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Board , in conjunction with the Grand Master . It must not be taken as a precedent , but as an exceptional ease only justified by circumstances . The Grand Master put the motion in the following form - —'' That , in consequence of the emergency of the ease , the petition be referred to the Colonial Board , to be taken into their careful consideration , and that they , in conjunction with the Grand Master , shall return such answer as they may conceive the interests of Masonry require . ,, Carried imanimously .
STRANaERS AT MASONIC FESTIVALS . Bro . Warren moved . — - " That in future no person not being a member of the Craft be allowed to dine at any of the Masonic FestiVals . ' * He said : " I believe the Brethren are generally aware that this in some measure alludes to the practice of introducing to the table at our Masonic festivals gentlemen as singers who are not members of the Craft , thereby leading the Brethren unconsciously to
do wrongj by making allusions to matters affecting the Craft which ought not to be alluded to in the presence oi strangers . This is another point on which I feel I may fairly ask and expect the support of the Grand Registrar ( hear , and laughter ) , whose attention I beg to call to rule 11 , page 22 , of the Book of Constitutions . ( Hear , hear . ) That rule says : — . < There shall be a Masonic festival , annually , on the Wednesday next following St . George ' s Day , which shall be dedicated to Brotherly love and refreshment , and to which all regular Masons may have access , on providing themselves with tickets from the Grand Stewards of the
year . No private Lodge within the London district shall have a Masonic feast on the day of the grand . festival . *' ' I submit that the words ' all Masons' are superfluous , if other persons may sit down . ( Hear . ) This motion is chiefly addressed to the musical profession but if gentlemen of one profession may be present , there is no reason why gentlemen in other professions should be excluded , ( Hear , hear . ) There are , moreover , so many excellent and efficient musical Brethren connected with the Craft , that it is not necessary to introduce any who do not belong to our Order . " ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Dobie : " There are the ladies !"
Bro . Warren : " The ladies do not sit down at the table with us , and they do not come into the gallery till after dinner . I have served as Steward to the charities , and have called the . attention of the other Stewards to the question . On the last occasion the Grand Stewards did take notice of it , but that is the only time , in tho course of four years , that I could get the Stewards to do so . Therefore it is that I have thought it necessary to bring the matter before Grand Lodge . About three years ago , at one of the Masonic festivals , a ticket was sent to a Brother who was proprietor of one of the daily papers , and that Brother sent one of his reporters , who was not a Mason , to take a note of the proceedings at the festival . His
presence was , however , objected to , on the ground of his not being a Mason , and I supplied an account myself . ( Hear . ) If they admitted musical gentlemen not Masons , they ought to admit reporters not Masons ; they were inconsistent in making a distinction between one profession and another in such a matter . " Bro . Binekes seconded the motion , on the ground that the admission of stranger . s amongst the Brethren at the festivals was productive of evil , as the Brethren might he inadvertently led to make use of words and signs in the presence of such strangers , which ought carefully to be concealed . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion was agreed to .
REPORTING THE PROCEEDINGS OF GRAND LODGE . The Most Worshipful the Grand Master then said , there was a point to which he wished to call the attention of the Brethren hefore they separated . He had seen a Brother taking a note of the proceedings throughout tbe whole of the evening . ( Hear . ) He had sent a message to that Brother , asking for what purpose he was so taking notes , and the reply was , that they were for the Freemasons ' Magazine . ( Hear , hear , ) Now , he wished to remind that Brother and Grand Lodge that the Freemasons' Magazine was not a publication officially recognized by Grand Lodge , and that , moreover , they had some years since laid down a rule
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Board , in conjunction with the Grand Master . It must not be taken as a precedent , but as an exceptional ease only justified by circumstances . The Grand Master put the motion in the following form - —'' That , in consequence of the emergency of the ease , the petition be referred to the Colonial Board , to be taken into their careful consideration , and that they , in conjunction with the Grand Master , shall return such answer as they may conceive the interests of Masonry require . ,, Carried imanimously .
STRANaERS AT MASONIC FESTIVALS . Bro . Warren moved . — - " That in future no person not being a member of the Craft be allowed to dine at any of the Masonic FestiVals . ' * He said : " I believe the Brethren are generally aware that this in some measure alludes to the practice of introducing to the table at our Masonic festivals gentlemen as singers who are not members of the Craft , thereby leading the Brethren unconsciously to
do wrongj by making allusions to matters affecting the Craft which ought not to be alluded to in the presence oi strangers . This is another point on which I feel I may fairly ask and expect the support of the Grand Registrar ( hear , and laughter ) , whose attention I beg to call to rule 11 , page 22 , of the Book of Constitutions . ( Hear , hear . ) That rule says : — . < There shall be a Masonic festival , annually , on the Wednesday next following St . George ' s Day , which shall be dedicated to Brotherly love and refreshment , and to which all regular Masons may have access , on providing themselves with tickets from the Grand Stewards of the
year . No private Lodge within the London district shall have a Masonic feast on the day of the grand . festival . *' ' I submit that the words ' all Masons' are superfluous , if other persons may sit down . ( Hear . ) This motion is chiefly addressed to the musical profession but if gentlemen of one profession may be present , there is no reason why gentlemen in other professions should be excluded , ( Hear , hear . ) There are , moreover , so many excellent and efficient musical Brethren connected with the Craft , that it is not necessary to introduce any who do not belong to our Order . " ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Dobie : " There are the ladies !"
Bro . Warren : " The ladies do not sit down at the table with us , and they do not come into the gallery till after dinner . I have served as Steward to the charities , and have called the . attention of the other Stewards to the question . On the last occasion the Grand Stewards did take notice of it , but that is the only time , in tho course of four years , that I could get the Stewards to do so . Therefore it is that I have thought it necessary to bring the matter before Grand Lodge . About three years ago , at one of the Masonic festivals , a ticket was sent to a Brother who was proprietor of one of the daily papers , and that Brother sent one of his reporters , who was not a Mason , to take a note of the proceedings at the festival . His
presence was , however , objected to , on the ground of his not being a Mason , and I supplied an account myself . ( Hear . ) If they admitted musical gentlemen not Masons , they ought to admit reporters not Masons ; they were inconsistent in making a distinction between one profession and another in such a matter . " Bro . Binekes seconded the motion , on the ground that the admission of stranger . s amongst the Brethren at the festivals was productive of evil , as the Brethren might he inadvertently led to make use of words and signs in the presence of such strangers , which ought carefully to be concealed . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion was agreed to .
REPORTING THE PROCEEDINGS OF GRAND LODGE . The Most Worshipful the Grand Master then said , there was a point to which he wished to call the attention of the Brethren hefore they separated . He had seen a Brother taking a note of the proceedings throughout tbe whole of the evening . ( Hear . ) He had sent a message to that Brother , asking for what purpose he was so taking notes , and the reply was , that they were for the Freemasons ' Magazine . ( Hear , hear , ) Now , he wished to remind that Brother and Grand Lodge that the Freemasons' Magazine was not a publication officially recognized by Grand Lodge , and that , moreover , they had some years since laid down a rule