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Our Architectural Chapter.
nations and otherwise , are to be invested in shares , and the profit accruing from sueti shares will be similarly invested ; in the event of the Lodges in Newcastle purchasing the Hall , these moneys are to form fche nucleus of a fund for erecting schools , or otherwise extending the premises for Masonic purposes .
The only arrangement about which we are in doubt is , the ultimate appropriation ofthe rental to a School fund . Though Ave have ourselves advocated a like measure on former occasions , Ave are HOAV inclined to think that the provision at the end of the clause is a much wiser one , for it stipulates that the fund may be ultimately applied for
extending the premises for Masonic purposes . We would go further , for Ave think that for the sake of Masonry , an endeavour shonld be made eventually to relieve the Lodges and Chapters from rental as far as possible , to avoidpetting Masonic buildings'for any secular purpose , and to charge the Lodges only with the bare current expenses .
The pi'omoters are quite justified in soliciting donations , and Ave trust they will receive many gifts in aid of an undertaking so truly praiseAVorthy as the consecration of a building to Masonic celebrations . We trust the Provincial Grand Lodges of Northumberland and Durham Avill , emulating those of West Lancashire and Leicestershire ,
be found among the donors . We also hope each Lodge in the CAVO neighbouring provinces will be contributors . We do not see indeed Avhy each Lodge in the country should not be asked for a small contribution , on the assurance that it will ultimately be returned . There is no Lodge that cannot afford a pound , some would perhaps advance five pounds , and the aggregate would realize sufficient funds
Avithout the brethren contributing ; but Ave believe they are willing and ready to act for themselves . Still , the task is a holy one , and Ave trust they Aviil be helped by the sympathetic feeling of the Craft at large . In other towns where the members of the Order are less mimerous
, AA'e seriously recommend the brethren , whenever a chance offers of obtaining a hall , to go on without . rashness or undue fear , and steadily to persevere , in the assurance that aid will be given . Three or four hundred pounds so contributed in the beginning of an undertaking would be of the greatest help to a small body of Masons .
We do not see any provision for applying a portion of the initiation fees for a sinking fund as is done at Hull , Birmingham , and Liverpool . This is a very necessary measure , and if only a pound or thirty shillings be so applied , and a portion of the joining fees within a feiv years , in such a town as NeAvcastle much of tlie capital Avould be re-3 A 2
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Our Architectural Chapter.
nations and otherwise , are to be invested in shares , and the profit accruing from sueti shares will be similarly invested ; in the event of the Lodges in Newcastle purchasing the Hall , these moneys are to form fche nucleus of a fund for erecting schools , or otherwise extending the premises for Masonic purposes .
The only arrangement about which we are in doubt is , the ultimate appropriation ofthe rental to a School fund . Though Ave have ourselves advocated a like measure on former occasions , Ave are HOAV inclined to think that the provision at the end of the clause is a much wiser one , for it stipulates that the fund may be ultimately applied for
extending the premises for Masonic purposes . We would go further , for Ave think that for the sake of Masonry , an endeavour shonld be made eventually to relieve the Lodges and Chapters from rental as far as possible , to avoidpetting Masonic buildings'for any secular purpose , and to charge the Lodges only with the bare current expenses .
The pi'omoters are quite justified in soliciting donations , and Ave trust they will receive many gifts in aid of an undertaking so truly praiseAVorthy as the consecration of a building to Masonic celebrations . We trust the Provincial Grand Lodges of Northumberland and Durham Avill , emulating those of West Lancashire and Leicestershire ,
be found among the donors . We also hope each Lodge in the CAVO neighbouring provinces will be contributors . We do not see indeed Avhy each Lodge in the country should not be asked for a small contribution , on the assurance that it will ultimately be returned . There is no Lodge that cannot afford a pound , some would perhaps advance five pounds , and the aggregate would realize sufficient funds
Avithout the brethren contributing ; but Ave believe they are willing and ready to act for themselves . Still , the task is a holy one , and Ave trust they Aviil be helped by the sympathetic feeling of the Craft at large . In other towns where the members of the Order are less mimerous
, AA'e seriously recommend the brethren , whenever a chance offers of obtaining a hall , to go on without . rashness or undue fear , and steadily to persevere , in the assurance that aid will be given . Three or four hundred pounds so contributed in the beginning of an undertaking would be of the greatest help to a small body of Masons .
We do not see any provision for applying a portion of the initiation fees for a sinking fund as is done at Hull , Birmingham , and Liverpool . This is a very necessary measure , and if only a pound or thirty shillings be so applied , and a portion of the joining fees within a feiv years , in such a town as NeAvcastle much of tlie capital Avould be re-3 A 2