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Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
annual recurrence . As regards the annual expenditure o f tho two years , the actual difference in the average cost per girl is only six shillings . Economy , with a due regard to efficiency , is clearly therefore the order of the day in the management of this School , and brethren will be all the
more disposed to givo freely when they know their donations and subscriptions will be turned to tho best account . We havo also spoken of tho excellence of the School as an educational establishment , nor need we go further in any attempt to prove this assertion than to the two years we
havo already referred to . In 1877 , five prizes were awarded to as many girls for passing tho Cambridge Examination . Iu 1880 , one girl was awarded a prize for passing the Senior Cambridge Examination , another was similarly rewarded for " passing in honours Cambridge
Examination , " and six others were similarly honoured for passing the examination . This is public testimony to the excellence of tho education afforded , and proves that the standard of
proficiency is not only maintained at what it was in 1877 , but has since improved very considerably . Nor can it be denied that a School which bears such good fruit deserves the support of brethren throughout the country .
Having thus urged on the attention of our readers the reasons why we think and believe the Craft generally should oxert itself , so that tho second Festival of 1881 may as nearly as possible equal in its results that of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February last , let us
add a few words in order to strengthen and confirm what has gone before . It must not be forgotten that Bro . Terry was so fortunate as to secure the Grand Master of the Province of West Yorkshire as Chairman for his Festival , and West Yorkshire , with its formidable array of Lodges ,
loyally supported their chief with a total subscription of £ 3 , 500 . But Gloucestershire , albeit , as we shall see later on , it has regularly done its duty towards all our Institutions , is far from being a strong Province . It has but fourteen Lodges all told , and but two of the towns within
its limits can boast of having more than one Lodge—Cheltenham and Gloucester . Yet it has figured well at the majority of the Festivals we have been privileged to chronicle . In 1876 it gave £ 276 14 s to the Boys ' School . In 1877 it is returned as having subscribed £ 28 7 s
to the Benevolent , £ 135 9 s to the Girls' School , and £ 338 2 s to that of our Boys : total for the year , £ 501 18 s . In 1878 it gave , Benevolent £ 118 , Girls £ 229 16 s 6 d , Boys £ 379 13 s : total , £ 727 9 s 6 d . In 1879 the Benevolent received £ 148 12 s , the Girls £ 312 19 s , and the Boys
£ 378 10 s : total , £ 840 Is ; while last year the Benevolent had £ 88 8 s , the Girls £ 358 Is , and the Boys £ 234 3 s , or together £ 680 12 s . In February last it contributed to the Benevolent £ 263 12 s . In short , since the beginning of 1875 till now , the total of its subscriptions to our three
Institutions is a fraction over £ 3 , 332 . This is an array of figures which speaks most eloquently for the liberality of our Gloucestershire brethren , and having regard to the aforesaid paucity of Lodges , furnishes an additional reason , if any such reason were needed , why the Metropolis and the other Provinces should come forward and lend a
helping hand in the cause which Sir M . Hicks-Beach has loyally undertaken to advocate , and which the Lodges in his Province are sure to support . Let ns look hopefully forward , as we feel we may safely do , under the tutelary
auspices and with the powerful advocacy of the newly elected Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire , to our Girls receiving what , in common parlance , is called a " bumper " Anniversary Festival on the 18 fch May , now approaching so rapidly .
Committee Meeting Of The Girls' School
COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL
THE monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonio Institution for Girls was held on Thursday , at Freemasons' Hall . There were present Bros . Col . Creaton G . Treasurer ( iu the chair ) , J . M . Case , E . H . Finney , Thomas Massa , H . A . Dubois , W . Bailey , Joshua Nunn , Frank Richardson , James Patten , H . Massey , Peter de Lande Long , E . Letchworth , E . C . Mather , C . Hammerton ,
and F . R . W . Hedges ( Secretary ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of last meeting , and the reading of the minutes of the other Committees subsequently , Bros . Massa , Frank Richardson , John Case , and A . J . Duff-Filer nominated lists of brethren to serve on the House aud Audit Committees of the
Institution for ensuing year . There were but two petitions for the admission of candidates to the list for election . Bro . Hedges informed the Committee that Sir Michael Hicks Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . for Gloucestershire , had appointed Tuesday , the 17 th May , for the Stewards' visit to the School , when he will distribute the prizes . The Committee Bhortly afterwards adjourned .
