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The Elections To The Boys' And Girls' Schools.
THE ELECTIONS TO THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS .
TO-DAY and Monday will be fraught with , important consequences to many of our friends , who ever since last April have been labouring hard to secure the admission into one or other of our Schools of their proteges , and the hopes they havo been nursing for some months will be
realised or dashed to the ground . We wish it were possible that none of those interested in the elections which are fixed for these two days—who will throng the hall and rooms in Freemasons' Hall—might wend their way homewards fall of sorrow at the destruction of their fondest
hopes , but this cannot be . Of the fifty candidates for the Girls' School , fifteen must suffer defeat ; while of the sixtyseven candidates for the Boys' School , the large number of fifty-eight , or , in the event of Bro . Roebuck's motion being carried , fifty-seven must be rejected . In both cases the
majority of those who fail will have this consolation—that they have other opportunities of seeking admission . Still , the knowledge that a defeat may be repaired does not , at the moment , lessen the regret which is inevitable . We will
now in accordance with our usual custom , give a short sketch of the list of candidates , and the claims they severally have on the sympathy and support of the electors . And first , as to the Girls' School s the election for which takes place to-day .
We have already said there are fifty candidates , who will compete among themselves for thirty-five vacancies . Of these there are thirty-nine who have tried once or more than once before , and have , therefore , in most instances more or fewer votes already to the good . One has been a
candidate five times , and has ( 07 votes recorded for her Eight have tried three times , and the votes carried forward range from 870 for No . 9 , to 160 for No . 3 . Eight have stood twice , of whom No . 17 has 697 votes , and No . 11 only 62 . The next twenty-two were candidates for the
first time in April last , and No . 2 / has 466 votes , No . 34 384 votes , No . 39 10 votes , No . 31 3 votes , while no votes at all were polled last time for either Nos . 22 , 30 , or 38 . The number of new candidates is eleven , and there are four out of the fifty who if they are unsuccessful to-day
will have no further chance allowed them , as they will have exceeded the maximum limit of age . These are No . 4 , with 323 votes to the good ; No . 15 , with 217 : No . 26 , with 35 ; and No . 28 , with 211 . One candidate ( No . 4 ) has lost both her parents , and one ( No . 29 ) has a stepmother
living ; eight have both parents living , thirty-nine have lost their father , and one has lost her mother . Twent ytwo hail from the Metropolitan District , twenty-six from the Provinces , one from Singapore , and one from tho 14 th Regiment of Foot . Of the Provincial candidates , Devonshire
furnishes three ; Lincolnshire , Somersetshire , Yorkshire W ,, Yorkshire N . and E ., Lancashire W ., Lancashire E ., and Hants and Isle of Wight furnish each two ; while the remaining nine are distributed among as many Provinces , to wit , Staffordshire , Cumberland and Westmoreland , Durham
Kent , Sussex , Notts , Bristol , Middlesex , and Suffolk . In eleven cases the father had contributed to , or served the office of Steward at one or more Festivals of , one or other of our Institutions , while the number of years the father
had been a subscribing member of one or more Lodges ranges from twenty six in the case of No . 49 , to threequarters of a year in the case of No . 13 , he in the latter case having died without completing a year ' s membership . A further glance at the list will show that
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in very many instances tho father had obtained Lodge honours , and in a few instances Provincial honours were superadded . Three of the girls have each one sister , and two each two sisters already in the Institution ; one has had a sister in the School , and four have had each
a brother in the Boys' School . The occupations of tho parents aro as various as are their claims to support , ono having served his country in the capacity of Major General in the Royal Artillery , while six have filled , or fill , the
position of Licensed Victualler . Such are the few particulars which it seems desirable to record of the candidates for the Girls' School , and we can only hope that the most meritorious cases may stand at the head of the poll .
