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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS J 81 The Revised Constitutions . —IV 582 Lodge of Benevolence 583 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 5 S 3 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 584 Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex 584 The Third Degree 58 ; C ORRESPONDENCEThe Status of Past Masters $ 86 The Use of the Word " Cowan " 586 Qualification of Candidates for the Royal ^ Masonic Benevolent Institution 586 A Sister by Purchase 587 South Australia 587 A Question of Etiquette J 8 J
Reviews 587 UnveihuR of Masonic Windows by the Lord Mayor . ' 5 S 7 Laying the Foundation Stone of a Congregational Church with Masonic Ceremony 587 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 5 S 8 Instruction 591 Royal Arch 591 Obituary jgi The Theatres 59 s Music 593 Science and Art 592 Masonic and General Tidings 593 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 594
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THE Great Educational Election Gatherings are over for 1882 . The Girls' School Quarterly Court took place on Saturday last , when some very important business was transacted , after which the poll was opened and the election of seven out of twentycandidates took place . The polling- was unusually high and vigorous . Indeed , the figures to which we allude later are such as
to . merit consideration and require study . It would almost seem as if each election would surpass the preceding one in keenness and severity . The Boys' School gathering passed over on Monday , when the nortnal business having been got through , the' election of twelve candidates was proceeded with , out of a list of sixty . In the Girls' School 31 , 329 votes were issued at
this election . Of these MINNIE DOBBY , the first successful candidate , polled 3394 , and the lowest , MARY HANNAH HIRST , 2212 . Thus the seven successful candidates polled 18 , 424 votes , leaving only thirteen candidates and 9612 votes to be carried forward , the highest number polled of which is 1762 , and the lowest 19 . There is the very large number of 3193 unpolled votes .
There were , as regards the Boys' School , 39 , 990 votes issued , and 25 , 574 brought forward , in all 65 , 564 votes . The twelve successful candidates polled in all , two of them being candidates for the first time , 32 , 403 votes . The two successful candidates on a first application ( CHIESMAN and SUTCLIFI ' ) polled 2696 and 2645 respectively . The unsuccessful candidates
polled 31 , 368 votes , in all 63 , 768 , leaving 1796 unpolled votes . The highest successful case was that of THOMAS MORETON NICHOLAS , with 3004 , and the lowest HENRY A . ECCLESTONE , 2464 votes . We shall all feel that the elections are becoming very serious things . Among other moving incidents attendant on these recent elections , a little bird has whispered into our ear ,
of a certain helpful sister , who , by her own exertions , obtained 2000 Boys ' votes and 900 Girls' votes for one meritorious candidate . Who shall say that the age of labourious efforts or untiring industry has passed away ?
True it is , as ever , that there is nothing like work , ( real , sheer , good hard work ) , after all , and that nothing in this world of ours is so successful as success . Some of us may wish that we had had such potent and such friendly aid .
* * * THE Quarterly Court of the Girls' School came to a very important decision on Saturday , practically for the future excluding the purchase of a sister into the School , when there is one at the same time being educated , having been elected . It seems to us , with due deference to the Quarterly Court ,
that in the decision arrived at , they mixed up two entirely distinct questions , —election and purchase . It was perfectly easy to appeal to the sentiment and prejudice of "two in a family to the exclusion of others ; " but nothing is in truth more illogical , or more misleading . The two systems of election and purchase stand on an entirely different basis , one being the right of the
subscribers , the other the privilege conceded for exceptional cases and a money payment . There are many obvious reasons why , as there can be no objection on the part of the Committee if the candidate be properly qualified , a girl in the School is benefitted by having a sister by purchase educated with her ; and , in many cases , when deceased Freemasons have
deserved well of their Fraternity , the new regulation will act with hardship on 'he orphan children . For many a province or many a lodge would purchase a child into the school as well as elect one , if they were not now debarred by the rules of the Institution . The point , as markedly raised by Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART , turns out , as was felt at the time , to be no point at all ; inasmuch , as if it is good for . anything ,
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it is against all purchase . If Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART ' S argument is sound , all purchase should cease , as each purchased child keeps out a child properly elected by the subscribers . However , the Quarterly Court has so decided the question , and there let it rest . But we
apprehend that one of the results of this somewhat hasty decision , ( in the face , too , of the opinion of the GRAND REGISTRAR , in itself a strongish order ) , will be to call attention to the whole system of purchase ; whether it is , in fact , on
the arguments of Saturday , fairly maintainable at all , or whether , in justice to the other scholars and to the rights of the subscribers , all pupils ought not now to be placed on the same level , except as to endowed scholarships .
