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room , aud •) -u-tt ' ore t ' lo position of the kitchen near the dinine-room was the Lost , place for it . The estimated cost of this would be £ 7000 . This was not only tbe kitchen , bnt the Matron ' s room , cooking classrooms , and bed- rooms for all the servants , whioh would be a very extensive building . The next proposition was for converting the present

large school-room in the Alexandra ' - / ing into a dining hall . That cost nothing . 3 . Converting the present dining hail and cooking olass-room into one large school-room , by removing the intermediate wall , and thus enlarging the dormitory over , and gaining space for

eight more beds . 4 . Building a new large school-room about 76 feet by 22 feet adjoining the last , with—5 . Large dormitories over , capable of affording sleeping accommodation ( with 45 feet superficial area to each ) for seventy-six children , with the necessary lavatories , & o ., & c . The estimated cost of all that was £ 5000 . Then covering the present

asphalte court with wide and airy passages , day lavatories , latrines , and boot-room ; that would be a very great advantage , affording a covered connection with all parts of the building ; that would cost £ 1400 . The building of the Centenary Hall , nnder scheme B , would cost £ 5000 . If the Committee had adopted scheme C , it wonld cost

£ 7000 , because the building would stand by itself and there would be certain architectural requirements which would add verv considerably to the expense . He wonld now allude to the Medical Officer's Report , tbe principal part of which was in the hands of the brethren , and it showed the absolute necessity that something should be done . Now

that the Report had been put before the Committee , it threw a vast responsibility npon them . The School was overcrowded ; and if an epidemic should break out there , the Committee wonld be responsible after this notice bad been given them . The School was crowded far more than any building under the direction of Government

Officers , and of those who had the superintendence of those buildings . The Committee felt it was a great responsibility . It was therefore absolutely necessary to make the alterations , for unless they carried tbemoot they would have to stop any more children coming into the school until they came down to suoh a number as to be within the

requirements of the Medical Officers . These alterations amounted altogether to £ 19 , 000 , so that they would see that Bro . Tew was far beyond the mark in his apprehensions . Bro . Tew also said the expense of £ 30 , C 00 was to be incurred for an additional 75 girls ; bat this was another misleading statement , because it was really for

over 100 children , which was reduced to 75 if yon took 30 off to give fche requisite space to be allowed to each child . Bro . J . A . Birch said ifc was £ 19 , 000 , in addition to the £ 2000 for fche Junior School . Bro . Fenn said that was so . He might say that although this scheme proposed the addition of bed-rooms and dormitories , it was not impera .

tive on the Committee tbat these should be filled directly ; it was only necessary that they should be filled as occasion might require . But having the future before them , and judging of it by the past , it seemed requisite to provide for extending the usefulness of the

School aa Masonry increased . It would be folly , while they were about ifc and had the means of increasing the dormitory accommodation , that they should neglect that opportunity . Of course they could do without tbe new dormitories proposed to be built over the school-room and where the kitchen was . Bnt as it stood between the

great hall and the other part of the building , the expense was so small that , as he said before , ifc would be folly in them not to avail themselves of the opportunity of building these two rooms . Just

one more remark . He had heard some say that it would be a great deal better to remove the School further out into the country than to go to this expense at once . He hoped that no such suggestion would be made . He had been a member of this House Committee bat a short

time , but long enough to know how ably it conducted the affairs of fche School , how devoted the members of the Committee were to the Institution's interest , running down on all occasions , on weekdays or Sundays ; whenever they found a convenient moment they would go down there and see what was going on . The Chairman of the month

was almost always there ; he was at the beck and call of the matron , and Miss Davis , the head governess . Now it would be impossible to do this if the building were twenty miles away from London . The subscribers had the greatest security for the proper conduct of this School iu the constant supervision of the House Committee .

Moreover , why should the Institution go to the country ? Ifc was at present in the most healthy parfc of London ; they conld not have a more healthy place ; it could nofc be enclosed any more than it was now , and there was plenty of room for the School , even in its expanded form . If it wonld meet the objection which had been made

or shadowed forth by Bro . Tew , he and others might possibly feel more assured that the Committee were not rushing this report through the Quarterly Court , if be stated he had no objection to add to his motion tbe rider , " subject to any modification which after due consideration may be deemed desirable by a future Quarterly

Court , " so that no money might be spent withont the consent of a future Quarterly Court , which could make any alteration in this scheme at a future date . It was brought on now because it was necessary at once to come before the Craft with some proposition for celebrating the Centenary of the Institntion .

Bro . Henry Smith , Deputy Prov . G . M . West Yorks , submitted that it was for want of full information that the misconception which had heen alluded to had risen in the provinces . Bro . Tew wrote a letter for information . He ( Bro . H . Smith ) did not come there to complain ; on the contrary , he c . ime to support th « Committee in every possible

way . The report was practically read because all items were referred to by Bro . Fenn . But it was impossible to understand the plan which was annexed to the report . He knew fh ; it the beds in the dormitories for years had been overcrowded , ancl that at least 30 ought to have come out . Therefore it was a very wise thing at this

tune when there was a chance of getting extra funds to take advantage of the opportunity to bring the present sUte of things into a Satisfactory condition . Tbe desire of the Committee should be to

