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CONTENTS . LEADERS— PAGE . Approaching : Centenary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... 5 S 9 Freemasonry and the London School Board ... ... •••54 ° A Rare Discovery ... ... ... ... ... ¦•¦ 54 ° Grand Lodge Decisions ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 ° The New Christ's Hospital ... ... ... ... ... 54 '
Supreme Grand Chapter of England ( Agenda Paper ) ... ... ... 54-Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire ... ... ... ... 542 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire ... ... •••54 . ) Provincial Priory of Staffordshire , Warwickshire , and Leicestershire ... 54 . 1 The Druidical Lodge at Rotherham ... ... ... ... 544 The Late Fire at the Aire and Calder Lodge Rcoms ... ... ... 544 POETRY—The Spark ... ... ... ... ... ... 545
The Old Masonians ... ... ... ... ... ... 545 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 545 MASONIC NOTESLaying Foundation-stone of Christ's Hospital ... ... ... 547 Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter ... ... ... 547 Provincial Grand Lodge of YVest Lancashire ... ... ... 547 Quati or Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 ... ... ... ... 547 Coirespoi dence ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 S
Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 54 $ Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 s Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 § Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 ° Lodges and Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... 55 ' Royal Ark Mariners ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 S > Provincial Grand Lodge of Monmouthshire ... ... ... ... 55 ' Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 ' Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 55 3
Approaching Centenary Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
APPROACHING CENTENARY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
It was to be expected that , as soon as a favourable opportunity presented itself , the authorities o ( the Royal Masonic Institution for Roys would take steps to determine what , if any , additional privileges should be conferred on the ladies and brethren who
purpose devoting their time and energy to securing , as far as possible , the success of the Centenary Festival , and lo whom those additional privileges shall be assigned . As our readers are aware , different methods have at different limes been adopted
with a view to encouraging special lists of contributions at particular Festivals . Thus , in 1 S 8 3 , when it was proposed lo obtain , if possible , a large sum for the erection of a Preparatory School in connection with our Institution for Roys , if we
remember rightly , double votes were given to all contributors to the Festival . In iSSS , when the Girls School celebrated its centenary , the question of additional voles again presented itself , and it : was s-Ailed that they should be restricted to those who
acted as Stewards . In 1892 , when the Royal Masonic Rcncvolent Institution celebrated its Jubilee , extra votes were given lo Stewards and contributors . On the other hand , there has always
been a strong feuding uppermost in the minds of many brethren that extra votes should not be granted under any circumstances , on the "round of their unfairness lo those who contribute to the
ordinary Festivals when there is no special incentive cither to thc Stewards to exert themselves or to contributors lo give more generously than usual . Under these circumstances , the Hoard of Management tooI < the very proper course of addressing a
circular letter to the Secretaries of the several Provincial Grand Grand Lodges inviting them to stale , as far as was possible , the feeling which existed among Provincial brethren on the subject , and also in the event of their being favourably disposed towards
the grant of extra privileges in connection with next year ' s Centenary celebration , to whom such extra privileges should be accorded ; steps being at the same time taken to ascertain Ihe views of the London brethren on the subject . When
the replies to this circular were examined it turned out that there was a slight preponderance of opinion in favour of giving additional votes , but at the same time of restricting the privilege to those who acted as Stewards , or in other words to those who , by devoting extra time and extra energy to the work
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which ordinarily devolves upon Stewards , would be mainly instrumental in obtaining the additionally large lists of contributions , which we are in the habit of associating with anniversaries of exceptional importance . Wc tlo not see bow any other course
could have been adopted . If the Girls' School and Rcncvolent Institution deemed it necessary , or al all events desirable , to give additional votes in order to obtain an exceptionally large ; return of contributions , there is no knowing but that the interests of
the Roys' School might have sintered more or less considerably in the event of an extra incentive to exertion or generosity being withheld . We do not say that extra voles alone worked the oracle and produced the grand results which attended the Girls'
Centenary and the Rcncvolent Jubilee , but there is little doubt they exercised a large amount of influence in swelling the Returns , and the Roys' School authorities might have done the Institution some injury had they not adopted the course which the Hoard of
Management recommended and the Court Governors on the Sth instant sanctioned and approved ; more especially as it turned out on inquiry that there was , as we have said , a preponderance of opinion in favour of granting the additional votes .
