Contents.

CONTENTS .

LEADERS— PAGB The Recent School Elections ... ... ... ... ... ' 97 The New Buildings Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .... 19 S Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Quarterly Court ) ... ... 19 S

Ladies' Night of the Lodge of Perseverance , No . 1743 ... ... ... > 99 Annual Supper of the Star Chapter of Instruction , No . 1275 ... ... 200 Bethnal Green Free Library ... ... ... ... 200 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... 20 ° Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... 201

M ASONIC NOTES—8 uarterl y Courts of the Girls' | and Boys' Schools ... ... ... . 203 iris'School Festival ... ... ... ... ... 203 Death of Bro . Thomas Arter ... ... ... ... ... 203 Province of Surrey ... ... ... ... ... 203

Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 204 Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... - 20 4 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... — 204 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 205 Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... 205 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... 206

The Recent School Elections.

THE RECENT SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

The spring School Elections were held at the Quarterly General Courts of Governors and . Subscribers assembled in the great hall of Freemasons' Tavern on the 8 th and 9 th instant

respectively , there being , more especially in the case of the Boys' School , for which there were considerably more candidates than vacancies , a very keen competition to be included among the successful children . For admission into

THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS the ballot was opened as soon as the ordinary business of the Court of the 8 th instant was over , there being 29

candidatesreduced to 28 by the withdrawal of a West Yorkshire girl for admission under the " Sir Henry Edwards " presentation—and 20 vacancies . Five of these children derived their claims from

London , and there was one other who was able to look for support partly to London and partly to the Province of Surrey . There were 21 Provincial candidates and one from the District of Bengal , and it was a Provincial girl , hailing from Cornwall and

ranking as No . 8 on the list , who headed the array of successful candidates with 3702 votes , it being her first , and as it happily proved for her , her only attempt to secure admission to the benefits of the Institution . The next in order was a London

child , who obtained 1607 votes at her first attempt in October last , and raised that number to 3549 on this occasion , it being her sole remaining chance of winning a place . No . 3 , from London and Surrrey , had the enormous

advantage of starting with 2716 votes polled at the last election , and , as this was the sole remaining chance , in her case likewise , of being admitted , her friends gave her a further 735 votes , thereby augmenting her total to 3451 . There were

originall y four West Yorkshire candidates , but , as we have seen , ° nc of them was withdrawn for admission under presentation , and , as it was her only chance , we must congratulate her on the good fortune which created this vacancy just in the very nick of

time . Of the other three from this Province , two succeeded in winning places , one of them emerging fourth from the ballot with 3448 votes , and the other fifth with 3443 votes . The next ¦ our in order were all Provincials , the Staffordshire girl securing

s , xth place with 3385 votes , one of the two Gloucestershire pr's being placed seventh with 3365 votes , the Kentish lassie > eing eighth with 3307 votes , and that from Warwickshire ninth With 3305 votes , Two London candidates , who polled 3285 and

The Recent School Elections.

3258 votes respectively , came next in order , and then followed the Surrey girl , who obtained 6 7 votes at the election in October last , and raised her total on this occasion to 3252 . The West Lancashire girl was placed 13 th with 3173 votes , and the girl

with claims on Lincolnshire , North and East Yorkshire , Surrey , and Staffordshire 14 th with 3111 votes . The North Wales candidate was returned 15 th with 3108 votes , and the Berkshire 16 th with 3052 votes , the girl from Middlesex being next with 304 6

votes , and then in the order named the children from Cambridgeshire , Northants and Hunts , and South Wales ( W . D . ) , with 2961 , 2 gor , and 2747 votes respectively , there being a second girl from South Wales ( W . D . ) , who polled only 79 votes . The

unsuccessful , to the number of eight , comprised , in addition to the Welsh girl just mentioned , the second Gloucestershire candidate who will carry forward to the election in October next 2612 votes ; the two remaining London candidates who polled 2157

and 1078 votes respectively ; the candidate with claims on North Wales and South Wales ( W . D . ) , who raised her total of October last from 115101541 votes ; the Bengal and Oxfordshire candidates who polled 806 and 758 respectively ; and the

remaining West Yorkshire child , who obtained only 30 votes . Thus , of the 29 children originally on the list 21 , including the West Yorkshire girl , who has been nominated under presentation , will become inmates of the School in due course , while as

all the last cases are happily provided for , the eight who failed 011 Thursday last will , if they remain otherwise eligible , carry forward their votes to the next election . It remains for us to express

our satisfaction that our appeal on behalf of the four last cases has not been without its effect , and to add that of the 74 , 250 votes issued for this election , as many as 698 3 were either spoiled or not used .

The Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of

THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS was held at Freemasons' Tavern on Friday , the 9 th inst ., when , from a list originally numbering 60 children , but reduced by withdrawals to 54 , 22 were elected , and will be admitted at the

usual time into the School . Of the 54 candidates who went to the poll , 18 were wholly of London origin , of whom five were successful , and three partly London and partly Provincial , and of these one obtained a vacancy . The remaining 33 derived their claims

from the Provinces or from Districts Abroad , and of these 16 , or as nearly as possible one-half , were placed among the winners of vacancies . It will thus be seen that owing to greater energy , or more likely still , to their superior organisation , the Provinces

fared proportionately better than the Metropolis . No . 1 on the poll hailed from London , and polled right away 3726 votes , and the next two were Provincial , the lad from Cheshire , who brought forward 25 votes from last October , taking second place , with

3639 votes , and No . 3 , from Durham , obtaining 3606 votes . The fourth in order , with claims on London and Berkshire , brought forward 2480 votes from October , and this he augmented to 3580 votes , the five following candidates being Provincials , No .

5 ( Suffolk ) obtaining 3566 votes , of which 1955 were polled for him in October last ; No . 6 ( Hertfordshire ) having 3545 votes ; No . 7 ( Berkshire ) 3545 votes ; No . 8 ( Nottinghamshire ) 3487 votes , of which 232 were already to his credit from the election

in October , 18 9 6 ; and No . 9 ( Northants and Hunts ) 3484 votes . No . 10 , from London , who started with 2885 votes from six previous elections , obtained further support to the extent of 590 votes , thereb y increasing the total of his poll to 3475 . The