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Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund.
ROYAL MASONIC PUPILS' ASSISTANCE FUND .
AS will be seen from a report we publish elsewhere in our columns , a meeting ; of tho Interim Committee of the above Fund was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday evening . The Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom presided , and among those present in support of his Lordshi p were Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . Master of Berks
and Bucks , the Hon . Wilbraham Egerton . M . P ., P . G . M . M . M . Cheshire and North Wales , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Interim Treasurer , P . G . Chaplain , and Dep . P . G . M . Suffolk , the Rev . 0 . W . Arnold P . G . Chaplain and Dep . P . G . M . Surrey , and other brethren . The objects of the Fund were determined
on this occasion , and from the chaos of suggestions which at the outset flowed in on worthy Bro . Dick Radclyffe considerably , it has been found possible to evolve something like order . It has now been determined—subject , of course , to the approval of the general body of patrons
and supporters—that the objects of the Pupils' Assistance Fund shall include the provision of assistance to deserving Boys and Girls on leaving our Schools . This assistance is to take the form of procuring
situations , advancing small amounts towards the purchase of tools and trade appliances , and towards outfits as well as obtaining apprenticeships , & c . It has been further resolved that the administration of the Fund shall he in the hands of
a Committee formed out of the existing Committees of the two Schools , but with power to arid to their number , and that it shall devolve on the Committee thus formed to select those cases which are held to be most deserving and most in need of help . It is further laid down that an annual
audit shall be held , and a report be presented to the subscribers ; while , to make it clear to the Masonic world that the Founders have no intention whatever of establishing a fourth Charity , it is distinctly announced that the Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund will be wholly and solely
supplementary in its character . It will be seen from the above particulars that the Vis et origo Fundi is , as was originally announced and accepted by most brethren , retained . The multifarious suggestions , which appear to have puzzled a good many
worthy members of the Fraternity , have now resolved themselves into a simple programme . It is not , and we take upon ourselves to affirm it never was , intended that this should be anything else than an Assistance Fund . It was never contemplated that its administration
should have tacked on to it the " blessings of a paid Secretariat . " The expenses will be little more than nominal , and the chances are that printing and postage will form the most considerable items . With a clear field and no favour , and the distinct understanding now officially made
public that this is purely a subsidiary , and not a rival fund to our existing institutions , there is every reason to believe that the idea originated by Lord Rosslyn will be acted upon most successfully , and that those of our little folk who from necessity have been driven to seek eleemosynary aid
from our Charities will have further assistance rendered them at the most critical period of their career , that is , when they are on the point of embarking in tho grand struggle for an honest and honourable livelihood . We
heartily endorse the action of the Committee , and wo consider its members are entitled to the warm thanks of the whole Masonic fraternity . The establishment of this Fund , as Lord Rosslyn very appropriately suggested , is the completion of our educational edifice . Hitherto
Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund.
wo have given our boys and girls a most liberal education , but havo done little towards enabling them to utilise tho advantages of that education . Wow , at least in those cases where such further assistance is proved to bo necessary , wo shall givo deserving youngsters such help as may bo
necessary towards enabling them to utilise the benefits it has been our pride and pleasure to bestow on them . A very little goes a long way in the direction wo havo indicated , and it will be greatly to the credit of Lords Lathom and Rosslyn , the Rov . 0 . J . Martyn , and the energetic
Dick Radclyffe , to bear in mind for the future that to their initiative or their co-operation the success of this most desirable Fund is mainly due . A little Latin now and again is excusable . So say we , and we know all good Masons will cordially join with us in saying—Hoc utinam semper floreat Auxilium !
The Holiday Season.
THE HOLIDAY SEASON .
OUR holiday season has begun , though not under tho most favourable auspices as regards tho weather . But we must not grnmble because the merry month of June has not been so far all wo could desire . We have had a long spell of dry weather , so long a spoil , indeed , that the ground had become hard and dry , and sorely needed refreshment . Thus the rain that has fallen with
greater or less abundance during the past few days must have been gratefully received—most gratefully receivedby husbandmen ; and we who dwell in London will reap the benefit in the shape of a more bounteous and therefore cheaper supply of vegetable stuff . Thus , though the
business of perambulating London in rainy weather is not of the most agreeable character , we can well afford to grin and hear so small a trouble . Moreover , as the rest that brethren take from Lodgo business usually lasts well into tho autumn , thero is ample timo before us for tho
meteorological authorities to put themselves in good trim and do the handsome thing by us poor mortals , and wo hope they will have tho kindness to bear in mind that wo had no summer weather at all last year , and will givo us a double share this .
But whither does all this tend ? Why this inane proamble about the weather ? Well , worthy friends and brethren , we are in the first place doing no more than all our feilow-countrymen do pretty well every clay of their lives . Our climate is so fickle that , when two Englishmen
meet , it matters little if it be in the house or abroad in the busy streets , the first remark they address to each other , when the usual greetings have passed , has reference to the weather . In fact , in some cases this is tho length , breadth , and depth of the conversation they indulge in , —this , the
Eastern question , and the last new opera or concert . Then wc are just now interested in the Clerk of the Weather ' s arrangements . As well might we have no summer holidays at all , if they are such as wc wero favoured with in 1879 . Those who have been toiling through the year are
beginning to think of the time they can devote to laying in the needful supply of ozone . Wc may seek this at somo inland resort , or we may hurry off to tho seaside and set to work bracing ourselves up for a further period of labour . But
holiday making , whether inland or by the sea , is miserable work , when " Jupiter Pluvius" is in the ascendant , and " Phcobns Apollo" sulks nearly all day long behind heavy banks of clouds instead of bestowing on us the light of his
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Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund.
