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Dollars
and some good financial sense are why the Rotary year starts 1 July –
at least that’s what the RI auditors said, according to 1912-13 RI
President Glenn C. Mead’s report in the September 1913 issue of The
Rotarian.
The auditors found that the
organization’s affairs had been managed “honestly and carefully.”
Still, RI was growing and had recently become an international
organization, and its needs were changing.
The
secretary and treasurer needed more time to prepare, audit, and check
the organization’s financial statements by the end of the calendar
year. The auditors recommended that the organization close its
financial books for the year on 30 June, which was after the RI
Convention. The Board of Directors agreed, and ever since, the Rotary
year has begun on 1 July.
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Rotary’s Wheel Emblem
A wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since our earliest day’s. The first
design was made by Chicago Rotarian Montague Bear, an engraver who drew a
simple wagon wheel, with a few lines to show dust and motion.
The wheel was
said to Illustrate “Civilization and Movement”. Most of the early clubs
had some form of wagon Wheel on their publications and letterheads.
Finally, in 1922, it was decided that all Rotary Clubs should adopt a
single a single design as the exclusive emblem of Rotarians.
Thus, in 1923, the present gear wheel with 24 cogs and six spokes was
adopted by the Rotary International Association.
A group of
engineers advised that the gear wheel was mechanically unsound and would
not work without a “keyway” in the center of the gear to attach it to a
power shaft. So, in 1923, the keyway was added, and the design which we
know now was formally adopted as the official Rotary International emblem.
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