' 8 ' . - I', if ' , THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, ! , -
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O . TOURISTS VIEW
st. eran tomb
Many Relics in Kerr County
Point to Presence f
Famous Saint
DINGLE. Irish Free State
(AP) American religious tour
ists are paying considerable at
tention to the historic remains of
St. Brendan, the great Irish schol
ar and ecclesiastic of the fifth
century.
St. Brendan is credited with
having made the first European
discovery of America.
Brendan is supposed to have de
parted from this picturesque fish
ing village on the southwest coast
of Ireland in three rowing vessels,
each containing 30 men and three
benches of Oars. He made. th'Tee
voyages. After the first voyage,
lasting five years he returned
with marvelous stories of remote
Islands, icebergs, volcanoes and
wondrous visions.
" On his second voyage he visited
a remote island inhabited by the
sole surviving hermit of a com
pany of 12. who directed the navi
gator to the "Land of Promise,"
known in Irish as Tir Talrnglre.
Brendan spent 40 days on the wat
er and then sighted land. Another
40 days were spent In land ex
plorations. Then he and his fol
lowers reached a great and Im
passable river, after which they
retraced their steps.
Historians ay that there is rea
son to believe that this strange
land was America. The impass
able river might have been the
Mississippi. Maps and charts
showing Brendan's island in the
Atlantic have been. In circulation
throughout Europe since the tenth
century.
.Brendan made a third voyage,
thlsvtlme going to Britain and
then to, Palestine and Greece. His
voyages are particularly remark
able in view of the fact that parts
of his vessels ' were constructed
from hides of animals.
. v There are ; many relics iit- Kerr
County pointing to the presence
of "the saint. iTbe highest moun
tain In the Dingle peninsula Is
toaind after aim. Jle was horn
Bear Feaft, about seven miles from
Tralee.
ROTARY'S SPIRIT
!
IN 40 COUNTIES
(Continued from p( 1.).
the city,wthers making trips to
Bruges, ZAfibrngge, Ypres, Nleu
port, etc.
' In the afternoon we saw a won
derful historic pageant, singing,
etc, v The maritime pageant was
an impressive and cfftprful picture
of the history of Oaten. If - re
quired months of painstaking
work " to, bring it into being, but
it was well worth the effort. Thete
jve.re. 34 floats,' the fast, of which
represented Rotary, symbotiiing
Peace and Union of all countries.
The streets along which the par
ade passed were crowded to the
limit.
Monday
: The Kursaai was packed, the
song; leader, Samuel Losh, got into
actton and we had a wonderful
song service. We tackled fpany
of the Old songs and tried ont
some new such as" "The MOre "Ve
get together the happier we'll be,"
etc.
Rotarian Walter Cline, charr
xnah of the convention committee,
suggested onr paying respects to
the "Omnipotent Being;' that we
rise . and tremain standing with
fcowed heads for a few moments ;
that each of us seek a blessing up
on Rotary jn general dhd especi-
'aily upon the convention.
The Mayor of Ostend, Dr. Ed-
. ouard Moreaux, welcomed 119" in
French on behalf of the communal
administration,
He . . said : "Ostend Is today
doubly proud and happy, because
Jtt addition to our delight at the
privilege of your official recep
tion we appreciate with equal ett
thusiasm the honor of 'housltig
this" .session ot your deliberation."
v Rotarian Albert Boufchery, pres
ident of the host club, voiced the
greetings' . of the executive commit
tee of the Ostend Committee and
the Ostend flub whose members
.have shown sncb zeal in collabor
ating In the Organization of this
world eOftgress. - He said :
"J welcome the eminent people
who represent Rotary Interna
tional; Its distinguished president,
Harry Rogers, and his collabor
ators, the members of the Chicago
tmrea'u,
welcome"1 the president and
the committee metriber&.of Tt. I. B.
Lis. the governor of the (J4 dis
triots.and wit htbent all the Ro
tarians'' who have come here from
all parts . of the globe. I also
welcome the high civil end mili
tary dignitaries who ,have been
good enough to accept the invita-.
lion , of thT executive Committee
and honor this occasion with their
presence,. .
