New Britain herald., 1924-11-13
SEES ROTARY AS
 A NEW RELIGION
Baptist Minister Would Free
 Churches From Traditions

Rotary was hailed as a coming religion by Rev, Frank B, Haggard, Baptist minister of Hartford and member of the Hartford Rotary club, al a meeting Of the New Brit ain and Hartford clubs held in this city today. The occasion was the regular meeting of the New Britain Rotary club but was in charge of the Hartford men, Watson House of Hartford. formerly of New Brit ain, lead the singing and music was furnished by the All-Rotary orches- tra of Hartford. Hartford Rota- rians presided at the meeting.
 Congratulations were extended to Gardner C. Weld, secretary, who has just returned from his wedding trip: to Fred o. Rackliffe, past president, who celebrated his seventh wedding anniversary last Thursday, and to J. w. Marsland on his birthday an- niversary yesterday.
 A letter was read from the Eiwanis club calling attention 10 the Kiwanis service medal contest being conducted in conjunction with the Herald and asking the cooperation of the Rotary club.
 Announcement was made of the joint meeting of civic clubs next 1 Thursday at which Frederick A.. Wallis, commissioner of correction in New York. will speak.
 Rev. Mir. Haggard in his address predicted that Rotary would be- come a religion Free from the tra- ditions which hamper many Of our churches, and free from religious and theological disputes" He spoke In part as follows:
 Rotary has two things in view. one might be called occupational service and the other extra-occupa- tional service. A thoroughly good Rotarian meets both of these de- mands. Business is usually thought of as coldy calculating, and cruelty | competitive. It has often been just | that, thinking of nothing but profits and dividends. But 1t need not be l just that. I believe that the irritating friction and illwill born Of cold com l petition can be greatly relieved by putting a little flavor of ideallsm in- to business, and making 1t a req instrument of human service. It will help man nightly and deepen his l sympathy if he can bring himself tC think if his business in this way Use your imagination,
 When you deliver an honest tor i of good coal at a reasonable price tC warm some happy fireside, when you deliver full quart of pure milk tc now in swaddling clothes, when yol furnish a stick of timber free from knots and sap to build a house tc shelter an American home, wher you sell insurance. to feed widow!
 and orphans to clothe and educate
 the ta,herioss, to provide an incom'
 against the miserle!s of a poverty
 stricken old age, when you arrang'
 a bouquet of flowers in tasty fashiol
 for a repentant husband 10 tak'
 home on the wedding anniversary
 when you do any of thse things O
 any one of thousand other thing.
 in modern life, you are real ser
 want of humanity, making a yer.
 definite contribution to human wei
 fare and happiness.
 Any business carried on with al ideal of service back of it will mak' a profit, often large profit. Re turns will roll in in geometric pro
 pression. Now the real Rotarian ac
 knowledges his obligations to hu
 manity and uses his profits, at leas
 a part of them, for what we cal
 extra services. In spit
 of the splendid sentiment of tn , Declaration of Independence life ha dealt very unequaly with mer
 There are glaring and painful in equalities. We have the blind, tn crippled and the subnormal, an