THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON
Issued Ev ery Three Months By The Right Wo r shipf ul Grand Lodge of The Most Ancient and Honor a ble Fraterni t y of Free and Accepted Masons of Penns y van ia and Maso nic Jurisdi ctio n There unto Belo ng ing through its
CO MM ITTEE ON MASON IC CULTURE - William E. Yeager, Post Grand Moster, Chairman; Wi lli a m E Montgomery, G. Edward El we ll, J r. Fro nk R. Leech, William A. Ca rpenter, Charles A. Young and Ashby B Paul Grand Secretory.
APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED TO BE PRINTED BY SANFORD M. CHILCOTE Right Worshipful Grand Master
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W ILLIAM A. CARPENTER, Edito r
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Vol. VI November , 1959 No 4
Maso ns Aga in Participate in Co rn erstone Laying for Natio n 's Capito l
On ce again Masons have been called upon to participate in t he ceremon ie s at the lay ing of the corne rsto ne of the U nited S ta te s Ca pit ol.
Br o ther Ge orge Was hin g ton whi le Pr esident a nd a lso ac tin g as Grand Ma s t er, p ro t e mpore, of the Gra nd Lodge of Mar yland , laid th e cornerstone of the original Ca pitol o n Sep t ember 18, 1793
Fifty-e ight years later, o n J uly 4, 1851, Maso ns ass iste d Presid ent Milla rd Fillm ore when the corners tone of the House a nd Sen a t e wi n gs was se t into place
The c ornerstone of the ex t en s ion of the ea s t front of th e Cap i to l was laid las t J uly 4 th in a d oubl e ceremo n y Fi rs t P re sident D wig ht D Ei sen ho wer sy mb o li ca ll y l aid the hu ge 4,200 -po und gra nite sto ne with the same t r owel and gavel th at h ad bee n us ed o n th e two p r ev ious occas ion s The n follo wed t h e tradi ti o nal Mas oni c ri te s cond ucted b y Brother Reu be n H. Bag le y, Jr. , M.W . Grand Ma s ter of t h e Grand L odge of th e Dis tri ct of Co l umbia.
Br o th e r Bagley ' s father , whil e Gra nd Mas ter of Maso n s in th e Dis tri c t of Co l umbia in 1932, h ad coll a bora ted with the Un ited Stat es George Was hing to n Bicen ten nia l Comm iss ion in co mm emorat ing the 139 th Ann ive r sar y o f t he laying of t he orig in al corner s t on e by Pres id ent and Brot her Geo r ge Was hing t on.
T he silv er tr owel with i ts i vo r y h a nd le is th e ch eris hed possess ion o f Ale xa nd ri a -Was hin gto n Lodge No. 22 of Al exandria , Virginia , wh ile th e famous marbl e gave l whi ch was p r epared fo r th e purpo se of layi ng th e orig inal c orners to ne is th e price less reli c of Potomac Lodge No 5 of the Di s tri c t of Columbia.
Both hi s t oric implements have been u sed on m an y occas ion s by Government and Mason ic officials.
Maso nic Culture Institutes
Have Prove n Mos t
Popular
In a n effor t to p rovi de spec ific an d detailed info rmation and to a nswer questions about the use of th e new ser ies of eight pamphle ts (" Fraternalism throu gh the Ages," e t a!.) in instru c ting pre-initiate s and new ly-made Maso ns with rega rd to the fundamental s of Free masonry, a ser ies of I nsti tu t es is being he ld a t variou s loca ti o ns throughout th e S tate. As a ru le, a numb er of Districts parti cip ate in each Ins titu te, and th e Officers of Lodges in those Districts toge t her wi th the member s of the Lodge Committees on Masonic Cu lture have been asked to be present. Th e response has been gra ti fying and thus fa r (October 22) the average attendan ce has be en m ore t han 150.
The majori ty of the I ns titut es are being held on Sa turday aft ernoon s, although in a few ins tance s, beca use of local co nditio ns, evenin g mee tings ha ve been deemed m or e suita ble. Li kewise, in four cases s ome day other th an Sa t u rday h as been selected. The I n s titutes are being conducted by Bro ther William E. Ye age r , P .G.M , Chairman of t he Grand L odge Committee on Masonic Culture, ass i s t ed b y Broth er W illiam E. Montgomer y, Sec retar y of th e Comm ittee, both of whom ha ve be en grea tl y pleased with the interes t being shown in t his endeavor.
