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In 1936 Jay N. Emerson, a member of the Pullman
Washington Kiwanis Club, presented a plan to his club proposing that the
Pullman Kiwanis Club purchase a house that could be rented to young men
in need of assistance to attend the local college. The plan became a reality
as the Kiwanians established the "Circle K House" at Washington
State College. Eleven years later in 1947, Donald T. Forsythe, Trustee of
Kiwanis International, aided in transitioning Circle K from a fraternity
to a service-oriented organization. That year, during September, the first
Circle K club similar to our present day organization, was chartered at
Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois. (The college moved to its present-day
location of Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1962.
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CIRCLE K OF FLORENCE
Circle K of Florence has grown tremendously
since its inception last year, sometimes in spirit, sometimes in members,
and still other times in service to the community. Based at Francis Marion
University, the organization is continuing to move toward ever-increasing
service and leadership development as well as providing fellowship and
personal growth to the members. Though history provides a good foundation
from which to view achievements and obstacles, Circle K of Florence has
been able to connect the organization's mission with tomorrow's college
students and tomorrow's student organizations to envision the possibilities
for the organization and realize its dream of creating a better world
in which to live.
(click here to view the mission of Circle K)
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The organization established the following objectives:
- To provide an opportunity for capable, ambitious, and worthy young men to acquire
a college education by assisting them, where necessary, with their financial
problems; by means of a scholarship fund, if available, or securing
part-time employment. - To afford members a useful training in the social graces and the development of
a well-rounded personality. - To promote good fellowship and high scholarship within the group.
- To develop in the members a thinking and aggressive citizenship and the Kiwanis
spirit of service for the improvement of all human relationships on
the campus, in the community, state, and nation. - To
aid the growth and development of other Circle K Clubs. | |
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