The School Elections.

THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

• "TPHE half yearly elections for the Educational * Institutions took place on Thursday and Friday , and , as we anticipated would be the case , some very heavy polling was experienced on both occasions , but particularly so in connection with the Boys School , where more than half the successful candidates polled

upwards of 5 , 000 votes each , the first on the list securing 6 , 227 , the twelfth 5 , , the twentieth 4 , , and the lowest successful ( the twenty-third ) 2 , 958 . In the case of the Girls election the totals polled on behalf of the successful candidates ranged from 5 , 799 to 4 , 140 .

In our advertisement columns will be found full details in regard to those who were elected , the following were unsuccessful , the number of votes they polled being given .

R . M . I . GIRLS . Votes No . on Paper . Name . Forward Polled Total . 3 Moore , Jane ... 3319 732 4051 11 Joseph , Hilda ... ' 2157 1880 4037 12 Hoad , Gladys Evelyn Ellen ... 514 2369 2883

7 Smith , Ida Angela 1592 593 2185 10 Shenton , Winifred Amelia 896 1263 2159 36 Gotch , Margaret Alice 1861 1861 1 Jacobs , Josephine Charlotte ... 1042 774 1816 32 Brooks , Edith Arbery 1432 1432 27 Gibsone , Janet Louisa 1072 1072

24 Green , Elsie Beatrice 546 546 21 Collins , Jessie Helen 221 221 22 Dodd , Amy Mina 218 218 20 Kay , Margery Mellin 185 - 185 31 Palmer , Dorothy May ( last ) ... 147 147

30 Delahaye , Josephine 108 108 34 Healey , Evangeline ... 23 23 16 Holloway , Florence Beatrice ... 8 8 23 Wright , Eleanor Elizabeth ... 5 5 26 Lerpiniere , Lilian Irene 2 2 17 Wise , Sarah Elisabeth ( last ) ... Withdrawn .

R . M . I . BOYS . Votes No . on paper Namo . Forward Polled Total . 17 Leech , Vincent Oliver 2143 2143 25 Tomlinson , John Sewell ... ... 2072 2072 37 Nutting , Walter Kennedy 2044 2044

14 Jones , John Bowen 24 1966 1990 15 Payne , Lionel George 883 1036 1919 10 Downing , Lewis Wilfrid ... ... 713 778 1491 2 Sherman , Harold Mackenzie ... 325 1122 1447 27 Baynes , Henry Bobert Lambert Dacres 1152 1152

36 Palk , Cyril Edwin 1076 1076 31 Carswell , Malcolm Shanks ... 400 400 21 Blair , Hubert 99 99 3 - Hartley , Bernard ... ... ... 56 28 " ' 84 4 Broben , Gerald Grant ( last ) ... 13 66 79 12 Herapath , Cyril Alexander ... 8 1 9

Bro . Edward Terry has forwarded to the Home Secretary a memorial signed by the leading theatrical proprietors , lessees , and managers , praying that the Street Traffic Bill , now before Parliament , may be so modified that powers will not be given to alter the omnibus routes in the metropolis . ;

The presence of ladies at the banquets held in connection with the Festival of the Durham Masonic Charities lent an acceptable air of picturesqueness to the gatherings . The

arrangements were excellently carried out by the various Committees , and the result of the Festival was regarded as most satisfactory .

R.M. I. Girls.

R . M . I . GIRLS .

T 1 HE Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers was JL held on Thursday , at' Freemasons' Hall , when the Treasurer of the Institution Sir Reginald Hanson , M . P ., Past Grand Warden presided . The chairman announced the death of Colonel Tames

Peters Past Grand Sword Bearer , Patron and one of the Trustees of the Institution , who had been a very energetic worker for it for a quarter of a century . On the Chairman ' s motion , seconded by Bro . Henry Smith Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master for West Yorkshire , a vote of

condolence with Colonel Peters ' s relatives was agreed to . Sir Reginald Hanson was re-elected Treasurer , after which sixteen girls were elected into the School , out of a list of thirty-six candidates .

Sussex.

SUSSEX .

THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter was held at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Saturday , 8 th . inst ., under the presidency of the Provincial Grand Superintendent Comp . Lieutenant-General C . W . Randolph . The business included the appointment and investiture of Officers for the ensuing year .

The Chapter having been closed the Companions sat down to a banquet supplied by Messrs . Booth and Sons , of East Street . The Provincial Grand Superintendent again presided , and the customary Loyal and Arch toasts were honoured .

A musical programme , was sustained by Miss Bessie Woode , Miss Ella Leggatt , and Miss Mennick , the last named carrying out the duties of accompanist .

Durham Charity.

DURHAM CHARITY .

ONE of the biggest Masonic gatherings that ever met in : the district took place on Wednesday , at Durham , when between 500 and 600 members of the Craft , belonging to the ; Province , of Durham , came together in the ancient city , took part in an imposing procession to the Cathedral ,

were present at a memorable service within its ancient walls , and afterwards , in accordance with time-honoured precedent , dined sumptuously . The occasion was what was termed a Festival of the Durham Masonic Charities .

In connection with the Durham Province there are two funds—the Durham Masonic Fund and the Hudson Benevolent Fund . ' The Hudson Fund was established as a memorial of the services of Bro . R . Hudson Provincial Grand Secretary , and it amounted up to Wednesday to

about £ 1 , 200 , while the Durham Masonic Education Fund stood at some £ 2 , 400 . It was hoped that by this week ' s effort to raise between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , , so as to raise the Education Fund permanently to £ 3 , , the balance to be devoted to augmenting the Hudson Benevolent Fund , and putting it on a more permanent footing .

Altogether there was a total of 53 8 Stewards , most of whom attended , and , in addition , ladies who were eligible to act as Stewards were present , while there was also a

considerable contingent of Masonic Brethren who had not qualified as Stewards . The Provincial Grand Master Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., his Deputy , and many other Provincial Grand Officers were among the company .

At 2 o ' clock Brethren acting as Stewards assembled in the Tunstall Gallery and adjoining rooms in the Castle , the Lecture Hall on the Palace Green being set aside for members of the Order , not serving as Stewards , who wished