Evening journal., 1920-02-26
WHAT ROTARY IS
ACCOMPLISHING
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Conlinued from First Page.
and to the newspapers. \ letter o
thanks and appreciation was rcad iron
Mrs. spackman relative 70 flowers sen
ana tho attendance OF he Rotary ciul
at The funeral. members acting as pail
bearers.
William Owens acted es chairman q
Tho entertainment committed IN The 0b
ssncs OF Clifford j. Scott iie calle'
IN N.r. Trapnen to deliver q tulogy on
Mr.. suackman. Mr.. Trapnoll con
thldcd The eulogy with George Spack
NAN was a man.
DR. Sduires was introduced as n
chief speaker Of Tho day and gave a.
effective address. 10 said:
Dr. SQulres said.
"Wllmington Rotary IS still running
truo TO form. aud Is violating no pre-
ccdent or rule OF procguuiv IN having
selected as the conversational soat Ior
lhls All-Roterly Week when there are
for discussion Items OF historic Interest
IS well as prophetic proclamations, ono
who has grown gray-haired and wrin-
Ned IN the glorious work. This, for the
moro than COO Rotary Clubs OF The in-
iernational organization, IL Anniversary
Week. aud there Is naturally much OF
fellcltaton as well az introspcciion.
"The story og how Rotary originated
and how the institution has grown
during tho past few years until it 10
extending 10 all the civilized countries
OF tho world Is intensely Interesting.
The locus Of ~ adven. was at lunch
con table IN a Chicago hotel, where
four business acqualntances had been
meeting together Tor several weeks.
As It happened. each OF the gentlemen
represented a different calling, one was
q coal dealer. one a mining operator.
1no a merchant. and perhaps u Is not
hard 10 guess that the other was an
attorney. 70 was he, Paul p. Harris
who flrst advanced the idea OF forming
permanent club ana it was actually
decided on February % 1905. 10 per-
foot permanent Organization, You
Witt perhaps notice that February %
follows February %, which we arc
taught 10 dedicate TO truth and integ-
riiy and Rotary has followed this stan
dard at an times
AS there were no orders 20 all, no
veins % explore, no patterns TO fol-
low. nor wcll-thumbed precedents 10
eulde, g was necessary 10 look for one
of vision and lmsgnation and the
printing profession, SO well adorned
ay Ben Franklin, Elmer Bye, and, at
one time by myself was selected as
the most logical held. and The prophet
lud prociaimer, on, in more modern
anguage the press agent and guide,
Als selccled thercif0m. So well did
.lls afih member introduce the leav-
,n.ne lump lhai he became largely re-
snonsibie FOR safety guiding The new
organization durne the early period OF
i.s existence. This, you win remem- |
ber was ffifen years ago. before our |
,hfrishcd Mother Tongue received the |
starring uffon. OF the slmplihcd SPELL |
ing now used IN The Botarian doubt |
Fl lhe iimld young organization could |
have carried this awful burden which !
today introduces mischief into the
many Otherwise wonderful articles OF
lnsifuciion and enlightenment.
Despite the strongest efforts OF The |
aforesaid press agent many wild ideas |
.rofs circulated and there was much |
'QInmnt Two afiluont citizens. being
'amsifrs, once noticed a string Of au-
omobles decorated with Rotary BAN
lfrs ani one clrefuliy explained TO the
,lcr fhai the R0iarians were wagon
aafcrs and their emblem was The
Wagon wheel. The name "Rolary' cho-
.en because Wagon wheel goes
round. Here Ne have at the very
arllcst date good precedent for The
Introduction Of the wheel m8nufactur-
q in the classification 0f eligible work
rs. and Howard seaman must have
l7en fore0rdoined to become member
NE new club. like BIZ Foster, planned
q build extensively.
lho habit was % rotate IN having
he.r meeting % the placc OF business
{ tae different members, but a 'Rota-
jon Club was not just exactly The
40, name. 10 was decided that the
iartff form De used and hence we
ave Rotary Club Here again, IN the
rl'fr days Of Che organization we
|a}a q well established precedent for Il
Wilmer Siradleys excellent party OF
- year; ana there Is a very faint
nm9r that Cosney Garretlson Is quite
roud OF q wonderfully equipped cafe
er'a. and that Che Fellows msy begin
, wlei ihcir appeiltles for the banquet
hai IS 90 be spread by Ed Bardo I'M
-'i ne wings of ihe wireless. Dyeing
= NOT always expiring so Bancroft
M Cook are reported 70 have aspira-
lions as hosts, There are OF course.
many others. end also spacious. we'll
-ept lawns where a picnic dinner and