Officers Edward L. Pottlitzer, President Charles A. Burnett, Vice President Ernest R. Brown, Secretary Wilbur R. McQueen, Treasurer Thomas P. Huffman, Sergeant-at-Arms Directors Wilbur R. McQueen Fred L. Alexander John Wagner Clarence M. Bivins James J. Wiselogel International President Guy Gundaker Philadelphia, Pennsylvania International Convention Toronto, Ontario, Canada Delegate: Charles A. Burnett District Governor Arthur H. Sapp (20th) Huntington, Indiana District Convention West Baden and French Lick, Indiana February 2 1-22, 1924 New Members Frank J. Cason Robert Ferriday Ralph M. Mayerstein George L. Potter George W. Stout Bruce M. Warner Donald M. Warren Lafayette Rotary was still young. The meetings, the entertainment, the activities of the Club and of the individual members somehow expressed the spirit of youthfulness. After the State Championship Corn Judging team put on a demonstration at a meeting Stanley Coulter moved that the Rotary Club vote the members a medal for their fine work. President Elliott wrote to the Club after its Christmas dinner for the foreign students: "I am certain that Rotary lived one of its ideals through the gathering of last week. This was real service to a group of students well worthy of friendly interest and encouragement." A Ladies Night in February turkey dinner, and entertainment by the Rotarians themselves. The cast we do not have of "The Tired Business Man." At the West Baden-French Lick District Conference held on February the 21st and 22rd the attendance reached almost one thousand with Arch Klumph and Everett W. Hill, past and future International Presidents attending. In May, celebrating Memorial Day, the Club had a large number of Civil War veterans present as' guests, Doctor Perry giving the address of welcome, and Andrew Jackson, a veteran, responding. One day Frank Best passed the cigars in celebration of his announced future wedding, and Stanley Coulter from week to week continued to give those fine "principles and ideals of Rotary" to the new members. The steamship Missouri left Michigan City one Thursday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Burnett, Ernest Brown and Charles Webber aboard. From issues of an out-of-print paper the "Indiana Rotary Log" advertised as having the largest floating circulation of any Rotary publication in the world, the story is told of this boat filled with nearly two hundred Indiana Rotarians from forty clubs of the state enroute to the Toronto International Convention. There was the first night when everyone thought they saw an eclipse of the moon. It was only Willis Dye of Kokomo standing on deck as the full moon came up out of the water. There was a two hour stopover at Mackinac Island on Friday evening to allow everyone to stretch their legs, and Charley Webber almost lost the boat. At Port Huron on Saturday Noon there was again a short landing, especially for President-elect Charles Burnett, and in making the run down the Saint Claire River later that same day Ernest was upset, though he claimed to be a sailor of some note˜perhaps it was only Wabash River cat he had experienced up to this time. On Sunday just in time for church the boat docked at Toronto, and to this day Past President Burnett's eyes glitter and shine when he tells about, "the greatest convention Rotary ever had." For some of us this is true in each year of Rotary's life. Copyright © 2000 Lafayette Indiana Rotary Club. Please contact Webmaster with any technical comments or questions about this site.