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Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The Quarterly Court of the Subscribers and Governors of this Institution was held last Saturday at Freemasons' Tavern . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , presided , and a large number of brethren were present . After the minutes had been read and confirmed , Bro . 'J OSHUA NUNN proposed , and Bro . CLABON seconded , thc re-election of Bro . Col . Creaton as Treasurer of the Institution .
The motion was carried unanimously , and Bro . Col . CREATON acknowledged the vote . Bros . Beesley , Pugsley , and Cumberland were elected to fill the three vacancies on the General Committee . Scrutineers of votes for the election of the day were then appointed . The next business was thc consideration of the followinsr motions of Bro
Thomas Massa , of which notice had been given : — " That competition designs be invited from Freemason Architects who are Governors of the Institution for a preparatory school lo bc built on the newly purchased site , "facing Wandsworth-road , to accommodate thc children now temporarily lodged in Lyncombe House and fifty others in addition . " ist .- —That the act of the House Committee in trying to get a builder ! for
an additional new staircase to the infirmary , in lieu of a proper design from the architect , was as irregular as it proved abortive . 2 nd . —That it would bc prejudicial to erect the new staircase , without taking into consideration the other additional accommodation now required by the great 1 ) ' enlarged establishment , as shown on the competition designs accepted hy the Infirmary Committee in 1871 .
3 rd . —That it is unmasonic and derogatory to the Craft to " solicit" a cowan , or employ a person who is not a Freemason , to act as architect to complete a "Masonic" building , to the detriment of a brother who was appointed architect as the remuneration for supplying the design in competition ; who has carried out a portion satisfactorily , and against whom no offence is alleged , that it is a slur on all Freemason architects , especially on
the many who are Governors of the Institution ; and the House Committee be requested to consider thc subject and report to the General Committee thereon . "That the resolution passed by the House Committee , 17 th February , 1 SS 1 , with regard to the architect of the Infirmary , and his letters to the Committee , is inconsistent with the facts . "
Bro . MASSA , —Bro . Chairman , friends , and brethren , representing the 7600 subscribers and n 18 lodges , " thc project introduced by lhis motion would soon be in the hands of far more influential advocate than himself , and must be soon inevitably carried out , because it was required ; it was not fictitious or frivolous , and the brethren would not allow it to be put down . He was not going to waste their time , but he knew he
would be treated with Masonic good feeling , and with very few words he should leave the question for them to decide . The first question was , was the extension required ? the second was , could it be afforded ? the third was , when should it be done ? the fourth was , was a non-Freemason architect to be preferred to a brother ? the fifth was , was the newly-purchased ground the proper place for it ? First as lo the necessity . During the last ten
years it had been found necessary to increase the numbers from 106 to 229 . The Craft had increased in a very much larger proportion than that ; but this was an average of twelve per annum , and the claims they knew must be greater every year , and the Institution of course mustbeprcpared tomect them . In two or three years ' time there would be a demand to take up al least another fifty children . The demands on the Lodge of Benevolence , and the large
sums paid by that lodge , clearly pointed 10 this . At thc lasl election forty-five children were admitted , and that was why there were so few candidates this time . At this election they could only take in fifteen , leaving thirteen out in the cold . In a very short lime they might bc sure they would have as many disappointed candidates , as in the deplorable list of boys with only twenty vacancies , and seventy-three candidates . Now , a tolerably
