Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-13
WILL ORGANIZE
A ROTARY CLUB
IN BROWNSVILLE
CORPUS CHRISTI MAN, ARDENT AND
ENERGETIC W0RpER. FIND A
NEED FOR LOCAL CLUB.
ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL IN
SCOPE WITH MOTTO, HE PROFITS
MOST WHO SEvES BEST"

A Rotary CLUB j. IN prospect fol
Brownsville. {. J. EIothroyd .: Cor
pu> Christi member of the Corpus CHRIS
ii Rotary Club. and arden; aIt active III
behalf of its purposes and one of TIT
best informed Rotarian> in South Texas
i>in Brownsville for few days on pri
waite business and during his stay her,
is taking up with local business met
the proposition to form a Brownsville
club Of Rotarians.
Mr.. Boothroyd - secretary and mana.
ger Of the Kelly Manufacturing Co.. 81
Corpus Christi.
Mr.. Boothroyd has already enlisted
the active interest Of several business
men and hopes 10 have The initial meet.
ing at which he will explain fully the
meaning OF Rotary not later than to-
morrow night.
There are now over two hundred Ro-
tary Clubs in the United States. Can
ada Great ritain and Ireland and the
scope If the organiz;, ion, which j. com
paratively new is rapidly increasing. II
is composed Of men in all business aud
professional lines. and it's motto is
He Profits Most Who Serves Best"
As to What Ii H." and Why It's"
a Rotary Club announcement saws:
The Rotary Club j. i luncheon club
composed Of representatives Of each and
every distinctive occupation i'll the com.
munity and with membership limited To
one representative man Of each occu
patton.
Why II IS: To promote the recog
milton Of the wOrthinesS Of all lcgiti
mate occupations and TO dignity each
members occupation as afording him
an oppor unity To serve society.
To encourage high ethfral standards
in business and professions.
To increase the efficiency ~ each mem
Der by the exchange .of ideas and bust
ness methods.
To promote the Scientizing Of acquain-
tance a. an opportunity for service and
an aid 10 success.
To quicken the interest of each member
in the public welfare and 10 cooperate
with others in civir development.
Ihc Rotary Platform
As III n outlined
The Rotary platform i this:
Recognizing the commercial basis Of
modern life ~ a necessary incident in
human evolution the Rotary Club is or
ganizcd 10 express that proper relation
between privA'e interests and the fusion
of private interests which constitutes
society.
To accomplish this purpose more efcr
lively the principle " limited and repre-
sentative membership. has been
adopted. the Rotary club consist
ing of one representative from each dis
tinct line Of business or profession.
Each member i benefited ~ contact
with representative men engaged i'm diff
fcrcnt = equations and il enabled there
Nv 10 meet more intelligently the rcspon
SibiliticS If civic and business life.
The basis II club membership insurcS
the representation Of all interests and
the domination Of none i'll the considcra-
tiou " public questions relating to huSi
ness. On account n ii> limited and rep
rcScntativc membership the Rotary club
does not constitute itself the voice If the
entire community on questions ~ gcner
II Importance llt It's action nn such
questions j. ~ great influence IN ~
vancing the civic and business welfare
If the community.
The Rotary club demands fair deal
ing>. honest methods. and high stand
ards IN business. M obligations. actual
or implied. to influence business exists
i'm Rotary. Election 10 membership
therein ~ an expression of confidence
Of the club in the member elected. and
~ IT, good will towards him. A. his
business j. An expression ~ himself. he
j. expected actively To- represent H.
Membership IN the Rotary club IL n
privilege and an opportunity and IL re
sponsibility demands honest and eff
cicnt service and thonghtfulness for
ones fellows.
service j. the basis for al business.
III. pynet~ most uhn serves beaf.