-
Articles/Ads
Article THE APPROACHING SCHOOL ELECTIONS. Page 1 of 3 Article THE APPROACHING SCHOOL ELECTIONS. Page 1 of 3 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Approaching School Elections.
THE APPROACHING SCHOOL ELECTIONS .
THB task of reviewing the list of candidates for the April election of the Boys' School is not so easy an undertaking as was that in connection with the sister Institution , to which we devoted oar attention last week . Then we had but twenty-eight candidates requiring notice ;
now we have close on three times that number , the list for the Boys containing no less than seventy-eight names . Of these twenty only can be returned as successful , that being the number of vacancies at the disposal of the
Committee ; so that it may be imagined a hard struggle awaits any one who may desire the success of a particular candidate . We last week made especial reference to one case where we deemed further particulars should have been given , and in another part of this week ' s issue we refer
again to the matter . The result proves that the particulars we asked for show the case to be really more deserving than it was at first represented to be , and we can only hope that sufficient votes will be obtained to place the child
under the care of the Girls' Institution , ancl thereby afford the assistance to the family which the father ' s lono * connection with the Craft justifies them in soliciting . We are aware that in drawing attention to any particular case we may err from the fact that the information obtainable is
necessarily so meagre , but we contend this is not our fault , but rather the fault of the system that renders it necessary for outsiders to seek for particulars that should be supplied officially . That there is really need for more careful
supervision ot tbe petitions which are presented to our Charities is daily becoming more and more apparent , and we can onl y hope the day is not far distant when the Committees of the Schools will take some steps which will render the acceptance of a petition on behalf of a child who is well provided for an impossibility .
The ballot paper as issued to the subscribers contains the names of seventy-six applicants , but of this number only seventy-three will go to the poll , by reason of the withdrawal of two candidates—Nos . 52 and 70—0 . B . Lewis and V . G . Legge—the latter in consequence of his havino *
been selected by the brethren of East Lancashire fo * r presentation in virtue of their right to nominate a pupil to the School—and the removal by the Committee of No . 61 , W . H . Gosden , who it appears is in possession of property in his own right amply sufficient to pay for his education
and maintenance . Of these seventy-three there are five last application cases , namely—No . 1 , John , Eeid , one of four fatherless children , accredited to the Province of Bast Lancashire , who now appeals for the seventh time , with but 34 votes to his credit ; No . 2 , H . S . J . Crane , one of three
similarl y circumstanced , who has made five previous attempts , ancl now appears with a total of 3 lG votes to the good ; No . 5 , AV . E . D . Boot , from Devonshire , who has made four attempts to secure election , but at present withpnt a single vote being recorded in his favour—we can onl y
imagine that his case is in the hands of the Charity Committee of Devon , of which Province his father was a member , ancl that thev will do what they can for him ; f o . 18 , C . S . V . Field " , a Bedfordshire lad . whose mother
« as nine children dependent on her , ancl at present has onl y been able to secure 136 votes on behalf of her son , F -w n * aten parfc " * P revious elections * and No . 56 , W . Cairney , first application , who is one ot two children now dependent on a widowed mother . The case is a West
The Approaching School Elections.
