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Masonic Missions.
So long as our schools are little better than charity schools ; the children in them will want a good education , and the schools will fail to minister , as they might , to the wants of the brethren . Besides the orphans left by brethren , and those children who aro confided to our care by their fathers , poor members of our institution who have not
the means of educating them as they should be—it is felt that there are still many children having claims upon us . The funds of some provinces can be so applied that the child of a brother in limited circumstances can receive gratuitous education . Were the schools in London and Dublin , conducted , as they might be , much more could be
done , for were they as to character put upon the footing of public schools , the brethren generally would jilaeo their children there on advantageous terms , the school be redeemed from the type of a charity school , and the benevolent objects be much extended , as iu the Clergy College at Marlborough for instance .
So far as thd present teaching power extends , all brethren should be allowed to send children to the schools at the lowest remunerative rate . The more children the greater the interest felt in the schools , the better tho teacbin
a provision could be made to allow provinces and Lodges to nominate children at half rates . By the extension of the system we should in time obtain schools in the northern and other provinces , being strictly endowed grammar schools belonging to the Order . As regular boarders would pay such rates as would repay rent ancl expenses oi teaching , the funds for rent and teaching being thereby enlarged and
relieved , the result would be that in time the orphans would only become chargeable to the charity for board , washing , and clothing ; and as to board , the rate Avould be reduced to bhe cost of food , as the cooking and establishment expenses would be paid out of the general revenues .
In tho beginning boarders would profit to a considerable extent by the school organization , but in the end tho charitable funds would profit most , as the orphan children would be maintained at one halt the present rates . This is the greatest relief that could be conferred on the charities , and the greatest boon they can receive . Day scholars should likewise be admitted from the neighbourhood of the schools .
In Jamaica a Masonic school for the children of Masons is conducted under the auspices and supervision of the brethren , who thus obtain a superior education at much reduced rates . It comes to this iu fact ; and why should not Masons have au Eton or Harrow of their
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Missions.
So long as our schools are little better than charity schools ; the children in them will want a good education , and the schools will fail to minister , as they might , to the wants of the brethren . Besides the orphans left by brethren , and those children who aro confided to our care by their fathers , poor members of our institution who have not
the means of educating them as they should be—it is felt that there are still many children having claims upon us . The funds of some provinces can be so applied that the child of a brother in limited circumstances can receive gratuitous education . Were the schools in London and Dublin , conducted , as they might be , much more could be
done , for were they as to character put upon the footing of public schools , the brethren generally would jilaeo their children there on advantageous terms , the school be redeemed from the type of a charity school , and the benevolent objects be much extended , as iu the Clergy College at Marlborough for instance .
So far as thd present teaching power extends , all brethren should be allowed to send children to the schools at the lowest remunerative rate . The more children the greater the interest felt in the schools , the better tho teacbin
a provision could be made to allow provinces and Lodges to nominate children at half rates . By the extension of the system we should in time obtain schools in the northern and other provinces , being strictly endowed grammar schools belonging to the Order . As regular boarders would pay such rates as would repay rent ancl expenses oi teaching , the funds for rent and teaching being thereby enlarged and
relieved , the result would be that in time the orphans would only become chargeable to the charity for board , washing , and clothing ; and as to board , the rate Avould be reduced to bhe cost of food , as the cooking and establishment expenses would be paid out of the general revenues .
In tho beginning boarders would profit to a considerable extent by the school organization , but in the end tho charitable funds would profit most , as the orphan children would be maintained at one halt the present rates . This is the greatest relief that could be conferred on the charities , and the greatest boon they can receive . Day scholars should likewise be admitted from the neighbourhood of the schools .
In Jamaica a Masonic school for the children of Masons is conducted under the auspices and supervision of the brethren , who thus obtain a superior education at much reduced rates . It comes to this iu fact ; and why should not Masons have au Eton or Harrow of their