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The Girls' School Election.
four other children ; but what claims he has on his brother Masons we are unable to say—she polled 214 votes last October . No . 10 , Minnie Woodward , is another foreign case , her father having been a member of the Inhabitants Lodge , No . 153 , Gibraltar : she is one of six fatherless
children , and goes to the poll on the present occasion with 110 votes in hand . No . 2 , Kate Wortley , closes the list of second application cases ; she is one of five children now dependent on a widowed mother , the father having been a member of Marquis of Granby Lodge , No . 124 , Durham ,
and an Officer in Provincial Grand Lodge . She has only 67 votes brought forward , but her case is , we feel sure , in good hands—the brethren of the North will not let a deserving orphan be sent away as unsuccessful if it lies in their power to prevent it .
Two of the first application cases have already been disposed of , and of the remainder , No . 15 , Elizabeth Midgley , and No . 26 , G . A . I . Musgrave , perhaps call for first attention , from the fact that they are members of the largest families , each forming one of seven dependent on widowed
mothers . The former hails from West Torks , the latter from Middlesex . No . 17 , Jane Smith ( Kent ) , No . 21 , Helen Grabham ( West Lancashire ) , and No . 24 , Ada E . Fearon ( Cumberland and Westmoreland ) , follow very closely , each of their mothers having families of six dependent on them .
Fortunately , they are all accredited to good Provinces , and stand a fair chance of succeeding . The father of No . 21 ( Grabham ) , as a dramatic author , and member of the Liverpool Dramatic Lodge , should find a large body of supporters among the followers of his profession , who are
well known as among the most benevolent . Let us hope the daughter of their old comrade will be especially favoured on this occasion . No . 23 , Emily G . Carruthera , also from Cumberland , is one of five fatherless children ; while No . 13 , Jane W . Hutchings ; 14 , Florence H .
Trotman ; and 22 , Helen M . Henshaw , all of London , each form one of families of four similarly circumstanced . No . 18 , Annie L . Ochsenbein ( London ) , and No . 25 , Sylvia M . Haworth ( West Lancashire ) , come next , as members of families of three , followed by No . 16 , Mildred A . Weighton
( London ) , one of two fatherless children . The two remaining cases are , No . 19 , Edith M . Bates , and No . 28 , Caroline L . Weare , the former a London case , the latter a Leicestershire one . Each of these girls are the only children left to the care of their widowed mothers ; and ,
strange to say , the fathers of each moved in the same sphere during their lifetime , the one having been an hotel manager , the other an hotel keeper . Although they now occupy the last place on our list , we hope after the election they may have risen to that point they are entitled to on their merits .
We shall next week devote attention to the Boys' List , which , as usual , is a far more difficult undertaking than the one now brought to a conclusion .
The Recent Meeting Of Grand Lodge.
THE RECENT MEETING OF GRAND LODGE .
rpHERE are certain matters in connection with the •* - recent meeting of Grand Lodge which , in our judgment , appear to call for some comment . In describing the agenda paper , we suggested with reference to the Bulwer Lodge , No . 1068 , Cairo , that , as its erasure had been voted at the December Communication , and its reinstatement as
a working Lodge was to be proposed on Wednesday , the 7 th inst ., it would be more business-like if some one moved the non-confirmation of so much of the December minutes as concerned the erasure of the Lodge in question . In the event of such motion being carried , there would be no
erasure of the Bulwer Lodge necessary , and , as a consequence , no reinstatement of it in its old position . As the case stands now , Grand Lodge has voted the erasure of a Lodge , and within a few minutes after , speaking , of course ,
comparatively , has ruled that it shall be permitted to retain its place on the roll , and continue its labours . This may be an amusing way of treating a subject of some importance but no one will be so bold as to declare it business-like .
But however silly such a proceeding may appear to the reader , it is comparatively of little moment by the side of the new doctrine which carried the day by so large a majority as to the Treasnrership of Grand Lodge . There is no doubt the course adopted was an innovation , and , as
such , was calculated to excite a strong sense of opposition on the part of those who prefer abiding by the old method or prescription . But it seems to us that , in the circumstances , this innovation was one which , in the course of time , and when the present feeling of irritation has had an
opportunity of subsiding , will find favour with the general body of the Craft . The Grand Treasurership , as it was anterior to the election of Colonel Creaton , was a post to which very heavy responsibilities were attached . The brother appointed to fulfil its duties required time and
experience in order to perfect himself in his duties , and , consequently it would have been an injustice to have suggested a change of Treasurer just when the brother had had time to settle himself down to the performance of his
functions and was fully conversant with whatever he was likely to be called upon to do . The case is different now . The Grand Treasurership is as much an honorary destinetion conferred on some meritorious brother as is a Grand
Wardenship or Grand Deaconship . As regards business , it is a mere sinecure , the affixing of his signature to cheques being about the sole duty the Grand Treasurer is ever called upon to perform . Formerly , it was a business office , or , to speak more euphuistically , a position of great
responsibility . Now it is an ornamental office , to which any brother who has deserved well of the Craft may justifiably aspire to be elected . The suggestion , therefore , that the Grand Treasurership should no longer be regarded as a life appointment during good behaviour was a very
sensible one , especially as it is the only appointment , save that of Grand Master , in which Grand Lodge has any voice , and consequently , affords the only opportunity for the Craft generally , through its representatives , to honour one whom it is anxious to honour . As to the election of
any brother to the position so worthily filled during the past four years by Colonel Creaton being calculated to show a diminution of respect , even in the slightest degree , for that esteemed and estimable Grand Officer , we cannot bring ourselves to seriously regard any such suggestion .
