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The Approaching Election For The Boys' School.
Edgar Holmes Burgess , now applies for the fourth time , and has 142 votes to his credit . He and two other children are dependent on their mother , the widow of a
Mason made in the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , to whioh he subscribed until death . No . 27 , Walter Herbert Brown , brine's forward 1914 votes from the lasfc election . He is
one of six children dependent on his mother . The father was initiated in the Harbour of Refuge Lodge , No . 764 , of which he became Junior Warden ; he subsequently took part in the foundation of the Stranton Lodge , No . 1862 , and became Worshipful Master thereof .
Essex has two cases , Nos . 4 and 9 . No . 4 , Charles William Green , is one of two dependent children , whose father was initiated in tbe Sfc . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 1024 . The lad has already taken part in three elections , and
brings forward 613 votes . No . 9 , Clement Signers , has O •-i DO ' already made two applications , and has 35 votes to his credit . He is one of seven children left to the care of his widowed mother , whose husband was initiated in the United Lodge , No . 697 .
Cornwall sends up No . 21 , and is interested in No . 3 . The former , Alexander Sydenham Sheriff Cl tines , is one of three dependent children whose father died in January 1886 . The lad was a candidate at the last election , when one vote was recorded for him . The father was an initiate
and Senior Warden of the Fowey Lodge , No . 977 . No . 3 , John Grossman , has six votes to his credit from the last three elections . His father was initiated in St . Anne ' s
Lodge , No . 970 , Cornwall , and subsequentl y joined St . John ' s , No . 70 , Devonshire . There are two children now dependent ou the widowed mother .
From Oxfordshire we have No . 45 , Edmund Arnold Greening Lamborn , son of a brother initiated in the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , who afterwards joined the Abbey Lodge , No . 945 , Berks and Bucks . Both parents are living , but
the father is suffering from paralysis of fche brain . Thero are two children dependent . No . 51 , Arthur Herbert Windsor , is also one of a family of two dependent children The father , who died in April of last year , was initiated in the Bertie Lodge , No . 1515 , and subscribed thereto until his death .
We have already spoken of Staffordshire , in connection with No . 55 . This Province also sends No . 47 , Robert Guy Bindley , who is one of two children dependent on
their father , who is still living . He was initiated in the Marmion Lodge , No . 1060 , passed the chair in that Lodge , acted as its Director of Ceremonies , and received the collar of Provincial Grand Pursuivant . No . 7 , David William Ewart Cable , is one of five
children dependent on a widowed mother . He now appeals for the third time , with 2089 votes to his credit . His father was initiated in the Brownrigg Lodge , No . 1638 , Surrey . No . 12 , Samuel Henry Reginald
Fursey , son of a brother initiated in the Burrell Lodge , No . 1829 , Sussex , now makes his third application , bringing forward 246 votes . He and five other children are dependent on their mother . No . 25 , Arthur Ernest Davey ,
is a Middlesex case , his father having been initiated in the Hemming Lodge , No . 1512 , rising to the office of Senior Warden therein , and being elected to the office of Worshipful Master just previous to his death . Tbere are two
children dependent on the widow . The lad was a candidate last election , when 1622 votes were polled on his behalf . No . 30 , James Carruthers , is a second candidate from Cumberland and Westmoreland , bringing forward
17 votes from October . The father was initiated in the Union Lodge , No . 310 , and became Worshipful Master thereof ; he also received appointment as Provincial Grand Pursuivant . There are three of his children dependent on
his widow . No . 38 , Vernon Peed Caches , is the last on the list brought forward from the October election of 1887 . He is the son of a brother initiated in the St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 442 , Norths and Hunts , and brings forward
669 votes . His father was Junior Warden of his Lodge , and filled tbe same office in Provincial Grand Lodge . There are three children now dependent on the widow . No . 41 , Reginald Woodley Goldring , is one of four
children dependent on a widowed mother . His father was initiated in the Royal Forest of Dean Lodge , No . 1067 , Gloucestershire , and rose to the office of Junior Deacon . No . 42 , Richard George King , is another
Hampshire case . The father was initiated in the Londport Lodge , No . 1776 , and afterwards joined the Portsmouth , No . 487 . There are six children now dependent on his widow . No . 46 . Robert Samuel Bird , is the only case on
The Approaching Election For The Boys' School.