large building , such as was required , was not built in a day , and if the preliminaries were taken into consideration at once , it would not be ready a day too soon , to be thoroughly dry and fit for the reception of its inmates . The exorbitant price given for Lyncombe House could only be justified by its being required for such a purpose , and to form a more convenient entrance to the Institution . He spoke of a proper building , not two houses knocked
into one , with floors on different levels . Jn these days of school boards , and school buildings , no one could say Lyncombe House , where the children had to take their meals in the underground basement , or that the buildings as stated in the address , were ornaments to the neighbourhood . It would only form a very good entrance lodge . The second question was , could the expenditure be alforded ? That was a matter of statistics . Ten years ago the
Institution had an income of £ 6000 a year . The invested fund was £ . 33 , 500 . Thc average income for the last four years had been ' about £ 18 , 000 , and there was now invested £ 41 , 500 . They had expended in buying land ,-and in building , about £ 30 , 000 ; so that they had trebled that income , and only about doubled the number of children . Thc ordinary expenditure last year was about £ 7200 . That would leave
£ SSoo for extraordinary expenditure . Was it at all wise or necessary to add to their investments about £ 10 , 000 a year ? The Institution could be supported by the present invested fund alone , with another fifty children in addition , for six or seven years without another penny being subscribed . Was that at all likely to be the case ? If it was it ought lo be shut up . There was another Institution that gave the children quite as good an
education—probably the best Institution there was . The Royal Asylum of St . Anne ' s , with an income of about £ 11 , 000 per annum , and an invested fund of £ 26 , 000 , entirely supported 335 boys and g irls , and clothed nnd educated sixty day scholars in addition . Surely Masons mig ht have as much faith in the Craft as the managers of St . Anne ' s had in a small section of the general public ; because St . Anne ' s was only for children whose parents had moved
In a superior condition . Although they had but a small section of the public to appeal to , they had , he was happy to say , a great many Masons among their subscribers . If St . Anne ' s could do it , surely , with our great Craft and numerous lodges , we need have no fear . Then as lo the third point , as to when what he proposed was lo be done . He was no advocate for doing things in a hurry ; but if they sanctioned an expenditure of about £ 10 , 000
and appointed a Committee now , by the time of the Quarterly General Court in October they would be able to lay a scheme before the brethren and commence the building in the spring of 1882 , and have it ready for habitation b y thc election in October , 1883 , It did not require a very far-seeing prop het to predict that by that time there would be great need of it , for they would then have more candidates than they would be able to accommodate , His next point was—Was a non-Freemason architect to be preferred to a
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brother ? In his notice of motion he said that invitations should be given t y Freemason architects who were Governors of the Institution for a preparator school to be built on the newly-purchased site . There were , he thought , 30 ° or 400 who were Life Governors or subscribers to the Institution , aiid thirty or forty practised in London far superior in position to himself , and , therefore , there could be no possible necessity for going outside the Craft . It was ,
ol course , m the power of the General Court , but of no other body , to order that the Institution should no longer be confined to the children of Masons , and that non-Masons should bc eli g ible to serve on its Committees ; but while the laws laid down that its special guardians must be members of the Craft , and it was called a Masonic Institution , it was absurd to say that the landmarks of the Order published in the Book of Constitutions should not
be observed by them . It was a fundamental landmark that a brother should have the preference , except in case of urgent necessity . He did not think he should be far wrong in stating that there were a thousand architects ranged under thc banner of Freemasonry . Was it then the pleasure of the Court that a non-Freemason architect was to do the proper work of Freemasonry ? "Sic vos non vobis . " The G . A . O . T . U . forbid . ( Bro .
