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The 14th Convention St. Louis, MO |
| June 18-22, with 6,779 in attendance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Representation was 1,312 including 1,143 US Clubs, 58 Canadian
Clubs and 76 British Isles Clubs.As Herman Spoehrer, President of the Rotary Club of St Louis welcomed delegates to the extreme heat of his city, he said: "We believe you will find St Louis which is practically the geographic center of the North American Continent, truly Rotarian in character, in that it combines the Culture of the East, the Vision of the West, the Energy of the North and the Hospitality of the South". The Convention's landmark is probably Resolution 23-34 that directed Clubs towards the goal of Community Service, "based upon a real community need and requiring the collective co-operation of all its members". Thus, the Classification system had a purpose and Rotary had a path to follow. Arch Klumph spoke to the Convention as Chair of the Extension Committee. And, what a group of Rotarians he had for a team - Jim Davidson, Ches Perry, John Bain Taylor (London) and Will R Manier JR (future RI President in 1934)! The extension of Rotary was in full swing thanks to these committed Rotarians. The Convention welcomed the Chief Executive of the USA to its podium. President Warren G Harding was clearly popular with the 8,000 audience being a Rotarian himself. His address would be his last significant address as President - he sadly died just over a month later. Interestingly enough, Harding's refusal to have anything to do with the infantile League of Nations was heavily criticised by Rotarians some 20 years later in the same city of St Louis as the nightmare of war overwhelmed the world. Rotarians would then become fully committed to the concept of a United Nations as the only way to prevent further wars in the future and engage in the setting up process. |
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