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Candidates For The Schools.
CANDIDATES FOR THE SCHOOLS .
IN common with others who take an interest in the Educational Institutions of Freemasonry , we have lately been in a position to refer with gratification to the proportion of vacancies available at the recent
elections in comparison to the number of candidates seeking admission to the benefits of the Schools , no less than fifty-two children having been admitted from a total of eighty-three approved candidates . This very
satisfactory state of affairs presents , however , another side , one which calls for earnest consideration , it having been already asked in different quarters whether there is so much need for energetic action in the way of raising funds for the Educational Institutions as formerly
existed , when the number of candidates was so much in excess of the number of vacancies it was possible to declare ? There need be no hesitation in answering this
question in the affirmative , indeed it could be very easily proved that there is more need than ever for energetic and sustained effort on behalf of the two School Funds , but it is only necessary for our present
purpose to show how the apparent falling off of candidates has been brought about , and then we think there will be no question in the minds of thoughtful Brethren as to the need of even increased
subscriptions . At the outset we may point to the large number of candidates now admitted to the Schools on the first application—at-the recent elections eleven of the
twentytwo girls and seventeen of the thirty boys then admitted , were first applications — thereby proving beyond all question that better organisation is now in force than
was the case in years gone by , when it was the rule to see the majority of the candidates on the list time after time—three applications on the part of each candidate being probably a fair average .
The principle change in this respect is to be found in association with the country cases , very few of the Provinces now putting forward more candidates than they are tolerably sure of carrying at the next election ,
whereas in olden days it was no uncommon thing for some of them to have four , five , or six on a list , with no possibility of immediate election . But in those days most of the cases were worked in a spasmodic sort of
way ; there were few Provinces with voting organisations such as is the case now , and consequently there was no scope for the frequent displays of systematic working we have grown accustomed to , and now regard as part and parcel of our elective system .
The elections in London have really become , in many cases , a more formality . The Provincial Committees have a certain number of votes at their command , and
Candidates For The Schools.
they decide as to which candidate shall be put forward ; not to be kept about time after time at the elections , but to be carried through on the first application—it is the Committee that does the voting , the election in London being a mere confirmation of their action . But it must not be supposed that because they only put forward one
candidate they have only one in the district deserving of the help the Boys or the Girls School is able to afford . In most cases the number of deserving children can be reckoned by dozens , and in some there are upwards of a hundred—as is abundantly proved by the number of
children to whom help is given out of local funds . But the Committee know their strength , and do not desire to make two or three applications for the one admission they have it in their power to secure .
We believe it is this principle of organisation that is alone accountable for the very close relation in regard to the proportion of candidates to vacancies that has lately
existed , and if the critics who argue from recent returns that the Educational Institutions are almost too well supplied with funds will take the trouble to consider
these facts , and make any necessary enquiries they may deem necessary to support our view , we believe they will
see the matter in the light we present it , and will devote their energy towards the augmentation of the subscriptions rather than imagine the Schools are able to carry out their programmes with curtailed incomes .
Candidates For The Benevolent.
CANDIDATES FOR THE BENEVOLENT .
THE ballot papers for the annual election of the Koyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which will this year take place on the 18 th May , will to-day be in bhe hands of the supporters of the Fund .
For the Male Branch there were sixty-five approved candidates , of whom one is recorded as dead , while at the time of issuing the voting papers there were twentytwo declared vacancies . On the Widows' side there
were fifty-four approved candidates , one of whom , has * however , died since the list was made up , and fourteen vacancies are declared as available . We shall give further attention to the lists in a later issue , but mean .
while the very brief details here given are in themselves sufficient to secure the sympathies of the Craft for this estimable Institution , the settlement of whose Chairman for next year ' s Festival we are enabled to announce in another column .
It is gratifying to know that a most satisfactory response has been made by the West Yorkshire Brethren in answer to the appeal of their Provincial Grand Master , in connection with the next Festival of the Boys School
at which he will preside . We understand a splendid total will be sent from that district , if from no other .
