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Provincial Grand Officers.
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It cannot be accounted otherwise than ibrtunafe that we have , by calling , attention to the ^ present constitution Superintend Chapter , h ^ appointment
as that i : ^ Had the di gh ^ other casegj to a member ^ dttetictnte , then there would have been less cause of eonip ] ami ; but we express only the common wheiij Mtnout disrespect to the craft of a tailor , we say it is not one ,
either by the nature of its functions or the associations of its members , having such a standing as to command the public regard , when they are thus placed in false positions . We are heartily glad of the appointment of a tailor to the office of Grand Superintendent of
Works . In sober truth , we have not the least doubt that many of the other Grand Superintendents of Works , although boasting a professional connection / are little better than tailors in their profession , or a better account would have been given of them . It will be easy to get rid of the outside tailors and
non-professionals who get possession of this dignity ; but it will not be so easy to get rid of . the nominal architects , the builders , and surveyors , who , without proficiency in the higher branches of architecture , and without the least regard for it , have been allowed to usurp these functions , and to hold the office year after year to their own contentment and glorification , and to the great injury of the order .
So long as the inquiry was not made , the tailor Superintendent passed without notice , and might have held his office so many years , that at length—when Bro . Wigginton or some other local architect of eminence was put forward—it would have been said , " The worthy brother has held office so long that it would be a slur xtpon him to
remove him ; it is a pleasure for him to sit with that apron on , and it is a pity to shock the old gentleman ' s feelings by taking it off . " If the worthy brother really possessed qualifications fitting him for such high
dignity , there would be no difficulty in finding for him the office ol Director of the Oeremonies or some other requiring genera ] Masonic capability , and of promoting him to the Warden ' s chair ; but , unless the vol . v . 2 x
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Provincial Grand Officers.
\ - M ^
It cannot be accounted otherwise than ibrtunafe that we have , by calling , attention to the ^ present constitution Superintend Chapter , h ^ appointment
as that i : ^ Had the di gh ^ other casegj to a member ^ dttetictnte , then there would have been less cause of eonip ] ami ; but we express only the common wheiij Mtnout disrespect to the craft of a tailor , we say it is not one ,
either by the nature of its functions or the associations of its members , having such a standing as to command the public regard , when they are thus placed in false positions . We are heartily glad of the appointment of a tailor to the office of Grand Superintendent of
Works . In sober truth , we have not the least doubt that many of the other Grand Superintendents of Works , although boasting a professional connection / are little better than tailors in their profession , or a better account would have been given of them . It will be easy to get rid of the outside tailors and
non-professionals who get possession of this dignity ; but it will not be so easy to get rid of . the nominal architects , the builders , and surveyors , who , without proficiency in the higher branches of architecture , and without the least regard for it , have been allowed to usurp these functions , and to hold the office year after year to their own contentment and glorification , and to the great injury of the order .
So long as the inquiry was not made , the tailor Superintendent passed without notice , and might have held his office so many years , that at length—when Bro . Wigginton or some other local architect of eminence was put forward—it would have been said , " The worthy brother has held office so long that it would be a slur xtpon him to
remove him ; it is a pleasure for him to sit with that apron on , and it is a pity to shock the old gentleman ' s feelings by taking it off . " If the worthy brother really possessed qualifications fitting him for such high
dignity , there would be no difficulty in finding for him the office ol Director of the Oeremonies or some other requiring genera ] Masonic capability , and of promoting him to the Warden ' s chair ; but , unless the vol . v . 2 x