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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys .
PENSIONS COMMUTATION FUND . — : o : —
THE following amounts havo already boon received . Further contributions will be duly acknowledged : — PROVINCES .
West Yorkshire ^ 10 { j 0 Otoncestershue 35 o 0 Monmouth 23 10 0
Nottinghamshire 0 9 0 Knst Lancashire ( lst instal . ) 62 10 0 AVarwickshire 5 5 0
LODGES .
Tho Grand Stewards 3 10 0 1 Grand Masters 3 10 0 4 R Somerset House & Inv . 3 10 0 7 B . York of Perseverance 3 10 0 s The British 3 10 0
! ) 73 Royal Somerset ( Fromo ) 3 10 0 970 Four Cardinal Virtues 3 10 0 9 S 5 Alexandra 1 10 0 001 Tyno 5 0 0 1000 Priory 3 10 0
II Enoch a 1 V " 11 Tuscan f }<> » 2 , | Globe * W 0 26 Castle of Harmony 3 10 0 38 01 ( 1 King's Arms 3 10 0 32 Harmony 2 10 0
1003 Princo of Wales 3 10 0 1017 Montefiore - 3 10 0 103 B Bowyer 3 10 0 1016 St . Andrew ' s 3 10 0 1050 Victoria 2 10 0 1060 Marmion 2 10 0 1061 2 10 0
34 Mount Moriah 5 0 0 37 Anchor and Hope 3 10 0 38 Union 2 10 0 ¦ 10 Dorwent 2 10 0 15 Strong Man 3 10 0 17 Newstead 2 2 0 52 Union 3 lo 0
Borough 1126 Oakwood 2 10 0 1135 Concord 2 10 0 1111 Mid-Sassex 3 10 0 1113 Royal Denbigh 3 10 0 1119 Dorking 2 10 0 1150 Buckingham AChandos 2 10 0
58 Felicity 2 lo 0 60 Pence and Harmony 5 o o 03 St . Mary 2 10 0 70 St . John ( Plymouth ) 2 10 0 7 + Athol 2 10 0 08 St . Martin 2 10 0 09 Shakespiwo 3 io o
1155 Excelsior 2 10 0 1159 Mn .:-quis oE Dalhousie 2 10 o 1196 Urban 2 10 0 1201 Eclectic 2 10 0 1209 Lewis 2 10 0 1232 H ' erewartl ( llmtjiiialmlt . ) 0 10 0 1251 Semper Fidel's 2 10 o
K > 3 Beaufort . 2 10 0 101 . St . John 2 10 0 I OS Fortitude 2 lo o 113 Unanimity 2 10 0 132 Unity 2 10 0 137 Amity 2 10 0 113 Middlesex 2 10 0
1281 I ' . i-mit 2 io II 1201 St . Allmn 2 10 0 1303 Pelham 2 11 0 1328 The Granite 2 10 0 1320 Sphinx 2 10 0 1335 Lindsay 2 10 0 1330 Square and Compass 2 10 0
155 Perseverance 2 10 0 165 Honour and Generosity 2 10 0 169 Temperance 2 10 0 173 PhiEnix 2 10 0 177 Domatic 5 0 0 178 Antiquity ( Wigan ) 2 10 0 101 St . Paul 2 10 0
1358 Torhay 2 10 0 1363 Tyndall 1 5 0 1367 Manor 2 10 0 1381 Kennington 5 0 0 1383 Friends in Council 2 lo 0 1102 Jordan 2 10 0 1160 Hova Ecclesia , 2 10 0
197 Jerusalem 2 10 0 103 Percy 2 10 0 205 Israel 2 10 0 211 St . Michael 2 10 0 231 St . Andrew 5 0 0 238 Pilgrim 2 10 0 215 Mechanics o 5 0
