Word: rotaryism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The U. S. Rotarians, who voyaged on an excursion to Ostend, Belgium, for the Rotary International convention (TIME, June 6), listened with rapt attention to King Albert of Belgium last week. His Majesty, himself a Rotarian, praised the U. S. delegates "whose crossing of the Atlantic-the Atlantic which your...
With 130,000 Rotarians and nearly as many Rotary Anns behind him, and 8,000 of them actually crying "On to Ostend" last week, what wonder that founder Paul Percy Harris writes:
"Rotary has passed its adolescent stage. It is coming into its own as a world force. . . . What a wonderful goal there is before Rotary! . . . Each year we have been able to look back on steady progress and each year we can turn with renewed courage toward the great rising sun...
*"Harry" to all. Third principle of Rotary is "that every member should be addressed preferably by his first name or a nickname in some manner to indicate the close, intimate friendship among Rotarians."
*The Kiwanis clubs founded later than Rotary, much resemble Rotary.