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Our Thirty-Sixth Volume.
OUR THIRTY-SIXTH VOLUME .
A NOTHEB milestone is passed on our road through life , and AVO . thank the many members of the Craft who have helped ns to complete our thirty-fifth
stage , and start upon a thirty-sixth . Our progress in tho particular branch of Freemasonry to which we devote special attention is marked by the amount of the support accorded us , and guaged by this
standard AVO havo good reason to congratulate ourselves on having giA-en satisfaction . But AVO are ambitious , Ave aim at doing more than to merely give satisfaction—wo desire to become a greater poAver in Freemasonry than AVO have been
m the past . Wo are egotistical enough to believe that we have often made our voice hoard in Freemasonry , and have initiated reforms Avhich are to-day bearing good fruit , and are being
accepted as thc natural surroundings of English Freemasonry , and to continue to do so will be our aim . Wc can only hopo our desires may bo fully realised . We need hardly say AVO shall strive to use
the poAA or Ave possess for the good of Freemasonry , or that AVO shall take care to avoid any abuse of the privileges AVO enjoy ; AVO havo a past record to point to , and AVO feel it speaks far more eloquently of our principles than any professions or promises can do , and for this reason AVO confidently start our THIRTYSIXTH VOLUME with tho desire that it shall be judged
on its merits , rather than by any boastful programme which Ave can issue as to its probable contents .
The Boys' School Festival.
THE BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .
fpHE last of the 1892 Anniversary Festivals of the - *• Craft Institutions has passed with a result that allows of the heartiest congratulations being given , not only to each of tho great Charities primarily interested , but also to the general body of the Craft , which certainly deserves the credit of havinc lovallv
supported the Central Institutions of Freemasonry ( luring the year , thereby alloAving the work of provision ior the aged , for the widoAV , and the orphan , in distress among us , to bo proceeded with without anxiety or trouble during the twelvemonth . The 94 th Anniversary Festival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution ior Boys Avas held on Wednesday , under the Presidency 0 f the ProAincial Grand Master for Woucestershire , Sir Michael E . Hicks-Beach , Bart .,
The Boys' School Festival.
and realised subscriptions Avhich the Secretary was able to announce at the Festival then reached a total of £ 12 , 212 , which sumhas been subsequently increased by supplementary donations . The result of this Festival makes the returns of the year for the three Institutions certain to exceed £ 90 , 000 , a total Avhich it must be admitted is most gratifying to all concerned in the Avelfare of our Institutions .
We have already said that the result of Wednesday's Festival Avas satisfactory from a financial point of vieAv , but the extent of this satisfaction can only be fully measured by a survey of all the surroundings ; and the more attention we devote to the matter in this direction the more gratifying must appear the announcement of Wednesday . Going back to the corresponding Festival of last year we find that ,
as the result of the special effort then made on behalf of " Our Boys , " £ 29 , 000 \ vas subscribed . It was largely anticipated that this special success Avould make itself felt when the returns of the succeeding Festival came to be made up , and although we havo not been among those who anticipated a tremendous falling off in the returns of 1892 as the result of tho special success of 1891 , wo have recognised there was some foundation for the fears of those AVIIO thought it would make a difference detrimental to tho Institution . As far as AVO are indiA idually concerned , Ave have all along
anticipated that the enthusiasm oi 1891 would continue in such force as to make its mark on the returns of 1892 , and we are haj ) py in the knowledge that our anticipations have been fully realised . There can bo no question that the 1892 return of the Boys' School is a grand success , judged from any standpoint , but Avhen vieAved in connection Avith the Festival of 1891 it stands out exceptionally brilliant , aud should satisfy the most exacting as to the sympathy of the Craft in the work of this Institution , and the confidence reposed in its present management .
When , a few days back , Ave specially referred to the then approaching Festival , and made a feature of the item in the programme of the executive which has reference to the removal of tho School , there Avere some Avho considered we were touching a point outside the actual surroundings of the Festival , and one which it was quite unnecessary to associate Avith the momentary question of finance . We cannot look upon this subject in any such light . The whole question ol removal must be regarded as a snecial feature in connection with the Institution .
and its desirability as well as its practicability can only be determined by taking into consideration the approval and the enthusiasm of the Craft in this direction—as marked by the amount of their subscriptions . It is probable that at least 95 per cent , of those who have helped to supply the total of £ 12 , 212 announced on Wednesday were acquainted with the Avish , which is now firmly rooted in the minds of the principal workers for the Boys' School
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Our Thirty-Sixth Volume.
