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of our vieAv . It is for those who hold the opposite opinion to make their defence , while it is only to the future wo can look for an ultimate and reliable verdict .
One feature in connection with this subject , from which we expect much is , the inquiry about to take place into the discipline , expenditure , and administration of tho Loyal Masonic Institution for Boys . The special Committee appointed to make this
inquiry will meet at Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday and Friday next , the 1 st aud 2 nd November . It is not expected that the inquiry will be completed in those two days , as the matters to be looked into are
numerous , and the evidence to be sifted too important for hasty dismissal . We believe , however , the right men have been appointed on the Committee , to ensure a thorough and impartial investigation , and whatever decision they may arrive at we believe it will prove
oi ultimate advantage to the Institution . II everything is right confidence will he restored , and if any thing is wrong we may be sure an immediate alteration will be attempted . Turning now to the Sister Institution we have again to defend ourselves . We recently said it was a great disappointment to the Graft that no increased
vacancies had been declared as a result of the splendid success of the Centenary Festival , and such is the case . A " VICE PATRON OF THE THREE INSTITUTIONS " entirely disagrees with our remarks , as his letter in our last issue shows . He says that the fewer children admitted durins the reconstruction of the buildinss
the better , while ho is also averse to paying for children out of the School . We admit the justice of the former objection , but cannot agree in regard to the latter , neither can we approve of tho action of the management in allowing the election following the Centenary celebration to pass without some tangible and immediate mark of their appreciation of what was done by the Craft in connection with that
celebration . If the new buildings are not , and cannot be ready for additional pupils at the ordinary time of admission , it would have been politic to declare the vacancies , on the understanding that the children could not be admitted until the necessary alterations were completed , but to allow the Centenary
year to pass without any tangible mark of appreciation of what was done , is neither wise nor justifiable . We are aware more than one "thank offering" has been made in connection with this year ' s celebration ; but unfortunately they have been of a character rather calculated to annoy than appease the general body of subscribers . At the June General Committee of the Institution it was decided
to expend the sum of one hundred guineas in order to present the staff and pupils with a medal or badge to commemorate the Centenary . On the principle that to those that have shall be erven , we sunnose this
expenditure was justifiable . A little later it is proposed to increase the salary of the Secretary and make him a handsome present for his share in the success of this year ' s Festival . The gratuity was opposed , but the increase of salary was augmented , so as to make
Bro . Hedges' salary the same as that of his colleagues of the other Institutions . This means an increase of salary for Bro . Hedges of two hundred pounds per annum , so that he at least will be able to point to
some tangible benefit as the result of the Centenary celebration . But what about the poor widows and orphans who are refused any aid in their hour of distress , and cannot set any further satisfaction than
to be told that the pupils already in the Institution had a hundred guineas spent in the purchase of a Centenary memorial , while the Secretary ' s salary was
raised irom £ 500 to £ 700 per annum . It is not for us to complain , if the men who subscribe the money desire to spend it in this way ; on the contrary , we heartily congratulate Bro . Hedges on having such appreciative employers , but we musi be excused if we
The Masonic Charities.
i consider that such lavish expenditure is likely to lead to a considerable withdrawal of sympathy from the Educational Institutions . The hundred guineas to which we have referred above as being voted to provide a medal or badge for the staff and pupils of the Institution was expended
by the House Committee in a most satisfactory manner . They had the money to spend , and they laid it out most judiciously in the purchase of a
brooch lor each ot the recipients , those ot the staff being of gold , and those for the children of silver . We have pleasure in presenting a sketch of this presentation , and from the specimen we have seen we have no hesitation in saying that the article forms a most pleasing memento of the occasion
it is intended to celebrate . The brooch was designed by our esteemed Grand Secretary of England , Colonel Shadwell H . Gierke , while its manufacture was entrusted to Messrs . Johnson , Walker , and Tolhurst , of 80 Aldersgate Street , the same firm who manufactured the diamond butterfly presented by the
Freemasons of England to the Princess of Wales as a memorial of her Silver Wedding . The work was splendidly executed , and we need hardly say that tho recipients fully appreciate the kindly consideration which has been shown them .
