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existed limited their power to certain times and expenses , and did not take into contemplation that further charity would bo required for the children v / hsn thoy loft tho School after the time when their scholastic education had been completed . Ho had received a letter it was unnecessary for him to quote , from tho Chairman , in which ho merely embodied what ho ( Earl Rosslyn ) had now stated ; but
ho might mention thafc tho Chairman sent word thafc ho would support such a Charity if it did not interfere with the existing Charities . Now ho ( Earl Rosslyn ) never presumed , or thought , or hoped to interfere with thoso Charities , which in Scotland —whero their bounty was rather of a niggardly characterwero tho theme of admiration among all Masons . Especially was this
the case in regard to tho bounty of tho Lodgo of Benevolence . He had been also favoured with an interview with Lord Carnarvon , with whom ho spent some timo yesterday . Lord Carnarvon then stated to him that ho regretted public duties wonld prevent his being present afc this meeting , but ho told him ( Earl Eosslyn ) ho was very clear in defining tho scope and limit of all Masonio charity , which was
settled and guided by laws and rules already laid down . Ho ( Earl Rosslyn ) also mentioned that it had been suggested by a brother that this Association must bo registered under tho Friendly Societies , Act . Now theso were matters for tho consideration of the meeting which ho did not purpose to bring before it now . Lord Carnarvon agreed with him that this Society should bo neither a voting nor a
canvassing ono ; thafc its officers should all bo honorary . Afc present they wore favoured by having au honorary Treasnror , now present , whom they all respected , and in whom thoy could place tho most implicit confidence . Lord Carnarvon also suggested thafc tho funds might bo administered by trustees , two or threo of whom might bo elected annually ; and at all events tho Governing Committees of tho
Boys' aud Girls' Schools shonld ex officio form part of tho administrative system of this fund . Ho ( Earl Rosslyn ) for ono was surprised to learn that upwards of 30 or 40 guineas had been promised already as annual donations , without nny extensive system of canvassing , or anything of that kind . Tho fact was , in a matter so small in its object , but so good , private bounty and bonovolenco would flow in as
soon as it was known it was not to boa rival to tho existing Charities . Ho himself believed that thoso who wero ablo to givo a certain sum to these Charities , would add a littlo more in tho hope thafc that would assist pupils who wero in need , and very often in such need thafc they left the Schools rather deteriorated by tho higher education thoy received there than improved by ifc . They wero unfitted for
several occupations of life , their intellect had been augmented , so that they were above engaging in some of the occupations of daily life to which otherwise they would havo been suited . Tho education they received was no doubt highly creditable to tho Head Master . The education of this School , withwhichhe was moro immediately connected than with the Girls' School , applied equally , no doubt , to tbe Girls '
School , because when girls left that School there wero openings for governesses , teachers , instructors in music , instructors in painting , whose occupations really gave a very comfortable livelihood to young women entering upon life , and which a littlo extra education after leaving tho School would enable them to fill—a littlo household education would enable the girls to tako situations in which such an
education would bo of great service . If these girls showed a superiority in any of theso occupations , it seemed a thousand pities that at tho end of thoir School education they should bo without any means of carrying it out . Ho felt that ho had occupied tho time of tho brethren too long , but ho was very anxions to como down and explain to them how thoroughly anxious ho was not to sot up any description of rivalry
between this Fund and tho existing Charities . Ho was lost in admiration of tho magnificence of tho Masonic Charities which English Freemasons supported . The Benevolent Fund of tho English Grand Lodgo also was one that they could not speak too highly of ; but of course these largo funds should bo administered with care , and no doubt it was necessary that people shonld speak freely aboufc theso
things . Ho thought thafc the ventilation of such subjects in public must do good . He had been anxious only to do good in bringing forward this scheme , and he thought he might ask tho Head Master of the Boys'School to supplement his remarks afc once by a few statements such as he made to him ( Earl Rosslyn ) , and which impressed him [ so much with the necessity for a Fund like this . He regretted if he had
put himself forward in a way ho should not havo done , bufc it had not been otherwise than from a feeling thafc all Masons entertained , whether Scotch or English , that they were one great benevolent body , united for the purposes of good , and tho moro ifc was widely diffused and known that Freemasons were acting for unselfish ends , the more he was sure would Masonry be extended , and tako its rank , as it
always had , among tho highest and noblest institutions of the country . The Rev . Dr . Morris , in answer to Earl Rosslyn's call , said he should not occupy the time of the meeting at any considerable length . When Lord Eosslyn visited the Boys' School bo asked him ( Dr . Morris ) whether he could give him anything to talk about ? He told
tho noble Earl what they did for the Boys , but that they wero not able to give them any assistance when they left the School . First they had boys who had no friends to go to ; they received a good education , but if tfiey did not give tho boys that , those who had parents could givo them a good education at Board Schools for 2 d or 4 d a week , and thero wero Scholarships attached to them by which
they could go to tho Universities . Ho ( Dr . Morris ) said we wero bound to givo the boys a good education ; thoy conld not givo a lower one than they now gave . It mnst bo also remembered that many boys camo into tho School so ill prepared that they really did not derive all the benefit of tho scheme of education provided , and somo left tho School far from having this high education which was so
much talked about . Ifc was with regard to many of thoso boys who had been so prepared , but had no friends to look after them , for whom the very best was being dune by tlio Committee . Having nu Irionils , they naturally looked tu the Committee lo do Something for them . r Jh ( 'Ci > nmiitt . ' . 'f , wi ' . h the bcnovoletiee they exhibited , g'enerrdly s tnined a point , , ugd gave them th .-i full sum of £ 20 thi-y were antpo " .