Yorkshire one . We hope that these five at least will , have tho good fortune to be numbered among the successful candidates . London has nineteen candidates in addition to No . 2 already referred to , nine of whom are first application
cases ; the most distressing perhaps being No . 59 , G . A . March , who , as we have said , in referring to his sister ' s candidature for the Girl's School , is one of ten children , both of whose parents are living , but the father is insane . We heartily wish his friends success at the coming election . Of
the others , No . 63 , F . F . Skelton , is one of a family of whom there are still seven dependent on their mother ; he has a sister in the Girl ' s School . No . 69 , B . C . Eocke , is one of six relying on their widowed mother for support . Nos . 51 , C . B . Stewart , ancl 53 , J . Bloomfield , are each members of
families of five . No . 54 , A . Kirkby , is one of four children , as also is No . 66 , H . E . Morris , who has lost his mother , but still has his father living . No . 60 , A . D . Ashdown , is one of two , ancl No . 65 , G . 0 . Willett , an only child , dependent on their respective mothers . Of the London
candidates who have taken part in previous elections , six at least may be said to occupy very good positions , the votes already recorded on their behalf ranging from 662 upwards . No . 24 , G . D . Carey , stands best in this respect , having 940 votes to his credit from two previous elections ; he and five
others being dependent on the mother . No . 36 , A . L . Lewis , follows rather closely with 925 votes in hand , and seeing that the whole of that number were polled for him in October last , he occupies a very enviable position . The same maybe said of No . 41 , A . Allan , whose friends recorded
910 votes in his favour at the same election . No . 13 , C . S . Estlin , who is an only child , brings forward 896 votes from three previous attempts while No . 3 , Arthur Fellows , is in possession of 714 votes after four trials . No . 9 , S . E . Lee , who has a brother in the School , has already appeared
at three elections , ou which occasions 662 votes have been polled on his behalf ; he ancl three others being still dependent on their mother . No . 40 , F . T . Tanner , second application , brings forward 422 votes ; while No . 30 , G . W . K . Hill , has but 294 as the result of two previous elections ,
the former being one of five , ancl the latter one of six fatherless children . No . 44 , J . W . Long , secured only 113 votes last October ; we think the members of the Perfect Ashlar Lodge , of which his father was a member , should be able to greatly increase that number at no very distant date . No .
31 , W . J . Sisley , the last of the London candidates requiring notice , may , we think , be also described as the least—so far as support is concerned . He has taken a part in the two last elections , but at present has only 66 votes recorded on his behalf .
Among the Provinces , Hants , as usual , comes out strong , no less than five candidates appearing on the list from that quarter . Those are No . 8 , W . H . Woollous , who has 803 votes in hand after contesting four elections ; No . 26 , J . Langdon , 194 votes , ancl No . 27 , J . Collinson ,
twentysix votes , each of whom has taken a part in the last two contests , with No . 37 , F . Booth , with 197 votes , and No . 45 , E . A . L . Hill , one vote from last October . The brethren of this Province may therefore be said to have their hands full for some considerable time , even if no fresh
cases arise , and while we heartily wish them success , we have every confidence in leaving to them the selection and support of the most deserving cases . Durham puts forward four candidates on the present occasion , of whom No . 33 , G . Wortley , appears to be the one having the best chance . He is one of eight children left fatherless , and has 542 votes in
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Approaching School Elections.
THE APPROACHING SCHOOL ELECTIONS .
THB task of reviewing the list of candidates for the April election of the Boys' School is not so easy an undertaking as was that in connection with the sister Institution , to which we devoted oar attention last week . Then we had but twenty-eight candidates requiring notice ;
now we have close on three times that number , the list for the Boys containing no less than seventy-eight names . Of these twenty only can be returned as successful , that being the number of vacancies at the disposal of the
Committee ; so that it may be imagined a hard struggle awaits any one who may desire the success of a particular candidate . We last week made especial reference to one case where we deemed further particulars should have been given , and in another part of this week ' s issue we refer
again to the matter . The result proves that the particulars we asked for show the case to be really more deserving than it was at first represented to be , and we can only hope that sufficient votes will be obtained to place the child
under the care of the Girls' Institution , ancl thereby afford the assistance to the family which the father ' s lono * connection with the Craft justifies them in soliciting . We are aware that in drawing attention to any particular case we may err from the fact that the information obtainable is
necessarily so meagre , but we contend this is not our fault , but rather the fault of the system that renders it necessary for outsiders to seek for particulars that should be supplied officially . That there is really need for more careful
supervision ot tbe petitions which are presented to our Charities is daily becoming more and more apparent , and we can onl y hope the day is not far distant when the Committees of the Schools will take some steps which will render the acceptance of a petition on behalf of a child who is well provided for an impossibility .
