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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L EADERS— PAGE . Approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... 113 Lodges of Instruction ... ... ... ... ¦••114
United Grand Lodge of England ( Quarterly Communication ) ... ... 114 Grard Lodgeof Mark Master Masons ( Quarterly Communication ) ... ... 115 The Recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... nfi Annual Festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement ... ... nfi Annual Supper of the Earl of . Lathom Lodge of Instruction ... ... 117
MASONIC NOTESQuarterly Communication of United Grand Lodse of England ... ... rro Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons ... rig Consecration of the Alfred Newton Lodge , No . 26 S 6 ... ... ... nj Consecration of the Arcadian Lodge , No . 2 fiij 6 ... ... ... 119 Meeting of the Governors of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution ... ... ... ... ... ... 119
Reviews ... ••••••••¦•••... ... 120 Consecration of the Pellipar Lodge , No . 2 & J 3-- ••••••... 120 Ladies' Night of the Southern Star Lodge , No . 115 S ... ... ... 121 Craft Masonrv ... _ ... ... ... ... ... 121 Red Cross of Rome and Ccnstantine ... ... ... ... 124 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 124 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 124
Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
Now that thc Benevolent Institution has celebrated its anniversary , tlie duty devolves upon us of calling our readers ' attention to the claims upon their support of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . Thc story has bcen repeated " main * a
time and oft , " in these pages , but it must be repeated , just as the Festival is repeated annually , until the time shall come , if indeed , it ever comes , when the Institution shall lind itself in a position to meet all its expenditure out of its own funds . The
day appointed for the celebration of the i ioth Festival is , as previously announced , Wednesday , the 18 th . May , and the distinguished brother who has consented to preside on the occasion is Alderman Sir REGINALD 11 ANSON , Dart ., M . I \ , Fast ( i . Warden
of England , who , though he has not a Province at his back , is the majority of our Festival Chairman have , will , no doubt , be generousl y supported b y the lodges and brethren in the Metropolitan district . That he will need all the support which is to
lie obtained , both from London and the Provinces , is beyond question . We cannot , in reason , expect that the successes of the last four years will be repeated on this occasion . The Boys '
School is calling upon the Craft for a supreme effort in its behalf , i" order that it may worthily celebrate the Centenary of its foundation , just as in iSSS , the Girls' School made a similar
appeal in behalf of its Centenary , and in 1 S 92 the lienevolent adopted the same course in respect of its Jubilee . We are , therefore , prepared in this case , as we were in that of the Ohl cople , for a substantial reduction in the total of donations and
subscriptions , so that the Boys' School may have the fullest oppoitunit y of winning support from all parts of the country unng this momentous year . What , however , we do desire fo S < ; , ~" " wliat we regret to say has not been realised m . ir , Be » cvolent Institution —is that the year ' s delicit ' ) ' be met , or approximately met . Our annmient—and we aS as bc
six- •* ' •^ S 0 U 1 Ul a ° c : in advanced—is that whatever ' „ ¦ ' CaLl , re t , lerc may be associated wilh any particular ••' ¦ niversary of this or thnt In ^ i ,,. ; ,.,, , 1 ,,. ; , lnsULuUonthe Slirequired to make
good tl - •- - m t'ons - / , , ' s dcli . » - * y of income in the other two Inslituhanne , 1 ^ forlhco , llin S or very nearly so . This is what volent i r yCar ° f lhe Girls' Ccntenary-whe-i the Bene-School il ' , sccurcd : i total of £ 15 , 296 , while the Boys ' Centcnar ° V - FCSliVaI ^ Ild ( 1 wit , li" t , 1 reci wceks ° f t ,, e Girls ' }> and its then Managing Committee had already fallen
Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
into bad odour with the Craft , received £ 8674 , which may very probably have been augmented to close on £ 9000 before the year was out . In 18 92 , the Girls' School Festival resulted in a total of £ 10 , 000 , and that of the Boys' School in one of £ 12 , 600 .
Thus , though in 1 S 88 the Boys' School suffered considerably , labouring as it did under special disadvantages , which do not apply to either the lienevolent or Girls' Institutions this year , the total raised in that year , outside the Girls' Centenary total of
£ 51 , 500 , was not far short of £ 24 , , and in 1892 it exceeded £ 22 , 500 , irrespective of the Benevolent Jubilee Return of £ 69 , 000 . So far the precedents established in the years we have
quoted have not been followed , the recent Benevolent Festival having yielded a sum equal to about half its annual expenditure , or , to be more exact , about two-thirds of the year ' s deficiency .
