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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . J ' HILL , BATTERSBA RISE , S . W . CHIEF P ATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OE WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIUHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution , will be held in the Hall of Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Saturday , 14 th of October , 1 SS 2 , at 12 o'clock precisely , on the General business of the Institution , to consider notices of motion as follow , and to elect Seven Girls into the Schools by ballot from a list of Twenty approved candidates . The Election will commence at One o ' clock ( or after the usual business is over ) , and close at Three o ' clock precisely . To consider the following Notices of Motion based on Resolutions of the Special Committee appointed at the Ouarterly General Court , holden on Saturday , Sth April , 1 SS 2 . 1 . " That the Days of Election in the Two ( Boys' and Girls' ) Institution remain unaltered , provided only—that when the Ouarterly Courts for Election of Candidates shall fall respectively on the Saturday immediately following Good Friday and on Easter Monday , the Quarterly Court in each case shall be postponed to the corresponding days in the ensuing weeks . " 2 . " That whenever the Ouarterly Courts for the Election of Candidates in the Two ( Boys' and Girls' ) Institutions shall fall respectively on the Saturday immediately following Good Friday and on Easter Monday the Quarterly Court in each case shall be postponed for one Notice of Motion by Bro . J A . RUCKER , V . Pat .: upon recommendation of the House Committee . " That a gratuity of Thirty-five Guineas be granted to Miss A . F . Triggs , the Second Assistant Governess , on her appointment to the position of Head Mistress of the Dublin Female Orphan School . " F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Offices : 5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C .
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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . JOHN M . CLABON , ESQ ., HON . SECRETARY . This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ 10 10 s ., Annual Subscribers of & i is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , W . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary .
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Any Gentleman who is a Freemason , having SPARE TIME at his disposal , and wishing to occupy it profitably , will do well by applying by letter to Mr . M . Underwood , 45 Ludgate-hilf , London .
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SITUATION required in TEA TRADE for Youth , aged 19 . Three years' experiencetin Office and Sale-rooms . Good reference . —W ., 60 , Orove Hill-road , S . E .
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VILLA RESIDENCES , to be Let or Sold ( charming ) , rents from £ 35 to £ 55 per annum ; seven , eight , nine , and ten rooms ; close to two Metropolitan District Railway stations and main road , bus route to City ; each fitted with gas , bells , bath-room , hot and cold water , Venetian blinds , and every modern convenience ; gravel soil and good drainage . —Apply to Messrs . Gibbs and Flew ( Limited ) , The Cedars Estate Office , West Kensington , Station , W .
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TO ADVERTISERS . THE F REEMASON lias a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , In it the official Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with the specia sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic worK in this country , our Indian Empire , and the Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the Order during the past few years , and the increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given the Freemason a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week ' s issue are received up to Six o ' clock on Wednesday evening .
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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry n every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , ........ , Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ccvlon , United Kingdom . Australia , New Arabia ,, & c . Zealand & c . 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances mav be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders of Cheques are prefer-cd , the former payable to G EORGE KENNINR , Chief Office , ten Ion . the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
J . . LEITH . —The statement was made on Scottish published authority , and if it is erroneous we are verry sorry , but we decline a personal correspondence . BOOKS , & c . RECEIVED . "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Broad Arrow , " "The Amsterdams Crediet , " "The Citizen , " "Die Baiihutte , " "Exposition Pageant , " "The Freemason" ( New Zealand ) , " Homespun Stories , " "The Hull Packet , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " "The Keystone , " "La Acacia , " "Pianoforte Dealer ' s Guide , " "Sussex Daily News , " " Triunghuil , " "West London Advertiser . "
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Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
( We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free dtscussion . l
THE STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — With the view of defining the relative positions of Past Masters of and in a lodge , 1 beg to suggest the following provision :
" The Past Masters who have passed the chair of a lodge take precedence over all joining Past Masters , whose seniority in a lodge is governed by the date of their affiliation to that lodge . Past Masters joining a lodge possess the same rights and privileges in the said lodge , and in the Provincial or District Grand Lodge as the Past Masters
who have passed the chair ; but Past Masters who have ceased to be members of Grand Lodge by non-continuity of membership , cannot take the rank or assume the functions of a Past Master on joining or visiting a lodge , nor can they regain such rank until they have again served the office of Master for one year , although they may be elected to that office without again serving the office of Warden .