. Dr. . Edouard Willems of lirus
sels. as governor of host district,
welcomed , the visiting RotarlanS
'and ladles. .He said:-
"We all feel and deeply apprec
iate the IirtmeiiHe amontit tft skcri
tle deminieH trdra ' yonv all ' for
'"'having, come, ov"-16 t)stenI. and
-ire .'especially t think , the - ladles
who have followed their Botariaa
husbands.
."Well, you are fn Europe.
Where (a re, you? Simply in your
own country, because it" Is tbVe
coirhtry of your forefathers, and
if we show you nothing else, wetTf
you have as "much riglk to it as
we have.
"Yet me tell you what I told
the continental Rotarlans, and
that is that everything in Rotary
is for cordiality and friendship',
and this convention mnst clearry
show the jneaninie of this feeling.
Already yesterday they were deep
ly fit ruck by your singing, by your
magnificent unity of soul, wrought j
in notary by Hinging together.
Rotarlans from overseas, you have
shown us much of the higher spir
it of what Rotary really is."
Spanish Welcome
Dr. Florestan Aguilar, governor
of the ffOth district, responded to
the address of welcome. The
Doctor was one of the founders
of the club fn Madrid, Spain. He
said:
"It has been, said that our pro
tection is , in our fraternity and
pur armor is 'our faith.
"Men from New Zealand to
Peru, from Cffba to Italy, frOm
Spain to Canada, are here with a
common Ideal: to promote the
principles of Rotary, honor and
unselfishness. We are enjoying
the pleasure of making friends,
and friendship la love without Its
paras. Yon have received ns rn a
brotherly way and given to this
convention a really and truly in
ternational character with the in
telligent and successful prepara
tion that you made for this meet
ing." Rotarian Walter Cline an
nounced the appointments on the
various convention committees
such as elections committee, res
olutions committee ahd lie cre
dential committee.
Walter also gave ns Instruc
tions as to ' behavior when the
King arrived, and said: "Yon have
not to restrain yourselves. If you
care to aplaud, you may do so,
but please remember that whist
ling is not taken as we take k in
Amertca, and if yon want to ex
press yourselves, don't whistle.
You will be expected to rise at the
entrance of His Majesty and re
main standing during his address,
atd please remain standing and
orderly until he has passed out
of , this rdota iftto the luncheon
room. I know you will show re
spect by remaining standing."
President's Address
From tlie address of President
Harry H. . Rogers: . "One would
hardly be human not io be moved
by this demonstration. To have
the gbod wishes and respect of
so many fine Rotarlans ahd their
ladies is the greatest compensa
tion life has to offer.
"Six years ago the contention
was held in Edinburgh, Scotland,
and when we realize the extent to
which Rotary has1 grown since
that time who dares to prophecy
what the next 4 f few , years have in
Store for us In the ma.t'ter of. ex
tension, especially In "EuroiJe.
" "At Edinburgh ' there were but
19 countries in Rotary wtth, 85
clubs. At that time there Were 3 5
clubs in the Brtish Idles, Madrid
had 1 2 members, , and J Paris,
France, 16: Today her are 40
countries In Rotary with 2595
clubs. Now there are 251 clubs
In the British '- Isles and ,72 clubs
on the continent of Europe with
some 2500 Rotariads. Suffice it
Is to say that if, Rotary shall
grow oh the continent dating the
next six years as it has In the
British Isles during the past six.
we shall all be happy."
At the close of the president's
address he was presented with a
gavel made of wood takefi from
the mantel In the Paul Harris
home at WalltngfoTd, Vermont.
In accepting the gift the presi
dent said he hai fcefen intimately
associated with Paul Harris not
Only In Chicago' but In'' Texas;
that he had learned to appreciate
him as a loving man. a real force,
as well as the founder of Rotary.
That he hoped he might have been
with us today to deliver a message
in person, but ft was "foiind Im
possible for him to come; but we
.are glad to have a message from
him and it will now be read by
onr secretary.
