Lesson to Learn from Rotary History*
On 23rd Feb 1905 Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, Gustavus
Loehr assembled a Room 711, Unity Building, where Paul mooted an idea and
others nodded their head in Unison for a new kind of club. This could be
treated as the meeting of the first Rotary club.
Two of the forefathers of Rotary had only a short Rotary Life. Gus left the
club very next year due to problems in his business. Hiram Shorey was
elected as recording secretary of the club at third meeting, but he dropped
out of the club and never really served as recording secretary.
If two of the four founder members of an organisation leave within an year,
one can imagine how discouraging it would have been. But inspite of this
early shock, the organisation grew to all parts of the world and has
completed more than 105 years.
On 23rd Feb 1905 Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, Gustavus
Loehr assembled a Room 711, Unity Building, where Paul mooted an idea and
others nodded their head in Unison for a new kind of club. This could be
treated as the meeting of the first Rotary club.
Two of the forefathers of Rotary had only a short Rotary Life. Gus left the
club very next year due to problems in his business. Hiram Shorey was
elected as recording secretary of the club at third meeting, but he dropped
out of the club and never really served as recording secretary.
If two of the four founder members of an organisation leave within an year,
one can imagine how discouraging it would have been. But inspite of this
early shock, the organisation grew to all parts of the world and has
completed more than 105 years.
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