1925—GREAT ROTARIAN IDEAL—1930 1925 Rotary Charter No. 2,000 issued to Ketchikan, Alaska. Rotary extended to five additional countries: Czechoslovakia, Guatemala, Austria, Hungary, and Portugal. Branch office of Rotary International’s Secretariat established at Zurich, Switzerland. 1926 First “Pacific Rotary Conference” held at Honolulu, with more than 400 present from eight countries. Clubs started in Sweden, Venezuela, Finland, and Colombia! 1927 “Great Rotarian Ideal,” reaffirmed by King Albert in officially opening the eighteenth convention at Ostende: “The great Rotarian ideal, essentially a humanitarian ideal of brotherhood, may have an efficient application in the broad sphere of inter national relationship. Friendliness in international relations can be fostered by friendliness in international trade.” Aims and Objects plan of club administration and club activity, originating in Britain and successfully employed by many clubs there, adopted by convention action as recommended procedure throughout Rotary. Seven additional countries come within Rotary’s friendly sphere of influence: Paraguay, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Bolivia, Germany, and Java. 1928 James W. Davidson, of Calgary, Canada, appointed to carry Rotary idea to countries of the Orient, travels by plane, by train, by bus, by caravan, is impressed, in his contacts, by Rotary’s genius for uniting divergent elements for common community good! Second Pacific Regional Conference is held in Tokyo. First club started in Federated Malay States. 1929 Rotarian Davidson’s energy, enthusiasm, reflected in new clubs in: Egypt, Palestine, Ceylon, and Burma. First clubs also appear in Nicaragua, in Jugoslavia, Roumania, and Luxembourg!
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