Comments On " Facts And Fictions."
COMMENTS ON " FACTS AND FICTIONS . "
BY BROTHER JACOB NORTON . ( Continued from page 243 ) . BRO . SADLER says that ( J . N . ) " waa forgotten when bumps of veneration were served out , " and , on the other hand , I admit that Bro . Sadler was not forgotten
upon that occasion , for otherwise he would not have ventured to whitewash the originators of the Ancients . But , notwithstanding his large venerating bump , he knows too much of Masonic history to believe Derrnott's story that
the Moderns altered or changed the Master ' s word " in or about 1717 . " Hence , he places the year of innovation to "in or about 1730 . " But whether the Grand Lodge ordered in 1750 to change ihe Master ' s tvord , or to transpose
something in the two first degrees , seems to puzzle Bro . Sadler . And this theory he derived , not from the records , but from something he read here and something there , which , with the aid of a little imagination , he persuaded himself
that the Grand Lodge of England authorised , as innovations , in 1730 . Preston , indeed , assigns the year of innovation to 1739 , but Bro . Sadler ' s veneration does not extend to Preston , and he does not believe Preston .
That the ritual underwent a succession of innovations after 1730 I frankly admit ; for instance , theO . B . of 1730 is twice as long as the O . B . of 1724 In the O . B . of 1730 St . John is not mentioned , but in later rituals we find that
" the Lodge was dedicated to St . John . " In 1730 working tools were not symbolised at all ; in 1760 , only in first degree were the working tools explained , and later on they explained the working tools of all the degrees . Nay , even
before 1730 the ritual was tinkered , for in 1723 it was said that a Mason came " from the Lodge of St . Stephen , " bat in the next ritual I find that he came " from the Lodge of
St . John , " and even the Master ' s word was tinkered before 1730 , when different Master ' s words were communicated in different Lodges ; and finally , to prevent confusion , both words were given in England . Henry Price , however ,
in 1733 , brought with him to America the oldest word only ,
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The Masonic Charities.
of our vieAv . It is for those who hold the opposite opinion to make their defence , while it is only to the future wo can look for an ultimate and reliable verdict .
One feature in connection with this subject , from which we expect much is , the inquiry about to take place into the discipline , expenditure , and administration of tho Loyal Masonic Institution for Boys . The special Committee appointed to make this
inquiry will meet at Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday and Friday next , the 1 st aud 2 nd November . It is not expected that the inquiry will be completed in those two days , as the matters to be looked into are
numerous , and the evidence to be sifted too important for hasty dismissal . We believe , however , the right men have been appointed on the Committee , to ensure a thorough and impartial investigation , and whatever decision they may arrive at we believe it will prove
oi ultimate advantage to the Institution . II everything is right confidence will he restored , and if any thing is wrong we may be sure an immediate alteration will be attempted . Turning now to the Sister Institution we have again to defend ourselves . We recently said it was a great disappointment to the Graft that no increased
vacancies had been declared as a result of the splendid success of the Centenary Festival , and such is the case . A " VICE PATRON OF THE THREE INSTITUTIONS " entirely disagrees with our remarks , as his letter in our last issue shows . He says that the fewer children admitted durins the reconstruction of the buildinss
the better , while ho is also averse to paying for children out of the School . We admit the justice of the former objection , but cannot agree in regard to the latter , neither can we approve of tho action of the management in allowing the election following the Centenary celebration to pass without some tangible and immediate mark of their appreciation of what was done by the Craft in connection with that
celebration . If the new buildings are not , and cannot be ready for additional pupils at the ordinary time of admission , it would have been politic to declare the vacancies , on the understanding that the children could not be admitted until the necessary alterations were completed , but to allow the Centenary
year to pass without any tangible mark of appreciation of what was done , is neither wise nor justifiable . We are aware more than one "thank offering" has been made in connection with this year ' s celebration ; but unfortunately they have been of a character rather calculated to annoy than appease the general body of subscribers . At the June General Committee of the Institution it was decided
to expend the sum of one hundred guineas in order to present the staff and pupils with a medal or badge to commemorate the Centenary . On the principle that to those that have shall be erven , we sunnose this
expenditure was justifiable . A little later it is proposed to increase the salary of the Secretary and make him a handsome present for his share in the success of this year ' s Festival . The gratuity was opposed , but the increase of salary was augmented , so as to make
Bro . Hedges' salary the same as that of his colleagues of the other Institutions . This means an increase of salary for Bro . Hedges of two hundred pounds per annum , so that he at least will be able to point to
some tangible benefit as the result of the Centenary celebration . But what about the poor widows and orphans who are refused any aid in their hour of distress , and cannot set any further satisfaction than
to be told that the pupils already in the Institution had a hundred guineas spent in the purchase of a Centenary memorial , while the Secretary ' s salary was
raised irom £ 500 to £ 700 per annum . It is not for us to complain , if the men who subscribe the money desire to spend it in this way ; on the contrary , we heartily congratulate Bro . Hedges on having such appreciative employers , but we musi be excused if we
The Masonic Charities.
