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The October Election Of The Boys' School.
THE OCTOBER ELECTION OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
AS usual , the ballot paper for the Boys' School Election presents a very different appearance to that of the sister Institution . While in the case of the Girls' School the number of applicants is twenty , and the vacancies to
be filled seven , tbe numbers as exhibited by the return issued from the Boys' School are far more out of proportion , there being as many as sixty-two applicants , of whom but twelve are to be admitted . As stated in our last issue
there have been two withdrawals since the return was sent out from the office , namely , No . 10 , R . A . L . Hill , who brought forward three votes from four previous elections ; and No . 43 , W . R . Worthington , whe had 240 to his credit from the last election . We understand that in the former
case the circumstances of the family have so much improved as to enable them to withdraw their application , and so make room for some one else . We think that a few more names might be removed from the list of candidates for a similar reason ; there are more than one or two there
whose friends are far better able to provide for their maintenance than are the majority of the men who are asked to subscribe to our Institutions . It is a somewhat difficult matter to know which of the remaining sixty are most worthy of consideration ; but there are a few who , in the
eyes of many , need it more than others . We allude to the last application cases , doubtless this is the position least admitting of delay ; with them it is a question of now or never , and accordingly we will devote attention to them first , at the same time we are far from believing they are
of necessity the most deserving . There may occasionally be among the "last applications" children whose friends might , without much extra struggling , very well afford to provide the necessaries of life for their chargeswhileon
, , the other hand , children with four or five opportunities before them may die of want before their chance of special reference as a " last application " may arrive . There are seven cases to which the time limit rnle will
a Pply , and these , unless they are elected on the present occasion , will be removed from the list of applicants . Of them , three at least appear to have some chance of securing admission ,, namely—No . 2 , H . A . Ecclestone , who starts with 1603 votes to his credit ; No , 1 , W . V . B . Jones , who
fas 1182 ; and No . 20 , G . S . Jones , who has polled 1134 . J-he two former have already stood five ballots each , and the latter three ; so that although they severally have something substantial to start with , they have not obtained lk without persistent efforts . We suppose it is hardly
"ecesaary to urge on the friends of these candidates , ne cessity of working hard , if they desire to be successor The voting at the last election is the best lesson we an point to—on that occasion there were fifteen vacancies , "e polling for which ranged from 3002 to 2050 .
Accord-Ti V ^ ^ ' sorae !' o considerably over 2000 must be to v . at fctle Dext e ^ eqt , on io stand chance . No . 2 appears be an only child dependent on a widowed mother ; the i „ v accredited to Hong Kong , the father having been tia '
jJ 0 , J . . " » J 876 ; dying about twelve months later , fenn s *" rom ^* ^ ^ ' Yorkshire , and is one of a the * ° ^ *^ ree , wno a ^ nave to depend on their mother ; J nl ' IS ^ " ' late member of tnc York Lodge , died in bis ^ a . ^ ° ' ^ one ° f seven similarly circumstanced ; r ather , a late member of the Province of South Wales
The October Election Of The Boys' School.
West Division , having died in October 1880 . Of the other " last" cases , No . 30 , C . P . O'Doberty , who has stood two previous elections , has 631 votes to the good ; he is one of three children for whom a widowed mother has to provide ; his father was a member of the United Strength Lodge ,
London . No . 21 , T . M . Nicholas , who now makes his third application , is one of a family of six dependent children ; the father is alive , but that fact should prove an additional claim on the benevolence of the Craft , as he is paralysed . He hails from the Royal Lebanon Lodge ,
Gloucestershire , and will , we hope , get sufficient support from that quarter to relieve him of the charge of the child now seeking election ; doubtless many will
wish , as we do , that it were possible to take on all such cases without the trouble of election . No . 37 , R . E . Searle , has made but one previous application , and as the result thereof starts with 45 votes to his credit .