Massa then described a ground plan he had with him . ) The fifth was the newly-purchased ground , the place for the new buildings . He thought those brethren who knew the site , especially professional brethren , would say it was eminently adapted for it , being just opposite the bridge over the railway in thc Wandsworth-road , a good , open , prominent " situation for a
faipade consistent with the other buildings , and not an incongruous jumble of two houses , with floors on different levels , such as the pres ent makeshift temporary School building , known as Lyncombe House , which could , however , be converted into what was much wanted , a lodge for the porter . All he had at present to add was that he had no professional personal interest to serve in the matter , but a sincere love for the honour and welfare of thc
Institution . He begged to move his first motion . Bro . W . HALL seconded . Bro . GOVER moved the previous question . The motion was nothing more than a vote of censure on the Committee , in whom they all had confidence . He could not help thinking that the motion was a very inconvenient procedure , and it appeared to him that the mover was not actuated by motives
for thc public good alone . If he had a dispute with the Committee it was not the proper way to right himself . They could not pass this resolution without distinctly and solemn !) - censuring the Committee . Bro . J . M . CLABON , in seconding thc " previous question , " said he came into the Court quite new to the question , but one could not help seeing that some little feeling had existed , and he asked the Quarterl y Court to deal
with the question as if there was no feeling whatever , and to take the resolution as it stood , ancl decide on its merits . He put aside the fact that Bro . Massa had acted as architect . They would all agree in this , that when the lime came that il was desirable lhat more children of Freemasons should be educated , boarded , and lodged Masons would not be slow in doing their duty . He was quite sure when it was shown to thc Fraternity lhat it was desirable
to have twenty , thirty , fifty , or one hundred more girls in the School , it would not be long before the proper building was erected for them . But these things must be judged of by steps . If they went into statistics , they must be satisfied that the necessity existed . The enquiry should naturally come from the House Committee first of all , and then go to the General Committee , and from there to the Quarterly Court ; and if the House Committee or
General Committee were found wanting in that respect—if they did not take steps—the Quarterly Court would be right in taking up the matter and seeing that it was done . But unli ! the General Committee did express an opinion , he thought it was a liltle premature to go into thc question at all , and he was quite sure that it was premature before the question was proposed by anybody , that they should advertise for plans before they had determined
whether Ihe necessity existed . He appealed to Bro . Massa to withdraw his motion . He thought he would consult his own reputation by doing so . The amendment of Bro . Cover was then put and carried b y a large majority . Bro . MASSA then withdrew his other motions , and said the letters he had written to the House Committee had not been heard . He brought the
motions forward because he thought them necessary for his reputation . He had very great pleasure in withdrawing his motions . He did so as a Mason with perfect Masonic good feeling , and he hoped he should have Masonic good feeling shewn to him . The brethren then proceeded lo elect fifteen girls out of an approved list of twenty-eight . At the close of the poll the following was the result : —
SUCCESSFUL . Anscombe , Louisa Mary 20 G 4 Williamson , I . elia 137 C March , Eliza Josephine 2011 Batch , Gertrude Blanche 1302 Penny , Edith Marion 1 S 5 7 Wedgwood , Minnie 12 G 4
1 ownsend , Emma Mary A 1 S 13 Foxall , Kllen Matilda 1259 Tippler , Susannah Harriet M . ... 1 C 14 James , Florence 1221 Smith , Gcorg-iana Louisa 1407 Rawle , Utinia Annie 1209 Corps , Alice Caroline 1451 Eastwood , Harriet Edith 11 ( 13 Allison , Anne Athalinda 1425
UNSUCCESSFUL . « Orridge , Edith Mary 1125 Brown , Edith no Wyman , Constance Faith 1025 Nicholls , Augusta Helen 79 Beacon , Emily 819 Turner , Annie Elizabeth 45 Shrapnel , Lilian Mary S 492 McKinncy , Margaret 19 Walters , Nellie Louise 316 Fry , Martha Jane Clioules 0 Parker , Elizabeth Minnie 176 Gane , Mary Larwill ... 2 Cleaver , Alice Gertrude 173 Votes of thanks to the Scrutineers and the Chairman closed the proceedings .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Quarterly Court of the subscribers and Governors of this Institution was held on Monday at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Henry Smith , Provincial Grand Secretary of West Yorkshire , occupied the chair . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , the brethren were called upon to decide whether a lad named Morris , one of the candidates for election was or was not , eligible . After considerable discussion it was resolved by twenty-one to seventeen , that his name must be removed , the father being in circurhstances which did not 'justify the retention of the
name . On the motion of Bro . C . F . MATIER , seconded by Bro . CONSTABLE , Bro . George Plucknett was -elected Treasurer of the Institution
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Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The Quarterly Court of the Subscribers and Governors of this Institution was held last Saturday at Freemasons' Tavern . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , presided , and a large number of brethren were present . After the minutes had been read and confirmed , Bro . 'J OSHUA NUNN proposed , and Bro . CLABON seconded , thc re-election of Bro . Col . Creaton as Treasurer of the Institution .
