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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
fTIHE monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Boyal X Masouio Institution for Boys assembled on Saturday last , in the Board lto ;> m , Freemasons' Hall . Bro . ltichard Eve P . G . Trensnivr was unanimously called to the chair . The minutes of tho meeting in An ^ ust were read by Bro . Binckes , when the question was asked ,
Whether tho meeting thoroughly nnderstood that tho resolution containing a recommendation from the General Committee for the grant of a pension of £ 350 to Bro . Binokes was for the Quarterly Court ? In reply Bro . Eve said , Certainly ; this was a recommendation by the Provisional Committee , but whatever i 3 done must bo considered by a
Quarterly Court . Bro . Binckes read the minutes of the House Committee for information . In these were detailed cortaiu matters which had come before tho Committee . The matron had written a letter complaining of Dr . Morris , and Dr . Morris had answered tho allegations . The Committee reported what had been dono with
reference to the choice of a new medioal oflicor . They had bad the testim nials of 37 applicants before them ,- had subsequently reduced t . « .-. number of candidates to 15 , again to 10 , then to 6 , and afterwards to 2 ; after which they recommendod one gentleman , aud returned the testimonials of the remainder . Brother
Britten said that it appeared that the resolution of the Provisional Committee with regard to tho election of tho medii-al officer was irrevocable , but he wished to say a few words . Ho was told that the temporary medical officer , since the retirement of Mr . Hall , was an entirely satisfactory officer ; he was resident
something more than a mile from the Institution , but if he v \ as a satisfactory officer he did not think it was right to reject him because he was a little out of the radius which the Provisional Committee had prescribed . The Chairman said he had heard from other brethren observations to this effect , and he felt himself that
the Provisioual Committee had done wrong in returning their testimonials to the candidates . What the Provisional Committee had done was to recommend one brother for appointment . It was for . the Quarterly Court to say whether they would seleot him or any other of the applicants . The gentleman who was now
acting was content to appear before the Quarterly Court with the others . After an inquiry as to the fitness of this gentleman for the post having been answered in the affirmative , Bro . Britten said he should like to hear read the reference as to the duties of the Provisional Committee . Bro . Binckes then read the minutes
of tbe Special Meeting at which the Provisional Committee were appointed . Wherenpon Bro . Britten said he had it in his mind that the Provisional Committee were expressly appointed to carry out the report of the Inquiry of the Philbrick Commission ; he would , with permission , read one or two extracts from it . The
Chairman having ruled that what was now being said arose out of the reading of the minutes , Bro . Britten continued— " The educational stafF is satisd Cory , the teaching good , and the school discipline well maintained , " "There should be one hea l , and tho entire establishment should be subject to him . " Bro . lirkteu said he
was not one of tho Committee , and he did not knnv the reieons fjr con . ing to their conclusions . He thought tbe 30 r commeuded that Dr . Morris be dismissed , or bo permitted to retire . The Chairman—That notice has bren given . Bro . Britton—Ohvinus ' y the entire ( -cope of this report was that the school under Dr . Morns was
satisfactory ; thoteforo he waa at a loss to see why tho Head Blaster should bi .- re i esto i to rotire . Ho was quite able to understand that there might bo good reasons why a change was necessary , bnt no r . ; ason waa given other than that the new matron did uot approve of him . Every man of business must agree that in the conduct of such
au establishment as the Masonic Boys' School tho head master shouid bo tho niatrou'd master , aud he thought tho notion that Miss Harcomb seemed to have that she should come and go aa she liked could not be intiint & ined . Tho Chairman said there wero recommendations other than those Bro . Britten had read . Tho resolution J
were arrived at before the question of the matron and Dr . Morris had arisen , aud it was arrived at in consuquenco of the report of the Investigation Committee That was the reason given ; it waa arrived at before that question of tho matron , and he might 3 ay it was a nuanimous resolution of a large Committee—tho largest Committee
h > had ever Been m connection with the working of tho Institution . The Committee express themselves by resolution and do not generally e iter into reasons . Bro . W . A . Scurrah said he did not think the Provisional Committee had goue outside their duties in this respect , because tho First thing in the report of tho Philbrick Commission was
— ' We , therefore , arc of opinion that au entire change in tho administration , aud a thorough breaking away from tho " present practice mast take placo before tho management , expenditure , and discipline cf the Institution will be satisfactory . " Therefore , the Committee had not gono beyond its duties . lie would like to ask , through the
