The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-23
ROTARY NOTES


The weekly luncheon Of the Lub-
beck Rotary Club was held az the
Manhattan Parlor at 1900 o'clock,
Wednesday, May ~.
Mike Ballenger opened the pro-
gram By ealing the roll, after which
Pete Pcterman gave the report or
the attendance committee upon the
attendance az last meeting. He said
that last week there were forty-two
present and five absentees. those alb
sent being c. l.. Griffin, Sam Cole,
s. =. Cone, Tom Duggan and ). T..
Hutchinson. The meeting had an
average Of 80 per cent attendance.
There has been only one 100 per
cent meeting. but he says We are go
ing TO have another one right away.
Lubbock has the reputation OF do
ing things, and there is no reason
why we cannot have % percent and
100 percent meetings right along.
We are going 10 try 10 do this, and
are going 20 call the names OF those
absent at every meeting just TO re-
mind them that they have been alb
sent and that they must keep on the
job from now on
Mike Ballinger read an article
from the April issue Of the Rotarian
which read as follows;
'No phase Of modern social work
has a more practical or more basic
relationship 10 the interests OF bust
ness, in commerce, or in industry,
than that Of saving and developing
boyhood.
1T is not a purely altruistic en-
terprse. IL is an investment which
pays in dividends traceable directly
TO the efforts put forth and. in part,
calculable in dollars and cents.
ut should require no hard think
ing on the part of any Rotarian in
touch with modern life 20 realize
that the biggest factor in the success
OF any undertaking today is the hum
an factor. Business spends more in
wages. in welfare plans, IN the ma
chinery FOR promoting efficiency and
harmonious relatious-all Of il eG-
pcnditurc primarily for the human
factor-than II does on plant equip
mcnt, machinery. fuel, and raw ma
terial. II loses more through labor
stacking. human inefficicncy, disc0nt
emit. turnover. and strikes than thru
any waste controllahle aside from the
human factor.
"If Judge Gary was 10 say he had
no interest .n the source Of raw ma
tcrials which United States Steel
turns into marketable commodities OF
rails. riycts. structural iron, and one
like. and cared nothing about the
quality OF the ore and coal required
in the process. you would think be
was losing h's mgacity as great
industrial ch.cftain. and would look
for news Of lbs early retirement
"Rut what ~ The man who pursues
a policy Of indifference 10 The sources
and quality ~ the human raw ma
tcral which Dee must rely uron Tor
the most important and costly phase
OF any process Of manufacturing on
enterprise of merchant. IN which
he may be- engaged ?
obviously. this raw material, ABB
soluiely essential 20 en- orr CONNER
cial and industrial projects. is boy
hood. Equally obviously, fi win be.
come a developed material % man
hood. reliable. efficient, productive
or u will become irresponsible, incf-
hcient. and non productive according
20 the Influences under which u b
shaped into manhood.
There are two phases u the dew
elopment Of boyhood One "a that
which ia under the care u our public
and parochial schools. and which has
70 do mainly with the boys mental
training. The state has made u pos
siblc for every boy 20 get az least a
grade-school education. and for some
TO get a high-school education. We