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The Girls' School Festival.
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .
The 107 th Anniversary Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held at Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday next , the Sth instant , under the presidency of R . W . Bro . the Earl of Mot ' . vr Eno-CI ' . MHE , Deputy Grand Master of England , and Provincial Grand Master
of Cornwall , As regards the prospects awaiting our senior Charity , we can only describe them as not unfavourable . Our anticipations that the Board of Stewards would ultimately consist of a full 3 C 0 members have been realised , and , as there are generally a few brethren who hand in their names almost at the last moment , we dare say that , so far as numbers go ,
there will be little , if any , difference tn point of strength between the Board which will support Bro . Lord MOUNT EnacvMiin next Wednesday , and that which supported Bro . Lord DUNGARVAN on the penultimate day of February , when he presided at the Festival of the Benevolent Institution . Again , as to the claims which the
authorities- of the Girls School are able to advance in its behalf as an educational Institution , there is no doubt whatever as lo the strength and reality of these . They are forthcoming annually whenever any of the girls are entered for the Cambridge Local and other examinations , while a visit to the School itself will set at rest any doubts , which even the most
hypercritical brother may have permitted himself to indulge in , as to the value of the training they receive . The point , however , which we are most anxious to impress upon the Stewards , intending donors , and the Craft generally , is the exceeding undesirability of relaxing their efforts in behalf of this or either of the two other Masonic Institutions in any given year ,
because the year previous there happened to be a heavier return than usual of Donations and Subscriptions . Last year , for instance , the Girls' School had a most successful Festival , which very materially contributed to place the yearly average since 1888 more nearly on a level with what it was prior to that year . But seeing that the requirements of the Institution are as
pressing now as—if indeed they are not somewhat more pressing than—they were in 1 S 94 , the success of 1894 does not justify a more limited effort in 181 . 5 . ^ > at a " events undignified for our Society to be going through a kind of see-saw performance with these anniversary celebrations , one year hardly able to contain their enthusiasm
over a huge success , and the next in the very lowest depths of despair over a result which is less by some thousands of pounds than the average annual expenditure . We , therefore , hope that the Returns we are so anxiously looking forward to will be not less than the amount that is needed , merely because those of last year were in excess . When we once arrive at a certain
standard it is imperative that we should use every effort to maintain it . The Girls' School has fared well at its last two Festivals , and though we cannot hope that the ' exceptionally high figures of 1 S 94 will be repeated , we do most sincerely trust that the amount obtained will be on such a scale as to increase rather thin diminish the yearly average .
The Approaching Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The Annual General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Kojal Masonic Benevolent Institution will beheld in the great hall of the 1 'Yeemasons' Tavern , on Friday , the 17 th inst . The chair will be taken at the hour of 12 , noon , and when the Report ofthe Committee of Management for the past j ear has been dealt with and the other business disposed of , the poll
will be opened for the election of candidates for the vacancies which havc been declared on the Male and Widows' Funds respectively . The vacancies , so far as they are known , comprise 17 , including the usual three deferred , on the Male Fund , and in , including likewise the same number of deferred , on
the Widows' Fund ; but any additional vacancies which may have since occurred , or which may become available between now and the day of election , will , doubtless , be filled up in compliance with the recommendation which the Committee is in the habit of making , and which , as far as our experience Roes , the meeting has invariably adopted .
