About Mount Airy Rotary
Object
of Rotary
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:
I.
The development
of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
II.
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;
III.
The application
of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal,
business, and community life;
IV.
The advancement
of international understanding, goodwill, and peace
through a world fellowship of business and professional
persons united in the ideal of service.
The
Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do
first
Is it the TRUTH?
second
Is it FAIR to all
concerned?
third
Will it build GOOD WILL
and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
fourth
Will it be BENEFICIAL
to all concerned?
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Paul
Harris
Organizer of
the first Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905, later became
the first President of "Rotary International"
in 1910. He served in this position for two years,
from 1910 until 1912. Thus, the founder of the
Rotary idea, who declined to be president of the first
club, became the first president of the worldwide
organization, Rotary International. The man
selected to be the first president was the one of the
other founding members, Silvester Schiele.
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