Contents.

CONTENTS .

Tbe Approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... 119 United Grand Lodge ( Quarterly Communication ) ... ... ... ng Grand Mark Lodge ( Quarterly Communication ) ... ... ... 120 Provincial Grand Ledge of Warwickshire ... ... ... ... 121 Logic Club ( 20 th Annual Banquet ) ... ... . _ » ... 122 Council of the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men . 7 . ... 122 Emulation Lodge of Improvement ( Annual Festival ) ... ... ... 123 Craft Ma « onry ... ... ... ... ... ... 125

M ASONIC NOTBSOuarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge ... ... ... 127 Quarterly Communication of Grand Mark Lodge ... ... ... 127 Annual Report of the Grand Lodge of Ireland ... ... ... 127 Annual Festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement ... ... 127 Annual Banquet of the Logic Club ... ... ... ... 127

Correspondence ... _ ... ... ... ... ... 128 Masonic Notes ^ and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 128 Reviews ... — ••••••— ... ... 128 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 128 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 Cryptic Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 Obituary ... ¦••... ... ... ... ... 131 The Recent Benevolent Festival ... ... ... ... ... 132

THE C RAFT ABROADInstallation Meeting of the Kingston Lodge , No . 1933 ... ... 132 District Grand Mark Lodge of Jamaica ... ... ... 132 Science , Art , and the Drama ... ... ... ... ... 133 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 134

The Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

THE APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

Now that the Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution has been celebrated with such brilliant success , the duty devolves upon us of calling attention to the claims of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls upon the

goodwill of the brethren . These claims are beyond question . The School has been in existence for 113 years , and in that period of time has rendered services to the daughters of our deceased

and indigent brethren which cannot be reckoned by any ordinary process of calculation . At the present time it is providing education , clothing , and maintenance for close upon 270 girls , and two facts above all others stand forth in evidence of the

admirable manner in which it has fulfilled and still fulfils , its duties and responsibilities towards the children under its charge . The first is that the whole of the tutorial and domestic staffs are former pupils . All of these ladies have gone through the

curriculum , and having proved themselves worthy by their intelligence , industry , general good conduct , and the other attributes which characterise young English women , have , on quitting the School , been appointed to offices as tutors or

submatrons , according to their ability to discharge one or the other of these positions . The other fact is that in the various public examinations at which the pupils of the School have been encouraged or permitted to enter , the girls

have uniformly acquitted themselves in such a manner as to reflect credit upon their own intelligence and the skill and ability of their governesses . We had evidence of this only last week , when we had the pleasure and privilege of announcing that but

of 51 girls entered for the Cambridge Middle-Class Examinations in December last , 49 passed , and of these nine were placed in the " Honour " Classes ; while of 50 who were entered for the College of Preceptors' Examinations , 47 passed , and among

these 47 were distributed as many as 29 distinctions . As we remarked in one of our " Notes " last week , no stronger argument can be . used in support of our Girls' Institution than the

evidence which this fact affords of the excellence of the training adopted ; nor can a stronger inducement be held out by those who have undertaken to act as Stewards at the approaching Anniversary Festival than that intending donors and subscribers

The Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

may rest assured that their contributions will be expended to good purpose . As to the monetary requirements which must be satisfied if the Girls' School is to carry on its useful work and maintain its

high character as a Scholastic Institution , it is not necessary for us to say more than that the annual expenditure ranges between £ 14 , 000 and £ 15 , , while the permanent income cannot greatly exceed—if , indeed , it amounts to so much as— £ 2500 . At all

events , and leaving a narrow margin for unforeseen contingencies , the amount that must be raised at the Festival , in May may honestly be set down ' at £ 12 , 000 , and if to this a further sum of about £ 2000 or £ 1000 can be added , then so much the better for

the permanent income of the School ; for such a surplus can be invested in Government or other securities , and the capital , and with it the income derived from that capital , will be proportionately increased . The question arises—Will this sum be

forthcoming , and our answer is that , so far as it is possible for any one to form an opinion , the omens are certainly favourable . To begin with , one of our most distinguished and popular Masons in the person of Earl AMHERST ,

M . W . Pro Grand Master , R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Kent , has very kindly promised to preside as Chairman . He has acted in this capacity for the Boys' and Benevolent Institutions , and his presidency has always been attended with , success . This

will be his lordship ' s first appearance as Chairman at a Girls ' School Festival , and there is every reason to hope and believe that his advocacy in May next of the claims of " Our Girls " will bear as good fruit and as abundantl y as his advocacy of

" Our Boys and the " Old People . Moreover , Lord AMHERST is in the fortunate position of having at his back one of our strongest Provinces , which has known him as its ruler for over 40 years , and is therefore read y and even eager to give effect to

his slightest wishes , and which in addition stands in the front rank of the most generous supporters of all our Institutions . Add to this that the Board of Stewards , so far as it has beenconstituted , is about 300 strong , or of about the same strength as at

the corresponding period of last year , and the reader will see ] that our hopes for a successful issue are well grounded . We trust , however , that the brethren will not jump to the conclusion that , as regards this successful issue we are hoping for , all is over but

the shouting . To obtain such a result as is needed to meet the requirements of our Girls' Institution for the current year , experience tells us that a far larger Board of Stewards must be organised , and hence we most earnestly appeal to all Lodges ,

Chapters , and brethren , who may be desirous of hel ping one or other of our Charities , to lose no time in placing themselves in communication with Bro . HEDGES , the Secretary , and requesting him to enter their names , or the names of their representatives ,

upon the Board for the Festival in May . And the sooner this is done , the better will it be for the Institution , because there will be more time available for enlisting support from members and the public generally .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The March Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons ' Hall , and as it was the day appointed for the election of a new Grand

Treasurer , for which there "was a contest , Grand Lodge was opened at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Earl Amherst , M . W . Pro Grand Master , presided , Bros . Dr . Balfour Cockburn acted as Deputy Grand Master ; Lieut-General C . Wilson Randolph , as S . G . W . ; and Major J . Woodall Woodall , P . G . Treas ., as J . G . W .

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