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rised to do to apprentice them . They also gave £ 5 for an outfit . Sometimes a boy wont to a remote unclo or auut , and thero remained for somo months boforo ho got a situation . He thought tho fund thoy had in contemplation would help thoso boys for whom tho Committee could do no more . Next thero wero boys of great aptitude , desirous of availing themselves of tho education given in tho
School ; boys who distinguished themselves at different examinations , and showed that they wore fitted for some superior position . AVo talked of being called to a certain state , aud bo thought ; that call was shown when a boy displayed ability in making uso of that knowledge which tho School gave him , and desired to mako further attempts to develop it . When ho did that ho
should be assisted . Thero was ono such boy , Farmer ; when ho was in the School bo asked to be allowed to go up to a competitive examination where thero wero 10 SO candidates for naval cadotships and engineerships . Ho went in , and camo out ninth . All tho others who succeeded had been prepared by special crammers , bufc he went up only with tho education he received in tho Masouic Boys' School .
That boy did credit to our School . Tho Government required £ 25 a-year for threo years ; but the boy ' s friends were not ablo to pay oven that . Tho Committco paid tho first £ 20 , Bro . Binckes found tho other £ 5 ; and next year Bro . Binckes collected tho £ 25 . This year ho had paid tho £ 25 out of hia own pocket . Tho next was a boy named Bryant , who at School distinguished himself at tho Oxford and
Cambridge Local Examinations . Ho showed ability in mathematics and science , and ho desired , after leaving tho School , to carry on his mathematical studies . Tho Committco in this matter had granted him the sum of £ 20 , tho Supremo Council also contributed for two years £ 10 , and the boy was placed under a Cambridge wrangler . Ho gained a Scholarship at Sydney Sussex , Cambridge ; but for want
of Funds was unablo to go on . Ho was now an Assistant Master at a School . Ho had not disgraced himself , but ho had not been ablo to go to Cambridge University ; bufc ho ( Dr . Morris ) hud nob yet given up tho idea of his going on . Ho ( Dr . Morris ) might havo put a letter in the Times , stating tho circumstances , and ho would havo got tho money in a few days . Ho had incurred a largo debfcou behalf of thafc
boy , because the sums contributed wore not a tithe of tho expenses for books and clothes required , and tho boy had no friends to help him . All tho burden had fallen on his ( Dr . Morris' ) shoulders and Bro . Smith , who was in tho room , and had tried to help him . Ho thought theso cases would show the value of this Association . Lord Skelmersdale said ho was sorry ho had no more timo to stay .
Lord Rosslyn was so very anxious that ho shonld como to this meeting that he could not resist sparing a few minutes to do so . He could endorse what had fallen from Lorcl Eosslyn's lips . He wroto to Lord Eosslyn , ancl then expressed his earnest desire that this proposed now Charity should bo part and parcel of the present Masonio Charities , and should not be entirely a new thing under entirely new
management , now working and with new expenses . They wore all agreed upon that . He was happy to find that feeling was so very general , because otherwise he folt ho could not support tho scheme . As it was , ho should be happy to do all in his power to support it . He did nofc know what was tho business on tho agenda paper ; but perhaps tho best course would bo now to appoint au honorary Treasurer and
adjourn tho meeting till His Royal Highness Princo Leopold could attend and state his views on tho subject . Tho Earl of Eosslyn thought tho Eov . C . J . Martyn should bo honorary Treasurer aud interim Trustee , and tako caro of the Funds contributed until such timo as another and moro numerous mooting was held .
