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The October Election Of The Girls' School.
THE OCTOBER ELECTION OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
THE needs of the Craft appear to keep pace with every effort made to increase the charity dispensed through the medium of the Masonic Benevolent Institutions , and the number of candidates who are admitted at any of the periodical elections seems to have but very little effect on
the number who come forward at succeeding ones . In other words , the supply of candidates is greater than the demand ; and we fear that the present time , when every one is complaining of bad trade , and distress appears on every
side , is a bad one in which to hope for any alteration . The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls affords us an example . The usual half-yearly election takes place on Saturday , 10 th October , and the ballot paper for that election gives
particulars of thirty-four candidates , of whom twentyeight now appear on the list for the first time . At the last election , in April , twenty-three girls were elected from a list of thirty candidates , leaving seven only unsuccessful .
Six of these appear again on the list for the October election , and the other ( Rose Adelaide M . Smith ) has had to retire in consequence of having reached the maximum limit of age . It may be remembered that this girl was a
candidate at each of the last two elections , and that in October 1884 she polled 56 votes . She was one of two dependent children , both of whose parents were alive at the time of the last application . Further than this she had
had a sister educated in the School , and , as we remarked when reviewing the candidates for the April election , her case was one which called for some special details . Judging from results , our comments were not out of place .
Fifteen hundred votes would have secured her election ; as it was she only added 42 to her previous total , making in all 98 , and this , for a last application case , is convincing
proof , in our mind , that the child should never have been entered on the list . Without knowing more than is told to each subscriber of the Institution , we feel that justice has been done in excluding her from the School .
As we have said above , there are thirty-four candidates to compete for the sixteen vacancies to be filled on the 10 th , two making a third application , four a second , and twenty-ei ght appearing for the first time . Ten of the
candidates are accredited to London , four to Hants and Isle of Wight , three each to Kent and West Yorkshire , two each to Essex , Lincolnshire , Suffolk , and Sussex , and one each to Berks and Bucks , Devonshire , Monmouthshire
Norfolk , Northumberland , and North aud East Yorkshire . "Last application" appears to two names on the list Nos . 5 and 24 . No . 5 , Maud Emily Fitt , is one of those who took part in the April election . She then polled 1403
votes , and stood at the head of the unsuccessful candidates . She is one of six children dependent on a widowed mother . Her father was a member of the Perseverance Lodge
, No . 213 , Norfolk , and was a subscriber until his death , in 1884 . He was initiated in 1877 . No . 24 , Emily Hannah G . Campbell , is a first application case . She is one of three children left to the care of a widowed mother . Her father
w as initiated in 1865 , and was for some time Secretary of Isca _ Lodge , No . 683 , Monmouthshire . Both of those candidates have fair prospects of being successful next
month , both belonging to good Provinces . We trust their friends will rally round them in such force as to secure their admittance .
The October Election Of The Girls' School.
A particularly deserving case appears on the present list , one which we hope will secure universal sympathy and support , even if it does not call for some special action on the part of the subscribers . It is No . 26 ,
Isabelle May Pinder , one of whose sisters was elected to the Institution , but she died before her admission . We do not know whether there is any way by which this child can be admitted in place of her sister—without further polling
of votes—or whether the votes polled on behalf of her sister can be placed to her credit ; but we think the case is one for special consideration , especially as id comes from
the ever ready Province of West Yorkshire . The child is one of four dependent children , whose father , late S . W . of the Excelsior . Lodge , No . 1042 , died in 1882 , and she now makes her first application .
London Lodges , which statistics prove do so much for so little in return , supply ten of the remaining candidates . Two of these are the girls who now make third applications , and these would appear to afford further proof of the
backwardness of Londoners as compared with the Provincials , for they are tho only candidates left over from those who appealed at the October election of last year . No . 1 , Minnie Madeline Man sell , has 982 votes to her credit .
She is one of a family of six children whose parents are both dead , two of the children being partially provided for . Her father was a member of the Panmure Lodge , No . 720 , the members of which ought , we think , to have
been able to carry the case before this . We hope , however , they will not allow the child to be sent away again this October . No . 2 , Louisa Adelaide Smithers , has better prospects of success , and her position would appear
to justify the advantage . She has 1326 votes already polled , and is one of seven parentless children . Her father was a member of the Faith Lodge , No . 141 ,
remaining a member until the time of his death , in 1883 , and yet it has not been possible to secure his daughter ' s election . We venture to think that if either of these cases
had emanated from a Provincial Lodge their election would have been certain , on the second application even if not on the first . They certainly afford the strongest proof that some organisation of voting power is
necessary in London , similar to that adopted in the Provinces . When two of the strongest Lodges of the Metropolis allow parentless children ( members of families of seven and six respectively ) to go unelecfced for twelve months ,
there must be something radically wrong , and the sooner a remedy is attempted the better for the unfortunate members of Londou Masonry . No . 4 , Lilian Frances Wells , is another London case . She polled 574 votes
last April , and is one of seven children dependent on a widowed mother . Her father was a member of the Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , and was a subscriber to both the Boys' and Girls' Schools . We hope that eich of these
three " brought forward" cases will be satisfactoril y disposed of at the coming contest , and the stain on Loudon thereby , in a measure , removed . No . 20 , Gertrude Emma Wardroper ; No . 21 , Edith May Walrnsley ; and
No . 23 , Ida Campbell Tucker , are each members of families in which five children are dependent—in the cases of Wardroper and Tucker on tho mother , and in that of Walmsley on the stepmother . The fat ' ier of Gertrude
Wardroper was a P . M . of Wandsworth Lodge , No . 1044 , and died in November of last year . Edith Walmsley ' s father was a P . M . of the Whittington Lodge , No . 862 , and he died iu May of the present year ; while Ida Tucker ' s
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The October Election Of The Girls' School.
