Mr. A. Morley Relinquishes Duties to Mr. H. Berents At the meeting on June 25 of the Shanghai Rotary Club the out-going. President, Mr. A. Morley, handed over the chair to the new President, Mr. Hans Berents, who was formally. Inducted into ofice.
In the course of a review of the past year, the outgoing President Feported. that membership had been well maintained, and that the yea community work had included the fiving of summer pientcs to hundreds of poor children, the holding of Christmas parties, and the distribution fof @ record number of toys which had been reconditioned at the Rotary Toy Hospital. He referred to the successful District Conf held in April and the part which the Shanghai Rolary club had played as host club, and. also to the spread of Rotary in China and the recent formation of a new club at Soochow. Touching on the question of public affairs, the speaker mentioned the club's active Interest in the matters of housing and ricshaw reforms. He thought that Rotary had a worthy part to play in the community and Wished for Mr. Hans Berents a Successful' and enjoyable year of office.
Mr. Herons, in a speech dealing mainly with Rotary alms and objects and the duties of members in carrying them out, outlined some of the programme for the coming year and Eppealed for the hearty ce-operation of all members. was announced that Mr. E. S.
Little had been appointed Honorary Secretary; that Mr. Lil. Schall had been reappointed Honorary Treasurer; and that Mr. F. B. Gange had been ap-
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