1 * 171 Islington ' 2 10 0 1477 Sir Watkin 2 10 0 1470 Halsey 2 10 0 1507 Metropolitan u 10 0 1519 Albert Kdward 2 10 0 1520 Shrewsbury 2 10 0 1537 Sir Peter Westminster 2 10 0
218 True Lovo and Unity 2 10 0 251 Loyal 2 10 0 253 Tyrian 2 10 0 257 Phrenix 2 10 0 250 Prince of Wales 2 10 o 269 Fidelity a 10 () 277 Friendship 2 10 0
1575 Clivo 2 10 0 1582 Llanidloes 2 10 0 1581 Loyalty and Charity 2 10 0 1503 Royal Naval College 2 10 0 1015 Bayard 2 10 0 1021 Kcclostoti 2 10 0 1635 Canterbury 2 10 0
281 Stmkcspearo 2 10 0 207 AVitham 2 10 0 303 Benevolent 2 10 0 311 South Saxon 2 10 0 315 Royal York 2 10 o 310 Alfred a 10 0 357 Apollo ( Oxford ) 5 0 0
1039 Availing Street 2 10 0 1074 Caradoc 2 10 0 1679 Honrv Muggoridge 1 4 0 1087 The Rothesay 2 lo 0 1703 AVindrush 2 10 0 1701 Anchor io 0 171 -1 * Albert Edward 2 10 0
360 Pomfret 3 10 0 362 Doric 2 10 o 379 Honour > j HI O 403 Hertford 2 10 0 411 Union 2 10 0 418 Alonturia ¦> \ o o 429 Royal Navy 2 10 0 130
1768 Progress a io " 1709 Arnold 2 10 " IS 20 St . Thomas While 2 10 ° 1821 AUiiigworth 2 10 0 1830 Duke of Cornwall 2 10 0 1812 St . Leonard 3 10 0 1838 Tudor of Rifle Volunteers 2 lo 0
Fidelity 2 10 0 Wl Hope ( o o 150 Cornubian a 10 o jo * East Surrey of Concord 2 10 o * ' 8 Churchill 2 10 o -1 » 1 Faith 2 10 o *) t Virtue and Honour 2 10 o
1855 S ' . Maurice 2 10 0 1863 Unitv 2 10 <> 1887 St . Hilda 2 10 0 1806 Audloy 2 10 0 1890 Wellesley 2 10 0 1900 Montague Guest 2 10 0 1902 St . Cnthbert 2 10 0
o 03 Belvidere a io o 539 St . Matthew 2 10 0 oil Sutherland 2 10 o BIS Etruscan 2 10 0 W 8 AVellington 2 10 0 008 Temple 2 10 0 501
1010 Shadwell Clerke 2 10 0 1020 Eurydico 2 10 0 1917 Stanford 2 lo 0 1901 Clevkouwell 2 10 0 1971 St . Mary Abbotts 2 10 0 2012 Chiswick fi 5 0
Zetland 10 o IS ? ?? " ? ' * * ' ** nora 2 10 0 m ! D , bbey a 10 0 659 Blagdon 2 10 0 ««* ' Montagu 2 10 o 738 Staffordshire Knot 2 10 0 I J Yarboroiigh 2 10 0 t > -3 Vicioria Rifles 2 10 0 8 l
2060 La Franco 2 10 0 2090 Hammersmith 2 io < " " 2092 Highbury 2 lo 0 2095 Cntevham 2 10 0 2108 Kmpirc 2 10 0 2127 Drury Lauo 2 10 0 2110 Cordon 2 10 0 2201 Karl of Sussex 2 10 0
'l Finsbury ¦> Hi o 7 R ° * ! ft , " 5 0 0 H' 7 Royal Alfred 2 10 0 H'H Southwark 2 10 0 8 ! H ) Hornsey Z ,.- , n 0 ° 5 & i rj 0 "' " 3 ft 0 02 . ) Hertford o in n 9 H Prince of Wales 1 1 0
2228 Done 2 10 0 2233 Old AVestminstor 2 10 0 2256 Warner 2 10 0 2265 Highbury 2 10 0 2323 Bashoy Hall 2 10 0 2318 Lombardi .-m 2 10 0
CHAPTERS .
