Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-13

hcers to see that the club Is being a sue cess. They must sit down and study out I who Is best for committees and there | surely are lot of paper committees. If the officers pick the right men then the | committees will function properly The | officers must determine the moral stand | ard of the club for the club is judged by | the officers. The officers should permit l nothing offensive or suggestive to enter the tone of the meetings. The officers must stand for law enforcement. IT they do not, who wills We must set high standards especially in regards % prnai- bition. [ he offlcers are gong to set ike pace in the exem9lification 3f the Golden Rule. Every club has s lot of fair weather Rotarians whose Rotary is only skin deep and who in reverse times for get the rule. The officers must be effi- cient in order to make the club worth while
 MT, Stevens in presenting his side of the debate said that he heartily agreed with everything that MT. Dodge had said. This was supposed to have heen my sub ject but he has sidetracked me. but he ! sure did get down to the hardpan of club management. He has given up the idea that the officers are everything in club.
 Where is the every day yRotarian on | this? It Is always the officer. The lay man Is heard from very little. Why don't | you get up and holler. swear that the everyday Rotarian does the work every day in the year. Harry would give us l to believe that the layman sat out in the ante room and swung his heels while the officers fortified by the directors con- trolled the destiny of the club. believe in the strength of numbers. In any club there must be leadership but I believe that comes up rather than comes down. Officers are elected and come up from the ranks of the everyday Rotarlan. Rotary is no better than the men that compose its membership. We must have good of ficers of course, as we'll as good members if we would progress. No club Is a success if dominated by it's officers and
 we must have cooperation or fall. wonder why you come to the conclaves 1t is not to have holiday and you need nc urging. You are here because Rotary l means something to you. You are get ting something out of 1t that will hell
 you. I believe In the individual going ahead and not depending on the officer.
 to point the way. The work of the of
 hcers and the committees Is different 5 The WNl of the committees covers a larg
 CT field and do more work. am not op f posed to anything Harry has said an' 3 there is no one-man club. I believe thu : everyday Rotarian should know the worl 2 in Rotary and then many stumbling blocks will be eliminated and Rotary vii { be nearer the ideal that 1t stands for. e The debate concluded the business ses : sion with the exception of word o s praise from District Governor Hill com !, plimenting J. William Clarke. secretar. e of the New London club on the sue t cess of the conelave. It was also vote - to send a telegram of sympathy t g Bernard Saxton of the Brockton clu - who has just lost his father
 : Women Play Golf
 At 10 a. m. the reception for the ladie j. was held at the Shenecossett Countr | club, where over 50 women competed fo q the prize offered in the putting contests U held in the green near the club house q and in clock golf.
 z Many other who preferred to play owe d the beautiful 1S-hold course started ou 'r in two-somes and four-somes, playing fo r. individual honors.
 a The reception of the ladies was u charge of Mrs. Dudley St. c. Donnelll
 Mrs. J. P. Taylor Armstrong, and MT
 Theodore Bodenwein, and was greatl
 enjoyed by the "Rotariannas' attendin
 the conclave with their husbands.
 The noon luncheon was in charge (
 the Bridgeport club and was lively al
 fair, many a lively Rotary song, mike in with stunts filling the luncheon hou
 One of the feature events came during u
 luncheon when nearly fifty witches" a
 hailing from Salem. Mass, representa-
 the Salem Rotary club marched in to u
 tune of Salem songs, and paraded abo'
 the dining hall
 Sail on the Sound
 Rain fell during the afternoon, but R.
 tarians in conclave failed to be dow
 hearted by the downpour and the ss
 scheduled on the palatial steambos
 'Providence" of the Fall River line WI
 carried out. About 700 enjoyed the ss
 down the coast of thls grand old sta
 as far as Saybrook and return. Ever
 thing on the boat belonged to the Rotar
 ans, and as Strickland Gillian said, "th'
 ate that stuff" During the entire tv
 hour sail the Second Governors Foo
 guard band of New Haven rendered s
 lections and at the request of Rota
 song leaders felt into the spirit of |
 occasion and played song after song, |
 hundreds on board gathering about to e
 joy those fine old Rotary songs. II
 weather which had been threatening du
 ing the early part of the trip cleared wh to the boat was far out and there came ret to view the many islands off the nal 5. land, and the visiting Rotarlans had
 opportunity to see many of these islan
 which played and still play big part oo the history of the nation and of o
 state.
 s Salem Man In Charge at The dinner meeting was In charge ,vr District Governor Robert (Bob) W. F nd of Salem, Mass. head of the 31st distri Isd All Rotarians entered into the spirit ms the meeting and throughout the dinr ng plenty of pep" was distributed abC he the large dining hall by songs, cheers. av stunts by many of the l2 New Engla he clubs represented at the conclave. .he The first speaking of the event itv came when Governor Hill spoke briefly ,ys the part the Boston club had played .rt New England Rotary history, as in |: ng body of men from that city started il the Salem club. which resulted in Bob
 becoming a Rotarian and now distr
 governor.
 the The singing of the meeting was led ing F. B. (Doc) Carleton of the Boston I Mir. tary club and was the best of any ev yen ing session. Sweet Adeline" with one it's "barber shop chords" and "fa ary echoes" was the favorite with the l ian tarians.
 ms Greetings From England lal- cablegram was read from John Turn 'ys third vice president of Rotary Inter ose tional., containing the following messaI ing Greetings to New England Rotarians fir to Plymouth. England. Plymouth, Ma sed, London, England; New London. U. s. les, All Rotarians, brothers all, wish you S ng, cess in your conclaye