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The Recent Elections.
THE RECENT ELECTIONS .
IT must bo intensely gratifying to those supporters of tbe Royal Masonic Institution for Girls who take an interest in last application cases to see the result of the election of Thursday last . Originally there were four applicants for the benefits of the
School who were trying to secure election for the last time , but owing to Ina Crowther being presented under the " Bentley Shaw " Presentation , thero were only three last applications to look after on thc
present occasion , now tlie ( iovemors and Subscribers of the Institution worked for these cases will be seen from the fact that they wero placed first on the list of successful candidates . This is most gratifying , ancl is as it should be , for where a child is applvinc
for the benefits of our Institutions for the last time every effort should be made to secure her or his election , for we have the satisfaction of knowing that the case must be deserving or it would not be among the list of candidates . Let us look at these three cases
that have just secured the benefits of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls . First oii the list of successful applicants is Gertrude Eleanor Eoss , No . 13 on the ballot paper ; sho is one oi five children who are entirely dependent on their mother for education and the necessities of life .
Her father was a Civil Servant , engaged at Her Majesty ' s Customs ; he joined the Vitruvian Lodge , No . 87 , and continued a member for something like 18 i years . This , to our minds , is a record that deserves success , and we congratulate the supporters of the case on their achievement .
Wenow come to the case of Marion Taylor , who with a total of 3 , 021 votes was declared second on the list . She came to the poll on this occasion with a total of 753 votes already to her credit , so that her friends had something in hand , but to secure an additional 2 , 208 votes was highly creditable . Let us
see m what way she deserved this . Her father was a subscribing member of two Lodges—the Burgoyne , No . 902 , and the Emulation , No . 11 ( 53—for a period of over fourteen years , and during that time made many friends both in London and in Warwickshire . mi TIT- * rrt i i i . •* -. - __ _ ine lat
e ± > ro . Taylor died m December 185 ) 1 , leaving three children for his wife to look after . Here again tho scope of the Institution is not abused . And now we come to the last of the three cases under notice . Florence Field came to the poll for the first time at tueciion mat tne orewiren
HUB , so oi West . Lancashire must be congratulated on the result of their exertions , they polling tho large number of 3 , 018 votes for her . _ The case is a most deserving one , for the candidate has lost both her parents ; her father was t suuscrioer
; to tlie Wilbraham Lodge , No . 1713 , for twelve years . It will thus be seen that all three of the last application cases were interesting , and it speaks well for the Craft generally that " brethren came forward to help secure the election of children
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who , if unsuccessful , would not have had the opportunity of appealing to the supporters of the Girls' School on a future occasion .
The result of tho poll in connection with the election for the Boys' School is not so gratifying so far as last application cases are concerned . On this occasion there were six children who were appealing to the generosity of the Craft for the last
occasion , and out of this number we are sorry to say only one proved successful . We do not know who is to blame for this state of affairs , but it seems strange to us that supporters of our Charities should be found
who induce the candidates' friends to apply for the benefits of our Institution , and then when the fight comes desert them . As we have said before , only one out of the six last application cases proved successful , and this with a total of 2 , 683 votes . The name of
this candidate is Gerald Brine Marston , who hails from Dorsetshire . His father was a subscribing member to Lodges No . 137 and No . 1146 for a period of sixteen years , and at his death left six children to be provided for by his Avidow . We congratulate the
brethren of Dorsetshire on working in such a way that Mrs . Marston will be relieved of at least one of her children for some years to come . Now let us look at the five last application cases who were unsuccessful . These are Frank Edward Hobden who has 563 to his credit ; Sydney Main Hall , 180 votes ;
Wilfrid Jenkins , 28 votes ; James Frederick Archer , 23 votes ; and John Wing Holmes , 2 votes . From what we can learn the case of the boy Hobden was a necessitous one , both parents being dead ; thus it makes it doubly hard his not having been elected . In reference to the case of Sydney Main Hall ,
we find that he hails from the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . His father was a subscriber to Lodge 903 and 1321 for 28 years , so that we should have thought his friends would have rallied round the son in the time of need . The record of the father of Wilfrid Jenkins is a good one ;
how is it , therefore , that the friends of this brother have not done more for the lad ? The name of James Frederick Archer was withdrawn ; we hope this was not from want of support . The case of John Wing Holmes is just one that shows a
peculiar state of affairs . This candidate had only two votes placed to his credit . Now , we should like to ask one question . We presume that the case was canvassed , and for that purpose a card bearing the usual statement , " The case is strongly recommended
by the following , was issued . If so , where are the votes belonging to the brethren who " strongly recommended " the case ? Surely there must be some misunderstanding in cases such as these , for we fear many such would have a
detrimental effect on , the Institutions . Of course there is another way to look at these things ; perhaps the brethren working the case found that they could not obtain enough votes to secure the boy's election , and so decided to support some other case . If this
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The Recent Elections.