Chairman , why ho ( Bio . Scurrah ) was treated with discourtesy when ho wrote a letter to the Secretary , respecting tho m & dkvil officer . The Secretary acknowledged tho receiptor tho letter , aud static ! that it should be placed before the Provisional Committee . lie appealed to tho Provisional Committee , as a member of thia General Commit ! . ; o ,
as ouo who had dcuo some sc-rvico to the Institution , to support his contention that he ought to have had a reply to his letter . The Chairman had stated thct all tho medical gentlemen wero at liberty to come up to tho Quarterly Court . Ho ' understood from ii-jverii candidates that they had been requested to send back their
testimonial ? , and how cruld thoy appear beforo the Qunrt' ? rly Com t as candidates if the Quarterly Court had not their testimonials ? If tho Sub-Committee was appointed to select one caudidat ? , th-n ho could understand that the Sub-Committee vva 3 in perfect order in doing BO . But it was not no . and no Committee was ? at liberty
to say one was to he selected and thirty-six to go away . The Chr . innan suid that tho Committee did not wish to treat Broker Scurrah with discourtesy . Wheu his letter arrived it took thorn by surprise . They had sent information to the caudidatea that they might come beforo the Quarterly Court , aud that they might produce
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their testimonials . Bro . Sonrrah said a letter should have been sent to him informing him of this fact . The Chairman admitted it ought to havo been sent , aud it must have been by an oversight it was not . After further discussion the Chairman said he was going to close this question . If the conduct of the Committee had nob been such
as the General Committee approved , they were sorry for it , but he might say they gave tho candidates the greatest amount of information they could ; that tho Court was open for them to send their applications to , and that it was per . fectly iu order for them to come to tho Quarterly Court . Brother
Scurrah moved a resolution that a letter bo sent by the Secre - tary to all the candidates for the office of medical officer , telling them that their applications are not dismissed , and that they will be laid beforo the General Court , and to send back their testimonials . Bro . J . S . Cumberland said he wished to put the matter in this way . The
brethren elected a Provisional Committee to do the beat they oould for the interests of the Institution . It was utterly impossible for any body of men like those meeting there that day , or at the Quarterly Court , to take into consideration all the testimonials that came before them ; they therefore appointed a Sub-Committee to come to a
satisfactory conclusion . That Committee had gone through the testimonials , and in their wisdom they selected , say five , or ten , or fiften out of the candidates . Was it to bo supposed that the whole of them oould come to the Quarterly General Court with their testimonials , and throw them at the feet of 300 brethren , some of them ,
perhaps , their partizms ? What would bo the result ? Why , the matter would be deferred again . The Provisional Committee had been appointed , and they were the acting Committee nntil they were turned out . How conld the Quarterly Court seleot the best man ? For himself , he thanked the Committee veTy much for having gone
through the qualifications of the candidates ; but he wanted to know why they limited the distance to not more than one mile from the Institution within whioh a candidate must reside ? He supposed they thought that an Institution containing the sons of Masons should have a dootor who could soon be fetched on a cold winter
night . If fchey could get as good a man within half a mile , it was for the interests of the Institution . If Bro . Scurrah ' s motion , or any other motion was passed , it would be referred back . It would be utterly impossible to consider the question at a Quarterly Court . As to the gentlemen sending back their testimonials , it was rather a dig
in tho ribs to them . If the brethren had not sufficient confidence in the Provisional Committee , let them get rid of them . Bro . CharleB Dairy asked how long the gentlemn temporarily holding office had been elected for . The Chairman said as far as Bro . Sanuders' resolu . tion went , he must inform him that they conld not now say what the
Quarterly Court would do . At that Court the election of the dootor would take place . Bro . Saunders had proposed " That it be referred to the next Quarterly Court . " That motion he conld not receive , bnt tho motion of Bro . Scurrah could bo received . Ilo would , however , submit that the utmost notice bad been given tho candidates . All
that the Committee had done had b ^ cn done under Liws and 45 of tho Institution , by whioh they wer-i to i- quiro i . to the qualifications of candidates , select some , and report to the General Committee . They Ir . d dono so , and they had intiuiat-d to all ti-. o others that they would be upon to election at the Qunrteily C ; iirt . He had no
cbjeotion to rect-ivo Bro . Scurrah's no ' . io ? . Br > . Jamos Stevens inquired whether it was just that tho Provision : I C iiiitiiitine should recommend one particular person ? Waa it not a nouii . i aion ? According to the circulir , it waa an intimation that one particular enndidato had been chosen out of the 37 . The Chairman said he had read the clause
