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The Boys' School Festival.
to remove the home of the pupils to a more desirable site on the earliest opportunity . With such a momentous question requiring consideration in the near future can it bo supposed they lost sight
oi the possible use that might bo made ol the sum they Avere about to give ? We think not . We aro rather inclined to the belief that support ot * tho 1892 Festival implied agreement with the programme HOAV before the Craft , and , in a measure , pledged the donors to take more than a passive interest in this
absorbing topic of the future , which , as AVO recently pointed out , is in reality a test question—one on which the management of the Charity must either rise or fall Avhen once its consideration is seriously started upon . On such a basis , then , Ave argue that the prospect of an early removal is regarded Avith favour throughout the Craft , and a speedy consummation of the proposals made in this direction shonld be one of the outcomes of the success of the Festival of 1892 .
The Chairman of the day was supported by a Board of 306 SteAvards , of Avhom 108 represented London Lodges , and 198 Provincial ones , the total contributions , with additions since received , reaching a sum of £ 12 , 224 10 s , of which £ 3 , 754 15 s Gd was collected by the London representatives , and £ 8 , 469 14 s 6 d by the country Stewards . This very unequal division of contributions betAveen London and the Provinces is , at least , a peculiarity , and Ave know of no reason that can be assigned for so unusual a state of affairs , unless it be that London Lodges are not , as a rule ,
in session during thc three months preceding the Boys' School Festival , and as a consequence there is less opportunity for the SteAvards to make personal canvass on behalf of the Fund for Avhich they are Avorking . This , it must bo admitted , is no imaginary drawback , Avhen it is borne in mind that the Boys' School Festivals are hardly thought of during the earlier portion of the year , the attention of the Craft being then devoted to the earlier fixtures—on behalf of the Benevolent Institution and the Girls' School . But if London appears to disadvantage the Provincial brethren have
thrown themselves nobly into the work , and by their splendid efforts have made the absolute result one of which all can be proud . But London Craftsmen must not suppose the Provincials are always going to do this for them . Each division has its share of work to perform , and if those shares are not actually equal , they are at least much nearer so than has been made manifest on this occasion ; but we hope that in the effort to place matters more nearly on an equitable footing it will be the Londoners AVIIO will make all the variation—Ave should be very sorry to see our Provineial brethren desiring to come down to the level of the metropolis . The place of honour among the contributing
Provinces very appropriately falls to the Chairman ' s district of Gloucestershire , the SteAvards from which collected upwards of £ 1 , 600 , as compared with £ 500 with which they supported their chief on the first occasion on which he presided at one of the Festivals , and £ 1 , 000 which they contributed in connection with his second chairmanship . The contributing Provinces and the amount of the subscriptions from each WRTP . ns fnllnw ;
ProYince . No . of Stewards . £ a d Gloucestershire 57 1627 10 0 . Northumberland 1 1377 8 0 Kent 11 757 13 0 Surrey 9 425 19 6 Buckinghamshire 9 369 15 0 Bristol 1 316 11 0 Monmouthshire 8 315 0 0 South Wales ( E . Division ) 3 315 0 0 Staffordshire 2 280 7 0 Derbyshire 9 257 5 0 Hampshire and Islo of Wight 6 225 15 0 Durham 1 220 10 0
The Boys' School Festival.
North Wales 4 219 9 0 South Wales ( W . Division ) 1 150 0 0 Berkshire 5 110 18 Q Suffolk 1 110 10 o Hertfordshire 4 107 2 0 West Lancashire 9 105 0 Q West Yorkshire 7 105 0 Q Worcestershire 1 100 16 0 Shropshire 4 97 2 6 East Lancashire 5 94 10 0 Oxfordshire 4 85 9 0
Essex 5 82 15 0 Cheshire 4 72 18 0 Norths and Hunts 4 64 0 6 Warwickshire 5 63 0 0 Leicestershire and Rutland 1 48 6 0 Nottinghamshire 2 48 6 0 Middlesex 2 46 4 0 Cornwall 1 36 15 0 Devonshire 2 36 15 0 Wiltshire 1 36 15 0 Somersetshire 2 31 10 0 Sussex 2 31 10 0 London 108 3754 15 6 Foreign Stations 5 71 8 0
THE ninety-fourth Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys may be said to have been inaugurated last Saturday , when , by tho kind invitation of Bro . George Everett P . G . Treasurer , tho annual athletic sports were held at Kempton Park . A large number of Subscribers , Life Governors , the Committee
and Brethren went down by tho various special trains to the pleasant Surrey Park , and , being favoured by fine weather , the games were a great success . On Tuesday the distribution of prizes took place at the School , at Wood Green , and again a large number of friends assembled to
witness the excellent entertainment given by the Boys , and the presentation of the rewards to the successful competitors by Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach . The Festival proper was held on Wednesday , at the Freemasons ' Tavern , under the presidency of the Right Hon . Sir Michael
E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., Rt . Worshipfnl Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire , who was supported by the following brethren : —J . O . Remington D . G . M . New South Wales , Spencer Charrington , Baron de Ferrieres , R . V . Vassar-Smith , Rev . H . A . Pickard , George Plucknett ,
Rev . P . H . Smith , Captain J . D . Murray , H . B . Marshall , Richard Eve , Geo . Everett , Edward Letchworth , W . A . Scurrah , S . J . Attenborough , Rev . H . A . Hebb , Asher Barfield , Capt . S . G . Homfray , C . E . Keyser , Robert Willoughby , J . S . Cumberland , J . M . Scarlett , William
Webber , W . M . Foxcroft , John Glass , George Corbie , Dr . W . E . Dring , A . Clemow , H . J . Weston , William Pile , J . Easterbrook , Dr . Naunton Davies , James Terry , F . R . W . Hedges , J . Morrison McLeod , the energetic Secretary , and many others , including a large number of ladies , the total company being about 350 .
