Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-03-31
ACTUALlZE IDEALS
R0TARlANS' AIM,
SAID GOV. KAYE
Urges Delegates to Practice
the High Preachments Of
Rotary at District Conven-
tion in Fargo-Adjourns
Today.


Fargo, March pa. H. Zimmer-
man, Wausau, Wis, will be the next
governor of the 18th district of the
international Association Of Rotary
Clubs. While not yet elected, Mr..
Zimmerman was the only man NOM
mated at the district conference in
session here today and nominations
are closed. Election will be late to-
day. The district includes North Da-
kota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the
upper peninsula Of Michigan.
Nearly 500 Rotarians attended the
conference banquet which was held
nthe banquet room OF the Masonic
Temple last evening, closing the first
day of what promises to be the great
est conference nthe history OF the
fifteenth district Rotarians. At the
banquet message of thanks was re-
ceived from President Warren G.
Harding in response to greetings wir-
ed to the president of the conference
yesterday morning President Hard
ing is himself a Rotarian.
Tho Message of the. Rotary.
The address of the evening was
made by Tracy r. Bangs of the Grand
Forks Rotary Club. Mr.. Bangs
spoke on "The, Message of the Ro-
ta'ry,' reminding members Of the aim
of the organization in putting service
and square dealing above self and
personal gain. The spirit of Rotary,
to be such men as boys can safely pat
tern after, wa salso brought out by
the Grand Forks speaker.
Following Mr.. Bangs address, dan
cling was enjoyed in the Masonic au-
ditorium from 8 to IL p. NJ.
Today's session of the conference
will take in all the business of the
gathering. Reports of committees
will be heard, election of the district
governor and a long discussion pc
riod on topics of interest to Rotarians
and citizens are the main points of
the final session Of the conference
which ends today.
Clubs on Parade.
Official opening of the conference
was set for 10 a. M Monday, but
things started to happen long before
that time. In the lobby Of the Card
ner hotel, official headquarters, i'm
promptu parades were formed, and
wound, single file, through the dense
crowd. The Devils Lake delegation,
hooded and robed in red, sang, the
Duluth band played, the Minneapo-
lis drum corps marched through the
lobby, and individual delegates made
all the noise possible. When a tenn
porary lull threatened the Minot high
school band appeared.
AS the time of the convention near
ed, the clubs marched to the Com
mercial club, where visitors were be-
ing registered as rapidly as they
could be taken care of. A number of
St. Paul members robed as -friars,
were playing atrocious harmony on
sonophones in joyous disregard of
rhythm or unison.
Shortly after II the Rotarians be-
gan assembling in the auditorium OF
the Masonic Temple, and the room
was soon filled to capacity with row
stockmen, cowboys, and just Rotar-
ians
Many Songs.
More than $50 Rotarians of the
8O7 registered for the annual 18th
district Rotary conference were pres
ent at the luncheon served in the
banquet room of the Masonic Temple.
For half an hour during the lunch
con, Rotarians from various cities in
the district, seated in groups repre-
senting their own clubs, kept up a
rivalry of songs, college yells and
short band selections, topped off with
the wild westerners from Williston,
who, after each outburst of enthus-
iasm, broke forth with a salvo from
"six-shooters.."
Songs Arc Sung.
The singing of Rotary songs. in
Guiding parodies on Just Like
Rose" "Hiawatha's Melody OF Love-"
North Dakota" and numbers dedi-
Gated to James H. (Jimmy) Kaye and
w. N. (Bill) Ryerson, by the Rotar-
ians in chorus was led by A. ]: Steph-
ems of the Fargo Rotary club.
Governor Kayc's Address.
District Governor Kake of Mar
quette, Mich, delivered a strong ap-
peal to the members to actualize
their ideals.
He said in part: "There are two
great ideals which are being much
discussed and thought of these days
One is the principle of democracy.
The other I scarcely know now to
name. 1t has been called "the great
society," Internationalism is the
phase Of it. Rightly considered, in
ternationalism can be a source of
great wrongly considered, it
may be the cause OF great harm.
"a new spirit is abroad in the
world today which we cannot ignore.
When there is a famine in China, or
an earthquake disaster in far cor
ner Of the earth, or atrocities in Bel
GUM, It is known to every shopkeep-
er in Venice and Constantinople, to
the farmer IN Minnesota and the
herdsmennin Texas and not only are
these things news, but they are thot
over and visualiEdd and discussed.
OFTEN theySare tha cause OF action.
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