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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
[ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents ' . ]
BOYS' SCHOOL BUILDING FUND . TO THE EDITOR OE THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND REVIEW . 48 , Harley-street , Sept . 1 st , 1852 . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — PERHAPS I ought to apologize for obtruding myself on your
notice . And yet I think no apology will be required , when it becomes evident , that my sole object is the advancement of one of those Charities , which are at once the support and glory of our Order . The reports , which have from time to time been circulated by the Royal Masonic Institution of Boys , clearly prove the urgent necessity of establishing a school for the maintenanceas well as
, education , of the children under the care of that Charity . And I think every true Mason will feel each day too long , that intervenes before we secure the power of affording to the sons of our indigent and decayed Brethren , an education suitable to the intelligence of the present day—an advantage which their own fathers would have been able to give , when in happier days they joined our Order . That this object is noble and worthy of Freemasonry , will be
readily admitted , and I speak from experience , when I say we cannot possibly ensure it , until we have a school of our own , whilst from such an establishment we shall derive the great additional advantage of becoming acquainted with the characters and abilities of the boys under our charge , a knowledge which will enable us to benefit them after they leave the school , by apprenticing or otherwise placing them in such trades or employments , in which their
dispositions or acquirements may best qualify them to succeed . The first step towards the accomplishment of the design is already taken . Half the surplus income of the institution is now set apart to form a Building Fund . But it is manifest , that without further aid , years musD elapse before the object is attained , even under the most favourable circumstances , and in the interval many poor children must want the benefits we seek to give .
The necessity of guarding against any interruption of the existing benefits of the charity , by the diversion of too large a portion of the annual benefactions which it receives into a new channel , has compelled the General Court to limit the reception of dona-
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
[ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents ' . ]
BOYS' SCHOOL BUILDING FUND . TO THE EDITOR OE THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND REVIEW . 48 , Harley-street , Sept . 1 st , 1852 . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — PERHAPS I ought to apologize for obtruding myself on your
notice . And yet I think no apology will be required , when it becomes evident , that my sole object is the advancement of one of those Charities , which are at once the support and glory of our Order . The reports , which have from time to time been circulated by the Royal Masonic Institution of Boys , clearly prove the urgent necessity of establishing a school for the maintenanceas well as
, education , of the children under the care of that Charity . And I think every true Mason will feel each day too long , that intervenes before we secure the power of affording to the sons of our indigent and decayed Brethren , an education suitable to the intelligence of the present day—an advantage which their own fathers would have been able to give , when in happier days they joined our Order . That this object is noble and worthy of Freemasonry , will be
readily admitted , and I speak from experience , when I say we cannot possibly ensure it , until we have a school of our own , whilst from such an establishment we shall derive the great additional advantage of becoming acquainted with the characters and abilities of the boys under our charge , a knowledge which will enable us to benefit them after they leave the school , by apprenticing or otherwise placing them in such trades or employments , in which their
dispositions or acquirements may best qualify them to succeed . The first step towards the accomplishment of the design is already taken . Half the surplus income of the institution is now set apart to form a Building Fund . But it is manifest , that without further aid , years musD elapse before the object is attained , even under the most favourable circumstances , and in the interval many poor children must want the benefits we seek to give .
The necessity of guarding against any interruption of the existing benefits of the charity , by the diversion of too large a portion of the annual benefactions which it receives into a new channel , has compelled the General Court to limit the reception of dona-