From Rotary Founder
Paul stressed the sixth object
of Rotary and said: "Let us de
stroy the foe lto understanding.
The three generals in command of
the destructive forces are Sus
picion, Jealousy and Fear. "Let
us stimulate and encourage the
constructive forces and place in
their command the three greatest
generals the -world has -ever
known: Faith, Love and Courage.
' "May we all. Christian. Jew,
Mohammedan, Buddhist. Confuc
ian. agnostic and infidel, stand for
'once shoulder to shoulder ahd
humbly and reverently and ho-pe-fully
repeat. "On earth peace,
goodwill toward men."
( In Memoriarti
Chester R. Perry, Secretary, re
ported: '.'Representative of all Our
comrades Who have gone from' "this
life during the past yearT X mem
lion one hy name,' Albert S. Ad-$-ms.-,
wh6 cmce tieid ihe hfglrest
of flee fn ftertary. No greater
tribute f ould be paid any man
than lto s3iy Of him honestly and
sincerely that he was a real, a
true'Ro'tarian. '
"In affectionate memory of
you arid all Other comrades Who
have -gone before us. we staid
ilent pledging ourselves to" carry
JK Am wai T 1 1 1 t 1 T 1. a WM 4 -
( Company stood ; organ played. )
-to , -. The King Comes
The anticipated arrival of King
Albert, caused oulte a commotion,
and every one was on the "alert to
catch the firm glimpse Of hfm.
The crowd grew a llMle Impatient
as the fhtervenirig' motrients
passed. Eventually, at 11:20, His
Majesty .Kjfng Albert arrived at
the Kursaai. accompanied by hts
r6yal escort,
" lie was "met at the entrance of
the Kursaai by the convention
eomnrMtefe, who escorted htm to
the hail door, where he was met
by President Rogers and escorted
to the speaker's platform.
When His Majesty entered the
door the entire assemblage arose
to Its feet and remained standing
during the entire time he was in
the convention hall. He Was re
ceived with great applause.
President Rogers greeted the
King in his usual affable manner
and said that several months ago
It seemed 'appropriate to the board
of directors of Rotary Interna
tional that an annual convention
be held in the near future In some
city not of the North American
continent, and the decision was
reached to hold the 1927 Conven
tion in some European city.
"Invitations were received from
many European clubs asking the
pleasure and privilege of enter
taining the 1927 convention Of
Rotary International. One of
them from the Rotary club of
this wonderfully historical city of
Ostend. It was quite natural,
yohr Majesty, that this Invitation
should have been accepted for
several reasons. Ostend has un
excelled facilities for the enter
tainment Of Rotarlans, not only
daring the season of the conven
tion but rn the hours devoted to
retreatlori,
"Your Majesty fs well aware of
the fact that the sixth object of
RotaTy. in fact Its ultimate goal,
is 'the advancement of under
standing, goodwill and Interna
tional peace. Yoiir country has
earned the goodwill of the world
and has made a great and lasting
contribution towards international
peace. Your famous declaration
that Belgium is a ebnntry and
not a road, undoubtedly paTed the
w.iy to a better understanding of
each other on the part of the
reoples pf the world .' -ld much
to prove Jhat right and not might
should prevail in international re
lations." ' . King Albert's Address
The following Is the address of
welcome-' by Albert,1 king of the
Belgians :
"Ladies ahd Gentlemen: I am
deeply moved by your warm re
ception and by the heartfelt and
eloquent speech of Mr. Harry Rog
ers, the devoted and distinguished
president of Rofary International.
Let me express to him my grati
tude '. for the kind words he has
addressed to me and especially
for his friendliness towards my
country, whose people and whose
conduct I was glad to hear him
praise in so cordial a manner.