Bro . S . Rosenthal seconded the motion , which was pub and carried . Lord Skelmersdale said ho had received a telegram from Lord Kensington , M . P ., Grand Senior Warden , expressing his regret afc his inability to attend the meeting . The Rev . C . J . Martyn , Deputy Prov . G . M . Suffolk , said that when the subject of this Fund was first mooted to him ho felt , what ho still
felfc very strongly , that in this Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund thero would bo an Institution to supplement the other Charities , which really and truly was very much wanted . Ifc was all very well to educate their boys and girls up to a certain state of efficiency , bufc if they did so , and then sonfc them away , they wero doing moro harm than good , and rendered them powerful for evil instead of for good .
Unless the education was directed into a proper channel , ifc wonld do more harm than good . With a Fund like this ho thought they might get tho means to start these young people well in life . Thero wero numbers and numbers of boys and girls who when a certain pitch of education had been reached , might bo benefited by such a Fund as this . Thafc was the raison d ' etre oi this Fund : ifc was nofc in any
way to clash with the other Charities of Freemasonry , but simply to supplement thom , and carry on tho work thoy had so well begun . ; Ho should be happy to do anything he conld in regard to it , and he stated as much when Bro . Dick Radclyffo spoke to him about it . No doubt being Treasurer would involve somo littlo personal trouble , but that he should bo perfectly prepared to undertake , and as long as tho
Fund was a success , which he thought it would be , ho should bo quite satisfied and well repaid . He should endeavour to do the best he could for tho interest of the trust with which they had invested him , and he hoped thafc before very long the interim trusteeship would bo at an end , ancl he should he able to hand tho fund over . Lord Skelmersdale said the next business was to appoint an
honorary secretary , and he thought they could not do better than chooso Bro . Dick lladclyffe , who had hitherto undertaken tho whole of tbo work in connection with this Charity . AU tho brethren owed Bro . Dick Radclyffo a deep debt of gratitude for his exertions . Bro . Jacobs ( Handsworth ) seconded tho motion , and thought that if a Committco wero also appointed it would bo a good thing . Ho would
bo ablo to go to the Lodges in tho Province , and ask fur subscriptions , because thero was a recognised body to receive them . Bro . Eadolyflbwas then elected honorary secretary . Bro . Uudclyll ' e said ho was pruiid to accept the office . It had been somewhat difficult to find a SSecreiary to undertake tho work as it at present stood . However , as ho had started the scheme , through tha
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Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund.
existed limited their power to certain times and expenses , and did not take into contemplation that further charity would bo required for the children v / hsn thoy loft tho School after the time when their scholastic education had been completed . Ho had received a letter it was unnecessary for him to quote , from tho Chairman , in which ho merely embodied what ho ( Earl Rosslyn ) had now stated ; but
ho might mention thafc tho Chairman sent word thafc ho would support such a Charity if it did not interfere with the existing Charities . Now ho ( Earl Rosslyn ) never presumed , or thought , or hoped to interfere with thoso Charities , which in Scotland —whero their bounty was rather of a niggardly characterwero tho theme of admiration among all Masons . Especially was this
the case in regard to tho bounty of tho Lodgo of Benevolence . He had been also favoured with an interview with Lord Carnarvon , with whom ho spent some timo yesterday . Lord Carnarvon then stated to him that ho regretted public duties wonld prevent his being present afc this meeting , but ho told him ( Earl Eosslyn ) ho was very clear in defining tho scope and limit of all Masonio charity , which was
settled and guided by laws and rules already laid down . Ho ( Earl Rosslyn ) also mentioned that it had been suggested by a brother that this Association must bo registered under tho Friendly Societies , Act . Now theso were matters for tho consideration of the meeting which ho did not purpose to bring before it now . Lord Carnarvon agreed with him that this Society should bo neither a voting nor a
canvassing ono ; thafc its officers should all bo honorary . Afc present they wore favoured by having au honorary Treasnror , now present , whom they all respected , and in whom thoy could place tho most implicit confidence . Lord Carnarvon also suggested thafc tho funds might bo administered by trustees , two or threo of whom might bo elected annually ; and at all events tho Governing Committees of tho
Boys' aud Girls' Schools shonld ex officio form part of tho administrative system of this fund . Ho ( Earl Rosslyn ) for ono was surprised to learn that upwards of 30 or 40 guineas had been promised already as annual donations , without nny extensive system of canvassing , or anything of that kind . Tho fact was , in a matter so small in its object , but so good , private bounty and bonovolenco would flow in as
