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CONTENTS . LBADER- PAGE The School Elections ... ... ... ••¦ - 500 Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... ... ¦¦• ••• ' — Goo

Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Quarterly Court and Election ) ... Coi Mark Masonry ... ... ... - - ™ i Allied Masonic Degrees ... ... ... — - l ' Science , Art , and the Drama ... ... ... — y Craft Masonry ... ... ... - — ( ' ° 3

M ASONIC N OTESAppointment ot Lord Barnard as Provincial Grand Master of Durham ... 605 Appointment of the Hon . Alan de Tatton ligertjn , M . P ., as Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire ... ... ••• 6 o 5 Ouaiterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institition for Boys ... ... C > 5

Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ••• ™ Royal Arch ... ... ... ¦•• •• ¦•• - Coy Instruction .. ... ... - •¦• ¦¦• J ? Cryptic Masonry ... ... ... ... •¦• ••• '" ° Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... •¦¦ r "

The School Elections.

THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

There \ v ;\ s heavy voting at both our School Elections last week and at both the struggle for places appears to have been a keen one , though in the case of the Girls' School it turned out lliat , when the result of the ballot was made known , the hi ghest unsuccessful candidate was a long way behind the lowest

successful , while in that of the Boys' School there were as many as three of those who failed who were well up and all of them have a goodly total of votes to carry forward to the Spring Klection of next year . But what is most satisfactory of all is that all the unsuccessful children , if their circumstances remain

as they are at present , will have at least one and not a few of them , more than one opportunity of admission into the Institution , the benefits of which they have been adjudged worthy to receive . There is , not , indeed , one of the nine g irls and six

hoys who failed this time who may not ' ultimatel y retrieve her or his failure . There was a reduced list of 33 candidate's for the election

into THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITITION FOR GIRLS , "ii Thursday , the nth instant , of whom 14 had taken part in "ne or more contests , and 19 were first cases . Of these 33

London furnished seven and had a joint interest with some Province in four others , the remaining 22 being sent up b y Produces or Districts Abroad . The number to be elected was 24 , and the girl with claims on Oxfordshire and Suffolk had the

satisfaction of heading the poll with a total of 5294 votes . The n"xt in order was partly Provincial and partl y London—¦ •'• orlhants and Hunts . and London—and having secured 26 X 4 ' ¦ otes in April , increased her figure 104723 votes , the third being

bom Kent and London , and receiving 45 8 votes . Then came " child from the Eastern Division of South Africa with 4447 , •'" d next to her a London girl with 4377 , votes , of which 32 X 5 > 'ih- « -ad y stood to her credit from the April Election . The

candi" < - with claims on Hants and the Isle of Wight increased her '' tfiirc from 1091 to 4344 votes , and took the sixth p lace , one of '" ' two children from Hertfordshire being close up with 4072 otcs , and a London girl and the second Herts candidate running

ir almost a neck-and-neck race with 4019 and 4008 votes - pectivel y . London furnished the loth successful child , who l , ol , ( 'd 3972 , while Sussex and Staffordshire share between them K - credit of placing the next on the list with 3 S 91 votes , and

The School Elections.

of which all but 413 were polled on this occasion . The . two Kentish g irls stood next—one with 3 X 56 voles , of which 2103 were alreadv to her credit , and the other oalv a short way behind , with 379-1 votes . A girl from London scored

3742 votes , and thereb y secured the 14 th vacancy , but she started with 1995 of these in hand , her London and Essex competitor polling , under somewhat similar circumstances , 3715 votes , of which 1952 were brought forward from April .

Middlesex won the 16 th p lace with 3 686 votes , and Somersetshire the 17 th with 3 ^ 40 votes , a girl from Constantinople polling 3555 votes for the 1 S 1 I 1 vacancy , of which 9 S 1 were brought forward . The Bombay candidate , with 3522 votes , was well up , and then

followed the two West lorkshire children , each polling the same number of votes , namely , 352 r . Th ' e three remaining vacancies were secured b y candidates from West Lancashire , Dorsetshire , and London , who polled respectively 54 ( 10 , 3025 ,

and 2903 votes , but in the last case the girl had 203 voles standing to her credit from April . Of the number of l . bisuecessful children , onl y one , from London , obtained an appreciable number of votes , but . the 1721 she has thus far obtained ought

to be of material service to her in April next . The result may be said to be satisfactory all round . London carried live of the seven cases which ori ginated from her lodges , and helped to secure , the success ol all the four in which she had a part

interest ; while the Provinces and Districts carried 15 out of 22 candidates . As regards the votes then ; were 19 , 0 ) 0 brought forward from April , and 86 , 037 iss , "'d for this eleeiion ; but of

the latter only 77 , 5 ^ 7 passed the Scrutineers , ( he number unused or spoiled being 8 450 . The eleeiion of 20 into

THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BUY . ; from an approved list of 26 candidates , the Shropshire lad having been withdrawn after the balloting papers had been issued , took place at the Quarterly Court of Governors and

Subscribers on Friday , the 12 th instant . For ibis contest as many as 139 , 190 votes were issued , so that with the 20 , 490 brought forward from April last and'those added under Law 35 , there were * available for the purpose of this ballot the enormous

area } - of 159 , 6 93 , or close' upon , 160 , 000 . Of these , however , nearly 13 , ^ 00 were unused or spoiled , the number that passed the Scrutineers , including the forward- and added votes , being 14 6 , 265 . But this latter figure gives an average per candid tie ot

between 5000 and 6000 , while a glance at tin result shows that as many as 23 ol " the 26 applicants obtained from 4000 and upwards . The highest boy on the poll hailed from Staffordshire and Derbyshire , and these two Provinces seem in h .-iee

resolved that their candidate , who had only this one chance of securing admission , should m , ) fail for lack of support on their part , and accordingly they obtained fur him 9564 votes . The second on the list came from Auckland , . New

Zealand , and starting with 313 to the good was ultimately returned with 8 ( 191 votes , a candid . tie from Sussex , who began the day with 218 3 votes and finished if with 7347 vol .-s , being next in order . London won ( he next vaeancv for one ol " hs

half-dozen candidates with 6 945 voles , of which 2 ; oS were alread y to his credit , while the Western Division < , f South Wales and Monmouthshire furnished the lifth 0 : 1 the poll with

6681 votes , of which onl y 115 were brought forward . A second London boy stood next with 6 4 X 2 votes , of which 25 ( 12 were to his credit from April , Norfolk and Suffolk securing the next