Two interesting meetings, the first of President Dave's, were those at the Sycamore Valley Girl's Scout Camp, and the other at the Alcoa
Aluminum Plant with a guided tour. Fellowship and companionship are prime factors in Rotary. The writer has broken bread with Rotarians for the past forty-three years. It has meant much in his life. Lafayette Rotary
is always glad to have visiting Rotarians. One day the Club had thirty from ten different states.
President Dave with John Stemm and Irv Wilson attended the District Assembly at Crawfordsville. It was a good meeting
under Governor Al Ringer's leadership, a chicken dinner and an inspirational address by International Treasurer Dick Vernor.
In November it was a privilege to hear International Treasurer Dick Vernor's sincere
message at a Lafayette luncheon, "Rotary's Place in Today's World". Twenty members from other Clubs were with us to hear Vernor.
The Rural-Urban Acquaintance Day with our farmer friends from Tippecanoe County was a
good November meeting. Twenty-five men from other countries attending a short course at Purdue were Rotary's guests.
The Christmas Season arrived and that meant the Annual Christmas Party and the attendance at the
Purdue Musical Organizations' Program in the Hall of Music. Another meeting with Christmas Greetings for all the members, and Honorary Membership extended to Fred Alexander, Sam Souders, Burr Sweezey, Bob Shannon, and
to O. L. Foster, a charter member of the Club.
With the New Year President Dave started off with another meeting of the Tippecanoe County Corn Growers. Then at the next meeting Philip Wilkie, son of the late Wendell
Wilkie told us about some of his experiences in the Indiana Legislature.
Programs vary. One week our Chuck Beese gave his impressions of Japan and the next Rotarian Roy Whistler told us about his hobby,
Falconry. Then the International Relations Committee presented El Sayed Azzouz who told us about "The Egyptian Crisis From the Viewpoint of Egypt".
One of the writers of this history, having attended the
International Conference at Nice was particularly interested in hearing Richard Cordell of Purdue tell of "His Impressions of France" for Cordell lived six months in Nice. A March luncheon gave us "The Military Training
Act of 1951" by our Clyde Nichols.
Two worthwhile annual affairs took place, the Rotary Speech Contest, and the Citizenship and Scholarship Meeting with Jim Wiley, Chairman.
Pop Doan of the Purdue Athletic
Department made a big hit with his story of the early days in baseball.
The District Conference was held in Anderson on April 23rd with a good attendance representing Lafayette.
Tommy Johnston having spent six
months in Italy helping in their agricultural development related his experiences. Then came a headline attraction when Dr James K. Eyre, Jr., author of the book "The Roosevelt, McArthur Conflict", spoke on "The Real
Story Behind the Truman McArthur Controversy".
One day Charles O. Wiselogel reported on the International Convention held in Mexico City, and there was a meeting when the Club heard the Honorable James A.
Emmert, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court tell us about "The Work of the U. S. Supreme Court".