Colonel Creaton ' s services are too well known , and too generally respected by his brethren to need any such plea on his behalf . But because be has acquitted himself well , that offers no substantial reason why some other brother should not be chosen to fulfil his duties , being , as they are ,
of a merely honorary , or , we may even venture to say , ornamental character . We congratulate Brother AUcroft on his election , not because he has been chosen in preference to Colonel Creaton , but because we believe he will reflect some portion of the honour just conferred on him by
Grand Lodge . We sympathise with Bro . Colonel Creaton in his rejection , not so much because he has been superseded in his office of Grand Treasurer , but because his cause has been advocated by friends who insisted on
making his election a kind of personal test of merit . At the same time , we feel it our duty to protest against the unseemly interjections of many members of Grand Lodge when Brother Philbrick expressed himself as being in favour of the re-election of Colonel Creaton . Such conduct
was conspicuously un-Masonic , and , though we do not agree with the views he expressed , we loyally concede to him , what we claim for ourselves , the right of expressing our opinion in open Lodge .
We are always gratified m being able to announce the establishment of new Associations in connection with our Charitable Institutions . The members of the Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction , meeting at Brother Meekham ' s , the Alwyne Castle , St . Paul's Road , Canonbury , N .,
last month formed a Masonic Benevolent Association , and shares to the number of seventy have already been subscribed for . It is within the last few days that we specially referred to the large sums of money being raised
by energetic Craftsmen in connection with these Associations , and we look forward to the brethren of the Royal Standard making a goodly contribution in support of the Festivals of the Scholastic Institutions during the present year .
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FUNERALS . Bros . W . K . L . & G . A . HTITTON , COFFIN MAKERS & UNDERTAKERS , 17 NEWCASTLE STREET , STBAKJD , W . C . And at SO FOREST 1 IILI , ROAD , PECKMAM BYJ 3 , S . E .
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The Girls' School Election.
four other children ; but what claims he has on his brother Masons we are unable to say—she polled 214 votes last October . No . 10 , Minnie Woodward , is another foreign case , her father having been a member of the Inhabitants Lodge , No . 153 , Gibraltar : she is one of six fatherless
children , and goes to the poll on the present occasion with 110 votes in hand . No . 2 , Kate Wortley , closes the list of second application cases ; she is one of five children now dependent on a widowed mother , the father having been a member of Marquis of Granby Lodge , No . 124 , Durham ,
and an Officer in Provincial Grand Lodge . She has only 67 votes brought forward , but her case is , we feel sure , in good hands—the brethren of the North will not let a deserving orphan be sent away as unsuccessful if it lies in their power to prevent it .
Two of the first application cases have already been disposed of , and of the remainder , No . 15 , Elizabeth Midgley , and No . 26 , G . A . I . Musgrave , perhaps call for first attention , from the fact that they are members of the largest families , each forming one of seven dependent on widowed
mothers . The former hails from West Torks , the latter from Middlesex . No . 17 , Jane Smith ( Kent ) , No . 21 , Helen Grabham ( West Lancashire ) , and No . 24 , Ada E . Fearon ( Cumberland and Westmoreland ) , follow very closely , each of their mothers having families of six dependent on them .
Fortunately , they are all accredited to good Provinces , and stand a fair chance of succeeding . The father of No . 21 ( Grabham ) , as a dramatic author , and member of the Liverpool Dramatic Lodge , should find a large body of supporters among the followers of his profession , who are
well known as among the most benevolent . Let us hope the daughter of their old comrade will be especially favoured on this occasion . No . 23 , Emily G . Carruthera , also from Cumberland , is one of five fatherless children ; while No . 13 , Jane W . Hutchings ; 14 , Florence H .
Trotman ; and 22 , Helen M . Henshaw , all of London , each form one of families of four similarly circumstanced . No . 18 , Annie L . Ochsenbein ( London ) , and No . 25 , Sylvia M . Haworth ( West Lancashire ) , come next , as members of families of three , followed by No . 16 , Mildred A . Weighton
( London ) , one of two fatherless children . The two remaining cases are , No . 19 , Edith M . Bates , and No . 28 , Caroline L . Weare , the former a London case , the latter a Leicestershire one . Each of these girls are the only children left to the care of their widowed mothers ; and ,
strange to say , the fathers of each moved in the same sphere during their lifetime , the one having been an hotel manager , the other an hotel keeper . Although they now occupy the last place on our list , we hope after the election they may have risen to that point they are entitled to on their merits .
