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Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.
NINETY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
THE result of this year ' s Festival of the Girls' School , although the lowest of the last five years , must be considered as satisfactory . As -we stated in our- analysis of the subscriptions announced at the Benevolent Festival , in our issue of the 10 th of March last , there are many
causes at the present time which tend to keep down the totals of amounts subscribed to the Charitable Institutions . The country is , and has been for some time past , in a state of commercial depression , and bearing in mind that whatever is announced at one or other of our Charity
Festivals represents the free offerings of the brethren , it naturally follows that the total very much depends on the prosperity or otherwise of the country generally , for it is impossible for either as many , or as large amounts , to be spared in bad times as in days of great activity . The
result , however , of the present year ' s Festival—according to the figures supplied us from the Office of the Institution , and published in a recent issue—totals up to no less than £ 10 , 590 17 s 3 d , and is a sum of which we , as Freemasons , may justly be proud . As usual , this amount does
not represent the fall result of the Festival ; it is made up without the returns of eight Stewards who had not reported the extent of their lists at the time the details were supplied , and further there will doubtless be a few additions made to the totals that have already been sent in , so that we may
look for £ 10 , 750 , or more , as the total of promised sub scriptions to the Girls' School for the year 1883 . This amount of £ 10 , 590 17 s 3 d is , as we have said , the lowest that has been announced at any of the last five Festivals , and is some £ 2 , 641 odd below that of last year , £ 854
below that of 1881 , £ 2 , 917 below that of 1880 , and £ 1 , 122 odd less than was announced at the Festival of 1879 . Yet we are among those who are satisfied with the result ; satisfied , from the fact that in many quarters it was considered doubtful whether this year ' s Festival
would realise a total of five figures . Anything below £ 10 , 000 would , no doubt , be now looked upon as a poor result of one of the great Masonic Festivals , but there were many of the best friends of the Girls' School who thought it next to impossible that that sum could be reached this
year . It has , however , been reached , and exceeded by a little short of £ 600 ; the Stewards , and all who have assisted in the result are , therefore , entitled to our warmest congratulations , and to the thanks of all interested in the welfare of our Charities .
The Chairman who presided at this year ' s Festival—Bro the R . W . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial G . Master for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight—is , as we have previously observed , a man highly respected by his brother Masons ; respected in the Province of which he is the
mler , respected in Grand Lodge , and respected throughout the country , wherever he is known . That the Girls ' School benefited from the fact of his presidency we think undoubtedly a fact , the regret is that he should have acted as chairman at a time when the general state of the
country all but prevented a total being reached above those which has gone before . The present is not his first experience as Chairman at our Masonic Festivals . In 1877 " he presided at the annual gathering on behalf of the Boys ' school , when a total of subscriptions was announced
Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.
higher than anything then known ; the actual result at the time of the . Festival having been £ 13 , 160 15 s , increased a few days afterwards to £ 13 , 312 2 s . This year ' s total , on behalf of the Girls' School , represents the work of 250 Stewards , distributed as follows : — London ( including
eight members of the House Committee ) 112 , the Provinces ( including the Chan-man ) 137 , and Foreign 1 , The 112 London Stewards collected among them nearly onehalf of the total sum , namely , £ 5 , 222 5 s 9 d ; while the 137 Provincials sent £ 5 , 358 Is 6 cl , and the Foreigner £ 1010 s ;
the average per Steward is about £ 46 12 s 6 | d in the case of the Londoners , £ 39 2 s 2 | d in that of the Provincials , and £ 42 7 s 3 d in that of the whole body ; sums which will favourably compare with the averages of past Festivals .
London , represented by 112 Stewards , contributes £ 5 , 222 5 s 9 d . Of this sum £ 4 , 454 2 s 9 d comes from 91 Stewards acting on behalf of 91 of the Lodges , and ouo of
the Chapters of the Metropolis ; £ 394 17 s represents : the total collected by the eight members of the House Committee , while the balance , £ 373 6 s , was collected by 13 " unattached " brethren . Bro . Lieut .-Col . James Peters
heads the House Committee list , with one hundred guineas . Bro . Peter de Lande Long following with eighty , Bro . Joshua Nunn with £ 54 12 s , and the others with sums ranging from £ 46 5 s to £ 25 . The place of honour among the " unattached" is occupied by Bro . Edgar Bowyer ,
whose list of £ 94 is one of which he may well feel proud ; he is followed by Bro . T . W . C . Bush , with £ 68 5 s , and then by Bro . W . H . Farnfield , who collected £ 57 15 s , The other lists in this section range from £ 23 2 s down to £ 10 10 s . In the general body of London Stewards , Bro .
