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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Alston read the following Report , which produced universal satisfaction . " To the Governors and Subscriber , of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . " AVe , the undersigned , beg to report , that in accordance with the amended laws of the Institution , all tbe boys resident in the London district were carefully examined in the various branches of education on Saturday the 1 st of March .
" AVe have groat pleasure in stating that tbe result was very satisfactory to us , and that the proficiency of the boys , in proportion to their respective ages , was generally highly creditable . "After the fullest consideration , we hare adjudged the Prizes as follows : — for "Writing , to James Roberts ; for Arithmetic , to Charles J . Payne ; for General Information , to AVilliam Parish . AVe desire , however , to express our great satisfaction with the answers of the following boys;—John AVilliam Hill , Charles AVilliam SpeightJoseph StringerA . J . H . AVyatt .
, , " We are well satisfied with the answers of AVilliam Joseph Casely , G . T . M'Donald Crichton , Thomas K . Hicks , Henry J . Hill , G . H . J . Holt , Robert Shackell , and Henry Vine . " ROWLAKD GAKBINBR ALSTON , Chairman ofthe Committee . " Jons EDJIUKD Cox , Grand Chaplain . "
After a few observations upon this Report from Bro . R . G . Alston , and Bro . the Rev . J . E . Cox , intimating that great changes and improvements were makingin this Institution , and that two examinations ofthe boys would annually take place , the R . W . the D . G . M . then addressed the three boys , James Roberts , Charles J . Payne , and AA'illiam Parish , in a tone of voice and manner never to be forgotten , either by the children themselves , or by the assembled Brethren . He availed
himself of the opportunity of also addressing a few words to the ladies in the gallery , urging their co-operation in the good work of education for the offspring of poor and decayed Freemasons , and in doing their utmost to assist their relatives and friends in providing the means by which these children may regain that position in society from which , by the inscrutable decrees of Providence , their parents have fallen . In placing the silver medal round the neck of James Robertshis
, Lordship congratulated him upon his acquirements in writing , which entitled him to the Prize , and urged him assiduously to cultivate every other branch of education . In presenting to Charles J . Payne a copy of Captain Marryatt ' s "Masterman Ready , " handsomely bound , in three volumes , he likewise impressed upon him the value of increased perseverance in the study of Arithmetic , for which he had already shewn such evidences of comprehension and talent . To AAllliam Parish he
presented a copy of the " Swiss Family Robinson , " elegantly bound , in two volumes , and earnestly recommended him to persevere in that course for which he had shewn himself to be proficient above many of his years . Having thus expressed himself in most appropriate terms , admirably suited to the comprehension of all the children , his Lordship then enunciated this noble promise to the three boys who had gained the
Prizes , — " that as persons in his position in life frequently were asked for their interest to promote the advancement of deserving individuals , if , in after life , these boys would bring to him the medal and books which they had that clay received , and their characters would stand the test of inquiry , he would use his utmost efforts to aid and assist them . " This declaration of thorough Masonic feeling was as rapturously received
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Alston read the following Report , which produced universal satisfaction . " To the Governors and Subscriber , of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . " AVe , the undersigned , beg to report , that in accordance with the amended laws of the Institution , all tbe boys resident in the London district were carefully examined in the various branches of education on Saturday the 1 st of March .
" AVe have groat pleasure in stating that tbe result was very satisfactory to us , and that the proficiency of the boys , in proportion to their respective ages , was generally highly creditable . "After the fullest consideration , we hare adjudged the Prizes as follows : — for "Writing , to James Roberts ; for Arithmetic , to Charles J . Payne ; for General Information , to AVilliam Parish . AVe desire , however , to express our great satisfaction with the answers of the following boys;—John AVilliam Hill , Charles AVilliam SpeightJoseph StringerA . J . H . AVyatt .
, , " We are well satisfied with the answers of AVilliam Joseph Casely , G . T . M'Donald Crichton , Thomas K . Hicks , Henry J . Hill , G . H . J . Holt , Robert Shackell , and Henry Vine . " ROWLAKD GAKBINBR ALSTON , Chairman ofthe Committee . " Jons EDJIUKD Cox , Grand Chaplain . "
After a few observations upon this Report from Bro . R . G . Alston , and Bro . the Rev . J . E . Cox , intimating that great changes and improvements were makingin this Institution , and that two examinations ofthe boys would annually take place , the R . W . the D . G . M . then addressed the three boys , James Roberts , Charles J . Payne , and AA'illiam Parish , in a tone of voice and manner never to be forgotten , either by the children themselves , or by the assembled Brethren . He availed
himself of the opportunity of also addressing a few words to the ladies in the gallery , urging their co-operation in the good work of education for the offspring of poor and decayed Freemasons , and in doing their utmost to assist their relatives and friends in providing the means by which these children may regain that position in society from which , by the inscrutable decrees of Providence , their parents have fallen . In placing the silver medal round the neck of James Robertshis
, Lordship congratulated him upon his acquirements in writing , which entitled him to the Prize , and urged him assiduously to cultivate every other branch of education . In presenting to Charles J . Payne a copy of Captain Marryatt ' s "Masterman Ready , " handsomely bound , in three volumes , he likewise impressed upon him the value of increased perseverance in the study of Arithmetic , for which he had already shewn such evidences of comprehension and talent . To AAllliam Parish he
presented a copy of the " Swiss Family Robinson , " elegantly bound , in two volumes , and earnestly recommended him to persevere in that course for which he had shewn himself to be proficient above many of his years . Having thus expressed himself in most appropriate terms , admirably suited to the comprehension of all the children , his Lordship then enunciated this noble promise to the three boys who had gained the
Prizes , — " that as persons in his position in life frequently were asked for their interest to promote the advancement of deserving individuals , if , in after life , these boys would bring to him the medal and books which they had that clay received , and their characters would stand the test of inquiry , he would use his utmost efforts to aid and assist them . " This declaration of thorough Masonic feeling was as rapturously received