These will not be of much use , we admit , but let us hope that ere long they will be increased by fifty times that number . Kent , to which the case is accredited , has been able to do that before , and can do it again , if , in the eyes of its representatives , the case appears the most deserving
of those submitted to them . In this instance the father is dead , and there are seven children for the mother to provide for . No . 22—G . Potter—has but 40 votes from his two previous attempts . His also is a Kentish case , so that the brethren of that district will have their work to do : he is
one of a family of five , all dependent on a widowed mother . " Neither parent living , " is the condition in which four of the remaining candidates are placed , and these we think are really the cases which have the heaviest claim on us . In the case of No . 61 , T . E . Pawsey , there are four children
in the family , besides the candidate , who are dependent on the benevolence of friends . The case is accredited to Somersetshire , of which Province , the father , as a member of Royal Cumberland Lodge , No . 41 , belonged . The lad is young , but let us hope he may ere long secure a home in the
Institution at Wood Green . No . 24—A . W . Wyatt—another of the parentless candidates , is one of a family of whom there are still four dependent . The friends have been successful in securing the election of a sister into the Girls ' School , and we trust they will have similar fortune with
the lad now under notice ; they bring forward 242 votes from two previous elections . There are also four parentless children in the family of which No . 59 , H . E , Hippey , is a member ; the present is the first application . We hope that the brethren of Oxfordshire , to which district the case
is accredited , will be enabled to secure sufficient votes to obtain for the lad a place in the School at no distant date The other parentless canditate is No . 35 , R . A . Sykes , who contested a first election in April last , on which occasion
316 votes were polled for him . He appears to be the only child dependent , and no doubt West Lancashire , the Province of which his father was a member , will take good care of him , provided , of course , they find him deserving .
Most of the other candidates have lost their father , no less than forty-five of the remaining forty-nine being so circumstanced . Of these , No . 6 , C . P . Liver 3 idge , is a member of a family of nine now dependent on a widowed mother , the lad brings forward 574 votes , having stood
four elections . His father was a member of the Sir Watkin Lodge , No . 1477 ( North Wales and Salop ) , and died in 1877 . No . 16 , F . P . Skelton , who has n sisfer in the Girls' School , is one of seven remaining depo-nlent children , he has 740 votes to his credit , having already taken
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The October Election Of The Boys' School.
THE OCTOBER ELECTION OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
AS usual , the ballot paper for the Boys' School Election presents a very different appearance to that of the sister Institution . While in the case of the Girls' School the number of applicants is twenty , and the vacancies to
be filled seven , tbe numbers as exhibited by the return issued from the Boys' School are far more out of proportion , there being as many as sixty-two applicants , of whom but twelve are to be admitted . As stated in our last issue
there have been two withdrawals since the return was sent out from the office , namely , No . 10 , R . A . L . Hill , who brought forward three votes from four previous elections ; and No . 43 , W . R . Worthington , whe had 240 to his credit from the last election . We understand that in the former
case the circumstances of the family have so much improved as to enable them to withdraw their application , and so make room for some one else . We think that a few more names might be removed from the list of candidates for a similar reason ; there are more than one or two there
whose friends are far better able to provide for their maintenance than are the majority of the men who are asked to subscribe to our Institutions . It is a somewhat difficult matter to know which of the remaining sixty are most worthy of consideration ; but there are a few who , in the
eyes of many , need it more than others . We allude to the last application cases , doubtless this is the position least admitting of delay ; with them it is a question of now or never , and accordingly we will devote attention to them first , at the same time we are far from believing they are
of necessity the most deserving . There may occasionally be among the "last applications" children whose friends might , without much extra struggling , very well afford to provide the necessaries of life for their chargeswhileon
, , the other hand , children with four or five opportunities before them may die of want before their chance of special reference as a " last application " may arrive . There are seven cases to which the time limit rnle will
a Pply , and these , unless they are elected on the present occasion , will be removed from the list of applicants . Of them , three at least appear to have some chance of securing admission ,, namely—No . 2 , H . A . Ecclestone , who starts with 1603 votes to his credit ; No , 1 , W . V . B . Jones , who
fas 1182 ; and No . 20 , G . S . Jones , who has polled 1134 . J-he two former have already stood five ballots each , and the latter three ; so that although they severally have something substantial to start with , they have not obtained lk without persistent efforts . We suppose it is hardly
"ecesaary to urge on the friends of these candidates , ne cessity of working hard , if they desire to be successor The voting at the last election is the best lesson we an point to—on that occasion there were fifteen vacancies , "e polling for which ranged from 3002 to 2050 .
