Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-06
WHAT ROTARY REALLY
MEANS, IS OUTLINED
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idea was to get together and concen-
trate the clubs activities in one or
two things.
The dialogue between Samuel Shull
and Frederick Neidermeyer was as
follows:
shull: I understand you are a Ro-
tartan?
Neidermeyer: You bet I am and
proud of 1t. It's the best thing that
Perth Amboy has eyer had.
Shull: What arc the objects of
your Rotary Club?
Neidermeyer: To encourage and
foster:
(a) High ethical standards in
business and professions.
OBJ The ideal of SERVICE as the
basis of all worthy enterprise.
(c) The active interest of every
Rotarian in the civic, commercial,
social and moral welfare of his COM
munity.
(d) The development of a broad
acquaintanceship as an opportunity
for service as well as an aid to sue
cess.
(e) The interchange of ideas ana
of business methods as a means Of
increasing the efficiency and USE
fulness of Rotarians.
(f) The recognition of the WORTH
ness of all legitimate occupations
and the Identifying of the occupa-
ton of each Rotarian as affording
him an opportunity to serve society.
Shull: What are the benefits?
Neidermeyer: Making the acquain-
lance Of men you ought to know.
Genuine, wholesome good fellow
ship.
Developing true and helpful
friends.
EnIightment as to other mems
work, problems and successes.
Education and methods that in
| crease our friendship and efficiency.
Stimulation of your desire to be
| of service to your fellow men and
society in general.
Business returns that come from
e%nlarging your acquaintance and In
| spring confidence in you and your
business.
Shull: What are the obligations:
Neidermeyer: To attend meetings
regularly.
TO pay my dues promptly.
To do my part cheerfully when
called upon.
10 De d DlS HedTteu, pAodu biiiiuSu
mailman of energy and action. q
real honest-to-goodness red bloodeo
mana real Rotarian.
Shull: Sort of an exclusive, Sc
lect society. Ell? 1 understand thar
you only admit one man from eacn
line of business?
Neidermeyer: That's the idea and
it's a good one. That's what makes
it different, live, interesting and
helpful in SO many ways.
Shull: Well, it may be alright for
the ms but I can't see but what it is
a rather selfish idea at that.
Neidermeyer: No, not at all. The
restrictions of membership is large
IL for the purpose of making 1t efh-
Gent and workable, and besides, we
would have to limit the membership
somehow in order to get h accom-
modations at our weekly luncheon'
Shull: What do you do at you
weekly meetings?
Neidermeyer: Get acquainted,
touch elbows with other members
who are leaders in their respective
lines, and with our feet under the
same table we get the other fellows
ideas, cultivate consideration for
the other fellows views, learn to
appreciate the true meaning of SER
vice, consider how we may best CO.
operate to improve our town and
take an intelligent interest in things
in general.
Shull: That's all very fine. but II
you have such a good thing you GER
tainly must admit you're selfish by
only enrolling only one man from
each business. Why don't you give
every good man a chance? Or shall
l consider that Rotarians are self
appointed, select, poo-bahs froV
Perth Amboy
Neidermeyer: Rotarians do not
claim any monopoly of commercial
or civic virtue for themselves. II
would be presumptious to say the
least to declare our ability to pick
the very best men in every n OF
endeavor in Perth Amboy. Each
Rotarian is ambitious to excel in his
line and you will have to admit 1t Is
a laudable ambition.
Shull: But that does not prove
that the organization is not selfish!
The very fact that membership is
restricted along business lines indi-
Gates a selfish motive.
Neidermeyer: Not at all. How
could you get more representative
body of men together? Just think
of it! Each and every worthy pro-
fession and business calling from
doctor and lawyer to grocer and
p1umber-each vocation represent
ing a distinct type of man, a distinct
training, with all the various view
points involved. Selfish? Yes. In
| the sense that each one of us wishes
| to improve. But decidedly unset
| fish in the sense that we learn to
| appreciate that Jul several voca-
lions are merely u opportunities
| to serve society, and that we are
committed to the Rotary doctrine
"He profits most who serves best
Shull: Still 1 can't see why al
this cannot be brought about with
out your restrictions on business
lines.
Neidermeyer: Have you ever
| found an organization of business
| men aside from Rotary where you
would feel free to express yoursel.
| openly regarding your W business
or where you are invited to express
yourself freely in criticism or other
wise of the other fellows business
or his service? OF course you
haven't. The reason is that the
spirit of competition is absent from