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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
receive . This Institution has become one of the acknowledged Charities of the Order , and so long as the building remains unfinished , and the comforts of the inmates are curtailed by reason of insufficient funds to make it one of the noblest of the Masonic Charities , the circle of Fraternal benevolence cannot be said to be complete . We made an appeal in its behalf in September : to that appeal ,
WE GKIEVE TO SAY , NO ADEQUATE RESPONSE HAS YET BEEN MADE ! We trust the year 1852 , just commencing , will not pass without such a blot—as unworthy of the Craft as it is extraordinary—being wiped from its escutcheon — an escutcheon which ought in every respect irreproachably to maintain the motto , Sans tache , et sans reproche !
With reference to the Girls' School , every thing that is satisfactory may be announced : the children are advancing in their education with a rapidity and earnestness , which does great credit to their indefatigable school-mistress , Miss Jarwood ; whilst the superintendence of their domestic comforts continues to be as carefulland earnestl
y y discharged as ever , by the assiduity and personal inspection of the venerable and respected matron , Mrs . Crook , in which duties she is assiduously aided by the services of Miss Jack . As to the educational progress of the children , we are happy to announce , that the Girls have lately undergone two examinations , the latter of which was conducted
in the presence of the M . W . the G . M ., and the Countess of Zetland , when they shewed , especially on the former occasion , a proficiency in every branch of study in which they are trained , that would have done credit to any female educational institution in the country . When the new school-house shall have been completed , and the
interesting inmates of the Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children have been removed there , we doubt not that even greater advancement will be made , and that the Craft will have to congratulate themselves that the largest amount of education , consistent with the circumstances in which the children will probably be placed in
after life , will be imparted , whilst their moral and reli gious supervision will continue to be as strictl y regarded as it . has been hitherto . From the contemplation of the flourishing condition of the Girls' School , we turn to that of the Boys ; and here there is similar reason to be thankful ; for the advancement of these recipients of Masonic bounty has neither been
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
receive . This Institution has become one of the acknowledged Charities of the Order , and so long as the building remains unfinished , and the comforts of the inmates are curtailed by reason of insufficient funds to make it one of the noblest of the Masonic Charities , the circle of Fraternal benevolence cannot be said to be complete . We made an appeal in its behalf in September : to that appeal ,
WE GKIEVE TO SAY , NO ADEQUATE RESPONSE HAS YET BEEN MADE ! We trust the year 1852 , just commencing , will not pass without such a blot—as unworthy of the Craft as it is extraordinary—being wiped from its escutcheon — an escutcheon which ought in every respect irreproachably to maintain the motto , Sans tache , et sans reproche !
With reference to the Girls' School , every thing that is satisfactory may be announced : the children are advancing in their education with a rapidity and earnestness , which does great credit to their indefatigable school-mistress , Miss Jarwood ; whilst the superintendence of their domestic comforts continues to be as carefulland earnestl
y y discharged as ever , by the assiduity and personal inspection of the venerable and respected matron , Mrs . Crook , in which duties she is assiduously aided by the services of Miss Jack . As to the educational progress of the children , we are happy to announce , that the Girls have lately undergone two examinations , the latter of which was conducted
in the presence of the M . W . the G . M ., and the Countess of Zetland , when they shewed , especially on the former occasion , a proficiency in every branch of study in which they are trained , that would have done credit to any female educational institution in the country . When the new school-house shall have been completed , and the
interesting inmates of the Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children have been removed there , we doubt not that even greater advancement will be made , and that the Craft will have to congratulate themselves that the largest amount of education , consistent with the circumstances in which the children will probably be placed in
after life , will be imparted , whilst their moral and reli gious supervision will continue to be as strictl y regarded as it . has been hitherto . From the contemplation of the flourishing condition of the Girls' School , we turn to that of the Boys ; and here there is similar reason to be thankful ; for the advancement of these recipients of Masonic bounty has neither been