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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS— PAQB - The Boys'School Centenary ... ... ... ¦•• ••• 253 The Recent Elections of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 253 United Grand Lodcre ( Arrenda Paper ) ... ... < r . ... 254
Grand Lodjre of Mark Master Masons ( Agenda Paper ) ... ... •¦• 255 Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire ... ... ... •¦¦ 255 Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire ... ... ... ¦¦¦ 2 5 G Provincial Grand Chapter of Wiltshire ... ... ... 257 Consecration of the Witherishawe Lodge , No . 26 SS ... ... 257 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... 257
MASONIC NOTESAgenda Paper of United Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... 259 Agenda Paper of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons ... ... 259 Annual C ' , f neral Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 259 Masonic Vagrant ... ... ... ... ... ... 259
Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... aiio Masomc Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... ido Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... SIKI Great Priory of the United Relieious and Military Orders ot the Temple ... 2 flo Annual Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... rrfii Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 262 Instruction ... ... ... ... .,. .,. ... afij Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 2 C 4
The Boys' School Centenary.
THE BOYS' SCHOOL CENTENARY .
Had the approaching Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Roys been of an ordinary character , the time at our disposal for advocating its cause and bringing prominently before our readers any special claims it may have acquired
during the past 12 months would have been insufficient for the purpose . As a rule the Girls' School Festival , which precedes it , is held on the second Wednesday in May , and that of the Boys' School on the last Wednesday in June , and the period of six or seven weeks which intervenes between the two events is
ordinarily sufficient to allow of our doing whatever lies in our power towards strengthening and confirming the appeal which the Secretary and others have been addressing for several months to the lodges and brethren in London and all parts ol
the country . 'But this is an exceptional year . The Boys ' Institution was founded in 17 < jS , and the Festival which , by the special desire of H . R . H . the Prince of WALKS , K . G ., M . W . G . M ., and President , will take place at the Royal Albert Hall , on Friday ,
the loth prox ., will be the hundredth that has been held in aid of the funds of lhe Institution . Moreover , for the whole of ( he past twelve-month , and even longer , the Kxeculive of the Institution has been preparing for , and the whole of the Kndish Craft
looking eagerly forward to , the particular anniversary which awaits us next month , while the brethren generally owing to the reports of the Board of Management and other information which has been freely circulated amongst them are conversant
with the position in which the Institution is now placed , the progress it has made under the present governing body , and the special circumstances connected with the removal ol the School from Wood Green to a new and
more commodious site at Bushey in the County of Hertford . There is , therefore , no need for us to describe , as we have been wont to do in ordinary years , the general and particular claims which our Boys' School has upon
the generosity ol the Craft as illustrated by the progress and improvement it has made in any given period , the successes that pupils and ex-pupils have achieved at public examinations , the more pressing monetary requirements which it is considered
desirable to satisfy with the least possible delay , ecc . These matters have been so dinned into the ears of our readers that it might weary them if we denoted any portion of our space to a ¦^ petition of the oft-told tale . Let ' it suffice , therefore , if we state that over and above the sum required to meet the ordin-
The Boys' School Centenary.
ary expenditure and still further increase the limited amount of invested capital to the credit of the Institution , the estimated cost of erecting the new School buildings at Bushey in accordance with the design which was selected and approved last year ,
is set down at £ 99 , , and though ultimatel y an appreciable part of this large sum will be defrayed out of the proceeds of sale of the present site and buildings at Wood Green , there will still remain a very considerable amount which must be provided
out of the Returns which we have good reason to hope will be forthcoming on the occasion of the Centenary Celebration under the presidency of H . R . H . the Prince of WALES . We say we have good reason to hope that the provision of this large
amount will be possible out of the Centenary donations and subscriptions on this ground , that there are already some 3400 ladies and brethren who have volunteered their services as Stewards . On this Board all the Provinces ,
so far as we know , are more or less fully represented , as well as many foreign Districts and out-l ying lodges , while London alone will furnish such a contingent of lodge representatives and Unattached brethren as , at Festival
time , would gladden the hearts of the Chairmen , Treasurers , and Secretaries of half-a-dozen , nay , of half-a-score of our largest and most highly-favoured Charitable Institutions outside the pale of Masonry . For months and months it has been the topic
of everyday conversation among the brethren as to whether or not this or that immense aggregate of contributions would be reached or exceeded , so successful , beyond all expectation , have been the appeals which Bro . MCLEOD , the Secretary of
the Institution , and those who have been acting with , or for him , have been addressing to the Craft in all directions for the past 12 months . Wc fully realise , of course , that for the moment we must content ourselves with anticipating an exceptionally
brilliant result of the untiring efforts which the executive of the Institution and the Craft have been for so long making , but we feel that we are not allowing ourselves to be unduly sanguine in expecting from a Board of Stewards which will ultimately , no
doubt , number over 3500 members , such a return as has never hitherto been dreamt of in Masonry . Something of this kind we feel justified in looking forward to under the circumstances ; what the accomplished result will prove to be on the
day of celebration remains to be ascertained . Stjll , the cause is a good one , and the Institution fully merits even the richest favours that Dame Fortune may have in store for it in the near future .