The motion was carried unanimously , and Bro . Col . CREATON acknowledged the vote . Bros . Beesley , Pugsley , and Cumberland were elected to fill the three vacancies on the General Committee . Scrutineers of votes for the election of the day were then appointed . The next business was thc consideration of the followinsr motions of Bro
Thomas Massa , of which notice had been given : — " That competition designs be invited from Freemason Architects who are Governors of the Institution for a preparatory school lo bc built on the newly purchased site , "facing Wandsworth-road , to accommodate thc children now temporarily lodged in Lyncombe House and fifty others in addition . " ist .- —That the act of the House Committee in trying to get a builder ! for
an additional new staircase to the infirmary , in lieu of a proper design from the architect , was as irregular as it proved abortive . 2 nd . —That it would bc prejudicial to erect the new staircase , without taking into consideration the other additional accommodation now required by the great 1 ) ' enlarged establishment , as shown on the competition designs accepted hy the Infirmary Committee in 1871 .
3 rd . —That it is unmasonic and derogatory to the Craft to " solicit" a cowan , or employ a person who is not a Freemason , to act as architect to complete a "Masonic" building , to the detriment of a brother who was appointed architect as the remuneration for supplying the design in competition ; who has carried out a portion satisfactorily , and against whom no offence is alleged , that it is a slur on all Freemason architects , especially on
the many who are Governors of the Institution ; and the House Committee be requested to consider thc subject and report to the General Committee thereon . "That the resolution passed by the House Committee , 17 th February , 1 SS 1 , with regard to the architect of the Infirmary , and his letters to the Committee , is inconsistent with the facts . "
Bro . MASSA , —Bro . Chairman , friends , and brethren , representing the 7600 subscribers and n 18 lodges , " thc project introduced by lhis motion would soon be in the hands of far more influential advocate than himself , and must be soon inevitably carried out , because it was required ; it was not fictitious or frivolous , and the brethren would not allow it to be put down . He was not going to waste their time , but he knew he
would be treated with Masonic good feeling , and with very few words he should leave the question for them to decide . The first question was , was the extension required ? the second was , could it be afforded ? the third was , when should it be done ? the fourth was , was a non-Freemason architect to be preferred to a brother ? the fifth was , was the newly-purchased ground the proper place for it ? First as lo the necessity . During the last ten
years it had been found necessary to increase the numbers from 106 to 229 . The Craft had increased in a very much larger proportion than that ; but this was an average of twelve per annum , and the claims they knew must be greater every year , and the Institution of course mustbeprcpared tomect them . In two or three years ' time there would be a demand to take up al least another fifty children . The demands on the Lodge of Benevolence , and the large
sums paid by that lodge , clearly pointed 10 this . At thc lasl election forty-five children were admitted , and that was why there were so few candidates this time . At this election they could only take in fifteen , leaving thirteen out in the cold . In a very short lime they might bc sure they would have as many disappointed candidates , as in the deplorable list of boys with only twenty vacancies , and seventy-three candidates . Now , a tolerably
large building , such as was required , was not built in a day , and if the preliminaries were taken into consideration at once , it would not be ready a day too soon , to be thoroughly dry and fit for the reception of its inmates . The exorbitant price given for Lyncombe House could only be justified by its being required for such a purpose , and to form a more convenient entrance to the Institution . He spoke of a proper building , not two houses knocked