What result will attend the Girls' Festival in May is the question which must engage our attention during the next eight or 10 weeks .
There arc two points which we are most anxious to impress upon our readers . In the lirst place , the permanent income of •the Institution consists of the exceedingly modest grants of £ 150 and £ 10 ios . by Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter respectively ,
and the dividends on invested capital , or about £ 2500 , while the fixed expenditure ranges between £ 13 , 000 and £ 14 , 000 . There is thus an excess of expenditure over income of about—in round figures— £ 11 , 500 , and very naturally it is to the Anniversary
Festival to which the governing body must look to supply the bulk of this sum . But we can hardly expect that Bro . HEDGES will succeed in rallying to the support of the Chairman anything approaching in numbers to the Boards which rendered such
valuable service in 18 97 and the three years which preceded it . The number of ladies and brethren who have thus far volunteered their services as Stewards is , we understand , about 100 short of what it was at the corresponding period of last year ,
when a Board of 3 S 5 ( 1 S 2 London and 203 Provinces ) raised upwards of £ 16 , 000 . There are , happily , two and a half months between now and the appointed day in which to augment this number , and those who consent to serve now will have ample time
to canvass for donations and subscriptions . We therefore appeal to the Provinces , lodges , and brethren to do all they can , consistently with any engagements they may have entered into , to
support the governing body ot the Girls School in their responsible and arduous task of raising the ways and means for the current year . The money is needed , and we trust will be forthcoming .
Our second point is that , whatever the Craft may , in its discretion , see fit to contribute to this much-loved Institution , it will not only be most thankfully received , but , the brethren may rely upon it , will be most faithfully , and , we may add , most
advantageously applied . There are some 270 girls in the Institution , and wc have no hesitation in saying that the education they receive—mental , moral , and physical—is about the best of its class that can be had at any scholastic Institution within
the three kingdoms . Of this the evidence is annually forthcoming not merely in the tale of successes achieved at the different public examinations , for which the children are entered , but likewise in the high tone and exemplary demeanour uniformly
exhibited by the children themselves . There is , indeed , no school in the world in which greater care is successfully bestowed on the mental , moral , and physical training of the girls entrusted to ils charge ; ancl as when it makes this statement , the Freemason is but echoing the opinion held of our Girls' Institution b y
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
L EADERS— PAGE . Approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... 113 Lodges of Instruction ... ... ... ... ¦••114
United Grand Lodge of England ( Quarterly Communication ) ... ... 114 Grard Lodgeof Mark Master Masons ( Quarterly Communication ) ... ... 115 The Recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... nfi Annual Festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement ... ... nfi Annual Supper of the Earl of . Lathom Lodge of Instruction ... ... 117
MASONIC NOTESQuarterly Communication of United Grand Lodse of England ... ... rro Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons ... rig Consecration of the Alfred Newton Lodge , No . 26 S 6 ... ... ... nj Consecration of the Arcadian Lodge , No . 2 fiij 6 ... ... ... 119 Meeting of the Governors of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution ... ... ... ... ... ... 119
Reviews ... ••••••••¦•••... ... 120 Consecration of the Pellipar Lodge , No . 2 & J 3-- ••••••... 120 Ladies' Night of the Southern Star Lodge , No . 115 S ... ... ... 121 Craft Masonrv ... _ ... ... ... ... ... 121 Red Cross of Rome and Ccnstantine ... ... ... ... 124 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 124 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 124
Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
Now that thc Benevolent Institution has celebrated its anniversary , tlie duty devolves upon us of calling our readers ' attention to the claims upon their support of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . Thc story has bcen repeated " main * a
time and oft , " in these pages , but it must be repeated , just as the Festival is repeated annually , until the time shall come , if indeed , it ever comes , when the Institution shall lind itself in a position to meet all its expenditure out of its own funds . The
day appointed for the celebration of the i ioth Festival is , as previously announced , Wednesday , the 18 th . May , and the distinguished brother who has consented to preside on the occasion is Alderman Sir REGINALD 11 ANSON , Dart ., M . I \ , Fast ( i . Warden
of England , who , though he has not a Province at his back , is the majority of our Festival Chairman have , will , no doubt , be generousl y supported b y the lodges and brethren in the Metropolitan district . That he will need all the support which is to
