Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-11-23
PRINCIPALS OF
K|WAN|S

(By request or mempers preseh'
J. n. Turner, President Oh hlwanis'
I.uuced ms speech aL this week
Tuesday luncheon to writing Tor pup
lIcaUlon because ii set Ioftn so cIeaF-
Il some or the vital principles lcr
winch tniwanis stanusJ.
| IND II Impossible TO deflne hl-
wants IL terms OF some KIND Oh Or
gamzatIol. IL must be deIlned Ill
Lurius OF the principles upon which II
Is Uuuueu AMI the definite tnlnSs ICE
winch 1t stands.
fIwanIs Is a group of business and
professional men VINO thoroughly DC
Leye Ill ana are schooling themselves
TO beneyG more deeply III certain vital
priuclplss III business lie, III probes
blunaI nIe ana In social lie.
lne tlrst thing / would mention in
attempting TO define hIWanlS Is thGt
We as nlwanlans should nave deep
seated beilef Lnat practical co-opert--
Lluu rs DeILCr Inan selfish lnuiyIdu-
ansm. mat team work by Lne men
o. the community Will Bet idrlnef
than foi any Individual 20 attempt
to star" IL alone in order that ne
may gather in ali the credit for the
agcompllsnmenC. VINO cares rap
for credlJ! credit Tor accomplish,
mSnt should not Interest any true Nj
wanIau. Getting the ching done should
be our only ambition. many heaGs
WORKING i'll harmony are always Del-
ter LuaH one. So, tnat is the ilrsL
uHIng LnaJ hiwanls stresses. Practical
cooperation, rather han selfish AZ
dIyluuansm, VIII put almost anything
over. when We nave learned that
lesson, We snail have learned the
IlrsL Vl[al principle OF hlwanls. we
should not attempt to back any
movement or proposition until Ii has
been thoroughly Lhreshed ont among
ourselves ana we have reached that
degree oI agreement that Will result
lii practical cooperation.
Ihe second tnlng i'll which we
should have a deep seated Dener is
that good fellowship among men or
like IDEALS is the deadly Zoe TO pet
Ulsnness, quarrels, jeaIousness and
faulI-lndlngs. Where goou-Tellow- J.,
ship exists the other things find no
lodgment. Inis regular Tuesday
noon luncheon, ii that were all there
is to hiwanis, would not keep tie
Club alive very long. But the
luncheon is the thing to promote
goou-Iguowshlp. TINS getting TO-
gether across the tables in an in
FORMAL way, singing together these
old hiwanls songs, this habit that we
arc forming OF calling each other oy I
his 1irsC name instead OF Mr. this aad
Mr. that, will draw us a little closer
together and we will learn to like each
otuer little bit better when we come
TO know each otner more ultimately.
You can work up this feeling, how s
ever, and maintain it if you are here
only once a month. Never miss a
meeting III you want TO keep tEe hi-
wants Iires burning.
The third thing in which we must E
have a deep seated belief is that SER
vice to our city, community and state
is not a duty, but the privilege OF ,
citizenship in the community. Ser
vice is the greatest thing in the world.
Good fellowship is just getting ones
self in tune with his fellows, just
getting ready tor the bigger thing
SERVICE. I
That suggests that we must sooner
or later develop a program that will
JUSTIFY our existence. Dining to-
gether weekly is not the big thing
Service to our town and community
is the real thing. And / want to say
here and now, and l would like to say .
it to the President OF the Chamber of
Commerce that it is for him go say
what is wanted and it shall be the t
duty and the obligation OF kiwanis TO /
get behind him and follow his lead. ,
personally, | want kiwanis to be the
RIGHT HAND OF the President of
the Chamber OF Commerce i'll any !
program that has for its purpose the l
betterment of the community in which {
We live. That is my ambition for XII
wants,
Ihe fourth thing in which we must I
have conviction is the belief that the {
sincere application and practice OF
the GOLDEN RULE in business life,
professional life and social life is the I
one thing that this old world needs l.
in these days OF almost universal.
crisis. That your business and my '
business and every other business q
must be on the square and above sus- /
picion. We may never reach that
goal i'll which Horace Greedy believed J
when he said there would be less dis \
honesty in the world IL we would
form the habit of believing in the
other fellow instead of everlastingly 7
suspecting him of desire to do the !
dishonest thing. We should develop =
n feeling of TRUST rather than the
Keeling of distrust. You know and
know that it is possible to find just = J.
about what we are looking for in
people, and people will consciously !
or unconsciously respond to what you :
are looking for. Life is too short TO !
spend any part of it in finding fault :
with the other fellow. The time is ..
better spent in lending a hand and :
helping the other fellow to make :,
good.
| am reminded of the story of the
old ferryman, who was also phi /,
losopher, who carried the immigrants !
across the river on the old Santa Fe !
train in the days of the settlement of !