"Belgium's ambition is to Win
.the esteem andT 'respect of other
nations by her devotion to right,
,hfer love of justice, her grit and
'fcet: BettteVot progress, it gives
me a great pleasure to welcome
io&f tKonsaiTdti Of Rotarians
from America, from Great Brit
alft, from! - conntries all over the
WOTlaV The presence here of so
many ladies ana the keen interest
they take In the matter, is a prec
ions encouragement and will con
tribute t6 the success of this hu
manitarian campaign. We highly
appreciate your coming to Belgian
soil tO hold your Inspiring con
vention. Ostend is proud to re
ceive yon and will do her best to
give yon at lasting and agreeable
remembrance of Belgian hospital
ity. '
' "Four thousand American citi
zens crossing the Atlantic the
Atlantic which your fellow coun
trymen, Lindbergh ahd' Chamber
Iain, crossed in some thirty hours
-Is indeed ah important event
and proves the strength of Ro
tarian' feeling and cooperative
spirit, A Rotarian myself, as your
president lias kindly remembered
and I think I am alone in the
classification to' which 1 belong
(laughter), I know how sound and
'trustworthy yoar movement Is.
and I am sincerely convinced of
the Increasing Influence of your
remarkable organization.
"The application of the golden
rule to personal, business and
community life,' stimulates the de
velopment of that sense of citi
zenship so difficult and yet so fm
perativefy essential to cultivate.
A lively and active civic spirit is
the roOt of all good governments.
Rotarian principles are those that
make good servants of the state
jftfd develop amongst me'mbers of
a nation and of a society, true
friendship that great need of the
world. To accept the sacrifice o?
self to one's nefghbor, to. accept
the idea of ethics In trade ahd in
profession, is' to' be well aware of
the responsibilities of a modern
Citizen. Groups 6f Individuals,
working clone1 together tike you
do for a common purpose,' can ac
complish wonders.
"The -great Rotarian Ideal, es
sentially a hhtbatfitarian Ideal of
brotherhood, may have an effic
ient application in the broad
sphere of international friendship.
Friendliness in international re
lations can be fostered by friend
liness '(n International 'trade. ? ;
; ''Wheii 1 see this large gather
frig of enlightened and 'patriotic
men, I'ftrmly, believe. In the Bril
liant success bt the ttfaventlofc
opening today. The achievements
of the past hire been encourag
ing, the "results "of thfc f a)ore
should be equally beneficial, and 1 1
ft '
confidently look forward to that
future. I hereby declare the
eighteenth convention open." -
A luncheon was givetr -to King
Albert In the ambassadors room
In the Koriaai. This was attend
ed by- the officials of the Rotary
International. The officials were
late5 returning' from luncheon and
the party passed through the hall
while singing was going on. Im
mediately Samuel LOgh. our song
leakier, swung the audience into
"For he's a jolly good fellow."
It was a surprise to His Majesty
ands he seemed to enjoy it. He
bowed and smiled in every direc
tion as he slowly walked out of
the assembly hall.
President Rogers then present
ed the board of Rotary Interna
tional and the district governors,
and just to show that he knew
them he called them each by
name. He then proceeded, and
the quickness with which he called
their names showed the Intimate
acquaintance he enjoyed with his
official family.
What Rot nVy Means
Donald A. Adams addressed the
assemblage on the topic, "What
Does Rotary Mean?"
Among other things he said:
"Rotary is very simple, but the
simplest things are often the hard
est to explain. One Of the prin
cipal messages .which Rotary is
bringing to us is tbaf of the re
sponsibility of the individual and
the essential oneness of life. And
the main purpose of a Rotary
club is. I believe, the development
of the individual. Rotary is bring
ing us a message as to how we
can individually play our part in
making the world a better place
in which to live.
I. B. Sutton delivered an ad
dress in the Spanish language,
"What does Rotary International
mean?" To work actively in all
branches of human knowledge in
all countries of the world so that
in giving way to coming genera
tions civilization will have been
advanced as' far as is humanly pos
sinle, through the development of
goodwill and true international
friendship, by a group of men
whose motto is, "He profits most
who serves best."
This concluded the meeting for
the afternoon and in the evening
a reception was given by the
burgomaster at the town hall.
Tuesday morning the session
opened at 9:30.