Robert Grey comes first in point of amount collected , with a list totalling up to £ 199 10 s ; this , from a representative of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 222 , a Lodge which appeared in last year ' s Girls' Festival list with a total of £ 65 2 s , proves that the older Lodges—those which have
been in existence longer even than either of the Masonic Charities—are to the fore in support of the Institutions , while the totals of some of the younger ones , which will be referred to hereafter show that they also are mindful of the wants of our less fortunate members . Lodge No .
1383 , the Friends in Council , is ably represented on the present list , its Steward ( Bro . M . P . F . Caulfield ) having collected the next highest amount , £ 149 2 s , while he , in turn , is followed by the representative of one of our youngest Lodges—the Montagu Guest , No . 1900 , for which Bro . G . P . Festa once more takes the office of Steward . His
efforts on this occasion have again proved his worth as a supporter of the Institutions , his list figuring up to no less a sum than £ 147 . Bro . J . F . Porter , M . D ., the Steward representing another young Lodge , the Evening Star , No . 1719—follows close on Bro . Festa , with £ 144 18 s , while
Bro . J . Neilson , of the Creaton Lodge , No . 1791 , puts another " youngster " to the front with a list of £ 130 . The Athenteum Lodge , No . 1491 , comes next on the list , its representative , Bro . P . H . Waterlow , having secured £ 116 lis towards the general total . He , in turn , is close
pressed b y Bro . Walter Wood , of Confidence Lodge , No . 193 , whose list of £ 115 10 s is a creditable production for even so well supported a Lodge as the " Confidence . " No . 834 , Ranelagh , contributes £ 108 lis at the hands of Bro . A . C . Bean , while No . 1287 , Great Northern , is well represented by a list of £ 106 Is , collected by its representa-
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Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.
NINETY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
THE result of this year ' s Festival of the Girls' School , although the lowest of the last five years , must be considered as satisfactory . As -we stated in our- analysis of the subscriptions announced at the Benevolent Festival , in our issue of the 10 th of March last , there are many
causes at the present time which tend to keep down the totals of amounts subscribed to the Charitable Institutions . The country is , and has been for some time past , in a state of commercial depression , and bearing in mind that whatever is announced at one or other of our Charity
Festivals represents the free offerings of the brethren , it naturally follows that the total very much depends on the prosperity or otherwise of the country generally , for it is impossible for either as many , or as large amounts , to be spared in bad times as in days of great activity . The
result , however , of the present year ' s Festival—according to the figures supplied us from the Office of the Institution , and published in a recent issue—totals up to no less than £ 10 , 590 17 s 3 d , and is a sum of which we , as Freemasons , may justly be proud . As usual , this amount does
not represent the fall result of the Festival ; it is made up without the returns of eight Stewards who had not reported the extent of their lists at the time the details were supplied , and further there will doubtless be a few additions made to the totals that have already been sent in , so that we may
look for £ 10 , 750 , or more , as the total of promised sub scriptions to the Girls' School for the year 1883 . This amount of £ 10 , 590 17 s 3 d is , as we have said , the lowest that has been announced at any of the last five Festivals , and is some £ 2 , 641 odd below that of last year , £ 854
below that of 1881 , £ 2 , 917 below that of 1880 , and £ 1 , 122 odd less than was announced at the Festival of 1879 . Yet we are among those who are satisfied with the result ; satisfied , from the fact that in many quarters it was considered doubtful whether this year ' s Festival
would realise a total of five figures . Anything below £ 10 , 000 would , no doubt , be now looked upon as a poor result of one of the great Masonic Festivals , but there were many of the best friends of the Girls' School who thought it next to impossible that that sum could be reached this
year . It has , however , been reached , and exceeded by a little short of £ 600 ; the Stewards , and all who have assisted in the result are , therefore , entitled to our warmest congratulations , and to the thanks of all interested in the welfare of our Charities .