We shall next week devote attention to the Boys' List , which , as usual , is a far more difficult undertaking than the one now brought to a conclusion .
The Recent Meeting Of Grand Lodge.
THE RECENT MEETING OF GRAND LODGE .
rpHERE are certain matters in connection with the •* - recent meeting of Grand Lodge which , in our judgment , appear to call for some comment . In describing the agenda paper , we suggested with reference to the Bulwer Lodge , No . 1068 , Cairo , that , as its erasure had been voted at the December Communication , and its reinstatement as
a working Lodge was to be proposed on Wednesday , the 7 th inst ., it would be more business-like if some one moved the non-confirmation of so much of the December minutes as concerned the erasure of the Lodge in question . In the event of such motion being carried , there would be no
erasure of the Bulwer Lodge necessary , and , as a consequence , no reinstatement of it in its old position . As the case stands now , Grand Lodge has voted the erasure of a Lodge , and within a few minutes after , speaking , of course ,
comparatively , has ruled that it shall be permitted to retain its place on the roll , and continue its labours . This may be an amusing way of treating a subject of some importance but no one will be so bold as to declare it business-like .
But however silly such a proceeding may appear to the reader , it is comparatively of little moment by the side of the new doctrine which carried the day by so large a majority as to the Treasnrership of Grand Lodge . There is no doubt the course adopted was an innovation , and , as
such , was calculated to excite a strong sense of opposition on the part of those who prefer abiding by the old method or prescription . But it seems to us that , in the circumstances , this innovation was one which , in the course of time , and when the present feeling of irritation has had an
opportunity of subsiding , will find favour with the general body of the Craft . The Grand Treasurership , as it was anterior to the election of Colonel Creaton , was a post to which very heavy responsibilities were attached . The brother appointed to fulfil its duties required time and
experience in order to perfect himself in his duties , and , consequently it would have been an injustice to have suggested a change of Treasurer just when the brother had had time to settle himself down to the performance of his
functions and was fully conversant with whatever he was likely to be called upon to do . The case is different now . The Grand Treasurership is as much an honorary destinetion conferred on some meritorious brother as is a Grand
Wardenship or Grand Deaconship . As regards business , it is a mere sinecure , the affixing of his signature to cheques being about the sole duty the Grand Treasurer is ever called upon to perform . Formerly , it was a business office , or , to speak more euphuistically , a position of great
responsibility . Now it is an ornamental office , to which any brother who has deserved well of the Craft may justifiably aspire to be elected . The suggestion , therefore , that the Grand Treasurership should no longer be regarded as a life appointment during good behaviour was a very
sensible one , especially as it is the only appointment , save that of Grand Master , in which Grand Lodge has any voice , and consequently , affords the only opportunity for the Craft generally , through its representatives , to honour one whom it is anxious to honour . As to the election of
any brother to the position so worthily filled during the past four years by Colonel Creaton being calculated to show a diminution of respect , even in the slightest degree , for that esteemed and estimable Grand Officer , we cannot bring ourselves to seriously regard any such suggestion .
Colonel Creaton ' s services are too well known , and too generally respected by his brethren to need any such plea on his behalf . But because be has acquitted himself well , that offers no substantial reason why some other brother should not be chosen to fulfil his duties , being , as they are ,
of a merely honorary , or , we may even venture to say , ornamental character . We congratulate Brother AUcroft on his election , not because he has been chosen in preference to Colonel Creaton , but because we believe he will reflect some portion of the honour just conferred on him by
Grand Lodge . We sympathise with Bro . Colonel Creaton in his rejection , not so much because he has been superseded in his office of Grand Treasurer , but because his cause has been advocated by friends who insisted on
making his election a kind of personal test of merit . At the same time , we feel it our duty to protest against the unseemly interjections of many members of Grand Lodge when Brother Philbrick expressed himself as being in favour of the re-election of Colonel Creaton . Such conduct
was conspicuously un-Masonic , and , though we do not agree with the views he expressed , we loyally concede to him , what we claim for ourselves , the right of expressing our opinion in open Lodge .
We are always gratified m being able to announce the establishment of new Associations in connection with our Charitable Institutions . The members of the Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction , meeting at Brother Meekham ' s , the Alwyne Castle , St . Paul's Road , Canonbury , N .,
last month formed a Masonic Benevolent Association , and shares to the number of seventy have already been subscribed for . It is within the last few days that we specially referred to the large sums of money being raised
by energetic Craftsmen in connection with these Associations , and we look forward to the brethren of the Royal Standard making a goodly contribution in support of the Festivals of the Scholastic Institutions during the present year .
Ad00202
FUNERALS . Bros . W . K . L . & G . A . HTITTON , COFFIN MAKERS & UNDERTAKERS , 17 NEWCASTLE STREET , STBAKJD , W . C . And at SO FOREST 1 IILI , ROAD , PECKMAM BYJ 3 , S . E .