under which they acted . They had recommended one candidato . Tne decision will be entirely in the hands of tho Quarterly Conrt . Bro . Dr . Jabcz Hogg said he wonld propose to confirm the minutes , and after thtit to be permitted to offer a resolution on a subject
which would answer all the questions that had been put to the moating . He was sure they would not disagree , and then would get over the business vvelJ . The Chairman—What is tho proposition ? Bro . Dr . Hogg—To refer the question back to the Committee . He said ho did so because he felt confident that there had been
misapprehension by tbe Committee itself on this question . There was an advertisement issued in the medical journals , and the Committee proceeded to deal with tho question with reference to this advertisement . The difficulty had arisen in this way . The candidate for the office of medical officer must reside near to and visit the sohool at least onco
every day . That advertisement did not say anything about a distance of a mile or half a mile . That omission had led to all this disagree , mont to-day . Tho Committee , he knew , desired to do the best they could , and tho brethren were all very much indebted to them ; bnt without thinking of this advertisement they passed this resolution
limiting tho radius to a mile from the Institution , and confining tho applicants to those living within that radius . That was the omission . The Chairman had not this advertisement before him when he did that , and so this mistake arose . If thia waa referred back to tho Com . mitfcee , they would seo the matter as he had , that the limiting of the
d . 'stance had tho effect of keeping ofr some of the bost men . These gentlemen were ready , at whatever distance , to do their bost for tho Instituton . Dibtanco was now annihilated as regards London by tho facilities there were for getting about , and all theso gentlemen wero prepared to waive that subject cf distance ; they came forward with
tho understanding to come aud fight their own battle . On tho question of getting the best man for tha In 3 titntion , tho Committee had the meau 3 of keeping off some of the most eligible . That was a mia'briune for tha Institution . He waa about to move that this question should be referred back to the Committee for their
reconsideration , and that they should bring up a report and recommendation . Bro . Hawkins said although the Chairman had r ; ad the rule thr . it they rhould report on the candidates , it did not mean that they should report on all of them . Ho believed the subscribers and
donors had confidence in the Committeo ; but they objected to havo one man foisted on them for the office ; they did not want it , and they would uot have it . The custom was for the Sub-Committeo to make a selection of three or six , bat to give the general body of
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
fTIHE monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Boyal X Masouio Institution for Boys assembled on Saturday last , in the Board lto ;> m , Freemasons' Hall . Bro . ltichard Eve P . G . Trensnivr was unanimously called to the chair . The minutes of tho meeting in An ^ ust were read by Bro . Binckes , when the question was asked ,
Whether tho meeting thoroughly nnderstood that tho resolution containing a recommendation from the General Committee for the grant of a pension of £ 350 to Bro . Binokes was for the Quarterly Court ? In reply Bro . Eve said , Certainly ; this was a recommendation by the Provisional Committee , but whatever i 3 done must bo considered by a
Quarterly Court . Bro . Binckes read the minutes of the House Committee for information . In these were detailed cortaiu matters which had come before tho Committee . The matron had written a letter complaining of Dr . Morris , and Dr . Morris had answered tho allegations . The Committee reported what had been dono with
reference to the choice of a new medioal oflicor . They had bad the testim nials of 37 applicants before them ,- had subsequently reduced t . « .-. number of candidates to 15 , again to 10 , then to 6 , and afterwards to 2 ; after which they recommendod one gentleman , aud returned the testimonials of the remainder . Brother
Britten said that it appeared that the resolution of the Provisional Committee with regard to tho election of tho medii-al officer was irrevocable , but he wished to say a few words . Ho was told that the temporary medical officer , since the retirement of Mr . Hall , was an entirely satisfactory officer ; he was resident
something more than a mile from the Institution , but if he v \ as a satisfactory officer he did not think it was right to reject him because he was a little out of the radius which the Provisional Committee had prescribed . The Chairman said he had heard from other brethren observations to this effect , and he felt himself that
the Provisioual Committee had done wrong in returning their testimonials to the candidates . What the Provisional Committee had done was to recommend one brother for appointment . It was for . the Quarterly Court to say whether they would seleot him or any other of the applicants . The gentleman who was now
acting was content to appear before the Quarterly Court with the others . After an inquiry as to the fitness of this gentleman for the post having been answered in the affirmative , Bro . Britten said he should like to hear read the reference as to the duties of the Provisional Committee . Bro . Binckes then read the minutes
