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Kiwanis|kɪˈwɑːnɪs|
[Origin obscure.]
In full, Kiwanis Club. A society of business and professional men formed in Detroit in 1915 for the maintenance of commercial ethics, and as a social and charitable organization; any similar society formed later elsewhere in the U.S.A. or in Canada. Also Kiˈwanian, a member of a Kiwanis Club.
1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Mar. 5/4 An initiation ceremony for the purpose of welcoming into the organization three new members took place at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club yesterday. Ibid. 30 Mar. 7/5 As Kiwanians and citizens, Mr Smith claimed, it was a duty to look after the children. 1922Collier's 29 Apr. 5/2 It had a civic association, and Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lion Clubs. 1926Glasgow Herald 18 Sept. 4 Take Galveston, for example... A newspaper describes how the local Kiwanians and their lady friends..rounded off an evening's delight by indulging in a hand-shaking competition. 1948Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 30 Mar. 3/1 A class of older girls recently entertained the local Kiwanis club. 1949Amer. Speech XXIV. 29 Virginians..show little of the exuberant affability of a Midwestern Rotarian or Kiwanian. 1964Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary (1970) 5 Jan. 30 We drove to the little house in Johnson City.., which we are having restored as a Community Center, where, hopefully, 4-H youngsters or the PTA, or Kiwanis, or Lions, or ladies' groups, or whatever can hold their meetings. 1972Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 3 Nov. 1/2 Alaska Attorney General John Havelock analyzed and approved the moral basis of Alaska's Oil Legislation in an address before a joint Kiwanis banquet here last night. |