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The Projected Extension Of The Girls' School.
subscribers of to-day , but also those who are to continue vn tho future the work that is now boing carried on . We imagine that Lieut .-Col . Creaton is too much a man of the world to countenance for a moment tho idea that the rejection of his proposition would be meant as a personal
offence ; he mig ht regret that his views did not meet with the approval of tho majority , but ho certainly cannot wish the general body of subscribers to look npon him as incapable of forming a wrong opinion . We very much doubt whether ho will thank our enthusiastic contemporary
for suggesting that this shall be the means of gauging the gratifcudo the subscribers owe him for what ho has done in tho past . The writer appears to have formed his own idea of the motives attributed by tho opponents to those who support the proposition , and Ave presume they are not
complimentary ; as he describes them as evidencing an utter forgetfulness of all Masonic teaching . It is a pity the writer does not openly express his suppositions when he is ignorant of his subject , for then it would be possible to answer him ; as it is , we must simply pass over his
remarks as we find them . His concluding advice is good"let us avoid mischief makers and agitators of every degree "—if it was not so woefully out of place in speaking of Freemasons . We trust both those who favour and those who oppose this grant will prove themselves to be gentlemen .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . We ccwno { undertake to return rejected communications . All Letters must bear the name an I address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .
THE EVILL HOUSE SCHEME
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Yonr prediction that those who oppose this ill-advised project must bo prepared for abuse , has been speedily verified by the publication in a contemporary of a tirade of false - hoods and vulgar aspersions , which would certainly havo been refused insertion by the lowest scandal paper of the period . Yon will
possibly agree with me that this ungrammatical splutter of an ill-natured pen is too far beneath contempt to bo noticed in your columns , except ( 1 ) to express surprise that tho respected proprietor of tho journal in which it appeared shonld havo permitted his paper to bo the medium of circulating such vile trash ; and ( 2 ) to accept tho evidence thrust npou us , that tho scheme needs tho support of falsehood and
scandal , and must consequently bo bad indeed . The brief evidently is , " a bad case ; no defence ; abuse Plaintiff ' s attornies . " May I beg space , however , to reply briefly to a few of the subscribers who have favoured me with inquiries . One Brother says , " Why was not attention called to the extravagant idea before the meeting was held ? " The answer is . there was not time . The
meeting was a special one , quite unexpected , called by advertisement only—withont summonses to subscribers—a week before tho date of holding the Court ; and any reference , to it in your pages conld only have appeared on the day of meeting , too late for the majority , even of London subscribers , to attend Freemasons' Hall at midday . I have several requests for " copies of the report of tho discussion
before tho General Committee . " Tho question does not appear to have been submitted to tho General Committee . The Special Court was convened npon the requisition of tho Treasuror only , and I am not aware that tho General Committee has been invited to discuss the matter or to express any opinion upon it . Governors will decide for themselves whether this was courteous or frank . I am further
asked if I can tell " whether there is a building fund available for this proposal . " Certainly not . Had there beon any funds specially subscribed for bricks and land , no objection could fairly have been raised by those who subscribe to tho education and maintenance fund . It is tho attempt to appropriate tho children ' s money that is objected to . We desire to feed , clothe , and edncate the children ; if others
prefer land speculations , they should at least provide their own capital for their own special object . From two quarters I havo received a suggestion , that it might appear ungracious now to oppose a vote passed at a meeting whiehwo neglected to attend . In ordinary cases , as for instance the Quarterly General Conrts , the dates of which wo are supposed to know , I admit that this might have some weight ; but the fact of a Special Court , for the unusual
purpose of voting away £ 0 , 500 , being called at seven days' notice , without any other intimation than a newspaper advertisemeut , is an entirel y different matter . The opinions of the Governors have not been invited , a snatch vote has been taken withont the intervention of the General Committee , and the subscribers will endorse your recommendation that the wasteful vote may be rescinded , and tbe funds applied to the legitimate purposes of the Charity . I am , ( fee . If fch December 1879 . n
Correspondence.
