Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

THE April Quarterly Court was held on Saturday , 27 th ult ., in the large hull of Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , when Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , C . C ., Past Grand Treasurer , and Treasurer of the Institution , presided . After the minutes had been read and confirmed , Bro . C . H . Webb proposed the re-election of Bro . Horace Brooke Marshall as Treasurer . Bro . A . H . Tatfcershall

seconded the motion . Bro . Goodacre proposed Bro . Henry Smith Deputy Provincial Grand Master West Yorkshire , whose energies and abilities were well knowD , not only iu London but in the provinoes . Bro . J . Bateman Fox seconded . Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , on the two motions being put to the vote , declared that the choice of the brethren had fallen on Bro . Marshall . The Chairman , in

thanking the brethren for his re-eleotion , said that the disoharge of the duties of Treasnrer to thia Institution was to him afc all times a labour of love . It brought him in closer touch with the orphan , tho widow , the fatherless and motherless , and he availed him-Belf of thia opportunity of reminding the brethren that there were seven " last time " oases upon the list of candidates for

election that day . Notwithstanding that they hoped to put on 20 additional ohildren , great efforts would have to be made by those who were responsible for placing candidates on the list iu order that they might be elected . He always held ifc to be the duty of those who placed ohildren on the list to make every endeavour to get them eleoted , and he also thought it was the duty of the Chairman of the meeting at which the election took place to support the last time

cases . Consequently , he iu variably devoted a portion of his votes for such cases , and ou this occasion he should do so with 600 votes , appropriating them to the best of his judgment . Tho General Committee , on the motion of Sir John B . Monckton , seconded by Brother Charles H . Webb , were then re-elected . Brother Sir J . B . Monckton , for Bro . E . Letchworth P . G . D . Vice-Patron , upon the recommendation of the House Committee , moved : —

" That 20 additional vacancies ( making 37 in all ) he declared for the April Election , thereby raising the number of Elected Girls on the Institution to 257 . " Ho taid this was a most welcome task , and very Utile need be said to recommend it to the notice of the brethren , because , coming as a recommendation from the House Committee , the brethren would

feel it was a preposition not of a rash or undue character , but that it could , and would , be cirriad out . Tho only remark he had to make iu connection with the motion was that he should explain why this proposition had not been previously marie . Of coursp , after the magnificent subscriptions iu the Centeuary year of the Institution , the Craft would look for some compensating advantages with regard

to the admission of pupils to the School . Those who were interested in the Institution knew that a scheme for enlarging the buildings was in contemplation . But the House Committee felt that until they could be assured by the architects the spare room now available for the junior school would not be required during tho re-bnilding , it was nob right to bring tbe subject before the Committee . They now

found , from Bros . Hunt and Clutton , that the arrangements were of such a character that the building might proceed without removing a single pupil from tho larger to the smaller portion , and on this assurance the Committee thought the time had arrived when the space might be utilised . That being so , ifc would be for the benefit of the pasfc and the future of tbe Institution that this motion should be

brought forward . He then read the motion , and added that if ifc was agreed to ifc would operate as follows : The House Committee had resolved , in the event of the motion being carried , that 20 candidates highest on the poll , if qualified by age , should at the next meeting of tbe House Committee , on the 23 rd May , be taken into the School on that day , the remaining 17 being admitted at the usual time in August . It was hardly necessary to take in the whole 37 afc

one time , as there were matters of discipline in the way . Bro . J . H . MatthewB Pasfc G . Sword Bearer seconded the motion . One matter Bro . Monokton had not made quite clear . If they had 20 vacancies afc the preseut moment , they did not ocoar till the end of the term , when the children left the School , so that they could not take in the seventeen till the 20 th August . The motion was carried . Brother J . S . Cumberland moved

" That all Motions or particular business to be brought before the Quarterly Courts of the Koyal Masonic Institution for Girls shall be printed and distributed in the Room at the Meetings of such Courts for the information of the Brethren present . " Bro . Perceval seconded , and the motion was carried . Bro . Morley moved

" That the recommendation of the General Committee be adopted" as under : — " That the following alterations and additions he made in the Laws of the Institution , viz . " : — - 1 . "By altering Law 35 by the addition after the word ' admission' in the 9 th line , of the words « after having a report of the Petitions Committoe , ' and after the word 'audit' the words ' and Petitions . '"

"PETITIONS COMMITTEE . " 2 . " From the General Committee , Five or Seven Life Governors , boing Freemasons , shall be elected annually to act as a Petitions Committee They shall be nominated and elected in like mannar , and at the same meeting as the House Committee . Three shall form a quorum . They shall meet from time to time as circumstances -mav rem !™'

, and receive and examine Petitions of Candidates for admission and investigate and make such inquiries relating to the circumstances stated in the Petition , or of the relations of the Petitioner , and may require such confirmation thereof as they may deem advisable , and thev shall renort the result of such examination or inm » t . imit . i ™ * r .

the General Committee , but they shall not have power to reject anv Petition . " y 3 . To add to Sub-Sec . 1 of Law 54 : " Also such infoimation , as may he \ required by the Petitions Committee , shall also he furnished , " '

