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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L « ADtRs 339 The Masonic Celebration of Her Majesty s i Jubilee at the Albert Hall 340 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys—Eig hty-ninth Anniversary Festival 342 provincial Grand Chapter of Leicestershire and Rutland 348 Sale of Pvthagoras Lodge Library 34 S
Annual Supper nf the Chiswick Lodge of Instruction , No . 2012 349 The Late Bro . Andrew Kerr , No . 8 ( S . C . ) 349 CORBESI' '' NDENrBThe Collar Question 351 Canon Portal on Mark Grand Lodge 351 Notes and Queries 351 R EPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 351
Instruction 352 Roval Arch 353 Instruction 353 Mark Masonry 3 S 3 South Africa 354 Africa 354 Presentation to Bro . H . E . Dehane , P . M . 1543 , P . P . S . CT . D . Essex ..... 354
The Anglo-American Masonic Reunion at York 354 Laying the Foundation-stone of the New Schools in connection with St . Olave ' s Church , Ramsey 3 S 4 Scotland 355 Farewell Banquet 355 Masonic and General Tidings 355 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 356
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THE grand Masonic meeting in the Royal Albert Hall , to jubilee Masonic commemorate the Jubilee of her MAJESTY ' S reign , has taken i ee ing . p ] acCj anr j the Craft may honestly congratulate itself not only on the outward and visible splendour of the assembly , but likewise—and
indeed to a far greater extent—on the enthusiastic loyalty vvhich characterised its proceedings . The memorable meeting in the same Hall in April , 1875 , when H . R . H . the Prince of WALES was installed Grand Master , was more numerously attended , and being a meeting of Grand Lodge was , from a strict Masonic point of view , the more solemn of the two gatherings .
But the mere question of numbers is of no great importance , while the greater informality of Monday ' s meeting allowed of a freer and more unrestrained exhibition of that loyalty by which the Craft in all ages and countries has been distinguished . The address of congratulation , which was
voted by acclamation , and will be presented to the QUEEN on a day yet to be appointed , spoketrulythesentimentsbywhichall English Masons are actuated , and it will doubtless be as gratifying to her MAJESTY to receive it as it was to the Craftsmen assembled to subscribe to the expressions of loyalty and
devotion it contained . As a rule , Freemasons are not a demonstrative body of men , and what they do is mostly done from a sense of duty . But on Monday there was as much genuine heartiness shown as must have satisfied the most exacting of critics , while the perfect order and regularity with which everything was carried out must have made it clear that our chief executive
officers are perfect masters of the art of organisation . Everything , even to the minutest detail , was done with machine-like precision , and Irom first to last there was not a sign of hesitation , or the slightest hitch , in fulfilling the strict letter of the proceedings . We congratulate the GRAND SECRETARY , the GRAND DIRECTOR of CEREMONIES , and the PRESIDENT of the BOARD
of GENERAL PURPOSES on the success of their arrangements , and the Craft on the success of its demonstration of loyalty towards our gracious SOVEREIGN and of devotion to the cause of Charity . So long as our Society is governed by these principles , so long is there a prospect , approaching almost to a certainty , that it will remain in its present prosperous condition .
# £ * THERE is no disguising the fact that the result of the Festival Schnoi of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is a sore disappoint-Festival . , ,-. , ,, -T . . ment to the Craft generally . We imagine no one was sanguine
enough to expect a triumph such as was achieved in February when the Benevolent Institution celebrated its anniversary . Indeed , having regard to the serious necessities of the latter Charily , we state at once that there
was no reason why it should have been so . But we confess to have been sanguine enough to hope—and there were many of the same opinion as ourselves —that the total vvould show an improvement on those of the last three Festivals . However , we have been deceived in our anticipations , and
mstead of an improvement there has been a falling off from the least productive of the three amounting in round figures to - ^ 1500 . But , after all , we need not go very far for an explanation . The Jubilee high Pressure of the last half-dozen months is not capable of indefinite prolongation . The result of the Benevolent Festival was a splendid success , partly
because it was the first to be held , but chiefly because the pressure on its resources vvas overwhelming . The Girls' School fared less well than usual because their friends are reserving their strength for the centenary celebraon next year . For the Boys' School Anniversary , which came last of **•* " •the brethren who acted as Stewards had great difficulty in raising
e supplies , because the purse of the generous donor , who had een beset for six months or more by Jubilee appeals of every ¦^ aginable description , had only a scanty supply , left in it with } ch to make a response . Nor must we lose sight of the effect 'ch is very likely to have been produced by the vote of £ 2000 by Grand ^ Ste on the ist instant , and the knowledge that another £ 2000 would
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result from Monday s gathering in the Albert Hall , while the failure to obtain the services of a Chairman till within a fortnight of the day appointed must have exerted an unfavourable influence on the subscription lists . But after all , as is remarked elsewhere , £ 11 , 000 is a good round sum , and in excess of the proceeds of the 1878 and 1879 Festivals . Fifteen years ago
it would have sent the whole Craft into ecstasies of rejoicing , and it is unjust to those who have had a hard task to achieve , and have done it well that vve should look coldly upon the result because it is £ 1000 or £ 2000 less than it would have been , had our hopes been realised . On
the contrary , let us congratulate heartily those who have taken part in the celebration , the Chairman , the Board of Stewards , the contributing lodges and brethren , and the Secretary , on what they have done . They have striven as generously as those who assisted at the Benevolent and Girls ' Schools Festivals , and as fully deserved an equal share ot good fortune .
