When Harris was elected as third president of the Chicago Rotary Club in 1907, the club initiated its first public service project, the construction of public toilets in Chicago.
當哈里斯於1907年當選為芝加哥扶輪社的第三任社長時，他啟動了第一個公共服務項目，即在芝加哥建造公共廁所。