Two very curious facts came out the other day at the meeting of the Managing Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and two facts so serious that they deserve public Masonic notice , and , we think ,
condemnation . The two facts are these , that there is a certain good lodge which , having paid to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution the modest sum of nearly ^ 300 , has received in annuities nearly £ 3000 , and that it is a rule in the lodge , apparently , that every P . M ., when he reaches the legal age ,
is placed on the list of candidates for the Annuity Fund . To say nothing of the obvious unfairness of such a proceeding , there seems to us to be an obliquity of the Masonic moral vision iuvolved , inasmuch as there must be a " suppressio veti , " or a " suggestio falsi" somewhere . It is not
likely , on any grounds of probability , that every Past Master when he reaches the age of sixty , is in reduced circumstances , and no one , we apprehend , has a right to appeal to . the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution any more than to the Lodge of Benevolence , unless in a
position requiring help . The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution is not a Benefit Society ; the privileges it confers are given openly by votes ; but for those requiring aid from a Masonic Institution certain qualifications are needed , among them the foremost being age , reduced circumstances
and Masonic membership . We , therefore , are induced to hope that this lodge will see the " error of its ways ; " and as it has thus a "locus pcenitentia : " awarded to it , as before the bar of Masonic public opinion , let it evince its recognition of great and astounding benefits extended to its
members , by being markedly and fully represented on a Steward ' s list at the next festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , under our very distinguished and gallant Bro . General BROWNRIGG . Such a
proceeding will , we think , disarm much of contemporary criticism , and even tend to soften Bro . TERRY ' S anxious memory of the past , and his anxious anticipations for the future . * * *
IT will be noticed that Bro . General BROWNRIGG , P . G . M . for Surrey , presides over the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , in February next , and Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , P . G . M . for Hampshire and Isle of Wight , the Girls' School Festival , in May next . We augur , from the selection of these two distinguished brethren , very successful gatherings .
* * J now Freemasonry seems emerging from its chrysalis state , and developing into full activity and bloom in Masonic gatherings and festiveaggregations . We congratulate many good friends of ours on being still ,
despite years and troubles , the cares of wealth , or the anxieties of domestic life , happily to the fore , "fresh as paint , " hearty and cheery as ever , May all of happiness attend them—good digestions , serene health , and above all , no trying attacks of the old , old enemy .
* * THERE are some difficulties in the way of Grand Stewards from the provinces , which we think it right to advert to . One is the expense . Few of our worthy brethren in the provinces are , perhaps , aware that each Grand
Steward pays about £ 25 per annum for the privilege of his office . The other is , attendance in London , which is necessary for the arrangements for the Grand Festival . These meetings of the Grand Stewards go on from February to June . There is also a compulsory attendance of Grand Stewards , by rota , at the Quarterly Communications .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS J 81 The Revised Constitutions . —IV 582 Lodge of Benevolence 583 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 5 S 3 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 584 Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex 584 The Third Degree 58 ; C ORRESPONDENCEThe Status of Past Masters $ 86 The Use of the Word " Cowan " 586 Qualification of Candidates for the Royal ^ Masonic Benevolent Institution 586 A Sister by Purchase 587 South Australia 587 A Question of Etiquette J 8 J
Reviews 587 UnveihuR of Masonic Windows by the Lord Mayor . ' 5 S 7 Laying the Foundation Stone of a Congregational Church with Masonic Ceremony 587 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 5 S 8 Instruction 591 Royal Arch 591 Obituary jgi The Theatres 59 s Music 593 Science and Art 592 Masonic and General Tidings 593 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 594
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THE Great Educational Election Gatherings are over for 1882 . The Girls' School Quarterly Court took place on Saturday last , when some very important business was transacted , after which the poll was opened and the election of seven out of twentycandidates took place . The polling- was unusually high and vigorous . Indeed , the figures to which we allude later are such as
to . merit consideration and require study . It would almost seem as if each election would surpass the preceding one in keenness and severity . The Boys' School gathering passed over on Monday , when the nortnal business having been got through , the' election of twelve candidates was proceeded with , out of a list of sixty . In the Girls' School 31 , 329 votes were issued at
this election . Of these MINNIE DOBBY , the first successful candidate , polled 3394 , and the lowest , MARY HANNAH HIRST , 2212 . Thus the seven successful candidates polled 18 , 424 votes , leaving only thirteen candidates and 9612 votes to be carried forward , the highest number polled of which is 1762 , and the lowest 19 . There is the very large number of 3193 unpolled votes .
There were , as regards the Boys' School , 39 , 990 votes issued , and 25 , 574 brought forward , in all 65 , 564 votes . The twelve successful candidates polled in all , two of them being candidates for the first time , 32 , 403 votes . The two successful candidates on a first application ( CHIESMAN and SUTCLIFI ' ) polled 2696 and 2645 respectively . The unsuccessful candidates
polled 31 , 368 votes , in all 63 , 768 , leaving 1796 unpolled votes . The highest successful case was that of THOMAS MORETON NICHOLAS , with 3004 , and the lowest HENRY A . ECCLESTONE , 2464 votes . We shall all feel that the elections are becoming very serious things . Among other moving incidents attendant on these recent elections , a little bird has whispered into our ear ,
of a certain helpful sister , who , by her own exertions , obtained 2000 Boys ' votes and 900 Girls' votes for one meritorious candidate . Who shall say that the age of labourious efforts or untiring industry has passed away ?
