BRIARCRIER
May 17, 2013. The Briar's Restaurant, North State Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY
Briarcliff Manor Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1792 – The New York Stock Exchange had its origin as a group of brokers who met under a tree on Wall Street.
Meeting Leader – Sy Yuter (Kris and Anne with Scott were attending a Rotary District Conference)
PLEDGE – Sy Yuter SONG – Sy Yuter PRAYER – Dr. Bob Maher
HAPPY THOUGHTS – Eric, Senior High School students Marissa Contento and Nicole Metzger were awarded our Rotary Scholarships at $1,500 each.
GUEST – Steve Goldstein
ANNOUNCEMENTS –12 Rotarians present. Memorial Day Parade and Briarcliff Library Memorial Run/Walk to be held on May 27th.
ROTARY NEWS – Those who can march in Memorial Day Parade on Monday should meet at the old barber shop site at 11:30 am.
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – South Korea II – Youhee Shin and Kyung Pak
The sacred bell of King Sejong was completed in AD 771. It is the largest bell of its kind surviving in Korea. It weighs about 18.9 tons, about equal to 12 mid-sized cars. The casting technique of the enormous and beautiful bell is still not fully understood. The beauty of its visual is only one aspect of the bell’s splendor. It emits a majestic and graceful sound which is clear and loud and reverberates alternating between loud and soft, continuing for some time. This is a distinctive feature of the bell. The intentional asymmetry of the design leads to varying levels of thickness. This does not occur in western bells as these are generally of a consistent thickness. Also, first steel mill built and Samsung started.
Friday – Minority participation in political process by Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
