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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .
CENTENARY FESTIVAL , 1898 .
HSbovt1F3istou\>oftbeJustitution Hv Oi BLTZART ) ABBOTT .
; ' ^ S" ^ 3 | T my privilege , and one which T need hardl y ; ' l & j |} $ Sf j be at the trouble of saying I have always valued most 'P-fl ^ -1 '" g ' -b " ' compile histories of our three principal ' •' jSi { SSl Masonic Institutions , while among ( he contents of ( he ¦ ifJ ^ zZ ^ jli spceiiil numbers of tho Freemtwm that , were issued in
commemoration of the Girls' School Centenary m 18 S 8 , and the Benevolent Jubilee of 1802 , were included short histories from my pen of those Institutions . Last , week the friends and supporters of tho Royal Masonic Institution for Boys held high festival in the Royal Albert Hall in celebration of the Centenary of its foundation . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . K . O ., M . W . Grand Master , and
President of the Institution , occupied the chair , and was loyally supported by such an assemblage of the English Craft- as has never previousl y been witnessed on any similar occasion , except , it may lie , at the two anniversaries already specified , in point of numbers it , far exceeded either of those meetings , accommodation having been found in Unit part of the Hall which was converted for the nonce into a ban <| iietiiig hull for some ' 2500 Stewards , while the several tiers of boxes and
the galleries were assigned to those who from choice or necessity were present merely as spectators of the brilliant scene . In all other important respects , save one , of which mention will be made anon , there was a very close resemblance between the Girls' and Boys ' Centenaries . There was the same strong muster of Prov . Grand
Musters and Grand Ollicers Present and Past , as well as of distinguished visitors who hold exalted rank in other Masonic jurisdictions , and the proceedings throughout were characterised by the same enthusiasm . The circumstances fully justified this display . It is well known everywhere that our Central Masonic Charitable
Institutions for Girls , Boys , and Aged Indigent , Brethren and their Widows respectively , have done in the past , are doing in the present , and , we hope , will do in ( lie future , an amount of good that is almost incalculable , and our Boys' School has nut been the least successful of the three in its efforts lo serve the sons of deceased and indigent brethren , and provide them with an education that will lit them for the serious business of life and enable thcin ( o earn for themselves an honest and honourable livelihood . It was founded in the year 1798 by members of that section of the English Craft which was spoken
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
of indifferently as the "Ancient" or " Atholl" Society of Masons , the brother to whom belongs , of ri ght , the title of " Institutor " being Bro . William Burwood , P . M . Trcasurpr of tho United Mariners ' Lodge , No . 23—now No . 30—meeting at thc King ' s Arms , Greenback , Wapping , and J . G . Warden of the "Ancient" G . Lodge , who was assisted in his benevolent task b y Bros . Captain Foster , F . 0 . Daniel ,
and other members of tho same and other lodges . The intention of thc founder and his friends was to provide a home—by renting or erecting a schoolhouse- as well as clothe and educate the sons of " Indigent Free Masons according to the Old Institutions , " but more than half a century elapsed ere the Governors and Subscribers were in a position to find the home , while the clothing they were able to
give their young charges was of the humblest kind , aud tho education restricted to reading , writing , and the simpler rules of arithmetic . at schools in thc neighbourhood of their homes . But modest as was this Masonic charit y during tho lirst fifty years of its existence , ( hero never appears to have been any lack of candidates for the benefits it conferred . At the inaugural meeting
of the Subscribers on the 3 rd July , 17 !) 8 , six children were admitted , and in Tim Thin * of the 3 rd October following , there was published an advertisement to the effect that a meeting would'be held at the King ' s Arms , Grcenbank , Wapping , on the 5 lli of the month , for the reception of 12 children into tho Charity . Diu-iiitr the first ihveu years some . ' 50 boys were thus provided ' for , and then in 1801 , the
Institution had the good fortune to secure the patronage of his Grace , the Duke of Atholl , R . W . Grand Master of the "Ancient " Grand Lodge . Two years litter the Grand Lod ge made its first donation of 10 Guineas to the funds of the Institution , and then in 1805—after a second donation of equal amount , on the failure of poor Bro . Burwood to carry on the enterprise any longer , owing to
his having been made a bankrupt , , it resolved on taking the infant Charity under its immediate protection , Grand Secretary , Bro . Robert Leslie , becoming the Treasurer , and receiving and disbursing the moneys that were subscribed for its maintenance . It did even more than this by generously voting considerable sums , the most noteworth y of its contributions being one of 200 guine . is , which it presented in commemoration of George Ill ' s Jubilee in 180 Q , to
enable flic Governors to increase the number of boys under their charge lo 50 . In 1812 it went still further and decreed that henceforth a certain portion of the fees paid by every newly-made Mason , namely , Five Shillings in tho ease of London Lodges , and half that amount in Country , Military , and Foreign Lodges , should be paid over to ( he lioys Charity ; while one of its latest acts before the Union of 1813 , when the " Ancient " and " Modern " Grand Lodges became merged in one " United Grand Lodge , " was to vote u donation
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .
CENTENARY FESTIVAL , 1898 .
HSbovt1F3istou\>oftbeJustitution Hv Oi BLTZART ) ABBOTT .
; ' ^ S" ^ 3 | T my privilege , and one which T need hardl y ; ' l & j |} $ Sf j be at the trouble of saying I have always valued most 'P-fl ^ -1 '" g ' -b " ' compile histories of our three principal ' •' jSi { SSl Masonic Institutions , while among ( he contents of ( he ¦ ifJ ^ zZ ^ jli spceiiil numbers of tho Freemtwm that , were issued in
commemoration of the Girls' School Centenary m 18 S 8 , and the Benevolent Jubilee of 1802 , were included short histories from my pen of those Institutions . Last , week the friends and supporters of tho Royal Masonic Institution for Boys held high festival in the Royal Albert Hall in celebration of the Centenary of its foundation . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . K . O ., M . W . Grand Master , and
President of the Institution , occupied the chair , and was loyally supported by such an assemblage of the English Craft- as has never previousl y been witnessed on any similar occasion , except , it may lie , at the two anniversaries already specified , in point of numbers it , far exceeded either of those meetings , accommodation having been found in Unit part of the Hall which was converted for the nonce into a ban <| iietiiig hull for some ' 2500 Stewards , while the several tiers of boxes and
the galleries were assigned to those who from choice or necessity were present merely as spectators of the brilliant scene . In all other important respects , save one , of which mention will be made anon , there was a very close resemblance between the Girls' and Boys ' Centenaries . There was the same strong muster of Prov . Grand
Musters and Grand Ollicers Present and Past , as well as of distinguished visitors who hold exalted rank in other Masonic jurisdictions , and the proceedings throughout were characterised by the same enthusiasm . The circumstances fully justified this display . It is well known everywhere that our Central Masonic Charitable
Institutions for Girls , Boys , and Aged Indigent , Brethren and their Widows respectively , have done in the past , are doing in the present , and , we hope , will do in ( lie future , an amount of good that is almost incalculable , and our Boys' School has nut been the least successful of the three in its efforts lo serve the sons of deceased and indigent brethren , and provide them with an education that will lit them for the serious business of life and enable thcin ( o earn for themselves an honest and honourable livelihood . It was founded in the year 1798 by members of that section of the English Craft which was spoken
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
of indifferently as the "Ancient" or " Atholl" Society of Masons , the brother to whom belongs , of ri ght , the title of " Institutor " being Bro . William Burwood , P . M . Trcasurpr of tho United Mariners ' Lodge , No . 23—now No . 30—meeting at thc King ' s Arms , Greenback , Wapping , and J . G . Warden of the "Ancient" G . Lodge , who was assisted in his benevolent task b y Bros . Captain Foster , F . 0 . Daniel ,
and other members of tho same and other lodges . The intention of thc founder and his friends was to provide a home—by renting or erecting a schoolhouse- as well as clothe and educate the sons of " Indigent Free Masons according to the Old Institutions , " but more than half a century elapsed ere the Governors and Subscribers were in a position to find the home , while the clothing they were able to
give their young charges was of the humblest kind , aud tho education restricted to reading , writing , and the simpler rules of arithmetic . at schools in thc neighbourhood of their homes . But modest as was this Masonic charit y during tho lirst fifty years of its existence , ( hero never appears to have been any lack of candidates for the benefits it conferred . At the inaugural meeting
of the Subscribers on the 3 rd July , 17 !) 8 , six children were admitted , and in Tim Thin * of the 3 rd October following , there was published an advertisement to the effect that a meeting would'be held at the King ' s Arms , Grcenbank , Wapping , on the 5 lli of the month , for the reception of 12 children into tho Charity . Diu-iiitr the first ihveu years some . ' 50 boys were thus provided ' for , and then in 1801 , the
Institution had the good fortune to secure the patronage of his Grace , the Duke of Atholl , R . W . Grand Master of the "Ancient " Grand Lodge . Two years litter the Grand Lod ge made its first donation of 10 Guineas to the funds of the Institution , and then in 1805—after a second donation of equal amount , on the failure of poor Bro . Burwood to carry on the enterprise any longer , owing to
his having been made a bankrupt , , it resolved on taking the infant Charity under its immediate protection , Grand Secretary , Bro . Robert Leslie , becoming the Treasurer , and receiving and disbursing the moneys that were subscribed for its maintenance . It did even more than this by generously voting considerable sums , the most noteworth y of its contributions being one of 200 guine . is , which it presented in commemoration of George Ill ' s Jubilee in 180 Q , to
enable flic Governors to increase the number of boys under their charge lo 50 . In 1812 it went still further and decreed that henceforth a certain portion of the fees paid by every newly-made Mason , namely , Five Shillings in tho ease of London Lodges , and half that amount in Country , Military , and Foreign Lodges , should be paid over to ( he lioys Charity ; while one of its latest acts before the Union of 1813 , when the " Ancient " and " Modern " Grand Lodges became merged in one " United Grand Lodge , " was to vote u donation