PROJECTED EXTENSION OF THE GIRLS ' SCHOOL .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Whilst yielding to no man in my desire to see the advancement of the Girls' School , I must yet enter my protest against tho proposed expenditure of £ 6 , 500 in additional land awl buildings , believing , as I do , that tho interest on that sum would be moro beneficially employed in
making grants , of say £ 20 per annum each , for tho education , & c , of children in tho vicinity of thoir own homes . This £ 6 , 500 at £ 4 per cent would thus provide for thirtoen of such oases , and if this system wore adopted in the majority of instances , both in tho Girls' and Boys' Schoola , it would have tho effect of clearing tho long lists of candidates seeking election—some of them year after year
without success ; and wonld in ray opinion do far more good than the present system , by extending the benefits to a muoh larger number of children . I need only point to the West Lancashire Institution , which adopts this home system of Eduoation , to the relief of a large number of children every year ; also to tho East Lancashire Institution , which , though of moro recent formation is carrying on a great and good
work on somewhat similar lines . Without wishing to disparage tho good accomplished by the Girls' and Boys' Schools under the present system , I think it cannot bo denied that somo such supplementary scheme as I havo thrown out will ore long of necessity have to bo adopted , in order to meet tho constantly increasing number of applications , and if adopted , will , I have no doubt , bo hailed with satisfaction by tho Craft generally .
I am , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , J . N , East Lancashire , 15 th December 1879 .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —At tho last Festival of the Girls' School I paid ten guineas to constitute myself a Life Governor , aud I most strongly protest against more than one-half of my money—that is ,
I believe , tho proportion as compared with the year ' s income—being spent in , acquiring the plot of ground and house , as proposed by Bro . Creaton . It makes one almost regret giving when such wholesale waste is contemplated . Yours fraternally , DISGUSTED .
THE LATE MEETING OF GRAND LODGE
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' CHRONICIE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —After twice reading the letter of "Bro . WHILE , " and referring to your Report of Grand Lodge proceedings to which he alludes , I must confess myself unable to see the point of his protest . If onr Brother ' s remark as to " the indiscretion of perhaps an amateur reporter " is intended as a depreciatory comment upon
the resume of an unusually long meeting , as given in tho CHRONICLE of the 6 th instant , I think that on a re-perusal ho will bo bound to admit that , if it is tho work of an amateur , many professionals en . gaged on our daily journals might take a few lessons from that amateur with advantage . If his objection refers to the facts as
reported , I cannot discover any inconsistency . " Bro . WHILE " may havo said all he wished to say , but , as a matter of fact , he was certainly inaudible to the majority in Grand Lodge , after the perpe . tration of what he himself terms his " clumsy jest" on Bro . Stevens ' motive . What then is the point of his objection to your report ? Yours fraternally ,
17 th December 1879 . TM .
UNIFORMITY OF MASONIC W ORKING AND OBSERVANCE .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICIE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am pleased to see from your impression of last Saturday that Bvo . Stevens has consented to print for private circulation his speech in Grand Lodgo on the 3 rd instant . It will be of great interest to many Provincial brethren who , liko myself , wore precluded by distance from hearing the details of his arguments
which must have been most effective to secure the success which has attended his motion on the subject of" Uniformity . " I have read the report of the discussion in the Freemason . Anything more feeble in the way of opposition than Bro . Woodford ' s speech I never road . 1 could have spoken nearly every word of it in seconding or supporting Bro . Stevens ' s motion . It appears to me be
be simply this : —Previons to 1813 there were many and varying Rituals in use among the Craft , but at that date it seemed good to Grand Lodge to order that henceforth thero should be only one use Ritual . Therefore , urges Bro . Woodford , it is desirable that any Lodge should be at liberty to adopt any fanciful variation it may choose , and any attompt to reproduce uniformity i 3 undesirable , and must bo
abortive in its results . Oh , Bro . Woodford , where is your logic ? Nay , where is your common sense ? Because Grand Lodge in 1813 gathered into one the various uses , each having its own concurrent authority , therefore in 1880 tho one authorised use is to be tampered with by all sorts of unauthorised variations . Pat the lame line of thought as applicable to the ecclesiastical
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The Projected Extension Of The Girls' School.