soon as it was known it was not to boa rival to tho existing Charities . Ho himself believed that thoso who wero ablo to givo a certain sum to these Charities , would add a littlo more in tho hope thafc that would assist pupils who wero in need , and very often in such need thafc they left the Schools rather deteriorated by tho higher education thoy received there than improved by ifc . They wero unfitted for
several occupations of life , their intellect had been augmented , so that they were above engaging in some of the occupations of daily life to which otherwise they would havo been suited . Tho education they received was no doubt highly creditable to tho Head Master . The education of this School , withwhichhe was moro immediately connected than with the Girls' School , applied equally , no doubt , to tbe Girls '
School , because when girls left that School there wero openings for governesses , teachers , instructors in music , instructors in painting , whose occupations really gave a very comfortable livelihood to young women entering upon life , and which a littlo extra education after leaving tho School would enable them to fill—a littlo household education would enable the girls to tako situations in which such an
education would bo of great service . If these girls showed a superiority in any of theso occupations , it seemed a thousand pities that at tho end of thoir School education they should bo without any means of carrying it out . Ho felt that ho had occupied tho time of tho brethren too long , but ho was very anxions to como down and explain to them how thoroughly anxious ho was not to sot up any description of rivalry
between this Fund and tho existing Charities . Ho was lost in admiration of tho magnificence of tho Masonic Charities which English Freemasons supported . The Benevolent Fund of tho English Grand Lodgo also was one that they could not speak too highly of ; but of course these largo funds should bo administered with care , and no doubt it was necessary that people shonld speak freely aboufc theso
things . Ho thought thafc the ventilation of such subjects in public must do good . He had been anxious only to do good in bringing forward this scheme , and he thought he might ask tho Head Master of the Boys'School to supplement his remarks afc once by a few statements such as he made to him ( Earl Rosslyn ) , and which impressed him [ so much with the necessity for a Fund like this . He regretted if he had
put himself forward in a way ho should not havo done , bufc it had not been otherwise than from a feeling thafc all Masons entertained , whether Scotch or English , that they were one great benevolent body , united for the purposes of good , and tho moro ifc was widely diffused and known that Freemasons were acting for unselfish ends , the more he was sure would Masonry be extended , and tako its rank , as it
always had , among tho highest and noblest institutions of the country . The Rev . Dr . Morris , in answer to Earl Rosslyn's call , said he should not occupy the time of the meeting at any considerable length . When Lord Eosslyn visited the Boys' School bo asked him ( Dr . Morris ) whether he could give him anything to talk about ? He told
tho noble Earl what they did for the Boys , but that they wero not able to give them any assistance when they left the School . First they had boys who had no friends to go to ; they received a good education , but if tfiey did not give tho boys that , those who had parents could givo them a good education at Board Schools for 2 d or 4 d a week , and thero wero Scholarships attached to them by which
they could go to tho Universities . Ho ( Dr . Morris ) said we wero bound to givo the boys a good education ; thoy conld not givo a lower one than they now gave . It mnst bo also remembered that many boys camo into tho School so ill prepared that they really did not derive all the benefit of tho scheme of education provided , and somo left tho School far from having this high education which was so
much talked about . Ifc was with regard to many of thoso boys who had been so prepared , but had no friends to look after them , for whom the very best was being dune by tlio Committee . Having nu Irionils , they naturally looked tu the Committee lo do Something for them . r Jh ( 'Ci > nmiitt . ' . 'f , wi ' . h the bcnovoletiee they exhibited , g'enerrdly s tnined a point , , ugd gave them th .-i full sum of £ 20 thi-y were antpo " .
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rised to do to apprentice them . They also gave £ 5 for an outfit . Sometimes a boy wont to a remote unclo or auut , and thero remained for somo months boforo ho got a situation . He thought tho fund thoy had in contemplation would help thoso boys for whom tho Committee could do no more . Next thero wero boys of great aptitude , desirous of availing themselves of tho education given in tho
School ; boys who distinguished themselves at different examinations , and showed that they wore fitted for some superior position . AVo talked of being called to a certain state , aud bo thought ; that call was shown when a boy displayed ability in making uso of that knowledge which tho School gave him , and desired to mako further attempts to develop it . When ho did that ho
should be assisted . Thero was ono such boy , Farmer ; when ho was in the School bo asked to be allowed to go up to a competitive examination where thero wero 10 SO candidates for naval cadotships and engineerships . Ho went in , and camo out ninth . All tho others who succeeded had been prepared by special crammers , bufc he went up only with tho education he received in tho Masouic Boys' School .
