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When the Pope Speaks. Most U.S. Rotarians felt that there must be some mistake. Said the president of Rotary International, Arthur Lagueux, a Quebec investment broker and a Roman Catholic: "Rotary is not a secret organization. It does not seek to supplant or interfere with any religious or political organization. It assumes that its program of service is in accord with all religions, and it does not concern itself with a Rotarian's politics...
...girl's own personality should not be allowed to intrude. For "Mr. Pleased-to-meet-you," the Rotarian type, "be a good saleswoman and drag out the wares you know will attract him-social position, education, prominent friends." Tell the flashy spender, "You're awfully good to people." For the stingy man, "make a virtue of his cautiousness by talking disparagingly of the man who throws his money around." Intellectuals should not intimidate her. "They all think more or less alike," says Miss Carlyle. "Some reading from the books of his authorities will give you the confidence...
...never seen Dave Beck before were a little startled, not only by his mild and self-effacing performance, but by his personal appearance. His quiet, expensive clothes, his full-toothed smile, his bland face, his high-pitched, almost boyish voice, gave him the aura of a super-Rotarian booster right out of Main Street. But his eyes-cold, blue and direct-explained him more fully...
...first seven arrived by bus at Fort Dix, N.J., the Army seemed almost startled by its own Rotarian effusiveness. Cameras flashed, and a lieutenant colonel stepped forward to bid the thunderstruck youths a warm but manly welcome. Then noncoms, who seemed to have gone through some defanging process, took them gently in tow, and ordered them to write letters home...
Could 90% Rotarian Ernest Hemingway be sheep in wolf clothing...