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Candidates For The Schools.
CANDIDATES FOR THE SCHOOLS .
IN common with others who take an interest in the Educational Institutions of Freemasonry , we have lately been in a position to refer with gratification to the proportion of vacancies available at the recent
elections in comparison to the number of candidates seeking admission to the benefits of the Schools , no less than fifty-two children having been admitted from a total of eighty-three approved candidates . This very
satisfactory state of affairs presents , however , another side , one which calls for earnest consideration , it having been already asked in different quarters whether there is so much need for energetic action in the way of raising funds for the Educational Institutions as formerly
existed , when the number of candidates was so much in excess of the number of vacancies it was possible to declare ? There need be no hesitation in answering this
question in the affirmative , indeed it could be very easily proved that there is more need than ever for energetic and sustained effort on behalf of the two School Funds , but it is only necessary for our present
purpose to show how the apparent falling off of candidates has been brought about , and then we think there will be no question in the minds of thoughtful Brethren as to the need of even increased
subscriptions . At the outset we may point to the large number of candidates now admitted to the Schools on the first application—at-the recent elections eleven of the
twentytwo girls and seventeen of the thirty boys then admitted , were first applications — thereby proving beyond all question that better organisation is now in force than
was the case in years gone by , when it was the rule to see the majority of the candidates on the list time after time—three applications on the part of each candidate being probably a fair average .
The principle change in this respect is to be found in association with the country cases , very few of the Provinces now putting forward more candidates than they are tolerably sure of carrying at the next election ,
whereas in olden days it was no uncommon thing for some of them to have four , five , or six on a list , with no possibility of immediate election . But in those days most of the cases were worked in a spasmodic sort of
way ; there were few Provinces with voting organisations such as is the case now , and consequently there was no scope for the frequent displays of systematic working we have grown accustomed to , and now regard as part and parcel of our elective system .
The elections in London have really become , in many cases , a more formality . The Provincial Committees have a certain number of votes at their command , and
Candidates For The Schools.
they decide as to which candidate shall be put forward ; not to be kept about time after time at the elections , but to be carried through on the first application—it is the Committee that does the voting , the election in London being a mere confirmation of their action . But it must not be supposed that because they only put forward one
candidate they have only one in the district deserving of the help the Boys or the Girls School is able to afford . In most cases the number of deserving children can be reckoned by dozens , and in some there are upwards of a hundred—as is abundantly proved by the number of
children to whom help is given out of local funds . But the Committee know their strength , and do not desire to make two or three applications for the one admission they have it in their power to secure .
We believe it is this principle of organisation that is alone accountable for the very close relation in regard to the proportion of candidates to vacancies that has lately
existed , and if the critics who argue from recent returns that the Educational Institutions are almost too well supplied with funds will take the trouble to consider
these facts , and make any necessary enquiries they may deem necessary to support our view , we believe they will
see the matter in the light we present it , and will devote their energy towards the augmentation of the subscriptions rather than imagine the Schools are able to carry out their programmes with curtailed incomes .
Candidates For The Benevolent.
CANDIDATES FOR THE BENEVOLENT .
THE ballot papers for the annual election of the Koyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which will this year take place on the 18 th May , will to-day be in bhe hands of the supporters of the Fund .
For the Male Branch there were sixty-five approved candidates , of whom one is recorded as dead , while at the time of issuing the voting papers there were twentytwo declared vacancies . On the Widows' side there
were fifty-four approved candidates , one of whom , has * however , died since the list was made up , and fourteen vacancies are declared as available . We shall give further attention to the lists in a later issue , but mean .
while the very brief details here given are in themselves sufficient to secure the sympathies of the Craft for this estimable Institution , the settlement of whose Chairman for next year ' s Festival we are enabled to announce in another column .
It is gratifying to know that a most satisfactory response has been made by the West Yorkshire Brethren in answer to the appeal of their Provincial Grand Master , in connection with the next Festival of the Boys School
at which he will preside . We understand a splendid total will be sent from that district , if from no other .