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sN2iffi*P*ff.fll$1SAflflS, s^KfLSSSMs^511 SATURDAY , MARCH 23 , 1901 .

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It is well nigh impossible that stronger evidence c "iild be forthcoming thai the money so generously ¦ ¦ 'djsciibcd b y the brethren for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is well and profitably expended than th : -t which is furnished by the Examiner ' s Report in "" -spect of the seventh annual examination held under

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the auspices of the Cambridge University Syndicate in October , 1900 . Not only does it bear honourable witness to the zeal and ability with which our Rev . Bro . Hebb and his staff discharge their important duty of educating and training the children under their care ,

and to the general good conduct and the mental and physical powers of the children themselves , but it also proves to demonstration that the Board of Management performs its duties admirably , and administers the funds at its disposal with great judgment and , at the same time , to excellent purpose . Such a Report

from an independent quarter , and apply ing to the whole of the boys in residence at Wood Green , must also be most gratifying to those who have in any way helped the Institution , and will doubtless exercise a most beneficial influence in promoting the endeavours now in progress to secure the requisite funds for the current year's expenditure .

* * * Mr . Arblaster , the Examiner in question , is discriminating" in his judgment , nor does he venture to express an opinion upon the general results of his work until he has stated very plainly what to his

mind is the degree of proficiency exhibited by the different classes in each of the subjects comprised in the curriculum . Thus in Scripture , in which " almost every Form showed a good average mark , " there were certain Forms whose knowledge of one of the subjects

set for examination was more accurate than of the other . In the case of another the work ' though somewhat scanty , was good as far as it went . " Still , it is added , that " in all Classes there were few failures , and a praiseworthy absence of wild guessing . " In the Arithmetic papers " the paucity of mistakes in

elementary work " is spoken of as " a very satisfactory feature . " One Form " gained good marks on a fairly difficult paper , " but the Form next in order of seniority , which had the name paper set them , " found the problems too hard . " Euclid is mentioned as a subject that " has evidently been thoroughly taught . "

Turning to the verdict in the case of Algebra , we are told that a " fair knowledge of methods was exhibited in most of the papers , " but there was " a general weakness in handling problems . " In Latin , " the translations of prepared books were hardly accurate enough , " but " unseen translations were

generally very satisfactorily attempted , " while "the accidence" was " well known by the majority in most brms . " In French , the noticeable features were " the general good quality of the translations , both seen and unseen , " while " the work of the School in English History gave very satisfactory results ' . "

But it is not necessary that we should take our readers through the Examiner ' s remarks in every subject ; he will appreciate them the more if he notes them for himself . We have laid the greater stress on this portion of the Board's record of the past year

because , in view of the approaching Festival in June , it is most desirable that the Stewards and those they solicit for donations and subscriptions should understand that the money that is raised is , as we have said

before , well and profitably expended , and when people are fully assured of this , they give more readily , and at the same time more liberally . The Examiner ' s Report and the recent successes in the Cambridge Local Examinations place the matter beyond dispute .

As for the Statement of Account and Balance Sheet , there is equal reason to be satisfied . The total received in 1900 was . £ 25 , 858 9 s . 3 d ., and the expenditure for General and Special Purposes . £ 14 . 6 ^ 2 14 s . 8 d . In addition , there was a further outlay on

" Estate for new Schools at Bushey ( Huits ) , " amouiiting to . £ 29 . 583 10 s . gd . The total number of Boys during the year was 295 , of whom 262 were on the establishment at Wood Green , and the remaining 33 were being " out-i'ducated , " the cost per Boy at Wood

Green being . £ 40 13 s . gd ., and of those " out-educated , " £ t ) 14 s . 3 d . ; the total cost per head being £ 50 Ss . The Capital invested is returned at . £ 150 , 116 lis . lid ., to which must be added the estimated value per previous Balance Sheet of the Wood Green estate , viz .,

, £ 30 , 400 ; the value of office furniture and fittings , X ' 200 ; and the cost of Estate and new Schools at Bushey , . £ 60 , 272 3 s . iod . The Board further reports that it has agreed to sell the property at Wood Green for , £ 40 , 000 , the purchasers being the Trustees of

the " Home and Colonial School Society , " the date fixed for completion of purchase being the 24 th June , igo 3 . Be it added , that the health of the School was , on the whole , satisfactory , " despite some anxiety due to intermittent attacks of measles

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and other infectious diseases , " every safeguard against the spread of infection having been adopted by the 3 oard of Management .