The extra privileges which , as wc have said , are to be restricted with a single exception to the ladies and brethren who wive their services as Stewards are bv no means excessive . A
Steward who makes a personal donation of 10 guineas at an ordinary Festival receives three votes , namely two for the donation , and one for the Stewardship . (" nder the special arrangement , he ( or she in the case of a lady ) will receive five
voles , namely , two for the donation and three for the Stewardship ; while for every additional five guineas personally given he will receive an additional vote . Again , under the ordinary law , a Steward receives one vole for every' 25 guineas he is
instrumental m obtaining over and above his own personal donation ; under the law as amended , for this once only , he will be entitled to two premium votes for every 20 guineas on the gross total of his list . Thus a Steward hands in a list of ( sav ) 60 guineas , of
which 10 guineas is his own personal donation . hor the personal gift he would receive , in ordinary circumstances , three votes , and , as "list" votes , two additional , being one for each 25 guineas obtained through his exertions from other sources .
At the Centenary Festival he will be entitled to five votes for his personal gift of 10 guineas , and thrice two , or six "list" votes in respect of the gross tolal of 60 guineas . Then , as regards " subscriptions" commenced
on the list of a Steward al the Centenary Festival , and continued at intervals of not more than 12 months , when the subscriber has thus contributed six guineas , lie will become entitled to the
privileges of a "Life Subscriber of £ 5 5 s ., paid in one sum notwithstanding , " he " shall have received votes as an annual subscriber , in thc meantime . " As regards tlie exception , itis contemplated that in the case of every Masonic Charitable
Association which shall be the means of contributing 100 guineas to the Centenary , its Secretary shall have conferred upon him , ipso facto , the rights and priviliges of a Life Governor . However , as both our Schools have recently adopted some such
law as this—that is to say , conferring the rights and privileges of a Life Subscriber on one of thc executive officers of such an Association , which is the means of contributing 50 guineas , it can hardly be said that this is a special privilege
connected with the Roys' Centenary . Such is the scheme which the authorities of the Roys' School , in the exercise of their discretion , have adopted in respect of granting extra voles to those who act as Stewards at the approaching Centenary , and wc trust it will have the desired effect .
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CONTENTS . LEADERS— PAGE . Approaching : Centenary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... 5 S 9 Freemasonry and the London School Board ... ... •••54 ° A Rare Discovery ... ... ... ... ... ¦•¦ 54 ° Grand Lodge Decisions ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 ° The New Christ's Hospital ... ... ... ... ... 54 '
Supreme Grand Chapter of England ( Agenda Paper ) ... ... ... 54-Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire ... ... ... ... 542 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire ... ... •••54 . ) Provincial Priory of Staffordshire , Warwickshire , and Leicestershire ... 54 . 1 The Druidical Lodge at Rotherham ... ... ... ... 544 The Late Fire at the Aire and Calder Lodge Rcoms ... ... ... 544 POETRY—The Spark ... ... ... ... ... ... 545
The Old Masonians ... ... ... ... ... ... 545 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 545 MASONIC NOTESLaying Foundation-stone of Christ's Hospital ... ... ... 547 Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter ... ... ... 547 Provincial Grand Lodge of YVest Lancashire ... ... ... 547 Quati or Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 ... ... ... ... 547 Coirespoi dence ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 S
Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 54 $ Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 s Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 § Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 ° Lodges and Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... 55 ' Royal Ark Mariners ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 S > Provincial Grand Lodge of Monmouthshire ... ... ... ... 55 ' Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 ' Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 55 3
Approaching Centenary Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
APPROACHING CENTENARY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
It was to be expected that , as soon as a favourable opportunity presented itself , the authorities o ( the Royal Masonic Institution for Roys would take steps to determine what , if any , additional privileges should be conferred on the ladies and brethren who
purpose devoting their time and energy to securing , as far as possible , the success of the Centenary Festival , and lo whom those additional privileges shall be assigned . As our readers are aware , different methods have at different limes been adopted
with a view to encouraging special lists of contributions at particular Festivals . Thus , in 1 S 8 3 , when it was proposed lo obtain , if possible , a large sum for the erection of a Preparatory School in connection with our Institution for Roys , if we
remember rightly , double votes were given to all contributors to the Festival . In iSSS , when the Girls School celebrated its centenary , the question of additional voles again presented itself , and it : was s-Ailed that they should be restricted to those who