* * ** THERE can be little doubt that in their selection of the time and The Binckes' place for presenting Bro . BINCKES with the testimonial vvhich Testimonial . . . . . . . _
has been raised during the past few months , the Committee in charge of the arrangements of the Fund have acted with great propriety . Bro . BINCKES has been Secretary to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys for 26 years , and the major part of his devoted labours have been undertaken in order to promote the success of the School , and to secure to it a
foremost place among our English educational establishments . Under these circumstances , no better day could have been chosen than that appointed for the Anniversary Festivalof the Institution , nor could a better place have been selected than the Crystal Palace , where the Festival was held , and where the company assembled to do honour to the occasion were
loyally assisting in the work vvhich it has been the great aim of Bro BINCKES ' S energetic official life to accomplish . And vve hope those who were present at the ceremony vvill ponder in their minds as nearly as they
can what it is that Bro . BISCKES has done for our Boys' School , vvhich , when he first took an interest in its affairs , was only a school in embryo , and vvhich , even when it did come into existence , continued only a very modest Institution , until he appeared on the scene , and vvas chosen
Secretary . Then , as with the wand of PROSPERO , he changed everything . Listlessness gave place to activity , and activity to an enthusiasm , which nevertheless kept its head clear and worked systematic ill y as well as with unsurpassed energy . Small Festival returns gave place to large ones , and with the pouring in of funds from the provinces as well as from the
Metropolis , the small fifth-rate school of 25 boys rapidly developed into one of a hundred , and thence into the present establishment of 260 , which is able to hold its own in friendly rivalry with the best of similar establishments , wherever they are to be found within the four corners of the United Kingdom . This , in brief , and , of course , therefore , but very imperfectly delineated , is
the outcome ot Bro . BINCKES ' official life . And who shall say it is not an outcome of which any man might be proud , and which amply merits the kindly recognition it received on Tuesday when the brethren were gathered together under the presidency of R . W . Bro . T . W . TEW , Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , in order to help further forward the work
to which he ( Bro . BINCKES ) has given nearly the whole of his amazing energy and vast ability during more than a quarter of a century of years ? VVe trust the unusual episode vvhich vvas included in the proceedings of that day vvill have the effect of confirming the respect which is entertained
everywhere throughout the English Craft for Bro . BINCKES and his successful exertions in behalf both of our Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , his services to vvhich as its Grand Secretary were also recognised in the testimonial .