tho list in which an East Lancashire Lodge is concerned . The father was initiated in fcho Minerva Lodge , No . 30 i > . The lad is one of four children dependent on their mother . No . 56 , Frank Gowland Harvey , has a sister in the Girls '
bchool ; both his parents are living . "he father was initiated in St . Andrew ' s Lodge . No . 1631 , Sullblk , and afterwards joined Friendship , No . 100 , Norfolk ; ho is a Life Subscriber of the Benevolent Institution . There aro
four children yefc dependent on him . No . 53 , Ernest James Brown , is a Lincolnshire case , fcho father having been initiated in tho Harmony Lodge , No . 272 . He died in 1835 , after eleven years' association with the Craft , and
left a family of three , now dependent on his widow . No . 6 L , Rhys Edgar Morgan , is one of seven children now dependent on a widowed mother . The father was an initiate of the Loyal Cambrian Lodge , No . 110 , and , a
joining member of the Merlin Lodge , No . 1578 , both in the Province of South Wales ( East Division ) . Ho subscribed until his death , and during his lifetime supporter the Benevolent Institution .
From abroad we havo No . 2 , Harold Gray , who now applies for the fifth time . His father was initiated in the . British Kaffrarian Lodge , No . 853 , King William ' s Town , and filled tho office of Secretary and Junior Warden
therein . The lad on whose behalf application is being made to the Boys' School is an only dependent child , ancl goes to the poll with 752 votes to his credit . No . 6 , Frederick William John Scott , is one of three children
dependent on a widowed mother , and now applies , for the fourth time , with 118 votes to his credit . His father was initiated under the Scotch Constitution , and subsequentl y joined St . John ' s Lodge , 828 , Cape of Good Hope ,
subscribing thereto until his death , in December 1835 . No . 40 , Edward George Jarmain , is also one of three dependent on a widowed -mother . His father was a member of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , 500 , Kamptee , and of the Bangalore
Lodge , No . 1043 , Bangalore , serving the office of Secretary in the Craft . No . 53 , Frederick George Hart , is one of five children left to the care of their mother . The father
was initiated in the Phcenix Lodge , No . 914 , Jamaica , and subsequently joined the Adam ** , No . 158 , Kent , and fche Cecil , No . 449 , Hertfordshire .
In concluding our summary we can but repeat the good wishes we expressed last week , when referring to the candidates for the benefits of the Sister Institution . May
the most deserving secure election next month , and each , in turn , receive the benefits of the Institution for which they are now candidates .
Freemasonry In Mediaeval Germany.
FREEMASONRY IN MEDIAEVAL GERMANY .
IN order to comprehend the origin and especially the successful execution of those miracles of architecture , according to one great plan , we must remark that it was not individual architects . who , with sometimes good ,
sometimes bad workmen , as in our times , undertook such works , but they wore accomplished by an Association of Masons , distributed over the whole of Germany , and , indeed , over the whole of Europe , who were bound together by religion ,
honour and discipline . Even among the Romans there were building societies of great extent , the later members of which retired to the monasteries , and there occupied themselves chiefly with the construction of churches , and
created the more sublime style of Christian architecture . Regular but temporal builders were also received into the society ; and when , in the eleventh century , the vigour of the monastic system began to slumber in the indolence
and satiety of acquired riches , these temporal builders obtained by degrees the superiority , and eventually formed the grancl associations by means of which those wonderful works were executed . They possessed and followed
mysterious signs and customs , by which the members of the body forming the class of tho more sublime Architecture were distinguished from the more simple artisans . Every society had its protecting patron , from whom it was
named , and wherever a grand undertaking was to be executed , they all came from their various districts and assembled on the spot , so thafc their art , like a common
possession , was beneficially distributed throughout mest Christian countries . These important societies received from the reigning emperor and princes letters of license , and even thoir own exclusive judicial courts , afc which the
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The Approaching Election For The Boys' School.