That boy did credit to our School . Tho Government required £ 25 a-year for threo years ; but the boy ' s friends were not ablo to pay oven that . Tho Committco paid tho first £ 20 , Bro . Binckes found tho other £ 5 ; and next year Bro . Binckes collected tho £ 25 . This year ho had paid tho £ 25 out of hia own pocket . Tho next was a boy named Bryant , who at School distinguished himself at tho Oxford and
Cambridge Local Examinations . Ho showed ability in mathematics and science , and ho desired , after leaving tho School , to carry on his mathematical studies . Tho Committco in this matter had granted him the sum of £ 20 , tho Supremo Council also contributed for two years £ 10 , and the boy was placed under a Cambridge wrangler . Ho gained a Scholarship at Sydney Sussex , Cambridge ; but for want
of Funds was unablo to go on . Ho was now an Assistant Master at a School . Ho had not disgraced himself , but ho had not been ablo to go to Cambridge University ; bufc ho ( Dr . Morris ) hud nob yet given up tho idea of his going on . Ho ( Dr . Morris ) might havo put a letter in the Times , stating tho circumstances , and ho would havo got tho money in a few days . Ho had incurred a largo debfcou behalf of thafc
boy , because the sums contributed wore not a tithe of tho expenses for books and clothes required , and tho boy had no friends to help him . All tho burden had fallen on his ( Dr . Morris' ) shoulders and Bro . Smith , who was in tho room , and had tried to help him . Ho thought theso cases would show the value of this Association . Lord Skelmersdale said ho was sorry ho had no more timo to stay .
Lord Rosslyn was so very anxious that ho shonld como to this meeting that he could not resist sparing a few minutes to do so . He could endorse what had fallen from Lorcl Eosslyn's lips . He wroto to Lord Eosslyn , ancl then expressed his earnest desire that this proposed now Charity should bo part and parcel of the present Masonio Charities , and should not be entirely a new thing under entirely new
management , now working and with new expenses . They wore all agreed upon that . He was happy to find that feeling was so very general , because otherwise he folt ho could not support tho scheme . As it was , ho should be happy to do all in his power to support it . He did nofc know what was tho business on tho agenda paper ; but perhaps tho best course would bo now to appoint au honorary Treasurer and
adjourn tho meeting till His Royal Highness Princo Leopold could attend and state his views on tho subject . Tho Earl of Eosslyn thought tho Eov . C . J . Martyn should bo honorary Treasurer aud interim Trustee , and tako caro of the Funds contributed until such timo as another and moro numerous mooting was held .
Bro . S . Rosenthal seconded the motion , which was pub and carried . Lord Skelmersdale said ho had received a telegram from Lord Kensington , M . P ., Grand Senior Warden , expressing his regret afc his inability to attend the meeting . The Rev . C . J . Martyn , Deputy Prov . G . M . Suffolk , said that when the subject of this Fund was first mooted to him ho felt , what ho still
felfc very strongly , that in this Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund thero would bo an Institution to supplement the other Charities , which really and truly was very much wanted . Ifc was all very well to educate their boys and girls up to a certain state of efficiency , bufc if they did so , and then sonfc them away , they wero doing moro harm than good , and rendered them powerful for evil instead of for good .
Unless the education was directed into a proper channel , ifc wonld do more harm than good . With a Fund like this ho thought they might get tho means to start these young people well in life . Thero wero numbers and numbers of boys and girls who when a certain pitch of education had been reached , might bo benefited by such a Fund as this . Thafc was the raison d ' etre oi this Fund : ifc was nofc in any
way to clash with the other Charities of Freemasonry , but simply to supplement thom , and carry on tho work thoy had so well begun . ; Ho should be happy to do anything he conld in regard to it , and he stated as much when Bro . Dick Radclyffo spoke to him about it . No doubt being Treasurer would involve somo littlo personal trouble , but that he should bo perfectly prepared to undertake , and as long as tho
Fund was a success , which he thought it would be , ho should bo quite satisfied and well repaid . He should endeavour to do the best he could for tho interest of the trust with which they had invested him , and he hoped thafc before very long the interim trusteeship would bo at an end , ancl he should he able to hand tho fund over . Lord Skelmersdale said the next business was to appoint an
honorary secretary , and he thought they could not do better than chooso Bro . Dick lladclyffe , who had hitherto undertaken tho whole of tbo work in connection with this Charity . AU tho brethren owed Bro . Dick Radclyffo a deep debt of gratitude for his exertions . Bro . Jacobs ( Handsworth ) seconded tho motion , and thought that if a Committco wero also appointed it would bo a good thing . Ho would
bo ablo to go to the Lodges in tho Province , and ask fur subscriptions , because thero was a recognised body to receive them . Bro . Eadolyflbwas then elected honorary secretary . Bro . Uudclyll ' e said ho was pruiid to accept the office . It had been somewhat difficult to find a SSecreiary to undertake tho work as it at present stood . However , as ho had started the scheme , through tha