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CONTENTS . PAGE L EADERThe Spring School Elections ... ... ... ... ... 147 Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... ... ... 147

The Ktne and the Craft ... ... ... ... ... 14 a Ladies' Night of the Lodge of Temperance , No . 1 C 9 ... ... ... 149 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... — U 9 Old Masonians' Cricket Club ... ... ... ... ... 151 Red Cross of Rome and Constantine ... ... ... .. 151

MASONIC NOTESRoyal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... ... ... 153 Bro . Gould ' s History of Freemasonry ... ... ... ... 153 Annual Communication of the Grand Lolge of Quebec ... ... 153 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ' 54 Reviews ... ••• ••• ••• — ' 54

POETRYTo a Shamrock ... ... ... ... ... ... 154 Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 154 Instruction ... ... ¦• . • .. ••• » 55 THE CRAFT

ABROADMasonic Memorial Service at Johannesburg ... ... ... 15 s : Memorial Services in Natal ... ... ... ... ... 156 Board of Benevolence ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 G Science , Art , and the Drama ... ... ... ... ... 157 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... — 15 s

The Spring School Elections.

THE SPRING SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

We announced last week that the voting papers for the Spring School Elections had been issued , and that we should make our usual comments on the lists of candidates at the earliest opportunity . The election of children into

THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS will take place at the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers , which will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday , the nth April , when from a list of 22 approved

candidates 15 will be chosen by ballot . For four of these candidates London is directly and wholly responsible , namely , No . 6 , who was a candidate last October , and brings forward 134 votes , and Nos . 8 , 17 , and 20 , who will have their lirst experience of the

ballot at this election . In addition there arc three other girls in whom London hasajoint interest witlioneof the Provinces , namely , No . 12 ( West Yorkshire and London ) , No . 13 ( London and Middlesex ) , and No . 19 ( Malta and London ) . The remaining

15 hail from the Provinces , Essex being responsible for No . 1 , who brings forward 104 votes towards her fifth and last chance of being accepted ; and . No . 11 , who is a new candidate ; Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , for No . 4 , who has 74 votes in

hand from October last , and No . 18 ; and South Wales ( E . D . ) , whose candidates are placed at No . 5 ( with four votes to the good ) and No . 10 . The origin of the other nine cases is as follows : No . 2 , from Cheshire and Lincolnshire , with 30 votes to

her credit ; No . 3 , from E . Lancashire and Cumberland and Westmoreland , with 33 votes ; No . 7 , from Lincolnshire , with nine votes ; and No . 9 ( Oxfordshire ) , No . 14 ( Staffordshire ) , No . 15 ( Worcestershire ) , No . 16 ( Northants and Hunts ) , No . 21

( Cheshire ) , and No . 22 ( Kent ) . Of these children , No . 1 , as alread y stated , and No . 7 have only this chance of being elected , ^ nd in the event of their failure , their names will be remove d from the list . For the election of children into

THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , on Friday , the 12 th April , there are 37 candidates , of whom 23 will be elected to fill the vacancies that have been declared . London contributes six candidates and has a part interest in live others and the remaining 26 boys hail from the Provinces or

The Spring School Elections.

Abroad . The following are the London six , who are new to election experiences , namely : Nos . S , 10 , 14 , 15 , 25 , and 30 , while of the live that follow London and Middlesex are jointly responsible for No . 17 and No . 20 ; London and Essex for

No . 9 ; London and Kent for No . 16 ; and London and Madras for No . 2 , who brings forward 1209 votes from the election last October . Of the 26 candidates from the Provinces and Abroad , Kent is responsible for Nos . 19 , 23 , and 35 , and West Yorkshire

for Nos . 12 and 22 . No . 1 , from Cambridgeshire , brings forward 4396 votes from the elections in 1900 ; and No . 3 , from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , 1511 votes ; No . 4 , from Northumberland , 4229 votes , and No . 5 , from Middlesex , 2196 votes from last

October . Nos . 6 ( South Africa and Hants and the Isle of Wight ) , No . 7 ( Warwickshire ) , No . 11 ( Demerara ) , No . 13 ( Durham ) , No . rS ( Nottingham and West Lancashire ) , No . 20 ( Buckinghamshire ) , No . 21 ( Sussex ) , No . 24 (

Worcestershire ) , No . 26 ( Northants and Hunts ) , No . 27 ( Argentine Republic ) , No . 2 S ( Devonshire ) , No . 31 ( Middlesex and West Australia ) , No . 33 ( Cheshire ) , No . 33 ( West Yorkshire and West Lancashire ) , No . 34 ( Essex ) , and Nos . 3 6 and 37 from the Western

and Eastern Divisions of South Wales respectively , arc all new candidates , whose names have been placed on the list since the October Election . Of the above ; Nos . io , 18 , and 26 will , in the event of failure , have their names removed from the list under Law 70 , which limits the age for the admission of candidates to

n years . It remains for us to make our usual earnest appeal to those Governors and Subscribers who arc not already committed to the support of any particular case or cases , to give their votes and

influence to those children who will he altogether shutout from the benefits of which they have been adjudged worthy in the event of their not polling votes enough to place them among the

Successful . I here arc live of these children , namely , Nos . r and 7 on the Girls' List , and Nos . 10 , iS , and 26 on that of the Boys' ; and we hope it will be our lot to include them in the returns of the children in our issue of the 20 II 1 April .

Masonic Jurisprudence.

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE .

fCOMMUNICATED | THE WARRANT .

A few historical memoranda will not be out of place in considering the subject of warrants . The earliest authentic warrant , belonging to an English lodge , is that issued in 1 754 to a lodge now defunct , which began to work in Manchester in that year . It is now in the possession

of the Lodge of Unanimity , Dukin / ield , No . 8 9 . It emanated from William Ratchdale , Provincial Grand Master of Lancashire . It is undoubtedly the ancestor of the present form of warrant containing the appointment of Master and Wardens expressly designated by name .

Previous to this date , as far as run he ascertained , a lodge was " constituted . " In the postscript to the General Regulations , published in the 1723 Constitutions , tin ; method as practised b y the Duke of Wharton is given in full . No document of any kind was necessary . The personal attendance of the Grand

Master or his Deputy was provided for , and doubtless minutes of the proceedings wen ; kept in the archives of Grand Lod < re . The newly-constituted lodge then began to work at once , the

Worshipful Master was installed , and at once selected and appointed his Wardens . The word " warrant " certainl y appears in Article 8 of the above Regulations which refers ' to lodges irregularly formed

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