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The Next Election For The Girls' Sohool.
THE NEXT ELECTION FOR THE GIRLS ' SOHOOL .
THI S year ' s October election for the benefits of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls will take place on Saturday , the 27 th proximo , and may be looked forward for as likely to produce results very different from those of years gone by . We shall be much surprised if even the most experienced in such
affairs do not find the outcome of the approaching election far from what they anticipate ; indeed , we imagine it is almost impossible to form any reliable estimate of what will be the result of the poll on that occasion . The cause for all this uncertainty is to be found in the fact that the coming election is the first wherein will be experienced the full result of the special efforts which were put forward to ensure a proper
celebration ot tne Centenary of the institution . Any calculations based on the experience of the past will be quite valueless as a guide to the number of votes needed to carry a candidate at the coming election , for not only have the exceptional donations in celebration of the Centenary entitled the donors to new votes for the contest , but we must also bear in mind there are the many extra votes to be considered which were
conferred in connection with the " special " advantages offered as inducements to ensure the exceptional support which was given to the Centenary ; while , as a climax to the whole , there are but nine vacancies to be filled , with sixty-three candidates eligible to
compete for them ; more than half that number of applicants now making their first appeal . For these several reasons we may aptly describe the coming contest as calling for " a leap in the dark " from those whose duty it will be to conduct the cases of the several candidates .
It will be quite useless to ask the oft-repeated questions of election days—How many votes will it require to make a candidate secure ? or , At what number will it be safe to stop polling ? unless one is content to take for an answer a mere expression of
opinion , formed on most meagre details , and quite impossible of being endorsed by actual calculation or rational argument . It is true we shall know the number of votes issued , and the number brought forward , but we shall lack that knowledge of their distribution which experience can alone supply . The whole conditions in regard to the distribution of votes
will be so changed as to necessitate fresh calculations and fresh consideration of the several features which affect them . It will be impossible to form any estimate of probable results unless it be known exactly how the larger Provinces and organizations stand in
regard to new votes , and now their several representatives intend to adapt themselves to the new state of affairs , and even then all will depend on the number of candidates coming forward from these particular centres . We need hardly say it will be quite impos-
The Next Election For The Girls' Sohool.
sible to ascertain these necessary details from those who will take part in the election , as each will , to a certain extent , keep his own counsel , in the hope of securing for his own particular district or combination one . of the few prizes which are available . . At the last election twelve girls were placed from a list of forty-two approved candidates . The one highest on the poll on that occasion secured 3888
votes , while the highest on the unsuccessful list had 1883 recorded on her behalf , the latter total being 131 below that of the lowest successful candidate . These figures were certainly high enough , but we expect they will appear low when we come to read the result of next month ' s polling , for , as we have already said , there will be a much larger number of
votes out , while there are three—twenty-five percent . —less vacancies available for competition , although unfortunately there is a much larger number of candidates among whom the votes will be divided . The ballot paper which has just been issued in nnnn ...... inn with tins f _ . r _ r _ rnf _ Y . Vnn a plpr . finn will nrnvfl JkJIl ! !
__<__» JL . * J ^ - __ . W ___ . __ jTJ . __ . . . J . V ^ . V ___ . _ . __ ' !__ . | , _ F M J . ____ - !_____< __ L _ A . _ .- ¦__•. £ - _____ . ___* . _/ VAV 4 ^ I 1 - _ .- _ .-4 . ¦¦ " > V * V " a great disappointment to many , for it was the opinion of a large section of the Craft that the grand result of the Centenary Festival would enable the Committee of the Institution to take on all candidates , without the trouble of an election , but they could hardly have anticipated so long a list as is
now presented . JNo doubt this lee 1 ing has done much to swell the list of candidates to its present huge dimensions , for it must be borne in mind that of the sixty-three candidates no less than fifty-four have been approved during the last twelve months ; that is , during the period of excitement in connection with
the Centenary celebration of the Charity . No doubt the special efforts put forward in connection with that event resulted in much larger receipts than would have been the case had the year been an ordinary one , but they also attracted a large number of candidates , for the majority of whom it will be impossible ever to make any provision ,
notwithstanding the great and rapid advances which have taken place in the affairs of the Institution during the last few years . As it seems we must expect permanent disappointment for a large number of the candidates now on the
list for this Institution , we think the opportunity a favourable one for once more considering the advisability of offering "half a loaf rather than no bread . " Would it not be possible to help some—if not all—of the unsuccessful candidates with grants 4- __ TT . _ . •_ •__ _ . 4-l ___ .- » wtn . i . Tnnnwnr » OT I . __ 1 __ /!_ miT __ T .. r __ n-r * _ . ?/_ i taiv iau
UU . vti . ULQ L _ ICIA x __ -A- _ niC-J . t _ - _ i _(; __ . u-. - _ n _ ., _ . u . u Kji . > v __ no may term the excess of the Centenary . We know that a large part of this " excess " is already bespoke , but surely it is not all appropriated , and we think the question of affording a little help in a certain
number of cases might reasonably be considered in connection with a part of the remaining surplus . If some such plan as this is not adopted we fear that at least one half of the sixty-three candidates at present on the list will never have the privilege of reaping
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The Next Election For The Girls' Sohool.
