exemplided
IN Retarians there assembled. there Is
feeling and a spirit expressed that
Is felt in the very Jingle. Of the
myriad minds focused upon a COM
mon PURPOSE In a spirit Of idealism
blended with practacal impulse.
One II the big things accomplish
ed by the Rotarians at their conven-
Y tsor Was ne adoption. ny q unanimous
vote. Of the Rotary Code Of Ethics for
business men ~ all lines. This is a
code which spirit lifts the standard
of so~called Commercial business" To
the highest ethical plane.
The Rotar!ars will use this code rs
the basis for their efforts TO EVAN
Eeiize" all business Some have call
ed the code The Eleven Command
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