The Girls' School Election.

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL ELECTION .

ON Saturday , at tho Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , fifty-four Candidates presented themselves in competition one with another to fill the thirteen vacancies . As we recently pointed out , London furnished twenty candidates , Lincolnshire and "West Yorkshire four each : Devonshire ,

and Hants and Lsle of Wig ht three each ; Kent , the District of Bengal and East Lancashire two each ; the remaining fourteen coming from as many provinces or districts . Three London candidates were successful , namely , Clara Kingcombe , who stood first on the list , with 1 , 603 votes ,

Alice Warburton Cecil , who was fifth , with 1 , 339 votes , and Jessie Langley , eleventh , with 1 , 027 votes . Hertfordshire sent only one candidate , Hannah Mabel Ward , who obtained the second place , with 1 , 522 votes , and Wilts , which had likewise only a single representative , secured her

election ; Mary Jane JTeltham , the girl in question , being third , with 1 , 487 votes . The District of Bengal had two candidates , both of whom were successful , namely , Kate Isabel Mills , for whom 1 , 355 votes were polled , andKathleen Isabella Alicia Collins , who was thirteenth , with 896 votes . Ada

Huyshe Clase , one of the Devonian candidates , polled 1 , 332 votes , and obtained the sixth place . She was immediately followed by Maria Edith Gregory , hailing from Kent , with 1 , 269 votes . One of the three Hants and Isle of Wight candidates , namely , Eleanor Amy I . Ludlow , stood eighth ,

with 1 , 233 votes . Then came two of the four West Yorkshire candidates , Ada Hartley Healey , ninth , with 1 , 162 votes , and Mary Ellin White , with 1 , 106 votes . The remaining successful candidate was from Lincolnshire , Mary Anne Johnson , who scored 916 votes , and so obtained the twelfth

vacancy . The twenty . eight candidates who had alreadv made one or more applications for admission brought forward among them an aggregate of 8 , 199 votes , ranging from Clara Kingcombe , who had standing to her credit as many as 1 , 220 votes down to Gertrude Henrietta

Mey , who stood twenty-eighth on the list , and had as few as 7 to the good . Of the 17 , 409 votes cast on Saturday , 9 , 783 were given to old candidates , and 7 , 726 among the twenty-six new ones , or rather to twenty-three of the number , for there were three candidates who polled no votes

at all , while one obtained only ten , another three , and a third two only . Of the applicants for the fifth time , one succeeded in obtaining the sixth place . Wo . 3 on the list , who had tried on three previous occasions , and is now ineligible to compete , only added 20 to her previous 209 votes , and drops irom

the list . Uf thirteen candidates who were applicants for the third time , five were successful ; a piece of good fortune in one case , seeing that age would have been an obstacle to ber standing again . The twelve next on the list had made one previous attempt . Three succeeded , of whom

one was ineligible to make further trial ; while of the nine unsuccessful , one was similarly circumstanced , and will be ^ eluded from the list in future . Of the twenty-six new candidates , four obtained places , and in one instance this Tv " - her last as well as her first chance . The friends of one

, of thasje four fought so gallant a battle as to secure for her J-ie secoc 4 place . Among the unsuccessful candidates , ¦ Ho 16 stood hi ghest , with 870 votes , of which 746 were polled on Saturday , No . 12 came next , with 838 votes , . ) — > ' *¦* ' - ' . * -l V ^ UILLIV UVAU j J 1 J . VLX vuu V \ J LCH * tnen 1 with 707

No . , , of ™ hich 107 were polled on Saturday , and then No . 28 , with 697 votes , all but seven of wnich were given at this election . There is then a wide gap until we come to two candidates , Nos . 13 and 15 , who

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obtained each 477 votes , followed by No . 40 , a new applicant , with 466 . In all , and including the 8199 brought forward , the total votes distributed among the candidates amounted to 25 , 708 , the thirteen successful ones scoring among themselves 16 , 247 of them , so that 9461 remain to

be carried to the October election , or would so remain were the whole forty-one who failed eligible to try again . Two , however , will have no further opportunity , and therefore the 576 votes cast for them will disappear , and leave only 8886 to go forward for next October . Taking the thirteen

successful candidates , a reference to the list will show that one has both parents living , one has lost both , ten have lost their father , and one her mother . In three cases the father had contributed to or served the office of Steward for one or more of our Institutions . The same remark applies to

eight of the unsuccessful candidates . It should likewise be mentioned that among the successful is one girl who has had two sisters in the Institution ( one was by purchase ) , and a third is in now . Appropriately enough , the title of the father ' s Lodge was True Friendship , No . 218 , of

Calcutta . In this instance , the widow has had tangible evidence of the true friendship of the Craft towards her fatherless offspring . To sum up the results . Twenty candidates hailed from the metropolis , of whom three were

successful ; thirty-one from the Provinces , of whom eight succeeded ; and three from Districts abroad , of whom two have obtained admission . We subjoin a complete list of the candidates , showing the order in which they stood at the declaration of the poll .

SUCCESSFUL . No . on No . on N . Votes Votes m 1 Poll . List . NAMES . forward . to-day . lota 1 , 1 10 Kingcombe , Clara 1220 383 1603 2 4-1 * Ward , Hannah Mabel ... — 1522 1522 3 14 Feltham , Mary Jano 893 594 1487

4 20 Mills , Kate . Isabel ( last ) ... 345 1010 1355 5 27 Cecil , Alice Warburton ... 705 634 1339 6 2 Clase , Ada Hnyshe 443 889 1332 7 50 * Gregory , Maria Edith ... — 1269 1269

8 7 Ludlow , Eleanor Amy I . ... 316 917 1233 9 37 * Healey , Ada Hartley ( latt ) ... — 1162 1162 10 35 * White , Mary Ellin — 1106 1106 11 6 Lanslev . Jessie ( last ) ... 314 713 1027

12 5 Johnson , Mary Anne ... 498 418 916 13 22 , Collins , Kathleen Isabella Alicia 365 531 896 .

UNSUCCESSFUL . 16 Nichols , Annie 124 746 870 12 Tanare , Ada Blyfch 310 528 838 1 Morris , Diana Gordon ... 600 107 707 28 Mey , Gertrude Henrietta ... 7 690 697

13 Cates , Annie Susannah ... 205 272 477 15 Hughes , Rosa Marian ... 282 195 477 40 * Cowley , Maud Mary ... — 466 466 48 * Kirke , Amy Laura ... — 384 384 11 Smith , Mary Mildred C . ... 221 141 362

24 Godclin , Maria Gertrnde ( last ) 252 94 346 9 Fordham , Amelia Anne ... 180 143 323 17 Skeates , Agnes Martha ... 105 218 323 32 * Peele , Eleanor Margaret ... — 255 255

88 * Potter , Annie — 248 248 3 Lindeman , Alice Eveline ( last ) 209 20 229 19 Priestley , Emily Jano ... 44 180 224 25 Scott , Dorah 93 124 217

49 * Bnsher , Lncy Jane ... — 214 214 41 * Carter , Ada ... — 211 211 51 * Line , Amelia ... — — 198 52 * Corney , Annie Edith ... — 190 190

4 Parker , Kate Louisa 160 18 178 47 * Pelham , Eveline Edith ... — 173 173 8 Jay , Gertrude Alice 131 29 160 21 Spurging , Eleanor Elizabeth ... 31 112 143 23 Hood , Harriet Emily 47 52 99