lie obtained , both from London and the Provinces , is beyond question . We cannot , in reason , expect that the successes of the last four years will be repeated on this occasion . The Boys '
School is calling upon the Craft for a supreme effort in its behalf , i" order that it may worthily celebrate the Centenary of its foundation , just as in iSSS , the Girls' School made a similar
appeal in behalf of its Centenary , and in 1 S 92 the lienevolent adopted the same course in respect of its Jubilee . We are , therefore , prepared in this case , as we were in that of the Ohl cople , for a substantial reduction in the total of donations and
subscriptions , so that the Boys' School may have the fullest oppoitunit y of winning support from all parts of the country unng this momentous year . What , however , we do desire fo S < ; , ~" " wliat we regret to say has not been realised m . ir , Be » cvolent Institution —is that the year ' s delicit ' ) ' be met , or approximately met . Our annmient—and we aS as bc
six- •* ' •^ S 0 U 1 Ul a ° c : in advanced—is that whatever ' „ ¦ ' CaLl , re t , lerc may be associated wilh any particular ••' ¦ niversary of this or thnt In ^ i ,,. ; ,.,, , 1 ,,. ; , lnsULuUonthe Slirequired to make
good tl - •- - m t'ons - / , , ' s dcli . » - * y of income in the other two Inslituhanne , 1 ^ forlhco , llin S or very nearly so . This is what volent i r yCar ° f lhe Girls' Ccntenary-whe-i the Bene-School il ' , sccurcd : i total of £ 15 , 296 , while the Boys ' Centcnar ° V - FCSliVaI ^ Ild ( 1 wit , li" t , 1 reci wceks ° f t ,, e Girls ' }> and its then Managing Committee had already fallen
Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
into bad odour with the Craft , received £ 8674 , which may very probably have been augmented to close on £ 9000 before the year was out . In 18 92 , the Girls' School Festival resulted in a total of £ 10 , 000 , and that of the Boys' School in one of £ 12 , 600 .
Thus , though in 1 S 88 the Boys' School suffered considerably , labouring as it did under special disadvantages , which do not apply to either the lienevolent or Girls' Institutions this year , the total raised in that year , outside the Girls' Centenary total of
£ 51 , 500 , was not far short of £ 24 , , and in 1892 it exceeded £ 22 , 500 , irrespective of the Benevolent Jubilee Return of £ 69 , 000 . So far the precedents established in the years we have
quoted have not been followed , the recent Benevolent Festival having yielded a sum equal to about half its annual expenditure , or , to be more exact , about two-thirds of the year ' s deficiency .
What result will attend the Girls' Festival in May is the question which must engage our attention during the next eight or 10 weeks .
There arc two points which we are most anxious to impress upon our readers . In the lirst place , the permanent income of •the Institution consists of the exceedingly modest grants of £ 150 and £ 10 ios . by Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter respectively ,
and the dividends on invested capital , or about £ 2500 , while the fixed expenditure ranges between £ 13 , 000 and £ 14 , 000 . There is thus an excess of expenditure over income of about—in round figures— £ 11 , 500 , and very naturally it is to the Anniversary
Festival to which the governing body must look to supply the bulk of this sum . But we can hardly expect that Bro . HEDGES will succeed in rallying to the support of the Chairman anything approaching in numbers to the Boards which rendered such
valuable service in 18 97 and the three years which preceded it . The number of ladies and brethren who have thus far volunteered their services as Stewards is , we understand , about 100 short of what it was at the corresponding period of last year ,
when a Board of 3 S 5 ( 1 S 2 London and 203 Provinces ) raised upwards of £ 16 , 000 . There are , happily , two and a half months between now and the appointed day in which to augment this number , and those who consent to serve now will have ample time
to canvass for donations and subscriptions . We therefore appeal to the Provinces , lodges , and brethren to do all they can , consistently with any engagements they may have entered into , to
support the governing body ot the Girls School in their responsible and arduous task of raising the ways and means for the current year . The money is needed , and we trust will be forthcoming .
Our second point is that , whatever the Craft may , in its discretion , see fit to contribute to this much-loved Institution , it will not only be most thankfully received , but , the brethren may rely upon it , will be most faithfully , and , we may add , most
advantageously applied . There are some 270 girls in the Institution , and wc have no hesitation in saying that the education they receive—mental , moral , and physical—is about the best of its class that can be had at any scholastic Institution within
the three kingdoms . Of this the evidence is annually forthcoming not merely in the tale of successes achieved at the different public examinations , for which the children are entered , but likewise in the high tone and exemplary demeanour uniformly
exhibited by the children themselves . There is , indeed , no school in the world in which greater care is successfully bestowed on the mental , moral , and physical training of the girls entrusted to ils charge ; ancl as when it makes this statement , the Freemason is but echoing the opinion held of our Girls' Institution b y