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r > OYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION j \ FOR GIRLS , ST . JOHNS' HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . INSTITUTED 17 SS . CHIEF P ATRONESS-. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . GRAND PATRON AND P RESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , 1 K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . GRAND PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . At a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of this InstitMtmn held at F REEMASONS' TAVERN , Great Queen-street , ' coin ' s Inn Fields , London , W . C , on THURSDAY , gth A il . , SQI , Bro . HEMRV SMITH , Treasurer of the Institution in the chair . After the general business was disposed of ' the Governors and Subscribers proceeded to the ELECTION by BALLOT of 19 girls into the Institution from a list of 25 approved candidates , when the following were declared duly No . on No . on ELECTED -. Poll . List . Votes . 1 ... 13 ... Lucas , Nathalie Mary ( last ) ... 5133 2 ... 16 ... Carr , Ruby Victoria 4780 3 ... 19 ... Messenger , Mabel Emily ... 4401 1 ... 21 ... Paton , Harriet Jane 4225 5 ... 10 ... Miller , Ethel Blanche ( te ;) ... 4121 6 ... 5 ... Gardner , Elsie Marian ... 4053 7 ... 1 ... England , Helen Maud ( last ) ... 3991 S ... 13 ... Lewns , Mildred Julia ... 39 66 y ... 17 ... Coles , Mabel Emily 3922 10 ... 25 ... Brine , Ethel Priscilla 3 S 74 11 ... 7 ... Payne , Maud Catherine ... 3 S 32 12 ... 23 ... Heastie , Kate Ethel 370 S 1 3 ... 11 ... Collinson , Alice May ( last ) ... 3515 14 ... 24 ... Davis , Muriel Ethel 336 S 15 ... 18 ... Gardner , Emily Louisa Mary 3135 16 ... g ... Vivian , Margaret 300 S 17 ... 14 ... Tomalyn-Potts , Mina A . Vera 1852 iS ... 6 ... Constable , Susan Ellen ... 1791 iy ... 4 ... Blackler , Annie Lydia ( last ) ... 435

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• NOTICE . A . Second Edition of "The "Freemason " ¦ frill be published on Saturday morning , giving the result of the polling for Candidates for admission to the Boys' School , which takes place to-day ( Friday ) .

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SATURDAY , APRIL II , 1891 . — «

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just ' feSUlt ° f the Girls' Sch ° 01 Election was dcc' ^ red c b " efore going to press , and the names of the suc-^ ul candidates will be found in another column . , 'gures exhibited an extraordinary difference

the f hi ghest and lowest successful case—Wesh-T * reachin S 5133 , and the latter only 435 Satu / Publisl 1 a sec ° nd edition of the Freemason on Scho , p ° rnin g , giving the results of the Boys '

^ ° ard ^ ' ^ ' "" y progress is being made with the ne xt oft , Stevvards for the Festival on the 12 th May to lhe e R ° yal Masonic Institution for Girls . U p Present time only about 220 brethren have

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volunteered their services , and there is but a brief interval left in which to increase the number , that is , of course , to be of any material service in obtaining the necessary subscriptions and donations . Last year , if we remember rightly , the Board numbered about 250

brethren , but the amount they raised— £ 11 , 000—represented the high average of £ 44 per Steward . We must , therefore , indulge in the hope that if this year ' s Board is not stronger the total of its Returns will at least not be less satisfactory .

* * Bro . Viscount Dungarvan has lost no time in showing that his recent promise to undertake the duties of a Festival Chairman , should he at any time be called upon to do so , was made in all sincerity . His lordship

is S . G . Warden of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , as well as Prov . Grand Master nominate of Somersetshire , and , in response to an invitation from the Secretary , has most kindly arranged to preside at

the approaching Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund . We trust his lordship ' s Chairmanship will be attended b y the same good fortune as those of his more immediate predecessors .

We understand that the services rendered by Bro . H . A . Hunt , the Honorary Architect of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , in connection with the Alexandra Hall , which was so lately opened by his Royal Highness

the M . W . G . M ., will very shortly be recognised b y his appointment to the brevet rank of Past Grand Superintendent of Works . The honour thus about to be conferred is most richl y deserved , and we very heartily congratulate Bro . Hunt on his good fortune .

We must again remind our readers that the Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held this day ( Friday ) , at Freemasons ' Tavern , at 12 noon precisely , when 28 will be elected from an approved list of 45 candidates . The last cases

are Nos . 2 , 4 , 19 , 28 , and 33 , and we earnestl y appeal to all Governors and Subscribers who are not alread y committed to the support of these candidates to give

all the help they can to these boys , who will have their names removed from the list if they fail to win places at this election . * ** *

We are pleased to be in a position to announce that the office of Prov . G . Master of Surrey , which was rendered vacant in 1889 by the lamented death of Bro . General Brownrigg , C . B ., has been at length filled , and that his Royal Highness , the M . W . G . M ., has

appointed thereto Bro . Col . G . Noel Money , C . B ., of Vigo House , Weybridge , Surrey . We gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to tender our hearty congratulations to Bro . Col . Money on his appointment to so distinguished a position .

