Distribution Of Prizes At The Girls' School.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .

VISIT OF THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF YARBOROUGH . On Monday , the Earl and Countess of Yarborough attended at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , at Battersea-rise , on the occasion of the Visit of . the Stewards for the ioSth Anniversary Festival of the Institution , which lock place on the following Wednesday . The Earl of Yarborough being the Chairman of this year ' s festivalthe Countess of Yarborough

, graciously consented to present the prizes to the pupils who had been creditt d with the best progress in the different branches ' of education , for which donors of prizes had liberally offered them . Lord and Lady Connemara , Bro . Seeley , M . P ., and Mrs . Sceley , Bros . A . H . Bevan , T . H , Gardiner , W . M . Bywafer , T . W . Wbitrrarsb , James Speller , and Mrs . Speller , Bros . Arthur Betts , E . M . Money , Eugene Monteuuis ,

Ernest St . Clair , William Vincent , and a company of over 600 ladies and brethren attended to witness the proficiency of the pupils in their studies and the distribution of prizes , and all the members of the House Committee were present to receive the party , viz ., Bros . Peter de Lande Long ( Chairman for the month ) , Ralph Clutton ,

Robert Grey , Charles Hammerton , H . A . Hunt , E . Letchworth , R . Loveland Loveland , James H . Matthews , Sir John B . Monckton , Frank Richardson , A . C . Spaull , and Edward Terry . Miss Davis , the Head Governess ; Miss Redgrave , Second ; Miss Buck , Matron ; and Mrs . Roworth , who superintends the education in vocal music , ' were also among the receivers of the visitors .

Glorious summer weather favoured the visit and the inspection of the buildings and grounds . The first portion of the proceedings was conducted in the magnificent Alexandra Hall , where the floor and galleries were filled with the visitors , the teachers , and the children . The Old Hundredth was first sung , Mrs . Roworth being leader of all the singing ; then 24 girls played on eight pianos Gautier ' s " Le Secret" ; Macfarren ' s part song ,

" O , Summer Morning " followed ; 16 girls , D . V 6 rak's " Slavische Tanze , " on eight pianos ; and Barnby ' s part song , " Sweet and Low , " was the next item , and then the Countess of Yarborough presented the gold medal for proficiency , which carries with it £ 5 given by the late Bro . W . Winn , to Mabel BoHi ; the silver medal for good conduct , with Bro . W . Winn ' s £ 5 , to Ruby Webster ; and other prizes

to Mabel Bohli , Mary Baverstock , Constance Green , Olga Tettenborn , Ada Turton , Hilda Liverd , Ruby Webster , Ethel Boyd , Edith Wood , Clara O'Hara / May Douthwaite , Dorothy Wood , Beatrice Turner , Elsie James , Florence Gauntlett , Annie Blackler , Olive Greenwood , Arline Hall , Eleanor Groombridge , Henrietta Staff , Mabel Collins , Ellen Howard , Dorothy Dean , Ethel Eddevane , and Esther Vigor . This concluded Part I . Part II .

consisted of a pianoforte performance of Mayer ' s " Etude , " No . 2 , by eight girls on eight instruments ; the singing of Douglas Redman ' s part-song " Daffodils ; " a pianoforte performance of Mendelssohn ' s " Concerto , " Op . 64 , by sixteen girls on eight pianos ; and Schartau ' s comic part-song , " Young Mistress Hubbard . " The second distribution of prizes was afterwards made by the Countess of Yarborough . The following is the

programme : PRESENTED BY FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTION . Religious Knowledge ( Bro . Robt . Grey)—Mabel Bohli , Mary Baverstock , Constance Green , and Olga Tettenborn . English Subjects ( Bro . A . C Spaull)—Constance Green . Arithmetic and Mathematics ( Bro . Thomas Fenn)—Mabel Bohli .

Music—1 st Prize ( Bro . J . H . Matthews)—Elsie Mackey ( Honours , Senior Examination ) . Music—2 nd Prizes ( The " Wentworth Little " )—Ethel Davis , Constance Green , and Jessie Richards . Music—3 rd Prizes ( An Ex-Pupil)—Dorothy Wood and Eliza Pether . Singing and Pianoforte ( Bro . J . H . Matthews)—Beatrice Turner .

