The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-09-06
Conception OF Rotary Is Worldly Wide Service
District Governor Guyton Tells Local Club

There is no room for bigotry
or narrowness in Rotary said Dis
trict Governor David Z. Guyton of
Blue Mountain in an address be-
fore members of the Lexington
Rotary club Tuesday. He was in
troduced by President Gordon
Russell. Guests were Mr.. Scott
of Blue Mountain and 1t. En-
NETT Reese.
THE breadth of Rotary is uni
versal and worldwide" the gifted
speaker said. He admonished
each of his listeners to try to
live up to the highest ideals of
Rotary in his business or pro-
fession.
Vocational service is the heart
Of Rotary" Governor Guyton
stated. ITO live up to the fullest
the highest ideals and principles
of your vocation is to live up to
the spirit of Rotary" he said.
The world is so in~terrelated to-
day, he continued, that each of
Is should know, think, feel and
thrill internationally.
If Jesus were on earth today he
would be a Rotarian, Governor
Guyton pointed out. The Golden
Rule and the Rotary motto of
service above self" are one and
the same in practice.
IF you would be a real Ro-
tartan know Jesus better, follow
in His footsteps. You will be a
better Christian and thereby a
better Rotarian," he admonished.
A report on the Rotary school
of instruction held at Lake Pla-
cid, New York, was given by Mr.
Guyton which he and Mrs. Guy
ton attended. The school was an
example of real applied Chris
tianity' he said. There was no
liquor, nj profanity and no dirty
stories, he reported.
This is a good world, a grand
world, and a changing world"
the speaker said, land Rotary is
a good realm, a grand realm and
a changing realm"
MI. Guyton stated that he
thought life should be a chal-
lenge to everyone today. He
emphasized that the good was
getting better and the better was
progressing toward best.
Just because a few people rob
hanks and do lawless things we
are prone to think everyone is
going to the dogs" he said. We
must remember that it is the UNI
usual that gets the headlines ra-
Their than the more commonplace
happenings.
Mr.. Guyton, blind since the
age of IL from an accidental pock-
ct knife wound which he re-
ceived in the eye, is one of Mis-
sissippi's most distinguished citi-
zens.
He is professor of history and
economics in Blue Mountain col
lege. president of the Bank OF
Blue Mountain, poet, Journalist,
and a native of Tippah county
son of Capt. Joseph Judson and
Callie Hoyle Guyton.
After the accident he attended
the State School for the Blind at
Jackson. But resolved to lead a
normal life, in spite of blindness,
he studied at home under a pri-
vate tutor, then entering Blue
Mountain college by special ar.
rangement, he became the first
man to graduate from this college
for women, receiving the B. "A
degree and making a general av-
erage of more than ninety-nine
during his Junior and senior years
there. He later graduated with
the B. S. degree from the Univer-
sity of Mississippi where he led
the Junior Law School with 6
session average of ninety seven
He received the NJ. A. degree from
Columbia University, New York
City, being the first blind man te
| graduate from Ole Miss and the
| first blind person to obtain the
| Nj. A. degree from Columbia. He
has done other graduate study II
/ other we'll known institutions o.