Rotarian Chas. La Pillslury pre
sented an illuminated parchment
as an expression of the apprecia
tion of the Minneapolis club for
the acceptance of its invitation
for the 1928 Rotary convention to
meet in their city.
At this time a request for nom
inations of officers was made, af
ter which they were duly second
ed and were -finally voted upon.
Sir John Pratt gave a very in
teresting talk on "What does in
ternational mean?"
He said: ."I happen to be a
Scotchman. Now, sirs, the Scots
have many virtues, and most of
the virtues belong to the Scotch
man. He has about nine-nine
per cent of them, or perhaps more,
but there is one virtue the Scotch
man has not he has not the vir
tue of eloquence. Americans are
orators, and the Welshmen above
all are orators. But the Scotch
man is a Strong, silent than
phlegmatic, dour, taciturn; is as
economical with his words as he
Is geneFOus with' his money so
therefore you will receive me on
this Occasion with that' quiet ahd
hnexpectant reserve of which I
stand in need."
' One outstanding address was
given by T. C. Thomsen on the
topic, "What can Rotary do for
Europe?"
'- "From repeated experience we
do' know that the seed of Rotary
is vigorous. Is full of latent pow
er and vitality, and that ho mat
ter what the mental climate or soil
is like, Rdtary will sooner or later
take root, will -grow up and blos
som fn every European country as
it has done elsewhere.
"In some countries 'Rotary will
spread quickly; in others the
growth will be slow like that of
the acorn into the oak tree; all
according to the character of the
people.
"It is fiard for some of the Eur
opeans to catch the real spirit of
Rotary. It is hard to break down
the barriers of formality and dig
nity, but we feel that all who at
tended this wonderful gathering
got much foOd for thought ont of
the addresses given by Rotarians
from all Over the world.
Work in Holland
"The extension of Rotary in
Europe," by J. A. E. Verkade,
Holland, wits next.
He told of his first visit to a
friend in Indiana who was a Ro
tarian who took" Win "to ftO'ta'r'y
luncheon, and how' he" caught the
spirit of good fellowship, and his
visit to the head office in Chicago
to learn1 mOre -about' Rotary. He
was so impressed with the spirit
of Rotary that upon his return he
was convinced that now was the
time tO start Rotary in Holland.
Bot what a dtstHwsioh! Nobody
understood his enthusiasm; here
was One of the American' fads,
they said, absolutely not suited to
the continental mentality. "After
a while f gave it up as a bad job.
The first European convention at
Edirihorgh In 1921 gave such a
tremehdtms impetus to 'Rotary In
. the' "British Isles, after which
Ches. Perry ' Visited 'Amsterdam
aid! called on two Hollanders who
lived ih'Atneriea aevefal years' and
who had been members of Rotary
clii&V one la a Texas city, ana the
' t . " : - ;,.'"
,
other at
at Fort Smith.
'ChesT ad-
ised these men to start Informal
lunches and to add to J he number
gradually. After nearly a year
the firsts club In Holland was In
augurated, Jin November, 1922.
This club was the third clnb on
the European continent; the first
Was at Madrid and the second in
Paris.' , ,, r
'We are In Europe at present
In' a most precarious position. The
horrible ordeal we have gone
through some years baek has
sown distrust.' Ill feeling, jealousy;
yes. even hatred. It Is a hard
job 'to overcome this seeming dis
cord, caused by so-called conflict
ing interest. Walls Of tariff in
crease the difficulties, and the
cry of Britain for the British.
France for the Frenchman, Hol
land for the Dutchman, etc., sep
arates us more and more. The
peoples of European countries
know at the bottom of their hearts
that we cannot do without each
other, that these cries are false,'
that none of us are self-contained
and- that only , a peaceful ihter
eonrse of men, of commerce and
the exchange of what is discov
ered in science and art, can help
us out of the mire into which we
seem to he sinking. Rotary can
do much to prepare the ground for
future development. Rotary Is
awakening, into every well mean
ing man the feeling that he wants
the -other man to have his share
as well. Rotary, practiced in
daily life, by an ever greater num
ber of business and professional
men, will help to build willing
material to tackle the removal of
obstacles which now obscure the
view."
