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The Approaching Election For The Girls' School.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION FOR THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
CONTINUING our review of those who are eligible to take part in the two elections for the Masonic Educational Institutions to he held this month , we have now to consider the candidates on the list for
the Girls' School , the election for which is fixed to take place on Saturday , the 27 th instant , when 74 candidates are expected to go to the poll . The declared vacancies to be filled on this occasion
are seventeen , but there is a proposition before the Governors and Subscribers to increase the roll of children provided for in the Institution by twenty , and as this proposition is almost certain to be carried ,
we may consider the number to be elected on the 27 th as thirty-seven , thus providing for exactly half of the candidates on the list , a state of affairs which must be regarded with the greatest satisfaction , both by the parents and friends of the candidates , as well
as by the large number of Craftsmen who , by the liberality of their contributions to the funds of the Institution , have rendered possible the proposed extension of the Charity . Of the seventy-four candidates there are seven who now appeal for the last time their age will allow , two
of them being new to the present list , and the other five standing over from previous contests . No . 1 , Georgina Balch , has taken part in the last three elections , and has secured 1520 votes as the result
thereof . She has had a sister in the Institution , and is one of a family of two children , of whom one is partially provided for . Her father was an initiate of the Eoyal Clarence Lodge , No . 976 , Somersetshire ,
and subscribed thereto until his death , m November 1880 . Her mother is also dead , so that the case is really one of the most deserving it is possible to imagine , and we are very pleased to think there
is an almost certainty of the child being elected at the coming contest . No . 13 , Adelaide Howett Jane Harling , one of five children dependent on a
widowed mother , comes forward for the third time , with ~ 2564 votes to her credit . Her father was initiated in the Clapton Lodge , No . 1365 , and was Inner Guard thereof at the time of his death , in 1887 .
No . 14 , Priscilla Minnie Swaebe , is also one of five fatherless children , and , like the case just referred to , she has taken part in the last two elections , but so far her friends have only been able to record 788
votes on her behalf , a number which will have to be considerably augmented at the coming contest to render her admission anything of a certainty . Her father was initiated in the Jonna Lodge . No . 188 .
and subsequently joined the Euphrates Lodge , No . 212 , both of London , and in the two had a record of 22 | years membership of the Craft . We hope his
daughter will receive sufficient support at the coming election to render her eligible for the benefits of the Institution she is now a candidate for . No . 41 ,
The Approaching Election For The Girls' School.
Margaret Ellen May Eoberts , was a candidate in October last , and on that occasion 558 votes were placed to her credit . Her father was initiated in The Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , London , and
subsequently joined No . 1702 , in the Province of Middlesex . The mother , who was left a widow nearly a year ago , has eight children dependent on her , but we hope
that after this month ' s contest she will be relieved of her responsibility in regard to the one now eligible for the Girls' School . No . 49 , Beatrice Cochrane , had
but 14 votes polled on her behalf at the last election , when she was a candidate for the first time . Her father was initiated in the Newcastle-on-Tyne Lodge . No . 24 , in October 1868 , and subsequently joined No . 1676 , both in the Province of Northumberland . He
rose to the dignity of Past Master of No . 1676 , and received Provincial honours at the hands of his District Euler . He has left two children dependent
on his widow , who , we hope , will be supported at the coming contest in such a manner as to ensure the admission of her child to the benefits of the Institution . If the Province with which the father was associated takes up the case , and we have no reason to doubt their doing so , admission is almost certain ,
although as is known to all who take an interest in the elections , considerable exertion will be necessary to ensure success . No . 58 , Ellen . Eveline May , and No . 67 , Edith Fanny Hattie Cullis , are the other last application cases , and both are new to the present list . The former is one of three children dependent
on a widowed mother , two of them being partially provided for . The father was made a Mason in the Loyalty Lodge , No . 358 , Bermuda , and subsequently joined Nos . 1428 and 407 , thus becoming associated
with the Province of Hampshire and Isle of Wight , and the District of Malta . He was D . G . Standard Bearer in the Grand Lodge of the latter . No . 67 is
an especially deserving case , she having neither parent living , and the present being her last chance . She is one of three children dependent on friends , left by a brother admitted in the Palladian Lodge , No . 120 , Herefordshire . Her father died in February of last
year , and we sincerely trust his association with the Masonic Order may prove of benefit to his children now that they are left in such distressful
circumstances . Among the remaining cases are six where the applicants have each lost both parents . No . 11 , Laura Amelia Thaw , now applies for the third time , and brings forward 1701 votes from the elections in
which she has taken part . She has a brother in the Boys' School and there are yet two of her family unprovided for . Her father was initiated in the Capper Lodsre . No . 1076 . London , and subscribed thereto for
1 \ years . No . 24 , Eliza Pether , is an only child left by an old member of the Eccleston Lodge , No . 1624 , London . She was a candidate at the last election ,
and on that occasion 1134 votes were polled on her behalf , a result which augurs well for her success at the coming contest . No . 28 , Bertha Johnston , was