For the Boys' School , there is an unusually long list of candidates , while , unfortunately , there is but a very limited number of vacancies , so that at the very least fifty-seven must be sent away disappointed on Monday ,
for which day the election to this Institution is fixed . Of the sixty-seven candidates , one , the boy Oox who stands No . 1 on the list , has already tried unsuccessfully on seven pi'evions elections , and has carried forward to his account 551 votes . Nos . 2 and 3 have tried and failed at five
previous elections , No . 2 having 360 votes to the good and No . 3 only 33 . The six that follow have made four previous attempts to get admitted , and the number of votes to their credit severally ranges from 997 in the case of No . 7 , down to as low as 26 in the case of No . 5 , and 8 in the
case of No . 9 . The two next in order of sequence have been candidates at three elections , hut while No . 10 has as many as 1 , 141 votes to the good , No . 11 has only as few as 27 . The fourteen that follow have tried twice before , and of these No . 14 has already polled 1 , 482 votes , No . 25 ,
1 , 039 votes , and No . 16 only 10 votes , while unfortunate No . 15 has secured only three . There are ten boys who were candidates in April last , of whom No . 40 then polled 940 votes , No . 33 726 votes , and 39 701 votes , but No . 30 was able to secure only 10 votes , No . 34 4 votes ,
and No . 26 exactly 2 votes , No . 37 being still more unfortunate , as he , poor little fellow , obtained no support whatever , so that he will be on Monday to all intents and purposes a new candidate . So far we have accounted for forty Boys , the remainder , twenty-seven in number , being
candidates for the first time , but the name of one of these , who stands No . 55 on the list , has been withdrawn since the voting papers were issued . There , are seven whose names will of necessit y be removed from the list should they fail to win a place among the successful ones . These
are Nos . 1 ( Cox ) , ( 2 Gurney ) , 5 ( Evans ) , 0 * ( Williams ) , 9 ( Morley ) , i 9 ( Fairman ) , and 31 ( Denton ) . There are five who havo lost both father and mother , while one has lost his mother , and his father is set down on the list as " paralyzed . " Ten have both parents living , but in the case of
No . 24 the father is paralyzed , and in that of No . 30 it is written , "the mother been deserted since 1871 . " Fort yeight of the boys have lost their father , and two are motherless . Twenty-two of thoso on the list belong to London , and one to Lancashire E . and London . Of the
remaining forty-three—No . 55 , hailing from Cambridgeshire , having , as we have said already , had his name withdrawn—Lancashire E . furnishes four candidates , Devonshire and Warwickshire three each . H ^ nts and Isle of Wight , Kent , Lincolnshire , Northamptonshire , N .
Wales and Salop , Staffordshire , and Yorkshire N . and E . send each two . Dorsetshire and Gloucestershire have ono candidate between them . Bristol , Cheshire , Cornwall , Cumberland and Westmoreland , Essex , Middlesex , Norfolk , S . Wales E . Div ., Suffolk , Sussex , Wilts , and Yorkshire W .,
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The Elections To The Boys' And Girls' Schools.
THE ELECTIONS TO THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS .
TO-DAY and Monday will be fraught with , important consequences to many of our friends , who ever since last April have been labouring hard to secure the admission into one or other of our Schools of their proteges , and the hopes they havo been nursing for some months will be
realised or dashed to the ground . We wish it were possible that none of those interested in the elections which are fixed for these two days—who will throng the hall and rooms in Freemasons' Hall—might wend their way homewards fall of sorrow at the destruction of their fondest
hopes , but this cannot be . Of the fifty candidates for the Girls' School , fifteen must suffer defeat ; while of the sixtyseven candidates for the Boys' School , the large number of fifty-eight , or , in the event of Bro . Roebuck's motion being carried , fifty-seven must be rejected . In both cases the
majority of those who fail will have this consolation—that they have other opportunities of seeking admission . Still , the knowledge that a defeat may be repaired does not , at the moment , lessen the regret which is inevitable . We will
now in accordance with our usual custom , give a short sketch of the list of candidates , and the claims they severally have on the sympathy and support of the electors . And first , as to the Girls' School s the election for which takes place to-day .