ROYAL MASONIC PUPILS' ASSISTANCE FUND .
AS will be seen from a report we publish elsewhere in our columns , a meeting ; of tho Interim Committee of the above Fund was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday evening . The Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom presided , and among those present in support of his Lordshi p were Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . Master of Berks
and Bucks , the Hon . Wilbraham Egerton . M . P ., P . G . M . M . M . Cheshire and North Wales , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Interim Treasurer , P . G . Chaplain , and Dep . P . G . M . Suffolk , the Rev . 0 . W . Arnold P . G . Chaplain and Dep . P . G . M . Surrey , and other brethren . The objects of the Fund were determined
on this occasion , and from the chaos of suggestions which at the outset flowed in on worthy Bro . Dick Radclyffe considerably , it has been found possible to evolve something like order . It has now been determined—subject , of course , to the approval of the general body of patrons
and supporters—that the objects of the Pupils' Assistance Fund shall include the provision of assistance to deserving Boys and Girls on leaving our Schools . This assistance is to take the form of procuring
situations , advancing small amounts towards the purchase of tools and trade appliances , and towards outfits as well as obtaining apprenticeships , & c . It has been further resolved that the administration of the Fund shall he in the hands of
a Committee formed out of the existing Committees of the two Schools , but with power to arid to their number , and that it shall devolve on the Committee thus formed to select those cases which are held to be most deserving and most in need of help . It is further laid down that an annual
audit shall be held , and a report be presented to the subscribers ; while , to make it clear to the Masonic world that the Founders have no intention whatever of establishing a fourth Charity , it is distinctly announced that the Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund will be wholly and solely
supplementary in its character . It will be seen from the above particulars that the Vis et origo Fundi is , as was originally announced and accepted by most brethren , retained . The multifarious suggestions , which appear to have puzzled a good many
worthy members of the Fraternity , have now resolved themselves into a simple programme . It is not , and we take upon ourselves to affirm it never was , intended that this should be anything else than an Assistance Fund . It was never contemplated that its administration
should have tacked on to it the " blessings of a paid Secretariat . " The expenses will be little more than nominal , and the chances are that printing and postage will form the most considerable items . With a clear field and no favour , and the distinct understanding now officially made
public that this is purely a subsidiary , and not a rival fund to our existing institutions , there is every reason to believe that the idea originated by Lord Rosslyn will be acted upon most successfully , and that those of our little folk who from necessity have been driven to seek eleemosynary aid
from our Charities will have further assistance rendered them at the most critical period of their career , that is , when they are on the point of embarking in tho grand struggle for an honest and honourable livelihood . We
heartily endorse the action of the Committee , and wo consider its members are entitled to the warm thanks of the whole Masonic fraternity . The establishment of this Fund , as Lord Rosslyn very appropriately suggested , is the completion of our educational edifice . Hitherto
Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund.
wo have given our boys and girls a most liberal education , but havo done little towards enabling them to utilise tho advantages of that education . Wow , at least in those cases where such further assistance is proved to bo necessary , wo shall givo deserving youngsters such help as may bo
necessary towards enabling them to utilise the benefits it has been our pride and pleasure to bestow on them . A very little goes a long way in the direction wo havo indicated , and it will be greatly to the credit of Lords Lathom and Rosslyn , the Rov . 0 . J . Martyn , and the energetic
Dick Radclyffe , to bear in mind for the future that to their initiative or their co-operation the success of this most desirable Fund is mainly due . A little Latin now and again is excusable . So say we , and we know all good Masons will cordially join with us in saying—Hoc utinam semper floreat Auxilium !
The Holiday Season.
THE HOLIDAY SEASON .
OUR holiday season has begun , though not under tho most favourable auspices as regards tho weather . But we must not grnmble because the merry month of June has not been so far all wo could desire . We have had a long spell of dry weather , so long a spoil , indeed , that the ground had become hard and dry , and sorely needed refreshment . Thus the rain that has fallen with
greater or less abundance during the past few days must have been gratefully received—most gratefully receivedby husbandmen ; and we who dwell in London will reap the benefit in the shape of a more bounteous and therefore cheaper supply of vegetable stuff . Thus , though the
business of perambulating London in rainy weather is not of the most agreeable character , we can well afford to grin and hear so small a trouble . Moreover , as the rest that brethren take from Lodgo business usually lasts well into tho autumn , thero is ample timo before us for tho
meteorological authorities to put themselves in good trim and do the handsome thing by us poor mortals , and wo hope they will have tho kindness to bear in mind that wo had no summer weather at all last year , and will givo us a double share this .
But whither does all this tend ? Why this inane proamble about the weather ? Well , worthy friends and brethren , we are in the first place doing no more than all our feilow-countrymen do pretty well every clay of their lives . Our climate is so fickle that , when two Englishmen
meet , it matters little if it be in the house or abroad in the busy streets , the first remark they address to each other , when the usual greetings have passed , has reference to the weather . In fact , in some cases this is tho length , breadth , and depth of the conversation they indulge in , —this , the
Eastern question , and the last new opera or concert . Then wc are just now interested in the Clerk of the Weather ' s arrangements . As well might we have no summer holidays at all , if they are such as wc wero favoured with in 1879 . Those who have been toiling through the year are
beginning to think of the time they can devote to laying in the needful supply of ozone . Wc may seek this at somo inland resort , or we may hurry off to tho seaside and set to work bracing ourselves up for a further period of labour . But
holiday making , whether inland or by the sea , is miserable work , when " Jupiter Pluvius" is in the ascendant , and " Phcobns Apollo" sulks nearly all day long behind heavy banks of clouds instead of bestowing on us the light of his