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The Mmomc Mikiok.
he erred , availing himself of this opportunity of assuring the boys that he should look for a cheerful compliance with such regulations as might be laid down for their guidance , and a ready co-operation in whatever might be proposed for the benefit of the establishment . He should seek neither to overtax their energies ,
encroach upon their time , nor interfere with their amusements ; but he should expect their services to be cheerfully rendered in providing for themselves and promoting their own comfort and cleanliness , so that they might be not only ornamental , but useful members of society . He would assure them that it would be his constant anxiety to carry out towards them those kind intentions which had
been expressed by the committee , who had that day intrusted them to his care Mutual congratulations were then interchanged , and the interesting proceedings brought to a close . The Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys is now an established fact , possessing a lt local habitation" as well as " a name . " Hitherto , from the circumstance of the
boys being educated in schools contiguous to their residences , the friends of the institution have been unable to show those tangible proofs of the munificence of the Brethren which are evidenced by its sister establishment , This inequality of position is now remedied , though not so fully as could be wished , seeing that the present means at the disposal of the committee enable them to house
twentyfive only out of the seventy children who are on the books . How soon this number is to be extended , remains with the Brethren to decide . We have little fear what that decision will be , when they come to make themselves fully acquainted with the benefits afforded by the new establishment . Let all those ,
who have not already done so , pay a visit to the school , and judge for themselves of its advantages ; and having well weighed them in their minds , we shall with confidence await their verdict , which we shall seek in the amount of subscriptions announced at the festival in March next .
A Quarterly General Court was held at the offices , 16 a , Great Queen-street , on Monday , 19 th October , Bro . J . Hervey , Vice-president , in the chair . The business was simply of a routine character , with the exception of votes of thanks which were passed unanimously to the Bevs . J . Hall , Thomas Winter , and J . E . Cox , and Miss Roberts , Organist , for their services in connection with the inauguration fete .
BOYAL FBEEMASONS' GIRLS' SCHOOL . On the 8 th of October , the Quarterly Court of the governors of this excellent institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . Udall , P . G . S . D ., in the chair .
Bro . Crew , the secretary ^ of the charity , having read the minutes of the last Quarterly Court , which recorded a well-deserved gratuity of £ 52 . 10 s . bestowed upon himself , in consequence of his many years of fervent and zealous service ; and the enactment of a new by-law for increasing the number of inmates from 65 to 70 children : Bro . White , P . G . S ., moved that so much of the minutes as referred to the new by-law be not confirmed , as the charity had £ 6 , 000 less stock now than before the building of the new school-house at Clapham-rise , the maintenance of which vou hi . 5 x
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The Mmomc Mikiok.
he erred , availing himself of this opportunity of assuring the boys that he should look for a cheerful compliance with such regulations as might be laid down for their guidance , and a ready co-operation in whatever might be proposed for the benefit of the establishment . He should seek neither to overtax their energies ,
encroach upon their time , nor interfere with their amusements ; but he should expect their services to be cheerfully rendered in providing for themselves and promoting their own comfort and cleanliness , so that they might be not only ornamental , but useful members of society . He would assure them that it would be his constant anxiety to carry out towards them those kind intentions which had
been expressed by the committee , who had that day intrusted them to his care Mutual congratulations were then interchanged , and the interesting proceedings brought to a close . The Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys is now an established fact , possessing a lt local habitation" as well as " a name . " Hitherto , from the circumstance of the
boys being educated in schools contiguous to their residences , the friends of the institution have been unable to show those tangible proofs of the munificence of the Brethren which are evidenced by its sister establishment , This inequality of position is now remedied , though not so fully as could be wished , seeing that the present means at the disposal of the committee enable them to house
twentyfive only out of the seventy children who are on the books . How soon this number is to be extended , remains with the Brethren to decide . We have little fear what that decision will be , when they come to make themselves fully acquainted with the benefits afforded by the new establishment . Let all those ,
who have not already done so , pay a visit to the school , and judge for themselves of its advantages ; and having well weighed them in their minds , we shall with confidence await their verdict , which we shall seek in the amount of subscriptions announced at the festival in March next .
A Quarterly General Court was held at the offices , 16 a , Great Queen-street , on Monday , 19 th October , Bro . J . Hervey , Vice-president , in the chair . The business was simply of a routine character , with the exception of votes of thanks which were passed unanimously to the Bevs . J . Hall , Thomas Winter , and J . E . Cox , and Miss Roberts , Organist , for their services in connection with the inauguration fete .
BOYAL FBEEMASONS' GIRLS' SCHOOL . On the 8 th of October , the Quarterly Court of the governors of this excellent institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . Udall , P . G . S . D ., in the chair .
Bro . Crew , the secretary ^ of the charity , having read the minutes of the last Quarterly Court , which recorded a well-deserved gratuity of £ 52 . 10 s . bestowed upon himself , in consequence of his many years of fervent and zealous service ; and the enactment of a new by-law for increasing the number of inmates from 65 to 70 children : Bro . White , P . G . S ., moved that so much of the minutes as referred to the new by-law be not confirmed , as the charity had £ 6 , 000 less stock now than before the building of the new school-house at Clapham-rise , the maintenance of which vou hi . 5 x