Edgar Holmes Burgess , now applies for the fourth time , and has 142 votes to his credit . He and two other children are dependent on their mother , the widow of a
Mason made in the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , to whioh he subscribed until death . No . 27 , Walter Herbert Brown , brine's forward 1914 votes from the lasfc election . He is
one of six children dependent on his mother . The father was initiated in the Harbour of Refuge Lodge , No . 764 , of which he became Junior Warden ; he subsequently took part in the foundation of the Stranton Lodge , No . 1862 , and became Worshipful Master thereof .
Essex has two cases , Nos . 4 and 9 . No . 4 , Charles William Green , is one of two dependent children , whose father was initiated in tbe Sfc . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 1024 . The lad has already taken part in three elections , and
brings forward 613 votes . No . 9 , Clement Signers , has O •-i DO ' already made two applications , and has 35 votes to his credit . He is one of seven children left to the care of his widowed mother , whose husband was initiated in the United Lodge , No . 697 .
Cornwall sends up No . 21 , and is interested in No . 3 . The former , Alexander Sydenham Sheriff Cl tines , is one of three dependent children whose father died in January 1886 . The lad was a candidate at the last election , when one vote was recorded for him . The father was an initiate
and Senior Warden of the Fowey Lodge , No . 977 . No . 3 , John Grossman , has six votes to his credit from the last three elections . His father was initiated in St . Anne ' s
Lodge , No . 970 , Cornwall , and subsequentl y joined St . John ' s , No . 70 , Devonshire . There are two children now dependent ou the widowed mother .
From Oxfordshire we have No . 45 , Edmund Arnold Greening Lamborn , son of a brother initiated in the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , who afterwards joined the Abbey Lodge , No . 945 , Berks and Bucks . Both parents are living , but
the father is suffering from paralysis of fche brain . Thero are two children dependent . No . 51 , Arthur Herbert Windsor , is also one of a family of two dependent children The father , who died in April of last year , was initiated in the Bertie Lodge , No . 1515 , and subscribed thereto until his death .
We have already spoken of Staffordshire , in connection with No . 55 . This Province also sends No . 47 , Robert Guy Bindley , who is one of two children dependent on
their father , who is still living . He was initiated in the Marmion Lodge , No . 1060 , passed the chair in that Lodge , acted as its Director of Ceremonies , and received the collar of Provincial Grand Pursuivant . No . 7 , David William Ewart Cable , is one of five
children dependent on a widowed mother . He now appeals for the third time , with 2089 votes to his credit . His father was initiated in the Brownrigg Lodge , No . 1638 , Surrey . No . 12 , Samuel Henry Reginald
Fursey , son of a brother initiated in the Burrell Lodge , No . 1829 , Sussex , now makes his third application , bringing forward 246 votes . He and five other children are dependent on their mother . No . 25 , Arthur Ernest Davey ,
is a Middlesex case , his father having been initiated in the Hemming Lodge , No . 1512 , rising to the office of Senior Warden therein , and being elected to the office of Worshipful Master just previous to his death . Tbere are two
children dependent on the widow . The lad was a candidate last election , when 1622 votes were polled on his behalf . No . 30 , James Carruthers , is a second candidate from Cumberland and Westmoreland , bringing forward
17 votes from October . The father was initiated in the Union Lodge , No . 310 , and became Worshipful Master thereof ; he also received appointment as Provincial Grand Pursuivant . There are three of his children dependent on
his widow . No . 38 , Vernon Peed Caches , is the last on the list brought forward from the October election of 1887 . He is the son of a brother initiated in the St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 442 , Norths and Hunts , and brings forward
669 votes . His father was Junior Warden of his Lodge , and filled tbe same office in Provincial Grand Lodge . There are three children now dependent on the widow . No . 41 , Reginald Woodley Goldring , is one of four
children dependent on a widowed mother . His father was initiated in the Royal Forest of Dean Lodge , No . 1067 , Gloucestershire , and rose to the office of Junior Deacon . No . 42 , Richard George King , is another
Hampshire case . The father was initiated in the Londport Lodge , No . 1776 , and afterwards joined the Portsmouth , No . 487 . There are six children now dependent on his widow . No . 46 . Robert Samuel Bird , is the only case on
The Approaching Election For The Boys' School.
