The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-02-25
Some Facts About Rotary


dred Rotary clubs in the world to-
day. While the greater number, b.
far. are in the United States, where
the movement originated, there are
Rotary clubs in the principal cities
of Canada and in the principal cities
of Great Britain and Ireland and in
the larger cities of Cuba. Rotary has
, also been established In the countries
of Argentine and Uruguay in South
America, in the Republic of Panama,
/ and in China. Since 1915 there has
been Rotary club in Honolulu and
early in 1919 club was organized
! in the Philippine Islands at Manila.
F, The Calcutta Rotary Club, in India,
! is the latest to be organized in for
eign lands. The next few years will
see hundreds of clubs established in
Z, Europe (the Rotary Club of Paris is
now being instituted), in South
Americ Australia, Asia and Africa,
and in hundreds of the smaller cities
of the North American continent.
This remarkable growth has been
entirely spontaneous. Never, at any
time has the organization employed
paid organizers. On the other hand |
extreme care has always been exer-
cised in surveying cities and towns |
applying for membership to make |
sure that such communities were
ready for Rotary club and were OF
sufficient size from which to secure a
membership of restricted to one man
from each business or profession.
The Rotary Creed Is Service
The Rotary creed is fully set forti,
in the Rotary Platform" and in the
Rotary Code OF Ethics The Rotary
platform was adopted by the organi-
cation in 1911 and is concise state
ment of the principles and ethics
guiding and actuating all Rotary
clubs. THE Rotary club demands
. fair dealings, honest methods, and
high standards in business is the
theme of this platform and the las.
sentence in the platform, "He profits
!, most who serves best has bee,
adopted as the latter part of the Of
fetal slogan of Rotary. The complete
:, slogan reads: Service Above Self
He Profits Most Who Serves Best. -
The GROtary Code of Ethics was
!, adopted by the organization in 1915,
;, and sets forth the principles and
practices that should exist not onl
between ROtarians but all business
and professional men everywhere. To
], resd this Code Of Ethics which the
Rotarians have adopted as their ideal
!. Is to realize one Of the reasons why
this relatively new movement has
gone forward by leaps and bounds
:, during the past five years. Men had
:. been waiting for this very thing II
i. became a Giving force in the lives
of many men who had been obsessed
:. with the one idea Of making money
= Transforming them into men who
chose for their motto ''he profits
most who serves best instead of thu
old standard of "he profits most who
!, accumulates most in material things.
To these men, life became an invest
- ment. not measured in terms of dol
lars but measured in terms Of tn,
faithful discharge of mans highes
duties to society. The governor o
:. one of the greatest states in tn,
:. United States has said that Rotary il
able to catch the heart beat-th
). harmony of lfe-and put it into ac
ton"
Every Member an Active Member
Is The Rotary club has one rule whic
in must not be violated, This is tn
led rule in regard to attendance PraC
80 tcally every club has clause in it
constitution whereby member |
automatically dropped from member
! ship if he misses four meetings i
succession. To this rule is attribut
! ed one Of the reasons for the remark
US. able efficiency of Rotary, A careful
ed record of each members attendanc
| is kept by the secretary and nothin
no short of sickness or death can eS
tly cuse member, Absence from til
so city is no excuse, for there is a spe
lite cial rule whereby member may a.
II tend the meeting of the club in tn
to city where he happens to be, and tn
s ,ae secretary of his home club is officia
= ly advised of this fact, and he +,
IN ceives credit for attendance just q
If he had been present at the meetin
e Of his own club,
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