As an organization, philanthropic, uplifting and highly beneficial to every member of our family, our Society has reached the status of full manhood. It gives dignity, culture, refinement, humanitarianism, and particularly, family pride, to everyone who partakes of its spirit.
There is too much of everything in the world today that is opposed to the culture that our family society stands for…dignity, refinement, kindness, unity, love…all those things are being swallowed up by hate, force, greed and brutality. Whether or not we realize it, those forces of evil are making inroads into our daily lives…Many of our friends are losing sight of the importance of the finer things of life, and are beginning to think in terms of avarice and harshness, rather than in terms of justice and right.
No one individual can, of himself, combat these things. He needs the assistance and help and encouragement of personal contact with the real and genuine things of life. He needs, in other words, to come into intimate association with the very things that our family society stands for. This, for each and everyone one of us, has serious implications.
There is a distinct and outstanding value that is too precious, that means too much right now, for us to forego. Let’s not deceive ourselves- we all need these uplifting influences.
Yours Sincerely,
Walter Cluff, Founder and First President