Boys Work by Tientsin Rotary Club in the 1920s

The Tientsin Rotary Club, founded in the 1920s as the second Rotary Club in the Republic of China after the Shanghai Rotary Club, actively engaged in Rotary International’s “Boys Work” program. This youth initiative, formalized in 1919 under International President Albert S. Adams, aimed to promote the development of boys within the Rotary’s male-only membership framework of the time. Operating within Tientsin’s foreign concessions, particularly the British Concession governed by a Municipal Council at Gordon Hall on Victoria Road, the club played a role in fostering youth activities amid the city’s dynamic early 20th-century growth as a treaty port with multiple foreign zones. The Tientsin Rotary Club’s involvement reflects the international and colonial environment influencing Rotary’s outreach efforts in China during this period.

O Rotary Club de Tientsin, fundado na década de 1920 como o segundo Rotary Club na República da China após o Rotary Club de Xangai, participou ativamente do programa “Trabalho com Garotos” da Rotary International. Esta iniciativa juvenil, formalizada em 1919 sob a presidência internacional de Albert S. Adams, visava promover o desenvolvimento dos jovens dentro do quadro de membros exclusivamente masculinos do Rotary na época. Atuando nas concessões estrangeiras de Tientsin, especialmente na Concessão Britânica administrada pelo Conselho Municipal no Gordon Hall da Victoria Road, o clube contribuiu para atividades voltadas à juventude num contexto de crescimento dinâmico da cidade como porto de tratado com diversas zonas estrangeiras. O envolvimento do Rotary de Tientsin reflete o ambiente internacional e colonial que influenciou os esforços da organização na China desse período.

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