¦ Make the Institution equal if not superior t ¦ any other institution in the country . The subscribers did not want them to waste money , but only to see that the Institution was second to none . A plan ¦ which could be more easily understood , whioh would give a proper

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di .-h-. ' " -i , „[ the rooms , and on a larger scale , should be senfconfc , and the sooner it was sent out the better . There was nothing would disabuse the minds of people who had not been associated with the Committee of any misapprehension so much as a proper plan , and then making them fully acquainted

with the whole circumstances . Eventually , however much money might increase from time to time , at present it was not intended to exceed the amount asked . Bro . Frank Richardson P . G . D . seconded the proposition of Bro . Fenn , and after a few remark * from other brethren , the motion was seconded and carried . The Chairman then

stilted that there were four last applications on fche list , one of whioh he was told was safe . He should divide his 400 votes among the other three . Scrutineers were next appoiuted , and the election of sixteen girls out of a list of 30 candidates was proceeded with . A list of those successful will be found on another page ; we give here the names of those unsuccessful , with the nnmber of votes each polled t—

Name . Votes . Martin , Lily 1619 Freeman , Maud Mary ... ... ... ... 1605 Webster , Ruby Rosetta ... ... ... ... 844 Boning , Sate Lilian ... ... .. ... 487 Stuff , Henrietta Ada ... ... ... ... 444 Tink , Mary Melita .. ... ... ... ... 441

BaL-h , Georgina ... ... ... ... 384 Bmce , Mary Elizabeth ... ... . _ ... 372 Bis ^ ett , Sarah ... ... ... ... ... 234 Gee ch , Nora ... ... ... ... ... 181 Tettenborn , Olga Katinka ... ... ... .., 145 Wilkinson , Jane Routledge ... ... ... ... 125 Campbell , Fanny Clark ... ... ... ... 106 Heriatt , Mary Elizabeth ... ... ... ... 30

KOYAL MASONIO INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . TH E October Quarterly Conrt was held on Monday , afc Freemasons ' Tavern , Bro . Richard Eve , G . Treasurer , presiding . The minutes of tbe former Quarterly Court having been read and confirmed , summaries of the other Committees since that date were read for information . The report of the Committee on the alteration of the .

days of elections was also read . This recommended that the Quarterly Courts of the Boys' School should be held on the last Friday in January , April , July , and October , and thafc fche similar Courts of the Girls' Institution shonld be held the day following . The report was adopted . Bro . J . A . Biroh ( Manchester ) moved that the

Committee already appointed be continued till the alterations consequent on tha adoption of this report , which must be made in the printed laws of the Institution , are made . The motion was seconded , put , and c irried . Bro . EJgar Bowyer P . G . Standard Bearer , for Bro . Joyce Murray Vice-Patron , on behalf of the House Committee , moved : —

" That an additional vacancy be declared , to be filled np by the election of an additional candidate , at the Quarterly Court on the 10 th October 1887 . " Bro . McKay seconded the motion , whioh was carried . Bro . Binckes informed the Court that the reason for bring . ing this motion forward was that a boy of the name of Whitaker ,

who was elected two years ago , was taken ill immediately afterwards , and laft on account of ill-health . He had been ill ever since , and his death was an occurrence daily expected . Under no circumstances could he return to the School , and therefore it was proposed to elect )

a boy to occupy his place . The Scrutineers of votes were then appointed , and the election of twelve boys ont of a list of fifty-four candidates was proceeded with . As in the case of the Girls' School , we give the names of those unsuccessful , with the number of votes polled : —

Name ; Forward . Polled . B Total . Mossop , Charles Irwin ... ... 2145 2145 Cheek , Henry Cecil ... ... 2129 2129 Cable , David William Ewart ... 1262 827 2089 Brown , Walter Herbert ... ... 1914 1914

Le Gros , Francis ... .. ... 1046 634 1680 Davey , Atthnr Ernest ... ... 1622 1622 Gallott , George Louis Granville ... 1450 1450 Ball , Charles ... 747 670 1417 * McCoy , Bwart Gilbert ... ... 208 964 1172

Wood , Joseph ... ... ... 843 85 928 Chinneck , Robert Percy ... ... 912 912 Staff , Henry James ... ... 877 877 Tnrner , Francis Pater ... ... 243 607 850 Gray , Harold 505 247 752

Lawrence , Harry ... ... 748 748 Gaches , Vernon Peed ... ... 669 669 Green , Charles William ... ... 150 463 614 Baylis , Stanley ... ... ... 584 582 Crane , Arthur Hughes ... ... 552 557

* Couoh , Cyril Courtenay ... ... 258 199 450 Carr , Samuel ... ... ... 450 454 Murley , Ernest ... ... ... 384 382 Bosco , Wallace i ' eter Charles ... 372 378 Crompton , Arthur Oswald ... ... 348 349

Kemp , Arthur Howard ... ... 309 307 Grimsey , Aifchur Henry ... ... 277 276 Fursey , Samuel Henry Reginald ... 104 142 249 ? Cannon , George ... ... ... 92 87 179 Nankivell , Ernest William ... ... 178 178

Burgess , Edgar Holmes ... ... 52 90 142 Scott , Frederick William John ... 113 5 118 Jennings , William John ... ... 105 105 * Elford , Bertram ... ... ... 84 84 Siggers , Clement ... ... 20 15 35 The remaining 8 candidates polled between them only 83 votes .