Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-06-29
.HUMMELL BACK
FROM TORONTO
KIWANIS CONVENTION WAS
EVIDENCE OF GRAWTH
OF ORGANIZATION

n. 70. 1untnell, president OF the XII
wants club, returned on Monday from
the international convention of XII
wants clubs held at Toronto, Canada.
last week. Between 5000 and 5000
delegates and visitors were registered
and the program arranged for the
delegates kept every minute of the
time filed
The sessions lasted practically all
day until about SIS in the evening
and from that time on the Toronto
club had arranged to take the dele
gates about the city on sight seeing
trips and to entertain them with pa
geants, dancing, etc. Mr.. Hummell
declares that the thing that impressed
him most was the rapid growth of the
Kiwanis club movement and the cali
bre of the men who are identified with
the clubs. The Kiwanis club move
ment became active about six years
ago and has spread with great ra-
pidity. The convention went on rec
ord as being back of any movement
to better the condition of children
who were neglected, or in wrong en-
vironment or in fact were not being
given a fair chance in life, The clubs
cannot, of course, do this work them
selves. but each individual member is
pledged to do everything he can to
make the growing child fit for the
best type of citizenship.
Asks Cooperation
A more perfect understanding and
better cooperation between city and
farming populations as. one of the
crying needs of the day was referred
to by Harry E. Karr, president of the
International, in his keynote address.
He pointed out that the happiness
and prosperity of each depends so
much upon the other, that it would
be true Kiwanis work to bring
about closer relations between the
rural and urban populations. Good
roads, better marketing facilities and
fair dealing are questions of great
Importance to both, and as there is no
organization which acts as a bridge
tobring the two classes together, the
president suggested that the Kiwanis
club can do much in this direction.
One of the interesting features of
the convention was an address by
Prof. Thomas Adams of Yale. He
QcCtfAk Cu nS QCORAG4 vi luO OhtlCd
States are not going to face forever
the spectacle of rich men and corpor-
ations, peculiarly susceptible to tax
alton, being exempt therefrom. They
will not face such spectacle with
composure from generation to genera
tion. The question is: Will this an
omaly be corrected by orderly or dis
orderly means? The latter alterna-
tive is quite possible. For their own
and the public good, the rich should
not only pay taxes, but be known
as taxed
Proves Solidarity
The convention was regarded as
splendid proof of the close-knit solida-
rity of Anglo-Saxon America. From
Mr.. Hummel the following quotation
from The Globe is obtained "No more
tangible proof of the solidarity of
Anglo-Saxon America could be de-
sired than the gales of spontaneous
and frenzied cheering which swept
time and again last night at the XII
wants Tattoo and Pageant over what
was probably the largest crowd ever
assembled in the Exposition grand
stand. With the utmost impartiality
that great gathering which in the
main was composed OF Torontos visi-
tors from the United States, rose to
their feet and with barred heads,
cheered to the echo the passing colors
Of either nation as it was presented
in the pageant"
OF the Rotarians, Mr.. Hummell tells
of the most cordial reception given by
that organization. The Rotary club
entertained visiting Kiwanians and
their wives at large garden party
which was one of the biggest events
of the week.
Mr.. Hummel tells also of the XII
wanians' sight seeing tour in Tor
onto. "To the amazement OF all con-
cerned,p he says, "fifteen hundred
automobiles which were pressed into
service, proved all TO few to handle
the sightseers. Between six and seven
thousand people spent goodly part
of the afternoon traversing twelve
mile loop route which took them
to practically every point Of inter
est in the city"
Mr.. Hummell will present an ac-
count OF the convention to the XII
wants club at some future meeting.