True it is , as ever , that there is nothing like work , ( real , sheer , good hard work ) , after all , and that nothing in this world of ours is so successful as success . Some of us may wish that we had had such potent and such friendly aid .
* * * THE Quarterly Court of the Girls' School came to a very important decision on Saturday , practically for the future excluding the purchase of a sister into the School , when there is one at the same time being educated , having been elected . It seems to us , with due deference to the Quarterly Court ,
that in the decision arrived at , they mixed up two entirely distinct questions , —election and purchase . It was perfectly easy to appeal to the sentiment and prejudice of "two in a family to the exclusion of others ; " but nothing is in truth more illogical , or more misleading . The two systems of election and purchase stand on an entirely different basis , one being the right of the
subscribers , the other the privilege conceded for exceptional cases and a money payment . There are many obvious reasons why , as there can be no objection on the part of the Committee if the candidate be properly qualified , a girl in the School is benefitted by having a sister by purchase educated with her ; and , in many cases , when deceased Freemasons have
deserved well of their Fraternity , the new regulation will act with hardship on 'he orphan children . For many a province or many a lodge would purchase a child into the school as well as elect one , if they were not now debarred by the rules of the Institution . The point , as markedly raised by Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART , turns out , as was felt at the time , to be no point at all ; inasmuch , as if it is good for . anything ,
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it is against all purchase . If Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART ' S argument is sound , all purchase should cease , as each purchased child keeps out a child properly elected by the subscribers . However , the Quarterly Court has so decided the question , and there let it rest . But we
apprehend that one of the results of this somewhat hasty decision , ( in the face , too , of the opinion of the GRAND REGISTRAR , in itself a strongish order ) , will be to call attention to the whole system of purchase ; whether it is , in fact , on
the arguments of Saturday , fairly maintainable at all , or whether , in justice to the other scholars and to the rights of the subscribers , all pupils ought not now to be placed on the same level , except as to endowed scholarships .
Two very curious facts came out the other day at the meeting of the Managing Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and two facts so serious that they deserve public Masonic notice , and , we think ,
condemnation . The two facts are these , that there is a certain good lodge which , having paid to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution the modest sum of nearly ^ 300 , has received in annuities nearly £ 3000 , and that it is a rule in the lodge , apparently , that every P . M ., when he reaches the legal age ,
is placed on the list of candidates for the Annuity Fund . To say nothing of the obvious unfairness of such a proceeding , there seems to us to be an obliquity of the Masonic moral vision iuvolved , inasmuch as there must be a " suppressio veti , " or a " suggestio falsi" somewhere . It is not
likely , on any grounds of probability , that every Past Master when he reaches the age of sixty , is in reduced circumstances , and no one , we apprehend , has a right to appeal to . the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution any more than to the Lodge of Benevolence , unless in a
position requiring help . The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution is not a Benefit Society ; the privileges it confers are given openly by votes ; but for those requiring aid from a Masonic Institution certain qualifications are needed , among them the foremost being age , reduced circumstances
and Masonic membership . We , therefore , are induced to hope that this lodge will see the " error of its ways ; " and as it has thus a "locus pcenitentia : " awarded to it , as before the bar of Masonic public opinion , let it evince its recognition of great and astounding benefits extended to its
members , by being markedly and fully represented on a Steward ' s list at the next festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , under our very distinguished and gallant Bro . General BROWNRIGG . Such a
proceeding will , we think , disarm much of contemporary criticism , and even tend to soften Bro . TERRY ' S anxious memory of the past , and his anxious anticipations for the future . * * *
IT will be noticed that Bro . General BROWNRIGG , P . G . M . for Surrey , presides over the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , in February next , and Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , P . G . M . for Hampshire and Isle of Wight , the Girls' School Festival , in May next . We augur , from the selection of these two distinguished brethren , very successful gatherings .
* * J now Freemasonry seems emerging from its chrysalis state , and developing into full activity and bloom in Masonic gatherings and festiveaggregations . We congratulate many good friends of ours on being still ,
despite years and troubles , the cares of wealth , or the anxieties of domestic life , happily to the fore , "fresh as paint , " hearty and cheery as ever , May all of happiness attend them—good digestions , serene health , and above all , no trying attacks of the old , old enemy .
* * THERE are some difficulties in the way of Grand Stewards from the provinces , which we think it right to advert to . One is the expense . Few of our worthy brethren in the provinces are , perhaps , aware that each Grand
Steward pays about £ 25 per annum for the privilege of his office . The other is , attendance in London , which is necessary for the arrangements for the Grand Festival . These meetings of the Grand Stewards go on from February to June . There is also a compulsory attendance of Grand Stewards , by rota , at the Quarterly Communications .