United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
rpHE Annual Festival of the United Grand Lodge of Eng land was -L held at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Wednesday , 27 th inst Grand Lodgo was presided over by Bro . General J . Studholme Brown ! rigg , C . B ., Prov . Grand Master Surrey , ho being supported by Bro ! Major Tudor Prov . Grand Master Staffordshire , who acted as Deputy Grand Master , and Bro . S . Rawson P . D . Grand Master China as Pask
Grand Master . After tho customary formalities as regards the open , ing of Grand Lodge , H . R . H . tho Prince of Wales was proclaimed as Grand Master for the year , the Earl of CarnarTon and the Earl of Lathom being appointed as Pro G . M . aud Deputy G . M . respectivel y . The other appointments were then proceeded with , tho following
being the ' new Grand Officers , viz . : — The Earl of March , M . P Senior Grand Warden Justice Cave Junior Grand Warden Rev . A . P . Pnrey . Cust , Dean of York } Q d Ch , aina Rev . Ambrose W . Hall J r Lieut .-Col . Creaton Grand Treasurer M . J . Mclntyre , Q . C ., M . P Grand Registrar Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke Grand Secretarv
E . E . Wendt Seo . German Correspondence Sir James Ramsden ) o « .: ™ r ^ u n « Major General H . Clerk , R . A ., F . R . S . j Semov Grand Deac 0 M H . c a SSdSUA ; F . B . B . " ::: } ™ ™* — J . Gibson G . Superintendent of Works Sir Albert W . Woods ( Garter ) P . G . W . Grand Director of Ceremonies Capt . A . B . Cooke Assistant Grand Dir . of Cer .
George Lambert Grand Sword Bearer C . S . Jekyll Grand Organist H . G . Buss Assistant Grand Secretary W . Clarke Grand Pursuivant W . R . Wood Assistant do . H . Sadler Grand Tyler
Bros . T . A . Jones 259 , W . W . Venn 99 , Henry Lando 4 , R . M . Bishop 1 , S . R . Turner 2 , J . H . Hay 5 , L . W . Desange 6 , A . Tisley 8 , Eugene Montellis 14 , C . Mashfield 21 , A . S . Wildey 23 , G . H . Brodie 26 , W . Roebuck 29 , F . Schofield 46 , W . J . Crump 58 , J . Hellerly 60 , W . G . Logan 91 , and E . Letohworth 197 , Grand Stewards . The Acting Grand Master annonnced that H . R . H . the Princo of
Wales had been pleased to order that in future all Grand Pursuivants should be entitled to past rank in the same way as were the other Grand Officers . Grand Lodge was then closed . The usual banquet followed at Freemasons' Tavern , General Brown , rigg presiding here also . The following were among those present—Bros . Sir E . A . Lechmere , Bart , Prov . G . M . Worcestershire , Earl of
March S . G . W ., Rev . Sir J . W . Hayes , Bart , P . G . C ., G . W . Linenger Past G . M . Nebraska , Brackstone Baker , Ernest E . Wendt , D . C . L ., Grand Secretary German Correspondence , Lieut .-Col . J . Creaton , iEneas Mclntyre , Grand Registrar , Shadwell H . Clerke , Major G . S . Tudor P . G . M . Staffordshire , H D . Sandeman P . D . G . M . Bengal , S . Rawson P . D . G . M . China , Rev . Ambrose W . Hall Grand Chaplain ,
Rev . John Sedwioh , D . D ., P . G . C ., Rev . R . Simpson P . G . C ., C . A . Mnrton , Rev . P . Morrell , J . Sampson Peirce J . G . D ., T . Fenn , H . C . Levander , M . A ., F . R . A . S ., P . G . D ., C . W . C . Hutton , Robert Grey , Raynham W . Stewart , Rev . W . A . Hill P . G . C ., Rev . H . A . Pickard P . G . C ., Rev . C . J . Martyn P . G . C ., J . W . Case , Major-General H .
Clark , R . A ., F . R . S ., S . G . D ., Sir Albert W . Woods , Garter , P . G . W . G . D . C ., R . F . Gould , Rev . Robert P . Burt P . G . C ., Rev . C . W . Arnold P . G . C ., H . J . P . Dumas , J . Parkinson , J . A . Rucker , Peter de Lande Long , Captain N . G . Philips , J . Mason P . G . S . B ., Joshna Nnnn P . G . S . B ., A . J . Duff-Filer P . G . S . B ., C . Greenwood P . G . S . B ., G .