tho list in which an East Lancashire Lodge is concerned . The father was initiated in fcho Minerva Lodge , No . 30 i > . The lad is one of four children dependent on their mother . No . 56 , Frank Gowland Harvey , has a sister in the Girls '
bchool ; both his parents are living . "he father was initiated in St . Andrew ' s Lodge . No . 1631 , Sullblk , and afterwards joined Friendship , No . 100 , Norfolk ; ho is a Life Subscriber of the Benevolent Institution . There aro
four children yefc dependent on him . No . 53 , Ernest James Brown , is a Lincolnshire case , fcho father having been initiated in tho Harmony Lodge , No . 272 . He died in 1835 , after eleven years' association with the Craft , and
left a family of three , now dependent on his widow . No . 6 L , Rhys Edgar Morgan , is one of seven children now dependent on a widowed mother . The father was an initiate of the Loyal Cambrian Lodge , No . 110 , and , a
joining member of the Merlin Lodge , No . 1578 , both in the Province of South Wales ( East Division ) . Ho subscribed until his death , and during his lifetime supporter the Benevolent Institution .
From abroad we havo No . 2 , Harold Gray , who now applies for the fifth time . His father was initiated in the . British Kaffrarian Lodge , No . 853 , King William ' s Town , and filled tho office of Secretary and Junior Warden
therein . The lad on whose behalf application is being made to the Boys' School is an only dependent child , ancl goes to the poll with 752 votes to his credit . No . 6 , Frederick William John Scott , is one of three children
dependent on a widowed mother , and now applies , for the fourth time , with 118 votes to his credit . His father was initiated under the Scotch Constitution , and subsequentl y joined St . John ' s Lodge , 828 , Cape of Good Hope ,
subscribing thereto until his death , in December 1835 . No . 40 , Edward George Jarmain , is also one of three dependent on a widowed -mother . His father was a member of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , 500 , Kamptee , and of the Bangalore
Lodge , No . 1043 , Bangalore , serving the office of Secretary in the Craft . No . 53 , Frederick George Hart , is one of five children left to the care of their mother . The father
was initiated in the Phcenix Lodge , No . 914 , Jamaica , and subsequently joined the Adam ** , No . 158 , Kent , and fche Cecil , No . 449 , Hertfordshire .
In concluding our summary we can but repeat the good wishes we expressed last week , when referring to the candidates for the benefits of the Sister Institution . May
the most deserving secure election next month , and each , in turn , receive the benefits of the Institution for which they are now candidates .
Freemasonry In Mediaeval Germany.
FREEMASONRY IN MEDIAEVAL GERMANY .
IN order to comprehend the origin and especially the successful execution of those miracles of architecture , according to one great plan , we must remark that it was not individual architects . who , with sometimes good ,
sometimes bad workmen , as in our times , undertook such works , but they wore accomplished by an Association of Masons , distributed over the whole of Germany , and , indeed , over the whole of Europe , who were bound together by religion ,
honour and discipline . Even among the Romans there were building societies of great extent , the later members of which retired to the monasteries , and there occupied themselves chiefly with the construction of churches , and
created the more sublime style of Christian architecture . Regular but temporal builders were also received into the society ; and when , in the eleventh century , the vigour of the monastic system began to slumber in the indolence
and satiety of acquired riches , these temporal builders obtained by degrees the superiority , and eventually formed the grancl associations by means of which those wonderful works were executed . They possessed and followed
mysterious signs and customs , by which the members of the body forming the class of tho more sublime Architecture were distinguished from the more simple artisans . Every society had its protecting patron , from whom it was
named , and wherever a grand undertaking was to be executed , they all came from their various districts and assembled on the spot , so thafc their art , like a common
possession , was beneficially distributed throughout mest Christian countries . These important societies received from the reigning emperor and princes letters of license , and even thoir own exclusive judicial courts , afc which the