THE NEXT ELECTION FOR THE GIRLS ' SOHOOL .
THI S year ' s October election for the benefits of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls will take place on Saturday , the 27 th proximo , and may be looked forward for as likely to produce results very different from those of years gone by . We shall be much surprised if even the most experienced in such
affairs do not find the outcome of the approaching election far from what they anticipate ; indeed , we imagine it is almost impossible to form any reliable estimate of what will be the result of the poll on that occasion . The cause for all this uncertainty is to be found in the fact that the coming election is the first wherein will be experienced the full result of the special efforts which were put forward to ensure a proper
celebration ot tne Centenary of the institution . Any calculations based on the experience of the past will be quite valueless as a guide to the number of votes needed to carry a candidate at the coming election , for not only have the exceptional donations in celebration of the Centenary entitled the donors to new votes for the contest , but we must also bear in mind there are the many extra votes to be considered which were
conferred in connection with the " special " advantages offered as inducements to ensure the exceptional support which was given to the Centenary ; while , as a climax to the whole , there are but nine vacancies to be filled , with sixty-three candidates eligible to
compete for them ; more than half that number of applicants now making their first appeal . For these several reasons we may aptly describe the coming contest as calling for " a leap in the dark " from those whose duty it will be to conduct the cases of the several candidates .
It will be quite useless to ask the oft-repeated questions of election days—How many votes will it require to make a candidate secure ? or , At what number will it be safe to stop polling ? unless one is content to take for an answer a mere expression of
opinion , formed on most meagre details , and quite impossible of being endorsed by actual calculation or rational argument . It is true we shall know the number of votes issued , and the number brought forward , but we shall lack that knowledge of their distribution which experience can alone supply . The whole conditions in regard to the distribution of votes
will be so changed as to necessitate fresh calculations and fresh consideration of the several features which affect them . It will be impossible to form any estimate of probable results unless it be known exactly how the larger Provinces and organizations stand in
regard to new votes , and now their several representatives intend to adapt themselves to the new state of affairs , and even then all will depend on the number of candidates coming forward from these particular centres . We need hardly say it will be quite impos-
The Next Election For The Girls' Sohool.
sible to ascertain these necessary details from those who will take part in the election , as each will , to a certain extent , keep his own counsel , in the hope of securing for his own particular district or combination one . of the few prizes which are available . . At the last election twelve girls were placed from a list of forty-two approved candidates . The one highest on the poll on that occasion secured 3888
votes , while the highest on the unsuccessful list had 1883 recorded on her behalf , the latter total being 131 below that of the lowest successful candidate . These figures were certainly high enough , but we expect they will appear low when we come to read the result of next month ' s polling , for , as we have already said , there will be a much larger number of
votes out , while there are three—twenty-five percent . —less vacancies available for competition , although unfortunately there is a much larger number of candidates among whom the votes will be divided . The ballot paper which has just been issued in nnnn ...... inn with tins f _ . r _ r _ rnf _ Y . Vnn a plpr . finn will nrnvfl JkJIl ! !
__<__» JL . * J ^ - __ . W ___ . __ jTJ . __ . . . J . V ^ . V ___ . _ . __ ' !__ . | , _ F M J . ____ - !_____< __ L _ A . _ .- ¦__•. £ - _____ . ___* . _/ VAV 4 ^ I 1 - _ .- _ .-4 . ¦¦ " > V * V " a great disappointment to many , for it was the opinion of a large section of the Craft that the grand result of the Centenary Festival would enable the Committee of the Institution to take on all candidates , without the trouble of an election , but they could hardly have anticipated so long a list as is
now presented . JNo doubt this lee 1 ing has done much to swell the list of candidates to its present huge dimensions , for it must be borne in mind that of the sixty-three candidates no less than fifty-four have been approved during the last twelve months ; that is , during the period of excitement in connection with
the Centenary celebration of the Charity . No doubt the special efforts put forward in connection with that event resulted in much larger receipts than would have been the case had the year been an ordinary one , but they also attracted a large number of candidates , for the majority of whom it will be impossible ever to make any provision ,
notwithstanding the great and rapid advances which have taken place in the affairs of the Institution during the last few years . As it seems we must expect permanent disappointment for a large number of the candidates now on the
list for this Institution , we think the opportunity a favourable one for once more considering the advisability of offering "half a loaf rather than no bread . " Would it not be possible to help some—if not all—of the unsuccessful candidates with grants 4- __ TT . _ . •_ •__ _ . 4-l ___ .- » wtn . i . Tnnnwnr » OT I . __ 1 __ /!_ miT __ T .. r __ n-r * _ . ?/_ i taiv iau
UU . vti . ULQ L _ ICIA x __ -A- _ niC-J . t _ - _ i _(; __ . u-. - _ n _ ., _ . u . u Kji . > v __ no may term the excess of the Centenary . We know that a large part of this " excess " is already bespoke , but surely it is not all appropriated , and we think the question of affording a little help in a certain
number of cases might reasonably be considered in connection with a part of the remaining surplus . If some such plan as this is not adopted we fear that at least one half of the sixty-three candidates at present on the list will never have the privilege of reaping