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The School Elections
THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS
TO-DAY and Monday next -will be held tbe Quarterly General Courts of our two Schools , and at the conclusion of the ordinary business there will take place the regular half-yearly elections by ballot to fill up the
vacancies which havo occurred in tho ranks of the pupils during tho past six months , and likewise those additional appointments which have received the sanction of the two c-ovoi'ninQ- bodies . It is the election to the GMs' School
which comes oft first , and , therefore , we give priority of attention to those points in connection with the candidates and thoir claims which we customaril y take note of . . In respect of numbers thero are twent yfour candidates and eighteen vacancies , which latter ,
in the not improbable event of Lieut .-Col . Creaton ' s motion being carried , will bo increased to nineteen . The smallness of the number of candidates , which is remarkable if we can compare it with the number of applicants for admission into the Boys' School , is easily accounted for . It will be in tho recollection of our readers
that last year it was determined to enlarge the premises so as to provide accommodation for an addition of fifty pupils or thereabouts to those already authorised . At the last October election there were fifty candidates and thirty-five of these were admitted . Consequently only fifteen of the
applicants wore left out to carry the votes they had received and the claims they might possess for further support to future elections . These fifteen havo been since reduced to fourteen by the operation of tho law Avhich requires all applicants to be trader eleven years of age at the
time of the election . Ten fresh candidates have been added to the list , and tho candidates , therefore , muster , as we said , twenty-four . Of these , 21 has both parents living , while No . 18 has lost both , and No . 9 has a stepmother . In all the other cases the fathers
of tho girls are dead . No . 1 on the list has been a candidate at four previous elections , has two sisters in the Institution , and has standing to her credit 215 votes . The three next have tried three times already , and in the case of Nos . 2 and 4 we remark that the present is their last
chance of success , as both will have attained the maximum limit of age before another election can be held . No . 2 , moreover , has a sister in the Institution already . There stand to tho credit of these girls 141 , 396 , and 283 respectively . The eight following havo made two
previous attempts to obtain admission into the School . No . 0 has one sister , and No . 8 . two sisters at present on the roll of pupils , and No . 7 has a brother in tho Boys ' School . Two of these , Nos . 9 and 12 , have 419 votes to their credit ; No . 7 has 418 ; No . 5 , 317 ; No . 11 , 217
No . 6 , 187 ; No . 8 , 11 G ; and No . 10 , only 11 votes ; Nos . 13 and 14 were candidates for tho first time last October , and the former obtained 187 , the latter 405 , which are to the good at this , and in the event of non-success , at . future trials . No . 14 , it should be noted , has a brother in the Boys '
School . Of the ten new candidates , Nos . 15 , 20 , and 22 have each a sister in the School and in the case of Nos . 18 and 22 this will be their last , as it is their first chance of success . The parents of three of the children have been contributors to , or acted as Stewards in raising funds for ,
the Institution . Eight , or exactly one-third of the candidates , belong to London ; two hail from Lincolnshire East , and two from the Province of Hants and the Isle of Wight ; the remaining twelve are from Lancashire West , Bristol , Devonshire , Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , Essex ,
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Warwickshire , Notts , Somerset , Yorkshire W ., Durham , and Singapore ( District of Eastern Archipelago ) . Wo wish it were possible that tho whole of the children could be elected , but it is a satisfaction to know that there is room for at least three-fourths of the number .
Passing now to the Boys' School election , which will be held on Monday , tho appearance of things is not satisfactory , to this extent at least , that , though there is the largo number of vacancies and additional appointments amounting together to thirty , there is the still moro formidable
array of seventy-eight candidates . Thus , while only six or it may be five of the little girls will be left out , forty-eight boys must bo unsuccessful ; in other words , throo out of every four girl candidates must succeed , and eight out of every thirteen boy candidates must fail . This is partly to
be accounted for by the fact we have already noticed , namely , that last October thirty-five girls wero taken into the School , so that only three out of every ten failed . On the other hand , there were only ten boys elected out of sixty-six , so that fifty-six were disappointed , and of these
fifty-six , no less than ten havo been removed from the list for this ballot , owing to their being over eleven years of age . Thus of the seventy-eight candidates now about to compote for admission , forty-six remain from last October , while the remaining thirty-two have been placed on the list in
the course of the last six months . Eight of the Boys—Numbers 3 , 13 , 15 , 18 , 22 , 43 , 51 , 53—havo both parents living , but in tho case of No . 15 the father is paralysed , and in the case of No . 18 the mother has been deserted since 1871 . Seven , namely , Nos . 9 , 28 , 37 , 44 ,
55 , 60 , and 75 , have lost both parents , and No . / 3 , seeing that his father is a lunatic , may be looked upon as in the same unfortunate position . Of the rest , three—Nos . 11 , 26 , and 64—are motherless , and the other sixty are fatherless . In the case of No . 22 there are no less than ten
children dependent for support on their parents , both of whom are living ; No . 3 G is ono of nine dependent on their mother , and there are many belonging to families of eight , seven , six , and five children all dependent on their
parent or parents . In thirteen cases the fathers have contributed to the funds of , or acted as Stewards for , one or more of our Institutions , and one of the thirteen is also a Life Governor of a local Masonic Educational Institution .