The Recent Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE RECENT ELECTIONS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
I he Annual General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Friday , the 20 th instant , under the presidency of Bro . J . A . FAR . N ' FIELD , P . A . G . D . C , Patron and
Treasurer . There was a large attendance of brethren , and the competition , in view of the great disproportion between the vacancies to be filled and the long lists of approved candidates , was very keen , more especially in the case of the Widows ' Fund .
tor the MALE FUND , the list of candidates , as approved by the Committee of Management at their February meeting , was 57 , but one of the West Yorkshire brethren had been subsequentl y withdrawn , and
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS— PAQB - The Boys'School Centenary ... ... ... ¦•• ••• 253 The Recent Elections of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 253 United Grand Lodcre ( Arrenda Paper ) ... ... < r . ... 254
Grand Lodjre of Mark Master Masons ( Agenda Paper ) ... ... •¦• 255 Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire ... ... ... •¦¦ 255 Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire ... ... ... ¦¦¦ 2 5 G Provincial Grand Chapter of Wiltshire ... ... ... 257 Consecration of the Witherishawe Lodge , No . 26 SS ... ... 257 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... 257
MASONIC NOTESAgenda Paper of United Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... 259 Agenda Paper of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons ... ... 259 Annual C ' , f neral Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 259 Masonic Vagrant ... ... ... ... ... ... 259
Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... aiio Masomc Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... ido Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... SIKI Great Priory of the United Relieious and Military Orders ot the Temple ... 2 flo Annual Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... rrfii Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 262 Instruction ... ... ... ... .,. .,. ... afij Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 2 C 4
The Boys' School Centenary.
THE BOYS' SCHOOL CENTENARY .
Had the approaching Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Roys been of an ordinary character , the time at our disposal for advocating its cause and bringing prominently before our readers any special claims it may have acquired
during the past 12 months would have been insufficient for the purpose . As a rule the Girls' School Festival , which precedes it , is held on the second Wednesday in May , and that of the Boys' School on the last Wednesday in June , and the period of six or seven weeks which intervenes between the two events is
ordinarily sufficient to allow of our doing whatever lies in our power towards strengthening and confirming the appeal which the Secretary and others have been addressing for several months to the lodges and brethren in London and all parts ol
the country . 'But this is an exceptional year . The Boys ' Institution was founded in 17 < jS , and the Festival which , by the special desire of H . R . H . the Prince of WALKS , K . G ., M . W . G . M ., and President , will take place at the Royal Albert Hall , on Friday ,
the loth prox ., will be the hundredth that has been held in aid of the funds of lhe Institution . Moreover , for the whole of ( he past twelve-month , and even longer , the Kxeculive of the Institution has been preparing for , and the whole of the Kndish Craft
looking eagerly forward to , the particular anniversary which awaits us next month , while the brethren generally owing to the reports of the Board of Management and other information which has been freely circulated amongst them are conversant
with the position in which the Institution is now placed , the progress it has made under the present governing body , and the special circumstances connected with the removal ol the School from Wood Green to a new and
more commodious site at Bushey in the County of Hertford . There is , therefore , no need for us to describe , as we have been wont to do in ordinary years , the general and particular claims which our Boys' School has upon
the generosity ol the Craft as illustrated by the progress and improvement it has made in any given period , the successes that pupils and ex-pupils have achieved at public examinations , the more pressing monetary requirements which it is considered
desirable to satisfy with the least possible delay , ecc . These matters have been so dinned into the ears of our readers that it might weary them if we denoted any portion of our space to a ¦^ petition of the oft-told tale . Let ' it suffice , therefore , if we state that over and above the sum required to meet the ordin-
The Boys' School Centenary.
ary expenditure and still further increase the limited amount of invested capital to the credit of the Institution , the estimated cost of erecting the new School buildings at Bushey in accordance with the design which was selected and approved last year ,
is set down at £ 99 , , and though ultimatel y an appreciable part of this large sum will be defrayed out of the proceeds of sale of the present site and buildings at Wood Green , there will still remain a very considerable amount which must be provided
out of the Returns which we have good reason to hope will be forthcoming on the occasion of the Centenary Celebration under the presidency of H . R . H . the Prince of WALES . We say we have good reason to hope that the provision of this large
amount will be possible out of the Centenary donations and subscriptions on this ground , that there are already some 3400 ladies and brethren who have volunteered their services as Stewards . On this Board all the Provinces ,
so far as we know , are more or less fully represented , as well as many foreign Districts and out-l ying lodges , while London alone will furnish such a contingent of lodge representatives and Unattached brethren as , at Festival
time , would gladden the hearts of the Chairmen , Treasurers , and Secretaries of half-a-dozen , nay , of half-a-score of our largest and most highly-favoured Charitable Institutions outside the pale of Masonry . For months and months it has been the topic
of everyday conversation among the brethren as to whether or not this or that immense aggregate of contributions would be reached or exceeded , so successful , beyond all expectation , have been the appeals which Bro . MCLEOD , the Secretary of
the Institution , and those who have been acting with , or for him , have been addressing to the Craft in all directions for the past 12 months . Wc fully realise , of course , that for the moment we must content ourselves with anticipating an exceptionally
brilliant result of the untiring efforts which the executive of the Institution and the Craft have been for so long making , but we feel that we are not allowing ourselves to be unduly sanguine in expecting from a Board of Stewards which will ultimately , no
doubt , number over 3500 members , such a return as has never hitherto been dreamt of in Masonry . Something of this kind we feel justified in looking forward to under the circumstances ; what the accomplished result will prove to be on the
day of celebration remains to be ascertained . Stjll , the cause is a good one , and the Institution fully merits even the richest favours that Dame Fortune may have in store for it in the near future .
The Recent Elections Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE RECENT ELECTIONS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
I he Annual General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Friday , the 20 th instant , under the presidency of Bro . J . A . FAR . N ' FIELD , P . A . G . D . C , Patron and
Treasurer . There was a large attendance of brethren , and the competition , in view of the great disproportion between the vacancies to be filled and the long lists of approved candidates , was very keen , more especially in the case of the Widows ' Fund .
tor the MALE FUND , the list of candidates , as approved by the Committee of Management at their February meeting , was 57 , but one of the West Yorkshire brethren had been subsequentl y withdrawn , and