On Tuesday afternoon there
was an equestrian show at the
Hippodrome, and a tea. for the
ladles of the convention at the
Kursaai. The evening was given
over to sectional dinners, concerts
and dances in the Kursaai.
World Wide Sweep
At the Wednesday morning
session, the credentials committee
reported as follows:
Number of clubs represented in
person, 1332.
Represented by proxy, 977.
Total vote, 3164.
Number of clubs at this time,
2615. Clubs represented, 2283 or
89 per cent:
Clubs 108 per cent represented,
21.
Canada has 86 clubs; number
presented, 62.
Great Britain and Ireland have
251 clubs; represented, 237.
U. S. has 2064 clubs, with 1848
clubs represented.
There-were 37 out of 40 conn
tries represented by delegates and
visitors.
Argentine 1, Australia 64, Au
stria 5, Bermuda 1, Brazil 3, Can
ada 164, Chile 1, China 3, Cuba
8, Czecbd Slovakia IB", Denmark
22, 'Finland 1. France 34, Great
Britain and Ireland, 2642, Qnat
emala 1. Holland 119, Hungary 3,
India 1. Irish Free State 52. Italy
62, Japan 3. Mexico 24, New Zea
land SO, Norway 13, Panama 4,
Philippine Islands 2, Portugal 1,
Salvador 1, South Africa 13, Spain
55, Switzerland 52, U. S. 2926,
Urugnay 4, Venzuela 1, Belgium
(except Ostend) 120, Ostend 95;
making a total registration of
6,550.
The resolutions conrmittee also
reported. '
Resolution No. 1, extends the
period of time yon may make up
attendance on six preceding and
six succeeding days, which was
passed.
Resolution No. 2 was to
strengthen the sixih object, which
now reads: "The advancement of
understanding, good will, and in
ternational peace through a world
fellowship of business ahd profes
sional men united in the Ideal of
service."
No. 3 changed the terminology
of section 4 and f of the consti
tution which has to do With mem
bership. No. 7 and 14 had to do with
members who are in the consular
service abroad.
No. If has to do with making
provision for endowment funds,
etc.
No. 10 had to do with the re
duction of the per capita tax, but
this was withdrawn.
Other resolutions were present
ed, some of which were hot acted
upon.
The 8wli Vlevr
Dr. Georg Wettsteln of Zurich
gave an address oh' "The essen
tials of dub administration," said :
"The- essentials Of club adminis
tration' are to make the members
individually and collectively real
ize ahd understand the sense of
our excellent and nOhle afm. Ro
tary Is hot a luncheon club. Do
not make It one and thus profane
and corrupt our ideal.
' "The chief" and highest power
in a Rotary club lies in the hands
of all the members together, the
club body itself. Bring' before the
club body, only the things which
are important enough ahd which
the majority of the members wish
es to' handle Itself: do your best 4
to have as members only good Ro
tarians and do not forget that the
soundest,, policy is to tfnde'rstand J
and cooperate with the majority;
I would plead for a certain con
tinuity of tradition, the sound de
velopment of the club and harm
ony among its members. Let all
Rotarians stick together in main
taining sons d and proper club ad-j
ministration lor '-our own' and for
the benefit and the success of Ro-j
tary International."
V Crawford Mcullough gave nil
address on the subject. "The .ex
pression"' of ' the Rotary . Idea
tnfoSgh Its rules' and regulations."
Hts closing-remarks were as fol
lowat "The- Rotary way of living
squares with 'the fundamental In
stincts of man. Rotary, " the in
stitution, throngh. lta rules and
regulations, tries to keep ever fer
tile the warm soil of fetlowshlp.
so that men may become friendly
wfrh one another. To have ac
quired, the habit of self discipline
and ftrutual fOrbeararice Is to have
made a great conquest. Conquest
develops the stature of nien, and
the greatest is he who has con
quered self. To be happy, then,
is to live and to serve. And so
Rotary."
