The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-09
Rotary Convention
 On In Los Angeles
BY WILLIAM G. CAYCE, International News Service Staff
 Correspondent

Los Angeles, Cal. June = With
 resenting twenty-two foreign coun-
 tries, 1900 clubs with a total mem fnual international Rotary Club con- vention opened here today at the
 Philharmonic Auditorium. Interna-
 tional President Crawford c. McCu1- sided. Many of the visiting Rotarians brought their wives, and as result all hotels are packed to capacity. The convention closes June 10.
 One of the important purposes of the convention will be the adoption of l a new international constitution de- signed to permit closer operation be- tween the national headquarters and learned as the conference got under way. Under the present constitution district headquarters in foreign coun- tries have not the authority to or ganfZe new clubs without the appFov- al of the national headquarters. Un- der the proposed new constitution more power will be granted foreign district headquarters.
 Another important question to be taken up at the convention will be the redivisi oning of some of the pres ent districts, which, it is thought, will precipitate no small fight.
 Today was little more than a day of registration and the convention programme proper will start tomor-
 row. However. meetings of the inter national board of directors the inter
 national committees and a meeting l of the committee on proposed leg1s- 1ation were held.
 Tomorrow morning the convention will open with a tableau. entitled 'FY esterday, Today and Tomorrow" ;"
 which will show the seventeen years growth of Rotary from an organiza- tion of four men to it's present-day
 membership and spread to all parts of the world. The afternoon session
 will be given over to the reports of laws. In the evening a street car ! nival will be staged by the Twenty
 third district clubs, which promises to Many Speeches Scheduled. | Wednesday will be given over to short talks of interest to all Rotari- ans by Harford H. Montgomery, Bel
 fast, Ireland; T. M. Barlow, Belling- Mission, Texas; Walter s. Young, Wooster, Mass, and James W. David | son, Calgary, Alta, Canada. The ses- sion will close with an address on "The Friendships of Rotary by Jo- seph Turner, of Roanoke, Virginia In the afternoon inspirationa1 mes sages from many Rotarians who have travelled thousands of miles to at tend this convention will tell how Ro- tary is bridging the- distance between the nations of the world. A play, presented by the Oakland, Cal, club, will close the afternoon session, dem onstrating Rotary education through their famous group plan." The even ing will be topped off with the bril- liant presidents ball at the Ambas- sador Hotel
 Chairman Hugh Van de Walker, of Ypsilanti, Mich, will start Thursdays session with a bang by talking on the subject, eRotary and the Boy,'' which will be followed by a general discussion. Good Citizenship and My Responsibility as a Rotarian," will be dwelt upon by Thomas c. Sheehan
 of Jersey City, N. J. In the evening
 reunion dinner parties," giving the various groups an opportunity to "get together" will be held in the various downtown hotels.
 One of the most important days of the entire meeting will come Friday, when elections will be held The new officers will be installed in the after noon, miscellaneous business cleaned up, presentations, and the meet off, cially at an end.
 However. fun and fro1ic will follow, as the Long Beach Rotary club will be hosts for the evenings entertain ment.
 Saturday, as guests of the Los An ge1es club, the visitors will be shown the industry that has made Los An geleS-how motion pictures are made. A tour of all the studios will be made and motion picture stars will be seen making scenes from their latest pro- auctions.