Taking the lists separately , we note that for the \ . \ immediate and three deferred annuities to be filled on the
MALI : I MIND ° f the Institution there are lu approved candidates , of whom r > 7 have brrcn unsuccessful at one or more previous ballots , and 34 are candidates whose
names have been placed on the list since the last election . Sub-dividing these ¦ ••ibetween London and the Provinces , we note further lhat London furnisher ; ' ?•and the Provinces 44 . The London brethren are the following , namely : ^ ° - ll , who has been three years before the electors , and brings forward
The Approaching Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
1 , 586 votes ; No . 1 , 5 , who has been a candidate at two previous * elections , has 923 voles to the good to slart with , and will have an addition made to his record of 20 votes ; and No . 15 , who brings forward 111 _ •votes from his two previous attempts . No . rg was a candidale for the first time last year , and obtained ( \ ifi votes , which will be included in his total poll at this eleclion ;
and Nos _ •_ and 20 were also candidates last year , and bring forward the former -A and the latter 40 votes . The remaining 11 figure on the list as Nos . 34 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 40 , 4 V 47 , 49 , 50 , 51 , and 53 respectively , and will make their first essay at the forthcoming ballot . The 44 extra-Metropolitan candidates are furnished bv 25 Provinces and a District abroad , and are
distributed as follows : Six of them hail from Devonshire , namely , No . 3 , who , though he has been before the electors for 10 years , and will make his eleventh attempt to win a vacancy on the 17 th instant , has only 237 votes in hand to count towards his final total . No . 4 , who is about to make his seventh application , has 82 votes to his credit , and No . 6 , who has been a
candidate at five previous ballots , has n > votes to the good . No . 27 was a candidate last year , but obtained no support whatever , while Nos . 46 and 48 are new candidates . Kent and Suffolk furnish , each of them , five candidates , those hailing from Kent being No . 14 , who has made two previous attempts , and will start en this occasion with 2492 votes to the
good ; No . 21 , who brings forward 122 votes from last year ; and Nos . 32 , 41 , and 45 , who are newly-placed on the list . The five from the Province of Suffolk have had their claims approved since last year's election , and will be found on the list at Nos . 3 6 , 3 8 , 44 , 36 , and 59 . Cornwall is responsible for the following three applicants , namely , No . 9 , who hangs , forward 4 s votes
from four previous ballots ; No . 10 , who starts with 14 votes from three attempts ; and No . 25 , who had the good fortune to poll 2412 voles at the eleclion in May , 1894 . Lincolnshire , West Lancashire , Nottinghamshire , Warwickshire , Sussex , and East Lancashire send two each , the Lincolnshire pair being Nos . 5 and 8 , of whom the former has 30 votes in hand from six ,
and the latter 24 S votes from four , previous elections . No . 7 , who has 979 votes to his credit from five elections , and No . 52—a new candidate—hail from West Lancashire . No . 16 , with 18 votes to the good from the 18 93 and 1 S 94 elections , and No . 18 , with 29 votes from last year , are sent up from Nottinghamshire . Sussex is responsible for No . 23 , who polled 87
votes in 1 S 94 , and No . 38 , a new candidate . No . 17 , with 22 S 11 votes to his credit from 18 ( 3 3 and iS <) . | , and No . Tin , a new candidate , are from the Province of Warwickshire ; while East Lancashire is responsible for two new candidates at Nos . 31 and 54 reseectively , North and East Yorkshire also furnishes two candidates—No . 1 who has had thc misfortune to have his
name on thc list for i . r years and has only 303 voles to his credit for his approaching / ,, 7 // ballot , and No . 12 , who at the 181 . 3 and 1 S 91 elections managed to obtain support to the extent of 3 , 8 votes . The other candidates are No . 2 ( Northumberland ) , who starts for his uth ballot with 312 votes in hand ; No . 20 ( Cumberland and Westmorland ) , who brings forward
one vote from 18 ( 94 ; No . 2 ] ( Wiltshire ) , with 279 votes from 1894 ; and the following who are all new candidates , namely : No . 28 ( Cheshire ); No . 29 ( Hampshire and the Isle ' of Wight ); No . 30 ( West Yorkshire );
No . 33 ( Derbyshire ); No . 43 ( Middlesex ) ; No . 33 ( Shropshire ) ; No . 57 ( the Province of Guernsey and Alderney ); and No . 61 ( the District o ( Bombay and the Provinces of Northants and I hints and Cornwall ) . For the
WIDOWS FUND there are , as we have said , seven immediate and three deferred vacancies to be filled and the number of applicants who will compete for those vacancies is 51 , of whom 3 ( 1 remain over from last year and 13 are newcandidates . London furnishes n > and the Provinces and abroad 41 ; the
London widows being No . 1 , who is about to make her / 5 / A attempt to win an annuity and has , we are glad to see , 1171 votes to her credit . With such a start , the venerable dame , who is in her 80 th year , ought to be able to secure a place among the successful applicants . No . 10 has 270 votes to the good from five previous ballots ; No . 18 no less than 4907 votes from three
ballots ; and Nos . 23 , ¦> /> , r < ., and 31 who were candidates forthe first time in 1894 , when ihey obtained ( No . 23 ) , 203 | votes ; ( No . 2 ( 1 ) , 30 votes ; ( No . 29 ) , 23 votes ; and ( No . 31 ) , 2203 votes . Nos . 37 , 43 , and 31 are new candidates . The 40 Provincial candidates are distributed amongst . m Provinces , and there is one widow whose husband belonged to a lodge in the District of
Madras , and subsequently joined two lodges in Kent . Devonshire is responsible for seven out of these 4 1 , namely , No . 4 , who is making her tenth application , with 2311 votes in hand ; No . fi , who is also an applicant for the tenth time , and starts wilh 24 . ' votes ; No . K , who has 188 votes towards hor ninth ballot ; No . 11 , who has been a candidate at six previous elections , and brings forward 42 vot ' s ; No . 17 , who started on her c .-indi-
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The Girls' School Festival.
