Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-21
ROTARY CLUB
OBSERVES 18th
ANNIVERSARY
Messages Of Greeting From.
Foreign Clubs Are
Presented,

The Grand ForAs RstAry club,
meeting in the Commercial club az
noon today, observed the 18th ami
versary of the founding of Rotary.
The organization had its inception in
Chicago on February %, 1905. Local
Rotarians, whose regular meeting fell
today. observed the anniversary In
their program. 4 \
i. l.. Goodman presented a mes
Snge from Paul Harris, the founder Of
Rotary, representing the original
Rotary club at Chicago. In his mes
Importance OF the brotherhood Of
Man." and describes this as the most
transcendental of all human ideals.
Founders Message.
In part the message read by Mr..
bGcodman follows:
Ut Is high time for the develop
ment Of a new conscience, an inter-
i,ntipEal conscience. The world in
and We owe it allegiance. We have
at times over-stressed the national
Viewpoint. May we not advan-
%tageously cultivate Il broader per-
spective?
Rotary has dedicated itself to the
advancement of an Ideal. the ideal of
service; II the world once becomes
imbued with the spirit Of service there
will be no more occasion for a the
brotherhood OF man will be here.
THE acconplishments>of Rotary to
date have been impressive indeed, it's
spontaneous spread from ~one/country
to another has been without prece-
dent. There is a reason for such re-
l%narkable success: it lies in the fact
that Rotary has placed it's dependence
upon the most dependable attribute
Of man. fricndiiness.
4 "Brotherho OF man is friendship.
all inclusive, and Rotary therefore
believes that in cultivating fricnd-
ship the means it has used in seek
ing the ~advancchent OF It's ideal.
service. it is assisting to make actual
the highest and lnightiest OF all hu-
mar Observation-Disclosures of
man. Rotary believes that there is d
super-power Of preventing war and
that it is sometimes called friendship.
sometimes love.
Here then is to Rotary, may it
advance to every nation and may its
spirit All the hearts and minds OF
men. the strong and the weak. the
rich and the poor. the high and the
low, to the end that in Gods own
good time sacred friendship may take
the place of all traditional cnmiMes
and the day of permanent peace
finally dawn"
International President.
Martin j. Cotton represented Craw-
ford c. Mccullough, international
president Of Rotary, and brought a
message Of greeting from him. Mr..
Mccullough drew attention to the
fact hat the great thing to renlem-
fber IL that the strength of Rotary is
not as, All organization. but as ar
idea! which can be and is translated
into practice Of everyday life"
julius +. Bacon. representing Prof,
William A.. Osborne. president of the
Melbourne Rotary club. brought a
message from Australia. Boys work
is one of the big things undertaken
by the Melbourne club, which was or
ganizcd in May; 1921. {
Greeting From Britain.
The British Association OF Rotary
clubs, William A. Mcdonnell, presi'
dent, sent.n greeting. Mr.. Mcconnell
is a. member of the~Dublin club. He
told that one of the biggest things
that has been undertaken by the
DeMobs' campaign. Practically every
club in the association has engaged
itself to find work for the demobilized
men and women of the fmperia;
forces.
Frem the Tokyo, Japan. club came
a message, voiced by Umeklchi 1one.
yama, president. Tom Moore read
this greeting, which told Of the
Tokyo club. a recent organization
and brought fellowship sentiments
from that group.
]. A. Poppler represented DIR. Jorge
Mitre. president of the Buenos Aires
Rotary club. which vas organized ir
1919. Greetings to all clubs in Inter
national Rotary were extended.
Major Philip Hayes. who has beer
for some years an officer at Wes1
Point military school. was a guest 81
the Rotarians and spoke informally
He told Of "A Day At West Point
and urged Retarians to take an in.
terest in the/boys appointed to Yves,
Point in order that the finest typo Of
tuden may be enrolled there.