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The Approaching Election For The Girls' School.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION FOR THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
CONTINUING our review of those who are eligible to take part in the two elections for the Masonic Educational Institutions to he held this month , we have now to consider the candidates on the list for
the Girls' School , the election for which is fixed to take place on Saturday , the 27 th instant , when 74 candidates are expected to go to the poll . The declared vacancies to be filled on this occasion
are seventeen , but there is a proposition before the Governors and Subscribers to increase the roll of children provided for in the Institution by twenty , and as this proposition is almost certain to be carried ,
we may consider the number to be elected on the 27 th as thirty-seven , thus providing for exactly half of the candidates on the list , a state of affairs which must be regarded with the greatest satisfaction , both by the parents and friends of the candidates , as well
as by the large number of Craftsmen who , by the liberality of their contributions to the funds of the Institution , have rendered possible the proposed extension of the Charity . Of the seventy-four candidates there are seven who now appeal for the last time their age will allow , two
of them being new to the present list , and the other five standing over from previous contests . No . 1 , Georgina Balch , has taken part in the last three elections , and has secured 1520 votes as the result
thereof . She has had a sister in the Institution , and is one of a family of two children , of whom one is partially provided for . Her father was an initiate of the Eoyal Clarence Lodge , No . 976 , Somersetshire ,
and subscribed thereto until his death , m November 1880 . Her mother is also dead , so that the case is really one of the most deserving it is possible to imagine , and we are very pleased to think there
is an almost certainty of the child being elected at the coming contest . No . 13 , Adelaide Howett Jane Harling , one of five children dependent on a
widowed mother , comes forward for the third time , with ~ 2564 votes to her credit . Her father was initiated in the Clapton Lodge , No . 1365 , and was Inner Guard thereof at the time of his death , in 1887 .
No . 14 , Priscilla Minnie Swaebe , is also one of five fatherless children , and , like the case just referred to , she has taken part in the last two elections , but so far her friends have only been able to record 788
votes on her behalf , a number which will have to be considerably augmented at the coming contest to render her admission anything of a certainty . Her father was initiated in the Jonna Lodge . No . 188 .
and subsequently joined the Euphrates Lodge , No . 212 , both of London , and in the two had a record of 22 | years membership of the Craft . We hope his
daughter will receive sufficient support at the coming election to render her eligible for the benefits of the Institution she is now a candidate for . No . 41 ,
The Approaching Election For The Girls' School.
Margaret Ellen May Eoberts , was a candidate in October last , and on that occasion 558 votes were placed to her credit . Her father was initiated in The Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , London , and
subsequently joined No . 1702 , in the Province of Middlesex . The mother , who was left a widow nearly a year ago , has eight children dependent on her , but we hope
that after this month ' s contest she will be relieved of her responsibility in regard to the one now eligible for the Girls' School . No . 49 , Beatrice Cochrane , had
but 14 votes polled on her behalf at the last election , when she was a candidate for the first time . Her father was initiated in the Newcastle-on-Tyne Lodge . No . 24 , in October 1868 , and subsequently joined No . 1676 , both in the Province of Northumberland . He
rose to the dignity of Past Master of No . 1676 , and received Provincial honours at the hands of his District Euler . He has left two children dependent
on his widow , who , we hope , will be supported at the coming contest in such a manner as to ensure the admission of her child to the benefits of the Institution . If the Province with which the father was associated takes up the case , and we have no reason to doubt their doing so , admission is almost certain ,
although as is known to all who take an interest in the elections , considerable exertion will be necessary to ensure success . No . 58 , Ellen . Eveline May , and No . 67 , Edith Fanny Hattie Cullis , are the other last application cases , and both are new to the present list . The former is one of three children dependent
on a widowed mother , two of them being partially provided for . The father was made a Mason in the Loyalty Lodge , No . 358 , Bermuda , and subsequently joined Nos . 1428 and 407 , thus becoming associated
with the Province of Hampshire and Isle of Wight , and the District of Malta . He was D . G . Standard Bearer in the Grand Lodge of the latter . No . 67 is
an especially deserving case , she having neither parent living , and the present being her last chance . She is one of three children dependent on friends , left by a brother admitted in the Palladian Lodge , No . 120 , Herefordshire . Her father died in February of last
year , and we sincerely trust his association with the Masonic Order may prove of benefit to his children now that they are left in such distressful
circumstances . Among the remaining cases are six where the applicants have each lost both parents . No . 11 , Laura Amelia Thaw , now applies for the third time , and brings forward 1701 votes from the elections in
which she has taken part . She has a brother in the Boys' School and there are yet two of her family unprovided for . Her father was initiated in the Capper Lodsre . No . 1076 . London , and subscribed thereto for
1 \ years . No . 24 , Eliza Pether , is an only child left by an old member of the Eccleston Lodge , No . 1624 , London . She was a candidate at the last election ,
and on that occasion 1134 votes were polled on her behalf , a result which augurs well for her success at the coming contest . No . 28 , Bertha Johnston , was