Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-27
RoTARIANS TOLD
 ABOUT COAL SUPPLY (continued From Page 1o.)

ROTARIANS TOLD
 ABOUT COAL SUPPLY
 (Continued From Page 1o.) confined to any one phase Boys clubs have been established and vocational training made a part of the school cur riculum through the agency of Rotary clubs in various cities. Several other clubs have made q notable success in their humanitarian work among the crip- pied children of the poor This work has included the raising of funds to provide hospitals and homes for such children l where their deformities can be corrected l by such operations mad by the use of ! such appliances as the best surgical skill | and medical science can provide.
 But boys work, as stated before, is l only one of many activities. Second | none in Rotary activities comes com munity service. Rotary clubs in many, many cities have been instrumental arousing civic pride and consciousness that has resulted in the preparation and adoption of city beautiful plans, erection of club houses for soldiers and com munity settlement houses and the pro- viding of night schools for aliens and ] their instruction in the fundamentals of Americanism Better public highways. "get together meetings of farmers and business men. community singing. em- ployment of visiting nurses, safety first campaigns, in fact, a complete list of the various activities of Rotary clubs would l take up many columns and would include nearly every phase of mans endeavor | toward making his city, his state and i country better place in which to live. There are no number of instances where Rotary clubs have been called upon for service in times of great stress. Prob ! ably the most striking example was at the time of the influenza epidemic in the l United States and Canada, when many l clubs were suddenly called upon to make l surveys of hospital facilities, organize available local resources for fighting the | epidemic and, securing nurses from less l afflicted communities.
 Every Member an Active Member.
 The Rotary club has one rule which i must not be violated. This is the rule in regard to attendance. Practically every
 club has a clause in it's constitution
 whereby member is automatically drop
 ped from membership if he misses four
 meetings in succession. To this rule is
 attributed one of the reasons for the re-
 markable efficiency of Rotary. A careful
 record of each members attendance is
 kept by the secretary and nothing short of sickness or death can excuse a mem i Der Absence from the city is no excuse. for there is rule whereby a member
 may attend the meeting of a Rotary club in any city and receive credit for atten- dance just as if he had been present at
 the meeting of his own club.
 Rotary clubs thus hold an enviable rec ord for high percentage of attendance at , meetings. Clubs with as many as two and three hundred members have as high
 on ,I,f,r-c ay,1
 meeting after meeting. In some of the 24 Rotary districts having jurisdiction over as many as 40 and 30 clubs weekly v percentage of attendance of from 70 to :, S0. per. cent is maintained for the entire ' district New records for high attendance f percentages are continually being made
 and as quickly being broken by some ciul : somewhere. The. latest achievement ha: been by a club on the Pacific coast wifi
 50 members which has made the remark
 able and heretofore unheard of record O / q 100 per cent. attendance, or every mem | ber present not only at one meeting Il which would be an unusual record in it
 self-but a 100 per cent. attendance q ? seven consecutive meetings.
 n The Governing Body of Rotary. 5. The International Association of Ro r tary clubs-embracing more than 70 ?. Rotary clubs. with more than 5000
 menibers-functions through a board o n directors which is elected each year a If the annual convention. The directors o l. the association are a president. three vic
 presidents and q fifth member who is tn s outgoing president and who remains a = one of the directors for a year after hi e term as president has expired. r. The headquarters or central office C r. the international association is located i E Chicago The work which is carried O s- here is completely systematized into de Il partments organized for rendering eff
 cient and individual service to all Rotar n clubs Constant contact is maintaine ! with district governors and committee e as well as with each Rotary clu ; through it's officials
 s. The Rotarian, large magazine de y voted to Rotary. is published ever
 month The subscription list contain i the names of not only the more tha l. 5O,OOo members of Rotary clubs but
 large number of other individuals wh'
 while not members. are interested frol 2 professional and business standpoint \, the ideas promulgated by these "Servic Crusaders' of the goth century. Verbatil [. proceedings of the international conver 1 ton are printed each year io bnok forn $ Hundreds of other bulletins and report are published The fact that more tha e one million copies. of just reports an publications alone are printed annual l. will give a fair idea of the volume -- work handled at the central office of tt l. association.
 J Objects of the Rotary Club. le The objects of the Rotary club as s,
 forth in the constitution of the Rotar
 clubs are:
 l. To encourage and foster
 e High ethical standards in business ar Il, professions.
 m The ideal of service as the basis of a
 worthy enterprise.
 The active interest of every Rotaria = in the civic. commercial. social and nor
 welfare of his community.
 4 The development of a broad acquain k anceship as an opportunity for service
 well as an aid to success.
 The interchange of ideas and of bus
 ness methods as a means of increasir
 the efficiency and usefulness of Rotal !, ans.
 f The recognition of the worthiness
 all legitimate occupations and the digr
 flying of the occupations of each Rotal
 an as affording him an opportunity es serve society.
 si1 y Rotary Club Training School. 5S As the Rotary clubs now function tn ox are organized to accomplish the bette