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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUE AJaOHITECTURilL ; eHikPTEE .
On arriving : , ^ t : ^ h ^^ -: ' erLdv : o | " ^ e- ; y ^ r though our lahours in th department have not extended over a twelvemonth , We are still in a position to review our work with some satisfaction , and to look forward with confidence to the ensuing year . When we begaii this bo
task ^ e did not think that m atter would decidedly Masonic but that wre should have scope for general architecture ^ however , found that the relations of architecture and Masonry are closer than , is generally conceived , aiid that much good is to be done by cultivating the connexion .
One principal matter which has engaged our attention is the appointment of the architectural functiona Superintendents of Works j ahd it is evident that we have laid the bases of a great reform . By closely canvassing eaclx appointment we have enforced on the provincial authorities the respon
upon them , of providing men competent to discharge the duties , instead of leaving the office as a mere title to rahk > indiscriminately to members of the Graft , or what is quite as bad , abandoning it as a sinecure to professional men of eminence or of obscurity . In so short a time we could do very little , for there is not t % opportunity of canarl
celling vicious appointments , nor were we ey enough to secure due regard to professional considerations in the nominations which took place . Those who have co-operated with us , and have felt the justice of the policy we have advocated ( as many members of the Prov . Grand Lodges have done ) , are aware that no improper motive has actuated us , and that the prosecution of our policy must result in advantage
to the Craft . We cannot , however , expect to be exempt from the common fate , and we have experienced some little abuse for the efforts we have made . The vote of the Dudley Lodge is no censure on us , and no vindication of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Worcestershire \ for as we have not stepped beyond our due line of criticism in remarking on the proceedings of the R . W . Brother , so we
have never been wanting in respect for one who has been zealous for the interests of the Craft . Next year , when the Prov . Grand Lodges meet , there can be little doubt ^ a great many of the present functionaries will be found very unwilling to expose themselves to the * responsibilities of the office ;
and that the Grand Masters will be nVuch more exacting , now they find Grand Superintendents can render valuable services , but may subject them to reasonable reproach . Under these circumstances a great encouragement has been given to professional men ^ who feel that an important career is opened to them in the honours and duties of the Grand Superintendoncy . When we roc how eagerly tlio title ol
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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUE AJaOHITECTURilL ; eHikPTEE .
On arriving : , ^ t : ^ h ^^ -: ' erLdv : o | " ^ e- ; y ^ r though our lahours in th department have not extended over a twelvemonth , We are still in a position to review our work with some satisfaction , and to look forward with confidence to the ensuing year . When we begaii this bo
task ^ e did not think that m atter would decidedly Masonic but that wre should have scope for general architecture ^ however , found that the relations of architecture and Masonry are closer than , is generally conceived , aiid that much good is to be done by cultivating the connexion .
One principal matter which has engaged our attention is the appointment of the architectural functiona Superintendents of Works j ahd it is evident that we have laid the bases of a great reform . By closely canvassing eaclx appointment we have enforced on the provincial authorities the respon
upon them , of providing men competent to discharge the duties , instead of leaving the office as a mere title to rahk > indiscriminately to members of the Graft , or what is quite as bad , abandoning it as a sinecure to professional men of eminence or of obscurity . In so short a time we could do very little , for there is not t % opportunity of canarl
celling vicious appointments , nor were we ey enough to secure due regard to professional considerations in the nominations which took place . Those who have co-operated with us , and have felt the justice of the policy we have advocated ( as many members of the Prov . Grand Lodges have done ) , are aware that no improper motive has actuated us , and that the prosecution of our policy must result in advantage
to the Craft . We cannot , however , expect to be exempt from the common fate , and we have experienced some little abuse for the efforts we have made . The vote of the Dudley Lodge is no censure on us , and no vindication of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Worcestershire \ for as we have not stepped beyond our due line of criticism in remarking on the proceedings of the R . W . Brother , so we
have never been wanting in respect for one who has been zealous for the interests of the Craft . Next year , when the Prov . Grand Lodges meet , there can be little doubt ^ a great many of the present functionaries will be found very unwilling to expose themselves to the * responsibilities of the office ;
and that the Grand Masters will be nVuch more exacting , now they find Grand Superintendents can render valuable services , but may subject them to reasonable reproach . Under these circumstances a great encouragement has been given to professional men ^ who feel that an important career is opened to them in the honours and duties of the Grand Superintendoncy . When we roc how eagerly tlio title ol