subscribers of to-day , but also those who are to continue vn tho future the work that is now boing carried on . We imagine that Lieut .-Col . Creaton is too much a man of the world to countenance for a moment tho idea that the rejection of his proposition would be meant as a personal
offence ; he mig ht regret that his views did not meet with the approval of tho majority , but ho certainly cannot wish the general body of subscribers to look npon him as incapable of forming a wrong opinion . We very much doubt whether ho will thank our enthusiastic contemporary
for suggesting that this shall be the means of gauging the gratifcudo the subscribers owe him for what ho has done in tho past . The writer appears to have formed his own idea of the motives attributed by tho opponents to those who support the proposition , and Ave presume they are not
complimentary ; as he describes them as evidencing an utter forgetfulness of all Masonic teaching . It is a pity the writer does not openly express his suppositions when he is ignorant of his subject , for then it would be possible to answer him ; as it is , we must simply pass over his
remarks as we find them . His concluding advice is good"let us avoid mischief makers and agitators of every degree "—if it was not so woefully out of place in speaking of Freemasons . We trust both those who favour and those who oppose this grant will prove themselves to be gentlemen .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . We ccwno { undertake to return rejected communications . All Letters must bear the name an I address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .
THE EVILL HOUSE SCHEME
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Yonr prediction that those who oppose this ill-advised project must bo prepared for abuse , has been speedily verified by the publication in a contemporary of a tirade of false - hoods and vulgar aspersions , which would certainly havo been refused insertion by the lowest scandal paper of the period . Yon will
possibly agree with me that this ungrammatical splutter of an ill-natured pen is too far beneath contempt to bo noticed in your columns , except ( 1 ) to express surprise that tho respected proprietor of tho journal in which it appeared shonld havo permitted his paper to bo the medium of circulating such vile trash ; and ( 2 ) to accept tho evidence thrust npou us , that tho scheme needs tho support of falsehood and
scandal , and must consequently bo bad indeed . The brief evidently is , " a bad case ; no defence ; abuse Plaintiff ' s attornies . " May I beg space , however , to reply briefly to a few of the subscribers who have favoured me with inquiries . One Brother says , " Why was not attention called to the extravagant idea before the meeting was held ? " The answer is . there was not time . The
meeting was a special one , quite unexpected , called by advertisement only—withont summonses to subscribers—a week before tho date of holding the Court ; and any reference , to it in your pages conld only have appeared on the day of meeting , too late for the majority , even of London subscribers , to attend Freemasons' Hall at midday . I have several requests for " copies of the report of tho discussion
before tho General Committee . " Tho question does not appear to have been submitted to tho General Committee . The Special Court was convened npon the requisition of tho Treasuror only , and I am not aware that tho General Committee has been invited to discuss the matter or to express any opinion upon it . Governors will decide for themselves whether this was courteous or frank . I am further
asked if I can tell " whether there is a building fund available for this proposal . " Certainly not . Had there beon any funds specially subscribed for bricks and land , no objection could fairly have been raised by those who subscribe to tho education and maintenance fund . It is tho attempt to appropriate tho children ' s money that is objected to . We desire to feed , clothe , and edncate the children ; if others
prefer land speculations , they should at least provide their own capital for their own special object . From two quarters I havo received a suggestion , that it might appear ungracious now to oppose a vote passed at a meeting whiehwo neglected to attend . In ordinary cases , as for instance the Quarterly General Conrts , the dates of which wo are supposed to know , I admit that this might have some weight ; but the fact of a Special Court , for the unusual
purpose of voting away £ 0 , 500 , being called at seven days' notice , without any other intimation than a newspaper advertisemeut , is an entirel y different matter . The opinions of the Governors have not been invited , a snatch vote has been taken withont the intervention of the General Committee , and the subscribers will endorse your recommendation that the wasteful vote may be rescinded , and tbe funds applied to the legitimate purposes of the Charity . I am , ( fee . If fch December 1879 . n
Correspondence.
