Hands Across The Sea

Rotary International, a world fellowship of business and professional men with a common ideal of service, presents the Rotary Golden Theatre. More than 8,000 Rotary Clubs in 89 countries throughout the world are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rotary International, an organization fostering the ideal of service in personal business and community life, and working for the advancement of international understanding,

Good will and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional men. An observance of its golden anniversary and as a public service, Rotary International brings you the Rotary Golden Theatre. As we enter the Rotary Golden Theatre, the bright lights blaze forth the title of the drama we are about to see.

Hands across the seas, we take our seats, the curtain rises on the comfortable but modestly furnished living room of a home in a small village in Greece. A young man bursts into the room, excitedly waving a letter.

It is come, Father, rotary foundation fellowship. Do you realize what this means? Yes, another year with my eldest son away from home. A year of study at the University of London, with enough money to devote all my time to my work. No worries and a world of different ideas.

The time for growing up and going to work a year more distant. But you wanted me to become an architect. An extra year of study will make me a better one. You think that the English are more brilliant than the scholars of Athens?

They're bound to have some different ideas. Too different perhaps. I have never trusted foreigners. They will try to turn you against Greece. They will try to make you think like a foreigner. They might try, but they couldn't succeed.