Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-06-26
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
ELECTS new PRESIDENT
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leaving New York to arrive at Ostend
on June 4, 1927. The vessels are to
be named, Cooperation, Harmony,
Goodwill, Fellowship, knowledge, and
Peace, the total tonnage of these
steamships being over 10000 tons.
A high degree of intern ational feel
ing was reached by Giorgio Myths,
governor of the district in which Italy
is located and a prominent leader in
the wooden industry in Milan. His
wide interests in his native city and
country have given him a wide knowl-
edge of human nature and the re-
quirements of the people and his an
alysis of the place of the active citi-
zen in his community. His explana-
tion Of the acceptance of Rotary in
overseas countries is of so direct a
character that it proves by its mere
understanding of the workings of the
human mind how far the elements of
Rotary's fountain head Of power may
direct the activities of men who are
possessed of a universally of citizen
ship and desire to serve society. Mr..
Mulius said, in part:
"Never as much as today, has So
ciety required that the individual di-
rect his life on a basic program of
work, honesty, loyalty, and humanity.
To serve society means to direct ones
actions within the limit of the neces-
sites and the resources of the sphere
in which man lives. Therefore to
serve society means to be good citi-
zens, good patriots; it means to love
ones family, ones community, ones
country. These are not new elements;
one can even state that the love of the
family, of the community, of the
country is an essential conditions for
real moral judgment of men, exist
ing before the quality of Rotarian,
nor can Rotary on the other hand I'M
Gertake the solution of such problems,
which because of their great social
Importance belong to those great ethi-
cal national organizations, namely the
States, which create laws to safeguard
society, and to conform this society to
the moral principles of the common
conscience.
We may therefore consider Rotary
principles not as an utterance of new
regulations for moral behaviour, but
as an ideal confirmation of principles
which have a universal character, and
are therefore universally recognized.
Anyone who becomes Rotarian has
already recognized and adopted these
principles We may go much farther,
and say that his entrance into Rotary
is recognition of the fact that he has
served society according to Rotary
principles. This is how we under
stand it in Italy, and this is. why we
have no conversions to undertake a.
mong our members, nor need we in
duce them to adopt new spiritual .di-
Fection because our members being
admitted to Rotary after very Sc
we're selection are already, as re-
CARDS moral principles, within the
radius of Rotary ideals which estab-
fish the principle that all occupation
should be directed toward a higher
sim of social utility. This naturally
presumes the ambition in every Ro-
tartan to maintain his conduct within
strict moral boundaries. It presumes
the. ambition to improve himself al
ways more and more in his own par
SECULAR branch of activity, and to de-
vote his time not only to his occupa-
ton, but also to problems of public
service and in general to all that IS
connected with social life.