The ballot paper as issued to the subscribers contains the names of seventy-six applicants , but of this number only seventy-three will go to the poll , by reason of the withdrawal of two candidates—Nos . 52 and 70—0 . B . Lewis and V . G . Legge—the latter in consequence of his havino *
been selected by the brethren of East Lancashire fo * r presentation in virtue of their right to nominate a pupil to the School—and the removal by the Committee of No . 61 , W . H . Gosden , who it appears is in possession of property in his own right amply sufficient to pay for his education
and maintenance . Of these seventy-three there are five last application cases , namely—No . 1 , John , Eeid , one of four fatherless children , accredited to the Province of Bast Lancashire , who now appeals for the seventh time , with but 34 votes to his credit ; No . 2 , H . S . J . Crane , one of three
similarl y circumstanced , who has made five previous attempts , ancl now appears with a total of 3 lG votes to the good ; No . 5 , AV . E . D . Boot , from Devonshire , who has made four attempts to secure election , but at present withpnt a single vote being recorded in his favour—we can onl y
imagine that his case is in the hands of the Charity Committee of Devon , of which Province his father was a member , ancl that thev will do what they can for him ; f o . 18 , C . S . V . Field " , a Bedfordshire lad . whose mother
« as nine children dependent on her , ancl at present has onl y been able to secure 136 votes on behalf of her son , F -w n * aten parfc " * P revious elections * and No . 56 , W . Cairney , first application , who is one ot two children now dependent on a widowed mother . The case is a West
The Approaching School Elections.
Yorkshire one . We hope that these five at least will , have tho good fortune to be numbered among the successful candidates . London has nineteen candidates in addition to No . 2 already referred to , nine of whom are first application
cases ; the most distressing perhaps being No . 59 , G . A . March , who , as we have said , in referring to his sister ' s candidature for the Girl's School , is one of ten children , both of whose parents are living , but the father is insane . We heartily wish his friends success at the coming election . Of
the others , No . 63 , F . F . Skelton , is one of a family of whom there are still seven dependent on their mother ; he has a sister in the Girl ' s School . No . 69 , B . C . Eocke , is one of six relying on their widowed mother for support . Nos . 51 , C . B . Stewart , ancl 53 , J . Bloomfield , are each members of
families of five . No . 54 , A . Kirkby , is one of four children , as also is No . 66 , H . E . Morris , who has lost his mother , but still has his father living . No . 60 , A . D . Ashdown , is one of two , ancl No . 65 , G . 0 . Willett , an only child , dependent on their respective mothers . Of the London
candidates who have taken part in previous elections , six at least may be said to occupy very good positions , the votes already recorded on their behalf ranging from 662 upwards . No . 24 , G . D . Carey , stands best in this respect , having 940 votes to his credit from two previous elections ; he and five
others being dependent on the mother . No . 36 , A . L . Lewis , follows rather closely with 925 votes in hand , and seeing that the whole of that number were polled for him in October last , he occupies a very enviable position . The same maybe said of No . 41 , A . Allan , whose friends recorded
910 votes in his favour at the same election . No . 13 , C . S . Estlin , who is an only child , brings forward 896 votes from three previous attempts while No . 3 , Arthur Fellows , is in possession of 714 votes after four trials . No . 9 , S . E . Lee , who has a brother in the School , has already appeared
at three elections , ou which occasions 662 votes have been polled on his behalf ; he ancl three others being still dependent on their mother . No . 40 , F . T . Tanner , second application , brings forward 422 votes ; while No . 30 , G . W . K . Hill , has but 294 as the result of two previous elections ,
the former being one of five , ancl the latter one of six fatherless children . No . 44 , J . W . Long , secured only 113 votes last October ; we think the members of the Perfect Ashlar Lodge , of which his father was a member , should be able to greatly increase that number at no very distant date . No .
31 , W . J . Sisley , the last of the London candidates requiring notice , may , we think , be also described as the least—so far as support is concerned . He has taken a part in the two last elections , but at present has only 66 votes recorded on his behalf .
Among the Provinces , Hants , as usual , comes out strong , no less than five candidates appearing on the list from that quarter . Those are No . 8 , W . H . Woollous , who has 803 votes in hand after contesting four elections ; No . 26 , J . Langdon , 194 votes , ancl No . 27 , J . Collinson ,
twentysix votes , each of whom has taken a part in the last two contests , with No . 37 , F . Booth , with 197 votes , and No . 45 , E . A . L . Hill , one vote from last October . The brethren of this Province may therefore be said to have their hands full for some considerable time , even if no fresh
cases arise , and while we heartily wish them success , we have every confidence in leaving to them the selection and support of the most deserving cases . Durham puts forward four candidates on the present occasion , of whom No . 33 , G . Wortley , appears to be the one having the best chance . He is one of eight children left fatherless , and has 542 votes in