into one , with floors on different levels . Jn these days of school boards , and school buildings , no one could say Lyncombe House , where the children had to take their meals in the underground basement , or that the buildings as stated in the address , were ornaments to the neighbourhood . It would only form a very good entrance lodge . The second question was , could the expenditure be alforded ? That was a matter of statistics . Ten years ago the
Institution had an income of £ 6000 a year . The invested fund was £ . 33 , 500 . Thc average income for the last four years had been ' about £ 18 , 000 , and there was now invested £ 41 , 500 . They had expended in buying land ,-and in building , about £ 30 , 000 ; so that they had trebled that income , and only about doubled the number of children . Thc ordinary expenditure last year was about £ 7200 . That would leave
£ SSoo for extraordinary expenditure . Was it at all wise or necessary to add to their investments about £ 10 , 000 a year ? The Institution could be supported by the present invested fund alone , with another fifty children in addition , for six or seven years without another penny being subscribed . Was that at all likely to be the case ? If it was it ought lo be shut up . There was another Institution that gave the children quite as good an
education—probably the best Institution there was . The Royal Asylum of St . Anne ' s , with an income of about £ 11 , 000 per annum , and an invested fund of £ 26 , 000 , entirely supported 335 boys and g irls , and clothed nnd educated sixty day scholars in addition . Surely Masons mig ht have as much faith in the Craft as the managers of St . Anne ' s had in a small section of the general public ; because St . Anne ' s was only for children whose parents had moved
In a superior condition . Although they had but a small section of the public to appeal to , they had , he was happy to say , a great many Masons among their subscribers . If St . Anne ' s could do it , surely , with our great Craft and numerous lodges , we need have no fear . Then as lo the third point , as to when what he proposed was lo be done . He was no advocate for doing things in a hurry ; but if they sanctioned an expenditure of about £ 10 , 000
and appointed a Committee now , by the time of the Quarterly General Court in October they would be able to lay a scheme before the brethren and commence the building in the spring of 1882 , and have it ready for habitation b y thc election in October , 1883 , It did not require a very far-seeing prop het to predict that by that time there would be great need of it , for they would then have more candidates than they would be able to accommodate , His next point was—Was a non-Freemason architect to be preferred to a
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brother ? In his notice of motion he said that invitations should be given t y Freemason architects who were Governors of the Institution for a preparator school to be built on the newly-purchased site . There were , he thought , 30 ° or 400 who were Life Governors or subscribers to the Institution , aiid thirty or forty practised in London far superior in position to himself , and , therefore , there could be no possible necessity for going outside the Craft . It was ,
ol course , m the power of the General Court , but of no other body , to order that the Institution should no longer be confined to the children of Masons , and that non-Masons should bc eli g ible to serve on its Committees ; but while the laws laid down that its special guardians must be members of the Craft , and it was called a Masonic Institution , it was absurd to say that the landmarks of the Order published in the Book of Constitutions should not
be observed by them . It was a fundamental landmark that a brother should have the preference , except in case of urgent necessity . He did not think he should be far wrong in stating that there were a thousand architects ranged under thc banner of Freemasonry . Was it then the pleasure of the Court that a non-Freemason architect was to do the proper work of Freemasonry ? "Sic vos non vobis . " The G . A . O . T . U . forbid . ( Bro .
