The daily times., 1921-08-12
THE SPIRIT OF ROTARY

AL the nCC(lh6 AoSh
ing DR.. Love was asked to give his
| conception of the spirit of Rotary
/ # is a gem of thought and so gooo
we want the readers of The Times tC
| have it.-Editor.
Fellow Rotarians:
In the few minutes allotted to ms
/ I shall leave unsaid more than
want to say than l am going to be
able to say.
In the few months that l have
been member of Rotary l think
that | have discovered that it's ge-
MUS is FRIENDSHIP and that it's
ideal is UNSELFISH SERVICE. 1t
stimulates the consciousness OF
brotherhood by the revelation of self
to all and all to self. 1t was Theo-
dore Roosevelt who said that to real
| ize that the average American was a
splendid fellow it was only necessa-
ry to know him. Rotary seeks to
introduce the American to the Amer
ican and the man to the man in the
calm certainty that when we know
him we will find him a real man.
The secret of Rotary's success is
! in the club meeting. Here around
the table and in the club room the
restraints of the day, when there was
battle of wits with the world, are
forgotten as the handshake and
smile are followed with the songs of
| friendship, good cheer and patrio-
tism. The merchant the doctor, the
lawyer and the laborer are lost in the
man as with extended hand and smile
Tom greets Bill The movement OF
] the market is lost in a song. Out
of this new confidence engendered
by real fellowship there grows a
way If man is what we are finding g
/ him to be in this new light there is
every reason to invest in him. 1t is
thus that the Rotarian so readily be-
Any intense expression of life
must have outlet. Rotary secures
I this in the idea of classification. 1t
| brings to it's council tables the best
| that is the ideal. One man and he is
: a leader, interprets to the club the
spirit of line of business or a pro-
fession. Nothing could be more cos
, mopolitan than the grouping thus
secured neither could there be more
: perfect way to transmit the ideals
! of Rotary to the world and to trans
late ideals into service. From a
center of faith and good feeling with
his heart ag1ow with an unseIfish
ideal Rotary sends these men from
every walk of life to that walk with
a new conception of it's dignity and
the power to serve in it.
1t is thus l am led to mention an
other aspect of Rotary that is only
indirectly related to the thing 7 am
supposed to do tonight. With the word
Rotary there is coupled the word
international. 1 am thinking of the
international character of the ser
vice we can and must remember
What Rotary has done for you and
me in a mutual appreciation it can
and will do for men everywhere. In
the city of Mexico a group of men
meet as we do and their minds are
called to consideration of our COM
mon motto. They are reminded of
what we are doing and there VIII
come a new confidence in the man
north of the Rio Grande, the man
whom he has dreamed is possessed
of colossal selfishness and a capac-
ity for making dollars only. When
these and others from Madrid and
Toxic meet in this brotherhoo dsure-
ly we are nearing world peace on
the only terms On which it will ever
be established, confidence of man in
man.
This gives a new meaning to our
biweekly meetings. So let's cherish
the clasp of the friendly hand, the
joy. in the CHEEKY smile till the chill
melts from every heart and united1y
we move to make the ideals of Ro-
tary the ideals of life.