Arrange ments have been m ade for 13 Instit utes incl udin g 59 of the 68 Dis tri c ts in th e Ju risdictio n , as indi ca ted in the fo llowing schedu le:
May 2-Jo hnstown
Di s t r icts 30- 39-41
Jun e 1-Erie
Di s t rict 24
Au g 29 - New Castle
Di s tri cts 26- 27- 37- 53- 54
Sep t. 4- Uni ontown
Dis tri ct s 29-3 1- 43
Sep t. 5- Altoona
Di stri ct s 20-21 - 34
Sept. 12 - 0il City
Dis t ricts 23- 25- 52 - 56
Oct 10-Harri s burg
Di s tricts 2-3 - 4- 19
Oct 24-Phila de lphia
Di st r icts A to J in clu sive, plu s 6- 8- 36-40
Oc t. 27-Cou ders port
D is tri c ts 17- 22- 33-44
Oct. 31 - S unbur y
Di strict s 18- 35-46-58
Nov 14- Scra nton
Dist ri cts 12- 13- 14-1 5-16-45
No v 21 - Lancaste r Distri cts 1_:_5-42
Nov. 23-A lle nt ow n
Distri c ts 7-9- 10- 11-50
It i s h oped th at in th e nea r f utur e a dat e cal) be fixed for an I ns ti tute cover ng th e remain ing nine D is t ri c ts
Chief Justice
Ma de Mason at Sight
Charles Al vin Jones, Chief Jus ti ce of the S up reme Court o f P ennsylvani a, was made a Mason a t Sight by Rig ht Wor s hipful Grand Master, Brother Sanfo rd M. Chilc o te, o n September 1, 1959.
This happ e ned during an info r mal visita ti on of Grand Mas t er Ch ilco t e and th e Grand Lodg e Office r s at a s ta ted mee ting of his Lodge, Verona Lodge No. 548, a t Syria Mo squ e, Pittsb urgh.
Thi s mar ked the firs t offic ia l fu ncti on during the Gra nd Lodge's three-da y Pitts burgh Bice ntennial Year Celebrati on.
The meet ing of Verona Lodge was or igina ll y schedul ed fo r Masonic Temple. The change to Syr ia Mosq ue was made to a ccommodate the more than 2, 000 Masons wh o att empt ed to crowd in t o a r oom th at sea ted approximately 600.
Hundreds of other Masons l e f t whe n th ey saw th e huge crowd atte mpting t o attend the mee ting in Mason ic Temple. The switch was made wi th out delay since the Mosque was prepa red for th e Grand Lodge meeti ng the f ollo wing d ay The crowd is belie ved to be the la rges t in h is tor y to see a Mason mad e a t Sight in PennsyI van ia.
Jus tice J ones was elected to th e Supreme Court in 1944 He beca me Ch ief Jus tice i n 1946. H e was the Democra t ic nomin ee fo r g ove rn or of P en n syl vani a in 1938 and was later ap pointed to the Un i ted S ta t es Circu it Court of Appea ls fo r the Third Cir cu it Dick inson Co ll ege co nferred upon him the Bachelor of Laws Deg re e an d, l a t er, an honora ry D oct o r of Law s Degree
Brot her J ones became a cha rte r member of Col. Henr y Bouquet Lodge No. 787 the following d ay.
