Rotary International downtown Chicago, United States, at Harris's friend Gustave Loehr's office in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street on February 23, 1905. In addition to Harris and Loehr (a mining engineer and freemason), Silvester Schiele (a coal merchant), and Hiram E. Shorey (a tailor) were the other two who attended this first meeting. The members chose the name Rotary because initially they rotated subsequent weekly club meetings to each other's offices, although within a year, the Chicago club became so large it became necessary to adopt the now-common practice of a regular meeting place. The next four Rotary Clubs were organized
Rotary International locally and internationally. As well as participating in book donations and literacy events, there are educational titles written about Rotary Clubs and members, such as "Rotary Clubs Help People", "Carol is a Rotarian" by Rotarian and children's book author Bruce Larkin and “Rhoda’s Rescue” by Maine author Barbara Walsh in conjunction with Rotary Club of Waterville, Maine’s Rhoda Reads early literacy program. Rotary International publishes an official monthly magazine named "The Rotarian" in English (first published in 1911 as "The National Rotarian"). Other periodicals are independently produced in more than 20 different major languages and distributed in 130 countries. Rotary