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CONTENTS . LBADHBS- PAGE The Recent School Elections ... ... .,. ... ... 235 The Approaching Boys' School Function at Bushey ... ... 236 Grand Festival ... ... ... ... ... ... 236 The Grand Officers ... ... ... ... ... ... 237

Supreme Grand Chapter of England ( Agenda Paper ) .. ... ... 239 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ( Quarterly Court and Election ) ... 239 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( Quarterly Court and Election ) .., ... 240 Science , Art and the Drama ... " ... ... . « - ... 241 M ASONIC NOTESGrand Lodge Festival ,.. ... ... ... .. ... 243

The Voting Papers for Election to Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 243 Agenda Paper of Supreme Grand Chapter ... ... ... ... 243 The Queen's Visit to the Masonic Female Orphan School , Dublin ... 243 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 244 Reviews ... ••¦ ... ... 244 New Lodge at Torquay ... ... ... ... ... 244 National Union of Teachers and Freemasonry ... ... ... 244 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 245

Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 249 Knights Templar ... ... ... ... ... ... 249 Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 249 Our Portrait Gallery ... ... ... ... ... ... 249 The Craft Abroad ... ... ... .,. ... ... 250 Obituary .,. ... ... ... ... ... ... 250 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 . 51

POF . TRVCead Mille Fealthe ... „ . ... ... ... 252 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 252

The Recent School Elections.

THE RECENT SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

There vvas tlie usual large attendance at the Boys' and Girls ' Quarterly General Courts at Freemasons' Tavern , on Friday and Saturday of last week , and , as usual , there vvas considerable excitement over the polling . In the case of the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . there vvas a reduced list of 41 candidates , of whom as many as 30 vvere elected . London , which furnished 12 candidates and had an interest in thc success of two others , was only able to

secure the election of seven of the former and the two latter , while the Provinces and Districts Abroad , from which there were 27 candidates , had the satisfaction of winning places for as many as 21 . A Provincial youngster , hailing from the Province

of Hants and the Isle of Wight , who brought forward 2 S 00 votes from last October , headed the poll with a total of 5498 , a London boy , who vvas a new candidate , being a good second with 544 1 votes , and one of three from Essex third with 5340

votes , of which 1363 vvere already to his credit from last year , The fourth on the poll hailed from London and as hc started with 3 846 votes in hand , his supporters had no difficulty in securing a place for him with a total of 4967 , the fifth

in order being a boy who had claims on Hants and the Isle of Wight and the Punjab and with 88 9 in hand from the previous election , compiled a total of 4944 votes . One of the two Suffolk lads , who had only this one chance

left him of winning a place and fortunately started with 2533 votes , came sixth , with 4914 votes , while the Hertfordshire boy was next with 4 811 voles . West Yorkshire had no difficulty in carrying its solitary candidate ,. who was placed eighth with 47 61

votes , while the Derbyshire lad was close up with 4610 votes , and a second Essex boy , who had 1321 votes in hand , stood tenth wilh a total of 4514 . No . 11 from Devonshire polled 4454 votes , of which 116 4 already stood to his credit , and No . 12 , from London ,

4438 votes , of which 3457 vvere already in hand . The second Suffolk candidate followed with 4413 votes , and one of the Sussex boys next with 4390 votes , of which 2718 votes vvere

brought forward . The next in order hailed from Cambridgeshire , and secured 4334 votes at thc first and only attempt he had a chance of making ; while the Durham lad , who stood last on the list of candidates , secured the 16 th vacancy with 4302

The Recent School Elections.

votes . Another of the Northern Provinces—that of Northumberland—placed its representative next with 4276 votes ; and London four of its candidates who were well up with 4265 , 4175 , 4084 , and 408 3 votes respectively , the last of the four being already

credited with 279 8 of his total . Kent had the satisfaction , of securing the next vacancy with 4062 votes , and Lincolnshire the next . with 4046 votes , while the third Essex -boy who had the advantage of starting with 2769 votes in hand ,

polled in all 3951 . One of the Buckinghamshire boys , who brought forward 2324 votes towards his last chance , secured a place with 3904 , and Worcestershire furnished the next in order with a total of 3830 votes . The Leicestershire and Rutland

candidate followed very closely on his heels with 3 812 votes , and was followed at an equally short interval by the candidate with claims on Kent , Madras , and London , who scored 3800 votes . The winners of the last two vacancies were the Kent

and London boy , who polled 3736 votes , and the Middlesex candidate , who scored 3077 votes , there being as many as five unsuccessful candidates who obtained upwards of 2000 votes , and who will , of course , carry them forward to the October

election . As one of the last cases failed to win a place , there remain 10 boys who will go forward with the votes they have severally compiled to the ballot at the next election . The votes

brought forward vvere 30 , 350 , and the votes issued 132 , 500 , giving a total available of 162 , 900 . Of these 122 , 083 were polled , so that 10 , 435 votes vvere unused or spoiled . The election into the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS of 17 from an approved list of 32 candidates , took place at the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers , which vvas held at thc Freemasons' Tavern on Saturday , the 21 st inst .

Here , London , which contributed 12 candidates of its own and had a part interest in three others , secured the election of six of the former , while the Provinces and Abroad , with 17 candidates , succeeded in winning the election of 11 children . The poll

vvas headed by two London girls who scored 5328 and 5134 votes respectively , the former having 16 5 8 already to her credit from the election in October , 18 99 . Norfolk furnished the third successful girl , who , with 645 votes in hand towards her last

chance compiled a total of 49 62 . The Oxfordshire girl , who vvas also a last case , but had 2304 votes in hand , scored 4916 , being closely followed by the girl from East Lancashire , with 4 838 votes , and one of the two West Lancashire children , who

having only 265 votes to the good towards her last chance , had the satisfaction of compiling a total of 4835 . The Middlesex girl , who brought forward 1323 votes in support of her last effort , took the seventh place with 4691 votes , while a London

candidate , with 2345 votes in hand , increased her total to 4512 and thereby secured the eighth vacancy . The North and East Yorkshire lass vvas next with 4449 votes ; thc North Wales girl tenth with 4288 votes ; and the girl with claims on Staffordshire

and Leicestershire and Rutland , who started with 2146 votes , vvas placed nth with 4285 votes . The second candidate from West Lancashire polled 4250 votes and secured the next vacancy and was followed by two London girls , of

whom one , starting with 3240 votes , polled in all 4123 votes , and the other with 853 votes finished up with 379 6 votes . Monmouthshire furnished the next winner with a score of 3790 ;

Kent the next with 37 8 7 votes ; and London the last with 3695 , of which 16 75 vvere brought forward from last October . On this occasion there was one of the last cases , who failed to win