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The Girls' School. The Subscription List At The Recent Festival.
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST AT THE RECENT FESTIVAL .
AS tho object of our analysis of the Subscription List at the last of onr annual Festivals , namely , the one held in February for the R . M . B . I . has been misunderstood ; as one brother , at all events , took us to task for the tone in which we commented on the partial character of the list ; as he seemed to think our desire was to goad members into
contributing by holding up sundry , "in all the conspicuousness of italics , " to the reproach of their fellows , we may as well , at the risk of repeating ourselves , state here that all we wish to do is to point out to the energetic secretaries of our three Institutions and their almost equally active
supporters , where they may break fresh ground with a very good chance of bringing substantial grist to the mill from virgin sources , or , at all events , from sources that , for some time pnst , have been overlooked or neglected . The idea of goading people into charitable acts is a silly one on the
face of it . Gifts compulsorily or unwillingly bestowed come not under the category of charitable gifts . But while , for this reason , it would never occur to us to force members into contributing , we see no harm in pointing out what provinces have not contributed to this or that institution .
It is one thing to say that certain Lodges or districts are unrepresented in a certain subscri p tion list , another , that such Lodges or districts have deliberately stood aloof , and so neglected that most important of all Masonic duties , the duty of being charitable . The more we analyse these lists , the more convinced are we that all is not done that , mie-nt
be done on behalf of our Institutions . While the support that is accorded them is an increasing one , and beyond question liberal as regards amount , it is very far from being general . We demonstrated this in the case of the Insfc list at the Benevolent Festival in February , aud we confirm it in the case of the present list .
The amount of subscriptions in 1875 was stated at the time to be £ 7 , 268 3 s , with thirteen lists to come in . This year the figure is £ 8 , 214 , and there are still twelve lists to be received , so that , in round figures , the increase over 1875 is £ 1 , 000 . This is certainly satisfactory , though we
had full y expected the thousands would have reached ten . Of this sum of £ 8 , 214 , more than one-half , or , to bo as precise as possible , £ 4 , 674 16 s 6 d are contributed b y the metropolitan districts , and the remainder by the provinces ,
Stations abroad , the Red Cross Order , Knights Templar , & c . There were , it seems , according to Grand Lodge Calendar for this year , 224 Lodges in the lo ldon district , that is , excluding those warranted since the Quarterl y Communication of Grand Lodire in December last . Of
these , ei g hty-seven figure in the list , and there are likewise four Chapters , of which one is put down conjointly with the Lodge . Of these eighty-seven Lodaes , forty-two were among the seventy-three London Lodges which contributed last year . To put the matter in another wav .
Seventy-three Lodges contributed in 1875 , of which fortytwo contribute again in 1876 , and eig hty-seven this year , of which forty-five did not figure on the last list . Thus , in the two years , one hundred and eighteen Lodges have
subscribed to the Girls' School , and of these six did not appear in Grand Lodge Calendar for 1875 . It follows , of conrse , that nearly one-half the London Lodges are not contributories to this charity in either year , while close upon a fifth of the number in the roll in 1875 are contributories in both
The Girls' School. The Subscription List At The Recent Festival.
years . To show , further , not only how partial is the subscrip tion , but how frequently the same ground is travelled over , while other ground lies fallow or is untried , of the eighty-seven Lodges in the present list , not only have fortytwo , as we have said , subscribed in both years , but
nineteen of them have given three times , that is , twice to the Girls and once to the Benevolent , or , this year to the Girls and this and last year to the Benevolent , while nineteen have subscribed four times , that is , to both festivals of the Benevolent and the Girls . Of these seventeen were
in the Boys List in July last , and have thus subscribed at the last five anniversaries , namely , the two Benevolent , two Girls , and one Boys . As regards the provinces , Berks and Bucks , with fifteen Lodges , represented by the Wycombe Lodge , No . 1 , 501 ,
Hig h Wycombe , contributed £ 141 15 s , and also gave last vear . Cheshire , with thirty-eight Lodges , is represented by Lodges No . 425 of Chester , No . 287 of Stockport , and 237 (? 537 ) of Birkenhead . Devonshire , with forty-six Lodges , is down for five guineas and a-half , Lodge
Perseverance , No . 164 , Sidmouih . Hants and the Isle of Wight has twenty-uino Lodges , of which Lodge 319 , New Forest , subscribes twenty guineas . Kent numbers forty Lodges , and is represented by Nos . 820 , for £ 29 8 s , 1206 for ten guineas , 1208 for twenty-five guineas , 1464 for forty-two
guineas , and 1531 for £ 24 17 s 6 d . The honour of East Lancashire , with its eighty-two Lodges ( Manchester 17 , Salford 5 , Bury 5 , Bolton 4 , Ashlon-under-Lyno 3 , Rochdale 2 ) . is left to a Bolton Lodge , No . 221 , and figures for eleven guineas . Last year the province , with its then
