Consecration Of The Hervey Lodge No. 1692.

To reach the summit of his hopes , The crowning of his heart ' s desire . Combined with temperance and zeal , An upright life , a moral aim , Stability of purpose—with The worth to win an honour'd name . By Valour he combats the world

'Gainst prejudice and bitter strife ; Yet prudence in each act , —he feels The sacred duties of his life : To raise the fallen , help the weak , To save a brother from distress , To dry the widow ' s tears , and be A father to the fatherless .

' With Virtue for his help and guide He stands aloof from frown or smile , And walks the path of rectitude Unknown to subtlety or guile ; With steady aim pursues the course In wisdom he had well begun ; And justice consecrates the work

By Constancy and Valour won . The W . M . then , in very felicitous language , proposed "The Health of the Consecrating Officer , " Bro . Hervey , G . S ., expressing the pride and gratification which the brethren experienced , at their lodge bearing the honoured name of

" Hervey , " and at its being ushered into actual Masonic existence under circumstances so auspicious . Bro . Hervey , in tlie course of an eloquent reply , assured the members of the lodge that he looked forward to a very prosperous future for the " Hervey " Lodgo , in the

" quiet little nook , " which had bean so happily selected for their meetings . Of the reataining toasts , that of " The Provincial Grand Officers" was responded to by Bro . Eastes , D . P G . M . ; "The Army and Navy , " by Bros . Captain Torrens and R . F . Gould ;

"The Visitors" by Bros . Bus =, A . G . S ., and Coupland , P . P . J . G . W . " The W . M ., " proposed by the Grand Secretary , was acknowledged by Bro . Newsom in an animated speech . " The Musical Brethren . " by Bro . Kingsbury , who , in returning thanks for the three

brethren , whose voluntary services , under his own direction , had so materially conduced to the effect of the ceremonies , and to the pleasure of the evening , congratulated the founders of the lodge , on the success of the day ' s proceedings , which he thought would bear a contrast with the ceremony of consecration , wherever performed .

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STEWARDS' VISIT TO WOOD GREEN . On Monday afternoon , the Earl of Donoughmore , Past Senior Grand Warden , President of the Board of Stewards of the 79 th annual festival , which was held on Wednesday , attended at the school to distribute the prizes before a very

large party of brethren and ladies . His lordship was received by Bros , the Rev . Dr . Morris , Head Master ; F . Binckes , Secretary ; Capt . Wordsworth , S . S . Partridge , S . Rosenthal , Raynham W . Stewart , Thos . Cubitt , J . G . Chancellor , W . Roebuck , W . F . C . Moutrie , H . W . Hunt ,

11 . B . Webster , George Kenning , D . W . Pearse , Massey ( Freemason ) , Tanner , Fellows , Terry , Meggy , Cox , Harris , Levander , Adlard , and others , and _ after being conducted over the building , and having explained to him all the arrangements of the institution for the education and comfort of

the pupils , proceeded to the gymnasium for the purpose of handing the prizes to the successful competitors . The gymnasium was admirabl y arranged for the visitors , the old school forms having been dispensed with , and chairs provided in place of them , by which means a greater number of visitors were accommodated with

seats , and ladies afforded an easier method of ingress and egress than under the old system . The table at which his lordship and the House Committee sat , and on which were arranged the prizes , occupied the usual position against the east wall , while at the northern end of the gymnasium a stage was fitted up for dramatic performances for the day .

Shortly after two o ' clock , when the Chairman and House Committee entered , every seat was occupied .

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The prizes were distributed as follows : — Prizes presented by the Institution : — First Class : —Classics , H . Bowler , E . T . Sage ; Mathematics , C . D . Green , W . R . Parker ; French and German , W . R . Parker , H . Bowler ; English , G . S . Widdowson , A . Watkins ;

Scripture , H . Bowler . Second Class = —Classics , F . C . Gates ; Ma thematics , H . M . Fenemore ; French and German , F . C . Gates , T . L . Molineaux , R . G Howard ; English , C . F . Stead . Third Class : —Classics , A . H . Stephenson ;

Mathematics , J . T . Marks ; English , W . E . Cole ; French , M . B . Ellis . Fourth Class : —French , H . Ship way , C . Jackson ; German , E . Davenport . Fifth Class : —Arithmetic , A . J . Green ; English , G . S . Perrin ; Latin , P . C . King

French , V . J . Lee . Sixth Class : —Generalroficiency , P . E . Tibbets , A . Qufclch . Special Prizes ( presented by the House Committee ) : Writing , C . R . Heeley , W . A . Booser ; Dictation , W . R . Parker , A . Bryant ; History , H . Bowler , A . E . Grimes ; Geography , W . R ,

Parker , S . J . Martin ; Mental Arithmetic , E . L . Price , H . Fenemore ; General Attention to Studies , C . D . Green , A . E . Grimes ; General Proficiency , C . D . Green , W . R . Parker ; Proficiency in Drill , A . Watkins , W . Dancy ; Efficiency as Monitor , C . R . Heeley , W . A . Booser . Presented by Private Donors : —By Captain Wordsworth ( awarded June 25 th , 187 /) ,

Elocution , H . Bowler . By Bro . W . Navitta , Mathematics , C . D . Green . By Bro . the Rev . Dr . Morris , Attention to Studies , C . M . Uwins , E . T . Sage ; Writing , A . Pearson ; Elocution , W . Sparkes , W . A .