Massa then described a ground plan he had with him . ) The fifth was the newly-purchased ground , the place for the new buildings . He thought those brethren who knew the site , especially professional brethren , would say it was eminently adapted for it , being just opposite the bridge over the railway in thc Wandsworth-road , a good , open , prominent " situation for a
faipade consistent with the other buildings , and not an incongruous jumble of two houses , with floors on different levels , such as the pres ent makeshift temporary School building , known as Lyncombe House , which could , however , be converted into what was much wanted , a lodge for the porter . All he had at present to add was that he had no professional personal interest to serve in the matter , but a sincere love for the honour and welfare of thc
Institution . He begged to move his first motion . Bro . W . HALL seconded . Bro . GOVER moved the previous question . The motion was nothing more than a vote of censure on the Committee , in whom they all had confidence . He could not help thinking that the motion was a very inconvenient procedure , and it appeared to him that the mover was not actuated by motives
for thc public good alone . If he had a dispute with the Committee it was not the proper way to right himself . They could not pass this resolution without distinctly and solemn !) - censuring the Committee . Bro . J . M . CLABON , in seconding thc " previous question , " said he came into the Court quite new to the question , but one could not help seeing that some little feeling had existed , and he asked the Quarterl y Court to deal
with the question as if there was no feeling whatever , and to take the resolution as it stood , ancl decide on its merits . He put aside the fact that Bro . Massa had acted as architect . They would all agree in this , that when the lime came that il was desirable lhat more children of Freemasons should be educated , boarded , and lodged Masons would not be slow in doing their duty . He was quite sure when it was shown to thc Fraternity lhat it was desirable
to have twenty , thirty , fifty , or one hundred more girls in the School , it would not be long before the proper building was erected for them . But these things must be judged of by steps . If they went into statistics , they must be satisfied that the necessity existed . The enquiry should naturally come from the House Committee first of all , and then go to the General Committee , and from there to the Quarterly Court ; and if the House Committee or
General Committee were found wanting in that respect—if they did not take steps—the Quarterly Court would be right in taking up the matter and seeing that it was done . But unli ! the General Committee did express an opinion , he thought it was a liltle premature to go into thc question at all , and he was quite sure that it was premature before the question was proposed by anybody , that they should advertise for plans before they had determined
whether Ihe necessity existed . He appealed to Bro . Massa to withdraw his motion . He thought he would consult his own reputation by doing so . The amendment of Bro . Cover was then put and carried b y a large majority . Bro . MASSA then withdrew his other motions , and said the letters he had written to the House Committee had not been heard . He brought the
motions forward because he thought them necessary for his reputation . He had very great pleasure in withdrawing his motions . He did so as a Mason with perfect Masonic good feeling , and he hoped he should have Masonic good feeling shewn to him . The brethren then proceeded lo elect fifteen girls out of an approved list of twenty-eight . At the close of the poll the following was the result : —
SUCCESSFUL . Anscombe , Louisa Mary 20 G 4 Williamson , I . elia 137 C March , Eliza Josephine 2011 Batch , Gertrude Blanche 1302 Penny , Edith Marion 1 S 5 7 Wedgwood , Minnie 12 G 4
1 ownsend , Emma Mary A 1 S 13 Foxall , Kllen Matilda 1259 Tippler , Susannah Harriet M . ... 1 C 14 James , Florence 1221 Smith , Gcorg-iana Louisa 1407 Rawle , Utinia Annie 1209 Corps , Alice Caroline 1451 Eastwood , Harriet Edith 11 ( 13 Allison , Anne Athalinda 1425
UNSUCCESSFUL . « Orridge , Edith Mary 1125 Brown , Edith no Wyman , Constance Faith 1025 Nicholls , Augusta Helen 79 Beacon , Emily 819 Turner , Annie Elizabeth 45 Shrapnel , Lilian Mary S 492 McKinncy , Margaret 19 Walters , Nellie Louise 316 Fry , Martha Jane Clioules 0 Parker , Elizabeth Minnie 176 Gane , Mary Larwill ... 2 Cleaver , Alice Gertrude 173 Votes of thanks to the Scrutineers and the Chairman closed the proceedings .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Quarterly Court of the subscribers and Governors of this Institution was held on Monday at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Henry Smith , Provincial Grand Secretary of West Yorkshire , occupied the chair . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , the brethren were called upon to decide whether a lad named Morris , one of the candidates for election was or was not , eligible . After considerable discussion it was resolved by twenty-one to seventeen , that his name must be removed , the father being in circurhstances which did not 'justify the retention of the
name . On the motion of Bro . C . F . MATIER , seconded by Bro . CONSTABLE , Bro . George Plucknett was -elected Treasurer of the Institution