Show 1 THE EVOLUTION OF SERVICE In Ili the realm of community endeavor endeavor endeavor en en- deavor this Is the age of service r The service club the the community or commercial club and the chamber of commerce are active demonstrations f lions of the Instinct of citizens who ho have e sought for a medium of cooperative coop coop- coop coop- cooperative expression As a a. splendid counterpart women's organizations organizations organize organize- for r service have become an established part of community life Ufo c. c What are aro the meanings of these organizations why do they exist and what are their purposes The answer is found In the accomplishments accomplish accomplish- menu ments of these organizations in making our communities better places in w which lich to to live and work and carry carryon on the necessary functions functions functions of organized society ManU Manti Is no exception to the fact that eveny community needs groups group working together tor for common ends end of civic development for objects of charity for for educational service or for the still sUIl laudable purposes of ot fellowship and social advancement A city or town may well bo be 1 known by by its civic chic organizations The rate efficient administration of their while not based upon legal requirements Is none the less lei important to the welfare of the community The same care should be exercised In selecting their officers a and d directors as aa is displayed ed in the choosing of public w off lei 1 Is b by the ballot A Aa As great a a significance should be bo placed to the former as to the latter bea because be- be a cause C while public are curbed and guarded b by codes and statutes their integrity assured by bonds and n their ther r duties more or less clearl clearly defined the civic chic leader Is left more freely to his bis own tion HOll In addition to this distinction lion tion th there e is the undeniable fact that loc local l government and official notion are In many cases affected for good or bad by the tho recommendation recommendation recommend recommend- of the unofficial group 1 Service has trul truly been an tion Men Ien used to think and act ct alone as Individual citizens Heroic t and dramatic as this attitude may mar have been society did not advance so rapidly until the idea of the group became a leading factor In growth And the remarkable part of this change chango Is that the group does not lesson Individuality but tends to increase it Men become more dominant i as leaders by workIng working working work work- ing in iu the group The civic andl and l service organizations are arB simply the mo modern ern efficient channels thru r which the ideals and aspirations aspirations' of the individual find expression and become the a achievements of all |