Past Masters joining a lodge from a foreign jurisdiction must produce satisfactory proof of their title to Past Master ' s rank in such a jurisdiction , otherwise they cannot rank as Past Masters in a lodge under the English Constitution without first serving the office of Master for one year . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours truly and fraternally , CESTRIAN .
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am very glad the discussion about the position of a joining P . M . has appeared in your columns . The matter ought to be settled by a clause in our revised Book of Constitutions , or could be added as a note to 141 .
Whatever is proposed will doubtless be opposed by many ; but , surely , in such a case we can afford to be generous , and to show a Masonic spirit towards a joining brother . If no one else does so , I am prepared to propose that " a Past Master who joins a lodge shall rank next above the Senior Warden at the time he joins . " He would then rank
as a Past Master immediately after the W . M . who was in the chair at the time he joined . I do not see how any one could be injured by this ; it would be better than putting him into the Master ' s chair for a year , as has been proposed , because that would cause a year ' s delay to brethren below the chair .
To become a Past Master ( except in rare cases ) a brother must have done good service to the Craft , and worked hard j and if , through change of . residence , or other unavoidable cause , he should find it expedient to leave his mother lodge or join another , 1 do not see why his superior rank in the Craft should not be fully recognised . If he were a good brother , the lodge would be strengthened by his accession ,
and all would gladly welcome him ; and if he were known to be an idler , who had never done any real work , the lodgecould refuse to admit him . If , again , in consequence of such a claim as I suggest , there should arise unwillingness to allow Past Masters to join lodges , it would not be much to be regretted , for I do not think that Masonry is benefited by brethren becoming members of several lodges or by changing their lodge unnecessarily .
Original Correspondence.
At any rate , what I propose would tend to allay much jealousy , which ( judging from cases which have been brought before me officially ) I know to exist between Past Masterso / and in lodges , by settling their relative positions ; and I trust that some such clauses may be adopted . Yours truly and fraternally , C . W . ARNOLD , October 2 nd . P . G . C , D . P . G . M . Surrey .
THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS . Dear Bro . Kenning , — Many of my brethren have so kindly responded to my appeal , that I venture to repeat to my friends that votes will be received by me up to the 14 th and 16 th insts . for the Girls' and Boys' Schools' elections , and in the Hall , on the day of each election respectively . I am , yours fraternally and obliged ,
A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 A , Norfolk-crescent , Hyde Park , October 2 nd .
THE REVISION OF THE BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , —
1 am glad to see that you have opened your pages to a temperate and thoughtful discussion of this very important subject . It must do good , and seems to be in very safe hands . I shall hope to be permitted to write later more fully on the same subject , and am yours fraternally , AN OLD MASON .
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ALTERATION OF RULES To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — At the next General Court , on the 14 th inst ., the governing body of the Institution will be asked to confirm
or reject a not unimportant alteration in the rules , which was carried , by the barest majority , at the last General Court , when the attendance of Governors was exceptionally small . These rules , as they at present stand , provide for the admission to the Schools of two classes of scholars :
1 . Those elected on petition , whose claims are always most closely scrutinised , and whose election is , as a rule , the subject of the keenest competition . 2 . Those placed in the Institution on payment of either 170 guineas for a single presentation , or £ 500 , which carries with it the right to keep one properly qualified girl there
during the life of the donor . Of the second class of scholars there are comparatively few . They are composed either of ( a ) those whose claims may not be considered sufficiently strong to secure their election by competition ; or ( b ) those , who possessing strong claims , are precluded from petitioning by reason of having
a sister already in the Institution . The object of the proposed alteration in the rules is to exclude this latter class ( A ) , and to deprive a brother willing to pay 170 guineas , or who has already paid £ 500 , of the right to place in the School the sister of a girl who has made good her claim to the support and suffrages of the Governors .