142 St . Thomas 2 10 0 I «! Union 2 10 o
| I 1171 Islington 2 10 0 | 2108 Empire 2 10 0
PRIVATE DONORS .
own oy j . Atteuborough 10 10 o Brackstone Uakor i i a < j ? ulon Brown , iSo . 1 1 1 o Richard Evo s - n Col . Gadsden , No . 1 ° i o Sdward Hobbs i I 0
Jabez Hogg , F . L . S ., M . R . C . S . 2 10 0 Richard Jerman 2 10 0 AV . Levy , No . I 110 Supreme Council 330 5 0 0 Richard S . Warrington 2 10 0 T . B . White 2 2 0 Yuliiam Heavy AVhite 2 10 0
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Tho following additional sums havo boon received since our last issue : — LODGES .
53 Royal Sussox 2 10 0 230 Ton Brethren of York ' ' 2 10 0 285 Love and Honour 2 10 0 201 Rural Philanthropic 2 10 0 328 St . John's 2 10 0
; 006 Royal Albert Kdward 2 10 0 ! ) tt Royal Clarence a 10 ti 1002 Skiddaw 2 10 0 1199 Agriculture 2 10 0 1222 St . Kew 2 10 0
137 Science 2 10 0 116 Benevolent 2 10 0 ¦ 150 Foresters 2 10 0 182 St . James' 2 to 0 022 St . Cuthberga 2 10 0 739 Temperance 2 10 0 772 Pilgrims' 2 10 0 811 Parrett and Axe 1 5 0
111 H Falcon 2 10 0 1137 Liberty of Havering 2 10 0 15 . S 7 St . ( iiies I 0 0 1011 Eboiacum 2 10 0 1909 Carnarvon 2 2 0 1012 Minerva ¦ 3 10 0 2378 Kingswood 1 10 0 AVarner ( Instruction ) 2 10 0
The Old Masonians.
THE OLD MASONIANS .
fPHE fourth annual dinner of this Club—formed of ex-pnpila of J . the Royal Masonio Institution for Boys—took place at Anderton ' s Uotel , float-street , on Thursday , tha 8 th inst ., under tbe presidency of Bro . Rov . 0 . J . Martyn P . G . C . Deputy Provincial Grand Master Suffolk , & o . We wero sorry to see a comparatively small nnmber of old pupils present , althongh if we remenber the distant parts of tha country where many of those who havo been provided for at Wood
Green now reside , the attendance cannot be described us bad , but rather as giving proof of considerable unanimity existing among those educated nnder the care of the Freemasons of England . The loyal toasts having been given by the Chairman , and acknowledged , Brother Martyn submitted the toast of the evening—Success to the " Old Masonians '" Association . He felt the Institution whioh provided an
education for the members of this society and other lads was doing a great and nsefnl work , ns was evidenced by the present position of those who wero members of tho Old Masonians Society' The ideas on whioh the Association was established were of the best . Every one was liable to nps and downs in this life , and it behoved them to do what they conld to render a little help to those who needed it .
Re was pleased to know the Association now numbered HO members , but felt that nnmber might lie considerably increased with great benefit to all concerned . The Treasurer of the Society , Mr . C . H . Uwins , responded . He gave an outline of the progress of the Society , and explained that although the . members mads a feature of providing social enjoyment for each other , thev did