Lambert G . S . B ., J . T . Collins P . G . S . B ., S . MnlIons P . G . S . B ., C . S . Jekyll G . O ., Magnus Ohren , Captain Arthur Bott Cook Assist . G . D . C ., J- L . Thomas , Lieutenant-Colonel H . S . S . Burney , Frank Richardson , John H . Scott , W . R . Wood Assist . G . P ., W . Clarke G . P ., W . T . Howe P . G . P ., H . G . Buss , Assistant Grand Secretary , T . Cubitt P . G . P . At the conclusion of the banqnet the customary toasts were honoured . That of the Queen , the Chairman said , required no
recommendation in an assembly of Freemasons . It was forty-three years since the gracious lady who ruled over us ascended the throne ; doubtless there were some present old enough to remember her accession , but all could appreciate how thoroughly Her Majesty had endeared herself to her subjects . It was not , however , as loyal subjects alone that they honoured Her Majesty ; members of the
Craft conld never forget that she was the daughter of a Freemason and the mother of their most distinguished Grand Master . The toast was duly honoured , and was followed by the National Anthem . The nest toast was H . R . H . the Princess of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family . It happened that it had been the privilege of the noble chairman to be a great deal in Denmark . He
had the honour of remembering , and he might say of knowing , Her Royal Highness from the time of her childhood . He well remembered the grief which overspread her native land when she was taken from it and transferred to England ; but he ventured to say that she received a welcome from Englishmen which she ha " thoroughly appreciated . She had identified herself with Eng
lishmen , and was very intimately connected with Masonry . He did not know that he had ever been in any foreign country where the solemnities of Masonry were carried out more accurately and successfully than in Denmark . They must remember it was there that our Grand Master got his first degree in Masonry , and therefore Her Royal Highness had a very friendly regard for everything
connected with Masonry . He believed that she was very much touched by the message sent to her by Grand Lodge on her birthday . He hoped he might say without presumption that her two sons , the illustrious young blue jackets now serving their country , might , when they became of mature age , be enrolled in the Craft . The toast met a hearty reception , and was followed by that of the Grand Master-The chairman , iu proposing it , referred to the installation of M *
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Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
annual recurrence . As regards the annual expenditure o f tho two years , the actual difference in the average cost per girl is only six shillings . Economy , with a due regard to efficiency , is clearly therefore the order of the day in the management of this School , and brethren will be all the
more disposed to givo freely when they know their donations and subscriptions will be turned to tho best account . We havo also spoken of tho excellence of the School as an educational establishment , nor need we go further in any attempt to prove this assertion than to the two years we
havo already referred to . In 1877 , five prizes were awarded to as many girls for passing tho Cambridge Examination . Iu 1880 , one girl was awarded a prize for passing the Senior Cambridge Examination , another was similarly rewarded for " passing in honours Cambridge
Examination , " and six others were similarly honoured for passing the examination . This is public testimony to the excellence of tho education afforded , and proves that the standard of
proficiency is not only maintained at what it was in 1877 , but has since improved very considerably . Nor can it be denied that a School which bears such good fruit deserves the support of brethren throughout the country .
Having thus urged on the attention of our readers the reasons why we think and believe the Craft generally should oxert itself , so that tho second Festival of 1881 may as nearly as possible equal in its results that of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February last , let us
add a few words in order to strengthen and confirm what has gone before . It must not be forgotten that Bro . Terry was so fortunate as to secure the Grand Master of the Province of West Yorkshire as Chairman for his Festival , and West Yorkshire , with its formidable array of Lodges ,
loyally supported their chief with a total subscription of £ 3 , 500 . But Gloucestershire , albeit , as we shall see later on , it has regularly done its duty towards all our Institutions , is far from being a strong Province . It has but fourteen Lodges all told , and but two of the towns within
its limits can boast of having more than one Lodge—Cheltenham and Gloucester . Yet it has figured well at the majority of the Festivals we have been privileged to chronicle . In 1876 it gave £ 276 14 s to the Boys ' School . In 1877 it is returned as having subscribed £ 28 7 s
to the Benevolent , £ 135 9 s to the Girls' School , and £ 338 2 s to that of our Boys : total for the year , £ 501 18 s . In 1878 it gave , Benevolent £ 118 , Girls £ 229 16 s 6 d , Boys £ 379 13 s : total , £ 727 9 s 6 d . In 1879 the Benevolent received £ 148 12 s , the Girls £ 312 19 s , and the Boys
£ 378 10 s : total , £ 840 Is ; while last year the Benevolent had £ 88 8 s , the Girls £ 358 Is , and the Boys £ 234 3 s , or together £ 680 12 s . In February last it contributed to the Benevolent £ 263 12 s . In short , since the beginning of 1875 till now , the total of its subscriptions to our three
Institutions is a fraction over £ 3 , 332 . This is an array of figures which speaks most eloquently for the liberality of our Gloucestershire brethren , and having regard to the aforesaid paucity of Lodges , furnishes an additional reason , if any such reason were needed , why the Metropolis and the other Provinces should come forward and lend a
helping hand in the cause which Sir M . Hicks-Beach has loyally undertaken to advocate , and which the Lodges in his Province are sure to support . Let ns look hopefully forward , as we feel we may safely do , under the tutelary
auspices and with the powerful advocacy of the newly elected Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire , to our Girls receiving what , in common parlance , is called a " bumper " Anniversary Festival on the 18 fch May , now approaching so rapidly .
