The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-18
WELCOME ROTARY

Juneau is happy today to welcome from their homes in Washington oregon, Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska the more than 200 men and women who are honorng the city with their presence while they attend the 25th annual conference of Rotary District IO1
 The welcome is even more heartfelt than the proverbally warm one always extended by Alaskans to those who come to stay awhile under the midnight sun The welcome is warmer in view of the things for which Rotary greatest of all service clubs stands and has stood for the past 34 years.
 Service above self" is the justification for the existence of Rotary under the banner of which lsOOoO business and professional men cities and towns throughout the world are enrolled In it's vast amount of philanthropic and social work performed work which permits the practical expression of it's ideal to the advantage of the community at large. Many-sided are it's activities in this direction hos pitals, camps boys clubs social centers for unem- ployed and women civic amenities and juvenile employment bureaus are some of the avenues of cor porate service that its members who organized a territorial basis, render,
 In the international sphere their aim is the pro- motion of goodwill quality which sadly needs foster ing in world "arming for peace Rotary, built with regard to, but without division for, race tongue ol creed, provides platform on which every member make contact with his fellows in atmosphere Of amty. Such influence illustrated by the grea conferences of the movement by the poygot clubs is steadily, if slowly eayening the lump of inter na onal relations by deepening the understanding of and sympathy with the problems and difficulties, tho ideals and ideas of those who, generation ago, summarily dismissed ''foreigners' From the ap precation of the personality of the other arise. most readily the understanding of his point of view and transition from that stage to the appreciation national aspirations and characteristics is easy Yes Rotary has great contribution to make to the caus of peace has given it's quota already the greate gift has still to come as its influence widens.
 Important as are Rotarys corporate activities it greatest contribution is individual in plan and tion Its ideal connotes personal action and the polio! of the is to foster that service through cational and communal channels. Recruiting its members classification basis-roughly one rep allotted usually but not always coincident witt municipal boundaries-the club forms cross-sector of the business and professional life of the district Its members are, therefore, in an advantageous posi- tion spread the tenetS which form the Rotary code both by the variety of interests with which the weekly meetings bring them in personal touch, and by tht breadth of the occupational field which the club ter rtory comprehends. Social labor and philanthropit questions thus susceptible to an influence (ane it's practical translation which entirely dispropor tionae to it's numerical strength Along those line: would seem to lie Rotary's main road to the goal o service to the community but the importance of tean work not be and indeed is not, overlooked Tht fellowship of the club finding expression in corporate