THE RECENT ELECTIONS .
IT must bo intensely gratifying to those supporters of tbe Royal Masonic Institution for Girls who take an interest in last application cases to see the result of the election of Thursday last . Originally there were four applicants for the benefits of the
School who were trying to secure election for the last time , but owing to Ina Crowther being presented under the " Bentley Shaw " Presentation , thero were only three last applications to look after on thc
present occasion , now tlie ( iovemors and Subscribers of the Institution worked for these cases will be seen from the fact that they wero placed first on the list of successful candidates . This is most gratifying , ancl is as it should be , for where a child is applvinc
for the benefits of our Institutions for the last time every effort should be made to secure her or his election , for we have the satisfaction of knowing that the case must be deserving or it would not be among the list of candidates . Let us look at these three cases
that have just secured the benefits of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls . First oii the list of successful applicants is Gertrude Eleanor Eoss , No . 13 on the ballot paper ; sho is one oi five children who are entirely dependent on their mother for education and the necessities of life .
Her father was a Civil Servant , engaged at Her Majesty ' s Customs ; he joined the Vitruvian Lodge , No . 87 , and continued a member for something like 18 i years . This , to our minds , is a record that deserves success , and we congratulate the supporters of the case on their achievement .
Wenow come to the case of Marion Taylor , who with a total of 3 , 021 votes was declared second on the list . She came to the poll on this occasion with a total of 753 votes already to her credit , so that her friends had something in hand , but to secure an additional 2 , 208 votes was highly creditable . Let us
see m what way she deserved this . Her father was a subscribing member of two Lodges—the Burgoyne , No . 902 , and the Emulation , No . 11 ( 53—for a period of over fourteen years , and during that time made many friends both in London and in Warwickshire . mi TIT- * rrt i i i . •* -. - __ _ ine lat
e ± > ro . Taylor died m December 185 ) 1 , leaving three children for his wife to look after . Here again tho scope of the Institution is not abused . And now we come to the last of the three cases under notice . Florence Field came to the poll for the first time at tueciion mat tne orewiren
HUB , so oi West . Lancashire must be congratulated on the result of their exertions , they polling tho large number of 3 , 018 votes for her . _ The case is a most deserving one , for the candidate has lost both her parents ; her father was t suuscrioer
; to tlie Wilbraham Lodge , No . 1713 , for twelve years . It will thus be seen that all three of the last application cases were interesting , and it speaks well for the Craft generally that " brethren came forward to help secure the election of children
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who , if unsuccessful , would not have had the opportunity of appealing to the supporters of the Girls' School on a future occasion .
The result of tho poll in connection with the election for the Boys' School is not so gratifying so far as last application cases are concerned . On this occasion there were six children who were appealing to the generosity of the Craft for the last
occasion , and out of this number we are sorry to say only one proved successful . We do not know who is to blame for this state of affairs , but it seems strange to us that supporters of our Charities should be found
who induce the candidates' friends to apply for the benefits of our Institution , and then when the fight comes desert them . As we have said before , only one out of the six last application cases proved successful , and this with a total of 2 , 683 votes . The name of
this candidate is Gerald Brine Marston , who hails from Dorsetshire . His father was a subscribing member to Lodges No . 137 and No . 1146 for a period of sixteen years , and at his death left six children to be provided for by his Avidow . We congratulate the
brethren of Dorsetshire on working in such a way that Mrs . Marston will be relieved of at least one of her children for some years to come . Now let us look at the five last application cases who were unsuccessful . These are Frank Edward Hobden who has 563 to his credit ; Sydney Main Hall , 180 votes ;
Wilfrid Jenkins , 28 votes ; James Frederick Archer , 23 votes ; and John Wing Holmes , 2 votes . From what we can learn the case of the boy Hobden was a necessitous one , both parents being dead ; thus it makes it doubly hard his not having been elected . In reference to the case of Sydney Main Hall ,
we find that he hails from the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . His father was a subscriber to Lodge 903 and 1321 for 28 years , so that we should have thought his friends would have rallied round the son in the time of need . The record of the father of Wilfrid Jenkins is a good one ;
how is it , therefore , that the friends of this brother have not done more for the lad ? The name of James Frederick Archer was withdrawn ; we hope this was not from want of support . The case of John Wing Holmes is just one that shows a
peculiar state of affairs . This candidate had only two votes placed to his credit . Now , we should like to ask one question . We presume that the case was canvassed , and for that purpose a card bearing the usual statement , " The case is strongly recommended
by the following , was issued . If so , where are the votes belonging to the brethren who " strongly recommended " the case ? Surely there must be some misunderstanding in cases such as these , for we fear many such would have a
detrimental effect on , the Institutions . Of course there is another way to look at these things ; perhaps the brethren working the case found that they could not obtain enough votes to secure the boy's election , and so decided to support some other case . If this