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Our Architectural Chapter.
deemed . We beg to call the attention of the managers to this . We likewise suggest to them to inA'ite loans Avithout interest , Avhich will be another means of helping the undertaking . The present seems a fitting time to urge upon all Lodges throughout the country that have not halls , as well as those Avhich have
insufficient accommodation , to set aside as a hall fund a portion of the initiation and joining fees . If they can only begin Avith ten shillings , it will accumulate ; but with an earnest feeling existing , it must be but a new and small Lodge Avhich cannot so devote a pound . We trust zealous Provincial Grand Masters and Grand Officers Avill look to this ;
for the general interests will in this Avay be promoted , and funds provided for encouraging the erection of halls . These contributions should be applied as a general fund in loans Avithout interest to the construction of Masonic halls , and although perhaps the first year only a thousand pounds might be got together , in a few years there
would be an effective fund , which Avould greatly stimulate exertion . There are some places where the project for erecting a hall remains in abeyance , because there is no one ready to advance a hundred or two hundred pounds for a site , yet were a suitable spot obtained , the funds would be at once forthcoming to repay the purchase money ,
and so on step by step Avith the whole construction , a brief temporary advance being alone required ; so that the fund would be in constant circulation , and year after year a number of halls would be erected . We omitted to state that the original building at NeAvcastle Avas by Bro . John Dobson , an architect of high standing ; the alterations are designed by his son , Bro . John Dobson , jun ., Avho acts as honorary
architect . The St . Alban's Lodge , No . 32 , have come to a resolution of some interest with regard to Lodge furniture . That red apron Lodge Avas founded in 1727 , and is one of the most ancient in the metropolis . They have determined to inscribe on tablets tbe names of their Masters
and Grand SteAvards year by year for the last century and a quarter . This has been done by some provincial Lodges , and always excites interest and attention , Avhether among the members by urging them to think of the antiquity and reputation of their Lodge , and by inspiring them Avith the desire by Avorthy conduct to share in such a
commemoration—or among visitors , by shoAving them that the Lodge has just titles to respect . We should recommend that the tablets should be in panels or compartments not too wide , but of sufficient breadth to contain the date and the name and title of the ofiicers commemorated . These tablets could be distributed throughout the
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Our Architectural Chapter.
deemed . We beg to call the attention of the managers to this . We likewise suggest to them to inA'ite loans Avithout interest , Avhich will be another means of helping the undertaking . The present seems a fitting time to urge upon all Lodges throughout the country that have not halls , as well as those Avhich have
insufficient accommodation , to set aside as a hall fund a portion of the initiation and joining fees . If they can only begin Avith ten shillings , it will accumulate ; but with an earnest feeling existing , it must be but a new and small Lodge Avhich cannot so devote a pound . We trust zealous Provincial Grand Masters and Grand Officers Avill look to this ;
for the general interests will in this Avay be promoted , and funds provided for encouraging the erection of halls . These contributions should be applied as a general fund in loans Avithout interest to the construction of Masonic halls , and although perhaps the first year only a thousand pounds might be got together , in a few years there
would be an effective fund , which Avould greatly stimulate exertion . There are some places where the project for erecting a hall remains in abeyance , because there is no one ready to advance a hundred or two hundred pounds for a site , yet were a suitable spot obtained , the funds would be at once forthcoming to repay the purchase money ,
and so on step by step Avith the whole construction , a brief temporary advance being alone required ; so that the fund would be in constant circulation , and year after year a number of halls would be erected . We omitted to state that the original building at NeAvcastle Avas by Bro . John Dobson , an architect of high standing ; the alterations are designed by his son , Bro . John Dobson , jun ., Avho acts as honorary
architect . The St . Alban's Lodge , No . 32 , have come to a resolution of some interest with regard to Lodge furniture . That red apron Lodge Avas founded in 1727 , and is one of the most ancient in the metropolis . They have determined to inscribe on tablets tbe names of their Masters
and Grand SteAvards year by year for the last century and a quarter . This has been done by some provincial Lodges , and always excites interest and attention , Avhether among the members by urging them to think of the antiquity and reputation of their Lodge , and by inspiring them Avith the desire by Avorthy conduct to share in such a
commemoration—or among visitors , by shoAving them that the Lodge has just titles to respect . We should recommend that the tablets should be in panels or compartments not too wide , but of sufficient breadth to contain the date and the name and title of the ofiicers commemorated . These tablets could be distributed throughout the