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T- » nYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION f ( . FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . Office —< 5 , FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C . GRAND PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENT : mc ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , HIb K K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . In comp'i ance with a Requisition received by me from i \ „ TVrasurer of the Institution—in accordance with Law _ I hereby g ive notice that a SPECIAL GENERAL rOURT of the Governors and Subscribers will be held at FREEMASONS' TAVERN , Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on THURSDAY , the 6 th day of J , 1 SS 9 : — To consider the Report of the Committee of Investigation appointed under Resolution of the Quarterly General Court of 27 th July , 18 SS , which Report was presented to , and received by , the Quarterly General Court of 26 th April , 1 SS 9 , and to take such steps thereon as may be determined . The Chair will be taken at Twelve o ' clock at noon precisely . FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . Stwd ., P . G . S . B ., V .-Pat ., Secretary . London , 24 th May , 1 SS 9 .

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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

AN OLD P . M . —We regret we are unable to insert your letter , as we have several times notified we cannot open our columns to discussions on ritual . SALOP—The election of W . M . is decided by a majority of votes .

The following communications among others unavoidably Stand over : A Review of the True Lines of Rosicrucianism . BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " Keystone , " "La Chaine d'Union , " "South African Freemason , " " Masonic Token , ' " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico " and " Die Bauhutte . "

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rt ^^ b ^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ - ^ .- ^^^^^I SATURDAY , JUNE I , 1889 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR HOYS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , It having been brought to the knowledge of the House Committee of this Institution that a rumour has been circulated that certain officials have received notice of

dismissal , I am instructed by the Committee that the question of the dismissal of any official has never been suggested , entertained , or considered . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , FREDERICK BINCKES , Secretary . 6 , Freemasons' Hall , W . C , May 2 Qth .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , " The wise do not wash their dirty linen in public , " says the proverb , which is true enough . One would , therefore , hesitate to take part in any correspondence on this subject in the columns of the ordinary press . But in a paper such as yourswritten by Freemasons , for

Free-, masons , there is not only no impropriety in writing , but , probably , an obligation to do so , fully and freely , so long as one ' s words are tempered by that charity which , in its widest sense , should ever be the distinguishing characteristic of every Freemason ' s heart . By means of the press , a larger number are reached than by any voice , however poweifulat a mass meeting , such as we understand will

, be speedily called to consider the Report of Bro . Philbrick ' s Committee . And now , how stands the case ? All parents and guardians are desirous of setting their boys out fairly in the world , fitting them , as far as possible , in every way to bear their part in the battle of life . Freemasons especially are anxious to do this thoroughly and well for " their nephews , "

the children of their deceased brothers , believing , in the words of an American writer , that a " sound constitution and a good education are two blessings on which all others rest and depend . " That is the theory , and , till recently , we thought we carried it out " rather well . " Alas ! We find now that , like many other theories , it lamentably breaks down in practice . The intention is excellent , and

the education is pronounced " satisfactory ; but we accomplish our ends , forsooth ! by underfeeding the boys , ruining their eye-sight , and breaking their spirits ! Primarily , as it seems to me , the Head Master is responsible for the breakdown . His duty , according to the Report ( p . 9 ) , is to exercise a supervision in every department . He is a Court of Appeal in all emergencies

!—responsible for the general conduct of the scholars at all hours , and ( with the Matron ) for the cleanliness of their persons and general appearance . He is Curator of the Library , with its books of reference . In him is vested power to complain of officials and punish scholars . He is to see the boys use the plunge bath in suitable weather , and he may exercise discipline by withholding permission

for them to see their friends , reporting , however , the cause to the House Committee . In 1872 we find Dr . Barry saying ( p . 27 ) " Clearly , in any Institution there must be a single head ; your rules evidently recognise this necessity and give the first place to the Head Master ; but it may be worth your while to inquire whether the practice exactly corresponds to the theory . "

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Well , Bro . Philbrick ' s Committee has " enquired , " and their report shows that the " supervision " has . been powerless to prevent the gravest abuses in the household , management ; that , so far from his being a " Court of Appeal , " the Steward and Matron "take no orders from the Head Master " ( p . 26 ) . As to the general conduct of the boys , we are told ( p . 16 ) that " their appearance was

pale and manner spiritless . " Their " deadness and want of activity " are specially noticed by the Committee , who say ( p . iS ) " There is a lack of animation , even in their games . The physique is low , and they crowded aimlessly about the plagrounds ( where we watched them unobserved ) in a manner very different to healthy boys at play . This is especially obvious in the younger boys , and we attribute

it in part to the insufficient playgrounds and over-long hours of study ... All suffer from what was described to us as' the dreadful monotony . ' " There seems to tie no indoor play-room , and the library is closed , " and no access to the books has been allowed tor some time . " ' 1 hough the punishments are not " excessive , " it appears to be established that the Head Master is " severe . " Infection

is spread by the use in common by several boys of the same towels ( p . 20 ) , and when the School is bathed in detachments the water is practically unchanged , the bathing so hurried as to preclude the idea ot its being a means ot cleanliness , while for the last bathers the state of the water is described as " revolting . " Now it has been said to me , what more could the Head