eighty Lodges , was down for forty guineas . Thus Manchester , with its seventeen Lodges , unless it contributed the whole or a part of the forty guineas just mentioned ,
has not given one farthing to either the Benevolent or the Girls' these two years , and was not as worthily represented at the Boys' Festival , as considering its enormous wealth aud the number of its members it mi "lit have been . A small
contribution of £ 6 lis from a Liverpool Lodge , No . 1086 , is all we note from West Lancashire , with its seventy-one Lodges , while its contribution last year was only £ 63 lis , but at the Benevolent , in February , it figured for over £ 1 , 500 , and to the Boys' in 1875 it subscribed
considerably over £ 200 . Lincolnshire last Festival gave only sixty guineas ; this year , with Bros . John Su'cliffe ( 1226 ) , Jack Sutcliffe ( 1264 ) , R . J . Boyall , Charity Steward for the Province . Rev . Dr . Ace ( 123 'i ) , Jas . Robinson , and Wm . Marshall ( 792 ) , Joseph Chapman ( 1224 ) , and F . Long
( 1223 ) , it appears for £ 543 14 s . Ifc gave an even larger sum to the Benevolent in 1875 , and was also represented on the Boys' list . Middlesex is a handsome subscriber both years ; in 1874 , for £ 581 19 s , and in 1176 , £ 711 12 s . One of the eig ht Nottingham Lodges , No . 1434 , is down for forty
guineas . North Wales and Shropshire , with nineteen , is also represented by one , No . 11 " 24 , Oswestry , for eleven guineas . Oxfordshire numbers only seven Lodges , but two of them , Nos . 357 aud 478 , are jointl y down for £ 50 . Somersetshire , with nineteen Lodges is represented by one ,
No . 1199 . South Wales ( East Division ) has ten Lodges , and contributes £ 115 10 s . A Sudbury Lodge , No . 1224 , with twenty-five guineas , does duty for Suffolk . Three of the fourteen Surrey Lodges contributed among them thirty guineas . Warwickshire , per a Birmingham Lodge , No . 938 ,
" Grosvenor , contributes two hundred and fifty guineas , and we may anticipate great things from it at the Boys ' Festival , when its Grand Master , Lord Leigh , will take the chair . Wilts-hire aud Jersey also figure , tho former for £ 115 12 s , and the latter for one hundred guineas , while
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The Girls' School. The Subscription List At The Recent Festival.
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST AT THE RECENT FESTIVAL .
AS tho object of our analysis of the Subscription List at the last of onr annual Festivals , namely , the one held in February for the R . M . B . I . has been misunderstood ; as one brother , at all events , took us to task for the tone in which we commented on the partial character of the list ; as he seemed to think our desire was to goad members into
contributing by holding up sundry , "in all the conspicuousness of italics , " to the reproach of their fellows , we may as well , at the risk of repeating ourselves , state here that all we wish to do is to point out to the energetic secretaries of our three Institutions and their almost equally active
supporters , where they may break fresh ground with a very good chance of bringing substantial grist to the mill from virgin sources , or , at all events , from sources that , for some time pnst , have been overlooked or neglected . The idea of goading people into charitable acts is a silly one on the
face of it . Gifts compulsorily or unwillingly bestowed come not under the category of charitable gifts . But while , for this reason , it would never occur to us to force members into contributing , we see no harm in pointing out what provinces have not contributed to this or that institution .
It is one thing to say that certain Lodges or districts are unrepresented in a certain subscri p tion list , another , that such Lodges or districts have deliberately stood aloof , and so neglected that most important of all Masonic duties , the duty of being charitable . The more we analyse these lists , the more convinced are we that all is not done that , mie-nt
be done on behalf of our Institutions . While the support that is accorded them is an increasing one , and beyond question liberal as regards amount , it is very far from being general . We demonstrated this in the case of the Insfc list at the Benevolent Festival in February , aud we confirm it in the case of the present list .
The amount of subscriptions in 1875 was stated at the time to be £ 7 , 268 3 s , with thirteen lists to come in . This year the figure is £ 8 , 214 , and there are still twelve lists to be received , so that , in round figures , the increase over 1875 is £ 1 , 000 . This is certainly satisfactory , though we
had full y expected the thousands would have reached ten . Of this sum of £ 8 , 214 , more than one-half , or , to bo as precise as possible , £ 4 , 674 16 s 6 d are contributed b y the metropolitan districts , and the remainder by the provinces ,
Stations abroad , the Red Cross Order , Knights Templar , & c . There were , it seems , according to Grand Lodge Calendar for this year , 224 Lodges in the lo ldon district , that is , excluding those warranted since the Quarterl y Communication of Grand Lodire in December last . Of
these , ei g hty-seven figure in the list , and there are likewise four Chapters , of which one is put down conjointly with the Lodge . Of these eighty-seven Lodaes , forty-two were among the seventy-three London Lodges which contributed last year . To put the matter in another wav .
