El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-30
ROTARY HEARS
MEMORIAL TALK
Rabbi Zielonka Addresses
Members on Duty to Self
and Country.

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routine business during the lunch
con eriod president Robert Krakauer
I announced that in Keeping with
the presidents proclamation, Rotary
would observe the day IN memory Of
I the dead.
| LED by Joseph n. Evans. the mem
I bers sang Nearer, My God, to Thee,
and rabbi Martin ZielOnka delivered
I an Grafton on the significance Of the
I day and how it should call men TO stop
! temporarily from their business az
Z fairs and look with more earnest
| ness upon the serious side Of life and
] its demands.
This was followed by the singing
Of the national anthem, all standing
On the table, near president Kra-
3 kauer, was a beautiful bouquet Of
/ roses with card plainly readable
{ from all parts OF the room bearing
l the name Rowland W. Larrabee, the
only member Of ROtaly to die since
the formation Of the Ell PasO Organi-
zatiOn- The bouquet sat in front Of
/ a vacant chair, preserved at the table
I in honor Of the deceased member.
Memorial Day Address.
ct is not generally known that
I Memorial day is a holiday Of south
/ ern origin, while the date is an his
! toric one in the annals Of the north.
I said Dr.. Zieionka- often designated
1 as Decoration day. the Grand Army
y
I vision, declared that the proper des-
! ignatiOn Of May 80 is Memorial day
I and not Decoration day. Cen John
A Logan, as commander Of the
I Grand Army OF the Republic. first
! DESIGNATED Nav 80 because il was
I the date Of the discharge of the last
union volunteer Of the war Most Of
I the northern states have since made
/ this day legal holiday, while Viz
ginia has set the same day as Con-
! tederate Memorial day, and most OF
( the other southern states have desig-
mated some other day.
To Adopt Ii in Texas.
'IeXaF has no provision for this
! Memoirs day and may j express the
hope thE e PasO Rotary start an
] agitation among the Rotary clubs OF
/ the state so that the next legisla-
/ ture may designate the 30th day Of
/ May as a legal holiday and be the
/ first southern state to officially burr
! the animosities that have continued
/ to exist since the battle OF the brethren
rent our country into a north and q
/ south No more appropriate time
could be chosen f7r this manifesto
I tion Of our unity in the struggle now
I impending than this hour when ma
I tional guards have lost their state
! standards, when youths C- all states
are mingling in the newly created
! army and when we recognize Jut Uug
d
| resents a state but from whose blue
/ not a single star desires TO remove
| itself, but, by mingling together. ado
I strength and glory 10 the Is bars from
I which they have sprung
The Love OF Nation.
we love Texas, but we love her
only as part OF that union which is
\ now struggling 10 make democracy
safe in the world; we love the flag o.
I the Lone Star state, but we love il
{ only for that which il has done in the
past and that for which il ever stood
] in the early struggle of our state, but
I we love, with a love infinitely great
| er, that flag with its cluster of stars,
I one Of which represents US, because
! Ii stands not only FOR a glorious past
but is also the beacon of hope for
/ the suffereing millions in all parts OF
the world.
Significance in south.
! Il said that Memorial day was OF
southern origin. while the date was
I Of northern origin. And in saying
I this, I feel that the day symbOlizes
/ the completed union OF north ana
south. In the balmy atmosphere OF
the southland. where this season is
! prOfuse with flowers, where the varl-
I cOlored beauties lift their heads al
I the kiss Of the morning sunshine. Civ
{ ing perfume to the air sweet nectar
10 the bees and adding beauty 10 the
I religious thought that such a period
] deserves recognition; that such a time
I should awaken beautiful thoughts
; about the beautiful lives Of those who
! have passed on that such time
I should urge US 10 halt ana consider
life and its limitations that even as
! the grass withereth and the flower
! fadeth so does man fade and fan ana
I sink into the dust
in the North.
and in the nOrthland was con-
] Ceived the exact date Of this day OF
: remembrance. 1t was the day when
Z the last volunteer was discharged,
I the day when the north definitely sci
] aside all attempts to conquer; the day
] when the north, by example. put out
l its protecting arms to the south and
I said. -Seel 1 have discharged my last
/ volunteer; 1 do not desire conquest,
{ 1 come with no spirit Of pride; 1 come
I with no mailed fist; we have been
{ brothers. we viii continue as broth
[ ers; we have had our disagreements;
! We have each fought for his honest
! conviction; you have fought nobly
/ for your cause; but God has willCd IL
/ that we should pass on as a united
I people, that slavery should no longer
I exist. Come. then. let US forget our
] differences and unite for our common
welfare.
"A day OF such united origin should
D cause our hearts to Jingle with love,
/ should force our minds to think
/ deeply about our problems, should
make US more solemn even midst the
! pleasures Of life.
I And first OF all let US pay our
I tribute to that vacant chair reserved
] here today for Rotarian r. W. Lara
/ bee He did not wear the uniform OF
/ an American soldier but ne was never
! theless a soldier in the ranks OF
/ American manhood. If doing ones
] duty as one sees IL, if responding to
! the responsibilities as they present
] themselves, If service, not self, is the
I standard Of soldiery. then may he be
! so considered. He will not be with US
] on these occasions. his voice VIII not
3 be heard, his handshake viii not be
/ felt but his presence with US in the
past VIII manifest itself unconscious
I ly in the lives OF the mem bers Of This
/ organization His LIES task on earth
I is ended, he has Obeyed the summons
{ TO enter into the realms Of life and
! light eternal, into the presence Of his
/ Cod Let US now rise and after
moments silent meditation drink OF
D the water Of life in memory Of r. W.
| Larrabee.
Those In Service.
And when we have finished this
/ Of that service flag. They reflect the
/ in the lives Of our members who have
/ knows how soon we may be called
stars 70 gold, no one knows when the
I rHHH HHfL for Of