so with their own funds , religiously investing any amounts they received from the Craft , until an opportunity presented itself for doing some good with it for one of the pupils leaving the Boys ' School . The founders had hoped that long before then they would be in a position to take a suitable boy from the School and pay for his education at one or other of the Universities , or elsewhere , if
deemed desirable , but that success had not yet been achieved . . . The Secretary of the Society , Mr . R . H . Williams , also replied , and then the Vice Presidents were toasted , Bro . A . Barfield P . G . Treasnrer responding . Mr . Uwins proposed prosperity to the R . M . I , for Boys , coupling with it the name of Bro . F . Binckes , who , he said , had . dons more to benefit the Boys' School and the pnpils of that Institution
than any other man had done or conld possibly do . He knew thore were some who expressed an opposite opinion , but he defied any boy who had been educated ab Wood Green to come before a committee of his schoolfellows—and in this respect there could not possibly ba a bettor tribunal—and prove that Mr . Binckes bad ever dona anything detrimental either , to the School as a whole , or to any
pnpil iu particular . This direct challenge from one who may bo accredited with knowing something of tbe snbject on which he spoke was perhaps the only praise of Brother Binckes that did not call forth signs of disapproval from or two of the old boys present , and whose attendance at the meeting had evidently been arranged in the hope of making things unpleasant . If this was
their desire they failed most miserably , and some of those who went to tho * gathering feeling there might , perhaps , be a little fire to account for all the obnoxious smoke which has surrounded the Boys ' School and ita Secretary for the last few months , were convinced , on the very beat evidence— -that of the boys themselves—that injustice has been dono . Brother Frederick Binckes replied in a forcible
speech , warming to the subject , as any . one who knows him would give him credit for doing , when speaking to tha lads for whom and with whom he has so long worked . He reviewed his association with the School , and regretted that circumstances had arisen that compelled him to sever his connection with it . Ho should never forgot the way in whioh Mr . Uwins had challenged
the old pnpils to prove what had been urged during the last few months , and folt much happier in knowing the old pnpils did not regard him as their enemy . Ho had been told he was not popular with the boys , bnt if the meeting before him was any thing to go by —and he claimed it was a representative one—that charge was disproved , and disproved too in a most forcible manner . Mr . Packer
proposed the health of the Chairman , who replied . Then Bro . James Terry responded for the visitors , and the Chairman took leave of tha meeting . Bro . Binckes took the head of the table and gave the Masonic Press , to which Bro . W . W . Morgan jun . replied , and the proceedings were brought to a conclusion . We regret that pressure on onr space prevents onr giving a more lengthy account of the