i consider that such lavish expenditure is likely to lead to a considerable withdrawal of sympathy from the Educational Institutions . The hundred guineas to which we have referred above as being voted to provide a medal or badge for the staff and pupils of the Institution was expended
by the House Committee in a most satisfactory manner . They had the money to spend , and they laid it out most judiciously in the purchase of a
brooch lor each ot the recipients , those ot the staff being of gold , and those for the children of silver . We have pleasure in presenting a sketch of this presentation , and from the specimen we have seen we have no hesitation in saying that the article forms a most pleasing memento of the occasion
it is intended to celebrate . The brooch was designed by our esteemed Grand Secretary of England , Colonel Shadwell H . Gierke , while its manufacture was entrusted to Messrs . Johnson , Walker , and Tolhurst , of 80 Aldersgate Street , the same firm who manufactured the diamond butterfly presented by the
Freemasons of England to the Princess of Wales as a memorial of her Silver Wedding . The work was splendidly executed , and we need hardly say that tho recipients fully appreciate the kindly consideration which has been shown them .
Comments On " Facts And Fictions."
COMMENTS ON " FACTS AND FICTIONS . "
BY BROTHER JACOB NORTON . ( Continued from page 243 ) . BRO . SADLER says that ( J . N . ) " waa forgotten when bumps of veneration were served out , " and , on the other hand , I admit that Bro . Sadler was not forgotten
upon that occasion , for otherwise he would not have ventured to whitewash the originators of the Ancients . But , notwithstanding his large venerating bump , he knows too much of Masonic history to believe Derrnott's story that
the Moderns altered or changed the Master ' s word " in or about 1717 . " Hence , he places the year of innovation to "in or about 1730 . " But whether the Grand Lodge ordered in 1750 to change ihe Master ' s tvord , or to transpose
something in the two first degrees , seems to puzzle Bro . Sadler . And this theory he derived , not from the records , but from something he read here and something there , which , with the aid of a little imagination , he persuaded himself
that the Grand Lodge of England authorised , as innovations , in 1730 . Preston , indeed , assigns the year of innovation to 1739 , but Bro . Sadler ' s veneration does not extend to Preston , and he does not believe Preston .
That the ritual underwent a succession of innovations after 1730 I frankly admit ; for instance , theO . B . of 1730 is twice as long as the O . B . of 1724 In the O . B . of 1730 St . John is not mentioned , but in later rituals we find that
" the Lodge was dedicated to St . John . " In 1730 working tools were not symbolised at all ; in 1760 , only in first degree were the working tools explained , and later on they explained the working tools of all the degrees . Nay , even
before 1730 the ritual was tinkered , for in 1723 it was said that a Mason came " from the Lodge of St . Stephen , " bat in the next ritual I find that he came " from the Lodge of
St . John , " and even the Master ' s word was tinkered before 1730 , when different Master ' s words were communicated in different Lodges ; and finally , to prevent confusion , both words were given in England . Henry Price , however ,
in 1733 , brought with him to America the oldest word only ,