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Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Festival to celebrate the gfith Anniversary of the foundation of this School was held on Wednesday at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton . The Right Hon . W . Lawies Jackson , Provincial Grand Master for West Yorkshire , presided . Mrs . Jackson , who presented the prizes the previous day , was on his left , with Miss J ackson . Bros . Gerald Loder , M . P . ; Rev . H . R . Cooper Smith , P . G . Chap . ; Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ; Geo . Everett , P . G . Treas . ; Robt . Berridge , P . G . D . ; Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . ; 1 . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . D . ;
T . Weller Poley , P . G . D . ; W . H . SpauII , P . A . G . D . C . ; F . W . Coles , P . G . S . B . ; Henry Smilh , Dep . Prov . G . M . for West Yorkshire ; W . F . Smithson , T . Bateman Fox , G . H . Parke , J . R . Armitage , W . C . Lupton , H . Green , Prov . Grand Sec . j Heaton , and other well-known Yorkshire brethren to the number of over 160 supported , besides a large number of London brethren , the whole company of ladies and brethren amounting to more than 700 . After dinner , Grace was sung , and the toasts were proposed .
The CHAIRMAN , in proposing "The Queen , " said he had the honour to propose a toast which in all assemblies of Englishmen , and especially in all assemblies of Freemasons was ever drunk with cordiality , loyalty , and enthusiasm . The fact that they had that day present with
them so large a number of the fair sex would not , he was sure , make them drink less heartily the toast of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen . She was the Grand Patron of the noble Institution they were met to celebrate
the festival of . She was in a word the noblest of ladies and the best of women . Under her beneficent reign this country—this great- empire over which she ruled had made progress unexampled in the history of the world ,
and the touch of her womanly sympathy was ever shown in difficulty and trouble , whether in the lamented death of the President of a neighbouring republic , whether in the calamity of a mining catastrophe , or in personal
or individual grief . Those were the qualities which had endeared her to us . In proposing "The Most Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " the CHAIRMAN said that the toast of the President of the Institution
needed no words of his to recommend it for the brethren's acceptance . In his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales they had , as their Grand Master , one who took ever the deepest and widest interest in everything that
concerned the Craft , and it was a great thing to be ruled over by such a head With regard to the Princess of Wale s , it would be impertinent on his part in the presence of so many ladies to say ' one simple word in her favour .
Saving the presence of the ladies , he might say that as men and generally they loved the Princess almost more than any woman in the world . He had also to ) include in the toast the other members of the Royal Family , and what
thought did that bring to the minds of all of them . They were there that day to celebrate the Festival of the Masonic Boys'School . Needheremind them that in "the rest of the Royal
Family" was included his Royal Highness the Duke of York . The name of a place that asscciated itself in a peculiar way with the fact that West Yorkshire was largely present . What
THE RIGHT HON . W . LAWIES JACKSON , M . I ' ., THE CHAIRMAN . I ' ruiii a PI 111 I 11 Ij . u Ihmllil Mtietrer , Irrtli .
he wanted to bring to their minds was that they had a " ; that festival the sympathy—the kindly sympathy with those of the family who were rejoicing that there was born to them another Prince . It was , he was sure , to the Royal Family a happy event , ' it was to them , indeed , a glorious boyish festival , and every one of them hoped and trusted that the newly-born Prince would live and ultimately reign over this kingdom , and he could not put it higher than to hope that he might follow in the footsteps of his Royal predecessor .
Bro . Rev . H . R . COOPER SMITH , D . D ., P . G . C , responded to the toast of " The Pro G . M ., the Deputy G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . " TheCiiAiHMAN next said he had now to propose to the company what he thought he might call , without disrespect , the loasl of the evening ; he
Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
need hardly say that that toast was " Success to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . " Well , he was now in some difficulty how to approach this important subject . Those who had attended previous festivals had no doubt heard on many occasions the genera ! history and progress of the Institution , the success of which they desired that day to accomplish . He did not , therefore , propose to weary the company with
statistics , or to travel over the often-trodden ground of the progress which the Boys' School had made year by year at successive periods . They were all aware of it , but it was right that he should briefly state that the Institution was started in 179 S ; that that was the 9 6 th anniversary of the establishment of the School ; that it begun with six boys ; that that day there were 268 boys in it . The Institution had had its periods of trials , its periods of difficulty ; aye—and he thought it better to face it straight out and say that
it had had its periods of mismanagement . He believed he was justified in saying that he could as honestly and candidly say that those days of mismanagement were past , he hoped never to return . They were all indebted to those brethren who undertook what , he was sure , must have been at the time rather an unpopular task , but , neverthe ' ess , a bounden duty in endeavouring to reorganise and to extricate from its difficulties the noble Institution—the Masonic School for Boys . He would only be expressing what was in the minds of the company as well as in his own if he gave utterance to
the opinion that they H ere all largely indebted to Bro . Richard Eve and others lor the vastly improved condition of the Institution that day . He had the honour and pleasure on Tuesday of attending at the School , and Mr ? .
