The Coconino sun., 1921-11-25

44H SSON the individual member, permeating him with the spirit of Rotary so that he is soon not only practicing its prin- ciples, but seeking at the same time to raise little higher the level of his own craft.
 Rotary club activities are many and varied. They are usually confined To- cally to activities which no other or ganization is formed to accomplish. Taking the activities of all Rotary clubs the world over they touch every phase of community life. For exam pie, a department of boys work is one of the several departments at the central office at Chicago made neces- sary because of the interest manifest ed by Rotary clubs in this work. Ro- tary Boys work is not confined to any one phase. Boys clubs have been es- tablished and vocational training made part of the school curriculum through the agency of Rotary clubs in various cities. Several other clubs have made notable success in their humanitarian work among the crip- pied children of the poor. This work has included the raising of funds to provide hospitals and homes for such children where their deformities can be corrected by such operations and by the use of such appliances as the best surgical skill and medical science can provide.
 But boys work, as stated before, is only one of many activities. Second to none in Rotary activities comes community service. Rotary clubs in many, many cities have been instru- mental in arousing a civic pride and consciousness that has resulted in the preparation and adoption of city beautiful plans; erection of club houses for soldiers and community settlement houses and the providing of night schools for aliens and their instruction in the fundamentals of Americanism. Better public high ways, "get-together meetings" of far mers and business men, community singing, employment of visiting nur- ses, safety-first campaigns, in fact, a complete list of the various activities of Rotary clubs would take up many columns and would include nearly every phase of mans endeavor toward making his city, his state and country better place in which to live.
 There are no number of instances where Rotary clubs have been called upon for service in times of stress. Probably the most striking example was at. the time of the influenza epi- demic in the United States and Can ada when many clubs were suddenly called upon to make surveys of hos pital facilities, organize available To- cal resources for fighting the epidemic and securing nurses from less-afflict- ed communities.
 Every Member an Active Member
 The Rotary club has one rule which must not be violated. This is the rule in regard to attendance. Practically every club has a clause in it's con stitution whereby a member is auto matically dropped from membership if he misses four meetigs in succession. To this rule is attributed one of the reasons for the remarkable efficiency of Rotary. A careful record of each members attendance is kept by the secretary and nothing short of sick ness or death can excuse a member. Absence from the city is no excuse, for there is rule whereby a member may attend the meeting of Rotary club in any city and receive credit for attendance just as if he had been present at the meeting of his own club.
 Rotary clubs thus hold an enviable record for high percentage of atten- dance. Clubs with as many as two and three hundred members have as high as 80 per cent of their members present meeting after meeting. In some of the twenty-four Rotary dis tricts having jurisdiction over as many as forty or fifty clubs weekly per- centage of attendance of from 70 to 80 per cent is maintained for the en- tire district. New records for high attendance percentages are continu- ally being made and as quickly being