Master do than he has done , with the Secretary at aim ' s length and the House Committee backing the Secretary ? But here one would like to inquire what the Head Master did in fact do ? Dr . Barry ' s report of 1 S 72 was a formidable weapon ready to his hand ; but , though surruunded by the miserable boys with the evidences in their faces ( to say nothing of their heads and hands ) of the abuses of the

so-called " management ' ( and to which abuses he seems to have been fuhy alive ) , all , as we understand , that the Head Master did was to compLin to the Committee . He renews his complaints , it is true , again and again , " in terms of strong remonstrance" ( p . 21 ) , but when his complaints are ignored , he does—nothing ! Surely he might have followed up his complaints . Were not your columns

open to him , as to us r If he could not have gone himself to the House Committee ( of which he certainly ought to be made a member without loss of time ) , or to the General Court of Governors , were there no wdl-kno < vn brethren who would have taken up the case ol thet . e poor buys ? Going no further than the names appended to the present report , could none of these brethren have been interested .

so as to have secured enquiry and redie .-s ? I would have gone to the Grand Master himself rather than remain inactive ; or , if only a heroic course could be effeciual , I would have resigntd my office , with a full explanation of the reasons , lhe Craft would never have allowed such a step to be final , but it would , at least , have ensured a full investigation , and have called attention in an

unmistakable manner to the pressing nature ot the case . However , this has now been done most thoroughly by the report , and as we are all sure that the Head Ma-. ter has the good of the Institution at heart , there can , I hope , be no doubt that he is now making amends for the past by

working heartily with the House Committee to bring about those reforms which are so emphatically and urgently demanded . My observations as to the Committee ' s responsibilities must , with your permission , remain over till next week . —I am , yours fraternally , F . H . ROOKE . May 27 th . ' ¦ ¦ ' ' lo the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Since my letter to you of the nth inst ., I have had an opportunity of reading the whole of the Report of the Committee of Investigation appointed , under resolution of the Quaiterly Court of the ab : ive Institution , held on 27 th

my final judgment until 1 have read the shorthand writer ' s notes of the evidence , the immediate publication of which seems to be rendered impeiative by the contradiction direct given by the House and Audit Committees to the conclusions ot the Investigation Committee . . 1 . The Report of the Investigation Committee strikes me throughout by its strictly judicial and moderate tone

July , 188 S . I have also read the reply , dated 13 th inst ., of Bro . F . A . Philbrick to the remonstrance addressed to him by Bros . Ramsay and Hogard , together with the rejoinder thereto , dated 16 th inst ,, signed by Bros . Murray and Hogard respectively , on behalf of the House and Audit Committees . May I , therefore , briefly state my opinion on these three documents , holding over , as 1 have already said ,

and a painstaking desire to avoid all undue and unnecessary reflections upon individuals , and to confine itself to the allotted functions of the Committee . 2 . Bro . Philbrick ' s reply , dated 13 th inst ., to the remonstrance addressed to him by Bros . Ramsay and Hogard , reveals a most trenchant fact , which , as he pithily remarks , "speaks for itself , and needs no comment . " The

inference of that remonstrance most undoubtedly was , that the evidence given before the Investigation Committee was unknown to the House and Audit Committees , either as a whole or in part . It now turns out that the Secretary of the Institution , Bro . Binckes , had possession of the whole 15 volumes of the notes ot the evidence for six days before , and even at the very moment of penning the remonstrance

in question . 3 . The rejoinder of the House and Audit Committees , dated 16 th May , to Bro . Philbrick ' s reply of the 13 th inst ., to their remonstrance , I find most difficult to chaiacteiise . My first impression of it remains undisturbed , though I have read it over and over again , and is best desoibed by

the single word " shuffle . " If this view of it is justifiable , then 1 think the establishment of the truth of the conclusions of the Investigation Committee has been materially assisted by this last utterance of the House and Audit Committees . —Yours fraternally , TUDOK TREVOR , P . M . 2069 . May 20 th . _____ THE GRAND LODGE OF NEW SOUTH WALES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am desired by several of my brother Cambrians to draw your attention to a mis-statement in your issue of January 19 th last , in which you give our lod ge ' s ( Cambrian Lodge of Australia , No . 656 , E . C . ) name amongst those who have thrown up their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England .