* * * The presence of a number of the old pupils as guests at the Mason ? ans . Festival on Tuesday is a feature of the day that must not be passed over in silence . The originator of the proposal must have been highly gratified at its success . The pupils themselves must be
rejoiced at learning that they still retain a place in the affections of the Craft , and the Craft must have been equally pleased at finding so many of their old charges in a fair way to establish for themselves an honoured position in the world . It vvas the first , and we hope it vvill not be the last , occasion on vvhich a representative band of Old Masonians has taken part in the
festivities of the day . Nothing can be better than that the Governors and friends of the School , on the one hand , and the ex-pupils on the other should establish an alliance , as it were , between them . The respect vvhich each feels for the other will be enhanced , while the School itself , vvhich is an object of affection and respect to both , will reap the advantage .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L « ADtRs 339 The Masonic Celebration of Her Majesty s i Jubilee at the Albert Hall 340 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys—Eig hty-ninth Anniversary Festival 342 provincial Grand Chapter of Leicestershire and Rutland 348 Sale of Pvthagoras Lodge Library 34 S
Annual Supper nf the Chiswick Lodge of Instruction , No . 2012 349 The Late Bro . Andrew Kerr , No . 8 ( S . C . ) 349 CORBESI' '' NDENrBThe Collar Question 351 Canon Portal on Mark Grand Lodge 351 Notes and Queries 351 R EPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 351
Instruction 352 Roval Arch 353 Instruction 353 Mark Masonry 3 S 3 South Africa 354 Africa 354 Presentation to Bro . H . E . Dehane , P . M . 1543 , P . P . S . CT . D . Essex ..... 354
The Anglo-American Masonic Reunion at York 354 Laying the Foundation-stone of the New Schools in connection with St . Olave ' s Church , Ramsey 3 S 4 Scotland 355 Farewell Banquet 355 Masonic and General Tidings 355 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 356
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THE grand Masonic meeting in the Royal Albert Hall , to jubilee Masonic commemorate the Jubilee of her MAJESTY ' S reign , has taken i ee ing . p ] acCj anr j the Craft may honestly congratulate itself not only on the outward and visible splendour of the assembly , but likewise—and
indeed to a far greater extent—on the enthusiastic loyalty vvhich characterised its proceedings . The memorable meeting in the same Hall in April , 1875 , when H . R . H . the Prince of WALES was installed Grand Master , was more numerously attended , and being a meeting of Grand Lodge was , from a strict Masonic point of view , the more solemn of the two gatherings .
But the mere question of numbers is of no great importance , while the greater informality of Monday ' s meeting allowed of a freer and more unrestrained exhibition of that loyalty by which the Craft in all ages and countries has been distinguished . The address of congratulation , which was
voted by acclamation , and will be presented to the QUEEN on a day yet to be appointed , spoketrulythesentimentsbywhichall English Masons are actuated , and it will doubtless be as gratifying to her MAJESTY to receive it as it was to the Craftsmen assembled to subscribe to the expressions of loyalty and
devotion it contained . As a rule , Freemasons are not a demonstrative body of men , and what they do is mostly done from a sense of duty . But on Monday there was as much genuine heartiness shown as must have satisfied the most exacting of critics , while the perfect order and regularity with which everything was carried out must have made it clear that our chief executive
officers are perfect masters of the art of organisation . Everything , even to the minutest detail , was done with machine-like precision , and Irom first to last there was not a sign of hesitation , or the slightest hitch , in fulfilling the strict letter of the proceedings . We congratulate the GRAND SECRETARY , the GRAND DIRECTOR of CEREMONIES , and the PRESIDENT of the BOARD
of GENERAL PURPOSES on the success of their arrangements , and the Craft on the success of its demonstration of loyalty towards our gracious SOVEREIGN and of devotion to the cause of Charity . So long as our Society is governed by these principles , so long is there a prospect , approaching almost to a certainty , that it will remain in its present prosperous condition .
# £ * THERE is no disguising the fact that the result of the Festival Schnoi of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is a sore disappoint-Festival . , ,-. , ,, -T . . ment to the Craft generally . We imagine no one was sanguine
enough to expect a triumph such as was achieved in February when the Benevolent Institution celebrated its anniversary . Indeed , having regard to the serious necessities of the latter Charily , we state at once that there
was no reason why it should have been so . But we confess to have been sanguine enough to hope—and there were many of the same opinion as ourselves —that the total vvould show an improvement on those of the last three Festivals . However , we have been deceived in our anticipations , and
mstead of an improvement there has been a falling off from the least productive of the three amounting in round figures to - ^ 1500 . But , after all , we need not go very far for an explanation . The Jubilee high Pressure of the last half-dozen months is not capable of indefinite prolongation . The result of the Benevolent Festival was a splendid success , partly
because it was the first to be held , but chiefly because the pressure on its resources vvas overwhelming . The Girls' School fared less well than usual because their friends are reserving their strength for the centenary celebraon next year . For the Boys' School Anniversary , which came last of **•* " •the brethren who acted as Stewards had great difficulty in raising
e supplies , because the purse of the generous donor , who had een beset for six months or more by Jubilee appeals of every ¦^ aginable description , had only a scanty supply , left in it with } ch to make a response . Nor must we lose sight of the effect 'ch is very likely to have been produced by the vote of £ 2000 by Grand ^ Ste on the ist instant , and the knowledge that another £ 2000 would
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result from Monday s gathering in the Albert Hall , while the failure to obtain the services of a Chairman till within a fortnight of the day appointed must have exerted an unfavourable influence on the subscription lists . But after all , as is remarked elsewhere , £ 11 , 000 is a good round sum , and in excess of the proceeds of the 1878 and 1879 Festivals . Fifteen years ago
it would have sent the whole Craft into ecstasies of rejoicing , and it is unjust to those who have had a hard task to achieve , and have done it well that vve should look coldly upon the result because it is £ 1000 or £ 2000 less than it would have been , had our hopes been realised . On
the contrary , let us congratulate heartily those who have taken part in the celebration , the Chairman , the Board of Stewards , the contributing lodges and brethren , and the Secretary , on what they have done . They have striven as generously as those who assisted at the Benevolent and Girls ' Schools Festivals , and as fully deserved an equal share ot good fortune .
