Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18
ROGUE PLAYERS WERE
 GUESTS OF ROTARY CLUE


 Roque Day at the Norwich Rotary club meeting on Wednesday noon at the WauregaA Hotel brought cut about twenty of the roque players who are in this city competing in the National tournament. The players were the guests of the local club and were royalty enter tained.
 Lucius Briggs, president of the Rotary club welcomed the guests and expressed not only tEe sentiment of the Rotary cluh but of the entire community when he said that he hoped that this tournament will never be played in any city other tran Norwich. He said he wanted all the visitors to feel that Norwich was the home of roque and therefore the home of any roque enthusiast. He also said that the Norwich Rotary club stood ready and willing to do all in it's power to help this growing national game along
 W. C. Rodman of Philadelphia respond ed for the roque players an said that he spoke for every player in the tourna- ment when he said that he considers Norwich bis sehond home. Everyone is glad to get back to Norwich once a year and we all feel like old residents he said. He then spoke of several changes that could be made regarding the courts thus making them as fine as any in the country. He said that as long as he had a say in the matter Norwich should al ways be the home of roque and that the tournaments Should be played here year after year.
 Eben Learned was the song leader for the day and the singing augmented by twenty voices of the guests was singing was the song about Billy Oats farm and the ducks and chicks, The Ro- tary Harmony quartette, assisted by Ebcn Learned and Henry J. Fontaine renedr- ed several selections in fine voice. Tie quartette includes joseph C. Worth, F. Howard Baker, William c, Park and Louis A. Wheeler. Several now songs were introduced and the guests also favored with a chorus,
 Several of the visiting roque players who were present at a Rotary meeting for the first time asked what Rotary and it's principles are. To this Arthur NJ Brown, chairman of tfe educational committee gave a comp1 ehensive talk on Rotary and what it means to the community. MT Brown emphasized the fact that the slogan Of Ritary was Ser vice Above Self, a principle that in- voved the fundamentals of Christianity and the Golden Rule
 After MT. Browns talk William G Park, delegate 10 the Edinburgh con 1 vention, made an interesting report ot the convention proper. MT. Park told of the report of the various committees at the convention. These reports showed | tne remarkable Increase In Rotary club during the past year. During the las year 219 clubs have been added making total of 977 clubs in all the large citie: ! of the world, the total membership be l ing nearly 10000. Every member beins living example of the principle of Ro i tary. MT Park also said that great em phasis was put on the principles of Ro tary and that it was these principle: | of love and fellowship that would event ually solve the worlds problems, both 1T 4regard to business relations and to in 1 ternational policies
 MT. Park also told of the interesting happenings during the course of the Ro | tarians' visit abroad and spoke of tn good feeling that exists between the olC continental nations and America.
 At the conclusion of the report a ris ing vote of appreciation was given tn speaker. The roque players also ex tended vote of thanks to the Rotar7 club fer the Hospitality shown them dur 1 ing their stay in this city.
 The meeting closed with the singin; of the Star Spangled Banner.