It certainly appears to me that the operation of the proposed change will be to reject the most deserving of the class placed there by the liberality of donors , and , at the same time , to confiscate ! a portion of the rights purchased by donors of £ 500 . I am not prepared to say it might not be for the interests
of the Institution to abolish purchase altogether ; but , so long as it exists , I fail to discover any valid reason for excluding girls whose sisters have incontestably proved their claims to the benefits of the Institution , and the cost of whose maintenance at the School a generous benefactor may be willing to defray ; and inasmuch as , I am informed ,
the sum of 170 guineas more than pays the cost of a girl's maintenance , I fail to see why a brother , if so generously disposed , should be precluded from placing at the School even more than one daughter of a deceased Mason , " reduced to a position to require the benefit of the Institution , " provided . lof course , that such girls can be conveniently admitted .
Under any circumstances , it is to be hoped the proposed alterations will not be allowed to pass unchallenged , and that the proposer , and those who support him , will at the General Court , on the 14 th inst ., favour the Governors with the reasons which , in their opinion , render the proposed change necessary or desirable . Yours fraternally , A LIFE PATRON .
To the Editor of the " Freetnason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The disposition evinced by some of those connected with the management of our Girls' School to propose changes in the rules is , I think , to be regretted , as hitherto the rules appear to have worked well . At the Quarterly Court to be held on the 14 th inst . the
Governors will be asked to sanction a change , by which a brother will be precluded from placing at his own cost a child in the Institution , should there already be a sister there by election . If purchase cases are to be admitted , I confess Iamataloss to understand why the proposed limit should be place'J upon a brother's bounty . The alteration appears to me uncalled
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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . J ' HILL , BATTERSBA RISE , S . W . CHIEF P ATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OE WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIUHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution , will be held in the Hall of Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Saturday , 14 th of October , 1 SS 2 , at 12 o'clock precisely , on the General business of the Institution , to consider notices of motion as follow , and to elect Seven Girls into the Schools by ballot from a list of Twenty approved candidates . The Election will commence at One o ' clock ( or after the usual business is over ) , and close at Three o ' clock precisely . To consider the following Notices of Motion based on Resolutions of the Special Committee appointed at the Ouarterly General Court , holden on Saturday , Sth April , 1 SS 2 . 1 . " That the Days of Election in the Two ( Boys' and Girls' ) Institution remain unaltered , provided only—that when the Ouarterly Courts for Election of Candidates shall fall respectively on the Saturday immediately following Good Friday and on Easter Monday , the Quarterly Court in each case shall be postponed to the corresponding days in the ensuing weeks . " 2 . " That whenever the Ouarterly Courts for the Election of Candidates in the Two ( Boys' and Girls' ) Institutions shall fall respectively on the Saturday immediately following Good Friday and on Easter Monday the Quarterly Court in each case shall be postponed for one Notice of Motion by Bro . J A . RUCKER , V . Pat .: upon recommendation of the House Committee . " That a gratuity of Thirty-five Guineas be granted to Miss A . F . Triggs , the Second Assistant Governess , on her appointment to the position of Head Mistress of the Dublin Female Orphan School . " F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Offices : 5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C .
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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . JOHN M . CLABON , ESQ ., HON . SECRETARY . This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ 10 10 s ., Annual Subscribers of & i is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , W . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary .
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Any Gentleman who is a Freemason , having SPARE TIME at his disposal , and wishing to occupy it profitably , will do well by applying by letter to Mr . M . Underwood , 45 Ludgate-hilf , London .
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SITUATION required in TEA TRADE for Youth , aged 19 . Three years' experiencetin Office and Sale-rooms . Good reference . —W ., 60 , Orove Hill-road , S . E .
