The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-25

FARGO BRETHREN ASSIST

Pacesgwith Eclat
The Bismarck Rotary club was or.
ganized with a atharter membership OF
25 at meeting held in st. Georges
parish house "wednesday evening. W.
w. Scott. OF Faygo. as representative
Of the. district governor. attended to
the official details and Ad Leach of the
Fargo Rotary club attended to tell
prospective members something about
Rotary. .u. ~. l.-.
The bismarck Club adopted the con-
,stitutiOn and bylaws Of the Interna
tional Rotary association and elected
a board Of directors consisting Of Rev.
George Buzzelle. 6. F. Dullam, r. NJ.
Bergeson. r. T. Conklin. Burt Finney.
w. +. l1ahr and II. P. Goddard. This
hoard will meet tomorrow evening 10
elect, officers for the year. ~
FARGO COMING IN FORCE
An application for charter will be
made at once to the international asso.
citation. Favorable action is antici-
pated, and as soon as the charter is
received, Wright Scott. representing
the Fargo Rotary. last night gave
promise that the Gate City Rotarians
will come out in n bunch, in a special
car to see that Bismarck Rotary is set
rotating in the right direction.
I've did that when Grand Forks ire.
ceived it's charter said Mr. Sqbtt.
''and they told us afterward that tlie:e
were more Fargo business men in
Grand Forks that day than there had
ever been before I'll.
Al Leach invited Bismarck Rotary
to. send delegate to the district con-
vention to be held in Wausau. Wis.
next month. He said Fargo Rotary
had received a, private coach and IN
tended to 90 Nen masse. determined to
win for Fargo the next convention of
this district, which includes Wiscon
sin. the upper. peninsula Of Michigan.
Minnesota and North Dakota. Wed
like to have your delegates join us.
said the Fargo featherweight. "and.
incidentally. 70. yple with us
B Us 10 4. IL g '.
WHAT ROTARY IS
Rotary. Mr.. Leach, explained, is ~
progressive movement which unite;
for social commercial ana civic bet
tei'ment representatives Of every bust
ness and profession in community.
ROtarians. he said. do not interfere
with otlE,r commercial or social Or
ganizltions. Ordinarily ROtaties will be
found in the front ranks of commercial
club fighting squads, he stated, often
when a commercial club shows signs
Of faltering. the Rotary hurls itself
into the breach and takes the Objec
tive.
Rotary never gors into a thing
without thorough investigation. and
then it goes in to win.-~ The wheels
Of Rotary always revolve forward
never backward. The obligation every
ROtarian assumes is one Of service. to
his club and TO his community. Moth.
ing hayOnd a Rotarian's reasonable
powers Of performance is eXacted Of
him. but within such reasonable
bounds no excuse is accepted for fail
ure to deliver .'... .-.. .. -,
Scott told what Rotary had meant
to him in Fargo. where he was born
md reared, III bringing him in closer
touch with Zig men whom he known
all his life. but whom he had found
more apprOachable as Rotarians. He
told Of some Of the big things and
some of the good things, little. private,
decent things, that Rotary had done in
Fargo. : !
MEMBERSHIP LIMITED
The initial membership of the Bis
marck Rotary club is limited to %.
During the first year it will be i'm
possible to greatly increase this men,
bership. as the rules Of the interna-
tiOnal association prohibit Member
ship in Rotary is always by election
and invitation. never by application.
and it is an honor and privilege
which means much, as this internal
.tiOnal organization now has strong
clubs and active and aggressive repre-.
sentatives in every town of any con-
sequence on the American continent.
Rotary began four years ago with
the recognition upon the part Of four
Chicago men Of the need of establish
ing a closer comradeship more com
plete confidence and Il fuller mutla
understanding. From that small he
ginning it has grown into one of the
big. vital movements of the day in
America. where everywhere Rotary is
found emblematic of tlEe best that Il
community affords. .a -