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The Approaching Election Of The Boys' School.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
THE action of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , at the Special General Court held on the 21 st ult ., when they decided to admit all the then eligible candidates for that Institution , without the anxiety of a ballot , has rendered any half-yearly
review of the applicants unnecessary in connection with this year ' s April Election for that Charity ; indeed , no balloting papers have been issued to the subscribers , as there is of course no need for them . Unfortunately a very different condition of affairs exists in connection with the
Boys' School , where there are forty-five candidates and only twenty-five vacancies , so that there is no . possibility of the supporters of that Institution being able to follow the example of the sister Charity , and admit all the
applicants to the School , as a meaus of celebrating the Jubilee of Her Majesty ' s long reign , although there is no doubt but that such a course would be unanimously
approved , if the responsibilit y which would attach to it was not greater than the subscribers feel justified in taking upon themselves .
The ballot which is thus rendered necessary in connection with the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is fixed to take place on Monday , the 18 th inst ., when , as we have said , forty-five candidates will compete for twenty-five
vacancies . Of the candidates , thirty-five now appear on the list for the first time , five have taken part in one previous contest , two now make a third application , two a fourth , and one now applies for the sixth time . Four of the
forty-five will be precluded from any further competition if they are unsuccessful at the coming Election , by reason of their age being such as to then bring them within the scope of Law 53 , which limits the age of candidates .
The four last applications are all new to the present list . No . 22 , Arthur Henry Scholes , is one of five dependent children , whose father is yet living . The case is accredited to the Province of West Yorkshire , the father having been
initiated in the Amphibious Lodge , No . 258 , subscribing thereto for a period of twenty-six years . We have no particulars as to special claims in connection with the case , but have no doubt there are good and sufficient reasons
which render the child eligiblefor the benefits of the School , which we hope he will be fortunate enough to secure at the only election for which he is eli gible . No . 35 , William Helsby Moss , appears to be especially deserving of Masonic
sympathy , he being one of four dependent children left with neither father nor mother . The father was iniated in the Bertie Lodge , No . 1515 , Oxfordshireand remained a
, subscribing member thereof until the time of his death , which took place in September of last year . We trust the Province of which the father was a member will be able to
secure such support for the lad as to place him in the School for which he is now a candidate , and that they may eventuall y be able to extend some further hel p to this famil y . iSTo . 43 , Frederic Webber , is perhaps even worse
off than in the case just referred to ; he is one of five dependent children left parentless . The father was initiated in the Royal Albert Lodge , No . 997 , London , and subsequentl y joind the St . James ' s Lodge , No . 1597 , Middlesex , so that the friends of the candidate have two important centres of Masonry from which to secure aid , but unfortunatel y both London and Middlesex are so
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deficient in the matter of organisation in regard to voting power that the child is worse off than if its father had belonged to a smaller , but better managed section of Freemasonry . However , with such claims on Masonio
sympathy as this lad presents it is to be hoped that sufficient combination will be displayed to ensure his election . The other last applicant is the last on the list , No . 45 , Herbert Morton Harrison , who is an only child dependent on his
mother . The father , who died in August last , was initiated in the Minerva Lodge , No . 250 , North and East Yorkshire , in 1867 , and subsequently took au active part in the foundation of the Goderich Lodge , No . 1211 , West
Yorkshire , and the Vernon Lodge , No . 1802 , Nottinghamshire , of which latter Province he was also a Past Grand Officer . It is to be hoped that the long and active Masonic career of the father may prove of service to his child , now that he is in need of help .