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FREEMASON
A Message from Our Grand Master
T h e so ur ce of th e power of Fr eem aso nr y i s to he fo un d in th e indi v i dual L o d ge . The Blue L o dge ign i tes t he s pa r k that se t s t h e fl ame of Fr eem aso nr y aglow. I t i s th e dut y of eve r y Mas on to ke e p t h i s Light bu rning. Our atte ntion mus t he focu sed m ore enthusias ti cally on the c o n tinu ed propagation of Fr eem aso nr y E valuatio n of this p r i ncipl e a t this t im e is mos t im portan t. The re is a pron o un ced te ndency t oda y t oward urbani za tio n. P ar k ways a nd f reeways m a ke it po ss ible f o r p e ople to li ve more happi ly in a r e a s so m ew hat remo ve d f rom t he l ocation of their w ork . T rav e b y automobile o r other m e tho d of trans porta tion has b e e n mad e ava ila ble to a ccomplis h this p urpose. In th e n ew a r ea s t o which th e y have re mo v ed we find the m ost m odern of c hurc h es sc h oo l s an d homes de ve l oping. In t e res t is rev ived in n ew co mmunit y a c ti v iti es in n ew a nd p l e a sa nt surr o undin gs In a ll of th e se n ew communiti es t h e r e a r e Maso n s wh o can not e a s il y a tt e nd their L odg e s The r eas o n s fo r t h e ir inab ilit y t o a tte nd t h e ir L o d ges a r e m y ri ad. Som e of th e m m ay be Maso n s, m em ber s of L o d ges in other jurisdi c t i ons than P e nnsyl v an i a Th ose w h o a re m e m ber s of P e nns yl v ania L odges may be un ab l e to a tt end du e t o th e dis tance a nd t i m e i n vo l ved. Th e soluti o n of this p r o bl e m i s to tak e Fr eem aso nr y to t h e n ew comm u nit y Th ey sho uld h e encourag ed t o es tabli s h a n ew Mas onic Lodge . B y doin g s o t he Li ght of Freem asonry w ill b ecom e a pa rt o f the life a nd v ita li ty of th e commu n ity Anothe r factor to be c ons id ered i s th e imp a c t o f ur bani zation o n ci t y L o dg es. T h e remo val of m e mbe rs of c it y L odges to urban a reas has i t s e ffect on the ci t y L o d ge A n in c reas ingl y d i fficu l t pro ble m to day is the future of L o d ges lo cat ed in l arge ci tie s Not o nl y is t h i s probl e m be c o min g m or e a c ut e b y reas on o f t h e urb a ni zati o n t r e n d but it is a l so c ri tica l fo r num ero u s other r eason s . Parking facili t ies m ay b e mos t d iffi c ult. W h e ther to g o home and r e turn to th e L odge Mee ting l a te r in the even ing o r to r e m a in in to wn, a ttend L odge and then g o h om e is a pr obl e m to m a n y M aso n s I t i s th u s o bser ved that ur banizati on is a mos t impor tant fact o r to be evalua t e d. Its e ffect o n Fr eem aso nr y mus t be c a refull y s tudi ed an d the n ecess a r y s t ep s t aken toward so lu t i o n It
W e a ll r ecogni ze tha t m o d e rn des ig n and a r chitectur e has changed our e ntire m ode of li v in g Two- and thre e-s tor y h ouses are becomin g outmod e d. By t he same t ok e n Lodge M eetings h e ld on th e third fl o or o f bu ildings lack ing elevato r s work h a rds hip s on man y m em b ers. At t endan ce a n d e nthus i asm a r e discourage d despi t e hero i c efforts of office r s Man y Lodges are finan ci a ll y a ble to r e- lo cate in t he communit y and rem odel o r e rect a m o r e attracti ve L o dg e h o me. I n n ew ar eas with the h e lp of mode rn archit ectur e m ost a ttr ac tive multiple purpo se buildings can b e e re c ted a nd b e come a cente r o f communit y ac ti viti e s In s u c h buildings a suitable and attrac ti ve L o d ge room ca n be l ocate d which i s e asi ly access ible to th e members . There a r e m a n y s u gges ti ons w hich co uld be m a d e to sol ve these probl e m s. S u ccess f u l and ab und a nt li v in g r es ults from int e llig ent, prope r adj u s tment to the co nditions a nd fa c t ors a ffecting e n v ironment. Th e potential o f F r eem aso nr y can b e a dva n ced an d m a de more e ffecti ve b y f ac in g t h ese pr ob l e m s of c hange d condi ti ons. 'Jhe y mus t be faced as t he y li e in t h e p a thway of grow th a nd expa n s ion. New Lodges in newl y d evelope d areas are e sse nt iaJ: New Lodges in o lde r a r eas w h e r e n o Lodge exi s t s, mus t b e dili ge ntl y purs u ed t o r eali t y Th e pro ble m of t h e city L odge i s com p l ex and diffi c ult but can b e s ol ved . P erh a p s a clo ser r e l a ti o n s hip betwe en Th e Gr a nd Lodge, York Rit e Bodies , Sco tti s h R ite Bodi e s and the S hrin e, w ith a seri o u s e ffort to fa ce the prob l em in the la rg e c i ty areas, w ill l ead to proper s o lutions . Ever y Mas on in P e nn sy l va nia s hou ld be a ler t t o t h e t ask of creating n ew Mas oni c Light a nd Life in every communit y in P e nnsyl va n ia To d o s o w ill e n ab l e u s to perpetua t e Fr eemasonr y and i t wi ll g row f ar bey ond our expect a ti ons.
