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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
duced to the noble Lord , who addressed them separately in similar and most appropriate terms . The boys having retired , The JI . "VV . CHAIRMAN said , —It now becomes my pleasing duty to propose tho toast which I am sure is anticipated hy you all as being more immediately connected with the cause -which has brought ns together tins evening . You , Brethren , are no doubt all aware that in obedience to a general feeling which apiiears to
prevail throughout the Craft , that tho time has arrived when an endeavour ought to be made to extend the operations ofthe Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys ; it has been resolved , on the recommendation of the Committee to build , at the earliest possible period , a school-house , and thus put the Institution on an equality with the girls' school ( cheers ) . I have no hesitation in avowing my belief that with such a building , in which the boys coulcl be brought under one management , and insured the advantages of one system of education , a great and permanent good may be effected , and the charity much raised in estimation ( hearhear ) . It will not dohoweverto out such a project too hastil
, , , cany y ; but I am happy to state that already large sums have been promised to the building-fund , and that the success ofthe project is insured ( cheers ) . I am sure that I may add that the whole of the Brethren are deeply grateful to the Committee for the care and attention they have paid to the subject ; and I can confidently assure the Brethren that in then- future operations the Committee will take no step in any way involving any of the interests of the Institution without tho most careful and calm deliberation ( cheers ) . Already great improvements have been made in the management of the Institution ; ancl here I may be allowed to direct your attention to those parts of the recent report of the Committee in
which they speak of the results of those improvements , and allude to the desirability of building a school-house . The Committee say , "The London boys , who had hitherto been scattered over all parts of the town , have now been placed in a few selected schools , chosen after the most careful personal inquiry , and an increased rate of payment for then- tuition has been accorded , in all cases which gave hope that the boys would derive adequate benefits from such advances .
By those means , many additional branches of useful instruction have beon opened to the boys , especially French and book-keeping ; and at the same time , the Committee have been enabled to exercise a much greater degree of superintendence over then- conduct and progress . " After a few observations in regard to the progress made in their education by the boys , and the necessarily increased support required from the Masonic body to secure the continuance of these advantages , the Committee proceed to say , " Notwithstanding the improved arrangements which have been made in the ease ofthe London boys , many cases have occurred in which the want of centralization and of uniform
discipline has been severely felt ; ancl as regards the country boys , the Committee have found it wholly impracticable to establish anything like an efficient system of general superintendence . " I believe that this efficient superintendence can only be gained by bringing the boys together in one establishment , though there can be no doubt that the alterations lately introduced into the management of the Institution have effected a great improvement both in the education and moral deportment of tho boys as compared with what could be effected under the old system ; and though the expenditure is necessarily somewhat higher than formerlit is gratifing to know that the has
y , y money not beon spent without our gaining a corresponding advantage for those children of the Brethren whom we have taken under our care ( cheers ) . In the first place , those alterations have insured the adoption in the various schools to which the boys are sent of a more regular ancl uniform system of education ; ancl the whole of the London boys are , as far as it is possible to do so in different establishments , brought up and educated under one system , instead of , as formerly , under many systems ( cheers ) . It was long felt as a desideratum that she boys should be educated under one system instead of under five or six ; and though this has in somo measure been accomplishedI must bo
, permitted to say with the Committee that I do not think the Institution has yet hacl a fair trial of the system ; neither do I think that its advantages can be fully and properly developed until tho boys are brought together in one establishment under an undivided ancl efficient management ( cheers ) . We must recollect that though tho want of a school-house has long been felt , tlio VOL . III . M
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
duced to the noble Lord , who addressed them separately in similar and most appropriate terms . The boys having retired , The JI . "VV . CHAIRMAN said , —It now becomes my pleasing duty to propose tho toast which I am sure is anticipated hy you all as being more immediately connected with the cause -which has brought ns together tins evening . You , Brethren , are no doubt all aware that in obedience to a general feeling which apiiears to
prevail throughout the Craft , that tho time has arrived when an endeavour ought to be made to extend the operations ofthe Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys ; it has been resolved , on the recommendation of the Committee to build , at the earliest possible period , a school-house , and thus put the Institution on an equality with the girls' school ( cheers ) . I have no hesitation in avowing my belief that with such a building , in which the boys coulcl be brought under one management , and insured the advantages of one system of education , a great and permanent good may be effected , and the charity much raised in estimation ( hearhear ) . It will not dohoweverto out such a project too hastil
, , , cany y ; but I am happy to state that already large sums have been promised to the building-fund , and that the success ofthe project is insured ( cheers ) . I am sure that I may add that the whole of the Brethren are deeply grateful to the Committee for the care and attention they have paid to the subject ; and I can confidently assure the Brethren that in then- future operations the Committee will take no step in any way involving any of the interests of the Institution without tho most careful and calm deliberation ( cheers ) . Already great improvements have been made in the management of the Institution ; ancl here I may be allowed to direct your attention to those parts of the recent report of the Committee in
which they speak of the results of those improvements , and allude to the desirability of building a school-house . The Committee say , "The London boys , who had hitherto been scattered over all parts of the town , have now been placed in a few selected schools , chosen after the most careful personal inquiry , and an increased rate of payment for then- tuition has been accorded , in all cases which gave hope that the boys would derive adequate benefits from such advances .
By those means , many additional branches of useful instruction have beon opened to the boys , especially French and book-keeping ; and at the same time , the Committee have been enabled to exercise a much greater degree of superintendence over then- conduct and progress . " After a few observations in regard to the progress made in their education by the boys , and the necessarily increased support required from the Masonic body to secure the continuance of these advantages , the Committee proceed to say , " Notwithstanding the improved arrangements which have been made in the ease ofthe London boys , many cases have occurred in which the want of centralization and of uniform
discipline has been severely felt ; ancl as regards the country boys , the Committee have found it wholly impracticable to establish anything like an efficient system of general superintendence . " I believe that this efficient superintendence can only be gained by bringing the boys together in one establishment , though there can be no doubt that the alterations lately introduced into the management of the Institution have effected a great improvement both in the education and moral deportment of tho boys as compared with what could be effected under the old system ; and though the expenditure is necessarily somewhat higher than formerlit is gratifing to know that the has
y , y money not beon spent without our gaining a corresponding advantage for those children of the Brethren whom we have taken under our care ( cheers ) . In the first place , those alterations have insured the adoption in the various schools to which the boys are sent of a more regular ancl uniform system of education ; ancl the whole of the London boys are , as far as it is possible to do so in different establishments , brought up and educated under one system , instead of , as formerly , under many systems ( cheers ) . It was long felt as a desideratum that she boys should be educated under one system instead of under five or six ; and though this has in somo measure been accomplishedI must bo
, permitted to say with the Committee that I do not think the Institution has yet hacl a fair trial of the system ; neither do I think that its advantages can be fully and properly developed until tho boys are brought together in one establishment under an undivided ancl efficient management ( cheers ) . We must recollect that though tho want of a school-house has long been felt , tlio VOL . III . M