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VILLA RESIDENCES , to be Let or Sold ( charming ) , rents from £ 35 to £ 55 per annum ; seven , eight , nine , and ten rooms ; close to two Metropolitan District Railway stations and main road , bus route to City ; each fitted with gas , bells , bath-room , hot and cold water , Venetian blinds , and every modern convenience ; gravel soil and good drainage . —Apply to Messrs . Gibbs and Flew ( Limited ) , The Cedars Estate Office , West Kensington , Station , W .
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TO ADVERTISERS . THE F REEMASON lias a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , In it the official Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with the specia sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic worK in this country , our Indian Empire , and the Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the Order during the past few years , and the increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given the Freemason a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and influential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week ' s issue are received up to Six o ' clock on Wednesday evening .
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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry n every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , ........ , Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ccvlon , United Kingdom . Australia , New Arabia ,, & c . Zealand & c . 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances mav be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders of Cheques are prefer-cd , the former payable to G EORGE KENNINR , Chief Office , ten Ion . the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
J . . LEITH . —The statement was made on Scottish published authority , and if it is erroneous we are verry sorry , but we decline a personal correspondence . BOOKS , & c . RECEIVED . "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Broad Arrow , " "The Amsterdams Crediet , " "The Citizen , " "Die Baiihutte , " "Exposition Pageant , " "The Freemason" ( New Zealand ) , " Homespun Stories , " "The Hull Packet , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " "The Keystone , " "La Acacia , " "Pianoforte Dealer ' s Guide , " "Sussex Daily News , " " Triunghuil , " "West London Advertiser . "
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< ^^^ i l ^^_^^^^^^^ r ^^ fesl'pppfll£1Sflfljs *IrwJ!t?Miici/OUiiHg < Pk > Jil —^ tnpg'trjiii' ^ BiinBaBa-^ . ^ gjggjl SATURDAY , OCTOBER 7 , 1882 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
( We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free dtscussion . l
THE STATUS OF PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — With the view of defining the relative positions of Past Masters of and in a lodge , 1 beg to suggest the following provision :
" The Past Masters who have passed the chair of a lodge take precedence over all joining Past Masters , whose seniority in a lodge is governed by the date of their affiliation to that lodge . Past Masters joining a lodge possess the same rights and privileges in the said lodge , and in the Provincial or District Grand Lodge as the Past Masters
who have passed the chair ; but Past Masters who have ceased to be members of Grand Lodge by non-continuity of membership , cannot take the rank or assume the functions of a Past Master on joining or visiting a lodge , nor can they regain such rank until they have again served the office of Master for one year , although they may be elected to that office without again serving the office of Warden .
Past Masters joining a lodge from a foreign jurisdiction must produce satisfactory proof of their title to Past Master ' s rank in such a jurisdiction , otherwise they cannot rank as Past Masters in a lodge under the English Constitution without first serving the office of Master for one year . " I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours truly and fraternally , CESTRIAN .
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am very glad the discussion about the position of a joining P . M . has appeared in your columns . The matter ought to be settled by a clause in our revised Book of Constitutions , or could be added as a note to 141 .
Whatever is proposed will doubtless be opposed by many ; but , surely , in such a case we can afford to be generous , and to show a Masonic spirit towards a joining brother . If no one else does so , I am prepared to propose that " a Past Master who joins a lodge shall rank next above the Senior Warden at the time he joins . " He would then rank
as a Past Master immediately after the W . M . who was in the chair at the time he joined . I do not see how any one could be injured by this ; it would be better than putting him into the Master ' s chair for a year , as has been proposed , because that would cause a year ' s delay to brethren below the chair .
To become a Past Master ( except in rare cases ) a brother must have done good service to the Craft , and worked hard j and if , through change of . residence , or other unavoidable cause , he should find it expedient to leave his mother lodge or join another , 1 do not see why his superior rank in the Craft should not be fully recognised . If he were a good brother , the lodge would be strengthened by his accession ,
and all would gladly welcome him ; and if he were known to be an idler , who had never done any real work , the lodgecould refuse to admit him . If , again , in consequence of such a claim as I suggest , there should arise unwillingness to allow Past Masters to join lodges , it would not be much to be regretted , for I do not think that Masonry is benefited by brethren becoming members of several lodges or by changing their lodge unnecessarily .