THE OCTOBER ELECTION OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
THE needs of the Craft appear to keep pace with every effort made to increase the charity dispensed through the medium of the Masonic Benevolent Institutions , and the number of candidates who are admitted at any of the periodical elections seems to have but very little effect on
the number who come forward at succeeding ones . In other words , the supply of candidates is greater than the demand ; and we fear that the present time , when every one is complaining of bad trade , and distress appears on every
side , is a bad one in which to hope for any alteration . The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls affords us an example . The usual half-yearly election takes place on Saturday , 10 th October , and the ballot paper for that election gives
particulars of thirty-four candidates , of whom twentyeight now appear on the list for the first time . At the last election , in April , twenty-three girls were elected from a list of thirty candidates , leaving seven only unsuccessful .
Six of these appear again on the list for the October election , and the other ( Rose Adelaide M . Smith ) has had to retire in consequence of having reached the maximum limit of age . It may be remembered that this girl was a
candidate at each of the last two elections , and that in October 1884 she polled 56 votes . She was one of two dependent children , both of whose parents were alive at the time of the last application . Further than this she had
had a sister educated in the School , and , as we remarked when reviewing the candidates for the April election , her case was one which called for some special details . Judging from results , our comments were not out of place .
Fifteen hundred votes would have secured her election ; as it was she only added 42 to her previous total , making in all 98 , and this , for a last application case , is convincing
proof , in our mind , that the child should never have been entered on the list . Without knowing more than is told to each subscriber of the Institution , we feel that justice has been done in excluding her from the School .
As we have said above , there are thirty-four candidates to compete for the sixteen vacancies to be filled on the 10 th , two making a third application , four a second , and twenty-ei ght appearing for the first time . Ten of the
candidates are accredited to London , four to Hants and Isle of Wight , three each to Kent and West Yorkshire , two each to Essex , Lincolnshire , Suffolk , and Sussex , and one each to Berks and Bucks , Devonshire , Monmouthshire
Norfolk , Northumberland , and North aud East Yorkshire . "Last application" appears to two names on the list Nos . 5 and 24 . No . 5 , Maud Emily Fitt , is one of those who took part in the April election . She then polled 1403
votes , and stood at the head of the unsuccessful candidates . She is one of six children dependent on a widowed mother . Her father was a member of the Perseverance Lodge
, No . 213 , Norfolk , and was a subscriber until his death , in 1884 . He was initiated in 1877 . No . 24 , Emily Hannah G . Campbell , is a first application case . She is one of three children left to the care of a widowed mother . Her father
w as initiated in 1865 , and was for some time Secretary of Isca _ Lodge , No . 683 , Monmouthshire . Both of those candidates have fair prospects of being successful next
month , both belonging to good Provinces . We trust their friends will rally round them in such force as to secure their admittance .
The October Election Of The Girls' School.
A particularly deserving case appears on the present list , one which we hope will secure universal sympathy and support , even if it does not call for some special action on the part of the subscribers . It is No . 26 ,
Isabelle May Pinder , one of whose sisters was elected to the Institution , but she died before her admission . We do not know whether there is any way by which this child can be admitted in place of her sister—without further polling
of votes—or whether the votes polled on behalf of her sister can be placed to her credit ; but we think the case is one for special consideration , especially as id comes from
the ever ready Province of West Yorkshire . The child is one of four dependent children , whose father , late S . W . of the Excelsior . Lodge , No . 1042 , died in 1882 , and she now makes her first application .
London Lodges , which statistics prove do so much for so little in return , supply ten of the remaining candidates . Two of these are the girls who now make third applications , and these would appear to afford further proof of the
backwardness of Londoners as compared with the Provincials , for they are tho only candidates left over from those who appealed at the October election of last year . No . 1 , Minnie Madeline Man sell , has 982 votes to her credit .
She is one of a family of six children whose parents are both dead , two of the children being partially provided for . Her father was a member of the Panmure Lodge , No . 720 , the members of which ought , we think , to have
been able to carry the case before this . We hope , however , they will not allow the child to be sent away again this October . No . 2 , Louisa Adelaide Smithers , has better prospects of success , and her position would appear
to justify the advantage . She has 1326 votes already polled , and is one of seven parentless children . Her father was a member of the Faith Lodge , No . 141 ,
remaining a member until the time of his death , in 1883 , and yet it has not been possible to secure his daughter ' s election . We venture to think that if either of these cases
had emanated from a Provincial Lodge their election would have been certain , on the second application even if not on the first . They certainly afford the strongest proof that some organisation of voting power is
necessary in London , similar to that adopted in the Provinces . When two of the strongest Lodges of the Metropolis allow parentless children ( members of families of seven and six respectively ) to go unelecfced for twelve months ,
there must be something radically wrong , and the sooner a remedy is attempted the better for the unfortunate members of Londou Masonry . No . 4 , Lilian Frances Wells , is another London case . She polled 574 votes
last April , and is one of seven children dependent on a widowed mother . Her father was a member of the Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , and was a subscriber to both the Boys' and Girls' Schools . We hope that eich of these
three " brought forward" cases will be satisfactoril y disposed of at the coming contest , and the stain on Loudon thereby , in a measure , removed . No . 20 , Gertrude Emma Wardroper ; No . 21 , Edith May Walrnsley ; and
No . 23 , Ida Campbell Tucker , are each members of families in which five children are dependent—in the cases of Wardroper and Tucker on tho mother , and in that of Walmsley on the stepmother . The fat ' ier of Gertrude
Wardroper was a P . M . of Wandsworth Lodge , No . 1044 , and died in November of last year . Edith Walmsley ' s father was a P . M . of the Whittington Lodge , No . 862 , and he died iu May of the present year ; while Ida Tucker ' s