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .
The 107 th Anniversary Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held at Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday next , the Sth instant , under the presidency of R . W . Bro . the Earl of Mot ' . vr Eno-CI ' . MHE , Deputy Grand Master of England , and Provincial Grand Master
of Cornwall , As regards the prospects awaiting our senior Charity , we can only describe them as not unfavourable . Our anticipations that the Board of Stewards would ultimately consist of a full 3 C 0 members have been realised , and , as there are generally a few brethren who hand in their names almost at the last moment , we dare say that , so far as numbers go ,
there will be little , if any , difference tn point of strength between the Board which will support Bro . Lord MOUNT EnacvMiin next Wednesday , and that which supported Bro . Lord DUNGARVAN on the penultimate day of February , when he presided at the Festival of the Benevolent Institution . Again , as to the claims which the
authorities- of the Girls School are able to advance in its behalf as an educational Institution , there is no doubt whatever as lo the strength and reality of these . They are forthcoming annually whenever any of the girls are entered for the Cambridge Local and other examinations , while a visit to the School itself will set at rest any doubts , which even the most
hypercritical brother may have permitted himself to indulge in , as to the value of the training they receive . The point , however , which we are most anxious to impress upon the Stewards , intending donors , and the Craft generally , is the exceeding undesirability of relaxing their efforts in behalf of this or either of the two other Masonic Institutions in any given year ,
because the year previous there happened to be a heavier return than usual of Donations and Subscriptions . Last year , for instance , the Girls' School had a most successful Festival , which very materially contributed to place the yearly average since 1888 more nearly on a level with what it was prior to that year . But seeing that the requirements of the Institution are as
pressing now as—if indeed they are not somewhat more pressing than—they were in 1 S 94 , the success of 1894 does not justify a more limited effort in 181 . 5 . ^ > at a " events undignified for our Society to be going through a kind of see-saw performance with these anniversary celebrations , one year hardly able to contain their enthusiasm
over a huge success , and the next in the very lowest depths of despair over a result which is less by some thousands of pounds than the average annual expenditure . We , therefore , hope that the Returns we are so anxiously looking forward to will be not less than the amount that is needed , merely because those of last year were in excess . When we once arrive at a certain
standard it is imperative that we should use every effort to maintain it . The Girls' School has fared well at its last two Festivals , and though we cannot hope that the ' exceptionally high figures of 1 S 94 will be repeated , we do most sincerely trust that the amount obtained will be on such a scale as to increase rather thin diminish the yearly average .
The Approaching Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The Annual General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Kojal Masonic Benevolent Institution will beheld in the great hall of the 1 'Yeemasons' Tavern , on Friday , the 17 th inst . The chair will be taken at the hour of 12 , noon , and when the Report ofthe Committee of Management for the past j ear has been dealt with and the other business disposed of , the poll
will be opened for the election of candidates for the vacancies which havc been declared on the Male and Widows' Funds respectively . The vacancies , so far as they are known , comprise 17 , including the usual three deferred , on the Male Fund , and in , including likewise the same number of deferred , on
the Widows' Fund ; but any additional vacancies which may have since occurred , or which may become available between now and the day of election , will , doubtless , be filled up in compliance with the recommendation which the Committee is in the habit of making , and which , as far as our experience Roes , the meeting has invariably adopted .
