The Coconino sun., 1921-11-25
BEING AHISTORY OF
 HEROTARY MOVEMENT

A membership made up of one repre. sentative from each business or pro. fession is representative of the com. munity. Such group becomes ar ideal forum for the discussion of pub- lie questions and the consideration of matters of concern both to the public and to the different trades and pro- fessions. United action by the club is much easier than with large and cumbersome membership of several hundred or thousand and it is i'm possible for those of any one occu- patton or allied occupations to become numerically strong enough to domi- nate the policy of the club. The busi. ness man himself is benefited for such association tends to lift him out of the rut of his own business routine giving him broader and more sym pathetic understanding of other busi- nesses and professions.
 But most important of all, it has been the means of increasing the eff ciency of the club itself. Every mem Der knows he must be an active mem- Der. If he becomes laggard, then he is in danger of losing his member ship to someone else in his same line of business. That this rule is rigidly observed is one of the reasons why membership in Rotary is considered at so high a premium.
 Rotary Has Had Marvellous Growth The Chicago club continued to in crease in membership. In 1908- three years after the first meeting the second Rotary club was organized in San Francisco. Other clubs fol lowed on the Pacific coast and then the movement spread to the East and then to the South until sixteen clubs had been organized by the end of 1910.
 It was in 1910 that the first conven- tion was held in Chicago and the "Na- tional association" formed. At this convention Chesley R. Perry was elect ed secretary and he continues to hold this office at the present time. Rotary emerged from a national organization to an international organization two years later at the Duluth convention. A short time previous to this conven- tion a club had been organized at Winnipeg, Canada and during the con- vention a cablegram was received from the Rotary club of London, Eng land, asking for charter. Rotary had thus quickly evolved from one club ia 1905 to an international organiza- tion in 1912.
 Since 1912 the organization has grown more rapidly than during the first seven years. Today there are more than seven hundred Rotary clubs in the world. Although the greater number are in the United States, where the movement orginat- ed, there are now Rotary clubs in Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, Cuba, South America, the Republic ot Panama, China and India. This growth seems all the more remarkable when we realize that the organization has never at any time employed paid organizers. And in addition, extreme care has always been exercised in sur veying cities and town applying for membership to make sure that such communities are ready for a Rotary club and are of sufficient size from which to secure a membership of rep resentative men and still have the membership restricted to one man from each business or profession.
 Practical Application of Iotary
 The Rotary creed is fully set forth in the Rotary Platform" and in the Rotary Code of Ethics" The Rotary platform demands fair dealing, honest methods, and high standards in busi- ness," is the theme of this platform, and the last sentence in the platform "He profits most who serves best" has been adopted as the latter part of the official slogan of Rotary "Service Above Self-He Profits Most Who Serves Best"
 The Rotary Code of Ethics" was adopted by the organization in 1915 and sets forth the principles and practices that "should exist not only between Rotarians, but all business and professional men everywhere"
 One of the worlds greatest states men has said that no man should be a member of a profession without having raised the level of that profes- sion little higher. Rotarians con- slider this one of the greatest res- possibilities and are duty bound to transmit the ideals of service as ex- emplifed by Rotary to their respective crafts and professions. Obviously a mans own house must first be in or der before he can successfully fulfill this responsibility to his craft or pro- fessinn SO that Rotary teaches first