4 . " To alter Sub-Sec . 6 of Law 64 , by providing that all Pefv-Aons must he sent to the Secretary at least 14 days before the Meetings of the General Committee . " 5 . " That in the event of the above propositions being carried and confirmed , the first Committee be elected at the Meeting of the General Committee next after the above propositions become Laws of the Institution . "

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

He said that aa the object of the Institution waa the admission of female children whose parents had been reduced by misfortune , he believed ifc was common ground to them all that anything whioh would tend to have in the Institution only suoh children who were

daughters of necessitous brethren would be a great boon . Afc the present moment the praotioe was that the petitions came before the General Committee . The Secretary's duties were confined to receiving all the petitions , and the various requirements were in order . When the petitions came before the General Committee there was no

one there who had had an opportunity sufficiently of examining them so as to satisfy himself that the case was nofc an improper one . The Committee whioh he proposed would have full information . Tho motion having been seconded , Bro . Cumberland thought they were going the wrong way about ; . By this motion

they were defining the duties of the Petitions Committeo before appointing a Petitions Gommifctee . The proper way to go about it was to move first that suoh a Committee of Petitions be appointed , and that so many brethren shall serve on it . If Bro . Morley put ifc that way he would sympathise with him in

his view . Bro . Morley thought that Bro . Cumberland had misunderstood him . His motion said ;— "From the General Commitlee , five or seven Life Governors , being Freemasons , shall be elected annually to act as a Petitions Committee . " A brother asked what precautions had hitherto been taken to

be certain that the petitions placod before the General Committoo were deserving of the benefits of the Institution . There was one case wholly unworthy of support in the list for that day , and it had been withdrawn , but nob by the Committee . This invoked some discussion , but eventually

tho motion was put and carried , and Scrutineers of votes for the election were appointed . Bro . Russell said before the business of the Court terminated he wanted to draw attention to a ciroumstance which very vitally affected this Institution . In the reading of tho minutes of the General Committee by the Secretary ,

he noticed that some very large transactions had been taking place with the Institution ' s invested funds , and he observed that very great skill had been shown in the management of those invested funds , and that great success had been achieved aud a very large

sum of money had been saved to the Institution . He thought , therefore , that the brethren should nofc allow the present opportunity to pass without some reco » nitiou of the very valuable services that had been rendered in the conversion of the funds under the

scheme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer . He would like to know whether any brothei * wa 3 entitled to their thanks for this , because if so he should like to include the brother who inspired the action of the Committee . About £ 1000 had been saved to the Institution . This was a very important matter aud he did not

think this service should pass without recognition . If a b .-other had caused a loss of less amount it would have created great dissatisfaction ; bufc now the General Committee , under Bro . Fenu ' s advice , had saved a large snmof money to the Institution , and the least tLat could be done was to carry a vote of thanks to them , ne begged to move

a voe of thanks to the General Committee for acting on the advice of Bro . Fenn in the conversion of the Consols of the Institution , and to Bro . Fenn for giving the advice . The motion was seconded and

carried , and the brethreu then proceeded to the election of thirty , seven candidates . In our advertisement columns will be found particnlars of those successful ; tho following gives the list of those unsuccessful , with the votes accredited to each at the close of the Poll : -

Unsuccessful.

UNSUCCESSFUL .

Name . Forward . Polled . Total . Wood , Dorothy Janet 600 921 1521 Watson , Mary Maud — 1503 1503 Groombridge , Eleanor Faith — 1481 1481

Butcher , Ruby Blanch Loetchen 314 1137 1451 Bingham , Alice Winifred 13 1436 1449 Burgess , Nellie 102 1253 1355 Bohli , Mabel Ann — 1281 1281 Mountain , Ethel Sylvia — 1214 1214

McCue , Alice Louise 33 1142 1175 Boyd , Ethel Mansfield 343 818 1161 Lane , Isabella Mildred Tomlinson — 1138 1138 Dale , Alberta — 914 914 Dixon , Florence Ethel G . 61 461 522

England , Helen Maud 297 97 394 Morris , Mary Ellen 371 1 372 Poore , Ethel Mary — 370 370 Whitefoord , Eveleen Margaret Mary — 238 238 Wilson , Annie — 201 201

Fitzwater , Harriet 142 54 196 Le Gros , Agnes 47 102 149 Wilkinson , Jane Routledge 129 5 134 Wood , Mary Glover — 106 106 Lamplough , Elizabeth 24 54 78

Griffiths , Emily Francis 41 6 47 Haylett , Ada 3 43 46 Hooke , Frances Emma — 32 32 Cochrane , Beatrice ( lasfc ) 14 17 31 Cullis , Edith Fanny Hattie ( last ) — 29 29

Johnston , Bertha 3 25 28 Robson , Mary Gwendoline 12 8 20 Bhickler , Annie Lydia — 19 19 May , Ellen Eveline ( laBt ) — 17 17

Vront , Alice Katie Beatrice 10 — 10 Scholes , Mary Beatrice WoodrofFe — 8 8 Troop , Jane 5 — 5 Anthony , Dorothy Parnell — 4 4