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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
attempt to do so , they would soon be left behind all similar institutions as regarded their utility ( cheers ) . He fully agreed with the jn'opriety of an endeavour being made to found the Boys' Jlasonic Institution on a wider basis , by which the boys should be secured the advantages of a more regular ancl extended education , and at the same time be brought more immediately under the control ofthe Committee ( cheers ) . In providing * an establishment for the reception of the boys , however , he was happy to remark that it was not in any way intended to limit the usefulness or the universality ofthe Institution , bnt that the benefits as at jiresent enjoyed bthe boys in the Institution were still
y to be extended to those whose fathers or guardians might object to their being brought up in a public school . Ho begged once more to thank them for drinking his health , and to express his best wishes that tbe Institution might long continue to flourish , and prove of extensive use to the children of the members ofthe Craft ( cheers ) .
About thirty of the boys at present educated and clothed in the London district at the expense of the Institution , were here brought into the hall , and having been drawn up before the Chairman , Bro . It . G-. ALSTON said he had now groat pleasure to bring under the notice of the Worshipful Chairman those boys who , after undergoing a most strict examination by the Committee in various branches of education , were deemed most worthy of receiving the prizes to be awarded to them . It gave him great gratification in being enabled to state , as the result of the examination , that the
Committee were much pleased with the progress the boys had made in various branches of knowledge , which reflected alike the greatest credit on their teachers and their own industry and talents ( cheers ) . After much and careful consideration , the Examiners had adjudged the prizes as follows : — Writing , William Joseph Caseley ; 1 st history , Alfred George Wyatt ; 2 nd or junior ditto , John William Hill ; 1 st geography , Henry Vine ; 2 nd or junior ditto , Nathaniel Gray . In both history and geography , tho answers of Goodrich , Holt , "and Stringer gave much satisfaction . In the higher branches of arithmetic , Eobert ShackeH and Joseph Stringer were so nearly equal , that they recommended a ,
prize to be given to each of them . The answers of N . Gray and Holt gave great satisfaction ; Caseley , Crichton , Goodrich , M'Candlish , O'Brien , Speight , and Vine also acquitted themselves very creditably . In the junior class , the prize for arithmetic was adjudged to Henry James Timbs ; Deighton , Hewlett , and Thiselton acquitted themselves very creditably . The prize for French had been adjudged by Bro . B . L 6 pee , W . M . of the Lodge La Tolerance , No . 784 , to George Henry Joseph Holt . Bro . Lepee was also well satisfied with O'Brien , Eobert Smith , and Speight . Ofthe boy Holt he wished to make especial mention , for while he had attained the prize for French , he had entered into honourable competition for the prizes in many other classes .
The first boy , William Joseph Caseley , was then handed on to the table , in front of the Chairman , and presented to the noble Earl , who , addressing him , stated that It gave him the greatest pleasure to hear the Report of the Examiners , as to his proficiency in writing , for which he was to be presented with a prize , which he ( the noble Chairman ) had now the pleasure to hand to him , but for his general good conduct . It must be extremely gratifying to all the officers and subscribers to the Institution to have the opportunity oi
knowing that the boys so conducted themselves as to deserve these rewards , as it must be to tho boys themselves to show by their conduct that they duly appreciated the advantages which they derived through , the Institution . He trusted that the medal , with which he was about to present him , would be a stimulant to future exertions , and not only to him , but to all the other boj's , who by attention and exertion might hope to be as fortunate at a future examination . He now presented him with the medal , and ho trusted that ho ( Caseley ) would , whilst he wore it , be desirous , by strict attention to the disci pline of the school , to set such an example to the other boys as would redound at once to his own honour * and the credit ofthe school . Caseley having bowed and retired , the other hoys who had won the prizes , consisting of handsomely hound books , were one hy one intro-
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
attempt to do so , they would soon be left behind all similar institutions as regarded their utility ( cheers ) . He fully agreed with the jn'opriety of an endeavour being made to found the Boys' Jlasonic Institution on a wider basis , by which the boys should be secured the advantages of a more regular ancl extended education , and at the same time be brought more immediately under the control ofthe Committee ( cheers ) . In providing * an establishment for the reception of the boys , however , he was happy to remark that it was not in any way intended to limit the usefulness or the universality ofthe Institution , bnt that the benefits as at jiresent enjoyed bthe boys in the Institution were still
y to be extended to those whose fathers or guardians might object to their being brought up in a public school . Ho begged once more to thank them for drinking his health , and to express his best wishes that tbe Institution might long continue to flourish , and prove of extensive use to the children of the members ofthe Craft ( cheers ) .
About thirty of the boys at present educated and clothed in the London district at the expense of the Institution , were here brought into the hall , and having been drawn up before the Chairman , Bro . It . G-. ALSTON said he had now groat pleasure to bring under the notice of the Worshipful Chairman those boys who , after undergoing a most strict examination by the Committee in various branches of education , were deemed most worthy of receiving the prizes to be awarded to them . It gave him great gratification in being enabled to state , as the result of the examination , that the
Committee were much pleased with the progress the boys had made in various branches of knowledge , which reflected alike the greatest credit on their teachers and their own industry and talents ( cheers ) . After much and careful consideration , the Examiners had adjudged the prizes as follows : — Writing , William Joseph Caseley ; 1 st history , Alfred George Wyatt ; 2 nd or junior ditto , John William Hill ; 1 st geography , Henry Vine ; 2 nd or junior ditto , Nathaniel Gray . In both history and geography , tho answers of Goodrich , Holt , "and Stringer gave much satisfaction . In the higher branches of arithmetic , Eobert ShackeH and Joseph Stringer were so nearly equal , that they recommended a ,
prize to be given to each of them . The answers of N . Gray and Holt gave great satisfaction ; Caseley , Crichton , Goodrich , M'Candlish , O'Brien , Speight , and Vine also acquitted themselves very creditably . In the junior class , the prize for arithmetic was adjudged to Henry James Timbs ; Deighton , Hewlett , and Thiselton acquitted themselves very creditably . The prize for French had been adjudged by Bro . B . L 6 pee , W . M . of the Lodge La Tolerance , No . 784 , to George Henry Joseph Holt . Bro . Lepee was also well satisfied with O'Brien , Eobert Smith , and Speight . Ofthe boy Holt he wished to make especial mention , for while he had attained the prize for French , he had entered into honourable competition for the prizes in many other classes .
The first boy , William Joseph Caseley , was then handed on to the table , in front of the Chairman , and presented to the noble Earl , who , addressing him , stated that It gave him the greatest pleasure to hear the Report of the Examiners , as to his proficiency in writing , for which he was to be presented with a prize , which he ( the noble Chairman ) had now the pleasure to hand to him , but for his general good conduct . It must be extremely gratifying to all the officers and subscribers to the Institution to have the opportunity oi
knowing that the boys so conducted themselves as to deserve these rewards , as it must be to tho boys themselves to show by their conduct that they duly appreciated the advantages which they derived through , the Institution . He trusted that the medal , with which he was about to present him , would be a stimulant to future exertions , and not only to him , but to all the other boj's , who by attention and exertion might hope to be as fortunate at a future examination . He now presented him with the medal , and ho trusted that ho ( Caseley ) would , whilst he wore it , be desirous , by strict attention to the disci pline of the school , to set such an example to the other boys as would redound at once to his own honour * and the credit ofthe school . Caseley having bowed and retired , the other hoys who had won the prizes , consisting of handsomely hound books , were one hy one intro-