Original Correspondence.
At any rate , what I propose would tend to allay much jealousy , which ( judging from cases which have been brought before me officially ) I know to exist between Past Masterso / and in lodges , by settling their relative positions ; and I trust that some such clauses may be adopted . Yours truly and fraternally , C . W . ARNOLD , October 2 nd . P . G . C , D . P . G . M . Surrey .
THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS . Dear Bro . Kenning , — Many of my brethren have so kindly responded to my appeal , that I venture to repeat to my friends that votes will be received by me up to the 14 th and 16 th insts . for the Girls' and Boys' Schools' elections , and in the Hall , on the day of each election respectively . I am , yours fraternally and obliged ,
A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 A , Norfolk-crescent , Hyde Park , October 2 nd .
THE REVISION OF THE BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , —
1 am glad to see that you have opened your pages to a temperate and thoughtful discussion of this very important subject . It must do good , and seems to be in very safe hands . I shall hope to be permitted to write later more fully on the same subject , and am yours fraternally , AN OLD MASON .
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ALTERATION OF RULES To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — At the next General Court , on the 14 th inst ., the governing body of the Institution will be asked to confirm
or reject a not unimportant alteration in the rules , which was carried , by the barest majority , at the last General Court , when the attendance of Governors was exceptionally small . These rules , as they at present stand , provide for the admission to the Schools of two classes of scholars :
1 . Those elected on petition , whose claims are always most closely scrutinised , and whose election is , as a rule , the subject of the keenest competition . 2 . Those placed in the Institution on payment of either 170 guineas for a single presentation , or £ 500 , which carries with it the right to keep one properly qualified girl there
during the life of the donor . Of the second class of scholars there are comparatively few . They are composed either of ( a ) those whose claims may not be considered sufficiently strong to secure their election by competition ; or ( b ) those , who possessing strong claims , are precluded from petitioning by reason of having
a sister already in the Institution . The object of the proposed alteration in the rules is to exclude this latter class ( A ) , and to deprive a brother willing to pay 170 guineas , or who has already paid £ 500 , of the right to place in the School the sister of a girl who has made good her claim to the support and suffrages of the Governors .
It certainly appears to me that the operation of the proposed change will be to reject the most deserving of the class placed there by the liberality of donors , and , at the same time , to confiscate ! a portion of the rights purchased by donors of £ 500 . I am not prepared to say it might not be for the interests
of the Institution to abolish purchase altogether ; but , so long as it exists , I fail to discover any valid reason for excluding girls whose sisters have incontestably proved their claims to the benefits of the Institution , and the cost of whose maintenance at the School a generous benefactor may be willing to defray ; and inasmuch as , I am informed ,
the sum of 170 guineas more than pays the cost of a girl's maintenance , I fail to see why a brother , if so generously disposed , should be precluded from placing at the School even more than one daughter of a deceased Mason , " reduced to a position to require the benefit of the Institution , " provided . lof course , that such girls can be conveniently admitted .
Under any circumstances , it is to be hoped the proposed alterations will not be allowed to pass unchallenged , and that the proposer , and those who support him , will at the General Court , on the 14 th inst ., favour the Governors with the reasons which , in their opinion , render the proposed change necessary or desirable . Yours fraternally , A LIFE PATRON .
To the Editor of the " Freetnason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The disposition evinced by some of those connected with the management of our Girls' School to propose changes in the rules is , I think , to be regretted , as hitherto the rules appear to have worked well . At the Quarterly Court to be held on the 14 th inst . the
Governors will be asked to sanction a change , by which a brother will be precluded from placing at his own cost a child in the Institution , should there already be a sister there by election . If purchase cases are to be admitted , I confess Iamataloss to understand why the proposed limit should be place'J upon a brother's bounty . The alteration appears to me uncalled