The 103 rd Anniversary Festival will take place in June , under the presidency of the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , who , not for the first time , will take the chair in behalf of this Institution , and we trust " that , having called attention to the foregoing facts , it will be our privilege , when the proper time comes , to report a very successful result , and one which , while it will delight our readers , will meet the year ' s requirements .

* * * We have much pleasure in announcing that a compendium of Bro . Gould ' s elaborate History of Freemasonry will be published at an early date under the title of " A Concise History of Freemasonry , " at 10 s . 6 d . nett per copy ; or , if ordered before publication , at Ss . 6 d . This long promised

work will , in fact , be something more than a compendium of the author ' s more elaborate work , as , according to the Prospectus issued by the Publishers , it will be " enriched with the fruits of the latest research , " and will be , indeed , " a complete history of the Society from the earliest times , revised , rewritten , and brought up to date . "

That such a work is sorely needed admits of no doubt . Bro . Gould ' s " History of the Craft" in six volumes , which appeared between 1882 and 1 S 87 , i * incomparably the greatest and most complete that ha * ever been published ; but , as was stated years ago in " Ars Quatuor Coronatorum , " or " The Transactions

of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , " it is " essentially a student ' s book , " and what has since been needed is "an abridgment of it . " This will , shortly appear in the form of " A Concise History , " to which , however , as we have alread y hinted , will be something more than an abridgment or compendium of

the former work . To quote once more from the Publishers' Prospectus— " Many important discoveries have recently been effected—without a knowledge of which the circle of every student ' s Masonic attainments would be incomplete , " and an attempt is

made—as we are given to understund—in the new History " to estimate their value and their bearing on the already recorded history of the Craft . " The " Concise History " will be the more welcome the more exactly it fulfils this promise .

We are indebted to our worthy contemporary the Canadian Craftsman for a very ample account of the proceedings which took place at the 31 st Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Quebec . The meeting was held in the Masonic Hal ) , Montreal , on the 31 st January last , the large hall being heavily draped in mourning as a mark of respect to our late gracious Sovereign , the Patroness of our Order , then so recently deceased . There was also hung , in a conspicuous position , a life-size portrait of thalrite Brj . Dr . ohn Hamilton GrahaTi , the first M . W . Grand Master of Quebec , which has been subscribed for by the lodges in the jurisdiction and the Montreal Temple Club . #

* * The presiding officer was Bro . B . Tooke , M . W . G . Master , and the greater portion of the Report is taken up with the address which he delivered , and in which he reviewed the principal events of the past year , fn the course of his remarks the G . Master referred in grateful terms to the endeavours which are now beinir

made to bring about a union of the three English lodges in Montreal with the lodges under the Grand Lodge of Quebec . He paid the Freeniison the compliment of quoting certain rema-ks we made in favour of the movement , and expressed a hops fiat the attempt to effect the union might ultim itcly prjvj successful .

Bro . Edson Fitch , who was elected and installed M . W . G . M . for the ensuing year in succession to Bro . Tooke , was initiated in Senate Lodge , No . 456 , Glens Falls , N . Y ., in 1861 , but not long afterwards joined the Northern Army for active service , from which he was mustered out at the close

of 1864 , having served under Generals McClellan , Burnside , Hooker , Meade , and Grant , taken part in 27 engagements , and having been shot through the body at the first day ' s fight in the Battle of the Wilderness . In 1867 he settled at Quebec ; wasexalteda Royal Arch Alason thefollowing

year , and having joined the Tuscan Lodge , No . 2 S on the Quebec Register , served as its W . M . in 1876 and 1877 . In 18 S 2 , and again in iSgg and igoo , he was elected Dep . Grand Master . He has also occupied successively the Principal chairs in the Grand Chapter , and is a Templar Mason as well .