Taking the lists separately , we note that for the \ . \ immediate and three deferred annuities to be filled on the
MALI : I MIND ° f the Institution there are lu approved candidates , of whom r > 7 have brrcn unsuccessful at one or more previous ballots , and 34 are candidates whose
names have been placed on the list since the last election . Sub-dividing these ¦ ••ibetween London and the Provinces , we note further lhat London furnisher ; ' ?•and the Provinces 44 . The London brethren are the following , namely : ^ ° - ll , who has been three years before the electors , and brings forward
The Approaching Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
1 , 586 votes ; No . 1 , 5 , who has been a candidate at two previous * elections , has 923 voles to the good to slart with , and will have an addition made to his record of 20 votes ; and No . 15 , who brings forward 111 _ •votes from his two previous attempts . No . rg was a candidale for the first time last year , and obtained ( \ ifi votes , which will be included in his total poll at this eleclion ;
and Nos _ •_ and 20 were also candidates last year , and bring forward the former -A and the latter 40 votes . The remaining 11 figure on the list as Nos . 34 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 40 , 4 V 47 , 49 , 50 , 51 , and 53 respectively , and will make their first essay at the forthcoming ballot . The 44 extra-Metropolitan candidates are furnished bv 25 Provinces and a District abroad , and are
distributed as follows : Six of them hail from Devonshire , namely , No . 3 , who , though he has been before the electors for 10 years , and will make his eleventh attempt to win a vacancy on the 17 th instant , has only 237 votes in hand to count towards his final total . No . 4 , who is about to make his seventh application , has 82 votes to his credit , and No . 6 , who has been a
candidate at five previous ballots , has n > votes to the good . No . 27 was a candidate last year , but obtained no support whatever , while Nos . 46 and 48 are new candidates . Kent and Suffolk furnish , each of them , five candidates , those hailing from Kent being No . 14 , who has made two previous attempts , and will start en this occasion with 2492 votes to the
good ; No . 21 , who brings forward 122 votes from last year ; and Nos . 32 , 41 , and 45 , who are newly-placed on the list . The five from the Province of Suffolk have had their claims approved since last year's election , and will be found on the list at Nos . 3 6 , 3 8 , 44 , 36 , and 59 . Cornwall is responsible for the following three applicants , namely , No . 9 , who hangs , forward 4 s votes
from four previous ballots ; No . 10 , who starts with 14 votes from three attempts ; and No . 25 , who had the good fortune to poll 2412 voles at the eleclion in May , 1894 . Lincolnshire , West Lancashire , Nottinghamshire , Warwickshire , Sussex , and East Lancashire send two each , the Lincolnshire pair being Nos . 5 and 8 , of whom the former has 30 votes in hand from six ,
and the latter 24 S votes from four , previous elections . No . 7 , who has 979 votes to his credit from five elections , and No . 52—a new candidate—hail from West Lancashire . No . 16 , with 18 votes to the good from the 18 93 and 1 S 94 elections , and No . 18 , with 29 votes from last year , are sent up from Nottinghamshire . Sussex is responsible for No . 23 , who polled 87
votes in 1 S 94 , and No . 38 , a new candidate . No . 17 , with 22 S 11 votes to his credit from 18 ( 3 3 and iS <) . | , and No . Tin , a new candidate , are from the Province of Warwickshire ; while East Lancashire is responsible for two new candidates at Nos . 31 and 54 reseectively , North and East Yorkshire also furnishes two candidates—No . 1 who has had thc misfortune to have his
name on thc list for i . r years and has only 303 voles to his credit for his approaching / ,, 7 // ballot , and No . 12 , who at the 181 . 3 and 1 S 91 elections managed to obtain support to the extent of 3 , 8 votes . The other candidates are No . 2 ( Northumberland ) , who starts for his uth ballot with 312 votes in hand ; No . 20 ( Cumberland and Westmorland ) , who brings forward
one vote from 18 ( 94 ; No . 2 ] ( Wiltshire ) , with 279 votes from 1894 ; and the following who are all new candidates , namely : No . 28 ( Cheshire ); No . 29 ( Hampshire and the Isle ' of Wight ); No . 30 ( West Yorkshire );
No . 33 ( Derbyshire ); No . 43 ( Middlesex ) ; No . 33 ( Shropshire ) ; No . 57 ( the Province of Guernsey and Alderney ); and No . 61 ( the District o ( Bombay and the Provinces of Northants and I hints and Cornwall ) . For the
WIDOWS FUND there are , as we have said , seven immediate and three deferred vacancies to be filled and the number of applicants who will compete for those vacancies is 51 , of whom 3 ( 1 remain over from last year and 13 are newcandidates . London furnishes n > and the Provinces and abroad 41 ; the
London widows being No . 1 , who is about to make her / 5 / A attempt to win an annuity and has , we are glad to see , 1171 votes to her credit . With such a start , the venerable dame , who is in her 80 th year , ought to be able to secure a place among the successful applicants . No . 10 has 270 votes to the good from five previous ballots ; No . 18 no less than 4907 votes from three
ballots ; and Nos . 23 , ¦> /> , r < ., and 31 who were candidates forthe first time in 1894 , when ihey obtained ( No . 23 ) , 203 | votes ; ( No . 2 ( 1 ) , 30 votes ; ( No . 29 ) , 23 votes ; and ( No . 31 ) , 2203 votes . Nos . 37 , 43 , and 31 are new candidates . The 40 Provincial candidates are distributed amongst . m Provinces , and there is one widow whose husband belonged to a lodge in the District of
Madras , and subsequently joined two lodges in Kent . Devonshire is responsible for seven out of these 4 1 , namely , No . 4 , who is making her tenth application , with 2311 votes in hand ; No . fi , who is also an applicant for the tenth time , and starts wilh 24 . ' votes ; No . K , who has 188 votes towards hor ninth ballot ; No . 11 , who has been a candidate at six previous elections , and brings forward 42 vot ' s ; No . 17 , who started on her c .-indi-