French ( Bro . Eugene Monteuuis)—Mabel Bohli , Hilda Liverd , and Grace Glenny . French—Special Prize ( Bro . Oscar Philippe)—Mary Baverstock . Drawing ( The " John Boyd" )—Belle Fearnside , Ellen Pooler , Muriel Smith , and May Collinson . Needlework ( The Misses Tobias)—Agnes Le Gros , Nellie Burgess , Selina Booth , and Lizzie Simcock . Good Conduct—ist Prize ( The Supreme Council , 33 ° )—May Douthwaite .

Good Conduct—2 nd Prizes ( Bro . Frank Richardson)—Edith Wood and Annie Sumner . Good Conduct—3 rd Prize ( Bro . E . Letchworth)—Margaret Griffith . Order and Attention ( as proved by Conduct Marks ) ( Bro . Ralph Clutton)—Grace Dodd , Grace Proctor , and Ada Mathew . Cookery—ist Prize , £ 5 ( Bro . D . P . Cama)—Frances Hooke .

Cookery—2 nd Prizes ( Bro . Henry A . Hunt)—Maude Schofield and Alics Truine . Cookery—3 rd Prizes ( Mrs . H . Homewood Crawford)—Alice McCue and Frances Wells .. Shorthand ( Bro . R . Loveland-Loveland)—Jessie Codling . Type-Wiiling ( Bro . W . G . Kentish ) -Ethel Boyd . Usefulness in Domestic Dutits ( The " Yates , " St . James ' s L ) dg ; , No . 842)—Alice

Truine and Amelia Thaw . Calisthenics and Deportment ( Bro . Col . James Peters)—Helen England and Mabel Messenger . Swimmirg ( Lady Monckton)—Florence Barton , Ethel Davis , and Olga Tettenborn . Amiability ( Bro . John Faulkner ) ( Selected by her Schoolfellows)—Nellie Burgess . ADDITIONAL PRIZES ( PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS)—BRO . ALFRED H . BEVAN . Music—Gwendoline Robson .

Preliminary Cambridge—Selina Booth . College of Preceptors—Eleanor Blott . College of Preceptors ( Junior Forms)—Violet White . Swimming—Nathalie Lucas . J UNIOR SCHOOL . Gereral Proficiency ( Bro . Frank Richardson)—Ethel Corner . Arithmetic ( The " Henry Levander " )—Edith Lloyd . Peiseveiance and Attention ( Bro . W . G . Kentish)—Doreen Cox .

Bro . P ETER » E LANDE LONG then rose and proposed a vote of thanks to the Countess of Yarborough , and said that the conclusion ol the presentation of prizes having arrived , it became his pleasurable duty as Chairman of . the Ho ' use Committee for the month to ask that there be accorded lo Lady Yarborough their sincere and hearty thanks for com ' ng to the Institution that day , and for presenting the prizes so gractfully 10 the pupils . ( Applause ) . It afforded him considerable gratification to ftel that Lady

Yarborough had expressed herself to him as very much delighted with everything she had seen and heard , and so much so that he was sure they nvght alwajs rely upon her ladyship ' s sympathy and support in the future . He hoped they would allow him to add , as a rider to the vote , the sincere trust of the Committee that this would not be the last occasion on which her lad ) ship would l . onour the Institution with a visit . ( Cheers ) . Bro . Sir J B . MONCKTON said that what had been remarked b y Bro . Long was really the resolution of the Committee , but he was afraid it

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was a resolution which would have very little legal effect if it was not seconded . They would all second it , he was sure , but he asked to be allowed to do so himself by word of mouth , because he thought it was exceedingly kind of her ladyship to come down to their little

Institutionthey called it a little institution , but that might be "the pride which apes humility : " it was a little institu'ion once . ( Cheers ) . Hebe ^ grdvery cordially indeed to second the vote so well and ably proposed ] by the Chairman for the mouth of the House Committee , Bro . Long . The motion was carried amidst loud applause .