proceedings . Bro . Martyn gave somo excellent speeches , urging tbe boys to work on , with the determination of succeeding , and pointing ont to them many ways in which success might be secured and failure rendered less likely than was possible under ordinary conditions . Other of the speoches were also good , and deserve being reported in full , but as we have said there is no space available for the purpose .
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys .
PENSIONS COMMUTATION FUND . — : o : —
THE following amounts havo already boon received . Further contributions will be duly acknowledged : — PROVINCES .
West Yorkshire ^ 10 { j 0 Otoncestershue 35 o 0 Monmouth 23 10 0
Nottinghamshire 0 9 0 Knst Lancashire ( lst instal . ) 62 10 0 AVarwickshire 5 5 0
LODGES .
Tho Grand Stewards 3 10 0 1 Grand Masters 3 10 0 4 R Somerset House & Inv . 3 10 0 7 B . York of Perseverance 3 10 0 s The British 3 10 0
! ) 73 Royal Somerset ( Fromo ) 3 10 0 970 Four Cardinal Virtues 3 10 0 9 S 5 Alexandra 1 10 0 001 Tyno 5 0 0 1000 Priory 3 10 0
II Enoch a 1 V " 11 Tuscan f }<> » 2 , | Globe * W 0 26 Castle of Harmony 3 10 0 38 01 ( 1 King's Arms 3 10 0 32 Harmony 2 10 0
1003 Princo of Wales 3 10 0 1017 Montefiore - 3 10 0 103 B Bowyer 3 10 0 1016 St . Andrew ' s 3 10 0 1050 Victoria 2 10 0 1060 Marmion 2 10 0 1061 2 10 0
34 Mount Moriah 5 0 0 37 Anchor and Hope 3 10 0 38 Union 2 10 0 ¦ 10 Dorwent 2 10 0 15 Strong Man 3 10 0 17 Newstead 2 2 0 52 Union 3 lo 0
Borough 1126 Oakwood 2 10 0 1135 Concord 2 10 0 1111 Mid-Sassex 3 10 0 1113 Royal Denbigh 3 10 0 1119 Dorking 2 10 0 1150 Buckingham AChandos 2 10 0
58 Felicity 2 lo 0 60 Pence and Harmony 5 o o 03 St . Mary 2 10 0 70 St . John ( Plymouth ) 2 10 0 7 + Athol 2 10 0 08 St . Martin 2 10 0 09 Shakespiwo 3 io o
1155 Excelsior 2 10 0 1159 Mn .:-quis oE Dalhousie 2 10 o 1196 Urban 2 10 0 1201 Eclectic 2 10 0 1209 Lewis 2 10 0 1232 H ' erewartl ( llmtjiiialmlt . ) 0 10 0 1251 Semper Fidel's 2 10 o
K > 3 Beaufort . 2 10 0 101 . St . John 2 10 0 I OS Fortitude 2 lo o 113 Unanimity 2 10 0 132 Unity 2 10 0 137 Amity 2 10 0 113 Middlesex 2 10 0
1281 I ' . i-mit 2 io II 1201 St . Allmn 2 10 0 1303 Pelham 2 11 0 1328 The Granite 2 10 0 1320 Sphinx 2 10 0 1335 Lindsay 2 10 0 1330 Square and Compass 2 10 0
155 Perseverance 2 10 0 165 Honour and Generosity 2 10 0 169 Temperance 2 10 0 173 PhiEnix 2 10 0 177 Domatic 5 0 0 178 Antiquity ( Wigan ) 2 10 0 101 St . Paul 2 10 0
1358 Torhay 2 10 0 1363 Tyndall 1 5 0 1367 Manor 2 10 0 1381 Kennington 5 0 0 1383 Friends in Council 2 lo 0 1102 Jordan 2 10 0 1160 Hova Ecclesia , 2 10 0
197 Jerusalem 2 10 0 103 Percy 2 10 0 205 Israel 2 10 0 211 St . Michael 2 10 0 231 St . Andrew 5 0 0 238 Pilgrim 2 10 0 215 Mechanics o 5 0
1 * 171 Islington ' 2 10 0 1477 Sir Watkin 2 10 0 1470 Halsey 2 10 0 1507 Metropolitan u 10 0 1519 Albert Kdward 2 10 0 1520 Shrewsbury 2 10 0 1537 Sir Peter Westminster 2 10 0
218 True Lovo and Unity 2 10 0 251 Loyal 2 10 0 253 Tyrian 2 10 0 257 Phrenix 2 10 0 250 Prince of Wales 2 10 o 269 Fidelity a 10 () 277 Friendship 2 10 0
1575 Clivo 2 10 0 1582 Llanidloes 2 10 0 1581 Loyalty and Charity 2 10 0 1503 Royal Naval College 2 10 0 1015 Bayard 2 10 0 1021 Kcclostoti 2 10 0 1635 Canterbury 2 10 0
