Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
IDEALS OF K|WAN|S
CLUB IS SUBJECT Of
SPLENDID ADDRESS

Yesterdays Educational Meeting"
of the Kiwanis club, marked by be-
ing the first lunchean of the club
i'm the Hotel Adams, was featured
by an address by Thomas c. Nc
Reynolds on "The Kiwanis Club and
It's Ideals" which was declared after
wards by those who heard it to have
been one of the finest addresses of
its kind ever delivered before the
club.
What was the incentive of the
first Kiwanis club?" Mr.. McReynolds
asked in beginning his address. "The
reason for its inception, as I have
always considered, lies in this-that
from 1897 TO the beginning of the
great war the people of this country
had advanced far in Industrial and
commercial ways and they had de-
voted themselves almost exclusively
TO the amassing of wealth. while the
idea of civic or community progress
had been forgotten.
Then came the Kiwanis club
founded to make life more worth the
living and to make the world about
us a better place in which to live
This ideal has taken such root that
today, after only a few years of ex-
istence, the Kiwanis clubs in the
United States number $50. with a
membership OF more than 60,000
representing the best business men
of the United States.
''What has the Kiwanis club done
in Phoenix? l may say confidently
that in that time there has not been
civic movement of any sort which
has not been supported by this or
ganization, and supported with all
cfr
the Y. M. G.. A., for the Red Cross
for charitable organizations, for the
highways-all these have come under
the cognizance of this club. The
present highway system of this coun-
ty, which is becoming known all
over the world, was first conceived
in this club
Mr. McReynolds finished his re-
marks with summary of what the
club has meant to the individual.
When he was introduced he was
greeted with the Kiwanis salute.
Earl Drake was chairman of the
day. and with E. S. Clark and DR..
viii wilkinson he conducted the
educational part OF the meeting
which consisted in asking the MEM
bers brought into the club in 1921
set of questions concerning the
bylaws and rules of the club.
Laurel Stapley. father OF baby
boy born during the week, was the
donor of box of cigars. Charles
f. Willis. of the Arizona Mining
Journal, had at each plate a small
replica of his magazine. the cover
containing number OF items Of in
terest to Kiwanians.
The luncheon was brought to an
end with the appearance of Miss
Katherine Ridgway, reader with the
Hi-Y course, who gave first an
amusing little talk on woman and
her place in mundane affairs. and
then a rousing plea for disarma-
ment, In which We're included a num-
ber OF her own experiences in visit
ing government hospitals through
out the United States. When she
had finished her remarks she dis
tributed to those Kiwanians who de-
sired to assist, a number of capsules,
each OF which contains the name of
sick Red Cross nurse in one of
the hospitals of the country.
The capsules are part of a game
of Daddy Long Legs" which has
been initiated for these sick nurses,
and those who receive them are
pledged to send to the nurse whose
name and address it contains a little
gift on each OF 80 days in succession
candy, cake, books. magazines,
handkerchiefs, toilet articles. fruit
chewing gum, or whatever the donor
believes a sick nurse would desire.
The guests of the meeting yester-
day were Charles A. Tawney. Nc
Keesport. Pa: John s. Adler. San
Francisco: G. L. Wright. l.. Souther,
Springfield, III: Fred Brown, A.
Wetzler. T. ]. Harris. Chicago. and
Earl Poison. Williams. Ariz. A new
member Of the club. DR.. Fred ].
Holmes. was introduced by Chair
man Drake