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Rotary and its International aspect was stressed throughout this year, perhaps not only on account of the disturbed world
conditions, but also because Maurice Duperrey of Paris, France, was Rotary's International President, and because Governor King Cole, President Joss, Rotarian Ernest Schilling and Rotaryann Schilling
attending the Nice Convention, then traveled all over Europe and Britain, and returned filled with Rotary's International spirit and ideals.
President Joss
arrived home in July for the second meeting of the year, and presented his report of the Convention, and two weeks later Ernest and Rotaryann Schilling gave the Club a fine moving picture program of their trip, Ernest operating the machine and Mrs. Schilling telling the story.
Later in the year Miss Moll of Austria spoke on World Peace; Professor Frank Ball on World Affairs; Rabbi Garry on Hunger in Europe; H. G. Reisner on Europe Today
; and John Streismann on Germany. A number of the foreign students were inducted into the Club as Student Guests, and two programs on Chinese Education and Culture were given by Chinese students. In July
John Stemm was appointed Group Representative, which resulted through his fine work of the year in his being elected Governor of the new district the following May. One icy day in December the Club lunched at the West
Lafayette Baptist church and then visited the new University Gymnasium and Field House. The following week six groups of Rotarians delivered Christmas baskets to some of Lafayette's poor families. Headed by John Stemm
a delegation of twelve Rotarians attended the installation of Brazil into Rotary. This small club, four years later was to entertain International President Armando Arruda Pereira of Brazil, South America, and over
three hundred Rotarians from Indiana and Illinois. In January George Roberts in his dignified and fine manner inducted the following new members into the Club: Charles W. Beese; Colonel Charles Blakely; Edwin Clegg;
George E. Davis; Floyd R. Eastwood; Eric Holm; Frank B. Knight; and Elmer Waters. The Club lost one of its good active members in the resignation of Andrey A. Potter, but the Club would not accept the loss of Andrey.
They made him an Honorary Member. One day in March Ed Schroyer was introduced as a hole-in-one golfer. The District Conference this year was earlier than usual, being held at Indianapolis in
February on the Silver Anniversary of the Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Evansville Clubs. Frank Riedel, John Stemm, Frank Timberlake and the President attended. The question of the division of the district which for
many years had included all of Indiana met with strong sentiment against such action, the Club voting its disapproval. However in May the old Indiana District, first numbered 11, then 20 for many years and finally 155,
was divided into three districts, the northern part of the State being District No. 154, the central, 155 and the southern 156. Lafayette in the 155th District now had for its district clubs, the following:
Anderson, Attica-Williamsport, Connersville, Crawfordsville, Frankfort, Greencastle, Hartford City,
Indianapolis, Kokomo, Lafayette, Lebanon, Marion, Muncie, New Castle, Portland, Richmond, Rushville, Shelbyville, Sheridan, Tipton, Turkey Run, Union City, and Winchester
President-elect Timberlake with Mrs. Timberlake and their daughter, Peggy, left one day via motor for the San Francisco Convention, and from day to
day the Club had news of his journey. "Attended a Rotary meeting in this town"; "Just missed a Rotary meeting but met Rotarian So and So"; "Joined Bill and his wife at Yellowstone"; and "Arrived at San Francisco, they
are coming in by planes, trains, steamships, flying boats and motor caravans."Frank on his return said, "Never did I know there was so much to Rotary, I've got material for everything" - and Frank is a Charter
member. Yes, from his reports and from his work to come Frank was inspired by this great Convention he attended. Frank told the Club of the House of Friendship, a formal out-door flower garden brought indoors for the
week—splashing fountains, three thousand blooming rose bushes, huge banks of hydrangeas and ancient boxwood hedges, gorgeous cinerarias and Martha Washington geraniums, and gaily striped umbrellas and garden furniture
in bright colors. There was the cool fishpond with gold fish and pond lilies, and high overhead a great canvas bearing the blue and gold Rotary Wheel spotlighted, with over a thousand oriental lanterns of pink and rose
radiating like the petals of a huge blossom. Frank spoke of the great composite flag of all Rotary nations, made of sixty-nine national flags against whose multi-colored stars and stripes and backgrounds, was centered
the motto: "Service Above Self. He Profits Most Who Serves the Best." "It's not the individual thing you see and hear but the whole that so inspires you," Frank said, "and one feels the spirit of the thing, when one
realizes that these thousands come for no business or professional reason, but simply for fellowship and friendship, local, national and international." A report came back to the Club from a Crawfordsville Rotarian
that Frank got lost one night down in Chinatown, but we have found no record of this event. Governor-elect John Stemm and Mrs. Stemm also attended the Convention. |