PROJECTED EXTENSION OF THE GIRLS ' SCHOOL .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Whilst yielding to no man in my desire to see the advancement of the Girls' School , I must yet enter my protest against tho proposed expenditure of £ 6 , 500 in additional land awl buildings , believing , as I do , that tho interest on that sum would be moro beneficially employed in
making grants , of say £ 20 per annum each , for tho education , & c , of children in tho vicinity of thoir own homes . This £ 6 , 500 at £ 4 per cent would thus provide for thirtoen of such oases , and if this system wore adopted in the majority of instances , both in tho Girls' and Boys' Schoola , it would have tho effect of clearing tho long lists of candidates seeking election—some of them year after year
without success ; and wonld in ray opinion do far more good than the present system , by extending the benefits to a muoh larger number of children . I need only point to the West Lancashire Institution , which adopts this home system of Eduoation , to the relief of a large number of children every year ; also to tho East Lancashire Institution , which , though of moro recent formation is carrying on a great and good
work on somewhat similar lines . Without wishing to disparage tho good accomplished by the Girls' and Boys' Schools under the present system , I think it cannot bo denied that somo such supplementary scheme as I havo thrown out will ore long of necessity have to bo adopted , in order to meet tho constantly increasing number of applications , and if adopted , will , I have no doubt , bo hailed with satisfaction by tho Craft generally .
I am , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , J . N , East Lancashire , 15 th December 1879 .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —At tho last Festival of the Girls' School I paid ten guineas to constitute myself a Life Governor , aud I most strongly protest against more than one-half of my money—that is ,
I believe , tho proportion as compared with the year ' s income—being spent in , acquiring the plot of ground and house , as proposed by Bro . Creaton . It makes one almost regret giving when such wholesale waste is contemplated . Yours fraternally , DISGUSTED .
THE LATE MEETING OF GRAND LODGE
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' CHRONICIE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —After twice reading the letter of "Bro . WHILE , " and referring to your Report of Grand Lodge proceedings to which he alludes , I must confess myself unable to see the point of his protest . If onr Brother ' s remark as to " the indiscretion of perhaps an amateur reporter " is intended as a depreciatory comment upon
the resume of an unusually long meeting , as given in tho CHRONICLE of the 6 th instant , I think that on a re-perusal ho will bo bound to admit that , if it is tho work of an amateur , many professionals en . gaged on our daily journals might take a few lessons from that amateur with advantage . If his objection refers to the facts as
reported , I cannot discover any inconsistency . " Bro . WHILE " may havo said all he wished to say , but , as a matter of fact , he was certainly inaudible to the majority in Grand Lodge , after the perpe . tration of what he himself terms his " clumsy jest" on Bro . Stevens ' motive . What then is the point of his objection to your report ? Yours fraternally ,
17 th December 1879 . TM .
UNIFORMITY OF MASONIC W ORKING AND OBSERVANCE .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICIE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am pleased to see from your impression of last Saturday that Bvo . Stevens has consented to print for private circulation his speech in Grand Lodgo on the 3 rd instant . It will be of great interest to many Provincial brethren who , liko myself , wore precluded by distance from hearing the details of his arguments
which must have been most effective to secure the success which has attended his motion on the subject of" Uniformity . " I have read the report of the discussion in the Freemason . Anything more feeble in the way of opposition than Bro . Woodford ' s speech I never road . 1 could have spoken nearly every word of it in seconding or supporting Bro . Stevens ' s motion . It appears to me be
be simply this : —Previons to 1813 there were many and varying Rituals in use among the Craft , but at that date it seemed good to Grand Lodge to order that henceforth thero should be only one use Ritual . Therefore , urges Bro . Woodford , it is desirable that any Lodge should be at liberty to adopt any fanciful variation it may choose , and any attompt to reproduce uniformity i 3 undesirable , and must bo
abortive in its results . Oh , Bro . Woodford , where is your logic ? Nay , where is your common sense ? Because Grand Lodge in 1813 gathered into one the various uses , each having its own concurrent authority , therefore in 1880 tho one authorised use is to be tampered with by all sorts of unauthorised variations . Pat the lame line of thought as applicable to the ecclesiastical