Committee Meeting Of The Girls' School
COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL
THE monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonio Institution for Girls was held on Thursday , at Freemasons' Hall . There were present Bros . Col . Creaton G . Treasurer ( iu the chair ) , J . M . Case , E . H . Finney , Thomas Massa , H . A . Dubois , W . Bailey , Joshua Nunn , Frank Richardson , James Patten , H . Massey , Peter de Lande Long , E . Letchworth , E . C . Mather , C . Hammerton ,
and F . R . W . Hedges ( Secretary ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of last meeting , and the reading of the minutes of the other Committees subsequently , Bros . Massa , Frank Richardson , John Case , and A . J . Duff-Filer nominated lists of brethren to serve on the House aud Audit Committees of the
Institution for ensuing year . There were but two petitions for the admission of candidates to the list for election . Bro . Hedges informed the Committee that Sir Michael Hicks Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . for Gloucestershire , had appointed Tuesday , the 17 th May , for the Stewards' visit to the School , when he will distribute the prizes . The Committee Bhortly afterwards adjourned .
United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
rpHE Annual Festival of the United Grand Lodge of Eng land was -L held at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Wednesday , 27 th inst Grand Lodgo was presided over by Bro . General J . Studholme Brown ! rigg , C . B ., Prov . Grand Master Surrey , ho being supported by Bro ! Major Tudor Prov . Grand Master Staffordshire , who acted as Deputy Grand Master , and Bro . S . Rawson P . D . Grand Master China as Pask
Grand Master . After tho customary formalities as regards the open , ing of Grand Lodge , H . R . H . tho Prince of Wales was proclaimed as Grand Master for the year , the Earl of CarnarTon and the Earl of Lathom being appointed as Pro G . M . aud Deputy G . M . respectivel y . The other appointments were then proceeded with , tho following
being the ' new Grand Officers , viz . : — The Earl of March , M . P Senior Grand Warden Justice Cave Junior Grand Warden Rev . A . P . Pnrey . Cust , Dean of York } Q d Ch , aina Rev . Ambrose W . Hall J r Lieut .-Col . Creaton Grand Treasurer M . J . Mclntyre , Q . C ., M . P Grand Registrar Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke Grand Secretarv
E . E . Wendt Seo . German Correspondence Sir James Ramsden ) o « .: ™ r ^ u n « Major General H . Clerk , R . A ., F . R . S . j Semov Grand Deac 0 M H . c a SSdSUA ; F . B . B . " ::: } ™ ™* — J . Gibson G . Superintendent of Works Sir Albert W . Woods ( Garter ) P . G . W . Grand Director of Ceremonies Capt . A . B . Cooke Assistant Grand Dir . of Cer .
