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The Public Masonic Charities Of The United States Of America.
to the value of $ 100 , 000 , exclusive of the improvements thereon . No orphan is received into the home under three years of age , or oA ^ er 13 ; nor any having adequate means of support ; nor any half orphans Avhose living parent is able to
support them . It is noAV in its eighth year since its incorporation , and its fifth since its opening for the reception of beneficiaries . During the year 1873 it was under the management of Past Grand Master Bro . E . S . Fitch and wife , as
superintendent and matron , under whose administration the home was successful , aud the inmates happy . On St . John ' s Day , June , 1873 , many of the lodges of Kentucky celebrated the clay in the interests of the home , ancl raised $ 18 , 300 for its support . Some of the locl ges pay to the home $ 1 out of the annual dues received from their
members . This source of revenue , when fostered by all of the lodges in the State , will produce over $ 20 , 000 per annum . The estimated cost of conflicting the remainder of the home building , according to the specifications , is $ 80 , 000 . A Ladies '
Aid Society alone has collected for it $ 12 , 161 . The Grand Lodge of Kentucky has created an endoAvment fund for its support , Avhich now amounts to $ 68 , 000 . Individual subscriptions in addition have been received to the amount of $ 83 , 000 .
One Aving of the Masonic Widows' ancl Orphans' Home is completed and in use , and the Avhole building is UOAV ( 1875 ) ready for the roof . In September , 1874 , its inmates Avere 155 children ; Avhen completed it Avill accommodate 500 . Six acres of land are connected with the home , Avhich has not one dollar of indebtedness
upon it . ihe building is a handsome and imposing one , of brick , and during the present year it will be finished in accordance Avith its elaborate plan . The institution was ori ginated by individual Masons , ancl is still under their management , but the Grand Lodge of Kentucky annuall
y donates toAvards its support 30 per cent , of her receipts from dues , from the subordinate lod ges under her jurisdiction . For several years past an Annual Orphans' Reception has been held , and all of the children have been introduced to
the members of the Grand Lodge in a bod y , as their foster-mother—when , she , HI the language of the old Koman matron , proudl y said : " Here are our jewels , "
Fast Grand Master , Bro . John M . S . McCorkle , of Kentucky , is secretary of the board of directors of the home , and kindly furnished me Avith the facts concerning it , which I have narrated .
St . John ' s Masonic College . This college is located at Little Rock , Arkansas , ancl is an educational institution of a high class , of which any State might be proud . Its success reflects credit upon the Masonic fraternity . Although the State of Arkansas contains less than eleven
thousand Freemasons , the energy of these brethren puts to the blush the inaction of others in far larger ancl pecuniarily more prosperous j urisdictions . Bro . E . H . English , Past Grand Master of Arkansas , Avas the father of St . John ' s College . In his annual address , in 1850 , he uttered the first official word in
its behalf ; and he has been its fostering parent ever since . In the same year the Legislature of the State of Arkansas granted it a Charter of Incorporation . In 1852 one hundred acres of ground were purchased , adjacent to the city of Little RockAvhereon to erect the college
build-, ings . In 1857 the corner-stone was laid by the Grand Master of Arkansas , in the presence of the Grand Lodge . In 1859 the building Avas so far completed as to alloAv the sessions of the institution to be inauguratedall of its Professors being
, Graduates of the University of Virginia . In 1860 the Grand Lodge of Arkansas authorized the Grand Master to appoint , regardless of number , promising sons of worthy indigent Master Masons , as
students and beneficiaries . Forty such young men are now the recipients of this excellent charity . In 1861 , at the outbreak of the rebellion , the Professors and students , almost en masse , enlisted in the army of the Union , and the college Avas closed until the termination of the war . During the war
the buildings were occupied successivel y by the Federal ancl Confederate troops for hospital purposes . In October , 1867 , St . John ' s Masonic College Avas re-opened , with Bro . Luke E . Barber , LL . D . ( the present Grand Secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Arkansas ) , as President . This brother was distinguished , in 1852 , by the unparalleled honour of being elected Grand Master of that jurisdiction only two years after he Avas made a Mason . Since 1867 T 2
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The Public Masonic Charities Of The United States Of America.