After the morning session the
club secretaries luncheon fol
lowed. In the afternoon there
was a military equestrian show at
the Hippodrome and at night a
concert at the Kursaai. The pres
ident's ban followed Immediately
after ttye concert.
Thursday morning, after the ns
aal song service, the, president
spoke of the sudden death of Ro
tarian Jofaan Basberg, president of
the Oslo cfub, and appointed the
continental governors as a com
mittee' to present a floral tribute.
Ixmdoner Speak
Sydney Pascal! of London gave
an address on "Vocational Ser
vice." "We beliewe firstly that
the doctrine of service above self
applies to a man's vocation and
that there is not a higher standard
of business than of personal hon
or. Every man, whether he be of
this religion, or that religion,
every Rotarian has some guiding
creed or some guiding principle.
If you do not carry out your creed
in your vocation you are false to
yonr creed. Secondly, that Ro
tarians have a call to higher stand
ards of practice in their own busi
ness, in their trade and trade as
sociations, and in the business
world as a whole, In entire sup
plement to the work of chambers
of commerce ahd government reg
ulations." Italy's ideals
Piero Pirelli of Milan, Italy,
spoke on "Community Service."
He said: "I trust that after this
meeting of ours, through the ex
change of visits between Rotarlans
of different countries to which the
post convention tours will give oc
casion, each one of us will strive
to see as much as possible what
others are doing in other -countries
in the field pf community
service and bring home experi
ences, ideas and suggestions for
a more efficient development of
the great Rotary ideal which is in
our hearts.
"This is an International meet
ing. I have spoken in Italian. I
do hot think it possible or perhaps
advisable, that Rotary should have
some day a common language, but
it certainly has a common spirit,
and we can all understand each
other from this common spirit,
and make an effort to understand
each the other fellow's language."
A Frenchman Speaks
Prof. Claude Gilli of Nice,
France, spoke on "What contri
bution can Europe make to
Rotary?"
"A few years ago Europe was
rich. By its labor and thrift, and
its spirit of research, it had ac
cumulated enormous resources.
The national currencies of most
of the large countries of Europe
were on a gold parity basis. The
smaller countries and those less
favored with natural resources
were enriched by the others, and
if the Rotary spirit had animated
ail of them the eleventh principle
of the code of ethics would have
been' close to realization, thus
dedicating our sixth object."
The credentials committee fur
ther advised that the attendance
percentage Of clubs represented is
89.1, while the attendance in Den
ver last year Was 88.5; that' the
committee considers this -to be a
real achieevment. Moreover only
three of the forty countries in
Rotary are not represented here.
At this time Walter Cline,
chairman of the convention committee,-
took charge of the meet
ing. -
Sydney Nascall, London, said
Harry Rogers was growing bigger
and bigger In the affections of the
British and it took the largest
piece of photographic paper in the
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world to express how great their
affection is. He presented a large
buSft-photo.lonr ahd a third times
life size."' ;
f Walter Kingsbury of Dallas,
Texas, representing three dis
tricts tn Texas and as ah expres
sion of love and esteem of the Ro
tarians of the three districts pre
sented several bound volumes con
taining over " three thousand let
ters written, -by his friends In Tex
as 'with the hope that they may
be an inspiration to you as -your
Rotary work has been to your
Texas friends."
Rotarian W. C. Edwards of
Texas made a presentation speech
and said: "President Harry, as a
man, as a citizen, as a Rotarian
you have done an outstanding ser
vice, not only to Rotary but to the
whole world. I think in the life
of every great man there has been
an inspiration, and, as the French
gay, .'Look for the woman.' Where
is she? Where is the wife?
. "Rotarians of all countries
have great respect for you, and
We. have to Inform you that a
handsome silver service is await
ing you in New York." Walter
Cline further explained that the
silver service has been purchased
ana is awaiting President Harry
and has wife in New York and
there was a surplus of 2000,
which is represented by the bit
of paper Governor Bill handed to
President Harry.