of tbe Special Meeting at which the Provisional Committee were appointed . Wherenpon Bro . Britten said he had it in his mind that the Provisional Committee were expressly appointed to carry out the report of the Inquiry of the Philbrick Commission ; he would , with permission , read one or two extracts from it . The
Chairman having ruled that what was now being said arose out of the reading of the minutes , Bro . Britten continued— " The educational stafF is satisd Cory , the teaching good , and the school discipline well maintained , " "There should be one hea l , and tho entire establishment should be subject to him . " Bro . lirkteu said he
was not one of tho Committee , and he did not knnv the reieons fjr con . ing to their conclusions . He thought tbe 30 r commeuded that Dr . Morris be dismissed , or bo permitted to retire . The Chairman—That notice has bren given . Bro . Britton—Ohvinus ' y the entire ( -cope of this report was that the school under Dr . Morns was
satisfactory ; thoteforo he waa at a loss to see why tho Head Blaster should bi .- re i esto i to rotire . Ho was quite able to understand that there might bo good reasons why a change was necessary , bnt no r . ; ason waa given other than that the new matron did uot approve of him . Every man of business must agree that in the conduct of such
au establishment as the Masonic Boys' School tho head master shouid bo tho niatrou'd master , aud he thought tho notion that Miss Harcomb seemed to have that she should come and go aa she liked could not be intiint & ined . Tho Chairman said there wero recommendations other than those Bro . Britten had read . Tho resolution J
were arrived at before the question of the matron and Dr . Morris had arisen , aud it was arrived at in consuquenco of the report of the Investigation Committee That was the reason given ; it waa arrived at before that question of tho matron , and he might 3 ay it was a nuanimous resolution of a large Committee—tho largest Committee
h > had ever Been m connection with the working of tho Institution . The Committee express themselves by resolution and do not generally e iter into reasons . Bro . W . A . Scurrah said he did not think the Provisional Committee had goue outside their duties in this respect , because tho First thing in the report of tho Philbrick Commission was
— ' We , therefore , arc of opinion that au entire change in tho administration , aud a thorough breaking away from tho " present practice mast take placo before tho management , expenditure , and discipline cf the Institution will be satisfactory . " Therefore , the Committee had not gono beyond its duties . lie would like to ask , through the
Chairman , why ho ( Bio . Scurrah ) was treated with discourtesy when ho wrote a letter to the Secretary , respecting tho m & dkvil officer . The Secretary acknowledged tho receiptor tho letter , aud static ! that it should be placed before the Provisional Committee . lie appealed to tho Provisional Committee , as a member of thia General Commit ! . ; o ,
as ouo who had dcuo some sc-rvico to the Institution , to support his contention that he ought to have had a reply to his letter . The Chairman had stated thct all tho medical gentlemen wero at liberty to come up to tho Quarterly Court . Ho ' understood from ii-jverii candidates that they had been requested to send back their
testimonial ? , and how cruld thoy appear beforo the Qunrt' ? rly Com t as candidates if the Quarterly Court had not their testimonials ? If tho Sub-Committee was appointed to select one caudidat ? , th-n ho could understand that the Sub-Committee vva 3 in perfect order in doing BO . But it was not no . and no Committee was ? at liberty
to say one was to he selected and thirty-six to go away . The Chr . innan suid that tho Committee did not wish to treat Broker Scurrah with discourtesy . Wheu his letter arrived it took thorn by surprise . They had sent information to the caudidatea that they might come beforo the Quarterly Court , aud that they might produce
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their testimonials . Bro . Sonrrah said a letter should have been sent to him informing him of this fact . The Chairman admitted it ought to havo been sent , aud it must have been by an oversight it was not . After further discussion the Chairman said he was going to close this question . If the conduct of the Committee had nob been such
as the General Committee approved , they were sorry for it , but he might say they gave tho candidates the greatest amount of information they could ; that tho Court was open for them to send their applications to , and that it was per . fectly iu order for them to come to tho Quarterly Court . Brother
Scurrah moved a resolution that a letter bo sent by the Secre - tary to all the candidates for the office of medical officer , telling them that their applications are not dismissed , and that they will be laid beforo the General Court , and to send back their testimonials . Bro . J . S . Cumberland said he wished to put the matter in this way . The
brethren elected a Provisional Committee to do the beat they oould for the interests of the Institution . It was utterly impossible for any body of men like those meeting there that day , or at the Quarterly Court , to take into consideration all the testimonials that came before them ; they therefore appointed a Sub-Committee to come to a
