New Britain herald., 1924-04-05
VISITING ROTARIANS LAUD NEW BRITAIN
Conference Ends With Praise for
 Hardware City Of World"

H The Rotary conference is over, tn delegates have gone home, the com
 mittee members, tired but happy il
 the satisfaction of a good job wei H done, have resumed their interrupte,
 routine; the Rotary officers an,
 speakers are loud in their praises o
 the Hardware City of the World,
 and the merits of New Britain, it Il Rotary club and its institutions arr ! being heralded all over thee country | Two crowded busy days of gooS nature, fellowship brotherhood snt
 business. were so inserspersed witt | wit and humor as to almost make il | a matter of entertainment, fun anC | frolic. The final banquet last eve.
 ming was the continuation of good
 time, and SO5 men, the largest crowd the hotel has handled to date, sat down to a sumptuous chicken din- ner, marked between courses and
 sometimes during them by rollickina
 songs and good natured jests. A
 feature of the menu was ice cream
 in the shape of Rotary wheels and in
 the blue and gold color of Rotary
 The last few minutes seemed sin
 gularly devoid of mirth, there was a note of sadness in the air, and Dis-
 trict Governor George Cooper's voice
 trembled as he bade his friends from
 the district 8 farewell, the last time he appears before them in that
 capacity, and there was little sign of
 mirth as the crowd of men and a few women closed their meeting with
 the singing of a hymn. Blessed be
 the Tie That Binds Our Hearts in
 Christian Love-" The conference was
 opened at its first session by Rev.
 Henry w. Maier, himself Rotarian,
 and 1t seemed fitting close that It's
 last act should be the singing of a
 hymn.
 The banquet opened as did all oth-
 CT sessions with District President Cooper in the chair. It was marked at the offset by the booming voice of Big Jim Hammond" secretary of the New London chamber of com- merce. calling for three cheers for Governor George and Myra." Miss Myra being the daughter of the gov ernor.
 Endorse Adams for Director.
 Governor Cooper brought up the fact that there would be, a vacancy for international director at the To- ronto conclave next June and the men informally but unanimously en- dorsed former District Governor Don Adams of New Haven for the ya- cancy. ..a ..'
 T have seen 4 district governors and George Cooper is at the top of | all, equal to many and better than the most" said International Vice l President Everott W. Hill of Okla f homa City. Referring to the New Britain Rotary club he said he has | never seen a bunch handle a crowd | with any better grace than this cen- ference was handled. He paid | to. the local club plem- bors, 10, the men who built the pro- f gram and remarked on the novel and < experiment of emphasizing Inc five and 10 minute speakers. He said he could not see any chance for either on the conference tself. the way it was handled or the hospitality shown.
 Rotary" he said, cannot be de- ined. It Is too broad and too big o be defined. The minute you de- inc it, you conflne it." He said the power that keeps Rotary going is ; similar to the story of the boy who { vas seen flying kite in a dense london fog. You can't sec the site," he was told. No, but can eel 1t pull" was the reply.
 Do you apply the principles of Rotary to your profession? Do 'ou ask yourself, Am I worthy of re- aiming my membership7" he in- uired.
 He closed with the statement that Ie and his wife would always bear leasant memories of New Britain nd frankly stated that they wanted 0 come back again.
 ''The Soul of Rotary" an address y James Romayne Danforth. presi- ent of the New London Rotary club, f the conference. The New Lon- on Rotarian-minister painted word ictures in the course of his address hat made his hearers fairly marvel [ his vocabulary and delivery. He called attention to the stalac- ties and stalagmites and their rowth and said that reminded him the growth of Rotary. "The ideals Rotary were like the stalactites ripping down from the eternal salms above. challenging the actual l human life as it grew 10 meet lem, until at last there was formed translucent union. a contrast be- veen the ideals and the actual. and ,rmed inc soul of Rotary.
 "1t Is the men of science who are adi9g us on today. not the prophet F the priest" he said. Tt is the ientific man who is leading us into le field of research. that is giving