* * ** THERE can be little doubt that in their selection of the time and The Binckes' place for presenting Bro . BINCKES with the testimonial vvhich Testimonial . . . . . . . _
has been raised during the past few months , the Committee in charge of the arrangements of the Fund have acted with great propriety . Bro . BINCKES has been Secretary to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys for 26 years , and the major part of his devoted labours have been undertaken in order to promote the success of the School , and to secure to it a
foremost place among our English educational establishments . Under these circumstances , no better day could have been chosen than that appointed for the Anniversary Festivalof the Institution , nor could a better place have been selected than the Crystal Palace , where the Festival was held , and where the company assembled to do honour to the occasion were
loyally assisting in the work vvhich it has been the great aim of Bro BINCKES ' S energetic official life to accomplish . And vve hope those who were present at the ceremony vvill ponder in their minds as nearly as they
can what it is that Bro . BISCKES has done for our Boys' School , vvhich , when he first took an interest in its affairs , was only a school in embryo , and vvhich , even when it did come into existence , continued only a very modest Institution , until he appeared on the scene , and vvas chosen
Secretary . Then , as with the wand of PROSPERO , he changed everything . Listlessness gave place to activity , and activity to an enthusiasm , which nevertheless kept its head clear and worked systematic ill y as well as with unsurpassed energy . Small Festival returns gave place to large ones , and with the pouring in of funds from the provinces as well as from the
Metropolis , the small fifth-rate school of 25 boys rapidly developed into one of a hundred , and thence into the present establishment of 260 , which is able to hold its own in friendly rivalry with the best of similar establishments , wherever they are to be found within the four corners of the United Kingdom . This , in brief , and , of course , therefore , but very imperfectly delineated , is
the outcome ot Bro . BINCKES ' official life . And who shall say it is not an outcome of which any man might be proud , and which amply merits the kindly recognition it received on Tuesday when the brethren were gathered together under the presidency of R . W . Bro . T . W . TEW , Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , in order to help further forward the work
to which he ( Bro . BINCKES ) has given nearly the whole of his amazing energy and vast ability during more than a quarter of a century of years ? VVe trust the unusual episode vvhich vvas included in the proceedings of that day vvill have the effect of confirming the respect which is entertained
everywhere throughout the English Craft for Bro . BINCKES and his successful exertions in behalf both of our Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , his services to vvhich as its Grand Secretary were also recognised in the testimonial .
* * * The presence of a number of the old pupils as guests at the Mason ? ans . Festival on Tuesday is a feature of the day that must not be passed over in silence . The originator of the proposal must have been highly gratified at its success . The pupils themselves must be
rejoiced at learning that they still retain a place in the affections of the Craft , and the Craft must have been equally pleased at finding so many of their old charges in a fair way to establish for themselves an honoured position in the world . It vvas the first , and we hope it vvill not be the last , occasion on vvhich a representative band of Old Masonians has taken part in the
festivities of the day . Nothing can be better than that the Governors and friends of the School , on the one hand , and the ex-pupils on the other should establish an alliance , as it were , between them . The respect vvhich each feels for the other will be enhanced , while the School itself , vvhich is an object of affection and respect to both , will reap the advantage .