Cord ia lly a nd fraternall y, s 1#.
S AN FORD M CHILCOTE, R. W. Grand M as ter
is mo s t esse ntia l to ta k e th e new L o d g e t o t h e n ew communit y I kno w of several s u c h c omm un ities w hi c h ha ve grow n in s ize to the point wh e r e s ever a l or more L o d ges cou ld b e s upported r ig ht n ow. A po ssible s o l ut i o n to th e c it y probl e m would be that Sco ttis h Rite M aso nr y and Yo rk Rite Ma so nr y, wh ich draw t h e ir members hip f r om th e indi vid ual Lodges in th e ir res pective ar e as , in contemplating f ut ure c ons t ruc ti o n , s o desi g n and lo ca t e the ir T e mples th a t a ccommodations ma y a ls o he provide d fo r an adequa t e numb e r of Lodges to m eet the c it y demand.
Grand Master Appoints New Committee on Temples, Halls and Lod13·e Rooms
On Januar y 21, 1959, th e R. W. Grand Maste r , Brother Sanford M. Chi lcote, appointed a Committee to be known as th e Commit tee on Masoni c Temples, Maso ni c Hall s and Maso nic Lodge Rooms This Committee will act as a "C earing House" between Lodges and the Grand Master for the bu ilding of new Temples, r emodelin g, re -co nstruc ting or changing old T emples, Lodge Halls or Lodge Rooms. It will also p r operly ac t on and approve th e purchase of all land and old buildings for Masonic pu r pose s before th e pu r chase is actually consummated.
The Committee co nsists of the f ollowing:
Bro. Ralph M. Lehr, P.G.M. , Chairman
Br o Elmer E. Harte r , Esq., Attorney-at-Law
Bro. He nr y Martz, Engineer and Contractor
Bro. Robert F. Ro ss, Building Specialist
Bro Ra ymond A. Mye rs , Sr., Automobi le Busi ness and Banking
Throughout this article the Masonic Body, Lodge or both , will be known as the "Lodge"; the Committee on Masonic Temples, Masonic Hall s and Masonic Lodge Room s as the " Committee. "
The Committee s ubmits the f oll owing information for Lodges to properl y follow when inter ested in th e abov e matters:
First: Adopt a fund raising p lan t o ad equately financ e th e entire pro ject , includin g all furni sh ings
Seco nd: Adopt By-Laws for a T emple Association t o suit all cond ition s of management and th e operation of sa id Associa ti on. It is s u gges ted th e Board of Di r ec t ors co ns ist of nin e or mor e members, including the three elected Lodge Tru stees.
Third: When the By-Laws of the Temple As s ociation are ap proved by th e Committee , apply t o t he local County Court for a charter to operate as a non-p rofi t organization.
Fourth: Sec ure a n arch itect to furnish plans and s pecifications for a new T emple or alterations to a n old building. The Committee must approve the plans and specification s (for Masonic purp oses) before a contract can be entered into or a ny building work s tarted.
Fifth: All matters concerning this su bject mu s t be s ubmitted fi rst to the Committee. When finall y approved sa me will be fo rwarded to the Grand Mast er for hi s inspection a nd personal approval.
Sixth: Mail all in qui ri es and papers to Ralph M. Lehr 5900 Fox S tr eet, Harr isburg, Pennsylvania
Did You Remember Our Guests at the Homes?