Booser ; Drawing , W . Dancy . By the Members of the " Old Scholars' Re union , " English Composition , W . Sparkes . By Mr . Sylvester , Drawing—Freehand , C . R Heeley , E . Pawley ; Painting , W . Barrett ; Shad ing , W . A . Booser ; Model , J . Hazeland ; Ar

chitecture , W . R . Parker . By Mr . G . Brocklehurst , Attention to Studies , H . B . Brock . Silver Medal for Good Conduct , presented by the Institution , Edward Thomas Sage . Canonbury Gold Medal , presented by Bro

Edward Cox , Vice-Patron , P . M ., No . 657 , Frank Lewis Scurr . Silver Watch and Chain , for General Good Conduct , presented by the Supreme Council 33 ° , to a pupil on leaving tha Institution , Edwin Pawley .

At intervals during the distribution of the prizes a selection of vocal and instrumental music and dramatic performances lent variety to the proceedings . The dramatic performances were very ably executed , and caused an immense amount of

laughter in the numerous company . The singing and music were also well executed , and the satisfaction of the visitors with what they witnessed was loudly and universally expressed . Although the following of the programme occupied three hours , there was no loss of time , the interspersing of the distribution of prizes with

the musical and dramatic performances relieving the proceedings of monotony . The boys who took prizes were in readiness as soon as their names were called to come forward and receive them and the Chairman immediately handed a prize to each , and , without making a speech to the boys , congratulated and shook hands with them . When the programme was finished ,

His Lordship said that having come to the close of the proceedings , it rested with him to say a few words to the meeting . He thought he would be giving utterance to the feelings of every one present when he said that owing to the exertions that had been made to e ntertain

the company they had spgnt not only a veryagreeable but a very instructive afternoon . Everything they had seen with their own eyes , and he need not , therefore , remind them of the excellence of the performances they had

witnessed . The hdies and brethren had shown their appreciation of what they considered the chief performance by awarding the prize for elocution to H . Bowler . They had listened with pleasure to the plays and songs—and . he would

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say with as much pleasure to the songs as the plays—and he could not help saying that the choir had performed their part most admirabl y . He was quite sure that all would agree with hirn in that , and that they were all gratified at being present that afternoon . Everybody had

experienced a great amount of pleasure in giving the rewards of merit where those rewards had been honestly and lairly earned , as they had been by the prize takers that afternoon . He might say for his own part that for that reason as well as many others it had been a source of great

pleasure to him to be tne distributor of the prizes first of all because it afforded him the opportunity for the first time of seeing the institution of which they were all so proud ; and secondl y , because in doing so he felt that he was giving the prizes to boys who had thoroughly earned

the distinctions bestowed upon them . There was another thing which had struck him there that afternoon , that they might look back and mark what an advance had been made in the style of education within a short time . If they would only look at the time which was the

earliest that he could himself remember , the education in Irish country schools was very small ; a lot of little ragged children would be found round a cottage fire , a rough master , with a big stick , would be among them , and the only sign that it was a school was a notice outside

the door , " Children taken in to bate " ( laughter ) . Then they went back to the schools of the earlier part of the century , when the treatment and care of the pupils was very much less looked after than it was now . Then looking at the time of his own schooldays , some f ^ years

ago , the subjects of education were very much more limited and confined than they were now . In those days it was Latin and Greek , and very litt ' e else , which was like a dinner of all beef and no pudding , and nothing to wash it down with . Then they came to these more modern

days , when they had experience of the Oxford and Cambridge and other university local examinations upon a great number of subjects . What had struck him was the large number of subjects which were taught in this Institution , of which they had specimens before them that

day by the variety of studies for which prizes had been given . They had this clearly shown to them by the results . Dr . Morris had informed him that at the last Oxford and Cambridge middleclass local examinations 28 candidates went up

from this institution , and that out of these 28 14 won honours . Some candidates passed in eight subjects , some in five , and some in four . One of the recipients of prizes that afternoon took up one subject spontaneously and worked at it . The certificates showed him the

excellence of the standard of the examination in every case , and this spoke very highly ' not only for the pupils , but for the care and discrimination of those who were put in authority in the Institution , and he thought all the subscribers owea Dr . Morris , and those who were associated with

him , a deep debt of gratitude for the admirable education which had been given ( cheers ) . He had another return from South Kensington , which showed that out of 4 . 4 boys 39 passed in mathematics alone , while a great many passed in other subjects . He would like to say a word to

the boys themselves . He did not know quite what to say , because there were many theories about boys nowadays . If he said " My dear boys , Mind your books and not your toys , " he tfould be opposed by those who said , " All work and no

play-Makes Jack a dull boy , " and if he went to the other extreme he would be equally opposed by a great many . What ho would say was " Work ; but not all bookwork . Boys who enjoyed outdoor sports got a zest for their work ; and boys who worked hard got a zest

for their outdoor sports . It was by a combination of the two that they would become active members of society . To the boys who had wo ° prizes he would say , try to win more ; to the boys who had not won prizes he would say , don ' t 0 e

disheartened , but try again , and you may S them , but if not , you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you have tried your best , ^ e was glad to hear that the Institution did not contain one lazy boy . He would ask the coropw