1925: George Gershwin, with him at the piano, introduced his Concerto F at
New York's Carnegie Hall.
Meeting Leader: President Scott Lanoff
Pledge: Scott Song: Sy Prayer: Dr. Bob Berson (our speaker)
Rotarians Present: 20
Happy Thoughts
Eric ($10) happy re Super Bowl (all participants please contact him),
re Therapy for Children With Disabilities and had many for
Thanksgiving Dinner.
Sean: happy for vets at Montrose and he will be supplying underclothes
to them and club should help.
Anne is happy re speaker
Victor is happy.
Speaker: Dr. Bob Berson on Ethical Culture. He has doctorates from
a number of universities including two D.EDs and one PH.D., and was raised
in Philadelphia where he went to elementary and high schools and ethical
culture school.
Summary of Talk
Ethical Culture emphasizes humanities and golden rule. Started in 1876 by
a Jewish Rabbi. They built a Settlement House, a crippled children's
hospital and summer camps. He is authorized by State of New York to
perform marriages and other religious events. They have members from all
religions.
Next Friday will have a talk on Rotary by a speaker whom Scott will get.
Text, Elinor; Helper, Sy
We meet at The Briar's Restaurant every Friday at around 12:15 unless it is
a national holiday like Christmas and New Year's days, which fall on
Fridays