281 Stmkcspearo 2 10 0 207 AVitham 2 10 0 303 Benevolent 2 10 0 311 South Saxon 2 10 0 315 Royal York 2 10 o 310 Alfred a 10 0 357 Apollo ( Oxford ) 5 0 0
1039 Availing Street 2 10 0 1074 Caradoc 2 10 0 1679 Honrv Muggoridge 1 4 0 1087 The Rothesay 2 lo 0 1703 AVindrush 2 10 0 1701 Anchor io 0 171 -1 * Albert Edward 2 10 0
360 Pomfret 3 10 0 362 Doric 2 10 o 379 Honour > j HI O 403 Hertford 2 10 0 411 Union 2 10 0 418 Alonturia ¦> \ o o 429 Royal Navy 2 10 0 130
1768 Progress a io " 1709 Arnold 2 10 " IS 20 St . Thomas While 2 10 ° 1821 AUiiigworth 2 10 0 1830 Duke of Cornwall 2 10 0 1812 St . Leonard 3 10 0 1838 Tudor of Rifle Volunteers 2 lo 0
Fidelity 2 10 0 Wl Hope ( o o 150 Cornubian a 10 o jo * East Surrey of Concord 2 10 o * ' 8 Churchill 2 10 o -1 » 1 Faith 2 10 o *) t Virtue and Honour 2 10 o
1855 S ' . Maurice 2 10 0 1863 Unitv 2 10 <> 1887 St . Hilda 2 10 0 1806 Audloy 2 10 0 1890 Wellesley 2 10 0 1900 Montague Guest 2 10 0 1902 St . Cnthbert 2 10 0
o 03 Belvidere a io o 539 St . Matthew 2 10 0 oil Sutherland 2 10 o BIS Etruscan 2 10 0 W 8 AVellington 2 10 0 008 Temple 2 10 0 501
1010 Shadwell Clerke 2 10 0 1020 Eurydico 2 10 0 1917 Stanford 2 lo 0 1901 Clevkouwell 2 10 0 1971 St . Mary Abbotts 2 10 0 2012 Chiswick fi 5 0
Zetland 10 o IS ? ?? " ? ' * * ' ** nora 2 10 0 m ! D , bbey a 10 0 659 Blagdon 2 10 0 ««* ' Montagu 2 10 o 738 Staffordshire Knot 2 10 0 I J Yarboroiigh 2 10 0 t > -3 Vicioria Rifles 2 10 0 8 l
2060 La Franco 2 10 0 2090 Hammersmith 2 io < " " 2092 Highbury 2 lo 0 2095 Cntevham 2 10 0 2108 Kmpirc 2 10 0 2127 Drury Lauo 2 10 0 2110 Cordon 2 10 0 2201 Karl of Sussex 2 10 0
'l Finsbury ¦> Hi o 7 R ° * ! ft , " 5 0 0 H' 7 Royal Alfred 2 10 0 H'H Southwark 2 10 0 8 ! H ) Hornsey Z ,.- , n 0 ° 5 & i rj 0 "' " 3 ft 0 02 . ) Hertford o in n 9 H Prince of Wales 1 1 0
2228 Done 2 10 0 2233 Old AVestminstor 2 10 0 2256 Warner 2 10 0 2265 Highbury 2 10 0 2323 Bashoy Hall 2 10 0 2318 Lombardi .-m 2 10 0
CHAPTERS .
142 St . Thomas 2 10 0 I «! Union 2 10 o
| I 1171 Islington 2 10 0 | 2108 Empire 2 10 0
PRIVATE DONORS .
own oy j . Atteuborough 10 10 o Brackstone Uakor i i a < j ? ulon Brown , iSo . 1 1 1 o Richard Evo s - n Col . Gadsden , No . 1 ° i o Sdward Hobbs i I 0
Jabez Hogg , F . L . S ., M . R . C . S . 2 10 0 Richard Jerman 2 10 0 AV . Levy , No . I 110 Supreme Council 330 5 0 0 Richard S . Warrington 2 10 0 T . B . White 2 2 0 Yuliiam Heavy AVhite 2 10 0
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Tho following additional sums havo boon received since our last issue : — LODGES .
53 Royal Sussox 2 10 0 230 Ton Brethren of York ' ' 2 10 0 285 Love and Honour 2 10 0 201 Rural Philanthropic 2 10 0 328 St . John's 2 10 0
; 006 Royal Albert Kdward 2 10 0 ! ) tt Royal Clarence a 10 ti 1002 Skiddaw 2 10 0 1199 Agriculture 2 10 0 1222 St . Kew 2 10 0
137 Science 2 10 0 116 Benevolent 2 10 0 ¦ 150 Foresters 2 10 0 182 St . James' 2 to 0 022 St . Cuthberga 2 10 0 739 Temperance 2 10 0 772 Pilgrims' 2 10 0 811 Parrett and Axe 1 5 0
111 H Falcon 2 10 0 1137 Liberty of Havering 2 10 0 15 . S 7 St . ( iiies I 0 0 1011 Eboiacum 2 10 0 1909 Carnarvon 2 2 0 1012 Minerva ¦ 3 10 0 2378 Kingswood 1 10 0 AVarner ( Instruction ) 2 10 0
The Old Masonians.