While most of us are fortuna t e t o be a ble to enjoy th e Chris tmas Season with our lo ve d ones, )'OUr contribut ions to the Christmas Entertainment and Re c r ea tion Fund ha ve once aga in made it a h appy occasion for our aged Guests and orphan children at the Masonic Homes a t Elizabethtown and the young men at the Th omas Ranken Patton Masonic I nstitution. Nothing i s left undon e to bring happine ss and good cheer , especially over th e Holida y Season, to the approximate ly 750 Guests at El izabethtown.
Your generosity has not onl y made thi s poss ible but also affords entertainment and re c r eation thr oughout th e entire year.
Not only our Gu es ts but all Maso nry in this great J ur sdict ion join s in a hea rt y and sincere " Thank yo u " to all who co ntribute to this mo st worthy cause which br ings a full measure of happiness to our friends at Elizabethtown.
George
Washington Masonic National Memor ial Association
By MAx F. BALCOM D eput)' Grand Master
In the May issue of THE FREEMASON there was an articl e covering the Annual Meet ing of th e George Washington Ma so nic National Memo r ial Ass ociation as held at Al exa ndri a, Virginia , on February 23, 1959. This a rticle especially outlined th e r ecom mendation of Grand Master Chilcote t o raise fund s for the Endowme nt Fund of the Memoria l.
At the present tim e the Memorial is about complet e at a cos t of approximately S6,500,000. There is s till t o be completed a portion of the gro unds and some of th e granite wo rk whi c h wi ll probably cost a bout S250,000 . However, in order that the Memorial m ay be self-s usta ining, we st ill have ah ead of us th e necessity of raising an end owm e nt fund o f $5,000, 000. The p r esent en dowment fund only amounts to about $800 ,000 which ma kes it n ecessar y t o r aise $4,200,000 more. T h e income from s u ch a fund wo uld pro vi de th e n ecessa r y income of $150 ,000 per year ne eded to pa y th e operating and maintenan ce costs o f th e Memo rial.
Grand Maste r Ch ilcote has se nt a le tt er t o all of our Pennsy lvania Lodges and s ugg es ted that-
1. Each n ewly made Mason during the present Ma so n ic yea r vo lun taril y co ntr ib ute the amou nt of $1. 00 , which has been the esta blis hed custo m for man y years.
2 Eac h member of the Lodge conside r contributing someth in g in add it ion to what h e has a r ead y g ive n.
3 The L odge itse l f cons ider th e possibility of ma kin g a special g ift , the amou nt of
sa me to depend upon the ability of the Lodge, such g ift to be taken from current funds on ly .
At the Febru a r y 23rd meeting Grand Master Chilcote presented, from th e Mason s of P ennsylva nia , a t otal of $22,793 7 5 as their contribution for the yea r to the Memorial funds. Th e suppo rt of this program was ve r y fine during the pas t year, but still168 Lodges made no contribution. We do not believe that th e m e mb ers of any Lodge are not in favor of supporting the Memorial and we feel s ur e th at th ose who fa iled last yea r will want to make a co ntributi on this yea r.
Th e Masons of Pennsylva nia have had a most active part in the deve lo pment of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial and it is indeed mos t important for us to co ntinue to show our s upport by responding to this mos t wort hwhile challenge. So let each Lodge meet this c hallenge and every m ember as we ll by sen din g yo ur co ntribution to you r Secre ta ry wh o will fo r ward it to the Grand Lodge . In thi s manner we will continue our suppo rt to the Ge orge Washington Masonic Na ti onal Memorial, which is a lasting Memorial to our firs t President and the Maso ni c fra tern ity in the United States.
Judge Gustav L. Schramm Leader Among Men and Masons
The un expecte d d eath of Broth er Gus tav L. Schramm , Distric t Deputy Grand Mas ter of the Fift y-first District is a tr agic loss to the Gr and Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylva nia.
Br othe r Schramm nationally known pi on eer j ur ist in the Alleg hen y County Ju ve nil e Cou rt , died a t his Mt. Lebano n home on Sep t ember 5 of a heart attack.
Judge Schra mm , who never wore a judic ial robe , has personall y li s tened t o the problems of more than 350,000 yo ungste rs in nearly 26 years on th e bench.
