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The Rotary Club had as its luncheon guest, "Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons of Princeton" (town, not university). Every-one grinned happily when Dr. Gibbons said he had been visiting the Philippines "for the special object of writing up their scenic beauty." But he went on to say things that made...
To correct an error in TIME, Feb. 23, item "Eggs," I am enclosing a copy of The Weekly Letters from the Secretariat of Rotary International, on the last page of which I have checked what I think you will find of interest.
"A Special Message From President [Almon E.] Roth-Recently some of the newspapers of the United States carried the statement that certain California Rotary clubs, under the auspices of chambers of commerce, were going to stage an egg throwing battle in order to reduce the large egg surplus. Immediately a...
"For the information of those interested, I wish to state that the names of the Rotary clubs were used without their permission and without the knowledge of the club officers. The clubs had taken no part in the suggested stunt which was given such wide publicity but on the contrary...
If the extra-curricular activity presented something new, something that had a place of its own in the scheme of things, there might be some excuse for the existence of so much ponderous organization. But as it stands today this energy-consuming phenomenon is just a copy of the one...