New Britain herald., 1921-08-04
CLUB LUNCHEONS
SOCIAL BENEFIT
,KiVanis and Rotary Clubs
Valuable for Cooperation

i New York, Aug. 4.-The luncheon
| club idea as means of cultivatins
the spirit of brotherhood and coop
Grafton among business and profess
sional men is rapidly spreading
| throughout the United States and
Canada.
| These clubs today in all sections of
North America are aiding IN the
problems of reconstruction and are
promoting the principles of good
| government and good citizenship
and are promising to become great
business building organizations.
/ Since the birth of the luncheon
club idea in Chicago, February %
1905, when the first group of Ro-
tdrians launched their organization,
Two other international associations
| nave been formed-the Lions and the
Kiwanis-which together with the
| Rotary have a total membership of
nearly 10000 divided into 174O diff
| fcrent clubs.
Taking as it slogan, Service, moi
| SETTLE profits most who serves
best the Rotary Club has become
| the largest of these luncheon clubs,
| having 900 clubs with a membership
Of more than 10000 of the represen-
| tative business and professional men
OF the country.
The Rotarians urge the Golden
| Rule in business dealings and their
| objects are set forth as follows:
To promote the recognition OF
the worthiness of all legitimate oc-
| equations and tn dignity each mem
ber's occupation as affording him an
| opportunity to serve society.
TO encourage high ethical stand
| aros in business and professions.
To increase the efficiency of
each member by the development OF
| individual ideas and business meth
DDS.
TO stimulate the desire of each
member to be of service to his fell
low men and society in general.
| To momote the specializing of &C
quaintance as an opportunity for
I service and an aid to success.
To quicken the interest of eoch
member in the public. welfare of his
community and to cooperate with
others in civic, social, commercial
and industrial development"
| AAO lHISIudIlOudI headquarters OF
the Rotary Club is at Chicago, and
its officers are: Crawford C. Nc
| Cullough, Fort William, Canada
president; Ralph w. Cummings, Ian
! caster, Pa, first vice-president; Will
liam Coppock, Council Bluff, Ia, Sec
ond vice-president; H. J. Luther
j Stark, Orange, Tex, third vice-presi
dent; Rufus F. Chaplin, Chicago,
treasurer.
| The second luncheon club associ-
| alton to be founded-the Interna-
tional Kiawanis Club-was organized
at Detroit, January Z, 1915, by a
group of business men, who took as
| their name, one Of Indian origin,
which stands for the observance of
the Golden Rule in private. civic, So
cial and business life.
| The KlWanis also aims to pro-
mote the spirit Of fraternalisnl
among business and professional men
and one of it's main objects is to
discuss and study the science og bus
mess building and to promote coop
Grafton between it's members in the
| development of the various lines thew
| represent"
I'VE bui1d,'' is the motto of the XII
| wanians, who are also advocating
that in the present day of reconstruct
ton sane thinking must prevail
against avariciousne7s and greed
| Among its distinguished members
| the Kiwanians boast of President
Harding, a charter member of the
Marion, O., club, the Prince of Wales.
! member Of Montreal club, and Presi-
dent Obregon of Mexico, member of
a Texas club.
PRESIDENT Harding IN speaking of
the Kiwanis said:
can have with me IN my work
and life, the spirit of Kiwanis, y1th