Evening star., 1923-03-07

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At intervals by serious talks, bust
ness Washington. as represented b,
eight of the city's leading male civil
betterment organizations, met OIL
common ground at the City Club las
night, tightened the bonds of friend
ship and pledged closer cooperation
Sn uplift work for the benefit Of thu
community.
More than 600 prominent CONNER
ctal and professional men, affiliated
with Rotary. Kiwanis. Civitan. Cos
Mopolitan. Lions. Optimist. ThirteeI
and Newcomers clubs. had been plac
ID at the long rows of tables in the
ballroom of the club when William
Knowles Cooper, president Of loca
Rotary, opened the meeting by out
lining the purpose of the gathering
and after announcing that a speaker
from each organization would be al
lowed exactly three minutes" ir
which to explain the reasons for his
clubs existence, threw formalities tc
the winds and granted the freedom
OF the building to members of the
respective organizations present.
ResembIed Class Day.
For the next half hour the scene
was a replica of class day on some
college campus, as the various clubs
under experienced leadership. viel
with each other with specially pre-
pared stunts. and no sooner would
he ll1 Rotarians. spurred on by
Robert Lawrence. George O'ConnoI
and Harry tHoneyboy) Evans, finish
roaring Lions. prodded by Calet
O'Connor, President James p. Schick
or Rev. George F. Dudley. would jumr
from their seats and in lock -steI
fashion parade around their table
singing their famous battle cry, Gee
I'm Glad I'm Lion
Eager to show their careful train
Ing, the Civilians would wait patiently
until Charles J. James. Odell Whipple
or Clarence L. Harding gave the
signal. and then they would proceed
by well chosen lyrics. to tell their
rival clubfellows just what Civitar
stood for. and hardly would they tire
when Jack Boobar. Clarence Upde-
graf or Charles r. Roberts began
with the III Kiwanians in the hall.
Evidently satisfied with it's mag
nthcent turnout of 100 per cent, the
Cosmopolitans rested on their laurels
and were noticeably less boisterous
while the Optimists. Thirteen and
Newcomer delegations confined their
activities for the most part to cheer
ing the others.
Immediately after Chairman Cooper
had presented Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry c. Wallace, Charles w
Pugsley. assistant secretary of the
same department, and Commissioner
Cuno H. Rudolph, and each club had
given its yell. George O'Connor, as
sisted by Matt Horne, entertained
the big crowd in his inimitable style
Various Clubs Report.
At the conclusion of this numbe,
Sotarian T. G. Dulin. assisted by Rev
Thomas G. Smyth, who had invoked
tho blessing, and others was seer
carrying huge egg-timer to the
platform. and. accompanied by an out.
burst of applause. Mr.. Cooper an.
nounced that everything was in readi.
evening. Remember, gentlemen
shouted the presiding officer, exact.
ly three minutes; not another SECOND
more
Ernest Greenwood of the interna.
tional labor bureau, and first vice
president of international Civitan
started the ball rolling by briefly de-
failing the origin, growth. aims and
activities of his organization. and
said that in three years Civitan had
spread from New York to San Fran
cisco. Hartford to Miami, New Or.
leans to Chicago. and, finally, across
the Atlantic to Geneva, Switzerland
"'Builders of Good Citizenship 1.
our motto" said the speaker. land oul
organization knows no class, creed
nor political distinction. We" but
just then the egg had cooked" ant
Mr.. Greenwood sat down.
Harry Carroll. speaking for the
Infant Cosmopolitan" boasted of hi.
clubs 100 per cent attendance at tn.
dinner. and said that it was but al
example of how the membership stood
as one on matters worthwhile. He
said that Cosmopolitan aimed for bet.
terment in citizenship. that there wa:
nothing the matter with America as
place to live in. but that the trouble
rested with some of those who live
here. He, too, had begun to detail his
organizations growth, when again the
egg dropped.
CIa1,,fc " Owen president Of the