Seventy-three Lodges contributed in 1875 , of which fortytwo contribute again in 1876 , and eig hty-seven this year , of which forty-five did not figure on the last list . Thus , in the two years , one hundred and eighteen Lodges have
subscribed to the Girls' School , and of these six did not appear in Grand Lodge Calendar for 1875 . It follows , of conrse , that nearly one-half the London Lodges are not contributories to this charity in either year , while close upon a fifth of the number in the roll in 1875 are contributories in both
The Girls' School. The Subscription List At The Recent Festival.
years . To show , further , not only how partial is the subscrip tion , but how frequently the same ground is travelled over , while other ground lies fallow or is untried , of the eighty-seven Lodges in the present list , not only have fortytwo , as we have said , subscribed in both years , but
nineteen of them have given three times , that is , twice to the Girls and once to the Benevolent , or , this year to the Girls and this and last year to the Benevolent , while nineteen have subscribed four times , that is , to both festivals of the Benevolent and the Girls . Of these seventeen were
in the Boys List in July last , and have thus subscribed at the last five anniversaries , namely , the two Benevolent , two Girls , and one Boys . As regards the provinces , Berks and Bucks , with fifteen Lodges , represented by the Wycombe Lodge , No . 1 , 501 ,
Hig h Wycombe , contributed £ 141 15 s , and also gave last vear . Cheshire , with thirty-eight Lodges , is represented by Lodges No . 425 of Chester , No . 287 of Stockport , and 237 (? 537 ) of Birkenhead . Devonshire , with forty-six Lodges , is down for five guineas and a-half , Lodge
Perseverance , No . 164 , Sidmouih . Hants and the Isle of Wight has twenty-uino Lodges , of which Lodge 319 , New Forest , subscribes twenty guineas . Kent numbers forty Lodges , and is represented by Nos . 820 , for £ 29 8 s , 1206 for ten guineas , 1208 for twenty-five guineas , 1464 for forty-two
guineas , and 1531 for £ 24 17 s 6 d . The honour of East Lancashire , with its eighty-two Lodges ( Manchester 17 , Salford 5 , Bury 5 , Bolton 4 , Ashlon-under-Lyno 3 , Rochdale 2 ) . is left to a Bolton Lodge , No . 221 , and figures for eleven guineas . Last year the province , with its then
eighty Lodges , was down for forty guineas . Thus Manchester , with its seventeen Lodges , unless it contributed the whole or a part of the forty guineas just mentioned ,
has not given one farthing to either the Benevolent or the Girls' these two years , and was not as worthily represented at the Boys' Festival , as considering its enormous wealth aud the number of its members it mi "lit have been . A small
contribution of £ 6 lis from a Liverpool Lodge , No . 1086 , is all we note from West Lancashire , with its seventy-one Lodges , while its contribution last year was only £ 63 lis , but at the Benevolent , in February , it figured for over £ 1 , 500 , and to the Boys' in 1875 it subscribed
considerably over £ 200 . Lincolnshire last Festival gave only sixty guineas ; this year , with Bros . John Su'cliffe ( 1226 ) , Jack Sutcliffe ( 1264 ) , R . J . Boyall , Charity Steward for the Province . Rev . Dr . Ace ( 123 'i ) , Jas . Robinson , and Wm . Marshall ( 792 ) , Joseph Chapman ( 1224 ) , and F . Long
( 1223 ) , it appears for £ 543 14 s . Ifc gave an even larger sum to the Benevolent in 1875 , and was also represented on the Boys' list . Middlesex is a handsome subscriber both years ; in 1874 , for £ 581 19 s , and in 1176 , £ 711 12 s . One of the eig ht Nottingham Lodges , No . 1434 , is down for forty
guineas . North Wales and Shropshire , with nineteen , is also represented by one , No . 11 " 24 , Oswestry , for eleven guineas . Oxfordshire numbers only seven Lodges , but two of them , Nos . 357 aud 478 , are jointl y down for £ 50 . Somersetshire , with nineteen Lodges is represented by one ,
No . 1199 . South Wales ( East Division ) has ten Lodges , and contributes £ 115 10 s . A Sudbury Lodge , No . 1224 , with twenty-five guineas , does duty for Suffolk . Three of the fourteen Surrey Lodges contributed among them thirty guineas . Warwickshire , per a Birmingham Lodge , No . 938 ,
" Grosvenor , contributes two hundred and fifty guineas , and we may anticipate great things from it at the Boys ' Festival , when its Grand Master , Lord Leigh , will take the chair . Wilts-hire aud Jersey also figure , tho former for £ 115 12 s , and the latter for one hundred guineas , while