Three of the remaining candidates have neither parent living , and on that account seem to present Gpecial claims on the sympathy of the Craft . No . 36 , William Bertram Dixon , is one of four children thus circumstanced . The
father was initiated in tho Gurweu Lodge , No . 1400 , aud subsequently joined the Sun and Sector , No . 902 , both in the Province of Cumberland and Westmoreland , in which district he also held Provincial rank . The mother was a
Life Governor of the Institution for which the son is now a candidate , and wherein we hope he will ere long find a home . No . 38 , James McCullum Mitchell , is one of six parentless children , whose father was made a Mason in tbe
Three Grand Principles Lodge , No . 441 , Cambridgeshire ; he afterwards joining the Scientific Lodge , No . 88 , in the same Province . No . 40 , Robert James Tombs , is one of two children now dependent on friends . His father was an
initiate of tbe Cotteswold Lodge , No . 592 , Gloucestershire , and a founder of the Vale of White Horse Lodge , No . 1770 , Berks and Bucks . We here have two well organized Provinces from which to look for help for this parentless
child , and we shall be surprised if he is not earl y returned on the list of successful candidates . The father is accredited with having been an occasional subscriber to all of the Charities , another feature which should have wei ght in securing his son ' s early admission to the Boys' School .
We will now devote attention to those candidates who have' already tried their fortune at previous Elections . They are ten in number , and the most fortunate among them appears to have been No . 5 , Harry Norman Angier , who has a total of 1194 votes to his credit , as the result
of two applications . He is ono of four children dependent on a widowed mother , whose husband was initiated in the Hope Lodge , No . 433 , Essex , in 1881 . He remained
a subscribing member until his death , in 1883 , and from the support already accorded this son appears to have gained many friends among his brother Masons . Essex should—and no doubt will—bo able to make this lad ' s
admission to the School a certainty at the coming Election . No . 3 , Percy Haslem Matthews , now applies for the fourth time , and has a total of 974 votes to his credit , as the result of the three coil tests in which he has taken
part . He has a sister in the Girls' School , and is one of four children yet dependent on their widowed mother . The father was initiated in the Furnes . s Lodge , No . 095 ,
West Yorkshire , and was one of the Founders of the Arthur John Brogden Lodge , No . 1715 , in the same Province , subscribing until the time of his death , which occurred ia January 1880 . We hope the
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The Approaching Election Of The Boys' School.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
THE action of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , at the Special General Court held on the 21 st ult ., when they decided to admit all the then eligible candidates for that Institution , without the anxiety of a ballot , has rendered any half-yearly
review of the applicants unnecessary in connection with this year ' s April Election for that Charity ; indeed , no balloting papers have been issued to the subscribers , as there is of course no need for them . Unfortunately a very different condition of affairs exists in connection with the
Boys' School , where there are forty-five candidates and only twenty-five vacancies , so that there is no . possibility of the supporters of that Institution being able to follow the example of the sister Charity , and admit all the
applicants to the School , as a meaus of celebrating the Jubilee of Her Majesty ' s long reign , although there is no doubt but that such a course would be unanimously
approved , if the responsibilit y which would attach to it was not greater than the subscribers feel justified in taking upon themselves .
The ballot which is thus rendered necessary in connection with the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is fixed to take place on Monday , the 18 th inst ., when , as we have said , forty-five candidates will compete for twenty-five
vacancies . Of the candidates , thirty-five now appear on the list for the first time , five have taken part in one previous contest , two now make a third application , two a fourth , and one now applies for the sixth time . Four of the
forty-five will be precluded from any further competition if they are unsuccessful at the coming Election , by reason of their age being such as to then bring them within the scope of Law 53 , which limits the age of candidates .