Jackson was good erough to pre-ent the prizes . He was sure that Mrs . Jackson and those others who were present on that cccision must have come away with the feeling that everything was happy —aye , and everything
was prosperous ; nothing could exceed the boyish truthfulness and frankness on the faces of the boys ; no evidence was wanting and if evidence was wanting it might be furnished by the examination reports which had been
circu ' ated that the boys were not only making progress in their studies but they were in a condition which the ladies would be able to appreciate , the boys were healthy in their minds , healthy in their bodies , and he believed
they were healthy in their studies , There was evidently running through the School at this time not only a high educational standard—let him say he thought owing to the Boardof Management who had boldly and fearlessly called to the examination not only
the Cambridge examiners , but the examination which embraced the whole School , so that they had not a few hothouse plants who had been specially prepared to make a show of success , but they had in the report of the examinations which had been
furnished by the gentlemen who had examined the whole of the boys of the School , that the work which was being done was being done intelligently , that although there were weak placesand where was there a large school in which there were not weak
places?the fact that they had taken steps to put the School right showed that there were weak places—but he believed he was justified in stating that the Institution occupied a high position as regarded educational qualities . From what he had seen he was sure that
they had in the Head Master and those who were assisting him , all men of University training , and all of them men capable of doing the ' ir work efficiently ; and they had in them a guarantee that ihe moral tone and the pure atmosphere of the School would be maintained . Those who were fathers of boys knew how necessary that was , and of what value it was in the future career of boys . He felt that the Institution at this moment demanded
the sympathy of the Craft ; he hoped and felt it had their sympathy , and that whatever it might be necessary to do for it to place it beyond the reach of want it would get . It had great claims on their sympathy , and he knew that at all events when once it was brought home to a Mason ' s heart that any object which had a claim on his sympathy that claim never went unanswered . It was hardly necessary for him to say more about the Institution . Everything , as far as he could see , proceeded satisfactorily ,
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Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Festival to celebrate the gfith Anniversary of the foundation of this School was held on Wednesday at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton . The Right Hon . W . Lawies Jackson , Provincial Grand Master for West Yorkshire , presided . Mrs . Jackson , who presented the prizes the previous day , was on his left , with Miss J ackson . Bros . Gerald Loder , M . P . ; Rev . H . R . Cooper Smith , P . G . Chap . ; Richard Eve , P . G . Treas . ; Geo . Everett , P . G . Treas . ; Robt . Berridge , P . G . D . ; Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . ; 1 . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . D . ;
T . Weller Poley , P . G . D . ; W . H . SpauII , P . A . G . D . C . ; F . W . Coles , P . G . S . B . ; Henry Smilh , Dep . Prov . G . M . for West Yorkshire ; W . F . Smithson , T . Bateman Fox , G . H . Parke , J . R . Armitage , W . C . Lupton , H . Green , Prov . Grand Sec . j Heaton , and other well-known Yorkshire brethren to the number of over 160 supported , besides a large number of London brethren , the whole company of ladies and brethren amounting to more than 700 . After dinner , Grace was sung , and the toasts were proposed .
The CHAIRMAN , in proposing "The Queen , " said he had the honour to propose a toast which in all assemblies of Englishmen , and especially in all assemblies of Freemasons was ever drunk with cordiality , loyalty , and enthusiasm . The fact that they had that day present with
them so large a number of the fair sex would not , he was sure , make them drink less heartily the toast of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen . She was the Grand Patron of the noble Institution they were met to celebrate
the festival of . She was in a word the noblest of ladies and the best of women . Under her beneficent reign this country—this great- empire over which she ruled had made progress unexampled in the history of the world ,
and the touch of her womanly sympathy was ever shown in difficulty and trouble , whether in the lamented death of the President of a neighbouring republic , whether in the calamity of a mining catastrophe , or in personal
or individual grief . Those were the qualities which had endeared her to us . In proposing "The Most Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " the CHAIRMAN said that the toast of the President of the Institution
needed no words of his to recommend it for the brethren's acceptance . In his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales they had , as their Grand Master , one who took ever the deepest and widest interest in everything that
concerned the Craft , and it was a great thing to be ruled over by such a head With regard to the Princess of Wale s , it would be impertinent on his part in the presence of so many ladies to say ' one simple word in her favour .