* * * The Craft has sustained a great loss through the death of Bro . J . Finlay Finlayson , member of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , author of " The Symbols and Legends of Freemasonry , " a work which

was received with a very considerable amount of favour , and will always prove most interesting to the Masonic student . The sad event occurred quite recently and unexpectedl y , and we feel confident our readers will unite with us in this expression of regret at the death of so learned and so capable a writer .

Our readers , and especially those who enjoy the privilege of his acquaintance , will deeply sympathise with Bro . Asher Barfield , Past Grand Treasurer , in the very serious bereavement he lias just sustained by the death

of Mrs . Barfield , whose funeral took place at Kensal Green on Monday . For ourselves , we take this opportunity of tendering him our sincere sympathy in the midst of his great affliction .

* * * We imagine there are few Grand Masters who can boast with Bro . J . Ross Robertson , G . M . of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) , that during his first six months of office he travelled upwards

of 10 , 000 miles , and personall y visited 116 out of 351 lodges , sometimes as many as three visits being paid in the course of a single evening . The only brethren we can think of in this country who can in any way vie with Bro . Robertson in this class

of work are the present and late Secretaries of the Boys' School , and Bro . Terry , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . We have heard it stated that in the course of one single year Bro . Terry devoted 290 evenings to visiting lodges and pleading the cause of the Old People . We cannot

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personally vouch for the accuracy of the statement , but Bro . Terry , after an experience of this kind extending over 18 years , and Bro . Binckes , after a 29 years ' similar experience , both survive , and are as well as can

be expected under the circumstances ; while as for Bro . McLeod , he has evidently made up his mind to beat the record sooner or later . Clearly , in the matter of ubiquity , these worthy brethren beat the famous bird of Sir Royle Roche .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , !

"OUR BOYS . " To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As one of the senior Vice-Patrons , will you allow me to express my gratification with the report of

the zealous " Provisional Management Committee . " More particularly , I should like to put in writing my hope that the recommendation of the Committee respecting the increase of salary for our esteemed

Secretary , Bro . J . Morrison McLeod , mill be carried unanimously and heartily . He well deserves such an acknowledgment , and many of us who cannot attend tbe meeting trust it will readily be granted .

W . J . HUGHAN . " Dunscore , " Torquay , April 4 th . THE LATE EARL GRANVILLE .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In your short obituary notice of the late Earl Granville you mention that he was initiated into Freemasonry in 18 33 in the Apollo University Lodge of Oxford , but make the excuse for the circumstance that

he never took an active part in the doings of the Craft because " Indeed , his life was too busy a one to admit of his having time to devote to lighter pursuits . " I think this must be an inadvertence , for as it stands it is a very left-handed compliment both to Freemasonry

and to those who with important public and private avocations do find time to interest themselves in the welfare and advancement of the Order , and this is especially so in the light of the circumstance that the post held b y the late Earl of Carnarvon has not yet been filled . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , L . B .

THE ORIGIN OF " FREE " MASON . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In reply to " R . C , P ., " he may rest assured that Rev . Bro . Bland was only dishing up an oft told , and as oft disproved , tale about the Pope and the Freemasons . The Masons were not called " free " on the

Continent , it is an exclusivel y English term , and there is no evidence whatever that English Freemasons were exempt from taxes , neither in the worst days ot our history would Englishmen have allowed the Pope to interfere to such a serious extent with the internal economy of the realm .

As to the receipt of the Canadian paper , I think I can explain that mystery . To judge by his initials , "R . C . P . " is a member ofthe "Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle , " and so is the Grand Master of Canada , Bro . J . Ross Robertson . The latter lately requested me to give him the names of 100 members who

would like to occasionally receive foreign newspapers . I had much difficulty in making the selection , but tried to distribute the addresses all over the country , so as to produce the greatest possible good , and I trust those brothers to whom the papers are sent will not selfishly keep them , but pass them on after reading . —Yours fraternally , G . W . SPETH .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , My attention has been arrested by a letter in the Correspondence columns of your last issue . The word Freemason is a compound of the words Free and Mason . Free is generally understood among

philologists to be connected with the Sanskrit pri—to loveand to have designated orig inally the relatives ( dear ones ) of the head of the family , as distinguished from the slaves . Free may be from the Sanskrit root vri , or vri , or var—choose . Webster gives from German vir . Compare Persian vara or var—enclosure . The etymology of Mason is not very clear ; however , compare

Persian Mazan—sorceror—i . e ., scientist . Mazandun being land of sorcerers . Hence , according to Persian , Freemason means an enclosure , i . e ., select society of sorcerors , i . e ., scientists . I welcome this opportunity of ventilating the above history of Freemason , as I intend using them in my forthcoming paper , " Masonic Landmarks among the Pttrses . "—Yours fraternally , P . J . OLIVER MINOS . Eastbourne , April 6 ,