No . 26 has had a brother in the School , and Nos . 31 , 33 , 34 , and 56 havo each a brother there now , while Nos . 32 , 59 , and 67 have each a sister in the Girls' School . Ten , as enumerated at the head of tho list of candidates , havo this one chance only of getting into tho Institution , and
one of these is a new candidate . Twenty-four of the boys hail from London , and one owes allegiance to London and the Province of Essex . The other fifty-three are thus distributed among Provinces at home and Districts abroad . Lincolnshire sends up five , and East Lancashire
four candidates . Devonshire , North and East Yorkshire , North Wales and Salop , Kent , and Somersetshire havo three candidates each , while Hants and Isle of Wight , Essex , Bengal , Warwickshire , Bristol , Suffolk , South Wales East Division , and West Yorkshire , acknowledge each two .
The remaining thirteen hail from tho thirteen Provinces or Districts of South Africa , East Cumberland , and Westmoreland , West Indies , Northampton , Norfolk , Malta , Staffordshire , Dorsetshire , Monmouthshire , South Wales
West Division , New Zealand , Durham , and Cheshire . One candidate , No . 1 , has been an applicant on six previous occasions ; but he has only 35 votes to his credit . Nos . 2 , 3 , and 4 have made five prev ious attempts , and No . 3 has 1655 votes to his credit . The two that follow have already
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The School Elections
THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS
TO-DAY and Monday next -will be held tbe Quarterly General Courts of our two Schools , and at the conclusion of the ordinary business there will take place the regular half-yearly elections by ballot to fill up the
vacancies which havo occurred in tho ranks of the pupils during tho past six months , and likewise those additional appointments which have received the sanction of the two c-ovoi'ninQ- bodies . It is the election to the GMs' School
which comes oft first , and , therefore , we give priority of attention to those points in connection with the candidates and thoir claims which we customaril y take note of . . In respect of numbers thero are twent yfour candidates and eighteen vacancies , which latter ,
in the not improbable event of Lieut .-Col . Creaton ' s motion being carried , will bo increased to nineteen . The smallness of the number of candidates , which is remarkable if we can compare it with the number of applicants for admission into the Boys' School , is easily accounted for . It will be in tho recollection of our readers
that last year it was determined to enlarge the premises so as to provide accommodation for an addition of fifty pupils or thereabouts to those already authorised . At the last October election there were fifty candidates and thirty-five of these were admitted . Consequently only fifteen of the
applicants wore left out to carry the votes they had received and the claims they might possess for further support to future elections . These fifteen havo been since reduced to fourteen by the operation of tho law Avhich requires all applicants to be trader eleven years of age at the
time of the election . Ten fresh candidates have been added to the list , and tho candidates , therefore , muster , as we said , twenty-four . Of these , 21 has both parents living , while No . 18 has lost both , and No . 9 has a stepmother . In all the other cases the fathers
of tho girls are dead . No . 1 on the list has been a candidate at four previous elections , has two sisters in the Institution , and has standing to her credit 215 votes . The three next have tried three times already , and in the case of Nos . 2 and 4 we remark that the present is their last
chance of success , as both will have attained the maximum limit of age before another election can be held . No . 2 , moreover , has a sister in the Institution already . There stand to tho credit of these girls 141 , 396 , and 283 respectively . The eight following havo made two
previous attempts to obtain admission into the School . No . 0 has one sister , and No . 8 . two sisters at present on the roll of pupils , and No . 7 has a brother in tho Boys ' School . Two of these , Nos . 9 and 12 , have 419 votes to their credit ; No . 7 has 418 ; No . 5 , 317 ; No . 11 , 217
No . 6 , 187 ; No . 8 , 11 G ; and No . 10 , only 11 votes ; Nos . 13 and 14 were candidates for tho first time last October , and the former obtained 187 , the latter 405 , which are to the good at this , and in the event of non-success , at . future trials . No . 14 , it should be noted , has a brother in the Boys '
School . Of the ten new candidates , Nos . 15 , 20 , and 22 have each a sister in the School and in the case of Nos . 18 and 22 this will be their last , as it is their first chance of success . The parents of three of the children have been contributors to , or acted as Stewards in raising funds for ,
the Institution . Eight , or exactly one-third of the candidates , belong to London ; two hail from Lincolnshire East , and two from the Province of Hants and the Isle of Wight ; the remaining twelve are from Lancashire West , Bristol , Devonshire , Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , Essex ,
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Warwickshire , Notts , Somerset , Yorkshire W ., Durham , and Singapore ( District of Eastern Archipelago ) . Wo wish it were possible that tho whole of the children could be elected , but it is a satisfaction to know that there is room for at least three-fourths of the number .