The Chairman who presided at this year ' s Festival—Bro the R . W . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Provincial G . Master for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight—is , as we have previously observed , a man highly respected by his brother Masons ; respected in the Province of which he is the
mler , respected in Grand Lodge , and respected throughout the country , wherever he is known . That the Girls ' School benefited from the fact of his presidency we think undoubtedly a fact , the regret is that he should have acted as chairman at a time when the general state of the
country all but prevented a total being reached above those which has gone before . The present is not his first experience as Chairman at our Masonic Festivals . In 1877 " he presided at the annual gathering on behalf of the Boys ' school , when a total of subscriptions was announced
Ninety-Fifth Anniversary Festival Of The Girls' School.
higher than anything then known ; the actual result at the time of the . Festival having been £ 13 , 160 15 s , increased a few days afterwards to £ 13 , 312 2 s . This year ' s total , on behalf of the Girls' School , represents the work of 250 Stewards , distributed as follows : — London ( including
eight members of the House Committee ) 112 , the Provinces ( including the Chan-man ) 137 , and Foreign 1 , The 112 London Stewards collected among them nearly onehalf of the total sum , namely , £ 5 , 222 5 s 9 d ; while the 137 Provincials sent £ 5 , 358 Is 6 cl , and the Foreigner £ 1010 s ;
the average per Steward is about £ 46 12 s 6 | d in the case of the Londoners , £ 39 2 s 2 | d in that of the Provincials , and £ 42 7 s 3 d in that of the whole body ; sums which will favourably compare with the averages of past Festivals .
London , represented by 112 Stewards , contributes £ 5 , 222 5 s 9 d . Of this sum £ 4 , 454 2 s 9 d comes from 91 Stewards acting on behalf of 91 of the Lodges , and ouo of
the Chapters of the Metropolis ; £ 394 17 s represents : the total collected by the eight members of the House Committee , while the balance , £ 373 6 s , was collected by 13 " unattached " brethren . Bro . Lieut .-Col . James Peters
heads the House Committee list , with one hundred guineas . Bro . Peter de Lande Long following with eighty , Bro . Joshua Nunn with £ 54 12 s , and the others with sums ranging from £ 46 5 s to £ 25 . The place of honour among the " unattached" is occupied by Bro . Edgar Bowyer ,
whose list of £ 94 is one of which he may well feel proud ; he is followed by Bro . T . W . C . Bush , with £ 68 5 s , and then by Bro . W . H . Farnfield , who collected £ 57 15 s , The other lists in this section range from £ 23 2 s down to £ 10 10 s . In the general body of London Stewards , Bro .
Robert Grey comes first in point of amount collected , with a list totalling up to £ 199 10 s ; this , from a representative of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 222 , a Lodge which appeared in last year ' s Girls' Festival list with a total of £ 65 2 s , proves that the older Lodges—those which have
been in existence longer even than either of the Masonic Charities—are to the fore in support of the Institutions , while the totals of some of the younger ones , which will be referred to hereafter show that they also are mindful of the wants of our less fortunate members . Lodge No .
1383 , the Friends in Council , is ably represented on the present list , its Steward ( Bro . M . P . F . Caulfield ) having collected the next highest amount , £ 149 2 s , while he , in turn , is followed by the representative of one of our youngest Lodges—the Montagu Guest , No . 1900 , for which Bro . G . P . Festa once more takes the office of Steward . His
efforts on this occasion have again proved his worth as a supporter of the Institutions , his list figuring up to no less a sum than £ 147 . Bro . J . F . Porter , M . D ., the Steward representing another young Lodge , the Evening Star , No . 1719—follows close on Bro . Festa , with £ 144 18 s , while
Bro . J . Neilson , of the Creaton Lodge , No . 1791 , puts another " youngster " to the front with a list of £ 130 . The Athenteum Lodge , No . 1491 , comes next on the list , its representative , Bro . P . H . Waterlow , having secured £ 116 lis towards the general total . He , in turn , is close
pressed b y Bro . Walter Wood , of Confidence Lodge , No . 193 , whose list of £ 115 10 s is a creditable production for even so well supported a Lodge as the " Confidence . " No . 834 , Ranelagh , contributes £ 108 lis at the hands of Bro . A . C . Bean , while No . 1287 , Great Northern , is well represented by a list of £ 106 Is , collected by its representa-