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Anniversary Festival Of The Boys' School.
ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
THE Ninety-third . Anniversary Festival of the "Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , held on Wednesday , at Brighton , under the presidency of the Earl of Lathom , was a grand success , not only from a financial point of view , but also as giving unmistakable evidence that the Craft generally is fully alive to the claims the Charity has upon its
members , and are satisfied with the way in which it is being conducted . But far and above all these considerations , the Festival of 1891 is likely to stand out prominently for all time , as the occasion on which the desirability of removing the Institution was formally brought under the notice of the Craft . Wood Green , with all its pasfc pleasurable recollections ,
and its brilliant history from a Masonic Charity point of view , is no longer a suitable site for the Schools of our Institution , and now that fche note has been struck , we have no doubt its doom will be sealed at no very distant date . There are many reasons to urge in favour of a removal , and few to advance on the opposite side ; the main obstacle to prevent an immediate change really being that of expense . But
some of the conditions which have arisen to render the neighbourhood no longer desirable for the School , also act in such a way as to increase the value of the land owned by the Institution , so that what is lost in ono direction is compensated for , to a certain extent , in another . Wood Green is now a crowded suburb
of the great metropolis , and the large area covered by the buildings and playgrounds of the Institution will be readily saleable for the erection of dwellings for the large population of our .. city anxious to remove there , and it may reasonably be hoped that a substantial sum towards the acquisition of new premises will he , obtainable injhia . way . But , apart irom tho consideration of expense , / there is the almost universal
opinion that our boys— 'like those of other public schools—can be so inuch better , and , in ^ nany respectsj more . economically cared ; for in the country than on the borders of the great metropolis , where many things of every day requirement cost double what they do . further afield , and where it is quite impossible to give that healthful exercise which is so essential for growing lads .
It is well . known . a removal of the School has often been discussed by individual members , but it has been left for the Earl of Lathom to make the announcement which was really needed to put the ball in motion , and making it as he did on such a brilliant Occasion as Wfidnfisrln . v ln . srf . V / IIATI VIA nnt
only had the enthusiastic support oi his own Province , but also of nearly every other district of English freemasonry , the happiest results may be anticipated . Having put his hand to the work the Earl of Lathom may , he -relied . upon to support the scheme to the end , and as his support will at least carry
Anniversary Festival Of The Boys' School.
with it the co-operation of his own Province , and in all probability that of East Lancashire , Yorkshire and Cheshire , it will be at onco apparent what a brilliant start has been made in the new work , which we venture to predict will prove to be one of tho greatest and most beneficial alterations over undertftkfln in connection with the Charities .
The Earl of Lathom and those he presided over are not content to take a second rate position , as past records prove . When the Chairman of
Wednesday presided some years back at a Festival of the Benevolent Institution the total brought in was tho highest ever known in the history of the Masonic Charities . The same was the case when his lordship presided for the Boys' School in 1880 , and a like result attended his advocacy of the claims of the Girls '
School a few years later . Now we have to record another " best" result , so far as ordinary Festivals are concerned , for the Centenary of the Girls is hardly available for matters of comparison , and in view of such past events the Craft may be excused for evincing the greatest enthusiasm on behalf of any
good work to which the Earl of Lathom lends his assistance . Beside all this , his position as Pro Grand Master of England lends a kind of official stamp to his utterances , which would seem to imply that the welfare and the interests of the Charities are regarded as being of the very first importance in high Masonic circles .
In round figures the result of Wednesday ' s gathering may be set down as a contribution of £ 29 , 000 to the funds of the Institution , the actual announcement at the Festival being £ 28 , 873 12 s 6 d , made up of £ 20 , 307 9 s 6 d collected by 559 Provincial Stewards , and £ 8 , 566 3 s brought up by 205 Stewards representing London Lodges . We heard regrets expressed that it was not nossible to make the total an even
£ 30 , 000 , and one brother offered to contribute another five guineas on condition that result was achieved . Possibly there were many others who would have done something in the . same direction , had such a proposal been mooted fropa the chair , and this leads us to a reconsideration oi suggestions we have made in the past as to whether greater use could not be made
of the actual assemblies at the Festivals . Of course it may be urged it is unfair to press brethren for further donations when they have been working for weeks before to secure contributions for the Institution ; but , on the other hand , there were no doubt very many who were disappointed Wednesday's announcement was not £ 30 , 000 when the contribution of an
average of £ 1 from each of those present at the Festival would have secured that result . The offer we have already referred to shows what might have been done * and we commend the innovation to the attention of the Boys' School Secretary . We believe his fellow workers in the other two Institutions are averse to the suggestion , but that is no reason why it should not be introduced as part of the new programme of the Boys' School , which on this
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Anniversary Festival Of The Boys' School.
ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
THE Ninety-third . Anniversary Festival of the "Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , held on Wednesday , at Brighton , under the presidency of the Earl of Lathom , was a grand success , not only from a financial point of view , but also as giving unmistakable evidence that the Craft generally is fully alive to the claims the Charity has upon its
members , and are satisfied with the way in which it is being conducted . But far and above all these considerations , the Festival of 1891 is likely to stand out prominently for all time , as the occasion on which the desirability of removing the Institution was formally brought under the notice of the Craft . Wood Green , with all its pasfc pleasurable recollections ,
and its brilliant history from a Masonic Charity point of view , is no longer a suitable site for the Schools of our Institution , and now that fche note has been struck , we have no doubt its doom will be sealed at no very distant date . There are many reasons to urge in favour of a removal , and few to advance on the opposite side ; the main obstacle to prevent an immediate change really being that of expense . But
some of the conditions which have arisen to render the neighbourhood no longer desirable for the School , also act in such a way as to increase the value of the land owned by the Institution , so that what is lost in ono direction is compensated for , to a certain extent , in another . Wood Green is now a crowded suburb
of the great metropolis , and the large area covered by the buildings and playgrounds of the Institution will be readily saleable for the erection of dwellings for the large population of our .. city anxious to remove there , and it may reasonably be hoped that a substantial sum towards the acquisition of new premises will he , obtainable injhia . way . But , apart irom tho consideration of expense , / there is the almost universal
opinion that our boys— 'like those of other public schools—can be so inuch better , and , in ^ nany respectsj more . economically cared ; for in the country than on the borders of the great metropolis , where many things of every day requirement cost double what they do . further afield , and where it is quite impossible to give that healthful exercise which is so essential for growing lads .
It is well . known . a removal of the School has often been discussed by individual members , but it has been left for the Earl of Lathom to make the announcement which was really needed to put the ball in motion , and making it as he did on such a brilliant Occasion as Wfidnfisrln . v ln . srf . V / IIATI VIA nnt
only had the enthusiastic support oi his own Province , but also of nearly every other district of English freemasonry , the happiest results may be anticipated . Having put his hand to the work the Earl of Lathom may , he -relied . upon to support the scheme to the end , and as his support will at least carry
Anniversary Festival Of The Boys' School.
with it the co-operation of his own Province , and in all probability that of East Lancashire , Yorkshire and Cheshire , it will be at onco apparent what a brilliant start has been made in the new work , which we venture to predict will prove to be one of tho greatest and most beneficial alterations over undertftkfln in connection with the Charities .
The Earl of Lathom and those he presided over are not content to take a second rate position , as past records prove . When the Chairman of
Wednesday presided some years back at a Festival of the Benevolent Institution the total brought in was tho highest ever known in the history of the Masonic Charities . The same was the case when his lordship presided for the Boys' School in 1880 , and a like result attended his advocacy of the claims of the Girls '
School a few years later . Now we have to record another " best" result , so far as ordinary Festivals are concerned , for the Centenary of the Girls is hardly available for matters of comparison , and in view of such past events the Craft may be excused for evincing the greatest enthusiasm on behalf of any
good work to which the Earl of Lathom lends his assistance . Beside all this , his position as Pro Grand Master of England lends a kind of official stamp to his utterances , which would seem to imply that the welfare and the interests of the Charities are regarded as being of the very first importance in high Masonic circles .
In round figures the result of Wednesday ' s gathering may be set down as a contribution of £ 29 , 000 to the funds of the Institution , the actual announcement at the Festival being £ 28 , 873 12 s 6 d , made up of £ 20 , 307 9 s 6 d collected by 559 Provincial Stewards , and £ 8 , 566 3 s brought up by 205 Stewards representing London Lodges . We heard regrets expressed that it was not nossible to make the total an even
£ 30 , 000 , and one brother offered to contribute another five guineas on condition that result was achieved . Possibly there were many others who would have done something in the . same direction , had such a proposal been mooted fropa the chair , and this leads us to a reconsideration oi suggestions we have made in the past as to whether greater use could not be made
of the actual assemblies at the Festivals . Of course it may be urged it is unfair to press brethren for further donations when they have been working for weeks before to secure contributions for the Institution ; but , on the other hand , there were no doubt very many who were disappointed Wednesday's announcement was not £ 30 , 000 when the contribution of an
average of £ 1 from each of those present at the Festival would have secured that result . The offer we have already referred to shows what might have been done * and we commend the innovation to the attention of the Boys' School Secretary . We believe his fellow workers in the other two Institutions are averse to the suggestion , but that is no reason why it should not be introduced as part of the new programme of the Boys' School , which on this