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Article ROYAL FREEMASONS' GIRLS' SCHOOL. ← Page 7 of 13 →
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Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
therly love , relief , aud truth ; " " Hail , Masonry ! " " Faith , Hope , and Charity ; " " Lord , we beseech thee send us prosperity , " & c . & c , all executed in white on a blue ground . At the upper end ivas the Grand Master ' s chair , flanked by pedestals for tho reception of tlio cornucopia and tbe vessels of wine and oil , the raised platforms of which we have spoken , and at the lower part of the room was another raised platformfor the accommodation of the ladieswho were to
, , present purses of 51 . 5 s . —• no other persons , with the exception of those having to take part in the ceremony , and the representatives of the press , being admitted . , The children having been duly seated , the remainder of the procession proceeded towards the door of the dedication chamber , where it halted , the Brethren dividing to the ri ght and the left , facing inwards , so as to form an avenue through which the M . W . Grand
Master passed into the chamber , preceded by the Grand Sword Bearer , and the Brethren bearing the ewers of wine ancl oil , aud the cornucopia containing the corn , and followed by the Deputy Grand Master , ancl the other Grand Officers . The Grand Master having taken his seat , the vessels deposited on the pedestals prepared for their reception , and the Brethren ranged on either side of the room ,
Bro . HARDIVIOKE , the Grand Superintendent of Works , stepped forward in front ofthe throne , and , as nearly as we could understand him . in the unfavourable position in which we were placed , said , —Most Worshipful Grand Master , as the Grand Superintendent of Works , I have , on this occasion , to submit to you tho plan of the building in which wo are now assembled . Had we now been brought together to perform the ceremony of laying tho foundation stone instead of dedicating the building , I should have been prepared to submit tho plans to your approval , ancl receive from you , Most Woi-shipfi . il Grand Master , any suggestions for their improvement . It is now , however , too late for that , but believe state that the Committee
I I may , to whom the plans wore submitted prior to the commencement of the building-, fully considered and approved them , and I trust that the works havo been so carried out , as to meet ivith your and the Committee ' s fullest approval , ancl to give general satisfaction to the Brethren . This Charity has now existed more than half a century . Indeed , it is upwards of sixty years since the school was first established in tho building it has up to this time occupied iu the Westminster Bridge Road . I have no doubt that at the period when tho school was established , that appeared to bo a very proper sito in the suburbs of London ; but in the lapse of time that has since intervened
, great alterations have taken place in the nei ghbourhood , ancl the school-house is now surrounded with much that is objectionable . As Grancl Superintendent of Works , I well know that the site of the old school-house is low , swampy , and ill-drained , —and , further , that it does not afford the means of giving that accommodation to the inmates , which is desirable in an establishment of this description . Those and other circumstances connected ivith the expiration ofthe lease , induced the Committee of Management to determine on tho removal of the school to a more fitting site . After great consideration , the sito upon which tho building , in which we are now assembled , stands , was soleeted on account of the salubritof its hereits soil
y atmosp , dry , ancl commanding- position , and 1 haye now , Most Worshipful Grand Master , to present you ivith tho plan of tho building , which Iboliovo will be found to possess admirable drainage , to be roploto with accommodation , ancl to combine all the advantages which modern science can devise for sanitary purposes . We have transplanted om- tree to this most favoured soil , where I trust it will extend its branches both far and wide , ancl strike its roots downwards , so as to place it iu that firm position , which will enable tho managers of our school to tako under their protection a greater number of the children of our poorer Brethren , than oven the most sanguine hopes ot the benevolent founder ofthe institution could over have anticipated , ancl afford them the benefits of that moral and religious education , which will not onlv make thom good and useful members of society in this world , but lead them to
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Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
therly love , relief , aud truth ; " " Hail , Masonry ! " " Faith , Hope , and Charity ; " " Lord , we beseech thee send us prosperity , " & c . & c , all executed in white on a blue ground . At the upper end ivas the Grand Master ' s chair , flanked by pedestals for tho reception of tlio cornucopia and tbe vessels of wine and oil , the raised platforms of which we have spoken , and at the lower part of the room was another raised platformfor the accommodation of the ladieswho were to
, , present purses of 51 . 5 s . —• no other persons , with the exception of those having to take part in the ceremony , and the representatives of the press , being admitted . , The children having been duly seated , the remainder of the procession proceeded towards the door of the dedication chamber , where it halted , the Brethren dividing to the ri ght and the left , facing inwards , so as to form an avenue through which the M . W . Grand
Master passed into the chamber , preceded by the Grand Sword Bearer , and the Brethren bearing the ewers of wine ancl oil , aud the cornucopia containing the corn , and followed by the Deputy Grand Master , ancl the other Grand Officers . The Grand Master having taken his seat , the vessels deposited on the pedestals prepared for their reception , and the Brethren ranged on either side of the room ,
Bro . HARDIVIOKE , the Grand Superintendent of Works , stepped forward in front ofthe throne , and , as nearly as we could understand him . in the unfavourable position in which we were placed , said , —Most Worshipful Grand Master , as the Grand Superintendent of Works , I have , on this occasion , to submit to you tho plan of the building in which wo are now assembled . Had we now been brought together to perform the ceremony of laying tho foundation stone instead of dedicating the building , I should have been prepared to submit tho plans to your approval , ancl receive from you , Most Woi-shipfi . il Grand Master , any suggestions for their improvement . It is now , however , too late for that , but believe state that the Committee
I I may , to whom the plans wore submitted prior to the commencement of the building-, fully considered and approved them , and I trust that the works havo been so carried out , as to meet ivith your and the Committee ' s fullest approval , ancl to give general satisfaction to the Brethren . This Charity has now existed more than half a century . Indeed , it is upwards of sixty years since the school was first established in tho building it has up to this time occupied iu the Westminster Bridge Road . I have no doubt that at the period when tho school was established , that appeared to bo a very proper sito in the suburbs of London ; but in the lapse of time that has since intervened
, great alterations have taken place in the nei ghbourhood , ancl the school-house is now surrounded with much that is objectionable . As Grancl Superintendent of Works , I well know that the site of the old school-house is low , swampy , and ill-drained , —and , further , that it does not afford the means of giving that accommodation to the inmates , which is desirable in an establishment of this description . Those and other circumstances connected ivith the expiration ofthe lease , induced the Committee of Management to determine on tho removal of the school to a more fitting site . After great consideration , the sito upon which tho building , in which we are now assembled , stands , was soleeted on account of the salubritof its hereits soil
y atmosp , dry , ancl commanding- position , and 1 haye now , Most Worshipful Grand Master , to present you ivith tho plan of tho building , which Iboliovo will be found to possess admirable drainage , to be roploto with accommodation , ancl to combine all the advantages which modern science can devise for sanitary purposes . We have transplanted om- tree to this most favoured soil , where I trust it will extend its branches both far and wide , ancl strike its roots downwards , so as to place it iu that firm position , which will enable tho managers of our school to tako under their protection a greater number of the children of our poorer Brethren , than oven the most sanguine hopes ot the benevolent founder ofthe institution could over have anticipated , ancl afford them the benefits of that moral and religious education , which will not onlv make thom good and useful members of society in this world , but lead them to