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Annual Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
at the Festival this evening , I recognise that this chair has been filled by distinguished Masons in jiast times . I am well aware that their eloquence has resulted in magnificent contributions to the Boys' School . I cannot presume to rival the eloquence of my jiredecessors , but at the same time I
R . W . BRO . THE EARL OF YARliOROUGH , CHAIRMAN . hope that the result this evening will be satisfactory to all of us , because I am convinced that this excellent Institution
has very great claims on our liberality . Alany of you have attended jirevious Festivals , and I have no doubt have heard a great deal of the history and jirogress of the school . I do not , therefore , mean to weary you this evening with any statistics , but I will venture to detain you for a moment
while I touch upon the long and constant jirogress of the school . Founded in 179 8 , the school was initiated with only six jioor boys . In 1809 the governors were able to increase the number to fifty in commemoration of the Jubilee of King George III . In 1819 the number was increased to seventy , but this number was not able to be
maintained owing to lack of funds , and it dropped as low as forty-three . In 18 4 8 the Institution celebrated its jubilee and entered on a career of renewed activity . In 1852 the governors decided to establish a building fund , and four years later they were able to purchase the land and house which is known to many of you at Wood Green . There for
many years a most useful and excellent education was given to the boys of our poorer brethren , but as the Craft grew and strengthened this home and Institution became inadequate to the calls that were constantly made ujion it . At no time in its history could the Wood Green establishment
jiossibly accommodate more than 265 boys . Alany of its arrangements were obsolete and not up to the requirements of the age . Then it was the Craft decided to erect an Institution worthy of its traditions and equal to the claims likely to be made upon it in future . So in 1900 we saw
the splendid pile of buildings erected at Bushey—a school established for all time on an excellent site of sixty-seven acres . Three hundred and thirty-seven boys are receiving an education within its walls , which is unsurpassed by any school in the kingdom , and those who come under its influence will be loyal and jiatriotic citizens of the country
to which they have the jirivilege to belong . For freedom from debt the school is indebted to the magnificent liberality of the Craft in the centenary year , when the enormous sum of ^ 143 , 000 was subscribed by the brethren . Thus , briefly , I have told you of the efforts of our
predecessors . Now , what can we do in our age and day and generation ? At jiresent there are only houses for 400 boys , though the school is built to take in 500 boys . There is also no infirmary . There are only two small scholarshijis , one of £ 35 and one of £ 55 for boys of excejitional ability . I had ,
_ by the courtesy of W . Bro . Keyser ( the Chairman of the Board of Alanagement ) , a fortnight ago , the jirivilege of visiting the school . I went all through the school seeing the boys at work in the laboratory , gymnasium , the swimming classes , and the classes forming the regular curriculum , and
I found the boys well cared for in health and in feeding . No livery of charity is worn by the boys . They are regarded as children of brethren . The education they are receiving impressed me very much as being thoroughly practical . I am convinced from all I saw that this school is admirably managed . I am quite sure that in the headmaster , W . Bro . Hebb , and those who are assisting him—men of university
THE COUNTESS OF YARliOROUGH ( M .. I . OXI . SS FAL'tOXUKKG & CONVI-KS ) , V . 'IIO H . V . S KISI . I . V I'OysKN Tl ... TO I'Kl . SllST Till . I'KI / . l . S ON A II . IV TO UK A KI . A N < i HI , IN * TIM . . UIT . MX . training- —you have a body of masters who do their work
most efficiently , and in whom you have a guarantee not only that the high state . of educational efficiency will continue , but that the moral standard of the school will be maintained . The rejiort of the school shows that the boys are receiving
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Annual Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
at the Festival this evening , I recognise that this chair has been filled by distinguished Masons in jiast times . I am well aware that their eloquence has resulted in magnificent contributions to the Boys' School . I cannot presume to rival the eloquence of my jiredecessors , but at the same time I
R . W . BRO . THE EARL OF YARliOROUGH , CHAIRMAN . hope that the result this evening will be satisfactory to all of us , because I am convinced that this excellent Institution
has very great claims on our liberality . Alany of you have attended jirevious Festivals , and I have no doubt have heard a great deal of the history and jirogress of the school . I do not , therefore , mean to weary you this evening with any statistics , but I will venture to detain you for a moment
while I touch upon the long and constant jirogress of the school . Founded in 179 8 , the school was initiated with only six jioor boys . In 1809 the governors were able to increase the number to fifty in commemoration of the Jubilee of King George III . In 1819 the number was increased to seventy , but this number was not able to be
maintained owing to lack of funds , and it dropped as low as forty-three . In 18 4 8 the Institution celebrated its jubilee and entered on a career of renewed activity . In 1852 the governors decided to establish a building fund , and four years later they were able to purchase the land and house which is known to many of you at Wood Green . There for
many years a most useful and excellent education was given to the boys of our poorer brethren , but as the Craft grew and strengthened this home and Institution became inadequate to the calls that were constantly made ujion it . At no time in its history could the Wood Green establishment
jiossibly accommodate more than 265 boys . Alany of its arrangements were obsolete and not up to the requirements of the age . Then it was the Craft decided to erect an Institution worthy of its traditions and equal to the claims likely to be made upon it in future . So in 1900 we saw
the splendid pile of buildings erected at Bushey—a school established for all time on an excellent site of sixty-seven acres . Three hundred and thirty-seven boys are receiving an education within its walls , which is unsurpassed by any school in the kingdom , and those who come under its influence will be loyal and jiatriotic citizens of the country
to which they have the jirivilege to belong . For freedom from debt the school is indebted to the magnificent liberality of the Craft in the centenary year , when the enormous sum of ^ 143 , 000 was subscribed by the brethren . Thus , briefly , I have told you of the efforts of our
predecessors . Now , what can we do in our age and day and generation ? At jiresent there are only houses for 400 boys , though the school is built to take in 500 boys . There is also no infirmary . There are only two small scholarshijis , one of £ 35 and one of £ 55 for boys of excejitional ability . I had ,
_ by the courtesy of W . Bro . Keyser ( the Chairman of the Board of Alanagement ) , a fortnight ago , the jirivilege of visiting the school . I went all through the school seeing the boys at work in the laboratory , gymnasium , the swimming classes , and the classes forming the regular curriculum , and
I found the boys well cared for in health and in feeding . No livery of charity is worn by the boys . They are regarded as children of brethren . The education they are receiving impressed me very much as being thoroughly practical . I am convinced from all I saw that this school is admirably managed . I am quite sure that in the headmaster , W . Bro . Hebb , and those who are assisting him—men of university
THE COUNTESS OF YARliOROUGH ( M .. I . OXI . SS FAL'tOXUKKG & CONVI-KS ) , V . 'IIO H . V . S KISI . I . V I'OysKN Tl ... TO I'Kl . SllST Till . I'KI / . l . S ON A II . IV TO UK A KI . A N < i HI , IN * TIM . . UIT . MX . training- —you have a body of masters who do their work
most efficiently , and in whom you have a guarantee not only that the high state . of educational efficiency will continue , but that the moral standard of the school will be maintained . The rejiort of the school shows that the boys are receiving