Passing now to the Boys' School election , which will be held on Monday , tho appearance of things is not satisfactory , to this extent at least , that , though there is the largo number of vacancies and additional appointments amounting together to thirty , there is the still moro formidable
array of seventy-eight candidates . Thus , while only six or it may be five of the little girls will be left out , forty-eight boys must bo unsuccessful ; in other words , throo out of every four girl candidates must succeed , and eight out of every thirteen boy candidates must fail . This is partly to
be accounted for by the fact we have already noticed , namely , that last October thirty-five girls wero taken into the School , so that only three out of every ten failed . On the other hand , there were only ten boys elected out of sixty-six , so that fifty-six were disappointed , and of these
fifty-six , no less than ten havo been removed from the list for this ballot , owing to their being over eleven years of age . Thus of the seventy-eight candidates now about to compote for admission , forty-six remain from last October , while the remaining thirty-two have been placed on the list in
the course of the last six months . Eight of the Boys—Numbers 3 , 13 , 15 , 18 , 22 , 43 , 51 , 53—havo both parents living , but in tho case of No . 15 the father is paralysed , and in the case of No . 18 the mother has been deserted since 1871 . Seven , namely , Nos . 9 , 28 , 37 , 44 ,
55 , 60 , and 75 , have lost both parents , and No . / 3 , seeing that his father is a lunatic , may be looked upon as in the same unfortunate position . Of the rest , three—Nos . 11 , 26 , and 64—are motherless , and the other sixty are fatherless . In the case of No . 22 there are no less than ten
children dependent for support on their parents , both of whom are living ; No . 3 G is ono of nine dependent on their mother , and there are many belonging to families of eight , seven , six , and five children all dependent on their
parent or parents . In thirteen cases the fathers have contributed to the funds of , or acted as Stewards for , one or more of our Institutions , and one of the thirteen is also a Life Governor of a local Masonic Educational Institution .
No . 26 has had a brother in the School , and Nos . 31 , 33 , 34 , and 56 havo each a brother there now , while Nos . 32 , 59 , and 67 have each a sister in the Girls' School . Ten , as enumerated at the head of tho list of candidates , havo this one chance only of getting into tho Institution , and
one of these is a new candidate . Twenty-four of the boys hail from London , and one owes allegiance to London and the Province of Essex . The other fifty-three are thus distributed among Provinces at home and Districts abroad . Lincolnshire sends up five , and East Lancashire
four candidates . Devonshire , North and East Yorkshire , North Wales and Salop , Kent , and Somersetshire havo three candidates each , while Hants and Isle of Wight , Essex , Bengal , Warwickshire , Bristol , Suffolk , South Wales East Division , and West Yorkshire , acknowledge each two .
The remaining thirteen hail from tho thirteen Provinces or Districts of South Africa , East Cumberland , and Westmoreland , West Indies , Northampton , Norfolk , Malta , Staffordshire , Dorsetshire , Monmouthshire , South Wales
West Division , New Zealand , Durham , and Cheshire . One candidate , No . 1 , has been an applicant on six previous occasions ; but he has only 35 votes to his credit . Nos . 2 , 3 , and 4 have made five prev ious attempts , and No . 3 has 1655 votes to his credit . The two that follow have already