OUR THIRTY-SIXTH VOLUME .
A NOTHEB milestone is passed on our road through life , and AVO . thank the many members of the Craft who have helped ns to complete our thirty-fifth
stage , and start upon a thirty-sixth . Our progress in tho particular branch of Freemasonry to which we devote special attention is marked by the amount of the support accorded us , and guaged by this
standard AVO havo good reason to congratulate ourselves on having giA-en satisfaction . But AVO are ambitious , Ave aim at doing more than to merely give satisfaction—wo desire to become a greater poAver in Freemasonry than AVO have been
m the past . Wo are egotistical enough to believe that we have often made our voice hoard in Freemasonry , and have initiated reforms Avhich are to-day bearing good fruit , and are being
accepted as thc natural surroundings of English Freemasonry , and to continue to do so will be our aim . Wc can only hopo our desires may bo fully realised . We need hardly say AVO shall strive to use
the poAA or Ave possess for the good of Freemasonry , or that AVO shall take care to avoid any abuse of the privileges AVO enjoy ; AVO havo a past record to point to , and AVO feel it speaks far more eloquently of our principles than any professions or promises can do , and for this reason AVO confidently start our THIRTYSIXTH VOLUME with tho desire that it shall be judged
on its merits , rather than by any boastful programme which Ave can issue as to its probable contents .
The Boys' School Festival.
THE BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .
fpHE last of the 1892 Anniversary Festivals of the - *• Craft Institutions has passed with a result that allows of the heartiest congratulations being given , not only to each of tho great Charities primarily interested , but also to the general body of the Craft , which certainly deserves the credit of havinc lovallv
supported the Central Institutions of Freemasonry ( luring the year , thereby alloAving the work of provision ior the aged , for the widoAV , and the orphan , in distress among us , to bo proceeded with without anxiety or trouble during the twelvemonth . The 94 th Anniversary Festival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution ior Boys Avas held on Wednesday , under the Presidency 0 f the ProAincial Grand Master for Woucestershire , Sir Michael E . Hicks-Beach , Bart .,
The Boys' School Festival.
and realised subscriptions Avhich the Secretary was able to announce at the Festival then reached a total of £ 12 , 212 , which sumhas been subsequently increased by supplementary donations . The result of this Festival makes the returns of the year for the three Institutions certain to exceed £ 90 , 000 , a total Avhich it must be admitted is most gratifying to all concerned in the Avelfare of our Institutions .
We have already said that the result of Wednesday's Festival Avas satisfactory from a financial point of vieAv , but the extent of this satisfaction can only be fully measured by a survey of all the surroundings ; and the more attention we devote to the matter in this direction the more gratifying must appear the announcement of Wednesday . Going back to the corresponding Festival of last year we find that ,
as the result of the special effort then made on behalf of " Our Boys , " £ 29 , 000 \ vas subscribed . It was largely anticipated that this special success Avould make itself felt when the returns of the succeeding Festival came to be made up , and although we havo not been among those who anticipated a tremendous falling off in the returns of 1892 as the result of tho special success of 1891 , wo have recognised there was some foundation for the fears of those AVIIO thought it would make a difference detrimental to tho Institution . As far as AVO are indiA idually concerned , Ave have all along
anticipated that the enthusiasm oi 1891 would continue in such force as to make its mark on the returns of 1892 , and we are haj ) py in the knowledge that our anticipations have been fully realised . There can bo no question that the 1892 return of the Boys' School is a grand success , judged from any standpoint , but Avhen vieAved in connection Avith the Festival of 1891 it stands out exceptionally brilliant , aud should satisfy the most exacting as to the sympathy of the Craft in the work of this Institution , and the confidence reposed in its present management .
When , a few days back , Ave specially referred to the then approaching Festival , and made a feature of the item in the programme of the executive which has reference to the removal of tho School , there Avere some Avho considered we were touching a point outside the actual surroundings of the Festival , and one which it was quite unnecessary to associate Avith the momentary question of finance . We cannot look upon this subject in any such light . The whole question ol removal must be regarded as a snecial feature in connection with the Institution .
and its desirability as well as its practicability can only be determined by taking into consideration the approval and the enthusiasm of the Craft in this direction—as marked by the amount of their subscriptions . It is probable that at least 95 per cent , of those who have helped to supply the total of £ 12 , 212 announced on Wednesday were acquainted with the Avish , which is now firmly rooted in the minds of the principal workers for the Boys' School