The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1920-01-16
BUSINESS MEN
OF ROTARY CLUB
Tell About Their Business in
Short Addresses. President
Rondthaler of Salem
A DISTINGUISHED GUEST

One of the best meetings the Ro-
tarians have ever held occurred last
night when around the festive |
board about forty prominent and
successful business men of this city |
told how they put Rotar yor service
for their patrons and help in their |
business, and made the Rotary sIo-
told how they put Rotary or service |
best" the ideal OF their life and avo-
cation.
The program had been arranged
by Mr.. Giles Winstead whose turn
had come to preside at the meeting.
He stated that he had decided that
the Wilson Rotarians should know
more of each other and about each
other. and that he felt that they
could profit by the experience of
the other and before he introduced
Mr.. Rondthaler, President of Salem
College a Rotarian and ex-president
of this district of which Wilson is
| a member, and who made a most
| capital Address, each member ac-
=, quiesced in the request of the acting
president. We regret that we have
! not the time to report all the
speeches, they would make most in
| teresting reading. Mr.. Rondthaler
stated at the opening of his address
that this was the most interesting
meeting he had ever attended, and
that the true spirit of Rotary was
manifest in the gathering.
Those who were present and spoke
were Messrs. Winstead, Pettus, Mil
Ter, Edgerton, Herring, Patrick, Nc
Gowan, Stanton, Grantham, Gold,
Woodard, Graham, Rufin, Harvey,
Hackney John, Oettinger Toney,
: Woodard Kirby, burlington, Hassell,
Abbitt, Dickinson, Williams, Rich
ardson, Sittersen, Fulghum, Thur
man, Crittenden, Borden, Best,
Stokes, Welsh, Foust, Carroll,
Hooks, Knott, Clark and Oettinger
Elmer.
Mr.. Rondthaler was presented by
L.
i, he was going to follow the example
of the other Rotarians and tell
II something of his life's history. He
| was born in Brooklyn and his first
job was on railroad where he car
) ried a rod and learned to be a civil
engineer. Then he sold books, shoes
and shirts and worked his way
. through college. He is now at the
4 head of one OF the largest educa-
, tional institutions in the South and
has under him 54 men and women
, teachers to say nothing of the do
mestics and the help around the in
stitution and SIS young lady stu
dents Of the college. He stated
that last week he had assisted in thu
burial Of an employe, white wo
man who had been in the institution
for So years. There were fou
. other women who had been in con
tinuous service with the institution
for SO years.
Mr.. Rondthaler stated that he loe
vd his work and that his chief trou
BILE was to keep up. The great trou
BILE today is the fact that the peopl
r of North Carolina have not prepare
n for the 1490 boys and girls who ar
tt clamoring for entrance at the door
t. of our: colleges. and are unable t
n fain admittance for lack of physics
leI equipment.
le Mr. Rondthaer gave q wonderfu
h and interesting description of his il
Is depreciation of Rotary and what
has done for HIM., He spoke Of the il
ternational character of the organ
zatfon and that it was growing
b leaps and bounds. for wherever
mi went people wanted to understan
81 it. and then to have it. for its inflI
r ence was all abiding. uplifting an
s saving.