Less than 48 h ours before hi s d ea th, Brother Schramm h ad co ncluded th e Tenth Session of th e P ennsy lvania Ma so n Ju ven il e Cour t In stitut e H e was direc tor of the institu te Attracted b y Bro th er Schramm 's ac hi evements, scores of j ud ges from all over th e Un ited States and as far away as Ko r ea and Alaska, joined Penn sy lvania Masons an d so cial workers in pa ying tri bute t o thi s dedicated man. Brother Schramm often sa id: " J uvenil e d el inquency is largely a prob le m of how m uc h the com munit y cares f or i t s children. "
With th is in mind, Brother Schramm, with the suppo rt and help of Brother William E. Yeager, R. W. Past Grand Mas ter and Chairman of th e Children's Ser vice Comm ittee of the Grand Lodg e, founded the Pe n nsylvania Ma s on Juv enile Cour t Institute five years ago.
Tenth Session of Pennsylvania Mason Juvenile Court Institute
At the request of the State Depa rtment s ix representatives fr om Korea and one from Ghana, Africa, were add ed to the group of t wenty J udges from the Un i ted Stat es and Al aska who participated as Fellows in the T enth Session of the Pennsy lvania Mason Ju venile Court Institute in Pitts burgh, Augus t 30 to September 3.
When the T enth Sess ion was fini s hed, 216 Jud ges, from courts handling wayward and neglected children, had gone through the Ins titute 's five-da y practical and clinical experience in dealing with troubled ch ildren in conflic t with th e law.
The program, which was patterned after that of the preceding sessions, gave the Judges an oppor tunit y for a free and full exchange of ideas and ex periences ; to associate with the distinguished leaders in Ju venile Court wo rk who lectured and led discuss ions; and, in groups of fi ve, t o attend Court Sess ions condu cted by Judge Schramm. The Session closed with a most worthwhile and thought-provoking address on the tre atment of children by Brother and Doctor Thomas S. Roy, Mos t Wors hipful Pas t Grand Ma s ter of Massachuse tts, and the presenta tion of the Certificates to the Fellows by Brother Sanford M. Chilcote, Right Wors hipful Grand Mas ter.
Jud ge Walter Scott Criswell wri t es in "So mebody's Boy":
" What has the Pennsy lvania Mas on In s titute for Juv eni le Co urt Judges meant to the Jud ges, the Ju ve nile Courts and the d epri ved children of America?
" I t seems appropriate, with the d eath of our dedicated and dynamic Leader, Jud ge S chram m , to give th e score.
"Onl y th e Calculus of God can furnis h the real answer because the problem i s one involving intang bles and imponderables that defy human measure ment.
"This Ins titute fo r which Judg e Schramm lived-an d died-means so much more than can be exp r essed b y tabl es and s t atistics. I know: because hardl y a day passe s th at I do not hear fr om some Jud ge, so mewhere, who tes tifies as to what this r ev ival of inter es t in the Children 's Court means and has m ea nt to him.
" But we can co un t up the number of judges who have been exposed to th e work of the P e nnsylvania Maso n Institute and th e other Institutes th a t ha ve been crea t ed by its influence; and the fac t that th ese oth er Institutes grew out of and were insp ired by the mother Institute at Pittsburgh, m eans among other thin gs, that the judges in volved DID teach each other and DID inspire each other t o greater devo tion in th e service of scapegoat chi ldren whom s ociety throws int o the Children s Courts of o ur Land."
For what it s worth here is the score:
Judge s reached throu g h Pennsylvania Mason Juv e nile Court Ins titute, in ten sessio n s 216
Judges rea ch ed through five sess ions of th e Blue Ridge In s titute. 7 4
Judges reached thr ough tw o sessions, Bartow Institute, Florida 40
Judg es reached in Rocky Mountain Institu te, t wo sessions 50
Judges reached in Metropolitan Institute (nea r Washington) 10
Judges reached through Mississippi Ins titute one session. 14
TOTAL 404
These 404 judges are over 10 per cent of the 3,000 judges in America who handle cases of wayward or neglected chi ldren. A conservative es timate is that they have dealt wi th a t least 10 per cent of the chi ldren handled in s uch courts, or 150,000 children in the ]as t three years.