satisfactory conclusion . That Committee had gone through the testimonials , and in their wisdom they selected , say five , or ten , or fiften out of the candidates . Was it to bo supposed that the whole of them oould come to the Quarterly General Court with their testimonials , and throw them at the feet of 300 brethren , some of them ,
perhaps , their partizms ? What would bo the result ? Why , the matter would be deferred again . The Provisional Committee had been appointed , and they were the acting Committee nntil they were turned out . How conld the Quarterly Court seleot the best man ? For himself , he thanked the Committee veTy much for having gone
through the qualifications of the candidates ; but he wanted to know why they limited the distance to not more than one mile from the Institution within whioh a candidate must reside ? He supposed they thought that an Institution containing the sons of Masons should have a dootor who could soon be fetched on a cold winter
night . If fchey could get as good a man within half a mile , it was for the interests of the Institution . If Bro . Scurrah ' s motion , or any other motion was passed , it would be referred back . It would be utterly impossible to consider the question at a Quarterly Court . As to the gentlemen sending back their testimonials , it was rather a dig
in tho ribs to them . If the brethren had not sufficient confidence in the Provisional Committee , let them get rid of them . Bro . CharleB Dairy asked how long the gentlemn temporarily holding office had been elected for . The Chairman said as far as Bro . Sanuders' resolu . tion went , he must inform him that they conld not now say what the
Quarterly Court would do . At that Court the election of the dootor would take place . Bro . Saunders had proposed " That it be referred to the next Quarterly Court . " That motion he conld not receive , bnt tho motion of Bro . Scurrah could bo received . Ilo would , however , submit that the utmost notice bad been given tho candidates . All
that the Committee had done had b ^ cn done under Liws and 45 of tho Institution , by whioh they wer-i to i- quiro i . to the qualifications of candidates , select some , and report to the General Committee . They Ir . d dono so , and they had intiuiat-d to all ti-. o others that they would be upon to election at the Qunrteily C ; iirt . He had no
cbjeotion to rect-ivo Bro . Scurrah's no ' . io ? . Br > . Jamos Stevens inquired whether it was just that tho Provision : I C iiiitiiitine should recommend one particular person ? Waa it not a nouii . i aion ? According to the circulir , it waa an intimation that one particular enndidato had been chosen out of the 37 . The Chairman said he had read the clause
under which they acted . They had recommended one candidato . Tne decision will be entirely in the hands of tho Quarterly Conrt . Bro . Dr . Jabcz Hogg said he wonld propose to confirm the minutes , and after thtit to be permitted to offer a resolution on a subject
which would answer all the questions that had been put to the moating . He was sure they would not disagree , and then would get over the business vvelJ . The Chairman—What is tho proposition ? Bro . Dr . Hogg—To refer the question back to the Committee . He said ho did so because he felt confident that there had been
misapprehension by tbe Committee itself on this question . There was an advertisement issued in the medical journals , and the Committee proceeded to deal with tho question with reference to this advertisement . The difficulty had arisen in this way . The candidate for the office of medical officer must reside near to and visit the sohool at least onco
every day . That advertisement did not say anything about a distance of a mile or half a mile . That omission had led to all this disagree , mont to-day . Tho Committee , he knew , desired to do the best they could , and tho brethren were all very much indebted to them ; bnt without thinking of this advertisement they passed this resolution
limiting tho radius to a mile from the Institution , and confining tho applicants to those living within that radius . That was the omission . The Chairman had not this advertisement before him when he did that , and so this mistake arose . If thia waa referred back to tho Com . mitfcee , they would seo the matter as he had , that the limiting of the
d . 'stance had tho effect of keeping ofr some of the bost men . These gentlemen were ready , at whatever distance , to do their bost for tho Instituton . Dibtanco was now annihilated as regards London by tho facilities there were for getting about , and all theso gentlemen wero prepared to waive that subject cf distance ; they came forward with
tho understanding to come aud fight their own battle . On tho question of getting the best man for tha In 3 titntion , tho Committee had the meau 3 of keeping off some of the most eligible . That was a mia'briune for tha Institution . He waa about to move that this question should be referred back to the Committee for their
reconsideration , and that they should bring up a report and recommendation . Bro . Hawkins said although the Chairman had r ; ad the rule thr . it they rhould report on the candidates , it did not mean that they should report on all of them . Ho believed the subscribers and
donors had confidence in the Committeo ; but they objected to havo one man foisted on them for the office ; they did not want it , and they would uot have it . The custom was for the Sub-Committeo to make a selection of three or six , bat to give the general body of