acted as Stewards . In 1892 , when the Royal Masonic Rcncvolent Institution celebrated its Jubilee , extra votes were given lo Stewards and contributors . On the other hand , there has always
been a strong feuding uppermost in the minds of many brethren that extra votes should not be granted under any circumstances , on the "round of their unfairness lo those who contribute to the
ordinary Festivals when there is no special incentive cither to thc Stewards to exert themselves or to contributors lo give more generously than usual . Under these circumstances , the Hoard of Management tooI < the very proper course of addressing a
circular letter to the Secretaries of the several Provincial Grand Grand Lodges inviting them to stale , as far as was possible , the feeling which existed among Provincial brethren on the subject , and also in the event of their being favourably disposed towards
the grant of extra privileges in connection with next year ' s Centenary celebration , to whom such extra privileges should be accorded ; steps being at the same time taken to ascertain Ihe views of the London brethren on the subject . When
the replies to this circular were examined it turned out that there was a slight preponderance of opinion in favour of giving additional votes , but at the same time of restricting the privilege to those who acted as Stewards , or in other words to those who , by devoting extra time and extra energy to the work
Approaching Centenary Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
which ordinarily devolves upon Stewards , would be mainly instrumental in obtaining the additionally large lists of contributions , which we are in the habit of associating with anniversaries of exceptional importance . Wc tlo not see bow any other course
could have been adopted . If the Girls' School and Rcncvolent Institution deemed it necessary , or al all events desirable , to give additional votes in order to obtain an exceptionally large ; return of contributions , there is no knowing but that the interests of
the Roys' School might have sintered more or less considerably in the event of an extra incentive to exertion or generosity being withheld . We do not say that extra voles alone worked the oracle and produced the grand results which attended the Girls'
Centenary and the Rcncvolent Jubilee , but there is little doubt they exercised a large amount of influence in swelling the Returns , and the Roys' School authorities might have done the Institution some injury had they not adopted the course which the Hoard of
Management recommended and the Court Governors on the Sth instant sanctioned and approved ; more especially as it turned out on inquiry that there was , as we have said , a preponderance of opinion in favour of granting the additional votes .
The extra privileges which , as wc have said , are to be restricted with a single exception to the ladies and brethren who wive their services as Stewards are bv no means excessive . A
Steward who makes a personal donation of 10 guineas at an ordinary Festival receives three votes , namely two for the donation , and one for the Stewardship . (" nder the special arrangement , he ( or she in the case of a lady ) will receive five
voles , namely , two for the donation and three for the Stewardship ; while for every additional five guineas personally given he will receive an additional vote . Again , under the ordinary law , a Steward receives one vole for every' 25 guineas he is
instrumental m obtaining over and above his own personal donation ; under the law as amended , for this once only , he will be entitled to two premium votes for every 20 guineas on the gross total of his list . Thus a Steward hands in a list of ( sav ) 60 guineas , of
which 10 guineas is his own personal donation . hor the personal gift he would receive , in ordinary circumstances , three votes , and , as "list" votes , two additional , being one for each 25 guineas obtained through his exertions from other sources .
At the Centenary Festival he will be entitled to five votes for his personal gift of 10 guineas , and thrice two , or six "list" votes in respect of the gross tolal of 60 guineas . Then , as regards " subscriptions" commenced
on the list of a Steward al the Centenary Festival , and continued at intervals of not more than 12 months , when the subscriber has thus contributed six guineas , lie will become entitled to the
privileges of a "Life Subscriber of £ 5 5 s ., paid in one sum notwithstanding , " he " shall have received votes as an annual subscriber , in thc meantime . " As regards tlie exception , itis contemplated that in the case of every Masonic Charitable
Association which shall be the means of contributing 100 guineas to the Centenary , its Secretary shall have conferred upon him , ipso facto , the rights and priviliges of a Life Governor . However , as both our Schools have recently adopted some such
law as this—that is to say , conferring the rights and privileges of a Life Subscriber on one of thc executive officers of such an Association , which is the means of contributing 50 guineas , it can hardly be said that this is a special privilege
connected with the Roys' Centenary . Such is the scheme which the authorities of the Roys' School , in the exercise of their discretion , have adopted in respect of granting extra voles to those who act as Stewards at the approaching Centenary , and wc trust it will have the desired effect .