We have already said there are fifty candidates , who will compete among themselves for thirty-five vacancies . Of these there are thirty-nine who have tried once or more than once before , and have , therefore , in most instances more or fewer votes already to the good . One has been a
candidate five times , and has ( 07 votes recorded for her Eight have tried three times , and the votes carried forward range from 870 for No . 9 , to 160 for No . 3 . Eight have stood twice , of whom No . 17 has 697 votes , and No . 11 only 62 . The next twenty-two were candidates for the
first time in April last , and No . 2 / has 466 votes , No . 34 384 votes , No . 39 10 votes , No . 31 3 votes , while no votes at all were polled last time for either Nos . 22 , 30 , or 38 . The number of new candidates is eleven , and there are four out of the fifty who if they are unsuccessful to-day
will have no further chance allowed them , as they will have exceeded the maximum limit of age . These are No . 4 , with 323 votes to the good ; No . 15 , with 217 : No . 26 , with 35 ; and No . 28 , with 211 . One candidate ( No . 4 ) has lost both her parents , and one ( No . 29 ) has a stepmother
living ; eight have both parents living , thirty-nine have lost their father , and one has lost her mother . Twent ytwo hail from the Metropolitan District , twenty-six from the Provinces , one from Singapore , and one from tho 14 th Regiment of Foot . Of the Provincial candidates , Devonshire
furnishes three ; Lincolnshire , Somersetshire , Yorkshire W ,, Yorkshire N . and E ., Lancashire W ., Lancashire E ., and Hants and Isle of Wight furnish each two ; while the remaining nine are distributed among as many Provinces , to wit , Staffordshire , Cumberland and Westmoreland , Durham
Kent , Sussex , Notts , Bristol , Middlesex , and Suffolk . In eleven cases the father had contributed to , or served the office of Steward at one or more Festivals of , one or other of our Institutions , while the number of years the father
had been a subscribing member of one or more Lodges ranges from twenty six in the case of No . 49 , to threequarters of a year in the case of No . 13 , he in the latter case having died without completing a year ' s membership . A further glance at the list will show that
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in very many instances tho father had obtained Lodge honours , and in a few instances Provincial honours were superadded . Three of the girls have each one sister , and two each two sisters already in the Institution ; one has had a sister in the School , and four have had each
a brother in the Boys' School . The occupations of tho parents aro as various as are their claims to support , ono having served his country in the capacity of Major General in the Royal Artillery , while six have filled , or fill , the
position of Licensed Victualler . Such are the few particulars which it seems desirable to record of the candidates for the Girls' School , and we can only hope that the most meritorious cases may stand at the head of the poll .
For the Boys' School , there is an unusually long list of candidates , while , unfortunately , there is but a very limited number of vacancies , so that at the very least fifty-seven must be sent away disappointed on Monday ,
for which day the election to this Institution is fixed . Of the sixty-seven candidates , one , the boy Oox who stands No . 1 on the list , has already tried unsuccessfully on seven pi'evions elections , and has carried forward to his account 551 votes . Nos . 2 and 3 have tried and failed at five
previous elections , No . 2 having 360 votes to the good and No . 3 only 33 . The six that follow have made four previous attempts to get admitted , and the number of votes to their credit severally ranges from 997 in the case of No . 7 , down to as low as 26 in the case of No . 5 , and 8 in the
case of No . 9 . The two next in order of sequence have been candidates at three elections , hut while No . 10 has as many as 1 , 141 votes to the good , No . 11 has only as few as 27 . The fourteen that follow have tried twice before , and of these No . 14 has already polled 1 , 482 votes , No . 25 ,
1 , 039 votes , and No . 16 only 10 votes , while unfortunate No . 15 has secured only three . There are ten boys who were candidates in April last , of whom No . 40 then polled 940 votes , No . 33 726 votes , and 39 701 votes , but No . 30 was able to secure only 10 votes , No . 34 4 votes ,
and No . 26 exactly 2 votes , No . 37 being still more unfortunate , as he , poor little fellow , obtained no support whatever , so that he will be on Monday to all intents and purposes a new candidate . So far we have accounted for forty Boys , the remainder , twenty-seven in number , being
candidates for the first time , but the name of one of these , who stands No . 55 on the list , has been withdrawn since the voting papers were issued . There , are seven whose names will of necessit y be removed from the list should they fail to win a place among the successful ones . These
are Nos . 1 ( Cox ) , ( 2 Gurney ) , 5 ( Evans ) , 0 * ( Williams ) , 9 ( Morley ) , i 9 ( Fairman ) , and 31 ( Denton ) . There are five who havo lost both father and mother , while one has lost his mother , and his father is set down on the list as " paralyzed . " Ten have both parents living , but in the case of
No . 24 the father is paralyzed , and in that of No . 30 it is written , "the mother been deserted since 1871 . " Fort yeight of the boys have lost their father , and two are motherless . Twenty-two of thoso on the list belong to London , and one to Lancashire E . and London . Of the
remaining forty-three—No . 55 , hailing from Cambridgeshire , having , as we have said already , had his name withdrawn—Lancashire E . furnishes four candidates , Devonshire and Warwickshire three each . H ^ nts and Isle of Wight , Kent , Lincolnshire , Northamptonshire , N .
Wales and Salop , Staffordshire , and Yorkshire N . and E . send each two . Dorsetshire and Gloucestershire have ono candidate between them . Bristol , Cheshire , Cornwall , Cumberland and Westmoreland , Essex , Middlesex , Norfolk , S . Wales E . Div ., Suffolk , Sussex , Wilts , and Yorkshire W .,