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The School Elections.
THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS .
W ITHIN a few days the voting papers for the October elections of the two Educational Institutions will be in the hands of subscribers , and the usual half yearly canvass
for votes will be actively carried on by those who are interested in one or other of the candidates on the respective lists .
The elections do not take place until October—that for the Girls on Thursday , 8 th of that month ; that for the Boys the following day , Friday , 9 th , but it is already known that in the one case there is an approved list of twenty-eight
candidates , with nineteen vacancies , and in the other fortyfour candidates , of whom fourteen are to be elected ; so that there are altogether seventy-two candidates for the October contests , of whom thirty-three can be admitted .
In the case of the Girls School there are three last application cases . No . 1 , L . B . Dransfield , comes forward for the fifth time with 329 votes already recorded , she is one of seven children , of whom three are partially provided for ; the
father was S . D . of the Bast Medina Lodge , No . 175 , and died in 1894 ; let us hope , for this girl ' s sake , that the Province of which her father was a member may see their way to support her final application ; hers is the only case from
Hampshire , so we think there is a fair prospect before her . No . 15 , H . B . C . Knight , and No . 28 , D . Puxley , are both first applications ; the one being jointly accredited to Surrey and London , the other to Warwickshire . Having been found
worthy , we trust these three cases may also prove successful . Two of the girls , No . 4 , A . I . Cockcroft , and No . 5 , M . A . Callander , have neither parent living . Both were candidates in April last , the one securing 95 votes and the other 1020 ,
numbers which might easily be increased to such an extent at the next election , as to relieve the friends of further anxiety , as in the one case the applicant is accredited to Cheshire , and in the other jointly to Middlesex and London .
Turning to the Boys list we find four of the candidates who will be ineligible on the score of age should they not succeed in securing a place at the coming election . No . 2 , C . E . Fallot , is the son of an old member of the Confidence
Lodge , No . 193 , London , and has already taken part in three elections , when a total of 14 . 69 votes have been recorded on his behalf ; he is one of three children left to the care of their mother , and we believe strenuous efforts will be made
to secure his admission . The members of the Lodge of Confidence are consistent supporters of the three Institutions , and we hope that many who have had assistance from them
n times gone by will use an effort to support them on this occasion , in their endeavours to secure the election of a son of one of their old members .
No . 6 , A . H . Sutton , is a third application case , from Oxfordshire , where the father rose to the dignity of Provincial Grand Junior Deacon ; he and the mother are yet living , and they have four children dependent upon them . In the two elections in which the boy has taken part 1426 votes have
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been recorded on his behalf , a number we hope to see so far increased in October , as to place him amongst the successful . No . 13 , J . H . D'A . Wilton , comes from the Provinces of Somersetshire and Wiltshire , in the former of which his
father attained the rank of Provincial Grand Eegistrar . This is his second application , and he comes forward with 736 votes recorded in his favour ; he and four other children are dependent on a widowed mother . No . 30 , N . A . B . Mostyn ,
is a first application case . The father was associated with several London Lodges , and took a great interest in the Institutions , qualifying during his lifetime as Life Subscriber to the Boys and Life Governor to each of the other funds
He died in 1891 , but we trust he will be so far remembered as to ensure the success of his son on the occasion of his only possible application for the benefits of the Boys School . The cases in which both parents are dead are more
numerous on this list than was the case with the Girls , there being five candidates so circumstanced , each of whom appears to us to present a special claim for the kindly consideration
of the Graft . These cases are No . 14 , H . J . Cramphome , who has 811 votes from the last election ; No . 31 , V . J . Buchan ; No . 33 , H . E . Eichmond ; No . 39 , A . J . Lyle ; and No . 42 , H . Bowman , all of whom are applying for the first time .
It is impossible for us to say which are the most deserving of the many candidates , but we may specially appeal for those who have but this chance of securing admission , hoping
that each of the others may in turn receive the same consideration , and all ultimately find a home in one or other of the Schools which are provided by the liberality of the English Brotherhood .
We shall watch with considerable interest the proceedings of the International Anti-Masonic Congress , which is to be held in Austria at the end of September ,. for it is likely to afford a solution to a question which , to our knowledge , has never received
an adequate answer . How is it that the entire Roman Catholic hierarchy , from the Pope downwards , are possessed of such bitter hatred against Freemasonry ? No doubt the Church has an inherent objection to secret societies in general , but this is not a
sufficient explanation of such continuous denunciation . At all events , we shall find out the reason of this bitter antagonism from the Congress , for its great object will be to spread abroad a knowledge of " immense moral and material evils done by
Freemasonry to the Church and society . " We ourselves have always imagined Freemasons to be an eminently respectable and peaceable society , whose worst offence was a genial tendency to selfentertainment . — " Westminster Gazette . "
The corner stone of the new court house at Baltimore , Maryland , was Masonically laid on the 25 th June 1896 . There was a grand procession , and the ceremonies were admirable .
The Masonic Hall , Glasgow , was brought into unenviable notoriety on Tuesday night , when Mr . Henry Brskine , a public official at Langholm , committed suicide there . o o o
H . E . H . the Grand Master of England has contributed twenty guineas to the Sir Augustus Harris Memorial Fund .
