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| About Rotary |
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 | The world's first service
club, the Rotary club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on
February 23, 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to
recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had
felt in the small towns of his youth. The name
"Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating
meetings among members' offices. To make the club a
cross-section of the business and professional community, only one
representative of each business or profession was admitted.
That was the beginning of the classification principle of
membership. Rotary's popularity spread throughout the United
States and the decade that followed. By 1921, Rotary clubs had
been formed on six continents and the organization adopted the name
Rotary International a year later.
The motto of Rotary is "SERVICE ABOVE SELF". The
object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as
a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and
foster:
- FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity
for service;
- SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions,
the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and
the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity
to serve society;
- THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each
Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
- FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding,
goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and
professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Rotarians abide by the 4-Way Test which is a model for us to live
our lives and deal with our fellow man. It reads:
- 1. Is it the TRUTH?
- 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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