Saving the presence of the ladies , he might say that as men and generally they loved the Princess almost more than any woman in the world . He had also to ) include in the toast the other members of the Royal Family , and what
thought did that bring to the minds of all of them . They were there that day to celebrate the Festival of the Masonic Boys'School . Needheremind them that in "the rest of the Royal
Family" was included his Royal Highness the Duke of York . The name of a place that asscciated itself in a peculiar way with the fact that West Yorkshire was largely present . What
THE RIGHT HON . W . LAWIES JACKSON , M . I ' ., THE CHAIRMAN . I ' ruiii a PI 111 I 11 Ij . u Ihmllil Mtietrer , Irrtli .
he wanted to bring to their minds was that they had a " ; that festival the sympathy—the kindly sympathy with those of the family who were rejoicing that there was born to them another Prince . It was , he was sure , to the Royal Family a happy event , ' it was to them , indeed , a glorious boyish festival , and every one of them hoped and trusted that the newly-born Prince would live and ultimately reign over this kingdom , and he could not put it higher than to hope that he might follow in the footsteps of his Royal predecessor .
Bro . Rev . H . R . COOPER SMITH , D . D ., P . G . C , responded to the toast of " The Pro G . M ., the Deputy G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past . " TheCiiAiHMAN next said he had now to propose to the company what he thought he might call , without disrespect , the loasl of the evening ; he
Anniversary Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
need hardly say that that toast was " Success to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . " Well , he was now in some difficulty how to approach this important subject . Those who had attended previous festivals had no doubt heard on many occasions the genera ! history and progress of the Institution , the success of which they desired that day to accomplish . He did not , therefore , propose to weary the company with
statistics , or to travel over the often-trodden ground of the progress which the Boys' School had made year by year at successive periods . They were all aware of it , but it was right that he should briefly state that the Institution was started in 179 S ; that that was the 9 6 th anniversary of the establishment of the School ; that it begun with six boys ; that that day there were 268 boys in it . The Institution had had its periods of trials , its periods of difficulty ; aye—and he thought it better to face it straight out and say that
it had had its periods of mismanagement . He believed he was justified in saying that he could as honestly and candidly say that those days of mismanagement were past , he hoped never to return . They were all indebted to those brethren who undertook what , he was sure , must have been at the time rather an unpopular task , but , neverthe ' ess , a bounden duty in endeavouring to reorganise and to extricate from its difficulties the noble Institution—the Masonic School for Boys . He would only be expressing what was in the minds of the company as well as in his own if he gave utterance to
the opinion that they H ere all largely indebted to Bro . Richard Eve and others lor the vastly improved condition of the Institution that day . He had the honour and pleasure on Tuesday of attending at the School , and Mr ? .
Jackson was good erough to pre-ent the prizes . He was sure that Mrs . Jackson and those others who were present on that cccision must have come away with the feeling that everything was happy —aye , and everything
was prosperous ; nothing could exceed the boyish truthfulness and frankness on the faces of the boys ; no evidence was wanting and if evidence was wanting it might be furnished by the examination reports which had been
circu ' ated that the boys were not only making progress in their studies but they were in a condition which the ladies would be able to appreciate , the boys were healthy in their minds , healthy in their bodies , and he believed
they were healthy in their studies , There was evidently running through the School at this time not only a high educational standard—let him say he thought owing to the Boardof Management who had boldly and fearlessly called to the examination not only
the Cambridge examiners , but the examination which embraced the whole School , so that they had not a few hothouse plants who had been specially prepared to make a show of success , but they had in the report of the examinations which had been
furnished by the gentlemen who had examined the whole of the boys of the School , that the work which was being done was being done intelligently , that although there were weak placesand where was there a large school in which there were not weak
places?the fact that they had taken steps to put the School right showed that there were weak places—but he believed he was justified in stating that the Institution occupied a high position as regarded educational qualities . From what he had seen he was sure that
they had in the Head Master and those who were assisting him , all men of University training , and all of them men capable of doing the ' ir work efficiently ; and they had in them a guarantee that ihe moral tone and the pure atmosphere of the School would be maintained . Those who were fathers of boys knew how necessary that was , and of what value it was in the future career of boys . He felt that the Institution at this moment demanded
the sympathy of the Craft ; he hoped and felt it had their sympathy , and that whatever it might be necessary to do for it to place it beyond the reach of want it would get . It had great claims on their sympathy , and he knew that at all events when once it was brought home to a Mason ' s heart that any object which had a claim on his sympathy that claim never went unanswered . It was hardly necessary for him to say more about the Institution . Everything , as far as he could see , proceeded satisfactorily ,