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CONTENTS . LEADER— PAGE The Spring School Elections ... ... ... ... ... 16 9 Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... ... ... ••• ' 7 ° Consociation of the Bronte Mark Lodge , No . 535 , at Haworth ... ... 171 Ladies' Banquet of the Wellington Lodge , No . 54 S ... ... ... 172 Red Cross of Rome and Constantine ... ... ... ... 172

Science , Ait and the Drama ... ... ... ... » 73 MASONIC NOTES— « - Reports on the Scholastic Institutions ... ... ... ... 17 S Recent Benevolent Festival ... ... ... ... ¦•• 175 Installation Meeting of the Jubilee Masters' LoJge , No . 2712 ... 175 Correspondence ... ... ••¦ ••• ' 7 Reviews ... .. ; ••• — ••• * 7 '

POETRYGeorge Steevens ... ... ... — ••• ' 7 " Charity Committee of * the Province of East Lancashire ... ... ... 176 Ladies' Banquet of the Burgoyne Lodge , No . 0 , 02 ... ... ... 17 6 Dedication of a Masonic Hall at Budeaux ... ... ... ... 177 THE CRAFT AIIROAD

Consecration of the Orient ( Mark ) Lodge , NO . 511 ( E . C . ) ... ... 177 Barbadian Freemasons congratulate the Grand Master ... ... 177 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 178 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 179 Mark Masonry ., ... ... ... ... ... 180 Royal Ark Mariners ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 S 0

Board of Benevolence ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 S 0 The Recent Benevolent Festival ... .., ... .,. ... 1 S 0 Ancient and Accepted Rite ... ... ... ... ... 1 S 0 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 180 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 S 2 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 182

The Spring School Elections.

THE SPRING SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

The voting papers for the School Elections next month have just been issued , and we are glad to find that so large a proportion of the candidates , especially in the case of the Boys' School , will be elected . As we announced last week , the election into the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS will take place a week later than usual—at the Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers , which will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Friday , the 20 th April , at the hour of noon ;

and at 1 p . n > . or when the regular business of the Court has been disposed of , the poll will be opened for the election of 30 boys from an approved list of 42 , which between now and tlie appointed day will be reduced , by the withdrawal of one of the

candidates , to 41 . Of these London furnishes 12 , and has a a joint interest with a Province in two other cises , while the remaining 27 are furnished by the Provinces or Districts abroad . Among the London 12 are No . 3 , who has already taken part in

four elections , and brings forward 1995 votes in support of his lifth attempt , while No . 5 , who has stood three elections , is still better circumstanced , with 279 8 votes in hand . Nos . 6 and 9 , who were among the candidates at both of last year ' s elections ,

bring forward , in the former case 3 8 4 6 votes , and in the latter 3457 votes , so that their friends and supporters ought not to xperience any serious difficulty in securing their admission "Ho the School on this occasion . The other London boys

rank on the list as Nos . 24 , 25 , 26 , 29 , 33 , 34 , 37 i and 38 , and are all new candidates , whose claims have been acknowledged since last election , while the two in which London has a joint interest with a

Province . Nos . 19 and 31 , are also new to the experience of the ballot . Of the 27 boys hailing from the Provinces and Abroad , Kssex is responsible for three , Nos . ir , 13 , and 14 , who are all candidates that failed last October , and of whom No . 13 has this

one and only chance left him of winning a place among the successful . All of them , however , bring forward votes , No . 11 having 1321 to his credit , No . 13 , 136 3 votes , and No . 14 , 27 ( 1 9

votes . Sussex furnishes two candidates , No . 10 with 2718 votes obtained in October last , and a new candidate at No . 30 , Suffolk is also responsible for two , namely , No . 15 , who is

The Spring School Elections.

fortunate enough to have 2533 votes in hand towards his last remaining chance , and No . 28 . Cambridgeshire is likewise responsible for two new cases , at Nos . 22 and 23 , respectively , and of these No . 23 must win a place this time or his name will

be removed from the list . The other Province from which two candidates derive their claims is Buckinghamshire , who contributes Nos . 1 and 32 , the latter being a new candidate , while No . 1 has accumulated in the course of his six previous ballots

2324 votes , which will serve him in good stead next month ,- when he must win a place or disappear from the list altogether . The other 16 boys hail from the following , namely , No . 2 from West Lancashire , who enters upon his

seventh and last chance , with 162 votes to the good , and No . 4 from Auckland , N . Z ., who has 211 votes in hand from three ballots . No . 7 Hants and the Isle of Wight and the Punjab brings forward 88 9 votes from his two attempts last year , while

the Devonshire boy , at No . 8 , who has also had two tries , has 1164 votes to his credit . No . 12 from the Province of Hants and the Isle of Wight polled 2800 votes in October last , but the others are mentioned in the list for the first time—No . 16 from

Derbyshire ; No . 17 from Hertfordshire ; No . 18 from Middlesex ; No . 20 from Lincolnshire ; No . 21 from Worcestershire ; No . 27 from West Yorkshire ; No . 35 from Leicestershire and Rutland ; No . 36 from Northumberland ; No . 41 from South

W ales ( W . D . ); and No . 42 from Durham . Of the whole 41 boys , 32 are fatherless and one is motherless , while four have both parents living and four have lost both . There is also about the usual proportion of cases in which the lather held rank in the Craft and supported one or more of our Institutions .

I he election into the ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS will take place at the Quarterly Court of Governors and Sub scribers , which will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Satur

day , the 21 st April , the same hours being fixed for the commencement of business and the opening of the poll as for the Boys' School . Here there are 32 candidates and 17 vacancies , London furnishing 12 of the former , and having a

part interest in three others , and the Provinces and Abroad 17 candidates . The London contingent includes No . 2 , who starts with 1039 votes from last year ' s elections ; No . 6 , who has also been twice a candidate , but brings forward onl y 280

votes towards her one remaining chance of success ; Nos . 8 , 9 , and 10 , who polled 853 , 1658 , and 2345 votes respectively in October last ; No . 12 , who makes her second and final attempt next month , with 3 . 240 votes to her credit ; No . 14 with 8 31

votes , and No . 15 with 16 75 votes in hand from the October election ; and four new cases at Nos . 17 , 20 , 29 , and 31 . The three girls in whom London has a part interest are also new cases , and are placed on the list at Nos . 18 ,

27 , and 28 . West Lancashire and Kent send up two cases each , the two from the former being at No . 1—and having only 265 votes to her credit towards her fourth and last chanceand No . 24 , while the Kentish girls are Nos . 21 and 32 . The

others are thus distributed : No . 3 , from Norfolk , with 6 45 votes in hand towards her final attempt ; No . 4 , with claims on Staffordshire and Leicestershire and Rutland , for whom 2146

votes were polled in April and October of last year ; No . 5 ( Essex ) , with 7 6 votes to the good ; No . 7 ( Oxfordshire ) , with 2304 votes ; No . 11 ( Cheshire and Lincolnshire ) , with a credit of only ei g ht votes ; No . 13 ( Sussex and Staffordshire ) , with 51