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( l . rmtimicitJrtiiH pay . Iho . J The Chairman said : —Ladit sand Brethren , I rise to return you my most cordial thanks for the kind way you received my health , so feelingly

and kindly proposed by Bro . Vernon . If anything could have been thought of that would have given me pleasure , by the Committee of Stewards who arranged thc list of toasts for this evening , it

was that my name should be offered to your notice by a brother for whom I have a great personal esteem * as a friend , and whom in Masonry 1 greatly venerate . "Difficult as it will be to follow

in Ins footsteps , iu the Province of Staffordshire , I have vet the recollection ofb'is ' brigbt example before me , and when I tell you—becaiise I . . must say it in his presence—that his name is a

password among Masons m Staffordshire , we look up to it ; if there is anything wanting we go to him—Bro . Vernon still resides among us , and any communication lie has with us always comes with

that hearty kindness which is indicative of a tt-jue Mason—you will then understand how gratifying it is to me . a brother Mason , in thearmsof MWORH ** . 1 to to * v

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favourably placed before you . All I can say is , I aspire to become what Bro . Vernon hopes I shall be , ( it shall not be my fault if I do not ) as good

a Mason , in my time , as he has been in his . Ladies , and Brethren , I thank you cordially for the kind manner you have received my name on the present occasion . ( Cheers ) .

Bro . F . Binckes then came forward and said : — My Lord , Ladies , and Brethren , it now affords me a very great amount of pleasure , in discharge of my duty , on this recurring anniversary , to

present to you , ni ) r Lord , as the Chairman of our anniversary festival in the presence of a large and distinguished gathering , such as we see assembled here this evening , two of the pupils of the

Institution who have earned the two largest rewards which wehaveitinempower togive . I need hardl y say , my lord , to you , conversant as you are with these matters , I need not occupy your time , and

the brethren here , conversant as they are with educational matters in Masonic Institutions , that it is of the greatest consequence ancl the greatest importance to promote in every way , and to

encourage b y every means in our power , good conduct on the part of those pupils who are intrusted to our care . At a very early stage of the history of this Institution a prize of live guineas

annually , in the shapcof a silver medal , ordinarily ancl vernacularly called " The Good Conduct Medal " was established . It is not for me now , ind it is unnecessary to say , the good conduct that

will entitle a pupil in a school ot 120 , like ours , to merit that distinction , must have been very marked . It shows tbat his conduct , since the time he was first introduced to the school , to the

present moment , has been uniformity good ; and I feel perfectly sure that that boy , connected as he is with a large association like that which I address this evening , representing the great body

of Ireemasonry , ought to esteem , and I am sure does esteem it a very hi gh honour indeed , to be here , ancl be the public reci pient of the good conduct medal , given annually by the founders of

this Institution . ( Hear , hear . ) I have very great pleasure , my lord , without occupying your time further , in introducing to you , and to the ladies , ancl brethren here , lohn

Spicer , who is the recipient of the medal this year , by lhe testimony both of the Head Master and Matron , thereby showing that those who have authority in both departments , the educational

and the domestic , have testified most clearly and conscientiousl y to his merits and deserts ; and I hopj he will never forget the clay when he stands before a distinguished assembly like this , to

receive from a distinguished nobleman like him who presides this evening , the reward for his good conduct , and that he will receive it not only , as a reward for the past , but as a great incentive for the future . ( Cheers . )

The Chairman , in presenting - the medal to John Spicer , said : —Master John Spicer , I have very great pleasure in presenting you , in the

presence of this great assembl y , with this medal , and I am glad to think that in doing so it is unnecessary for me to use the language of eulogy , because your own conscience will tell vou that vou

have earned 'this , by your--own . fair merit and deserts , and that you are * oilly now present here to receive the just reward ibryour good conduct . 1 am proud to have an opporttuiify-oC ^ hying tn you

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what I would wish instilled in the minds of the youths of this great country , namely , that it is never too early to begin to attempt to distinguish yourself in whatever sphere of life it may please .

God to place you ; ancl I trust that in receiving this honorarium before this august assembly , it will be an incentive , to yon , in whatever calling of life you may have to fill , to go on and prosper .

You must recollect , and I think it only fair to tell you , because youth is enthusiastic , that it is not that such merit cannot be continued through life without great perseverance , great self-denial ,

great steadiness of conduct . I am proud to say that Englishmen are anxious to vie with one another in honourable distinctions . Education , I am glad to say is so rife in the land , it is not so

easy to get the prizes . It is somewhat similar to a saying in Scripture—there are many run , but there is only one obtaineth the prize . It requires all your energy , all your sense of

religion , all your thoughts concentrated on the line of business you take up , whether you succeed or whether you do not . I trust that this medal may be a memorial of the happy days that you have

spent at Wood Green . I trust that it may be an incentive to good conduct which will make you as good a man as you are at present a boy . I have great pleasure to place it on your neck . ( Great

cheering , in the midst of which his Lordship placed the ribbon , to which was attached the medal , on John S picer ' s neck . ) As I have not had an opportunity of testing your militarv proficiency yet ,

but knowing that there is a drill-master in the school , I will try it now ; being an old soldier myself , I will place that glass of wine ( handing a glass of champagne to the youth ) in your right

hand ; right about face , bow to the company , and drink their good health . ( Applause . ) John Spicer obeyed , and then took a seat . Bro . F . Binckes : —Now , my lord , in accordance

with our annual rule there is another boy , the reci p ient of the prize which is always awarded at this anniversary festival , but this , unlike the former , has a modern foundation , but it has for its

end aud aim a very good object , that of rewarding the boy who by his general demeanour , manners , and conduct , has earned for himself the esteem , and respect , and regard of his fellow-pupils .

( Hear , hear . ) Now , I am quite prepared to hear certain objections made against an award of this kind that pupils of this school , if they are placed in responsible positions may to a certain extent

violate a responsibility reposed in them , lor the sake of earning from their fellow pupils the votes by which this prize is gained , because the object of this prize , which was founded by an excellent

and good friend of ours , a Vice-Patron of the Institution , Bro . Edward Cox , who sits at the table opposite your lordship , is earned by whoever receives it from the unbiassed vote of his

schoolfellows . Well , as I said , I am quite prepared to admit as a matter of discipline there may be certain objections argued , ancl I am not sure that those objections may not have weight ,

more or less ; but for all that , I am quite prepared to contend , that under judicious regulations , a prize like this ought to be a proud emulation

on the part of a pupil in a large public school . As I had an opportunity of saying to you , my lord , some days since , there may be boys that attain hieh educational honour- ! , there are boys