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The Masonic Ml Mob.
years an opinion had gained ground that the education of the boys might be much improved if they could be brought together under one roof in the vicinity of the metropolis , where they would be subject to a closer supervision of the
members of the committee . Great exertions had been made to raise a special fund for the purpose , and after some difficulty , a house in every way suited for such an establishment , and surrounded by ten acres of land , had been obtained in a most salubrious and airy situation , at Lordship-lane , Totteii " ham . This school-house was inaugurated in August last , and in the following October it was opened , and the boys elected received within its walls . He was informed by those well acquainted with the facts , that the boys received within the school had already made great and commendable progress in their studies , and there could not be the smallest doubt that a very fe w years would show the great advantages which would be derived by the boys from the education afforded them . The school at present contained but twenty-five boys , but the house was large enough , with a very little additional expenditure , to accommodate
at least double that number ; and he was sure that the advantages of the school only required to be made known to , and understood by , the brethren , to ensure a large addition to the funds of the institution . It was gratifying to see that the orphans and the very youthful received every consideration from the brethren , as out of the twenty-five in the school , he found that eighteen were the sons of widows , and five were under twelve years of age . In addition to the twenty-five in the school , they educated and clothed forty-five others , and though doubtless the friends of many of those would gladly see the children resident in the building ,
still they must recollect that one of the principles upon which the institution was founded , was that they should afford education to the children without regard to the sect or creed of their friends , and , under any circumstances , it was most essential that principle should be adhered to . ( Hear . ) He wished to call attention to the fact , that of the twenty-five boys in the school , fifteen came from the provinces and ten from London ; of the other forty-five , twenty-one belonged to the provinces , so that the actual number of country boys in the school was now thirtysix . He mentioned this to show that there was no undue preponderance of
London over country boys—indeed , the latter were in a slight majority—and because he believed if that were more generally known the institution would be better supported . He understood that there were constant appeals from the provinces to get boys into the school , backed by the recommendations of Prov . Grand Officers and provincial Lodges not one of whom subscribed a single farthing to the funds of the institution . He was satisfied that this in a great measure rose from an idea that the school was mainly supported from the funds of Grand Lodge ; but it was not so , and he believed that were it more generally made known that
its principal support arose from the private donations of the brethren , there was scarcely a Prov . Grand Officer or Lodge who would not gladly render their support to the institution . He would therefore suggest that a copy of the annual report of the committee , with a carefully drawn up statement of the advantages of the institution , should be circulated at the Provincial Grand and private Lodges , and he had no doubt that the result would be a large increase to their funds . Their funded property only amounted to £ 13 , 000 , and therefore , for the greater part of their expenditure of about £ 1 , 600 per annum , they had to rely on the subscriptions , of the brethren . He had every reason to believe that the brethren only
required to have brought to their notice the advantages to be derived from the new school house , to so increase their subscriptions as to enable the committee to double the number of children within its walls ; and he trusted the day was not far distant when the number would be doubled , and every candidate on the list receive the advantages which such a school was so well adapted to afford . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell , as Treasurer , returned thanks for the toast . His lordship had so well explained the position in which they were placed , that ho would do no more than bear his testimony to the advantages which the children were deriving from the new school .
" The Grand Lodges of Hanover , Scotland , and Ireland , " and " Prosperity to the other Masonic charities , the Girls' School , and the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for aged Masons and their widows , " were then drunk ,
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The Masonic Ml Mob.
years an opinion had gained ground that the education of the boys might be much improved if they could be brought together under one roof in the vicinity of the metropolis , where they would be subject to a closer supervision of the
members of the committee . Great exertions had been made to raise a special fund for the purpose , and after some difficulty , a house in every way suited for such an establishment , and surrounded by ten acres of land , had been obtained in a most salubrious and airy situation , at Lordship-lane , Totteii " ham . This school-house was inaugurated in August last , and in the following October it was opened , and the boys elected received within its walls . He was informed by those well acquainted with the facts , that the boys received within the school had already made great and commendable progress in their studies , and there could not be the smallest doubt that a very fe w years would show the great advantages which would be derived by the boys from the education afforded them . The school at present contained but twenty-five boys , but the house was large enough , with a very little additional expenditure , to accommodate
at least double that number ; and he was sure that the advantages of the school only required to be made known to , and understood by , the brethren , to ensure a large addition to the funds of the institution . It was gratifying to see that the orphans and the very youthful received every consideration from the brethren , as out of the twenty-five in the school , he found that eighteen were the sons of widows , and five were under twelve years of age . In addition to the twenty-five in the school , they educated and clothed forty-five others , and though doubtless the friends of many of those would gladly see the children resident in the building ,
still they must recollect that one of the principles upon which the institution was founded , was that they should afford education to the children without regard to the sect or creed of their friends , and , under any circumstances , it was most essential that principle should be adhered to . ( Hear . ) He wished to call attention to the fact , that of the twenty-five boys in the school , fifteen came from the provinces and ten from London ; of the other forty-five , twenty-one belonged to the provinces , so that the actual number of country boys in the school was now thirtysix . He mentioned this to show that there was no undue preponderance of
London over country boys—indeed , the latter were in a slight majority—and because he believed if that were more generally known the institution would be better supported . He understood that there were constant appeals from the provinces to get boys into the school , backed by the recommendations of Prov . Grand Officers and provincial Lodges not one of whom subscribed a single farthing to the funds of the institution . He was satisfied that this in a great measure rose from an idea that the school was mainly supported from the funds of Grand Lodge ; but it was not so , and he believed that were it more generally made known that
its principal support arose from the private donations of the brethren , there was scarcely a Prov . Grand Officer or Lodge who would not gladly render their support to the institution . He would therefore suggest that a copy of the annual report of the committee , with a carefully drawn up statement of the advantages of the institution , should be circulated at the Provincial Grand and private Lodges , and he had no doubt that the result would be a large increase to their funds . Their funded property only amounted to £ 13 , 000 , and therefore , for the greater part of their expenditure of about £ 1 , 600 per annum , they had to rely on the subscriptions , of the brethren . He had every reason to believe that the brethren only
required to have brought to their notice the advantages to be derived from the new school house , to so increase their subscriptions as to enable the committee to double the number of children within its walls ; and he trusted the day was not far distant when the number would be doubled , and every candidate on the list receive the advantages which such a school was so well adapted to afford . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell , as Treasurer , returned thanks for the toast . His lordship had so well explained the position in which they were placed , that ho would do no more than bear his testimony to the advantages which the children were deriving from the new school .
" The Grand Lodges of Hanover , Scotland , and Ireland , " and " Prosperity to the other Masonic charities , the Girls' School , and the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for aged Masons and their widows , " were then drunk ,