Word: kiwanian
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...meal and one meal only it is pointed out is treasured by the average American business man: namely, the weekly Kiwanian or Rotarian luncheon which, though not always marked by excellent fare, is at any rate a leisurely and companiable occasion. But is is not the fortune of everyone to be either a Kiwanian or a Rotarian and therefore the non-fraternal portion of America is left with a cup of coffee, a sandwich, and a tin plated armchair. The Forum author endeavors to solve the enigma. "To me our main difficulty seems to be a failure to make...
...state education chief, the two U.S. Sentors, two U.S. Representatives, two members of President Coolidge's National Advisory Commission to the .... Exposition, a school superintendent; a Rotarian, a Kiwanian and a Lion; a Protestant, a Catholic and a Jewish clergyman; an American Legion man and a Daughter of the American Revolution; a clubwoman, a Woman Voter, a Parent-Teacher representative; an adult executive each of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls...
...their chief officer, were electrified by a speech containing such statements as "The men who shout for more business in government do not realize the limitations of a democratic government. . . . Business in government would ignore the social duties of the government," discussed the memorial to Warren G. Harding, onetime Kiwanian, which has been designed by a Kiwanian architect, built by a Kiwanian construction company, erected with Kiwanian money in Vancouver, B. C. With due respect for the law, the Kiwanis decided to hold their next convention in Montreal-a choice which elicited a demonstration from the famed Montreal Kiltie bagpipers...
...Vice President of a Milwaukee manufacturing firm, long and arduous Kiwanian...
...professional man, the journalist then began patronizing the schools of journalism he had hitherto scoffed; he talked of his craft's dignity; of its responsibilities, ethics. He gilded and engauded his picture of himself-but "remains, for all his dreams, a hired man." "The Kiwanian bombast of business managers" continues; likewise "the stupidity, cowardice, and Philistinism of working newspaper...