The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-12
The Welcoming Hand

IL lNONNiN 1Aouu
Bismarck today extends q welcoming hand to the Cos.
mopolitan Club, a new organization Of business and pro-
fessional men organized for the purposes of mutual help
fulness and good will and to assist In promoting the IN
terests OF this community.
The record which this club will make as the years roll
on remains to be seen and is distinctly within the keeping
Of the men who comprise its membership. That the To-
cal group will uphold the high ideals and fine traditions
OF this thriving young organization seems a fair propi'esy
based upon the quality OF local citizens VINO nave oeen
admitted to membership.
A development almost Of the past decade, the service
clubs have risen to be q tremendous force for good in the
life Of every up-and-coming American city. There are
towns in North Dakota today where the only real express
sion Of popular will on many subjects OF interest to the
community, other than those given at elections, Is OBJ
tanned through clubs of this character. They stand al
ways ready and willing to give OF their time, energy and
money to boost for their home cities and for the state
as a whole, serene in the knowledge Of accomplishment
and fortified by the hope that the work done u~nselfshly
today may bear fruit tomorrow.
In welcoming the Cosmopolitanites to the ranks Of Bis
marck service clubs, The Tribune Is mindful Of the high
standard Of service and achievement set by the CLUBS
already established here. Never has q worthy project
sought their help in vain; never has a cold shoulder been
turned to worthwhile civic enterprise; never has any OF
these clubs failed to present a united front for the nes'
interests Of Bismarck and Its people.
luSIC dlC AL tA0 SSAAAeAJ AA~~v
clubs. dublin. their members Rabbits" and asserting
that they walk with their heads among the stars and
their hands condemned to money grabbing" Some OF
these folks make their livings by writing nasty things
about these organizations.
The fact that the service clubs Of America can stand
such uncalled for ridicule and abuse and still grow and
prosper proves definitely that they are based on a sound
principle. All Of those organized in Bismarck, including
the Cosmopolitan, are Of the selective membership type.
Tho renresentation from any industry, business or pro-
fession is limited and the result is to bring into one Or
ganization men with varying experiences, training ana
outlook. They see a given proposition from many and
often from conflicting viewpoints and hence are enabled
to determine its strength and weakness.
The spirit Of comradeship and good will ensendered by
these clubs Is important in the development Of sound bus
mess ethics and pleasant commercial relationships. NO
one. least Of all the members OF these clubs, will contend
that membership works a metamorphosis in any member.
There is no hard and fast mold for the good service CLUB
member and a man who Is mean, petty and vain need
not expect to become a paragon Of personal and civic
virtue the minute he Is admitted to membership.
But he does have a right to expect help in improving
himself. In these clubs he comes into contact with lead
ers in the various fields Of endeavor in his city. If he is
inclined to be pompous, someone is pretty sure to stick a
pin into him. II he is inclined to be proud, he soon finds
occasion to ask himself what it Is Of which he Is proud.
II he Is petty he cannot help but grow when he comes IN
contact with broad-gauge men.
And so the service club becomes q training school 1or
It's members as well as an organization where close
friendships are formed and where benefits to the com.
munity are contrived. Many q member Of Bismarck's
service organizations has found in himself capabilities OF
which he never dreamed before his entrance into one OF
these clubs.
On the basis Of worth to the individual, then, as well
as Of worth to the community. these clubs have proved
themselves valuable. The welcome and good wishes to
the Cosmopolitan Club. extended by Bismarck residents,
are recognition Of the high plane upon which the clubs
already existing have operated.