Your editor knows of other regional meetings o f various kinds, and new S tate Associations of Judges that ha ve come along as a partial, a t least, result of the Mother Institute and her children Insti tutes.
What a tremendous impetu s the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania has given the movement to provide better courts and better judges and better services generall y to the pitiful little army of wayward a nd neglected children in America!
Col. · Henry Bouquet Lodge No. 787 Constituted
The constitution of Col. Henry Bouquet Lodge No. 787 was one of the many hi g hlights of th e Pitt sburgh Bicentennial r ec ogn ition program of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsyl va nia.
It was held in Syria Mosqu e, Pittsb urg h, in order to seat the more than 2,000 Maso ns who attended the constitution a t 9:30 a.m , Tuesd ay, Sept e mber 2. This is believed to be the largest gathering of Maso ns ever tg see the constitution of a new Maso nic Lod ge in Pennsylvania.
Brother Benjamin S. Barbour, Distri c t Deputy Grand Mas ter of the Fort y-e ighth Dis tri ct, was directed by R. W. Grand Mas ter Brother Sanford M. Chilcote, to form th e n ew Lodge. This marked the eleve nth co n s titution under the dir ect superv isio n of Brother Ba rbour .
Mas ter Select Brother Hi ram P. Ball , a Pas t Master; Br other Harr y W. Pedicord , Senior Warden; Brother Benson G Henderson, Junior Warden; Brother Ferdinand R Wise, Secre-_ tar y, and Brother R ober t M. Ingram, Jr. , a P ast Mast er, Treasure r.
The Trustees include Brothers Malcolm Macpherson, Oscar R. Olson and Howard B. S t ewart.
The appointed officers include: Brothers Ted V. Voorhees, Chaplain; George N. Holmes, Senior Deacon; Joseph R. DeO tto, Juni or Deaco n; Frank A. Artu s r o, Senior Mas ter of Ceremonies; Shiras E. Holmes, Junio r Master of Ceremonies; Bernard W. Ross , Pursui va nt, and Robert L. Wilson and Albert A Lindow, Jr., Stewards.
The s tated meeting of Col. Henry Bouquet Lodge is on the second Wednesday of th e month at Masonic Temple, Pittsburgh.
"Facing the East"
Newest Booklet Published by Committee on Masonic Culture
The Committee on Mason ic Cu lture wh ich some time ag o prepared fo ur booklets for the u se of our candidat es and then more recently published the series of eight pamphlets for the information of our m e mbe rs, as well as our initiates, has now printed a booklet, "Facing the Eas t , " whic h is dedi cat ed to our Senior Wardens.
The purpose of this publ icat ion , authorized by th e R. W. Grand Master, Brother Sanford M. Chilcote , and ably compiled by Brother William E. Montgomer y, Sec retar y of the Committee on Maso nic Culture, is t o prepare each of our Senior Wardens for the numerous and important duti es, responsibilities and priv ileges th ey will assume whe n the y be come Worsh ipful Maste r-the high es t honor a Lodge can confer.
This impo rtan t publicati on points out some of the des ira bl e qualifica tions of a Worshipfu l Mas ter, many of which can be acq uired if not already possessed. Certa in maxims concerning the conduct of the office are enum erated, as we ll as many assignments tha t ca n be carried out by the members. Sugges ti ons for Lodge progra ms an d the assimilation of new members a re a lso given.
"Facing the East" sho uld be a n invaluab le a id in preparing pros pective Worshipful Masters fo r one of th e most rewarding ex periences in Masonry.
The name-Col. Henr y Bouque t- has gre a t s ignificance in the hi s tory of Pitt sburgh. Col. Bouquet was second in co mma nd to the ailing General John Forbes. It was the great militar y skill of Col. Bouquet t hat eventually expelled the Fre nch from Fort Duques ne, which was renamed Fort Pitt. Th e only rem a ining installation of this grea t milita r y area is th e Fort Pitt Blockhous e at Th e Point in Pittsburgh. This was orde red constructed by Col. Bouquet. Col. Bouquet was born in Switzerland in 1719. He came to America in 1754 when war broke out between England and France. All th e officers of the Grand Lodge of P ennsylvania t ook part in the constitution program. The officers select of the Col. Henry Bouquet Lodge are:
