Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-03
HARMONY MARKS
CONVENTION Of
K|WAN|S CLUBS
americans Sing "God Save
the King" and Canadians
Reply With america"
Reports Local Delegate.

/ hGpty WIFI Hltici I'D,
Reports Local Delegate.
i H. f. Robinson, who was dele
ate, with H. G. Coors, Jr., to the
ational Kiwanis convention held
gently in Cleveland, returned
rom the convention wednesday
nd has brought with him an in
eresting account of the meeting
rhich was remarka bly, harmonious
nd enjoyable throughout He will
crescent a part account of the work
4 the convention before the XII
Vanis club at their dinner next
Wednesday.
lsThere were three aspects of the
onvention which pleased me" Mr..
robinson stated yesterday. "They
gere the international good feeling
he good Fellowship. and the COM
nunity singing.
Throughout the convention the
most cordial friendship was evil
fenced by delegates from both the
United States and Canada. Can
,dians sang America and Ameri-
ans God Save the King and both
ang Justify.
No Grievances.
"The entire conventionewas over
lowing with good fellowship, and
vas wholly free from petty bicker-
nrs or auarrels. As matter OF
act. the grievance committee
which met on Monday reported that
Tot a single grievance had been
brought before them.
"The community singing, led by a
Kiwanian from Youngstown, ONO
was one of the features Of the con-
,ention, No assembly &C the dele
gates was complete ! bout an
abundance of songs and yells. AS
,ne of the Cleveland papers
phrased 1t, The Kiwanians are o
singing, cheering organization
yongs and yells occupying a large
place on the program of all con.
vention sessions. No less than
thirty musical organizations, bands
orchestras, glee clubs and quartets
have been brought to the conven-
hon'
"There was no lack of entertain
ment at the convention, both pro.
fessionaI and Kiwanis. talent "on
h.ibuting to the amusement OF the
guests. The delegates were enter
tained on two evenings at the Ma
sonic Temple. The first evening
was given over to a musical pro'
gram by singer from the Metro
nolitan Opera company. and
daoPaG On thp
second evening the guests were en-
tertained by program of kiwanlS
talent and competition OF all the
elee clubs which had been brough'
10 the convention. Besides these
entertainments. a number OF minor
features were provided, including
the flight Of free balloon with
three Kiwanians aboard, a news
boy drum and bugle corps, and
program by the Fort Worth 'kats.
An auto trip through the city and
It's suburbs was provided for the
ladies at the convention.
98 Baby Alligators.
"a number OF interesting ex-
hibits were brought to the conven'
tion by Kiwanis delegations from
various citiesy The Atlanta XII
wanians brought exhibits Of Coca
Cola, watermelons, and minis; AT
lantio City provided salt wafer
taffy: a Montana club exhibiten
specimens Of copper ingots from its
mines; Phoenix had demonstra-
ton of cactus candy; Fort Worth
showed the delegates a model oil
derrick and relief map of its irri-
cation project. The honors were
divided between Akron. with an
exhibit of balloons. and Jackson
VILE, Florida, with sample lot OF
ninety-eight baby alligators.
MANY interesting addresses were
given before the convention. one OF
the most interesting being that OF
DR.. William States Jacobs of Hous-
ton, Tex. who addressed the con-
vention on the Meaning of XII
wants. Four addresses of welcome
were made on the first day of the
convention, by President Barnett,
the mayor of Cleveland. the COVER
nor of Ohio. and the president of
the Cleveland Kiwanis club On
Tuesday r. B. Atwood spoke on
the subject Back to the Constitu-
ton" The principal address of
Wednesday was given by DR.. Moses
Breeze upon the theme I'VE Build"
Two addresses were made on
Thursday--one. The Value of
Music to the Kiwanis Club" by DR..
Charles A. Gage of Rockford, Ill, |
and the other by Sir James w.
Robertson of Canada.
Cummings Honored.
"Mr. O. Sam Cummings. who
was long the prime mover in the
Rotary international and is now
to private business. was
honored at the convention by the
of gold watch, chain
and knife from the Rotary inter-
national The secretaries of XII
wants clubs also presented Mr..
Cummings with diamond ring.
can interesting report was given
the convention of the growth of
Starting In January. 1916,
the report showed three clubs and
500 members. In January, 1917,
there were thirty-eight clubs and
400 members. Since then the
has been almost
doubled every, year, until at pres
emit there are $50 clubs with $4,000
members. tt
THE convention ended on Fri
day with the election Of officers for
the coming term, and the selection