Presentation was also made to
President Harry by the Rotary
club of Carlsbad of a piece ot
porcelain as an expression of their
esteem.
Rotary In Japan
Rotarian Masatoshi Fusiwara
reported five' chibs in Japan and
also said: "Allow me to give you
some Idea as to why we Japanese
are interested in Rotary. Let- me
give yon some notion of the mot
ives that prevail in the minds of
the Japanese people. We are con
vinced that the true goal of hu
man, life is the same all over the
world and amongst all sorts and
conditions of people. We Japan
ese .know as well as any other
people that no one is born into
the world to live a selfish life or
to live for himself. We realize
also that no one would die for his
own interest, but rather for some
other person, or for his own
people or for some other cause.
"We believe that humanity's
sHipreme Interest and purpose Is
humanity, ahd that man's "best
endeavor should be spent for
man. And we are the more con
fident of the truth of this gospel
because it has a scientific basis
in the fact that all animal beings
struggle not for themselves, but
for others. The. birds build their
nests; not for themselves but for
the birds of the future. The lion
roars, not for himself but for the
lions that are yet to be. -
"In Japan we are endeavoring
to 'play the game' as a civilized
nation, eager to learn, ardent to
love, keen to play our part In
civilization's perfect purposes."
President's Reply
President Harry Rogers: "Fel
low Rotarians, I could not sit by
and receive these many, many
courtesies at your hands without
saying one additional word.
"I have had the great ideal be
fore me, and as I go back to my
own people, to my old home, I am
hoping that because of the little
service I have been able to render,
they may truthfully say of me
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that I have tried to do somethins
in the world.
"I am deeply Indebted to you.
and I shall never forget the many
courtesies which you have ex
tended to me. As - yon know,
money la not the thing that means
tnost to me. I have, gone from
rather abject, poverty somewhat
apt the ladder of snceess and I am
wondering what you would think
this morning if I wanted to take
the money which you have given
hie and place one-half of It in the
hands of the King of thii f5ntry
for the boys' work which' Vibeing
conducted in Ostend, and th? oth
er half Into the endowment fund,
which has been ereated by virtue
Of a resolution adopted here, as
an example of what Rotarians may
do to jprovlde a fund for use in
the future." ', ''...'
, Rotarian Raymond Knoeppel,
New York "In order that I may
attend to my own duties-and then
help the others I will proceed with,
the first presentation on behalf of
the Rotary club of New York. For
a period of about ten years, it has
been the practice of the Rotary
club of New York to present an
American flag to Rotary clubs in
countries other than the United
States. At the very beginning it
was our idea that we should pre
sent the American flag to all the,
Rotary clubs in all countries other
than the United States, but four
Or five years ago the clubs came
so fast and furious that we found .
we .would have to discontinue
these presentations, otherwise we
would have to go without lunches
on Thursday. At the present time
we have presented 139 American
flags to all but 12 nations repre
sented In Rotary. It is my pur
pose at the present time to pre
sent flags to the following clubs:
Vienna, Austria; Santiago, Chile;
Prague, Czecho Slovakia; Guat
emala City,' Guatemala;. Budapest.
Hungary; Lisbon. Portugal ;
Stockholm, Sweden; Caracas, Veiv-i
eznela; Bogota, Colombia; Hel
sinki, Helsingfors, Finland; Sah
Jose, Costa Rica; San Salvador, ,
Salvador, '
""With the twelve cities, I have
just announced they now include
the entire forty nations of Rotary.
In presenting these flags to you, itA
our neW Rotary friends and I
believe that most of these twelve '3
cittes in these twelve nations have
come into Rotary the past year-
we present these flags to you as
the gift of the Rotary club of New
York, but In the folds of these
flags are the hearts of the Rotar- .
ians of every Rotary club in our '
country.' '
"We In America realize that no
one nation has all the wisdom
and all the ideals of the world; we
realize that as understanding In-
creases, as we get - to know the
people of the world better through
Rotary, with this great spirit of
Rotary International shall coye ..
everlasting peace and good lT?il
and' understanding between, 'Tie
nations of the world."
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