THE OLD MASONIANS .
fPHE fourth annual dinner of this Club—formed of ex-pnpila of J . the Royal Masonio Institution for Boys—took place at Anderton ' s Uotel , float-street , on Thursday , tha 8 th inst ., under tbe presidency of Bro . Rov . 0 . J . Martyn P . G . C . Deputy Provincial Grand Master Suffolk , & o . We wero sorry to see a comparatively small nnmber of old pupils present , althongh if we remenber the distant parts of tha country where many of those who havo been provided for at Wood
Green now reside , the attendance cannot be described us bad , but rather as giving proof of considerable unanimity existing among those educated nnder the care of the Freemasons of England . The loyal toasts having been given by the Chairman , and acknowledged , Brother Martyn submitted the toast of the evening—Success to the " Old Masonians '" Association . He felt the Institution whioh provided an
education for the members of this society and other lads was doing a great and nsefnl work , ns was evidenced by the present position of those who wero members of tho Old Masonians Society' The ideas on whioh the Association was established were of the best . Every one was liable to nps and downs in this life , and it behoved them to do what they conld to render a little help to those who needed it .
Re was pleased to know the Association now numbered HO members , but felt that nnmber might lie considerably increased with great benefit to all concerned . The Treasurer of the Society , Mr . C . H . Uwins , responded . He gave an outline of the progress of the Society , and explained that although the . members mads a feature of providing social enjoyment for each other , thev did
so with their own funds , religiously investing any amounts they received from the Craft , until an opportunity presented itself for doing some good with it for one of the pupils leaving the Boys ' School . The founders had hoped that long before then they would be in a position to take a suitable boy from the School and pay for his education at one or other of the Universities , or elsewhere , if
deemed desirable , but that success had not yet been achieved . . . The Secretary of the Society , Mr . R . H . Williams , also replied , and then the Vice Presidents were toasted , Bro . A . Barfield P . G . Treasnrer responding . Mr . Uwins proposed prosperity to the R . M . I , for Boys , coupling with it the name of Bro . F . Binckes , who , he said , had . dons more to benefit the Boys' School and the pnpils of that Institution
than any other man had done or conld possibly do . He knew thore were some who expressed an opposite opinion , but he defied any boy who had been educated ab Wood Green to come before a committee of his schoolfellows—and in this respect there could not possibly ba a bettor tribunal—and prove that Mr . Binckes bad ever dona anything detrimental either , to the School as a whole , or to any
pnpil iu particular . This direct challenge from one who may bo accredited with knowing something of tbe snbject on which he spoke was perhaps the only praise of Brother Binckes that did not call forth signs of disapproval from or two of the old boys present , and whose attendance at the meeting had evidently been arranged in the hope of making things unpleasant . If this was
their desire they failed most miserably , and some of those who went to tho * gathering feeling there might , perhaps , be a little fire to account for all the obnoxious smoke which has surrounded the Boys ' School and ita Secretary for the last few months , were convinced , on the very beat evidence— -that of the boys themselves—that injustice has been dono . Brother Frederick Binckes replied in a forcible
speech , warming to the subject , as any . one who knows him would give him credit for doing , when speaking to tha lads for whom and with whom he has so long worked . He reviewed his association with the School , and regretted that circumstances had arisen that compelled him to sever his connection with it . Ho should never forgot the way in whioh Mr . Uwins had challenged
the old pnpils to prove what had been urged during the last few months , and folt much happier in knowing the old pnpils did not regard him as their enemy . Ho had been told he was not popular with the boys , bnt if the meeting before him was any thing to go by —and he claimed it was a representative one—that charge was disproved , and disproved too in a most forcible manner . Mr . Packer
proposed the health of the Chairman , who replied . Then Bro . James Terry responded for the visitors , and the Chairman took leave of tha meeting . Bro . Binckes took the head of the table and gave the Masonic Press , to which Bro . W . W . Morgan jun . replied , and the proceedings were brought to a conclusion . We regret that pressure on onr space prevents onr giving a more lengthy account of the
proceedings . Bro . Martyn gave somo excellent speeches , urging tbe boys to work on , with the determination of succeeding , and pointing ont to them many ways in which success might be secured and failure rendered less likely than was possible under ordinary conditions . Other of the speoches were also good , and deserve being reported in full , but as we have said there is no space available for the purpose .
Ad00703
IMPORTANT NOTICE . —Confidential Advice free per post to all in weak and failing health , with loss of strength and vitality . Fifty years experience in Nervous Ailments . Address , The Secretary , 3 Fitzallan Squars . Sheffield . Form of Correspondence Free . Write to-day ,