to the value of $ 100 , 000 , exclusive of the improvements thereon . No orphan is received into the home under three years of age , or oA ^ er 13 ; nor any having adequate means of support ; nor any half orphans Avhose living parent is able to
support them . It is noAV in its eighth year since its incorporation , and its fifth since its opening for the reception of beneficiaries . During the year 1873 it was under the management of Past Grand Master Bro . E . S . Fitch and wife , as
superintendent and matron , under whose administration the home was successful , aud the inmates happy . On St . John ' s Day , June , 1873 , many of the lodges of Kentucky celebrated the clay in the interests of the home , ancl raised $ 18 , 300 for its support . Some of the locl ges pay to the home $ 1 out of the annual dues received from their
members . This source of revenue , when fostered by all of the lodges in the State , will produce over $ 20 , 000 per annum . The estimated cost of conflicting the remainder of the home building , according to the specifications , is $ 80 , 000 . A Ladies '
Aid Society alone has collected for it $ 12 , 161 . The Grand Lodge of Kentucky has created an endoAvment fund for its support , Avhich now amounts to $ 68 , 000 . Individual subscriptions in addition have been received to the amount of $ 83 , 000 .
One Aving of the Masonic Widows' ancl Orphans' Home is completed and in use , and the Avhole building is UOAV ( 1875 ) ready for the roof . In September , 1874 , its inmates Avere 155 children ; Avhen completed it Avill accommodate 500 . Six acres of land are connected with the home , Avhich has not one dollar of indebtedness
upon it . ihe building is a handsome and imposing one , of brick , and during the present year it will be finished in accordance Avith its elaborate plan . The institution was ori ginated by individual Masons , ancl is still under their management , but the Grand Lodge of Kentucky annuall
y donates toAvards its support 30 per cent , of her receipts from dues , from the subordinate lod ges under her jurisdiction . For several years past an Annual Orphans' Reception has been held , and all of the children have been introduced to
the members of the Grand Lodge in a bod y , as their foster-mother—when , she , HI the language of the old Koman matron , proudl y said : " Here are our jewels , "
Fast Grand Master , Bro . John M . S . McCorkle , of Kentucky , is secretary of the board of directors of the home , and kindly furnished me Avith the facts concerning it , which I have narrated .
St . John ' s Masonic College . This college is located at Little Rock , Arkansas , ancl is an educational institution of a high class , of which any State might be proud . Its success reflects credit upon the Masonic fraternity . Although the State of Arkansas contains less than eleven
thousand Freemasons , the energy of these brethren puts to the blush the inaction of others in far larger ancl pecuniarily more prosperous j urisdictions . Bro . E . H . English , Past Grand Master of Arkansas , Avas the father of St . John ' s College . In his annual address , in 1850 , he uttered the first official word in
its behalf ; and he has been its fostering parent ever since . In the same year the Legislature of the State of Arkansas granted it a Charter of Incorporation . In 1852 one hundred acres of ground were purchased , adjacent to the city of Little RockAvhereon to erect the college
build-, ings . In 1857 the corner-stone was laid by the Grand Master of Arkansas , in the presence of the Grand Lodge . In 1859 the building Avas so far completed as to alloAv the sessions of the institution to be inauguratedall of its Professors being
, Graduates of the University of Virginia . In 1860 the Grand Lodge of Arkansas authorized the Grand Master to appoint , regardless of number , promising sons of worthy indigent Master Masons , as
students and beneficiaries . Forty such young men are now the recipients of this excellent charity . In 1861 , at the outbreak of the rebellion , the Professors and students , almost en masse , enlisted in the army of the Union , and the college Avas closed until the termination of the war . During the war
the buildings were occupied successivel y by the Federal ancl Confederate troops for hospital purposes . In October , 1867 , St . John ' s Masonic College Avas re-opened , with Bro . Luke E . Barber , LL . D . ( the present Grand Secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Arkansas ) , as President . This brother was distinguished , in 1852 , by the unparalleled honour of being elected Grand Master of that jurisdiction only two years after he Avas made a Mason . Since 1867 T 2