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Our Architectural Chapter.
inquiry whether there may not be some Brother of adequate professional standing and attainments , whose nomination would be morfe advantageous to the Order . In the bf & ees of Grand Lodge , xnfeii of eminence are commonly sought and found , and thereby the respect of strangers and the public is secured ; but whenever a man of no ( qualifications as an architect , but who may be qualified as a Mason , is constituted the professional representative of the Order , it produces feelings of regret among such architects as are Brethren , and feelings of coldness and contempt among such as are not .
We -are convinced that this is one cause why the interest of architects , as a class , is not so deep in Masonry as it ought to be , for when properly treated Masonry has the strongest claims upon them , as the most eminent members of the profession have acknowledged . We think it , on all grounds , very desirable that great care should be exercised in
bestowing this office , and that it should hot be votedas a convenient means for giving a handsome apron . If a very worthy Brother , who is not an architect in heart and soul , is to have a fine apron , let him have it on true " grounds as Grand Deacon , Grand Steward , Director of Ceremonies , or in such capacity as may suit his abilities ; but let him not exclude a good man from the office of G . Sup . of Works . His qualifications , too , should be such that , besides being a practitioner of standing and ability , he should have some representative powers , for a dummy is of no value , There are very lew Masonic halls to be built or architectural duties to be discharged , which cannot
sufficiently employ a Superintendent of Works , and for those he most commonly gets a good commission and some patronage . The superintendent should be a representative man , who can worthily represent his art , and if those views which are now prevalent in . some quarters are to be carried out , and architecture again to be a subject of notice in our Lodges , upon the Superintendent of Works will devolve the responsibility to a great degree of giving effect to a measure so desirable . He fehoulcl be a man of liberal training , and a true artist , with ability to communicate his ideas with clearness and eloquence to the Brethren when called upon ; and \ v erc a suitable man chosen in his province , such as some of the popular members of the Royal Institute of British Architects and writers upon art , a very acceptable service would ho rendered to a country Lodge , by a lecture from such , a man .
Among the professional functionaries of the Order , we may nanu the following : —Bro . S . W . Daukes , ( fraud Superintendent ofWorfa of England ; Bk > . ' David Bryce , Grand Architect of Scotland ; Bro Binford , of Southrnolton , Grand . Superintendent ] of Works of th <
Mark Degree , in England ; Bro . J . O . ( loll , of Dewsbury , Prov Grand Superintendent of Works , W . Yorkshire ; Bro . W . Kilncr , oi Huddersfield , Past Prov . ( irand Superintendent of Works , W . Yorkshire ; Bro . Stock , of Folkestone , Prov . Grand . Superintendent ol Works of Kent ; Bro . Alfred Green . Holmes , Prov . Grand Superhi tendent of Works of Oxfordshire ; Bro- L . J . Barnes , Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works of Cambridgeshire ; and Bro . O . •)" . Banister
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Our Architectural Chapter.
inquiry whether there may not be some Brother of adequate professional standing and attainments , whose nomination would be morfe advantageous to the Order . In the bf & ees of Grand Lodge , xnfeii of eminence are commonly sought and found , and thereby the respect of strangers and the public is secured ; but whenever a man of no ( qualifications as an architect , but who may be qualified as a Mason , is constituted the professional representative of the Order , it produces feelings of regret among such architects as are Brethren , and feelings of coldness and contempt among such as are not .
We -are convinced that this is one cause why the interest of architects , as a class , is not so deep in Masonry as it ought to be , for when properly treated Masonry has the strongest claims upon them , as the most eminent members of the profession have acknowledged . We think it , on all grounds , very desirable that great care should be exercised in
bestowing this office , and that it should hot be votedas a convenient means for giving a handsome apron . If a very worthy Brother , who is not an architect in heart and soul , is to have a fine apron , let him have it on true " grounds as Grand Deacon , Grand Steward , Director of Ceremonies , or in such capacity as may suit his abilities ; but let him not exclude a good man from the office of G . Sup . of Works . His qualifications , too , should be such that , besides being a practitioner of standing and ability , he should have some representative powers , for a dummy is of no value , There are very lew Masonic halls to be built or architectural duties to be discharged , which cannot
sufficiently employ a Superintendent of Works , and for those he most commonly gets a good commission and some patronage . The superintendent should be a representative man , who can worthily represent his art , and if those views which are now prevalent in . some quarters are to be carried out , and architecture again to be a subject of notice in our Lodges , upon the Superintendent of Works will devolve the responsibility to a great degree of giving effect to a measure so desirable . He fehoulcl be a man of liberal training , and a true artist , with ability to communicate his ideas with clearness and eloquence to the Brethren when called upon ; and \ v erc a suitable man chosen in his province , such as some of the popular members of the Royal Institute of British Architects and writers upon art , a very acceptable service would ho rendered to a country Lodge , by a lecture from such , a man .
Among the professional functionaries of the Order , we may nanu the following : —Bro . S . W . Daukes , ( fraud Superintendent ofWorfa of England ; Bk > . ' David Bryce , Grand Architect of Scotland ; Bro Binford , of Southrnolton , Grand . Superintendent ] of Works of th <
Mark Degree , in England ; Bro . J . O . ( loll , of Dewsbury , Prov Grand Superintendent of Works , W . Yorkshire ; Bro . W . Kilncr , oi Huddersfield , Past Prov . ( irand Superintendent of Works , W . Yorkshire ; Bro . Stock , of Folkestone , Prov . Grand . Superintendent ol Works of Kent ; Bro . Alfred Green . Holmes , Prov . Grand Superhi tendent of Works of Oxfordshire ; Bro- L . J . Barnes , Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works of Cambridgeshire ; and Bro . O . •)" . Banister