At the conclusion of the banquet the Right Hon . Chairman proposed the usual Loyal toasts , and preferring to the recent heavy affliction of the Royal Family said that Freemasonry had established a bond of sympathy between the brethren and the Grand Master that had done much to
alleviate bis sorroAV . With regard to ^ the Grand Officers , Lord Lathom and he Avere boys together at Eton , and he had known him intimately even since ; he was deservedly popular , and the Craft were fortunate in having such a man as Pro Grand Master . The Earl of Mount
Edgcumbe was also highly esteemed , and with the rest of the Grand Officers had done much to promote the Charities . Bro . Capt . J . D . Murray , Grand Treasurer , acknowledged the toast , and said that they would always do the best they could to further the cause to which they
belonged . In proposing the toast of the evening , Success to the Royal Masonic Institntion for Boys , the chairman said that a rather inconvenient time had been chosen for the Festival , as there was something going on in the country that prevented several brethren from
being present , but he was pleased to see the Festival so well supported . Whatever their differences in politics Freemasonry brought tho brethren together , and they always mustered strongly wherever the cause of charity required them . The Institution Avas founded nearly a hundred years ago for the maintenance of half a dozen boys ,
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The Boys' School Festival.
to remove the home of the pupils to a more desirable site on the earliest opportunity . With such a momentous question requiring consideration in the near future can it bo supposed they lost sight
oi the possible use that might bo made ol the sum they Avere about to give ? We think not . We aro rather inclined to the belief that support ot * tho 1892 Festival implied agreement with the programme HOAV before the Craft , and , in a measure , pledged the donors to take more than a passive interest in this
absorbing topic of the future , which , as AVO recently pointed out , is in reality a test question—one on which the management of the Charity must either rise or fall Avhen once its consideration is seriously started upon . On such a basis , then , Ave argue that the prospect of an early removal is regarded Avith favour throughout the Craft , and a speedy consummation of the proposals made in this direction shonld be one of the outcomes of the success of the Festival of 1892 .
The Chairman of the day was supported by a Board of 306 SteAvards , of Avhom 108 represented London Lodges , and 198 Provincial ones , the total contributions , with additions since received , reaching a sum of £ 12 , 224 10 s , of which £ 3 , 754 15 s Gd was collected by the London representatives , and £ 8 , 469 14 s 6 d by the country Stewards . This very unequal division of contributions betAveen London and the Provinces is , at least , a peculiarity , and Ave know of no reason that can be assigned for so unusual a state of affairs , unless it be that London Lodges are not , as a rule ,
in session during thc three months preceding the Boys' School Festival , and as a consequence there is less opportunity for the SteAvards to make personal canvass on behalf of the Fund for Avhich they are Avorking . This , it must bo admitted , is no imaginary drawback , Avhen it is borne in mind that the Boys' School Festivals are hardly thought of during the earlier portion of the year , the attention of the Craft being then devoted to the earlier fixtures—on behalf of the Benevolent Institution and the Girls' School . But if London appears to disadvantage the Provincial brethren have
thrown themselves nobly into the work , and by their splendid efforts have made the absolute result one of which all can be proud . But London Craftsmen must not suppose the Provincials are always going to do this for them . Each division has its share of work to perform , and if those shares are not actually equal , they are at least much nearer so than has been made manifest on this occasion ; but we hope that in the effort to place matters more nearly on an equitable footing it will be the Londoners AVIIO will make all the variation—Ave should be very sorry to see our Provineial brethren desiring to come down to the level of the metropolis . The place of honour among the contributing
Provinces very appropriately falls to the Chairman ' s district of Gloucestershire , the SteAvards from which collected upwards of £ 1 , 600 , as compared with £ 500 with which they supported their chief on the first occasion on which he presided at one of the Festivals , and £ 1 , 000 which they contributed in connection with his second chairmanship . The contributing Provinces and the amount of the subscriptions from each WRTP . ns fnllnw ;
ProYince . No . of Stewards . £ a d Gloucestershire 57 1627 10 0 . Northumberland 1 1377 8 0 Kent 11 757 13 0 Surrey 9 425 19 6 Buckinghamshire 9 369 15 0 Bristol 1 316 11 0 Monmouthshire 8 315 0 0 South Wales ( E . Division ) 3 315 0 0 Staffordshire 2 280 7 0 Derbyshire 9 257 5 0 Hampshire and Islo of Wight 6 225 15 0 Durham 1 220 10 0
The Boys' School Festival.
