Report of meetings : February 9, 1950
Report of meetings : February 9, 1950
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The Rotary Balita no. 640 (February 16, 1950).
Being International Day the world over and International Students' Day for us, the meeting was auspicious with the presence of special guests representing seventeeen countries-Denmark, Indonesia, China, Australia, India, Greece, Spain, France, Lebanon, Switzerland, Dutch Netherlands, Siam, and and Burma. International friendship and goodwill pervaded the whole atmosphere. Highlight of the meeting was the address of Oscar Schneider, consul for Switzerland in the Philippines. Among other things, his talk touched on the Swiss kind of democracy which he declared was a peculiar kind brought about by conditions not existing in many other countries. He said that because his country is deficient in natural riches, "work, hard work, thrift and simplicity have become the foundation of Swiss prosperity." He added that democracy has developed in a way of living which satisfies an overwhelming majority of the Swiss people. At the early part of the meeting, Francisco Lopez, young business executive who manufactures metal window frames, was inducted as Baby Rotarian. He will be known to all of us as "Pacoy." C. S. Gonzales, called upon to deliver a 3-minute talk on membership, exceeded in eloquence and went over the 3-minute period. As a fitting recognition of his speaking prowess, he was congratulated and then afterwards fined.
The Rotary Balita no. 640 (February 16, 1950).
Being International Day the world over and International Students' Day for us, the meeting was auspicious with the presence of special guests representing seventeeen countries-Denmark, Indonesia, China, Australia, India, Greece, Spain, France, Lebanon, Switzerland, Dutch Netherlands, Siam, and and Burma. International friendship and goodwill pervaded the whole atmosphere. Highlight of the meeting was the address of Oscar Schneider, consul for Switzerland in the Philippines. Among other things, his talk touched on the Swiss kind of democracy which he declared was a peculiar kind brought about by conditions not existing in many other countries. He said that because his country is deficient in natural riches, "work, hard work, thrift and simplicity have become the foundation of Swiss prosperity." He added that democracy has developed in a way of living which satisfies an overwhelming majority of the Swiss people. At the early part of the meeting, Francisco Lopez, young business executive who manufactures metal window frames, was inducted as Baby Rotarian. He will be known to all of us as "Pacoy." C. S. Gonzales, called upon to deliver a 3-minute talk on membership, exceeded in eloquence and went over the 3-minute period. As a fitting recognition of his speaking prowess, he was congratulated and then afterwards fined.