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Our Architectural Chapter.
sitting room or reading room . It is thirty feet by eighteen ; the height of thin room is not stated , hut it ought to be top lighted , when its proportions would be better . The hei ght of the temple is twentyfour feet , which will hive a good effect . The ground plan does not however possess the advantage of adequately providing for the Royal
Arch or high degrees , unless , which wc do not expect , the preparation room and parlour can be made available in connexion , or the staircase to the banqueting room can bo brought iu communication with the temple . It would , however , be easy to bring all these apartments into suite b y placing a distinct door in the passage so as to cut off communication when the rooms are used for ceremonies requiring a number of rooms . Then the hall of La Cesaree would become of
considerable extent , having a temple of forty-eight feet , and another room , the banqueting room , of thirty feet . Tho staircase must , however , be laid out of good width . The passage is said to be wide . The provision of a library is a good feature . This we have before shown , can soon be fitted up . If ten or a dozen members contribute each a newspaper in the evening , aud as many a periodical then ,
with the donations of books and an optional subscription of two shillings and sixpence a year , in a very few years the members of the Lodges meeting in this hall will have a very serviceable library . The end of the temple is to be a semicircular apse , which will have a very good effect . Whether a Lodge really ought to be foursided , according to strict law , is rather another matter . The oldest Lodge
room now existing , and which is nearly two centuries old , is rectangular , and the ancient theory is to the same effect . The Lodge room of the Exmouth Lodge , in the Globe Hotel , has been re-decorated . Wc wish the worthy host no harm when we say , we hope the brethren may have a Lodge room of their own , with library ,
portrait gallery , furniture , musical instruments , aud a valuable property . A most praise worthy act is the establishment of a building fund for the St . Peter ' s Lodge at Peterborough . This is the way to begin , and before long , even with very small means , the brethren will he ahh to take the next step—of buying a plot of building ground .
SciE . vuf :. — . Science teaches our ignorance as well as the elevation of our nature . Those misrepresent it much who describe it in other terms ; for the lessons of science implant reverence and gratitude for the past , hope for tho future and humility in our own estimation . — -Prof . Whewell .
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Our Architectural Chapter.
sitting room or reading room . It is thirty feet by eighteen ; the height of thin room is not stated , hut it ought to be top lighted , when its proportions would be better . The hei ght of the temple is twentyfour feet , which will hive a good effect . The ground plan does not however possess the advantage of adequately providing for the Royal
Arch or high degrees , unless , which wc do not expect , the preparation room and parlour can be made available in connexion , or the staircase to the banqueting room can bo brought iu communication with the temple . It would , however , be easy to bring all these apartments into suite b y placing a distinct door in the passage so as to cut off communication when the rooms are used for ceremonies requiring a number of rooms . Then the hall of La Cesaree would become of
considerable extent , having a temple of forty-eight feet , and another room , the banqueting room , of thirty feet . Tho staircase must , however , be laid out of good width . The passage is said to be wide . The provision of a library is a good feature . This we have before shown , can soon be fitted up . If ten or a dozen members contribute each a newspaper in the evening , aud as many a periodical then ,
with the donations of books and an optional subscription of two shillings and sixpence a year , in a very few years the members of the Lodges meeting in this hall will have a very serviceable library . The end of the temple is to be a semicircular apse , which will have a very good effect . Whether a Lodge really ought to be foursided , according to strict law , is rather another matter . The oldest Lodge
room now existing , and which is nearly two centuries old , is rectangular , and the ancient theory is to the same effect . The Lodge room of the Exmouth Lodge , in the Globe Hotel , has been re-decorated . Wc wish the worthy host no harm when we say , we hope the brethren may have a Lodge room of their own , with library ,
portrait gallery , furniture , musical instruments , aud a valuable property . A most praise worthy act is the establishment of a building fund for the St . Peter ' s Lodge at Peterborough . This is the way to begin , and before long , even with very small means , the brethren will he ahh to take the next step—of buying a plot of building ground .
SciE . vuf :. — . Science teaches our ignorance as well as the elevation of our nature . Those misrepresent it much who describe it in other terms ; for the lessons of science implant reverence and gratitude for the past , hope for tho future and humility in our own estimation . — -Prof . Whewell .