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The Freemason , S ATURDAY J ANUARY IO 1878 .

The Last Quarterly Court Of The Girls' School.

THE LAST QUARTERLY COURT OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .

The meeting which took place last Saturday was numerousl y and influentially attended , and we commend our careful report of it elsewhere to the notice of all our readers . For two points in it demand special attention . The one , is the welcome announcement of the respected

Chairman , Bro . Col . Creaton , that eighteen girls will beelected at tbe next election , bringing the number in the School up to the total of 198 , a very remarkable and interesting fact in itself , and one likely to prove most welcome and acceptable to the subscribers , though it necessarily

calls for increased exertions , on behalf of that most needful and well conducted Institution , the Girls' School . The second point is most important in itself—viz . the , discussion which took p lace on Bro . Raynham Stewart ' s motion to appoint a committee to enquire into the present system of

education in the Girls School . But though inspection and investigation as to " results " are always needful and advisable in all scholastic establishments and work , be they what they may , it appears to us that Bro . Raynham Stewart prevented any brethren from deliberately

supporting his motion , b y the aiguments which he made use of . We may observe , that Bro . Dr . Ramsay only seconded the motion , pro forma , to allow of discussion on a question so vital in itself , and so bound up with the best interests of the School . Bro . Raynham Stewart argued that

the present education given " unfitted the g irls for their after du : ies in life , and also that this " over education , " as he termed it , rendered them unlikely to attend to laborious occupations . As regards the first argument , it is quite clear to us , as it was to the meeting , that

it involves both a patent fallacy as well as a " petitio princi p ii . " So far from the educational system of the Girls' School unfitting our orphans for the " battle of life , " having failed , it is well known , as a fact , to many for whom we write , that the girls who come out of our School

have no difficulty in placing themselves , and how well they fill the situations in which they are p laced , and how very successful as an Educational Institution , our Girls' School has been , and is , at this very hour . Indeed , it may be fairly said , as it will be

conceded by all " esperts , " that our Girls' School is " unique" in England , if not in the world , both in its organization , its work , and its outcome . We know of none like it , we have yet to be told of any which surpasses it . For it is bear in mind , " sui generis . " It has to deal with children of

contrasted classes , and different positions in the social scale , and it is no little to the credit of the Committee that it has endeavoured to find a standard of education suitable for all , while it in no way ignores either peculiar claims , or prevailing aptitude in the scholars . If there be an

educational institution which seems to be doing its work properly and thoroughly , it is our Masonic Girls ' School . In the second place , the theory that education prevents persons doing rougher work is an exploded fallacy , worthy of the dark ages , and which we did not expect

to hear reproduced by Bro . Raynham Stewart in 187 S . We had hoped , we had driven away that old ghost of effete superstition , that bugbear of crass ignorance for ever , and we cannot but deepl y lament to witness its reappearance , even among Freemasons . The answer to it is very

simple . The cry of all departments of industry now is for skilled labour . Some of the acutest intellects we have ever known , pointed out years ago , that skilled labour must eventually drive out unskilled labour , inasmuch as work was better done b y educated than by uneducated workmen . The standard of education has been , happily ,

rising and still is in this country , and as Freemasons , we are ever favourable to light and knowledge . Are we then to refuse to g irls what we give to boys ? Are wc to advance the education of the one , and keep back the education of the other ? Certainly not ; we cannot do so either in fairness or propriety . And therefore

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we also dismiss Bro . Raynham Stewart ' s second point , as being equall y fallacious with the former . But as a fact , the theory that in our Girls' School they do not attend to domestic duties is entirely a mistaken one . No doubt great attention is

properly paid to their educational acquirements , but they make their own clothes , they are proficients in needlework , they make clothes to order , and all the g irls successivel y take part in the kitchen work , & c . It can therefore in no sense be said that the education in our Girl ' s School is either

unpractical or too elaborate . We therefore regret that Bro . Raynham Stewart should before the Craft have used any words which should seem to say that a work which has been and is a signal success , should in any way bz supposed to bs a failure . On one noint we wish to sav a word

further . We are all probably agreed that in the abstract that cookery is a very important branch of feminine education and ought to be carefully attended to . We would therefore suggest to the House Committee , ( a suggestion which we know they will take in good part ) , that they should

place themselves in communication with the directorsof the School of Cookery at Kensington , and so give our girls the benefit of instruction by a qualified cook regularly and systematically . The House Committee of the Girls School are alwavs ready to listen to practical

suggestions , and we feel sure , that no difficulties will occur on their part , or indeed of any one else connected with the School . In this sense perhaps the recent discussion ma } ' have done good , as it will serve to shew how very

unfounded are the complaints made by some , how aversethe Quarterly Court properly is to needless changes , and above all how unanimous a support the Honse Committee will receive from the subscribers in their arduous responsibilities . For the Girls' School administration has solved that

most serious problem , a good , practical , commonsense education , and remembering its p . ist work , tealising its present efficiency , and looking onto its future development , its supporters will again determine , as of old , to "leave well alone , " and to spare no efforts to augment its benefits , and to uphold its prosperity .

Charitable Administration.

CHARITABLE ADMINISTRATION .

It is always an invidious and unwelcome duty for Masonic journalists to find fault with the words of their brethren , or to comment upon any honest expression of opinion or comphint , and , therefore , we feel sure that in what we are now about to say , we will be credited by our readers

when we assert , that we speak with all regret and with all reserve , at the same time , that our utterancss are marked , we hope , by all of Masonic honesty , friendliness , and courtesy . We are among those who much regret the words spoken by our esteemed P . G . C , Bro .

R . J . Simpson , at the recent consecration of the Temple Bar Lodge , as we venture to deem thom neither ' g iven forth at a " convenient season , " nor , to say the truth , quite fair to the brethren of our Order . We are about to

celebrate the first anniversary of our Masonic Charities for 1878 , and all of a sudden we are told in most emphatic words by a Past Grand Chaplain of our Order that in " all" our charitable associations there is

" jobbery , ( without any exception , be it noted ) , and that there is " great scope for reform in the mode of election to the charities . " Thus it will be seen that our worthy Bro . Simpson includes even our Masonic charities in this most sweep ing charge . We quite agree with Bro Binckes , that

such a scene and time were not the proper place to ventilate such opinions , they ought to be brought forward calmly and dispassionatel y in a proper court . They cannot be seriousl y discussed in the heated sentimentality of a binquet , they demand the more tranquil and sober treatment of a business meeting . But we have

another "bone to pick " with our good Bro . R . J . Simpson . The fact , if a fact , is a most alarming one , as regards our many great and noble charitable institutions , and we beg to doubt it altogether . But as regards our Masonic Institutions , we are in a position to say , that any such allegation is as unwise as it is unfounded . Bro . Simpson is a zealous member