The Earl of YARBOROUGH , who in the course of his address returning thanks on behalf of the Countess of Yarborough was frequently interrupted with general cheering , said : Lady Yarborough desired him dee ply to acknowledge the cordial vote of thanks they had accorded to her , and to thank the mover and seconder of the vote , for the kind and warm expressions they had used . He could assure all the company that it gave Lady

Yarborough great pleasure to visit the Institution , and she would be happy to come again if she was asked . She told him she had never spent amore pleasurable afternoon than she had that day . She asked him also to say she had had great pleasure in listening to the music-pupils who had performed . He thought they must congratulate those who were responsible for the able manner in which the Institution was conducted . He must also

congratulate those who had come there that day on having such an excellent exhibition to witness , and he hoped that at the Festival there would come out a great success . He had noticed sometimes a certain amount of curiosity among the ladies as to what there was of great attraction in Masonry , and what there was which so many of those he saw around him to-day could like in Masonry , and devote so much time to it . The fact

was that an answer was partly afforded by an event like the present . There was no grander institution than this . In an institution of that kind they might flatter themselves they had a very great Institution which bore upon it , he thought , the mark of good management , and he requested for Lad y Yai borough and himself to express their great satisfaction in hearing that the results of the Examinations of this year were the best on record .

They were told that in the Cambridge Local Examinations no less than 31 pupils were entered , and all passed , six with honours , the rest with distinctions , and that this was the' fourth year in succession when all the pupils entered had passed . From a paper which had been handed to him by Sir John Monckton , it appeared that in the last four years 143 had competed , and no less than 142 had passed . In another competition , that

of the College of Preceptors , 78 candidates were entered and 77 passed . In the College of Music examinations , all who were entered passed ; some obtained the highest number of marks , and got the diploma from the London College of Music . In another examination there had been 117 candidates entered , and 116 passed . He ventured to think that no other educational establishment in the country could match that ; but that record

enabled them at once to offer their very sincere and hearty congratulations to Miss Davis ( the Head Governess ) , Miss Buck ( the Matron ) , and the whole of the staff of teachers , who , by the way , he should inlorm those present , had all been pupils of the Institution . Alluding to the question of the examination , he might refer to a subject he thought gave him a little opportunity of referring to the retirement , which was shortly to take place ,

of Miss Davis , the Head Governess of the Institution , who had been in that position there for 35 years . That was a long time to be at the head of any institution , but what was important was that Miss Davis started , and had perfected the system of education at present followed there . It was clear that she must carry away with her feelings of regret ; but , from what he had heard , she would also carry with

her the feelings of affection and esteem of all the pupils who had ever been in the Institution . He was allowed to add that Miss Redgrave , who had been second in command for some years , had been appointed to succeed her in the position . Lad y Yarborough and himself had been pirticuhrly struck that afternoon with the bright , healthy , and happy appearance of the children . The Countess admired their bright and healthy look , and they

were happy to be informed that the School was in the best health . He thought that was partly due to the exertions of Miss Buck , the Matron . He now again sincerely , lor Lady Yarborough and himself , thanked the company for the vote which had been accorded to Lady Yarborough . The visitors then partook of light refreshments , and , after accompanying the children over the grounds , the dormitories , the laundry , swimming bath ,

and kitchens , returned to the hall , and , for the last time under the lead of Miss Davis , witnessed the calisthenic exercises . These were most loudly applauded during their progress , and , at the conclusion of them , The Earl of YARBOROUGH , addressing the children said , Lady Yarborough , himself , and all the other ladies and gentlemen had enjoyed what they had seen and heard that afternoon , and they wished to thank the

children for the admiiable manner in which they had gone thiough their exercises so well a ' rranged by Miss Davis . They thanked them from the bottom of their hearts for this exhibition of calisthenics . He hail the high authority of the Prince cf Wales for this approval , for his K' ) al Highness had said when he saw it , that he would like to s ~ e a reg iment of soldiers march as well as these children . He ( the Earl of Ydrboioug h ) as a Mason , wished entirely to endorse that expression . He again tinned the children much .

very After a further stroll through the gardens , the company engaged wiih the children in dancing , and left the establishment shortly before 11 mo ' clock .

Consecration Of The Stanley Of Preston Lodge, No. 2600.

CONSECRATION OF THE STANLEY OF PRESTON LODGE , No . 2600 .

INSTALLATION OF BRO . LORD DERBY . One of the most interesting events in the annals of Freemasonry in the Provinces , of West Lancashire took place on Thursday , 7 . I 1 inst ., at Preston , when the above lodge was consecrated in impre-sive manner peculiar to the Order . The title was appr ° P ' ^ chosen , inasmuch as it perpetuated a name which is held in the hig 1

respect in the town and neighbourhood . A period of 32 years has elap since a similar ceremony took pi ice in Preston , and the fact that the wdesignate , Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Derby , held the first title Lord Stanley of Preston , gave special emphasis and interest to the func The consecration took place at the Bull and Royal Hotel , where the reg