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The School Elections.
THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS .
W ITHIN a few days the voting papers for the October elections of the two Educational Institutions will be in the hands of subscribers , and the usual half yearly canvass
for votes will be actively carried on by those who are interested in one or other of the candidates on the respective lists .
The elections do not take place until October—that for the Girls on Thursday , 8 th of that month ; that for the Boys the following day , Friday , 9 th , but it is already known that in the one case there is an approved list of twenty-eight
candidates , with nineteen vacancies , and in the other fortyfour candidates , of whom fourteen are to be elected ; so that there are altogether seventy-two candidates for the October contests , of whom thirty-three can be admitted .
In the case of the Girls School there are three last application cases . No . 1 , L . B . Dransfield , comes forward for the fifth time with 329 votes already recorded , she is one of seven children , of whom three are partially provided for ; the
father was S . D . of the Bast Medina Lodge , No . 175 , and died in 1894 ; let us hope , for this girl ' s sake , that the Province of which her father was a member may see their way to support her final application ; hers is the only case from
Hampshire , so we think there is a fair prospect before her . No . 15 , H . B . C . Knight , and No . 28 , D . Puxley , are both first applications ; the one being jointly accredited to Surrey and London , the other to Warwickshire . Having been found
worthy , we trust these three cases may also prove successful . Two of the girls , No . 4 , A . I . Cockcroft , and No . 5 , M . A . Callander , have neither parent living . Both were candidates in April last , the one securing 95 votes and the other 1020 ,
numbers which might easily be increased to such an extent at the next election , as to relieve the friends of further anxiety , as in the one case the applicant is accredited to Cheshire , and in the other jointly to Middlesex and London .
Turning to the Boys list we find four of the candidates who will be ineligible on the score of age should they not succeed in securing a place at the coming election . No . 2 , C . E . Fallot , is the son of an old member of the Confidence
Lodge , No . 193 , London , and has already taken part in three elections , when a total of 14 . 69 votes have been recorded on his behalf ; he is one of three children left to the care of their mother , and we believe strenuous efforts will be made
to secure his admission . The members of the Lodge of Confidence are consistent supporters of the three Institutions , and we hope that many who have had assistance from them
n times gone by will use an effort to support them on this occasion , in their endeavours to secure the election of a son of one of their old members .
No . 6 , A . H . Sutton , is a third application case , from Oxfordshire , where the father rose to the dignity of Provincial Grand Junior Deacon ; he and the mother are yet living , and they have four children dependent upon them . In the two elections in which the boy has taken part 1426 votes have
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been recorded on his behalf , a number we hope to see so far increased in October , as to place him amongst the successful . No . 13 , J . H . D'A . Wilton , comes from the Provinces of Somersetshire and Wiltshire , in the former of which his
father attained the rank of Provincial Grand Eegistrar . This is his second application , and he comes forward with 736 votes recorded in his favour ; he and four other children are dependent on a widowed mother . No . 30 , N . A . B . Mostyn ,
is a first application case . The father was associated with several London Lodges , and took a great interest in the Institutions , qualifying during his lifetime as Life Subscriber to the Boys and Life Governor to each of the other funds
He died in 1891 , but we trust he will be so far remembered as to ensure the success of his son on the occasion of his only possible application for the benefits of the Boys School . The cases in which both parents are dead are more
numerous on this list than was the case with the Girls , there being five candidates so circumstanced , each of whom appears to us to present a special claim for the kindly consideration
of the Graft . These cases are No . 14 , H . J . Cramphome , who has 811 votes from the last election ; No . 31 , V . J . Buchan ; No . 33 , H . E . Eichmond ; No . 39 , A . J . Lyle ; and No . 42 , H . Bowman , all of whom are applying for the first time .
It is impossible for us to say which are the most deserving of the many candidates , but we may specially appeal for those who have but this chance of securing admission , hoping
that each of the others may in turn receive the same consideration , and all ultimately find a home in one or other of the Schools which are provided by the liberality of the English Brotherhood .
We shall watch with considerable interest the proceedings of the International Anti-Masonic Congress , which is to be held in Austria at the end of September ,. for it is likely to afford a solution to a question which , to our knowledge , has never received
an adequate answer . How is it that the entire Roman Catholic hierarchy , from the Pope downwards , are possessed of such bitter hatred against Freemasonry ? No doubt the Church has an inherent objection to secret societies in general , but this is not a
sufficient explanation of such continuous denunciation . At all events , we shall find out the reason of this bitter antagonism from the Congress , for its great object will be to spread abroad a knowledge of " immense moral and material evils done by
Freemasonry to the Church and society . " We ourselves have always imagined Freemasons to be an eminently respectable and peaceable society , whose worst offence was a genial tendency to selfentertainment . — " Westminster Gazette . "
The corner stone of the new court house at Baltimore , Maryland , was Masonically laid on the 25 th June 1896 . There was a grand procession , and the ceremonies were admirable .
The Masonic Hall , Glasgow , was brought into unenviable notoriety on Tuesday night , when Mr . Henry Brskine , a public official at Langholm , committed suicide there . o o o
H . E . H . the Grand Master of England has contributed twenty guineas to the Sir Augustus Harris Memorial Fund .