George Lambert Grand Sword Bearer C . S . Jekyll Grand Organist H . G . Buss Assistant Grand Secretary W . Clarke Grand Pursuivant W . R . Wood Assistant do . H . Sadler Grand Tyler
Bros . T . A . Jones 259 , W . W . Venn 99 , Henry Lando 4 , R . M . Bishop 1 , S . R . Turner 2 , J . H . Hay 5 , L . W . Desange 6 , A . Tisley 8 , Eugene Montellis 14 , C . Mashfield 21 , A . S . Wildey 23 , G . H . Brodie 26 , W . Roebuck 29 , F . Schofield 46 , W . J . Crump 58 , J . Hellerly 60 , W . G . Logan 91 , and E . Letohworth 197 , Grand Stewards . The Acting Grand Master annonnced that H . R . H . the Princo of
Wales had been pleased to order that in future all Grand Pursuivants should be entitled to past rank in the same way as were the other Grand Officers . Grand Lodge was then closed . The usual banquet followed at Freemasons' Tavern , General Brown , rigg presiding here also . The following were among those present—Bros . Sir E . A . Lechmere , Bart , Prov . G . M . Worcestershire , Earl of
March S . G . W ., Rev . Sir J . W . Hayes , Bart , P . G . C ., G . W . Linenger Past G . M . Nebraska , Brackstone Baker , Ernest E . Wendt , D . C . L ., Grand Secretary German Correspondence , Lieut .-Col . J . Creaton , iEneas Mclntyre , Grand Registrar , Shadwell H . Clerke , Major G . S . Tudor P . G . M . Staffordshire , H D . Sandeman P . D . G . M . Bengal , S . Rawson P . D . G . M . China , Rev . Ambrose W . Hall Grand Chaplain ,
Rev . John Sedwioh , D . D ., P . G . C ., Rev . R . Simpson P . G . C ., C . A . Mnrton , Rev . P . Morrell , J . Sampson Peirce J . G . D ., T . Fenn , H . C . Levander , M . A ., F . R . A . S ., P . G . D ., C . W . C . Hutton , Robert Grey , Raynham W . Stewart , Rev . W . A . Hill P . G . C ., Rev . H . A . Pickard P . G . C ., Rev . C . J . Martyn P . G . C ., J . W . Case , Major-General H .
Clark , R . A ., F . R . S ., S . G . D ., Sir Albert W . Woods , Garter , P . G . W . G . D . C ., R . F . Gould , Rev . Robert P . Burt P . G . C ., Rev . C . W . Arnold P . G . C ., H . J . P . Dumas , J . Parkinson , J . A . Rucker , Peter de Lande Long , Captain N . G . Philips , J . Mason P . G . S . B ., Joshna Nnnn P . G . S . B ., A . J . Duff-Filer P . G . S . B ., C . Greenwood P . G . S . B ., G .
Lambert G . S . B ., J . T . Collins P . G . S . B ., S . MnlIons P . G . S . B ., C . S . Jekyll G . O ., Magnus Ohren , Captain Arthur Bott Cook Assist . G . D . C ., J- L . Thomas , Lieutenant-Colonel H . S . S . Burney , Frank Richardson , John H . Scott , W . R . Wood Assist . G . P ., W . Clarke G . P ., W . T . Howe P . G . P ., H . G . Buss , Assistant Grand Secretary , T . Cubitt P . G . P . At the conclusion of the banqnet the customary toasts were honoured . That of the Queen , the Chairman said , required no
recommendation in an assembly of Freemasons . It was forty-three years since the gracious lady who ruled over us ascended the throne ; doubtless there were some present old enough to remember her accession , but all could appreciate how thoroughly Her Majesty had endeared herself to her subjects . It was not , however , as loyal subjects alone that they honoured Her Majesty ; members of the
Craft conld never forget that she was the daughter of a Freemason and the mother of their most distinguished Grand Master . The toast was duly honoured , and was followed by the National Anthem . The nest toast was H . R . H . the Princess of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family . It happened that it had been the privilege of the noble chairman to be a great deal in Denmark . He
had the honour of remembering , and he might say of knowing , Her Royal Highness from the time of her childhood . He well remembered the grief which overspread her native land when she was taken from it and transferred to England ; but he ventured to say that she received a welcome from Englishmen which she ha " thoroughly appreciated . She had identified herself with Eng
lishmen , and was very intimately connected with Masonry . He did not know that he had ever been in any foreign country where the solemnities of Masonry were carried out more accurately and successfully than in Denmark . They must remember it was there that our Grand Master got his first degree in Masonry , and therefore Her Royal Highness had a very friendly regard for everything
connected with Masonry . He believed that she was very much touched by the message sent to her by Grand Lodge on her birthday . He hoped he might say without presumption that her two sons , the illustrious young blue jackets now serving their country , might , when they became of mature age , be enrolled in the Craft . The toast met a hearty reception , and was followed by that of the Grand Master-The chairman , iu proposing it , referred to the installation of M *