Accord-Ti V ^ ^ ' sorae !' o considerably over 2000 must be to v . at fctle Dext e ^ eqt , on io stand chance . No . 2 appears be an only child dependent on a widowed mother ; the i „ v accredited to Hong Kong , the father having been tia '
jJ 0 , J . . " » J 876 ; dying about twelve months later , fenn s *" rom ^* ^ ^ ' Yorkshire , and is one of a the * ° ^ *^ ree , wno a ^ nave to depend on their mother ; J nl ' IS ^ " ' late member of tnc York Lodge , died in bis ^ a . ^ ° ' ^ one ° f seven similarly circumstanced ; r ather , a late member of the Province of South Wales
The October Election Of The Boys' School.
West Division , having died in October 1880 . Of the other " last" cases , No . 30 , C . P . O'Doberty , who has stood two previous elections , has 631 votes to the good ; he is one of three children for whom a widowed mother has to provide ; his father was a member of the United Strength Lodge ,
London . No . 21 , T . M . Nicholas , who now makes his third application , is one of a family of six dependent children ; the father is alive , but that fact should prove an additional claim on the benevolence of the Craft , as he is paralysed . He hails from the Royal Lebanon Lodge ,
Gloucestershire , and will , we hope , get sufficient support from that quarter to relieve him of the charge of the child now seeking election ; doubtless many will
wish , as we do , that it were possible to take on all such cases without the trouble of election . No . 37 , R . E . Searle , has made but one previous application , and as the result thereof starts with 45 votes to his credit .
These will not be of much use , we admit , but let us hope that ere long they will be increased by fifty times that number . Kent , to which the case is accredited , has been able to do that before , and can do it again , if , in the eyes of its representatives , the case appears the most deserving
of those submitted to them . In this instance the father is dead , and there are seven children for the mother to provide for . No . 22—G . Potter—has but 40 votes from his two previous attempts . His also is a Kentish case , so that the brethren of that district will have their work to do : he is
one of a family of five , all dependent on a widowed mother . " Neither parent living , " is the condition in which four of the remaining candidates are placed , and these we think are really the cases which have the heaviest claim on us . In the case of No . 61 , T . E . Pawsey , there are four children
in the family , besides the candidate , who are dependent on the benevolence of friends . The case is accredited to Somersetshire , of which Province , the father , as a member of Royal Cumberland Lodge , No . 41 , belonged . The lad is young , but let us hope he may ere long secure a home in the
Institution at Wood Green . No . 24—A . W . Wyatt—another of the parentless candidates , is one of a family of whom there are still four dependent . The friends have been successful in securing the election of a sister into the Girls ' School , and we trust they will have similar fortune with
the lad now under notice ; they bring forward 242 votes from two previous elections . There are also four parentless children in the family of which No . 59 , H . E , Hippey , is a member ; the present is the first application . We hope that the brethren of Oxfordshire , to which district the case
is accredited , will be enabled to secure sufficient votes to obtain for the lad a place in the School at no distant date The other parentless canditate is No . 35 , R . A . Sykes , who contested a first election in April last , on which occasion
316 votes were polled for him . He appears to be the only child dependent , and no doubt West Lancashire , the Province of which his father was a member , will take good care of him , provided , of course , they find him deserving .
Most of the other candidates have lost their father , no less than forty-five of the remaining forty-nine being so circumstanced . Of these , No . 6 , C . P . Liver 3 idge , is a member of a family of nine now dependent on a widowed mother , the lad brings forward 574 votes , having stood
four elections . His father was a member of the Sir Watkin Lodge , No . 1477 ( North Wales and Salop ) , and died in 1877 . No . 16 , F . P . Skelton , who has n sisfer in the Girls' School , is one of seven remaining depo-nlent children , he has 740 votes to his credit , having already taken