The four last applications are all new to the present list . No . 22 , Arthur Henry Scholes , is one of five dependent children , whose father is yet living . The case is accredited to the Province of West Yorkshire , the father having been
initiated in the Amphibious Lodge , No . 258 , subscribing thereto for a period of twenty-six years . We have no particulars as to special claims in connection with the case , but have no doubt there are good and sufficient reasons
which render the child eligiblefor the benefits of the School , which we hope he will be fortunate enough to secure at the only election for which he is eli gible . No . 35 , William Helsby Moss , appears to be especially deserving of Masonic
sympathy , he being one of four dependent children left with neither father nor mother . The father was iniated in the Bertie Lodge , No . 1515 , Oxfordshireand remained a
, subscribing member thereof until the time of his death , which took place in September of last year . We trust the Province of which the father was a member will be able to
secure such support for the lad as to place him in the School for which he is now a candidate , and that they may eventuall y be able to extend some further hel p to this famil y . iSTo . 43 , Frederic Webber , is perhaps even worse
off than in the case just referred to ; he is one of five dependent children left parentless . The father was initiated in the Royal Albert Lodge , No . 997 , London , and subsequentl y joind the St . James ' s Lodge , No . 1597 , Middlesex , so that the friends of the candidate have two important centres of Masonry from which to secure aid , but unfortunatel y both London and Middlesex are so
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deficient in the matter of organisation in regard to voting power that the child is worse off than if its father had belonged to a smaller , but better managed section of Freemasonry . However , with such claims on Masonio
sympathy as this lad presents it is to be hoped that sufficient combination will be displayed to ensure his election . The other last applicant is the last on the list , No . 45 , Herbert Morton Harrison , who is an only child dependent on his
mother . The father , who died in August last , was initiated in the Minerva Lodge , No . 250 , North and East Yorkshire , in 1867 , and subsequently took au active part in the foundation of the Goderich Lodge , No . 1211 , West
Yorkshire , and the Vernon Lodge , No . 1802 , Nottinghamshire , of which latter Province he was also a Past Grand Officer . It is to be hoped that the long and active Masonic career of the father may prove of service to his child , now that he is in need of help .
Three of the remaining candidates have neither parent living , and on that account seem to present Gpecial claims on the sympathy of the Craft . No . 36 , William Bertram Dixon , is one of four children thus circumstanced . The
father was initiated in tho Gurweu Lodge , No . 1400 , aud subsequently joined the Sun and Sector , No . 902 , both in the Province of Cumberland and Westmoreland , in which district he also held Provincial rank . The mother was a
Life Governor of the Institution for which the son is now a candidate , and wherein we hope he will ere long find a home . No . 38 , James McCullum Mitchell , is one of six parentless children , whose father was made a Mason in tbe
Three Grand Principles Lodge , No . 441 , Cambridgeshire ; he afterwards joining the Scientific Lodge , No . 88 , in the same Province . No . 40 , Robert James Tombs , is one of two children now dependent on friends . His father was an
initiate of tbe Cotteswold Lodge , No . 592 , Gloucestershire , and a founder of the Vale of White Horse Lodge , No . 1770 , Berks and Bucks . We here have two well organized Provinces from which to look for help for this parentless
child , and we shall be surprised if he is not earl y returned on the list of successful candidates . The father is accredited with having been an occasional subscriber to all of the Charities , another feature which should have wei ght in securing his son ' s early admission to the Boys' School .
We will now devote attention to those candidates who have' already tried their fortune at previous Elections . They are ten in number , and the most fortunate among them appears to have been No . 5 , Harry Norman Angier , who has a total of 1194 votes to his credit , as the result
of two applications . He is ono of four children dependent on a widowed mother , whose husband was initiated in the Hope Lodge , No . 433 , Essex , in 1881 . He remained
a subscribing member until his death , in 1883 , and from the support already accorded this son appears to have gained many friends among his brother Masons . Essex should—and no doubt will—bo able to make this lad ' s
admission to the School a certainty at the coming Election . No . 3 , Percy Haslem Matthews , now applies for the fourth time , and has a total of 974 votes to his credit , as the result of the three coil tests in which he has taken
part . He has a sister in the Girls' School , and is one of four children yet dependent on their widowed mother . The father was initiated in the Furnes . s Lodge , No . 095 ,
West Yorkshire , and was one of the Founders of the Arthur John Brogden Lodge , No . 1715 , in the same Province , subscribing until the time of his death , which occurred ia January 1880 . We hope the