North Wales 4 219 9 0 South Wales ( W . Division ) 1 150 0 0 Berkshire 5 110 18 Q Suffolk 1 110 10 o Hertfordshire 4 107 2 0 West Lancashire 9 105 0 Q West Yorkshire 7 105 0 Q Worcestershire 1 100 16 0 Shropshire 4 97 2 6 East Lancashire 5 94 10 0 Oxfordshire 4 85 9 0
Essex 5 82 15 0 Cheshire 4 72 18 0 Norths and Hunts 4 64 0 6 Warwickshire 5 63 0 0 Leicestershire and Rutland 1 48 6 0 Nottinghamshire 2 48 6 0 Middlesex 2 46 4 0 Cornwall 1 36 15 0 Devonshire 2 36 15 0 Wiltshire 1 36 15 0 Somersetshire 2 31 10 0 Sussex 2 31 10 0 London 108 3754 15 6 Foreign Stations 5 71 8 0
THE ninety-fourth Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys may be said to have been inaugurated last Saturday , when , by tho kind invitation of Bro . George Everett P . G . Treasurer , tho annual athletic sports were held at Kempton Park . A large number of Subscribers , Life Governors , the Committee
and Brethren went down by tho various special trains to the pleasant Surrey Park , and , being favoured by fine weather , the games were a great success . On Tuesday the distribution of prizes took place at the School , at Wood Green , and again a large number of friends assembled to
witness the excellent entertainment given by the Boys , and the presentation of the rewards to the successful competitors by Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach . The Festival proper was held on Wednesday , at the Freemasons ' Tavern , under the presidency of the Right Hon . Sir Michael
E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., Rt . Worshipfnl Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire , who was supported by the following brethren : —J . O . Remington D . G . M . New South Wales , Spencer Charrington , Baron de Ferrieres , R . V . Vassar-Smith , Rev . H . A . Pickard , George Plucknett ,
Rev . P . H . Smith , Captain J . D . Murray , H . B . Marshall , Richard Eve , Geo . Everett , Edward Letchworth , W . A . Scurrah , S . J . Attenborough , Rev . H . A . Hebb , Asher Barfield , Capt . S . G . Homfray , C . E . Keyser , Robert Willoughby , J . S . Cumberland , J . M . Scarlett , William
Webber , W . M . Foxcroft , John Glass , George Corbie , Dr . W . E . Dring , A . Clemow , H . J . Weston , William Pile , J . Easterbrook , Dr . Naunton Davies , James Terry , F . R . W . Hedges , J . Morrison McLeod , the energetic Secretary , and many others , including a large number of ladies , the total company being about 350 .
At the conclusion of the banquet the Right Hon . Chairman proposed the usual Loyal toasts , and preferring to the recent heavy affliction of the Royal Family said that Freemasonry had established a bond of sympathy between the brethren and the Grand Master that had done much to
alleviate bis sorroAV . With regard to ^ the Grand Officers , Lord Lathom and he Avere boys together at Eton , and he had known him intimately even since ; he was deservedly popular , and the Craft were fortunate in having such a man as Pro Grand Master . The Earl of Mount
Edgcumbe was also highly esteemed , and with the rest of the Grand Officers had done much to promote the Charities . Bro . Capt . J . D . Murray , Grand Treasurer , acknowledged the toast , and said that they would always do the best they could to further the cause to which they
belonged . In proposing the toast of the evening , Success to the Royal Masonic Institntion for Boys , the chairman said that a rather inconvenient time had been chosen for the Festival , as there was something going on in the country that prevented several brethren from
being present , but he was pleased to see the Festival so well supported . Whatever their differences in politics Freemasonry brought tho brethren together , and they always mustered strongly wherever the cause of charity required them . The Institution Avas founded nearly a hundred years ago for the maintenance of half a dozen boys ,