The Girls' School Election.

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL ELECTION .

WE may look , forward to a lively and exciting contest at tho Quarterly Court of tbe Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls , which will bo hold on Thursday , the 13 th April , at tbe Freemasons' Tavern ,

Great Queen Street , London . The balloting papers , which have been issued this week , give us a List of Thirty candidates , who will compete for Nineteen vacancies . Of these , three only come forward with votes to their credit , aud these votes in the aggregate

only amount to 873 ; AVC may therefore at once come to agreement that the race will be an open one , and the prizes can only be secured by judicious and careful management on tbe part of those who have taken upon themselves to support tho respective candidates .

There are only four last application cases , and as there is always a certain section of tho subscribers who deem it their duty to give special attention to all deserving cases on their last appeal we hope to seo all these get a place on tho . successful list .

•First , thon , let us consider the claims of these last application candidates . No . 3 on the List , Marion Taylor , has already made one application , at the October Election last year , when she had 753 votes recorded on her behalf . She , with two other children ,

are dependent on the mother . The father , who died on the 17 th December 1891 , was a subscribing member to his Lodges—Burgoyne , No . 902 , and Emulation , No . 1163—over fourteen years . This candidate will be supported by London brethren , and

by members of the Province of Warwickshire . No . 5 , Ina Crowther , has both parents living . The father was a member of the Britannia Lodge , No . 139 , and we feel sure the brethren of the Province of West Yorkshire will give the necessary help to secure a place for this candidate . No . 13 , Gertrude Eleanor

lioss , is one of five children dependent on their mother . The father , Bro . II . T . T . Boss , was a clerk in H . M . Customs ; he subscribed to his Lodge , the Vitruvian , No . 87 , 18 i years . He died on the 17 th August 1892 . No . 19 , Florence Field , has lost both parents . Her father was a subscriber for 12 years

to tbe Wilbraham Lodge , No . 1713 . Doubtless the brethren of West Lancashire will not lose sight of this candidate . As we have already said these are last application cases , and as such AVO specially commend them to the notice of our readers .

iNo . 1 on tbe List , Maud Mary Norris , lost her father on the 2 nd January 1888 . He had been , at the time of his death , a subscribing member to his Lodge , the St . John's , No . 1343 , for eleven years . This case -will be supported by tbe brethren of Essex , the members of which Province will be sure to give it

men- best attention . No . 2 , Mav Alme Tubbs , hails irom Hants and the Isle of Wight . Her father died in March 1892 ; be was a member of Lodges 319 and 1780 , and subscribed for 19 years . The mother ha ? threo other children dependent on her . No . 4 is a

London case ; Nellie M . B . Harwood is the daughter of Bro . G . Fisher Harwood , Avho subscribed for over 7 years to the Victoria Lodge , No . 1056 . He died on the -1 th July 1885 , leaving his AvidoAV with this child dependent on her . No . 0 , Fanny Seward , is also a Hants and Isle of Wight candidate . Her father , Avho subscribed to Lodges 1428 and 1903 for over sixteen

years , was washed overboard while following his occupation of chief steward in tbe Koyal Navy . The mother has three children dependent on her . No . 7 , Georgina Plaskitt , is a daughter of a brother of the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , Avho died in July 1891 . He

is accredited with 24 £ years membership , and doubtless in tbat time secured many friends , who we trust may noAv support the candidature of his child . No . 8 , M . M . Vale , is one of the two dependent children of Bro . T . H . Vale , who was Secretary of tho

Tuscan Lodge , No . 1027 , of Shanghai . He had subscribed to his Lodge for upwards of eleven years . No . 9 , Bertha Lucie E . Sanders , is the daughter of Bro . John Sanders , M . D ., who subscribed to Lodges 632 ( Trowbridge ) and 105 G ( London ) for periods

amounting to more than eight years . This child is tbe only one dependent on the mother . The father Avas a subscriber to both Boys' and Girls' Schools . No . 10 , Dorothy Maud Boof , hails from the Province of Kent . Her father Avas a member of the

Lullingstone Lodge , No . 1837 , wherein he Avas initiated in 1889 ; he subscribed until the time of his death , March 1892 . The AvidoAV has live children dependent on her . No . 11 , Jessie Eichards , is the daughter of Brother William Eichards , a member of Lodges

Nos . 1257 and 1853 . In the latter he filled the chair of W . M . He subscribed for 16 years , and died in March 1891 , leaving a widow with three children ; one of these , however , is partly provided for . No . 12 , Emiline Fawcett , is another West Yorkshire case . The father subscribed to his Lodge , No . 275 , for ten

years . He died in June 1888 , leaving one child dependent on his AvidoAV . The next tAvo cases , Nos . 14 and 15 , are accredited to the Western Division of South Wales . Florence Susan Ace is one of five children dependent on her mother . The father Avas a subscribing member of No . 671 for fourteen years .

He died in September 1885 . The second of these cases , Gladys May Harding , a daughter of Brother C . V . Harding , of No . 476 , who subscribed to his Lodge for over fourteen years , presents some exceptional features . Both parents are dead , and there is

a family of nme children dependent . No . 16 , Jessie May Curie , is the daughter of a brother who belonged to the Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , and herein he subscribed to the time of his death , February 1892 , a period of 19 years . He Avas a Life Governor to all tbe

Chanties . His widoAV is left with four children , but one is partly provided for . No . 17 , Dora Gallott , is the daughter of Bro . Joseph Louis Gallott , who for 14 £ years was associated Avith the Craft in Lodges 671 , 672 , 454 , 782 and 227 . He is by profession a