Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-22
AUGUSTA KIWANIhNS RECEIVE
CHARTER At ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING THURSDAY EVENING

the service today is so broad that
this motto seems inadequate and the
international organization is already
considering more fitting one to take
it's place"
illustrating his points with most
interesting anecdotes Cleaned from
his personal experience, and that OF
the New Haven club as whole. Mr..
Tracy offered practical suggestions OF
! great value to the Augusta club,
pointing out mistakes that could be
avoided. and work to be done.
Mr.. Tracy then stressed the SINH
larity Of purpose in both kiwanis and
Rotary and put in a strong plea Tor
perfect cooperation and understand
| ing between the members OF the TWO
clubs in this city.
"Kiwanis brings out latent IDEAL
;sf converts it into active ideals ana
then into realization" continued the
speaker. "kiwanis has a wonderful
opportunity for a great work Of ma
| tion-wide scope. 1t can do much 10
overcome the misunderstanding be-
, tween the laboring man and the man
who finances business, and to draw,
both capital and labor into closer CO.
operation and sympathy. klwanls
| can unity cities within a state; it can
unity sections within a nation, and it
.. can. if it will. unity solidly the think
| ing men of the word
| Presentation Of Charter
AT the conclusion of his remarks
i Mr.. Tracy asked the officers of the Au-
gusta club to stand, and presented the
| charter to President Dunnack. who re-
| spondcd in a few well-choscn words
! The officers of the Augusta kiwanis
! Club follow: Henry +. Dunnack. pres
! ident; William r. PattAngall. vice
president; John S. Everett treasurer;
George G. Clarke. secretary; William
| Fl. Harris, district trustee; directors
| Blaine Owen. Roland l.. Mckay, Ar
| thur w. Abbott Jack A. Carnage. Maui
rice A. Priest, Donald q. Burlelgh,
| Everett II. Maxcy.
| Hon Charles e. Quincy
| After another song, Charles T.. Cur
| ncy of Portland. public utilities COM
missioner Of the State of Maine and
Augusta Kiwanian. delivered most
| eloquent address The Augusta Ki-
wanian." It is impossible to do jis-
/ tice to Mr. Gurney's talk in ncwspa-
per report. Brilliant, witty end schol-
arly. it held the closest attention of mis-
| auditors from the first word to the
last He said in part:
| This is an age of concentrated
+; organization. 1t appears in finance
/ industry. our railroads. thegr cat
works Of public life, the church and in
business Whether it rises from the
war is question. We have not Yet
escaped the influence of the great or
/ ganization seen in our army and navy
/ in the Liberty Loan drives, and other
great drives Of that period.
The underlying cause of the move
! ment today may be a thoughtful cur
, rent of coordination; man has always
! assembled in order to grow. Nature
has never successfully made an isolat-
ed man. What or the organizations
i will survive Some must remain in
existence. some will pass. for the sur
} vival of the fttest in inviolable. Will
Kiwanis survived
! THE underlying vein that has al
ways made for perpetuity is the idea
| of service above self--to put others
| unsclfishly before self. II. q. Wells
/ enumerated six great outstanding
characters of history whose memory
will live on forever. and we fpd their
names committed to postcrity because
! of the service they had rendered. His
tory and ethics show convincingly
, l. taI S,tl ,pr
, must be placed before self.
! Mr.. Quincy closed with a plea for a
closer study of historical and econo.l-
i ic happenings in the contemporary
world, illustrating his points with a
summary Of the threatened Moslem in
/ vasion of the Christian world. and the
| conSolidat ion Of our railroads here in
| New England. He closed with an clo-
! quent quotation from Robert Brown
ing's beautiful poem "Pippa Passes"
in which the little silk mill worker
! gives her philosophy of service.
Mr.. eeavey of Lewiston
, John S. Scavcy of lewiston spoke
! briefly about the big Kiwanian field
| day to be held next Wednesday at
Poland Springs. he outlined again the
plans for the day and stated that the
/ Auburn-I.ewiston club would be pres
cnt 100 per cent.
Arthur D. WEIGH
Arthur d. Welch of Portland spoke
| in behalf of the Forest City Kiwanis
club which sponsored the Augusta
Eiwanians. Twenty-Five members of
the Portland club We're present and
seconded Mr.. Wclchs remarks.
| Mr.. WEIGH drew a big laugh when,
following witty introduction, he
presented President Dunnack with a
pair of baby shoes. He told of the
growth and progress of the club in
Portland and expressed the desire of
the Portland organization to aid Au-
susta at any time in any way pos
! sible
The meeting closed with the sing
ing of America"
/ Many Present
Besides the members of the .Au-
gusta club. there were II present
from Auburn-L Lewiston. including a
number Of ladies'. 1t was originally
intended to invite the ladies of all
members to the meeting, but the
quarters were SO limited that it was
found impossible. The Spindle City
men were not notified of the change.
but their ladies were none the less
very welcome and were given three
rousing cheers during the progress of
the meeting.