ROTARY CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 96, 24 April 1922, Page 7

ROTARY CLUB.

LUNCHEON TO LADIES. A SUCCESSFUL MEETING. Quite a new departure was instituted to-day iby the Rotary Club, when a large number of ladies, wives and friends of members, were entertained at the Club luncheon in the concert chamber of the Town Hall at 1.40 this afternoon. Professor H. TV. Segar was in the chair. After luncheon the chairman extended a hearty welcome on behalf of all Rotarians to" the ladies and gentlemen guests. He stated that although members had always enjoyed themselves at previous luncheons, to-day's luncheon was made infinitely more enjoyable with the ladies present. Later on, Professor Segar stated, when evening functions would be held, he hoped that the ladies would be a determining factor in making such entertainments a success. The chairman then welcomed four new members —Messrs. A. S. Bailey, W. B. Colbeck, J. Stewart, and J. Wilson —and read a short address on the constitution of the Rotary Club.

A fine cinematograph film depicting the Club'e picnic to the Waitakere Ranges and the felling and milling of giant kauri trees, was then screened "and warmly applauded. Rotarian the Rev. A. B. Chappell then delivered a five minutes' talk on "What Is the Rotary Club." He stated that the Club, beside"? other ideals stood for the humanising of business and a fraternal fellowship in business, and to influence and to act upon the community. The spirit of Rotary was the spirit opposed to material influences in business and commercial life. All had the instinct that business should be humane, but the fashions that had been followed wero sometimes inhuman. Some people, he said, only thought of buying at a low cost and selling at a high cost, no matter what hardships or sufferings were inflicted. And so a focus was needed. The Rotary Club represented the dam letting loose the pent-up flood of human affection. The Rotary Club held high ideals, but it did not forget the practical sides of life. The practical should be mixed with the ideal, and the ideal with the practical. He concluded his "talk" with some verses he had composed on "What Is Rotary?"

During the luncheon Miss Etta Field, the gifted soprano, favoured the large number of auditors with four pleasing songs delightfully rendered. Mrs. ,1. Ewen also pleased with several vocal items. The singing of the Rotary Chorus and the National Anthem concluded the luncheon.